Strong team for Amateur Golf C’ship
New Delhi: A strong Indian team spearheaded by National Senior Amateur Champion, Asian Games Gold Medallist & Arjun Awardee Amit luthra is headed to Qingdao,China for the Asia Pacific Senior Amateur Golf Championship to be held from Oct 14-16 at the linghai Hot Springs Golf Club. The six-member team, apart from Amit, comprises of Kapil Dev, Gangesh Khaitan, IPS Mann, R Yadav and Vijay Kumar. Golfers from over 30 countries will be vying honours in the three-day event. India’s best finish has been a bronze medal. “We have a pretty strong team and we are aiming for the gold,” said Amit before the team’s departure. “I have fond memories of my gold medal at the Asian Games in 1982. We will strive to get home the coveted medal in the senior category,” he added.
Delhi’s Wushu Team win 19 Medals
New Delhi: Delhi Wushu Team is second in overall medal standing in the 14th Junior National Wushu Championship held at Sunder Nagar, Himachal Pardesh from 4th to 9th October 2015, Junior Delhi Wushu team won 19 medals ( 8 Gold, 6 Silver & 5 Bronze ). International players Ragina Tamang won 2 Gold & 1 Silver in Individual event & one Gold in group event , Neeraj Paswan won 1 Gold & 1 Silver in Individual event & one Gold in group event & Vishal Khatri won Gold medal in 65 Kg weight category all these three players represent India In Junior Asian Wushu Championship this year in August.
No football clinic during Pele visit
Kolkata: Brazilian legend Pele’s health won’t permit him for a football clinic but the three-time World Cup winner will inspire the budding footballers with an interactive session at his team hotel during his three-day visit to the city beginning October 11. “He was hospitalised a few weeks back so to come to the field and play with the kids was a strict no-no from his agents,” an official on behalf of the organisers of Pele’s trip, Multicon Group and NSHM Knowledge Campus, said here on Friday. To make up for this, the organisers will arrange a session titled, ‘Pele and the Masterclass’ at his hotel on October 13. There will be another interaction with the students of NSHM Knowledge Campus titled ‘Inspire the Champion in You’ on October 12.
‘We need a little more consistency’
Hyderabad: Indian badminton’s chief national coach Pullela Gopichand on Friday said a little more consistency is needed from his shuttlers though he is satisfied with their overall performance. “Overall, it has been good. We have had varied number of players playing well. We need a little more consistency. Many of them are very young and I do expect that in the coming years, we will have that consistency come up as well,” he told said. “There is always a scope for improvement. But, in general, I am happy with the way things are,” he said when asked if he had any cause for concern.
FIFA to decide next week on crisis meeting
Zurich: FIFA’s ruling council will next week discuss a possible emergency meeting over the corruption scandal engulfing football’s world governing body, a spokeswoman said on Friday. The powerful head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) called for an urgent meeting of FIFA’s executive committee after president Sepp Blatter was suspended on Thursday for 90 days over a Swiss criminal probe. Blatter, who has led FIFA since 1998, has been “relieved of all his duties” for 90 days as Swiss prosecutors investigate him for criminal mismanagement. AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa wrote to acting FIFA president Issa Hayatou to call for an emergency meeting.