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DELHI 20 SPORT SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bancroft in Ashes squad England hands Ireland a reality check Agence France-Presse Cape Town, banned for nine London months. Woakes and Broad use optimum bowling conditions to skittle out the visitors for 38 Opening batsman Cameron The squad: Tim Paine (Capt./ Bancroft was on Friday in­ wk), Cameron Bancroft, Patrick Cummins, Marcus Harris, Josh cluded in Australia's 17­man SCOREBOARD ENGLAND VS IRELAND, ONLY TEST Hazlewood, Travis Head, Us­ squad for a five­Test Ashes man Khawaja, Marnus Labus­ series against England chagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell England — 1st innings: 85. Murtagh b Woakes 2, B. Rankin alongside Steve Smith and Ireland — 1st innings: 207. () 0; Extras (b­1, lb­1): 2; Marsh, Michael Neser, James David Warner. Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steve England — 2nd innings: J. Leach Total (in 15.4 overs): 38. All three batsmen served Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew c Adair b Murtagh 92, R. Burns c Fall of : 1­11, 2­18, 3­19, Wade, David Warner. Wilson b Rankin 6, J. Roy b 4­24, 5­24, 6­24, 7­32, 8­36, lengthy bans for their roles Fixtures: August 1­5: First Thompson 72, J. Denly run out 9­36. in a ball­tampering scandal Test, Edgbaston; Aug. 7­9: 10, J. Root c Wilson b Adair 31, J. in South Africa last year. England bowling: Broad 8­3­ Worcestershire v Australians, Bairstow lbw b Adair 0, M. Ali c Former captain Smith 19­4, Woakes 7.4­2­17­6. Worcester; Aug. 14­18: Second Wilson b Rankin 9, C. Woakes c and his then deputy Warner Man­of­the­Match: Jack Leach. Test, Lord's; Aug. 22­26: Third Balbirnie b Adair 13, S. Curran c were both given 12­month Test, Headingley; Aug. 29­31: McCollum b Thompson 37, S. England won by 143 runs. suspensions by Aus­ Derbyshire v Australians, Der­ Broad (not out) 21, O. Stone b tralia, with Bancroft, who by; Sept. 4­8: Fourth Test, Old Thompson 0; Extras (b­1, lb­7, actually applied sandpaper Trafford; Sept. 12­16: Fifth nb­4): 12; Total (in 77.5 overs): Test, Oval. 303. to the ball during a Test in Fall of wickets: 1­26, 2­171, 3­ 182, 4­194, 5­194, 6­219, 7­239, 8­248, 9­293. Ireland bowling: Murtagh 18­3­ Amir retires from Tests 52­1, Adair 20­7­66­3, Rankin 17­1­86­2, Thompson 12.5­0­ Agence France-Presse 44­3, McBrine 10­1­47­0. Ireland — 2nd innings: W. Port­ Pakistan fast bowler Mo­ erfield c Bairstow b Woakes 2, J. hammad Amir announced McCollum c Root b Woakes 11, his retirement from Test A. Balbirnie c Root b Broad 5, P. Stirling b Woakes 0, K. O’Brien cricket on Friday to concen­ lbw b Broad 4, G. Wilson lbw b trate on the limited­overs Woakes 0, S. Thompson c Root b game, nine years after a Woakes 4, M. Adair b Broad 8, A. spot­fixing ban halted his Pouched: England’s Joe Root accepts ’s offering off the bowling of Chris Woakes.* REUTERS McBrine c Root b Broad 0, T. burgeoning career. The 27­year­old, regarded LORD’S TEST when Stuart Thompson end­ Chris Woakes and Stuart Test match and first against successfully defended its low­ dismissal signalled the start as one of the best left­arm ed England’s second innings Broad took cruel advantage England. est total since 1998 in Mel­ of the collapse, said. pacers after countryman Reuters on 303 with the first ball of of optimum bowling condi­ It had bowled England out bourne and its lowest ever at “We knew it was going to Wasim Akram, said he Mohammad Amir. * PTI the day, clean bowling Olly tions to take all the wickets. for 85 before lunch on the Lord’s. be tough with the lights on wants to move away from London Stone to leave itself two days Woakes put Ireland out of opening day of the four­day Ireland at least avoided the and drizzle in the air. But we the traditional format. tan Cricket Board (PCB) re­ Ireland’s dream of pulling off to knock off 182 runs. its misery, knocking back Test on Wednesday and ignominy of breaking the re­ had to dig deep and get “It has been an honour to lease. “I, however, have de­ one of the biggest shocks in After a rain delay it began Tim Murtagh’s leg stump to forced another collapse in cord for the lowest Test score through that. Fair play to the represent Pakistan in the cided to move away from the history of by the chase in encouraging finish with the spectacular fi­ the home ranks in sweltering which is still held by New two lads to how they bowled pinnacle and traditional for­ the longer version so I can beating England at Lord’s fashion, reaching 11 without gures of six wickets for 17 heat on Thursday to set itself Zealand — skittled out for 26 — they made it difficult.” mat of the game,” Amir was concentrate on white­ball was shattered as it collapsed loss, but the wheels fell off in with Broad taking four for 19. up for an unlikely first Test against England in 1955. England’s left­arm spinner quoted as saying in a Pakis­ cricket.” to 38 all out to lose by 143 spectacular fashion as it post­ It was a sad end to what victory. “We put ourselves in a po­ Jack Leach was named man runs on Friday. ed the lowest ever Test total had been a fantastic effort by In the end, however, the sition to win the game — of the match for his 92 in En­ On a murky morning, Ire­ at Lord’s, capitulating in 15.4 William Porterfield’s gallant class of Broad and Woakes that’s why we’re so gutted up gland’s second innings as a land made a dream start overs. side in only Ireland’s third proved too much as England there,” Porterfield, whose nightwatchman. Malinga bids adieu to one-dayers in style Robin Singh applies for coach The speedster’s opening burst stifles Bangladesh’s chase of a huge Sri Lankan target Now is the time to prepare for the 2023 World Cup, he says

