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DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE India’s fringe players get an opportunity to stake a claim Three­match T20I series against West Indies begins today; the return of Pollard and Narine bolsters the hosts; injured Russell pulls out INDIA IN WI

Press Trust of India Lauderhill (USA) Back on the road following its unfulfilled World Cup wish, India will begin its preparations for the T20 showpiece event next year with a three­match series against the West Indies here on Saturday. As captain Virat Kohli pointed out before leaving for the Caribbean tour, the main objective of the T20Is and the subsequent ODI se­ ries against the West Indies is to try out the fringe players who are on the selectors’ mind. It will be a crucial couple of weeks for Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey, who are back in the mix after being si­ delined for the World Cup. ‘Ronaldo inspires me’ With India looking to solidify its middle­order, both have a good opportunity to make a Press Trust of India “unmatched” work ethic. case. Zurich “For me, Cristiano is

Sweet memories: Rahul will look forward to Saturday’s outing as he scored an unbeaten 110 in his last innings at the venue.* AP An avid football fan, India above everyone else. His Back in the swing cricket captain Virat Kohli commitment and work Spin all­rounder Washington With Rohit Sharma and a last innings here almost ODIs. Jason Mohammed was cholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish says he draws inspiration ethic is unmatched. He Sundar and pacers Khaleel fit­again Shikhar Dhawan set three years ago. named as the replacement Rovman Powell, Keemo Paul, Pandey, Rishabh Pant, Krunal from Portuguese star wants it that bad — you Ahmed and Deepak Chahar to open, the No. 4 spot is like­ for the injured Andre Sunil Narine, Sheldon Cottrell, Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Wash­ Cristiano Ronaldo as he can see it every game. I are also back in the T20 ly to be occupied by K.L. Ra­ Mohammed for Russell Russell. Oshane Thomas, Anthony ington Sundar, Rahul Chahar, successfully took up more support every club at Bramble, Jason Mohammed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel squad while speedster Nav­ hul, who has fond memories The explosive Kieron Pollard The squads (from): challenges than his iconic which he plays. He and Khary Pierre. Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, and deep Saini and Deepak’s of the Central Broward Re­ and spinner Sunil Narine are Argentine contemporary inspires me,” Kohli told West Indies: Carlos Brathwaite Navdeep Saini. brother Rahul are in line to gional Park Stadium, having back in the side though Chris (Capt.), John Campbell, Evin India: Virat Kohli (Capt.), Rohit Lionel Messi with an FIFA.com. make their India debut. scored an unbeaten 110 in his Gayle will only be seen in the Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Ni­ Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, K.L. Match starts at 8 p.m. IST. Will aspire for Gowtham wrecks WI-A Burns digs deep to frustrate Australia Maguire in India coach record transfer Skipper Root provides able support as England makes a strong reply job in future, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON THE ASHES says Ganguly Harry Maguire is set to be­ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE come the world’s most ex­ Press Trust of India BIRMINGHAM pensive defender after Kolkata Manchester United agreed Former skipper Sourav Rory Burns’ unbeaten mai­ to pay Leicester City $97 Ganguly on Friday said he den Test century saw him million, according to me­ aspires to be India’s cricket defy Australia for more than dia reports on Friday. coach some time in the fu­ six­and­a­half hours as he led Maguire’s fee outstrips ture, but has no interest in a determined England bat­ Dutch international Mat­ the high­profile position at ting effort in the Ashes open­ thijs van Ligt who, in July, this point. er at Edgbaston on Friday. moved to Juventus from Ganguly said he’s defi­ England was 267 for four Ajax for a combined fee of nitely interested in the In­ at stumps on the second day €75 million plus €10.5 mil­ dia coach’s job but not at of the first Test, just 17 runs lion of add­ons. the moment as his plate is behind Australia’s first­in­ van Ligt’s compatriot full. Telling spell: Krishnappa Gowtham’s five­for brought nings score of 284. Virgil van Dijk cost Liver­ India­A back into contention. * FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR pool £75 million when he “Definitely, I’m interest­ Standing ovation moved from Southampton ed but not at this point of Press Trust of India Earlier, Shivam Dube (79, Ashes debutant Burns was in January 2018. time. Let one more phase Port of Spain 85b) and opener Priyank batting on 125 and he re­ Rory’s day out: Burns was solid in defence and assured in strokeplay. * GETTY IMAGES Maguire becomes Un­ go then I will come into the Krishnappa Gowtham (five Panchal (58, 125b) shared a ceived a huge ovation from ited’s third summer signing fray,” Ganguly said. for 17) bundled out West In­ 124­run stand for the sixth the crowd as he walked off. But he was almost bowled ceman Peter Siddle on 14. SCOREBOARD following full­back Aaron The 47­year­old is cur­ dies­A for 149 in its second wicket as India­A was dis­ England vice­captain Ben leaving off­spinner Nathan But in a match already full of Wan­Bissaka and Daniel rently the Cricket Associa­ innings on the third day of missed for 190 in its first Stokes was 38 not out, hav­ Lyon’s first ball. overturned decisions, his James, who arrived from Australia — 1st innings: 284. tion of Bengal (CAB) presi­ the second ‘Test’ on Friday. innings. ing helped Burns add an un­ The star batsman had an immediate review revealed Crystal Palace and Swan­ dent, besides being England — 1st innings: Rory Chasing a target of 278, Pacer Chemar Holder broken 73. even luckier break on nine an inside edge. Burns (batting) 125, Jason Roy c sea respectively. associated with IPL fran­ the India­A openers Priyank was the standout bowler for England resumed on 10­0 when given out caught be­ Root cashed in as he too, Smith b Pattinson 10, Joe Root chise Delhi Capitals as the Panchal (19) and Mayank the hosts, taking five for 54 with Burns four not out and hind off Pattinson only for but fell soon afterwards c & b Siddle 57, Joe Denly lbw b team advisor. He also does Agarwal (29) took the team in 12.5 overs and helping his Surrey teammate Jason Roy his review to reveal the ball when he chipped a Siddle Pattinson 18, Jos Buttler c Ban­ commentary and is the to 50 for no loss at tea. team gain a healthy 128­run on six. had