Eves suffer 2ND defeat in Champs Challenge
Glasgow: India women’s hockey team lost 0-4 to Scotland to slump to their second consecutive defeat in the Champions Challenge 1 at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre here. The Indian eves had earlier lost 2-4 to Korea in their opening Pool A match. India will next play Belgium on Wednesday. Scotland made a confident start last night and proved to be dominating force from the beginning of the game, winning a penalty corner in the fourth minute but failed to convert the same. The Indian eves defended stoutly for most part of the opening half. It took the hosts 30th minute to break the deadlock through a field goal from Nikki Kidd. Soon Scotland doubled their lead when Emily Maguire scored another field goal in the 33rd minute. Scotland scored two more goals after the crossover through Vikki Bunce (41st) and Becky Ward (66th) to register the comfortable victory.
We are all monkeys: Neymar after abuse london: Frustrated that racism is still prevalent in world football, Brazilian sensation Neymar has called himself and the ones subjected to discrimination on the basis of skin colour, nationality and ethnicity, “monkeys”, following Barcelona defender Dani Alves’ sensible handling of abuse during a la liga game. Coming out in support of Alves, club team-mate and compatriot Neymar posted a photograph of himself on Instagram holding a banana while writing “We are all monkeys”. FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has issued a stern warning that no act of racial discrimination will be tolerated in the World Cup, following the incident for which Alves is receiving support of the global football community. “What Dani Alves tolerated last night is an outrage. We must fight all forms of discrimination. Will be zero tolerance at World Cup,” Blatter wrote on his twitter handle.
East Bengaldefeat Shillong lajong FC
Jamshedpur: East Bengal defeated Shillong lajong FC through a first-half solitary goal in their last engagement of the Under-19 I-league at J R D Tata Sports Complex here today. Shillong lajong toiled hard for an equaliser after East Bengal striker Jiten Murmu put the team in lead on the 18th minute. Jiten received a measured cross from right flank and sent in a powerful header, leaving rival custodian unmoved. Shillong lajong, who had six points from two wins and three losses (including this match), had a golden chance to score but the player shot wide off the target.
Supriya Mondal qualifies for Youth Olys
New Delhi: Swimmer Supriya Mondal has qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympics by winning a gold medal in the 200m butterfly event at the Dubai International Aquatic Championships in Hamdan. The 17-year-old swimmer clocked 2:03.93s, achieving the ‘A’ qualification mark and will compete in the same event in the Youth Olympics, to be held in Nanjing, China in August. Mondal had earlier won a silver in 100m butterfly with a timing of 56.45s and followed it up with a gold in 50m butterfly clocking 25.67s, achieving the ‘B’ qualification mark in both the events.
Indiawin 7 medals in gymnastics
New Delhi: Indian gymnasts returned with a rich haul of seven medals, including three golds, from the International Commonwealth Championships held at Perth, Australia from April 26 to 27. According to a Sports Authority of India (SAI) statement, apart from three gold medals Indian gymnasts also bagged three silver and one bronze from the two-day event. While 2010 Commonwealth Games and Asian Games medallist Ashish Kumar won two gold medals for India, female gymnast Dipa Karmakar bagged the other yellow metal.
Wimbledonprize money up more than 10 pC
london: Total prize money for this year’s Wimbledon tournament will reach 25 million pounds ($42 million), an increase of 10.8 percent that will mostly favor the early-round losers. The All England Club said Tuesday that the men’s and women’s singles champions will each receive 1.76 million pounds ($2.9 million), a 10 percent increase on last year’s top prize won by Andy Murray and Marion Bartoli. But the main increases are for the early losers, with players who fail to get past the third round receiving prize money worth 12.5 percent more than in 2013. “We’ve placed emphasis on the large group of players who need our help the most, those players who lose in qualifying and in the early rounds of the championships,” Wimbledon chairman Philip Brook said.
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lS polls at Nehru stadium to be OVER in 181 rounds
Indore : Counting for Indore lok Sabha constituency which will take place at Nehru stadium will be completed in 181 rounds. Of all eight Assembly constituencies, the maximum number of 24 rounds of vote counting will be done for Indore -5 and Indore - 1 Assembly constituencies, while the lowest 19 rounds of vote counting will be done for Deepalpur, Indore-3 and Rau Assembly Constituencies. Similarly, 19 rounds of vote counting will be done each for Sanwer, Indore-4 and Mhow Assembly Constituencies, while 22 rounds of vote counting will be done for Indore-2 assembly segment. According to deputy election officer, Sharad Shrotriya, there would be separate rooms for vote counting for each assembly segment and each room will 14 tables for the counting. Detailed information about vote counting from EVMs was given to all the district election and deputy election officers today through video conferencing by the chief State election commissioner. A meeting of the standing committee in connection with counting of votes at Jawahar lal Nehru stadium will be held here on May 1. District collector Akash Tripathi has essentially asked all the district officials involved in election works to essentially participate in the standing committee meeting.