Indiawomen's team is 50th
New Delhi: India's women football team moved one place up to grab the 50th spot among 175 nations in the latest FIFA ranking.The team also grabbed 11th position in the AFC ranking, moving up one spot.It is the second time that the women's football team has come up in the top 50 since the inception of rankings in 2003.The team last played matches in May 2013 for 2014 Asian Games qualifier losing against higher-ranked Mayanmar and Chinese Taipei and gained one point after drawing with host Palestine.Earlier this month, the AIFF mooted the plan of hosting women's I-league from 2015.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Assistance Programme which was held in the second week of June in New Delhi took major decisions like organising regular training sessions and more number of competitions for the women's team.AFC has also decided to host workshops for training women referees and coaches.
The team will be taking part in the women's SAFF Championship at Pakistan in November later this year.
Anand finishes joint fifth
Dubai: Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a joint fifth finish even as reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen scripted history by winning the World Blitz Championship
that concluded here.Anand, starting the day on 7.5 points from the first 11 games, scored another six points out of last 10 to end on 13.5 points in all which was good enough for the joint fifth place. The fivetime world champion finished seventh overall when the tie was resolved.After winning the world rapid, Carlsen became the first chess player ever to hold three world championship crowns as he handsomely won the blitz title too with a remarkable 17 points.
Sitwala, Parikh out of Aus Open
Melbourne: Indian cueists Siddharth Parikh and Dhruv Sitwala lost their respective semifinal matches, ending their courageous campaigns at the Australian Open Billiards Championship
at the Yarraville Club here on Saturday.The left-handed Sitwala, who defeated Todd Hayward 4-2 in the quarterfinals yesterday, was outplayed by Mathew Bolton of Australia 1-5 in the best-of-nine semifinals.Former Railways champion Parikh, who got the better of Australia's Steve Mifsud 4-2 in the last-eight clash, surrendered meekly to Singapore cueist Peter Gilchrist 5-0.
Jeev makes cut
Cork: Jeev Milkha Singh dropped down steeply on the leaderboard with a round of two-over 73, but was still the only Indian of the three to make the cut at the Irish Open, here.Jeev, three-under for the first round, is now one-under for 36 holes and in tied 43rd place.Jeev had one birdie on 10th, a bogey on 13th and a double bogey on par-3 seventh. Meanwhile, Shiv Kapur (74-70) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (74-76) missed the cut and exited from the tournament early.
New Delhi: India's women football team moved one place up to grab the 50th spot among 175 nations in the latest FIFA ranking.The team also grabbed 11th position in the AFC ranking, moving up one spot.It is the second time that the women's football team has come up in the top 50 since the inception of rankings in 2003.The team last played matches in May 2013 for 2014 Asian Games qualifier losing against higher-ranked Mayanmar and Chinese Taipei and gained one point after drawing with host Palestine.Earlier this month, the AIFF mooted the plan of hosting women's I-league from 2015.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Assistance Programme which was held in the second week of June in New Delhi took major decisions like organising regular training sessions and more number of competitions for the women's team.AFC has also decided to host workshops for training women referees and coaches.
The team will be taking part in the women's SAFF Championship at Pakistan in November later this year.
Anand finishes joint fifth
Dubai: Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand had to be content with a joint fifth finish even as reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen scripted history by winning the World Blitz Championship
that concluded here.Anand, starting the day on 7.5 points from the first 11 games, scored another six points out of last 10 to end on 13.5 points in all which was good enough for the joint fifth place. The fivetime world champion finished seventh overall when the tie was resolved.After winning the world rapid, Carlsen became the first chess player ever to hold three world championship crowns as he handsomely won the blitz title too with a remarkable 17 points.
Sitwala, Parikh out of Aus Open
Melbourne: Indian cueists Siddharth Parikh and Dhruv Sitwala lost their respective semifinal matches, ending their courageous campaigns at the Australian Open Billiards Championship
at the Yarraville Club here on Saturday.The left-handed Sitwala, who defeated Todd Hayward 4-2 in the quarterfinals yesterday, was outplayed by Mathew Bolton of Australia 1-5 in the best-of-nine semifinals.Former Railways champion Parikh, who got the better of Australia's Steve Mifsud 4-2 in the last-eight clash, surrendered meekly to Singapore cueist Peter Gilchrist 5-0.
Jeev makes cut
Cork: Jeev Milkha Singh dropped down steeply on the leaderboard with a round of two-over 73, but was still the only Indian of the three to make the cut at the Irish Open, here.Jeev, three-under for the first round, is now one-under for 36 holes and in tied 43rd place.Jeev had one birdie on 10th, a bogey on 13th and a double bogey on par-3 seventh. Meanwhile, Shiv Kapur (74-70) and Gaganjeet Bhullar (74-76) missed the cut and exited from the tournament early.