Agence France-Presse have to go.” Left­handed Perera put S. Dinakar hit Sharma early, I would COLOMBO Earlier, Kusal Perera on 97 with Karunaratne for have held back to Lasith Malinga shone in his struck 111 (99b, 17x4, 1x6), the second before ad­ Master of yorker: Robin Robin Singh has thrown his the No. 4 slot. For that game, farewell match after Kusal his fifth ODI century, to set ding 100 with Kusal Mendis hat into the ring. The former I would have picked another Perera struck a quick­fire up ’s big total after for the third. The second S. Dinakar ball’s path, you see the India allrounder has applied top­order batsman, Mayank century as Sri Lanka Dimuth Karunaratne elected match will be held on Sun­ Chennai ball actually going up like for the National coach’s job. Agarwal, at No. 3. M.S. Dhoni crushed Bangladesh by 91 to bat. day. Robin Singh has worked a saucer after it hits the A feisty, hard­working would have been No. 5 and runs in the first of the three­ closely with pace great wicket. And when it loses cricketer who laid emphasis he would have got more match One­Day Internation­ Lasith Malinga over a that momentum, it dips on fitness, Robin has had a time.” al series here on Friday. number of years at on you.” rewarding time coaching va­ He elaborated, “Kohli and Malinga rattled Bangla­ Mumbai Indians. After his pace dropped rious teams over the last 15 Dhoni could have batted to­ desh with a fiery opening With the game­ Malinga mixed cutters years, with as many as 10 gether. Then, we could have spell, reducing the visitors to changing slinger figuring and slower deliveries championship titles to his had the three power hitters,

39 for four in the process, in his last match for Sri with yorkers. Robin said, credit. Robin Singh. * S. DINAKAR Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant which pegged them back Lanka, Robin said, “He “Your skills don’t go, you Importantly, he was the and Ravindra Jadeja coming despite the best efforts by understands his game, make adjustments.” fielding coach for India bet­ well. Now is the time to pre­ in.” Mushfiqur Rahim and Sabbir works hard. Bowls off a Robin noted the ween 2007 and ‘09. In this pare for the 2023 World Cup Robin said India should Rahman. full run­up even in presence of Malinga in period, India won a Test se­ and a change could be good have groomed a No. 4 bat­ Malinga (three for 38) practice. the MI camp made a ries in England, triumphed for the side.” sman for the World Cup and started the mini­collapse by “Mastered the art of huge difference to Jasprit the inaugural World Twen­ The 55­year­old Robin — added, “Both Ambati Rayudu hitting the leg­stump of Ta­ yorker by getting his Bumrah. ty20 in South Africa and lift­ he appears a lot younger — and Ajinkya Rahane would mim Iqbal with a deadly release point right.” “Pretty unique ed the triangular ODI series said he brought with him a have been there in my team.” yorker when the Bangladesh Robin observed, himself, Bumrah tapped trophy in Australia for the global experience and per­ India, Robin said, should skipper was yet to open the “Malinga is so difficult to into Malinga’s mind­set.” first time. spective in coaching. have played the fast, attack­ account. pick even from behind Malinga is a very ing and wicket­taking Mo­ Mushfiqur made 67 while the stumps when you “quiet person,” Robin Lot of experience Interesting take hammed Shami for the se­ Sabbir added 60 as the duo stand. revealed. “He likes his He has been at the helm of Robin had an interesting take cond spinner in the last four shared an 111­run partner­ “You try to catch the own space.” the India under­19 and ‘A’ on a coach’s role during a clash, given the conditions at ship for the fifth wicket but teams and been an assistant match. He explained, “You Old Trafford. Bangladesh stuttered to 223 coach with the successful got to transport yourself Coaching, Robin said, was all out in 41.4 overs replying SCOREBOARD SRI LANKA VS BANGLADESH, 1ST Mumbai Indians, apart from mentally into the game, put a lot about learning. Alth­ to Sri Lanka’s 314 for eight. guiding Barbados Tridents in yourself in situations that the ough a paceman, he learnt Sri Lanka: A. Fernando c Sarkar w­16): 18; Total (for eight wkts. S. Sarkar b Malinga 15, M. Fall of wickets: 1­1, 2­30, 3­30 the Caribbean Premier team and the players face, be much about spin bowling Time to quit b Islam 7, D. Karunaratne c in 50 overs): 314. Mithun lbw b Pradeep 10, M. (Sarkar, 8.3), 4­39, 5­150, 6­ League. a part of the moves, get into from the great Erapallii Pra­ “I feel it’s the right time for Mustafizur b Hasan Miraz 36, K Fall of wickets: 1­10, 2­107, 3­ Rahim c Mendis b Pradeep 67, 182, 7­187, 8­199, 9­200. In a chat with The Hindu the players’ mind. You can do sanna and the other famous me to retire from ODIs. I Perera c Mustafizur b Sarkar 111, 207, 4­212, 5­272, 6­276, 7­302, Mahmudullah c sub b Kumara 3, Sri Lanka bowling: Malinga 9.4­ soon after mailing his appli­ this, only if you understand visiting coaches at the MAC K Mendis c Mushfiqur b R. 8­309. S. Rahman c Fernando b de Silva have been playing for the 2­38­3, Pradeep 9­1­51­3, T. cation here on Friday, Robin the game technically.” Spin Foundation which he Hossain 43, A. Mathews c Sab­ Bangladesh bowling: Islam 9­0­ 60, M. Hossain run out (Mendis) last 15 years for Sri Lanka Perera 6­0­36­0, Kumara 7­0­ said, “Under the current Asked how he would have headed. bir b Mustafizur 48, L. Thirim­ 62­3, Hasan Miraz 9­0­56­1, R. 12, M. Hasan Miraz c Mendis b 45­1, de Silva 10­0­49­2. and this is the right time to anne c Sarkar b Mustafizur 25, T. Hossain 9­0­54­1, M. Hossain 7­ de Silva 2, S. Islam b Pradeep 2, coach, India