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THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Archer — the new weapon in England’s armoury Aussie greats baffled by Carey’s omission Stokes re­appointed vice­captain; Anderson returns from injury Burns and Patterson missing out THE ASHES also raises eyebrows

Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse London Alex missing the squad is the Sydney biggest shock particularly af­ Uncapped fast bowler Jofra Alex Carey’s omission from ter his batting during the Archer has been included in the Ashes sqaud was met World Cup and being the se­ England's 14­man squad an­ with disbelief on Saturday cond best gloveman.” nounced on Saturday for by former Australian greats Spin king Warne was also next week's Ashes opener Mark Waugh and Shane stunned at Carey’s omission. against Australia, with all­ Warne, while Mark Taylor “Very surprised/disap­ rounder Ben Stokes re­ap­ said he was surprised Joe pointed that Carey didn’t pointed vice­captain. Burns and Kurtis Patterson make the Aussie squad,” he The pair enjoyed starring had missed out. said on Instagram in posting roles in England's World Cup Australia named a 17­man what he believes will be Aus­ final win over New Zealand at squad for the five­Test series tralia’s team for the opening Lord's on July 14, with all­ against England on Friday, Test at Edgbaston. rounder Stokes ensuring En­ with opener Cameron Ban­ Warne has Bancroft open­ gland drew level with the croft recalled alongside ing with Warner and Wade Black Caps total in regulation Steve Smith and David War­ coming in at number six, play before Archer bowled ner following their bans for a while opting for fast bowler the decisive Super Over that ball­tampering scandal in James Pattinson instead of sealed victory. South Africa last year. Mitchell Starc alongside Josh Matthew Wade also made Hazlewood, Pat Cummins Quick strides the grade, having not played and Nathan Lyon. Archer, 24, who qualified to a Test for nearly two years, Former Australia captain play for England only earlier following recent outstand­ Taylor said opener Burns this year, could now make his ing form with the bat. and middle­order batsman Test debut when the first of a He can act as back­up Patterson missing out was five­match series starts at wicketkeeper to captain Tim tough to take given both Edgbaston on August 1. Paine, as could Bancroft, made centuries in Austra­ He carried a side strain which meant the fast­im­ lia’s last Test, against Sri through the World Cup but proving Carey, who starred Lanka. reported fit after a brief holi­ for Australia at the recent “I was disappointed Kur­ day in his native Barbados, World Cup, was controver­ tis Patterson didn’t make the returning to action for Sussex sially overlooked. squad. You can’t help but on Friday, where he took two “Got to be kidding re Alex feel a little bit sorry for both for 21 in a tied Twenty20 Where he belongs: Jofra Archer’s exploits in the World Cup and his First Class returns have earned him an Ashes call­up.* REUTERS Carey,” 128­Test veteran him and (Joe) Burns,” Taylor Blast match against Surrey. Waugh tweeted. “For me said. Since making his senior against Ireland that England Moeen Ali was retained as pelling reasons to do so here. open for the final team selec­ managing director of En­ debut in 2016, Archer has ta­ eventually won by 143 runs at the lone specialist spinner. Several bowlers are recover­ tion,” the former England gland men's cricket Ashley ken 131 wickets in 28 First Lord's on Friday. Veteran England's top­order frail­ ing from injuries or niggles. batsman added. Giles and ECB chief executive Class matches at an average spearhead James Anderson ties, however, were exposed In addition, some bowlers Tom Harrison.” of 23.44. also returned to the squad af­ during a first innings where it who played in the World Cup It’s official Australia holds the Ashes, Stokes was restored to his ter missing the match with a only managed 85. are being closely monitored Meanwhile, an England and but England has not lost a position as Joe Root's deputy side injury. Opening batsman Rory to assess their preparation Wales Cricket Board state­ Test series at home since after being stripped of the But, while 10 of the 11 Burns, despite twice being for Test­match cricket. ment said Stokes' return to a 2001. vice­captaincy following a players who defeated Ireland dismissed in the match for “The wider circumstances leadership position has been late night brawl in September were included, there was no six, remained in the squad — a successful home World cleared by several senior The squad for the first Test:Joe Root (Capt.), Moeen Ali, James 2017. He was subsequently place for left­arm spinner even though he now averages Cup campaign followed so officials. Anderson, Jofra Archer, Jonny cleared of a charge of affray Jack Leach following his Man­ just 22.28 from seven Tests. quickly by a home Ashes se­ “Colin Graves, chairman Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Rory last year, with Jos Buttler act­ of­the­Match heroics that saw England selector Ed Smith ries — are unprecedented. It of the ECB, has approved the Burns, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam ing as vice­captain. the nightwatchman make a said: “Though it is unusual to feels sensible to select an ex­ reappointment of Ben Stokes Curran, Joe Denly, Jason Roy, Tough luck! Alex Carey missing in the Australian squad for Buttler and Stokes were career­best 92 in England's select a squad of 14 for a panded squad and leave a as Test vice­captain following Ben Stokes, Olly Stone and the Ashes series is the biggest shock, according to Mark rested from a see­saw Test second innings. home Test, there are com­ number of bowling options the recommendation from Chris Woakes. Waugh. * RYAN PIERSE/GETTY IMAGES Lord’s pitch substandard: Root Nadeem spins India-A to victory ANI London The left­arm spinner returns a five­for; Siraj picks up three After winning the one­off Test against Ireland, skipper Press Trust of India chipped in for the visitors third wicket, but the collapse Joe Root labelled the Lord’s North Sound (Antigua) during the chase. began with the fall of the wicket “substandard”, say­ Left­arm spinner Shahbaz skipper at 159 for four. ing the match did not offer a Nadeem took a five­wicket Saha shines The batsmen struggled to fair contest between bat and haul for the second time in India­A, which resumed the cope up with the guile and ball. the match to set up