Morning Chronicle - Sports (English)

IPL auction records tumble as Pant and Iyer snapped up

Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history Sunday when he sold for a record $3.2 million, as teams splashed out on world-class cricketers for the lucrative Twenty20 tournament.

Olympic champion An wins China crown in style

South Korea's Olympic champion and world number one An Se-young blew away home hope Gao Fangjie in just 38 minutes to win the China Masters on Sunday.