Dilpreet included in national hockey camp

New Delhi

Striker Dilpreet Singh (in pic) was included in a 32-member men’s core probables group for a two-week national coaching camp ahead of next month’s Hockey Pro League to be held in Bhubaneswar on Jan 18 and 19.

East London

Colts beat SA by 8 wkts to clinch Youth ODI series

Yashasvi Jaiswal grabbed four wickets before making an unbeaten 89 to star in India U-19 team’s series-clinching eight wicket win over South Africa in the second Youth ODI. Jaiswal polished off the South African tail with a four-wicket burst with his spin bowling to bundle out the home side for just 119 from 29.5 overs. Chasing 120, Jaiswal struck 14 boundaries and three sixes in his 56-ball unbeaten knock. Brief Scores: SA U-19: 119 all out in 29.5 overs (J Bird 25, A Louw 24; Y Jaiswal 4/13); India U-19: 120/2 in 16.2 overs (Y Jaiswal 89*, D Jurel 26*; M Khumalo 1/33)

Kochi

Kerala, NE United share spoils with penalty goals

Kerala Blasters and NorthEast United settled for a 1-1 draw with both the sides scoring from the penalty spot on the either side of half-time in their Indian Super League match. Bartholomew Ogbeche and Asamoah Gyan's penalties cancelled each other out as NorthEast continue their unbeaten run on the road, while Kerala Blasters were left without a win since the opening day of the season. Kerala continued to occupy the ninth position with eight points from 10 matches while NorthEast are seventh with 11 points.

New Delhi

Lifter Seema gets 4-yr ban for doping

Commonwealth Championships silver medallist weightlifter Seema has been slapped with a four-year suspension for a doping violation. In a statement, the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) said Seema’s dope sample was collected this year during the 34th Women National Weightlifting Championship in Vishakhapatnam. The analysis report of her sample returned an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for the presence of a prohibited substance namely Hydroxy-4-methoxy Temoxifen (Metabolite of Tamoxifen), Selective Estrogen Receptor Modular (SERM) Metenolone, Anabolic Steroid Ostarine (Enobosram).

Wolverhampton

Wolves fight back to beat Manchester City 3-2

Manchester City’s chances of overtaking Liverpool to win a third straight Premier League title suffered what looks to be a decisive setback with a 2-3 loss to Wolverhampton. Carlo Ancelotti's flying start as Everton manager continued as his side won 2-1 at Newcastle United and Watford are also thriving under new boss Nigel Pearson after crushing relegation rivals Aston Villa 3-0 — Agencies

Pretoria

England need 255 to win vs SA

A battling 77 not out from Rory Burns gave England a fighting chance of improbable success as they need 255 more runs for victory in the first Test against South Africa at Centurion Park. Set an imposing 376 runs to win the first of the four-match series, England reached 121/1 at stumps on the third day after a positive start to an enormous task.No team has scored more than 251 to win a Test at the Pretoria venue, where batting last is difficult on a deteriorating pitch, but England defied the odds to keep in the hunt with two days still to bat. Burns and Dom Sibley put on 92 for the opening wicket before Sibley (29) chipped the ball back to spinner Keshav Maharaj for a caught and bowled. — Reuters Brief Scores: SA: 284 and 272 (van der Dussen 51; Archer 5/102); Eng: 181 and 121/1 (Burns 77*)