Karthikeyan’s Dual podium finish
Mugello (Italy): After finishing third in race one, India’s Narain Karthikeyan triumphed in the second Auto GP race for a double podium finish at the Mugello Circuit on Sunday. Karthikeyan was helped after Kevin Giovesi was given a 25-second post-race penalty. Karthikeyan’s win in the fifth round of the follows a third-place finish in race one. Super Nova driver Karthikeyan thus boosted his chances of winning the championship.
Vishnu clinches round 2
Hyderabad: Putting up a dominating show, Vishnu Prasad of Meco Racing emerged champion in Senior Max category in the Round 2 of the JK Tyre-FMSCI Rotax Max National Karting Championship, here on Sunday. Vishnu won all the four races in his category — two heats, pre-final and final, at the JK Tyre-MMS Kartainment Track. Krishnaraj Mahadik of Mohite won the Junior Max and defending champ Pradyumn V Danigund won the Micro Max.
shooter Chenai wins gold
Singapore: Promising Indian shooter and a multiple gold medallist at junior nationals, Kynan Chenai clinched the trap gold medal in the Singapore Open Shooting Championship here. 22-year-old Chenai, a gold medallist at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, shot 10 in the final to pip local lad Zain Amat by three scoring points for the yellow metal. Amat shot seven in the final. Chenai shot an impressive 121 to enter the semifinals as leader, before a steady 14 out of 15 saw him advance to the gold-medal round.
Hingis leads 2013 Hall of Fame
Newport: Martina Hingis’ tennis life started right from birth and her days playing with a racket began barely after she learned to walk. It was only fitting that she became one of the youngest players to be enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Hingis led a large 2013 class that was inducted on Saturday during an on-court ceremony that lasted just over 90 minutes, including a 25-minute rain delay on Newport’s grass courts.
boxers shine in youth tourney
New Delhi: Nine Indians punched their way into the finals of their respective categories in the Golden Glove of Vojvodina, an international boxing tournament in Kikinda, Serbia. Youth World Championships bronze winner lalitha Prasad (49kg), 2012 Aglorav Cup silver medallist A Silambarasan (52kg), Neeraj Parashar (64kg) and Manish Solanki (69kg) were among four boys and five girls who power through to the title round of the 31st edition of the tournament on Saturday night.
dual top-six result for Mahindra
Sachsenring (Germany): Team Mahindra enjoyed yet another double top-six result as Miguel Oliveira and Efrén Vázquez finished fourth and sixth at German Grand Prix in Moto3 category of the MotoGP championships, here on Sunday. Oliveira, who started third, made a poor start as he finished the first lap eighth. PNS/Agencies