SC dismisses Swamy's plea
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the two-year ban imposed on IPl franchisee Chennai Super Kings (CSK) over the 2013 betting scam involving its top official Gurunath Meiyappan. A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur rejected the plea in which Swamy had alleged that there were no allegations against either former BCCI President N Srinivasan or against any members of CSK and hence the ban imposed by the Justice R M lodha panel was "illegal, arbitrary and unreasonable". The lodha panel had banned CSK and Rajasthan Royals after holding that its top officials like Raj Kundra and Gurunath Meiyappan were found involved in betting.
India colts lose in AHl semi-final
Perth: Varun Kumar's hat-trcik went in vain as Indian men's team went down 4-3 in a penalty shoot out to Victoria Vikings in the semi-final of the Australian Hockey league, here on Friday. Down 0-3, the Indian colts made a strong comeback, courtesy a hat-trick from Varun to take the game into a shootout after regulation time. With a minute to go, Harjeet Singh had a shot from the top of the box, but Durst parried it away as match went into into a shootout for a place in the final. In the shootout, the Vikings held strong missing a single chance out of of five, and winning by the narrowest of margins to take their place in the summit clash.
Anand draws, finishes joint third
Moscow: Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand split the point with levon Aronian of Armenia and finished joint third after the conclusion of the 10th Tal memorial chess tournament here on Friday. It turned out to be a mixed event for Anand although he did add a few rating points. The draw with Aronian was Anand's sixth in the tournament besides two beautiful victories and a sole loss. However the Italian opening by Anand did not yield enough to press for a win although the players fought on till the 40th move. Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia won the $200000 prize money tournament by holding on a much worse position against Boris Gelfand of Israel in the final round.
korea stun india in kabaddi wc opener
Ahemadabad: India began their 2016 Kabaddi World Cup campaign in disappointing manner as they lost 32-34 to Korea. Jang Kun lee produced a terrific performance in the last two minutes to turn the game in his team's favour. Korea looked down and outin the second half but recovered strongly to record a famous win over the hosts. Anup Kumar scored eight points for India but it wasn't enough for his team. It was tense last few minutes for the Indian team as Korea fought back on multiple occasions to reduce the deficit. Korea held their nerve in the dying seconds and scored a remarkable upset to win 34-32.
Never expose your weaknesses: Srt
New Delhi: His more than two decades long career is a stuff of legends and handing out tips on chasing success, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said one should be smart enough to hide weaknesses against rival bowlers. Tendulkar, who was announced face of the event — IDBI Federal life Insurance New Delhi Marathon — said running made a huge impact on his training in his 24-year long career.