Coaches are like parents: Tendulkar
mumbai: Recalling the contribution made by his coach Ramakant Achrekar to his career, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday said, "Coaches, gurus are like our parents, because we end up spending so much time with them, we learn so many things from them," at the launch event of "Even When There Is A Doctor", authored by Dr Yashwant Amdekar, Dr Rajesh Chokhani and Krishnan Sivaramakrishnan. Tendulkar added, "(Achrekar) Sir was strict at times, extremely strict and also caring and loving. Sir did not say well-played to me ever, (but) I knew (when) Sir has taken me to have bhel-puri or paani-puri, Sir is happy, I have done something nice on the field." Tendulkar was coached by Ramakant Achrekar at Shivaji Park in Dadar, central Mumbai.
Indian men & women teams enter q/f
Alor Setar (Malaysia): The Indian men and women's teams on Thursday qualified for the quarterfinals despite losing to their respective opponents in the Badminton Asia Team Championship here. In the women's event, P V Sindhu notched up the only win for India in their 1-4 loss to Japan. Olympic silver-medallist Sindhu dished out a fine attacking performance to beat Yamaguchi 21- 19 21-15 in 36 minutes. Despite the loss, India qualified for the quarter-final in both the women's and men's competition. The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy and Chirag Shetty levelled the tie with a hard-fought 18-21, 21-18, 24-22 win over Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. B Sai Praneeth then gave India the advantage with a 21-18, 21-19 victory over Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the second singles match. The Indians, however, were beaten by their opponents in the last two matches to lose the tie.
Bengaluru FC seek to strengthen top spot
bengaluru: leaders Bengaluru FC will look to avenge their first leg defeat and strengthen their top position when they take on FC Goa in an Indian Super league match here on Friday. In their last match, BFC outplayed Chennaiyin FC 3-1 in an away game and before that they defeated ATK 2-0 convincingly. The Albert Roca-coached side are occupying the top spot with 30 points from 14 matches and FC Goa are at fifth with 20 points from 12 matches. The visitors would like to draw inspiration from their first leg encounter against Bengaluru when they defeated them 4-3 at Margao. The Goan side have their defensive weaknesses, though it can be expected that lobera would not look to change his attacking style.
Indian Tigers take on Kazakhstan's Astana Azlans
new delhi: Indian Tigers take their first shot at the AIBA backed World Series Boxing Season 8 that triggers off all over the world with the best pugilists from the roped square in action. Olympic champions, World champions, Commonwealth champions and Asian champions will slug it out in this unique global team boxing competition that starts from February 9. Boxing Federation of India promoted Indian Tigers to represent in the World Series Boxing for the first time. "This is the first time I will be taking the ring in a professional competition, but the Indian Tigers are ready to take up the challenge and win the tie," said Kavinder Singh. The 5-member squad that departs includes Kavinder Singh Bisht (fly), Ankush Dhaiya (light), Duryodhan Singh Negi (welter), Brijesh Yadav (light-heavy) and Praveen Kumar (super heavy).