Durand Cup: Bengaluru beat Mohammedan SC 2-0

Kalyani

FC Bengaluru United notched up a 2-0 win over Mohammedan SC to finish top of Group A in the Durand Cup football tournament here today. Both sides had already made it to the quarterfinals, so the Black Panthers will be going through as Group A runners-up.

Colombo

Slinger Malinga announces retirement from cricket

Sri Lanka pace veteran Lasith Malinga today announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after terrorising the world’s best batsmen for over 15 years with his toe-crushing yorkers delivered from a low and distinct sling-arm action. He announced the decision on his social media account.

London

Judoka gets 10-year ban for withdrawing from Olympics

Algerian Fethi Nourine and his coach have been suspended for 10 years by the International Judo Federation (IJF) for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics after the draw set him on course for a bout against an Israeli.

Moscow

Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66

Yuriy Sedykh, a two-time Olympics champion in hammer throw whose world record from 1986 still stands, has died. He was 66. The Russian track and field federation said Sedykh died early Tuesday following a heart attack. Sedykh threw a world record 86.74m at the European Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. — Agencies