India to play at FCBEscola
New Delhi: Nine young footballers will be representing FCBEscola India at the forthcoming International FCBEscola Tournament to be held in Barcelona from March 25 to 28. The tournament will be held at the Mini Estadi facilities next to Camp Nou.
Out of the nine footballers, all born in 2001, five are from Goa, three from Delhi-NCR and one from Jaipur, and they are undergoing training at the FCBEscola India facility in Gurgaon. Started in 2012, The International FCBEscola tournament is an annual competition for the FCBEscola teams worldwide. The tournament will provide a chance for budding footballers from India to play against their peers from Japan, Brazil, South Korea, Dubai, Poland, Egypt, Kuwait and Spain. The FCBEscola India team is in the Under-12 stage, which has a total of four groups and 22 teams. The FCBEscola India team is in Group A, along with teams from Spain, Catalonia and Brazil.
Churchill beat air india
Mapusa: Churchill Brothers Sports Club raced to the top of the I-league ladder with a 3-0 demolition of Air India at the Duler Stadium here on Tuesday. Brazilian midfielder Roberto Mendes da Silva opened the scoring with a seventh minute penalty and then Gabonese striker Henri Arnaud scored once in each session to take Churchill Brothers to the top of the table with 42 points, two ahead of East Bengal. Churchill still have a match in hand. Churchill next play ONGC in Delhi and have a chance to open up a five-point gap at the top of the table.
Jeev to lead Indian challenge
Kuala lumpur: Gaganjeet Bhullar, who achieved his career-best world ranking of 85 after his runner-up finish at the Avantha Masters, will be looking to move up further as he forms a part of the strong Asian challenge at the Maybank Malaysian Open starting Thursday. Bhullar, a four-time winner on Asian Tour and once on European Challenge Tour, is also looking at good finishes on the co-sanctioned events to ensure full playing rights on the European Tour in 2014. Good results could also see him make the PGA Championships, the season’s last Major, later in the year in August. Meanwhile former Asian Tour Order of Merit winners Jeev Milkha Singh of India, Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee and China’s liang Wen-chong besides the 2012 Order of Merit winner, Thaworn Wiratchant will also be in the field.
Bhullar is top ranked Indian
Kuala lumpur: Gaganjeet Bhullar is now the top Indian golfer in world rankings as he achieved a career-best ranking of 85 after his runner-up finish at the Avantha Masters last Sunday. Bhullar’s previous best was 88th achieved towards the end of last year. Jeev Milkha Singh, who once ranked in the top-30, is the second best Indian at 104th place. In March 2009, Jeev was ranked 28th, the best-ever by an Indian. He was in the top-50 for a total of 68 weeks between late 2006 and early 2009. Anirban lahiri is ranked 158th and Shiv Kapur is at 204th. Bhullar, a four-time Asian Tour winner, is now on top of the Asian Tour Order of Merit where he leads with earnings of $ 262,648. He earned 12 Official World Golf Ranking points at Avantha Masters.
new sponsor for india open
New Delhi: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has announced Sporty Solutionz (P) ltd as the Marketing and Event Partner for the prestigious India Open Super Series for the next three years. The 2013 edition of the India Super Series with a prize purse of $ 200,000, will be held at Siri Fort Audatorium here from April 23-28. PNS/Agencies