Tebar returns to Delhi Dynamos
Zurich: Delhi Dynamos on Thursday completed the signing of Spanish midfielder Marcos Tebar on a one-year contract. The 32-year old re-joins the Dynamos following the expiry of his contract with FC Pune City. Tebar who was part of the Dynamos camp in ISl Season 3, played a pivotal role in helping FC Pune City reach the semi-finals for the first time since the league's inception. "We are extremely happy to have Tebar sign for the club. He is someone who knows the club well and loves playing for the club so that is the passion that we want from our players. He's coming on the back of a fantastic season and we are hopeful he can replicate his performances this year as well," Dynamos head coach Josep Gombau said. During his time with Dynamos in Season 3, Tebar notched up three assists in 12 appearances and was a vital cog in the side's run to the semi-finals.
Vincent eyes Asian Tour title
bengaluru: Zimbabwean Scott Vincent, who is in red-hot form, on Thursday said he hopes to clinch his maiden Asian Tour title. It would be not be easy as he is up against some good players like SSP Chowrasia and Khalin Joshi at the Take Solutions Masters. "I would love to win his maiden Asian Tour Title. I am in good form and I would like to continue it here also, but it will not be easy. There are good players like Khalin Joshi, Chirag Kumar, SSP Chowrasia. It will be a hard-fought battle," Vincent said ahead of Take Solutions Masters kick-off here. The field also is strong and it is not going to be a walk in the park for anyone, he added.
india qualify for Youth Olympics
new delhi: The Indian junior men's and women's teams have qualified for the Hockey 5's competition at the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games to be held from October 6 to 18, Int’l Hockey Federation announced on Thursday. In the men's category, India will face stiff competition from defending champion Australia and Silver medallists Canada along with hosts Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Poland, Mexico, Malaysia, Kenya, Zambia and Vanuatu. The women's team will also have their task cut-out as 2014 Gold medallists China, hosts Argentina, Austria, Poland, Uruguay, Mexico, Australia, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Vanuatu will be the other 11 teams giving them competition.
youngsters impress in uae Masters
abu dhabi: India's Abhijeet Gupta suffered a shock defeat but young D Gukesh held highly-regarded Grandmaster Valdimir Akopian of Armenia to a creditable draw in the second round of Abu Dhabi Masters chess tournament here on Thursday. Highest-rated Indian Grandmaster, Abhijeet went for the French defense and made a costly middle game error to eventually go down to Gumay Mammadzada of Azerbaijan. However, it turned out to be a good day for young Indian players as Raunak Sadhwani also put up an excellent contest to draw with Egyptian Grandmaster Ahmed Adly.