Proteas rout Pak to level series
Dubai: South Africa kept their seven-year unbeaten away record intact with an innings and 92-run win over Pakistan in the second and final Test here on Saturday, squaring the two-match series 1-1. Pakistan did not go down without a fight as Asad Shafiq (130) notched his fourth Test hundred and, along with skipper Misbah-ul Haq (88), stitched a 197-run stand for the fifth wicket. Imran Tahir finished with 3-98 and took a total of eight wickets in the match, while part-time right-arm offbreak bowler Jean-Paul Duminy took Shafiq’s wicket on the way to career best 3-67. Brief Scores: Pakistan: 99 and 326 (Asad Shafiq 130, Misbah 88; JP Duminy 3/ 67, Imran Tahir 3/88) lose to SA: 517 by an innings and 92 runs.
Neymar helps Barca beat Madrid
Barcelona: Neymar scored one goal and set up Alexis Sanchez for an exquisite decider in his first ‘clasico' match on Saturday as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 at Camp Nou in the Spanish league. With lionel Messi oddly quiet, Neymar opened in the 19th minute from close range after receiving Andres Iniesta's pass as the Brazil striker outshone fellow newcomer and rival Gareth Bale. Benzema hit the woodwork before Alexis took Neymar's pass and sealed the victory in the 78th with a brilliant chipped shot. Substitute Jese Rodriguez got Madrid's consolation goal in injury time.
Change takes time to come: Walsh
Mumbai: New national men’s hockey chief coach Terry Walsh is looking at a timeframe of five to seven years for the country to regain its lost glory at the world level and feels short term success would be of no lasting use. “I understand where Indian hockey was and where it is. I also understand how my performance works along with Roelant Oltmans (Hockey India’s high performance manager). It’s a process and it takes time for the change to come,” said the Australian, who has come here with Oltmans to witness the last stages of the 48th Bombay Gold Cup tournament being held at the Mahindra Stadium, at a media conference. “Always the question is how longIJ Everybody wants tomorrow, but it’s not possible. It probably could be somewhere between 5-7 years to be consistently in the very top of the world,” Walsh said.
Federer to face del Potro in final
Basel: Roger Federer earned a rematch with Juan Martin del Potro for his hometown Swiss Indoors title by beating Vasek Pospisil in a tense semifinal on Saturday. Federer advanced to his eighth straight Basel final with a 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-5 win against the 40th-ranked Canadian. The third-seeded Federer faltered when serving for the match at 5-3 in the second set, and fell 3-1 behind in the decider before rallying. Earlier, defending champion del Potro also let the second set slip away against an unseeded opponent before beating Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. With victory on Sunday, the sixth-ranked Federer will secure his place at the ATP Finals in london in just over a week, closing his most difficult season.
Kumble to deliver Pataudi lecture
Mumbai: Anil Kumble will deliver the second annual Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial lecture on November 13 here. “Throughout his international career, which spanned 18 years from 1990 to 2008, he excelled in pressure situations. He is presently the Chairman of the BCCI’s Technical Committee, and the ICC Cricket Committee, besides being the President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association,” BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel said in a statement.
AITA to host three Challengers
New Delhi: The All India Tennis Association (AITA) on Saturday announced to host three challenger tournaments including a USD 100000 event at Delhi in February next year. “AITA is pleased to announce that Delhi will be hosting USD 100000 Challenger in the week of 17th Feb’2014 which is going to be the second highest Prize Money tournament in India after the Chennai Open,” an AITA statement said. AITA will also host a USD 50000 Challenger in the week of February 10, 2014.
Bhowmick signs with Churchill
Panaji: Veteran coach Subhas Bhowmick has returned to Churchill Brothers as Technical Director of the I-league club. Bhowmick, who guided Churchill Brothers to I-league title last season has taken over the reigns from Sukhwinder Singh, who resigned on October 14, following the team’s poor performance in the ongoing I-league. The one-year deal was signed on Thursday. Bhowmick took charge of the team before the Pune FC match on October 19.
Kapur fights back in third round
Kuala lumpur: An unfortunate visit to the water hazard on the 11th derailed Shiv Kapur’s determined bid at the USD 7 million CIMB Classic here, but he fought back with two birdies later on to card one-under 71 and keep himself in line for a good finish. Kapur is six-under through 54 holes to be tied 16th and six shots behind the leaders, Chris Stroud (68) and Ryan Moore (69) at the only event co-sanctioned by Asian and PGA Tours. Kapur is the third best Asian after Kiradech Aphibarnrat (69), who is tied third, and KJ Choi (70) who is tied 11th. Other Indians in the fray, Gaganjeet Bhullar returned with a 71 to sit at tied 27th on 213, while Anirban lahiri struggled with a 75 for 64th place.
Big medal hunt by Indian shooters
New Delhi: The Indian shooters have won an unprecedented 37 medals including nine gold -- eight of which were clinched in the junior and youth categories, during the sixth Air Gun Shooting Championship, which concluded in Tehran on Saturday. The Indians have also won 12 silver and 16 bronze medals. Kapil Kumar (10m Air Pistol Jr. Men), Samarjit Singh ((10M Air Pistol Youth Men), Malaika Goel (10M Air Pistol Youth Women) and Sanjeev Rajput (50M Rifle Prone Men) won individual gold medals. Rajput had four podiums.
Alok 2nd at World Billiards
leeds: Alok Kumar could not add the World Billiards Trophy to his cabinet as he lost in the final to local favourite David Causier to settle for the silver medal at the mega-event here. Alok, a former Asian champion, lost 6-1 — 150 (123)-06, 150 (114)-11, 150 (64)-81, 150 (85)-13, 150 (109)-92, 51-150 (53), 150 (124)-124 (93). On the other hand, two-time runner-up Causier lifted his first ever world title.
Rashid pips Cheema in playoff
Greater Noida: Rashid Khan defeated rookie Angad Cheema in a playoff to win the BIlT Open 2013 at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort here on Saturday. Rashid and Cheema headed for the playoff with identical totals of 16-under-272. Rashid finally prevailed on the second playoff hole. SSP Chowrasia (70-65-67-71) finished one stroke behind Rashid and Cheema. PNS/Agencies