Seven Indians in top 50
New Delhi: Seven Indian athletes made it to the top 50 of the latest IAAF individual rankings list with national champion woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia being the best placed at 15th spot. Poonia has teammate Harwant Kaur at 37th, an Athletics Federation of India release stated. Among men, Beijing Olympian discus thrower Vikas Gowda was ranked 23rd while javelin thrower Anil Kumar Singh was at 36th place.
Paddlers out
New Delhi: India’s challenge in the ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championship ended with both Olympian Neha Aggarwal and Soumi Mondal bowing out from the girls’ singles category in Madrid Friday. The Indian duo’s journey in the girls’ doubles had already ended after they went down to the Czech pair Aneta Kucerova and Hana Matelova 2-3 Thursday.
India draw
Buenos Aires: A last-minute equaliser from winger Pramod Kumar saw India draw 2-2 with world champions Argentina in the third under-21 Test match here.
Mann tied 7th
Siem Reap: Baaz Mann jumped to the tied seventh spot after the second round of the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open here Friday. Harmeet Kahlon was at tied 38th. A stroke adrift were Gaganjeet Bhullar (72) and Anirban Lahiri (73) at tied 46th spot.
Simi wins
New Delhi: Simi Mehra turned in a card of three-under 69 to win the sixth leg of the DLF Women’s Professional Golf Tour by 14 strokes from her nearest competitor Shalini Malik at the Classic Golf Resort Friday.
Rauf cleared
Karachi: Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf has been issued the visa by the Indian High Commission in Islamabad that will enable him to officiate in the second Test between England and India at Mohali from December 19. Rauf was to have supervised both the Tests between England and India but with the BCCI shifting the venues to Chennai and Mohali, he could not travel since he did not have travel documents for the new centres.
Seeking Tanvir
Melbourne: Pakistan left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir is being courted by South Australian side Redbacks for their domestic Twenty20 competition. Tanvir is likely to replace Pakistan middle-order batsman Younis Khan in the competition scheduled to start on December 26, provided the series between India and Pakistan falls through.
Washed out
Wellington: The second day of New Zealand’s opening Test match against the West Indies in Dunedin was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Friday after heavy overnight rain made conditions unplayable.
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