Gujarat Kings win Indian Cue Masters league in style
ahmedabad: Gujarat Kings blew away Delhi Dons 3-0 to win the inaugural Indian Cue Masters league here on Friday. "The pressure was on them and we just played our best. The atmosphere here, and the crowd and the final was incredible," said captain Andrew Pagett, who helped Gujarat pocket a winners' prize purse of Rs 20 lakh. The Kings' dashing pair of Pagett and Daria Sirotina began their march towards the pedestal in the Mixed Doubles Snooker. They seemed to be losing the opening frame but a slice of luck in the dying moments turned it around for them. leading 13-12 with less than 20 seconds left. It gave them the first frame fortuitously and that set the trend for the day.
Ramkumar ousted from US Open qualifiers
new york: Country's top singles Ramkumar Ramanathan has bowed out of the US Open qualifying event after losing his second round match to seasoned Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, here. Ramkumar, who recently created ripples by scalping top-10 player Dominic Thiem, lost 3-6, 7-6(5), 2-6 to Mahut in two hours and 29 minutes. Ramkumar's defeat means that India will not have representation in the singles event of the last Grand Slam of the season since Yuki Bhmabri and Prajnesh Gunneswaran's challenge had ended in the first round itself. All Indian players will stay in New York for a training camp for the next month's Davis Cup tie against Canada in Edmonton.
Neeraj suffers groin injury in Zurich Diamond league Finals
new delhi: Top Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra suffered a groin injury while taking part in the prestigious Diamond league Meetings finals, which led him to skip his last two rounds of the competition in Zurich. The 19-year-old Indian junior world record holder did not attempt his fifth and final throws due to the injury and his first round effort of 83.80m fetched him a seventh place finish in a strong eight-man field in Zurich on Thursday. He fouled his second round throw and came up with 83.39m in the third. "During the third round throw, I had a groin injury. I tried for the fourth throw but (because of the pain) I stopped at the run-up, did not do running in," Neeraj told PTI from Zurich, Switzerland. That is why his fourth throw was also shown as fouled attempt. Every participant gets six attempts.
Chandigarh, Manipur enter knock-out
new delhi: As anticipated, the Under-14 boys from Government Model School from Chandigarh and NCC from Imphal became the first teams to qualify for the knockout stage in the sub-junior boys section of the 58th Subroto Cup football tournament, here on Friday. In a pool C match at the Dr Ambedkar Stadium, Government Model School steamrolled Shri Guru Ram Rai Inter-College from Uttarakhand 16-0 to take the top perch in their pool and thus make the knockout cut. likewise, the NCC boys from Manipur, who kept an all-win record, led pool B when they defeated Maharashtra 3-1 at the NWC ground.
TISS honours Narang's foundation
new delhi: Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation (GNSPF) founded and pioneered by ace Indian shooter Gagan Narang and Pawan Singh has been honoured by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences for their outstanding work in the field of mentoring and coaching at the TISS leapvault ClO Awards 2017. Gagan Narang was delighted with the recognition and feels that the award is a testimony to GFG's vision of contributing to the country's cause through sports. "It is indeed a great honour for us to have received this award. I on behalf of entire GFG family would like to thank the jury members and this award for sure will be a huge boost to us and our efforts in promoting shooting in the country," Gagan said. Agencies