Kavinder, Gaurav in quarters; Shiva, Manoj out
hamburg: Kavinder Bisht (52kg) and Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) entered the quarterfinals with upset wins but Shiva Thapa's quest for a second World Boxing Championship medal ended in a heartbreak here on Monday. Kavinder notched up a remarkable 3-2 victory over Algeria's two-time world medallist Mohamed Flissi to make the last eight stage. Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) also advanced to the quarterfinals with an upset win over Ukrainian Mykola Butsenko. Both Kavinder and Gaurav are debutants at the mega-event. However, Shiva, seeded fifth in the lightweight 60kg category, bowed out without exchanging a single blow, forced to give a walkover after being laid low by food poisoning and high fever. Also making an exit from the tournament was Manoj Kumar (69kg). The former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist went down in a split verdict to fourth-seeded Venezuelan Gabriel Maestre Perez.
Bhaskar retained as delhi Ranji coach
new delhi: KP Bhaskar was on Monday retained as the chief coach of Delhi Ranji team by the Cricket Affairs Committee (CAC) despite non-performance in all the domestic tournaments last year. Former India all-rounder Manoj Prabhakar has been named the bowling coach, by the Madan lal-led Committee. Prabhakar incidentally was the chief coach of the senior team during the 2010-11 season. He has replaced Amit Bhandari, whose performance had also come under scanner. In another important decision, Virat Kohli's childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma has been appointed the coach of the Delhi Under-23 side. Sharma runs a popular cricket coaching centre — West Delhi Cricket Academy, where Kohli got his first cricketing lessons.
Afghan & Bangla boys start with win in subroto
new delhi: The schoolboys from Jharkhand defeated Sainik School from Assam 5-3 in a morning match at the Dr Ambedkar Stadium while the boys from Mizoram schoolboys humiliated the outfit from Madhya Pradesh 21-0 at Subroto Park ground in the Under-14 (Sub-Junior boys) of the 58th Subroto Cup Football Tournament here on Monday. In the second match at Ambedkar Stadium on Monday, the team from Goa downed Delhi's Air Force Bal Bharti School 2-0 and in the second match at Subroto Park, it was Army Boys Co who scraped past Punjab with a 2-1 margin. The Afghan boys at Ambedkar stadium defeated Assam Boys 3-1 with hattrick from Ali.
CSA announces schedule of inaugural T20 Global league
cape town: Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday announced the schedule of its inaugural T20 Global league here, with five venues hosting opening weekend matches which will see all eight franchises in action. The league starts with Cape Town Knight Riders taking on Pretoria Mavericks at Newlands here on Friday, November 3. It will be followed by two double-headers on Saturday and Sunday. There will be double-headers every weekend as well as several in midweek as the league hosts 57 matches within 44 days.