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Oct 4 (OPTA) – Scoreboard at close of play on the third day of 1st test between India and West Indies on Saturday at Ahmedabad, India India win by an innings and 140 runs West Indies 1st innings John Campbell c Dhruv Jurel b Jasprit Bumrah 8 Tagenarine Chanderpaul c Dhruv Jurel b Mohammed Siraj 0 Alick Athanaze c Lokesh Rahul b Mohammed Siraj 12 Brandon King b Mohammed Siraj 13 Roston Chase c Dhruv Jurel b Mohammed Siraj 24 Shai Hope b Kuldeep Yadav 26 Justin Greaves b Jasprit Bumrah 32 Khary Pierre lbw Washington Sundar 11 Jomel Warrican c Dhruv Jurel b Kuldeep Yadav 8 Johann Layne b Jasprit Bumrah 1 Jayden Seales Not Out 6 Extras 9b 6lb 1nb 0pen 5w 21 Total (44.1 overs) 162 all out Fall of Wickets : 1-12 Chanderpaul, 2-20 Campbell, 3-39 King, 4-42 Athanaze, 5-90 Hope, 6-105 Chase, 7-144 Pierre, 8-150 Greaves, 9-153 Layne, 10-162 Warrican Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex Jasprit Bumrah 14 3 42 3 3.00 1nb Mohammed Siraj 14 3 40 4 2.86 1w Nitish Kumar Reddy 4 1 16 0 4.00 Ravindra Jadeja 3 0 15 0 5.00 Kuldeep Yadav 6.1 0 25 2 4.05 Washington Sundar 3 0 9 1 3.00 …………………………………………………….. India 1st innings Yashasvi Jaiswal c Shai Hope b Jayden Seales 36 Lokesh Rahul c Justin Greaves b Jomel Warrican 100 Sai Sudharsan lbw Roston Chase 7 Shubman Gill c Justin Greaves b Roston Chase 50 Dhruv Jurel c Shai Hope b Khary Pierre 125 Ravindra Jadeja Not Out 104 Washington Sundar Not Out 9 Extras 12b 3lb 1nb 0pen 1w 17 Total (128.0 overs) 448 decl Fall of Wickets : 1-68 Jaiswal, 2-90 Sudharsan, 3-188 Gill, 4-218 Rahul, 5-424 Jurel Did Not Bat : Reddy, Yadav, Bumrah, Siraj Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex Jayden Seales 19 2 53 1 2.79 Johann Layne 15 0 38 0 2.53 1w Justin Greaves 12 4 59 0 4.92 1nb Jomel Warrican 29 5 102 1 3.52 Khary Pierre 29 1 91 1 3.14 Roston Chase 24 3 90 2 3.75 ……………………………………………………………….. West Indies 2nd innings John Campbell c Sai Sudharsan b Ravindra Jadeja 14 Tagenarine Chanderpaul c Nitish Kumar Reddy b Mohammed Siraj 8 Alick Athanaze c&b Washington Sundar 38 Brandon King c Lokesh Rahul b Ravindra Jadeja 5 Roston Chase b Kuldeep Yadav 1 Shai Hope c Yashasvi Jaiswal b Ravindra Jadeja 1 Justin Greaves lbw Mohammed Siraj 25 Khary Pierre Not Out 13 Jomel Warrican c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Siraj 0 Johann Layne c Mohammed Siraj b Ravindra Jadeja 14 Jayden Seales c&b Kuldeep Yadav 22 Extras 4b 0lb 1nb 0pen 0w 5 Total (45.1 overs) 146 all out Fall of Wickets : 1-12 Chanderpaul, 2-24 Campbell, 3-34 King, 4-35 Chase, 5-46 Hope, 6-92 Athanaze, 7-98 Greaves, 8-98 Warrican, 9-122 Layne, 10-146 Seales Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex Jasprit Bumrah 6 1 16 0 2.67 Mohammed Siraj 11 2 31 3 2.82 Ravindra Jadeja 13 3 54 4 4.15 1nb Kuldeep Yadav 8.1 3 23 2 2.82 Washington Sundar 7 1 18 1 2.57 ……………………………. Umpire Alexander Wharf Umpire Richard Illingworth Video Paul Reiffel Match Referee Andrew Pycroft

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PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS WELCOMES HAMAS RESPONSE, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE -STATEMENT

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(Updates after India win) Oct 4 (Reuters) – India cruised to victory over West Indies by an innings and 140 runs within three days of the opening test in Ahmedabad on Saturday, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The hosts were on the ascendancy after bundling out West Indies for 162 in the tourists' first innings at the Narendra Modi Stadium. India racked up 448-5 before declaring their first innings, riding hundreds by opener KL Rahul and middle order batters Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja. Jadeja (4-54) then led India's superb bowling, aided by a catching masterclass, as they skittled out West Indies for 146 to secure a comfortable win ahead of the second and final test in New Delhi from October 