Jaipur: Former IPl commissioner lalit Modi was on Monday removed as the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) president after a no confidence motion was passed against him by office bearers of the rival Amin Pathan group in an Extra Ordinary General Body Meeting (EGM) here. The meeting witnessed chaotic scenes after Modi faction alleged that vehicles carrying their voters were attacked by armed hooligans of the rival group.
Many of the district officials were badly hurt and were not allowed to attend the meeting as they were late in arriving at the venue. Sports Council chairman JC Mahanti, the Health Secretary and also in charge of Rajasthan’s sports department, said that the EGM was conducted under High Court’s order and that the meeting started on its scheduled time. He said at that point of time out of 33 units only 23 were present but 5 were disputed and 17 voted in favour of the no confidence motion while one vote was against it.
lin Dan coming to India
New Delhi: Two-time Olympic champion lin Dan of China is all set to make his debut at the fifth edition of the Yonex Sunrise India Open Superseries badminton tournament, scheduled to be held at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here from March 24 to 29. lin Dan would be making his first appearance in the individual events in India since he completed a hat-trick of world titles in Hyderabad in 2009.
India deserves F1: FIA boss
Mumbai: Jean Todt, president of world motorsports governing body FIA, has said that India deserves Formula 1 and he hopes the dropped Grand Prix returns to the country in the near future. “It’s (the race) not my responsibility. It is the commercial rights holder (FOM) who is discussing with the promoter (Jaypee Group), with the country. Personally, as the president of FIA but more as a car enthusiast, I was happy to see an international circuit in India,” Todt said here on Monday. The Indian Grand Prix was dropped in 2014 after three editions owing to tax and bureaucratic hurdles but is expected to return next season.