Advani beats Sitwala, wins title
Kolkata: Indian ace Pankaj Advani routed his PSPB colleague Dhruv Sitwala 5-0 in a flawless display of potting en route to his seventh Senior National Billiards Championship at the Bengal Rowing Club, here on Saturday. The holder of 12 world titles in various categories faced some resistance in the first frame when Sitwala posted 28 but thereafter it was a one-way traffic as the Bangalore lad posted successive breaks of 150 and 153 for a clean sweep. Advani also felt happy for his friend Sitwala to emerge second in the country. “We share a lot of moment's together tour, or any international tournament. We're quite friendly off the table. That he's praising me after losing 0-5 speaks volumes about his character, he's a true gentleman.”
lahiri, Jeev make cut in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi: Anirban lahiri, playing his first European Tour event as a full member, shot four-under 68 to make the cut in tied 29th place, while Jeev Milkha Singh carded one-over 73 in the second round to also make the cut at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Open here on Saturday. However, the third Indian in the fray, Shiv Kapur, missed out and made an early exit adding 71 to his first round 76. Jeev had three birdies and four bogeys, two of them in last four holes for his 73.
Hi inducts 27th associate member
New Delhi: Hockey India today inducted Dadra and Nagar Haveli Hockey Association as its 27th associate member. Hockey India currently has 22 permanent members, 27 associate members and nine academy members.
Stephens face Hansraj in final
New Delhi: On day three of the Delhi University Inter College Squash Tournament being held at the St Stephen's College, Hansraj College crushed Sri Ram College of Commerce 3-0 in the first semi final. The hosts and defending champions got the better of Sri Venkateshwara College 3-1 in the other Semis. Adheesh Dawar, Abhishek Kumar, Harshit Muchhal, Arjun Minocha and Ravish Sharma did not break a sweat as they blanked SRCC 3-0 in a little over half hour mark. With this win Hansraj College booked a date with the host team in what promises to be a mouth-watering final — a repeat of last year's final game. The hosts will be searching for their sixth back to back Championship title in the final on Monday.
sa beat wi in rain affected odi
Durban: Dale Steyn ended a short but brutal rampage by Chris Gayle to open the way for South Africa to beat the West Indies in a rain-affected first one-day international at Kingsmead. The hosts won by 61 runs according to the Duckworth/lewis method when the tourists were bowled out for 164. South Africa made 279 for eight before their innings was cut short by rain after 48.2 overs on Friday. Gayle, who played match-winning innings in both Twenty20 internationals he played in ahead of the one-day series, swung at almost everything as he made 41 off 24 balls, with two sixes and five fours. Amla reached 5000 one-day international runs in his 104th match — fewer than any other batsman —when he went past 54.
Chelsea rout swansea 5-0
london: Chelsea routed Swansea 5-0 for the leader's biggest win of the Premier league season on Saturday, while Manchester United produced only its third away success of the campaign at QPR. Diego Costa and Oscar both scored twice before Andre Schuerrle completed Swansea's home humiliation to go provisionally five points ahead of Manchester City. United, away at QPR, saw Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson clinch a 2-0 victory. Fabio Borini and Rickie lambert scored to give liverpool a 2-0 victory at Aston Villa that kept the team in touch with the European places. Christian Eriksen's late goal nudged Tottenham up to fifth with a 2-1 victory over Sunderland. Bojan Krkic brought leicester's mini-revival to a halt giving visitors Stoke a 1-0 victory.
South Korea beat AUStralia 1-0
Sydney: lee Jeong-Hyeop struck in the first half as South Korea shocked Australia 1-0 today to top Group A and complicate the hosts' task at the Asian Cup. The Socceroos, who finish second in Group A, will now play China in the quarter-finals and face a likely semi-final against holders Japan. Meanwhile in Newcastle, Abdul Al Maqbali buried a second-half header as Oman beat Kuwait 1-0 in a dead rubber between two teams who had already been eliminated.
Sindhu, Jayaram bow out
Kuching (Malaysia): It turned out to be a bad outing for Indian shuttlers in the $120,000 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold as PV Sindhu and Ajay Jayaram lost their respective women's and men's singles semi-finals here on Saturday. Two-time World Championship bronze medallist, Sindhu, was shown the door by Japan's Okuhara Nozomi 19-21, 21-13, 21-18, before Jayaram lost his match to Hyeok Jin Jeon 10-21, 21-17, 21-16.
draws to start I-league
new delhi: Salgaocar FC held Pune FC to a 1-1 draw in the opening encounter of the I-league on Saturday. In the other game on the day, defending champions Bengaluru FC were held to a goalless draw by Goan side Dempo.