Murray wins BBC SPOTY
Belfast: Davis Cup hero Andy Murray won the BBC ‘Sports Personality of the Year' (SPOTY) award for 2015 at a star-studded reception in Belfast on Sunday. The world No 2, who was picking up the honour for the second time, led Great Britain to their first Davis Cup title since 1936 last month. Accepting the award the Scot said: "I didn't expect this — a friend actually sent me a message the other day with an article from a newspaper which said Andy Murray is duller than a weekend in Worthing, which I thought was a bit harsh — on Worthing. "It's very humbling to be up here in front of so many great athletes — I'm just a great sports fan and I'm nervous."
Sehwag-Ganguly face-off in MCl
Dubai: Former teammates Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly will face-off against each other in the opening match of Masters Champions league (MCl) cricket tournament scheduled to start here on January 28. MCl on Monday announced the schedule for the tournament with the grand finale scheduled to be held on February 13 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS). The tournament is set to be played in Dubai and also at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in
Gurbaj hits out at HI
New Delhi: Seasoned midfielder Gurbaj Singh, who successfully took legal route to get his ninth-month ban overturned, has hit out at Hockey India again for not giving him an opportunity to play in the fourth season of Hockey India league (HIl) next year. Gurbaj, whose ban for alleged groupism in the Indian team was revoked in October, feels HI has unfairly excluded him from the list of reserve 182 players for the HIl. "I understand I was not included in the September HIl auction because my ban was still valid. I understand they cannot do the auction all over again for me but they (HI) should have included me in the HIl reserve list. That way any of the teams could have picked me up if a player was injured. It is simply unfair," Gurbaj
Elano held for assault
Margao: In a late night development, Goa police arrested Elano Blumer, captain of ISl winning team Chennaiyin FC, for allegedly assaulting co-owner of FC Goa team Dattaraj Salgaoncar during post-match celebrations here. "Salgaoncar has formally lodged a complaint with us and we have placed Elano under arrest," Margao police inspector C l Patil said. The incident occurred during celebrations on the ground after Chennaiyin defeated FC Goa in the final of the Indian Super
India U-19 outplay Sl, win series
Colombo: Washington Sundar struck a fluent fifty to back up the efforts of his bowlers as India U-19 outplayed Sl colts by five wickets in the tri-series cricket final here on Monday. Chasing 159 for victory at the R Premadasa Stadium, the Indian juniors rode on a solid 89-run opening stand between Sundar (56) and Rishabh Pant (35) to achieve the target in 33.5 overs. left-arm spinner Damitha Silva did pick up three wickets to cause a bit of a stutter in the Indian chase but Ricky Bhui (29 not out) made sure visitors pocket the summit clash. Earlier electing to bat, lanka suffered from lack of partnerships to manage 158 in 47.2 overs.