Bulls, U Mumba reach PKL Playoffs
Panchkula: Defending champions Bengaluru Bulls and U Mumba sealed their places in the playoffs of the Pro Kabaddi League with easy wins, here on Wednesday. High-Flyer Pawan Sehrawat was once again the hero for the Bulls as they beat home team Haryana Steelers 59-36. Sehrawat scored a record-shattering 39 points, three more than what the entire Steelers managed. He bettered Pardeep Narwal's 34 raid points score in a match. U Mumba sealed their place in the playoffs with a 30-26 win over Patna Pirates.
Indian Eves lose 1-3 to Great Britain
Marlow: The Indian women's hockey team tasted its first defeat on England tour when it went down 1-3 against Great Britain in the fourth match here on Wednesday. Great Britain took an early lead through Hannah Martin (5th minute) but India's Neha Goyal (18th) scored the equaliser. However, a goal before half-time from Charlotte Watson (29th), and one in the last quarter through Giselle Ansley (50th) meant that Great Britain secured their first win of the tour, snapping India's unbeaten run. World No 9 India had notched up a 2-1 win in the first match, before drawing the next two games 1-1 and 0-0 respectively.
P U Chitra crashes out of 1500m
Doha: India's P U Chitra ran her personal best in the women's 1500m first round heats but that was not enough to advance further in the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. Asian champion Chitra ran 4 minutes 11.10 seconds, a tad better than her earlier personal best of 4:11.55, to finish eighth in heat number two and 30th overall out of 35 runners to crash out of the championships. The top six in each of the three heats and the next six fastest qualify for the semis.
India out after 1-4 loss to Japan
Kazan: India put up a spirited effort before going down 1-4 to higher-ranked Japan in their last Group E encounter to draw curtains on their campaign at the World Junior Mixed Team Championships on Wednesday. Tanisha Crasto and Ishaan Bhatnagar continued their winning streak in the mixed doubles giving India a much-needed lead over Japan. But that only remained India's highest point of the day as they lost the remaining matches to bow out of the competition.
Bheke ruled out B'desh game
New Delhi: Defender Rahul Bheke is ruled out of India's upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers match against Bangladesh due to an injury. The Bengaluru FC player was part of the 29-man list of probables for a preparatory camp. But he is not joining the camp due to injury. “Owing to an injury, @RahulBheke will not be able to join the #BlueTigers' preparatory camp before @FIFAWorldCup qualifier against Bangladesh. We wish him a speedy recovery,” the All India Football Federation said on its Twitter handle without mentioning the nature and extent of the injury.
Alyssa Healy sets new T20I record
Sydney: Australia's Alyssa Healy has smashed the world record for the highest individual score in women's T20Is. Healy played a brilliant knock of unbeaten 148 to help Australia post a monumental total of 226/2 against Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I on Wednesday at the North Sydney Oval.
During her 61-ball knock, Healy smashed 19 boundaries and 7 sixes. She brought up her century off 46 balls, the second fastest in history and fastest by an Australian. “It was just one of those days where everything seemed to come out of the middle, so I'll take that,” Healy told Fox Cricket. She went past her skipper Meg Lanning's 133* which the latter had scored against England on July 26 earlier this year.