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BCCI disciplinary panel a sham:
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Lionel Messi’s fitness key to Barcelona’s comeback hopes
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Gavaskar nominated for Dhyanchand award, Sandeep Singh for Khel Ratna
Haryana eves pip Railways in national hockey
Ravindra, Deepa on top as NIS awards diplomas
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BCCI disciplinary panel a sham:
Modi
New Delhi, April 30 The committee, after recording versions of lawyers representing Modi and the BCCI, said it is likely to give its recommendations to the BCCI by the end of May. “In hurry to conclude, committee has made mockery of the proceedings. My lawyers wanted one session each to deal with 12 issues,” Modi tweeted. “They have made this enquiry a sham exercise of new ways to do Judicial inquiry,” he wrote on his twitter handle. A legal team representing Modi has objected to “undue haste” by the Committee, and he sought to bring it to light. “Looks like everything is predetermined. What is the undue haste for. Why this hurry. What are they afraid of. Possibly the truth,” Modi said. Directing his ire at the Cricket Board, Modi said, “Even if BCCI were to read headings of documents it would have taken 2 full days to only read heading of those documents. “Three show cause notices running in 150 pages, my reply running in 15000 pages, live evidence record running into 2000 pages. “Amazing how BCCI lawyers yesterday took only 40 minutes to argue its full case against me.” Commenting further against the board, Modi said, “BCCI dictates that no member or administrator gives evidence to bring out the truth. “The persons who wish to appear on my behalf are stopped by BCCI acting under instruction of its President - Srinivasan. “My application to examine witnesses in defence is not allowed by the committee.” Modi also took potshots at Arun Jaitley Arun Jaitley, one of the three members in the Disciplinary Committee. “While suit against bias of Arun Jaitley is pending in court, he shows undue haste 2 close proceedings so that I cannot have legal remedy,” he wrote. “Let me tell the truth of these proceedings. The fact that Arun Jaitley was the original complainant in the BCCI was suppressed from me,” Modi said. He said the committee was scared to face him. “I am not afraid to face the committee, but looks like committee is afraid to face me. And from my legal team. “The inquiry was instituted against me but looks like the committee does not wish to hear my version,” Modi said. Modi’s legal team had earlier accused the Disciplinary Committee of ignoring its request to present its defence in the case. “I am constrained to note the working of the committee. It declined to give Modi a chance to present his case via video link. The committee has already refused to take Modi’s response to show-cause notices issued to him saying it was 32 hours late,” said Mehmood M Abdi, General Counsel and Constituted Attorney of Modi. Verdict likely by the end of May
The three-member Disciplinary Committee, probing alleged irregularities against former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, is likely to give its recommendations to the BCCI by the end of May. The three-member Committee in its meeting held here yesterday has recorded versions of lawyers representing Modi and the BCCI. “The panel has heard all the parties. It has given 15 days time to Modi to give his final reply,” a source said. The Committee is likely to finalise its decision by next month end after getting final response from Modi, the source said. The Committee will submit its recommendations to the BCCI which will than take a final decision on Modi’s fate. A legal team representing Modi has objected to “undue haste” by the Committee. “Disciplinary Committee’s undue haste to wrap up the proceedings was aptly complimented by BCCI which completed its arguments on all charges just in 40 minutes. How can the analysis of bulky evidence and material collected in three years is possible in three hours?” said Mehmood M Abdi, General Counsel and Constituted Attorney of Modi. Modi’s legal team also accused the Disciplinary Committee of ignoring their request to present its defence in the case. “I am constrained to note the working of the committee. It declined to give Modi a chance to present his case via video link. The committee has already refused to take Modi’s response to show-cause notices issued to him saying it was 32 hours late,” Abdi said. Modi, who is living in London due to security threats, could not submit his 229-page reply by April 20 as he was undergoing dental treatment, he said. The disciplinary panel, comprising Arun Jaitley, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Chirayu Amin, started hearing the matter in July, 2010, two months after Modi was suspended as IPL Commissioner due to alleged irregularities. The panel had earlier also met on April 22, 23. Modi is facing about 15 charges of having proxy stakes in IPL franchises among others. — PTI |
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Lionel Messi’s fitness key to Barcelona’s comeback hopes