10. Earlier, India decided a lead of 286 was good enough and declared their innings on their overnight score before the start of the third day's play. For the second time in the match, the West Indies top order wilted almost on cue against India's incisive bowling backed by their sharp catching. Nitish Kumar Reddy, manning square leg, flew to his left to take a stunning catch after Tagnarine Chanderpaul had pulled Mohammed Siraj. Jadeja dealt back-to-back blows to rattle the tourists. John Campbell lunged forward and guided a Jadeja delivery into Sai Sudharsan's waiting hands at short leg, while Brandon King perished in the slip where KL Rahul took a smart, low catch. Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav uprooted rival captain Roston Chase's off-stump to reduce West Indies to 35-4. Jadeja picked up his third wicket when Yashasvi Jaiswal dived forward at backward point to take a smart catch and send back Shai Hope. Jayden Seales (22) produced an entertaining cameo but it was not enough for West Indies to avoid an innings defeat. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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(Adds Germany, France, Jordan, Ireland, UK, Netherlands, changes media identifier) Oct 4 (Reuters) – Donald Trump has called for Israel to halt its bombing of Gaza after Hamas said it was ready to release hostages and agreed to some aspects of the U.S. president's plan to end the war, although Israeli strikes still killed several people on Saturday. Here are some reactions from around the world to Hamas' comments and Trump's reaction: EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN "Hamas’ stated readiness to release hostages and engage on the basis of the recent @POTUS proposal is encouraging. This moment must be seized. An immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages are within reach." FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON "The release of all hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza are within reach! Hamas' commitment must be followed up without delay. We now have the opportunity to make decisive progress towards peace … I would like to thank President @realDonaldTrump and his team for their commitment to peace." GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ "The hostages must be released. Hamas must disarm. The fighting must cease immediately. All of this must happen very fast. After almost two years, this is the best chance for peace. Germany will continue to engage." BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER "Hamas’ acceptance of the U.S. peace plan is a significant step forwards. We strongly support President Trump’s efforts, which have brought us closer to peace than ever before. There is now an opportunity to end the fighting, for the hostages to return home, and for humanitarian aid to reach those who so desperately need it." IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER SIMON HARRIS "This moment to end the unconscionable human suffering must be grasped by all. Stop the bombing, silence the guns, end the famine and allow a surge of humanitarian aid into Gaza," he said in a statement on X. INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI "We welcome President Trump’s leadership as peace efforts in Gaza make decisive progress. Indications of the release of hostages mark a significant step forward. India will continue to strongly support all efforts towards a durable and just peace," he wrote on X. JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY Jordan welcomed Hamas' positive response to Trump's plan, calling it an important step to end the Gaza war, a ministry statement said. Amman also praised Egypt and Qatar's mediation, highlighted U.S. efforts including opposition to West Bank annexation, and called for an immediate halt to Israel's offensive, the opening of crossings for aid, and a peace process based on a two-state solution. CANADA PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY "Canada welcomes commitments from Hamas to relinquish power and release all remaining hostages, living and deceased. We encourage all parties to immediately work to turn commitments into reality, and to advance peace and security in the region." AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE "Australia welcomes progress on President Trump's plan to bring peace to Gaza," he wrote on X. "Together with our partners, Australia will continue to support efforts to end the war and work towards a just and sustainable two-state solution." DUTCH PRIME MINISTER DICK SCHOOF "Important steps toward a ceasefire in Gaza thanks to President Trump's peace plan. Hamas's stated willingness to release the hostages and its willingness to enter direct negotiations on the peace plan is a positive sign. "An end to this terrible war is within reach." (Editing by Alexandra Hudson, William Maclean)

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Oct 4 (OPTA) – Scores from the European Tour-Alfred Dunhill Links Championship 2025 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Friday -12 Richard Sterne (South Africa) 65 67 Robert MacIntyre (Scotland) 66 66 -11 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 65 68 -10 Scott Jamieson (Scotland) 66 68 Joel Girrbach (Switzerland) 65 69 Tapio Pulkkanen (Finland) 68 66 Wenyi Ding (China PR) 67 67 Freddy Schott (Germany) 66 68 Mikael Lindberg (Sweden) 66 68 Tom Vaillant (France) 65 69 Jacob Skov Olesen (Denmark) 64 70 -9 Ryan Brehm (USA) 63 72 Darius Van Driel (Netherlands) 63 72 Guido Migliozzi (Italy) 68 67 -8 Andrea Pavan (Italy) 65 71 Joakim Lagergren (Sweden) 67 69 Grant Forrest (Scotland) 65 71 Matt Fitzpatrick (England) 67 69 Brooks Koepka (USA) 67 69 Todd Clements (England) 69 67 Kristoffer Reitan (Norway) 67 69 -7 Jorge Campillo (Spain) 66 71 John Parry (England) 67 70 George Coetzee (South Africa) 68 69 Ricardo Gouveia (Portugal) 68 69 Tommy Fleetwood (England) 67 70 Zander Lombard (South Africa) 69 68 Herman Loubser (South Africa) 65 72 Bubba Watson (USA) 68 69 Tyrrell Hatton (England) 66 71 Matthias Schwab (Austria) 67 70 Jack Senior (England) 66 71 Jeong Weon Ko (France) 68 69 Ben Schmidt (England) 65 72 -6 Francesco Laporta (Italy) 68 70 Tom McKibbin (Northern Ireland) 65 73 Conor Purcell (Republic of Ireland) 65 73 Angel Ayora (Spain) 69 69 Troy Merritt (USA) 66 72 Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 68 70 Alejandro Del Rey (Spain) 65 73 -5 Richie Ramsay (Scotland) 68 71 Patrick Reed (USA) 69 70 Thomas Pieters (Belgium) 67 72 Marcus Armitage (England) 68 71 Jordan Smith (England) 68 71 Nicolai von Dellingshausen (Germany) 70 69 Deon Germishuys (South Africa) 67 72 David Ravetto (France) 69 70 Richard Mansell (England) 69 70 Jonathan Broomhead (South Africa) 68 71 Caleb Surratt (USA) 69 70 Jeff Winther (Denmark) 64 75 Nathan Kimsey (England) 71 68 David Puig (Spain) 65 74 -4 Matt Jones (Australia) 69 71 Padraig Harrington (Republic of Ireland) 70 70 Matthew Southgate (England) 65 75 Eddie Pepperell (England) 70 70 Shubhankar Sharma (India) 68 72 Angel Hidalgo (Spain) 70 70 Ian Snyman (South Africa) 70 70 Jayden Schaper (South Africa) 70 70 Harrison Crowe (Australia) 65 75 Nikhil Rama (South Africa) 67 73 Benjamin Hebert (France) 71 69 Marcus Kinhult (Sweden) 69 71 Calum Hill (Scotland) 71 69 Daniel Young (Scotland) 65 75 Matthew Jordan (England) 63 77 Ewen Ferguson (Scotland) 67 73 Brandon Robinson Thompson (England) 66 74 -3 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 68 73 Danny Willett (England) 69 72 Brandon Stone (South Africa) 66 75 Taichi Kho (Hong Kong, China) 69 72 Wilco Nienaber (South Africa) 70 71 Manuel Elvira (Spain) 67 74 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen (Denmark) 71 70 Dustin Johnson (USA) 64 77 Oliver Wilson (England) 72 69 Ross Fisher (England) 65 76 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand) 67 74 Jens Dantorp (Sweden) 66 75 Callum Shinkwin (England) 71 