U-16 squad for afc qualifiers
NEW DElHI: India U-16 women's national team head coach Maymol Rocky has announced a 23-member squad for the AFC U-16 Women's Championship (qualifiers) in Dhaka. India – placed in Group B along with UAE, Jordan, Iran, and Bangladesh – will be opening their account against Iran on October 17 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. India have never qualified for the main round barring the inaugural edition in 2005 when no qualification was required as only eight teams took part. In that edition, India finished third in Group A which also had 2009 champions South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia.
Vizag oDi unaffected by cyclone
VISAKHAPATNAM: The third ODI between India and the West Indies to be played here on October 14 is not likely to be affected due to cyclone ‘Hudhud', which is expected to hit the port city by Sunday afternoon, organisers said on Saturday. The match at ACA-VDCA Stadium is not going to be affected and it will go on smoothly, Andhra Cricket Association said. “The cyclone is expected to cross the coastline by post lunch time tomorrow (October 12). Therefore, the one day match (on Oct 14) is not going to be affected. It will go on smoothly,” the association said in a release here.
MODI OUSTED AS RCA PRESIDENT
JAIPUR: lalit Modi was on Saturday unceremonimously ousted from the president's post of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) with a rebel group led by local BJP leader Amin Pathan taking over the reins. On a day of hectic developments, Pathan was elected as the Acting President by the majority of the members in an extraordinary general body meeting, bringing a dramatic end to Modi's tenure almost five
months after he was elected to the top post. It is learnt that 23 out of the 33 district cricket associations of RCA supported the move to remove Modi, who has been banned for life by the BCCI but came back as the chief of state association with an overwhelming majority in May this year.
ONGC FACIlITATES INCHEON WINNERS
New Delhi: Eighteen Incheon Asian Games medal winners, including members of gold-winning Indian hockey, squash and women's relay teams, were on Saturday felicitated by their employers Oil and Natural Gas Corporation limited (ONCG) for bringing laurels to the country in the multi-sporting event. Among those who were felicitated with cash awards at a function included M R Poovamma and Mandeep Kaur (both women's 4x400m relay), Kush Kumar (men's squash) and hockey player Gurwinder Singh Chandi. Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, the other member of the gold-winning squash team, and hockey player Akashdeep Singh could not turn up.
Jharkhand, Kerala in SUBROTO CUP SEMIS
New Delhi: BSl High School from Jharkhand had to settle the issue with Army Boys of lucknow Cantonment, via a penalty shootout to move into the under-17 boys semifinals of the 55th Subroto
Cup International Football Tournament on Saturday. With the score tied at 1-1 after the regulation period, it was broken through penalty shootout in which the Jharkhand outfit emerged 5-3 winners. The other team that made it to the semis was MSP Higher
Secondary School from Kerala, who scored an easy 1-0 win over SAI (Assam). The winners will clash in the semifinals on October 13.
JEEV MAKES CUT in PORTUGAl
Vilamoura: Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh came back strongly in the last four holes to make the cut in
the weather-hit Portugal Masters here. Jeev, who shot one-over 72, carded four-under 67 to get to three-under 139 and make the weekend rounds. His round included an eagle and a birdie in the last four holes. Meanwhile, Shiv Kapur missed the cut as he carded a 76 and 70 in his two rounds. At the top, Alexander levy stormed into the lead on day two
with a stunning 10-under 61, but the Frenchman was one of only two groups to complete the second round after thunderstorms and heavy rain severely disrupted play, forcing the tournament to be reduced to 54 holes.
Karia, Das win National TT titles
InDORE: Gujarat’s Devesh Karia and PSPB’s Mouma Das emerged the men and women’s singles champions at the National Ranking (Central Zone) Table Tennis Championships which concluded
at the Abhay Prashal Stadium here on Saturday. Karia, who won his maiden senior title, defeated PSPB’s G Sathiyan 4-3 (11-4, 5-11, 11-2, 11-9, 7-11, 7-11, 11-9). Veteran Mouma Das defeated Pooja Sahasrabudhe for the women's title. 31-year-old Das won 4-3 as she played on Pooja Sahasrabudhe's patience with the scoreline reading 4-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5.