Pro Wrestling league begins today
new delhi: Double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar will be in action when the Pro Wrestling league (PWl) season 3 begins with a clash between Delhi Sultans and Mumbai Maharathi at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Indian, who clinched the silver medal at the 2012 london Olympics and a bronze at the Beijing Games, will look to make a positive start to their campaign after ending the last season at the fifth spot. Rio Olympic bronze medallist Haji Aliyev of Azerbaijan will be another important cog in Delhi's wheel after his gold medal winning feat at the Paris World championship last year in 61kg.
Shillong lajong beat Indian Arrows 1-0
Shillong: Shillong lajong FC registered their first win of the year as they beat Indian Arrows 1-0 and moved up a place in the I-league here on Monday. lajong's foreign recruit Koffi (80') scored the only goal of the match at the JlN Stadium. Shillong lajong took a more direct and aggressive approach as they had the Arrows on the backfoot. Meanwhile, the moment of glory came for the young goalie Prabhsukhan Gill when he jumped to his left to save skipper Samuel lalmuanpuia's spot-kick. After an onslaught of attacks on Arrows, lajong's winning goal finally came in the 80th minute when forward Abdoulaye Koffi raced into the box, past the outstretched Jitendra and delivered a wonderful shot into the roof of the net. On Tuesday, Chennai City will take on Neroca FC in Coimbatore seeking to improve on their showing in the first leg.
Arsenal dumped out of FA Cup
london: FA Cup holders Arsenal were sensationally dumped out of the competition by Nottingham Forest, joining leeds United as big-name casualties on a day of shocks. Elsewhere, West Ham stayed alive with a goalless draw at Shrewsbury and Tottenham scored three goals in eight second- half minutes to see off the challenge of league One side AFC Wimbledon. Championship side Forest revived memories of their glory years under Brian Clough, putting 13-times winners Arsenal to the sword in an incident-packed 4-2 win at the City Ground. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who made nine changes to the side that drew with Chelsea in the Premier league in midweek, defended his team selection for the third-round tie. "We have many players on the edge and we play again on Wednesday," he said.
Chennai's fightback raises semi-final hopes
chennai: Chennai Smashers spearheaded by PV Sindhu were back in the hunt in the Vodafone Premier Badminton league by taking a 2-0 lead against Bengaluru Blasters here on Monday. Playing their final match of the season in-front of their home crowd at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai's grit was evident in the first men's doubles match when Yang lee and B Sumeeth Reddy made a sensational turnaround to upset Mathias Boe and Kim-Sa Ran 2-1. They lost the first game 8-15 but showed tremendous resilience in the next two tight games by squeezing 15-14 and 15-13 win to surge ahead 1-0. The loss a big blow for Bangalore as they had nominated it as their Trump match, which meant they ended up with a negative point (-1).