70 Connor Syme (Scotland) 69 72 -2 Thomas Aiken (South Africa) 70 72 Rafa Cabrera Bello (Spain) 66 76 Maximilian Kieffer (Germany) 66 76 HaoTong Li (China PR) 70 72 Cameron Smith (Australia) 72 70 Sean Crocker (USA) 69 73 Dylan Naidoo (South Africa) 67 75 Anthony Quayle (Australia) 68 74 Brandon Wu (USA) 71 71 David Micheluzzi (Australia) 69 73 Kerry Mountcastle (New Zealand) 68 74 Aaron Cockerill (Canada) 72 70 Marco Penge (England) 71 71 Harry Hall (England) 67 75 Dan Bradbury (England) 68 74 Martin Trainer (France) 69 73 Jordan Gumberg (USA) 67 75 Kazuma Kobori (New Zealand) 68 74 Frederic LaCroix (France) 65 77 -1 Pablo Larrazábal (Spain) 69 74 Julien Guerrier (France) 70 73 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 68 75 Marcel Schneider (Germany) 69 74 Joe Dean (England) 69 74 Clément Sordet (France) 65 78 Alexander Levy (France) 70 73 Alex Fitzpatrick (England) 71 72 Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 72 71 Lucas Bjerregaard (Denmark) 73 70 0 Sebastian Soderberg (Sweden) 67 77 MJ Maguire (USA) 66 78 Oliver Lindell (Finland) 68 76 Robin Williams (South Africa) 70 74 Andrew Wilson (England) 68 76 Aldrich Potgieter (South Africa) 74 70 Sam Bairstow (England) 73 71 Hamish Brown (Denmark) 73 71 Ryggs Johnston (USA) 70 74 Peter Uihlein (USA) 70 74 Adrian Otaegui (United Arab Emirates) 69 75 Yurav Premlall (South Africa) 73 71 1 Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 68 77 Simon Forsstrom (Sweden) 71 74 Callum Tarren (England) 68 77 Elvis Smylie (Australia) 68 77 Phoenix Campbell (Australia) 72 73 Dale Whitnell (England) 72 73 Matthew Baldwin (England) 68 77 2 Laurie Canter (England) 69 77 Nacho Elvira (Spain) 73 73 Daniel Brown (England) 71 75 Jannik De Bruyn (Germany) 72 74 Joel Moscatel (Spain) 68 78 Tony Finau (USA) 74 72 Martin Vorster (South Africa) 71 75 Ryan Van Velzen (South Africa) 71 75 Tyler Hodge (New Zealand) 74 72 Frederik Kjettrup (Denmark) 67 79 Rory Franssen (Scotland) 74 72 3 Michael Hollick (South Africa) 65 82 Adrian Meronk (Poland) 71 76 James Conran (Australia) 76 71 Dylan Frittelli (South Africa) 70 77 Yannik Paul (Germany) 70 77 4 Jordan Doull (Australia) 70 78 John Paterson (Scotland) 75 73 Adrien Saddier (France) 68 80 Daniel Hillier (New Zealand) 76 72 Louis Albertse (South Africa) 69 79 5 Masahiro Kawamura (Japan) 74 75 Luis Carrera (Mexico) 68 81 Davis Bryant (USA) 75 74 6 Brendan Steele (USA) 69 81 Niklas Lemke (Sweden) 74 76 Gavin Green (Malaysia) 69 81 MJ Viljoen (South Africa) 71 79 8 Keenan Davidse (South Africa) 74 78 Corey Lamb (Australia) 72 80 Casey Jarvis (South Africa) 74 78 9 Rupert Kaminski (South Africa) 80 73 10 Jasper Stubbs (Australia) 72 82 8 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spain) 75

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MANDALIKA, Indonesia, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Aprilia's Marco Bezzecchi staged a sensational comeback to win the Indonesian Grand Prix sprint on Saturday, overtaking Gresini Racing's 20-year-old rookie Fermin Aldeguer on the final lap at the Mandalika International Street Circuit. Bezzecchi, who started from pole position, endured a disastrous start and dropped several places before the 26-year-old Italian rallied to secure his third sprint win in MotoGP. Having led for most of the 13-lap sprint, Aldeguer was denied a historic triumph that would have made the Spaniard the youngest MotoGP sprint winner. Trackhouse's Raul Fernandez completed the podium after starting third on the grid. Newly-crowned 2025 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez struggled at Mandalika, a circuit where the seven-times MotoGP champion has never won. Marquez got a long lap penalty for contact with Yamaha's Alex Rins, resulting in the 32-year-old Spaniard finishing seventh. Despite his challenges, Marquez's points contribution helped Ducati clinch the teams' world championship after a dominant season featuring 13 Grand Prix wins and 15 sprint victories. Marquez's