All-round Harshal stars in India’s 10-run victory

Northampton: India beat Northamptonshire by 10 runs after an impressive display by the bowlers in their second warm-up match. India had earlier defeated Derbyshire by seven wickets. After Harshal Patel lifted India from a precarious position to 149/8 with a 36-ball 54, the visiting bowlers fired in unison to bowl out the county side for 139 with three balls to spare. Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal picked up two wickets apiece.

New Delhi
U-17 coach Ambrose sacked for ‘sexual misconduct’

Indian women’s U-17 team’s assistant coach Alex Ambrose has been sacked for alleged sexual misconduct, SY Quraishi, a member of the Committee of Administrators overseeing the All India Football Federation, said. Former India international Ambrose was earlier called back from Norway for “misconduct” with a player during a training and exposure tour.

Seddiner See (Germany)
Diksha rises to T-17th after superb 7-under

India’s Diksha Dagar turned in a superb 7-under 65 to rise to T-17 after the third round of the German Masters here. The Deaflympics gold medallist was 6-under after three rounds. Ridhima Dilawari (72) was lying T-56th and amateur Avani Prashanth (74) was T-64. Meanwhile, in Silvis (US), Anirban Lahiri shot a 3-over 74 and fell from tied-24th to tied-61st after Round 3 of the John Deere Classic here.

Chennai
Chess Olympiad: India to field third team in open section

India will field a third team in the open section of the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held at Mamallapuram near here from July 28 to August 10, the All India Chess Federation said.

SONDERBORG (Denmark)
Groenewegen takes Stage 3 of Tour de France

Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen of Team BikeExchange-Jayco clinched the third stage of the Tour de France as Wout van Aert took second place to retain the overall leader’s yellow jersey. Groenewegen was suspended for nine months in 2020 for causing the crash that severely injured Fabio Jakobsen at the Tour of Poland. Jakobsen won Saturday’s Stage 2.

North Plains (US)
Grace wins LIV Golf’s first US tournament

Branden Grace won LIV Golf’s first stop on American soil, the 34-year-old South African earning $4 million. Agencies