eves look to post win against NZ
Hastings (New Zealand): Having held World No. 2 Australia to a goal-less draw in their last match, the Indian women's hockey team will be looking to do better when and clinch a win whenthey take on hosts New Zealand in the quarter-finals of the Hawke's Bay Cup here on Thursday. The Indian eves started on a poor note, losing to China and the USA, but came back strongly to give Australia a tough fight on Tuesday. They showcased their strong defence, not allowing the mighty Aussies to score against them, while the forwards created opportunities for themselves, giving the opponents moments of panic. However, they failed to convert the opportunities, which resulted in a draw.
Come Thursday, India would be determined to post their first win of the tournament and avenge their 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games defeat against New Zealand.
Chain misses final berth by a point
Changwon (Korea): Chain Singh missed out on a berth in the final of men's 50-metre rifle 3 position by only a point as the Indian shooting team finished its campaign at the ISSF World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) with one Olympic quota and two bronze medals, here on Wednesday. Besides Chain Singh, the other two rifle shooters in the fray — london Olympic bronze medallist Gagan Narang, and Sanjeev Rajput, too, could not clear the final qualifying a day after surviving the elimination round. The closest to the final berth was Chain Singh, who could not make it to the qualification round giving way to Russian Nazar loginets by just a single point. Chain Singh managed to score 1173, while Narang finished 33rd with a total of 1162 and Rajput finished 47th scoring 1155 in the final qualification round. This marked the end of India's campaign at the event where Apurvi Chandela and Jitu Rai won a bronze each, with the former bagging a Rio Games quota for the country.
‘Bach wants India to win more medals’
New Delhi: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, who is meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month, feels that a huge country like India should win more Olympic medals and aim to become a sporting powerhouse in the future, according to IOA president N Ramachandran. Ramachandran, who had visited the IOC headquarters in lausanne to invite Bach for a meeting with PM Modi in the last week of this month, said that the IOC chief was upbeat about Indian sports scaling new heights in the near future. "Obviously, Mr Bach is upbeat about Indian sports. He asked me why the second most populous country in the world was winning just a few medals in the Olympic Games. He wants India to win more medals in the Olympics," Ramachandran said. "He feels that India should do better in Olympic Games and become a sporting power in the future," the IOA president said.
Modern school wins
New Delhi: The Scindia School, Gwalior, has held the 13th HH Maharaja Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Cricket Tournament. Teams from eight prominent schools all over India showcased their sporting prowess over five days. The trophy went to Delhi's Modern School while The Motilal Nehru School of Sports (Haryana) was the runners up.
cwc enters quarter-final
New Delhi: Fine bowling by Sakib Alam (3/26) and by Amit Beru 46 runs enabled Central Warehousing Corporation beat Madras Cricket Club in a one sided encounter by seven wickets to enter the quarter-final of 25th All-India Om Nath Sood Memorial Cricket Tournament being played, here on Wednesday.
Kosovo accepted by iaaf
Beijing: Kosovo has been accepted as a member of track and field's world governing body. The IAAF says its ruling council granted the Kosovo Athletic Federation provisional member status "with full rights and obligations.” Kosovo, which got independence from Serbia in 2008, is recognized by more than 100 countries but is not a member of the UN.