a six­ day at 299 for eight in the accuracy of Nadeem, who “I don’t like saying this but wicket win for India­A over first innings, went on to has been knocking on the the wicket was substandard West Indies­A in the first make 312 in 104.3 overs with doors of the Indian Test for a Test match. I thought it ‘Test’ on Saturday. wicketkeeper Wriddhiman team with consistent perfor­ wasn’t... not even close to a Nadeem’s five for 47 in 21 Saha (66) the last man to get mances in domestic cricket fair contest between bat and overs helped India­A bowl out, marking a successful re­ over the years. ball throughout the whole out the hosts for 180 in their turn with both bat and The Jharkhand spinner game,” ESPNcricinfo quoted second innings after they gloves following a long injury had also taken five wickets in Root as saying. were comfortably placed at lay­off. the first innings, taking his “We weren’t at our best by 159 for three on day three of West Indies­A, which con­ match tally to 10 for 109. any stretch. We managed the four­day game on Friday. ceded an 84­run first­innings The scores: West Indies­A 228 certain periods very well. We Pacer Mohammad Siraj ran lead, was steady in the se­ & 180 in 77 overs (Brooks 53; were put under pressure by through the lower­order cond essay after the loss of Nadeem five for 47, Siraj three Ireland,” Root said. with a three­wicket burst. openers Montcin Hodge (36) for 38) lost to India­A 312 (Dube 71, Saha 66; Cummins “But we found a way to Chasing 97 for victory, In­ and Jeremy Solozano (11) at four for 40) & 97 for four in 30 win a game. First innings, dia­A was 29 for one at close 51 for two. overs. last innings, when you are before sealing the contest on DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD getting scores like that, that the final morning despite Beginning of collapse DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD tells a story in itself when the some hiccups along the way. Captain Shamarh Brooks B Second ‘Test: July 31 to Joe... going to the root of the problem. scores are as low as that,” he On the ball: Shahbaz Nadeem’s 10­wicket match haul has put Abhimanyu Easwaran (27) (53) and Roston Chase (32) Aug. 3, Port of Spain * JULIAN FINNEY/GETTY IMAGES added. India­A in a winning position. * FILE PHOTO and Hanuma Vihari (28) shared a 79­run stand for the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD U Mumba begins home leg with easy win Challengers cruise against Mavericks Two all­outs seal Puneri Paltan’s fate; Abhishek top scores for the winner Archana and Amalraj provide the dramatics for the Goan side PKL UTT

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Two all­outs inflicted by U Young Archana Kamath pro­ Mumba sealed Puneri Pal­ duced a scintillating exhibi­ tan’s fate in the opening tion of speed and power to game of the Mumbai leg of annihilate Manika Batra and ProKabaddi League set the pace for Goa Challen­ Season­7. gers’ emphatic 11­4 triumph U Mumba walked away a over RP­SG Mavericks, Kol­ comfortable winner at 33­23 kata, in the Ultimate Table in front of roaring fans at the Tennis League here on NSCI indoor stadium. Saturday. Catchers called the shots in the first half, raiders came Domination into their own after the Goa dominated every indivi­ break. Abhishek Singh (five dual encounter. A. Amalraj Momentous: Archana Kamath was too good for Manika Batra. Right: A. Amalraj pulled off a big raid points) top­scored for won both his matches, with upset over World No. 53 Benedikt Duda. * COURTESY UTT the winner. Surjeet Singh the conquest of World No. (six points) played his heart 53 Benedikt Duda being the Fast exchanges, inter­ Duda and Manika. Again, it hand drive went out. out for the losing side. icing on the cake. spersed with long rallies was the inconsistency of Ma­ This miss resulted in Fazel Atrachali and Sur­ Catchers on the mat: U Mumba defence wall of Fazel Atrachali and Surinder Singh prepare to The finishing touches brought out the best in Ar­ nika’s returns that made the Amalraj producing his best jeet, defensive specialists in trap Puneri Paltan's Sushant Sail. * COURTESY PKL were provided by World No. chana and she stayed in decisive difference. in dominating the decider. U Mumba and Paltan respec­ 8 Cheng I­Ching who control. The results: Goa Challengers bt tively, were named captains Fazel produced a Super Surjeet produced a Super the second in three appea­ stopped World No. 25 Matil­ Archana enjoyed leads of Upset RP­SG Mavericks, Kolkata 11­4 and it reflected in the catch­ Tackle to push U Mumba in­ Tackle to keep Paltan in the rances so far in the league af­ da Ekholm in three games. 7­4, 10­4 in the first two Amalraj went on to cause (Archana Kamath bt Manika Ba­ ing department. to the lead at 5­4, at the other fray. ter a win and a loss in the If Mavericks were games before racing away the other big upset. Ranked tra 11­9, 11­7, 11­3; Alvaro Ro­ Atrachali ended with four end Surjeet failed to keep Rival raiders Arjun Des­ first leg. straightaway put on the de­ with the final seven points in a distant 122, Amalraj was bles bt Sanil Shetty 10­11, 11­4, raid points, while Surjeet Abhishek in check at 9­9. wal and Abhishek gave the fensive, Archana’s unrelent­ the third to leave Manika quick to respond to any chal­ 11­5; A. Amalraj & Cheng I­ Earlier, the Mumbai leg Ching bt Benedikt Duda & Ma­ pulled off two Super Tackles. Abhishek was the first fron­ home fans plenty to cheer kicked off with India cricket ing attacks on Manika had stranded. lenge thrown at him by Du­ nika 8­11, 11­4, 11­9; Amalraj bt Manjeet and Sanket Sa­ tline raider to scamper back about. Two all­outs were the captain Virat Kohli render­ everything to do with it. This After Spaniard Alvaro Ro­ da and captured the first Duda 11­7, 10­11, 11­4; Cheng I­ want displayed craft for Pal­ with a raid point. highpoints. ing the Natonal Anthem. clash between the country’s bles, ranked 56th, overcame game. Ching bt Matilda Ekholm 11­8, tan, while Sandeep Narwal The home team kept its U Mumba started the The result: top­ranked player and the a slow start to tame Sanil In the second, Duda was 9­11, 11­5). and Surinder were decisive nose ahead (11­9) at the home leg with a dominant U Mumba 33 bt Puneri Pal­ National champion lived up Shetty 2­1, Amalraj and lucky to win the ‘golden Sunday’s fixture: Chennai Lions in the back for the hosts. break. win over their State rivals, tan 23. to the billing. Ching got the measure of point’ when Amalraj’s fore­ v Puneri Paltan (7 p.m.).

