Ex-tennis player dies of cancer
london: Elena Baltacha, a former top-50 professional tennis player who had been fighting liver cancer since retiring from the game, died on Snday. She was 30. The former British No. 1 died peacefully surrounded by family and friends, the Women's Tennis Association said on its website. The Kiev-born Baltacha, who represented Britain at the 2012 london Olympics, was diagnosed with the illness in January, two months after retiring from tennis and only weeks after she married her long-time coach Nino Severino. "We are heartbroken beyond words at the loss of our beautiful, talented and determined Bally," Severino said in a statement. "She was an amazing person and she touched so many people with her inspirational spirit, her warmth and her kindness."
Kohli maintain top spot in ODIs Dubai: Although India won't play their next ODI before the month of June, Virat Kohli has managed to maintain his top spot among the ICC's list of ODI batsmen while his compatriot Ravindra Jadeja is among the top-five in both bowlers' and all-rounders' list. India remain second in the list of teams with 112 points as Australia manitain their top rank with 115 points.
TRIAlS FOR YOUNG CRICKETERS
New Delhi: Bishen Bedi Cricket Coaching Trust and Yuvraj Singh Centre of Excellence will conduct the trials for a cricket coaching camp on 17th and 18th May, 2014 at Gyan Bharti School in Saket from 9:30 AM onwards. The selected players will go through a rigorous coaching camp in Himachal post which the players will be taken to the United Kingdom to expose the players to international cricket developments. The players under the age of 14, 16 and 20 but no player less than the age of 10 can participate. The trials will be conducted by Bishen Singh Bedi and Sandeep Sharma, Head Coach at YSCE. Players can register themselves for a fee of Rs. 1,000.
NZ to make match-fixing a crime
Wellington: New Zealand today said it will make match-fixing a specific crime for the first time to ensure sport remains corruption-free as the country prepares to co-host next year’s Cricket World Cup. Sports Minister Murray McCully said that in recent years some sporting codes had been targeted by international criminal syndicates “seeking to gain unfair advantage to illegally profit from sports betting”. “These activities compromise athletes and tarnish sport,” he said, announcing the creation of a new crime of match-fixing.
Issac wins Wings For life Run
Sonipat: In the sweltering heat of Haryana, participants of the Wings for life World Run pushed themselves to the limit and the race eventually ended at 06.35 PM. The catcher car crossed Kenya’s Issac Kipkemoi at a distance of 41.101 kilometers, making him the winner of the India run in the male category and Wahida Raheman from Manipur was declared the female winner of the race as she ran 29.6 kilometers in 2.05 hours.