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TV PICKS Sindhu, Saina advance NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), Son stuns City, gives Spurs the edge 6.30 a.m. Kashyap and Srikanth also move up IPL: Star Sports 1, 2 & Select 1 (SD & HD), 8 p.m. Lloris stops Aguero penalty, enjoys redemption in a troubled campaign; Liverpool eases past Porto SINGAPORE OPEN H.S. Prannoy eked out a 11­ Europa League: Sony ESPN, 21, 21­16, 21­18 win over Sony Ten 1, 2 (SD & HD), CHAMPIONS LEAGUE added to his tally, but blasted France’s Brice Leverdez. 12.30 a.m. (Friday) over after a good cross from Press Trust of India The results: Men: Sameer Ver- Augusta Masters: D Sport, Henderson, who was again Singapore 12.30 a.m. (Friday). Agence France-Presse ma bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon London enjoying a more advanced P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal (Tha) 21-14, 21-6; H.S Prannoy IN BRIEF Tottenham overcame Harry midfield role. and K. Srikanth eased into bt Brice Leverdez (Fra) 11-21, Kane’s latest injury woes as Porto, though, showed it the second round of the 21-16, 21-18; Kento Momota Son Heung­Min sealed a was not about to roll over — $355,000 Singapore Open (Jpn) bt Sai Praneeth 19-21, 21- 14, 22-20; P. Kashyap bt Ras- priceless 1­0 win over Man­ the dangerous Marega had a with straight­game wins ov­ low drive well saved by the er their respective rivals mus Gemke (Den) 21-19, 21-14; chester City after Hugo Llo­ K. Srikanth bt Sitthikom Tham- legs of Liverpool keeper Alis­ here on Wednesday. ris saved Sergio Aguero’s pe­ masain (Tha) 21-17, 21-18. nalty in a dramatic son Becker. Sindhu, seeded fourth, The visitors also felt they Doubles: Danny Bawa Chris- Champions League quarter­ took just 27 minutes to get nanta & Kean Hean Loh (Sin) bt should have had a penalty final first­leg on Tuesday. the better of Indonesia’s Manu Attri & B. Sumeeth Red- Mauricio Pochettino’s side when the ball struck Alexan­ Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky dy 21-13, 21-17. earned a slender advantage der­Arnold's arm as he she­ 21­9, 21­7 . Sixth seed Saina Women: P.V. Sindhu bt Lyanny thanks to Son’s clinical strike pherded it out but after a tamed another Indonesian Alessandra Mainaky (Ina) 21-9, late in the second half at the VAR review the appeal was in Yulia Yosephin Susanto 21-7; Saina Nehwal bt Yulia Yo- Tottenham Hotspur rejected. 21­16, 21­11. sephin Susanto 21-16, 21-11; Stadium. The Portuguese side K. Srikanth defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong (Tha) While Son soaked up the fought well to stay in the Thailand’s Sitthikom Tham­ bt Mugdha Agrey 21-6, 21-8. Heat’s exit spoils plaudits, much­maligned game in a scrappy second masin 21­17, 21­18 in a 41­mi­ Mixed doubles: Pranaav Jerry Chopra & N. Sikki Reddy bt Wade farewell keeper Lloris also enjoyed a half to give themselves a nute match. M.R. Arjun and K. Maneesha LOS ANGELES chance of a comeback at P. Kashyap scored a 21­19 sweet moment of redemp­ 21-18, 21-7; Dechapol Puavara- Dwyane Wade was given an home in next week's second 21­14 win over World No. 28 tion in a troubled campaign nukroh & Sapsiree Taerattana- emotional send-off in his leg. when he kept out Aguero’s Priceless: Son Heung-Min’s clinical strike late in the second half gave Tottenham a Rasmus Gemke of Denmark chai bt Saurabh Sharma & final home game with the It will, however, be an­ first­half spot­kick. much-needed edge over City. * AFP 21­19, 21­14. Anoushka Parikh 21-21, 21-12; Miami Heat on Tuesday but gered when it sees television Sameer Verma defeated Lu Ching Yao & Lee Chia Hsin results elsewhere eliminated Kane injured unprecedented quadruple. semifinal since 1984. warning shot with Moussa replays of Salah's over the Thailand’s Suppanyu Avi­ (Tpe) bt Venkat Gaurav Prasad the Florida team from playoff Tottenham’s victory was an But City boss Pep Guar­ Marega blasting narrowly top, raised studs challenge hingsanon 21­14, 21­6 while & Juhi Dewangan 21-12, 21-15. contention. The 37-year-old unexpected twist to an en­ diola is adamant it is “almost Upper hand for Reds wide in the second minute on Porto's Danilo Pereira five three-time NBA champion minutes from the end for delivered