Gujarat Fortune giants trounce Dabang Delhi
chennai: Gujarat Fortunegiants made short work of Dabang Delhi, posting a crushing 42-22 win in Vivo Pro Kabaddi Season 5 at Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday. Sachin and Chandran Ranjit combined to score 20 raid points for Gujarat. It was yet another dismal showing by the team from Delhi as it crashed to their 14th defeat in the campaign. Dabang Delhi's defence was terrible as they scored just four points. Gujarat Fortunegiants are top of the table in Zone A with 67 points from 18 matches. Dabang Delhi are rooted to the bottom of the table with 31 points after 19 matches.
India A women's team beat Tasmania 1-0 in AHl
Perth: Sangita Kumari score the winner as India A women's team beat Tasmania 1-0 to regist their first victory at the 2017 Australian Hockey league (AHl) here on Tuesday. Sangita scored the winner in the 19th minute to hand India their maiden win in Pool B. The Indian eves got off to a good start as they controlled the play in midfield throughout the first quarter. At the start of the second quarter, the visitors pulled off a beautiful move which was finished by Sangita in the 19th minute as she deceived Tasmania's goalkeeper Ruby-Rose Haywood to hand India the lead. It was a rought third quarter as both the sides made some strong tackles which resulted in a yellow card each for both teams. Tasmania tried to break India's back line but could not succeed as the Indians put up a spirited display.
HERO MOTOSPORTS GEARED UP FOR OIlIBYA new delhi: The Hero MotoSports Team Rally, comprising riders Joaquim Rodrigues and CS Santosh, is all set for the Oilibya Rally in Morocco, starting from October 5th. This will be the second outing of Hero MotoSports Team Rally in Northern Africa. After a week of successful testing and training together with team novice Oriol Mena, the team is looking to gain valuable saddle time for the riders and critical data from the Oilibya Rally on the latest evolution of their new rally bike. With three months to go before the Dakar Rally kicks off in Peru, this is one major competition left on the calendar, before everyone starts counting down to the biggest and toughest motorsports event on earth.
Injured Bale out of Wales Wc qualifiers
Perth: Gareth Bale has been ruled out of Wales's final two crucial World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Ireland, the Football Association of Wales said on Tuesday. Bale's fitness has been a source of concern for the national side since he suffered a calf muscle strain against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions league last week. "The Football Association of Wales can confirm that Gareth Bale will miss the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Republic of Ireland," said an FAW statement. "Bale -- who missed Real Madrid's game against Espanyol on Sunday -- arrived with the rest of the Wales squad on Sunday and attended yesterday's annual FAW Awards dinner at the team headquarters in Cardiff."
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