maiden pro fight in India
New Delhi: In a massive fillip to the still nascent professional boxing scene in India, the country will host its maiden WBA-sanctioned fight card here on Saturday under the aegis of the Indian Boxing Council. The six bouts to be held at the Sri Fort Sports Complex, will be all-Indian affairs featuring national-level boxers with officials from the World Boxing Association (WBA) supervising the fights which will be conducted by the Indian Boxing Council (IBC). WBA is one of four international bodies which sanction title bouts in professional boxing. The four-round contests will feature Siddharth Varma (super welterweight), Sukhwinder (cruiserweight), Manoj Grewal (heavyweight) and Sumit Rangi (heavyweight) who have had national careers over last 10 years in addition. "India is going to become a great country in the professional circuit. We are mighty impressed with how the IBC is moving forward in promoting professional boxing," WBA's Regional development Adviser Stanley Christodoulou told PTI.
Indian women clean sweep Sl
Ranchi: Medium-pacer Deepti Sharma grabbed six wickets haul before Veda Krishnamurthy scored a half-century as India women completed 3-0 clean sweep after posting a comfortable seven-wicket win over Sri lanka in the third and final ODI here on Friday. Deepti followed up her four-for in the previous game with figures of six for 20 to bundle out Sri lanka for a meagre 112 in 38.2 overs. India then crossed the target in just 29.3 overs with Veda Krishnamurthy top-scoring with an unbeaten 61. Sri lanka got off to a good start after electing to bat, with openers Yasoda Mendis (14) and Prasadani Weerakkody (19) adding 33 before Deepti took two wickets in two consecutive deliveries to trigger a dramatic collapse.
Bengal Warriors beat Titans
patna: South Korean Jang Kun lee and Bajirao Hodage produced an impressive show as Bengal Warriors beat Telugu Titans in a Pro Kabaddi Season 3 match here on Friday. The win takes Bengal Warriors to the second place in the league table with 32 points. Telugu Titans now have 23 points from nine matches and they are in fourth place with the solitary point they gained for a less than seven point defeat. For the Telugu Titans, it was yet another disappointing day as their star Rahul Chaudhari was a passenger. He made a sensational start getting rival skipper Nilesh Shinde in the very first raid. His failures thereafter, as Bajirao Hodage singled him out for special treatment, hurt his side a lot. This resulted in Bajirao scoring eight points and keeping Rahul Chaudhari out for close to half an hour.