SAI APPOINTS 11 OLYMPIANS, 3 PARALYMPIANS AS COACHES

NEWDELHI: Indian quartermilers Muhammed Anas and Ashwini Akkunji were among the 11 Olympians and three Para Olympians appointed as coaches and assistant coaches by the Sports Authority of India.

The 24-year-old Anas, who won three silver medals at the Jakarta Asian Games, and Ashwini, who claimed gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and 2010 Asian Games, along with nine others will join on January 5 next year.

Mariyappan Thangavelu, who won a gold in high jump at Para Olympics 2016, has been offered a Group A post as coach.

NEROCA REGISTER FIRST WIN AT HOME

IMPHAL: Last season runners-up Neroca FC regained that very same position in the 12th Hero I-league points table with a 3-0 victory over Indian Arrows here on Friday.

Japanese winger Katsumi Yusa, Nigerian striker Felix Chidi and midfielder Malemnganba Meitei were on target for the home team as they dished out a thoroughly professional performance to completely outplay the Arrows youngsters.

MAURESMO GIVES UP DAVIS CUP CAPTAINCY

PARIS:FORMER world No 1 Amelie Mauresmo has turned her back on becoming France’s new Davis Cup captain, opting instead to work with French player Lucas Pouille.

A statement from the French Tennis Federation confirmed the U-turn by the 39-year-old who had been named in June to become the first woman to captain the French team.

JAZZ BEAT ROCKETS TO KEEP HOT STREAK ON

LOS ANGELES: Reserve Derrick Favors finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds as the Utah Jazz delivered another shooting night to remember with a 118-91 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday.

Brief scores:

IES New English School Bandra 91 (Umer Khan 4/32, Musheer Khan 3/19) bt Anjuman I-islam English Allana 78 (Shubham Kharat 5/33) by 13 runs; Don Bosco HS Matunga 147 (Aarya Chowkidar 33; Aditya Giri 3/46, Anuj Giri 5/37) bt Bombay Scottish School 101 (Chris D’britto 4/30,Ritesh Nalawade 3/18, Yash Kripal 3/28) by 46 runs;

Al Barkaat MMI (English) Kurla 263 (Nisar Shaikh 78, Prem Naik 46, Himanshu Singh 42; Pratik Shukla 5/96) bt VPMS Vidya Mandir Dahisar 127

Guruji Dadar

Balmohan Vidyamandir Marathi 162 (Suchit Chavan 36; Hrishikesh Hatkar 3/23, Aryan Phadtare 3/25) by 77 runs; Rizvi Springfield HS 266/4 (Prince Singh 47, Tejas Chalke 95, Prajwal Rai 53*) bt SM Shetty HS Powai 103 (Moin Khan 3/27) by 163 runs; Anjuman I-islam Urdu CST 174 (Santosh Yadav 32; Suresh Anshuman 6/60) bt OLPS Chembur 134 (Shaun Fernandes 40; Adnan Ahmed 3/40, Santosh Yadav 3/9) by 40

runs; Gokuldham HS 275 (Ronit Thakur 57, Om Sawant 50, Kush Jain 38; Nayan Bajaj 4/80, Nishant Singh 3/35) bt Gyan Kendra SS Andheri 176 (Ashay Jadhav 97; Kush Jain 3/46, Ronit

Thakur 3/10) by 99 runs; VK Krishna Menon Academy 206 (Sumit Mishra 77, Fardeen Shaikh 36; Zenith Sachdev 6/37) bt Gundecha EA 144 (Sahil Purohit 5/25) by 62 runs