Vengsarkar is lying, says Srinivasan
chennai: Former BCCI president N Srinivasan on Friday rejected Dilip Vengsarkar's claims that he was responsible for the ex-India captain's removal as chairman of selectors, calling the charge "completely false, motivated and without any basis". Vengsarkar had claimed that he lost his job as chairman of selectors for picking Virat Kohli over Tamil Nadu's domestic heavyweight S Badrinath in 2008, courtesy the then BCCI treasurer Srinivasan. "On whose behalf he is talking. What is his motive. Whatever it is, it is not fact. When a cricketer talks like this it is not good. His remark that I interfered in his not continuing is not a fact all. What is the point in saying it now," Srinivasan said. "I didn't interfere in selection matters. What is the interference he is talking of," Srinivasan questioned
Indian women hockey team beat Korea 3-1
seoul: Indian women's hockey team produced an all-round performance to notch a 3-1 win over higher-ranked Korea in the fourth match of a five-match series here on Friday. The victory for World No 10 India saw them take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series with a match remaining to be played on Sunday. Two goals in the first quarter by Gurjit Kaur (2') and Deepika (14') put India in a commanding position while Poonam Rani's field goal in the 47th minute secured the victory for the visitors as Mi Hyun Park (57') scored a consolation goal for South Korea.
Sharath stuns Koki Niwa at Qatar Open
doha: India's Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan made heads turn when they defeated World No 7 Koki Niwa and 27th-ranked Yuya Oshima, respectively, to enter men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the ITTF Wold Tour Platinum Qatar Open. Sharath disposed of Niwa 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 14-12, 11-9 rather easily but the passage of Sathiyan saw a roller-coaster ride before the Indian prevailed over Oshima 6-11, 11-5, 2-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8 in a tension-ridden Round of 32. His next outing in round of 16 will be much tougher he takes on the Japanese child prodigy Tomokazu Harimato. While Sharath will take on Jonathan Groth of Denmark. The two Indians also combined well to enter men's doubles quarterfinals before bowing out 12-10, 10-12, 1-11, 10-12 to the top-seeded Chinese pair of Fang Bo and lin Gaoyuan.
Anjum wins silver at shooting World Cup
new delhi : Indian shooter Anjum Moudgil clinched a silver medal in the women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was Anjum's first World Cup medal as she battled windy conditions to shoot 454.2 in the 45-shot final to finish behind former junior world champion China's Ruijiao Pei (455.4). Another Chinese Ting Sun claimed bronze, finishing with a score of 442.2. This was India's eighth medal in the competition and the first silver after having won three golds and four bronze medals already, for their best ISSF World Cup performance by far. India thus remained on top of the medals tally with eight medals, while China is in second with two gold, two silver, one bronze.
Kapil Dev, Devinder grab final qualification spots
noida: Cricket legend Kapil Dev, Handicap Category A (0-17) and Devinder Pal Singh, Handicap Category B (18-24) qualified for the National Finals of MercedesTrophy 2018 in the Noida leg qualifier on Friday. Kapil Dev and Devinder Pal Singh clinched the two qualification spots available on Day 3 of the leg by carding a nett. Score of 70.6 and 71.8 respectively. The MercedesTrophy 2018 has so far seen 43 qualifiers including Friday who will be competing in the National Finals to be played at the Oxford Golf Resort in Pune from 4-6 April 2018.