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WORLD SWIMMING party­goers plummeting ov­ er 5m onto people below. A doping controversy fol­ Agence France-Presse lowed when it was revealed Gwangju (South Korea) Jack had failed a drug test. American superstar Caeleb American great Katie Le­ Dressel produced more fire­ decky won her fourth suc­ works on Saturday as he cessive 800m freestyle gold romped to a hat­trick of after being pushed to the li­ golds, taking his tally to six mit by European champion on a dark day when a fatal Simona Quadarella. nightclub accident shook the The results: Men: 50m frees­ The Ferrari rides again: Mick Schumacher wore a helmet that paid tribute to his father’s career as he drove the car which carried swimming World True grit: Katie Ledecky displayed a champion’s heart to tyle: 1. Caeleb Dressel (USA)

Michael to 13 victories and the drivers’ title in 2004. * AFP championships. win her fourth successive 800m freestyle gold. * AFP 21.04s, 2. Bruno Fratus (Bra) Day seven also threw up 21.45, 3. Kristian Gkolomeev further doping controversy free, Dressel exploded from 49.66 — the second­quickest (Gre) 21.45. 100m butterfly: 1. Caeleb Dressel (USA) 49.66, 2. with Australian officials an­ the blocks and never looked swim ever, a night after shat­ Andrei Minakov (Rus) 50.83, 3. nouncing freestyle relay Hamilton takes his 87th pole back, clocking a champion­ tering Michael Phelps’s 10­ Chad le Clos (RSA) 51.16. world­record holder Shayna ship best 21.04s, clear of Bra­ year­old world record. Dres­ Women: 50m butterfly: 1. Sa- Jack had tested positive for a zilian Bruno Fratus and sel gave the USA relay quar­ rah Sjostrom (Swe) 25.02, 2. Double disaster for Ferrari — Leclerc begins 10th; Vettel forced to sit out banned substance, explain­ Greek Kristian Gkolomeev, tet the lead it would keep, Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Ned) ing her mysterious no­show who tied for silver in 21.45. Simon Manuel bringing the 25.35, 3. Farida Osman (EGY) GERMAN GP problem and will start at the appointed, especially with pit­lane in front of a big in South Korea. Dressel, who scooped se­ Americans home in a world 25.47. 200m backstroke: 1. Re- back of the grid for his home the pace in Q3. Ferrari had crowd at the Hockenheim But Dressel helped refo­ ven gold medals at the 2017 record of 3:19.40. gan Smith (USA) 2:03.69, 2. race. been very quick here... so circuit. Now a Formula Two cus attention on the pool as Worlds in Budapest, let out a Kaylee McKeown (Aus) Agence France-Presse Kimi Raikkonen was fifth we’re in a good place.” driver, Schumacher wore a he retained his 50m frees­ roar of delight but had very Shock news 2:06.26, 3. Kylie Masse (Can) Hockenheim for Alfa Romeo ahead of Ro­ On an overcast and much helmet that paid tribute to tyle and 100m butterfly little time to savour the mo­ Dressel’s heroics came after 2:06.62. 800m freestyle: 1. Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:13.58, 2. Lewis Hamilton secured a main Grosjean of Haas, Car­ cooler day after heavy over­ his father’s career as he world titles in style, before ment. The 22­year­old was the shock news that two lo­ Simona Quadarella (Ita) gift­wrapped record­extend­ los Sainz of McLaren, Sergio night rain, the Williams team drove the car that carried his leading the American mixed back for the 100m butterfly cals died and eight athletes 8:14.99, 3. Ariarne Titmus (Aus) ing 87th pole position of his Perez of Racing Point and Ni­ were first on track for Q1, in father to 13 victories and the 4x100m freestyle team to a final and after a long, hard were injured after an indoor 8:15.70 career on Saturday when he co Hulkenberg of Renault. front of an enthusiastic drivers’ title in 2004. new world record. stare down lane four, he got balcony at a Gwangju night­ Mixed 4x100m freestyle: 1. made the most of a double “Congratulations Lewis — crowd boosted by Verstap­ “I just wanted to go out Bouncing on his toes like a it done again. club collapsed in the early USA 3:19.40, 2. Australia disaster for Ferrari in quali­ you never stop amazing us,” pen’s ‘orange army’ and ma­ and I just wanted to drive,” prizefighter before the 50m The American touched in hours on Saturday, sending 3:19.97, 3. France 3:22.11. fying at the German Grand said Mercedes team chief To­ ny local supporters for Vettel he said. “Obviously, having Prix. to Wolff as the Briton drove in Ferrari red. to wait, even in front of the The defending five­time his slow­down lap. “Thanks, pit exit, was more like tor­ world champion, who had Toto,” he replied. “A great Luckless Vettel ture. I never lost a smile. It Bernal poised to clinch title struggled for pace and con­ job guys — I don’t know how Leclerc was soon on top for was always on my face. Even sistency in his Mercedes in we did that.” the ‘scarlet scuderia’ ahead when I was locking up, I was practice, improved to clock a of Verstappen, but it was bad smiling! It was really cool.” Will become the youngest winner since Faber in 1909 best lap in one minute and Cause for celebration news again for the luckless Starting grid (provisional): 11.767 and outpace Max Ver­ Hamilton’s lap was the only Vettel. After sitting in his car, down the kilometres on the Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), TOUR DE FRANCE stappen of Red Bull by 0.346 way up as holder and team­ one in the 1:11’s all weekend stranded under repair in the Max Verstappen (Red Bull). seconds. at the Hockenheimring, Ferrari garage, he climbed mate Geraint Thomas ended Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Hamilton’s Mercedes out, condemned to start the day in second overall. “I where he last took pole in Pierre Gasly (Red Bull). Kimi Val Thorens (France) team­mate Valtteri Bottas 2008, and gave his team a from the back of the grid. Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo), Ro- still have to get to Paris but was third ahead of Pierre perfect cause for celebration main Grosjean (Haas). Carlos Egan Bernal all but clinched it’s incredible,” said 22­year­ Gasly in the second Red Bull on the anniversary of 125 Mick takes father’s car Sainz Jr. (McLaren), Sergio Pe- victory in the Tour de old Bernal who will become while Charles Leclerc, who years of motorsport and out for a spin rez (Racing Point). Nico Hul- France, defending his over­ the Tour’s youngest winner had been fastest for Ferrari their 200th Formula One Mick Schumacher complet­ kenberg (Renault), Charles Le- night lead in the penultimate since Francois Faber in 1909. in final practice, failed to run race start. ed an emotional three­lap clerc (Ferrari). stage which left him only “I’m a little calmer now. I in the Q3 top­10 shootout Verstappen said: “We demonstration run in his Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Ro- needing to cross the finish kept thinking one less, one due to a fuel systems pro­ could have been closer, but father Michael’s champion­ meo), Kevin Magnussen (Haas). line on Sunday’s twilight pa­ less to go each time as we blem with his car. went a bit wide and bot­ ship­winning Ferrari F2004 Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), Da- rade into Paris to become the came up the mountain. niil Kvyat (Toro Rosso); Lance The Moneqasque will tomed out and I lost the rear car on Saturday before first Colombian winner and When we got to the finish Stroll (Racing Point), Lando the youngest. start 10th, 10 places ahead of end, but this is a good qualifying. Norris (McLaren). Alexander Al- and Geraint held out his his luckless Ferrari team­ result.” The 20­year­old son of the bon (Toro Rosso), George Rus- The champion­in­waiting hand I realised I was going to mate Sebastian Vettel who Bottas said: “I think the seven­time world champion sell (Williams). Robert Kubica said he was so nervous on win the Tour de France.” was unable to take part in weather is going to play a big said it felt like “torture” as he (Williams), Sebastian Vettel Nearly there: Wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, the climb to Val Thorens in The stage was won by 2014 qualifying due to a turbo part tomorrow. I’m a bit dis­ waited to emerge from the (Ferrari). Bernal climbs toward Val Thorens during the 20th stage. * AP the Alps that he counted champion Vincenzo Nibali. Bhakti crowned champion World junior Desert God well tuned squash teams BENGALURU: Desert God, who MARILLINGAIAH MEMORIAL 54.5. Vantika finishes second after splitting the point with Mrudul has been well tuned, is expected 3 TROPHY (1,200m), rated 45 to 1. KVASIR, 2. ANGELS KISS, announced to score in the Tetrasoft Inc. Ban­ 65, 3­30: 1. Noahs Ark (11) Zervan 3. WINGS OF DESIRE 7; Harshita Guddnati (AP) 7.5 bt galore St. Leger (2,800m), the 60, 2. War Hero (7) R. Manish ALLIED FORCES PLATE NATL. CHESS P. Bala Kannamma 7; Mary Ann chief event of the races to be held 59.5, 3. Life Awaits (10) Rayan 59, (1,100m), rated 15 to 35, 4­y­o Chennai: A total of 11 Indian here on Sunday ( July 28). 4. Side Winder (14) Chetan G 59, 6 Gomes (PSPB) 7 drew with V. & over, 5­00: 1. Florencia (7) A. Varshini 7; S. Meenakshi (AI) 7.5 players will take part in the False rails (width about 7m from 5. Miniver Rose (2) Vaibhav 58.5, Merchant 60, 2. Princeazeem (1) Special Correspondent 1,600m to the winning post) will 6. China One (6) Irvan 57.5, 7. All­ T.S. Jodha 58.5, 3. Princess Holly KARAIKUDI bt Michelle Catherina 6.5. World junior men's and be in position. settogo (5) A. Merchant 57, 8. Fair (4) K. Raghu 56.5, 4. Nawabzaadi Sakshi Chitlange (Mah) 7.5 bt women's individual cham­ MANITOU PLATE Warning (1) Antony 57, 9. Super (1,400m), (3) Sai Kiran 56, 5. Hafnium (6) Defending champion Bhakti L. Jyothsna 6.5; Rutuja Bakshi pionship (July 30 to August maiden 3­y­o only, (Terms), 2­ Success (13) T.S. Jodha 56, 10. 1 Arshad 55.5, 6. She’s Superb (11) Kulkarni of Air India played (Mah) 6.5 drew with Soumya 30 p.m.: 1. Cavaliere (3) Antony Treasure Delight (3) Suraj 55.5, 11. S. Shareef 55.5, 7. Fantastic App 4) followed by the World 56, 2. Jai Vikram (6) A. Ramu 56, Constantinople (4) Trevor 54.5, (9) Zervan 55, 8. Santorini Secret out a draw against Pratyusha Swaminathan (PSPB) 6.5; V. junior women's team 12. Teodoro (12) S. Shareef 54.5, 3. My Vision (4) Arshad 56, 4. Sil­ (12) Khurshad Alam 55, 9. Queen Bodda of Andhra Pradesh in Toshali (AP) 6 lost to S. Vijaya- championship (August 5 to ver Eclipse (2) Md. Asif Khan 56, 13. Harley Quinn (9) Md. Asif Isabella (10) Nazerul 54.5, 10. Khan 53.5 and 14. Siyouni (8) M. the 11th and final round to lakshmi (AI) 7; Sanskriti Goyal 9), both to be held in Kuala 5. Tenno Sho (1) Trevor 56, 6. Ad­ Happy Dancing (8) M. Kumar (UP) 6 lost to Swati Ghate (LIC) ela (7) R. Shelar 54.5, 7. Aqaba (5) Prabhakaran 53. 53.5, 11. Simone (5) Rayan 51.5 emerge champion of the 46th Lumpur, Malaysia. 1. TREASURE DELIGHT, 7; Isha Sharma (Kar) 7 bt Srishti Indrajeet Singh 54.5 and 8. Le­ 2. WAR HERO, 3. MINIVER ROSE and 12. So Quick (2) Darshan 51. National women’s chess The junior women's gendary Princess (8) Sandesh 1. FANTASTIC APP, Pandey (Mah) 6. championship at Chettinad team comprises Sanya 54.5. TETRASOFT INC. BANGALORE 2. NAWABZAADI, 3. HAFNIUM Nityata Jain (MP) 7 bt Nand- 1. TENNO SHO, ST. LEGER (2,800m), 4­y­o & SMART CHIEFTAN CUP Public School on Saturday. Vats, Yoshna Singh, Aish­ 2. LEGENDARY PRINCESS, 4 (Div. II), hini Saripalli (Goa) 6; Dhyana over, (Terms), 4­00: 1. Desert God (1,200m), rated 30 to 50, 4­y­o The final round was just a warya Khubchandani and 3. CAVALIERE (4) Sandesh 58.5, 2. Reunion (3) 7 Patel (Guj) 6.5 drew with Bha- & over, 5­30: 1. Interesting (9) formality as she was already Ananya Dabke. They will LIVELY EMPREY PLATE Yash 58.5, 3. Salazaar (2) Suraj Chetan G 60, 2. Beond Reach (2) gyashree Thipsay (Mah) 6.5. 2 (1,200m), rated 00 to 20, 3­ 58.5, 4. My Opinion (1) A. Imran M. Naveen 59.5, 3. Panama (1) Ar­ assured of the title after hav­ The top three: Divya, Bhakti and Vantika. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Final standings (top 20): 1. be joined by Amira Singh 00: 1. Darahasini (1) John 60, 2. 57, 5. Point To Prove (6) Zervan 57 shad 59.5, 4. Amazonite (4) S. ing beaten K. Priyanka the and Megha Bhatia for the and 6. Roberta (5) Trevor 55.5. Bhakti Kulkarni (10); 2-3. Vanti- Zafrina (2) S. Shareef 60, 3. De­ 1. DESERT GOD, 2. SALAZAAR Shareef 58.5, 5. Decisive (11) A. other day. But Bhakti was eag­ cond after splitting the point trophies and cash prizes. ka Agrawal and Divya Desh- individual competitions bonair (9) A. Imran 59.5, 4. Imran 58.5, 6. Pink Smile (7) Ir­ with Mrudul Dehankar of SMART CHIEFTAN CUP (Div. I), er to sign off with a win. Both Important results (11th and fi­ mukh (8.5); 4-7: Pratyusha that precedes it. Bellerophon (4) A. Ramu 58.5, 5. van 58.5, 7. Armin (6) Antony 58, Maharashtra. Show Girl (10) Vinod Shinde 58, 5 (1,200m), rated 30 to 50, 4­y­o 8. Depth Charge (3) R. Pradeep had their chances of winning, nal round, TN unless speci­ Bodda, Mrudul Dehankar, Srija The team event is held 6. Smile Of Courage (3) M. Naveen & over, 4­30: 1. Call Me Maybe (8) 57.5, 9. Helenka (10) Zervan 57, but were content with a draw Divya Deshmukh was equal fied): Bhakti Kulkarni (AI) 10 Seshadri and Nisha Mohota (8); once in two years. 58, 7. Have A Nice Day (12) Noor­ Sai Kiran 60, 2. Tarini (3) Yash 60, 10. Halfsies (5) A. Merchant 56.5, drew with Pratyusha Bodda 8-11. P.V. Nandhidhaa, S. Mee- nabi 57.5, 8. Majestic Rajkumari 3. Wings Of Desire (10) Zervan 60, and 11. Red Galileo (8) Sai Kiran after 62 moves. With a final on points as she drubbed P.V. The boys who will be (AP) 8; Mrudul Dehankar (Mah) nakshi, Harshita Guddanti and (7) Md. Asif Khan 57, 9. Arrogance 4. Secretsuperstar (4) R. Manish 55.5. tally of 10 points, Bhakti not Nandhidhaa of Tamil Nadu. taking part in the junior 1. ARMIN, 2. HELENKA, 8 drew with Vantika Agrawal Sakshi Chitlange (7.5); 12-20. K. (11) Yash 56.5, 10. Gin Daisy (5) 58.5, 5. Kvasir (2) Srinath 58, 6. only went home having lifted men's individual cham­ Dhebe 55.5, 11. Country’s Pearl (6) Alberetta (1) S. Shareef 57.5, 7. An­ 3. AMAZONITE But Vantika, with a better tie­ (Del) 8.5; P.V. Nandhidhaa 7.5 Priyanka, S. Vijayalakshmi, Ni- R. Shelar 52 and 12. High Tide (13) other Rainbow (9) Md. Asif Khan Day’s best: TENNO SHO the title, but also became rich­ break score, pocketed ₹3 lakh pionship are Tushar Sha­ TREASURE DELIGHT- lost to Divya Deshmukh (Mah) tyata Jain, Mary Ann Gomes, V. A. Merchant 52, 13. Astron (­) (­) 51 57.5, 8. Varcasva (6) Trevor 57.5, Double: er by ₹4 lakh. and Divya ₹2 lakh. The Dis­ 8.5; Aarthie Ramaswamy (AI) 7 Varshini, P. Bala Kannamma, hani, Veer Chotrani, Ar­ and 14. Scorching (8) Arshad 50.5. 9. Angels Kiss (7) Antony 57, 10. DESERT GOD 1. DARAHASINI, 2. DEBONAIR, 3. Emidio (5) Vaibhav 57 and 11. Ro­ Jkt: 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; Tr (i): 2, 3 and Vantika Agrawal of Delhi, trict Collector of Sivaganga J. lost to Srija Seshadri 8; Nisha Aarthie Ramaswamy, Swati naav Sareen, Rahul Bhaita HIGH TIDE mantic Helen (11) A. Merchant 4; (ii): 5, 6 and 7. with 8.5 points, finished se­ Jayakanthan gave away the Mohota (PSPB) 8 bt K. Priyanka Ghate and Isha Sharma (7). and Yash Fadte. Spirit of London wins ‘The way we play is completely different now’ BENGALURU: Spirit of London Sachdeva. Trainer: Neil Darashah. (Sandesh up), won the Elusive ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL CUP Pimpernel Cup, the main event of ‘I hope the boys come injury­free and we’ll put up a good fight, says Chhetri (1,400m), rated 30 to 50, 5­y­o the races on Saturday. The winner 4 SPIRIT OF LONDON is owned by Mr. Dilip R. Ranka & over: (Sandesh) 1, Reczai (Suraj) 2, good group. The only thing is nament starts.” happen. So it’s just 10­15 days two tough games — Oman at jured and also because he and trained by B. Prithviraj. FOOTBALL Tokyo Rose (Chetan G) 3 and Ca­ I just hope we get some train­ He added: “I heard that of our preparation and the home and Qatar away. I hope (Stimac) was trying new AUREOLE TIME PLATE sey (Antony) 4. Not run: Morrane ing matches before the tour­ the Super Cup is not going to tournament starts. We have the boys come injury­free things. His philosophy and 1 (1,100m), rated 15 to 35: AINE Gabriella. 1­1/2, Nose and 1­1/2. 1m Shyam Vasudevan (Srinath) 1, Sun Power (A. Ramu) 26.81s. ₹22 (w), 13, 14 and 30 (p), Udaipur and we’ll put up a good what he wants is quite clear. 2, Genuine Star (Suraj) 3 and SHP: 30, THP: 56, FP: 60, Q: 33, fight.” Chhetri spoke to the He’s very knowledgeable and Areca Angel (Rajesh K) 4. 1­1/2, 2­ Trinella: 324 and 269, Exacta: Indian football team captain 1/4 and 5­1/2. 1m 08.32s. ₹17 (w), 4,096 and 2,743. Favourite: Spirit media during his visit to the is somebody who really 12, 13 and 12 (p), SHP: 33, THP: 45, Of London. Owner: Mr. Dilip R. Sunil Chhetri said he hoped Zinc Football Academy here wants to change things. All FP: 76, Q: 58, Trinella: 95 and 25, Ranka. Trainer: B. Prithviraj. the side would get enough on Saturday. the boys love him, so I think Exacta: 762 and 713. Favourite: SHA TIN PLATE (1,600m), Aine. Owners: Mr. Rajan Aggar­ preparatory matches ahead The Indian team has been we all want to rally with him 5 rated 00 to 20, 4­y­o & over: of its 2022 FIFA World Cup wal & Mr. Gautam Aggarwal. DREAMS UNITED (Irvan) 1, undergoing a period of tran­ and give our best,” he said. Trainer: Pradeep Annaiah. Phoenix Reached (T.S. Jodha) 2, Asian Qualifiers campaign. sition since coach Igor Sti­ “The way we build­up is ASTRONOMIC PLATE (1,400m), Silent Ruler (R. Manish) 3 and The Indian team, drawn mac’s arrival in May. The different. He wants us to 2 rated 15 to 35, 4­y­o & over: Shaktiman (John) 4. 6, 2­1/2 and COLONEL HARTY (Rajesh K) 1, 1/2. 