a 30-point display thralling encounter, espe­ impossible” to achieve a Goals from Naby Keita and but the home side took the cially after Kane injured his clean­sweep of all four major Roberto Firmino earned Li­ lead three minutes later which he could easily have as Heat defeated the been dismissed. Philadelphia 76ers by 122-99 left ankle in a tackle on Fa­ trophies. verpool a 2­0 win over Porto through a Keita shot which bian Delph early in the se­ He might be right on the as Jurgen Klopp's side took deflected off Porto midfiel­ Although Spanish referee at the American Airlines Antonio Mateu Lahoz gave a Arena. But Detroit Pistons’ cond half. evidence of a City display the upper hand in its quar­ der Oliver Torres and beat foul, Salah did not even re­ 100-93 victory over the But City had only itself to that lacked the cutting edge terfinal tie without killing off the helpless Iker Casillas. ceive a yellow card. Memphis Grizzlies ended blame for failing to earn an and intensity required to its Portuguese opponents. Liverpool had its second Miami’s slender hopes of advantage for the second­leg keep Tottenham at bay. On a bitterly cold night at in the 26th minute — Jordan progressing to playoffs. AFP in Manchester on April 17. City’s first defeat since a Anfield, Liverpool was well Henderson split the Porto Having won the League January 29 setback at New­ below its best and Porto de­ defence with a superb pass Cup, reached the FA Cup fi­ castle is not fatal to its Euro­ serves credit for a deter­ to Trent Alexander­Arnold, Anand finishes nal and kept the destiny of pean ambitions, but it will mined performance after go­ whose low cross was tapped the Premier League title in have to improve on this tired ing two goals down in 26 in from close range by in fifth place its own hands, this was City’s effort to stop Tottenham minutes. Firmino Sailing through: P.V. Sindhu took just 27 minutes to get past next hurdle in the race for an reaching its first European The visitors fired an early The Brazilian should have Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky. * FILE PHOTO Sports Bureau SHAMKIR (Azerbaijan) Viswanathan Anand drew Hardik, Rahul with Veselin Topalov in the Return of Smith and Warner adds ninth round to finish Thapa puts Chennaiyin in final fourth with 4.5 points, the depose before same as Alexander Gris­ SUPER CUP chuk and Teimour Radja­ pressure to WC selection: Turner Ombudsman bov in the Shamkir Chess Amitabha Das Sharma P.K. Ajith Kumar At this point, all I Special Correspondent 2019 tournament here. BHUBANESWAR JAIPUR <> However, the Indian was can do is to prepare MUMBAI placed fifth in the rankings Anirudh Thapa made the On the morning of Decem­ to be a part of the With an eye on India’s selec­ behind Magnus Carlsen, star turn for Chennaiyin FC, ber 19, 2018, Ashton Turner squad and train well tion for the World Cup, Har­ Ding Liren, Sergey Karjakin scoring one and assisting the woke up at 3 a.m. to the dik Pandya and K.L. Rahul and Grischuk. other, to help his side over­ news that he was picked up ing we’ll go pretty deep in deposed before the BCCI #70929 The results (ninth round): come ATK by two second­ by Rajasthan Royals at the the tournament.” Ombudsman, D.K. Jain, in half goals (2­0) in the second IPL auction. Anand (4.5) drew with Ve- Looking back at his most connection with their loose semifinal of the Super Cup at It would take another selin Topalov (4); David Nava- famous innings, he said: “To comments on the opposite ra (4) drew with Teimour Rad- the Kalinga Stadium here on three months for the world be a part of a win in my first­ sex during a television chat jabov (4.5). Wednesday. to wake up to his talent. ever away series in tough show earlier this year. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov With an astonishing 84 not C.K. Vineeth opened the conditions like India was an Days after the show was (3.5) drew with Sergey Karja- out off 43 balls, he led Aus­ scoring soon after the break unbelievable feeling.” aired in January, Rahul and kin (5); Ding Liren (5) drew off a Thapa assist before the tralia to a four­wicket victory with Anish Giri (3); Magnus “Back home, I’ve been Hardik received a backlash latter doubled the lead with against India in the fourth Carlsen (7) bt Alexander Gris- playing a fair bit of T20 crick­ for their controversial com­ a fine effort. The two­time ODI at Mohali in March. chuk (4.5). et like in the Big Bash League ments on women. As a re­ ISL champion will meet FC Chasing a daunting 360, and it has helped prepare sult, they were sent back