has lost in the handled the chase against “It’s an evolving game. You Toss: Sri Lanka. move on,” Malinga, who fin­ Perera c Sarkar b Islam 2, D. de 0­45­0, Mustafizur 10­0­75­2, R. Hossain (not out) 6, M. Rah­ semifinals of two successive New Zealand in the World got to be flexible and be ished his ODI career with Silva c Sabbir b Islam 18, L. Ma­ Sarkar 5­0­17­1, Mahmudullah man c T. Perera b Malinga 18; Man­of­the­Match: K. Perera. ODI World Cups, and in the Cup semifinal, Robin said, bold,” he said. 338 wickets, said after the linga (not out) 6, N. Pradeep 1­0­4­0. Extras (lb­4, w­24): 28; Total (in Sri Lanka won by 91 runs, last four stage of the World “With the ball moving Will the India door open game. “My time is over and I (not out) 0; Extras (lb­1, nb­1, Bangladesh: T Iqbal b Malinga 0, 41.4 overs): 223. leads the series 1­0. Twenty20 championship as around and India losing Ro­ again for Robin? Gayle in Fortunegiants overrun Yoddha Doo does it for ODI squad PKL back to take the second. UTT In the third game, Thak­ ST. JOHN’S Special Correspondent kar led 7­3 as Sharath erred Chris Gayle changed his HYDERABAD RAKESH RAO NEW repeatedly each time the ral­ mind about international Gujarat Fortunegiants post­ lies got longer. Just when it retirement during the ed an emphatic 44­19 win ov­ These are early days in the looked like curtains for Sha­ World Cup and the West In­ er UP Yoddha in the league Ultimate league rath, the veteran roared right dies selectors on Friday phase of the Vivo ProKabad­ but the favourites are finding back to lead 10­9 and then gave the ‘Universe Boss’ a di League Season­7 at Gachi­ it difficult to get going. clinched the ‘golden’ point. place in the one­day squad bowli Indoor Stadium here For the second day in suc­ This left the tie levelled at to face India in a three­ on Friday. cession, the underdog ran 6­6. The much­awaited de­ match series. The series Guajrat’s domination was the last mile faster. After deb­ ciding singles did not live up gives Gayle the chance to never in doubt thanks to the utant showed to expectations. Doo played break Brian Lara’s records brilliance of raider Rohit Gu­ Star of the day: Rohit Gulia was on a roll as Fortunegiants the way by stopping holder to her high ranking and for most ODI runs for the lia, who scored a Super­10 marked up a runaway win over Yoddha. * K.V.S. GIRI on Thursday, U Expected result: U Mumba rode home on Doo Hoi Kem’s breezed past Madhurika, West Indies. (his first in the PKL. He fin­ Mumba followed the foot­ triumph over Madhurika Patkar in the final rubber. who started off well in every Batsmen Sunil Ambris ished with 11 points, includ­ nutes in the first half was a scored his 300th raid point prints and upstaged pre­ * FILE PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR game before fading away. and Darren Bravo, off­spin­ ing one tackle­point. tribute to the domination of while teammate Rohit Gulia match favourite Chennai The results: U Mumba beat ner Ashley Nurse and fast From the start, it was ob­ Fortunegiants, who excelled completed a century of raid Lions 9­6. opening singles. of Petrissa, won two games Chennai Lions 9­6 (Sutirtha bowler Shannon Gabriel vious that Fortunegiants was in both raiding and defence. points. Playing like a team pos­ In the second, World No. over Manav Thakkar and Mukherjee bt Petrissa Solja 11­7, have been dropped from far more superior given the They scored points consis­ Fortunegiants raised the sessed, Mumba never trailed 52 Tiago Apolonia could not Doo Hoi Kem to make it 4­4. 11­10, 5­11; Kirill Gerssimenko the squad that finished raiding prowess of Sachin tently and kept increasing bar in the second half scor­ and eventually rode home on raise the bar against debu­ But Mumba nosed ahead by bt Tiago Apolonia 11­10, 11­9, 5­ 11; Manav Thakkar & Doo Hoi ninth in the World Cup. Tanwar, Gulia and G.B. the lead, scoring an an all­ ing the second all­out on a World No. 12 Doo Hoi Kem’s tant Kirill Gerssimenko. The snatching the third game. The squad: Jason Holder More. They were well backed out too. expected 3­0 triumph over 45th­ranked Kazakh attacked Sharath returned to take Kem lost to Sharath Kamal & Rohit raid to take a 21­9 lead. Petrissa Solja 8­11, 8­11, 11­7; (capt.), Fabian Allen, Carlos in defence by captain Sunil The first­half witnessed a Madhurika Patkar in the final relentlessly from the word go on Thakkar in the fourth rub­ Brathwaite, John Campbell, They sustained the pressure Manav Thakkar lost to Sharath Kumar and Parvesh Bhain­ couple of milestones with rubber. and eventually won 2­1 to ber and levelled the score at Roston Chase, Sheldon Cot­ to pick up points and emerge Kamal 7­11, 11­5, 10­11; Doo Hoi trell, Chris Gayle, Shimron sal, with the latter scoring a Yoddha defender Nitesh Ku­ a clear winner. Prior to this match, Mum­ double Mumba’s lead. 5­5 by taking the opening Kem bt Madhurika Patkar 11­10, Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Evin Le­ high­five. mar scoring the fastest 150 The results: Gujarat Fortune­ ba stayed ahead thanks to Over the next two match­ game. But Thakkar, playing 11­7, 11­5). wis, Keemo Paul, Nicholas The fact that Yoddha’s star tackle points (46 matches) in giants bt UP Yoddha 44­19; the stunning 2­1 victory of Su­ es, Sharath Kamal held without any pressure, pro­ Saturday’s fixture: RP­SG Ma­ Pooran, Kemar Roach and raider Monu Goyat was out PKL history. bt Telugu Titans tirtha Mukherjee over World centre­stage. Chennai’s duced some awe­inspiring vericks, Kolkata vs Goa Challen­ Oshane Thomas. of action for 12 of the 20 mi­ Sachin Tanwar of Gujarat 34­22. No. 26 Petrissa Solja in the spearhead, in the company retrieves and bounced right gers (7 p.m.).

