PKl Auctions: Prashant bags Rs 79l
mumbai: Raider Prashant Kumar Rai bagged the highest bid as a category B player in the Pro Kabaddi league (PKl) history, after he was bought by UP Yoddha for Rs 79 lakh on Thursday. Monu Goyal got the highest bid in the auction when he was picked up for a whopping Rs 1.51 crore by Haryana Steelers on Wednesday, and also emerged as the highest paid player in PKl history. In the category B, Chandran Ranjit was picked up by Dabang Delhi for Rs 61.25 lakh, while Haryana Steelers bought Vikash Khandola for Rs 47 lakh, a media release said. In the same category, Dharmaraj Cheralathan was picked up by U Mumba for Rs 46 lakh while Dabang Delhi spent Rs 45 lakh to grab Vishal Mane. On Wednesday, six players created history by crossing the Rs one crore mark on the inaugural day of PKl auction.
IPl 2: ED slaps Rs 121-cr FEMA penalty
mumbai: The ED on Thursday slapped a penalty of over Rs 121 crore on the BCCI, its former boss N Srinivasan, former IPl commissioner lalit Modi and others for alleged violation of the FEMA law during the T-20 cricket IPl edition in 2009, officials said. A special director of the central probe agency here levied a penalty of Rs 82.66 crore on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Rs 11.53 crore on its former chairman Srinivasan, Rs 10.65 crore on ex-IPl commissioner Modi, Rs 9.72 crore on former BCCI treasurer M P Pandove and Rs 7 crore on the State Bank of Travancore. The order asked the accused to deposit the fine amount in the government exchequer within 45 days.
Anand draws with Ding liren
stavanger: World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by rising Chinese star Ding liren in the third round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament here. With the invincible tag around him these days, Ding liren did not face any real danger from Anand, who has 1.5 points in all. It was on the 16th move that Anand came up with a prepared idea, an improvement over an earlier game played by liren in the Candidates' tournament this year. The Indian ace sacrificed a pawn and felt that he somehow let it slip it in the middle game when he had chances to fight for the advantage. As it happened in the game, liren closed the queen side and the game was drawn in 35 moves.
Sanjita Chanu fails dope test
new delhi: Two-time Commonwealth Games champion weightlifter Sanjita Chanu has tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid and she has been provisionally suspended, the international federation said on Thursday. (IWF) said on its website that Sanjita, who had won Gold in the women's 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, has tested positive for testosterone. As a consequence, the Athlete is provisionally suspended in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation," IWF stated.