Bolt wins Jamaican 100 title
Kingston: Two-time Olympic reigning sprint double champion Usain Bolt won the 100-metre title at the Jamaican Athletics Championships last night to qualify for August’s World Championships. Bolt, who broke free from the pack after 60 metres, shut it down as he crossed the line in 9.94 seconds, with rising star and training partner Kemar Bailey-Cole second in 9.98 and Nickel Ashmeade third in 9.99.
Binod, Dipali win gold
New Delhi: Binod Swansi of Steel Plant Sports Board (SPSB) won the gold in the boy's section, while Assam's Dipali Boro claimed the yellow metal in the girl's category of the junior recurve event at the third National Ranking Archery Tournament, here ton Saturday. Binod defeated Mukesh Tamang of Services Sports Control Board 6-0 in the boys final. While Mukesh had to content with the silver, Dhaniram Basumatary of Assam claimed the bronze medal beating Jharkhand's Guru Charan 6-2 in the third-fourth place play-off match. In the girls event, Dipali beat Davinder Kaur of Chandigarh 6-0 to claim the gold. Another Assam girl, Himani Boro won the bronze medal, defeating lavanya Namula of SPSB 6-0.
Sreesanth starts training
New Delhi: Out-on-bail India pacer S Sreesanth started training today for the first time after being embroiled in the spot-fixing scandal and has expressed hope of getting back on to the field soon. "Started training again..Gods grace..First day..Slowly getting back to normal life..Thanks a lot for all ur support..," Sreesanth wrote on his twitter handle. Eves finish 7th with chile win Rotterdam: Indian hockey eves eked out a hard-fought 2-1 win over lower-ranked Chile in a play-off match to avoid the wooden-spoon and finish seventh in the FIH World league Round 3, here on Saturday. PNS/Agencies