former wba world champ dies
Georgetown (Guyana): Former (World Boxing Association) WBA World welterweight champion Andrew lewis, from Guyana, died on Tuesday after he was involved in a vehicular accident here. Media reports said the 44-year-old lost control of his motorcycle while riding in East Bank of Demerara, and crashed into a car travelling in the other direction, reports CMC. He suffered several severe head and body injuries and was pronounced dead at hospital. local news website, News Source, said police were investigating the incident. lewis, who competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games before turning professional in 1993, shot to stardom eight years later when he defeated American James Page to capture the vacant WBA welterweight title. He successfully defended the title against larry Marks but then surrendered the belt when he lost to Nicaraguan Ricardo Mayorga a year later.
Murray grabs Munich Open title
Munich: Scottish tennis ace Andy Murray won the men’s singles final of the Munich Open after defeating German Phillip Kohlschreiber here. The top seed defeated World No.24 Kohlschreiber after an arduous, three-hour-long match resulting in 7-6(4), 5-7, 7-6(4) on Monday, reports Efe. The final started on Sunday, but 32 minutes into the match, when the German was up 3-2 in the first set, the match was interrupted by heavy rain, postponing it to Monday. With the victory, Murray won his first title of the season and 32nd of his career.
rafa receives honorary doctorate
Madrid: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, ranked fourth in the world, was given an honorary doctoral degree by the European University of Madrid in a ceremony attended by hundreds of students. In Nadal’s speech before receiving the degree on Monday, he underlined “values and family” as “fundamental elements” to understanding his career and his life, reports Efe. Nadal also said that “nothing that I am today could have been without the pillars that support me and made me grow and develop not only as a professional or athlete but as a person”.
Bharat FC stun Mohun Bagan 1-0
Pune: A goalkeeping howler from Shilton Paul helped bottom-placed Kalyani Bharat FC stun league leaders Mohun Bagan 1-0 in an I-league match at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here on Tuesday. With the victory, the fight for the league title hotted up with just Mohun Bagan’s lead slashed to a single point after the 16th round. They remained on 32 points just ahead of Bengaluru FC (31). The home team were quicker off the blocks building some promising attacks but lost composure in front of the penalty box against a well organised Mohun Bagan backline. But just as Mohun Bagan stepped up the pressure, they conceded completely against the run of play when their goalkeeper Shilton Paul made a grave mistake of unnecessarily delaying to effect a seemingly harmless clearance. His kick richocheted off an outstretched leg of striker Subhash Singh into an empty net making a fool out of the hapless goalkeeper in the 34th minute.
Top guns for TCS World 10K run
Bengaluru: Defending champion in the women’s category Kenya’s lucy Kabuu and Guye Adola, the course record holder for men in the Delhi Half Marathon 2014, will headline a strong field of over 100 elite runners in the eighth TCS World 10K run to be held here on May 17. Also in the mix is the fastest woman in 10K category, Morocco’s Malika Asahssah who will be making her debut in the event that offers a prize-money of $194, 376, and Berlin Half Marathon winner Birhanu legese. Complementing the international athletes will be the Indian runners including defending champion BC Tilak, 2014 Delhi Half Marathon winner Suresh Kumar and International Cochin Half Marathon winner G.A lakshmanan. Among women, the race day will witness, defending champion Swati Gadhave, winner of the 2015 Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Kavita Raut, Monica Athare and l. Surya. The Elite Distance Running Program, launched by Procam International, will also field eight runners including Federation Cup gold medallist Preeti lamba.
hewitt to skip french open
Sydney: Two-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1 lleyton Hewitt will not play this month’s French Open in what is likely to be his last year on tour. Hewitt’s manager, David Drysdale, said Tuesday that the Australian veteran wants to focus on Wimbledon, where he won the 2002 title, and Australia’s Davis Cup quarterfinal against Kazakhstan in July. The 34-year-old Hewitt, who also won the 2001 U.S. Open, said in January that he planned to retire after playing his 20th Australian Open in 2016. He has struggled with foot and hip injuries in recent years and is currently ranked No. 108. Hewitt reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2001 and 2004, but hasn’t been past the first round since 2010.
Sharath reaches career-best No.32
New Delhi: India’s Sharath Kamal jumped 12 places to reach his career-best ranking of 32 on Tuesday, according to the latest list released by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Sharath reached the third round of the World Championships but was forced to withdraw because of a hip injury. He was to play Chinese Fang Bo and had beaten higher ranked Simon Gauzy of France. For the first time, India has two players in top-100 with Soumjayit Ghosh gaining nine places to be ranked at 95.