Mankad makes quarters

New Delhi: Harsh Mankad and Brian Battistone, his American partner, defeated third seeds Franco Ferreiro and Sebastian Prieto 5-7, 6-3, 12-10 to storm into the doubles quarter finals at the ATP Challenger tournament in Poznan, Poland.

Negi loses

Biel (Switzerland): Parimarjan Negi slipped to the bottom of the points table after going down to Evgeny Tomashevsky in Round II of the Young Grandmasters tournament in the 43rd Biel Chess Festival here.

Caster wait

Johannesburg: Caster Semenya will have to wait until late August to see if she is included in South Africa’s team for the Commonwealth Games. South Africa’s Olympic body has said that the track and field team will be announced on August 25.

Ankit feat

Moncton (Canada): Long-jumper Ankit Sharma jumped 7.60m in his third and last attempt to qualify for the final of the IAAF World Junior Athletics Championship.

India to host

Chennai: India has been allotted the hosting rights for the 2011 men’s hockey Champions Trophy, the FIH said Wednesday.

I-T summons

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India has been served with a fresh summons by the Income Tax authorities who are seeking details into the conduct of the Indian Premier League.

Flintoff in

Calcutta: England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was a step closer to his return to cricket after being named in the Chennai Super Kings’ preliminary squad for the Champions League T20. Flintoff has been named in a 20-member squad for the second edition of the 10-team meet which will be played in South Africa from September 10-26.

Ryder out

Christchurch: New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder was Wednesday ruled out of next month’s tri-series in Sri Lanka, where India are the third team, as he has failed to fully recover from a elbow injury.

Indians rule

Dubai: Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami retained their No.1 spots on the batting and bowling charts, respectively, in the latest ICC’s ODI rankings for women.

Amla honour

Calcutta: Hashim Amla was named Cricket South Africa’s Cricketer of the Year Tuesday. AB de Villiers was ODI Cricketer of the Year.

Staff Reporter & Agencies