England eves beat South Africa, enter final
Bristol: Jenny Gunn and Anya Shrubsole held their nerves under intense pressure to steer England to a nerve-wracking two-wicket win over South Africa and into the summit clash of the ICC Women World Cup, here on Tuesday. It was always a contest between South Africa's bowling and England's batting and the hosts managed to knock down a modest target of 219 with two balls to spare in a humdinger of a match. With all top batters back in the pavilion, the job to steer the ship to safety was left to lower-order and Gunn kept her head cool and calm to do it. Gunn came up with an unbeaten 27 when wickets were tumbling one after another.
Sri lanka pull off record chase to beat Zimbabwe
colombo: Niroshan Dickwella and Asela Gunaratne guided Sri lanka to a record 388 target to beat Zimbabwe by four wickets Tuesday in a pulsating end to their one-off Test. A crucial 121-run sixth-wicket stand between Gunaratne (80 not out) and Dickwella (81) secured Sri lanka's best-ever run chase. Sri lanka's previous best was against South Africa in 2006, when they achieved a 352-run target. Man-of-the-match Gunaratne anchored the chase to perfection after Dickwella's departure, putting on an unbeaten 67-run partnership with Dilruwan Perera (29 not out) to take Sri lanka to victory.
Indian eves go down 1-4 to England
Johannesburg: India suffered a 1-4 loss to England in the quarter-final of the Women's Hockey World league Semi Final here on Tuesday. Dragflicker Gurjit Kaur (57th minute) was India's lone scorer, while Giselle Ansley (6th), Alex Danson (13th), Susannah Townsend (42nd) and Hannah Martin (60th) sounded the board for England. India will next play the fifth to eighth placing match on July 20. India went into the halftime with eight circle penetrations and three shots on goals while England made 11 circle penetrations with three shots on goal. The final quarter saw India make some brave forays into the striking circle but without much success.
Siddhanth breaks own record at State athletics
Guntur: Siddhanth Thingalaya created a new Meet Record to win the Men's 110m Hurdles in 13.76s as the 57th National Inter State Championships ended on a high note at the Acharya Nagarjuna University ground here on Tuesday. Tamil Nadu's Suresh (14.41s) was in second place while DebarjanMurmu (14.64s) of West Bengal finished third. In overall team rankings, Kerala finished on top of the table with maximum 159 points at the end of the 4-day event, followed by Tamil Nadu (110) on second position and Haryana (101) on third.
Spanish football president and son arrested
madrid: Police say they have arrested Spanish Football Federation president Angel Maria Villar, his son and three more federation executives as part of an anti-corruption probe. Spain's Guardia Civil said in a statement on Tuesday that Villar, his son Gorka Villar, and three other football officials were detained while raids were carried out at the federation headquarters. Police said the five men were arrested on charges of corruption as part of a probe into the finances of the federations.