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Karnataka HC stays Sania Mirza’s Khel Ratna award

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Sania Mirza

New Delhi: The Karnataka high court today put a stay on ​Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award to be conferred to Sania Mirza after Paralympic athlete H N Girisha filed a plea against the same.

H N Girisha, a 2012 London Paralympics silver medallist expressed his displeasure over the way Sania’s name had been recommended by the Union sports ministry-appointed selection panel while over-looking his performances.

The Hassan-born high jumper, has also won bronze at the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games.

Sania is currently ranked world number one in women’s doubles and created history by becoming the first Indian to win a women’s doubles Grand Slam title alongside Martina Hingis to clinch the Wimbledon trophy earlier this year.

Sania happens to become the second tennis player who has been recommended for this prestigious award. Earlier Leander Paes had been confered the honour way back in 1996 having achieved a bronze medal in the Atlanta Olympics.

(Agencies)

India beat Sri Lanka by 278 runs, level series at 1-1

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Colombo: India defeated Sri Lanka by massive 278 runs in the second cricket Test to level the three-match series just after lunch on the fifth and final day here Monday.

Brief Scores:

India: 393 and 325/8 declared

Sri Lanka: 306 and 134 all out in 43.4 overs (Dimuth Karunaratne 46; Ravichandran Ashwin 5/42, Amit Mishra 3/29).

Sri Lanka bowled out for 306 in reply to India’s 393

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Colombo: Hosts Sri Lanka were bowled out for 306 runs in their first innings against India in the post-tea session of the third day in the second cricket Test at the P. Sara Oval ground here on Saturday.

They thus conceded a lead of 87 runs to the visitors who scored 393 in their first innings.

Sri Lanka were at 298/7 at tea. Middle-order bat Jehan Mubarak (22), tail-enders Rangana Herath (1) and Tharindu Kaushal (6) were the last three wickets that fell.

For India leg-spinner Amit Mishra pocketed figures of 4-43, while fast bowler Ishant Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin picked two wickets each.

(IANS)

India bowled out for 393 against Sri Lanka

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Colombo: India were bowled out for 393 in their first innings against Sri Lanka in the post-lunch session of the second day in the second cricket Test at the P. Sara Oval here on Friday.

Indians were 386/8 at lunch. Wriddhiman Saha (56) and Ishant Sharma were (2) were the last two wickets to fall.

For Sri Lanka left-arm off-spinner Rangana Herath bagged 4-81, while Dhammika Prasad, skipper Angelo Mathews and Dushmantha Chameera picked two scalps each.

(Agencies)

St. Joseph Indian High School wins St. Germain OBA Hockey tournament

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Bengaluru: The finals of St. Germain OBA Hockey tournament played at KSHA was a gala affair. The prestigious hockey annual tournament was conducted with great pomp and glitter.

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A one of a kind tournament where for the first time in India a school hockey tournament final was being played in floodlights.

A huge crowd of spectators and school children were seen cheering their respective schools.

St. Germain High School, known for its magnificent arrangement lived up to expectation.

There was a guard of honour for the chief guest of the day. Mr. Umakanta Bijapur general manager, Bank of Baroda and to the addition commissioner of police Chandra Shekhar who was the chief guest along with the pride of St. Germain High School and ex captain & coach of Indian hockey team and ex Olympian Jude Felix.

In a thrilling finals played by Rashtriya Military School vs. St. Joseph Indian High School for the juniors. Good display of stamina, skill and speed was displayed by both the teams and in a fast paced game.

RMS beat St. Joseph 2-1 in the last minute thriller through penalty corner.

St. Joseph Indian High School beat St. Joseph brand square 5-0 in a one sided final. St. Germain juniors were placed 3rd and St. Germain seniors were placed 4th.

The tournament was conducted by OBA and sponsored by Bank of Baroda which was a huge success. The credit of organizing the tournament goes to Sydney D’Silva and the OBA team.

The prizes were given by Jude Felix, Bank of Baroda Manager Umakant Bijapur and the principle of St. Germain.

