Angad Bajwa wins national skeet title
Jaipur: Fresh from his Asian Championship title with a world record, Punjab's Angad Vir Singh Bajwa on Friday claimed the men's skeet crown at the 62nd National Shooting Championship here, reaffirming his status as the country's best in the event. Angad shot 55 in the final to be tied with Mairaj Ahmed Khan at the end of 60 shots and then pipped the senior pro 6-5 in the shoot-off to come up trumps. In Thiruvananthapuram, where the rifle and pistol events are being held, Asian Games and Youth Olympic Games champion Saurabh Chaudhary combined with Devanshi Dhama to bag the 10m air pistol mixed team title for their state Uttar Pradesh. They got the better of Amanpreet Singh and Shweta Singh of ONGC 481.3 to 480.8 in the final. The pair of Manu Bhakar and Abhishek Verma won Bronze for Haryana.
Army Boys School win in Bayern Youth Cup
New Delhi: Sri Ram School Moulsari, Gurgaon and Bengaluru's Army Boys School emerged winners in the first two legs of FC Bayern Youth Cup. It's a joint initiative by adidas and FC Bayern, which kick-started on November 24. The tournament now heads to its third leg in Mumbai, where around 60 more schools will participate on December 1 and 2. In the first week since it started, the league has successfully showcased a lot of talent at the ground root level, witnessed the participation of over 90 schools from across Delhi and Bangalore. The winner of the tournament will get an opportunity to play in Munich. In search of more talent across the country, the tournament will head towards its next leg in Mumbai followed by Kolkata, Chennai, and Srinagar. The competition will conclude with the finals in February 2019 at adidas The Base in New Delhi. FC Bayern Youth Cup India is an under-16, seven-a-side inter-school tournament.
SL recall Thirimanne, Pradeep for NZ Tests
Colombo: Pacer Nuwan Pradeep and left-hand batsman Lahiru Thirimanne on Friday were recalled to the Sri Lanka squad for the two Test series against New Zealand starting in Wellington on December 15. Both Thirimanne and Pradeep are making a comeback to the Sri Lankan Test side after a year. The 29-year-old Thirimanne played his last Test against India in Nagpur while Pradeep played against Pakistan in Dubai. Spinner Akila Dananjaya, who is awaiting the results of a reported suspect action, has been omitted from the squad. The first Test will be played in Wellington from December 15 while the second Test will begin from December 26 at the Hagley oval in Christchurch.
Bhullar moves up to Tied-8th in Gold Coast
Gold Coast: Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar squandered a superb start to turn in a two-under 70 to lie tied 8th at the halfway stage of the Australian PGA Championship here. Bhullar fired three birdies on the front nine, but he gave away much of those gains on the journey home on the back nine. However, his card was good enough to see him rise two places. The Indian had two birdies on 12th and 15th on back nine, but bogeys on 10th, 14th and 18th pulled him back. Bhullar had his breakthrough win on the European Tour at Fiji International last year and is looking to consolidate his position early in the season with a start in Australia as it counts towards European season for 2019. Defending champion Cameron Smith carded a brilliant 65 on day two to take a one-shot lead into the weekend at RACV Royal Pines Resort.
Woods may return to India in 2020
Gold Coast: "I will be back," said Tiger Woods, triggering speculations of the golf legend's return to India for a full-fledged tournament sometime in 2020 or 2021. The 14-time Major winner had been to India in 2014, but that trip lasted just 36 hours. Now that Woods has renewed his relationship with Hero MotoCorp, there is a lot of talk about his coming to India for an entire tournament. The visit will happen, depending on the schedule of the legend. Munjal, who seems to have struck up a good relationship with Woods, said, "I have been asked when is Tiger coming to India many times in India . All I can say is that he is coming back for sure.”