Ranchi
Six-time champion Mouma Das crashed out of the women’s singles event at the table tennis senior National Championships after losing to Swastika Ghosh of Maharashtra here today. Swastika sent the fifth seed packing with a 11 -7 11-7 2-11 14-12 8-11 11-6 win in a Round of 64 encounter. Second seed Manika Batra fought hard before overcoming Nikhat Banu 11-4 8-11 16-14 8-11 11-9 8-11 11-8.
New Delhi
India Open: Saina, Sindhu start favourites
In-form Saina Nehwal and defending champion PV Sindhu will be the cynosure of all eyes when they start their campaign at the $350,000 India Open which starts here tomorrow. The marquee event will also feature 2014 champion Kidambi Srikanth. Fourth seed Nehwal will face Denmark’s Sofie Dahl in the opening round, and could face fifth seed Beiwen Zhang in the quarterfinals. Sindhu will begin her campaign against Denmark’s Natalia Rohde, and could clash with former world champion Ratchanok Intanon in the semifinals.
Barcelona
Messi, Suarez fuel Barca comeback win
Lionel Messi scored a spectacular free kick to give Barcelona a 2-1 win over struggling Alaves on Sunday. Alaves were the only side to win at the Nou Camp in the league last season and looked set to overshadow Philippe Coutinho’s first start for Barca when Sweden striker John Guidetti gave them a shock lead in the 23rd minute. Suarez finally levelled in the 72nd minute, while Messi’s sumptuous free kick in the 84th gave them a seventh consecutive league win. Barca top the standings with 57 points, 11 above nearest challengers Atletico and 19 ahead of champions Real Madrid.
La Jolla (USA)
Woods passes comeback test with flying colours
Tiger Woods declared his surgically-fused back had passed its first big test with flying colours. After finishing a very respectable equal 23rd at the Farmers Insurance Open, Woods spoke with optimism as he reflected on his official PGA Tour comeback. He found the sticky rye grass rough with monotonous regularity but hit some brilliant recovery shots and putted well in his first official start since his spinal fusion last April. “Overall I thought I did pretty well this week,” said Woods, who finished seven strokes behind the winner. “Some of the shots I had to hit out of the rough, out of the trees, a few times I had to jack up the speed and had no issues at all (with my body).”
Montreal
WADA probes possible flaw in test bottles
The World Anti-Doping Agency said it had launched an investigation into a possible glitch in drug-testing kits which could allow sample bottles to be opened manually. WADA said in a statement it had been alerted by an accredited laboratory in Cologne that bottles manufactured by Swiss manufacturer Berlinger could be opened after being frozen. The glass containers were touted as the next generation of sample bottles after being released last year in the wake of the Russian doping scandal that dogged the 2014 Winter Olympics. It was not clear if the new bottles were due to be used at next month’s Winter Olympics. — Agencies
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