Titans thrash Pirates to extend winning streak

New Delhi

Telugu Titans recorded a 46-25 win over Patna Pirates as they extended their winning streak to nine games in the Pro Kabaddi Season 4 here today. A second-string Patna Pirates lost their fourth game of the season. Titans’ Rahul Chaudhari continued his superb form and scored 13 points. 

Parveen to replace Narsingh at Rio

New Delhi: India have sought to replace Narsingh Yadav with Parveen Rana in the 74-kg freestyle division at the Rio Olympics. A United World Wrestling release said the Indian Olympic Association opted for Rana as Yadav’s replacement at Rio games. tns

SAO PAULO
Ecclestone’s mother-in-law kidnapped in Brazil: reports

The mother-in-law of Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has been kidnapped in Sao Paulo and criminals are demanding 120 million reais ($36.5 million) in ransom, according to reports in a leading Brazilian news magazine. Aparecida Schunck, the mother of Ecclestone’s wife, Fabiana Flosi, was seized on Friday night. Ecclestone, whom Forbes magazine estimates is worth $3.1 billion and one of the most powerful men in sport, married Flosi in 2012, three years after meeting her at the Brazilian GP. Ecclestone, 85, divorced his then wife of 25 years, Croatian model Slavica Radic, in order to marry the young Brazilian. — Agencies