vvs approached me for India job: Hussey
melbourne Michael Hussey was approached by former India batsman VVS laxman for the post of Indian team’s head coach, the ex-Australian cricketer has revealed in his latest book. laxman had approached Hussey during the last IPl, barely a month before the Indian cricketer was inducted by the BCCI into its three-member advisory panel that was assigned with finding India’s head coach in place of Duncan Fletcher, who departed following the 2015 World Cup. “The former Sri lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene rang me a while ago to ask if I would be interested in being an assistant coach of Sri lanka with a view to taking over as head coach a few months further down the track,” Hussey wrote in ‘Winning Edge’, his third book that was released recently.
Keep politics out of sports: Thakur
shimla: Commenting on fresh controversy over the scheduled World T20 match between India and Pakistan in Dharamsala, BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said sports should be kept out of politics. Thakur, who is also President of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), said he was ready to quit as HPCA president ,if it helped in the development of the state in any way. “It is an international event and not a bilateral series and I will go to any extent to request anyone with folded hands in the interest of Himachal,” he said while advising all stakeholders to rise above petty politics in the larger national interest. “Even if the state is against HPCA, they should forget it for the time being. Court cases and inquiries are pending and I am ready to ready to step-down but please don’t let Himachal suffer,” Thakur pleaded.
Srikanth, Kashyap reach second round
Mulheim an der Ruhr (Germany): Top Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap crossed the opening hurdle to reach the second round of men’s singles competition at the $120,000 German Grand Prix Gold here. Srikanth, who clinched the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold at lucknow in January this year, saw off Japan’s Takuma Ueda 12-21, 21-18, 21-11 in a hard-fought battle that lasted close to an hour Tuesday night. The sixth seeded Indian will face The Netherlands’ Erik Meijs next. Kashyap, on the other hand, had an easy outing on the opening day as he spanked Ukraine’s Artem Pochtarev 21-9, 21-9 in his first international match in more than a month. The 11th seeded Indian, who missed a lot of time due to a series of injuries, will meet Irish qualifier Joshua Magee in second round.
Seventh seed P V Sindhu won her opening round in 31 minutes beating unseeded American Rong Schafer 21-11, 21-13. She next plays Michelle li who defeated Cheung Ngan Yi of 21-17, 21-16.
INTER-COMMAND FOOTBAll TOURNey ends
new delhi: The 13th Air Force Civilians Inter-Command Football Tournament held from 24 February 2016 to 02 March 2016 comes to an end on Wednesday at Air Force Station, New Delhi. Eight Teams from all Command Headquarters as well as Air Headquarters took part in the tournament. The final match of the tournament was played between Training Command and Western Air Command of Indian Air Force wherein Training Command won the match 5-1. The final match and closing ceremony was held on March 02, 2016. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff was Chief Guest who gave away the prizes to the winners.