Gouramangi, paul for trial
New Delhi: India internationals Gouramangi Singh and Subrata Paul will leave for Denmark tomorrow for a three-week trial at the Danish top tier outfit FC Vestsjaelland. The duo, who are IMG-Reliance contracted players, were offered the trials by FC Vestsjaelland last month and now have completed all the formalities for their Denmark venture. Their Denmark trials have been facilitated by All India Football Federation's commercial partners IMG-Reliance in association with FC Vestsjaelland's partners Anglian Holdings and Red Bull.
Dempo thrash East Bengal 3-1
Kalyani (WB): AFC Cup semifinalists East Bengal received a big jolt ahead of their big match next week when former champions Dempo registered a thumping 3-1 win, their first victory of the season in the I-league. It was a sloppy display for the home side with Edeh Chidi missing a penalty while the team was reduced to 10 players after Uga Okpara was sent off following a double yellow in the 75th minute. Dempo, on the other hand, were all guns blazing with a brace from Beto (54th and 76th) and captain Clifford Miranda (third). The goal for the EB came with substitute Baljit Singh Sahni in the 86th minute.
Mohit, prerna, shweta in semis
New Delhi: Top seed Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash and Arjun Kadhe remained on course for a title clash after notching up convincing wins in their respective quarter-final matches of the men's singles competition at the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship here on Thursday. Arjun knocked out P C Vignesh 6-2, 6-1, while the big-serving Mohit marched into the semi-finals with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Mukund Sasikumar. Fourth seed Chandril Sood got the better of Delhi boy Saurabh Singh 6-2, 7-5, In the women's singles, Shweta Rana accounted for Mahitha Reddy 7-6(6), 6-1 while defending champion and top seed Prerna Bhambri outplayed Rushmi Chakravorthi 6-3, 6-2 to set up a clash with C Sai Samitha in the last four.
More funds for hockey
New Delhi: Elated with Junior men’s hockey team's performance at the recent Sultan Johar Cup, the Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday announced the Government's decision to allocate double funds for training and setting up of new infrastructure for hockey in the country. The Minister felicitated the Indian junior men's hockey team by awarding a cheque of Rs one lakh to each of the 18 members and the head coach, Gregg Clark for winning 3rd Sultan Johar Cup tournament. The Minister also awarded each of the support staff a cheque of Rs 50,000.
Manipur win Girl's title
New Delhi: Goalkeeper M linthoingambi produced a heroic performance to enable Radha Madhav Sanskrit Vidhyalaya, Nambol, Bishnupur (Manipur) lift the Girls' title of the 54th Subroto Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Thursday. Manipur survived a tough challenge to prevail 6-4 (1-1) over Govt Senior Secondary School, Alakhpura, Bhiwani (Haryana) in a hard-fought final.
India vs Nepal on November 19
New Delhi: The AIFF confirmed that Indian football team will get a chance to play a second International Friendly against Nepal on November 19 in Chennai. India would now be playing on both the FIFA dates in November 2013 as an International Friendly against Philippines at the same venue on November 15 had been confirmed earlier. As per the October FIFA Rankings India are ranked at 154 while Nepal are at 165.
NCC Games from October 19th
New Delhi: The National Cadet Corps games are being conducted from 19 to 27 Oct 2013. The NCC National Games 2013 will have seven disciplines to include Football, Hockey, Athletics, Table Tennis, Kabbadi, Kho-Kho and Shooting. Football will be played at various venues with semi-finals and finals at Jawahar lal Nehru Stadium on 25 and 26 Oct 2013.