THE HINDU SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2016

Indians brook no resistance

BASKETBALL / Coach Sebastien feels that the side can perform better
in the Asian event this time
BENGALURU: India eased past

IFLC from July 14

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Soccer
Association, following the
successful completion of its
annual inter-club transfer, will
be organising the annual Institutional Football League
Championship (IFLC) from
July 14 at the Ambedkar Stadium, with 20 top teams participating across two divisions.

The seven-day window saw

a record 400 transfers with top
clubs like Garhwal Heroes,
Youngmen SC, Simla Youngs,
Punjab Heroes and Delhi Dynamos participating. Teams
like Northern Railway, Central Excise & Customs, Food
Corporation of India (HQ),
RBI and AAI will take part in
the senior division of the institutional championship.

CM
YK

Zambrotta meets
Delhi Dynamos
youth players

FOOTBALL

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

KOLKATA: On his return as the

East Bengal coach, Trevor
Morgan said it was time the
club moved on from its older
generation of players to
younger footballers.
In his pre-season media interaction on the club campus
here on Friday, Morgan, who
earlier coached the club from
2010 to 2013 and worked with
Dempo last year, spoke about
East Bengals forward looking
approach. We have young
players coming in now and we
have to concentrate on them.
A time comes for people to
leave and unfortunately we
had to leave some of those
players. The other point was

NEW DELHI: Newly-appointed

head coach of Delhi Dynamos

FC Gianluca Zambrotta on Friday met the clubs youth team
at a training camp here.
The under-18 players, currently training for the Gothia
Cup in Sweden later this
month spoke to Zambrotta
and shared their experiences
during the two-hour session.

ASHWIN ACHAL
Bangladesh 95-35 to emerge
the champion in the South
Asian Basketball Association
(SABA) qualifying tournament here on Friday. The host
unbeaten in all three fixtures has now booked a spot
in the FIBA Asia Challenge to
be held at Tehran (Iran) in
September.
Indias dominance was established early, when forward
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi finished
a fast-break with a one-handed
jam. A few minutes later, centre Amritpal Singh got the
crowd going when he efected
a steal and ran the length of the
court.
After getting past the Bangladesh defenders, the Punjab
player did a slam dunk.
Tamil Nadu hoopster Arvind Annadurai, too, shared
the limelight, leaping high to
convert an alley-oop from
Bhriguvanshi. With victory
guaranteed, the Indians decided to entertain the crowd at
the Sree Kanteerava Indoor
Stadium with a dazzling
display.
Coach P.J. Sebastien expressed confidence that the

DOMINANT DISPLAY: India proved too good for its opponents in the SABA qualifying
round. PHOTO: G.P. SAMPATH KUMAR
side can do better than the
quarterfinal finish at the Asian
championship last year.
Our bench-strength is far
better this year. We have
many terrific players for each
position. Also, we will try to
use the height advantage we

have through players like Amritpal Singh, Rikin Pethani and

Arvind Annadurai. We will
face tough teams like China
and Iran, but we can hold our
own, he said.
The results:
India 95 (Vishesh Bhriguvanshi 16,

Arvind Annadurai 15, Amritpal Singh

14) bt Bangladesh 35.
Nepal 62 (S. Ashim 15, S. Ayush 15,
Sadish Pradhan 14) bt Maldives 54
(Abdul Latheef 10, Mohammed Zilaal
10).
Final standings: 1. India, 2. Maldives, 3. Nepal, and 4. Bangladesh.

TENNIS

Jeevan-Divij duo loses in last eight

WINNETKA (ILLINOIS): Top seeds

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and

Divij Sharan were beaten 4-6,
7-5, [11-9] by Stefan Kozlov of
the United States and John-Patrick Smith of Australia in the
doubles quarterfinals of the
$50,000 Challenger on Friday.
In the $10,000 Futures in
Harare, Vishnu Vardhan won
his second straight doubles title with Hugo Nys of France,
taking his career tally to 27.
The results:
$50,000 Challenger men, Winnetka, Illinois, US: Doubles (quarterfinals): Stefan Kozlov (US) &
John-Patrick Smith (Aus) bt Jeevan
Nedunchezhiyan & Divij Sharan 4-6,
7-5, [11-9].

