CTl in DElHI from november 17
NEW DElHI: The inaugural Champions Tennis league (CTl) will kick off with a clash between Punjab and Delhi on November 17 at DlTA Complex. The first day will have another match, late in the evening between Chennai and Bangalore in Chennai. The opening ceremony is also scheduled in New Delhi on November 15. Punjab will be led by world number 5 Spaniard David Ferrer along with India's Somdev Devvarman while hosts have former Serbian world number one Jelena Jankovic and South Africa's Kevin Anderson in their ranks. The winner will take home a prize money of Rs one crore. The runner-up will win Rs 50 lakh.
India lose 2-0 to britain in johor cup
JOHOR BAHRU: The Indian U-21 hockey team went down 0-2 against Britain in their second match of the Sultan of Johor Cup here on Monday. The first half of the game saw both the teams making desperate efforts and giving each other a tough fight to score the opening goal of the match. Although both the teams made several attempts to put the ball in the net, the first goal came in as in the 28th minute of the match from the stick of Benjamin James Boon. Trailing 1-0, the Indian men came out attacking in the second half and tried to prevent attack from the rivals but could not keep pace with the opponents and it was in the 50th minute of the game that Samuel French managed to extend Britain's lead. The Indian men kept up the fight till the last minute of the match but it was all in vain.
MSP Kerala reach Subroto Cup final
NEW DElHI: MSP Higher Secondary from Kerala became the first team to enter the under-17 boys final of the 55th Subroto Cup football tournament after beating BSl High School, Jharkhand 5-4 via penalty shootout. Understandably, both the teams played cautiously without taking any goal-bearing initiatives, much to the chagrin of their own benches and the spectators. That, in a nut shell, described the boredom throughout the regulation period. With the time having to be resolved, penalty was forced on the teams and in which the Kerala school boys came out victorious.