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India fail to defend women's ACT crown

Donghae City (Korea): India failed to defend its crown at the fifth women's Asian Champions Trophy after it lost 0-1 to hosts South Korea in the summit clash here on Sunday. South Korea ket a resolute defence and score the only goal of the match in the 24th minute when Youngsil Lee found the back of the net from a field effort. India's defence was tested in the early stages as South Korea started the game well, winning possession in the midfield and putting pressure on the opposition. However, India defended their lines well and tried to surprsie the Koreans on counters. South Korea had better chances in the first period but the opening 15 minutes ended goal-less as both the teams failed to find an opening. But the Koreans dominated the second quarter and won three penalty corners in a span of two minutes, but Indian goalkeeper Savita made some good reflex saves to deny the hosts.

India make disastrous start in BANGKOK

BANGKOK: India's young but depleted men and women's teams jeopardised their chances of qualifying for the knockout stage after suffering an identical 1-4 loss to France and Canada in the opening Group A match of the Thomas and Uber Cup Final here on Sunday. The Indian men's team paid the price for not fielding world number 9 HS Prannoy and the doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, as the young and inexperienced team proved no match for their French counterparts, who were ranked lower. World number 18 B Sai Praneeth gave India a positive start, defeating Brice Leverdez 21-7 21-18 to take a 1-0 lead, but none of the other players could step up when it mattered.

Lahiri slips in Texas in windy conditions

DALLAS (TEXAS): Anirban Lahiri missed a bunch of putts in windy conditions to return a one-over-72 card as he slipped from Tied-20 to Tied-42 on the third day of the AT&T Byron Nelson here. Lahiri opened with a birdie but overall had three birdies against four bogeys in his 72 and is now 6-under 2017 for 54 holes. On a day when the Trinity Forest course played tough and made scoring difficult in windy conditions as gusts touched upto 30 mile per hour, 34-year-old seasoned Marc Leishman (69) shared the lead with 21-year-old Aaron Wise, who was second last week. They were both at 17-under 196. The players will go out in groups of three using split tees for the fourth straight day.

Advocate to contest for DDCA top post

new delhi: Senior advocate of the Supreme Court Vikas Singh will contest for the president's post of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), which was held by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley from 1999 to 2013. Singh, who is also the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), today said he would be filing his nomination papers for the June 30 DDCA polls on Monday. Singh will be challenging Rajat Sharma, an eminent journalist who has been fielded by one of the DDCA factions, for the prestigious post. The senior advocate said that he would contest the DDCA election and that he had the support of a considerable number of members of the association, including some former Delhi crickets.