Roach puts WIndies in control
CASTRIES (St. lucia): Fast bowler Kemar Roach grabbed 5-33 Sunday as the West Indies seized control of the second test against Bangladesh as 14 wickets tumbled on day two at the Beausejour Stadium. The visitors did well to restrict the West Indies to 380 all out after they had resumed on 246-3, despite Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 84. But Roach then bowled with pace and good control to derail Bangladesh, which limped to stumps on 104-7, still trailing by 276. Only Tamim Iqbal, with 48 at the top of the order, offered much resistance. Roach’s new ball partner, Jerome Taylor, supported well with 2-33. Brief Scores — West Indies: 380 (Chanderpaul 84 not out, Johnson 66, Al-Amin 3/80) lead Bangladesh: 104/7 (Tamim 48, Roach 5/33) by 276 runs.
Anand beats Ponomariov
Bilbao (Spain): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand started his campaign at the Bilbao Final Masters with a crushing win over former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine here. Playing his last tournament ahead of the World Championship re-match against Magnus Carlsen in November, Anand showed that he was in top form and outclassed Ponomariov in all departments of the game. The four players double round robin tournament saw the other game between levon Aronian of Armenia and Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain ending in a draw which also made Anand the early leader in the tournament. The Indian ace got three points for his win in the Soccer-like scoring system in place here that gives three points for a win and one for a draw. Pons and Aronian share the second spot on one point while Ponomariov is at the bottom now.
Draw tough for India in CT
New Delhi: The Indian hockey team has been drawn in a tough group alongside Olympic champion Germany and World Cup runner-up the Netherlands among others for the Champions Trophy to be held in Bhubaneswar from December 6-14. Placed in pool B, India will also have 2014 World Cup bronze medallist Argentina to deal with. Pool A consists of 2014 World Cup and defending champions Australia, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist England, Euro nations silver medallist Belgium and defending Asian Games gold medallist Pakistan.
SAI misplaces Balbir Sr’s medals
Chandigarh: Hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr. has claimed that Sports Authority of India has misplaced his priceless memoribilia, which inculdes his Olympic blazer, medals and rare pictures he had donated to SAI in 1985. The tripple Olympic gold medallist said that he had donated his collection to A S Talwar, the then SAI secretary but when he inquired about them before the 2012 london Olympics, SAI officials claimed ignorance. “I have donated everything I had except Olympic medals and Padamshri award to SAI. They told me at that time that it will be housed in the SAI sports museum to be built at Jawahar lal Nehru stadium in New Delhi but it never happened,” Balbir said. “That included Melbourne Olympic blazer, 24 medals including Tokyo Asiad (1958) silver, some rare snaps with India’s first Governor General C Rajgopalachari, first President Dr Rajendra Prasad, first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs Indira Gandhi,” the gold medal winner of london (1948), Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956) Olympics claimed.
HIl: Mumbai has new owners
New Delhi: After Mumbai Magicians owners Dabur Group pulled out of the Hockey India league (HIl), DoIT Sports Management (India) Pvt ltd bought the Mumbai franchise on Sunday. “We welcome DoIT Sports Management on board the HIl. As they already have immense knowledge in the sports arena, we are confident they will have a positive impact on this season’s HIl,” HIl chairman Narinder Batra said. “They are a new company who are looking at contributing towards the development and growth of hockey in the country.” DoIT Sports Management founder Radha Kapoor said: “We have always strived towards promotion of sports. This franchise in HIl will be an opportunity to be associated with a game which has millions of fans.
Renjith, Karhana doubtful
New Delhi: Triple jumper Renjith Maheshwary and shot putter Om Prakash Karhana were today rendered doubtful for the upcoming Asian Games though the Athletics Federation of India is yet to take a final call on the matter. The fate of men’s 4x400m relay team will also be decided by the AFI on Tuesday. Maheshwary finished last in the IAAF Inter-Continental Cup in Marrakech in Morocco today with a disappointing effort of 15.91m, while Karhana suffered an ankle injury while warming up for the ‘selection trials’ in Patiala. Maheshwary, Karhana, triple (rpt triple) jumper Mayookha Johny, the women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay and men’s 4x400m relay teams were included in the 56-member athletics team named by the AFI for the Asian Games, to be held in Incheon, subject to trials.
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