Srikanth moves to second round of Thailand Masters

Bangkok: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth opened his campaign at the Thailand Masters with a 22-20 21-19 win over Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei today. S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian won 21-14 21-17 over Leong Jun Hao of Malaysia. Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha also cruised to the second round of the women’s singles event.

Cairo
Akhil bags bronze on final day of Shooting World Cup

Paris Olympics quota winner Akhil Sheoran won his second individual ISSF World Cup medal, clinching the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions bronze here today. Akhil shot 451.8 in the eight-man 45-shot final after qualifying in second place with a score of 589.

Chennai
KIYG: Maharashtra retains championship, Haryana 3rd

Telangana’s swimmer Vritti Agarwal concluded her Khelo India Youth Games campaign with five more gold medals, while Maharashtra retained the overall championship following another dominant display during the final day here today. Maharashtra ended with 156 medals, which included 57 gold, 48 silver and 53 bronze. Haryana failed to secure the top-two berth for the first time, finishing third with 35 gold, 22 silver and 46 bronze.

Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
Hakimi misses penalty as S Africa knock Morocco out

Another day, another upset at the Africa Cup of Nations. Achraf Hakimi missed a late penalty as Morocco became the latest big name to be ousted with a 0-2 loss to South Africa in the Round of 16 on Tuesday. —Agencies