Chandhok 13th in uruguay
Punta Del Este (Uruguay): Sebastien Buemi clinched e.Dams-Renault's first win of the Formula E season in the Julius Baer Punta del Este ePrix with Nelson Piquet Jr. and championship leader lucas di Grassi completing the podium places. The Swiss driver fended off Jean-Eric Vergne in the final stages of the race as the Andretti driver pulled over to the side of the track on the penultimate lap on Saturday. Mahindra Racing's Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok were sixth and 13th respectively.
lahiri misses out on title
Chonburi (Thailand): Indian golfer Anirban lahiri missed out on the title and the Asian Tour Order of Merit trophy, but earned a spot in the prestigious British Open after ending tied sixth with a card of one-over 73 in the final round of the $1 million Thailand Championship. lahiri, who needed to win or finish in top four to keep alive his hopes of the Order of Merit, ended sixth and that handed the OOM to David lipsky, who himself ended 38th. Anirban lahiri's crucial double bogey followed by two pars in the final round of the Thailand Golf Championships handed American David lipsky Order of Merit title with one event still remaining in the season. lipsky has $713,901 while lahiri is in second place with earnings of $602,833. Prom Meesawat of Thailand is placed third with winnings of $USD 527,921.
Sai, Ruthvika win single titles
Mumbai: Top seed H S Prannoy and unseeded junior shuttler Ruthvika Shivani Gadde clinched the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the $25,000 Tata Open India International Challenge badminton tournament, here on Sunday. Prannoy, the India no. 4 and world no. 22, defeated a fighting R M V Gurusaidutt — ranked 45th in the world — in a thrilling men's singles final 21-16, 20-22, 21-17 that lasted 64 minutes. Earlier, rising 17-year-old Hyderabad shuttler Ruthvika, continued her impressive run by stunning fourth seed Arundhati Pantawane, on a comeback trail after a shoulder injury, 19-21, 21-18, 21-14 in a 50-minute long women's singles final. It was the second time that Ruthvika had beaten her more experienced rival, having come out trumps in their previous meeting in the senior ranking tournament at Gandhidam in October.
Atk held 0-0 by goa in 1st leg
Kolkata: Atletico de Kolkata on Sunday spurned the golden opportunity of making best use of home advantage as they were held to a goalless draw by FC Goa in the first-leg semi-final of the Hero Indian Super league. ATK might have been down with injuries to three key players in Arnab Mondal, Biswajit Saha and Fikru Teferra but the home team had the best chance on the day. Goa too played with a fragile defence. There was no Bruno Pinheiro (suspended) and even left back Narayan Das had to be replaced early on after an injury but ATK failed to breach the fragile Goan defence with an uninspiring display barring the brilliance of their Spanish captain luis Garcia. ATK was not short on support as over 50,000 boisterous fans kept cheering for the ‘Red and Whites' but Garcia was severely let down by his lieutenants and the fans just had to return home disappointed in the last home match for Kolkata this season.
Mkhitaryan out for 6 weeks
DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been ruled out for six weeks with a muscle tear in his right thigh. The Armenian playmaker suffered the injury after 33 minutes of Saturday's 1-0 loss at Hertha Berlin, a defeat that leaves his side in the relegation zone with two games left before the winter break. Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said, “He felt a tweak, which isn't good in a three-game week.” The club says on its website that a medical examination on Sunday morning confirmed the extent of the injury. Dortmund, the 2011 and 2012 champion, next faces tough games against Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen.
jitu wins gold at nationals
Pune: Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Jitu Rai walked away with the individual as well as team gold medal in 50-metre men's pistol with Army marksmen dominating proceedings at the 58th National Shooting Championship, here on Sunday. The Army marksmen, with a total of 1590, won the gold medal in 50-metre junior men's team event at the Chhatrapti Shivaji Balewadi Shooting Range. Sumedh Kumar Devlalivala shot a total of 536 to walk away with the gold in 50-metre pistol junior men's category. Jitu, who took the pole position in the 50-metre pistol event qualification round with a total of 555, shot 193 in the final, falling short by a single point to match his personal best.
dope scandals hurt athletics
london: The current doping crisis engulfing track and field is as damaging to the sport as the scandals involving Ben Johnson and Marion Jones, IAAF vice president Sebastian Coe said Sunday. "In the 40 or so years in athletics, there have been big moments. Ben Johnson in 1988, Marion Jones, this is up there and nobody is remotely suggesting these allegations are not serious," the British middle-distance great told the BBC.