Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by two wickets

Dhaka

Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by two wickets in the second ODI to level the three-match series 1-1 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Brief scores: Bangladesh: 208 (Mosaddek 45*, Rashid 3/35); Afghanistan: 212/8 (Stanikzai 57, Nabi 49, Shakib 4/47). 

Moscow

Anand beats Mamedyarov to jump into joint lead 

Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defences of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan to jump to joint lead after the end of the second round of 10th Tal Memorial chess tournament here. Anish Giri of Holland and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia joined Anand in lead. Giri got the better of Boris Gelfand, while Nepomniachtchi played out a draw with Peter Svidler. Russian Vladimir Kramnik and Chinese Li Chao played out a draw.

Lucknow

Javelin thrower Ravinder sets first meet record

Javelin thrower Ravinder Singh broke the meet record in the 56th Open National Athletics Championships with an effort of 79.04m on the second day here today. World junior record-holder Neeraj Chopra held the previous record of 77.67m. The silver medal went to Shivpal Singh (77.72m). Manpreet Kaur registered her fourth straight title in women’s shot put by tossing the iron ball to 16.22m. 

Seoul

Korea Open: Jayaram, Praneeth enter Round 2

Ajay Jayaram and B Sai Praneeth advanced to the second round of the Korea Open as K Srikanth, P Kashyap, H S Prannoy and Tanvi Lad bowed out of the $600,000 Super Series. Jayaram, who turned 29 today, celebrated his birthday with a 23-21 21-18 win over Korea’s Jeon Hyeok Jin. Praneeth edged out Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Jen-hao 21-13 12-21 21-15. Srikanth suffered a 10-21 24-22 17-21 defeat against Wong Wing Ki Vincent of Hong Kong. — Agencies

London

England football coach Allardyce sacked 

Sam Allardyce was sacked as England manager on Tuesday having behaved "inappropriately" when seeking a lucrative sideline role while talking to undercover reporters, bringing a crushing end to his dream job after one match and 67 days in charge. The undercover sting was set up by Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper. Amid a series of injudicious comments, the issue that seems likely to have persuaded FA chairman Greg Clarke to use his authority was Allardyce's comments about how FA and FIFA rules banning transfers involving third-party ownership could be circumnavigated. The newspaper said Allardyce was negotiating a deal worth £400,000 to represent a Far East firm seeking advice on the transfer market.

Paris

Dortmund frustrate Real as Leicester win

Andre Schuerrle smashed in a late equaliser as Borussia Dortmund held Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Leicester City made it two wins from two in their debut Champions League campaign.

Results: Sevilla bt Lyon 1-0 Dortmund dr Real Madrid 2-2 Leicester City bt Porto 1-0 Juventus bt Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 Tottenham bt CSKA Moscow 1-0 Monaco dr Bayer 1-1

London

Djokovic pulls out of China Open with elbow injury 

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw from next week's China Open in Beijing because of an elbow injury. Djokovic, a six-time winner of the tournament, last played in his US Open final loss. Serena Williams also withdrew due to a persistent shoulder injury.

Wuhan

Top-ranked Kerber falls to Kvitova at Wuhan Open 

Angelique Kerber lost her first match as the world No. 1, losing to Petra Kvitova in the third round of the Wuhan Open today. Kvitova saved 17 of 22 break points on her way to the 7-6(10) 5-7 6-4 win over Kerber, who committed eight double faults. Svetlana Kuznetsova ousted defending champion Venus Williams 6-2 6-2. Simona Halep beat Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 6-3. — Agencies