China issues stapled visas
New Delhi: Top officials of Archery Association of India today expressed shock and anger at the incident of two Arunachali archers, who were issued stapled Chinese visas, being prevented from leaving for China to take part in the upcoming Youth World Championship and demanded the immediate intervention of the government. Mihu Maselo and Yumi Sorang — both 14 years old — were disallowed by China Southern Airlines authorities from boarding a Guangzhou-bound flight at the IGI Airport late last night, saying they will not be allowed to enter China as they don’t have affixed visa on their passport. The other members of the 24-strong archery team left for the Youth World Championship to be held at Wuxi in Jiangsu province from October 13-21.
St Mary’s, TN ensure qf berth
New Delhi: St Mary’s School, Salem (Tamil Nadu) virtually booked a berth in the quarterfinals of the 54th Subroto Cup after thrashing N Mary High School, Pune (Maharashtra) 9-1 in the girls’ category here on Friday. AP Sports School of Andhra Pradesh also maintained their winning streak to beat Nayagram Thana Balika Vidhalaya, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) 3-2 in a well-contested match to make the quarterfinals. Anitha scored a brace for the Andhra team. V Kumari led St Mary’s charge with five goals, while Soubaliya, Rasika, Manabika and Jayarama netted the ball once each. The Tamil Nadu team are now leading their pool with two wins from as many matches. In other girls’ matches, Afghanistan registered a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Air Force Bal Bharti School, Delhi.and integrity.
Bai didn’t send entry: jwala
Hyderabad: Embattled shuttler Jwala Gutta on Friday said she might miss out of playing in next month’s China Open as the Badminton Association of India (BAI) didn’t send her entry for the Super Series Premier event by the stipulated October 8 deadline. The China Open is scheduled to be held from November 12 to 17 in Shanghai and the last date for sending the entries was last Tuesday. However, Jwala said she learnt on Friday that her entry was not sent by the BAI for the China Open. “I have no idea. I just learnt from Ashwini (Ponnappa) that they did not send my China Open entries also. I was supposed to play at my own cost. I am not even asking them to put me in the team,” Jwala said.
Divij-Raja enter final
Tashkent: Second seeded Indian pair of Divij Sharan and Purav Raja scored a close 5-7, 6-3, 13-11 win over the Israeli pair of Dudi Sela and Amir Weintraub to storm into the finals of the ATP Tashkent Challenger on Friday. Raja and Sharan took one hour 23 minutes to register the win on their fourth match point at the Olympic tennis School Tennis Complex. The Indian pair led 6-2 in the Super Tiebreak before the Israelis clawed their way back. Despite serving two double faults and missing three match points, Raja and Sharan played some fine tennis in the end to win.
Arvind bhat crashes out
New Delhi: Indian shuttler Arvind Bhat suffered a straight-game defeat at the hands of Nan Wei of Hong Kong in the quarterfinals of the Dutch Open to crash out of the Grand Prix event in Almere, The Netherlands on Friday. The 15th seeded Indian lost 8-21 12-21 to Wei in a less than a 30-minute men’s singles match. Arvind could not put up a fight in the first game as Wei opened up a 7-0 lead early on and then kept extending his lead to earn the bragging rights. In the second game, Arvind tried to put up a fight but after 4-4, Wei once again moved ahead to eventually wrap up the match comfortably.
Jyoti Randhawa hangs in
Yeoju (Korea): Jyoti Randhawa hung in at one-over through eight holes on a windy day that was once again hit by rain at the the CJ Invitational Hosted by KJ Choi even as his young colleague, Gaganjeet Bhullar, seemed certain to make an early exit here on Friday. Kim Tae-hoon of Korea, with three birdies on the trot from sixth to eighth, moved to eight-under with 10 more holes to play in the second round when play was suspended.
SSP in danger of missing cut
Algarve (Portugal): Three dropped shots early in the round saw the lone Indian in the field, SSP Chowrasia card a disappointing two-over 74 that put him in immediate danger of missing the cut as he is lying tied 102nd at the end of the first round in the Portugal Masters. PNS/Agencies