Aditi Ashok slips to Tied 27th at Women's PGA
Olympia Fields (US): Indian golfer Aditi Ashok dropped four bogeys on the back nine in a round of two- over 73 to slip from overnight Tied 12th to Tied 27th in the third round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. The 19-year-old, who is playing only her second Major, was never able to settle down in the third round, after two successive 69s in the first two rounds. She did have four birdies, one on the front nine and three on the back nine, but two bogeys on front nine and another four on the return journey wrecked her card. At two-under 211 for 54 holes, she is T-27 but eight shots behind co-leaders, Korea's Chella Choi (67) and American Danielle Kang (68) at 10-under each.
Tickets for Vijender's bout go on sale
Mumbai: The online ticket sales of Indian boxing star Vijender Singh's showdown with Chinese Zulpikar Maimaitiali in a double title fight next month started on Sunday. WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion Vijender Singh will take on the WBO Oriental Super Middleweight champion in a winner-takes-all clash on August 5 at NSCI Dome. The tickets are priced from `1200 - 12,000 in different categories. Tickets for general stands are divided into two categories, Purple and Blue stand are priced at `1200 and Bronze Stand for `1500. Speaking on fighting in Mumbai, Vijender Singh said, "I love the city of Mumbai, the people here are very welcoming, the vibe of this city is very exciting. I hope a lot of people come out and support me. I am confident there will be loud cheering for me and people will enjoy watching the bout."
Ravi remains only Indian umpire in Elite Umpire
Dubai: Sundaram Ravi remains the only Indian umpire in the ICC Elite Panel with the world body naming an unchanged line-up for the 2017-18 season. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has also retained the same group of Elite Panel match referees, following the annual review and selection process. The decision was made by the ICC Umpires Selection Panel consisting of Chairman and ICC General Manager - Cricket, Geoff Allardice, ICC Chief Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle, ex-England player, coach, umpire and now a commentator - David lloyd, and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, the former India captain and international umpire.Besides Ravi, the others umpires in the Elite Panel are Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel llong, Bruce Oxenford, Paul Reiffel and Rod Tucker.
Concussion protocols not followed during FIFA W/C
Toronto: Assessment protocols for head collisions experienced by players during the 2014 football World Cup were not followed in more than 60 per cent of the cases, a study has found. Researchers from St Michael's Hospital in Canada found that during 64 games, 61 players had 81 head collisions in 72 separate events. Health care personnel assessed the player in 12 cases (15 per cent), 45 players (56 per cent) received assessment from another player, referee, or personnel on the field, and 21 players (26 per cent) received no assessment.Of the 67 occasions in which players manifested two or more signs of concussion, 16 per cent received no assessment and returned to play immediately. Among players with three or more concussion signs, 86 per cent returned to play during the same game after an average assessment duration of 84 seconds.
Indian boxers continue to shine in Asian Youth C'ships
Bangkok: Indian boxers continued to produce commanding performances and four of them advanced to the quarterfinals on the second day of the Asian Youth Championships. Sudeep Kumar (52kg), Ankit Kumar (60kg), Naveen Boora (69kg) and Mohammed Etash Khan (56kg) won their respective opening bouts to enter the last-eight stage. Sudeep was the first to take the ring and he was up against Iraq's Eskander Yahya Husham. The Indian was expected to win and he did so without any trouble, fetching a unanimous verdict in his favour. Ankit registered a similarly comfortable win over Indonesia's Midhun Reza to enter the quarterfinal. Awaiting him is Kyrgyzstan's Egenberdi Uulu Adilet, who got a first round bye. The experienced Etash, who has competed in the World Youth Championships as well, sailed past Mongolia's Tsagaanbaatar Munkhbaatar in his first round contest. Naveen defeated Kyrgyzstan's Yryskulov Erzhan to set up a clash with Huang Rui of China. Rui also got an opening-round bye.