Indians lifters bag 87 medals
New Delhi: Youth Asian Games champion Ragala Venkat Rahul (77kg) stole the show with half a dozen gold medals as India signed off with a whopping 87 medals at the Commonwealth Youth and Junior Championships which concluded in Penang, Malaysia on Thursday. In the senior men’s division, Sivalingam Sathish Kumar (77kg) won three gold medals. India signed off with a overall tally of 47 gold, 28 silver and 12 bronze medals at the event. The youth boys were the stars of the show with a combined tally for 13 gold medals. In fact, they were the biggest contributors to the tally with 21 medals in all. The youth girls contributed 18 medals.
United hold fancied East Bengal
Kolkata: Diminutive United SC defender Dhanachandra Singh’s second half strike earned United SC a fine 1-1 draw against fancied East Bengal in their 11th round I-league at the floodlit Yuba Bharati Krirangan here on Thursday. Fresh from their derby victory Sunday, East Bengal started in an inspiring fashion with Edeh Chidi’s 32nd minute goal but Singh headed in the equaliser in the 59th minute dodging burly Uga Okpara to take some points off their fancied local opponents. United SC now have 16 points from 10 matches, while East Bengal have 11 from seven outings.
Jaison Valles gives Churchill win
Mapusa: Super substitute Jaison Valles struck in the stoppage time to give Churchill Brothers their first win as they beat Sporting Clube de Goa 3-2 in the Airtel I-league match at Duler Stadium in Mapusa here on Thursday. Churchill Brothers took the lead through Abdel Hamid Shabana in the second minute before Sporting equalised through Boima Karpeh in the 5th minute. Churchill again took the lead in the 37th minute through Balwant singh before Sporting clube de goa who gave good account in the second half equalised through Pratesh Shirodkar in the 89th minute. Substitute Jaison Valles than headed home a high cross from the right by lenny Rodrigues in the stoppage time.
Brawn out as boss of Mercedes F1
london: Ross Brawn has stood down as principal of the Mercedes Formula One team, the team announced on Thursday. In a statement, Mercedes said the leadership of the team will now fall to business chief Toto Wolff and technical director Paddy lowe. It said Brawn will stand down officially at the end of the calendar year, but with the season finishing last weekend, his time with the team had effectively ended. Brawn bought the team from Honda, and the eponymously named outfit took the F1 drivers’ and constructors’ titles in 2009.
Scott hot at Australian Open
Sydney: Adam Scott birdied his first six holes to set up a course-record 10-under 62 at Royal Sydney on Thursday to take a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Australian Open. Scott is attempting to become the second golfer after Robert Allenby in 2005 to win all three Australian majors in the same year. Scott broke the previous Royal Sydney mark of 65 set by five players at the 2008 Australian Open. After Scott’s opening birdie run, he parred the next eight holes before making birdie on his final four.