Ravi wins silver at junior C’ship
New Delhi: Indian Wrestler Ravi Kumar fought through some tough bouts to bag the 55kg freestyle silver medal at the Junior World Championships in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Asian junior champion Ravi opened his tournament on a winning note, defeating American Stevan Micic 12-8 in a tough contest. Ravi, who was trailing 2-8 against Micic at the break, made a brilliant comeback and rallied with 10 second-period points to take the match. Following this win, Ravi qualified for the quarters where he overcame Canadian Samuel Jagas 9-5. In the semifinal round, Ravi, who was trailing 0-8 at the break, again made an excellent comeback routing Mongolian Zanabazar Zandanbud 9-8 and made it to the final. However, he lost the final bout to Azerbaijan’s Mahir Amiraslanov 0-10 to settle for a silver medal.
Vinod to file petition for Drona snub
New Delhi: Former chief national wrestling coach Vinod Kumar will be filing a petition in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday against the Dronacharya Award selection committee for ignoring him for the prestigious honour. The Dronacharya Award selection committee had on Friday recommended Anoop Singh Dahiya’s name for this award. “I already went to the court today and will be filing a petition against the decision of the committee tomorrow at the Delhi High court,” Vinod Kumar said. The award ceremony will take place on August 29. Vinod, who was the chief national men’s team coach from November 2010 to April 2015, claimed that he had earned more points for his achievements of his wards at the international tournaments than Anoop.
BCCI want report on Bihar cricket
New Delhi: The Ad-hoc committee on cricket affairs in Bihar will submit its introductory report to the BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur within three days of the first inspection, slated for Tuesday. Headed by former BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah, the committee has been entrusted with the duty to ensure resumption of cricketing activity in Bihar. According to reliable sources in the Board, it has been learnt that the Ad-Hoc Committee will be visiting the Moin-ul- Haq Stadium, which has the only turf wicket stadium in the state. The BCCI is planning to re-induct Bihar into the BCCI’s affiliates and associates tournament along with Meghalaya, Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Chattisgarh.
Pistorius prosecutors file appeal
Cape Town: Prosecutors pushing for a murder conviction against Oscar Pistorius filed papers at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday, four days before the Olympic runner is expected to be released from prison and moved to house arrest. Court registrar confirmed the prosecution’s papers had been filed. lawyers for the double-amputee runner have until September 17 to file their response ahead of a hearing in November. Prosecutors want a panel of judges at the Supreme Court to overrule a decision by another judge to acquit Pistorius of murder for killing girlfriend Reva Steenkamp in 2013.