Sumariwala to be Chef-de-Mission
Patiala: Athletics Federation of India President Adille Sumariwala has been appointed the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for next month's Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. "Adille Sumariwala will be the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for the Asian Games," Indian Olympic Association Joint Secretary Rakesh Gupta said. India won 65 medals in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou in China with 12 medals (5 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze) coming from athletics. Gupta also said the selection trials to pick the Indian boxing team for the Asian Games will be held at the NIS here on August 26 and 27.
IMF organises Climbathan 2014
New Delhi: To provide a new dimension to mountaineering in the country, Indian Mountaineering Foundation has embarked on a unique project — Climbathan 2014 — in and around Bara Shigree glacier in Himachal Pradesh. Col. H S Chauhan (Retd.), President of IMF and a veteran mountaineers himself, today said 50 upcoming climbers from different parts of India and from the neighbouring countries are now participating in its flagship Mountain leadership Programme that aims to enhance the skill of a climber like their counterparts abroad, specially in Europe and America. Chauhan said that these climbers would be there for three weeks, during which they would be fine tuning their critical skills needed to climb challenging mountains and mountain routes. "Mountaineering as a sport is directionally moving towards climbers attempting technical routes and operating in small teams, which is also referred as alpine style climbing," said Chauhan.
PSPB men and women teams in finals
New Delhi: The Petroleum Sports Control Board teams in both men and women's categories today entered the finals of the AAI 44th Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championships and are now just one step away from retaining the titles here at the Thyagaraj Stadium. PSPB's men blanked Central Revenue Sports Control Board (CRSCB) 3-0 in the first semifinal, while Railways huffed and puffed before beating Airports Authority of India 3-2 in another last four stage match. PSPB women, taking the cue from their men counterparts, didn't waste any time to mow down Air India for a similar verdict, while the other semifinal saw hosts AAI landing smoothly in the final with a 3-0 win over Railway Sports Promotion Board. Both the finals are slated for Tuesday afternoon. The PSPB men and women didn't have any opposition at all as both the teams' bench strength is extremely strong.
Siddhant gets jr Wimbledon berth
New Delhi: 14-year-old Siddhant Banthia booked his ticket to the 2015 junior Wimbledon after he won HSBC Road to Wimbledon Boys' Singles Championship. The organisers announced Monday that the Pune boy had defeated top seed Maxime Tremikhin 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-0 in the singles final held at the Wimbledon, Saturday. Siddhant played near perfect tennis beating the top seed thrice. Siddhant Banthia and Adil Kalyanpur beat Jake Norris and Pierce Widdecombe 6-3 in boys doubles final. The match had to be stopped after the first set when one of their opponents ran into the back wall and injured himself and had to withdraw after a set.