Anirban tied 5th

Hong Kong: Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri continued to give himself chances as he added a second successive 67 to move to six-under and tied-5th at the halfway stage of the UBS Hong Kong Open here on Friday.

India 9th

Calcutta: Team India, comprising of the IGU Men's Order of Merit Leader Aman Raj, Samarth Dwivedi (# 3), Rahul Ravi (#5) & Harimohan Singh (#7) fired a round of two-over 218 to finish 9th of 27 competing nations on day one of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship, Nomura Cup in Abu Dhabi.

Aditi show

Gurgaon: Amateur Aditi Ashok continued her stellar season, emerging as the best-placed Indian at tied 19th, after carding three-over 75 on the opening day of the Hero Women's Indian Open at the Black Knight Course here.

Saina loses

Paris: Indian challenge ended at the French Open Super Series badminton tournament after top seed Saina Nehwal suffered a 9-21, 15-21 defeat to Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in the quarter finals here on Friday.

Liverpool held

London: Juergen Klopp's first home game as manager ended in a frustrating 1-1 draw against Rubin Kazan who played more than 50 minutes with 10 men in the Europa League on Thursday. Anderlecht came from behind to beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1.

EB wish

Calcutta: Having already earned a semi-final berth, East Bengal want to finish off the group phase of the ongoing Sheikh Kamal International Cup, in Bangladesh, on a high when they face Dhaka Abahani at the MA Aziz Stadium, in Chittagong, on Saturday. "It will be better to play the semi-final game with an all-win record," coach Biswajit Bhattacharya has said.

Lahiru back

Colombo: Sri Lanka named three uncapped players in the squad for the upcoming ODI series against West Indies and also recalled batsman Lahiru Thirimanne.

NZ victorious

Calcutta: New Zealand rode Tom Latham’s 131 and Martin Guptill’s 94 to begin their tour Down Under with a 102-run win over Prime Minister’s XI in a game played with pink ball, at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, on Friday. 
Brief scores: New Zealand 307/8 in 50 ovs (T. Latham 131). Prime Minister’s XI 205 in 45.2 ovs. New Zealand won by 102 runs

Bangla security

Calcutta: Reg Dickason, the security adviser for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), will leave England’s tour to UAE to form part of a team heading to Bangladesh to assess anti-terrorist measures in place for the U-19 World Cup next year.