Jude Felix is new coach: HI
New Delhi: Former India captain Jude Felix has been appointed as coach of the senior men’s national hockey team and the Olympian will work under Chief Coach Terry Walsh, Hockey India (HI) said on Wednesday. He is appointed on a probationary period of three months with the senior men hockey team. Speaking about the appointment, Felix said: “I am coming with the vast years of my playing and coaching experience at different levels. I am confident that I will be able to make a contribution to players individually and team s a whole. “Working with two great coaches in Roelant Oltmans and Terry Walsh, I am looking forward to learning from them and passing on the knowledge to as many coaches as possible in India.”
‘lapses in early Schumacher care’
Kuala lumpur: Formula One’s former chief doctor has said “serious lapses” in early treatment may have worsened Michael Schumacher’s condition and warned his chances of recovery from a skiing accident are decreasing over time. Gary Hartstein, F1 medical delegate until 2012, wrote on his blog that he had learned “from usually impeccable sources who have access to this information” that mistakes had been made in the German great’s initial care. “I think that serious lapses in judgement were evident during Michael’s initial management... These lapses could (and almost certainly did) worsen the outcome in Michael’s case,” he wrote.
Nine shuttlers reach round 2
Johor Bahru: Nine Indian shuttlers, including Sourabh Varma and P C Thulasi, advanced to the second round of the men’s and women’s singles competitions in the $120,000 Malaysian Grand Prix Gold at Pasir Gudang here on Wednesday. Eighth seed Sourabh Varma, prevailed over Hong Kong’s Yan Kit Chan 21-12, 21-17 in a 31-minute match. The 21-year-old Sourabh, national champion in 2011, will next take on 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games bronze medallist compatriot Chetan Anand, who thrashed Indonesia’s Kaesar Akbar 21-11, 21-14 in another men’s singles match. Sixth seed RMV Gurusaidutt defeated compatriot Gaurav Venkat 21-7, 21-8 to set up a clash with Malaysian qualifier Seng Zoe Yeoh, while seventh seed H S Prannoy thrashed Malaysia’s Jiann Shiarng Chiang 21-10 21-16 to meet Japan’s Riichi Takeshita in the next round.
India win Handball Championship
New Delhi: India defeated their arch-rival Pakistan in the final to win the 3rd South Asian Handball Championship played at the Genesis Global School in Greater Noida on Wednesday. Portraying excellent sportsmanship, the players of the Indian team registered a splendid victory in the final match. It was a cracker of a contest where both the teams tried their best to grind each other out. But the Indian team had its way in the final minutes to win it 36-31. During the championship, a total of five teams, namely Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh & India competed against each other. The winning trophy was bagged by the Indian Team headed by with a sweeping score of 36/31, wherein initially India and Pakistan struck a tie and eventually India won by 5 points. PNS/Agencies