Chitfund trouble for football
Kolkata: Football in West Bengal may not be the same again in the aftermath of the Saradha chit fund scam which has left thousands of investors in disrray and could mean a drying up of funds for clubs. Given the current scenario, the biggest loser would be I-league team United SC. Having spent heavily on I-league leading scorer Ranty Martins and Costa Rican World Cupper Carlos Hernandez with a Rs 13 crore budget last season, United SC are unsure about their existence with the fate of their title sponsors, Prayag, hanging in the balance. “let us first see whether we’re able to survive or not. As of now, Prayag has stuck to its commitment, but we don’t know what will happen in the transfer season,” United director Nabab Bhattacharya told PTI.
Inquiry into Pratima’s death
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday said that an enquiry would be conducted into the alleged suicide by international archer Pratima Boro during the ongoing national team selection camp in Pune. Gogoi said not only the state but the country had lost an outstanding archer. A special team of Assam Police would conduct the investigations into the 22-year-old archer’s death, official sources said. Pratima’s body was brought to the state yesterday and received at the lokopriyo Gopinath Borodoloi International Airport here by senior officials of the sports department and Northeast Frontier Railway where she was an employee. later her body was taken to Malouguri village in Fakiragram area of Kokrajhar district where her father had demanded a second post-mortem.
Narain finishes 4th in Budapest
Budapest (Hungary): Enduring a lot of issues, including a poor pit stop, Narain Karthikeyan could finish no better than fourth in race two of round three of the AutoGP World Series, here on Sunday. Having suffered tyre overheating issues in qualifying, Narain could qualify no better than seventh but despite a great start, he fell back due to an engine misfire. As a result he could only finish eighth but had pole position for race two due to the reversed grid format. Starting from pole, Narain led race two in the opening laps until tyre issues surfaced once again and he started struggling with rear grip. The team decided to pit him but more bad luck was in store as a slow pitstop saw Narain rapidly dropping down the order. He could ultimately do no better than salvage fourth place for his efforts.
PAUl, TEJAS & ARJUN are CHAMPIONS
Hyderabad: The JK Tyre-Meco Motorsports Rotax Max Kart Open 2013 came to a scintillating end with the conclusion of Round 2 today at The Kart Centre - lahari Resorts in Hyderabad. While Paul Francis (Meco Racing), Tejas Ram (Meco Racing) and Arjun Khaire (Meco Racing) took home the Rookie titles in the Micro Max, Junior Max and Senior Max categories respectively; Yash Aradhya (Meco Racing), Krishnaraj Mahadik (Mohite’s Racing) and Nayan Chatterjee (Rayo Racing) were crowned champions in the Open class.