Ultramarathoners set high standards
shahpura: The Great India Run, India’s first multi-city marathon, that kick-started from the National capital on the 17th July 2016 is now just 150 kms away from completing the first leg of the run at Jaipur. The event conceptualised by ProSportify & MobieFit will see the ultramarathoners cover a total of 1480 kms in 21 days with Ahmedabad following Jaipur as the second leg. Running way ahead of schedule, the 15 runners are running more than the required average of 74 kilometres a day with amazing ease. While India’s most famous ultra-marathoner Arun Bhardwaj had run more than 100 km on Day Two, Chandigarh based Sunil Sharma and Olympic hopeful Kaushal Chauhan also ran a 100 kms each.
UPCA ‘senior citizens’ on their way out
kanpur: With the Supreme Court upholding major recommendations of the R M lodha Committee, the severe brunt of the clean-up will be faced by the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) as all five of its “70 plus” directors and the treasurer will have to relinquish their positions. According to information from reliable sources, all UPCA director’s are above 70 years. This includes Shuaib Ahmed (78), Prem Dhar Pathak (83), Madan Mohan Mishra(83), Satish Kumar Agarwal (79), and Jyoti Bajpai (80). Moreover, UPCA treasurer KN Tandon (80) is above age. The Supreme Court on Monday accepted major suggestions of the lodha panel, including a bar on ministers and civil servants and those above 70 from becoming BCCI’s members.
Telugu Titans beat Dabang Delhi 36-28
kolkata: Captain Rahul Chaudhuri put up a brave front to power Telugu Titans to an overwhelming 36-28 win over Dabang Delhi KC in the Pro Kabaddi league at the Netaji Indoor Stadium. Going for a hard tackle, Chaudhuri sustained an injury in his forehead but he played on with the bandage that affected his sight and scored 16 points, including one super tackle, to lead Telugu Titans to their sixth win from 11 matches.
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