RSPB win Hockey C'ship for 3rd year in row
lucknow: Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) on Sunday beat Punjab and Sind Bank in the shoot-out to retain their crown for the third consecutive year at the Hockey India Senior National Hockey Championship 2017 (Men) ‘A' Division . In the shoot-out RSPB prevailed 3-0 over Punjab and Sind Bank after both the sides were locked 1-1 at the end of regulation time. In a highly competitive final of the seventh edition of the tournament, both teams started off cautiously and fought tooth and nail to seize the intitiative. In a tense first quarter, Punjab and Sind Bank struck the first blow when Gaganpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the 15th minute to give them the lead. Within moments of the second quarter, Amit Rohidas drew parity for RSPB scoring from penalty corner in the 18th minute.
Ricciardo wins chaotic Azerbaijan GP
BAKU: Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo profited from the chaos to win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday, while Sebastian Vettel extended his championship lead over lewis Hamilton. The Australian secured his fifth career win, while Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas overtook 18-year-old Canadian lance Stroll's Williams in the closing meters to take second place. Vettel steered his Ferrari into fourth, just ahead of Hamilton's Mercedes. In a stop-start race, the safety car came out three times in quick succession before a red flag stopped the grand prix near the midway point because debris littered the track. Shortly before that, Hamilton and Vettel were involved in an incident that threatens to sour their good relations. While behind a safety car Hamilton, who was in the lead, appeared to slow his car right in front of Vettel, causing Vettel to drive into him. An irate Vettel then accelerated alongside Hamilton and appeared to deliberately swerve back into him.
Ankush claims gold in mongolia
ulaanbaatar: The fast-rising Ankush Dahiya (60kg) clinched a gold while the experienced l Devendro Singh (52kg) settled for a silver medal on the final day of the Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament in Mongolia. The 19-year-old Ankush, who is a former Asian youth silver-medallist, defeated Korean Man Choe Chol in a split verdict, while Devendro lost to Indonesia's Aldoms Suguro, again a split decision. India thus signed off with a gold, a silver and three bronze medals from the tournament. K Shyam Kumar (49kg), Mohammed Hussamuddin (56kg) and Priyanka Chaudhary (60kg) – lost their respective semifinal bouts to settle for bronze medals on Saturday. Ankush put his long reach and height advantage to good use and landed some lusty straight blows, which swung the contest in his favour.
Sindhu, jR hockey team win SJFI awards
New Delhi: The Sports Journalists Federation of India, at its annual general meeting on Sunday, decided to confer the best Sportsperson of the Year Award on the ace shuttler and Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu. The Best Team of the Year award was bagged by the Indian junior hockey squad which won the World Cup in lucknow last December. Sindhu clinched the silver medal at last year's Olympic Games in Rio. The Indian junior hockey squad won the Junior World Cup title by defeating Belgium 2-1 in the final. The period for which the awards were considered was between July last year and June this year. The 40th convention of the SJFI to be held in Indore in September.