hit the off­stump with­ slower ball back to the bow­ croft b Cummins 5, Ben Stokes host of a popular Bengali lead. But Roy never looked out dislodging a bail. ler, who took a fine one­ (batting) 38; Extras (b­5, lb­7, quiz show. w­2): 14; Total (for four wkts. in Warrier strikes early The scores: comfortable on Friday and, Meanwhile, Burns was handed catch to end a se­ “Currently, I’m associat­ Gowtham’s impressive on 10, edged fast bowler content to pick off anything cond­wicket partnership of 90 overs): 267. West Indies­A 318 & 149 Fall of wickets: 1­22, 2­154, 3­ ed with too many things — spell read 7.5­3­17­5. He was James Pattinson low to Smith loose, including an over­ 132. (Sunil Ambris 71, Sandeep War­ 189, 4­194. IPL, CAB, TV commentary. ably supported by Sandeep rier three for 43, Krishnappa at second slip, with England pitched ball from Pat Cum­ Then, Joe Denly and Jos Australia bowling: Cummins Let me complete this. But I Warrier (three for 43), who Gowtham five for 17) vs India­A then 22 for one. mins he on­drove for four. Buttler fell cheaply after tea 21­6­65­1, Pattinson 17­2­54­2, will definitely put my hat ran through the host’s top­ 190 (Priyank Panchal 58, Shi­ Skipper Joe Root had re­ Root had another mo­ to leave England 194 for four, Siddle 21­5­43­1, Lyon 28­4­ into the ring at some order and left it reeling at 12 vam Dube 79, Chemar Holder turned to No. 3 in a bid to ment of good fortune when before Stokes helped revive 79­0, Wade 1­0­7­0, Head 2­1­ stage,” Ganguly said. for four at close on day two. five for 54) & 50 for no loss. lead from the front. given out lbw to recalled pa­ the innings. 7­0. Harry Maguire. * REUTERS UP Yoddha, Telugu Titans in a thrilling tie Amalraj sets it up, Archana seals it PKL Shruti pulls off a game against Szocs, invigorates the Challengers Nandakumar Marar the next two, putting Da­ MUMBAI UTT bang 5­4 ahead. UP Yoddha and Telugu Ti­ Rakesh Rao However, Sathiyan could tans played out a thrilling 20­ NEW DELHI not add to the advantage as 20 tie in the ProKabaddi his opponent Robles took League Season­7 second leg. The depth in the Goa Chal­ the first two games before In a clash between evenly lengers line­up came to the Sathiyan restored parity matches sides at the NSCI in­ fore as it bounced back to re­ (6­6). door stadium, the final mi­ gister an 8­7 win over de­ This left Archana looking nute produced unexpected fending champion Dabang to seal the tie for Goa against twists and turns. Delhi in the Ultimate Table Krittwika. “Krittwika has al­ Siddharth Desai launched Tennis league here on ways been a tough rival for into the final raid for Titans, Friday. me,” Archana was to confess shuffled across the mat forc­ Though the teams are vir­ later. ing the defence to shift posi­ tually assured of a place in When Krittwika, playing tions. Sumit at left corner the semifinals, the battle for aggressively, won the first lost his balance and fell supremacy was fought on an game, Dabang sighted victo­ beyond the line. even keel with Goa claiming ry. But Archana bounced Siddharth took his time to the bragging rights. back to race away with the return, waiting for seconds Note the point! Siddharth Desai returns from a successful raid. * COURTESY PKL Gritty: Archana kept her cool to clinch it for Goa. * COURTESY UTT second. to run out and at 20­19 his The points position The tie­deciding finale teammates leaped in joy in Kumar showcased his craft Siddharth, trapping the big harth, then Nitesh Kumar After three rounds, Goa world. But after losing the ranked Jon Persson 2­1 in an witnessed a close battle bet­ anticipation of a victory. The with a a Super Tacke on man in the fourth and fifth single­handedly caught Raj­ leads with 26 points, fol­ first two games, Shruti enthralling battle to repeat ween Archana and Krittiwi­ mood gripped the team Siddharth with five minutes raids. Ashu Singh and Sumit nish as the tussle for the up­ lowed by Chennai Lions and pulled off the third on ‘gol­ his 2016 performance in a ka before the former bench, resulting in captain left, followed by a successful were involved, getting their per hand intensified. U Mumba (24 each), Dabang den point.’ World Tour event. The stamped her authority. Abozar Mighani rushing in to raid by Shrikant Jadhav for target on the left corner and However, the teams re­ Delhi (23), RP­SG Mavericks The point given by Shruti match, which witnessed The results: join the others in the Yoddha as the match raced in the middle respectively. turned with a point each. (21) and Puneri Paltan (17). spurred her teammates on, some long and thrilling ral­ Goa Challengers bt Dabang Delhi 8­7 (Shruti Amrute lost to celebrations. to a climax, 18­all and 19­all. Siddharth tried to break The results: Goa suffered a setback be­ making them believe that lies, left Amalraj roaring af­ Titans were docked a Rishank Devadiga and free once, only to be lifted off fore the start of the match they could come out stron­ ter clinching the final point. Bernadette Szocs 8­11, 8­11, 11­ Telugu Titans 20 (Siddharth 10; A. Amalraj bt Jon Persson technical point for jumping Siddharth are two familiar the mat. His contribution till Desai 5, Farhad Milaghardan 4, when World No. 9 Cheng I­ ger. Eventually, given the In mixed doubles, World the gun, the tie had not fin­ faces for kabaddi fans at the the break, was four raid Ching had to be rested owing margin of Goa’s victory, championship medallist Al­ 11­7, 8­11, 11­8; Alvaro Robles & Abozar Mighani 4) tied with UP Archana lost to G. Sathiyan & ished by then. A review of NSCI, from their U Mumba points. to indisposition. Her re­ Shruti’s contribution did varo Robles and partner Ar­ Yoddha 20 (Shrikant Jadhav 4, Szocs 11­10, 9­11, 8­11; Robles the decision also did not go days and drew cheers even Catchers came into focus Amit 4, Nitesh Kumar 4). placement Shruti Amrute, prove crucial. chana Kamath bounced back bt Sathiyan 11­9, 11­8, 5­11; Ar­ in their favour. though they were in oppo­ in the second half, scores le­ U Mumba 32 (Surinder Singh making her debut, was ex­ from 0­5 to take the first chana bt Krittwika Sinha Roy 6­ Titans suffered a double site camps. vel at 11­11 with C. Arun pull­ 9, Abhishek Singh 6) bt Gujarat pected to be blanked by Ber­ Entertaining contest game on golden point. But G. 11, 11­2, 11­8). blow when rival skipper and The Yoddha defence took ing off two tackles for Titans. Fortunegiants 20 (G.B. More 3, nadetter Szocs, the Roma­ An upbeat A. Amalraj, Sathiyan and Szocs were not Saturday’s fixture: Puneri Pal­ catching specialist Nitesh time to execute their plan for Sumit got a grip on Sidd­ Ankit 3). nian ranked 14th in the ranked 137, nailed the 63rd­ to be denied as they claimed tan v U Mumba (7 p.m.).

