Bulls beat Bengal Warriors 31-25 in PKl
Nagpur: Bengaluru Bulls defeated beat Bengal Warriors 31-25 in a pulsating encounter of the Vivo Pro Kabaddi league Season 5, here on Wednesday. It was Ajay Kumar and Rohit Kumar, who scored nine and six points respectively to lead the Bulls to a superb victory. For Bengal Warriors, Jang Kun lee scored eight points but wasn't enough as they crashed to their first defeat of the season. In Zone B, Bengaluru Bulls now top the table with 19 points after playing six matches while Bengal Warriors are fourth with 11 points after three matches. In an evenly poised half it was the Bengaluru Bulls that led 12-10 at the break. The match eventually ended 31-25 in favour of Bengaluru Bulls as they coasted to a comfortable victory.
Chopra begins world campaign today
london: Fast-rising javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will have the weight of expectations on him when he begins his World Athletics Championship campaign on Thursday, aiming to infuse some life into India's listless performance in the mega-event. The 19-year-old world junior record holder has an outside chance of clinching a medal and he will feature in the qualification round tomorrow. Davinder Singh Kang is the second Indian in fray in men's javelin throw. Kang tested positive for marijuana in June but was named in the 25-member Indian team as the banned substance was in the specified list of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADA) and does not attract automatic suspension.
Sindhu, Saina get byes in 1st round
New Delhi: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and former world No 1 Saina Nehwal received first-round byes at the World Championship starting in Glasgow, Scotland from August 21. India's top male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched two successive titles at Indonesia and Australia and reached the finals at Singapore Open, will open his campaign against Russia's Sergey Sirant. Among other Indians in men's singles, 15th seed B Sai Praneeth will face Hong Kong's Wei Nan, while Ajay Jayaram will take on Austrian luka Wraber in the opening round. Sameer Verma will square off against Spain's Pablo Abian.
Big guns may have to sign undertakings
New Delhi: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar along with other enlisted in the BCCI's panel of commentators will have to sign an undertaking that they don't have any 'Conflict of Interest' as per the recommendations by the lodha Panel. The BCCI has already zeroed in on four names as their enlisted commentators. They are Sunil Gavaskar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Murali Kartik and Harsha Bhogle, who is returning after a fall out with the BCCI post World T20 in 2016. The BCCI on Wednesday did not officially name the quartet as COA member Diana Edulji said that all the issues pertaining to 'Conflict of Interest' is being looked into. "We have discussed the names but it has not been finalised. We need to look into the Conflict of Interest rules properly." Edulji told mediapersons on Wednesday.
Anand draws with Karjakin
St louis (USA): Former world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an easy draw against Sergey Karjakin of Russia to remain in joint second spot in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament, here. Known as the minister of defense, Karjakin could not really gain anything with white pieces and Anand had little trouble in executing his plans. With his fourth draw in five games combined with a brilliant victory over Fabiano Caruana of United States in the previous round, Anand garnered 3.5 points out of a possible six.