Indiabeat Netherlands 4-2
New Delhi: India notched up their second consecutive win over the Netherlands with a 4-2 victory in Rotterdam on Wednesday. India opened their account with a field goal scored by Chinglensana in the 10th minute. Manpreet Singh netted another goal in the 20th minute. In the second half, India scored two goals through S V Sunil (52nd) and Nithin Thimmaiah (66th).
Sir Alex to retire as ManU boss
london: Sir Alex Ferguson, is set to retire as Manchester United boss after 27 years at the helm of the team. He has won 38 trophies since taking over in November 1986, including this season's Premier league title. Ferguson will remain linked to Man-United as a director and ambassador for the club.
ACA lashes out at ICC
Melbourne: Fuming after l Sivaramakrishnan's appointment as a players' representative in ICC, the Australian players' union has called the ICC the "most ineffective governing body in world sport". The furore was caused after allegations that BCCI forced a re-vote to get Sivaramakrishnan appointed on the ICC Cricket Committee after May won the initial vote 9-1. "The ICC is the most ineffective governing body in world sport. I don't think any of the boards are strong enough to stand up to India, Marsh said. He did not rule out industrial action against the move after consulting the players.
Indians impress at Asian GP
Chonburi, Thailand: Indian athletes grabbed 10 medals, including four gold at Asian Grand Prix series by here on Wednesday. M R Poovamma (women's 400m), Rajiv Arokai (men's 400m), Jithin Thomas (men's high jump) and Nitin Rawat (men's 3000m) bagged a gold each while Krishna Poonia (women's discus), Kheta Ram (men's 5000m) and Renjith Maheswary (men's triple jump) grabbed a silver apiece. Siddhanth Thingalaya (men's 110m hurdles), Anu Mariam Jose (women's 400m) and Arpinder Singh (men's triple jump) won bronze.
Batra, Anand in IOA delegation
New Delhi: The IOA delegation for the crucial meeting with IOC on bringing India back into the Olympic movement, will now include Hockey India general secretary Narinder Batra and Jharkhand Olympic Association president R K Anand. The meeting that is scheduled to be held in lausanne, Switzerland on May 15 will also feature IOA's acting president V K Malhotra, Tarlochan Singh, S Reghunathan and N Ramachandran.
Court dismiss test on Vijender
Fathegarh Sahib: Punjab Police's attempt to "bring out the truth" behind the alleged use of heroin by Vijender Singh has been nipped in the bud with a local court dismissing its application seeking directions to procure his hair and fingernail samples for testing. The court said in the judgment that this was not a fit case where directions should be issued to Vijender for giving hair and nail clippings for testing. The police had invoked Section 27 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act to justify the need for taking Vijender's hair and nail samples to determine heroin consumption.
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