Lifting body decision on Friday The Indian Weightlifting Federations fate will be known on Friday after the sports world governing body deliberates on the possible decision to ban. The IWF executive board did not make any decisions since it will hold a second day of meetings tomorrow. The agenda is so long that we couldnt finish it and get to the doping problems, IWF legal counsel Monika Ungar said in a statement. Piquet to join Force India? Renault discard Nelson Piquet Jr could be behind the wheels of the Force India car next season,according to media reports. Piquets future looked bleak after he admitted deliberately crashing in the 2008 Singapore GP so team mate Fernando Alonso could win the race. Talking to a Brazilian website,Piquet Jr said he was weighing in options. I am close to Force India at the moment, Piquet told globo.com. But to me NASCAR is very interesting,so I dont know yet what is going to happen. Mankad-Huey in quarters Bidding for his fourth ATP Challenger title of the season,Harsh Mankad has reached the doubles quarter-finals in Champaign in the United States along with Treat Conard Huey. The second seeded Indo-Philippines pair won 6-4 6-3 over American Nicholas Monroe and Izak Van der Merwe of South Africa. However,Purav Raja and British Richard Bloomfield crashed 6-0 7-6 (2) to Dominic Inglot of Britain and American Rylan Rizza. Anand finishes second Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a second-place finish at the World Blitz Chess Championship after managing 28 points,three behind winner Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Anand,who started off by winning 12 out of the first 14 games,was three points clear of third-placed Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine. Overall,Anand finished with 20 wins and 16 draws besides his six losses. Chopra tied eighth Vikrant Chopra shot a three-under 69 to be tied eighth after the opening round of the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open. Gunning for a top finish to retain his Asian Tour card,Shiv Kapur shot a two-under 70 to share the 14th place with,among others,Rahil Gangjee and Anirban Lahiri. Amateur Rashid Khan shared the 58th spot with Amandeep Johl at 73. Bhandarkar,Chadha in lead Punes Aditya Bhandarkar returned one of the only two under-par cards of the day to join overnight leader Abhijit Chadha at the top after the third round of the LG Gujarat Open. The 20-year-old Bhandarkar carded one-under 71 to tie Chadha (74) at four-over 220. Pawan Kumar retained his third spot but is now nine shots behind the leaders,alongside Manav Das at 13-over 229. Two-shot advantage for Gaurav Gaurav Pratap Singh shot a two-under 70 to take the second-round lead at the ONGC Masters on Noida. He has a two-shot lead over Randhir Singh Ghotra,Toran Bikram Shahi and Round One leader Arjun Singh Chaudhri.
