Vinesh sustains injury, misses World
new delhi: In a big blow to India, Asian Games Gold medallist Vinesh Phogat was on Sunday ruled out of the World championship after suffering an elbow injury during practice in Lucknow. "I'm sad to inform you all that I wouldn't be participating in the upcoming World Championships in Hungary. Unfortunately 2 days ago, I injured my elbow during training. The doctor has advised me to rest it out for 4-6 weeks," Vinesh tweeted after initially being reluctant to talk about the injury. "It is a big setback for us. During sparring she injured her elbow and the MRI scans done in Mumbai revealed the ligaments are torn. It will be very risky to compete in the Worlds," a WFI official said. Vinesh, who was exempted from the World Championship trials, was to compete in the 50kg category and was a medal favourite. The WFI has nominated Ritu in the 53kg. The World Championship will be held in Budapest from October 20-28.
India end jr worlds without gold
trnava: A Gold medal remained elusive for India at the junior world wrestling championship as Deepak Punia settled for a Silver after losing the 86kg free style final to Turkey's Arif Ozen here on Sunday. Deepak, who won junior Asian Gold in New Delhi, lost 1-2 to Ozen, scoring the only point with just three seconds to go. India ended the championship with seven medals, including four Silvers and three Bronze medals. Greco Roman grapplers delivered three medals while the women won two Bronze. Much was expected from Sachin Rathi but he was outwitted in the 74kg Bronze medal match, which he lost by technical superiority to Canada's Devid Betanov. In the 92kg, Sanjeet could not reach the medal round losing his repechage round 6-7 to Erhan Yaylaci. In Greco Roman, Vijay (60kg) and Sajan (77kg) won a Silver each while Vijay (55kg) won a Bronze.
James stars in 2-0 win over Schalke
berlin: The Colombian James Rodriguez scored the first goal for Bayern and provoked the penalty that led to the second, scored by Robert Lewandowski, in a 2-0 home stadium victory over Schalke that put the Bavarians on top of the Bundesliga. Coach Niko Kovac showed once more how much he believes in rotating his players and made four changes in the starting lineup on Saturday from the one that downed home-team Benfica in the Champions League. James was first on the scoreboard in the eighth minute with a header that turned a right-side corner kick by Joshua Kimmich into a goal. And then in the second half Bayern slightly outpaced its rival, and at 63rd minute the Colombian player was knocked down inside the box by Alexander Schopf, after which Lewandowski converted the penalty kick into the final score of the game that ended with a 2-0 victory of Bayern over Schalke.
Woods takes 3-shot lead at Tour C’ship
atlanta: Tiger Woods is one round away from ending his five-year victory drought after storming into a three-shot lead on day three of the Tour Championship here Saturday. Woods, 42 looked in a class of his own as he carded a five-under-par 65 to leave himself on 12 under for the tournament at Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club. After an opening birdie on the par-four first, Woods went surging clear of the field with a run of five straight birdies from the third hole. The run came with a mix of superb iron play and rock-solid putting, including a 21-foot birdie putt on the fourth. There was also a moment of magic from the former world number one on the seventh, when he drilled a 172-yard approach shot to five feet and then tapped in for birdie. He was denied a bigger lead after bogeys on the ninth and 16th holes. "I got off to a nice start and made some nice putts. Good Lord," Woods said afterwards. A Woods victory would be an 80th PGA Tour triumph and take him to within two wins of Sam Snead's all-time 82 Tour victories.