teammate and twice MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia had a day to forget as the Italian finished 14th, having also failed to qualify for Q2. KTM's Pedro Acosta also endured a tough day, crashing out of second place on lap five to end his hopes of a podium finish. (Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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PRAGUE, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Czechs vote on Saturday in the final day of an election likely to return populist billionaire Andrej Babis to power on pledges to raise wages and lift growth, while reducing aid for Ukraine. The change from the current centre-right cabinet would boost Europe's populist, anti-immigration camp and could harden opposition to the European Union's climate goals. Czechs endured surges in inflation after the global pandemic and Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, and have only slowly recovered from one of Europe's worst drops in real incomes. That, as well as several corruption scandals, damaged Prime Minister Petr Fiala's Spolu coalition and its liberal government allies, who focused during its term on a gradual reduction of the budget deficit. Babis, whose ANO party held double-digit leads in most opinion polls, is an ally of Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament. Babis, who was previously prime minister from 2017-21, has taken an ambivalent line on aid to Ukraine – a departure from Fiala's government which has supported Kyiv throughout the war with Russia. Under Fiala, Prague set up the "Czech initiative" pulling together traders and defence officials to find millions of artillery rounds around the world for Ukraine with financing from Western countries. Babis has pledged to end the ammunition project, saying it is overpriced. ANO wants NATO and the EU to handle aid for Ukraine, and has abstained in some European Parliament votes supporting Kyiv and its bid for EU membership, which Babis publicly opposed in the past. Voting in the election started on Friday and was to resume from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. (0600 until 1200 GMT) on Saturday. Results are expected on Saturday afternoon. BABIS NEEDS ALLIES Opinion polls pointed to Babis's ANO party winning more than 30% of the vote, about 10 points more than Fiala's coalition but still well short of a majority. Given its poor relations with Spolu and its allies, ANO may need support from anti-EU and anti-NATO fringe parties – the far-right SPD and the far-left Stacilo! – for its preferred one-party cabinet. If some smaller parties fall below the 5% threshold to get into parliament, that could favour the government parties. Babis has rejected steps towards an exit from the EU or NATO, including calls for referendums, countering accusations by the current government that he would drag the country off its democratic pro-Western course. His ANO has promised faster growth, offering higher wages and pensions, and lower taxes and tax discounts for students and young families to draw supporters. Babis must overcome other hurdles to become prime minister, including conflict-of-interest laws as owner of a chemicals and food empire as well as long-running fraud charges related to drawing an EU subsidy over 15 years ago. He denies wrongdoing. (Reporting by Jan Lopatka; editing by Mark Heinrich)

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MOSCOW, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Russia, the world's largest producer and exporter of oilseed flax, has introduced a 10% duty on exports of the crop, the government said on Saturday. The decision will remain in effect until August 31, 2026. "The measure will stimulate the capacity utilisation of flax processing and maintain a balance between the domestic market and export," the government said. (Reporting by Marina Bobrova Editing by Alexandra Hudson)

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