Sindhu elected as member of BWF Athletes’ commission

Gold coast 
Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu became one of the members of the BWF Athletes’ Commission after the end of voting for the four places on the representative body here today. “I am happy to be elected as a member. Thanks to the players who have elected me. It is a great responsibility and I will surely do justice to my new post,” said Sindhu. “It is a proud moment for us and on behalf on the entire BAI, I would like to congratulate Sindhu for being elected to the Athletes Commission,” said BAI president Himanta Biswa Sarma. 

Dublin
B’desh down New Zealand, boost 2019 World Cup push 

Bangladesh took a huge step towards qualifying for the 2019 World Cup with a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the tri-series final today. The win promoted Bangladesh to sixth place, above Sri Lanka in the standings, with just four months to go before the cut-off date of September 30 when the top eight are guaranteed automatic qualification for the finals in England. An unbroken stand of 72 between Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah saw the Tigers to their victory target of 271 with 10 balls to spare.   

Brief scores: New Zealand 270/8 (Latham 84, Broom 63, Taylor 60*; Shakib 2 /41); Bangladesh 271/5 (Tamim 65, Sabbir 65) 

Kolkata
Bagan say they won’t submit ISL bid document 

Mohun Bagan today said that they would not submit the bid document unless their three demands are met in order to be inducted into the Indian Super League. The former I-League champions collected the bid document today and Thursday is the deadline to submit it. 

lyon
Del Potro suffers shock exit in Lyon, Raonic advances 

Argentine Juan Martin del Potro suffered a setback to his French Open preparations after losing 7-6(0) 6-4 to qualifier Gastao Elias in the Lyon Open second round while top seed Milos Raonic moved into the quarter-finals on Wednesday. After losing the opening set tie-breaker without collecting a point, sixth seed Del Potro broke Elias’ serve in the first game of the second set but failed to capitalise. — Agencies