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TV PICKS Indian Boxing League from Oct. 20 Badminton: Japan Open, Dressel smashes Phelps’ 100m Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), 6.30 a.m. , Panghal and Bidhuri to be part of ‘Big Bout’ TNPL: Star Sports 3, 3 p.m. & 7.15 p.m. Y.B. SARANGI ments, Big Bout will be butterfly record KOLKATA Ultimate Table Tennis: Star another feather in the cap of Sports 1 & Star Sports Select Leading Indian boxers such Indian boxing as the first 1 (SD & HD), 7.30 p.m. Regan Smith and Anton Chupkov also set new marks as M.C. Mary Kom, Amit amateur boxing league in PKL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), Panghal and Gaurav Bidhuri the world,” said Boxing Fed­ 7.30 p.m. WORLD SWIMMING along with 50 top foreign eration of India president Global T20 Canada : Star boxers will be seen in action Ajay Singh. Sports 2 (SD & HD), 10 p.m. Agence France-Presse in the inaugural amateur The organisers have invit­ GWANGJU (Korea) boxing league, Big Bout — In­ ed auctions of live digital American star Caeleb Dres­ dian Boxing League, to be streaming rights for the first ATK ropes sel, swimming’s chiselled, held at three venues from three seasons. The league

tattooed pin­up boy, des­ October 20 to November 9. M.C. Mary Kom. * PTI has set a base price of ₹4 in Agus troyed Michael Phelps’s 100 With five bouts across dif­ crore for India rights and Rs. metres butterfly World re­ ferent weight categories bet­ lease on Friday. 4.5 crore for the global rights Special Correspondent cord on Friday as country­ ween two teams each day, “With Indian boxers do­ (including India) per season. KOLKATA woman Simone Manuel re­ there will be a total of 90 ing exceptionally well in all The bid will open on Au­ Spaniard centre­back tained her 100m freestyle bouts over 18 days, said a re­ major international tourna­ gust 16. Agustín García Íñiguez, title. who is popularly known as Reigning champ Dressel Agus and played for Cy­ clenched a fist in the direc­ priot club, Nea Salamina, tion of flag­waving American Dahiya, Punia book berths has signed for ATK for the fans after clocking an aston­ upcoming season. ishing 49.50 seconds in the Worlds silver medallist Pro Wrestling League (PWL) “I am very happy about semifinal heat to eclipse the (65kg), the earlier this year, had got the signing Agus to the team. American legend’s old body­ Special Correspondent seasoned Mausam Khatri better of Worlds junior silver He is a versatile player and suit mark by 0.32. KOLKATA (97kg) and Commonwealth medallist Naveen Sihag. he has a lot to bring to the Dressel’s fireworks were Promising wrestlers Ravi Da­ Games gold medallist Sumit Punia, another Worlds ju­ table. matched in the next event hiya (57kg) and Deepak Pu­ Malik (125kg) were the oth­ nior silver medallist and an Looking forward to when American teenager Fantastic: Caeleb Dressel produced a superb effort to set a World mark in the 100m butterfly nia (86kg) underscored their ers who got selected for the Asian junior champion last creating a defence strategy Smith crushed the women’s on a day when two more timings were bettered. * AFP worth by securing places in World championships. year, defeated 2014 Com­ with his strengths in 200m backstroke world re­ the Indian side for the World monwealth Games bronze mind,” said ATK head cord, before Russian Anton Yang, who retained his 200 retained his 200m back­ 2:06.68, 3. Ippei Watanabe wrestling championships, Gripping contests medallist Pawan Saroha to coach Antonio López Chupkov emulated them as and 400m freestyle titles, stroke crown in 1:53.40 and (Jpn) 2:06.73. which will serve as the first The 57kg weight witnessed take the 86kg spot in the Na­ Habas. he stormed to gold in the and finished a distant complete a Russian hat­trick 4x200m freestyle relay: 1. Olympic qualifying event, to some gripping contests. Del­ tional side. 200m breaststroke. sixth in the men’s 4x200m of gold medals on day six. Australia 7:00.85, 2. Russia be held in in hi lad Rahul upset Olympian Bajrang outclassed Har­ 7:01.81, 3. USA 7:01.98. Iriondo to coach JFC Chupkov found an extra freestyle behind winner Aus­ The results: Men: 200m back­ September. Sandeep Tomar and another ful, while Khatri aced out Sa­ Meanwhile, Jamshedpur gear off the final wall to tralia. Russian Yulia Efimo­ Women: 100m freestyle: 1. Si­ At the selection trials for experienced hand Utkarsh tywart Kadian. Sumit got stroke: 1. Evgeny Rylov (Rus) mone Manuel (USA) 52.04, 2. FC has signed Antonio snatch 200m breaststroke va, who has twice tested pos­ five of the six men’s freestyle Kale before being stopped past Satender Malik. 1:53.40s, 2. Ryan Murphy (USA) Cate Campbell (Aus) 52.43, 3. Iriondo as its head coach gold in 2:06.12 — knocking itive for banned substances 1:54.12, 3. Luke Greenbank Sarah Sjostrom (Swe) 52.46. Olympic weight categories by Dahiya in the final. Selection trials for 74kg (GBr) 1:55.85. for the 2019­20 season. more than half a second off in the past, became the first 200m breaststroke: 1. Yuliya held in Delhi on Friday, Da­ Earlier, Dahiya, who had and the remaining four non­ The Spaniard has an ex­ the previous World best, woman to three­peat in the 200m breaststroke: 1. Anton Efimova (Rus) 2:20.17, 2. Tatja­ hiya and Punia prevailed ov­ impressed one and all with a Olympic weights – 61kg, perience of managing 985 with Aussie Matt Wilson tak­ 200m breaststroke, clocking Chupkov (Rus) 2:06.12 (WR, na Schoenmaker (RSA) 2:22.53, er their opponents to stay in string of fabulous perfor­ 70kg, 79kg and 92kg – will be games during a career dat­ ing silver. 