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Sujjan
is best
Pasuruan: Sujjan Singh completed a start-to-finish victory with an even-par 72 at the Taman Dayu Championship and immediately dedicated his win to his new-born daughter on Saturday. Sujjan, starting the day with a 10-shot advantage was never threatened as he cruised to his first victory outside of India with a 22-under-par 266 total at the Taman Dayu Golf and Resort here.
Good show
Paris: Shiv Kapur overcame a double bogey start to card a two-under 69 and move to tied 14th spot at the end of the second round of Alstom Open de France.Also making the cut was Jeev Milkha Singh despite a rough three-over 74 after a first round three-under 68.
Gay triumphs
Saint-Denis: Tyson Gay beat Justin Gatlin at the line to win the 100 metres at the Diamond League Areva meet on Friday, avenging his loss to the 2004 Olympic champion at the US trials last month for the London Games.
Ishfaq ban
Calcutta: The disciplinary committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has imposed a four-match ban on Salgaocar SC midfielder Ishfaq Ahmed for his behaviour in the AFC Cup clash against Neftchi FC in Uzbekistan on May 8.
Forlan move
Milan: Uruguay’s Diego Forlan will join Brazilian club Internacional on Saturday, a day after Inter Milan terminated the striker’s contract.
Suspension
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has been suspended for a game for “confrontational and provocative behaviour” at the end of last week’s loss to the San Jose Earthquakes, Major League Soccer said.
Hockey silver
Bangkok: Indian women settled for silver at the 6th Junior Women’s Asia Cup hockey championship after China beat them 5-2 in the final.
The Indian eves took a 2-0 lead after 25 minutes when a rain interruption hampered their rhythm.
Ankita fails
Calcutta: Ankita Raina she went down 2-6, 2-6 to third seed Miyabi Inoue of Japan in the singles final of ITF women’s tennis tournament on Saturday.
Sindhu shines
n New Delhi: P. V. Sindhu clinched the Asia Youth Under-19 championship title with a thrilling 18-21, 21-17, 22-20 win over Japan’s Okuhara Nozomi at Gimcheon on Saturday.
Azam to lead
Lahore: Babar Azam will lead Pakistan in the under-19 World Cup in Australia next month.
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