Punjab knocked out in semifinals by Baroda

Ahmedabad: Punjab were knocked out of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament tonight with a 25-run loss to Baroda in the semifinals tonight. Punjab, who had topped Elite Group A by winning all five matches at that stage, were knocked out after one bad day in office. Baroda put up a competitive score of 160/3 in 20 overs after being asked to bat first by Punjab, and then restricted their opponents to 135 in their allotted 20 overs. In the other semifinal, Tamil Nadu beat Rajasthan by seven wickets.

Brief scores: Baroda 160/3 (Kedar Devdhar 64, Kartik Kakade 53*; Mayank Markande 1/29, Siddarth Kaul 1/31, Sandeep Sharma 1/35); Punjab 135/8 (Mandeep Singh 42*, Gurkeerat Mann 39; Lukman Meriwala 3/28, Ninad Rathva 2/18)

I-League: Punjab FC held, Chennai beat Indian Arrows

Kolkata: RoundGlass Punjab FC shared the spoils with Sudeva Delhi FC after the two teams played out a goalless draw in the I-League here today. In another match, former champions Chennai City FC returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Indian Arrows 1-0. Meanwhile, in the Indian Super League, Goa and East Bengal played out a 1-1 draw in Margao, Goa.

Liverpool get back on track with win at Tottenham

London: Liverpool’s spluttering attack burst back to life to help the champions return to winning ways with a commanding 3-1 victory at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League yesterday. Goals from Roberto Firmino, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Sadio Mane capped a dominant display by Juergen Klopp’s side whose first league win since a 7-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace on December 19 restored their place in the top-four.

Olympics medallist Boe to work with Chirag-Satwik

New delhi: Olympics silver medallist Mathias Boe of Denmark will coach the world No. 10 Indian men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in the run-up to the Tokyo Games.

Olympics qualifier Fed Cup to be held in March

Patiala: The Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships, which is an Olympic qualifying event, will be held at the NIS here on March 15-19. Agencies