Mohun Bagan look to go all out vs Gokulam
kolkata: Former champions Mohun Bagan will be keen to revive their diminishing title aspiration when they face laggards Gokulam Kerala FC in their last I-league home fixture here on Monday. There may be five matches left but a strange scheduling mean Mohun Bagan will face the Kerala outfit twice in less than a month as the Shankarlal Chakraborty-coached side will want to go for the kill against the debutants. With three wins from 12 matches, Gokulam (10 points) lie at the bottom of the table, while Mohun Bagan are placed fourth with 21 points, still eight short of leaders Minerva. Mohun Bagan dropped points at Chennai City in their last outing and knowing well that they have a mountain to climb, Chakraborty on Sunday said they have to win all their matches to give them a chance to reclaim the title after three years.
Chennai, lajong play out goal-less draw
coimbatore: Chennai City and Shillong lajong played out a hard-fought goalless draw in their I-league match here on Sunday. Both sides created goal-scoring chances but failed to give the finishing touches to end the match in a stalemate at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. With one point from the match, Shillong lajong remained at fifth spot in the league table with 18 points from 16 matches. Chennai City, on the other hand, now occupy the ninth place with 13 points from 15 matches. An injury picked up in the game against Mohun Bagan forced Chennai City goalkeeper Uros Polijanec to sit out the crucial fixture against lajong.
Yuki to meet Miralles in Chennai Open
chennai: A total of 13 Indians will feature in the singles main draw of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger to be played at the SDAT tennis stadium here from Monday. Three Indians got into the main draw after coming through the final qualifying round on Sunday. The singles main draw will see top-seed Jordan Thompson of Australia (ranked 103) take on Egypt's Karim-Mohamed Maamoun in round one. India's top singles player, Yuki Bhambri, the second-seed will take on Bernabe Zapata Miralles of Spain in his opening match. The 112-ranked Bhambri, who qualified for the Australian Open, will be looking for some momentum ahead of the long season, which also includes a Davis Cup tie against China. Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam, a little-known local player, Arjun Khade and Sidharth Rawat made it to the main draw, albeit in contrasting styles.
Venus, CoCo put US up 2-0 in Fed Cup
Asheville (United States): Venus Williams got the defending champion United States off to a winning start in their Fed Cup first-round tie against the Netherlands before CoCo Vandeweghe survived a scare to extend the lead to 2-0. Cheered on by her younger sister Serena, who is poised to make her own comeback to the sport after a year away and the birth of her daughter, seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus made relatively light work of 124th-ranked Arantxa Rus, winning 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday. The 37-year-old, who enjoyed a renaissance year in 2017 when she reached two Grand Slam finals, showed some signs of tiring towards the end of the second set even as her clear advantage in skill and raw power were on display.