Delhi boy sets record
Coimbatore: Delhi boy Tejaswin Shankar on Thursday smashed the 12-year-old national senior record in high jump with an effort of 2.26m while winning the gold on the opening day of the 32nd National Junior Athletics Championships here. The 17-year-old Tejaswin achieved the rare feat of a junior athlete breaking the national senior record. He had just one failure over 2.24m, and then came the record of 2.26m, also with the second attempt.
Dynamos sign stars
New Delhi: Midfielders Alwyn George and Malsawmzuala on Thursday joined Indian Super league side Delhi Dynamos after their AFC Cup campaign for Bengaluru FC to be available for the rest of the ISl season. Attacking midfielder George will add creativity to an already star-studded Delhi midfield and attack, while youngster Malsawmzuala will bring more muscle to the middle of the park.
‘Identify big moments'
Mumbai: Australia are scheduled to travel to India for a four-Test series and former captain Adam Gilchrist said going by their recent outing the Aussies need to work hard on identifying big moments where they lack consistency. Gilchrist feels more often than not the Aussies are letting their opponents bounce back into a game. "Australia shouldn't be panicking. They were very much in the dominant position in that Test match (at Perth against South Africa). Australia need to identify moments in the game, where they need to work hard and not let the opponent back in," Gilchrist said.
Eves win easily
Mulapadu: Indian women's cricket team on Thursday powered to an easy 6 wicket victory over West Indies in the opening ODI of the three-match series riding on good show from the spin twins Rajeswari Gayakwad and Ekta Bist put up an impressive show. The left-arm spin duo snared 7 out of the 10 wickets to skittle out West Indies for 131 in 42.4 overs. In reply, India were struggling at 36 for four before Veda Krishnamurthy's unbeaten 52 enabled them to chase down the target easily.