Swimmer Khade wins 50m gold in Singapore

Singapore
Virdhawal Khade continued his winning streak with a gold medal in the 50 metres freestyle category at the 49th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships. Competing against a host of international swimmers, Khade won in his season’s best timing of 23.02 seconds. The 26-year-old had also bagged the silver medal in the 50m freestyle event. “It always feels great winning for the country,” said Khade. “Honestly, I expected a faster time, but I’ll take this. There was a lot to learn from all the races in Singapore, and I know I can improve so much more in the coming months.”

Yangon
Advani makes winning start at Asian Billiards C’ship

Pankaj Advani made a rampaging start to his title defence at the 17th Asian Billiards Championship, outclassing Singapore’s Yeo Teck Shin 4-0 in the opening match of the men’s event on Monday. Rupesh Shah also came up with an identical win against Indonesia’s Marlando Sihombing. In the women’s snooker individual event, Vidya Pillai scored a 2-1 win against Thandar Maung. Amee Kamani notched up 2-0 victory over Ngwe Hlaing.

Harare
Windies edge Zimbabwe to stay on World Cup course

West Indies edged closer to a place in the 2019 World Cup when they defeated Zimbabwe by four wickets in the latest qualifying match. Chasing 290 to win, the two-time champions reached their target with six balls to spare after surviving a worrying mid-innings collapse. The West Indies lead the Super Sixes qualifying table with six points but will still need to avoid defeat against Scotland on Wednesday in their last pool match to be sure of a place in next year’s finals. Zimbabwe, on five points, can still make the 2019 finals by beating the UAE on Thursday although the Scots, Ireland and Afghanistan all remain in contention for a spot.

Brief scores: Zim: 289 all out in 50 overs (B Taylor 138; J Holder 4/35); WI: 290/6 in 49 overs (M Samuels 86, S Hope 76, E Lewis 64). — Agencies