Oscars’ Possible release condemned
Johannesburg: The mother of Oscar Pistorius’s slain girlfriend told a newspaper on Sunday it would be too early to release the fallen Paralympian from prison as early as August for good conduct. The 28-year-old South African double amputee sprinter was found guilty last year of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years in prison for shooting his girlfriend, model and TV presenter Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day 2013. Pistorius claimed that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder, firing four shots through a locked bathroom door. He is now waiting for the South African prison authorities to decide whether to grant him conditional release, possibly from August. If Pistorius is released then, he will have spent just 10 months in prison. “I don’t think it is long enough for somebody who has caused somebody’s death,” Reeva’s mother June Steenkamp told South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper. “Surely her life is worth more than 10 months’ incarcerationIJ He’s taken something so precious out of our lives. Her life is gone,” Steenkamp added.
dharambir in-charge of hoa
Chandigarh: BJP MP Dharambir Singh, who has taken charge of the Congress-backed faction of Haryana Olympic Association (HOA), said he would endeavour to take the state to new heights in sports arena and work for the interests of athletes by rising above political considerations. Singh, who had last year switched over from the Congress party to join the BJP, took charge as the HOA president at a function held at its headquarters at Panchkula on Saturday. The MP said that he had been “unanimously elected” as the HOA chief as its previous head P V Rathee had relinquished charge. A week back, at a meeting, Singh’s name was announced as the next HOA chief. Interestingly, the move to appoint Dharambir as HOA president came barely a fortnight after Haryana BJP MlA Shyam Singh Rana had constituted Olympic Association Haryana to take the reign of sports activities in the state on the grounds that the athletes were suffering.
gill cruises to victory
Noumea (New Caledonia): India’s top rally driver Gaurav Gill cruised to a comfortable win in the Rally of New Caledonia, the second round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship. With a comfortable overnight lead of 1min 56.1sec, the Team MRF Skoda driver claimed the first win of the 2015 season with a total time of 2hr 29min 16.4sec after 16 stages over a total competitive distance of 253 km. Gill finished 39.6 seconds ahead of this team-mate Pontus Tidemand, who clocked a total time of 2hr 29min 56.0sec.
Jeev finishes 33rd at spanish open
Terassa (Barcelona): Jeev Milkha Singh rounded off the week with three birdies and three bogeys to finish tied 33rd in his first tournament in three weeks at the Open de Espana, here on Sunday. The Indian veteran finished the week at two-over 290 and in tied 33rd place. James Morrison finished with a bogey free 69 and won by a handy four shots. He finished at 10-under 278 and was a clear winner even as Miguel Angel Jimenez made a valiant attempt with a final round 67 that saw him finish in a four-way tie for second.
mcilroy sets course record of 61
Charlotte: When Rory McIlroy rolled in an 8-foot birdie putt on the 13th hole, he started thinking about shooting 59. He didn’t quite get there on Saturday, settling for an 11-under 61 to break the Quail Hollow record and take a four-shot lead in the Wells Fargo Championship.