South Africa announce five-Test summer
johannesburg: South Africa will play three Test matches against Pakistan and two against Sri lanka during their 2018/19 summer, Cricket South Africa announced on Monday. South Africa will also host a total of 13 one-day internationals and nine Twenty20 internationals against Pakistan, Sri lanka and Zimbabwe. Pakistan, who will tour South Africa for the first time since 2013/14, will play the prime holiday season Tests in December and January, with Centurion awarded the Test starting on December 26 and Cape Town the traditional New Year Test starting on January 3. The third Test will be in Johannesburg from January 11.
lahiri finishes T-58 at Texas Open
san antonio: Anirban lahiri fired four birdies in last five holes to manage an even par 72 which helped him finish Tied-58h at Valero Texas Open, here. lahiri had two bogeys and two birdies on back nine where he began final round play. He was even with two birdies and two bogeys. On the front stretch of the course, lahiri double bogeyed first and bogeyed third and fourth at which stage he was 4-over for the day. He birdied from 5th to 8th to get back to even for the day.
Sarnobat finishes 4th at Shooting WC
changwon: Rahi Sarnobat narrowly missed out on a podium spot after she finished fourth in the women's 25m pistol event at the ISSF World Cup Stage 2 here on Monday. Sarnobat, however, recorded the best Indian finish on day two of the competition, scoring 588 out of 600 in the qualification round but finished just outside of the medals in the eight-woman final. Sarnobat recorded 26 hits out of the first 40 shots in the 50-shot final to finish one behind eventual bronze medalist Yushi Yao of China. India's Heena Sidhu finished 37th out of 92 shooters with a qualifying round score of 575.
Goans, AP win on day 4 of Jr women c'ship
bhopal: Action in the 8th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2018 (B Division) continued here on Monday which saw Goans Hockey, Hockey Andhra Pradesh, Manipur Hockey, Hockey Rajasthan, Telangana Hockey and Kerala Hockey win their respective matches. In Pool A, Goans Hockey registered their first win of the competition as they defeated Bengaluru Hockey Association 2-0. Goals for Goans Hockey were scored by Veena Naik (1') and Riya Salgaonkar (27'). In the other Pool A match, Hockey Andhra Pradesh defeated Hockey Madhya Bharat 7-0 where goals were scored by Spandana Bokam (42', 51', 57'), Kalyani Swarna Poodi (21', 48'), skipper Mary lotla (36') and Bhavani Madugula (40').
5 women boxers enter Asian Youth C’ship semis
bangkok: Five Indian women boxers assured themselves of medals, two of them also inching closer to qualifying for this year's Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, after advancing to the semifinals of the Asian Championships here on Monday. Anamika (51kg) and Astha Pahwa (75kg) were assured of medals and remained in the hunt for booking a berth to the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires. For women, four weight categories — 51kg, 57kg, 75kg and 60kg — will feature at the Games and from the ongoing event, the top-four will make the cut. While Anamika defeated Mongolia's Mungunsaran Balsan, Astha Pahwa got the better of China's Xiyue Wang. Both the boxers won in unanimous verdicts. However, world championships gold-medallist Sakshi Choudhary (57kg) and Jony (60kg) bowed out of medal and Olympic berth contention.