Indian JrS draw 2-2 against NZ
New Delhi: India's junior women's hockey team fought bravely to hold hosts New Zealand to a 2-2 draw in their second match of the six-Test series at the TET Multisport Centre in Stratford on Thursday. The junior Blacksticks women had a good start to the game as Kelsey Smith scored the initial goal of the match to give the hosts a 1-0 lead in the first half. After the change of ends, the Indian girls made a spirited fight back and level the scores with a close range goal that came from the stick of striker Anupa Barla. The third Test between India and New Zealand will be played on the same ground on Saturday.
Saurav, Joshna ease into semis
Mumbai: Favourites Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa fashioned comfortable wins to enter the semi-finals of the 62nd Senior National Squash Championship & 71st CCI-Western India Junior Open Tournament at the Cricket Club of India here on Thursday. Chinappa lived up to her reputation with a 3-0 win over girls under-15 junior national champion Nikita Joshi of Maharashtra and led second seed Sachika Ingale of UP. India No. 1 Ghosal tamed Vijay Kumar of Tamil Nadu 3-0 to set up a last-four clash with Ravi Dixit, while Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and India No. 2 Mahesh Mangaonkar will contest other Semi.
CTl unveils Hyderabad team
Hyderabad: Vijay Amritraj-promoted Champions Tennis league (CTl) on Thursday unveiled the new team, Hyderabad Aces for the inaugural edition of the tournament, commencing on November 17. Hyderabad recently replaced Chennai team in the southern group. The Chennai players — Mark Philippoussis, Martina Hingis, Mikhail Youzhny and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan — will now represent the Hyderabad franchise. Hyderabad Aces would play four rounds before qualifying for the final. The reverse games will be played on November 21 in Bangalore and on Nov 23 in Pune. The finals of the CTl would be played on Nov 26 in Delhi.
sangwan eager to come back
New Delhi: It couldn't have been a better birthday gift for Delhi's left-arm seamer Pradeep Sangwan as he received an e-mail from the BCCI confirming that his 18-month long doping ban has been lifted and that he can resume training with his state team. "Yesterday was my 24th birthday and a day before that I got an e-mail from BCCI. They confirmed that my ban has been lifted. BCCI has confirmed that all my latest urine sample reports have come negative. Now that the ban is over, I can at least train with the Ranji team. “In the past few years, the shoulder problem led to some problemsin my bowling. Now I am hundred percent fit and waiting to get back to performing for Delhi,” said Sangwan.