1m 39.95s. ₹30 (w), 15, 13 and alongside 2022 FIFA World Croatian has inculcated a build from behind, he wants Sharp Response (Zervan) 2, Stars 16 (p), SHP: 38, THP: 51, FP: 107, Cup host Qatar, Oman, Af­ more refreshing build­up us to pass the ball and you've In His Eyes (R. Manjunath) 3 and Q: 66, Trinella: 270 and 219, Ex­ ghanistan, and Bangladesh based, passing­oriented seen it. The likes of Sahal Raw Gold (Chetan G) 4. 5­3/4, 7­ acta: 1,184 and 575. Favourite: 3/4 and 1/2. 1m 26.97s. ₹20 (w), 13, Dreams United. Owners: Mr. in Group E, will begin its game, and has tried multiple (Abdul Samad), Udanta 18 and 24 (p), SHP: 60, THP: 52, Naresh Kumar Pawar & Mr. P. chase for a FIFA World Cup combinations on the pitch. (Singh) and Anirudh (Thapa) FP: 162, Q: 75, Trinella: 1,505 and Ranga Raju. Trainer: Sharat berth when it hosts Oman in However, the team hasn’t en­ are flourishing under him. I 598, Exacta: 5,607 and 1,730. Fa­ Kumar. the second round of Asian joyed great success and was like this kind of game be­ vourite: Colonel Harty. Owner: DIVINE LIGHT PLATE Qualifiers on September 5. Mr. S.N. Harish. Trainer: Naray­ 6 (1,200m), maiden 3­y­o only, ousted from the King’s Cup cause in my club (Bengaluru ana Gowda. (Terms): SCHAFENBERG (Trevor) and the Intercontinental FC) also we play like this. The BARALOY PLATE (1,600m), 1, Magic Stream (Zerven) 2, Rorito Like the word Cup. Chhetri, though, is Spanish players play the 3 rated 15 to 35: ELECTRA (Sandesh) 3 and Star Sapphire (Chetan G) 1, Radiant Treasure (Mark) 4. Not run: Flamboyant. 3, When asked about the “inter­ unperturbed. same,” he added. (Arshad) 2, Smile Of Joy (Srinath) 1 and Nk. 1m 13.79s. ₹17 (w), 11, 17 esting group” by this repor­ When asked if he perso­ 3 and Fotogenic (Vaibhav) 4. Not and 17 (p), SHP: 42, THP: 37, FP: ter, Chhetri quipped: “I like Completely different nally advocated this style of run: Armenia. 1­3/4, 2 and 2­3/4. 95, Q: 58, Trinella: 180 and 59, Ex­ 1m 39.61s. ₹23 (w), 12, 12 and 11 acta: 1,691 and 1,153. Favourite: the word interesting, man. “The way we play is com­ football, he said: “I don't (p), SHP: 32, THP: 42, FP: 77, Q: Schafenberg. Owner: Mr. Prithiv Thank God. People use the pletely different now. You’ve know, man. I'll play in any 51, Trinella: 108 and 42, Exacta: Sivaji Dorai. Trainer: S. Attaollahi. word easy sometimes! It is seen it in the last two tourna­ way. I just want to win. You 1,285 and 794. Favourite: Electra. Jackpot: ₹1,514 (351 tkts.); Runner­ Owners: M/s. Blazing Saddles (PF) up: 338 (674 tkts.); Treble (i): 150 interesting and I’m really Showing the way: India captain Sunil Chhetri teaches a trick or two to the trainees at the ments. We didn’t do well be­ tell me a way to win and I’ll rep by. Mr. Niraj Tyagi & Mr. Vikas (75 tkts.); (ii): 259 (123 tkts.). looking forward to it. 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TV PICKS Divij & Erlich pair Badminton: Japan Open, Momota rallies to beat Sai Praneeth Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 8 a.m. goes down fighting Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh : 2nd ODI, Sony Six (SD & HD), The Indian squanders early lead to go down to the top seed yet again 2.30 p.m. INDIANS ABROAD semifinals by Vladyslav Or­ TNPL: Star Sports 3, 3 p.m. & JAPAN OPEN Praneeth, who had been lov of Ukrane who conceded 7.15 p.m. in great touch in the tourna­ Sports Bureau only four games. Tennis: Hamburg Open final, IANS ment so far, tried to up the Atlanta The results: Sony ESPN (SD & HD), 3.30 Tokyo ante and earned some points $777,385 ATP, Atlanta: Dou­ p.m. Divij Sharan and Jonathan but ultimately lost the game Formula One : German GP, India’s campaign at the on­ Erlich of Israel put up a bles (quarterfinals): Bob Bryan Star Sports Select 2 (SD & in 23 minutes. strong fight against top & Mike Bryan (US) bt Jonathan going Japan Open came to an Erlich (Isr) & Divij Sharan 6-4, HD), 6.35 p.m. end as B. Sai Praneeth lost seeded Bryan twins, Bob England Women vs Aus­ Overtuns deficit 6-7(4), [10-7]. his men’s singles semifinal and Mike, who won 6­4, 6­7 tralia Women : 2nd T20I, In the second game, the top­ $25,000 ITF men, Nonthaburi, Sony ESPN (SD & HD), 6.30 clash to World no. 1 Kento (4), [10­7] in the doubles Thailand: Semifinals: Vladys- seeded Japanese didn’t led p.m. Momota at the $750,000 quarterfinals of the $777,385 lav Orlov (Ukr) bt Manish Su- Ultimate Table Tennis: Star tournament on Saturday. Praneeth take a long lead ATP tennis tournament reshkumar 6-2, 6-2. Sports 1 & Star Sports Select Praneeth lost 21­18, 21­12 to from the start and over­ here. Doubles (final): Sanchai Rati- 1 (SD & HD), 7.10 p.m. Momota in a match that last­ turned a 6­9 deficit to make it The quarterfinal entry watana & Sonchat Ratiwatana PKL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), ed for 45 minutes. 12­9 with the help of six fetched 45 ATP points and bt Timur Khabibulin (Kaz) & Ar- 7.15 p.m. & 8.30 p.m. straight points. $6,240 for Divij and partner. jun Kadhe 4-6, 6-2, [10-4]. Great start From there on, the World In ITF men’s Futures in $15,000 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia: IN BRIEF The unseeded Indian started No.1 raced to a seven­point Thailand, Arjun Kadhe and Doubles (semifinals): Men: off the match on a great note lead and eventually won the Timur Khabibulin of Ka­ Mousa Alkotop (Jor) & Alexan- der Boborykin (Rus) bt Anirudh as he took an initial 3­1 lead match 21­12 in 22 minutes to zakhstan lost 10­4 in the make it to his second consec­ Chandrasekar & PC Vignesh 6- in the first few minutes. super tie­break to the expe­ 7(2), 6-3, [10-6]. Women: Eli- However, Momota came utive final. rienced Ratiwatana twins, zabeth Danailova (Bul) & Chel- back with a great fight and The result: (semifinal): Sanchai and Sonchat. In sin­ sea Vanhoutte (Bel) bt Sowja- took an 11­8 lead at the mid­ Men: Kento Momota (Jpn) bt B. gles, Manish Sureshkumar’s nya Bavisetti & Sravya Shivani

game break. Sai Praneeth 21-18, 21-12. Well played! Kento Momota of Japan is congratulated by B. Sai Praneeth. * AFP fine run was halted in the Chilakalapudi 6-4, 1-6, [10-7].

