New Delhi: The endless wait is finally over. The selection committee of IHF, yesterday named M K Kaushik, as the chief coach of the national hockey team. The former Olympian has been appointed until the 2010 Asian Games.
The committee, presided over by Ajitpal Singh and attended by all members -- Aslam Sher Khan, Ashok Kumar, Zafar Iqbal and Dhanraj Pillay -- also finalised a list of 48 probables for upcoming international events. Along with this the committee also decided to retain the services of AK Bansal for coaching the junior national team till the next year's World Cup to be held in Singapore and Malaysia.
The 13 Bangladeshi players who joined the ‘rebel’ ICL have been banned for 10 years from playing international and domestic cricket by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday.
Speaking on this, Major-General Sina Ibn Jamali, President, BCB said, “'The decision will be equally effective for contracted players or coaches if they participate in any unofficial tournament having no approval of the International Cricket Council (ICC) or the Bangladesh board.”
Earlier at a function in New Delhi, Zee promoted ICL announced a new team ‘Dhaka Warriors’ featuring all the 13 players who have been banned for 10 years.
Cape Town ,Africa ,the CSA President Arendse resigned after disturbances over his efforts to help the needy and deserving cricketers even after 14 years. He accused the CEO of using him as a mere rubber stamp, capable of attending matches and meetings.
Arendse said that even though he returned back as President in 2007, he never enjoyed the full trust and confidence of all the 11 affiliates and the CEO. He got partial support for his efforts to fund grass-root amateur cricket. Further more he stated that his relation with CEO
Delhi benefited from the partnership of Aakash Chopra and Virat Kohli, who narrowly missed their double centuries. On Wednesday, Delhi finished at 516 for four in its second innings in the Mohammad Nissar Trophy match against Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) at the Ferozeshah Kotla.
Before the rain stopped play, Delhi was making a statement, resuming at 242 for one and leading with 384. On the final day, when rains struck Kotla, it was looking more like a swimming pool than a cricket ground. However The Chief of Ground staff, Radhey Shyam Sharma, confidently said that if the rain stops, play would continue after the afternoon.
Bhopal: T T Nagar Stadium is all set to host the 2nd Asian All-Star Athletics meet from today.
Speaking on this with the media persons on Wednesday, Athletics Federation of India (AFI) Secretary, Lalit Bhanot said, “Top athletes representing 25 nations will take part in the day long 2nd Asian All-Star Athletics competition which will be held tomorrow.”
He further disclosed that as per the rules of the championship, top five athletes in each discipline will be called to take part in the competition. The meet will feature 70 Indian players. The winners, in both the individual and team events, will be awarded with the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals.
With the aim to enhance the performance of the badminton players at the international level, 40 of them would be undergoing state -of-the-art training and exposure, said the Sports Ministry on Tuesday.
35 players-19men and 16 women have been selected to be included in the ‘core group’ of sportspersons under the scheme of ‘Preparation of Indian Teams for Commonwealth Games 2010.’ To provide better guidance and training to the players, eight Indian and two foreign coaches have also been selected.
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has been asked by the committee of the Ministry to provide some more names of the players, since there is scope for training 20 shuttlers each in women and men Cedres.
