Bindra, Gopi in jury for Ind Sports Honours
Mumbai: India's first and only individual Olympic Gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra and national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand have been named jury members for the second Indian Sports Honours to be presented here on February 16. Former Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh, tennis veteran Mahesh Bhupathi, legendary athlete PT Usha and former shooter Anjali Bhagwat are also a part of the selection panel. The Indian Sports Honours (ISH) is a joint initiative of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group and the Virat Kohli Foundation. The members of jury recently came together in Kolkata to select the winners which were nominated in every category. The nominations were shortlisted by Sports Journalist Federation of India (SJFI) and voted by over 200 journalists to select the final nominees.
RCB players set to undergo Yo-Yo test
Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru have kickstarted their five-day conditioning camp primarily with eight of its domestic players including 16-year-old Bengal prodigy Prayas Ray Burman and Ranji Trophy's top run-getter Milind Kumar. Eight players have already joined the camp which also includes Uttar Pradesh captain Akshdeep Nath, Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dubey, talented Delhi batsman Himmat Singh and seamer Kulwant Khejroliya, Tamil Nadu's Washington Sundar and Devdutt Paddikal from Karnataka. The two coaches Gary Kirsten and Ashish Nehra will be monitoring the progress of the players and a Yo-Yo test will also be conducted to get a hang of their fitness.
Third edition of FKH starts today
Mumbai: The third edition of the Future Kabaddi Heroes (FKH) programme, a comprehensive talent scouting and development initiative to foster and nurture future champions, will commence in Mumbai on Tuesday. A brainchild of Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) organisers Mashal Sports Pvt Ltd, the FKH programme, initiated a couple of years ago, has been divided into three phases. In its first phase this year, the talent hunt will be conducted across 11 cities, starting here on Tuesday. Last year the programme received an overwhelming response from over 3420 participants. Post a rigorous three-stage selection process, 85 players finally made it to the Pro Kabaddi 2018 auction pool.
TN win Schools India Cup Athletics c’ship
New Delhi: The two-day Schools India Cup National Athletics Championships concluded here at the JN Stadium Warm-Up track on Monday with Tamil Nadu dominating with powerful performances to win the overall team championships title, piping arch-rivals Punjab to second place. The TN athletes struck impressive form in both the track and field events in the under-16 as well as under-14 age group in both boys and girls categories to top the medals tally with 144 points, while traditional powerhouse in athletics Punjab finished with bagged a total of 100 points. Uttar Pradesh finished in third position, amassing 74 points as the curtain were drawn after intense competitions amongst 318 athletes from 13 states in the country's premier grass root athletics championships.