Joshana wins women’s title
Mumbai: National champion Joshana Chinappa clinched the women’s title in the $15,000 NSCI Open JSW Indian squash circuit 2015 after upstaging Egyptian top seed Habiba Mohammad in straight games in the final here on Sunday. Joshana, ranked 24th in the world currently, defeated Habiba 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 in a tough title-clash, which lasted 47 minutes. The major hiccup for the Indian player came when she got hit by her rivals racket on the face in second game and needed medical attention for a bloody nose before resuming her battle after a 10-minute break.
Iran match a perfect test: Eugenson
Bengaluru: Midfielder Eugeneson lyngdoh on Sunday said that India’s 2018 World Cup qualifying round football match against Asian heavyweights Iran here on Tuesday would be a perfect platform to test the mettle of the home side. Speaking at a media interaction at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium before Indian team’s practice session, lyngdoh said, “As a player you crave for matches like this. You crave for matches against the best teams.” Iran are the highest-ranked Asian team in the FIFA charts at 40th while India are at 155th.
Sujjan wins Indian pro event
Sunbury (Ohio): Sujjan Singh emerged as the winner in a unique tournament of Indian professionals in the United States. One of the 10 Indian pros, Sujjan toured nearly 12,50 miles on road over a period of six week in the US. It was a road show-cum Tour for Indian professional golfers, organised by Indian professional Gurbaaz Mann, who runs the Indo-American Professional Golf Association in US. They played on a series of golf courses over 45 days and 22-city tour across the United States. The unique competition was an average score of 15 rounds played on courses with any practice round. Sujjan averaged 70.9 to emerge as the best.
EB crush Bagan to win league
Kolkata: East Bengal recreated history by securing a sixth successive title, and a record 37 overall, in the OC Blue Calcutta Football league Premier Division A after Do Dong Hyun’s two first-half freekicks handed arch-rivals Mohun Bagan a 4-0 rout in a sell-out derby here on Sunday. In front of a packed 65000 crowd at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, which was hosting its first match after grass was relaid, the green and maroon brigade had to return disheartened aftershock defeat. East Bengal took their tally to an unbeatable 25 points from nine matches to seal the issue with one match to spare, while I-league champions remained on 14 from eight matches to see their title hope go up in smoke. East Bengal’s six-title winning streak had begun in 2010
Patel finishes 5th
Sepang (Malaysia): Indian driver Aditya Patel came up with an impressive performance to finish fifth in race two of the fourth round of the Audi R8 lMS Cup here on Sunday. Patel had to start last for the second race after a collision with a fellow competitor in the first race but fought his way to fifth place to finish behind the pole sitter Alex Yoong, who finished fourth. The race was won by Marchee lee of Hong Kong. Earlier, starting fourth for the first race, Patel found himself in the path of a spinning Marchee lee while fighting for the lead on turn two of the first lap. Patel was forced to retire with damage to his car. The incident meant that Patel would start last for the second race as he had not recorded a lap time in race one.