IOA signs li-Ning as apparel partner
new delhi: Indian Olympic Association on Tuesday announced that Asia's leading sports apparel brand li-Ning would be Indian team's official sports apparel partner till Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. As part of the partnership li-Ning will provide Indian athletes and officials with sports competition and training apparel, leisure wear and footwear for the Asian Games 2018, 2018 Summer Olympic Youth Games and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Speaking on the new partnership, IOA President Narinder Batra said, "We are pleased to announce li-Ning as the official sports apparel partner of the Indian contingent until 2020 Olympic Games.
Amittrajit to feature in European Rally
new delhi: Multiple National Racing and Rally Champion, Amittrajit Ghosh, will become the first Indian to compete in the prestigious FIA European Rally Championship. Team RRPM on Tuesday revealed that their star driver will begin his campaign in Round 3 of the Championship, the EKO Acropolis Rally 2018, which is to be held around the city of lamia in Greece from June 1 to 3. The Kolkata lad, who will have long time co-driver Ashwin Naik by his side, has decided to take part in a few carefully chosen rounds of the ERC to gain experience at this level of rallying.
Smriti, Harman to lead in one-off T20
new delhi: Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the two teams in the one-off Women's T20 Challenge on May 22 ahead of the IPl Qualifier 1 in Mumbai. BCCI is hosting the T20 Challenge to provide women's game a platform alongside its most popular tournament. IPl Chairman Rajeev Shukla said, "Even as IPl continues to roll like a well-oiled machine, over the last couple of weeks, efforts were made to put in place a similar structure for women cricketers. It has been a long-time endeavour to have a women's league that can match the exuberance of IPl. "
Mark Waugh steps down as selector
sydney: Australian cricket great Mark Waugh on Tuesday quit as a national selector to take up a television commentary role as broadcasters jockey for top talent after a new rights deal was agreed. Waugh will not renew his contract when it expires on August 31 but will remain on the panel for the upcoming Australian tours of England and Zimbabwe. "Working alongside my fellow selectors, the coaching staff and players over the past four years has been a privilege, and I'm proud of the achievements of the Australian teams across all formats in this time," he said.
‘Decide appeal against Sree’s discharge’
new delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi High Court to decide by July end the appeal challenging a trial court order discharging several cricketers, including S Sreesanth, in the sensational IPl spot-fixing case. Sreesanth, who has been awarded life ban by BCCI has filed an appeal in the apex court challenging the Kerala High Court decision upholding the ban on him. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said it understood the "anxiety" of the cricketer to play cricket but would like to wait for the High Court's decision.