Sania-Hingis enter Wuhan
Open semis
Wuhan: Sania Mirza continued her juggernaut with partner Martina Hingis as the Indo-Swiss pair entered the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open WTA tournament here on Wednesday. The top-seeded duo eased past the fifth-seeded US combine of Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinal battle. Sania and Hingis had it relatively easy in the second round against Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Anastasia Rodionova (6-3, 6-2) after getting a first round bye in the tournment. The successful pair have been on a high after winning the Wimbledon doubles crown and then the US Open trophy this year to add to their cabinet. (PTI)
IAAF chief Sebastian Coe to visit India on Oct 5-6
New Delhi: Into his second month as the head of world athletics body IAAF, Sebastian Coe will visit India on October 5-6 and meet the top brass of the national federation and the Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on how to improve the profile of the sport in the country. The 59-year-old, who has Indian connections as his maternal grandfather was a Punjabi, will attend the executive committee meeting of the Athletics Federation of India to be held on October 5-6. Coe, who won 1,500m gold at 1980 Moscow Olympics and the 1984 Los Angeles Games, will meet the sports ministry officials, including the secretary and Sports Authority of India Director General Injeti Srinivas, as well as the Sports Minister on October 6. “IAAF President Sebastian Coe will visit the country for two days. He is reaching on the morning of October 5 and he will attend the AFI Executive Meeting. A dinner will hosted in his honour at a city five star hotel on the night of October 6,” a top official of the AFI told PTI. (PTI)