2:20.17. Old: 2:06.67, Ippei Watanabe, 3. Sydney Pickrem (Can) the race for berths in the To­ mances for champion side held in the second week of ing back to 1992. The controversial Sun Meanwhile, Evgeny Rylov 2017), 2. Matthew Wilson (Aus) 2:22.90. kyo Games. Hammers in the August. AIFF looking at possibility of assured of title England colts best India U­19 Vantika defeats Mary to regain the sole second spot a unified league: Kushal Das Press Trust of India Cheltenham Vijay Lokapally cial obligations for smooth NATL. achieved the WIM norm af­ conduct of football in the ter scoring over six­time India U­19 lost by five wick­ The All India Football Feder­ country.” Special Correspondent champion S. Vijayalakshmi ets against host England ation (AIFF) on Friday ad­ The AIFF, stressed Das, KARAIKUDI of Air India. U­19 to suffer its first defeat mitted the game faced a “cri­ would need some time to Defending champion Bhakti Important results (10th round, in the tri­nation 50­over sis” in the wake of a settle the issue. “It won’t Kulkarni (Air India), with 9.5 TN unless specified): K. Priyan­ tournament here on communication from FIFA, happen overnight. We may points, clinched the title ka 7 lost to Bhakti Kulkarni (AI) Friday. the world’s governing body, need a three­year period to with a round to spare in the 9.5; Vantika Agrawal (Del) 8 bt Sent into bat, Divyaansh on the current state of the tackle the participation 46th National women’s (PSPB) 6.5; Saxena hit a patient 51 and National League. agreement which is the chess championship at the Divya Deshmukh (Mah) 7.5 bt opener Tilak Verma made Michelle Catherina 6.5; V. Var­ AIFF general secretary stumbling block. How to les­ Chettinad Public School here 47 to guide India U­19 to shini 6.5 lost to Pratyusha Bod­ Kushal Das, speaking to a se­ sen the financial burden on on Friday. 256 for six. England U­19 lect group of journalists, as­ the clubs who would need to da (AP) 7.5; P.V. Nadhidhaa 7.5 bt S. Meenakshi (AI) 6.5; S. Vi­ rode on Jack Haynes’ 104­ sured steps were being taken Kushal Das. * FILE PHOTO give guarantee. We have re­ Priyanka loses battle jayalakshmi (AI) 6 lost to Mru­ ball 89 and opener Ben to handle the situation aris­ quested AFC and FIFA to vi­ In the 10th and penultimate dul Dehankar (Mah) 7.5; Sou­ Charlesworth’s 52 to over­ ing out of leading clubs prot­ the financial aspect of con­ sit and see the problems we round, Bhakti got the better Young talent: Mrudul Dehankar achieved the WIM norm after mya Swaminathan (PSPB) 6 lost haul the target. esting against the move to ducting the game,” Das said. face.” of a fighting K. Priyanka of her victory over S. Vijayalakshmi * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT to P. Bala Kannamma 7; Srija The Indians, who had make the franchise­driven Six I­League clubs had Das was candid when he to pick up a Seshadri 7 bt Isha Sharma (Kar) earlier defeated England Indian Super League the written to FIFA asking it to said, “It is not possible (at point. The latter, who shot win the game as it could help spot. 6; Nisha Mohota (PSPB) 7 bt Ni­ and Bangladesh, will again main competition. intervene in the ongoing the moment) to tackle the fi­ back into contention after me fight it out for the title in Playing the white pieces in tyata Jain (MP) 6; Parnali S. play Bangladesh on “We are looking at all pos­ tussle with the AIFF. The nancial challenges the clubs winning over Vantika Agra­ the final round. And, I tried Modern Benoni game, Vanti­ Dharia (Mah) 5.5 lost to Aarthie Saturday. sibilities to organise a un­ world body has sought a res­ face (of participation assu­ wal (Delhi) in the ninth my very best but it hap­ ka sacrificed a pawn early to Ramaswamy (AI) 7; ified league with a relegation ponse from the AIFF. rances). There are issues round the other day, was pened otherwise,” said gain some space advantage (LIC) 6 drew with Kiran Manisha The scores: India U­19 256 for Mohanty (LIC) 6; Sakshi Chit­ six in 50 overs (Divyaansh system. But there are issues “We have to engage with with TV coverage, too. It is a quite determined to upset Priyanka. and a firm grip to seal the lange (Mah) 6.5 bt Y. Saranya Saxena 51, Tilak Verma 47) — financial and organisation­ FIFA,” said Das. “We also huge problem. Honestly, it is the calculations of the form­ Vantika, on the other game in her favour after 43 5.5; Bagyashree Thipsay (Mah) lost to England U­19 257 for al. It is no rocket science that have to engage with AFC good it (the problem) has er. She planned accordingly hand, edged out three­time moves. While doing so, she 6 drew with Rutuja Bakshi five in 48.4 overs (Jack we need money to save In­ (Asian Football Confedera­ happened now. The pro­ but Bhakti tackled it well to National champion Mary also secured the WGM norm. (Mah) 6; C.H. Meghna (Rlys.) Haynes 89, Ben Charlesworth dian football. We need inves­ tion). We have to under­ blem needs to be ad­ win in 69 moves. Ann Gomes in a clinical fash­ Maharashtra’s Mrudul De­ 5.5 lost to Harshita Guddanti 52, Shubhang Hegde three tors who can help sustain stand and accept the finan­ dressed.” “I had fixed my mind to ion to regain her sole second hankar, meanwhile, (AP) 6.5. for 60). Spirit Of London favoured for feature IOA pulls out of CGF BENGALURU: Spirit Of London, 2. Chula Vista (5) John 59, 3. Stars & over, 4­00: 1. Brooklyn Supreme Desert Gilt (9) Vaibhav 54 and 9. who has been well prepared, is ex­ In His Eyes (3) R. Manjunath 58.5, (8) Shobhan 60, 2. Optimisticap­ Phoenix Reached (4) T.S. Jodha general assembly meet pected to score in the Elusive Pim­ 4. Ultimate Power (2) S. Shareef proach (2) Md. Asif Khan 60, 3. 53. pernel Cup (1,400m), the main 57, 5. Colonel Harty (1) Rajesh K Land Of Liberty (6) Rajesh K 58, 4. 1. SHAKTIMAN, 2. GALINO, 3. event of the races to be held here 56, 6. Fierce Fighter (9) Nazerul War Envoy (5) T.S. Jodha 57.5, 5. PHOENIX REACHED Press Trust of India tary­general Rajeev Mehta on Saturday (July 27). False rails 55.5, 7. Southern Storm (8) Dhebe Lawrence Of Arabia (7) Ranjeet New Delhi (width about 8m from 1,600m to 55.5, 8. Lucky Isabella (6) A. Mer­ Singh 57, 6. Spirit Of London (3) DIVINE LIGHT PLATE for the election of a regional the winning post) will be in chant 54 and 9. Sharp Response Sandesh 57, 7. Morrane Gabriella 6 (1,200m), maiden 3­y­o only, The Indian Olympic Asso­ vice­president as well as position. (7) Zervan 53.5. (11) R. Pradeep 55.5, 8. Reczai (1) (Terms), 5­00: 1. Flamboyant (3) ciation on Friday pulled out Suraj 55, 9. San Bernardino (9) M. Prabhakaran 56, 2. Sacred that of Namdev Shirgaonkar AUREOLE TIME PLATE 1. CHULA VISTA, 2. COLONEL HARTY, 3. RAW GOLD Zervan 54.5, 10. Tokyo Rose (4) Kingdom (7) T.S. Jodha 56, 3. of the Commonwealth for sports committee 1 (1,100m), rated 15 to 35, 2­30 Chetan G 54.5, 11. Casey (12) Ant­ Southern Power (9) Arshad 56, 4. Games Federation general p.m.: 1. Aine (1) Srinath 60, 2. BARALOY PLATE member. (1,600m), ony 53.5 and 12. Jayadratha (10) Star Sapphire (6) Mark 56, 5. Su­ assembly meeting in Sep­ Desert Mirage (2) R. Manish 59.5, 3 rated 15 to 35, 3­30: 1. Electra Darshan 52. per Gladiator (10) Noornabi 56, 6. 