India Sports Sangh holds State level meet
New Delhi: India Sports Sangh(Regd.) organized a State level Meet at Gokul Garden, Sec.7, Dwarka. India Sports Sangh is a organization working for the welfare of sportperson & sports promotion on nation wide mission. The said meet was held under the chairmanship of Sunil Gupta who is the National president of Sangh. S.S.Dogra-National Vice Presdent, Navin Rathi-National Secretary, Santosh Aggrawal, International Body Building Coach Subhash Bhadana, Sangita Gupta, Shashi Prabha Solanki, Aarti Makkar, Dinesh Kumar-P.E.T. of Sri Venkateshwar International School & Ms.Sushma Sharma-P.E.T. of Shiksha Bharti Public School also exchanged their views about the sports promotion in the sub city. Students who have performed outstandingly in the sports were also felicitated after the meet.
FC Pune assemble in Turkey
Pune: As a part of their pre-season training and conditioning, FC Pune City have commenced their preparations at the state-of-the-art facilities of Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey under the watchful eyes of head coach David Platt. Gloria Sports Arena is a modern sports complex with indoor, outdoor and aquatic sports facilities for over 50 different sports disciplines. Built on 105,000 sq. Mt. In Belek-Antalya-Turkey, it also houses a 6800 sq. Mt. Indoor sports complex including a multipurpose sports hall with telescopic tribunes.
Sindhu aims to improve
Kolkata: She might have missed out on a historic hat-trick of medals in the recent World Championship, but India number two shuttler P V Sindhu today said her target was to improve her ranking ahead of the Olympics qualification cut-off date in May next year. "Getting a medal at Olympics is obviously the ultimate target but I'm going step by step and my focus is on the back to back BWF Super Series in Korea and Japan in September which will help me in improving my ranking," Sindhu said.
Khokar is new PHF prez
Karachi: Brigadier (retd) Khalid Sajjad Khokar was on Thursday unanimously elected as the new president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) even as national team coach Shahnaz Sheikh officially stepped down from his post.
Khokar, who was nominated as president by the chief patron Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif earlier this month was elected at a special congress meeting of the PHF held in Islamabad.
"My foremost aim is to resurrect Pakistan hockey's image at home and abroad and for this I will explore all avenues to raise much funds for hockey and make PHF a financially stable institution," Khokar told the media after the meeting.
Messi wins UEFA Best Player
Monaco: lionel Messi added another individual trophy to his collection Thursday, being voted UEFA's Best Player in Europe for last season. The Barcelona star beat luis Suarez, his teammate at the Champions league winner, and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo in a Europe-wide poll of journalists. Messi, the four-time FIFA world player of the year, got the UEFA honor after a season-long duel with Ronaldo for the Champions league scoring record. Both resume this season on 77 goals. Suarez, who scored the decisive second goal in the 3-1 final win over Juventus, reached the shortlist despite starting his season in late-October. The Uruguay forward served a FIFA ban for biting at the 2014 World Cup.
Serena could face Sharapova
New York: Serena Williams could face Maria Sharapova in her second straight major semifinal as she seeks to complete the Grand Slam at the US Open. The U.S. Tennis Association held the draw on Thursday. In the third round, Williams could face young American Sloane Stephens, who beat her in the 2013 Australian Open. Another up-and-coming U.S. player, Madison Keys, could await in the fourth round. A potential quarterfinal opponent is 12th-seeded teen Belinda Bencic, who recently upset Williams in Toronto. Sister Venus is another possible quarterfinal foe.
N’tnl level wrestler murdered
Sonepat: A 21-year-old national level wrestler was found murdered and his body with multiple stab wounds, which was stuffed inside a gunny sack, was recovered outside Kakroi village here on Thursday, police said. The victim Hansraj went for morning walk on Monday. His body was recovered from the gunny sack outside the village on Thursday, they said.