EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 9 India’s golden glut unabated Age just a number for Kavita a.m. I­League: DSport, 2 p.m. Premier League: SS Select 1 Shuttlers, paddlers, lifters hold sway; Tejinder’s new mark in shot put Easy for young Shashi Chopra; Sonia Chahal shaky (SD & HD), 6 p.m., 8.30 p.m. & 11 p.m.; SS Select 2 (SD & HD), 8.30 p.m. SAG BOXING Big Bout League: Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), 7 p.m. Press Trust of India Stan Rayan ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), KATHMANDU Kannur 7.30 p.m. Shuttlers led the way as India She’s 33 and the mother of a Serie A: Sony Ten 2 (SD & clinched 41 medals, includ­ four­year­old son, still Kavita HD), 7.30 p.m., 10.30 p.m. & ing 19 gold and 18 silver, on Chahal packs a punch in the 1.15 a.m. (Sunday). Bundesliga: Star Sports 3, 8 the fifth day of the 13th South boxing ring. A two­time p.m. & SS Select 2 (SD & HD), Asian Games here on Friday. World championship bronze 11 p.m. India’s tally now reads 165 medallist, the policewoman Hero World Challenge: DS­ medals (81 gold, 59 silver, 25 from Haryana toyed with Ra­ port, 11.30 p.m. bronze). jasthan’s Barbara Sampson The badminton stars won and entered the heavy­ IN BRIEF four gold and two silver on weight semifinals in the the day, while table tennis fourth Elite women’s Nation­ players took gold and silver als at the Mundayad indoor in both men’s and women’s stadium here on Friday singles. Weightlifters also ad­ evening. ded to the tally with three Her tall frame offered Kav­ gold and a silver. ita a wonderful reach and Track and field athletes, with her opponent adopting who were leading the Indian a crouching stance almost all Packing a punch: Kavita Chahal, left, used her tall frame to charge in the past few days, through, trying to get in, the good effect against Barbara Sampson. * S.K. MOHAN fetched the maximum 12 me­ Haryana star appeared al­ dals but just two were gold. Shot­putter supreme: Tejinder Pal Singh Toor underlined his credentials as Asia’s best with a most a foot taller than her 5­0 verdict to enter the light­ tary (Asm) 5­0. In shot put, Tejinder Pal record heave. * FILE PHOTO opponent. That made her weight semifinals. Featherweight (57kg): Sonia Singh Toor broke the Games job easier and Kavita fre­ “I lost weight to stay in the Chahal (Rly) bt Vinakshi (HP) 3­2; Sakshi Chaudhary (Har) bt Westbrook triple­double record with an 20.03m ef­ Dhruv Kapila & Krishna Prasad Chaoba Devi. Shrestha (Nep) 11­4, 12­10, quently used the right upper 57kg but I found it very diffi­ T.C. Lalremruati (Miz) 5­0. fuels Rockets fort, while Abha Khatuwa Garaga bt Sachin Dias & Buwa­ Fencing: Men: Sabre: Gold: Ka­ 11­8, 11­2. cut and the right jab to good cult to put my full effort in neka Goonathilake (SL) 21­19, Lightweight (60kg): Shashi LOS ANGELES won the women’s event. ran Singh; Silver: Kumaresan Women: Sutirtha Mukherjee bt effect and in the second boxing. And since the 60kg 19­21, 21­18. Chopra (Har) bt Manju (Chd) Ben McLemore led Houston Important results/medals: Padma Gishonidhi. Epee: Gold: Ayhika Mukherjee 8­11, 11­8, 6­ round, a right hook forced is also an Olympic category, I Women: Ashmita Chaliha bt Sunil Kumar; Silver: Jayapra­ 5­0; Pavitra (Rly) bt Suman Ku­ with a season­high 28 points Athletics: Shot put: Men: Gold: 21, 11­4, 13­11, 11­8. Semifinals: Barbara to take an moved up to that,” said Gayatri Gopichand 21­18, kash Guruprakash. Women: Sutirtha bt Ishara Madurangi mari (Raj) RSC­3. and Russell Westbrook (in Tejinder Pal Singh Toor 20.03m eight­count. Shashi, a wrestler turned 25­23. Foil: Gold: Wangelmbam Thoibi (SL) 11­7, 11­4, 11­7, 11­5; Ayhika Light welterweight (64kg): pic) contributed a triple­ (NMR, Old: 19.15m, Bahadur “I have two training ses­ boxer. Mixed doubles: Dhruv & J. Devi; Silver: Radhika Prasad. bt Erandi Dilushika (SL) 11­7, Pwilao Basumatary (Rly) bt Si­ double of 19 points, 13 Singh Sagoo, 1999); Silver: Pra­ Meghana bt Sachin Dias & Thili­ Table tennis: Men: A. Amalraj 11­9, 11­4, 11­5. sions now instead of three to Meanwhile Railways’ So­ wi (Har) 3­2; Ankushita Boro rebounds and 11 assists as kash Karhana 17.31. Women: ni Pramodika Hendehewe (SL) bt Harmeet Desai 6­11, 9­11, 10­ Weightlifting: Men: Gold: stay fit,” said Kavita, one of nia Chahal, the 2017 World (Asm) bt Abisak Vanlamawii Houston Rockets posted a Gold: Abha Khatuwa 15.32; Sil­ 21­16, 21­14. 