Mumbai City retains lucian Goian
mumbai: Mumbai City FC has retained central defender lucian Goian to strengthen the team's defence for the next two seasons of the Indian Super league, including the fourth season. Goian was considered as one of the top three defenders due to his wealth of experience and strong performance in the last season. He will join Amrinder Singh and Sehnaj Singh, who were also retained by Mumbai City for upcoming season. Goian has played under coach Mumbai's coach Alexandre Guimaraes in Chinese Super league side Tianjin Teda. He joined A-league side Perth Glory FC after ISl 2016 conclusion. Guimaraes said, "I didn't have to think twice about asking Goian to return. He was a leader, and was an integral part of our campaign last season."
pentala shares spoils against Nico
biel: Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna staved off a staunch challenge to hold local Grandmaster Nico Georgiadis to a draw in the second round of the Biel Chess Festival, here. The World No 20 Indian, playing with white pieces, committed mistake early on in the clash and had to be at his defensive best throughout, to eke out half point from the game last night. "I made a mistake in the opening stages and got into a bad position. From there on it was an uphill task to defend and save the game," the 31-year old from Guntur said. After two rounds, Harikrishna has a point and sits joint second in the standings.
Indians win 3 medals in Deaflympics
new delhi: Indian wrestlers won a gold and two bronze medals in the ongoing 23rd Summer Deaflympics at Samsun in Turkey. Virender Singh clinched the gold in 74kg freestyle event as he beat Chakvetadze S (Georgia) by 18-9 points in the final bout. Ajay Kumar beat Babayan A (Armenia) by 10-0 points in 65kg freestyle to earn a bronze medal. Sumit Dahiya bagged the other bronze by beating Ghamar Pour (Ireland) by 10-0 points in 97kg freestyle. lauding the performance of these sportspersons, 2010 Delhi Commonwealth discus throw gold winner Krishna Poonia, "The government should support these deaf athletes. They should be looked after properly. They also brought laurels to the country. They should be given facilities and incentives on par with para athletes."
Reliance football event in 30 cities
mumbai: Reliance Foundation will hold a football tournament for schools with as many as 17 centres covering 30 cities across the country. The Reliance Foundation Youth Sports' (RFYS) is expected to see over 3,500 schools and colleges and more than 60,000 student participate in the championships this year. last year, Eight RFYS players were picked by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) for its India U-23 selection trials for the AFC Qualifiers. Agencies