Zheng leads entries at WTA Mumbai Open
Mumbai: China's world number 57 Zheng Saisai heads the list of entries in the $ 125,000 second L and T Mumbai Open, a women's tennis tournament, commencing at the Cricket Cub of India on October 27. The 24-year-old Zheng is followed by last year's runner-up and world number 79 Slovenian Dalila Jakupovic, USA's 94-ranked Sachia Vickery and Serbia's number 96 Olga Danilovi in the WTA event. The main draw of the event will feature 32 players from 19 countries, wherein 22 players will get a direct entry and the remaining via the knock-outs and wild cards. The tournament qualifiers would be held on October 27 and 28, while the main draw begins on October 29.
Alonso signs new Chelsea contract
London: Spain defender Marcos Alonso has signed a new contract with Chelsea that will run until 2023, the Premier League club announced Wednesday. The 27-year-old Spain defender, who joined Chelsea in August 2016, helped them win the Premier League in 2016-17 and claim the FA Cup last season. "I am so happy to stay here longer and to keep playing for one of the best teams in the world," he said on the club's website. "It's been a very good two seasons and I am looking forward to more." Alonso has made 92 appearances and scored 15 goals for Chelsea since being signed from Fiorentina. He previously had spells in England with Bolton and Sunderland.
Sakshi, Ritu still alive at Worlds
Budapest: Struggling Sakshi Malik suffered a humiliating quarterfinal defeat while Ritu Phogat also faded at the same stage but the two wrestlers still have a chance to reach the Bronze medal play-off at the World Championship after receiving repechage rounds. While established stars struggled, young Ritu Malik fought well but bowed out after losing her Bronze medal match 3-7 to 2017 U-23 world champion and this year's World Cup gold medal winner Ayana Gempei from Japan in the 65kg. Ritu Malik did her best but lack of experience at big stage affected her performance. She had edged out Bulgaria's Sofiya Hristova Georgieva 9-8 in the repechage round despite lagging behind twice in an exciting bout.
B'desh win by 7 wickets, seal series
Chittagong: Opener Imrul Kayes struck 90 as Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the second one-day international to seal the three-match series in Chittagong on Wednesday. Imrul and fellow opener Liton Das, who also made 83 runs, shared 148 runs in the opening stand as Bangladesh cruised to 250-3 after restricting Zimbabwe to 246-7 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Brandon Taylor top-scored with 75 for Zimbabwe, who have now lost 12 consecutive ODIs to Bangladesh. The home side won Sunday's opening match of the series by 28 runs.
Anand beats Sundar, Abhijeet tames Le Quang
Isle of Man : Viswanthan Anand came back into the reckoning by defeating compatriot M Shyam Sundar in a one-sided affair in Isle of Man International chess tournament here on Wednesday. Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta also tamed highly regarded Liem Le Quang of Vietnam on a good day for the Indians. It was expected after a couple of draws that things were only going to get better for Anand and he did not disappoint his fans in carving out a clinical victory over Shyam Sundar, a fellow Chennai Grandmaster. While, Abhijeet Gupta crush Le Quang, who has been in top fifty for a while.