Indian boxers who are undergoing training at the National Institute of Sports are excited for the London Olympics, reports The Hindu. Vikas Krishan, L Devendro Singh, Manoj Kumar and Jai Bhagwan have already qualified for the biggest challenge.
The Indian boxers will get another opportunity to qualify for the esteemed event in Asthana, Khazakhstan where thequalifying tournament will begin from April 5. The boxers who have already qualified believes that they are well prepared for the event.
St. Joseph's College of Engineering had a great field day late on Sunday, when they were seen entering the league stages in almost all events in the Jeppiaar Educational Trust Sports (JETS) inter-collegiate sports festival for men at the College premise.
Prayag United SC and Pailan Arrows won and now have reached the semifinals of the IFA Shield football tournament late yesterday.
According to a report in The Hindu, Prayag did some serious hardwork for its solitary goal win over local side Techno Aryan Club in Group D while Arrows slashed down Meghalaya opponent Ar-Hima FC 5-0 in its concluding Group C encounter.
The first session remained un eventful as Aryan successfully held off the few attacks Prayag managed. Employing a lone striker in Ghanaian Yuisf Yakubu, Prayag breached the Aryan defence on a few occasions, but poor finishing cost it dear.
In the second half, Prayag introduced its second foreign striker, New Zealander Kayne Vincent, in an effort to break the deadlock. However, it was its Nigerian in the central defence Bello Rasaq who got the much needed goal. Rasaq's rasping long-ranger in the 71{+s}{+t}minute made the decisive
difference in the end.
Prayag, who reached the last four stages with six points from two wins, will take on the winner of the concluding Group ‘B' encounter between Brazil's Botafogo BFR and Southern Samity later on Monday.
P. Sangeetha, won the under-17 title in the open section of the district-level chess tournament with six points from as many rounds, here late yesterday as per The Hindu.
Final Result: Open: Under-17 (six rounds): 1. P. Sangeetha (6), 2. Abdul Aslam (5), 3. K. Sivaranjan (5); Under-13 (seven rounds): 1. Anup Shankar (6), 2. J. Aswin Babu (6), 3. G.M. Neyan (5.5); Under-11 (seven rounds): 1. A.K. Mukilan (6.5), 2. Ebnesar Anto (6), 3. B. Suryanarayanan (5.5); Under-9 (six rounds): 1. K. Muthukumar (6), 2. M. Rethesh (5), 3. G.M. Nilavan (5); Under-7 (four rounds): 1. R. Subash (4), 2. Anish Balaji (3.5), 3. G. Navaneeth (3).
Girls: Under-17 (three rounds): 1. S. Ramya (3), 2. K.S. Vedashawmya (2), 3. S. Manochitra (2); Under-13 (five rounds): 1. B. Haritha (4.5), 2. B. Thilakavathy (4.5), 3. K. Vaisalie (4); Under-11 (six rounds): 1. S. Parkavi (5), 2. S. Shathriya (5), 3. U. Naseeha (5); Under-9 (six rounds): 1. C. Monica (6), 2. D. Pricila (5), 3. N.K. Chandradharshini (4.5); Under-7 (three rounds): 1. K. Vithagi (3), 2. S. Aishwarya (2) and M. Madhuravani (2).
In shooting, Pistol shooter Heena Sidhu’s position in the London Olympics is almost a final deal. As per The Hindustan Times, the Commonwealth Games champion earned a quota place for the Olympics after National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) decided to exchange a spot in the 50m Rifle 3 Position event, won by Imran Hasan Khan, with the women’s Air Pistol event.
However, due to the pressure from the Army to swap the spot of Imran with Athens Games silver medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, there was a round of discussions first within the NRAI and then between the federation and the Sports Ministry.
Though NRAI officials are meeting on Monday with the Ministry’s top officials to take a final call, it has almost been finalised to stick with Sidhu for the Olympics.
Sidhu also has an edge over other shooters in the selection policy formed by NRAI for deciding the national squad for the London Games.
According to the report, Since 2008, Heena has scored 384 or more (Olympic level score) in 16 out of 25 events. She has a World Cup (2009) silver, Commonwealth Games gold and silver and Asian Games silver to her credit.
