BCCI CAllS MARKETING, IPl GC MEETINGS
Mumbai: The Cricket Board has convened meetings of its Marketing Committee and IPl Governing Council here on Tuesday. “Marketing and GC meetings have been convened for awarding digital rights and approval of matters relating to IPl,” BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said. The Board had issued invitation to tenders for awarding the digital rights (global internet and mobile telecast rights) for IPl over the next fours years. The sealed bids received by the BCCI are to be opened at the meeting of the Marketing Committee. Star India, Sony, Times Internet and YouTube have evinced interest in acquiring the rights, reports have said.
15-DAY TOUR FOR HOCKEY EVES IN SPAIN
New Delhi: The India women’s hockey team has left for a 15-day tour of Spain to be held at Valencia from February 10 to 24. The preparatory camp for the tour stared a month ago at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here. The series is in preparation for the FIH World league Round 2 to be held here from March 7 to 15. During the tour, the Indian eves will be playing two matches against Spain followed by two against Dutch hockey clubs, GCHC and HDM. Besides, the Indian eves are also alated also slated to play two matches against Germany. The team will be led by Ritu Rani and Deepika will be the vice-captain.
INDIA’S 2018 WORlD CUP QUAlIFIER IN GUWAHATI
New Delhi: The Indian senior national football team will play their home match of the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium at Sajusarai in Guwahati. The Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 will be played on a home and away format and India will play their home match in Guwahati on March 12. The match will mark the debut for head coach Stephen Constantine in his second stint with the national team. The return leg is slated for March 17. The official draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 AFC Asian Cup Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 will take place on Tuesday.
HEMISPHERE PGTI MASTERS TO TEE OFF TODAY
Noida: Top domestic golfers including Shankar Das and S Chikkarangappa will look to sharpen their skills ahead of the Indian Open when they compete in the Rs30 lakh Hemisphere PGTI Masters, the second event of the 2015 PGTI season, that tees off at the Noida Golf course here on Tuesday. The field at The Hemisphere PGTI Masters, a joint venture between real estate giants Amrapali Group and O2 Group, and the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), will feature top Indian professionals like Himmat Singh Rai, Shamim Khan, Om Prakash Chouhan, Chiragh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Angad Cheema, Abhijit Singh Chadha and Khalin Joshi, besides Shankar (reigning Rolex Rankings champion) and S Chikkarangappa.
lAHIRI lEAPS TO CAREER-HIGH 37TH RANKING
New Delhi: Indian Anirban lahiri Monday moved to a career-high 37th place in the World Golf Rankings following his triumph at the co-sanctioned Malaysian Open on Sunday. The breakthrough win on the European Tour helped the 27-year-old lahiri jump 36 places in the rankings, according to a release. lahiri’s 37th position in World Rankings is the second-best ever by an Indian after Jeev Milkha Singh, who was in the Top-30 in March 2009. While this is the first week in Top-50 for lahiri, Jeev spent a total of 66 weeks at different times in Top-50.
ADVANI, MADAN FOR ASIAN SNOOKER
Bengaluru: National champion Pankaj Advani and Varun Madan topped the overall rankings on conclusion of selection trials here on Monday and the duo will represent India in the Asian Snooker to be held in Malaysia later this year. Winning six of his seven league matches, Advani finished on top, while Madan ended up second after pulling off a 4-3 win over the national champion in his concluding league fixture.
ANAND BEATS BARAMIDZE IN GRENKE CHESS
Baden-Baden (Germany): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand got some consolation after scoring a regulation victory over David Baramidze of Germany in the sixth round of Grenke Chess Classic. Coming after two straight losses against nemesis Magnus Carlsen of Norway and levon Aronian of Armenia, the victory served as a breather for Anand as this was also the first win of the year for the Indian ace. With just one round to come things did not change one bit in terms of standing despite Anand’s lone victory. Carlsen and Naiditsch remained at the top of the tables with four points each in their kitty while Caruana remains on their heels a half point behind. The trio of Aronian, Bacrot and Adams are not too far behind on three points each while Anand remained on the seventh spot in the eight-player round robin tournament.