Grappler Satywart wins bronze
New Delhi: India’s Satywart Kadian has won a bronze medal in the 96-kg freestyle category at the World Junior Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Satyawart produced a clinical display of freestyle combat to get the better of Turkey’s Ali Bonceoglu to open India’s account at the championships on Saturday. Earlier, Satyawart’s march was halted by Armenia’ Viktor Kazishvili in the semifinals, as he ran out of steam and lost the bout in the first period itself. The burly Indian had won against three opponents, including a Kazakh and an Iranian grappler, before making it to the last-four stages. In the other weight categories, Indian hopes were dented early after Asian junior champion Mangal Kadyan lost to Mehmed Zeyti Feraim of Bulgaria in his opening bout of the 50-kg category.
Narain wins to record third victory
Nurburgring: Continuing his strong show in the Auto GP series, Narain Karthikeyan recorded his third win of the season when he triumphed from pole in round six of the series. Narain faced stiff opposition from Italian GP2 driver Kevin Giovesi and his Super Nova teammate Vittorio Ghirelli, who started with the Indian from the front row. But the Indian always seemed to have enough in hand and managed to cross the line 23 laps later. After leading from the start and opening up a nearly two second gap, Narain pitted on lap 18 for the mandatory tyre change, and the Super Nova crew executed a near-perfect pit-stop to ensure that he maintained his advantage.
Kush Kumar enters final of squash at AYG
New Delhi: Kush Kumar on Sunday entered the finals of the men’s singles squash competition at the 2nd Asian Youth Games after beating NG Eain Yow of Malaysia. Kush won 11-6, 11-13, 11-9, 11-8 against the Malaysian in the semifinal in Nanjing, China, guaranteeing him a medal. Kush was delighted with his performance and said he is ready to give his best shot at the gold medal. Earlier, Vijay Kumar Meena lost in the quarters to Yuen Tsun Hei from Hong Kong.
Abhishek reaches quaterfinals at Nanjing
Nanjing: It was a mixed bag for the two-member Indian table tennis team at the second Asian Youth Games as Abhishek Yadav entered the quarterfinals in the men’s singles while it was curtains for Suthirtha Mukherjee in the round of 16, here on Sunday. Yadav defeated Iran’s Soroosh Amiri Nia 4-2 (6-11, 4-11, 117, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8) in a 44-minute pre-quarterfinal duel. However, it was all over for the fifth seeded Suthirtha as she failed to match the guile of Seul lee of Korea who won 4-0 (11-7, 11-7, 13-11, 11-4).
Bopanna-Edouard lose Cincinnati semis
Cincinnati: India’s Rohan Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin squandered all five break chances against Marcel Granollers and Marc lopez to bow of the ATP Cincinnati Masters. The eighth-seeded pair lost 5-7, 2-6 to the Spanish second seeds in the semifinals of the USD 3,079,555 hard court tournament. Bopanna and Roger-Vasselin had three chances in the first set and two in the second but could not convert any. On the other side, they dropped their serve one time in the opening set and twice in the second.
Adhiban loses to Nakamura
Tromso (Norway: Indian Grandmaster B Adhiban went down to Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the first game of the third round of World Chess Cup here. The loss as white came as a huge blow as Adhiban will now have to play for a victory with black pieces in the return game to stay in the match. The last remaining Indian will otherwise be ousted from the knockout event. On a day of big upsets, Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia caused the biggest reversal accounting for top seed levon Aronian of Armenia.
Nayan takes lead in championship table
Coimbatore: Nayan Chatterjee of Rayo Racing took a narrow one-point lead over Vishnu Prasad of Meco Racing after triumphing in the Senior Max category in Round 3 of the JK Tyre-FMSCI National Karting Championship, here on Sunday. Kush Maini of Dark Don Racing won the Junior Max while Pradyumna Vipul Danigund of Mohite’s Racing captured the tile in Micro Max category at Kari Motor Speedway. In the Senior Max category, Nayan won the toughest race after beating Ameya Bafna and Vishnu. PNS/Agencies