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Game over for Walsh
Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal tried to persuade Terry Walsh to stay on but the Australian stuck to his decision and would fly back home on Wednesday. pti
BCCI closes ranks, backs Srinivasan, Raman
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Starting trouble for Pakistan
Viru, Gauti stay away from NZ selection
Gavaskar hits out at underfire Meiyyapan
Pune beat Hyderabad Aces
CTL fails to warm up chilly Delhi
Garcia stars in Atletico win
Shubhman Gill is India’s best U-16 cricketer
Parvez, Rishi win awards
Doha to host 2019 World Athletics C’ships
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Game over for Walsh
New Delhi, November 18 Walsh, who had submitted his resignation on October 21 and whose contract was to expire on Wednesday, decided to fly back to Australia immediately without withdrawing his resignation, despite the intervention of the Sports Ministry which tried to persuade him to stay on. Walsh had been negotiating with the Ministry to stay on board, but the talks eventually broke down after HI president Narinder Batra alleged that Walsh had indulged in “financial fraud” to the tune of That statement had a damaging effect as Walsh categorically told Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal that he wouldn't be able to travel with the team to Bhubaneswar for the next month's Champions Trophy. The Ministry had acceded to most of the demands put forth by Walsh, even offering him a contract till the 2020 Olympics, but the 60-year-old Australian insisted on taking a “long break”, citing the “disturbing state of mind” he was in. Walsh talked about the suffocating environment in the federation, especially the high-handedness of Hockey India president Narinder Batra and interference by other officials. During his interaction with the Minister, Walsh complained about the allegations levelled by Batra, saying it had caused irrevocable damage. “Walsh was adamant about going on a break. He told the Minister that he was in a disturbed frame of mind and he wouldn't be able to coach the team for the Champions Trophy. He even refused to accept the contract offered to him till the 2020 Olympics, and insisted on taking a long break,” a Ministry official told The Tribune. Later, at a press conference, Walsh said that he was still optimistic about coaching the Indian team and a fresh proposal would be sent to him in the next couple of days by HI for his consideration, leaving the door still open for his return to India. “As on Monday, I have ceased to be a part of the national programme. We had reached an impasse regarding my involvement with the programme. But, there may be a way forward. I am still hoping for resolution in the near future. I need a few days to gather my thoughts. I shall return to my home, Perth, on Wednesday,” Walsh said. “There has been a proposal from HI which I am waiting to see. When that document comes to me, I'll have a look at it and decide about it in a couple of days. I believe if I don't take a break at this point, I wouldn't be of any use to the team. It's been quite difficult for me,” he added.
Highs and lows Walsh had with Indian hockey
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BCCI closes ranks, backs Srinivasan, Raman
Chennai, November 18
The meeting also supported exiled president N Srinivasan saying the allegations against him were baseless and aimed at destabilising the organisation. Made public Monday, the report of the Supreme Court-appointed Mukul Mudgal Committee probing the 2013 IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal cleared Srinivasan on two counts — the committee didn't found him involved in match fixing, nor was he found guilty of attempting to scuttle the probe into the fixing scandal. However, the report said he and four other BCCI officials, though aware that Individual 3 (a player whose name has not been disclosed) was violating the players' code of conduct, failed to take any action against him. Reacting to the report, BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said: “The members noted the conclusions in the final report of the Mudgal committee and felt that there is no taint on the conduct of N Srinivasan and the allegations levelled against him by unscrupulous elements were baseless and were aimed at destabilising the working of the BCCI.” The report had stated that Raman had been in touch with a bookie and had admitted that he was aware of Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra's involvement in betting, but did nothing about it. Meiyappan is the son-in-law of Srinivasan and an official of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings while Kundra is a co-owner of another team, Rajasthan Royals. However, the BCCI decided to support the tainted IPL boss. “Sundar Raman gave his explanation relating to his role with reference to the conclusions relating to him in the report of the Mudgal Committee. The members heard his explanation and decided that the Board should support him to represent himself before the Supreme Court,” Patel said. Patel also added that the Working Committee postponed the 85th AGM, originally scheduled for November 20, and it would now be held here on December 17. The Supreme Court hearing on the same case is on November 24. Dhoni's stand on Meiyappan contradicted
New Delhi: India skipper MS Dhoni's stand that Gurunath Meiyappan was a “mere cricket enthusiast” supporting Chennai Super Kings has been contradicted by the Justice Mudgal IPL probe committee report. The report, which was partly made public yesterday, said that investigations have confirmed that Meiyappan was a team official. Dhoni, who had appeared before the committee, had maintained that Meiyappan, BCCI president-in-exile N Srinivasan's son-in-law, was not an official of the CSK. In its first report submitted to the Supreme Court, the Mudgal Committee had stated “representatives of India Cements, who appeared before the committee, contended that Meiyappan had no share holding in India Cements and hence cannot be considered as an owner of CSK. “Further, MS Dhoni, N Srinivasan, and the officials of India Cements took the stand that Meiyappan had nothing to do with the cricketing affairs of the Chennai Super Kings and was a mere cricket enthusiast supporting the CSK,” the report stated. When contacted, Justice (Retd) Mudgal, who headed the Committee, declined to comment. “I cannot speak on these matters since it is sub-judice,” he said. — Agencies |
