Two Indians get top-10 seedings
New Delhi: Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu and World No. 8 Kidambi Srikanth have been given the fourth and eighth seedings, respectively, in the BWF World Badminton Championship, which will get underway in Glasgow on August 21.
Pro Kabaddi
Nagpur: Haryana Steelers ended Gujarat Fortunegiants’ unbeaten run with a 32-20 win in the Pro Kabaddi league match on Tuesday.
Kynan’s bronze
New Delhi: India shooter Kynan Chenai won a bronze in men’s trap event, his first international medal at the senior level, at the 7th Asian Championship Shotgun inAstana.
Vardhan wins
New Delhi: Vishnu Vardhan was the lone Indian to make it to the singles second round of the ATP Challenger event in Jinan, China. Vardhan beat Taipei’s Ti Chen 7-6(3), 6-3.
Lemina move
London: Southampton have paid a club-record transfer fee to land Gabon midfielder Mario Lemina from Juventus on a five-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Lemina won the Serie A title and the Italian Cup twice with the Turin club and featured in last season’s Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid.
Dues paid
Calcutta: Former India coach Anil Kumble has been paid his dues by the BCCI. Kumble was paid approximately Rs 48.75 lakh for the month of April as professional fee, as per information on the Board’s website.
Pak demand
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that it wants the upcoming Under-19 Asia Cup to be moved out of India to a neutral venue due to security concerns. “We will be taking up this issue with the Asian Cricket Council when its development committee meeting is held in Colombo this weekend,” a PCB official said.
