3 tests for india on SA tour
New Delhi: The Indian cricket team will play three Tests, seven One-day Internationals and two T20 matches during their tour of South Africa, slated to start at the end of this year. Cricket South Africa and the Indian Cricket Board were contemplating accommodating one more Test but things could not materialise as both boards decided to stick to ICC’s Futures Tour Programme (FTP). The Indian team will be short on Test cricket when they take on the world number one side, playing the first longer-version game since the 4-0 whitewash of the Australians. South Africa last played the format in February and will only meet Pakistan for two matches in the UAE before hosting India.
Girisha still waits for a job
New Delhi: He gave India their first medal at the Paralympic Games after finishing second in the Men’s High Jump event yet his silver-winning effort could not land him a job with the Sports Authority of India as promised by the former Sports Minister, Ajay Maken. The sole breadwinner of his family, Girisha, who has an impairment in his left leg, was honoured with Rs30 lakh cash award for his medal-winning feat but what he did not get was a Class-I officer job with the SAI despite writing several letters. “last year, then sports minister Ajay Maken had promised Class-I officer job with SAI to all Olympic and Paralympic medal winners. I was also hopeful to get this job as I am the sole breadwinner of my family. I had applied for the job six months back but yet to hear from the Sports Ministry or SAI,” Girisha told PTI.
Rs1 lakh for spl Oly winner
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has sanctioned an Rs one lakh to Athens Special Olympics bronze medal winner, Seeta Sahu of Rewa, following newspaper reports which highlighted her plight. Seeta, 15, won two bronze medals in 200 and 1600 meter race in Athens Special Olympics in 2011 but she struggles to make ends meet selling ‘gol gappas’. Before the contingent for the Special Olympics left for Athens, state’s Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava had announced that those winning gold medal will be given Rsone lakh cash reward, silver medalists will get Rs50,000 and while bronze Rs25,000, sources said. However, Seeta after winning laurels for the country did not receive any reward. After her father fell ill, Seeta stopped going to school and started working full time to sustain her family.
Indian lifter wins 2 medals
New Delhi: Rahul Ragala Venkat bagged a silver and a bronze in the boys 77 kg on the fifth day of the Youth World Weightlifting Championships at Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Friday. Venkat lifted 136kg in snatch to win a silver and his total effort of 296 kg (136+160) fetched him a bronze. Russia’s Khetag Khugaev won the gold in total lift with an effort of 312kg (144+168) while Ayat Amirbekov of Kazakhstan bagged the silver with 297kg (136+161). PNS/Agencies