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India held Japan to a 2-2 draw in their final game of the four-match womens hockey Test series at the Gifu Green Stadium,Kakamigahara.

India draw but lose series

India held Japan to a 2-2 draw in their final game of the four-match womens hockey Test series at the Gifu Green Stadium,Kakamigahara. The 2-2 result,thanks to double strike from Saundarya Yendala,salvaged some pride for the Indians though they lost the series 0-3. Saundarya gave India the lead in the seventh minute before Japans Rika Komazawa restored parity two minutes later. After a 1-1 stalemate at the breather,Saundarya again gave India a 2-1 lead by finding the target four minutes after resumption (39th minute) via a penalty corner conversion. Japan got the equaliser eight minutes before the final whistle (62nd minute) through a penalty corner by Mie Nakashima.

Shooters win two silver

Joydeep Karmakar missed world record by just one point in 50m Rifle Prone mens event qualification round before settling for silver in the ISSF World Cup. Karmakar shot a series of 100,100,99,100,100,100 to total 599 out of 600 a point shy of world record in the qualification round before scoring 97.2 (10.8+9.0+9.1+10.5+10.3+6.7+10.5+ 10.1+10.1+10.1) in the final round for an aggregate of 681.2. Omkar Singh also won a silver in 10m Rifle Prone mens event with a total score of 681.2 .

Sevilla fire coach

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Spanish club Sevilla have sacked coach Manolo Jimenez after a run of seven matches without a win. The team announced Jimenez’s dismissal on their Web site after Sevilla conceded an injury-time goal to allow a 1-1 draw with last-place Xerez on Tuesday night. That draw prevented fifth-placed Sevilla from climbing back into the top four of the Spanish league. Nacho Oria and Ramon Orellana,members of Jimenez’s coaching staff,will oversee training while the team looks for a new coach,the Sevilla Web site reported.

Open up,Palmer to Woods

Arnold Palmer believes redemption for Tiger Woods starts with being more open with the media. Palmer initially was guarded with his opinion about Woods and the sex scandal that has tarnished golf’s biggest star. But when asked how Woods could show more respect for the game Palmer’s suggestion was for him to let his guard down. “It’s up to him to do and say whatever he feels he needs to do to redeem the situation,put it in the proper place,” Palmer said. “The best thing he could do would be open up and just let you guys shoot at him. And that’s just my thought.”