Kadhe shocks Ramkumar, Sasi knocks out Myneni

Pune

Local favourite Arjun Kadhe stunned second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan for the biggest victory of his career while fast-emerging Sasi Kumar Mukund knocked out last week’s runner-up Saketh Myneni at the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger here today. World No. 370 Kadhe beat world No. 130 Ramkumar 6-3 6-2 in the opening round of the $50,000 tournament. Mukund beat Myneni 6-4 7-6(1). Prajnesh Gunneswaran, the current India No. 1, beat Taipei’s Tsung-Hua Yang 6-4 6-4. It was yet another first round defeat for Sumit Nagal, who lost 7-5 6-2 to top seed Radu Albot.

Ahmedabad

Thalaivas beat Telugu Titans 27-23 in PKL

Tamil Thalaivas produced an all-round performance to beat Telugu Titans 27-23 in the Pro Kabaddi League here today. Ajay Thakur scored eight points for Thalaivas and Manjeet Chhillar chipped in with three crucial tackle points. Rahul Chaudhari scored eight points for Telugu Titans. 

new delhi

Bangladesh’s Krida Shiksha Prothistan wins Subroto Cup  

Bangladesh’s Krida Shiksha Prothishtan defeated Amini School of Afghanistan 1-0 to win the 59th edition of the Subroto Cup international football tournament here today.  

karachi

We’ve learnt our lessons: Pakistan captain Rizwan    

Pakistan have “learnt” their lessons from the 2014 Champions Trophy controversy and are prepared to handle the crowd pressure in the hockey World Cup in India, said captain Muhammad Rizwan Sr. Four years ago, a few Pakistani players had gone overboard with their celebrations after their semifinal win over India, triggering a major controversy. “It was not a pleasant experience, we have learnt from that,” Pakistan skipper said. “We have discussed that incident and it is behind us now. This time we know we need to be totally focused on our game and nothing else. If we can beat India, great, but our main objective is doing well in the World Cup.” — Agencies