Sakshi eagerly waiting for PWl
Gonda: Olympic bronze medallist wrestler Sakshi Malik on Wednesday credited Pro Wrestling league for helping her improve her performance and said that she was waiting eagerly for the second season to be held in December. "My performance was improved after the PWl, especially in the Olympics and other major tournaments. The league has been a blessing for Indian wrestlers," Sakshi said. Sakshi, however, did not participate in the National Championships. The PWl will be held in eight cities from December 15.
Harika wins to be in line for knockouts
Cap d'Agde: Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli won a complex game against Spain's Sabrina Vega Gutierrez and drew against local favourite Matthieu Cornette on day five of the prestigious 14th Anatoly Karpov Rapid International Chess Tournament here. In her earlier battles too with the same players, the Guntur lass had beaten Vega Gutierrez and could only manage a draw against Cornette. She has played 10 games so far and has kept herself in contention by picking up crucial points. With four more games to go in the tournament, Harika is confident of qualifying for the knockout stages.
‘Don't invite foreign teams to Pakistan’
Karachi: Pakistan's former fast bowler, Shoaib Akhtar has cautioned against inviting any foreign teams to Pakistan in the prevailing security situation in the country. Speaking two days after the terrorist attack on the police training centre in Quetta in which 62 police cadets and two armymen were killed and around 170 injured, Akhtar said that the security situation in the country was not good . "Until there is a complete normalcy as far as security situation is concerned we shouldn't take the risk of inviting any foreign team to Pakistan," he said on Geo News channel. "The security situation is such that we will have to be patient. I am sure international cricket will return to Pakistan but it will take some time," he added.