ONGC mines 6 medals from CWG 2014
New Delhi: Sportspersons on the rolls of energy major ONGC won six medal for India at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games at Glasgow. ONGCians won one Gold, three silver and two bronze, the company said in a statement here. Its 20 sportspersons were part of the Indian contingent that participated in the Games. ONGC Chairman and Managing Director D K Sarraf along with Directors felicitated the players here on Wednesday. A cash incentive of `5 lakh was given to wrestler Amit Kumar who won Gold medal in men’s 57 kg category. Cash incentive of `2.25 lakh each was given to Ashwini Ponnappa, who bagged silver medal in badminton women’s doubles and Anthony Amalraj, who brought silver in men’s Table Tennis doubles. Hockey stars Gurvinder Singh Chandi and Akashdeep Singh were given cash incentives of `1.5 lakh each. Pawan Kumar received `2 lakh for winning bronze in wrestling (86kg category) and Arpinder Singh received `2 lakh for his bronze medal in Triple jump.
Pak team to participate in wkl
New Delhi: In a significant move towards normalizing sporting relations between India and Pakistan, a team from across the border — lahore lions — managed by the Government of Punjab will participate in the inaugural World Kabaddi league scheduled to begin in london on August 9. Under the leadership of Mian Mohd. Shahbaaz Sharif, Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, the team from neighbouring country has consented their participation in the international league promoting the ancient sport of kabaddi. Top Pakistani players like Babar Waseem, lala Abaidulla, Shafiq Ahmad Chisti and Akmal Shazad Dogar will be representing lahore lions in the tournament. The team will be managed and supervised by the Directorate General of Sports, Punjab province and will be headed by Usman Anwar, DG Sports, Punjab province. lahore lions will play its first match against Vancouver lions on August 10 in london.
Indian men and women suffer defeats
Tromso (Norway): India witnessed a bad day in office as the men’s team suffered a 2.5-1.5 defeat at the hands of 12th seed Cuba, while their fifth seeded female counterparts were shocked by Serbia by similar margin in the fourth round of the 41st Chess Olympiad here. S P Sethuraman donned the top board for the first time and put up a sterling show to draw with leinier Dominguez Perez. Krishnan Sasikiran yet again tried but the end result was a draw with lazaro Bruzon Batista, while on the third board too B Adhiban held his fort together with a fighting draw against Yuniesky Quesada Perez. However a disappointing loss for M R lalith Babu against Isan Reynoldo Oritz Suarez paved the way for a Cuban victory by a minimal margin. There were heartbreaks for the Indian girls as well. D Harika did her bit on the top board accounting for Jovana Vojinovic but Tania Sachdev and Mary Ann Gomes suffered defeats at the hands of Andjelija Stojanovic and Marija Rakic respectively. On the last board Padmini Rout signed peace with Adela Velikic to keep the damage minimum.
Dabang Delhi sign off with win
New Delhi: Dabang Delhi finally got their act together as the home side thrashed visiting Bengal Warriors 46-36, at last providing some joy to the home crowd in inaugural Star Sports Pro Kabaddi league at the Thyagraj stadium here on Wednesday. Kashiling Adake and Ravinder Singh stole the limelight as they were adjudged Star Raider and Best Defender of the match while Nitine Madane scored maximum points for Bengal Warriors.
India edge out Bangladesh 2-1
New Delhi: Riding its fine form after bagging a silver in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the Indian men’s hockey team edged out Bangladesh 2-1 in the opening Test of the three-match series that started today in Dhaka as part of the Asian Games tune-up. Bangladesh drew first blood with a Farhad Ahmed Fhitul strike in the 30th minute, but India, who have picked a young squad for the series including some Asian Games probables, soon bounced back in the game and stole the thunder from the home team within a matter of five minutes. Trailing 0-1, Indian defender Gurjinder Singh replied through a field goal in the 32nd minute of the match and helped the visitors draw level. Mid-fielder Harjeet Singh quickly took the visitors ahead before half time when he converted a penalty corner in the 34th minute.
Kush Kumar to lead Indian challenge
Chennai: Asian junior runner-up, Kush Kumar, an Indian Squash Academy trainee, will lead India’s charge in the 2014 WSF World Junior Squash Championship, which is to be held in Namibia from August 10 to 21. This is the first time that Namibia is hosting a world championship.