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TV PICKS Neeraj stuns Mesiano, Badminton: Thailand Open, Satwiksairaj­Chirag make the semifinals Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 11.30 a.m. enters final The Ashes: 1st Test, Sony Six Sai Praneeth loses to Tsuneyama (SD & HD), 3.30 p.m. TNPL: Star Sports 3, 7.15 p.m. THAILAND OPEN valiantly for exactly an hour Solanki and Sahani confirm UTT: Star Sports 1 & Star to get past the Korean rivals Sports Select 1 (SD & HD), two more medals Press Trust of India 21­17, 17­21, 21­19 in a quarter­ 7.30 p.m. Bangkok final duel. PKL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), BOXING vind Sahani assured two 7.30 p.m. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and The win was Rankireddy more medals for India by West Indies vs India : 1st Chirag Shetty qualified for and Shetty’s maiden victory Press Trust of India entering the semifinals. T20I, Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 8 over the Korean pair. New Delhi the men’s doubles semifinals Solanki defeated Russia’s p.m. The 16th­ranked Indians Reigning India Open gold Global T20 : Star Sports 2 but B. Sai Praneeth crashed Maksim Chernyshev 3­2 in will take on another Korean medallist Neeraj stunned (SD & HD), 10 p.m. out of the men’s singles the 56kg category on Thurs­ event at the Thailand Open combo of Ko Sung Hyun and 2016 World champion Ales­ day. Also, Sahani outboxed Shin Baek Cheol in the semi­ IN BRIEF here on Friday. sia Mesiano to enter the fi­ Tajikistan’s Shermukham­ While Rankireddy and finals on Saturday. nal of the Magomed Salam mad Rustamov in the 49kg Shetty registered a hard­ However, it was curtains Umakhanov Memorial inter­ category to earn an RSC fought win over qualifiers for Rankireddy in the quar­ national boxing tournament win. Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung terfinals of the mixed dou­ in Kaspiysk, Russia on Jae of Korea, Sai Praneeth bles event as he and Ashwini Friday. However, it was curtains suffered a straight game de­ Ponnappa lost 13­21, 15­21 to Neeraj, a bronze medal­ for Ashish Insha in the quar­ feat against seventh seed third seeds Yuta Watanabe list at the Strandja Memo­ terfinals of the 52kg, losing Kenta Tsuneyama of Japan. and Arisa Higashino of Japan rial, eked out a narrow 3­2 1­4 to Russia’s Islamitdin Ali­ After posing some chal­ in a lopsided encounter that win over Mesiano in the soltanov. The match was in lenge in the first game, Sai lasted just 28 minutes. 57kg category to assure him­ the balance till the last Referee Frappart about Praneeth, who reached the The results (quarterfinals): self at least a silver. round before Ashish con­ to make history semifinals of last week’s Ja­ Men: B. Sai Praneeth lost to It was a neck­and­neck ceded a few clear punches PARIS pan Open, lost 21­18, 21­12 in Kenta Tsuneyama 21­18, 21­12. fight, but a series of clear in the dying minutes. Stephanie Frappart will take Doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankired­ the quarterfinals. With Sai punches from the Indian in 2018 India Open gold me­ charge of the UEFA Super dy & Chirag Shetty bt Choi Sol­ Praneeth’s exit, the Indian the final round sealed the tie dallist Sanjeet had to con­ Cup between Liverpool and gyu & Seo Seung Jae 21­17, 17­ in his favour. Chelsea in Istanbul on August challenge has ended in the 21, 21­19. cede his bout against Rus­ 14, becoming the first woman singles event. Mixed doubles: Satwiksairaj Earlier, Commonwealth sian counterpart Daniel to referee a major men's However, the unseeded Rankireddy & Ashwini Ponnap­ Games gold medallist Gau­ Lutai after suffering a cut on match in European Indian combination of Ran­ pa lost to Yuta Watanabe & Ari­ Valiant stand: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept the Indian hopes alive in rav Solanki and 2019 India his forehead in the first competition. France's kireddy and Shetty fought sa Higashino 21­13, 21­15. Bangkok. * FILE PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Open silver medallist Go­ round of the match. Frappart, 35, refereed the Women's World Cup final between the United States and the Netherlands in July, and last season became the TVS Racing’s Sivanesan and Chamorro’s brilliant brace sinks Sporting first woman to officiate a Ligue 1 match. AFP Ahamed to start from front row Bagan’s organised approach puts its rival under pressure from the outset Anderson packs off DURAND CUP time. Ugandan Mudde Musa Chotrani MOTORSPORTS sent in a beautiful pass and KUALA LUMPUR Y.B. Sarangi Arthur Kouassi lunged to ex­ L. Anderson of England Special Correspondent KOLKATA ecute a header. ended the hopes of Veer Chennai Amidst bouts of heavy mon­ Nevertheless, an alert Ba­ Chotrani, defeating him 11­8, Sivanesan Sethu came up soon showers, Salvador gan keeper, Shilton Paul, 11­9, 9­11, 11­7 in the with a stunning lap to com­ Chamorro’s brilliant brace dived to his left to make a quarterfinals on Friday in the plete a 1­2 starting line­up for enabled Mohun Bagan to re­ spectacular save. World junior individual squash TVS Racing in the Pro­Stock cord a 2­0 win over Moham­ Sporting brought in for­ championship here. The junior 301­400cc category qualify­ medan Sporting in the in­ ward Mohammed Amirul in women’s team championship ing session in the third augural match of the the second half and gave a will be held from August 5 to round of the MRF­MMSC much­improved perfor­ 9. Durand Cup football tourna­ FMSCI National motorcycle ment at the Salt Lake Stadi­ mance, switching to attack­ racing championship here um here on Friday. ing mode. on Friday. Scorching the track: Sivanesan Sethu took the pole position in Bagan’s organised ap­ It created a few good

