Maxwell reprimanded for showing dissent
New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab batsman Glenn Maxwell was reprimanded by match referee Roshan Mahanama for showing dissent at an umpiring decision during his team's crushing eight-wicket defeat against Delhi Daredevils in an Indian Premier league cricket tournament match on Friday. The press release issued stated,"In the VIVO IPl match in Delhi last evening, Glen Maxwell of Kings XI Punjab was reprimanded by the Match Referee for showing dissent at the umpire's decision. Maxwell admitted to the level 1 offence (Article 2.1.5 of the IPl Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials) and accepted the sanction." Maxwell had a particularly poor match as he was out without scoring and gave away 11 runs in the only over that he bowled.
Aizawl FC beat DSK Shivajians 1-0
Pune: Missed chances cost DSK Shivajians, who went down fighting 0-1 to Aizawl FC in the final home game of the Hero I-league 2015-16 at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex in Mhalunge-Balewadi on Saturday. A second-half strike by Joel Sunday in the 61st minute, handed visitors Aizawl FC a win in the Round-17 encounter. Hosts DSK Shivajians were unlucky as they not only missed a number of chances throughout the game but were also denied a clear penalty in the closing minutes of the second half. The defeat brought an end to DSK Shivajians' seven-match unbeaten run as they dropped down to seventh place in the standings with 15 points. Meanwhile, Aizawl FC moved up to sixth with 16 points.
Winning start for Advani
Doha: Indian ace Pankaj Advani started his his campaign at the Asian Snooker Championship with a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia's Sulaiman Almisfer here on Saturday. In his first match, Pankaj beat Almisfer in straight frames 82-26, 81-06,76-23,70-15 with breaks of 67 and 69 in the second and fourth frame respectively. "It was great to have this campaign started, there is a rhythm that is found on commencing with a tournament and I am delighted to have got off to a winning start. I am focused on working towards a similar score-line for all my group matches," Advani said.
Positive start by Indian shooters
Rio de Janeiro: Indian trap shooters Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai got off to positive starts on day one of competition at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup here. The ISSF tournament for rifle, pistol and shotgun assumes significance as it is considered a test event before the Rio Olympic Games in August. In the first qualification round of the men's trap event, former world champion and world number one Manavjit missed two targets out of 50 to end the day at eighth position. Youngster Chenai was a point below, shooting a score of 47 to lie in 14th position.