India's Asia Cup qualifier postponed by a day
New Delhi: Indian football team's Asian Cup Qualifiers home leg match against Macau has been postponed by a day from the earlier scheduled date of October 10. The All India Football Federations had made a request to the continental body to postpone the match as Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru was not available on October 10. The Asian Football Confederation has accepted AIFF's request to postpone the match and the AFC website has updated that the match will be played on October 11. Reports, however, said that it was done because the Indian cricket team would be playing a Twenty20 International against Australia in Guwahati on October 10 and the broadcaster, which is telecasting both the football and cricket matches almost at the same time, wanted the postponement.
India hold on to 5th spot at Shotgun World C'ship
moscow: India held on to the fifth position on the medal tally at the end of the eighth day of the International Shooting Sport Federation World Championship Shotgun, which saw the men's and junior men's skeet competitions conclude. Olympian and former World Cup stage silver medallist Mairaj Ahmad Khan, had his best day in the competition so far, shooting rounds of 24 and 25 each to finish 42nd with a total of 117.
Indian eves lose 0-1 in warm-up encounter
den bosch: The Indian women's hockey team lost 0-1 against ladies Den Bosch in a closely fought match during their ongoing tour of Europe. The ‘ladies Den Bosch', which consists of nine players who regularly turn up for the Dutch national squad, put the Indian team on the back foot when they won a penalty corner in the third minute. But goalkeeper Rajani Etimarpu was up to the task to keep the Dutch women from taking an early lead. For India, Vandana Katariya and skipper Rani made promising forays into the striking circle. In the 33rd minute, lieke Hulsken beat goalkeeper Savita who replaced Rajani in the second half to score a splendid field goal and take a 1-0 lead.
TNCA XI beat Saurashtra to reach semis
Dubai: An unbeaten century by J Kousik, batting at No7 and his 104-run partnership with M Mohammed helped TNCA Districts XI post a one-wicket win over Saurashtra and also qualify for the semifinals of the Kalpathi AGS —Buchi Babu All-India invitation cricket tournament here on Saturday. Chasing 297 for victory, Districts XI seemed to be in a spot of trouble before Kousik's superb knock which included eight boundaries and four sixers and Mohammed put on a century partnership for the ninth wicket to secure a win. The Districts XI would meet TNCA President's XI in the semifinal after the latter beat Assam by six wickets thanks to opener l Suryapprakash's unbeaten 66 and a fifty by R Rohith.
Bhiwani girls on the move in Subroto Cup
Dubai: The girls from Bhiwani's Government Senior Secondary School made a statement with another convincing 7-0 victory over Mata Rukmini Higher Secondary School from Chhattisgarh in the Under-17 (Junior Girls) of the 58th Subroto Cup Football Tournament at the Dr Ambedkar Stadium here on Saturday. The matches in group H played at two venues, more or less, took the expected course but it was the Bhiwani girls who seem to be closing in on others to capture the top spot in the group. Agencies