India ‘A' beat France ‘A' 2-0
Lucknow: The India ‘A' women's hockey team defeated France ‘A' 2-0 in the third match to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series at the Padma Shri Mohammad Shahid Synthetic Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. Local girl Mumtaz Khan (42nd minute) and Sharmila Devi (60th) scored for the home team. The match saw the visitors dominate in the opening minutes, but the Indian defense made sure they did not allow their opponents to draw the first blood. After going through two goal-less quarters, India finally managed to break the deadlock in the 42nd minute through young striker Mumtaz. An eventful last quarter saw both teams vie for the next goal of the match, but eventually it was India ‘A' who was successful in their pursuit as they scored another field goal in the last minute to come out winners. The India ‘A' women's team will play their fourth and last match against France on Wednesday.
Wenger to attend Laureus Awards
Monaco: Legendary football manager Arsene Wenger, who coached Arsenal for 22 years, including one entire season undefeated, will be attending the Laureus World Sports Academy in Monaco next week. Wenger is one of a classic group of legends and current players from the football world, including Laureus Academy members, ambassadors and guests, who will be present when the greatest sportsmen and women from 2018 are honoured. Joining Wenger will be Cafu, Fabio Capello, Didier Deschamps, Luis Figo, Alessandro Del Piero, Carles Puyol, Mikael Silvestre, Patrick Vieira and Fredi Bobic. Plus stars of the women's game Kosovare Asllani and Alex Scott.
Former Engl 'keeper Banks dies
London: Gordon Banks, England's goalkeeper during their triumphant 1966 World Cup campaign, has died aged 81, his former club Stoke City announced on Tuesday. His family said the 73-times capped Banks, who lost an eye in a car crash in 1972, had passed away in his sleep. "It is with great sadness that we announce that Gordon passed away peacefully overnight," his family said. "We are devastated to lose him but we have so many happy memories and could not have been more proud of him." Banks, who played in every game of the 1966 campaign on home soil, is probably best known for a wonder save he produced to deny Brazilian great Pele in the 1970 World Cup group match.
Seoul picked for joint Korean bid
London: South Korea has picked its capital Seoul for its bid for the 2032 summer Olympics, which it aims to jointly host with North Korea. The Koreas will officially inform the International Olympic Committee of their decision to bid at an event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday. North Korea is expected to announce its candidate city later this week — the likely choice is its capital Pyongyang — before or during the IOC meeting, Seoul officials said. The decision to pursue a joint bid — as well as to jointly participate in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games — was made following a series of inter-Korean talks last year, as cross-border reconciliation gathered pace. In a meeting held by the country's Olympic committee on Monday, Seoul edged out its rival, the southern port city of Busan.
Lakshya, Sourabh start with win
Guwahati: Teen sensation Lakshya Sen launched the bid to claim his maiden Senior Badminton National title with a straight-game win over Delhi's Rahul Patel and entered the men's singles third round on Tuesday. The 17-year-old from Uttarakhand, who had clinched the Asian Junior title and a Bronze medal at the World Junior Championship last year, defeated Delhi's Rahul 21-13, 21-13 in a 28-minute match. Lakshya got a bye in the first round. Former two-time champion Sourabh Verma also made a rousing start to his campaign with a dominating 21-10, 21-8 win over Jayapragasham VS. While, Maharashtra's Harsheel Dani, who had won the 2018 Ghana International, prevailed over Telangana's Siril Varma, a former World Junior Championships silver medallist 23-21, 21-17.
FKH PROGRAM SCOUTS TALENT FROM DELHI
New delhi: The Future Kabaddi Heroes (FKH) programme, a pioneering initiative to scout for the next generation of Kabaddi heroes from across India. In its third year received an outstanding response with 460 aspirants participating in its two-day trials at Gyan Kunj School in New Delhi. The FKH programme which had its fair share of young stars such as Nitesh Kumar, Naveen Kumar, Rohit Gulia, Surender Singh, who were shortlisted for earlier season auctions. Commenting on the talent witnessed on ground, L Srinivas Reddy said, "We are delighted to be here at the 3rd edition in New Delhi. Over the last two days of the 2019 trials, we have had an extremely encouraging response and witnessed a high level of skill being displayed and we hope to see the same level of participation & talent in subsequent cities."
junior paddlers win 12 medals
New Delhi: India's young paddlers added eight medals to their kitty, including two Gold, three Silver and three Bronze medals, to draw curtains to their campaign at the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open on a high note in Bahrain. The medal rush for India started off with World No 4 in the U-15 bracket, Payas Jain, steamrolling past his opponents to clinch the cadet boys' individual category crown. In the cadet girls' category, Anargya proved to be the girl in form to clinch Gold.