Lajong Grassroots hunts for young talents
SHILLONG: The Lajong Grassroots Clinic started off on December 29 and the Lajong Youth coaches including the technical staff have visited six different localities in and around Shillong so far. More than 700 children between the ages of 6-12 have participated and the Club hopes to see more young aspiring footballers come out to participate in the upcoming grassroots clinic to be held at Madanryting on January 11, Mylliem on January 12, Laitlyngkot on January 13, Umniuh on January 14, Sohryngkham on January 18 and the Mega Festival will be held on January 19 in Polo Ground, Shillong. Lajong Youth Coach Alison Kharsyntiew said, “So far we have conducted 6 grassroots programme in different localities and the response has been huge. From each locality we have selected 10 players for the final grassroots programme which will be held in Polo Ground Shillong. “So during the programme we encourage the sports members of each locality to organise such programmes to nurture as well as scout for talented footballers for the betterment of football in our state”, Kharsyntiew said. In Laitor recently there were six girls who came to attend the grassroots clinic and they had a good session with the club. The club is delighted to see the interest growing among girls also in football. “We hope more girls from the state participate in such football clinics in the future”, he concluded.
Shillong Cricket League: Young Guns win by 41 runs
Shillong: Team Young Guns beat Rangkynsai in the Shillong Cricket League first division match on Tuesday. Rangkynsai won the toss and elected to field first.Young Guns scored 144/10 in 29.3 overs in which, Asutosh Pathak scored 33 runs off 37 balls and Prasanjit Paul scored 31 runs off 29 balls. In reply, Rangkynsai scored a total of 103 runs in 26.4 overs in which, batsmen Mickey Lyngdoh scored 35 runs off 49 balls while Manish Kr. Shah scored 15 runs off 21 balls. Young Guns’ bowlers Siddharth Singh took 4 wickets and Azad Qureshi took 1 wicket, whereas Rangkynsai’s bowlers Samuel Mawlong managed to take 4 wickets and Mukesh Kr. Singh took 3 wickets.
Arrest warrant issued against Wasim Akram
Karachi: A sessions court here on Tuesday issued a bailable arrest warrant against Pakistan’s former captain Wasim Akram after he missed 31 hearings of a case he filed against a retired Major after a road accident last year. Akram had filed a case against Major (retd) Aminur Rehman and associates last August after he was involved in a road accident with the retired army man. The major had drawn out a revolver and fired an open shot after his vehicle collided with Akram’s Mercedes while the former captain was returning home after conducting a fast bowlers camp at the National Stadium. Sources said that the matter was amicably settled between the two parties on the intervention of influential people in a few days and that is why no one had attended the hearings of the case, which was initially registered at Bahadurabad police station at Akram’s behest. The sessions court has set the next date of hearing for January 17 and directed police to ensure Akram makes an appearance. (PTI)
Adopt sportspersons of Haryana: Minister to NRIs
Gurugram: Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal on Tuesday urged Indian diaspora from Haryana to “adopt” the sportspersons of the state from their early age so as to groom them. The Minister was addressing first-ever two-day Pravasi Haryana Divas that kicked off on Tuesday at Kingdom of Dreams here. More than 400 expats of Haryanvi origin from 33 countries attended the celebrations on Tuesday. While lauding the sportspersons of Haryana for their outstanding contribution in the field of sports at national and international level, Goyal exhorted the ‘Pravasi Haryanvis’ (expatriates from Haryana) to adopt the Haryana sportspersons so as to groom them. (IANS)