Sivanesan, clocked a siz­ the Pro­Stock 301­400cc category. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT proach put Sporting under chances but could not score zling 1min, 54.325s, followed pressure from the outset of due to poor finishing. by teammate and fellow top three spots in that order ceedings was a bunch of the Group B encounter. For Sporting, the best op­ Chennai rider K.Y. Ahamed in the Pro­Stock 201­300cc teenagers, led by 15­year­old It seized initiative by scor­ Double delight: Mohun Bagan’s Salvador Chamorro is pleased portunity came in the 74th

(1:54.871). Hyderabad’s Rahil class. Mohammed Mikail from ing in the second minute after scoring his and the team’s second goal. * RAJEEV BHATT minute but Satyam Shar­ Shetty of Sparks Racing Chennai. through Spaniard forward ma’s shot was blocked by (1:55.001) completed the Ryhana impresses He scorched the track in Chamorro’s header off Jose­ by Betia, Bagan consistently minute. The Jose Vicuna­ Paul. pressed hard as most of the coached side had two more front row for Saturday’s Championship leader Ryha­ the Idemitsu Honda India ba Betia’s free­kick. Sporting missed another part of the action in the attempts. Chamorro’s blind race. na Bee of Sparks Racing Talent Cup riding the FIM chance as Kouassi and Tir­ opening period happened header with his back to the Idemitsu Honda Ten10 (2:11.216), teammate Ann Moto3­spec NSF 250R bikes Fine coordination thankar Sarkar could not in the Sporting half. goal off S.K. Sahil’s pass Racing, led by Bengaluru Jennifer (2:12.189) and Speed to take pole position in Mariners’ fine coordination score due to some misun­ Kvitova withdraws from went wide, while Sohrabud­ riders Anish Shetty Demonz Racing’s Lani Zena 1:48.949. and passing in the season Bagan doubled its lead derstanding between them Rogers Cup din Mallick’s long ranger (1:57.384), and Abhishek Va­ Fernandez (2:14.007) were Jagan, a seven­time Na­ opener spoke a lot about its when Ashutosh Mehta’s pre­ in the 82nd minute. TORONTO flew over the bar. sudev (1:59.890), and Chen­ the top three qualifiers in tional champion, had a dis­ preparations. cise cross from right was Two­time Wimbledon The result: Mohun Bagan 2 the girls’ category. slotted in by Chamorro with Sporting got its first real champion Petra Kvitova has nai’s Aravind Balakrishnan appointing run with a Aided by a neat back­line (Salvador Chamorro 2 and 22) bt Mohd. Sporting 0 withdrawn from next week's (2:00.969), qualified for the Lighting up the day’s pro­ 2:03.413 and came in ninth. and an active midfield, led another header in the 22nd chance at the stroke of half­ . Rogers Cup here after failing to recover from an arm injury which has dogged her season. Upgrade gives Tennis Canada said in a Sonam grabs gold, Adarsh back promise with performance statement on Friday the 29­year­old Czech star's The reigning national champion wins both the men’s and junior gold India a bronze withdrawal would mean Komal in final former World No.1 Serena SHOOTING conds. Timing is the key, and Press Trust of India New Delhi Williams is now given a top WRESTLING gyashree Fand will clash the staccato shots, fired with eight seed. Venus Williams with Sweden’s Eva Olivia Special Correspondent a mesmerising rhythm hint­ Seven years after India mis­ will take the available space Press Trust of India Linnea Forsberg in 61kg NEW DELHI ed at the boy’s command. sed a podium place at the in the main draw while a New Delhi bronze medal bout. Mastering the 4­second se­ Army’s Gurmeet Singh IAAF World race walking wild­card spot would be ries is the key to glory in ra­ cup in Russia, the country India’s Sonam Malik dished Madhuri Patel, though, matched the Haryana lad handed to Svetlana pid fire pistol. Vijay Kumar was on Friday handed a out a dominating perfor­ lost her bronze medal clash shot for shot in the second Kuznetsova. Kvitova said in a had shown the way by win­ bronze medal upgrade fol­ mance and conceded just 8­0 to Aida Kerymova from half of the men’s final, but statement she had pulled out ning the London Olympic sil­ lowing disqualification of a after the left­arm injury that three points on her way to a Ukraine. Adarsh had established a ver in 2012. In the last Olym­ member of the second­ forced her to withdraw from second successive gold me­ one­point lead by then. In men’s freestyle, four pics in Rio, Gurpreet Singh placed Ukrainian team for the French Open flared up dal at the World Cadet Former secretary­general bronze medals were had shot 581 for the seventh dope violation. again. AFP Championship while Komal of NRAI, Baljit Singh Sethi, grabbed by the Indians. Udit place, as he missed the final assured herself at least a sil­ presented the medals. The The Indian team of K.T. defeated Azerbaijan’s Javid by two points. ver in Sofia, Bulgaria. championship is being held Irfan, Babubhai Panucha Javadon 11­2 in the 48kg Young Adarsh Singh, the in the memory of Sardar Saj­ and Surinder Singh had fin­ Sonam trounced China’s bronze bout while Aman got reigning national