Pistorius to face mental tests
Pretoria: Prosecutors will apply to have Oscar Pistorius committed for one month of mental evaluations after a psychiatrist today told his murder trial the Paralympian suffered from an “anxiety disorder”. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued the sprinter should go to a facility for 30 days to test a defence psychiatrist’s claim that the condition may have had an impact on his state of mind before he shot and killed his girlfriend, allegedly believing she was an intruder. “Then I’ll bring the application,” he said, after a heated to-and-fro with defence lawyer Barry Roux and defence witness Meryll Vorster. Opening the eighth and perhaps final week of evidence, Roux called the forensic psychiatrist to testify about the 27-year-old’s feelings of vulnerability. “It is my opinion, my lady, that Mr Pistorius has an anxiety disorder,” said Vorster, recounting stressful factors in the Paralympic gold medallist’s life. “If he was afraid that there was an intruder, then certainly having a generalised anxiety disorder would have affected the way he reacted to that fear,” she added.
Sania, Cara move to 2nd spot
New Delhi: Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner on Monday became the number two team in the Race to Singapore for the WTA year-end finals in November. Sania and Cara won the Portugal Open and reached the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open last week. They now have 2,462 points and trail behind Italy’s table leaders Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani, who have 4,430 points. Top eight pairs will compete in the year-end finals. In the individual doubles rankings, Sania remained in eighth place. In the ATP singles ranking charts, Somdev Devvarman gained two places to be 95 while Yuki Bhambri lost a spot to be 156th.
Indian Oil beat Indian Navy 5-1 Mumbai:
Indian Oil thrashed Indian Navy 5-1 while Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) and Western Railway drew 2-2 in the 10th All India Guru Tegh Bahadur Gold Cup Hockey Tournament, here on Monday. In the third match of the day, local outfit Western Railway and Tamil Nadu X1 played out a 2-2 draw, with all the goals coming in the second half of play that commenced at the MHA-Mahindra Stadium. Indian Oil, comprising former India stars, dominated their Group B match with a three-goal ead in the first half against Navy.
Manipur crowned champions
Golaghat: Manipur outplayed defending champions Orissa 3-1 to clinch the 20th Senior National Women’s Football Championships title, their 17th crown overall, at the Golaghat Stadium here on Monday. Bala Devi struck twice in the third and 55th minute with AIFF Women’s Player of the Year Oinam Bembem Devi scoring in between in the 20th minute in the lopsided summit clash. Orissa reduced the margin in the dying minutes (90+1) of the tie courtesy substitute Sakina Nesa’s close-range strike but it was too little too late for the defending champions.