Bindra elected ISSF chairman
New Delhi: The country's only individual Olympic gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra, has been elected chairman of International Shooting Sport Federation's (ISSF) Athletes Committee, becoming the first Indian to receive the honour. The ISSF, which is the world body representing the sport of shooting, confirmed this today in a letter, a copy of which was marked to the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the representative body of the sport in India. It may be recalled that Bindra was re-elected member of the ISSF Athletes Committee in elections held last month in Granada, Spain for a second time.
maradona accuses gf of theft
Buenos Aires: Former Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona filed a theft complaint against his girlfriend, Rocio Oliva, after a video was released that allegedly shows him hitting her. "I spoke to Diego and he filed the complaint," Oliva told Argentine television. Oliva, 22, has a turbulent relationship with 53-year-old Maradona. He lives in Dubai and has a sports promotion contract. Argentine television channels have released a short video supposedly shot by Oliva in a room in Maradona's home. In the blurry footage, Oliva can be heard saying "Stop, stop" as if she is trying to stop an attack. Maradona has said he had knocked the phone from her hands but denies hitting Oliva, a female footballer.
HI’s Batra’s son passes away
New Delhi: In a tragic incident, Hockey India President Narinder Batra's son Dhruv died at a young age of 27 in Morocco, where he had gone with his father four days ago. His body will be arriving in India on Friday following which the cremation will be performed. According to sources close to the HI boss, Dhruv apparently succumbed to a stomach infection. A former secretary of Hockey India, Batra was earlier this month elected unopposed as the president of the sports body.
salgaocar thrash indian navy
Margao: Ivory Coast midfielder Douhou Peirre scored a brace to guide Salgaocar FC to a fluent 4-1 win against Indian Navy and start their campaign on a winning note in the Pool "A" quarter-final league of the 127th Durand Cup, played at Raia Panchyat ground, here on Thursday. Salgaocar, who had better share of exchanges and scoring chances, netted through Peirre(16th, 47th), Aslon Oliveira(18th) and Gilbert Oliveira(90+2). Indian Navy pulled one back through Raman lal in the 70th minute but could not cut much ice all along. In Friday's game, Pune FC face Goa's Churchill Brothers in a tough test.
chandhok elected driver’s rep
New Delhi: Indian racer Karun Chandhok has been elected as drivers' representative for the FIA Formula E Championship along with Oriol Servia. Chandhok, who drives for Mahndra Racing in the newly-launched series, and Dragon Racing's Servia will represent the Formula E drivers on matters such as driver safety and circuit layout. They will work with Formula E organisers and the FIA. "I look forward to working with Oriol as well as the FIA and the Formula E teams to find ways to make the tracks better for racing, safer and also explore ways to tweak the rules where needed, to improve the series," Chandhok said. The next race in the Formula E is Chandhok will be back on track for Mahindra Racing alongside his team mate Bruno Senna at the second round of the FIA Formula E Championship in Putrajaya, Malaysia on 22nd November.
nehwal enters top 5 in world
New Delhi: Star player Saina Nehwal has gained a place to be fifth in the latest Badminton World Federation women's singles rankings released here Thursday. Saina improved her ranking, riding on her back-to-back quarter-final appearances at Denmark and French Open tournaments this month. Saina's compatriot P V Sindhu maintained her No.10 position. Parupalli Kashyap has made it back to the men's singles top-20 at 17th spot by climbing up four places after a decent show in the last two tournaments. Indian women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have also re-entered the top-20 at No. 20 after earning two places.
IPTl tickets from today, 9Am
New Delhi: The minimum cost of the three-day ticket to watch top stars, including Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, in action during the International Premier Tennis league (IPTl) has been fixed at Rs 3,240 while the most costly ones are available at Rs 49,680. The IPTl matches will be hosted at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, which has a seating capacity of 15,000, from December 6 to 8. In the first phase of the tickets sale, 6000 tickets are available online at bookmyshow.Com from Friday. "Fans purchasing tickets will receive 3 individual day tickets, which they can share with friends or family during the three-day period," an IPTl release said.
one fixed body for squash
london: The Professional Squash Association (PSA) and Women's Squash Association (WSA) are set to join forces in an historic merger that will see the sport run by one unified governing body for the first time ever. Following a lengthy consultation process involving the sport's major stakeholders over the past ten months, which included inviting both memberships of the PSA and WSA to vote on the proposed merger, a decision was reached on October 28 that will see the PSA operate as the governing body for both the women's and men's ranks from January 1, 2015.
lahiri with a modest start
Kuala lumpur: Anirban lahiri got off to a modest start, fumbling with a three-bogey stretch on the back nine to finish with a two-over 74 in the opening round of the $7 million CIMB Classic. The 27-year-old was going fine at one-under through 11 holes with two birdies and one bogey when he hit a rough patch with three bogeys in a row from 12th to the 14th.