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Tomic suspended from Davis Cup

Sydney: Bernard Tomic has been suspended from Australia’s home Davis Cup quarterfinal against Kazakhstan for his verbal attack on Tennis Australia officials, including Pat Rafter and chief executive Craig Tiley. Australian Associated Press reported from Wimbledon on Saturday that Tennis Australia president Steve Healy said Tomic’s disrespectful post-match comments following his third-round loss to top-seeded Novak Djokovic on Friday effectively ruled him out of contention. Healy said Tomic’s behavior “was unacceptable ... playing for our country is an absolute privilege, and with that privilege comes an obligation to behave appropriately. He didn’t.” Tomic’s comments included accusing the governing body of abandoning him after he underwent hip surgery last year, and that former player Rafter, Tennis Australia’s director of player performance, had no idea how to control the budget for player funding.

Greipel wins 2nd stage of TDF

NEElTJE JANS (Netherlands): German rider Andre Greipel won a rain-drenched second stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Sunday, while defending champion Vincenzo Nibali and Tour contender Nairo Quintana lost valuable time after dropping behind the front group. As the riders approached the finish, Briton Mark Cavendish attacked first but Greipel timed his riposte perfectly to overtake him near the line for his seventh Tour stage win. Cavendish was caught by Peter Sagan and Swiss veteran Fabian Cancellara, who took the race leader’s yellow jersey from overnight leader Rohan Dennis.

lahiri finishes tied 30th in paris

Paris: After a birdie spree on the front nine, Anirban lahiri was once again struck down by bogeys and double bogeys as he ended the week of the Alstom Open de France with a final round of 71. His earlier rounds were 69, 77 and 70. lahiri once again suffered with contrasting fortunes on the front and back nines of the le National Golf Club. lahiri was on fire on front nine with five birdies and then kept a steady momentum before collapsing on last few holes with one bogey and two doubles. At one stage, the Indian had risen to inside Top-20 but then dropped to tied 30th later on. The le National is known to be tough over the last four and it extracted a big price from the Indian star. lahiri played extremely well over the front nine on all days, but it was the back nine which did him in, especially on the first and last days.

Not turning pro: Mary Kom

Kolkata: Olympics bronze-medallist pugilist Vijender Singh might have turned professional but Indian woman boxing icon MC Mary Kom today said she’s not turning pro and would concentrate on her academy post retirement after Rio Olympics 2016. “As for me, I’m not turning pro. I’ve already announced that this (Rio 2016) would be my last Olympics and I would call it quits after this,” the Olympic bronze medalist said. On Vijeder’s decision, she said: “It would be better if you ask him (about turning pro)... I don’t want to comment on that. It’s his personal choice.”

Carlos named Delhi’s isl manager

New Delhi: In one of season’s biggest signings, former Brazilian World Cup winner Roberto Carlos was on Sunday officially appointed marquee manager of the Delhi Dynamos franchise for the second edition of Indian Super league (ISl) football. Carlos’s managerial experience includes stints with Turkish sides Sivasspor and Akhisar Belediyespor. The Delhi Dynamos team, coached by Dutchman Harm Van Veldhoven, had failed to make the semifinals of the eight-team competition last year. They finished fifth, missing the semi-final spots by just a point. 

TN to host badminton league

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Badminton Association (TNBA) headed by former Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss would be hosting a prize money Badminton Premier league tournament in the city for the national level players starting from August 2 to 5. Addressing a press conference, Ramadoss said eight teams captained by star players, Sameer Varma, Abhimanyu Singh and Subhankar Dey would compete for top honours in the league sponsored by lining-SlT India and 100 PlUS. The name of the teams are Fire Birds, Marina Smashers, Falcon Fire, legion lions, Kovai Kings, Royal Knights, Hindustan Racquets and Vellore Warriors.

Six boys picked for u17 wc trials

Mumbai: Six boys from Maharashtra have been picked for the Under-17 World Cup trials in Goa after a state-wide, month-long selection process conducted by the All India Football Federation’s selectors and national U-17 head coach Nicolai Adam. The shortlisted boys for the All India trials are Aniket Anil Jadhav (Kolhapur), Saurabh Meher, Manav Baraskar, Gaston D’Silva, Sameer Kashyap, Meet Jain (all Mumbai), a media release from the Western India Football Association, the governing body for the game in Maharashtra.     Only those boys born in the year 2000 were eligible for the trials which were conducted state-wide at nine different locations — Mumbai, latur, Aurangabad, Amravati, Nagpur, Pune, Kolhapur and Solapur — before the final trials for the shortlisted candidates were conducted at the Cooperage ground here. A total of 54 participants reported during the final rounds of trials and on the final day, Adam was present to prune down the numbers.