Day leads at Masters
The 14-year-old from China isn't going anywhere in a hurry. And this Masters is still a long way from taking shape. Despite being the first player at Augusta National to get hit with a one-shot penalty for slow play, teenager Guan Tianlang still made history Friday as the youngest player to make the cut in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. And it came down to the last shot of a wild and windy day. Jason Day could have sent the kid home early with a birdie from just off the front of the green on the 18th hole. But the Australian was wide left and tapped in for par, giving him a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead over fellow Aussie Marc leishman and the ageless Fred Couples. The par meant that Guan, who had one shot added to his score on the 17th hole for his second bad time of the round - made the cut under the 10-shot rule. Day was at 6-under 138, and 18 players were within four shots of the lead, including Tiger Woods. Woods moved into a share of the lead with a two-putt birdie on the eighth hole, and his game looked to be as sharp as ever - perhaps too sharp. Right when it looked like he might take the outright lead, Woods hit a lob wedge that was so perfect it hit the flag on the par-5 15th and caromed backward off the green and into the water. Instead of having a short birdie putt, he had to scramble to save bogey.
Mohun Bagan beat Air India
Kolkata: Mohun Bagan continued their dream I-league run, taking their winning streak to four matches when they overcame a stiff resistance from Air India for a hard-fought 3-2 victory at Kalyani Stadium, here on Saturday. Both teams were reduced to 10-man in an action-packed second-half but Mohun Bagan ensured a fourth successive win riding on a Denson Devadas strike (90+4th). The fiery combination of Odafa Okolie-Tolgay Ozbey ensured Mohun Bagan a 2-0 lead early into the first-half. Odafa gave Mohun Bagan an 11th minute lead from a spotkick after they got the penalty following Prem Kumar's bad tackle of Ozbey inside the box. The Aussie doubled the lead with a spectacular finish in the 28th minute as Mohun Bagan looked unstoppable. Air India however did not give up as they pulled one back when Henry Ezeh struck in the 38th minute.
Salgaocar thrash USfc
Panaji: Salgaocar handed out a 9-0 defeat to United Sikkim in an I-league match here. Salgaocar scored through Josimar de Silva (15th, 60th, 90+1), Gabriel Obatolo (16th), luciano Saborosa (36th), Francis Fernandes (53rd, 59th) and Marcus Mascarenhas (77th, 90+4). The win takes Salgaocar tally to 30 points from 24 matches, while United Sikkim are bottom with 15 points.
Sharath out of Asian Cup TT
New Delhi: Indian paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and K Shamini have failed to qualify for the knockout stages of the 26th Table Tennis Asian Cup, being played at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong. Honk Kong's Tang Peng defeated Sharath, 13-11, 7-11, 5-11, 11-1, 11-8, 11-7 in qualification play-off round. PNS/Agencies