Gouramangi hopeful
Mumbai: India full backs Gouramangi Singh and Nirmal Chhetri, who have both signed to play in the upcoming IPl-style franchise football league, are hopeful they can take part in this season’s I-league too despite the clubs’ opposition to the new IMG-Reliance league. “As a player I have been given this opportunity to be part of IMG-R league and am hopeful everything is sorted out and I will be playing in the I-league also,” said Gouramangi Singh after a training session at the Cooperage ground this morning.
Suarez unhappy
liverpool: luis Suarez on Tuesday accused liverpool of breaking an agreement in his contract by refusing to let him leave Anfield, saying he had been promised permission to join another club if the Reds failed to reach the Champions league. “last year I had the opportunity to move to a big European club and I stayed on the understanding that if we failed to qualify for the Champions league the following season I’d be allowed to go,” Suarez was quoted as saying.
Sania-Jie advance
Toronto: Sania Mirza and her new partner Jie Zheng came from behind to beat Natalie Grandin and Darija Jurak and advance to the second round of the WTA Rogers Cup, here. The fifth seed Indo-Chinese pair registered a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-2 win over the South African — Croatian team.
Prem best athlete
New Delhi: K Prem Kumar, who set a national record in long jump two day’s back, was today named the best athlete of the 79th Railway Athletics Championships even as Western Zone continued their grip over the event by winning both the men’s and women’s team titles. Krishna Poonia and Joseph Abraham came first in women’s discus throw and men’s 400m Hurdles, respectively.