India WIN 5 medals in Para Athletics
london: India ended their World Para Athletics Championship campaign with five medals, including a gold, here on Sunday. India won a silver and a bronze in the men's T-42 category high jump event through Sharad Kumar and Varun Singh Bhati respectively. Kumar cleared a personal best height of 1.84m to win the silver ahead of Bhati who had a best effort of 1.77m. Bhati had won a bronze in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. India collected five medals with a gold, two silver and two bronze medals to finish outside top-30 in the medal standings. Sundar Gurjar had clinched the lone gold for India in men's javelin throw F-46, while Amit Kumar Saroha and Karam Jyoti had won a silver and a bronze in men's club throw F-51 and women's discus throw F-55 respectively.
Chappell backs Kohli in controversy
New Delhi: Australian legend Ian Chappell has backed India skipper Virat Kohli in the controversy that erupted after his fallout with former coach Anil Kumble, saying "if a coach is to be inflicted on a captain", it should be someone with whom he is comfortable. In his column for ESPNCricinfo, Chappell played down the role of a coach in any team. "Kohli didn't have the same harmonious relationship with Anil Kumble that he enjoyed with Ravi Shastri when he was cricket director. The fact that India have now reverted to Shastri as coach prompts the question: 'Why change something that isn't brokenIJ'," he asked. "If a coach is to be inflicted on a captain then at least it should be someone with whom he's comfortable," he added.
Ministry revokes suspension of VFI
Chennai: The Sports Ministry has revoked the suspension of Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) and granted it annual recognition for the year 2017. VFI secretary-general Ramavtar Singh Jakhar said through its July 20 order, the Sports Ministry has revoked the suspension and recognised the results of the federation elections held on April 11, 2016 in Chennai. The VFI had been provisionally suspended in December 2016 following infighting between president Avadesh Kumar and Jakhar. Subsequently, the Sports Ministry had suspended the volleyball federation for breach of rules. "The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has also recognised the results of the elections of Volleyball Federation of India held on 11.4.2016 at Chennai and it also confirmed that the elections are in accordance with the provisions of the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011," Jakhar said. The Ministry also accepted the elections of the Federation as upheld by the Delhi High Court.