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SPORT

NOIDA/DELHI

42,500 Challenger men, Todi,

Italy: Singles (pre-quarterfinals):

Marco Cecchinato (Ita) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6(6), 6-4; Doubles (quarterfinals): Marcelo Demoliner & Fabricio Neis (Bra) bt
Riccardo Ghedin (Ita) & Ramkumar
Ramanathan 6-7(4), 7-6(14), [10-7].
$25,000 ITF men, Bourg-enBresse, France: Singles (quarterfinals): Jonathan Eysseric (Fra) bt

Sriram Balaji 6-4, 6-3.

$10,000 ITF men, Harare, Zimbabwe: Doubles (final): Hugo Nys

(Fra) & Vishnu Vardhan bt Benjamin

Lock & Courtney John Lock (Zim) 6-7
(5), 6-4, 10-5.
$10,000 ITF men, Anning, China: Singles (quarterfinals): Ma-

verick Banes (Aus) bt V.M. Ranjeet

6-1, 6-4.

$10,000 ITF men, Sharm El

Sheikh, Egypt: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Luca Pancaldi (Ita) bt

Manish Sureshkumar 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Milen
Ianakiev (Ger) & Keelan Oakley (GBr)
bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & PC Vignesh 2-6, 6-4, 10-2.
$10,000 ITF women, Sharm El
Sheikh, Egypt: Singles (pre-quarterfinal): Shelby Talcott (US) bt

Sharrmadaa Baluu 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Snehadevi Reddy bt Yasmine Wagner

(Ger) 6-2, 6-1; Doubles (quarterfinals): Mirabelle Njoze (GBr) & Shweta Rana bt Federica Prati (Ita) & Lina
Qosstal (Mar) 5-7, 7-5, 13-11; Ana Bianca Mihaila (Rou) & Sharrmadaa
Baluu bt Clemence Fayol (Fra) & Naomi Totka (Hun) 6-2, 6-1.

Impressed
I must say I am very impressed with the youth set-up.
I have always believed in a
strong junior level programme
as I think it is the best way to
go about developing a sport,
the 39-year old said.
He was accompanied by the
clubs first-team players Anas
Edathodika, Souvik Chakrabarti and Sanjiban Ghosh besides oicials from the Indian
Air Force.
The youth players had been
selected during the annual
Subroto Cup organised by the
IAF for schools.

Double for Sarah

CHANDIGARH: Sarah Dev, a trainee at the Harvest Academy in
Jassowal, won the girls under-16 and 14 titles in the AITA
Championship series junior
tennis tournament at the
CLTA Complex here on
Friday.
Sarah cruised past Harleen
Kaur for the loss of just one
game for the under-16 crown,
but had to battle it out for three
sets against Kiran Ameek in
the under-14 final.
The results (finals):
Boys: Under-16: Calvin Golmei bt
Naresh Badgujar 1-6, 6-2, 7-5; Doubles: Krishan Hooda & Shashikant
Rajput bt Naresh Badgujar & Vatsal
Chauhan 6-3, 6-7(5), [10-8].
Under-14: Bhupender Dahiya bt
Krishan Hooda 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles: Anish Lal & Rishi Jalota
bt Dhananjay Singh & Udayvir Singh
7-5, 5-7, [10-6].
Girls: Under-16: Sarah Dev bt
Harleen Kaur 6-0, 6-1. Doubles: Kiran Ameek & Harleen Kaur bt Priyanka Jakhar & Princy Panchal 6-1, 6-3.
Under-14: Sarah Dev bt Kiran
Ameek 6-1, 0-6, 6-0. Sports
Bureau

EB looks at younger players this season

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

financial, said Morgan.

