Spain’s Davis Cup captain leon fired
Madrid: The newly appointed president of Spain’s tennis federation has moved to quell unrest among players by firing the Davis Cup captain and sports director. Fernando Fernandez-ladreda Aguirre issued a statement Friday, a day after taking over as president, saying he had fired Gala leon. leon had been appointed by previous president, Jose luis Escanuela, as captain andsports director of the team due to take on Russia in the Davis Cup on July 17. Escanuela had been suspended as president by Spain’s administrative court for sporton June 24 while Spain’s sports council sent two inspectors to audit the federation’s accounts. Players such as Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer and Garbine Muguruza recently signed a letter which was very critical of Escanuela’s presidency.
lahiri posts third round 70
Paris: Anirban lahiri, making the cut after roller-coaster rides on first two days, played steady golf on the third to bring in a card of one-under 70, his best thus far at the Alstom Open de France on Saturday. That brought lahiri to three-over 216 for 54 holes and he was tied 49th for the tournament. He improved eight spots after being tied 57th at the end on Friday. India’s other two players, Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh had missed the cut. On a day when scoring was way better than first two days, Jacob Van Zyl was in lead at nine-under after being six-under through 17 holes in third round.
McCullum sets T20 Blast record
london: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum’s explosive hitting saw him set a new record in the English T20 Blast competition with a blistering 158 not out off 64 balls for his countty Warwickshire. The 33-year-old flayed the Derbyshire attack, bringing his century up off 42 balls and his final total on Friday equalled a previous score he hit for Kolkata Knight Riders in the first-ever IPl match in 2008 — that one coming off 73 balls. McCullum’s innings — which included 11 sixes and 11 fours — is the second highest T20 score ever, behind West Indian batsman Chris Gayle’s 175 in the Indian Premier league in 2013. McCullum broke the previous mark of 153 set by luke Wright for Sussex in 2014.
DGC conducts juniors camp
New Delhi: To identify fresh talent, Delhi Golf Club (DGC) recently conducted a camp for children upto 17 years of age as part of its Junior Training Programme here. Children aged between 8 to 17 years came from across the country to participate in the event and played in different age categories -- A, B and C. The tournament that had 76 children participating, many after two gruelling back-to-back IGU tournaments in the South.
CONMEBOl head: ‘we need total change’
Santiago (Chile): The president of CONMEBOl says it needs “total and absolute change” after becoming engulfed in the FIFA corruption scandal. Juan Angel Napout said on Saturday in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press that South American soccer’s governing body was carrying out audits and was willing to collaborate with the ongoing investigation by U.S. and Swiss authorities. Until now, Napout had been silent since the scandal broke out a month ago. He spoke to AP in Santiago, on his way to the Copa America final. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted 14 soccer officials and businessmen on charges of bribery, racketeering, and money laundering. Among them are two former CONMEBOl presidents, who are fighting extradition to the U.S.
Two dinamo zagreb bosses arrested
Zagreb (Croatia): Two Dinamo Zagreb bosses suspected of tax evasion and bribery were arrested by Croatian police on Saturday. Club president Zdravko Mamic and his brother, coach Zoran Mamic, have been under investigation by the Croatian bureau for combating corruption and organized crime. The bureau said the two embezzled the equivalent of $17.3 million of the club’s money since 2008, and did not pay $1.8 million in taxes to the state. Croatian media said they were suspected of taking undeclared commission fees from the sale of Dinamo players to foreign clubs. They have denied any wrongdoing.
france relay team get their bronze
Paris: Three years late, France’s men got their 4x100-meter relay bronze medal from the london Olympics on Saturday, bumped up from fourth after the U.S. team was disqualified because of Tyson Gay’s doping. Robbed of an Olympic podium in 2012, the French men got second-best: A medal ceremony at the Diamond league meeting in Paris. A white london cab drove the four French relay runners - Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux and Ronald Pognon — on a lap of honor around the Stade de France track before International Olympic Committee member Guy Drut awarded them their medals. Gay ran on the American team that finished second in london behind Jamaica, anchored by Usain Bolt. But Gay then tested positive for steroids at the U.S. championships in 2013 and all his results from July 15, 2012, when he first used a product containing a banned substance, were annulled. His relay teammates lost their silver medals under international rules that disqualify an entire team because of doping by one member. Trinidad and Tobago, which finished third, was lifted to the silver medals.