Madrid, April30 The World Player of the Year looked out of sorts in Munich last week as an energetic display from the hosts tore Barca to pieces, but Messi did come off the bench to score a wonderful individual goal and set-up a second for Alexis Sanchez in Barca’s 2-2 draw with Athletic Bilbao on Saturday. And Barcelona assistant manager Jordi Roura believes Messi has started to find his feet again after being troubled by a hamstring injury for the past month. “Messi is the best player in the world and obviously when you don’t have him you notice it. He makes the difference,” he told a press conference after the Athletic game. “He will continue with his recuperation after the injury. He was very good today and we hope that little by little he arrives at his best level. He will continue improving and the better Leo is the more chances we will have against Bayern.” Despite Messi not being at 100 per cent, Barca’s principal problem in the first-leg was their defending and manager Tito Vilanova has even more problems at the back with Jordi Alba suspended for Wednesday’s clash. Adriano does return from suspension and is expected to replace Alba, however the biggest doubt remains who will partner Gerard Pique in central defence. Javier Mascherano returned to light training on Monday well ahead of the schedule planned for him after suffering a lateral knee ligament injury against Paris Saint-Germain on April 2 and he could be thrown straight back into the side, although Vilanova also has the option of using either Eric Abidal or Alex Song. Bayern by contrast will be able to welcome back striker Mario Mandzukic after he too missed the first-leg through suspension. And despite their comfortable lead, manager Jupp Heynckes has said he won’t rest any of his six first-team regulars that could miss the final should they be booked at the Camp Nou. Captain Philip Lahm, Dante, Javi Martinez, Luis Gustavo, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Gomez are all just one booking away from missing the showcase at Wembley should Bayern seal their passage into the final next month.— Reuters
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Mixed day for Indians at Malaysia Grand Prix
New Delhi, April 30 The 11th seeded Gurusaidutt prevailed over Chao Huang of Singapore 21-19 14-21 21-17 in a battle that lasted 47 minutes. He would meet local player, Giap Chin Goh, in the second round. Sameer got the better of Wei Jian Ai of Malaysia 21-10 21-9 to enter the second round, while Srikanth outplayed Sung Min Park of Korea 21-13 21-11. It took Sameer just 26 minutes to down his opponent and he will take on fourth seeded Wei Feng Chong of Malaysia. Srikanth defeated his opponent in 27 minutes to set up a round two clash with Suppanyu Avihingsanon, seeded 14th. However, the other Indians in the fray — Oscar Bansal and Abhimanyu Singh —failed to cross the first-round hurdle. Bansal fought hard before going down to Beryno Jiann Tze Wong of Malaysia 21-7 16-21 15-21 in 36 minutes, while Abhimanyu handed Hong Kong’s Yan Kit Chan a walkover in the first round. Earlier, HS Prannoy had got a walkover in the opening round after Tommy Sugiarto withdrew from the competition. Prannoy will face local lad Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin tomorrow. Meanwhile, none of the Indians who were in the qualification round, could make it to the main draw. While Rituparna Das went down to Aya Ohori of Japan 22-20 7-21 21-23 in a hard-fought 53-minute match, Ruthvika Shivani G lost to Japan’s Ayumi Mine in 34 minutes in the women’s singles qualifying. In the men’s doubles qualification match, the Indian pair of Guru Prasad and Vineeth Manuel were beaten by Malaysian duo of Mohd Razif Abdul Latif and Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 7-21 12-21 in just 14 minutes. PV Sindhu will open her singles campaign tomorrow against Chen Jiayuan of Singapore.— PTI
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Gavaskar nominated for Dhyanchand award, Sandeep Singh for Khel Ratna
New Delhi, April 30 The nominations include the names of cricketer Virat Kohli for Arjuna award and the legendary Sunil Gavaskar for the Dhyanchand award (lifetime achievement), recommended by the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI). “We have got some 50-60 nominations for Arjuna awards and 30-40 for the Dronacharya,” a ministry official told PTI. “It will take us at least a day to compile all the names,” the official added. Today was the last date for receiving nominations for the Arjuna, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Dronacharya and Dhyanchand awards. “We would be sending the names and then a committee would be formed, which will shortlist names in June and in July the names will come to the ministry for approval,” the official said. Yesterday the ministry had received two nominations for the Khel Ratna award -- para athlete HN Girisha and hockey player Sandeep Singh. Girisha won the silver medal in high jump at the London Paralympics and that fetched him the Padma Shri earlier this year. The Khel Ratna, India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports, carries a medal, a scroll of honour and cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh. To be eligible for the Arjuna award, a sportsperson should not only have good performances consistently for the previous three years at the international level with excellence for the year for which the award is recommended but must also have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. The award consists of a statuette, a scroll of honour, ceremonial dress and a cash award of Rs 5 lakh. The Dronacharya award comprises of a plaque, a scroll of honour, ceremonial dress, and a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, while the Dhyanchand award consists of a cash award of Rs 5 lakh, a plaque and a scroll of honour. — PTI
