Daily Sports Catch Up: Atletico wins, Srikanth disappoints, Sania inspires...

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Play of the day: In one of ISL 2015's best team goals, Iain Hume scored from Doutie’s brilliant cross to give Atletico a 2-1 victory over Chennaiyin. Atletico now move up to 2 place, while Chennai continue to scrape the bottom.

Mumbai FC coach Anelka blasted his players for their 0-7 drubbing yesterday saying “Our players don't deserve to wear the Mumbai FC jersey”

Cricket: Play abandoned again in #IndvsSA

4 full days lost to rain, first time ever in India! Poor advertisement for infrastructure at Indian stadiums, given that it hardly rained in Bangalore in the last two days!

Also, BCCI has announced an unchanged squad for the remainder of the series.

Badminton

Hong Kong Open started, and ended today for a Saina-less Indian contingent. All Indian players have exited, including Prannoy Kumar who lost to qualifier Nishimoto!

Srikanth who needed a win to gain entry to the Dubai season-ender, now has his fate in other's hands; 3 consecutive 1 round exit for him– disappointing end to a season that started with so much hope after the Indian Open victory!

Squash

Sourav Ghosal exited from the World Championships losing to former World No. 1 Willstrop of England in straight sets 7-11, 7-11 & 7-11.

Quick-Bytes

• Star of the day: Sania Mirza has been featured on BBC’s 100 most Inspirational Women. #MakingIndiaProud
• The super-exciting Pro Kabaddi League is back in January and will be twice a year from 2016.
• DDCA gets a respite from High Court to hold the 4th Test at the Kotla stadium

Key matches Today

• India vs Oman in QFs of Asia Hockey Junior Cup
• Bopanna/Mergea play their 3rd match of ATP World Tour Finals. They already qualified for the SFs!
• Delhi Dyanamos vs FC Pune City in ISL today