Briefly: Shubhankar soars to T11 after double-eagle round

Aarhus (Denmark)

Shubhankar Sharma landed two eagles in his third round but also gave away a double bogey as he shot a 2-under 69 to be tied-11th at the Danish Golf Championship. Sharma, who had shot 69s in his first two rounds, is currently 6-under and six strokes behind leader Lucas Bjerregaard.

Karachi

Denied visa, Pakistan’s sports body lodges complaint

The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker Association has lodged a formal complaint with the sport’s world governing body and the organisers after its squad was denied visa by the Indian High Commission for the IBSF U-18 and U-21 World Championships, which began in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Rancho Mirage (us)

Avani T-58th after third round of LPGA pre-qualifiers

Indian amateur golfer Avani Prashanth had three bogeys in a four-hole stretch to be placed T-58th after the third round of the LPGA Q-Series Pre-Qualifying Stage. She had three birdies against five bogeys. With rounds of 69-71-74, she is 2-under for 54 holes. Also making the fourth round was Sneha Singh (74-72-72) at 2-over.

New Delhi

Lakshya heads to Austria for physical assessment

Aiming to be in the best shape for the upcoming tournaments in the BWF circuit, India’s Lakshya Sen has left for Austria for a detailed evaluation of his body. The 22-year-old, who had come close to winning an Olympics medal in Paris before finishing fourth, will undergo a series of tests at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Centre in Salzburg.

New Delhi

India go down fighting to Indonesia in U-17 friendly

Levis Zangminlun’s second-half strike was not enough as a fighting India went down to Indonesia 1-3 in the first of their two away Under-17 friendlies in Gianyar. The hosts scored through Evandra Florasta (14th minute), Fandi Ahmad (50th) and Mierza Firjatullah (62nd).

New Delhi

India clinch silver medal at Asian Surfing Championship

India edged out Chinese Taipei and China to bag the silver medal at the Maruhaba Cup, a team event in the Asian Surfing Championships at the picturesque Thulusdhoo island in the Maldives. The silver came just a day after India secured their first-ever Asian Games quotas in surfing.

london

Duplantis breaks own pole vault world record

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record when he cleared 6.26 metres at the second attempt at the Silesia Diamond League meeting. Duplantis broke the world record for the 10th time, beating the 6.25 metres he cleared when retaining his Olympics gold medal in Paris earlier this month, and this was the third time this year he had broken his own record. Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered the long-standing 3,000 metres world record by more than three seconds.

ZANDVOORT (Netherlands)

Norris ends Verstappen’s unbeaten home record

McLaren’s Lando Norris ended Max Verstappen’s unbeaten home record with a commanding Dutch Grand Prix victory and second win of his Formula One career to breathe new life into the championship. Red Bull’s triple world champion finished 22.896 seconds behind, after seizing the lead at the start but being passed on the 18th of 72 laps, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc taking the chequered flag in third place. Agencies