India to host Spain under flood-lights
new delhi: In its endeavour to bring more fans to the stadium for watching the Indian Davis Cup team in action against formidable Spain, the DlTA has decided to conduct the World Group Play-off tie next month under flood-lights with singles matches starting at 5 in the evening. The two singles matches on the opening day of the crucial tie on September 16, will begin at 5pm while the doubles rubber will start at 7pm, the next day. The two reverse singles on the final day of tie will again start at 5pm in the evening. The decision was taken at a recent DlTA Executive meeting. The singles matches during the World Group Play-off tie against Serbia, held in September 2014, had begun at 3pm, so it can easily be said that this will be India's first ever tie, where the matches will begin so late in the evening. "We want fans to come and cheer for the Indian players. We deliberated upon the idea how to bring more people to tennis stadium. We have kept those people in mind who have to attend offices during the day. They should not miss this opportunity to watch Indian as well Spanish tennis stars in action," a DlTA said.
‘Dhyan Chand should have got Bharat Ratna ahead of Srt'
new delhi: Former greats on Sunday revived the longstanding demand for Bharat Ratna to late hockey legend Dhyan Chand with some saying the "wizard" should have been given the honour ahead of cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar. Former captains Ajit Pal Singh, Zafar Iqbal, Dilip Tirkey and Dhyan Chand's son Ashok Kumar gathered here at Jantar Mantar another other former players in the hope that the government will fulfil their demand and confer Bharat Ratna to the legend who guided India to Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936. "We have all gathered here in the hope that dada Dhyan Chand gets the honour which is long overdue. But we can only hope that he gets it. It is the political will that matters.
Reliance for Creating Unified Sports Culture
New Delhi: Mrs Nita Ambani, Member, International Olympic Committee and Chairperson Reliance Foundation on Sunday kicked off one of the most ambitious multi-discipline pan India school and college sports programmes under the banner of Reliance Foundation Youth Sports. Joining Mrs. Nita Ambani on the occasion was Ranbir Kapoor, an avid sports follower, an owner of Mumbai City FC and member of the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports Advisory Board. Reliance Foundation Youth Sports is poised to professionalise school and college sports competitions with a unified approach towards creating an eco-system to encourage, support and define a career path in sports for today’s youth.