Goa in the final on Saturday. * the visitors had needed 131 On cloud nine: CFC players celebrate a goal. BISWARANJAN ROUT me to re­adapt myself to ODI mid­way from India’s tour The opening half was list­ from 83 balls when he ar­ Services and format as well.” Down Under following a less as both sides adopted a after returning from injury, defender Pritam Kotal to rived at the fall of the fourth suspension by the Commit­ cautious approach. The only wicket. Thirteen balls were Meghalaya tried a long­ranger but saw send a neat goalmouth cross Ashton Turner. Good batting surface tee of Administrators. notable opportunity came the ball miss the target. that was easily headed home still left when he hit the win­ * COURTESY: RAJASTHAN ROYALS He said Mohali had a fantas­ While the suspension post wins Chennaiyin’s way in the se­ The game changed dra­ by Vineeth. ning runs, and he playing in tic batting surface. was lifted pending inquiry venth minute when Brazi­ matically after the break Similar to what he had only his second ODI. had been wanting to play in ahead of the home series Sports Bureau “There was enough dew lian midfielder Augusto set with Chennaiyin deciding to done during his side’s 2­1 vic­ That innings suddenly the IPL for quite some time. against Australia in March, LUDHIANA to give bowlers a disadvan­ up an overlapping Jerry La­ come out of its defensive tory against NorthEast Unit­ made the ₹50 lakh Royals “It’s such an exciting compe­ the duo was summoned by tage” he said. “I was able to Suresh Meitei’s 68th­mi­ rinzuala. The left­back sent a shell. ed FC in the quarterfinals, spent on him look like a bar­ tition,” he said. Jain soon after his appoint­ pull off an almost T20­like nute goal took Services to a low cross to find Vineeth, Thapa got into the scoring gain. He is still to make his “Unfortunately, I wasn’t ment last month. The duo innings that day.” 2­1 win over Delhi in the fi­ but the Chennaiyin attacker Free role act in the 58th minute. IPL debut, though. able to go into any of the deposed before the Ombud­ nal round of the 73rd Na­ Turner said he wasn’t tapped the ball wide. This approach gave a free He drove the ball home auctions earlier because of sman over the last two days. tional football champion­ thinking too much about the role to the talented Thapa with a nice left­footer after Baffled the shoulder surgeries I used While Hardik appeared ship, for the Santosh World Cup at the moment. Build­ups and the young midfielder Gregory Nelson’s diagonal “To be honest, I was initially to have at the end of the Aus­ before Jain on Tuesday, Ra­ Trophy, here on Tuesday. ATK tried a few build­ups made the most of the oppor­ pass found him at the top of baffled when I got to know tralian summer.” “With players like Steve hul was questioned by the The results: through the wings but failed tunity, creating the first goal that I was picked by Rajas­ The off­spinning all­roun­ Smith and David coming Ombudsman on Wednes­ Meghalaya 3 (Shisha Buam the ATK box. to help its striker Balwant five minutes into the second than Royals,” Turner told der added it was great to back, there’s going to be a lot day morning. 40, 73, Enestar Malngiang The result (second semifinal): Singh with an opening that The Hindu. of pressure to seal a spot in 45) bt Odisha 2 (Chandra Mu- half. Chennaiyin FC 2 (C.K. Vi- wear pink and join the With India’s squad for duli 7, Prasanta Srihari 54). could threaten the Chennai­ Thapa worked his way up neeth 50, Anirudh Thapa 58) bt “It was pretty exciting Royals camp. the team,” he said. the World Cup set to be Services 2 (Bikash Thapa 8, yin goal. from left, getting the better ATK 0. news to wake up to that “Everyone in the team “At this point, all I can do picked on April 15, the ver­ Suresh Meitei 68) bt Delhi 1 Eugeneson Lyndoh, mak­ of the ATK centre­back John Final (April 13): Chennaiyin vs morning.” has also been very hospita­ is to prepare to be a part of dict on the duo is expected (Ayush Adhikari 28). ing a start after a long break Johnson and outsprinting FC Goa, 8.30 p.m. The 26­year­old said he ble,” he said. “I have a feel­ the squad and train well.” later this week.