After Saina, Sindhu in BWF commission
GOLDCOAST (AUSTRALIA): Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu on Wednesday became the second Indian after her compatriot Saina Nehwal to be inducted in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes’ Commission.
Sindhu emerged the highest voted player in the BWF Athletes’ Commission election that took place on the sidelines of the Sudirman Cup here.
The Hyderabad shuttler topped the ballot with 129 votes and will be joined by Marc Zweibler of Germany and Kristy Gilmour of Scotland for a four-year term. The trio will be joined by Lithuania’s Akvile Stapusaityte, who will be serving a two-year tenure after replacing China’s Tan Yuanting, who retired after serving just two years on the panel.
INDIA FACE CHINA IN SUDIRMAN QUARTERS
The Indian badminton team today sealed a place in the knockout stage of the Sudirman Cup mixed team championship to set up a quarterfinal showdown with 10-time champions China. India made the grade despite Indonesia beating Denmark 3 -2 in the last Group 1 D match.
MANOJ TO MAKE WSB DEBUT ON JUNE 8
NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Manoj Kumar will make his World Series of Boxing (WSB) debut on June 8 after being called by his franchise British Lionhearts for the semifinal against Astana Arlans Kazakhstan.
WOMEN BOXERS GET FOREIGN COACH
NEW DELHI: In a historic first for Indian boxing, Frenchman Stephane Cottalorda, an AIBA three-star coach, has been roped in to train the country’s women pugilists for a nearly two-year term. The 41-year-old, who is a member of the European Boxing Confederation’s coaches commission, will be joining the boxers in the first week of June.
WON’T SUBMIT ISL BID DOCUMENT: BAGAN
KOLKATA: Mohun Bagan said they would not submit the bid document unless their three demands are met in order to be inducted into Indian Super League.
The last year’s I-League champions collected the Invitation To Bid document on the last day and Thursday is the deadline to submit it.
“The Indian constitution has been amended many times after its formation, and similarly here, the dates for a private organisation can also be changed,” said Bagan general secretary Anjan Mitra.