Dutt to miss World C’ships
New Delhi: Olympic bronze-medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt has been forced out of next month’s World Championships due to a nagging knee injury for which he would have to undergo an operation in South Africa. “The injury to my right-knee has aggravated once again. The MCl (medial collateral ligament) tear requires a surgery. I will be flying off to South Africa to get it operated later this month. It is disappointing to miss out on World Championships,” the 30-year-old Yogeshwar said. The World Championships will be held in Budapest, Hungary from September 16.
Boe signs for Awadhe Warriors
New Delhi: london Olympics men’s doubles silver-medallist, Denmark’s Mathias Boe, has been roped in by Awadhe Warriors as a replacement for banned Thai shuttler Maneepong Jongjit in the upcoming Indian Badminton league. The IBl governing council ratified the decision here on Saturday, following a request from Awadhe Warrior to pick up the former world No.1 in men’s doubles out of a reserve list. Boe said he was delighted at being picked in the IBl.
shiv Kapur makes cut
Helsinki: Indian golfer Shiv Kapur turned in a steady one-under 71 in the second round to make the cut at the Finnish Challenge here. Kapur, with two birdies in his first three holes and another couple in last three, has a total of three-under 141 and is placed tied 48th. Kapur teed off from the 10th with a birdie. He gained another shot on the 12th and then added two more on seventh and ninth. He bogeyed the 18th, fifth and sixth in between.
Kalmadi loses IAAF membership
New Delhi: Scam-tainted Suresh Kalmadi’s association with any sports body has ended as he has lost the membership of the powerful Council of the International Association of Athletics Federation. Kalmadi lost the IAAF Council membership after his defeat in the Asian Athletics Association’s presidential election in Pune early last month to Qatar’s Dahlan Al-Hamad. The IAAF have now appointed Du Zhaocai, senior vice-president of the AAA and general secretary of Chinese Athletics Association (CAA), to its Council as one of Asia’s representatives.
Bopanna-Begemann ousted
Washington: Rohan Bopanna and Andre Begemann suffered a quarter-final exit from the ATP Citi Open after a close defeat against Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot here. The unseeded Indo-German pair lost 4-6, 6-7(1) to the Filipino-Briton combo in the second round of the USD 1,295,790 hard court tournament.
Young paddlers rewarded
New Delhi: A nine-member team, comprising four boys and five girls, has been rewarded for their recent performance at the South Asian Junior TT Championships as they were on Saturday selected to represent India at the Gautemala Junior and Cadet Open from August 7 to 10. Anirban Ghosh, Birdie Boro, lalrinpuia and Arjun Ghosh in the boys section and Sagarika Mukherjee, Harsha Vardhini, Akula Sreeja, Moumita Dutta and Aishwarya Pathak in the girls category were picked by the junior selection committee that witnessed the championships here.
Soumya wins title
Thrissur (Kerala): Soumya Swaminathan registered a comfortable win over Monnisha GK with black pieces to lift the 40th National Women Challengers Chess championship on Saturday. The Pune girl, who is supported by lakshya-FlAME, needed a win in the 11th and final round to ensure the title and she achieved her goal after 33 moves when her opponent resigned. Soumya finished with 9 points from 11 rounds.
Qualifier Jain stuns Dhingra
Mumbai: Qualifier Prateek Jain of Madhya Pradesh shocked fancied Jaiveer Dhingra, while former junior national champion Zubin leninwala escaped to victory to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Malabar Hill Club-BSAM All India Under-25 Snooker Challenge, on Saturday. In a Group A tie, where a win was mandatory for either to qualify for the knock-out phase, Bhopal lad Jain halted former Maharashtra state junior billiards and snooker champion Dhingra of local PJ Hindu Gymkhana 3-0 after living dangerously in the opening two frames which he narrowly snatched on the black ball.
India lose to Kazakhstan 67-80
New Delhi: India on Saturday lost to Kazakhstan 67-80 in a Group D encounter of the 27th Asian Men’s Basketball Championship in Manila, Philippines. Vishesh Bhriguvanshi was India’s top scorer with 19 points followed by Narender Kumar Grewal (14) and Joginder Singh (10). For Kazakhstan, Mikhail Yevstigneyev had 21 points while Jerri Johnson took 16. Rustam Yargaliyev and Anton Ponomarev also chipped in with 13 and 11 points respectively. India’s qualification to the next round depends on the match between Thailand and Bahrain, to be played later in the day. If Bahrain beat Thailand, India will automatically qualify.
8 cyclists for Junior C’ships
New Delhi: The Cycling Federation of India selected eight-member team for the World Junior Championships to be held from 7th to 11th of this month in Glasgow. The team has four boys (Rohit, Alan Baby, Dilawar and Rubalpreet Singh) and four girls (Deborah, T Manorama Devi, T Bidyaluxmi and Jashanjit Kaur Turka). This selection was based on the performance at the Asian Championships held here. The team is currently undergoing training at IG Indoor stadium Velodrome and will leave for Glasgow on fifth.
Rauf retires, says a report
Karachi: Tainted Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf has retired from all forms of umpiring duties due to personal commitments, a report claimed here on Saturday. A report on the website of ‘Express’ newspaper said that Rauf had made up his mind to retire from all forms of umpiring. PNS/Agencies