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Aslam Khan, who was appointed as the secretary general by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in June this year, was on temporary basis until the Hockey India elections, which have now been postponed.
International Hockey Federation's (FIH) observer Tony von Ondarza is in the Capital and will hold a meeting with the HI but it has been confirmed that Aslam Khan will skip the meeting.
Sources within the Hockey India have confirmed that Aslam Khan was not happy with the way things were heading and has finally decided to put in his pares.
''He was working on temporary basis for last six months and since there is no official confirmation about the dates for the elections, he has decided to part ways,'' a source told UNI.
''He will not be attending tomorrow's meeting and will not be working any more beyond 20th November,'' he added.
In a couple of days, Aslam is expected to make an official announcement about his future course of action.
Meanwhile, it has also been learnt that IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi and Bengal Hockey Association (BHA) president JB Roy have decided to join hands.
A meeting is reportedly scheduled for 19th November in the Capital which would be attended by 19 state associations who are affiliated to HI.
However, he added that despite the power struggle within the HI, India will not be stripped off its hosting rights of the next year's World Cup. |
Kolkata Knight Riders re-appointed Sourav Ganguly as its captain and David Whatmore was
declared the coach.The decision to appoint a new coach for the Kolkata Knight Riders has been a much anticipated and speculated announcement but it was Whatmore, who was finally decided for
the controversial post.the team, and KKR Management and look forward to a successful tournament. The KKR management held several meetings over the past few weeks to discuss and plan the way
forward for the franchise and the team.
Sourav Ganguly played a major role, whose experience and knowledge were key factors in the entire vision and decision-making process for the season ahead.
On being elected as captain of KKR, Ganguly said, "It's a good feeling. It's a responsibility. No matter who is the captain, we have to play well and perform well. I don't think there are
too many strategies for this game. we just need to go and play. We just need to execute in the middle. That's what we need to do. I am not great believer in strategies, I believe on
performance", said the former India skipper.
David will be supported in his new role by Vijay Dahiya as Assistant Coach and Wasim Akram as mentor.
It is good news for india in sports .The Indian women's hockey team pulled a thriller with a 3-2 win over South Korea to enter the final of the Asia Cup and eventually it also qualified for the 2010 World Cup to be held in Rosario,Argentina. India did a fine start with three goals coming from Jasjeet Kaur and Rani Ramphal. Jasjeet Kaur net two goals as India led 3-0 before South Korea fought back with two goals from their strikers Eun Sil Kim and Mihyun Park.
HI FRIENDS,
International Cricket Council, ICC has announced the format and schedule of cricket World Cup 2011. There will be total 14 teams playing in the tournament, divided in the
2 groups of 7 teams each. Each team will play each other team in a group once. So total 42 league matches will be there. Four top teams from each group will qualify for the next stage which will
be knock out stage. Four quarte finals will be played and then two semi-finals and a final. So total 49 matches will be played in the tournament. The 2 groups consists of following teams.in India
total 29 match will be held and sri lanka held 12 match and bangla desh held 8 match.
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, the 10th Cricket World Cup, will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries; India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Pakistan has not been allowed to host any match because of the terror situation there. It will be Bangladesh’s first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup. The World Cup will of 50 over One Day International format, with fourteen national cricket teams competing for the championship.
The World Cup will take place during February and March 2011. And the opening match will be played on 19 February 2011 between India and Bangladesh at Dhaka. The World Cup was originally to have been hosted by Pakistan as well, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, ICC were forced to strip Pakistan of its hosting rights.
The planned semi-final venues are the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka and PCA Stadium in Mohali, India. The final is scheduled to be played at the renovated Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India.
14 teams which will play the world cup include 10 full members of the ICC, which are qualified automatically. These are Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Other teams have qualified through a qualifying tournament organized by ICC in South Africa. Ireland who had been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya also qualified for finishing third and fourth respectively in the tournament.
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Eighth seeded Saina was not in her elements as the 20-year-old went down 16-21 12-21 in just 26 minutes against unseeded Yao to crash out of the tournament.
The world number six Indian faltered from the start and could pose no threat to her unheralded opponent. Yao opened up a 7-1 lead initially and even though Saina narrowed the gap to 16-18, the Dutch pocketed three straight points to grab the first game.