Aditi looks to retain her crown
new delhi: The 2017 edition of the prestigious 'Hero Women's Indian Open' was announced on Friday. The event will tee-off at the picturesque DlF Golf and Country Club, Gurgaon, from November 9 — 12, 2017. The $400,000 event, now in its 11th year, will field previous champions and Order of Merit winners, who will battle for top honors. Headlining the filed will be the likes of India's Aditi Ashok (Defending Champion + lET Rookie of the year 2016), Emily Kristine Pedersen (Winner - Hero Women's Indian Open 2015 + lET Rookie of the year 2015), Beth Allen (Winner - lET Order of Merit 2016) and Belen Mozo (Runner-up Hero Women's Indian Open 2016).
Indian Air Force lifts DFF Cup
New Delhi: The first four-day Delhi Football Festival (DFF) culminated with Indian Air force winning the DFF Cup, Delhi Dynamos School winning the Inter School AR Khan cup and DSM Eves winning the Under-17 Girls tournament. Indian Air force defeated Gharwal Heroes by a solitary goal, scored in the first half. The match played in the flood lights was evenly fought. Earlier Delhi Dynamos defeated Modern School, Barakhamba road 1-0. In the Under-17 Girls tournament DSM Eves defeated Friends United 2-0. Joint Commissioner of Police Ajay Chaudhary presented the winning trophy to Indian Air Force and Member Parliament Ramesh Bidhuri presented the runners up trophy to Gharwal Heroes. DSA vice president Sharafatullah presented the trophies to the school teams. Chief Guest Ajay Chaudhary presented the lifetime Achievement Awards to former Indian football players who are residing in Delhi. Former Olympian Syed Shahid Hakim, former India vice captain Rajit Thapa, former Indian players Aziz Qureshi, Anadi Barua, Carlton Chapman and Tarun Roy were honoured on this occasion.
DPS Mathura wins under-17 cricket league
new delhi: DPS Mathura Road (DPS MR) emerged victorious in the All India IPSC Cricket U-17 Boys Championship 2017 held at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala from 29th September-2nd October 2017. In the Final match, DPS MR faced Modern School Barakhamba road and won the toss to bat first. They made 150 runs in 20 overs with Harshil Jain playing a brilliant knock off 69 not out in 62 balls. In reply modern school started well with 73 for 1 in 10 overs requiring another 78 runs in 10overs. They needed only 28 runs in 4 overs with 8 wickets in hand. Then suddenly the match turned towards DPS Mathura Road side with 3 consecutive wickets in the 17th over. They eventually won the final by 18 runs.
Indian stars headline 84th edition of Ranji
New Delhi: The 84th edition of Ranji Trophy that begins on Friday will see a plethora of Indian cricket stars in action besides the return of the home and away format. The presence of Ravichandran Ashwin and Test opener Murali Vijay will bolster Tamil Nadu. Abhinav Mukund will captain Tamil Nadu. Cheteshwar Pujara will captain Saurashtra in the absence of Jaydev Shah. Giving him company will be left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who suddenly finds himself out of the national ODI and T20 squad. Test keeper Wriddhiman Saha and pacer Mohammed Shami will turn up for Bengal in the team's first round match against Services at Palam. Ishant Sharma will lead the Delhi squad with Gautam Gambhir declining captaincy. Agencies