Ghosh-Sathiyan settle for silver
new delhi: The Indian pair of Soumyajit Ghosh and G Sathiyan came close to toppling the top-seeded Japanese duo of Jin Uda and Maharu Yoshimura, only to end with a silver in the men's doubles at the Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte on Sunday. The experienced Japanese pair overcame a tough fight from the Indians to win 11-13, 11-7, 11-4, 6-11, 11-5 to take home their second title. Indians staged a fine recovery to win the first game but Uda and Yoshimura won the second and the third one easily. The Indians came back aggressively in the fourth but the Japanese allowed very little liberty in the decider and sealed the match.
Chennai beat Delhi in icml
Ahmedabad: Chennai Strikers beat Delhi Dons 4-1 in the Indian Cue Masters league match here on Sunday, overcoming their opening day setback against Gujarat Kings. Chennai Strikers' player Pankaj Advani won both mixed doubles with Vidya Pillai, and snooker singles against Kelly Fisher, in the match being played at city's Rajpath Club. Advani, the 16-time world champion, was ably complemented by Pillai in the mixed doubles, as the pair trounced Kelly Fisher and Manan Chandra of Delhi Dons 20-5, 22-18. Dharmender lilly won his singles pool match against Malkeet Singh as well as mixed doubles with the in-form Pillai in the pool doubles. In another match, Gujarat Kings lost to Hyderabad Hustlers
Paltan edge out Pirates 47-42
lucknow: Patna Pirates suffered a narrow 42-47 defeat at the hands of Puneri Paltan as all the good work done by Pardeep Narwal came to a naught in the VIVO Pro Kabaddi here on Sunday. Narwal scored a staggering 19 points but the defence failed his team. For Paltan, Rajesh Mondal scored 10 points as they capitalised on a solid first-half performance.
NEW cricket STADIUM IN tripura
Agartala: The Tripura Cricket Association (TCA), with financial assistance from the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India), would build a 25,000-seat capacity international standard cricket stadium with all modern facilities near here. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Sunday formally launched the works for the stadium to be built at a cost of over Rs 200 crore. According to TCA Secretary Tapas Dey, the BCCI would reimburse 50 per cent cost of the stadium, being constructed at Narshingarh, 20 km north of Agartala.