Beighton Cup from October 25
Kolkata: Twenty-four teams including defending champions Air India, runners-up Indian Oil will vie for top honours in the 116th Coal India Beighton Cup hockey tournament to be held in SAI’s artificial turf from October 25 to November 11. The tournament will be held on a three-tier basis, beginning with a knockout stage from where four teams will qualify for the quarterfinal round, Bengal Hockey Association (BHA) secretary Gurbux Singh said. Air India, Indian Oil along with two other semifinalists ONGC and Army XI have been seeded directly into the quarter-final league stage. The eight quarterfinalists will be divided in two groups with two top teams from each group making it to the semifinals. An amount of Rs 3 lakh will be up for grabs as total prize money. While the winners will take home Rs 1,25,000, the runners-up will get Rs 75,000. (PTI)
Warne, Liz say no pre-nup
London: Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley have rubbished rumours of a pre-nup and are in no hurry to tie the knot. “Not once has it been brought up. Not once. We’re in no rush to get married. We’re enjoying being engaged,” the Mirror quoted the former cricketer as saying. Warne, 42, further insisted that they would overcome any distance in their relationship, and try their best to be together once in a while. “When you’ve got something as special as we have it’s worth a challenging schedule,” he added. (ANI)