Bale close to Jiangsu Suning move PARIS Lanning makes highest individual Vishnu, Chirag dazzle on day one Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale is on the verge of Syed Muzammil unstoppable in the Gixxer Cup signing a £1million-a-week score ever in women’s T20Is deal with Chinese Super League outfit Jiangsu Suning, MOTORSPORTS reports on Friday claimed. Her 133 n.o. sees Australia coast to victory over England Special Correspondent The 30-year-old Welshman ANI Coimbatore has already been told by Real Melbourne coach Zinedine Zidane that Chennai’s Vishnu Prasad and he does not form part of his Skipper Meg Lanning’s un­ young Chirag Ghorpade future plans. Spanish daily beaten 133, the highest indi­ stole the show on the open­ Marca claimed that Bale will vidual score ever in a wo­ ing day, winning in contrast­ earn €22 million per season men’s T20 International, ing styles in the first round of in China. However, later helped Australia defeat En­ the 22nd JK Tyre FMSCI Na­ reports by Sky Sports gland by 93 runs in the first tional racing championship suggested the player’s of the three­match series on here on Saturday. representatives were Friday. The revamped opening negotiating a mind-boggling Chasing 227, England got round saw 27 young guns £1million-a-week contract off to a horrendous start as it line up for the first time to before the Chinese transfer lost its first four wickets with have a shot at the Novice window shuts on Wednesday. AFP just 22 on the board. Da­ Cup. And, Bengaluru’s Chi­ nielle Wyatt (0), Amy Jones rag (Momentum Motor­ (0), Tammy Beaumont (8), sports) clinched the pole at Play and Heather Knight (3) all the start of the day and went failed to put up substantial on to win the first race. abandoned scores. The 14­year­old timed Natalie Sciver and Laura 13:37.912s to beat the aggres­ Special Correspondent Winfield put up a brief part­ Into the record books: Meg Lanning sent the England bowlers sive field by 0.338s, leaving Exhibiting his skills: Seasoned racer Vishnu Prasad, who won Race 1 in the LGB Formula 4 GURUGRAM nership of 36, but their re­ on a leather hunt, hitting 17 fours and seven sixes. * HENRY his teammate Aaroh Ravin­ category, negotiates a curve. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Play was washed out by sistance was cut short as BROWNE/ GETTY IMAGES dra and Mohamed Ryan rain in the ₹100,000 AITA Sciver (28) was sent back by (MSport) fighting for the oth­ and Ashwin (Dark Don take him for the top two po­ Motorsports); 2. Aaroh Ravin- men’s ranking tennis tour­ Sophie Molineux. victory by 93 runs. Schutt said she tried to hit the final er two places on the Racing). sitions. dra (Momentum Motorsports); nament here on Saturday. Katherine Brunt came was the leading wicket­taker delivery of the innings for a podium. Syed Muzammil Ali was 3. Mohamed Ryan (MSport). Faisal Qamar was lead­ out to bat next and she, as she scalped three En­ 12. “I tried to hit it for 12,” He exhibited speed and Ashwin shot into the lead, the other lad from Bengalu­ Race 2: 1. Chirag; 2. Aaroh; 3. Parikshit Dardhalli (DTS Racing) ing 6­4, 2­2 against Ahutosh along with Winfield, added gland batters. Cricket.com.au quoted Lan­ skill to wrest the second race going past MSport’s Sohil ru who was unstoppable in JK Tyre Suzuki Gixxer Cup: Tiwari when the semifinal 39 runs. However, Winfield Earlier, Lanning’s unde­ ning as saying. as well. Shah who began on pole at the Gixxer Cup. He topped Race 1: 1. Syed Muzammil Ali; 2. was abandoned owing to (33) was dismissed in the feated knock of 133 off just However, all eyes were on the first opportunity. He “I was just really pleased the practice rounds, grabbed Tanay Gaikwad; 3. Amul rain on Friday. The match 15th over by Megan Schutt. 63 balls with 17 boundaries and proud of the group that the Formula LGB4 which hung on to it all the way to the pole in the qualifiers and Angadi. will continue on Sunday. With Winfield’s dismissal, and seven sixes propelled we were able to win at such had seven national cham­ the final lap but the safety later finished on top in the Formula LGB4: Race 1: 1. Vish- Australia to a record total of Fardeen Qamar has al­ England could not do anyth­ a ground, The Fortress. pions in the fray. It was a car that had come out a cou­ race. nu Prasad (MSport); 2. Rohit ready reached the final ing substantial with the bat 226 for three in 20. three­way fight between ple of laps earlier hurt his The results (provisional): Khanna (Dark Don Racing); 3. from the top half of the as it was restricted to 133 for After the game, the des­ “To come here and play Vishnu (MSport), Rohit flow as Vishnu and Rohit JK Tyre Novice Cup: Race 1: 1. Ashwin Datta (Dark Don Rac- draw. nine, handing Australia a tructive Lanning laughingly so well was great,” she said. Khanna (Dark Don Racing) stepped up the heat to over­ Chirag Ghorpade (Momentum ing). ‘Opportunity to raise Atletico humbles Real Indians grab eight medals Reuters Real with a third in the 19th New Jersey minute. Ashish Kumar bags his first international gold Commonwealth TT’s profile’ Diego Costa scored four Saul Niguez capitalised BOXING Ashish (75kg) was in im­ In 81kg, Brijesh Yadav gave goals as Real Madrid was on more slack defending peccable form and out­ his all but was edged 1­4 by embarrassed 7­3 by rival At­ First priority is to regularise the championship: Vivek Kohli from Real to thread through Press Trust of India punched Korea’s Kim Jinjae Thailand’s Anawat Thongkra­ letico Madrid in the final to Costa who fired in the New Delhi 5­0 for the biggest medal of tok amidst some vociferous match of the United States fourth with just 28 minutes CTTF Asian Championships silver his career, just two months support for the home tour on Friday. on the clock. medallist Ashish Kumar on after claiming a silver in the supporters. RAKESH RAO Real fielded a strong side Costa capped a disastrous India Open. NEW DELHI once again, with new sign­ Saturday bagged his first in­ Earlier, Strandja Cup silver half for Real in stoppage Strandja Cup gold medal­ ings Eden Hazard and Luka ternational gold, even as In­ medallist Manju Rani (48kg) Last week, Indians accom­ time, winning a penalty be­ list Nikhat, who pocketed a Jovic starting up front and dian boxers finished their failed to breach the barrier of plished an unsurpassable fore converting from the bronze from the Asian Cham­ Gareth Bale again on the campaign with a rich haul of Thailand’s former World feat of sweeping all seven spot. pionships as well as the India bench, but was 5­0 down at eight medals at Thailand Championships bronze me­ gold medals at stake in the Open, faced a tough oppo­ the end of a shambolic first Felix again fed Costa