3. Areca Angel (4) Rajesh K 59, 4. (5) Chetan G 60, 2. Smile Of Joy (7) 1. SPIRIT OF LONDON, 2. RECZAI, 3. Blue Bliss (4) A. Merchant 54.5, 7. tember to protest the drop­ Disapproval Air Force One (3) Mark 58.5, 5. Srinath 59.5, 3. (1) Mark SAN BERNARDINO Magic Stream (5) Zervan 54.5, 8. ping of shooting from the Genuine Star (6) Suraj 58, 6. Le­ 58, 4. Radiant Treasure (6) Arshad Rorito (8) Sandesh 54.5, 9. “The leadership of CGA In­ gend Is Back (8) R. Pradeep 57.5, 7. 56.5, 5. Track Striker (3) Noornabi SHA TIN PLATE (1,600m), Schafenberg (1) Trevor 54.5 and 2022 Birmingham Common­ Sun Power (5) A. Ramu 57.5 and 8. 56, 6. Fotogenic (8) Vaibhav 55.5, 5 rated 00 to 20, 4­y­o & over, 4­ 10. Speedster (2) Dhebe 54.5. wealth Games roster. dia has taken the decision Love Music (7) Noornabi 57. 7. Agnar (2) A. Merchant 54.5 and 30: 1. Shaktiman (8) John 60, 2. 1. SCHAFENBERG, 2. MAGIC In a letter addressed to (of ) withdrawal of participa­ 1. AINE, 2. GENUINE STAR, 3. LE- 8. Shiraz (4) Trevor 53.5. Girl With Pearl (6) A. Ramu 57, 3. STREAM, 3. BLUE BLISS Galino (3) Md. Asif Khan 56, 4. Fed­ tion in the CGF general as­ GEND IS BACK 1. ELECTRA, 2. RADIANT TREAS- Day’s best: SCHAFENBERG URE, 3. SHIRAZ Natalie (1) M. Naveen 56, 5. Prin­ eration CEO David Grevem­ sembly to be held in Kigali, ASTRONOMIC PLATE (1,400m), cess Amu (7) M. Prabhakaran 56, Double: CHULA VISTA — ELECTRA 2 rated 15 to 35, 4­y­o & over, 3­ ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL CUP 6. Dreams United (2) Irvan 55.5, 7. Jkt: 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; Tr (i): 1, 2 and berg, the IOA also withdrew Rwanda in September,” the 00: 1. Raw Gold (4) Chetan G 60, 4 (1,400m), rated 30 to 50, 5­y­o Silent Ruler (5) R. Manish 55.5, 8. 3; (ii): 4, 5 and 6. the nomination of its secre­ IOA said in the letter. Re­packaged JKNRC this weekend Indian challenge MOTORSPORTS form for young drivers through our Formula LGB4 ends Special Correspondent category." he added. Coimbatore Kolhapur’s Chittesh Man­ Press Trust of India The season’s opening round dody (Avalanche Racing), New Delhi of the JK Tyre FMSCI Nation­ Chennai’s Raghul Rangasa­ India’s challenge came to al racing championship will my (MSport) and Sandeep an end at the Badminton be held at the Kari Motor Kumar (Dark Don Racing) Asia Junior Championships Speedway in Chettipalayam are the stars who will battle after both the boys and here this weekend. it out for top honours in the girls’ doubles teams Interestingly, the 22nd LGB4 category this season. crashed out in the quarter­ edition will focus more on Raghul Rangasamy. The good news is that finals in Suzhou, China on spotting and nurturing * FILE PHOTO there is pan­India represen­ Friday. young talent in the country. tation across categories, es­ Ishaan Bhatnagar and The popular champion­ hit with a number of talent­ pecially among the rookies. Vishnu Vardhan Goud Pan­ ship has been re­packaged ed drivers emerging over the In addition to the ‘all­girls’ jala lost 21­14, 21­19 to the completely with the Indian years. However, we noticed team, talented newcomers, unseeded com­ Formula LGB4 and the LGB that we were graduating to including Mumbai’s Ojasvi bination of Jia Hao Howin novice cup to be the prime the international level rather Mehta, is a classic case of Wong and Chuan Shen Aa­ attractions. And, the Suzuki quickly, leaving a void at woman participation with ron Yong. Gixxer Cup will hone the home," said Sanjay Sharma, the novice tag. Tanisha Crasto and Aditi skills of the novices in the Head of JK Tyre Motorsport. The first three rounds are Bhatt went down to second two­wheeler class. "We decided to plug this at Coimbatore and the final seeds Li Yi Jing and Luo Xu “JKNRC has been a huge gap by giving a wider plat­ at BIC in Greater Noida. Min 21­7, 21­16.

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IN BRIEF Djokovic Nikhat in summit clash Rani to lead Sai Praneeth in last four pulls out of BOXING dian’s dominance was such Yamaguchi has the measure of Sindhu again Montreal event that Wangdi faced two Press Trust of India standing eight counts and NEW DELHI JAPAN OPEN Agence France-Presse was left with a gash above Montreal Former junior World cham­ his right eye. The judges eventually ruled unanimous­ Press Trust of India Wimbledon champion and pion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) Mendy adds to Real ly in the Indian’s favour. Tokyo World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was the lone woman boxer Madrid’s injury woes Olympic silver medallist P.V. (in pic) has withdrawn to make the final, while Nikhat was up against PARIS Asian silver­winner Deepak Thailand’s Jutamas Jitpong. Ferland Mendy has been Sindhu crashed out of the Ja­ from next month’s US pan Open badminton tour­ Open hard­court tune­up Singh (49kg) led four men in­ The Hyderabadi impressed added to Zinedine Zidane’s to the summit clashes of the growing injury list after Real nament after a second suc­ event here, saying he with the ferocity of her Thailand international tour­ Madrid confirmed on cessive defeat to local needs more rest after cap­ punches as she beat the lo­ . * FILE PHOTO favourite Akane Yamaguchi turing his 16th Grand Slam nament in Bangkok on cal favourite 4­1 and let out a Thursday the France left- Press Trust of India while B. Sai Praneeth conti­ singles crown. Friday. scream to express her ela­ back had suffered a calf New Delhi injury. Mendy, 24, signed for nued his good form to ad­ The 32­year­old Serbian Ashish Kumar (75kg), tion when her hand was the La Liga giant in July and vance to the semifinals here was joined by Argentina’s Commonwealth Games raised by the referee. Hockey India on Friday heaps further pressure on on Friday. 