Eslava salvages point for champions in Aizawl

Aizawl: Aizawl FC and Chennai City FC shared the spoils following a 1-1 draw in the I-League here today. Aizawl FC, in spite of having only 42 percent of ball possession, looked more threatening for most part. Aizawl FC’s William Lalnunfela scored in the ninth minute before Chennai City FC skipper Roberto Eslava restored parity from the penalty spot in the 40th minute.

Guwahati

NorthEast’s ISL game now open to spectators

The Indian Super League match between NorthEast United FC and Bengaluru FC, to be held here tomorrow, will be open to spectators, the organisers announced, reversing their earlier decision to hold it behind closed doors. The kick-off timing has also been advanced by one hour and the game will now start at 6pm.

New Delhi

Kapil, Gaekwad asked to appear before ethics officer

BCCI ethics officer DK Jain has asked Kapil Dev and Anshuman Gaekwad to appear in Mumbai later this month to explain conflict of interest allegations against them even though they have already resigned from the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC). “I won’t be going as I have much more important work to do,” Dev said. Gaekwad said he will attend the hearing.

Johannesburg

England get in batting practice in warm-up game

Captain Joe Root scored an unbeaten half-century as England’s tourists got in some batting practice and scored more than 300 runs on the opening day of their two-day warm-up match against a Cricket South Africa Invitation XI in Benoni today. Root hit 72 off 86 balls before retiring to give others an opportunity, while Dominic Sibley (58) and Joe Denly (60) also scored unbeaten half-centuries against an inexperienced home side. At stumps at Willowmore Park, England were 309/4 after electing to bat. Agencies

BERLIN

After kung-fu foul, Schalke’s Nuebel banned for 4 games

Schalke 04 goalkeeper Alexander Nuebel has been suspended for four games and fined for a brutal kung-fu style foul on Eintracht Frankfurt’s Mijat Gacinovic that earned him a straight red card, the German Football Association said on Tuesday. He was fined ^12,000 for the incident.

LONDON

Rockets blast past Spurs, Grizzlies bring Heat down

Russell Westbrook scored 25 of his 31 points in the first half, and James Harden finished with 28 as Houston Rockets downed visiting San Antonio. Meanwhile, Memphis after squandering a 15-point half-time lead closed the game on a 14-4 run to top visiting Miami.

London

Ex-Arsenal striker Bendtner considers retirement

Former Arsenal striker Niklas Bendtner said on Tuesday he was considering hanging up his boots for good FC Copenhagen ruled out extending his 4-month contract. Agencies