Amandeep shoots 70 to grab lead
Bengaluru: Amandeep Drall carded two-under 70 in the first round to grab the lead in the Hero-KGA Women’s Pro Golf Championship 2016 at the Karnataka Golf Association, here on Wednesday. Following Amandeep in tied second position were Gursimar Badwal and amateur Millie Saroha at three-over 75. Panchkula’s Amadeep started impressively, carding a birdie on the very first hole. She added four more birdies on the fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth holes, while dropping shots on the fifth and seventh in her front nine. She carded one more bogey on the 16th hole in the latter half to finish the round with a score of two-under 70 at the `6,00,000 event which will culminate on Friday. Gursimar and Millie were tied for the second position with identical scores of three over 75 after the first round.
Registrations open for Mumbai Marathon
Mumbai: Registrations opened on Wednesday for the 14th edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon scheduled to be held on January 15, 2017. Procam International, promoters of the annual event, on Wednesday announced the opening of the registration process, online and offline, for the full race. They would remain open till November 25 or when filled to capacity, whichever is earlier. The physical modes of registration at the Standard Chartered Bank’s branches will close on September 17 or when filled to capacity, whichever is earlier, it was stated. Entries for half marathon is to open on July 27 and close on August 26 or when filled to capacity, whichever is earlier. The full marathon (42.194 km)) offers 5,000 running places, while 15,000 places would be available for the half marathon ((21.097 km), according to the race promoters.
CAB and KSCA elections frozen
New Delhi: The Supreme Court appointed Justice RM lodha Committee, whose recommended reforms are to be implemented by the BCCI in the next six months, has directed the Indian Cricket Board to freeze all elections post Monday’s verdict by the apex court. According to reliable sources, the lodha Committee has sent the directive to all BCCI office-bearers including President Anurag Thakur, secretary Ajay Shirke, treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary and joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary. The directive effectively means that Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) elections, which were supposed to be held on July 31, now stands frozen along with Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) polls. Similarly, Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA)’s election held on Tuesday, which saw state minister Imran Raza Ansari being elected as president, now stands null and void. The letter clearly states that all elections in BCCI and state associations should be “kept on hold”.
Mumbai beat Pune 34-31 in Maha Derby
Mumbai: Captain Anup Kumar led from the front, in raids as well as tackles, to power U Mumba to an exciting 34-31 victory against state rivals Puneri Paltan in the Pro Kabaddi league here on Wednesday. The Maharashtra derby was dominated by Anup as he helped hosts U Mumba turn around a 16-19 deficit with some superb raids and timely tackles that fetched him nine raid points and two in defence. The victory, their sixth from 10 games, helped the Mumbai franchise to take the fourth place with a total tally of 32 points. It also avenged their earlier 19-41 humiliation at this very venue, NSCI, in the beginning of the tournament. Pune, who were without captain Manjeet Chillar, were fifth on the table, one point behind their arch-rivals from across the Sahyadri after playing one extra game.