COACHES DRAFT CONClUDES
mumbai: Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), on Monday concluded the draft for selecting coaches for each franchise in the presence of consulting agency, Ernst & Young. A total of twelve coaches- equal mix of Indian and foreign coaches- were part of the draft system. Each franchise had to pick one Indian and foreign coach from the draft. RP-SG Mavericks received the rights for the first pick and went all out to sign foreign Coach, Peter Engel (Germany) who has been a Head Coach of Netherlands from 1994-1999. Maharashtra United then got Ferenc Karsai (Hungary) who has been the Men's national coach for three countries — Austria, Canada and Belgium.
STAKEHOlDERS REVIEW PREPARATION
NEW DElHI: All stakeholders meeting was held here today to review the preparations for the Commonwealth Games 2018, the Asian Games 2018 and the Olympic Games 2020. Representatives of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sports Authority of India, laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Indian Olympic Association, representatives of 'High Priority' and 'Priority' sports disciplines, the members of Olympic Task Force, Members of the TOP Scheme Committee and also the National Observers attended the daylong brain storming session.
SAINA, PRANEETH EYE TITlES
Bangkok: Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth will start favourites when India begin their campaign at the USD 120,000 Thailand Grand Prix Gold, starting with the qualifiers here on Tuesday. After missing the Sudirman Cup mixed team championship to attend to her ailing father, Saina will be itching to add another GPG title to her kitty after claiming the Malaysia Masters early in the year. Seeded second, Saina will open her campaign against unheralded Martina Repiska of Slovakia and the World No 10 should reach the quarters without breaking a sweat.
SOUTH AFRICA WIN lAST ODI
london: Kagiso Rabada sparked a dramatic England collapse as South Africa won by seven wickets to record a consolation win in the third one-day international at lord's on Monday. England slumped to 20 for six — the first time in an ODI that six wickets had gone down in the first five overs of an innings — after losing the toss. Jonny Bairstow's fine fifty helped England recover to 153 all out. But it never looked like being enough and South Africa finished on 156 for three, JP Duminy sealing victory with a four off David Willey.