WEDNESDAY | 16 NOVEMBER 2016 AURANGABAD PAGE 11 ISL: Bottom-placed FC Goa seek SPORTS www.epaper.lokmat.com/lokmattimes/ win against Mumbai SHORT SINGLES Saina eyes comeback, Sindhu Want to implement sports code on state bodies: Goel aims for maiden title in New , Nov. 15: Sports though the Tokyo Olympics Minister Vijay Goel today is still four years away, our Fuzhou (China), Nov. said the National Sports ministry is working 15: Three months after Code might be implemented keeping in mind that it is limping out of the Rio After spending some on state federations as well happening next year so we Olympics due to a and asked the state plan to prepare in next two severe knee injury, time training under ministers and secretaries to months the team selection, Saina Nehwal will be coach Vimal Kumar, discuss the issue so that a their coaching, Indian back on the court to test Saina Nehwal decided decision can be reached coach, foreign coach and Shreyasi clinches her recovery when the to give the China Open with consensus. other things," he said. Thaihot China Open a shot, a title she had "We recently had a Talking about foreign double trap, Super Series Premier meeting with NSFs and they coaches, Goel said: "We will won two years back themselves suggested have open advertisement Rashmee also wins begins here tomorrow. and finished runners-up Saina, the bronze- that the code of for appointment of in the last edition conduct should be foreign coaches so : Bihar's Shreyasi Singh medallist at London implemented on that no deserving reclaimed the women's Olympics, lost in her the state coach is left out." double trap title with a facile second match of the Rio federations as Goel also said victory over ONGC's Shagun Olympics to lower- well. So the state that, "there needs to Chowdhary, while Rashmee ranked Maria Ulitina of secretaries and be at least 5 per cent Rathore of Andhra bagged Ukraine and what ministries can jobs reserved for the gold medal in skeet event followed was a surgery think about it if we sportspersons. on day two of the 60th and a long can implement Different ministries National Shooting rehabilitation program. this code on need to chip in. That will Championship Competition After spending some the state encourage parents for Shotgun here. time training under federations also to allow Army's Seema Tomar settled after proper their kids to for the bronze in the double coach Vimal Kumar, discussion pursue sports." trap event. Saina decided to give and Goel also said Winner in 2012, Shreyasi shot the China Open a shot, consensus," Goel said. his target is to identify 10 98 to clinch the gold in an a title she had won two "We have to implement universities who can build event where she had to years back and finished this code of conduct on Centres of Excellence for contend with the silver medal runners-up in the last approx 95 per cent of the the budding sportspersons. last year. edition. federations and the High "We used to get players In the women's skeet, The Indian will be up Court has also given us the from school and colleges but Rashmee beat Punjab's against Thailand's go ahead." now we see sportspersons Ganemat Sekhon 13-11 in the Porntip Goel, who was addressing from universities who have finals to win gold, while Buranaprasertsuk, who international journey, young P V her campaign against Chia Hsin ranked player, you have to give the 'Conference of Ministers done well. So Our next target Saniya Sheikh of UP bagged she has beaten as many as nine and Secretaries of The is to contact the 400 odd the bronze. Sindhu, who meanwhile became Lee of Chinese Taipei. your best," Sindhu said. times in the past, but the fourth States', said his Ministry has universities of the country Manisha Keer was the other the toast of the nation after "My training has been very In men's singles, Ajay Jayaram seed knows well that those record already started preparing and then identify 10 top performer of the day, becoming the first Indian woman good. I am prepared well. I will be up against Zhu Siyuan of won't matter when she walks out for the Tokyo Olympics. universities which would be helping her Madhya Pradesh to win an Olympic silver medal at haven't seen the draw. It doesn't China, H S Prannoy will meet to the court tomorrow. "Although there was no interested in building team bag two gold medals in Rio, will look to annex her first matter I guess since you have to Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus "Saina is still short of complaint from any athlete Centres of Excellence. Our the women's and junior super series title. play every good player at some and B. Sai Praneeth will face the regarding the TOP scheme, ministry will encourage double trap event. She also endurance and strength," Vimal After two second round exits, stage. Nobody is going to be easy experienced German Marc many asked why it was not such universities," he said. won an individual bronze. had said earlier. seventh seed Sindhu will hope for and everybody will fight till the Zwiebler in the opening round. implemented earlier. So (PTI) While Saina will resume her better results when she begins last point so even if it is a lower (PTI)

Bumpy plane ride too much for Messi Buenos Aires: Lionel Messi had to reach for the sick bag as the plane carrying the Argentina team endured a bumpy ride from Buenos Aires to San Juan ahead of a World Cup qualifier. The Barcelona superstar and several of his team-mates took ill due to the turbulence Members of Aurangabad Cloth Merchants’ Association who have registered for the Lokmat Grind Master members who have registered for the Lokmat Aurangabad Marathon, to be during the journey to the city Aurangabad Marathon, to be held on December 11. Seen in the picture are Shubhash Baheti, held on December 11. Seen in the picture are (standing from L) Parmeshwar Sonawane, near the Andes where Ajinkya Kulkarni, Abhijeet Kamble, CEO Sameer Kelkar, Anil Khandagale, Raju Budhwant, Argentina will face Colombia. Vinod Loya, Sandeep Kruplani, Sheetal Sancheti, Gaurav Kelani, Girish Tolwani, Raji Tolwani, The bout of illness will not Kishore Kalda, Bhagchand Binayake, Pankesh Agrawal, Rajesh Kalda, Dilip Chotlani, Anup Chandan Rajput and Prashant Yeole. (Sitting from