India clinch series against England
New Delhi: India beat England by 55 runs in the second T20 game here Wednesday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the bilateral cricket series for blind. England captain Ed Hossel won the toss and put the hosts in. The captain led from the front, picking up a wicket with the first ball of the match. The English bowlers bowled tight lines as they picked four Indian wickets in the first eight overs. Skipper Ajay Reddy along with Pankaj Bhue steadied the ship with a 100-run partnership, helping their team post an imposing total of 217 for five. Chasing a huge target, the English batsmen were never in the hunt as the Indian bowlers chipped in with regular wickets.
Red Bull Shuttle Up kick starts in Oct 2018
New Delhi: The inaugural edition of the first ever- exclusive women's doubles tournament in the country, Red Bull Shuttle Up kick starts in October 2018. With the growing popularity of the sport be it viewership (5th most viewed) or participation (2nd most played), the tournament aims to further boost and improve participation and popularity amongst aspiring women players. Red Bull Shuttle Up Qualifiers will be held across 5 cities - Delhi, Bangalore, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Mumbai. The winning pair gets an exciting opportunity to play against the best badminton doubles player in the country Ashwini Ponnappa and her partner. The Delhi edition will take place on 5th October at Flow Sports Life, Gurgaon-Sector-48, which will be followed by subsequent ones in Bengaluru (7th), Guwahati (13th), Hyderabad (14th) and Mumbai (20th).
Indian men lose to Armenia; Women held by Italy
Batumi: India men's team's medal chances took a hit as Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran lost a crucial match which resulted in Indian men's team shock defeat at the hands of eighth seeded Armenia in the ninth round of the 43rd Chess Olympiad here. Sasikiran was key to India's success till this round but he ran out of steam on a day when two main players - Viswanthan Anand and P Harikrishna signed peace early. B Adhiban, in the absence of Vidit Gujrathi, played out a draw on board three to reduce the deficit margin to 1.5-2.5. It turned out to be a bad day from Indian perspective overall as the women team played out a draw with lower-ranked Italian women. Tania Sachdev, who had started with five victories in her first five games, crashed to her second defeat in a row and the victory by D Harika on second board could only prove to be the leveler once Koneru Humpy and Padmini Rout were held to draws by lower rated opponents.
CA boss Sutherland replaced by Roberts
Sydney: Cricket Australia (CA) on Wednesday named insider Kevin Roberts — who spearheaded an ill-fated attempt to slash players' pay last year — to lead the troubled organisation in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal. Roberts was appointed chief executive officer and on October 25 will formally replace James Sutherland, who announced in June he was stepping down after 17 years at the helm. Roberts takes over with CA still under fire over the cheating scandal and divisions between players and administrators still raw from the pay dispute. "The game and Cricket Australia have faced some difficult times recently, but we will bounce back," the 46-year-old said..
Shubhankar to lead India in Taiwan
Linkou: Young golfer Shubhankar Sharma will lead a large Indian contingent of 14 players at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship (TPC) which gets underway at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club on Thursday. The Indian contingent has both youth and experience ranging from veteran two-time Asian Tour No 1 Jeev Milkha Singh, whose T-18 last week was his best finish in nearly two years to Viraj Madappa, the latest Asian Tour winner from India, who grabbed the Take Solutions Masters title in August. However, the defending champion Ajeetesh Sandhu has skipped the event in favour of Dunhill Links Championships, where he got a spot, and the in-form Gaganjeet Bhullar has clearly opted for rest ahead of three big weeks at CIMB Classic, CJ Cup and WGC-HSBC.