six Open International boxing dallist Chuthamat Raksat and Commonwealth table tennis nent in Asian Games gold half. minutes into the second half tournament in Bangkok. had to be content with the championship in Cuttack. medallist Chang Yuan. Atletico fielded a host of before Nacho pulled one India finished with a gold, bronze. Concurrently, in a signifi­ new arrivals, including club­ back for Real near the four silver and three bronze. The Chinese proved too Ashish (69kg) and Bhagya­ cant development in Bhuv­ record signing Joao Felix, hour­mark. On the final day, the In­ strong for Nikhat as the Tele­ bati Kachari (75kg) are the neswar, India claimed the who immediately caught The Costa onslaught end­ dians who won silver were gana pugilist was handed a others who brought bronze post of chairman and secre­ Real cold on the counter be­ ed abruptly, with he and former world junior cham­ 5­0 blow. for India. tary­general of the Common­ fore playing Costa in for his Real’s Dani Carvajal both pion Nikhat Zareen (51kg), In 56kg, reigning India wealth Table Tennis Federa­ opening goal in the first red­carded for fighting, ad­ Asian Championships silver Open champion Chatchai De­ While Ashish succumbed tion (CTTF) for the first time. minute. ding further drama to an in­ medallist Deepak (49kg), cha Butdee of Thailand conti­ to a 1­4 defeat to Thailand’s These Indian triumphs Felix got among the goals credible friendly. GeeBee Boxing silver medal­ nued his fine form to inflict a former Asian Games cham­ were not unexpected. The himself seven minutes later Vitolo added a seventh list Mohammed Hussamud­ 5­0 defeat on Hussamuddin pion Wuttichai Masuk, Ka­ New roles, new goals! Vivek Kohli, right, and M.P. Singh after players capitalised on the before Angel Correa, an ear­ for Atletico, before Karim din (56kg), and India Open while Uzbekistan’s Mirzakh­ chari was outplayed 0­5 by being elected chairman and secretary-general, respectively, lack of quality opposition ly substitute for the injured Benzema and Javi Hernan­ silver medallist Brijesh Yadav medov Nodirjon proved a tall China’s Rio Olympic bronze of the CTTF. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT while for the two elected re­ Alvaro Morata, shocked dez scored late for Real. (81kg). order for Deepak in 49kg. medallist Li Qian. presentatives — chairman Vi­ vek Kohli and secretary M.P. er in table tennis. gland, Nigeria etc. Soon, we Singh — the election arith­ plan to introduce competi­ metic was never a concern. Spreading the sport tions for cadet, sub­juniors, Windies tour: As it turned out, M.P. In his new role, Kohli has set juniors, youth and veterans. Will provide the athlete’s perspective: Narang Singh was elected unop­ his eyes on spreading the “Constant activities bring MyTeam11 is posed and Kohli won 22­6. sport to all 71 Common­ visibility to all stakeholders. Rijiju forms high­level panel to oversee Olympic preparations Though the margin of wealth nations. Revenue from affiliation and title sponsor V.V. subrahmanyam Kohli’s victory was a reflec­ “At present, we have only entry fees, sponsorships, Federation of India presi­ tion among all stakehol­ HYDERABAD tion on the support he en­ 45 affiliated members, of etc., will give us a buffer to Special Correspondent dent Adille Sumariwalla, ders,” he said. joyed, England’s Alan Ran­ which around 38 are active. get started. New Delhi London Olympics bronze Boxing Federation of India “And, for the 2024 Paris some proved a reluctant Once we reach out to all the Thereafter, in due course, medallist and ace shooter president Ajay Singh as Olympics, the focus will be MyTeam11, a fantasy sports outgoing­incumbent as he nations, CTTF will have we plan to hold competitions Gagan Narang is one of only members and Talent Olym­ on charting out a road map, platform, will be the title vacated the chair after 26 more members than the Afri­ for schools, universities, mil­ two Olympians (besides ten­ pic Podium Scheme CEO continuous review and sug­ sponsor of India’s upcom­ years. can TT Federation, Asian TT itary, railways, etc., from nis great Leander Paes) on Cdr. Rajesh Rajagopalan as gesting corrective measures, ing tour of West Indies. “This change provides In­ Union and the European TT Commonwealth nations. the high­level committee ap­ convenor. ensuring coordination dia with an opportunity to Union, all of whom have 50­ “We will hire profession­ The tour will be called pointed by Union Sports Mi­ among stakeholders,” Gagan raise the profile of Common­ plus member­nations,” said als to run the day­to­day af­ ‘MyTeam11 International nistry Kiren Rijiju to oversee, Objective said. “I will draw from my ex­ Kohli. Series’. support, coordinate and “The objective of the com­ perience of four Olympics to wealth table tennis,” Kohli fairs of the CTTF. I see that Gagan Narang. * FILE PHOTO told The Hindu on his return Elaborating his plans, the CTTF holds the potential The tour commences on strategise preparations of In­ mittee is to ensure the per­ provide inputs,” the star to the Capital. Kohli declared, “When we to be the biggest sporting bo­ August 3, when the first of dian athletes for the 2020 formance of Indian athletes port to potential and quali­ shooter said. Kohli, 50, is actively at­ hold events, we gain visibili­ dy in the sport after the In­ three T20Is between the and 2024 Olympics. is optimised at the Olympics fied athletes, facilitating “Leander and I being the tached to the sport since ty. So far, even the Common­ ternational Table Tennis two sides is scheduled in The Committee, chaired and other multi­disciplinary smooth logistical arrange­ only Olympians on the pa­ turning up for Uttar Pradesh wealth championship is not Federation (ITTF). We will Florida and will see a total by Rijiju, comprises Sports events,” says Gagan in a chat ments for participation, en­ nel, we can give bring the as a junior. At present, he is held regularly. So, my first surely borrow ideas from the of three T20s and ODIs Secretary Radheyshyam Ju­ with The Hindu. suring seamless acclimatisa­ athlete’s perspective, given the co­chairman of Stag In­ priority is to regularise the ITTF to help the cause of each as well as two Test laniya, IOA president Narin­ “For the Tokyo Games tion and hospitable that we have ourselves gone ternational, a well­known championship and invite the Commonwealth nations at matches in a five­week pe­ der Batra, IOA secretary­gen­ next year, the task includes environment for the contin­ through the process,” he equipment and apparel­mak­ best from Singapore, En­ all levels,” concluded Kohli. riod in the West Indies. eral Rajeev Mehta, Athletics advising and ensuring sup­ gent in Tokyo and coordina­ said. CM A ND-NDE YK