Indian women archers lose
Antalya: Indian women's compound team lost their bronze playoff to Indonesia in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 at the Konyaalti Beach Park. The Indian trio of of lily Chanu Paonam, Divya Dhayal and Purvasha Shende went down the Dellie Threesyadinda, Triya Resky Andriyani and Rona Siska Sari 222-226. The Indian women team started off on a positive note with 56-56 but slipped from the second set to continue their disappointing run in the last stage of the World Cup. Indian men's team had earlier failed to make the cut for Rio in the Final Olympic Qualification on June 16, while none of the archers remained in the medal hunt in individual section. India will remain contention for a second medal when the women's recurve team of Deepika, laxmirani Majhi and Bombayla Devi laishram face Italians in the bronze medal playoff.
Satish, Sumit advance
Baku: Asian Games bronze-medallist Satish Kumar (+91kg) and Sumit Sangwan (81kg) notched up facile wins to enter the second round of the International Boxing Association's World Olympic Qualification tournament. "Satish was faced with an opponent of short height. The fellow tried to unsettle Satish with his wild swings at him but Satish did extremely well to box from long range and strike him on counter-attack," national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu. Sumit, on the other hand, got the better of Trinidad's Andrew Fermin 3-0. The 23-year-old will be up against eighth seed Juan Carlos Carrilo Palacio of Colombia in his second-round contest. However, it was curtains for Dheeraj Rangi (60kg) after he went down to top seed lindolfo Garza of Mexico in a hard-fought bout.
BCCI suspends arrested GCA officials
New Delhi: The BCCI on Saturday suspended and issued show cause notices to the top Goa Cricket Association officials, who were arrested for alleged misappropriation of organisation funds, and initiated a probe of its own against them. GCA president Chetan Dessai and secretary Vinod Phadke, who, along with treasurer Akbar Mulla were arrested earlier this week by police for alleged misappropriation of Rs 3.13 crore belonging to the organisation. BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke said in a statement: "It has been widely reported in the media that the President, Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer of the Goa Cricket Association have been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal " The apex cricket body has given the GCA officials 15 days to file their replies.
Zverev upsets top-seeded Federer
Halle: Roger Federer's bid for a ninth title at the Gerry Weber Open came to an end Saturday when he was beaten in the semifinals by Alexander Zverev. Zverev's 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-3 victory over the top-seeded. "I haven't really grasped it yet," Zverev said. Neither player faced a break point in the first set and Zverev fired an ace to set up a set point, using it immediately. Federer got the first break of the match at 5-5 in the second set with a masterful drop shot as Zverev slipped at the baseline. Zverev got the break he needed in the third set when Federer sent a backhand very wide to fall behind 4-2.
Amir backs life bans for fixers
Karachi: Pakistan's Mohammad Amir said match-fixers should be banned for life as he prepares to return to Test cricket at lord's, where an infamous 2010 spot-fixing scandal landed him a jail term and a five-year ban. The fast bowler backed comments from England captain Alastair Cook, who said anyone caught match-fixing should be thrown out of the sport for good. "If fixing is still happening then it's really alarming," Amir said in an interview before his departure for the four-Test tour of England. "I fully back that fixers should be banned for life."