Shahid hospitalised with chronic liver problem

New Delhi

Mohammed Shahid, a former India hockey player, has been hospitalised with serious liver problems. The mercurial forward was flown from Varanasi, his hometown, with a severe stomach pain to a Gurgaon hospital on Wednesday. He has been diagnosed with a chronic liver disease.

Calgary
Canada Open: Ajay advances   

Top seed Ajay Jayaram struggled past Martin Giuffre 17-21 21-17 21-13 in Canada Open. Second seed HS Prannoy also made it to the pre-quarters after a hard-fought 13-21 21-11 21-15 win over Mattias Borg. RMV Gurusaidutt stormed into the next round after a 21-8 21-6 win over Jonathan Lai. Fourth seed B Sai Praneeth eked out a 26-24 21-16 win over Kan Chao Yu. 

Jaipur
Jaipur hold Bengaluru 

Jasvir Singh scored a crucial point in the dying seconds of the game as Jaipur Pink Panthers came back from an 11-point deficit to tie 28-28 against the Bengaluru Bulls here today.  

Paris
I’m joining Man U: Ibra 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic said today that he is joining Manchester United, ending intense speculation about where the 34-year-old Swedish forward will be playing next season. Ibrahimovic becomes the second signing of new boss Jose Mourinho after that of centre-back Eric Bailly.

London
Roy hits 162 in England win 

Jason Roy made a brilliant 162 to lead England to a crushing six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI on Wednesday. Roy fell five runs short of England’s highest ODI score but the hosts eased to a revised target of 309 with 11 balls to spare to seal the five-match series with a 2-0 lead. — Agencies