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India rebuild innings after early jolts

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Colombo: After a early wobble, India were in the process of rebuilding their innings with opener Lokesh Rahul and captain Virat Kohli at the crease at 97/2 at lunch on Day One of the second cricket Test here on Thursday.

Kohli and Rahul remained unbeaten on 48 and 39 respectively at the P. Sara Oval stadium.

Sri Lanka’s Dhammika Prasad was the pick of the bowlers in the first session, bagging the two wickets for 29.

After electing to bat, the Indians were jolted upfront in the very first over of the day as Prasad trapped Murali Vijay (0) leg-before-wicket in the fourth delivery. The ball swung back in and struck the opener on the front pad right in line with the stumps.

Prasad was at it again as he got rid of Ajinkya Rahane (4) too in quick succession after he edged a wide one to the slips.

Tottering at 12/2, it was Rahul and skipper Kohli who took on the responsibility of rebuilding the innings. Both were a little circumspect from the start, letting go of the moving leather whenever possible.

Kohli, however, grabbed hold of the opportunities that came his way as he hit back-to-back boundaries against Dushmantha Chameera in the 10th over.

Rahul soon followed his captain and got into the groove, hitting some delightful boundaries as the red ball began to lose itÂ’s shine.

There were no more wickets that fell in the first session as the Indians reached a score of 97/2 with the duo amassing a partnership of 85 runs.

(Agencies)

New Zealand bowl, South Africa hand debut to Wiese

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Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images

by Firdose Moonda, ESPNcricinfo

David Wiese was handed an ODI debut as South Africa looked for another solution to their all-rounder conundrum as they were put in to bat by New Zealand in the first ODI in Centurion. But that won’t be the biggest problem on the hosts’ hands: their bowling plans were leaked when a document meant for Dale Steyn was sent to another guest at the hotel South Africa are staying in. AB de Villiers shrugged it off and said the bowlers “enjoy being under pressure,” so don’t see it as too much of a bad thing.

The attack is vastly changed from the T20s, with Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and Imran Tahir all returning. Kyle Abbott was confined to the bench, as he was during the World Cup semi-final, when these two teams last met.

Both sides wear a different look from that day, with South Africa missing Faf du Plessis through injury and JP Duminy and Morne Morkel, who are both on paternity leave. Rilee Rossouw will bat up the order with Farhaan Behardien, the extra batsman, in the middle.

New Zealand do not have Brendon McCullum or Ross Taylor or their two leading seamers Tim Southee and Trent Boult. They have stuck with the same crop who played in the T20s. Adam Milne and Mitchell McClenaghan were tasked as the frontline seamers with New Zealand opting for two spinners on a pitch that is expected to slow down as the game goes on.

South Africa: 1 Morne van Wyk (wk), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Rilee Rossouw, 4 AB de Villiers (capt) 5 David Miller, 6 Farhaan Behardien, 7 David Wiese, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Dale Steyn 11 Imran Tahir

New Zealand: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Tom Latham, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Colin Munro, 5 Grant Elliott, 6 James Neesham, 7 Luke Ronchi (wk), 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Adam Milne, 10 Mitchell McClenaghan, 11 Ish Sodhi

Compiling suggestions done, IPL working group to submit report

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New Delhi: The working group, formed to study the Justice Lodha panel’s verdict relating to the IPL 2013 corruption scandal, has “compiled suggestions from all stakeholders” and will submit its final report to the BCCI’s working committee before it meets in Kolkata on August 28.

“We have compiled all the suggestions from stakeholders and we will be submitting the final report to BCCI working committee, which will meet in Kolkata on August 28,” IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said on Wednesday after the working group’s final meeting in the capital.

The group comprises Shukla, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry, IPL governing council member Sourav Ganguly, and is assisted by Usha Nath Bannerjee, the board’s legal counsel.

“There are a number of suggestions but we can’t divulge the findings of the meeting,” Shukla added.

