Indian eves remain unbeaten
Singapore: Indian eves continued their impressive performance by registering an emphatic 2-0 victory over Malaysia in their third pool match of the 4th Women's Asian Champions Trophy here. With this win, India remained at the top of the pool table with seven points above Korea, China, Japan and Malaysia respectively. Any hopes of Malaysia taking the lead was undone in the first seven minutes as Poonam Rani scored a well-executed field goal to give India the lead. Having got off to a strong start, Indian eves defended well throughout the game, not allowing the Malaysians too many forays into their D and constantly keeping them at bay. In fact, right till the end, the Malaysian team was denied an opportunity to seek penalty cornerThe Indian eves continued to put up an inspired show as they came back stronger after the halftime, when Deepika converted a penalty corner in the 45th minute.
PM hands over Rs 4Cr to Deepa
Gurgaon: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday felicitated Rio Paralympics medal winner Deepa Malik with a cash award of `4 crore. Malik, who hails from Haryana, was the first Indian woman athlete to win a medal at the Paralympics in Rio. She won a silver medal in the women's shot put event with a throw of 4.61m at the paralympics. Modi, who was sitting on a dais along with Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki and Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar, came down and walked a few steps to honour Malik, who was on a wheelchair. Modi handed over the cheque to Malik in the presence of Khattar and Haryana's Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij. Earlier speaking at the event, Modi said girls from Haryana have made India proud at the world stage on multiple occasions. let every citizen of Haryana pledge to protect girl child. Complimenting the state for substantial improvement in sex ratio, Modi said he is grateful to females and elders of Haryana for responding to his appeal of 'beti bachao, beti padhao'.
Klose ends playing career BERlIN
Miroslav Klose, the top scorer in World Cup history, is ending his playing career and will train to be a coach. The 38-year-old Klose retired from international soccer after winning the World Cup with Germany in 2014, scoring twice to bring his goal tally from four tournaments to 16. With a career total of 71 goals, Klose is also the highest-scoring player for Germany. Klose's contract with lazio expired after last season. The German soccer federation said Tuesday that, in consultation with coach Joachim loew and technical director Hansi Flick, Klose will now undergo an individual training program "with the clear aim of embarking on a coaching career." "I celebrated my greatest successes in the national team, this time was wonderful and unforgettable," Klose said.