INDIA WIN All 10 GOlD IN JUNIOR TT
New Delhi: India added six more gold on the concluding day to win all 10 gold medals on offer in the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships at Mount lavinia, near Colombo on Sunday. In addition, they also claimed four silver medals for a total of 14 medals from the regional championships. Earlier, the Indian and Sri lankan juniors had booked their berths in the Asian Juniors, to be held in Ansan, Korea from June 29 to July 4. In junior boys final, top-seed Manav Thakkar defeated Parth Virmani 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9 for the gold. The Delhi boy, who was seeded second, had to be satisfied with the silver while the bronze medals went to Sri lanka's P.D. Umesh Tennakon and KDV Madhushan, who lost their semi-final matches to Manav and Parth, respectively.
KENYANS KORIO & CHEPTAI WIN TCS 10K RUN
Bengaluru: Alex Korio and Irene Cheptai made it a Kenyan double at the TCS World 10K run, clocking 28:12 and 31:51 respectively in the race here on Monday. Korio and Cheptai collected the winner's cheque for USD 26,000 each. With revised timings of the elite race, the male and female elite completed the first 800 metres cheered on by a loud stadium packed with amateur runners. While Mosinet Geremew was attempting for a hat-trick in Bengaluru, Korio, was the one who shined through. New Zealand's Zane Robertson pushed the pace along with designated pacemaker Stephen Kissa, from Uganda, during the early part of the race as a nine-man pack went through 3km in 8:30 and then 5km in 14:09.
INDIAN EVES WIN SERIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Potchefstroom: Poonam Raut and Mithali Raj shared an unbeaten 127-run stand as India women steamrolled South Africa by eight wickets in the final of the Quadrangular Series, here on Sunday. Veteran Jhulan Goswami starred with the ball with three wickets, helping India dismiss South Africa for a paltry 156 in 40.2 overs. Raut (70 off 92) and Raj (62 off 79) then delivered with the bat, taking their team to a comfortable win in 33 overs after a rather jittery start to the chase. The other teams in the tournament were Zimbabwe and Ireland. Captain Raj not only guided the team to a resounding win but also became the first Indian captain to lead the side in 100 ODIs. The tournament also turned out to be good preparation for India ahead of the World Cup, which begins in the UK next month.
PCB WANTS TO DISCUSS MATTERS WITH BCCI
Karachi: Amidst bleak chances of an India-Pakistan bilateral series in the near future, a top Pakistani official on Sunday said the two countries are likely to hold talks during a Champions Trophy match in England. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shahryar Khan said he would discuss the matter once again with the BCCI officials during the June 4 ICC Champions Trophy match between the two sides at Edgbaston, Dunya News reported. Khan also admitted that the chances of a bilateral series with India remain bleak. On May 3, the PCB sent a legal notice to the BCCI for not honouring an MOU, signed in 2014, to play six bilateral series between 2015 and 2023.