On Preity Zinta’s reported comments about some Kings XI Punjab players being allegedly involved in suspicious activities, Shukla said nothing was discussed in that regard.

“I think Preity Zinta has already clarified in her statement. Nothing of this sort has been discussed.”

Citing anonymous sources, the story claimed that Zinta pulled up players who she thought weren’t playing fair, dropped them from games and even put them up for auction.

Zinta denied the claims.

Today’s meeting was also attended by controversial IPL COO Sundar Raman and BCCI’s Anti Corruption Unit chief Neeraj Kumar.

The working group will submit its report to the IPL governing council, which in turn will report to the BCCI working committee

Meanwhile, Thakur said that the proceedings of the working group are confidential and whatever have come out are nothing but speculations.

“We have completed our work before time. We have discussed all suggestions and will submit report to the governing council and working committee on 28th.

“The proceedings of the working group are confidential. All speculations that have come out are media speculations,” said Thakur.

On Zinta’s comments, Thakur said: “I think she has categorically issued a statement in this regard.”

(PTI)

Despite loss, Saina Nehwal will be No.1

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Saina Nehwal may have lost the World Badminton Championships final but she has good news in store, too. Despite the defeat in Jakarta on Sunday, Saina is set to win back her No.1 status in world badminton rankings, according to a report.

The 25-year-old shuttler on Sunday became the first Indian to win a silver medal at the world championships. Saina lost 21-16, 21-19 to Carolina Marin of Spain. Saina had lost to Carolina in the All England final in Birmingham earlier this year.

The Indian ace — currently on 79,192 points — will gain 3600 points to pip the reigning No.1 Carolina, who will not gain anything from this victory and will remain on 80,612 points, according to the report. Saina, who topped the ranking charts on April 2, was the first Indian to take the top spot in world rankings.

Saina said she had committed “far too many mistakes” that cost her the gold medal at the prestigous tournament.

“I could have done better. I made too many mistakes in the first game. I had no problems with fitness. But the final is more mental than physical. I made one silly error during a crucial moment in the second game,” Saina said after the match.

Saina has been in a thrilling form this year and much of the credit goes to her new coach Vimal Kumar.

The two formed a partnership before the Asian Games last year. The world No.2 had split with her former coach Pullela Gopichand and shifted base from Hyderabad to Bangalore to train under Vimal ‘Sir’.

Jwala-Ashwini seeded No.1 at Vietnam Open

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Ho Chi Minh City: Top Indian women’s doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have been seeded No.1 for the $50,000 Vietnam Open Grand Prix to be held at the Nguyen Du Stadium here from August 24 to 30.

The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallists have lately been in form, which has also helped them to reach their current, career-best ranking of World No.12. Jwala and Ashwini reached the finals of the US Open Grand Prix Gold and followed it up with a title win at the Canada Open Grand Prix in June.

They also reached the quarterfinals of the World Championships last week in Jakarta but faltered a step short of repeating their 2011 Worlds performance when they clinched a bronze.

The two will open their campaign here against a qualifying pair in the first round.

Apart from Jwala and Ashwini, Pradnya Gadre and N. Sikki Reddy have been seeded seventh while Aparna Balan will partner Prajakta Sawant in the same category.

Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Chopra, who also took part at the World Championships, have been seeded third in men’s doubles and will take on Canadian pair of Adrian Liu and Derrick Ng in their opener. Arun Vishnu and Alwin Francis is the other Indian pair in the category.

There will be four Indian pairs taking part in mixed doubles. Ashwini will partner Chopra, Vishnu with Aparna, Dewalkar will team up with Prajakta while Sikki will partner Tarun Kona.

In men’s singles, Mumbai’s Ajay Jayaram is the highest seeded Indian at No.4 while B. Sai Praneeth is No.5 and 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist R.M.V. Gurusaidutt at No.13. Anand Pawar, Subhankar Dey and Sameer Verma are unseeded in the category.

P.C. Thulasi and Saili Rane are the only Indians taking part in women’s singles.

(IANS)

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