North, South Korea unite at world table tennis
STOCKHOLM: North and South Korea opted against playing each other at the world table tennis championships on Thursday, deciding instead to field a joint women’s team for the semi-finals. The move earned a round of applause from world table tennis officials as the two teams told umpires they did not want to clash in the Thursday morning tie, against a backdrop of interKorean reconciliation.
In a statement the International Table Tennis Federation said it had approved the decision for the team to unite for a semi-final on Friday after both sides opted against playing their quarter-final. “Instead, both teams requested that they want to form a unified Korean team to compete together in the semi-final, which will be held 4th of May at 11:00am against either Japan or Ukraine,” the statement added.
BOXING CAMP
NEWDELHI: In preparation for the Asian Games, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) will conduct the conditioning camp at Inspire Institute of Sports in Vijayanagar, Karnataka. Earlier, the plan was to train at Michael Johnson Performance centre in Texas. but due to visa issues, the trip was cancelled. To select the national squad for the Asian Games in Jakarata, the BFI will hold final selection trials on June 29 and 30 at Patiala. Trials will be held only in weight category where top two boxers are close.
SRIKANTH RISES TO 3RD
NEWDELHI: Star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has climbed to the third spot in the latest rankings.
Srikanth, who took silver in the Commonwealth Games, climbed a couple of spots from the fifth place.