Stenson retains Wtc title
Dubai: Henrik Stenson has successfully defended his DP World Tour Championship title at the European Tour’s season-ending event. The Swede shot a final round 2-under 70 on Sunday to win by two strokes with an overall 16-under 272 on the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates. Three of Stenson’s teammates on Europe’s victorious Ryder Cup team top-ranked Rory McIlroy (68), Victor Dubuisson (68) and Justin Rose (69) shared second on 14-under 274. The victory means Stenson finishes second to McIlroy in the Race to Dubai. Rafa Cabrera-Bello (75) was leading with three holes to play but the Spaniard tumbled down the board with back-to-back double bogeys at Nos. 16 and 17 to finish tied for ninth with an overall 277.
Chiragh logs a top-10 finish
Manila: Chiragh Kumar shot another steady round of two-under 70 to register his first top-10 finish in almost a year as he totaled eight-under 280 to secure tied ninth spot at the USD 1 million Resorts World Manila Masters presented by 918.Com here on Sunday. Meanwhile, runaway overnight leader Mardan Mamat of Singapore shot his fourth straight round in the 60s to end a two-year title drought by romping to a commanding six-shot victory. He totaled 20-under 268 and won by six shots over lionel Webber (70). Chiragh’s previous top-10 was tied fourth at the 2013 Hero Indian Open.
Reus out of action until January Dortmund: Borussia Dortmund says Germany forward Marco Reus will be out of action until January after suffering another ankle injury. The club said Sunday that Reus is expected to resume training at the beginning of January, meaning he won’t play again before the Bundesliga’s winter break. Reus was stretchered off with a right ankle injury after an aggressive challenge from former Dortmund player Marvin Bakalorz during his club’s 2-2 draw on Saturday at promoted Paderborn. Reus missed this year’s World Cup won by Germany because of a left ankle injury. He was briefly sidelined recently with an injured left ankle.
Sarjubala, Saweety enter finals
Jeju (Korea): Indian boxers Sarjubala Devi (48kg) and Saweety (81kg) continued their prolific form to enter the Women’s World Boxing Championships with thumping wins and assure them of at least a silver each, here on Sunday. Sarjubala, a 2011 world youth champion, defeated Thailand’s Chuthamat Raksat 38-38 40-36 39-37, while Saweety got the better of Anastasiia Chernokolenko 39-37 40-36 40-36 in her semifinal bout. The judges unanimously gave the round to Sarjubala but Raksat staged a comeback in the next with some deftly placed right jabs on counter-attack. Sarjubala will face Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan in the final.
Debroah with her fourth gold
New Delhi: Top Indian cyclist Deborah won two golds to grab the spotlight on the concluding day of the Track Asia Cup 2014 at the IG Stadium Complex Velodrome here on Sunday. Debroah won gold in the women’s elite keirin and sprint finals for an overall individual tally of four gold medals from the championships to shore up her chances for the major events like the World Championships in France in March 2015. Indians also won two more silver and three bronze today to finish with a total of 18 medals (5 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze). Hong Kong, however, topped the medal chart from the event, having been able to dominate the endurance events.
Ritu Rani to lead Indian hockey
New Delhi: Ritu Rani will lead a 18-member Indian hockey team for the five-match Test tour of Italy to be played in Rome from December 1 to 12. The 18-member team is looking forward to repeat the success of the Incheon Asian Games 2014 where the team clinched a bronze medal. While the team will be captained by midfielder Ritu Rani, midfielder Deepika has been named as the vice-captain. The first Test of the series will be played on December 4 followed by games December 6, 7, 9 and 11.
Chitra books knockout berth
Bengaluru: India’s Chitra Magimairajan on Sunday booked her berth in the knockout phase after she completed her league engagements with fifth win in a row, while compatriots Vidya Pillai and rising
star Amee Kamani also inched closer to the next stage of the Seaways IBSF World Snooker Championship.Along with Magimairajan, others to make the knockouts from Group D are Floriza Andal of Philippines, Ka Kai Wan of Hong Kong and Carmelita Yumito of Brazil.Also to qualify in the round-of-24 was Thailand’s Waratthanun
Sukritthanes after she delivered a shocking 3-0 blow to defending champion Wendy Jans of Belgium in a Group A contest.Veteran Shyam Jagtiani, a former National champion, showed he still had something left in his repertoire as he gave title favourite and last year’s runner-up Zhao Xintong of China a pretty good fight before losing 1-4.