LACM beat Ace

LALITPUR: Hosts Little Angels’ College of Management (LACM) defeated Ace Institute 3-1 in the second LACM Inter-college Football Tournament here on Monday. Bibhor Kayastha struck twice after Krishna Raj Rai had put the hosts ahead. Soyuj Joshi scored the consolation goal for Ace. The other match between Capital College and Research Centre (CCRC) and KU

ended in a 1-1draw. On Tuesday, KU will take on KCM. — HNS

Kandy excluded

COLOMBO: Kandy’s Asgiriya Stadium has been excluded as a venue from India’s three-Test and one-day international tour of Sri Lanka in July, officials said on Monday. “There will be two Tests in Colombo with one in Galle,” Samantha Algama, spokesman for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), said. It will be the first time India will not play a Test in Kandy during a three-Test series hosted by Sri Lanka. The Indians will also play five ODIs, comprising two day matches and three day-night games. — AFP

Serbians sweep

Indian Wells: Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic won the Pacific Life Open finals in a Serbian sweep on Sunday. Djokovic compensated for losing last year’s final by defeating American surprise Mardy Fish 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Women’s top seed Ivanovic consigned second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova to runner-up for a second straight year by winning 6-4, 6-3. The 20-year-olds’ championships came some two months after they just missed a sweep in the Australian Open. Djokovic beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Ivanovic lost to Maria Sharapova in Melbourne. — AP