Harika suffers first loss
Malmo: Indian Grand Master Harika Dronavalli dropped her first point in the TePe Sigrman & Co Chess tournament after she went down fighting to Swedish GM Erik Blomqvist in the third round here late on Friday night. "After good performances in the first two rounds of the tournament, I made a blunder in the third one which cost me precious points," Harika said after the match. With two draws and one loss so far in the campaign, Harika is in the sixth place on the leaderboard. She will now take on table topper, GM Baadur Jobava from Georgia in her next round game.
Sumit bags silver in Wrestling
New Delhi: India ended its successful campaign at the Asian Wrestling Championship with a silver medal as Sumit went down to Yadollah Mohammadkazem Mohebi of Iran in men's 125kg freestyle gold medal bout on the final day of the competition, here on Sunday. The Indian wrestlers finished with 10 medals, including a gold, five silver and four bronze, bettering their tally of nine medals in the last edition of the Asian Championship at Bangkok, Thailand. In men's freestyle category, Iran defended their title, while Japan and Uzbekistan finished second and third respectively.
Bagan win kolkata derby in fed cup
cuttack: Arch-rivals Mohun Bagan defeated East Bengal 2-0 in a Kolkata derby to enter the summit clash of the Hero Federation Cup football touernament at the Barabati Stadium, here on Sunday. Darryl Duffy's 35th-minute header and Balwant Singh's 84th-minute strike proved to be the difference between the two sides as the defending champions progressed to the final, where Bengaluru FC wait them. Sanjoy Sen's men grew into the match and took the lead in the 35th minute when Duffy's deft header off a Norde cross crept into the back of the net. Balwant doubled Bagan's lead in the 84th minute when he scored after Katsumi Yusa found him in the box.
Indian eves lose 1-4 to NZ
pukekohe (NZ): India were outplayed 1-4 by New Zealand in their opening game of a five-match women's hockey series which began here on Sunday. New Zealand found their first breakthrough in the 13th min when Jordan Grant converted a field goal to end the first quarter with a 1-0 lead. Olivia Merry scored a 23rd minute goal to put further pressure on India. Anupa Barla (31') converted a field goal only 40 seconds into the third quarter to narrow the goal difference to 1-2. Rachael McCann scored New Zealand's third goal in the 43rd min to end the third quarter at 3-1. New Zealand's Deanna Ritchie scored the fourth goal in the 55th minute.