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IN BRIEF Krishna Nagar Siddharth Desai is prize catch wins two golds Telugu Titans picks up last season’s best debutant for ₹1.45 crore Press Trust of Dubai PKL AUCTION Match card. Each of the 12 Asian Para Games bronze teams is allotted a purse of medallist Krishna Nagar of ₹4.4 crore to recruit a mini­ India won two gold medals Nandakumar Marar mum of 18 and maximum 25 at the second Fazza­Dubai Mumbai players. para badminton interna­ Djokovic heads into clay Raider Siddharth Desai has Paltan used the Final Bid tional championships here season as World No. 1 moved up the ranks, in terms Match card to bring back re­ on Sunday. PARIS of value at the Pro­ puted raider Nitin Tomar for A day after upsetting Novak Djokovic moves into League Season­7 player ₹1.2 crore, the second high­ World No. 1 Jack Shepherd his 20th week as World No. 1 auction. est bid. Thalaivas had beaten in the men’s singles SS6 on Monday as the clay season In only his second season off challengers to get the semifinals, Nagar pulled off gets under way. The Serb is as pro, the Kolhapur­born player, only to see him taken the second upset in as ma­ almost 2,500 points ahead of player (base price ₹30 lakh) away on a technical point. ny days when he defeated Rafael Nadal. Japan’s Naomi was picked up by Telugu Ti­ Tomar represented Pune Osaka maintained a slender England’s World No. 2 tans for a staggering ₹1.45 lead over Romanian Simona last season, so the team held Krysten Coombs 20­22, 25­ Halep at the top of the WTA crore on Monday. Last sea­ the right to match the high­ 23, 21­12 in the most excit­ rankings released on Monday. son’s highest earner, Monu est bid by any other fran­ ing final of the day, that Osaka now sits 185 points Goyat (₹1.51 crore) moved to chise for a former player re­ went over an hour. ahead of Halep, with Czech UP Yoddhas for ₹93 lakh. leased into the pool. “This is the biggest win pair Petra Kvitova and and got Rahul of my career,” an elated Na­ Karolina Pliskova in third and Thalaivas were involved in a Chaudhari for ₹94 lakh in a gar said before he went on fourth. AFP frenetic three­way bid for the straight bid. to make it two­for­two, former sensation, Nineteen domestic winning the mixed doubles Desai. Named the ‘Best deb­ players went under the ham­ title along with Raja utant’ last season for his mer. Iranian Esmaeil Nabi­ Magotra. power­packed raiding and baksh, taken by Bengal War­ Team India had a good speed, Desai will team up riors for ₹77.75 lakh, became run, at the event finishing with Iranian coach Gholam­ the second­highest paid fo­ with nine medals including reza Mazandarani again. reigner (Fazel Atrachali at ₹1 four golds on Sunday. Titans convinced the only crore last season is the Among others, World foreign head coach in PKL to topper). No. 1 Pramod Bhagat and Caparros suffering switch from U Mumba and Several team manage­ Parul Parmer took the gold from leukemia bid successfully for the 28­ ments used the Final Bid deep (), Mahen­ diga (UP Yodhas) and Shri­ in SL3 men’s and women’s SEVILLE year­old player, a crowd­pull­ Match card to retain stars re­ der Singh (Bengaluru Bulls), kant Jadhav (Yodhas). singles. However, Asian Pa­ Sevilla coach Joaquin er in his own right. leased earlier into the pool. Parvesh Bainswal (Gujarat Last season, five domestic ra Games winner Tarun Caparros announced on Thalaivas came close at Those returning to last Fortunegiants), Vishal Bha­ players earned upwards of ₹1 went down to French Sunday that he has chronic ₹1.44 crore before Titans season’s squads were Ravin­ radwaj (Titans), Chandran crore, a season later only two World No. 1 Lucas Mazur in leukemia but says the sealed the deal. U Mumba der Pahal (), Ranjith (Dabang), Nitin To­ have made the crorepati Value for money: Siddarth Desai’s power­packed raiding in the straight games 13­21, 17­21 in condition is under control did not execute the Final Bid Girish Ernak (Paltan), Jai­ mar (Paltan), Rishank Deva­ club. first season has reaped rich dividends. