ATK take on Chennaiyin fc in ISl opener
New Delhi: Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) will take on hosts Chennaiyin FC in the opening match of the second edition of Hero Indian Super league football tournament, which is scheduled to start on October 3. There will be 61 matches in all on a home-and-away basis with double-legged semi-finals starting December 11 and the final on December 20. All the matches will be played at 7 pm (IST). Chennai will also host the opening ceremony of the cash-rich
league. The action will then move to Goa on the very next day with FC Goa pitted against Delhi Dynamos FC, while the following day will feature ‘Maharashtra Derby’ on October 5 when Mumbai City FC locks horns with FC Pune City at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai.
Pro boxing comes to India with Champions Night
New Delhi: India will get a taste of professional boxing with the launch of the Champions Boxing Night in which former Youth Commonwealth Games medallist Neeraj Goyat will square off against
Filipino Nelson Gulpe for the 66kg Asian title here on Saturday. The event being conducted under the aegis of the World Boxing Council (WBC), in partnership with the North India Boxing Association, will open with five fights of which the Neeraj-Gulpe bout will be a 12-round affair. “It was 13 years ago when we took professional boxing to China and through that China has a world champion now. Why can’t India do what China didIJ India has the talent,” WBC representative Mctavish Bruce Donald told reporters here.
‘Montreal circuit ‘ridiculous amount of fun’
Montreal: Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo on Friday said he is in love with Circuit Gilles Villeneuve here, stating that it is “ridiculous amount of fun” driving through the 4.3 km track. last time he was here, the Red Bull driver won the Canadian Grand Prix, the first victory of his career. “Possibly winning has made me love it a little bit more but really, I’ve loved it since my first lap back when I was driving for Toro Rosso. I remember coming back into the pits and saying ‘what a circuit’. I was amazed at how good it was and I’d only done an install,” Ricciardo said. “It’s just a ridiculous amount of fun. You can jump across the kerbs and really get the car bouncing around. It’s like getting back to go-kart days.”
Klopp preparing for last game in charge
Berlin: While he’d love to sign off with a win, outgoing Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp doesn’t want to be the hero in Saturday’s German Cup final against Wolfsburg. “It’s not my aim to be the hero tomorrow,” Klopp said Friday ahead of his last game in charge. “I’m happy to leave that to the players.”
All three Indians miss cut at Irish Open
Newcastle (Northern Ireland): All the three Indians missed the halfway cut even as some of the big names including World No. 1 Rory McIlroy were also set for an early exit from the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open here on Friday. After a tough first round outing, Indian trio of Anirban lahiri, Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh, faltered in the second round and exited early. lahiri in 46th place seemed to be in with a chance, but his second round of five-over 76 with six bogeys and just one birdie saw him finish at seven-over 149. Kapur, who had a horrible five-hole stretch with four bogeys and one double in first round, had two doubles in second round. Jeev with seven bogeys against two birdies in first round, failed to find a single birdie on second day as he shot six bogeys.