It is welcome victory for UP Yoddha who were playing their second match since a disastrous home leg. eep Narwal shines as Patna Pirates thrash Gujarat Fortunegiants to win third consecutive Pro Kabaddi titlePardeep Narwal’s heroics power Patna Pirates to third consecutive Pro Kabaddi titleGujarat Fortunegiants’ seven-match unbeaten run in Pro Kabaddi 2017 was snapped by Haryana Steelers on Saturday. The 23rd coach to be shown the door in as many years and the fourth foreigner in last four years. Hockey India, the sport’s governing body, decided to sack him following a three-day meeting of its 24-member High Performance and Development Committee. THE FANTOM CHAMPS Tai Tzu Ying is missed at the World Championships — when she chose to play the World Universiade. And a Prince without ostentatious pomp … there was more to last week’s badminton World Championship than the action on court. Retirement talk follows Dan and Lee Chong Wei routinely and it even struck Lilyana Natsir — the Indonesian doubles great. It was the second time India had lost to Malaysia this year while the team was unable to beat Canada at last year’s Olympics as well. He had defeated Japan’s Hikaru Minegishi 21-15 19-21 21-11 early in the day. Although Coutinho was keen, handing in a transfer request after developing a back injury that preven.