Ronaldinho stars in Delhi Dragons win

Mumbai

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Ronaldinho’s brace helped Delhi Dragons outclass Chennai Singhams 4-2 in their match in the second edition of Premier Futsal. The Brazilian superstar was complemented Rolon and Diego Nunes Costa who scored a goal each. Ronaldinho scored the first goal off a header after a pass from Diego Costa to take his side 1-0 ahead in the second minute of play. In the third minute, the Chennai side equalised through Hernan Crespo, who netted the ball in the right corner of goal.

Kochi

Sanave-Rupesh win BWF World Sr Badminton C’ships

Sanave Thomas and Rupesh Kumar notched up a lucky victory over compatriots V Diju and JBS Vidyadhar to win the +35 men’s doubles crown at the Manorama BWF World Senior Badminton Championships. Thomas and Kumar won the title after their opponents withdrew midway into the third game following a knee injury to Diju, trailing 21-12 17-21 9-7. Srikant Bakshi and Navdeep Singh had to be content with the silver medal in the +45 men’s doubles category after going down to the Thai pair of Chatchai Boonmee and Wittaya Panomchai 18-21 21-18 15-21.

Astana

Davis Cup holders Argentina relegated from world group

Davis Cup holders Argentina were relegated from the world group after 15 years among the tennis elite when they lost 3-2 to Kazakhstan. Mikhail Kukushkin beat Diego Schwartzman 6-4 6-4 7-6(2) to give the home team an unassailable 3-1 lead and a promotion in their playoff tie. — Agencies