12, 11­7, 11­4, 11­9, 11­7. Achinta Sheuli (73kg); Silver: the four Arjuna Awardees in champion, appeared a bit (Miz) 5­0. 119­109 NBA win over ver: Kachana Chaudhary 13.66. Badminton (all finals): Men: Si­ Cycling: Elite: Men: Gold: John Semifinals: Harmeet bt B. Pu­ Ajay Singh (81kg). Women: women’s boxing. shaky against Himachal Pra­ Welterweight (69kg): Lalita Toronto Raptors. ril Verma bt Aryaman Tandon Naveen Thomas; Silver: Arvind rushottam (Nep) 11­5, 11­4, Gold: Rakhi Halder (64kg); “I hope to continue for desh’s Vinakshi and made (Raj) bt Priyanka (Bih) 5­0; The results: New York Knicks 17­21, 23­21, 21­13. Doubles: Panwar. Women: Elangbam 11­1, 11­4; Amalraj bt Santoo Bronze: Manpreet Kaur (71kg). another two years and since the last­four stage with a Meena Rani (Rly) bt Shretima 92 lost to Denver Nuggets my category (above 81kg) is Thakur (HP) 5­0. 129; Toronto Raptors 109 lost split verdict in the 57kg. Middleweight (75kg): K.A. In­ to Houston Rockets 119; New not an Olympic event, I will Select results (quarterfinals): draja (Ker) bt Manu Badhan Orleans Pelicans 132 lost to focus on Asian Light flyweight (48kg): Moni­ (Pun) 5­0; Nupur (Har) bt Neha Phoenix Suns 139; Alok stuns championships.” ka (Rly) bt Rajani Singh (UP) Crespo to visit Kolkata for 25K Chauhan (Utk) RSC­1. Washington Wizards 119 bt 3­2; Anchu Sabu (Ker) bt Aarti (Har) 5­0. Light heavyweight (81kg): Philadelphia 76ers 113. AFP Advani Unanimous verdict Shaili Singh (UP) bt Kavya (Kar) Special Correspondent in three World Cups in 1998, career. On his association Haryana’s 20­year­old Flyweight (51kg): Jyoti Gulia RSC­1; Bhagyabati Kachari (Rly) KOLKATA Special Correspondent (Rly) bt Mansi Sharma (UP) 2002 and 2006. with 25K, Hernan Crespo Shashi Chopra, who has bt Saara Qureshi (Tel) RSC­1. KOLKATA 5­0; Soibam Rebika Devi (Man) Three­time World Cupper At club level, Crespo was said, “I am honoured to be a moved from the 57kg which bt Joy Kumari (Asm) 5­0. Heavyweight (above 81kg): Argentine Hernan Crespo the world’s most expensive part of the TSK 25K. As a Seasoned cueist Alok Ku­ brought her 2017 youth Bantamweight (54kg): M. Kavita Chahal (Pol) bt Barbara will be a big attraction for player, when he was bought footballer running has held a mar rallied to upset fellow­ World gold to 60kg, also Meenakumari Devi (Pol) bt Sa­ Sampson (Raj) 5­0; P.M. Anas­ the football­loving City in by Lazio from Parma in special place in my career. ONGC mate Pankaj Advani found the going easy, against biha Khanam (Jha) 5­0; Meena­ wara (Ker) bt Naganika Gonella the sixth edition of the Tata 2000 for €56 million. He “Whether it is sprinting 3­2 to advance to the bil­ Chandigarh’s Manju with a kashi (Rly) bt Manju Basuma­ (Tel) 5­0. Steel Kolkata 25K on Decem­ was top scorer in the 2000– from one end of the football liards final in the Petro­ ber 15. 01 Serie­A with 26 goals, field to another or jogging leum Sports Promotion Ex India TT coach Crespo, a prolific striker playing for Lazio. waiting for the ball, running Board (PSPB) inter­unit bil­ Mukherji dead who has scored over 300 Crespo has bagged three has been an important part liards and snooker cham­ Ralph and Sandy clinch a thriller CHANDIGARH goals in a career spanning 19 Serie­A scudetti, a Copa Li­ of my life. pionships at the Bengal Former India table tennis years, will be the event am­ bertadores for River Plate, a “Argentina has played Rowing Club here on head coach Bhawani Mukherji bassador of the IAAF silver Premier League title with here once and I know that in Friday. They sail through rocky riverbed challenges with ease died at his residence here on label race. Chelsea and an Olympic this city many people follow Friday. Mukherji, 68, is Alok got the better of Ad­ At international level, Games silver medal. In and support Argentina, so I vani 16­100, 100­89, 12­100, survived by his wife and a Crespo scored 35 goals and 2004, he was named by Pele am already feeling at home. I JK TYRE HORNBILL son. Mukherji was the first 100­0, 101­47 in the is Argentina’s fourth highest in the FIFA 100 list of the have always had wonderful Rayan Rozario Dronacharya awardee (2012) semifinals. scorer behind only Sergio world’s greatest living experiences in India and I Kohima in table tennis. He was the Another ONGC player head coach at NIS Patiala and Agüero, Gabriel Batistuta players.