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A quick draw after a marathon game
sochi, November 18
Carlsen, not known for preparation, again matched Anand move for move like in the last game and had nothing to worry about as the Indian's white pieces were neutralised move for move. The match seems to have tilted in favour of Carlsen post this game as Anand could not produce anything decisive in terms of opening preparation. As the game started it was clear that Carlsen was happy to get an equal position out of the opening. And while Anand spent too much time on the first few moves, it was clear that the task given to team Carlsen was performed pretty nicely. The Indian king tried but did not succeed in finding the path to execute some pressure on the Norwegian giant. The end result was a draw. For the record, Anand went for the principled variation in the Queens gambit declined but having his long term second and friend, Peter Heine Nielsen, on the other side did not help his cause. Anand did his best but it was not enough to force the result he would have wanted. “It was a nice middle game and a decent advantage in the endgame, but it was never close to being winning,” said Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta. Indian Grandmaster Sahaj Grover had a different take on the game as he said, “Anand should have pressed harder for the win in this eighth game. I guess Anand needed to do better. It was clear that Carlsen had to come back to his best opening today and the Queen gambit declined was no exception. If Anand could not find a fault in Carlsen's stars today, then he might find it difficult in the remaining matches too,” he said. — PTI
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Dubai, November 18 After frustrating the Pakistani bowlers with his defiant unbeaten 32, Kiwi leg-spinner Ish Sodhi spun a ball past Shan Masood's (13) bat and hit the middle stump. Sodhi's spin partner Mark Craig then drew the other opener Taufeeeq Umar (16) out of his crease to get him stumped. Pakistan were 34 for two wickets at stumps, 369 runs behind their opponents with eight first innings wickets in hand. Younis Khan, who has hit three centuries and a double hundred in his last six Test innings, was batting on one with Azhar Ali (four) at the other end. Resuming on 243/3, New Zealand conceded the morning session to Pakistan, who claimed three wickets for 52 runs to peg back the Kiwis. Corey Anderson drove an Ehsan Adil delivery straight to Azhar at cover after adding two runs to his overnight score of seven. Tom Latham could not add to his career-best overnight score of 137, caught behind in the next over off a beautiful Rahat Ali delivery that lured the batsman into a drive before the slight away movement took an edge. Brief scores: New Zealand 403 (Latham 137, Babar 4-137); Pakistan 34/2. — Reuters
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Viru, Gauti stay away from NZ selection
New Delhi, November 18 The North Zone selection committee, headed by national selector Vikram Rathour, today decided to reward all those who have performed in the North Zone leg of Vijay Hazare Trophy. It has been learnt that Sehwag has told some of the top DDCA officials that he does not want to block the road of promising juniors from Delhi. There are enough indications that Sehwag and Gambhir are fully aware that there is very little chance for them to make it into the 30-member probables for the World Cup with all three current openers amongst runs and Murali Vijay — the fourth opener — as their cover. In any case, Sehwag and Gambhir's selection would have come under scanner as they tallied 122 and 178 runs from five matches respectively. — PTI
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Gavaskar hits out at underfire Meiyyapan
New Delhi, November 18 “The full force of the law must come down on Meiyyapan,” Gavaskar said in Melbourne. Gavaskar said Srinivasan needs to explain why he did not act against players if he knew they were involved in fixing. “There are reports which say the Mudgal Committee has found that Srinivasan knew about betting but did not do anything about it. Srinivasan should answer why he did not act if he knew that a player was guilty,” Gavaskar said. Gavaskar was in Australia at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend a special reception at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was hosted by Australian PM Tony Abbot. Gavaskar said that there should be zero tolerance against match-fixing and betting. And if any player, he said, is found guilty of having participated in wrong acts then he should be jailed and his entire cricketing history deleted from the record books. Gavaskar said, “New Zealand has come up with a new law on betting which says that guilty players will be jailed. India should have the same law.” The former captain also suggested that the government should think about legalising betting in India. “A lot of betting happens through black money. But if you open official betting shop, government will be able to increase its revenues. It's like prohibition, if someone wants to bet illegally, they will. Government should think about legalising betting.” said Gavaskar. — PTI
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Pune beat Hyderabad Aces
Hyderabad, November 18
