Junior Dala replaces Morris
new delhi: There seems to be no end to Delhi Daredevils' miseries after star all-rounder Chris Morris pulled out of the remainder of the Indian Premier league owing to a back injury. South Africa's right-arm fast medium Junior Dala has been called in as replacement for Morris, who played four games aggregating 46 runs and three wickets to show for his efforts. Dala came into prominence during the recent series against India, where he played all three T20 Internationals taking seven wickets. He was one of the finds for South Africa in the T20 series which they lost 1-2. Dala will be wearing jersey No 3 for Daredevils.
Sreejesh, Rani to lead hockey teams
new delhi: Hockey India on Friday announced P R Sreejesh and Rani as captains of the senior men's and women's team, respectively, until end of the year. Sreejesh returns to the leadership role after coming back from an injury break while Rani continues in her position for all the tournaments in 2018 including Hockey Women's World Cup london 2018 slated in July and 18th Asian Games in Jakarta. Sreejesh was given the captaincy in 2016 for the FIH Champions Trophy where India, under his leadership, won a historic Silver medal. He was entrusted the leadership mantle for the Rio Olympics. He also shouldered the responsibility of mentoring the junior men's team. Rani, meanwhile, stepped up in to the role of captain guiding India to an Asia Cup win. Under her leadership, the team climbed from 12th to the 10th position. Always leading from the front, Rani also led the team to make a semifinal appearance, first in 12 years, at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
Tejaswini misses final by 1 point in ISSF Wc
changwon: Seasoned Indian shooter Tejaswini Sawant missed out on qualifying for the women's 50m rifle 3 positions final by a point as China and Russia continued their dominance in the ISSF World Cup here on Friday. Tejaswini, a Gold medallist at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games, finished 12th after shooting 1167 in qualification. Anna Ilana of Ukraine, who grabbed the eighth and final qualifying spot with a score of 1168, had 57 inner 10s against her name to Tejaswini's 61. India remains in 10th place with Shahzar Rizvi winning a Silver in the men's 10m air pistol earlier in the competition.
Gold rush for India at Asian Youth Boxing
bangkok: World champion Nitu Ghanghas led the charge as Indian women boxers dominated the Asian Youth Championships, claiming three Gold medals here on Friday. The lanky Nitu (48kg) out-punched local favourite Nillada Meekoon in front of a partisan crowd to claim the first Gold for India, following which Manisha (64kg) and lalita (69kg) also finished on top in the tournament. Settling for Silver medals were lone male finalist Ankit Khatana (60kg) and Anamika (51kg), Sakshi (81kg) and Neha Yadav (+81kg). Overall, the Indians signed off with three Gold, four Silver and four Bronze medals in the event, which was also a qualifying tournament for the Youth Olympics later this year.
delhi win in day 2 of Jr National C’ship
bhopal: Action in the 8th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2018 (A Division) continued here on Friday which saw Delhi Hockey, Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Punjab and Punjab & Sind Bank, register victories in their respective Pool matches. In Pool A, Delhi Hockey defeated Hockey Bhopal 4-0. While Pool B's encounter between Hockey Jharkhand and Steel Plant Sports Board was won by the former with the scoreline of 4-3. In Pool C, Hockey Punjab defeated The Mumbai Hockey Association ltd. 5-0. Whereas, Pool D's match between Punjab & Sind Bank and Hockey Himachal ended in a victory for Punjab & Sind Bank as they won 5-2.