Sports News: General

Talks of a rift between players and chief coach Jose Brasa have gained momentum, so much so that Hockey India president AK Mattoo is flying to Pune — where the national team are training for the upcoming Champions Challenge tournament — on Thursday to meet both parties and try and sort out the issues.

India's top star Sharath Kamal puts up a spirited effort against world no.5 Wang Liqin Defending champions China scripted a 3-1 win over Hong Kong in the semi-finals to march into the final of the Champions Division in the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championships in progress at Lucknow.

Delhi's Shamim Khan narrowly missed out on defending his title at the Tata Open in Jamshedpur earlier this month, but he will get another chance to prove himself at the ONGC Masters which begins on Wednesday at the Noida Golf Course.

Wild card Nirupama Sanjeev made an impressive comeback into professional tennis after a gap of nearly eight years, scoring a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 win over Serbian Qualifier Tamara Curovic to enter the second round of the $50000 NECC-ITF Women's Tennis championships being organised by the Deccan Gymkhana on their club tennis courts on Tuesday.

When DAV Public School, Sector 8 'A' lost its first game to Coaching Centre, Sector 23, nobody had thought there would be a fortune reversal for the latter as DAV-8 recorded wins in next three games to claim the cadet boys' title in the 22nd Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship being played at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall on Wednesday.

Soham Sandbhor of Pune won two gold medals in the CBSE National Roller Skating Championship held at Chandigarh from November 12-15. Soham was one of four skaters from the city to win a medal.

A commendable semi-final appearance is what Delhi player Prerna Bhambri managed the last time she played a tournament in Pune, a $10,000 ITF event in October.

The Indian teams failed to pick up from where they left off on the opening day of the Asian Table Tennis championships in Lucknow, as the women's team could not make it to the next stage on Tuesday.

NB Ris Mal Chand (RTSD and Saharanpur) bagged gold in the puissance jumping senior event on the last day of the Chandigarh Horse Show at Railway TA Ground on Tuesday.

To face defending champions China today The India men's team captain Achanta Sharath Kamal ran towards the court to lift Soumyadeep Roy in jubilation as soon as India registered a 3-2 win over Iran in the First Division semi-final.

Punjab National Bank continued their winning spree in the 46th senior Nehru hockey tournament, winning 3-1 against Karnataka XI in their group match on Tuesday.

Chirag United SC began their campaign in Calcutta Football League (CFL) in style, scoring a resounding 2-0 victory against BNR at Barasat Stadium on Tuesday.

Young table tennis players from an orphanage in Hooghly district lit up the 3rd edition of the Children's Day TT Championship held at the premises of the Dakshin Kolikata Sevasram Sangha's ashram premises from November 14 to 16. The event was organized under the auspices of the Bengal Table Tennis Association (BTTA).

A day after the Hindustan Times highlighted discrepancies in the graded contracts awarded to shooters by the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the Sports Ministry has warned the federation to stick to norms and be transparent in its selection.

Reigning national double-trap champion Vikram Bhatnagar retained the title on the final day of the National Shotgun Championships at the New Moti Bag Gun Club on Monday.

The Indian team got their campaign at the Asian Table Tennis Championships off to a flying start in Lucknow on Monday.

In the present day materialistic world where the mad race for wealth is gaining ground to redefine our lifestyle in an ostentatious and pompous way, respect for parents is woefully dwindling or we may say, vanishing.

In the city for the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championships, the team from neighbouring Pakistan says they are overwhelmed with the reception accorded to them by the city.