Anand settles for another draw
stavanger: Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand's hunt for an elusive win continued as he was held to yet another draw by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan in the sixth round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament here. American Wesley So threw the tournament open by scoring a crushing victory over Magnus Carlsen of Norway. With his sixth draw in as many games, Anand tallied 2.5 points in all as the game against Ding liren, who withdrew due to injury, was declared null. The Indian ace still has three more games to play in the tournament and remains is just a half point behind Carlsen, who was struck by Wesley for the first time ever in a classical game.
Aussie duo set for T20 Canada
los angeles: Disgraced Australia stars Steve Smith and David Warner, both facing a 12-month ban from top-flight international cricket, were drafted on Sunday for the Global T20 Canada event starting June 28. Former Australia captain Smith had already been announced as a marquee player for the inaugural edition of the event. Warner was selected in the third round of the draft by the Winnipeg Hawks, who took West Indies' Dwayne Bravo and South African left-hander David Miller in the first and second rounds.
lahiri T-37th; Woods 23rd
dublin: Indian golfer Anirban lahiri continued to struggle with his putting and carded his first over-par card of the week, a one-over 73, to sign off tied 37th at the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide on the PGA Tour. lahiri, who started the final day at seven-under and in tied 21st place, finished at six-under overall. Also on the final day, there was Tiger Woods (72), who also could not get his putter going and managed only three birdies, giving away three bogeys on the back-nine. He ended at nine-under 279 for a tied 23rd finish.
Ariya win US Women's Open
miami: Ariya Jutanugarn survived a back-nine meltdown to win the 73rd US Women's Open on Sunday and claim her second career major title in a playoff. Ariya frittered away a seven-shot lead with nine holes remaining before parring the fourth playoff hole to edge South Korea's Kim Hyo-joo and become the first player from Thailand to lift the trophy.