Sourabh clinches Chinese Taipei title
Taipei City: On a comeback trail after recovering from a series of injuries, Sourabh Verma on Sunday clinched the men's singles title at the Chinese Taipei Open after defeating Malaysia's Daren liew in the summit clash of the $55,000 Grand Prix tournament here. The 23-year-old from Madhya Pradesh rallied to grab the first two games and emerged victorious after his opponent liew retired in the third game due to a shoulder injury with the scoreline reading 12-10, 12-10, 3-3 in the Indian's favour. It was a case of being third time lucky as Sourabh, who had ended runners-up at Belgium and Poland international challengers, finally crossed the finishing line after spending almost a year on the sidelines due to elbow and knee injuries last year.
Sakshi gets engaged
New Delhi: Rio Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik on Sunday got engaged to wrestler boyfriend Satyawart Kadian at her residence in Rohtak. The 24-year-old wrestler had earlier spoken about Satyawart in the media. "It was a private function. Only the families of the to-be bride and groom attended the event and it went very well," Satyawart's father Arjuna Awardee Satyavan Pehelwan said. Satyawart, 22, is two years younger to Sakshi and trains at his father's akhada in Rohtak. He won his first bronze medal at the 2010 Youth Olympics. The two were said to have fallen in love during wrestling tournaments. About Satyawart, Sakshi earlier said, "He is very supportive and thinks of my dreams as his own."
Shuttler Jayaram loses in final
Almere (Netherlands): Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram failed to notched up his third straight title in the Dutch Open badminton tournament as he went down fighting in the summit clash here on Sunday. Top-seeded Jayaram lost 10-21, 21-17, 18-21 to second seed Tzu Wei Wang of Chinese Taipei in a close contest that lasted 55 minutes. Jayaram made a poor start and he trailed throughout the first game and the closest he was with his opponent was when the score was 10-5 in favour of Wang. The second game was a closely-fought one and the two players were tied 9-9 but from there Jayaram nosed ahead and led till he took it 21-17. In the decider also, Jayaram trailed all through and he played the catch-up game.
Pakistan lead by 242 runs
DUBAI: Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the joint second-fastest bowler to take 100 wickets when he reached the milestone in his 17th test following a five-wicket haul against the West Indies, who were bowled out for 357 on the fourth day of their day-night test on Sunday. West Indies added only 42 runs to their overnight 315-6, faltering against Shah's 5-121 with the pink ball to concede a 222-run lead. Pakistan didn't enforce the follow-on and stretched their lead to 242 by reaching 20-2 in their second innings at tea. First innings triple century-maker Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq both were dismissed leg before wicket cheaply. Shah ran through the West Indies tail when he trapped Shannon Dowrich (32) lbw off a fuller delivery and then clean bowled captain Jason Holder (20) and Miguel Cummins for zero.