India face Pak test 

Ipoh: With medal hopes at stake, a scrappy India will have to lift their game by leaps and bounds when they take on sub-continental rivals Pakistan in the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, here on Tuesday.

The Sardar Singh-led side, which features several youngsters, will have to raise their game by many notches after surviving a torrid time against Canada on Sunday.

Serie A

Milan: Napoli overcame the absence of suspended top scorer Gonzalo Higuain to brush aside rock bottom Verona 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday, while Palermo's poor season continued with a 0-3 home defeat by Lazio. The Sicilians stayed in the relegation zone after a game that was twice interrupted as Palermo fans, furious at their team's performance, threw firecrackers on to the pitch and tore up plastic seats.

Indians win

New Delhi: Mahak Jain and Sathwika Sama thrashed their opponents with ease, as India blanked Sri Lanka 3-0 in their opening Group D match of the junior Fed Cup tennis meet at DLTA Complex, here on Monday. Mahak routed Janali Manamperi 6-0, 6-0 and Sathwika clinched the issue with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Anika Seneviratne in the second singles. In the dead doubles rubber, Sathwika and Shivani Ingle beat Anika and Anya Gunawardene 6-1, 6-2.

AITA meet

Calcutta: Anish Sinha and Ananya Yaday won the U-16 boys and girls titles, respectively, at the Dalhousie Institute Vision Search AITA Talent Series.

Results (final): Boys' U-16: Asish Sinha (2) bt Dhananjay Govind (1) 6-1, 7-5. Girls' U-16: Ananya Yadav (3) bt Sanya Yadav (6) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2.

Duffy scores

Calcutta: Darryl Duffy helped Salgaocar FC to a 1-0 win over Aizawl FC, in a I-League encounter, in Aizawl.

PCB coach

Karachi: PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has said that the new selection committee would be appointed by next week while the new head coach of the national team would be selected by first week of May. The PCB is on the lookout for a new head coach and to appoint new selectors to replace Waqar Younis.

China trip

Calcutta: Meg Lanning, captain of the Australian women's cricket team, is off to China to train with the country's national team in Shanghai. Lanning is part of a joint Cricket Australia and ICC delegation to China, to observe Australia Week.

CAB League

Calcutta: Netaji Subhas Institute scored only 188 runs against East Bengal in a first division championship play-off match, here on Monday. B. Amit got a hattrick while Tuhin Banerjee took five wickets.

SUMMARISED SCORES

NSI 188 in 66.3 ovs (T. Banerjee 5/69, B Amit 4/16). East Bengal 77/1 in 14 ovs.

Town Club 329 in 84.5 ovs (S. Das 129) vs YMCA (College).

Aryan 349/9 in 85 ovs (S. Sil 5/108) vs Tollygunge.

All matches to continue