Vijender's rival drinks snakes' blood
manchester: It seems workout and sparring sessions are not enough to beat star Indian boxer Vijender Singh as his next opponent Alexander Horvath has resorted to dining on snakes' blood to attain "supernatural powers" for the March 12 professional bout in liverpool. The 20-year-old Hungarian is preparing for his clash with Vijender, who is unbeaten so far — all his three pro wins coming via knockout. "There is a long and proud tradition of drinking fresh snake blood in my family that goes back many centuries. like my forefathers before me I am a true warrior and will stop at nothing to get my victory. Hungarian soldiers drank snake blood to defeat the Turks all those years ago and now I'm drinking it to beat Singh!" said Horvath.
Gurpreet misses place in final
bangkok: Indian marksman Gurpreet Singh narrowly missed out on a place in the final of men's 25m rapid-fire pistol, finishing seventh at the ISSF Rifle-Pistol World Cup here on Monday. Gurpreet, who has secured a quota for Rio Olympics, shot 577 in the qualification round to miss out on a berth in the six-men final by just one place as the Indians endured a medal-less day. The pistol event was dominated by Chinese shooters as both the gold and silver medals went to them.
Mumbai put up huge score vs RoI
mumbai: Middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav joined rookie opener Jay Bista in the list of centurions for Mumbai who rode on the duo's tons to notch up an imposing first-innings score of 603 against Rest of India in the Irani Cup game here on Monday. Rest batted after tea to reply with 36 for 1 in 16 overs on day two of the five-day match at the Brabourne Stadium. The batsman out was opener K S Bharat, caught at point while cutting an Abhishek Nayar delivery. At stumps Faiz Fazal (18) and night watchman Jayant Yadav (1) were at the crease. Earlier Yadav, unbeaten on 88 in last evening's Mumbai total of 386 for 3, went on to punish the toothless Rest bowling to make 156 in 271 balls, striking a six and 24 fours.