NEHU Inter College Cross Country Run
SHILLONG:All the participants of NEHU Inter- College Cross Country (Men & Women) Run 2015 are notified toreport in front of the Central Library, NEHU Permanent Campus, Shillong on September 24 at 9.30 am with all the relevant documents.
Selection for 16th Sr Women National Boxing Championship
SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Boxing Association will hold the Selection trial for Women boxers to represent the State to the 16th Senior Women National Boxing Championships 2015 to be held at Assam from October 27 to November 1.The selection trial will be held on September 26 at 12 noon. Interested boxers may directly contact the Secretary in his Phone number 98631-13325 for details and venue.
Liverpool’s Benteke to undergo scan after hamstring injury
Undated: Liverpool striker Christian Benteke is set to undergo scan after sustaining a hamstring injury during their 1-1 draw to Norwich City on Sunday, first team coach Gary McAllister has said. The Belgium international, who was withdrawn at half-time against the Canaries due to tightness in his hamstring, has scored two goals for the club.McAllister also confirmed captain Jordan Henderson had a successful operation on his broken metatarsal.”Christian will have an MRI scan today and hopefully they’ll find the problem — he’s got a little problem with his hamstring,” McAllister told reporters ahead of their third round League Cup tie with Carlisle United.”Every– else is good. Jordan’s come through fine. There’s not really a timescale on that, but everything went well there,” he added. (Reuters)
Meghalaya Junior & Senior Taekwondo Championship
SHILLONG: Meghalaya Taekwondo Association successfully conducted the 6th Open Meghalaya Junior & Senior Taekwondo Championship 2015 on September 20 at MTA Training Hall No. 4, J.N Sports Complex, Polo, Shillong. The Gold Medalist of the Championship will represent the State in the following fourth coming National Championships namely 34th Senior National Taekwondo Championship scheduled to be held at Jalandhar, Punjab from October 9 to 11and 34th Junior National Taekwondo Championship 2015 to be held at Pune from Nov 20 onwards.
Manipur school beats Karnataka side 27-0 in Subroto Cup
New Delhi: It rained goals at the 56th Subroto Cup football tournament on Tuesday as a Manipur school mauled their opponents from Karnataka 27-0 while a Nagaland side pumped in 13 goals without reply against a team from Gujarat in the junior (Under-17) girls matches here. At the Ambedkar stadium, striker Prity Jamatia scored a hat-trick as Tripura Sports School drubbed Afghanistan national team 3-0. Earlier, a 19th minute goal by Poojitha was good enough to help the Telangana State Sports School, Secunderabad, earn full points against Assam’s Dakhim Mazbat High School in the first match at the Ambedkar Stadium. (PTI)
India top seeded in Davis Cup Group 1 Asia/Oceania zone
New Delhi: Their failure to qualify for the World Group notwithstanding, India have been seeded No.1 in the Davis Cup Group 1 Asia/Oceania zone. The next year’s draws will be announced in Santiago on the conclusion of the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Annual General Meeting. While India have been seeded number one, Uzbekistan are second in the zone and the two countries will get first round byes, to be held in March, in the 2016 season. World No. 21 India and Uzbekistan, ranked 25th, were the two seeded teams of the zone in 2015. India failed to make the World Group after going down to Czech Republic in their play-off tie recently. Besides India and Uzbekistan, China, South Korea, New Zealand and Pakistan are the other teams in Group 1 Asia/Oceania zone. India lost their World Group Play-off tie to World No.1 Czech Republic 1-3 at the DLTA courts here and that resulted in them remaining in the Asia/Oceania zone. The Indian team could have entered the elite 16 nations of the World Group if they had defeated three-time champions Czech Republic. Meanwhile, current season’s finalists — Great Britain and Belgium — have been seeded No. 1 and 2.
for the 2016 World Group. (PTI)
Bermuda cricketer banned for life after ugly on-field brawl
Hamilton (Bermuda): Bermuda cricketer Jason Anderson has been slapped with a life ban for inciting a hair-raising brawl during a club match in the small island nation.Anderson, representing Cleveland County Cricket Club, launched a brutal assault on Willow Cuts Cricket Club batsman George O’Brien while wicket-keeping during the Champion of Champions final at the St David’s Cricket Club Ground 10 days ago. The fight turned ugly after Anderson remonstrated Brien between overs with both players wrestling each other to the ground. Anderson went as far as kicking the batsman. Fellow players and officials rushed to calm them down but the damage was done by then. While Anderson was banned for life, O’Brien was barred for a “period sufficient to include 6 Logic 50 over matches”. The Bermuda Cricket Board found Anderson guilty of a Level 4 offence.”Jason Anderson formally of Cleveland County Cricket Club has been found guilty of a Level 4 2.4.2 of the Code of Conduct: Physical assault of another Player and has been given a life ban from all cricket and any involvement in the game of cricket in Bermuda in any capacity,” the Board said. While for O’ Brien it said: “George O’Brien of St. David’s County Cricket Club has been found guilty of a Level 3 2.3.2 of the Code of Conduct: Threat of assault on another player and has has been banned from all cricket for a period sufficient to include 6 Logic 50 over matches.” (PTI)
