ICC suspends Yasir
Dubai: The ICC on Sunday provisionally suspended Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah after he flunked a dope test conducted last month during the ODI series against England. "The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that Pakistan's bowler Yasir Shah has been charged with an anti-doping rule violation under the ICC Anti-Doping Code," the world body said in a statement. The sample Yasir provided in an in-competition test, which was conducted on November 13, was found to contain the presence of chlortalidone, a Prohibited Substance which appears in Section 5 of the WADA Prohibited list (in the category of Specified Substances).
England rattles SA in first Test
Durban: England rattled South Africa in the first test on Sunday with Stuart Broad's two wickets putting the top-ranked team in deep trouble before it recovered to 55/2 in its first innings. South Africa was still 248 runs behind England's first-innings total of 303, with opener Stiaan van Zyl and captain Hashim Amla removed by Broad, who had 2-8. Dean Elgar and AB de Villiers had the task of rebuilding South Africa's faltering first innings and had partly dragged their team out of trouble with their unbroken 41-run stand. De Villiers was 26 not out and Elgar 22 not out. England was earlier all out for 303 in its first innings as South Africa bowler Morne Morkel took four wickets.
India enter semis of SAFF Cup
Thiruvananthapuram: Chhangte lallianzuala became the youngest goal scorer for India as the hosts bounced back from a goal down to beat Nepal 4-1 in their final group match, advancing to the semifinal of the South Asian Football Federation Cup, here on Sunday. Apart from India, Sri lanka is the other side from the Group A to qualify for the last-four stage. India remained unbeaten in their group engagements, having beaten Sri lanka 2-0 in the opening fixture. 18-year-old lallianzuala's (81st, 90th minute) twin strikes came in the final 10 minutes of the match after Rowlin Borges (26th minute) and skipper Sunil Chhetri found the target for India.
Double delight for Chikka
Kolkata: S Chikkarangappa made a double delight by capping a memorable 2015 with a victory at the season-ending Mcleod Russel Tour golf Championship that also sealed his maiden Rolex Player of the Year title for the PGTI order of merit here on Sunday. Having slipped to third place at nine-under 207 after his 70 in the penultimate round, the Bengaluru lad who has trained with Asian Tour winner Anirban lahiri, shot a tenacious final round of three-under 69 en route to his one-shot win with a 12-under 276 and a prize purse of Rs 2,250,000.