WKl to continue in India
New Delhi: The World Kabaddi league, India’s first international Kabaddi tournament, on Tuesday decided to continue to hold the remaining matches in India only, with the final slated to be held in Pakistan. As scheduled, the finals will be played at lahore, Pakistan. The league will traverse to newer terrains with Bhopal and Mumbai as new venues. Commenting on the change of venue, Raman Raheja, CEO, WKl said, “We have got superb response of the league especially in Hindi Speaking Market (HSM). Commenting on the announcement Pargat Singh, Commissioner, WKl said, “We have seen amazing acceptance of the league among the fans in India”. The WKl matches will be broadcast on Sony Six, the official broadcasting Partner for the league in India.
Jaitely to remain on HIl board
New Delhi: After a successful stint of two years, Union finance and Defence minister Arun Jaitely will continue to be on the advisory board of the Hero Hockey India league for the next two editions. India’s noted politician and the prominent lawyer joined the Advisory Board in the first edition of the Hero Hockey India league in 2013.Speaking on his involvement in the Hero HIl, Jaitely said, “It’s great to see Indian Hockey gaining its lost glory and achieving new feats worldwide. The progress is now evident after the recent success of the women and men’s hockey teams including the women securing the bronze medal in the 2014 Asian Games and the Men’s team achieving a Silver medal in the 2014 CWG and the Gold medal in the 2014 Asian Games.”
FC Goa aim to remain unbeaten
Panaji: FC Goa will be looking to keep their unbeaten run intact when they take on Vasco SC in their third friendly match, here on Thursday. FC Goa has so far played two friendly matches, both of which they had won comfortably. Zico, who took over as coach of FC Goa, had been training the boys at Tilak Stadium, Vasco since he joined the team. I was not happy with the first friendly match against Sesa Academy, but in the second match against India U-19, they had adapted well to my style of play in terms of formation and tactics, and I am hoping they keep on improving tomorrow against Vasco,” stated Zico. Zico has picked up three players — Rowilson Rodrigues, Peter Carvalho and Holicharan Nazary — who have impressed him the most.
‘shooting is beyond big names now’
New Delhi: Awarded the rare ‘Diploma of Honour’ by the International Shooting Sport Federation, NRAI president Raninder Singh says shooting in India has gone beyond iconic names, giving him hopes of achieving a top-five finish in the discipline at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Considering the high expectations, the Indian shooting team’s performance in the just-concluded Incheon Asian Games, where it bagged nine medals, may have disappointed a few but Raninder has a different perspective. “Our shooters’ performance at the Asian Games has to be seen in a context. last time (in Guangzhou 2010) we had eight medals while this time we have won nine. The number of medals has gone up. I can say that Indian shooting has gone beyond iconic names and we have got a good bench strength,” Raninder said. “At the Asian Games, India came third in shooting behind China and Korea in number of medals. In the Commonwealth Games we were ranked one in number of medals.”
Footballers to get insurance in ISl
Panaji: All franchisees of the high-profile Indian Super league have taken elaborate insurance covers for their players ranging from `50 to 60 crore. The insurance covers player salaries, apart from personal accident policy, Mediclaim, travel insurance, public liability and loss of ticketing for the clubs. The total insurance cover for the ISl, according to a source from a franchisee is approximately `600 crore. Each franchise is spending close to `50 crore while the league itself has a cover of `200 crore. The ISl insurance cover is among the highest for a sporting event in the country, bettered only by the cash-rich Indian Premier league (`1,100 crore). According to sources, major sports events like the Commonwealth Games in 2010 was insured for Rs 200 crore while the Formula One race held at the Buddh International Circuit Noida, had a cover of approximately `500 crore.
Search on for 7 missing AG athletes
Seoul: South Korean police are searching for seven athletes and a reporter who went missing after the Asian Games closed on Saturday in the port city of Incheon. The whereabouts of three athletes from Nepal, two from Sri lanka, and one each from Bangladesh and the Palestinian territories are unknown, police inspector Baek Seung-cheol said on Wednesday. A TV reporter from Pakistan was also missing, he added. Police believe there was a possibility that the eight were looking to work illegally in the country, and have been focusing their search efforts in the nearby city of Ansan, which has a large community of migrant workers. Police said the athletes’ visas expire on October 19, and the reporter’s on October 30. Nearly 10,000 athletes competed in the Asian Games.
Shanghai masters: Nadal out
Shanghai: Rafael Nadal lost his opening match at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday, only days after appendicitis left him bedridden and uncertain if he’d be able to compete. lacking power on his serve and groundstrokes, the second-seeded Nadal lost to Feliciano lopez 6-3, 7-6 (6) after squandering a 5-2 lead in the second set. Nadal said he felt a little dizzy from the antibiotics used to treat the appendicitis, but wasn’t in a great deal of pain. He planned to have surgery to remove his appendix sometime before the end of the year. Also, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic moved into the third round with straight-set wins.