India continue their slide at 13th at Nomura Cup

India continue their slide at 13th at Nomura Cup


New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) Indian boys continued their slide down the leaderboard as they were placed 13th after the third round of the Nomura Cup at the par 72 NamSeoul Country Club in South Korea today.

The Indian team totalled 18-over in the third round with Rashid Khan (76), Abhishek Jha (78) and Pawan Kumar's (80) scores being considered for the team total.

The fourth member of the team, Karan Vasudeva, carded 81 today.

South Korea, with a total of nine-under, inched towards winning the championship, holding a commanding 13-shot lead over the team from Chinese Taipei, who are at four-over for the tournament.

The Japanese team, with another good showing in the third round, continued at third place

Somdev holds key against South Africa in Davis Cup

Somdev holds key against South Africa in Davis Cup

Johannesburg, Sep 17 (PTI) Somdev Devvarman yet again holds the key as the Indian Davis Cup team, sans Leander Paes, take on hosts South Africa from tomorrow to stake claim of a berth in the World Group after 11 years.

The duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have always given India an edge in the doubles rubber but the last minute pullout of Paes has made things slightly tricky for India.

Now Rohan Bopanna is likely to do double duty. He has to pair with Bhupathi against Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie, a pair capable of giving India a run for their money.

Then Bopanna, who is coming back from a knee injury, will have to play two singles as well which means he will be in action on all three days of the tie

Sachin's bat to sport Adidas logo, MRF bows out

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New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) MRF will make way for the Adidas logo on Sachin Tendulkar's bat, with the batting great ending over a decade-long association with the tyre maker to endorse the global sportswear company.

"Sachin almost had a 10-year-long relationship with MRF and now he is associated with Adidas," an official of the World Sports Group (WSG), which manages Tendulkar's endorsements, told PTI.

The move follows the recent entry of Adidas into cricket equipment segment. The company had utilised the services of the 'Master Blaster' in design and development of products.

Tendulkar has also been associated with Adidas for over a decade now, as brand ambassador in apparels and sports gear.

In the recently concluded tri series in Sri Lanka, Tendulkar started using Adidas cricket equipment and the most conspicuous was the bat, which had the Adidas logo instead of the familiar 'MRF - Genius'.