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Hat-trick of individual golds for swimmers Gan and Zheng Wen, Maximillian Ang smashes SEA Games record

HANOI: As the Vietnamese crowd roared for the hometown favourite Pham Thanh Bao, Singaporean Maximillian Ang had only one thing on his mind towards final stretch of his breaststroke race in the 31st SEA Games.

Thomas Cup Winners Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Pull Out Of Thailand Open

Star doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who played a pivotal role in India's historic Thomas Cup triumph, pulled out of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament beginning on Tuesday. It is learnt that Chirag suffered some niggles during the tournament and the pair has informed the Badminton Association of India on Monday about their decision to skip the event this week. The world No. 8 pair had lost just one match in the Thomas Cup -- against Chinese Taipei and brought India back into the contest after initial reversals against Malaysia and Denmark in the quarterfinals and semifinal.

Michael Holt suffers shock early defeat to Thai teenager Nattanapong Chaikul at snooker Q School

Michael 'The Hitman' Holt will need to find his form at event two of snooker Q School after suffering a shock 4-3 defeat in the second round of event one to Nattanapong Chaikul in Sheffield. The former Shoot Out winner has been forced to negotiate the cut-throat season-ending qualifying campaign at Ponds Forge to extend his 24-year stay on the main circuit. Ad/> Holt finished the season in 65th spot after a 6-3 loss to Tom Ford in the third round of World Championship qualifying last month at the English Institute of Sport.