NBA player Dejean-Jones killed in Dallas shooting

New orleans

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Rookie New Orleans Pelicans basketball player Bryce Dejean-Jones died after being shot early on Saturday when he broke into a Dallas apartment, authorities said. Dejean-Jones, a 23-year-old shooting guard with the National Basketball Association team, kicked in the front door of an apartment, police said in a statement. The noise woke up the resident in his bedroom, they said, and Dejean-Jones failed to respond when the man called out. When Dejean-Jones kicked the bedroom door, the man shot him with a handgun, the statement said. Dejean-Jones collapsed in the apartment's breezeway and died at a hospital. The shooting is under investigation, police said. Dejean-Jones was "believed to be breaking into the apartment of an estranged acquaintance" but entered the wrong one, the apartment complex manager said in an email to residents.  

New Delhi
Manavaditya Rathore, Kirti shine in Europe          

Continuing their impressive run in international competitions, India's junior shooting squad returned with an impressive haul of four gold, six silver and 10 bronze medals from two top international competitions held in Europe. In the 8th International Junior Shotgun Cup held in Orimattila, Finland, Manavaditya Singh Rathore, Olympics silver-medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's son, and Kirti Gupta won gold medal in the junior men's and the women's trap events, respectively. A total of 90 junior shotgun shooters from 10 countries took part in the competition.   

Karachi
Pak’s ‘home’ series against WI may not be held in SL 

The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) decision to hold its "home" series against West Indies in Sri Lanka is unlikely to materialise this year. A top PCB official said that they had tried to relocate the series against West Indies to either Sri Lanka or Bangladesh but it was unlikely to happen this year. "We have been facing issues with having our "home" series in the UAE as the expenses are very high and there are other matters as well but for this year it appears we will have to stick with organising the West Indies series in the UAE," he said.

Lahore
Pak govt gags PCB on cricket ties with India                  

The Pakistan government has restrained the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) from initiating any dialogue with BCCI on the issue of a long-pending bilateral series, which has been scuttled repeatedly on account of volatile political ties between the two nations. PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said that until the government gave fresh directions, the board had given up on talking to the Indian board on the resumption of bilateral cricket ties in the near future. “The government has made it clear to us that we are not supposed to engage in any dialogue with our Indian counterparts, nor give any statements on Indo-Pak cricket ties until further orders," Khan said. 

Karachi
Saqlain to guide England spinners against Pak            

Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has agreed to a 10-day spell with England as their spin-bowling consultant for the upcoming series against Pakistan. Confirming the news, Saqlain said he was extremely excited to work with England even if it was a short-term deal. — Agencies