Fourth Kabaddi wc from Nov 9-23
Chandigarh: The 4th edition of the Kabaddi World Cup will be held from November 9-23. The inaugural function would be held at Bathinda while the title clash will take place in ludhiana, official sources said here. Winners’ prize money, in the women category, has been doubled. The winning team will get Rs one crore while team finishing second and third would get Rs 51 lakh and Rs 25 lakh respectively. In the men section, winner team would get Rs two crore, with Rs one crore for runners up and Rs 51 lakh for third position. Participating teams would get Rs 15 lakh each.
Forty-eight attend AIFF workshop
New Delhi: Issues ranging from club licensing to youth development and stadia safety were discussed at the I-league Workshop, conducted by the All India Football Federation, here on Friday. The workshop was attended by 48 representatives from all the I-league clubs. The seven-hour workshop also included topics like Referee Matters and laws of the Game, Pre-match day and Match Day Media Operations and Kit Regulations. Apart from the club representatives, a five-man Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Special Mission Team (SMT) led by AFC Research and Support Services Head, Steve Kim threw light on Match Operations and Competitions and Youth Development.
Saipraneeth, Arundhati top seeds
Pune: B Saipraneeth and Arundhati Pantawane have been given top seedings in the men’s and women’s singles competition respectively of the V V Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton tournament to be held here from July 17-21. K Srikanth, who recently won the Thailand Open Super Series, has been seeded second in the championship to be held at the P E Society’s Modern PDMBA Sports Complex at Shivaji Nagar after a six-year gap. In the women’s singles, Air India’s Tanvi lad has been seeded number two behind former national champion Arundhati of PSPB.
FCI announces new sports policy
New Delhi: State-run Food Corporation of India (FCI) announced a new sports policy for its employees on Friday and raised the award money up to Rs 10 lakh for medal winners. Under the new sports policy the award amount has been increased substantially for medal winners and participants across all major international sports events. For an Olympic Silver medallist the award amount has increased to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 20,000 earlier, similarly the Olympic Bronze medal winner will get Rs 3 lakh from Rs 10,000 earlier.A participation at an Olympics will also ensure a Rs 2-lakh incentive, the statement said.
Chadha shocks Rawat
Mumbai: Ishpreet Singh Chadha, shocked title favourite laxman Rawat 4-3 to storm into the final of the NSCI-BSAM All India Under-25 Snooker Challenge 1 here on Friday. Chadha, thus, set up a best-of-seven frames title clash with Zubin leninwala of Indian Snooker Academy, who upset second seed Pranit Ramchandani by the same margin. leninwala rallied to a 40-6, 37-57, 58-59, 66-27, 10-48, 64-58, 56-28 win after trailing 2-3 against his rival from Tamil Nadu. The final is scheduled on Friday.
six medals for major poonia
New Delhi: Indian Army’s Major (Dr) Surendra Poonia has won six medals, including three gold, in the recent 34th World Medical and Health Games in Zagreb, Croatia. He won a gold each in powerlifting, 1500m race and 800m race, a silver each in 5000m and Cross Country, and a bronze in 400m. This is the fourth time that Poonia has won medals at the World Medical and Health Games.