We had a senior squad
when I was here in 2010. The
squad this year for the Calcutta Football League (CFL) is
full of younger players. It is a
good opportunity for them to
stake their claim for the ILeague when that comes
around.
Morgan, who would manage East Bengal to its first
competition of the season in
the CFL, said he would be free
to take up any Indian Super
League (ISL) assignment.
When the Calcutta League is
over then I am not going to be
here because that is an open
period. If an opportunity in
the ISL comes up, then the
club has allowed me to do

that, to work in the ISL and

then comeback for the ILeague, said Morgan, who
worked with Kerala Blasters
for a season.
Asked about East Bengals
prospects of winning a record
seventh consecutive CFL title, Morgan said, We have
won six in a row and thats a
record. Even without it we
still are the record-holders.
East Bengals second foreign recruit of the season, defender Calum Angus, was excited to join the club with a
bigger fan base. I have played
in India for the last three
years. So I know the magnitude of the club. It was a great
opportunity and I took it with
both hands, he said.

RACING

Starlet, Satellite may fight out the finish

BENGALURU: Starlet and Satellite
may fight out the finish of the B.T.C.
Anniversary Cup (1,400m), the feature event of the races to be held
here on Saturday (July 9).
False rails (width about 3m from
1,600m to the winning post) will be
in position.

(12) T.S. Jodha 58.5, 8. Re Live (3)

D. Patel 57.5, 9. New Mallet (8) M.
Naveen 56.5, 10. Only Prince (4)
Srinath 56.5, 11. Bolts Colt (2)
Akshay Kumar 54.5 and 12. Sea
Dove (7) S.J. Sunil 54.5.
1. Spiritual Act, 2. Rocket Man,
3. Just Fabulous

vincible Prince (3) R. Ajinkya 56.5,

8. Mickey Mouse (1) Kiran Rai 56.5,
9. Pentagram (7) Zervan 56.5, 10.
Auriga (12) Neeraj 56, 11. Satellite
(2) A. Sandesh 56, 12. Evera (9) Vinod Shinde 54.5, 13. Light Of Magic
(5) A. Ramu 54.5 and 14. Starlet (14)
P.S. Chouhan 54.5.

1 ADLER TROPHY (1,200m),

rated 15 to 35, 1.45 p.m.: 1. Cardigan
Bay (10) S. Asgar 60, 2. Lightning
Strikes (2) Srinath 58, 3. What A
Nice Man (5) Noornabi 57.5, 4.
Lightning Attack (3) Arshad Alam
57, 5. Nazailla (6) Akshay Kumar 57,
6. Bharat Queen (1) Kiran Naidu
56.5, 7. King Smile (11) Mallikarjun
56.5, 8. Miss Elegant (12) A. Merchant 56.5, 9. Roaring Thunder (4)
A. Imran Khan 55, 10. Shining Armor (9) P.P. Dhebe 55, 11. Good Image (7) T.S. Jodha 54.5 and 12.
Assertive Prince (8) Kiran Rai 54.
1. Roaring Thunder, 2. Lightning Attack, 3. What A Nice
Man

4 NAWAB M. ARSHAD ALI

KHAN
MEMORIAL
CUP
(1,400m), 3-y-o, (Terms), 3.20: 1.
Ashwa Raftar (6) S. John 57, 2. Top
Striker (9) T.S. Jodha 56.5, 3. Amber Crown (5) David Breux 52, 4.
Auxilium (4) Akshay Kumar 52, 5.
Bacaardi (3) Janardhan P 52, 6.
Kings Baron (1) Zervan 52, 7.
Shield Of Achilles (10) Suraj Narredu 52, 8. Sporting Pleasure (2) A.
Sandesh 52, 9. Justice Angel (7)
P.S. Chouhan 50.5 and 10. Say You
Say Me (8) Arshad Alam 50.5.
1. Shield Of Achilles, 2. Justice
Angle, 3. Sporting Pleasure

