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Kuldeep named as wrestling coach

New Delhi: The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on Monday named Kuldeep Malik as the new chief national coach in place of axed Vinod Kumar. Dhyanchand awardee Malik, who has been the women's freestyle chief coach till now, will be mentoring the men's freestyle team as well. Meanwhile, WFI has also named a new assistant men's freestyle coach and women's team coach following the sacking of Rajneesh and Ramani Chanu, respectively. While Jagmal Singh, who has been the personal coach of grapplers like Narsingh Yadav and Sandeep, would be taking over as assistant men's freestyle coach, former international player Krishna Arya will be mentoring the women's team. Both of them are employed as coaches with the Sports Authority of India (SAI).   

Hewitt gets 6 years in prison 

Pretoia, South Africa: A South African judge has sentenced retired doubles tennis champion Bob Hewitt to six years in prison for rape and sexual assault. Judge Bert Bam on Monday sentenced Hewitt to eight years in jail for two counts of rape, with two years suspended. He also sentenced Hewitt to two years in prison for a third charge of sexual assault. Bam says the three sentences will be served at the same time, meaning Hewitt, 75, should spend up to six years in prison. The judge also ordered Hewitt to pay about $8,500 to state-run campaigns against sexual violence. Hewitt's accusers say he assaulted them in the 1980s and 1990s when they were minors. Australian-born Hewitt denied the charges.

Yuki is India's no.1 singles player

New Delhi: Yuki Bhambri on Monday became India's number singles player after leaping to number 158 even as Saketh Myneni broke into top-200 for the first time in his career with a jump of 33 places. Yuki, who finished runner-up at the Samarkand Challenger, gained 22 places for his effort. He jumped past Somdev, who now stands at 172. However, it is not best ranking for Yuki as he was ranked 143rd last year in Feb. The tall and big-serving Saketh is now ranked 196. He had reached the semi-finals of Samarkand Challenger, where he lost to Yuki.

Mcllroy wins wells fargo c’ship

Charlotte: Rory McIlroy was more methodical than electrifying Sunday. It was still effective. Always in control, the top-ranked McIlroy became the first two-time winner in the Wells Fargo Championship with a seven-shot victory over Webb Simpson and Patrick Rodgers. McIlory closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 21-under 267, shattering the tournament record by five strokes. He entered the day with a four-stroke lead over Simpson after a course-record 61 on Saturday. McIlroy also won Match Play Championship two weeks ago in San Francisco and has 11 PGA Tour titles. He has six top-10 finishes in his last eight PGA Tour starts.