L) Vilas Dabhade, Nilesh Talware, Vijay stop Messi or any of his Agrawal, Sushil Matra Khakke, Avinash Shinde, Krushna Wishing, Samadhan Solunke and Sachin Durgist. colleagues from playing in what is a crucial game for Argentina's hopes of reaching the 2018 World Cup Aurangabad gymnasts impress in Russia. Edgardo Bauza's side are sixth in the South American OUR SPORTS REPORTER qualifying group after 11 AURANGABAD, NOV. 15 matches following a 3-0 Aurangabad gymnasts defeat in Brazil last week. They are a point off fourth- clinched a silver medal and place Ecuador, with the top a bronze medal in the four qualifying directly and State-level Rythmic the team in fifth going into a Gymnastics play-off against a team from Championship held at the Oceania zone. Jalgaon. Aurangabad’s silver medal came in the under-10 girls event, while the bronze was clinched by the under-12 girls. The triumphant gymnasts were trained by Rahul Tandale at the Garware Community Centre. The secretary of the Maharashtra State Gymnastics Association Dr. Makarand Joshi, Jubilant MGM Golfers team, Aurangabad, which was led by Ranjit Kakkad, Gymnastics Association Community Centre’s Sunil congratulated the lose to Taipei president of the pose with the trophy after defeating Lashkar Golfers team by 23 points in the Adv. Sankarshan Joshi, Sutawne and other youngsters on their Aurangabad District at Asian basketball final of the Maitree Golf tournament. secretary Sagar Kulkarni, gymnastics officials have impressive performance. tournament : The Indian U-18 women's basketball team We need to use Arjuna awardees Batra’s main focus is to make have suffered their third successive loss with a 80-46 defeat to Chinese Taipei at the 23rd FIBA Asia U-18 to nurture talent: Rathore hockey popular and reachable championship here on Tuesday. , Nov. 15: Meng-Hsin Chen (17 points), Athens Games country, sayat least 50 per cent will be silver medallist shooter Rajyavardhan active. How can we use this 400 Arjuna New Delhi, Nov. 15: The conference here after be a home-and-away in case a country like Yu-Lin Kao (14 points) and J. first non-European to head becoming the world body league which will witness Pakistan has issues Wang (14 points) were the Singh Rathore feels the State Awardees or if we are not then why, we Federations need to identify their top 50 need to think about that. There are the International Hockey chief. participation from nine hosting the event on their outstanding performers for Federation, newly-elected "As part of the plan, the countries. home soil. Chinese Taipei while athletes and use the active many medal winners Arjuna Awardees to working in Railways, doing FIH President Narinder FIH will "The league "We have kept the Bhandavya Gowda (10 Batra today said his main introduce a 10- will be a neutral venue option for points), Priyanka Prabhakara nurture talent in order to government jobs, we need to help India prepare for the use their passion to nurture focus would be on the 10- year Hockey qualifier for teams like Pakistan (8 points) and Nishanti year Hockey Revolution Revolution Olympics and provided they agree to Masilamani (9 points) did 2020 Tokyo Olympics. talents," he added. "We did a study to find out The Minister of State for strategy starting from programme World Cup. play, " Batra said. well for India. 2019, which aims at from 2019. The Top two Further elaborating on Unlike Monday's match when the number of sports in Information and which the top 30 countries Broadcasting also stressed making the sport more programme's teams of the his plans, Batra said he India were up against the popular and reachable. aim is to league will wants to take hockey much taller China, this time had won medals at Rio on the need to align the Olympics. From 1-10 system and professionalise Batra, who was elected ensure the qualify for across the globe in a bid to around, the two teams were President last Saturday, next Olympics and increase "reach and evenly matched in terms of countries, 60 per cent medal the operations. they won in four sports, 80 "We don't have spaces to said as part of the Hockey generation the World revenue". size. Revolution programme takes up the Cup. The "My role in FIH will be to India opened up a 7-6 lead per cent medal that the 11- play. If we can identify the 20 countries won were in empty spaces that are under the world body is set to sport. It's league will be increase geographical early on before Taipei's introduce a nine-team overall aim is organised boundaries of the sport. I defence clamped down four sports, and from 21-30 some government agency in countries, four sports the country and give that home-and-away league of to make over 6 months want to expand hockey to allowing them to go on a 18- international teams which hockey more and will be Africa, Pan America, 2 run to close the first contributed 90 per cent of ground to the former the medal," Rathore said. sportspersons to make their also serve as Olympic and popular and held on Oceania and Asia. I want quarter with a 24-9 lead. World Cup qualifiers. reachable. Saturdays to increase the number of In the second quarter, Taipei "If we want to win medals clubs, it will bring in 2020 Olympics, it is professionalism," he said. "There is one game I am "From 2019 andinternational teams from continued to force India into passionate about is hockey. we will have hockey all Sundays," he said. 10-12 to 20-25. sideline and baseline traps important that all states "It is important to have a prepare for it. We don't need excessive club culture. It will create opportunity I want to contribute to the throughout the year. We The new FIH chief said "If you can increase your resulting in multiple game and make it more will start a new league they have also kept the boundaries, revenue will turnovers. amount of funds but will power and and encourage competition. Coach led concentration of effort.” athletes centric programs is very popular and bigger, " Batra which is very important in option of organising the automatically increase," At halftime the score read told in his first media the context of FIH. It will league on a neutral venue he said. (PTI) 41-13 in favour of Taipei. "There are 800 Arjuna Awardees in this important.” (PTI)