Shuttlers advance
Berlin: Arvind Bhat and the doubles duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta entered the pre-quarter finals of the German Open Grand Prix Gold on Wednesday. Bhat defeated local qualifier Patrick Kaemnitz 21-10, 24-22 and in the doubles match, Jwala-Ashwini beat the Indonesian pair of Suci Rizky Andini and Maretha Dea Giovani 21-17, 21-16.
Four-under
Pune: Vaishavi Sinha fired a bogey-free four-under 68 to grab a two-stroke lead after the opening round of the Hero-Oxford Women’s Pro Golf Championship at the Oxford Golf & Country Club, here on Wednesday.
On track
London: Force India will have a maximum of three days testing with their new F1 car before the start of the season after the team said it would not debut in Spain until Friday. “We are aiming to get out on Friday and the new car will run as much as possible over the weekend,” COO Otmar Szafnauer said on Wednesday.”
New driver
London: British driver Will Stevens will race for Manor F1, formerly Marussia, this season after new investors brought the former F1 outfit back from the brink of oblivion. They have yet to name a second driver but indicated they would be present for the opening Australian Grand Prix on March 15.
BHA League
Calcutta: Rahul Singh registered a hat-trick as Howrah Union blanked Belgachia United Club 7-0 at the BHA League, on Wednesday. In another match, Paikpara SC rode R. Kamal's strike to beat Chotanagpur Recreation Club.
Telegraph Cup
Calcutta: Grewal Motors recorded a 73-run win over Pernod Ricard at The CCFC Telegraph Cup Invitational Six-A-Side tournament, presented by Royal Stag, on Wednesday.
RESULTS
Grewal Motors 106/0. Pernod Ricard 33/4. Grewal Motors won by 73 runs; Showblitz 72/2. Ratnabali Capital Markets Ltd. 71/3. Showblitz won by 1 run; K.C.T. Gladiators 56/0. Rupa & Co. Ltd. 53/2. Gladiators won by 5 wkts; Barclays 73/2. Future Netwings Solutions 71/2. Barclays won by 4 wkts; CESC Limited 62/0. Premier Irrigation Adritec 61/1. CESC won by 6 wkts; IMRB International 96/1. Wealth Circle Consultants 58/3. IMRB won by 38 runs.
Split tours
Perth: The Indian cricket team’s 2014-15 tour of Australia is the last time when it would have played both the Tests and tri-nation ODI series together as it will be split into two separate tours from now on, said CA chief executive James Sutherland.
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