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Delhi HC pulls up IOA chief Batra
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has taken a strong view of the way the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, Narinder Batra, tried to take a stay on a complaint filed by Karate Association of India (K AI) general secretar y Ambedkar Gupta against the incumbent before the IOAs Ethics Commission.
FC Goa seek maiden ACL win
MARGAO: Already out of reckoning for a knock-out berth, FC Goa will seek their maiden win in the AFC Champions League (ACL) in their last Group E match against Al Wahda of the UAE here on Thursday. If the Goan team manages to win, it will become the first India club to achieve the feat in the tournament.
IOA vice-president Gehlot dies
NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic Association vice-president Janardhan Singh Gehlot died in Jaipur on Wednesday af ter prolonged illness. Gehlot, a former Rajasthan minister, was also the founder president of International Kabaddi Federation. He was in his 70s.
ASBC Asian Boxing C'ships shifted to Dubai
NEW DELHI: In the wake of international travel restrictions to India, the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), in consultation with Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC), on Wednesday decided to conduct the upcoming 2021 edition of the ASBC Asian Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships in Dubai. The event will now be organised by BFI in association with UAE Boxing Federation.
Indian fencers fail to qualify for Olympics
NEW DELHI: National fencing squad's hopes of earning an Olympic Games quota place ended at the quarter final stage of the Asian Olympic qualifier tournament held in Tashkent. The two-day tournament, held last weekend, offered six quota places, including three in the women's categor y.
Kohli remains static at 5th place in ranking DUBAI: India captain Virat Kohli and senior opener KL Rahul maintained their fif th and seventh places respectively in the latest ICC's ranking for T20 batsmen. Pakistan's Mohammed Rozwan made an entry into top-10.
Dzeko leads Roma against old rival United
ROME: Edin Dzeko has been linked with so many different destinations and involved in so much controversy this season that it's been hard to keep track. But Dzeko now going back to his former home city in England to lead the Giallorossi against Manchester United in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals on Thursday.
Zoysa banned for 6-year for breaching ACC
COLOMBO: Former Sri Lanka player and coach Nuwan Zoysa has been banned from all cricket for six years af ter the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. The ban for Zoysa is backdated to October 31, 2018, when he was provisionally suspended.
Kroenke says committed to Arsenal
LONDON: Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke said he is "100% committed" to the Premier League club and will not be selling amid interest from the founder of music streaming service Spotify. Arsenal fans have called for Kroenke to leave af ter he was one of the instigators of the ill-fated European Super League project.
Lyon hire women's coach
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LYON: Europe's most successful women's soccer team has hired a woman as its coach for the first time with Lyon's appointment of Sonia Bompastor to replace Jean-Luc Vasseur. The champions on Tuesday parted ways with Vasseur af ter the team was knocked out of the Women's CL at the quarter final stage.