Kapur makes progress
Pinehurst (US): A battling Shiv Kapur capped a roller-coaster third round with a one-over 71 that saw him move 10 places up the leaderboard to tied 23rd in the US Open golf tournament here. Kapur’s 71 on the third day comprised five birdies and six bogeys and he is now four-over 214 for three days. Meanwhile, up on the leaderboard, Martin Kaymer (72) slipped a little after two successive 65s, but he was still five shots clear of the field. At eight-under, Kaymer was five ahead of Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton, both of whom shot 67 each and were the only players in red numbers. Five other carded even par 70 and Kapur was among the six players who shot 71 each.
Dutee & co shine
Taipei City: India bagged six medals, including two gold from sprinter Dutee Chand and women’s 4x400m relay team, on the concluding day to finish fifth overall in the Asian Junior Athletics Championship here on Sunday. Chand outclassed her opponents and won the junior women’s 200m gold with a time of 23.74 secs. Singapore’s Shanti Veronica Pereira (23.99s) and Nigina Sharipova (24.24s) of Uzbekistan were the other medalists. On Saturday, Dutee clocked a much impressive 23.57 secs while winning her qualifying 200m heats that shattered Pandeswari’s 16-year-old national junior record of 23.95 secs as well as Vinitha Tripathi’s Indian junior best time of 23.59 secs registered during the SAF Games. Dutee won her second gold as she anchored the Indian 4x400m relay team to victory with a timing of 3:40:53. The quartet of V V Jisha, Jessy Joseph, G K Vijaya Kumari and Dutee romped home.
eves beat Malaysia 2-0
Kuala lumpur: The Indian women’s hockey team was on Sunday on course for a clean sweep in the six-match series against Malaysia as it blanked the home side 2-0 in their fifth game here. Ritushah Arya (12 minute) and Vandana Kataria (35th) were the goal scorers as the Indians outplayed their opponents to register fifth straight win.