EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Woods equals Snead’s ‘crazy’ 54­year­old record Corominas saves Goa His penalty cancels out Udanta’s strike Holds off Matsuyama to win the Zozo Championship, his 82nd PGA Tour triumph ISL and Bengaluru handed out Agence France-Presse birthday. the punishment in the 62nd Inzai (Japan) “Sam did it into his fifties PRESS TRUST OF INDIA minute. Udanta collected a Tiger Woods made golf histo­ and I’m in my early to mid­ MARGAO simple flick from Manuel ry on Monday when he won forties. I’ve been very fortu­ The first meeting of the sea­ Onwu at the edge of the box, the Zozo Championship for nate to have had the career son between the two Hero outfoxed Mourtada Fall with his 82nd US PGA Tour victo­ I’ve had so far.” Indian Super League heavy­ a sublime touch and slotted ry — equalling Sam Snead’s Woods said it was “cool” weights finished all square the ball past Nawaz. 54­year­old record and ad­ that, with the addition of his after FC Goa and Bengaluru With Bengaluru on the ding to his long list of latest title in Japan, he had FC shared the spoils in a 1­1 verge of victory, a clumsy achievements. now won US PGA Tour draw here on Monday. challenge by Ashique Kuri­ The 15­time Major winner events in seven different In what was a fiercely niyan on Corominas after held off the challenge of countries. contested game in midfield, the youngster lost the ball home favourite Hideki Mat­ the teams struggled to carve resulted in the referee point­ suyama to win by three shots Global player out clear­cut chances but ing to the spot. at the weather­delayed tour­ “I’ve always been a global the visitors, who produced Corominas converted nament, his first outing since player, I’ve always played all the better output in the final coolly from 12 yards to send arthroscopic left knee sur­ around the world and to tie third, found the break­ the home supporters into gery in August. the record outside the United through through Udanta delirium and earn a point Woods broke into a huge States is pretty cool,” Woods Singh in the 62nd minute. for his team. smile after he birdied the told reporters. However, in dramatic On Sunday, host Chennai­ 18th to complete a three­un­ fashion, Goa’s Ferran Coro­ “This was big,” said a smil­ yin FC and Mumbai City FC der final round of 67 and fin­ minas won a penalty in inju­ ing Woods. “Hideki made it were wasteful upfront, ish 19­under. ry time and converted it tight. It was a lot closer than squandering chances aplen­ himself to salvage a point for what people probably ty and sharing the spoils in a Crazy his team at the Jawaharlal thought.” goalless draw. “It’s just crazy. It’s a lot,” the Nehru Stadium. The results: Monday: FC Goa 1 43­year­old Woods said of his Woods’ playing partner The result saw FC Goa Gary Woodland said he had (Corominas 90+3) drew with 82nd official PGA Tour victo­ join Mumbai City and Bengaluru FC 1 (Udanta 62); been privileged to have a ry. His first came 23 years ago NorthEast United at the top Sunday: Chennaiyin FC 0 drew this month in Las Vegas, front­row seat for the last of the table with four points with Mumbai City 0. two rounds. when he was 20. from two games while Ben­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD “It’s been a long week, five “Obviously, the Majors galuru has now been in­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD days at the top of the board is speak for themselves, but 82 volved in a second consecu­ Tuesday’s match is just a crazy number,” said a long time. It was definitely tive draw. B Jamshedpur FC vs the 35­year­old US Open stressful,” said Woods, who Goa couldn’t score dur­ Hyderabad FC, 7.30 p.m. pocketed a cheque for $1.755 champion, who himself has ing the period it was on top DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD million. won four times on the PGA Woods led from gun to Tour. tape in the inaugural US PGA “You look at the guys that Tour event in Japan, which have won 10 times and it’s saw Friday’s play washed out pretty special, let alone to by the fringes of a typhoon come out here and win 82 that dumped almost 25cm of times.” rain on the course 80km from Tokyo, forcing play into McIlroy joint third an extra day. World No. 2 Rory McIlroy fin­ “It’s about consistency ished birdie­birdie for a 67 and doing it