The Western Railway clerk, who faces Pankaj Advani next, is struggling to make both ends meet

Kamal Chawla got the better of veteran Alok Kumar in the quarterfinals of the CCI Platinum Jubilee Open here on Wednesday.

The boy from Bhopal beat Kumar 5-2 (68-36 74-35 85-28 56-72 60-81 69-19) to reach the semifinals. Chawla may have won his game but he said there was more tension on the outside than on the table. I am finding it difficult to cope up financially," said the 29-year-old.

It is a sort of victory for the members of the Cricket Club of India as the IPL and its franchisees seem to be looking elsewhere. The DY Patil Stadium is now fast emerging as the preferred venue for the matches of Season II of the IPL.

It is learnt that Mumbai Indians officials will be visiting the Nerul Stadium on Thursday. Sources even say that the officials of the Reliance Group, which owns the Mumbai Indians team, will hold parleys with the DY Patil Stadium authorities. They are also believed to be close to striking a deal.

Detractor challenges his eligibility for contesting polls, says RCA chief was convicted for drug-trafficking in the US

Testing time for Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) president Lalit Modi doesn't seem to end though he has secured four back to back 'legal' win against his detractors in the past few days.

One of his detractors Sanjay Dixit, who is fuelling a battle against Modi in RCA, challenged Modi's eligibility for contesting in RCA elections. Dixit on Wednesday filed an application before justice NM Kasliwal, who is chairman and observer for the elections of RCA. Dixit alleged in the application that Modi had been convicted for drug trafficking, kidnapping and assaulting in the US in 1985.

Seven-year-old Koparkhairane resident Atharva Shinde got into athletics just eight months ago and has already bagged a gold medal in 50 meter running at the state level championship held recently. The first standard student of North Point School, Atharva is also a bright student and secured A grade in his first semester examinations.

Come Saturday and bikers across the city will be in high spirits, courtesy the Castrol Hunt for the Most Passionate Biker contest, which is all set to arrive in Ahmedabad.

The event, which will be held on the campus of the LD College of Engineering, has been scheduled in eight cities across India, with the finals to be held in New Delhi in April.

The competition will test the biking skills and knowledge of the participants, along with their style quotient. The winner will walk away with a Yamaha R1 superbike.

The first leg of the all-India competition was held in Pune on February 15, with local boy Piroz Kadri emerging as the winner after an exciting four-way tiebreaker. Malcolm Ilavia won a week later in Mumbai.

22-yr-old Suyog Sonawane won gold in championship held at Salem, Tamil Nadu

Airoli resident Suyog Sonawane has won gold medal at the World Martial Arts Championship that was conducted at Salem in Tamil Nadu. The championship was conducted by the World All Martial Art Federation in which 39 countries participated. There were two forms of Karate which were competed in the championship - Kumite and Kata and Suyog won the gold medal in Kumite, which is a form of fighting.