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT men’s singles SL4 final. and will not prevent him continuing in his job. “I have chronic leukemia,” Caparros said at a post­match press Chenai starts well conference. “I have caught it Chris Cowdrey — a less demonstrative auctioneer early and can live a normal with 29 others on 48. life. I want to enjoy my job SHOTGUN WC Player auction is a fantastic new concept, says former England cricketer In women’s trap in which and for everyone to stay Sports Bureau Caroe Cormener of France calm. I’ve had no treatment G. Viswanath once, twice and done”. cricketer and captain, the to us English people because and am grateful for the club Al Ain (UAE) and Kirsty Barr of Britain Mumbai The gavel is hit hard on late Colin Cowdrey. Chris, you are not bidding money giving me the opportunity [to won the Olympic quota Chris Cowdrey had his own the sound block and this now 61, played for Kent and for a cause, but actually to Olympian Kynan Chenai continue coaching],” he said. places with the gold and sil­ AFP way of being less demonstra­ time the little­known player made his Test debut against buy a player for a franchise. shot 49 following rounds of ver medals respectively . tive while conducting the VI­ goes unsold. India at the Wankhede Stadi­ It’s very different and excit­ 24 and 25 in trap in the shot­ Shagun wound up well with VO ProKabaddi League Auc­ But Chris had a busy um in 1984. ing. I watch the game, but it gun World Cup on Monday. rounds of 23 and 25, but had tion 2019 at a South Mumbai morning session as franchis­ Talking to The Hindu he doesn’t make any difference However, there was stiff dropped eight birds earlier five hotel on Monday. es bid hard for Iran’s Mo­ said: “I do a lot of charity to the auction. competition, in a strong in the first three rounds. Picking a card from a bag hammad Esmaeil Nabi­ auctions in the UK, mainly “My job is only to put it field of 142 shooters, as 11 The results: Women’s trap: bakhsh and Abozar Mighani. children’s. out there and see who wants shooters shot the perfect held by his wife, the former 1. Carole Cormener (Fra) 44 cricketer­turned­auctioneer, Having done the PKL auc­ “This thing is quite new, I to bid. It’s not for me to say “I score of 50 in two rounds, (121); 2. Kirsty Barr (GBR) 41 Chris was business­like, say­ tion for the first time last did this last year. think he is a good player. I while 22 others were on 49. (120); 3. Silvana Stanco (Ita) 33 Ko claims first Major title ing: “Anybody wants to kick year, most in the 12 franchis­ have done mainly Prithviraj Tondaiman #70929 (121); 26. Shagun Chowdhary at ANA Inspiration Chris Cowdrey. me of… I am asking for ten es knew who Chris was — son ‘New concept’ auctions, cricket memorabi­ shot 48, following rounds of 115; 50. Rajeshwari Kumari LOS ANGELES * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT (₹10 lakh), he is going back in of the celebrated England “It’s a fantastic new concept lia, but nothing like this.” 24 and 24. He was on par 109; 69. Varsha Varman 92. Reigning Rookie­of­the­Year Ko Jin­young captured her first Major title on Sunday, holding off fellow South Korean Lee Mi­Hyang to win Goa is the next hurdle for City the ANA Inspiration by three strokes. Ko, who is in her The latter is expected to be high on confidence second year, finished with a ty (pre­quarterfinals) and competitive enough to try 10­under 278 for her fourth LPGA title. Ko celebrated her then against Bengaluru FC. and reach the final,” Lobera With these wins, City is said, while suggesting idfiel­ win by taking the traditional Amitabha Das Sharma expected to be high on confi­ der Hugo Boumous is the dip with her caddie in BHUBANESWAR Poppie's Pond — the water dence while taking on the likely replacement. hazard located off the right Chennai City FC, having might of FC Goa, the two­ Chennai City will be be and back of the green on the sprung the