India’s F1 hope Daruvala to make single seater debut at Fortec
New Delhi: Young Indian driver Jehan Daruvala will embark on his single-seater racing career with the reputed Fortec Motorsport squad in the Formula Renault Renault 2.0 championship after three successful seasons in karting. The Vijay Mallya-backed driver today confirmed that he will be doing seven rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC), three rounds of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and a couple in the Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS. The NEC series is expected to get underway in April and that alone costs around 300,000 pounds a season, clearly suggesting that one can’t just survive on skills in the expensive world of motorsport. The 16-year-old from Mumbai is aware that the required transition from karts to junior single seaters could pave the way for bigger things including his ‘dream’ Formula 1 drive with Force India. (pti)
National ice skating championship Jan 3-4
Gurgaon: More than 100 skaters will participate in the 2015 National Ice Skating Championship to be held at the ice skating rink iSKATE, located on the sixth floor of Ambience Mall here Jan 3-4, the Ice Skating Association of India (ISAI) announced Monday. “The event will witness more than 100 Indian skaters in the age group of below 10 years to 19 years and above from the international and national circuits, namely United States, Russia, New Zealand, Telengana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, competing for glory in figure skating,” ISAI said in a statement. Some well known athletes participating in the event are former champions Anup Kumar Yama, Avani Tekriwal, Nikhil Pingle, Pratham Tated, Aanya Singh and Ishita Kapoor. (ians)
Amir Khan to set up boxing academy in Pakistan
Lahore: Former Olympic silver medalist Amir Khan has announced to set up a boxing academy in Pakistan. Yesterday, Khan, a British boxer of Pakistani origin, visited Data Darbar and laid a floral wreath on the grave of Sufi saint Abul Hassan Ali Hajvery and offered prayers for the victims of the Peshawar school massacre. Talking to reporters, he strongly condemned the Peshawar carnage which led to loss of 150 lives in an army-run school, earlier this month. The 28-year-old medalist, who finished second in the lightweight category in the boxing competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics, said he had come to Pakistan to show the world that the country is not a dangerous place but a peaceful land. (PTI)