Sports Highlights

The following are the top/expected stories at 1700 hours:

EXPECTED STORIES: *Report of Junior World Cup of shooting in Germany.

*Report of Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship in Cuttack. *Report of British Open of golf at Portrush, Ireland.

STORIES ON THE WIRE:

SPO-2ND LD DHONI Dhoni pulls out of WI tour, takes two-month break amid retirement speculation

By Kushan Sarkar New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Saturday made himself "unavailable" for the tour of West Indies but ruled out immediate retirement a day before the selectors meet in Mumbai to pick the squads for the upcoming away series.

SPO-BAD-IND

Sindhu seals first final spot of season at Indonesia Open Jakarta, Jul 20 (PTI) Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu enjoyed one of her finest hours of the season as she entered the finals of the Indonesia Open BWF Tour Super 1000 tournament with a straight-game win over All England Champion Chen Yufei of China here Saturday.

SPO-INDIA A

Windies A sneak 5-run win over India A despite Axar's valiant effort Coolidge (Antigua), Jul 20 (PTI) Axar Patel's reargaurd heroics went in vain as India A suffered a narrow five-run loss against West Indies A in the fourth unofficial ODI of the five-match series here.

SPO-MCC

MCC likely to review overthrow rules: Report London, Jul 20 (PTI) The custodian of cricket laws, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is likely to review the overthrow rules in the aftermath of the controversy that rocked the just-concluded World Cup final between New Zealand and England, a newspaper report said.

SPO-BAD-RUSSIA

India's campaign ends at Russian Open badminton Vladivostok (Russia), Jul 20 (PTI) Shuttler Meghana Jakkampudi had a bad day in office as she lost both the mixed and women's doubles matches with her respective partners to end India's campaign at the Russian Open BWF Tour Super 100 tournament, here Saturday.

SPO-ATP-PAES

Paes and Daniell in semifinals of Hall of Fame Open Newport, July 20 (PTI) Still going strong at age of 46, veteran Leander Paes reached the semifinals of the ATP Hall of Fame Open with partner Marcus Daniell, edging out Matthew Ebden and Robert Lindstedt here.