Bahutule named as Royals coach
mumbai: Former India spinner Sairaj Bahutule was on Tuesday named as the spin bowling coach of IPl franchise Rajasthan Royals, who are making a come back to the league after serving a two-year ban. Bahutule played 188 first class games for Mumbai and picked up 630 wickets at an average of 26 apart from scoring 6,176 runs with nine centuries at an average of 31.83. Bahutule has been the coach of Bengal Ranji side for three years now. "It is a privilege to be part of Rajasthan Royals coaching staff. I am excited to be part of a team that has legendary Shane Warne as mentor. I am looking forward to work with the players and share my knowledge".
Chennai to host squash tourney
chennai: Chennai will host the world junior squash championship for men and women and the WSF men's junior team championship at the Indian Squash Academy here in July. While the men's and women's world junior individual championship will be held from July 18 to 23, the team event will be held from July 24 to 29. In all 23 nations, including hosts India, are expected to take part in this biennial event. India will be hosting the junior men's team championship for the second time, the last being in 2002 again in Chennai. In 2009 the country had also hosted the Women's world junior team championship also in Chennai.
Bagan keep title hopes alive
vasco: Mohun Bagan kept their title hopes alive with a 2-0 victory over Indian Arrows in the Hero I-league match here on Tuesday. Bagan who had the lion's share of exchanges and ball possession scored through Aser Pierrick Dipanda Dicka (26th) and Akram Koghrabi (41st) to take their tally to 27 points from 16 matches. They are now placed fourth in the table while the young Arrows who finished their league engagement with 15 points from 18 matches are at the bottom. Arrows coach luis Norton de Matos made five changes from their loss against Aizawl FC in their previous game. Bagan made only one change from their win against NEROCA in the last match.
Falcons retain Soumyadeep
mumbai: Defending champions Falcons TTC chose to go with their winning coach for the second edition of the CEAT Ultimate Table Tennis league, opting for Soumyadeep Roy in the draft pick for coaches here on Monday afternoon. The high-profile event, conducted under the watchful eyes of Ernst & Young and attended by Rajeev Bodas, Vita Dani and the six team owners, set the ball rolling for the June 14-July 1 league. The Falcons, who got the opportunity to choose their coach first after the draw of lots, wasted no time in opting for the 34-year-old 2006 Commonwealth Games' gold medallist who is now the coach of the Indian team.