Indian women's team lose 1-3 to Den Bosch
Den Bosch: Defender Navdeep Kaur scored the solitary goal as the Indian women's hockey team suffered a 1-3 loss to ladies Den Bosch team in their third match of the Europe Tour here. Goals from Ireen van den Assem (12th, 45th) and Imke Hoek (57th) were enough for the hosts to register the win against the visitors as Navdeep (47th) was the lone player to be on target for India. The match saw both the teams locking horns mostly in the midfield as the focus was on defence. The fourth quarter saw a brilliant team move from India through defender Navdeep Kaur who scored in the 47th minute. India continued to put more pressure on the home side in the fourth quarter as chances went wide.
Hyderabad win Buchi Babu tournament
Chennai: A century partnership between K Sumanth (77 not out) and K Rohit Rayudu (47 not out) powered Hyderabad to an eight-wicket win over TNCA President's XI in the final of the Kalpathi AGS — Buchi Babu All-India Invitation cricket tournament here on Friday. Resuming on the overnight score of 76 for 1 in 20 overs in pursuit of 201 for victory, Sumanth and Rohit added 113 runs in 30 overs for the third wicket to take Hyderabad home. The consistent Sumanth was named player of the tournament. He had sparkled in the team's semifinal win over UP with a half-century and had scored a ton against TNCA XI in the round-robin game.
Sangram digs deep to beat USA's Radford
New Delhi: World Professional Champion wrestler Sangram Singh's much awaited return to the mat lived up to its billing as he overcame America's Kevin Radford Jr in an exciting but hard-fought battle in front of a packed house here at the Talkatora Stadium on Friday night. Sangram Singh had to dig deep into his experience to snatch the championship belt from a valiant Radford in the first KD Jadhav Memorial International Wrestling Championship. "It was a really tough fight," Sangram conceded after his victory. "I had to use all my experience to beat this fine wrestler from the US," he added. Both the champions fought tooth and nail but Sangram made the most of his 24-20 lead going into the last round to seal the bout in his favour.
Ronaldinho sizzles in Delhi’S 4-3 win
Mumbai: Ronaldinho starred in Delhi Dragons 4-3 victory against Mumbai Warriors in the opening game of season two of Premier Futsal, as the Brazilian legend himself scored all the four goals for his side. Ronaldinho started the proceedings for the Delhi side as he netted the ball inside the goal on a pass by leandro De Jesus's to take his side 1-0 up in the third minute. Mumbai had a chance to equalise but a shot by their skipper and Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs was saved by Delhi custodian Stalna Matias. Till the last second, Mumbai tried hard to equalise but fell way back as Delhi registered a win.
big upsets in indian open snooker
Vizag: Day 4's action at the 2017 Indian Open Snooker began with defending champion Anthony McGill winning comfortably against Iran's Hossein Vafaei. Then came the upsets. The first one courtesy David Gilbert as he won comfortably against World No 11 Mark Allen. The second upset - a bigger one - saw the exit of World No 5 Shaun Murphy at the hands of Elliot Stressor. On Day 3, Stressor had finished his match well after 12:00 AM but showed no signs of exhaustion on Friday as he went about business on the table, clinically dispatching the former World Champion and one of the big favourites for the Indian Open.
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