Luis nets winner
Madrid: Barcelona got their bid for a sixth La Liga title in eight years off to a winning start when Luis Suarez buried a fine volley shortly after halftime to secure a hard-fought 1-0 win at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Lionel Messi missed a first-half penalty. It was also sweet revenge for Barca following their 1-5 aggregate defeat to Bilbao in Spanish Super Cup.
CFL match
Calcutta: Taurust Manneh and Bisweshwor Singh were on target as Southern Samity beat Kalighat MS 2-0 in the CFL Premier Division, at the Gayeshpur Stadium, on Sunday.
Table tennis
Calcutta: Anirban Ghosh and Mousumi Paul emerged winners of the WBTTA Kalyan Jayant Memorial Table Tennis Championships, in Barrackpore, on Sunday. In the men's final, Anirban won 4-1 over Arjun Ghosh. Mousumi too won by an identical margin over Anindita Chakraborty in the final.
Chess tourney
St Louis (US): Viswanathan Anand will take on Hikaru Nakamura of the US in the first round of Sinquefield Cup, a part of the Grand Chess tour. The favourite in the tournament is world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
Junior meet
Calcutta: Mayukh Ghosh and Uthsava Palit emerged champions in the under-19 boys' and girls' singles categories, respectively, of the 78th West Bengal Junior State Badminton Championship. Mayukh defeated Soumyadipta Basu 21-10, 17-21, 21-7, while Uthsava won 19-21, 21-16, 21-10 over Manidipa Dey.
Advani view
New Delhi: Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, ace cueist Pankaj Advani believes politics should not be mixed with sport and Indo-Pak sporting ties should go on. "I don't think sport and politics really need to be mixed. When we talk about sport, we talk about cutting across barriers," Advani said.
Bernie plan
Spa-Francorchamps: The Russian Grand Prix could become a night race as early as 2017, according to Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and organisers. "We've talked about it. Maybe in 2017 - so you know you can book your tickets for the next 10 years," Ecclestone said.
In reply to Bengal's 222 for nine, Gujarat were all out for 148.Staff Reporter & Agencies