champion, Impressive show: Champion Adarsh Singh is flanked by Gurmeet Singh and Anhad Jawanda. Baljit Singh and NRAI jan Sethi, the father of Baljit ished fourth in the men’s Indian GP Binbin Xiang 7­1 in 65kg the better of Turkey’s Mu­ gave further hints about the joint­secretary Pawan Singh are also seen. * KAMESH SRINIVASAN Sethi and the first adminis­ 20km team event behind final. hammet Karavus 10­6 in bright prospects for India in trator of the shooting range. China, Ukraine and Austra­ shifted to In the 40kg final, Komal 55kg. the event, as he won both the After stumbling to an in­ men’s and junior sections lia in May 2012 at Saransk. will fight it with American Manish Goswamy bagged men’s and junior gold in the different start in the final, put together. The results: 25m rapid fire pis­ tol: Men: 1. Adarsh Singh 27 Patiala Sterling Blayke. bronze in 65kg with a 5­2 12th Sardar Sajjan Singh when the first series fetched With each shot of 9.4 or (584); 2. Gurmeet Singh 26 Ukrainian race walker Hanny Kumari is in con­ win over Azerbaijan’s Ku­ Sethi Masters shooting him one out of five, Adarsh more getting one point, and (575); 3. Anhad Jawanda 22 Ruslan Dmytrenko was dis­ K. Keerthivasan tention for a bronze in 46kg dratbek Nurullaev while championship which con­ strengthened his hold over zero otherwise, it was accu­ qualified after seven years CHENNAI (575); Juniors: 1. Adarsh 30 and she is up against Mexi­ Anirudh Kumar defeated Sa­ cluded at the Dr. Karni Singh the pistol by shooting only in racy with speed, as five tar­ (584); 2. Vijayveer Sidhu 27 on the basis of his biologi­ The fifth and final Indian co’s Adriana Berenis Her­ lar Saeid Habibiehsani 8­1 in Range, Tughlakabad, on the range of 3­5 in the rest of gets had to be hit in one (572); 3. Ayush Sangwan 21 cal passport analysis, giv­ Grand Prix will not be held nandez Sanchez while Bha­ 110kg. Friday. the competition, in the fluent motion within four se­ (569). ing India a bronze. in Chennai, but in Patiala on August 16. The Chennai Grand Prix was scheduled on Septem­ Need to better my turns, kicks off the wall: Srihari ber 1, but Athletics Federa­ Big Sur wins feature event tion of India (AFI) decided BENGALURU: Big Sur (Sandesh Owner: Mr. H.S. Chandre Gowda. FP: 59, Q: 29, Trinella: 219 and The 18­year­old is hopeful of achieving the Olympic Qualifying Time up), won the Karnataka Mile Trainer: Samar Singh. 120, Exacta: 1,109 and 579. Fa­ against it as it felt two back­ Championship Cup, the feature TREASURE GIRL PLATE vourite: Angelino. Owners: Mr. Ri­ event of the races held here on to­back events in Patiala the ‘B’ (2:01.03) standard. cause I’m worried about tir­ (1,200m), rated 15 to 35, 4­y­o enzie M.K. Edwards & Mrs. P.P.M. SWIMMING Friday (Aug 2). The winner is 3 & over: FICTIONEER (Antony) 1, Edwards. Trainer: Darius. followed by the National But the 18­year­old be­ ing out in the second half,” he owned by Mr. Inderraj Anand & Inter­state meet from Au­ Special Correspondent lieves he can achieve the ‘A’ said. Tiger Returns (R. Manish) 2, Char­ SOUTHERN REGENT PLATE Sarainaga Racing Pvt Ltd and maine (Trevor) 3 and Grecian gust 27 to 30 in Lucknow Bengaluru times — which would guaran­ Srihari is leaving for the FI­ trained by S. Padmanabhan. 6 (1,400m), rated 30 to 50: Light (S. Shareef ) 4. 1­3/4, 1/2 and AKITA PRO (S. Shareef ) 1, Reneg­ will definitely give the ath­ tee Olympic qualification — NA World Junior Swimming THE RESULTS Nk. 1m 13.76s. ₹53 (w), 19, 13 and Srihari Nataraj is hopeful of ade (Zervan) 2, Winall (Antony) 3 letes a better chance to with improvements in specif­ Championships in Budapest TRACK LIGHTNING STAKES 15 (p), SHP: 35, THP: 47, FP: 200, and Shivalik Kiss (Vinod Shinde) achieving the Olympic Quali­ Q: 71, Trinella: 767 and 273, Ex­ qualify for the Doha World ic areas. “It’s possible; I just later this month, before re­ 1 (1,200m), maiden 3­y­o only, 4. 1­1/2, 1 and 3/4. 1m 26.18s. ₹47 fying Time (‘A’ standard) in (Terms): PALM READER (Suraj) 1, acta: 2,986 and 2,720. Favourite: (w), 16, 13 and 16 (p), SHP: 32, championships to be held need to make sure that my turning for the Senior Nation­ Bostonia (Trevor) 2, Desert Com­ Tiger Returns. Owners: Mr. K. the 100m and 200m back­ THP: 37, FP: 117, Q: 64, Trinella: between September 27 and turns and kicks off the wall als in Bhopal. But the 10th bat (M. Naveen) 3 and Silver Swift Manoj Kumar & Mr. P. Prasanna 502 and 209, Exacta: 4,176 and stroke races for next year’s (Zervan) 4. 3/4, 11 and 3/4. 1m Kumar. Trainer: Prasanna Kumar. October 6. are good,” he said here on Asian Age Group Champion­ 1,922. Favourite: Renegade. Tokyo Games. 12.51s. ₹18 (w), 10, 15 and 26 (p), KARNATAKA MILE CHAMPION- Owner: Mr. S. Pathy. Trainer: Ir­ “We decided to organise Friday. ships, to be held in Bengaluru SHP: 36, THP: 56, FP: 84, Q: 66, 4 SHIP CUP (1,600m), 4­y­o & fan Ghatala. the event in Patiala based Srihari’s personal best in “What happens is that I Srihari Nataraj. from September 24 to Octob­ Trinella: 728 and 379, Exacta: over, (Terms): BIG SUR (Sandesh) * K. MURALI KUMAR 1,649 and 386. Favourite: Palm EPSOM PLATE (1,200m), rated on the request from the shorter event is 55.49, er 2, would give him his best 1, Psychic Force (Zervan) 2, Sak­ run out of oxygen when I am Reader. Owners: Skambha ura (Akshay K) 3 and Automatic 7 15 to 35: RED INDIAN (R. Man­ players and coaches,” C.K. which while being a whisker on my back while doing the 26.2 in the first 50, I can chance of ensuring Olympic Equine Enterprises Pvt Ltd rep (Suraj) 4. 