Chandila, Trivedi appear
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals players, Ajit Chandila and Siddharth Trivedi, accused in the IPl VI spot-fixing and betting scandal, today appeared before the Justice Mudgal Probe Committee. Former IPl Commissioner lalit Modi's counsel Mehmood Abdi also appeared before the Committee, which was set up to inquire into the scandal. "The Committee on 5th December 2013 interacted with Mr Mehmood Abdi, constituted Attorney for Mr lalit Modi, assisted by Mr Abhishek Singh, Advocate and Mr Sandeep Singh Hora, Advocate. The Committee also interacted with players Ajit Chandila and Siddharth Trivedi," BCCI Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry said in a release issued on the directions of the Committee.
Everton shock United 1-0
london: Manchester United's stuttering Premier league title defence suffered a massive blow after a shock 1-0 defeat at home to Everton left them 12 points behind leaders Arsenal. Arsenal preserved their four-point lead by beating Hull City and United's cause was not helped by further victories for title rivals Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and liverpool, for whom luis Suarez scored four goals in a 5-1 thrashing of Norwich City. Costa Rican left-back Bryan Oviedo scored the only goal of the game at a shellshocked Old Trafford in the 86th minute, to deal United manager David Moyes a bitter defeat in his first encounter with his former club. United's disappointment was compounded by the knowledge that they had spurned several chances to take the lead, with Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck hitting the woodwork and Ryan Giggs glancing a header narrowly wide.
Top Elite field for adhm
New Delhi: The Airtel Delhi Half Marathon is all set to witness world's best ever elite athlete field and the most competitive ever, which will include four men and women out of the top 10 of 2013 rankings, here on December 15. According to Jos Hermens of Global Sports Communication (GSC), the start line of the half marathon will see the fastest men and women of 2013. Among the men, there will be seven out of the top 15, including last year's World half marathon champion. Besides, the defending men's and women's champions and the second placed man and woman from 2012. "We are very proud to present the best half marathon field ever in history. This elite field includes 11 men who have run under 60.00, of which four have run even below 59.00. Also present will be the world's fastest man (Geoffrey Kipsang 58.54) and women (lucy Kabuu 66.09, 2nd on all time rankings!) of 2013, over the half marathon distance," said Hermens.
Wi fight to avoid innings defeat
Dunedin: West Indies battled to avoid a third consecutive innings defeat on Thursday, ending day three of the first Test against New Zealand at 168-2, still 228 runs short of making the home side bat again. The tourists were forced to follow on after they were dismissed for 213 in their first innings, with New Zealand pace pair Tim Southee and Trent Boult doing most of the damage after New Zealand racked up an imposing 609-9 declared. Although the Caribbean side batted more responsibly in their second innings on a flat University Oval wicket in Dunedin, they face an uphill struggle to avoid another demoralising defeat.
Short clinics not enough: bhutia
Greater Noida: Former captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Thursday said that small duration clinics by several foreign clubs in the country were not enough to develop Indian football. Bhutia said the foreign clubs should enter into long term partnerships with local organizations if they want to really make an impact on the development of Indian football. "Obviously small duration clinics are not enough to develop Indian football. I would suggest that known football clubs from various countries to enter into long-term partnerships to promote the game here. I will be happy if such a thing happened," Bhutia said. "There are clubs who are seriously interested about entering Indian market. But we would like to see a long term commitment from them," he added.
Four nat’l junior records fall
Bangalore: Four national records and three meet marks were on Thursday bettered on an eventful third day of the 29th National Junior Athletics Championships at Sree Kanteerava Stadium here. Haryana's 15-year-old Sahil Mahabali was the cynosure of all eyes as he set a national record in long jump with a leap of 7.27m while defending his title in the under-16 division for boys. The Panchkula-based athlete started with a 7.08m effort in the first round and that was sufficient to ensure his gold in the event. Sahil produced a superb 7.22m in his second try that erased the meet and national record of V S Vineeth of Kerala by 3cm. Having secured the gold and the record, the Haryana lad made two easy jumps on the next two attempts before setting his big leap of 7.27m on the fifth round. Another national record came in the boys under-16 division when Bengal's Chandan Bauri clocked a stupendous 48.24 secs in 400m that improved the previous mark by 0.9 secs margin. The two other national records came in under-14 age-group. Delhi girl Mahashri Baloda threw the 3kg iron ball to a new distance of 11.63m while Sanchay Kumar Paul of West Bengal clocked 11.19 secs in the 100m heats for the records. Sanchay went on to win the finals in a wind-aided 11.14 secs.
Sujjan tied third, howrasia 15th
Hong Kong: Sujjan Singh, who hurt himself in a freak accident two years ago, continued his comeback with a fine four-under 66 that gave him a share of the third place at the end of the first round in the USD 1.3 million Hong Kong Open here on Thursday. Sujjan was two shots behind Ireland's David Higgins, who posted a six-under-par 64 to grab the first round lead. Two shots behind Sujjan in tied 15th place are Anirban lahiri and SSP Chowrasia, who cared 68 each, while Shiv Kapur (69) with two double bogeys in last four holes, was tied 27th. The rest of the Indian contingent struggled on the first day as Jeev Milkha Singh (71) was tied 63rd, Jyoti Randhawa and Himmat Rai were tied 88th at 72 each and last week's winner in Indonesia, Gaganjeet Bhullar (74) was 105th. C Muniyappa (77) was 129th in a field of 138. Sujjan had as many as eight birdies, five of them on back nine, but he also dropped four bogeys, two on either side of the course.
Sharmila misses cut in Dubai
Dubai: Sharmila Nicollet missed the cut with a second round 78, which was only marginally better than her first round 79, in the Omega Dubai ladies Masters, the season's final event on the ladies European Tour. Sharmila, who had five bogeys and a double bogey on first day, seemed headed for a worse time as she had four doubles on the front nine in the second round. But she knocked in four birdies against two bogeys on the back nine to card 78.