Mujtaba, chandi in squad for cwg
New Delhi: India may have finished a poor ninth at the World Cup, but Hockey India continued to repose faith in Sardar Singh, retaining him as captain of the national men's team for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games. Goalkeeper P R Sreejesh will be the vice-captain of the 16-member squad at the July 23-August 3 event in Glasgow, announced HI on Thursday. Hockey India selectors -- B P Govinda, Harbinder Singh, R P Singh and Arjun Halappa along with Director High Performance Roelant Oltmans and chief coach Terry Walsh — shortlisted the players on the basis of their performance during the selection trials conducted at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on June 30 June and July 1. The preparatory camp is currently underway at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium and will continue until the team leaves for the CWG on July 12. Squad: Goalkeepers: P R Sreejesh (vice-capt). Defenders: Gurbaj Singh, Birendra lakra, Rupinder Pal Singh, Kothajit Singh, V R Raghunath. Midfielders: Dharamvir Singh, Sardar Singh (capt), Danish Mujtaba, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Manpreet Singh. Forwards: Ramandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, S V Sunil, Gurwinder Singh Chandi, Nikkin Thimmaiah.
Funken to Face Colts in Final of hot weather
New Delhi: Tele Funken defeated lB Shastri via toss in the semi final of Hot Weather tournament on Thursday in Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium and made their spot in the Finals. Yogesh Nagar scored 86 of 59 balls became the man of the match as he smashed a six from the last ball to draw the match between Funken and Shastri. The result of the match was decided by a toss. Both the teams showed dedication and hard work in the Game. Brief scores: lB Shastri 220 of 35 overs (Tomar 48, Dalal 46 ; Nagar 2/42, Chahal 1/43) lost to Tele Funken 220 of 35 overs (Nagar 86 , Dabas 31 ; Rana 3/60, Rai 1/25).
lahiri secures Open Championship spot
New Delhi: India's Anirban lahiri is one of 10 golfers who has earned a berth at next week's British Open as the highest ranked non-exempt players in the Official World Golf Ranking. lahiri, currently placed 81 in the world rankings, will be India's sole representative at the 143rd Open Championship, scheduled to be played at Royal liverpool, Hoylake from July 17-20. This will be lahiri's second Major appearance. The four-time winner on the Asian Tour made a memorable debut Major appearance at the 2012 British Open where he finished tied 31st and also made a hole-in-one. lahiri has enjoyed one of his best seasons in 2014. He won his first event outside India at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters in April and also played a key role in Team Asia's strong comeback that helped them achieve a draw against Team Europe at the inaugural EurAsia Cup.
National TT champ shetty finds foreign club
New Delhi: Reigning national table tennis champion Sanil Shetty has got a shot in the arm days ahead of the Commonwealth Games. He will be playing for a first division Polish club post the Glasgow event, ending his long wait for an overseas stint, something his India teammates have had a brush with. Shetty said he has signed an eight-month contract with Frysztak-based club Strzelec. The left-handed paddler is awaiting his visa and will be joining the club in the period between the Commonwealth Games (July 2-Aug 3) and Asian Games (Sep 19-Oct 4). Shetty will be joining former national champion Anthony Amalraj at the club albeit in the lower division. Amalraj plays in the super division with the likes of World No. 61 Wang Zengyi and number 74 Gorak Daniel.
Saina nehwal moves a place up to 7th
New Delhi: Following her Australian Open Super Series triumph, ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal today moved up a place to be in seventh position in the latest world rankings while P V Sindhu dropped out of the top 10 after a none-too-impressive outing in the same tournament. While India's Olympic bronze medallist shuttler Saina triumphed, compatriot Sindhu had to bite the dust as her campaign came to an end in the quarter-finals of Australian Open Super Series. Her poor performance pushed Sindhu a place back to 11th spot. The upper half of the women's singles table remained static with China's li Xuerui, Shixian Wang and Yihan Wang enjoying the top three positions, respectively. In the men's section, Parupalli Kashyap dropped a place to be the best-placed Indian at 21. PNS/Agencies