England seal innings win over lanka
lEEDS: James Anderson carved through Sri lanka twice in two days and Jonny Bairstow backed up his century with nine catches behind the stumps as England won the first test by an innings and 88 runs inside three days on Saturday. Anderson collected five wickets in each of Sri lanka's innings as the tourists completely failed to deal with the veteran's swing and movement off the pitch on a seam bowler-friendly surface at Headingley. With England quickly hitting form at the start of its summer season, Sri lanka was all out for 91 in its first innings. Following on, Sri lanka slumped to 119 in its second innings soon after tea on the third day, with Anderson bowling Nuwan Pradeep for a duck for the final wicket and his 10th of the match.
Bagan clinch Fed Cup for 14th time
Guwahati: India striker Jeje lelpekhlua scored twice as Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan thrashed Aizwal FC 5-0 in the summit clash to clinch the Federation Cup football tournament title for a record-extending 14 times here on Saturday. Jeje struck in 73rd and 88th minutes while the other goal scorers for Mohun Bagan were Sony Norde (48th), Dhanachandra Singh (58th) and Bikramjit Singh (82nd) after the two sides were locked goal-less at the end of the first session at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium. Mohun Bagan's 14th title, the most by any club in the country in the prestigious tournament, will give them the right to play in the AFC Cup after they missed out on the I-league title this season. They won the title after a gap of eight years, since their triumph in 2008.
Jitu through; Bindra finishes 15th
Munich: India's pistol ace Jitu Rai displayed good form to sail through to the qualification round of the men's 50-metre pistol event on the opening day of the ISSF World Cup here on Saturday. At the Olympic Shooting Range, Jitu shot a subdued 562, enough to finish fourth in his elimination round. His teammate for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games, Prakash Nanjappa also made it through by shooting 555 in his elimination relay to finish 13th. The other Indian in the event, Omkar Singh, also advanced with a score of 547. In the day's other events, Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra finished 15th in the men's 10m air rifle event with a score of 626.2. In the women's 25-metre pistol, Anisa Sayyed will go into the rapid fire round on Sunday in 12th place after having shot 291 in the precision round.
lahiri lands an eagle, makes cut
Irving (Texas): Anirban lahiri landed a crucial eagle on the back nine to make a cut for the weekend at the $7.3 million AT&T Byron Nelson on the PGA Tour. lahiri carded a superb five-under 65 with four birdies and an eagle to move to three-under for the tournament and was placed tied 59th as he moved 64 places up from the first round. The 28-year-old Indian, whose only top-10 this season has been a second place on European and Asian Tour's Hero Indian Open at home, started down the barrel after carding two-over 72 in the first round, which he completed on Friday morning. lahiri was two-over through 16 holes on weather-hit first day and came back to complete his first round on Friday. He parred both holes, but had a three-putt on the 18th. Agencies