Chennai Chess title for ivan
Chennai: Top seed Grandmaster Popov Ivan of Russia clinched the seventh Chennai International Open Grandmaster Chess title via super tie-breaker after eight players ended with 7.5 points each, here on Tuesday. For the first time in the history of Chennai Open, there was an eight way tie and it was resolved on quotient. Sharing the top spot with Popov were Dzhumaev Marat (Uzbekistan), Mozharov Mikhail (Russia), Ramnath Bhuvanesh R, Swapnil S Dhopade, Ravichandran Siddharth (all India), Gasanov Eldar (Ukraine), Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam), all at 7.5 points.
Chadha bags snooker title
Kolkata: Talented Mumbai youngster Ishpreet Chadha made up for his loss in billiards final by clinching the snooker title in the sub-junior section of the National Championship here on Tuesday. Displaying fine potting skills, Chadha beat Shobhit Sethi of Punjab in straight frames 46-42, 71-31, 67-04 to emerge snooker champion.Chadha, who was top seed in the sub-junior billiards, had failed to defend his crown going down to S Srikrishna on Monday.
stephen to be head coach
New Delhi: All India Football Federation on Tuesday decided to offer Stephen Constantine to become head coach of Indian football team after the recommendations of the Technical Committee. Constantine, who had earlier worked as Indian team head coach from 2002-05, has been recommended by the AIFF Technical Committee headed by former captain Bhaichung Bhutia. “The offer will be communicated to Mr. Constantine by the AIFF General Secretary Mr. Kushal Das,” the statement said. The 52-year-old Constantine is currently the head coach of Rwandan national team.
bagan ride on kinshuk strike
Vasco: Kinshuk Debnath scored the match-winner to guide Mohun Bagan to a 1-0 win over Shillong lajong to end their campaign on a happy note in an inconsequential Group B league match of the 36th Hero Federation Cup football tournament at Tilak Stadium here on Tuesday. Bagan finished their league engagement with five points while Shillong lajong drew blank. In another game in Margao, Victorino Fernandes scored a hattrick to guide Sporting Clube de Goa to a 4-3 win over East Bengal and keep their hopes alive for a place in the semifinals. Anthony Wolfe scored the other goal for the Goans while EB scored through Ranti Martins, Dudu and S Malsawmtulunga. Sporting with six points move to second place behind Dempo. East Bengal on four points are out of the tournament.
fifa vp to challenge blatter
amman (Jordan): FIFA Vice President Prince Ali bin Al Hussein on Tuesday threw down the gauntlet to incumbent Sepp Blatter for the leadership of football's scandal-tainted world governing body. The 39-year-old Jordanian prince said he would be a candidate against Blatter, 78, who will seek a fifth term, when FIFA holds a presidential vote on May 29. Prince Ali, an ally of UEFA president Michel Platini said he had been encouraged by other FIFA members to stand. He is guaranteed nearly all the 54 UEFA votes and must now aim to sway enough members from Asia and others against Blatter to get 105 backers.