Ronaldo rejects penalty he’s awarded in Asian Champions League
Riyadh, Nov 28: Cristiano Ronaldo’s honesty helped to nullify a penalty he was awarded as his 10-man Al-Nassr side held on to draw with Persepolis of Iran 0-0 in the Asian Champions League. Ronaldo went down in the box in the opening moments on Monday and the referee pointed to the spot, but Ronaldo joined Persepolis players in disputing the penalty. Referee Ma Ning checked the pitchside monitor and overturned his decision. Al-Nassr defender Ali Lajimi was sent off in the half for a dangerous challenge on Milad Sarlak, and Ronaldo gave his Saudi Arabia team a late scare when he exited with a neck injury. But Al-Nassr had already qualified for the knockout stages as the Group E winner and advanced unbeaten. The Riyadh team came into the game having won 18 of its previous 19 games in all competitions. (AP)
Chauhan stuns India No 1 Dhiraj to make men’s recurve final
Ayodhya, Nov 28: Jharkhand’s Mrinal Chauhan stunned India No 1 Dhiraj Bommadevara in the shoot-off to advance into the final of the men’s recurve section at the ongoing Senior Nationals, here on Tuesday. From a tied 5-all, Chauhan stepped up in the shoot-off with a perfect to edge out the world No 15 Dhiraj by one point. The men’s recurve final will be between Tushar Shelke of All India Police Sports Control Board and Chauhan. Shelke defeated Atul Verma of Goa 6-4 in a one-sided final. On the other hand, Sangeeta set up a gold medal clash against Ridhi Phor in an all-Haryana gold medals clash in the women’s recurve section. Amisha Chaurasiya of Uttar Pradesh clinched the bronze medal with a 6-2 win over Nikki Sharma of Rajasthan. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh and AIPSCB clinched the top honours in the men’s and women’s team events respectively in the Indian round. The gold medal winning men’s team was represented by Shivam Vaidwan, Ujjwal Mudgal, Manish and Abhay Kumar Patel. Tutumoni Boro, Huidrom Rajpriyari Devi, Moirangthem Aruna Devi and Swati Maurya were part of the gold medal-winning women’s team. AIPSCB also won the mixed team event with Arun and Tutumoni winning over their Assamese counterparts 6-0. (PTI)
Sheetal Devi becomes world
No 1 para archer
New Delhi, Nov 28: Fresh from winning two gold medals at the Para Asian Games, Sheetal Devi jumped two places to become world No 1 in the women’s compound open section of the para world archery rankings. Rakesh Kumar, who won three gold medals at recently-concluded Para Asian Championship, also moved up two places to become world No 3, behind Nathan Macqueen of Great Britain and Matteo Bonacina of Italy. Indian para archer Sarita, who returned with a bronze medal at the Bangkok Asian Championships was the highest gainer, moving up seven places to become world No 6 in Tuesday’s update. (PTI)