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12597 (set by Avtaar) SUDOKU FAITH say, ... that helps keep 7 Cloudiness is beginning to sickness at bay (9) overwhelm the outskirts of Kaliya humbled 17 Doctor in love gets direction Patiala town (7) (9) The snake Kaliya resided in a part of the Yamuna riv er. Be­ 19 For mathematicians, it 8 Compound interest is charged cause of the heat of Kailya’s poison, hot fumes emanated signifies a total disgrace when after including arrears from from the water, and because of these fumes, birds that flew Fermat's last is forgotten (5) inception and deducting cess over the river dropped down dead. Trees that grew on the 22 Not a vessel to provide a meal (excluding tips) (7) banks of the river died due to the fumes. Krishna, who knew (5) of Kaliya’s atrocities, climbed a kadamba tree, that was on 14 Small bear at the fag ends of 23 A piece intended to be heard the river bank. From there, He jumped into the river, and the wood gets killed (9) flat (9) the water rose under the impact of that jump, and splashed 25 Symmetrical roof is better with all around. Krishna then played in the water, and an angry 16 Judge found criminal's sides interchanged (7) Kaliya rose from the water with his army of serpents. He clothing? Never happened coiled himself around Krishna, said Kidambi Narayanan, in 26 Punches holes in reform of before! (7­2) Bible Society by Democrat (7) a discourse. 27 Conspicuously new — yet Krishna’s friends fainted. Nandagopan and others saw in­ 17 Bird is eating a piece of wood, auspicious omens and were certain that Krishna was d ead. old­fashioned (7) I say! (7) 28 Extremely fretful jaguar's They all left Gokula and hurried to see what had happened. Balarama was the only one to remain calm, because he spring (7) 18 Free — yet I'm unambitious... knew Krishna could not be harmed. Seeing Krishna firmly in controlling...retiring (7) ■ DOWN the snake’s grasp, they were agitated. Yasoda tried to jump 1 Platform is shrouding the into the river, and was restrained with difficulty. Th e Yada­ 20 Source of problems from bottom of orange flowers (7) Solution to puzzle 12596 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku global test on the basics of vas wanted to get in to save Krishna, but Balarama stopped ■ ACROSS tackling turns (7) 2 Race event, for instance, is machine learning and them, for he knew of Krishna’s power. As the people of Gok­ 1 A drop of lime­infused wild 11 Explain why return on advance enveloped by perfume wafting integrated networks (7) ula stood lamenting, Krishna made His body swell, and Kali­ honey (7) covering promotion ignores up (7) ya was no longer able to hold Him in his coils. When Krishna 5 Dr. Spooner propounded that the last instalment of 3 Secret want given up by 21 Musician playing sitar starts to freed Himself, Kaliya spread his hood and stared ang rily at the conjunction of a star and repayments (9) freshman (5) transfix everyone (7) Krishna. Krishna went round and round Kaliya, like Garuda satellite leads to deluge for 12 After eliminating America, 4 Aggressive, mostly irregular circling a snake. Kaliya too went round and round, l ooking days on end (7) Austria thrashed Indian side rebel, ultimately (9) 23 Solder toys after unpacking for an opportunity to kill Krishna. But the latter climbed on 9 Frank leaves home, chasing (5) 5 Suggested adding root of onion completely on top (5) to the snake’s hood, and began to dance. Throughout the popular girl next door, 13 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's in mutton, perhaps? (5) Kailya episode, Balarama was the only one to remain unwor­ maybe? (7) Stone’s opening fights (5) 6 Scandalous, revolting bilge left 24 Bought a book filled with ried, because he knew of Krishna’s greatness. And as Balara­ 10 Pull of light cart 15 Evangelist voiced love quote, neurobiologist unsettled (9) forbidden stuff (5) ma had anticipated, Krishna humbled the snake.

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