1. Second seed Saina Nehwal booked a place into the women's singles semifinals after a hard fought win over sixth seed Wang Yihan of China in the World Badminton Championship in Jakarta on Friday.
2. Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane created a world record as he became the first non-keeper player to take eight catches in a Test match. Rahane achieved the feat on the third day of the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle when he caught Rangana Herath at slip off Amit Mishra.Rahane grabbed three catches in the first innings and five more in the second to surpass five international players -- Yajurvindra Singh (India), Greg Chappell (Australia), Hashan Tilakaratne (Sri Lanka), Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) and Mathew Hayden (Australia), all of whom took 7 catches in a match.
3. Reigning Wimbledon champions Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis notched up an easy win to enter the women's doubles quarterfinals of the $2,678,055 Canadian Open. The top seeded pair took just 54 minutes to defeat German-Polish combine of Julia Goerges and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 6-3, 6-2 on the outdoor hard courts of the Aviva Centre on Thursday.
2. Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane created a world record as he became the first non-keeper player to take eight catches in a Test match. Rahane achieved the feat on the third day of the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle when he caught Rangana Herath at slip off Amit Mishra.Rahane grabbed three catches in the first innings and five more in the second to surpass five international players -- Yajurvindra Singh (India), Greg Chappell (Australia), Hashan Tilakaratne (Sri Lanka), Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) and Mathew Hayden (Australia), all of whom took 7 catches in a match.
3. Reigning Wimbledon champions Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis notched up an easy win to enter the women's doubles quarterfinals of the $2,678,055 Canadian Open. The top seeded pair took just 54 minutes to defeat German-Polish combine of Julia Goerges and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 6-3, 6-2 on the outdoor hard courts of the Aviva Centre on Thursday.