3­1/4, Lnk and 2­3/4. 1m ish) 1, No Opinion (K. Raghu) 2, Valson, Secretary of AFI, away from the ‘B’ time (55.47) flip under water. So I am come back for 27.5. That is 53. qualification, he felt. by. Mr. Martin John Tower & Mr. 36.77s. ₹ 22 (w), 14 and 14 (p), Papadokia (Sai Kiran) 3 and Slove­ The Hindu John Thomas D. Trainer: Irfan SHP: 27, THP: 21, FP: 43, Q: 26, nia (Dhebe) 4. 1/2, 1­3/4 and 2. 1m told here on Fri­ is some distance away from working on my lung capacity. 7, inside the ‘A’ cut. I’m now “I’m accustomed to the Ghatala. Trinella: 50 and 36. Favourite: Big 15.16s. ₹ 248 (w), 42, 13 and 54 (p), SHP: 29, THP: 132, FP: 1,194, Q: day. the ‘A’ cut (53.85). In the I am working to get a better doing 28.1 on the back leg, so weather in the city. I will get BOLD GESTURE PLATE Sur. Owners: Mr. Inderraj Anand The events scheduled in the 200m, the Bengaluru swim­ bringing that down to 27.5 is to stay at home and that’s a & Sarainaga Racing Pvt Ltd. 541, Trinella: 9,198 and 11,825, Ex­ push off the wall, get a better 2 (1,100m), rated 00 to 20: acta: 1,20,946 and 17,278. Favour­ competition: AEROPSPEED (Md. Akram) 1, Ad­ Trainer: S. Padmanabhan. mer’s best of 2:02.08 — a na­ glide, so that I can improve going to be harder than open­ big advantage. When you go ite: Silent Guardian. Owner: Mr. mirable (Irvan) 2, Himachali (Tre­ JAYANT SHAH MEMORIAL Men: 100m, 400m, long Hisqueel Taher. Trainer: Rajendra tional record clocked at the my timing.” ing with 26.2. abroad, you need to acclima­ vor) 3 and Kruger Park (S. TROPHY jump, shot put, discus, jave­ 5 (1,800m), rated 45 to Singh. World Championships in Srihari felt he needed to go “Even in the 200m, I need tize, and get used to things Shareef ) 4. 1/2, 3 and 6­3/4. 1m 65: COSMOS (Zervan) 1, Angelino lin, pole vault; Women: South Korea last week — out faster in both races. “In to go faster in the first 100. like the food. When you’re at 07.03s. ₹60 (w), 14, 11 and 11 (p), (Trevor) 2, Kirkwood (Dhebe) 3 Jackpot: ₹5,74,680 (one tkts); 100m, 400m, long jump, SHP: 37, THP: 48, FP: 154, Q: 57, and Lycurgus (S. Shareef) 4. 3­3/4, Runner up: 2,160 (114 tkts); Treble shot put, discus, javelin. needs bettering if he is to the 100, I need to go faster in Right now, I feel I’m very con­ home, your body will be able Trinella: 257 and 114, Exacta: 986 3­1/4 and 2­3/4. 1m 50.61s. ₹ 31 (w), (i): 3,514 (five tkts); (ii): 8,713 (four match the ‘A’ (1:57.5) or even the first 50. If I can flip for servative in the first 100 be­ to perform better.” and 659. 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Agence France-Presse ing for the event. be retained despite a loss of for that,” he added. Budapest “The executive council financial support and also Williams deputy team Team chiefs are divided over has today authorised the Cir­ being out of contract this chief Claire Williams was less plans to extend the Formula cuits de Catalunya, SL socie­ year, thus increasing the ov­ enthusiastic. One season to a possible re­ ty, to sign a one­year exten­ erall total of races from this “I would like to see fewer cord 22 Grands Prix next sion of the contract for the year's 21. Italy also is set for a races,” she said. year following the Catalan organisation of the F1 Span­ fresh deal. “If you put too many races Government's announce­ ish Grand Prix for the year on the calendar, it is too ment that it supports an ex­ 2020 with the Formula One Work­life balance much for people to con­ tension for the Spanish World Championship Limit­ The mooted changes require sume, when there is so much event. ed company,” said the the support of the teams competition in the market. Rising costs and the strain statement. whose greatest concern is “The other consideration on staff and resources are ex­ “The subsequent signing costs and, notably, engine is personnel. If you increase pressed as the major con­ guarantees the 30th consec­ supply. it, the pressure it puts on cerns with Williams team utive event at the Circuit de The regulations permit your team from a perfor­ principal citing them as her Barcelona­Catalunya, in driver to have three engines mance perspective and their reasons for opposing any ex­ Montmelo.” each for the season. work­life balance is difficult. tension of the existing 21­race “We need to keep it to calendar. Dutch GP on cards three,” said Haas team boss “For smaller teams, it is The Spanish Grand Prix at Despite staging a tumultuous Guenther Steiner. “If we go very difficult to think about Montmelo, north of Barcelo­ and dramatic race at Hocken­ to a fourth engine, it cannot how we manage a calendar na, is one of several with con­ heim last Sunday, the Ger­ make any sense for us, finan­ with north of 21 races...” tracts that are due to expire man Grand Prix is likely to be cially. Actually, it would be Williams cited the costs of and it was believed that it dropped while a Dutch negative...” extra staff numbers, to per­ would drop off an increasing­ Grand Prix, back after a 35­ He said the manufacturers mit rotation of engineers, ly­crowded calendar under year absence, and a new would need to be confident and the cost of global freight consideration by the sport's event in Vietnam, are that they could complete a transportation.

