Chetan falls at final hurdl

Hyderabad: Chetan Anand lost 16-21, 12-21 to Thailand’s Boonsak Ponsana in the final of the Yonex Sunrise India Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament on Sunday.
Mi Zhou of Hong Kong won the women title, beating China’s Lan Lu 21-14, 21-14 while China’s Zhendong Guo and Zhogbo Xie won the men’s doubles title, beating Choon Eng Chew and Chong Ming Chan of Malaysia 19-21, 21-14, 21-12.

Yu Chin Chien and Wen Hsing Cheng of Taipei won the women’s doubles, defeating Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna of Japan 21-17, 21-16. The mixed title went to China’s Hanbin He and Yang Yu, who beat Kristof Hopp and Birgit Overzier of Germany 21-18, 21-9.

Jeev shares 52nd spot

Houston: A couple of late birdies helped Jeev Milkha Singh avoid an over-par finish and turn in a 72 but it was not enough to save him from sliding down to tied 52nd after the third round of the $5.6 million Houston Open. Jeev’s score took his tournament total to one-under 215. American Johnson Wagner turned in a second successive 69 to retain his lead, which was cut to just one stroke by compatriot Chad Campbell, with a total of

15-under 201. Arjun tied 22nd

Manila: Arjun Singh signed off with a one-over 73 in the final round to finish tied 22nd while compatriot Himmat Singh Rai ended a lowly tied 61st in The Philippines Open on Sunday. Arjun, in fact, could have finished higher up but for a triple bogey on the par-four 16th and a bogey on the final hole that took his tally to four-over 292. Rai had a disastrous final round of seven-over 79 for a four-day total of 18-over 306. Local hero Angelo Que (283) lifted the title, firing a 73.

Archers lose

New Delhi: The Indian archers lost the bronze play-offs in both the individual as well as team events at the Meteksan World Cup on Sunday. Tarundeep Rai was outsmarted by Russian Balijinima Tsyrempilov 99-110 in the third place play-off.

The men’s recurve team could not match their Italian rivals and lost 209-213.

Killed in blast

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s national athletics coach Lakshman de Alwis and former Olympic marathon runner K.A. Karunaratne were among those killed in a suicide bomb attack on Sunday. The bomber struck at the start of a marathon. Karunaratne competed in the 1992 Olympics and the 1993 World Championships.

Md. Sp. up

Kolhapur: Mohammedan Sporting rode a brace by Subair Muritala Ali to beat New Delhi Heroes 3-1 in a group B encounter on Sunday and qualify for the I-League second division final round in Guwahati. Subair scored in the 45th and 47th minutes while teammate Adebayo Tokunbo found the target one minute before the final whistle. For the Delhi side, Pradeep Gurung netted in the 48th.

Kimiko return

Tokyo: Japan’s Kimiko Date, a former world top five player, will return to the WTA Tour at the age of 37 after retiring 12 years ago, local media reported on Sunday. Date will make a formal announcement on Monday.