Rashid wins second title
Chiangmai: Rising Indian golfer Rashid Khan lifted his second title of the year, carding a brilliant four-under 68 in the final round to clinch the Chiangmai Golf Classic at the Alpine Golf Resort on Sunday. Rashid, who lifted the SAIl-SBI Open earlier this year for his maiden Asian Tour win, had rounds of 68, 69, 66 and 68 to total 17-under 271 and finish one shot ahead of veteran Jyoti Randhawa (68-65-70-69) and Thailand's Thanyakon Khrongpha (69-65-67-71), who were both at 16-under 272. This is the most by any country this season on Asian Tour in 2014.
lahiri 2nd at Euro Qualifying
Barcelona: Indian golfer Anirban lahiri got off to a brilliant start at the European Tour's six-round Qualifying School Final Stage with a flawless five-under 65 at the par-70 Purple course and was placed second overall among the 156 starters. The other Indian challenger in the field, SSP Chowrasia, carded one-over 71 at the same layout and he was lying tied 76th. Denmark's Christian Gloet is in his first season of professional golf. The 24-year-old, who plied his trade on the Nordic Golf league this season, carded five birdies, an eagle and just a single dropped shot to finish six better than the par of 70 on the easier Tour Course. He was a shot clear of world number 74 lahiri.
Greece suspends Ranieri
Athens: Greece's Football Association has suspended national team coach Claudio Ranieri indefinitely after losing 1-0 at home to the Faeroe Islands in a European Championship qualifier. An association statement issued at midnight Saturday said youth coach Costas Tsanas had been named interim manager for a friendly on Tuesday against Serbia on the island of Crete. The statement gave no reason why Ranieri was suspended and not fired, though the action was widely seen as the result of an unresolved contract termination dispute. Ranieri, 63, a former coach at Chelsea and leading Italian clubs, took over from national team coach Fernando Santos after Greece reached the second round of the World Cup in Brazil.
Mcilroy wins race to dubai
london: Rory McIlroy has won the European Tour's Race to Dubai for the second time in three years. The 25-year-old Northern Irishman is more than 2.7 million euros ($3.4 million) ahead of Henrik Stenson. The Swede, who was European No. 1 a year ago, moved second on the money list by coming third in the Turkish Airlines Open on Sunday. No player can now catch four-time Major winner McIlroy at the remaining DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, starting November 20. McIlroy did not compete in Turkey where Marcel Siem, Jamie Donaldson and Sergio Garcia needed to win to stay in the race. Brooks Koepka of the United States won the tournament by a stroke.
aditi sets National Record
Kolkata: Maharashtra girl Aditi Dhumatkar set the national record in the women's 100m freestyle to help Maharashtra end Karnataka's 23-year reign and emerge overall champions in the 68th senior National Aquatic Championship that concluded at the Subhas Sarovar on Sunday. Aditi grabbed the limelight on the last day when she clocked 58.81 to erase an 11-year-old record held by Shikha Tandon as Maharashtra finished overall champions with 215 points. Maharashtra also clinched the team championship in the women's section with 141 points, while Railways bagged the men's team title with 215.
Sandhu wins gold in PHUKET
Phuket (Thailand): India's Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu held his own to defeat Hong Kong's Yip Tsz Fung in an exciting three-game affair to win gold in the men's squash event at the Asian Beach Games, which is currently taking place at Phuket in Thailand. Harinder, ranked 60 in the world, was 23 rungs above Fung but the contest was more even than the rankings suggested. Harinder later said, "This is a superb tournament and am proud to win a gold medal for my country. It has been a memorable week. Firstly, I was honoured when IOA selected me to carry the Indian flag at the opening ceremony and now I am going home with a gold medal.
UEFA could leave FIFA
Berlin: UEFA would have to consider leaving FIFA if world football's governing body does not publish in full American attorney Michael Garcia's report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 WC’s, says German Football league President Reinhard Rauball. Rauball tells Kicker magazine he also wants FIFA to divulge what wasn't evaluated in Garcia's report, and "whether it was justified to leave these things out. That has to be made public. It's the only way FIFA can restore some of its lost credibility."