aiff parts way with nicolai
nEW dElHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Tuesday officially announced that it has decided to part ways with beleaguered U-17 World Cup coach Nicolai Adam by "mutual consent". That the German had been shown the door by AIFF following complaints of "physical abuse" by his players, has been doing the round for weeks. The coach leaves less than nine months before India hosts the FIFA Under-17 football World Cup. "We are grateful to Nicolai for his services towards development of the Indian U-17 National Team and wish him all the best for his future endeavours," AIFF secretary Kushal Das said in a statement. A replacement will be announced soon, Das added. "The process of selecting a new National coach for the U-17 National Team has already been initiated. We shall appoint a replacement very soon and also hope to get the desired results," the AIFF official said.
India on a winning streak
Bhubaneshwar: India is on a winning streak and has yet again secured a glorious win in the match against New Zealand by beating them to a 9 wicket win. New Zealand Blindcaps won the toss and elected to bat first. little did they know that the defending champions, India CAB would restrict them to a score of just 136 and would take 6 wickets of the team. BD Wilson, MlK McCaskill, and Deacun Dunn tried hard to push the target with their 52 not out, 13 and 13 not out performances. However, Indian bowlers Iqbal Jafar and Ketan Patel put pressure on them by taking 2 and 1 wickets of New Zealand respectively. In the second inning, Sukhram Majhi and Ajay Kumar Reddy successfully chased the target in mere 9 overs. Sukhram Majhi was 56 not out and Ajay Kumar Reddy was 72 not out at the end of the match.
New CEO for Kings XI
New Delhi: Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday appointed Satish Menon as Chief Executive Officer and Rajeev Khanna as the Chief Operating Officer of the franchise for the upcoming season of the Indian Premiere league (IPl). Satish Menon is a veteran in the media business with a cumulative experience of 35 years comprising print, television and sports marketing. He has been at the head of business with some of the top brands like Mid-day, Zee TV, Zee News, Sahara television and TV 18 (Sport 18). A lawyer by profession, Rajeev comes with over 16 years of experience in the sport industry. He has previously Headed Operations for Rajasthan Royals and is currently also the Advisor to the Government of Rajasthan on Sports. He has been associated with Kings XI franchise since 2016 as General Manager, Operations and has been an integral part of the KXIP family ever since.
13 Indians in the fray
Kuala lumpur: The professional golf caravan has moved into the Malaysian capital and with it Anirban lahiri and SSP Chawrasia have arrived to join a dozen other Indians in one of the biggest co-sanctioned events between Asian and European Tours. Both SSP Chawrasia, who missed the cut, and lahiri, who played in Dubai last week and finished tied-19, will have a nice re-union of sorts with the Indian players at the Saujana Golf and Country Resort, which hosts the USD 3 million Maybank Malaysian Championships this week. The Indians here are a mix of youth and experience and representative of last 20 years of Indian professional golf. The tournament will see the latest lot of Rashid Khan, S Chikkarangappa and Shubhankar Sharma.