Kashyap enters Canada Open semifinals

Calgary (Canada)

Parupalli Kashyap entered the men's singles semifinals at the Canada Open today. He beat France's Lucas Claerbout 12-21 23-21 24-22 and next faces Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei. However,  Sourabh Verma lost 15-21 11-21 to Li Shi Feng of China.

Blaine (US)

Lahiri makes the cut, Atwal stays in contention 

Anirban Lahiri fought back from a modest 71 in the first round to finish his day with a 67 and was tied-55th at 4-under. The cut fell at 3-under. Arjun Atwal fired a bogey-free 3-under 68 to get to 9-under and tied-7th to stay in the mix after the second round of the inaugural 3M Open on the PGA Tour. 

Lahinch (Ireland)

Bhullar, Chawrasia, Shubhankar miss the cut  

The Indian trio of Gaganjeet Bhullar, Shubhankar Sharma and SSP Chawrasia exited early from the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open after all three of them missed the halfway cut. Bhullar, who opened with a solid 67, was erratic in his second round with 75 while Sharma and Chawrasia shot identical 72-71.

Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Gagandeep, Navjeet win gold 

Indian track and field athletes won six medals on the first day of the Qasanov Memorial Meet here. Mohammed Afsal won the men's 800m gold in one minute 49.12 sec, Gagandeep Singh won  in men's discus throw with an effort of 52.39m while Senthil Kumar Mithravarun won silver with a 49.54m throw. Navjeet Kaur Dhillon grabbed gold with an effort of 54.80m. Jyoti Jakhar  (58.69m) won silver. — Agencies