Thailand’s Jaidee wins European Open
London
Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee held off Graeme Storm of Britain to become the oldest winner of the European Open at Bad Griesbach, Germany, on Sunday. He carded a bogey-less final round 67, to finish on 267, 17-under-par and one shot ahead of Storm. Sweden’s Pelle Edberg was third on 270 and Australia’s Scott Hend was fourth, a shot behind. Thongchai, aged 45 and 323 days, had led by one going into the final day from Storm, fellow Briton Ross Fisher, who fell away in his final round, and Edberg. It was his seventh European Tour title and first since the 2014 Nordea Masters
Atlanta
Spieth leapfrogs Stenson for Tour Championship lead
Jordan Spieth used the magic of his putter to overtake Henrik Stenson and grab a one-stroke lead after Saturday’s water-logged third round of the season-ending Tour Championship. Spieth poured in a 20-foot birdie putt at the last to cap off a two-under 68 that lifted him to an eight-under total of 202.
Berlin
Kenyan Kipchoge wins Berlin marathon
Kenyan favourite Eliud Kipchoge shrugged off mid-race footwear problems to win the Berlin marathon on Sunday with a personal best time of two hours, four minutes and one second but missed out on a world record by more than a minute. The in-form 30-year-old, a winner in London in April, proved a master of the flat, inner-city course, regarded as the fastest in the world, even as his insoles slipped out of his shoes early in the race, winning ahead of fellow Kenyan Eliud Kiptanui and Ethiopia’s Feyisa Lilesa.
Karachi
PCB should resolve reservations of India: Shukla
Ruling out any chances whatsoever of an Indo-Pak series in December, Rajeev Shukla, a senior BCCI official, has said that he would like to see both the countries resume their cricketing ties but only after Pakistan has resolved “some issues and reservations” of the BCCI. Shukla also dismissed the claims by PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan that India must honour the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two boards last year. “You ask Shaharyar Khan of the details about the MoU and whether the conditions set in it are being met to play any bilateral series,” Shukla said.
Kolkata
Ghosal wins Kolkata International squash
India’s Saurav Ghosal outclassed higher-ranked Egyptian Marwan Elshorbagy in straight games to win the Kolkata International leg of the JSW Indian squash Circuit here on Sunday. Playing at the packed Calcutta Racket Club, the local boy finished off the final 11-7, 11-2, 11-7 in 43 minutes. Ghosal was on fire from the first serve, setting a punishing pace that had the bigger player scrambling to keep up. World no. 15 Ghosal played some scintillating strokes in the first game, and kept up the momentum in the next two games, preventing Elshorbagy from getting in his shots. The JSW Indian Squash Circuit will now move to Chennai.
London
Vijender watches middleweight champ’s bout
Star pugilist Vijender Singh witnessed the first live professional boxing fight at the SSE Arena, Wembley, on Saturday. The 29-year-old Olympic bronze medallist watched the title fight for WBA World Super-Middleweight Championship between defending champion Fedor Chudinov and the challenger Frank Buglioni last night. Chudinov won the fight 120-106, 118-108 and 117-109 to retain his title. Vijender is training in Manchester for the past three weeks under trainer Lee Beard and his opponent for debut fight will be announced soon.
chennai
We can win ISL title this time, says Materazzi
Chennaiyin FC head coach Marco Materazzi today expressed confidence that his side can win the title in the second edition of the Hero Indian Super league football tournament starting here on October 3. “We had a good season last year after being the last team to enter the fray. We did not have enough time to practice. This year we had programmed our training sessions well in advance and worked more time to be together in football,” said Materazzi.
Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
Yuki ends runner-up at Taiwan Challenger
Yuki Bhambri had to be content with a runner-up finish at the ATP Challenger event as he lost the closely-fought final against world No. 75 Hyeon Chung. The fourth seed Indian lost the summit clash 5-7 4-6 against the second seed Korean in one hour and 40 minutes. — Agencies
