33rd Usha JTP from May 13
New Delhi: The yearly edition of the Usha Junior Training Programme (JTP) will begin from May 13 at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC), it was announced on Wednesday. The 33rd edition is divided into four 10-day camps starting May 13, May 23, June 2, and June 12. Open to both members' as well as non-members' children, each camp will conclude with a prize distribution ceremony where participants will be felicitated according to their age, ability and performance. Over the years, the programme has earned a reputation of being the training ground of world class professional golfers including the likes of Shiv Kapur, Rashid Khan, who are past participants of JTP. Two hundred children will be trained by well known Category-A coaches including Ajay Gupta, Vikram Sethi, Nonita Lall Qureshi, and Jasjit Singh.
Varun Chakravarthy out of IPL
Mohali: Kings XI Punjab's Varun Chakravarthy was on Wednesday ruled out of the remainder of the IPL after the spinner failed to recover from an injury. The Tamil Nadu player has been on the sidelines for most part of this year’s campaign due to a finger injury. The leg-spinner played just one match during the ongoing season against KKR in March, returning with figures of 1/35. He was injured during KXIP's visit to Chennai last month which sidelined him for a few weeks. "While the team was hopeful that Chakravarthy would return for the final few games of the campaign, his recovery however has not been sufficient. The 27-year-old will return home as a result. KXIP wishes him a speedy recovery and the very best for the rest of the year," KXIP said in a media release.
Sangakkara 1st overseas MCC prez
London: Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has been appointed as the first non-British president of the Marylebone Cricket Club. The wicketkeeper-batsman, whose nomination was announced by current president Anthony Wreford on Wednesday, will begin his one-year tenure in October. The 41-year-old, who is already an honorary life member of MCC and has sat on its influential world cricket committee for the past seven years, said: "It is a huge honour to be named the next president of MCC and it is a role that I am thoroughly looking forward to. MCC, which owns Lord's and acts as the guardian of the laws of the game, was founded in 1787 and lists 168 presidents in its history. That number includes one member of the royal family but, until now, nobody from overseas.
Casillas stable after heart attack
Madrid: Veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas was stable in hospital after suffering a heart attack in training, his club Porto said on Wednesday. The 37-year-old, who has 167 Spain caps and played more than 500 games for Real Madrid, suffered what the Portuguese club called an "acute myocardial infarction" in training on Wednesday. The club's statement on Wednesday afternoon said that "the training session was interrupted to provide assistance," adding that Casillas was in a Porto hospital "well, stable and his heart problem solved." Portuguese media reported that Casillas had undergone surgery and that his season was over.