Shubhankar back to birdie gathering, moves to T6 at Indonesia meet

JAKARTA: Shubhankar Sharma was back to his birdie-gathering ways with five birdies in six holes before lightning forced a suspension of play during the third round of the Indonesian Masters. Sharma, who won the Joburg Open last week, was five-under through 11 holes in the third round to move to 11-under for the tournament and was tied-6th. He is now five shots behind England’s Justin Rose who stayed in the pole position at the weather-hit, season-ending Asian Tour flagship event.

ANJUM MOUDGIL WINS 50M 3 POSITIONS GOLD

NEW DELHI: Punjab’s Anjum Moudgil claimed the individual and team gold medal in the women’s 50m rifle three positions at the national shooting championship at Thiruvananthapuram. She topped the qualifying round, scoring 586. In the final, she scored 457.6 points.

ROHANA TAKES CHARGE OF TATA OPEN

JAMSHEDPUR: Sri Lankan Anura Rohana followed up his stunning second round 61 with a top-class five-under-66 in round three of the 16th TATA Open 2017 to storm into a three-shot lead at 17-under196 on an extremely windy day at the Golmuri Golf Course.

INDIAN PUGILISTS END WITH RICH MEDAL HAUL

NEW DELHI: Indian junior boxer Jhalak Tomar won silver at the Valeria Demyanova Memorial International Tournament in the Ukrainian city of Nadvirna. Indian boxers claimed four gold, three silver and a bronze medal in all.