12th­ranked Juan Martin bronze­medallist Mo­ “I dedicate my today’s named an 18­member In­ Zidane’s squad after Sindhu lost to Yamaguchi del Potro in pulling out of hammed Husammuddin semifinal victory at the Thai­ dian women’s team for the midfielder Marco Asensio 21­18, 21­15 in a 50­minute the ATP Masters Canada (56kg) and Brijesh Yadav land Open to our brave sol­ Tokyo Olympics test event ruptured his anterior cruciate quarterfinal match. This was tournament. Djokovic’s (81kg) were the other three diers of the Kargil war who to be held from August ligament and winger Brahim Sindhu’s second defeat at withdrawal means Rafael men to make the gold medal sacrificed their lives for our 17­21. Diaz suffered a thigh the hands of the Japanese, Nadal will be the top seed. bouts. country,” Nikhat said after Youngsters Sharmila De­ problem. AFP who had beaten the Indian Nadal has captured the However, former Asian the bout. vi and Reena Khokhar in the final of the Indonesian Canadian crown four youth silver­medallist Ashish were named in the team in The results (semifinals): Praggnanandhaa moves Open last week. times, most recently last (69kg) lost his semifinal, to place of and to the top However, in men’s sin­ year, defeating Stefanos Thailand’s Wuttichai Masuk Men: 49kg: Deepak Singh bt Jyoti.Striker Rani Rampal CHENNAI: gles, Sai Praneeth recorded Tsitsipas. in a split decision, to sign off Tashi Wangdi (Bhu); 56kg: remained the captain GM R. Praggnanandhaa an easy win over ’s with a bronze medal. Mohd. Husammuddin bt Am- while goalkeeper Savita defeated GM Daniele Among the women, Man­ marit Yaodam (Tha); 69kg: will be her deputy. Vocaturo of Italy, who has a Tommy Sugiarto to reach Wuttichai Masuk (Tha) bt Ash- the semifinals. His 21­12, 21­ Easily done: Sai Praneeth dispatched Tommy Sugiarto in quick ju Rani (48kg) and Bhagyaba­ The squad : Savita (Vice- Elo rating of 2612, in round ish; 75kg: Ashish Kumar bt Fa- capt.), , Deep seven of the Xtracon Chess 15 win fetched him a clash time on Friday. * AFP ti Kachari (81kg) ended with nat Kakhramnov (Uzb); 81kg: against top­seeded Japanese third­place finishes. Manju Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, 2019 in Denmark to move to Not more than four points 41­minute quarterfinal clash. Brijesh Yadav bt Saranon Klom- , Salima Tete, Kento Momota. went down to Chuthamat the top of the leaderboard separated the two for most pian (Tha). Nisha, Sushila Chanu Puk- The unseeded Indian led The results (quarterfinals): Raksat of Thailand, while with 6.5 out of 7 points. H. part but the Indian reeled off Women: 48kg: Chuthamat hrambam, , Mo- almost all through the first Men: B. Sai Praneeth bt Tommy Bhagyabati lost to China’s Li Bharath Subramaniyam, who three consecutive points Raksat (Tha) bt Manju Rani; nika, , , secured his IM title in June in game leaving the former Sugiarto (Ina) 21-12, 21-15. Qian. from 18­15 to win the match. 51kg: Nikhat Zareen bt Juta- Rani (Capt.), Navneet Kaur, Goa, is placed sixth with six World Championship Doubles: Takeshi Kamura & Earlier, Deepak hardly mas Jitpong (Tha); 81kg: Li , Lalremsia- points while GM Karthikeyan bronze­medallist Indone­ The men’s doubles pair of Keigo Sonoda (Jpn) bt Satwik- broke a sweat against Bhu­ Qian (Chn) bt Bhagyabati Ka- mi, Navjot Kaur, Sharmila De- Murali is in 15th with 5.5 sian to play the catch­up Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and sairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Novak Djokovic. * AFP tan’s Tashi Wangdi. The In­ chari. vi. points. Women’s GM R. game. Chirag Shetty lost to the se­ Shetty 21-19, 21-18. Vaishali is 30th with five The second game was a cond­seeded Japanese Ta­ Women: Akane Yamaguchi points. bit closer but Sai Praneeth keshi Kamura and Keigo So­ (Jpn) bt P.V. Sindhu 21-18, 21- kept the lead from the start. noda 21­19, 21­18 in a 15. Egan Bernal takes Tour yellow Hailstorm stops penultimate stage Bopanna & Carreno Busta crash out Alaphilippe began eating TOUR DE FRANCE back into the lead with a bril­ ATP­500, , : Luca Prevosto (Ita) 4-6, 7-5, Reuters liant descent, only to be told INDIANS ABROAD Doubles: Quarterfinals: Oliver [10-0]; Mousa Alkotop (Jor) & Tignes to stop riding after organis­ Sports Bureau Marach (Aut) & Jurgen Melzer Alexander Boborykin (Rus) bt Colombian Egan Bernal was ers called the race off be­ Hamburg (Aut) bt Pablo Carreno Busta Richard Thongoana (RSA) & Ta- catapulted into the overall cause of the dangerous con­ Rohan Bopanna and Spain’s (Esp) & Rohan Bopanna 6-1, 6-4. run Anirudh Chilakalapudi 6-2, lead of the Tour de France in ditions ahead. Lochte set to return Pablo Carreno Busta lost 6­1, $25,000 ITF men, Nonthaburi, 4-0 (retired). dramatic circumstances on after suspension 6­4 in the doubles quarterfi­ Thailand: Quarterfinals: Ma- $25,000 ITF women, Porto, Friday as the 19th stage of Hazardous conditions SAN FRANSISCO nals to Oliver Marach and nissh Sureshkumar bt Marsel Il- Portugal: Second round: Mari the race, effectively the pe­ There was confusion on the Six-time Olympic swimming han (Tur) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Dou­ Osaka (Jpn) bt Shrivalli Rashmi- nultimate stage, was stopped roads initially, as the riders gold medallist Ryan Lochte, Jurgen Melzer of Austria in bles: Semifinals: Timur kaa Bhamidipaty 6-3, 6-2. the ATP­500 tennis tourna­ early because of a hail storm. were descending in ideal fresh off a 14-month Khabibulin (Kaz) & Arjun Kadhe $15,000 ITF women, Tabarka, Team Ineos rider Bernal, conditions, but up ahead suspension, will make his ment here. bt Harry Bourchier & Blake Ellis : Doubles: Quarterfi­ return to competition at next The quarterfinal entry on (Aus) 3-6, 7-5, [10-8]. nals: Sowjanya Bavisetti & Sra- who began the day a minute even the use of bulldozers week’s American national the clay court event was $25,000 ITF men, Tabarka, Tu­ vya Shivani Chilakalapudi bt Vic- and a half behind, had over­ was unable to make the road championships, USA worth 90 ATP points and nisia: Doubles: Quarterfinals: toria Ariadna Beccio & Maria Del hauled France’s Julian Ala­ safe, while a small landslide Swimming announced on $14,040. Anirudh Chandrasekar & P.C. Rosario Fazquez (Arg) 0-6, 6-4, philippe during the climb up also made conditions hazar­ Title tilt? Egan Bernal climbs the Iseran pass during the 19th Thursday. AFP The results: $1,855,490 Vignesh bt Alessandro Ingarao & [10-5]. the Col de L’Iseran. dous. stage, which saw him take the lead. * AP New players are more dangerous: Fazel PCB pulls up Basit Ali Press Trust of India sion,” the source said. The U Mumba captain is excited at the prospect of facing young raiders Karachi Basit had claimed that In­ PKL very careful tackling them.” 2015. turned­ pro. wrestling