Delhi Dynamos beat Assyriska BK in pre-season tie

ISL outfit Delhi Dynamos signed off their pre-season campaign in Sweden with a 3-2 victory over local club Assyriska BK. Marquee player Florent Malouda, Kean Lewis and Arjun Tudu were on target during their final game, a tour where they remained undefeated. The Lions drew the first blood in 36th minute as Marcelo stepped up to take the resultant free-kick and his inch perfect delivery found skipper Malouda at the far post, who made no mistake with his header. TWO BRONZE FOR INDIA

NEW DELHI: Sachin Desai guided his team to bronze medal in the junior men 4km team pursuit of the Track Asia Cup on Thursday. Kazakhastan claimed gold while United Arab Emirates bagged silver. India’s second bronze medal came through Sanuraj P in the junior 1km time trial event. Hong Kong’s Chun Law won the gold and silver went to Muhammad Danieal Haikkal from Malaysia.

TALENT IDENTIFICATION PORTAL

NEW DELHI: Sports Ministry will launch a Talent Identification Portal soon to assist all the budding sportspersons, Sports Minister Vijay Goel announced. “Plan is to get this portal ready in a month. Once ready, players need not to come to Delhi or main centres all they will have to do is to upload their performances or achievements online and we will find them,” he said. Once selected the players will be attached to SAI’s various training centres.