ATK wins first practice match
Kolkata: Indian Super league inaugural edition champions Atletico de Kolkata won their first practice match after pre-season training in Spain by defeating Aryan Football Club here on Sunday. The goal scorers of the match played at Mohun Bagan Ground were Jaime Gavilan Martinez, Sushil Kumar Singh, Javi lara and Baljit Singh. This game was ATK’s first practice match after the team returned to Kolkata from Spain where they had a pre-season training. “It was a good performance by the team; we wanted a winning start and played this match with all seriousness. We look forward to perform our best in our first match against Chennaiyin FC,” said team member Baljit Singh.
Ghosal wins Kolkata International squash
Kolkata: Home favourite Saurav Ghosal put up a dazzling display to down top seed Marwan Elshorbagy of Egypt in less than an hour to clinch the JSW Indian Squash Circuit Kolkata International here on Sunday. With a boisterous crowd support, Ghosal was on fire from the first serve, setting a punishing pace that had the bigger player scrambling to keep up as he won 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 in minutes. Ghosal was aided by a couple of strokes in the first game, and spent the next two keeping the higher ranked Elshorbagy from getting in his shots. As the Egyptiqn grew more frustrated, his game saw more errors, and while he gave Ghosal some trouble with his lengths, could not manage to get a rhythm going against the local favourite.
Bhullar finishes tied 38th at Asia-Pacific
Ibaraki Prefecture (Japan): Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar scored a bogey free one-under 69 with one birdie and 17 pars to finish Tied-38th up from 45th overnight at the Asia-Pacific Open Mitsubishi Diamond Cup here on Sunday. Rashid Khan with two birdies against three bogeys finished with a round of 71 and at five-over 285, he was tied 52nd. Bhullar’s lone birdie of the day came on par-3 13th hole and it also marked the first under-par round for him this week. Korea’s K.T. Kim of Korea won his fourth title this year when he claimed a three-shot victory. The 29-year-old holed a 10-foot birdie on the last hole to finish on two-under-par 68 for a winning total of nine-under-par 271.
Union Acedemy School wins title
New Delhi: In the junior men state championship, Union Acedemy School beat Shaheed Bishan Singh Memorial School in the finals. In the match played at Shivaji Stadium here the first half was dominated by the Saheed Bhishan Singh memorial school, in which they scored twice. The Union Academy School made a great come back in the second half by scoring twice to equal the score 2-2 goals in full time. The shootout finished 3-2 in favour of Union Academy. The scorers were Rizwan and Pankaj from Union Academy Side and Harpreet scored two goals from Sahid Bishan Singh Memorial School, Mansarover Garden.