Mickelson says sorry for US Open rules violation

New york

Five-time Major golf champion Phil Mickelson apologised today for hitting a moving ball in Saturday’s third round of the US Open in a text message to Golf.com.  The 48-year-old left-hander, six times an Open runner-up in the only Major he has never won, sent a text message blaming his anger and frustration on a difficult day for his major rules violation.  “I know this should’ve come sooner, but it’s taken me a few days to calm down,” Mickelson wrote to the website.   “My anger and frustration got the best of me last weekend. I’m embarrassed and disappointed by my actions. It was clearly not my finest moment and I’m sorry.”  

New Delhi

7 Indians enter quarters of Mongolian boxing meet

Shiva Thapa (60kg) and Sarita Devi (60kg) were among the prominent winners as seven Indian boxers entered the quarterfinals at the Ulaanbaatar Cup Tournament in Mongolia on Wednesday. Ashish (64kg), Mandeep Jangra (69kg), Salman Sheikh (52kg) and Etash Khan (56kg) joined Shiva in the quarters, while, in the women’s draw, national champion Sarjubala Devi (51kg) and veteran Sarita Devi made the last-eight stage. 

New Delhi

Manika’s heroics in vain as Mavericks beat Smashers 

Manika Batra’s heroics went in vain as RP-SG Mavericks outplayed table-toppers Dabang Smasher in CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) at the Tyagaraj Stadium here on Wednesday. Manika came back from a game down to edge past world No. 60 Sabine Winter of Germany 2-1 (4-11, 11-3, 11-7) to help Smashers race to an early lead, but others failed to  consolidate. — Agencies