biggest surprise time ISL runner­up. banking on its tested combi­ 18th. AFP of the tournament by knock­ With a trophy eluding it nation of the Spanish troika ing out holder and ISL cham­ ever since it was founded in — Pedro Manzi, Sandro Ro­ pion Bengaluru FC in the 2014, the Super Cup crown driguez and Nestor Gordillo Coach will be quarterfinals, the I­League is high up in the priority of — that has spearhead the winner now has the task of FC Goa, which has promised team’s fortune. With M. Re­ appointed at challenging ISL runner­up to go full steam in the match. gin suspended, Charles FC Goa in the first semifinal The side will be missing Anandraj will possibly make the earliest: of the Hero Super Cup at the its key Spanish player in the his way back in the side. Kalinga Stadium here on creative front, Edu Bedia, “On paper we are not the Praful Patel Tuesday. due to suspension, but head favourite as compared to the Chennai City has shown coach Sergio Lobera said strengths of our opponent. great discipline and tactical that would not affect the “But when we go to the efficiency in the previous side. “It is true that Bedia is pitch, we try to give our best two rounds. The team has an important player. It will and you have seen what has come out of the underdog be one weakness for us, but happened so far,” said Chen­ status, evident from the way tomorrow (Tuesday) we will nai City head coach Akbar it prevailed over FC Pune Ci­ put up a team that will be Nawas. Sindhu hopes to find form

Praful Patel. * AFP Sixth­seeded Saina pitted against fast­rising Kjaersfeldt Press Trust of India NEW DELHI SINGAPORE OPEN The All­India Football Fed­ eration (AIFF) president Press Trust of India Praful Patel may consider Singapore appointing a big name as P.V. Sindhu will look to shrug the national team coach off the disappointment of only if the candidate fits her recent early exits when the criteria and the ap­ she spearheads the Indian pointment may be done at challenge at the $355,000 the earliest. Singapore Open, starting The AIFF has received here on Tuesday. more than 250 applica­ Sindhu has looked off co­ tions for the top job, which lour in the last few weeks. is vacant after Stephen She made a first­round ex­ Constantine resigned fol­ it at the All England and lost lowing India’s failure to in the second round of the make the knockouts of the Malaysia Open, losing to Ko­ AFC Asian Cup. rea’s Sung Ji Hyun both Focused: P.V. Sindhu will have to put behind her recent

“If the candidate fulfils times. She entered the semi­ disappointments to do well at the Singapore Open. * AFP the criteria, what we are finals at the India Open but looking at, and if he is well­ went down to He Bingjiao of injury to Carolina Marin of Denmark in the opening qualified, then we can China despite holding ad­ Spain in the final. round here. think of that (appointing a vantage in the first game. She also entered the quar­ K. Srikanth will continue big name),” the AIFF chief She begins her campaign terfinals at All England after his quest to break his title said. against Indonesia’s Lyanny battling through a pancreas jinx when he begins his cam­ “The appointment will Alessandra Mainaky. infection. paign against a qualifier. be made as soon as possi­ She returned at the Malay­ H.S. Prannoy will face ble, maybe by the end of Only title sia Open but went down in France’s Brice Leverdez, this month.” Saina Nehwal is the only In­ the first round. while Swiss Open finalist B. The list of applicants for dian to claim a title this sea­ The sixth­seeded Indian Sai Praneeth has a tough the Indian coaching job al­ son with the 29­year­old se­ will now have to be careful fight ahead against World so includes candidates curing the crown at the when she plays a fast­rising No. 1 and top seed Japan’s from the ISL and I­League. Indonesia Masters following Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Kento Momota. CM https://t.me/SSC4ExamYK https://t.me/Banking4Exam https://t.me/UPSC4Exam