Ajay Jadeja leads Har to win
Chennai: Former India player and Haryana captain Ajay Jadeja made a fine comeback to domestic cricket after six years as he led his side to a 62-run win over Hyderabad at the Buchi Baby tournament here on Friday . In other matches, defending champions Karnataka beat Bengal in Group-A, Kerala got past Baroda in Group-C, TNCA President XI disposed off Assam and TNCA XI defeated Uttar Padesh. The highlights of the day included a six-wicket haul by India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin against UP.
Adhiban storms in to third rd
Tromso (norway): Grandmaster and former national champion B Adhiban made the most of his opportunities to beat Brazilian Grandmaster Alexander Fier in the second round and advance to the third round of the chess World Cup here. After drawing the first game as white Adhiban made good use of his opportunities as Fier went berserk while trying to attack and lost a piece and the game soon after.
Kapil Dev’s former coach dies
Chandigarh: Desh Prem Azad, a former coach of legendary cricketer Kapil Dev, died after a brief illness at a hospital in nearby Mohali, his family said. Azad, who remained Kapil’s coach in the early 1970’s, was 75. He is survived by his widow and two sons. He was also bestowed upon Dronacharya award in the past.
Paes, Bopanna to lock horns
Cincinnati: India’s top doubles players, leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna have set up the quarterfinal of ATP Cincinnati Masters against each other after recording wins with their respective partners, here. leander and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek, seeded fourth, got the better of Polish pair of Jerzy Janowicz and lukasz Kubot 6-3 6-4 in their second round match of the USD 3,079,555 hard court event. In the other second round match, eighth seeds Bopanna and French Edouard Roger-Vasselin edged past Italy’s Andreas Seppi and Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny 7-5 6-3.
AIFF to decide exemption pleas
New Delhi: All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) Club licensing Committee will meet here next week to decide on the exemption pleas of the 14 I-league clubs, who had failed to clear the licensing Test, for the upcoming season. The five-member committee will take a call on the exemption at a meeting on August 21 at the AIFF headquarters.
Manoj seeks to meet sportsMin
New Delhi: The furore over this year’s National Sports awards refuses to die with Commonwealth Games gold-medallist boxer Manoj Kumar seeking a meeting with Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, saying he was ignored for the Arjuna despite fine performances. “I have sought an appointment with the Minister because I want to express my pain. I want to tell him of my disappointment because I don’t understand the criteria,” the 25-year-old said.
Another bad day for wrestlers
New Delhi: Indian grapplers were listless on the fourth day of the World Junior Wrestling Championships as four women lost their opening bouts, in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mamta Rani was thrashed by Russia’s Anzhelika Vetoshkina in the opening round of the 48-kg category while Pooja Dhanda (55kg) went down tamely against local girl Evelina Georgieva Nikolova. PNS/Agencies