1. Starlet, 2. Satellite, 3. Bold

Command

2 R.M. PUTTANNA MEMORIAL TROPHY (Div. I), (1,400m),

rated 30 to 50, 4-y-o & over, 2.15: 1.
Frizbee (9) Syed Imran 60, 2. J
Gatsby (7) M. Prabhakaran 59.5, 3.
Shining Magic (4) Suraj Narredu
59.5, 4. Honour (8) A. Sandesh 58, 5.
James Bond (6) A. Imran Khan 58,
6. Manta Ray (1) Rayan Ahmed 57.5,
7. Helios (5) Tauseef 57, 8. Vicious
Circle (3) Arshad Alam 56.5 and 9.
Attractive Bay (2) A. Ali Jafri 56.
1. Shining Magic, 2. Honour,
3. Vicious Circle

5 K.N. GURUSWAMY MEMORIAL CUP (1,600m), rated 45

to 65, 3.55: 1. Seven Of Hearts (2)
P.P. Dhebe 60, 2. Wings Of Fortune (5) Tauseef 58, 3. Shes Stunning (9) Vinod Shinde 57.5, 4.
Alexandrite (1) S. John 57, 5. Stevalena (6) C. Alford 55, 6. Thomas
More (3) Zervan 54, 7. Avant
Garde (10) Neeraj 53.5, 8. Southern
Fantasy (8) David Breux 53, 9.
King Of The Court (4) Indrajeet
Singh 52 and 10. In The Sunrise (7)
A. Sandesh 50.5.
1. Avant Garde, 2. In The Sunrise, 3. Thomas More

3 INDIAN PATTERN COMMITTEE CUP (1,600m), rated 00

to 20, 2.45: 1. Above The Rest (9) R.
Ajinkya 60, 2. Internal Afair (5)
Shobhan 60, 3. Just Fabulous (1) S.
John 59.5, 4. Rocket Man (11) A. Ramu 59.5, 5. Spiritual Act (6) Arshad
Alam 59, 6. Tuscano (10) A. Imran
Khan 59, 7. Extremelydangerous

6 B.T.C.
ANNIVERSARY
CUP (1,400m), 4-y-o & over,
(Terms) 4.30: 1. Shivalik Star (10)
S. John 60, 2. Machiavellianism (8)
R. Marshall 59.5, 3. Bold Command
(6) David Breux 58, 4. Ace Bucephalus (4) Srinath 57.5, 5. Emperor
Cruise (13) Arshad Alam 57.5, 6.
New York (11) T.S Jodha 57, 7. In-

7 MYSTICAL
MILLION
(1,600m), maiden 3-y-o, (Terms),
5.10: 1. Ashwa Ashoka (5) Srinath
56, 2. Auxilium (-) (-) 56, 3. Bacaardi
(-) (-) 56, 4. Finest Moment (7) A.
Ramu 56, 5. Nyssa (6) T.S. Jodha 56,
6. Theo (-) (-) 56, 7. Tororosso (4)
Zervan 56, 8. Towering Heights (2)
S. John 56, 9. Adulation (3) P.S.
Chouhan 54.5, 10. Hall Of Famer (8)
A. Sandesh 54.5 and 11. Serena Ballerina (1) Suraj Narredu 54.5.
1. Hall Of Famer, 2. Tororosso,
3. Towering Heights
8 R.M. PUTTANNA MEMORIAL TROPHY (Div. II), (1,400m),
rated 30 to 50, 4-y-o & over, 5.50: 1.
Babushka (2) Zervan 60, 2. Conquistador (1) Antony Raj 57.5, 3.
Golden Diamond (3) Arshad Alam
56.5, 4. Lovely Dancer (5) Jagadeesh 56.5, 5. Rapid Advance (6) P.
Surya 56.5, 6. Firing Line (7) R.
Ajinkya 56, 7. Balian (8) A. Sandesh
55, 8. ALL Proof (9) Tauseef 54.5
and 9. Able Master (4) Neeraj 52.
1. Babushka,
2. Golden Diamond,
3. Balian
Days best: Shield Of Achilles
Double: Avant Garde
Hall Of Famer
Jkt: 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; Tr (i): 3, 4 and 5;
(ii): 6, 7 and 8.

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