KKR rope Mills as bowling coach
New delhi: IPL side Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday named Australian David Hussey as the chief mentor and former New Zealand pacer Kyle Mills as the team's new bowling coach. Both Hussey and Mills will work under former New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman Brendon McCullum, who has been appointed as the head coach of KKR for the next IPL. “It's great to welcome David Hussey and Kyle Mills to the Kolkata Knight Riders family. They bring a wealth of experience as professionals and are terrific individuals,” KKR CEO Venky Mysore said. “We are confident that their contribution as part of the think tank and to the KKR academy will be invaluable.”
Nagal enters Campinas semifinal
Campians: India's Sumit Nagal sailed into the semifinals of the ATP Challenger Campinas with a hard-fought win over Francisco Cerundolo. Nagal, placed at a career-best 135 right now, knocked out 13th seed Cerundolo 7-6, 7-5 to book his second last-four appearance in two weeks. He had received a bye in the first round and then in the second round his opponent Gastao Elias retired mid way in the first set. In the round of 16, the Indian beat Orlando Luz 7-5, 6-3. The sixth seed Indian will now face Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final.
Saweety Boora in last-16, neeraj out
Ulan-Ude: Former Silver-medallist Saweety Boora (75kg) advanced to the pre-quarters with a facile win but Neeraj Phogat (57kg) bowed out after a contentious loss on a mixed day for India at the World Women's Boxing Championship on Saturday. Boora, defeated Mongolia's Myagmarjargal Munkhbat 5-0 in the opening round to set up a clash with second-seeded Welshwoman Lauren Price. However, Phogat gave it her all in the clash against China's Qiao Jieru but didn't find favour with the judges who ruled against her in a 2-3 split decision.
UP Yoddha beat Dabang Delhi 50-33
Greater Noida: UP Yoddha thrashed a much-changed Dabang Delhi KC 50-33 to enter the play-offs of the Pro Kabaddi League on Saturday. Monu Goyat, with 11 raid points, was the star for the UP side as the Delhi team offered very little resistance. Goyat picked up valuable raid points from the start and the UP side went on to secure their first all-out in the sixth minute to move to a 5-point lead. The story continued to be the same till the half time with Delhi's Meraj Sheykh, the only bright light in what was otherwise a toothless performance from the league's pace-setters. The home side picked up their second all-out of the match two minutes after the restart as Goyat picked up his Super 10.
4x400m relay teams, Shivpal crash out
Doha: The Indian men's and women's 4x400m relay teams produced disappointing performances while javelin thrower Shivpal Singh came a cropper as they crashed out of the World C’ships on Saturday. The women's quartet of Jisna Mathew, M R Poovamma, V K Vismaya and Venkatesan Subha clocked 3 minutes 29.42 seconds to finish sixth in the heat number one and 11th overall. Later, the men's team of Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Anas, K Suresh Jeevan and Noah Nirmal Tom ran 3:03.09 to finish seventh in heat number 2 and 13th overall. The top three in each of the two heats and the next two fastest teams qualify for the finals. Earlier, Shivpal Singh also failed to qualify for the finals of the men's javelin throw event as he finished 24th overall in the qualification round. Shivpal produced a best throw of 78.97m from his three attempts to finish 10th in the Group A qualification round.