In a format where the final result is decided on the basis of aggregate score of the five-match tie, Pune bagged 26 points while Hyderabad obtained 25. The highlight of the day was the singles clash between Hyderabad’s Martina Hingis and Pune’s Radwanska. In a keen battle, the two star players regaled the spectators with their powerful shots and long rallies. The young Polish player grabbed an early 3-0 lead but Hingis fought back to make the score 4-2 as the strong Hyderabad crowd cheered her on. The agile Radwanska, however, managed to maintain her lead and finally won 6-3. Former Australian player Mark Phillippoussis gave an early lead to Hyderabad with a 6-3 win over compatriot Pat Cash, 49, in the Legends category. It was a clash of the teacher versus student as Phillippoussis was once coached by Cash and the former managed to snatch a win. — PTI
CTL fails to warm up chilly Delhi
New Delhi, November 18 The organisers of the league believe there is a huge market for tennis and they have a reason to believe so — India has long been deprived of top-tier tennis action, barring only one ATP 250 tournament in Chennai, with two or three big names participating in the event. The CTL has a host of current and retired superstars, and an essential mix of business and cinema world to lend glamour and money, and most importantly, grab the attention of country’s youth. However, a look at the Delhi leg of the CTL and the first thing that strikes you is that it’s a haphazardly organised tournament. The likes of Jankovic or Ferroro playing in front of a nearly empty stand at the RK Khanna stadium does not inspire much confidence in the league, with the claim of the match being “sold out” by ticketing partners falling flat. Equally surprising is the timing of the matches, with an 8pm start hardly making Delhiites step out of their comfort zone. The players involving in friendly banter and absence of long deuce games and endless baseline rallies, the tournament lacks any competitive edge. Even the Indian players on display on Tuesday — Sanam Singh and Sriram Balaji — did not seem eager to learn from the past and the present masters of the game. As has been the case with other leagues in the country, the organisers struggled to recover the operating costs on each occasion, but the organisers of the CTL are optimistic as of now.
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Kolkata, November 18
Garcia struck in the 51st minute, beating the towering Spanish World Cup winner Joan Capdevilla in the middle. The win helped ATK go three points clear of Chennaiyin FC in the lead position. It was Borja Fernandez who brilliantly intercepted the ball and passed it on to Jofre Mateu whose measured cross from the left set up Garcia for the matchwinner. Atletico now have 16 points from nine matches. The scoreline could easily have been 2-0 but substitute Arnal Llibert squandered an easy opportunity after being set up by Sanju Pradhan in front of an open net. If NEUFC were brilliant with their defence, they were equally pathetic with their attack with the Indian duo of Durga Boro and Alen Deory wasting chances which derailed their recovery plans. NEUFC had the best chance in the 83rd minute when Alen put in a great ball inside the six-yard box but an unmarked Seimeinlen Doungel wasted the free header only to put the ball over the bar. — PTI
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Shubhman Gill is India’s best U-16 cricketer
Chandigarh, November 18
Currently he is representing Punjab in an U-19 tournament in Madurai. An ecstatic Shubhman called up his parents back home after hearing the good news. “I am eagerly awaiting for the award ceremony in Mumbai and meet the big names of Indian cricket,” he said. Father Lakhwinder Singh, an agriculturist in Jalalabad of Fazilika district, said, “Shubhman had a great interest in cricket and Sachin Tendulkar in particular, from childhood. He was so fond of cricket that he used to get up at odd hours to watch Sachin bat.” All credit to Shubhman’s father that he identified his son’s interest and backed his talent. Lakhwinder erected makeshift nets for his son to hone his cricketing skills but soon realized that his son would not get anywhere practising here in hinterland. “We realized that we had to send him to Mohali for better facilities. So we admitted him at Manav Mangal School, Mohali, where he could train with good coaches at PCA,” he said. Since 2007, the hardworking son has been working tirelessly to prove his father right. On Tuesday, mother Kirat Gill is happy for her son and ready to forget all the sacrifices she made by keeping her son away from her.
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Chandigarh, November 18 Rishi Dhawan of Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) has been awarded the highest wicket-taker (49 scalps) award in Ranji in 2013-14. — TNS
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Doha to host 2019 World Athletics C’ships
Monaco, November 18 Overlooked for the 2017 championships in favour of London, the Qatari capital was selected ahead of rival bids from 1992 Olympic hosts Barcelona and the American city of Eugene, often referred to as Track Town. Doha earned 12 votes to Eugene’s nine and Barcelona’s six in the initial secret ballot of the IAAF Council before winning 15-12 over Eugene in the second vote. It is a timely boost for Qatar which has been mired in the controversy surrounding FIFA’s decision to award the desert nation the 2022 World Cup. — Reuters
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In a major blow to Indian hockey, Terry Walsh relinquished the post of the head coach of the national team after Hockey India (HI) and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) failed to convince him to take his resignation back, on Tuesday.
The highlight of his career has been a record opening-wicket partnership of 587 runs against Amritsar in ML Markan Trophy in April 2014. He along with Nirmal Singh created a world record in age group cricket with their feat. Captaining the Mohali side, Shubham reached his triple century in just 272 balls, studded with 49 boundaries and 2 sixes and scored 356. 
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