Modi behind cases against Srini
New Delhi: lalit Modi on Monday created a flutter by claiming that he was financing Aditya Verma’s petition against BCCI President-in-exile N Srinivasan and others in the IPl spot-fixing case. “I’m financing the petition against Srinivasan and others. There’s no harm in backing anybody who helps me,” Modi told CNN-IBN. “BCCI wants to sweep everything under the carpet,” he said. Modi’s comments came after the Supreme Court earlier in the day questioned Srinivasan’s conflict of interest as the BCCI president and owner of an IPl franchise Chennai Super Kings at the same time. The court resumes hearing in the case on Tuesday. Modi said Apex Court’s intervention was a must to make cricket corruption free. “It’s a sad day in Indian cricket history. Money and muscle power has found its way into BCCI. SC intervention is the only way forward,” Modi said. Modi says he has no regrets not being part of cricket administration in the country as long as it is run by “crooks”. “I am happy to be banned. I don’t have to sit on the same table with the crooks,” he said. Verma, who is secretary of unrecognised Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), had filed the petition last year in the wake of IPl spot-fixing scandal.
Sarjubala, Saweety GRAB SIlVER
Jeju (Korea): Indian pugilists S Sarjubala (48kg) and Saweety (81kg) faltered at the final hurdle to settle for silver medals, rounding off a decent campaign for the country in the 8th World Women’s Boxing Championships, here on Monday. Sarjubala lost to world No 3 Nazym Kyzaibay of Kazakhstan, who also happened to be a bronze-medallist from the previous World Championships. Saweety, on the other hand, lost to Yang Xiaoli of China, to also settle for a silver medal. India thus managed to improve its performance from a bronze in the previous edition to a couple of silvers this time. The Kazakh, however, staged a recovery in the second round and targeted the Indian’s body to slow down the pace of the bout and draw level.
SRT avoids query on Mudgal report
New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar on Monday refused to comment on the findings of Mudgal Committee report which probed into the IPl spot-fixing scandal, saying that it would be improper for him to say anything on the issue as Supreme Court was hearing the case. “Supreme Court is hearing this and I think, it would be not be wise to make any comment right now and respect it,” Tendulkar, a Rajya Sabha member, said outside the Parliament when his reaction was sought on Mudgal Committee report. The Supreme Court’s hearing on the Indian Premier league spot-fixing inquiry resumed today following the report filed by the Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee.
Sindhu eye title defence aT MACAU
Macau: Teen sensation P V Sindhu will look to shrug off the disappointment of her second round loss at Hong Kong when she starts her title defence in the women’s singles competition of the USD 120,000 Macau Grand Prix Gold, which begins here on Tuesday. Nine Indian shuttlers, including two-time world championship bronze medallist P V Sindhu, will look to put their best foot forward when they take the court at Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. World No. 10 Sindhu, who is seeded second, will take on Chinese Taipei’s Hung Shih Han on Wednesday. Indian combination of Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Jerry Chopra will take on Korean pair of Sol Kyu Choi and Kang Ji Wook in the men’s doubles event.
AIFF to hold first U-15 in 2015
New Delhi: Aiming to prepare a strong squad for the Under-17 World Cup in 2017, the All India Football Federation on Monday said that the inaugural edition of the proposed AIFF U-15 tournament for I-league clubs will be held next year. The first tournament will be a 16-team event, where besides the 10 I-league teams, four other academies and the two AIFF academies would be a part of it. “The intention of the tournament is to augment the talent for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup,” AIFF general secretary Kushal Das stated. It was informed that 75 I-league matches out of the total 110 would be telecast live by Ten Sports, the host broadcaster.
Schumacher making progress
Berlin: Former Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher continues to make progress as he recovers at home from last December’s skiing accident. Schumacher’s manager, Sabine Kehm, tells German TV station RTl that the seven-time champion is “making progress considering the severity of his injury” and “you have to give it time. I think you really just have to have patience.” Schumacher was left in a coma after the accident and Kehm is grateful for the outpouring of support that has been shown.Schumacher lives in Gland, near Geneva in Switzerland.
ISl: Delhi beat NorthEast 2-1
Guwahati: After a string of disappointing results, Delhi Dynamos FC finally registered their second victory in the ongoing Hero Indian Super league when they pipped hosts NorthEast United FC 2-1 in a keenly-contested match here on Monday. The match witnessed full of exciting moments but it was the home team that wasted innumerable scoring chances much to the disappointment of the packed Indira Gandhi Stadium.