Sports Highlights

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

EXPECTED STORIES: *Report of Ultimate Table Tennis League.

*Report of Pro Kabaddi League. *Update of Thailand Open badminton tournament.

STORIES ON THE WIRE:

SPO-SANIA-INTERVIEW I'll not comeback to prove anything, results in second innings will be bonus: Sania

By Amanpreet Singh New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Star Indian tennis player Sania Mirza says she has achieved everything in her path-breaking career and has "nothing to prove" in her second innings, which is likely to begin by January 2020.

SPO-BAD-IND

Saina crashes out in second round of Thailand Open Bangkok, Aug 1 (PTI) Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal's return to the court was shortlived as she crashed out in the second round of Thailand Open after being stunned by unseeded Sayaka Takahashi of Japan in the women's singles event here on Thursday.

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India A reduce West Indies A to 243/5 despite fifties from Hodge and Brooks Port of Spain, Aug 1 (PTI) Montcin Hodge and Shamarh Brooks hit half-centuries but India A bowlers fought back with a flurry of wickets in the final session to reduce the West Indies A to 243 for five on the opening day of the second unofficial Test, here.

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Four Indian women boxers enter semis of Russian tourney New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Asian gold-medallist Pooja Rani (75kg) and world bronze-winner Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), along with two others Indians, entered the semi-finals of the Magomed Salam Umakhanov Memorial International Boxing Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia.

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Beating Australia will boost our confidence ahead of Olympic qualifiers: Gurjit Bengaluru, Aug 1 (PTI) Pulling off a victory against the world No.2 Australia will help boost our confidence ahead of the Olympics qualifiers, feels Indian women's hockey player Gurjit Kaur.