FIFA team inspects Kalinga stadium
Bhubaneswar: Provisionally approved as a venue for next year's U-17 Women's World Cup, a FIFA team on Friday made another inspection of the Kalinga Stadium here to evaluate the progress and preparations for the global age-group showpiece event. FIFA's Project Lead of the tournament, Oliver Vogt said, “We're very happy to be here because we know Bhubaneswar is a city which is very passionate about sports. You have hosted the Hockey World Cup and now it's time to shift to football. If Bhubaneswar is selected as a host city, we're very confident that the U-17 Women's World Cup will be a huge success.” Bhubaneswar is the third venue to be inspected by the FIFA-LOC delegation after Kolkata and Guwahati. The team will travel to Ahmedabad today to assess the facilities there.
pep, Klopp inducted into LMA Hall of Fame
London: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp have been inducted into the League Managers Association's Hall of Fame. Both managers were honoured at a special LMA dinner on Thursday evening in Manchester. Following his induction, Guardiola said: “It is an incredible honour to be a part of it, for the rest of my life and for generations, to be in this Hall of Fame in English football. Meanwhile, Klopp said: “This is really special, to be a part of this incredible group of managers is big.”
Bayern munich eye bundesliga top spot
Berlin: Bayern Munich eye a return to top spot in the Bundesliga this weekend with interim boss Hansi Flick enjoying the best start in the club's impressive history. They are third in the Bundesliga table ahead of today's home game against Bayer Leverkusen, only a point behind leaders Moenchengladbach, who host fourth-placed Freiburg tomorrow. A fifth straight win under Flick would set Bayern up for a showdown at Gladbach's Borussia Park a week on Saturday.
volleyball teams advance to semifinal
Kathmandu: The Indian men's and women's volleyball teams notched up similar straight game victories to cruise to the semifinals of the 13th South Asian Games here on Friday. The men's team beat host Nepal 25-15, 25-13, 25-16 to top group A, while the women's side defeated Bangladesh 25-8, 25-11, 25-9. The women's team will take on Maldives in the semifinals today.
Karthikeyan headlines X1 Racing League
Greater Noida: India's first formula 1 driver Narain Karthikeyan, former Force India driver Tonio Liuzzi and Alex Yoong will headline JK Tyre Festival of Speed's maiden edition of the X1 Racing League. The JKFOS which will get underway at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) this weekend, will unveil its marquee event, the X1 Racing League, boasting of six franchise-based teams involving high profile owners and international and Indian drivers and promises to reignite the country's motorsports hemisphere. Along with Karthikeyan, the League will also see the likes of legendary F1 driver Niki Lauda's son, Mathias, in an exciting new format that should thrill the over 35,000 fans at the BIC on Sunday.
kho kho team announced for sag
New Delhi: Kho Kho Federation of India on Friday announced a 15-member men's and women's team for the 13th South Asian Games, scheduled to begin from December 1 in Kathmandu, Nepal. After inclusion of kho kho in the South Asian Games for the first time in 2016, both the Indian men's and women's team finished at the top of the podium. Maharashtra's Balasaheb Pokarde will lead the men's team in the competition.Meanwhile, women's team will be lead by Nasreen.