Sputnik win in Ankurjyoti Club Cricket tourney
Shillong: TNT Sputnik won by a huge margin of 209 runs against Brahmaputra Boys XI in Ankurjyoti Club Cricket Challenge Trophy played in Guwahati on Thursday. Electing to bat first, Sputnik scored a mammoth 298/7 in their alloted 35 overs. Chaman Pushp scored a brilliant 113 runs of 88 balls and it was supported by Amiangshu Sen with 61 runs, Aditya Singhania with 35 runs, Amit Singhania with 26 runs. Sagas Jha took 3 wickets. In reply, the Brahmaputra Boys Club were bowled out for 89 runs. Fardeenal Islam top scored with an unbeaten 26 runs. For Sputnik, Swarajeet Das took 3 wickets.
Grass Roots Football Programme from Dec 12
Shillong: Meghalaya Football Association’s Grass Roots Football Programme will start from December 12 at 10.00 A M at the MFA Turf Ground. Parents who have enrolled their children are requested to send their wards for further instructions from the coaches.
Australian boxers to come to India for joint training
Guwahati: Ending almost four years of uncertainty, Boxing Federation of India (BFI) President Ajay Singh said on Thursday that the country’s boxers will get an opportunity to test themselves when the Australian teams (both men and women) arrive here in February to participate in a training-cum-competition event. “We had invited the Australian team and they have accepted our invitation to come in February. Before that the women’s team will be going to Serbia for a competition,” Singh told reporters after Assam Chief Minister Sorbananda Sonowal declared the senior men’s national championships open at the Sarusajai Indoor Stadium here. This will be the first instance in more than five years when Indian pugilists will train alongside a foreign team. The BFI head also hailed the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) decision to let professional boxers compete in the national championships. (IANS)