Astha enters quarters of World Youth Boxing
guwahati: India's campaign was off to a reasonably good start as Ashtha Pahwa (69 kg) entered quarterfinals while Shashi Chopra (57 kg) made the last-16 stage afterwinning their respective opening bouts at the AIBA Women's Youth World Championships here on Monday. However host nation's Vanlalhriatpuii (60kg) bowed out losing her opening round bout. In her opening round contest which was also the pre quarter-final, Astha defeated Melis Yonuzova of Bulgaria. Shashi defeated Uzbekistan's Durdonakhon Rakhmatova in a unanimous verdict, while Vanlalhriatpuii went down to South Korea's Im Aeji in a split verdict in her opening bout. Shashi was in action in the first session and grabbed the early advantage by taking the lead in launching attacks. The following two rounds followed a similar script as Shashi got the judges' unanimous nod.
Kotla to have stands named after Bedi, Amarnath
new delhi: Having started the tradition of honouring stalwarts with the 'Virender Sehwag Gate', the DDCA now will name stands of the Ferozshah Kotla after legendary Bishen Singh Bedi and Mohinder Amarnath. The move is DDCA's way of acknowledging the contribution of Bedi and Amarnath in Indian cricket as well as state cricket. There will also be a Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 'Hall of Fame' at the iconic ground. In a statement, DDCA administrator Justice Vikramjit Sen confirmed that Bedi and Amarnath will be honoured at the first ever DDCA Annual Conclave on November 29. Earlier this month, a gate of the Kotla was named after former India opener Sehwag and now it has been decided that another gate will be named after former women's team skipper Anjum Chopra.
Kerala post 309-run win over Saurashtra in ranji
Thiruvananthapuram: Jalaj Saxena claimed four wickets while KC Akshay and Sijomon Joseph took three each to bundle out Saurashtra for 95 and steer Kerala to a massive 309-run win in their Group B Ranji Trophy match here on Monday. Chasing 405, Saurashtra resumed their second innings at 30 for one and straight away started to lose wickets at regular interval to fold for less than 100 runs. Both overnight batsmen -- Snell Patel (20) and Robin Uthappa (12) -- fell cheaply, and Saurashtra could never recover from that stage. Sheldon Jackson was the lone batsman to show some resistance with 24 runs off 74 balls but others failed to put up any fight. Saxena ended with impressive figures of four for 29, while Akshay (3/23) and Joseph (3/27) chipped in with three wickets each to ensure Saurashtra could not make a comeback.
Shreyasi wins women's double trap at Nationals
Fuzhou (China): Shreyasi Singh bagged a gold, her second individual medal at the 61st National Shooting Championship competitions, when she won the women's double trap event here on Monday. Singh had earlier won the bronze medal in women's trap event. Representing Bihar, Singh defeated Varsha Varman of Madhya Pradesh 92-87 to finish on the top of the podium. While ONGC's Shagun Chowdhary, who won the women's trap gold, swapped places with Singh, claiming the third spot after scoring 84.
In the Junior women's double trap, Harayana's Bhavna Chaudhary clinched the gold after beating Manisha Keer of Madhya Pradesh 79-75. Divya Singh of Delhi settled for the bronze with a final score of 70. Manisha, in fact, picked up double gold on Monday by winning both the senior and junior team events in women's double trap.
FC Goa Tickets Go live
panji: FC Goa made match day tickets available for three home games of Indian Super league at Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on Monday. The tickets are available on www.insider.in, also at the box office of the stadium, and the Campal indoor stadium. The club has provided 10 per cent discount on individual match day tickets and 15 per cent discount on purchase of additional season tickets for fans who registered as Gaur nation members. The prices starts from Rupees 249 to rupees 999. Season tickets varies from rupees 3820 to rupees 7645 (for upper stands).