Stampede as Beckham arrives
Beijing: At least five people were injured on Thursday in a stampede as hundreds of enthusiastic fans rushed to see football superstar David Beckham at an event in China’s commercial hub Shanghai. The five injured included two security guards, two faculty members and an overseas student, the Tongji University, where Beckham was scheduled to participate in a training session with the university’s soccer team, said.
4 boxers assured bronze
New Delhi: Four Indians assured themselves of a bronze medal each after reaching semifinals in their respective categories in the 3rd China Open boxing tournament at Guiyang on Thursday. Sunil Kumar (52kg), Ajay Kumar (56kg), Jaideep (75kg) and Manjeet Singh (+91kg) made it to the last four of the tournament played under the new ‘Ten-Point must scoring system’.
S Asian Jr TT shifted to Delhi
New Delhi: The Capital will host the South Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships next month instead of Ranchi after the organisers in Jharkhand expressed their inability to the stage the event. The July 20-22 event will take place at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex. Table Tennis Federation of India Secretary General Dhanraj Choudhary said that the Jhrakhand unit secretary has expressed his inability to be involved in the tournament because if his illness.
Paes-Stepanek bow out
Eastbourne: Playing their first tournament together in five months, third seeds leander Paes and Radek Stepanek suffered an upset defeat against Jamie Murray and John Peers in the quarter-finals of the Aegon International. The Indo-Czech combination had began well but lost 6-1, 3-6, 5-10 to British-Australian combination in the last-eight stage of the grass court event, a warm up for Wimbledon.
EB vs Semen Padang in AFC qf
New Delhi: East Bengal will play against Semen Padang of Indonesia in their home and away quarterfinal matches of the AFC Cup football tournament in September. East Bengal have reached the last eight for only the second time in seven tournament appearances. Semen Padang, on the other hand, are tournament debutants.
‘Govt recognition not matter’
New Delhi: Archery Association of India President Vijay Kumar Malhotra said that the body is not too bothered about the absence of Government recognition as the World Archery Federation (FITA) recognises it and slammed the Sports Ministry. “We have the full recognition of the international body, FITA and we are holding all the tournaments (national and ranking) as it is. “In fact, we will also be participating in almost all the international competitions (about 12-13) under the Indian flag this year. So Government’s recognition or derecognition doesn’t matter much,” said Malhotra after the AAI’s Executive Committee meeting here. PNS/Agencies