is the first choice The Pakistan Cricket Board dia would lose intentionally U Mumba teammates for kids.” has put former batsman Ba­ to England and other teams Nandakumar Marar Getting difficult Abhishek Singh, Surender Plenty of academies Asked about wrestlers sit Ali’s appointment for a to keep Pakistan out of the MUMBAI He elaborated: “Earlier, the Singh, young faces in other Asked about any system taking to kabaddi, he point­ coaching assignment on semifinals which caused a Fazel Atrachali, the highest game was simple. When you squads Naveen, Nitesh Ku­ back home in Iran for ed out that both body con­ hold and sought an explana­ furore. paid foreigner in the ProKa­ faced a player he would mar, Sachin Talwar are the youngsters looking to take tact sports demand different tion from him for suggesting “The PCB found itself in baddi League at ₹1.11 crore challenge you one­to­one, names which come to his up the sport, he said: “We qualities. “They cannot play that India would intention­ an embarrassing situation (U Mumba shelled out this the skill of older players was mind. Each of these young have a lot of academies, because in one second, a ka­ ally lose matches to knock because of the reckless com­ amount to retain him), is ex­ known to you. Indians were able to grab training is free and arranged baddi move is over, whereas Pakistan out of the recent ments by Basit which were cited at the prospect of fac­ “Younger players do the the opportunity. by the federation. wrestling allows more time World Cup. without any evidence or ing young raiders and dubki (dive) both sides, “In my village, there are to execute a move.” A source in the PCB told substance as internationally watching young catchers front kick, back kick, hand Ankle hold specialist students learning the sport. Fazel also noted similar PTI that Ali’s appointment this hurt the image of Pakis­ emerge every season. touch, leg touch, they jump Emerging from the Future I give them training shoes techniques, like the ankle as regional coach in Karachi tan cricket,” the source stat­ The Iranian star, set to and return… it is getting Kabaddi Heroes pro­ and team jerseys to encour­ hold and wrestlers like him has been held up after the ed. “The thing is that the captain his side in the sea­ more difficult. gramme, ankle hold special­ age them.” bring those moves to the ka­ Board had second thoughts PCB now has second son seven second­leg open­ “All youngsters know to ist Nitesh was named best He points that in north­ baddi mat. His trademark about appointing him. thoughts about Basit as Ka­ er against Puneri Paltan on do this and in a way it is defender in only his second ern Iran where he comes move is the dash, using his “The board, in fact, con­ rachi regional coach and Saturday, explained that good because kabaddi is season and is leading UP from, there is more interest powerful frame to retain veyed to Basit in clear terms wondering that if they ap­ youth is tougher to handle more interesting,” Yoddhas in just his third sea­ in wrestling. “Iran is the hold on the raider. that since he was a Test point him what impression than established Indian Fazel, making a name as a son. number one wrestling na­ The Iranian was at his me­ player and working for them this will ceate international­ names. left corner defender, fea­ The Iranians are proven tion. We have gold medal­ nacing best in U Mumba’s on assignments he should ly since Pakistan is a senior “New players are more tured in four league finals performers in the PKL, in­ lists from the World Cup and opening game against Telu­ explain and avoid his reck­ member of the Internation­ dangerous, you need to be since making his debut in cluding Fazel, a wrestler­ the ; hence gu Titans. Fazel Atrachali. * NAGARA GOPAL less comments on televi­ al Cricket Council.”

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Flame that matters Manika eyes mixed doubles for Summer Olympics Says she will ramp up practice schedule with Sharath Kamal TABLE TENNIS RAKESH RAO NEW DELHI Having already lost plenty of time, Manika Batra now ap­ pears serious about practis­ ing in the right earnest with Sharath Kamal to earn a qualifying spot in the mixed doubles draw in the 2020 To­ kyo Olympics. There have been enough speculations over the bronze medallist duo not looking keen to come to­ gether and qualify for the Games. “We have decided to train before the Asian Champion­ ship and also before Grand Finals. We may go to Europe

and train together,” declared Hopeful duo: Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal will have to really play well to make the grade for Tokyo. * BISWARANJAN ROUT Manika. Though this confirmation in contention for a medal. Manika’s decision part ways cause I needed something known Korean Lee Dasom has come seven months too Sharath and I have a good with her coach Sandeep new in my game. Now my fo­ 4­0 and 171st ranked Chinese late, both Table Tennis Fed­ understanding which is very Gupta and move to Pune has rehand has improved. I have Liu Xi 4­3 in the qualifying eration of India and Indian important in mixed dou­ been a subject of curiosity in beaten Chinese and Korean rounds. Oil, the employers of Sharath bles,” added Manika. the table tennis circles. players, so I am quite happy Being realistic, Manika Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju receives the Special Olympics Torch in the Capital on Friday in the and Manika, should be As things stand, Sharath Initially reluctant to talk with my training in Pune.” candidly admitted that she presence of Special Olympics Bharat athletes. India will be hosting the Special Olympics pleased. and Manika face an uphill about the move, Manika The 56th­ranked Manika, was looking beyond the

International Football Championship (SOIFC) in Chennai from August 3-6. * SHIV KUMAR “We are keen to get an task to qualify for the mixed agreed to share the reason before losing the first round 2020 Olympics and aiming PUSHPAKAR Olympic medal. So I think if doubles draw in Tokyo. behind the decision. of the Korean Open earlier for a possible medal in 2024. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC we practice more we will be In the past five months, “I changed the coach be­ this month, defeated little­

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