for a long period and a share of third place on of time,” Woods said of tying 13­under with South Korea’s Snead, who died in 2002 PGA Tour Rookie­of­the­Year No stopping that! Udanta Singh’s perfect finish gave four days before his 90th Im Sung­jae who had a 65. Bengaluru FC the lead. * SPORTZPICS/ISL Gokulam loses Red­letter day for Papua New Guinea as it qualifies for T20 WC to Abahani Agence France-Presse DUBAI SPORTS BUREAU Papua New Guinea (PNG) CHITTAGONG will make its first­ever appea­ Gokulam Kerala FC went rance at a mega event after down 3­2 to Chittagong beating Kenya here on Sun­ Abahani Limited in the day to book its place at next semifinals of the Sheikh Ka­ year’s T20 World Cup. mal International Club Cup PNG hammered Kenya by at the M.A. Aziz Stadium 45 runs at the Dubai Interna­ on Monday. tional Stadium but had to The I­League side twice wait for the result of Nether­ took the lead, thanks to lands’ game against Scotland Henry Kisekka (29th mi­ before it could celebrate an nute) and Marcus Joseph automatic qualification for (80), but was pegged back the tournament in Australia. by a Didier Brossou brace The Dutch beat Scotland as the game went into by four wickets but failed to extra­time. knock off the 131 they needed Dance of delight: Papua New Guinea players celebrate the fall of a Kenyan wicket. Matthew Chinedu sealed for victory in 12.3 overs * COURTESY: ICC-CRICKET.COM Abahani’s spot by scoring which meant that PNG the winner in the 105th topped the group with a PNG was facing disaster as have any chance of qualify­ group­stage action. minute. higher net run­rate. it slipped to 19 for six in four ing for the playoffs but the As well as reaching next The result: Chittagong Aba­ “I am feeling a little emo­ overs but Norman Vanua led batsmen were unable to get year’s showpiece, both PNG hani Limited 3 (Brossou 47 & tional,” PNG’s Australian the recovery, clubbing 54 out of first gear. and Ireland will also progress 90, Chinedu 105) bt Gokulam coach Joe Dawes told the from 48 balls and sharing a Ireland also booked a tick­ to the semifinals of the ongo­ Kerala FC 2 (Kisekka 29, Jo­ seph 80). ICC. “It’s been a pretty big seventh­wicket partnership et to Australia, thanks to re­ ing qualifying tournament, two years, for them to of 77 with Sese Bau. sults elsewhere going in its fa­ where they will play the win­ achieve this is pretty Kenya needed to reach the vour, with Jersey defeating ners of the two semifinal special.” target of 118 in 12 overs to Oman on the final day of playoffs. Joshna enters third round Sports Bureau Ganguly to meet NCA head Dravid Federer picks up a 10th Svitolina tames Pliskova Cairo India’s Joshna Chinappa moved into the third round The duo to discuss roadmap for the academy title in his hometown of the CIB PSA Women’s World squash champion­ Press Trust of India Agence France-Presse the record 109 ATP titles ship with a comfortable New Delhi Basel won by American Jimmy win over Hong Kong’s Ho Longtime teammates Sourav Roger Federer won his 10th Connors. Tze­Lok here. Ganguly and Rahul Dravid Basel title on Sunday, smoth­ The 20­time Grand Slam Joshna, ranked World will reconnect in Bengaluru ering young Australian Alex champion said it was as a No. 12, is set to play second on Wednesday as BCCI presi­ de Minaur 6­2, 6­2 to secure ball­boy at the St. Jakob­ seed Nour El Sherbini of dent and head of National what the Swiss legend de­ shalle more than two de­ Egypt in the round of 16. Cricket Academy respective­ scribed as “an unbelievable” cades ago that he got his first The 12th seed Indian had ly to discuss the roadmap of success at the hometown taste of tennis. to be on the court for just 12 Indian cricket’s feeder line. tournament where he used “Being a ball­boy really in­ minutes before her second Dravid, who took charge to work as a ball­boy. spired me,” he said. “But I round opponent Tze­Lok as NCA chief in July, has al­ The 38­year­old had to cannot believe that I’ve won Doing it again: Elina Svitolina posted a fourth straight victory conceded the tie because of ready drawn a roadmap for control his emotions as he here 10 times. I never even over a misfiring Karolina Pliskova. * GETTY IMAGES injury. Joshna was leading the institution and Ganguly drew a loud and heartfelt thought I would win it 11­5, 11­4 at that time.