Stepping up: Lewis Hamilton morning lap of one minute 17.233 seconds was the day’s best during practice. * REUTERS owners Liberty Media. scheduled. 22­race season with three “You have to think about A statement by the Catalan Following last month's re­ engines. how much are those races government on Thursday, newal of the British Grand “If they are confident that being sold for? Do they put a Hamilton fastest in first session however, confirmed its back­ Prix's contract, Mexico may we can do it, then I am fine huge amount in the pot?” Red Bull one­two on wet afternoon Mandhana, Deepti join the Storm Lee: numbers ANI track was still suitable for make inroads into Hamil­ three races, was second on on shirts HUNGARIAN GP New Delhi slicks. ton’s overall lead and ended the morning timesheets but Reuters Toro Rosso’s Alexander up 41 points adrift. only a thousandth of a se­ India batter Smriti Mandha­ ridiculous Budapest Albon crashed soon after the Bottas set his best time on cond ahead of Ferrari’s Se­ na and all­rounder Deepti Formula One champion Le­ first spots of rain, the Thai a medium tyre, while five bastian Vettel. Sharma on Friday joined Press Trust of India wis Hamilton lapped fastest acknowledging driver error times World champion Ha­ The Dutch youngster, who their Western Storm squad Melbourne overall for Mercedes in Hun­ after going onto the grass at milton used the slower hard spun twice in that opening ahead of the KIA Super Former Australian pacer garian Grand Prix practice the last corner. rubber in the second session, is expected to go League (KSL), beginning Au­ Brett Lee doesn’t mind the on Friday as rain limited The incident brought out session. well in Hungary, a track that gust 6 in the United ICC exploring ways to pop­ meaningful track action in the red flags briefly. Hamilton, who had said should suit his car’s charac­ Kingdom. ularise Test cricket but the afternoon. he could not wait to be back teristics with dry conditions Western Storm in a tweet says it’s “ridiculous” to see With soggy fans huddled Bottas misses first in the car after recovering expected at the Hungaroring shared the video of its players wearing names under plastic ponchos and session from a bug that laid him low on Sunday. players practising in the sun. and numbers on their umbrellas, Red Bull’s Pierre Hamilton’s Mercedes team­ in Germany last weekend, Gasly was fourth fastest in In the visual, both Mandha­ white flannels. Gasly and Max Verstappen mate Valtteri Bottas had to has won a record six times in the morning, with Danish na and Sharma can be seen Lee’s critical opinion ended the day one­two on sit out the opening session Hungary including last year driver Kevin Magnussen fifth warming up. comes a day after Adam the timesheets in the drizzly while his mechanics from pole. The champion­ for Haas and Charles Leclerc “The sun is out and warm Gilchrist, the 42­year­old’s second 90 minute session changed the car’s power unit ship leader is eager to go into sixth for Ferrari. ups are underway here at former teammate, called with Hamilton third. but returned after lunch to the August break with an The Monegasque Leclerc the @UofExeterSport for our the latest innovation The Briton’s morning lap post the fourth fastest lap. eighth win in 12 races after a dropped to seventh after final prep games before the “rubbish”. of one minute 17.233 seconds The lost track time was dismal performance in Ger­ lunch on medium tyres, with competition kicks off next “For what it’s worth I’m was still the day’s best, with still a setback for the Finn, many last weekend. Australian Daniel Ricciardo week. strongly against the Gasly producing a 1:17.854 ef­ who crashed out at a wet Verstappen, the in­form fifth for Renault and Kimi Excited to see @mandha­ players numbers & names fort on the fastest soft tyres Hockenheim last weekend driver of the moment with Raikkonen sixth in an Alfa na_smriti @Deepti_Shar­ appearing on the back of in the afternoon when the just when he looked likely to two victories from the last Romeo. ma06 and @fwilson07 all Team bonding: Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma join the Test cricket shirts! back in action for the Storm huddle. * COURTESY WESTERN STORM/TWITTER I think it looks ridicu­ today,” Western Storm lous. @ICC I love the tweeted. Jemimah Rodrigues play her Lancashire Thunder. The changes you’ve made to Mandhana returned to maiden league in the UK as KSL will begin on August 6, cricket in general, but on Gambhir’s role challenged, DDCA in a spot Storm while Deepti is all set she will feature for Yorkshire with Thunder and Southern this occasion you’ve got it to debut in the fourth edi­ Diamonds. Vipers playing in the cur­ wrong,” Lee tweeted. Complainant seeks his removal since he is an MP and holds a public position tion of the tournament. The India T20I captain Har­ tain­raiser at Aigburth, Li­ “In fact, I’ll take my KSL will also see India batter manpreet Kaur rejoined verpool. apology back. The names Vijay Lokapally trators (CoA), has sought his Sharma disqualified on the and numbers are rubbish. NEW DELHI removal since Gambhir is a same ground since he is a sit­ Enjoy the series eve­ The Delhi and Districts Crick­ Member of Parliament and as ting MLA of Delhi. ryone,” Gilchrist said on et Association (DDCA) finds such holds a public position. The DDCA has sought ad­ Mbappe urges Neymar to stay Thursday while wishing itself in a quandary following vice from BCCI ombudsman the players luck for the a complaint over its inclusion Breach of rule on the issue. But while ap­ Ashes series. of former Test opener Gau­ In the complaint, Gupta has pointments related to cricket at Paris Saint­Germain In another tweet, the tam Gambhir in cricket claimed that “DDCA has affairs have been put on hold former wicketkeeper­bat­ affairs. breached Rule 6(5) of the pending a formal decision, it Everyone loves him, says the French World Cup winner sman said, “Outstanding. Gambhir is part of the BCCI constitution as they is learnt that a faction of the We are underway. Sorry to DDCA Executive Committee have elected/appointed Gau­ ruling body has already iden­ Agence France-Presse who smashed 33 goals for nied, which were dismissed sound old fashioned but which will further appoint a tam Gambhir, former India tified candidates for various Shenzhen (China) PSG last season, also by Brazilian police on Mon­ not liking the names and Cricket Advisory Committee player, as a member of the committees with Bantu French World Cup­winner doused any lingering con­ day for lack of evidence. numbers.” (CAC) to pick the coaches, se­ board. He is working as an Gautam Gambhir. Singh, Chetnya Nanda and Kylian Mbappe urged trou­ cerns over his own plans af­ “He is still the same Ney­ lectors and support staff for observer and taking all key * FILE PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA Nischal Gaur set to become bled Brazilian Neymar to ter he talked about playing mar,” said Mbappe of his all State teams for the com­ cricketing decisions, in senior selectors. stay at Paris Saint­Germain “elsewhere” at the French teammate, who trained ing season. breach of Rule 6(5)(d) since sentative/nominee whatsoev­ The CoA confirmed the on Friday as he apologised league awards ceremony in with the rest of the squad on Swimmer However, the complaint he is an elected MP from Del­ er in BCCI or in any State As­ development and insisted no for sparking speculation May. Friday. filed by Sanjeev Gupta, a life hi. Since he is holding public sociation under said rule 