Jaipur triumph over Delhi in PWl 2
New Delhi: Jaipur Ninjas defeated Colors Delhi Sultans 4-3 on an action-packed Day 5 of the Patanjali Powervita Pro Wrestling league Season 2 at the K D Jadhav Indoor Stadium here on Friday. Jaipur Ninjas got off to an ideal start as Captain Elizbar Odikadze overwhelmed Satyavart Kadian. Delhi found redemption in the second bout as Mariya Stadnik proved too powerful for Jaipur's Ritu Phogat. The third bout was an exciting contest between Delhi's Parveen Rana and Jaipur's Jakob Makarashvili in the 74 kg Men's category. The Georgian wrestler stamped his authority in the end and won with a 10-7 points margin. PWl debutants Jaipur Ninjas continued their impressive show thanks to a clinical 5-0 victory by Jenny Fransson over Alina Makhynia from Sultans. Jaipur did not allow Delhi to make a comeback in the tie, winning the fifth bout and the contest even though Delhi were able to salvage some pride through Sakshi Malik’s victory later. Vinod Kumar Omprakash, on defeating an international wrestler, was upbeat. "I was very confident as my preparation has been very good. I am prepared for all my further matches," he said.
WI security delegation to visit Pakistan next month
Karachi: Pakistan is keeping its fingers crossed over the resumption of international cricket in the country after it was confirmed that a security delegation from the West Indies Cricket Board will be visiting lahore later this month. The security delegation's visit will coincide with the arrival of Giles Clarke in lahore on January 27 who heads the ICC's special task force on Pakistan cricket. "We have invited the West Indies to play two or three T20 matches before we go and play a similar number of matches against them in Florida in March-April before the full Test series in the Caribbean," Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) senior official Najam Sethi said. Sethi added that the West Indies wanted Pakistan to play a couple of T20 matches in Florida hence there is hope that they would tour Pakistan. Sethi said the WICB will now send a delegation later this month to hold talks and access the situation in Pakistan.
Services THRASH Telangana 7-0 IN SANTOSH TROPHY
Kozhikode: Services drubbed Telangana 7-0 while Tamil Nadu outplayed lakshadweep 2-0 on the second day's play of the 71st Santosh Trophy National football tournament in progress at the corporation stadium here. Services dominated the proceedings from the beginning with Mandeep Singh (86th and 2nd minute of second half injury time) and Arjun Tudu (62nd and 3rd min of second half injury time) scoring twice for the winners. Jain netted the first goal at the third minute of first half injury time while Irshad scored at the 47th minute. A self goal was scored by Telangana at the 90th minute to get the final scoreline. Agencies