Indian keeper Sreejesh nominated
Dubai: Indian men's hockey captain P R Sreejesh has been named as one of the candidates for 2016 Goalkeeper of the Year award of the FIH while Harmanpreet Singh made the grade as one of the 2016 Rising Men Star of the Year nominees. The nominees for the 2016 Hockey Stars Awards, the annual prizes recognising the best players, goalkeepers, rising stars, coaches and umpires in a given calendar year were announced during the Hockey Revolution Part 2 Conference of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) which is currently taking place here. There was no Indian in the 2016 Player of the Year nominations (both men and women) and in the 2016 Coach of the Year nominations (both men and women).
Petersen charged with fixing
SOMERSET: Former South Africa test batsman Alviro Petersen was charged on Saturday by Cricket South Africa with conspiring to fix matches and tampering with evidence, the latest ex-international player to be implicated in corruption in the country's domestic Twenty20 tournament last year. Petersen, who played 36 tests for South Africa, was charged with, among other things, conspiring to fix a game or games in the 2015 Ram Slam T20 tournament, seeking or accepting bribes to fix games, and obstructing an investigation by concealing, tampering with or destroying evidence.
Vineeth stars in Kerala's win
Kochi: CK Vineeth scored two goals in the last five minutes as Kerala Blasters stunned Chennaiyin FC 3-1 for their first league win over their Southern rivals in Hero Indian Super league at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday. Bernard Mendy's 22nd goal put Chennaiyin FC ahead but the hosts left their rivals shocked in the second session with goals from substitute Didier Kadio in the 67th minute and Vineeth, who struck in the 85th and 89th minute to give the hosts full points.Kerala had never won against Chennaiyin FC in the league stages and will relish the three points.