6(5) individual holding public of­ about his own future at the “I think it wasn't the right “We all know he is in very vows to clear member with the Madhya office from May 23, he stands w.e.f 23.05.19”. fice can be part of any com­ club. place (to say that),” he told special circumstances. Ho­ Pradesh Cricket Association, disqualified to be part of any The complaint also holds mittee in either BCCI or its af­ Mbappe, speaking before reporters in southern Chi­ wever, he is training with us her name to the Committee of Adminis­ committee, council, repre­ DDCA treasurer Om Prakash filiated units. the Champions Trophy nese city. “I'd like to say sor­ and he is still performing his against Rennes in Shenz­ ry to the players who were best which is not unusual Press Trust of India hen, China, said Neymar there, because I spoiled the and after all he is a very Brisbane was a key player for the party.” good player.” Drug­tainted Australian Divij­Erlich duo makes HCL bridge from Aug. 5 French league­winners who Mbappe said he hoped to swimmer Shayna Jack met are desperate for success in A troubled few months improve on his 33­goal tally anti­doping chiefs on Fri­ Special Correspondent terms of scale, participa­ Europe next season. It has been a troubled few next season, adding that Qa­ day after testing positive to it to the semifinals NEW DELHI tion, prestige and competi­ “Everyone loves him and months for Neymar, who tar­owned PSG also want to a banned substance and A new event, Team of Four tiveness. Like previous I love him so much,” earned a three­match ban take the elusive next step in defiantly vowed: “I won’t INDIANS ABROAD 6-4, 6-2; Pre­quarterfinals: Bronze, for relatively new years, the best teams from Mbappe said of Neymar, after an altercation with a the Champions League. stop until I clear my name.” Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan players, will be introduced top bridge playing nations who has been linked with a fan as Rennes stunned PSG “We're going to try to win The 20­year­old, part of SPORTS BUREAU bt Sadio Doumbia & Fabien Re- in the 17th HCL Internation­ like US, Israel and Australia return to his former club on penalties to win the the two national trophies, Australia’s 4x100m frees­ LOS CABOS (MEXICO) boul (Fra) 6-4, 3-6, [10-6]; Jiri al bridge championship will join us in the National Barcelona. French Cup in April. to not leave matches to tyle team that set a World Lehecka & Jiri Vesely (Cze) bt scheduled to be held here Capital,” said Kiran. “I don't want him to leave Neymar also missed Bra­ chance,” he said. “After that record last year, is facing a Divij Sharan and partner Jo­ Tuna Altuna (Tur) & Vijay Sun- from August 5 to 10. zil's triumphant Copa Amer­ there's the Champions lengthy ban after Ligan­ nathan Erlich of Israel made dar Prashanth 6-4, 6-1. the team, obviously. I want the semifinals with a 6­2, 6­4 $25,000 ITF men, Xativa, The championship, with Gold event open to all him to stay. When you think ica campaign on home soil League, which everyone's drol, which helps build victory over wild cards Hans Spain: Singles (pre­quarterfi­ Team of Four Gold, Team of The Team of Four Gold about his situation and then after suffering an ankle inju­ looking at... we have to take muscle mass, was detected Hack Verdugo of Mexico and nals): Imanol Lopez Morillo Four Silver events, apart event is open to all. The he plays very well and he ry in a warm­up friendly that step. in an out of competition Dennis Novikov of the Unit­ (Esp) bt Aryan Goveas 6-2, 6-3. from Open pairs event, MP qualifying round consists of co­operates with the team against Qatar. “We've found our way test in late June. ed States in the $858,565 $25,000 ITF women, Woking, Pairs Strata­II, IMP Pairs Swiss league of 10 rounds, you can see what he means And the 27­year­old has blocked the last few years. It proved hugely embar­ ATP tournament on England: Singles (quarterfi­ event, and IMP Pairs Strata­ with 10 board each on first to us.” been embroiled in rape alle­ It's up to us to find a way to rassing for Australian Thursday. nals): Myrtille Georges (Fra) bt II, played in the Swiss league two days. The top 16 teams The 20­year­old Mbappe, gations, vehemently de­ go as far as possible.” swimming, with the result Ankita Raina 6-3, 7-5. In the $135,400 Challen­ at the initial stage and will advance to the knock­ emerging just days after Doubles (quarterfinals): Naik- ger in Chengdu, the unseed­ knockout thereafter, will off­ out stage, which will be Olympic champion Mack tha Bains (GBR) & Ankita Raina ed pair of Arjun Kadhe and er a total prize purse of ₹1.8 played over four sessions of Horton’s high­profile prot­ bt Ali Colins (GBR) & Joanna crore. 14 boards each. est against Chinese rival Saketh Myneni sailed into Garland (Tpe) 6-2, 6-2. There will be more than The Team of Four Silver Sun Yang over alleged test­ the final with a 7­5, 6­1 victo­ $25,000 ITF women, Chinese 185 teams from about 15 event is open to Indian ing violations at the world ry over the Chinese combi­ Taipei: Doubles (semifianls): nation of Runhao Hua and Ramu Ueda (Jpn) & Riya Bhatia countries. The event has players and will follow the championships in South Di Wu.The results: bt Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) & been consistently held over same pattern as the Team of Korea. $858,565 ATP, Los Cabos, Mai Minokoshi (Jpn) 6-4 retd. the years, thanks to the in­ Four Gold. Jack has denied know­ Mexico: Doubles (quarterfi­ $25,000 ITF women, Nontha­ volvement of Ms. Kiran Na­ The Team of Four Bronze ingly taking the drug and nals): Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & buri, Thailand: Singles (quar­ dar, Director of HCL Corpo­ will be open only to Indian met with officials from the Divij Sharan bt Hans Hach Ver- terfinals): Mananchaya Sa- ration, who herself is a players. A team can have a Australian Sports Anti­ dugo & Dennis Novikov (US) wangkaew (Tha) bt Rutuja renowned international maximum of two players Doping Authority (ASADA) 6-2, 6-4. Bhosale 6-1, 6-4. player. with a maximum of 200 to­ in Brisbane for a briefing $135,400 Challenger, Cheng­ Doubles (semifinals): Erika Se- Kiran was part of the tal MPs (Master Points as per on the test results. du, China: Doubles (semifi­ ma (Jpn) & Mei Xu Wu (Chn) bt team that won the fifth Com­ the national federation). “I am not going to stop nals): Arjun Kadhe & Saketh Mana Ayukawa (Jpn) & Rutuja monwealth Nations bridge The remaining players until I prove my inno­ Myneni bt Runhao Hua & Di Wu Bhosale 6-2, 6-3. championship and the should not have more than cence, and I am going to (Chn) 6-1, 7-5. $15,000 ITF women, Tabarka, €46,600 Challenger, Liberec, Tunisia: Doubles (quarterfi­ bronze in the Asian Games 100 total MPs. The qualify­ fight to get myself back in Czech Republic: Doubles nals): Sowjanya Bavisetti & last year. ing event will feature Swiss the pool because that’s my (quarterfinals): Jonas Forejtek Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi bt “The HCL bridge is our league of 10 rounds, fol­ dream and I’m never going & Michael Vrbensky (Cze) bt Andreina Pino & Gala Squarcia- flagship initiative in sports lowed by the knock­out for Stand by me: Kylian Mbappe said Neymar was a key player for the French league-winners who to let that go,” she told re­ Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan lupi (Ita) 6-3, 6-3. and I have seen it grow, in top eight teams. are desperate for success in Europe next season. * AFP porters afterwards.

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