Alviro denies charge
Johannesburg: Former Test batsman Alviro Petersen on Sunday rejected a Cricket South Africa (CSA) charge that he fixed matches in the national Twenty20 franchise championship last season. “Alviro has never fixed a match, agreed to fix a match or contrived to fix a match,” his lawyer said in a statement. “He has never sought, accepted, agreed to accept or received any bribe or other reward to fix or contrive to fix a match.”
Steyn surgery
Calcutta: South Africa pacer Dale Steyn has had a successful surgery to repair the shoulder blade fracture he sustained in the first Test match against Australia in Perth last week. The surgery was done in Cape Town by a renowned shoulder specialist and is the first positive step towards recovery for the 33-year-old.
Indians win
Mulapudu : Indian women took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series against the West Indies with an emphatic five-wicket win in the second ODI here on Sunday.
Brief scores: West Indies 153/7 in 50 ovs (J. Goswami 2/28). India 154/5 in 38 ovs (M. Raj 45). India win by 6 wkts.
Antoine out
Paris: Forward Antoine Griezmann has been ruled out of France’s friendly against Ivory Coast on Tuesday because of a foot injury, the French soccer federation (FFF) said on Sunday. Griezmann picked up the injury during Les Bleus’ 2-1 victory over Sweden in a World Cup Group A qualifier last Friday.
Youth League
Calcutta: Mohammedan Sporting suffered a 0-2 defeat to United SC in the ongoing under-16 Youth League at the Kalyani Stadium on Sunday. Tarak and Ram Hembram (88th) were on target for United SC.
Tennis meet
Calcutta: Local boy Nitin Kumar Sinha beat top seed Vishnu Vardhan to lift the BTA-Asian Tennis Tour here on Sunday. The scoreline read 6-7, 7-6 and Nitin led 30-15 in the first game of the third set before Vishnu, who was cramping up, conceded the match.
Fed Cup
Strasbourg: Barbora Strycova beat Alize Cornet 6-2, 7-6(4) to put defending champions Czech Republic level at 2-2 against hosts France and send the Fed Cup final into a doubles decider.
Baisoya best
Calcutta: Honey Baisoya won the Chief Minister’s Meghalaya Open Golf in Shillong on Wednesday. Baisoya shot a resolute four-under-66 in the final round at the Shillong Golf Course to win by two shots with a tournament tally of nine-under-271.
Five-under
Playa del Carmen: Anirban Lahiri carded five-under 66 and moved within a close distance of a second successive top-10 finish in the new season as he was tied-14th after three rounds at the PGA Tour’s OHL Classic at Mayakoba.
Staff Reporter & Agencies