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Haryana eves pip Railways in national hockey
Lucknow, April 30 The match, a replay of last year’s final, picked up pace after defending champions Railways scored the opening goal of the match through Amandeep Kaur in the 15th minute. After conceding an early goal, Haryana forwards played attacking game and built pressure on their opponents. Their efforts bore fruit as Haryana equalized at the stroke of half-time through Udita. In the second half kept up the intensity and got the lead in the 47th minute through Narinder, who scored another in the 49th minute to put her team in a comfortable position. Railways wasted numerous scoring chances throughout the match, failing to convert 10 penalty corners. For the rail-women, any chance of a comeback was foiled when Udita scored her second in the 65th minute. Jharkhand beat Punjab
In a hard-fought contest for the third position, Jharkhand defeated Punjab 2-1 to finish third in the championship. Jharkhand, who led 1-0 at half-time, scored through Ebha Kerketta in the 30th minute who converting a penalty corner. In the 37th minute Basanti Kachhap scored another goal to double Jharkhand’s lead. Punjab managed to reduce the margin in the 46th minute through a penalty corner strike by Sukhjit Kaur, but failed to find an equalizer, missing out on a medal. Results Final: Haryana 4 (Udita 34, 65, Narinder 47, 49) beat Railways 1 (Amandeep Kaur 15). 3rd-4th place match: Jharkhand 2 (Ebha Kerketta 30, Basanti Kachhap 37) beat Punjab 1 (Sukhjit Kaur 46). — PTI |
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Ravindra, Deepa on top as NIS awards diplomas
Patiala, April 30 While athlete Deepa Choudhary became overall topper of the institute with 75.20% marks, Ravindra Singh of Basketball topped in sports sciences scoring 82.88%. These students now head for their two-month internship, on completion of which they would be awarded the diploma. National Rifle Association of India President Raninder Singh was the chief guest on the occasion and presented diplomas to these students. Addressing the gathering, Raninder Singh said he was delighted to be amongst the would-be coaches who would shape the future of Indian sports in the coming years and wished that these coaches would work with conviction and make the country proud. He said we need professional coaches who could groom sportspersons from the grassroots level because that provides them an opportunity to mould minds and shape them to be India’s leading players. Giving details of the institute, Executive Director of NIS LS Ranawat informed that they had received as many as 295 applications for the 50th diploma course in sports coaching, out of which 272 were admitted to this course in 16 sports disciplines. He thanked the coaches for their hard work and encouraged players to work on raising the standard of sports in the country. |
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Raina, Dhoni strengthen CSK at the top of
table
Pune, April 30 Raina anchored the innings with his 50-ball knock and skipper Dhoni provided the late fireworks as Chennai overcame a slow start to post a challenging 164/3. Paceman Mohit Sharma then rocked the Pune top-order in a fiery spell in which he dismissed Aaron Finch (15), T Suman (0) and Yuvraj Singh (5) from which the hosts never recovered and managed just 127 for nine. Finch was caught behind and Suman was trapped in successive balls in Mohit's first over. He returned to scalp Yuvraj. Raina's electric fielding resulted in run out of Robin Uthappa (10) which left the hosts reeling at 43 for four inside fifth over. As if that was not enough, Luke Wright was run out in an unfortunate manner when Steve Smith played a solid straight drive but the ball touched Albie Morkel's foot before hitting the stumps and Wright was caught out of crease. Pune fielders were sharp in the field but Luke Wright failed to latch on to a mistimed pull by Raina at short-midwicket in the ninth over. — PTI Scoreboard CHennai Super Kings MEK Hussey b Richardson 5 WP Saha lbw b Sharma 13 SK Raina not out 63 S Badrinath c Smith b Wright 34 MS Dhoni not out 45 Extras: 4 Total (3 wkts in 20 ovs) 164 Fall of wickets: 1/6 2/28 3/103 Bowling Sharma 4-0-27-1 Kumar 4-1-24-0 Richardson 4-0-35-1 Dinda 4-0-41-0 Nayar 3-0-23-0 Wright 1-0-12-1 Pune Warriors RV Uthappa run out (Raina) 10 AJ Finch c Dhoni b Sharma 15 TL Suman lbw b Sharma 0 Yuvraj Singh c Dhoni b Sharma 5 SPD Smith c & b Jadeja 35 LJ Wright run out (Morkel) 2 AM Nayar run out (Morkel) 2 KW Richardson c Raina b Morris 26 B Kumar not out 24 R Sharma c Raina b Bravo 0 AB Dinda not out 2 Extras: 6 Total (9 wkts; 20 ovs) 127 Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-26, 3-29, 4-43, 5-54, 6-61, 7-92, 8-118, 9-124 Bowling Jadeja 4-0-26-1 Morkel 3-0-20-0 Sharma 4-0-21-3 Morris 3-0-21-1 Ashwin 2-0-20-0 Bravo 4-0-18-1 Today : SH VS MI (4 pm) DD VS KKR (8 pm) live on set max |
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New Delhi, April 30
Barcelona admit any chance the Catalans have of overturning a 4-0 first-leg defeat to Bayern Munich in their Champions League semi-final return on Wednesday depends very much on the fitness of Lionel
Messi.
New Delhi, April 30
Haryana defeated Railways 4-1 to win the 3rd Hockey India Senior Women National Championship here at the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, on Tuesday.
