Bottas beats Hamilton to take Abu Dhabi pole
Abu Dhabi: Valtteri Bottas outpaced his Mercedes team-mate lewis Hamilton to claim pole position with a record-breaking lap in Saturday's qualifying session for Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Finn clocked a best lap in one minute, 36.231 seconds to outpace the newly-crowned four-time world champion. It was Bottas' fourth career pole and the first time he had claimed back-to-back pole positions. German four-time champion Sebastian Vettel took third place for Ferrari ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull and his Ferrari team-mate Finn Kimi Raikkonen, with Dutchman Max Verstappen sixth in the second Red Bull.
2 more Indians boxers enter final in youth c’ship
Guwahati: Indian boxers continued to remain an unstoppable force at the AIBA Women's Youth World Championships with two more advancing to the final to take the total number to an unprecedented five, here on Saturday. Nitu (48kg) and Sakshi Choudhary (54kg) won their respective semifinals to continue India's best ever performance at the marquee age group event being held for the first time in the country. However, Anupama (81kg), a direct entrant into the semifinals owing to the small size of the draw, ended with a bronze after losing her very first bout in the competition.
Nagal wins maiden Challenger trophy
Bengaluru: Sumit Nagal's sensational campaign at the ATP Bengaluru Open culminated in a superb fashion as he lifted his maiden Challenger level title with a three-set win over Briton Jay Clarke, here on Saturday. Unseeded 20-year-old Nagal defeated his British opponent 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in the summit clash of the $100,000 hard court event, earning crucial 100 ATP ranking points. Nagal, who is ranked 321, is likely to gain more than 80 places on the ATP ranking list when the new rankings will be issued on Monday. The effort won Nagal a decent prize purse of $14,400 and more importantly he will now be ranked close to 225 which will be his career-best rank.
Moinuddin's last-minute strike gets draw for Punjab
ludhiana: Substitute Moinuddin found a timely equaliser in dying moments as Minerva Punjab walked away with a 1-1 draw against Mohun Bagan in the season-opening game of the 11th edition of Hero I-league, here on Saturday. Punjab looked more dominating in the first half and kept most of the possession. Mohun Bagan, on the other hand, were more alert and played with caution. A sheer moment of brilliance from Norde against the run of play in the 42nd minute led to the first goal of the game. Moinuddin scored a volley in the 89th minute to level the match. Moinuddin quickly moved away from his marker struck the ball sweetly into the bottom left side of the net. Agencies