India to begin Youth Olympics hockey campaign vs Bangladesh
NEW DELHI: The India U-18 men’s hockey team will begin its campaign at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games against Bangladesh on October 7 while the women will take on Austria in their opener.
The hockey competition at the multi-disciple extravaganza will follow the fast-paced Hockey 5s format and both the teams will have nine members in the squad, which consists of two goalkeepers, two defenders, two midfielders and three forwards.
The men’s team is grouped in Pool B, and the Vivek Sagar Prasad-led team will face off against Austria on October 8. In the women’s competition, the Indian team led by Salima Tete is grouped in Pool A and will play against Uruguay on October 8.
GOYAT WINS BOUT
NEW DELHI: Indian professional boxer Neeraj Goyat, the WBC Asia Pacific welterweight titleholder, defeated Ernesto Cardona Sanchez in Edmonton, Canada, on Saturday in his first fight since signing up with Canada-based Lee Baxter Promotions for a contract worth ~1.5 crore annually. “Glad to be back after a long hiatus. This fight has had to be postponed twice because of logistics. But I am happy I could win and it has now set me up well,” Goyat said.
SOHIL, PRABHU WIN
CHENNAI: Bengaluru schoolboy Sohil Shah capped a memorable debut season Saturday by winning the title in the Formula LGB 1300 category in the fifth and final round of the MRF-MMSC FMSCI National Racing Championship at MMRT track at Sriperumbudur. Namakkal’s A S Prabhu (Arka Motorsports) annexed the title in the Indian Junior Touring Cars class. In the decisive final race, Prabhu finished second behind Chrys D’souza (Unimek Racing) from Goa.