Subhankar stuns Lin Dan
NEW DELHI: Shuttler Subhankar Dey stunned two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan 22-20, 21-19 to enter the men’s singles quarters of the Saarlorlux Open in Saarbrucken, Germany. World No 64 Dey will next face Englishman Toby Penty. Eighth seed P Kashyap beat German Alexander Roovers 21-14, 21-12 and will next face Frenchman Toma Junior Popov. In men’s doubles, Arun George-sanyam Shukla and MR Arjun-shlok Ramchandran lost their second-round matches.
SRIKANTH, SINDHU SLIP
NEW DELHI: K Srikanth and PV Sindhu slipped in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings. While Srikanth dropped three places to ninth in men’s singles, Sindhu went down a spot to be third in women’s singles. Saina Nehwal remained at No 9.
RITUPARNA EXITS
NEWDELHI: Indian challenge at the Macau Open ended with Rituparna Das’ 21-8, 15-21, 21-7 loss in women’s singles Rd 2 to Han Yue.
PATNA PIRATES WIN
PATNA: Patna Pirates pipped Bengal Warriors 29-27 to end their losing streak in the Pro Kabaddi League. Jaideep fetched 5 tackle points on Bengal’s raiders. Ran Singh did a good job with 7 raid points in 10 attempts.
RAJNIGANDHA TRIUMPH
NEW DELHI: Rajnigandha Achievers beat Garcha Group/cavalry by 7 ½ goals to 3 in the last round of league matches of Baroda Cup
polo with Pranav Kapur scoring four goals. In semis, they’ll face ASC, while Aravali Polo will clash with Jindal Panther.
INDIA LOSE TO B’DESH
KATHMANDU: Defending champs India lost in SAFF U-15 Championship semis, losing 4-2 to Bangladesh on penalties. India took early lead through Harsh Patre but late penalty from Ashkul Rahman saw the match go past regulation time.
NEHRU HOCKEY
NEWDELHI: Punjab State Institute of Sports (Mohali) and Bhopal’s Ankur Higher Sec School entered the semis of Nehru junior hockey. In the super league matches, the Punjab side beat Bhilwara’s Govt Sr Sec School 3-0, while the Bhopal team scored a 4-2 win over Jharkhand’s St Igantius High School. Amritsar Khalsa Sr Sec
School blanked Faizabad’s Ram Niwas Singh Inter College 6-0, while Sonepat’s CRZ Sr Sec School beat Odisha’s Town Nodal High School 6-0.
SHIV EQUALS RECORD
CHANDIGARH: The Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational got off to a cracking start at the Chandigarh Golf Club with Shiv Kapur posting a 7-under 65, equalling the course record and emerging firstround leader.
SHUBHANKAR T-32
ANTALYA: Shubhankar Sharma opened with a 1-under 70 to be placed T-32 after Rd 1 of the Turkish Airlines Open. Sharma, 2-over after five holes , recovered around the turn with 3 birdies in four holes. Just as he seemed set to finish at 2-under, he left a chip too short on the 18th to drop a shot.