MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014 SPORTS

Suspended India gets No foreign coaches in Cairns demands to see new Olympic chief running for Pakistan post match-fixing evidence NEW DELHI: India’s suspended Olympic body elected world squash chief N ISLAMABAD: No foreign coach has applied for the Pakistan cricket Ramachandran as its president yesterday, raising hopes of the country’s return to the AUCKLAND: Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns went on the front foot over team job as the Pakistan Cricket Board’s coach selection committee ongoing match-fixing allegations yesterday, and rounded on former teammates and high- Olympic fold after a 14-month absence. Ramachandran, whose elder brother N yesterday shortlisted six candidates for the roles of head coach, bat- Srinivasan was on Saturday picked to lead the International Cricket Council, was an profile officials, including the legendary Richard Hadlee. ting coach and fielding coach. He demanded his accusers produce details of what he is alleged to have done, and unanimous choice for president in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) elections in Committee head and former Intikhab Alam said he made New Delhi. Also elected unopposed were sports official Rajeev Mehta as secretary-gen- expressed disappointment that the New Zealand Cricket board, of which Hadlee is a two sets of possible candidates for the three posts, which will be for- member, had apparently turned their back on him. eral and the country’s tennis chief, Anil Khanna, as treasurer, the IOA announced after warded to PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf for final approval. the general body meeting. Ramachandran, who made an unsuccessful bid last year to Cairns is one of three former New Zealand players, along with Daryl Tuffey and Lou “We will submit the names to the chairman PCB tomorrow when Vincent, tied to an International Cricket Council (ICC) match-fixing probe. get squash into the , served as the IOA treasurer from 2008 to 2012 and he arrives from Singapore,” Alam said in Lahore. Ashraf will return to has been president of the World Squash Federation since 2008. But 10 weeks after the ICC confirmed the investigation, Cairns said no The International Olympic Committee (IOC) froze India’s mem- Pakistan today after attending an ICC Board meeting. one had approached him. bership in December 2012 and suspended it from the Games Legendary fast bowler Wasim Akram, a member of the commit- “Surely there should be some onus on the ICC or other govern- movement when the IOA elected a number of tainted officials to tee along with cricket board director and former captain Javed ing bodies to come forward and present some reliable evidence to key posts. The officials in the row included secretary-general Lalit Miandad, said it was now time to promote local coaches and he’s justify the investigation,” he said yesterday. “The current rumor and Bhanot, who is currently out on bail on corruption pleased with the absence of foreign candidates. speculation, which has been widely reported around the world, is charges linked to the chaotic 2010 “I am actually happy that all (candidates) are Pakistanis,” Akram doing untold damage.” Cairns said he had heard English police were Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. said. “Mostly Pakistanis should run the national team, it’s true that now in New Zealand as part of the investigation and the ICC had The IOA, after initially refusing to keep taint- we did favor foreign coaches but now it’s time we should promote contacted his ex-wife Carin in South Africa. “The impact of this on ed officials out, finally accepted an IOC dik- our own coaches.” Australian Dav Whatmore, the former head coach, my career and the professional opportunities in front of me is tat last December to revise its constitu- and Englishman Julian Fountain, the ex-fielding coach, quit after very serious ... while this dark cloud hangs over me, my tion and elect “clean” office-bearers in Pakistan drew a test series against Sri Lanka 1-1 in the United Arab ability to work and provide for my family is almost fresh elections. —AFP Emirates last month. —AP non-existent.” —AFP Dominant England humble Scotland in Calcutta Cup

EDINBURGH: England got their Six utes later when scrum-half Danny Care barely 10 metres from Scotland’s line. Nations campaign back on track with a dropped a after gathering the ball From the ensuing catch and drive, crushing 20-0 Calcutta Cup victory over out wide from a ruck. Scotland then England mauled before Care’s well-timed Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. forced a from a ruck turnover but pass sent onrushing centre Burrell in for a Luther Burrell and Mike Brown, as Laidlaw pushed a 43 metre touchline try. The score stayed at 10-0 in England’s they’d done in defeat by France last effort wide. England, with Care bossing favour as both Laidlaw, with a kick weekend, both scored tries as the 132nd his forwards effectively, won another rebounding off the post, and Farrell edition of international rugby union’s old- penalty which Farrell kicked for a line-out missed penalties. England were gaining est fixture saw Scotland rendered - ascendancy up front and Care’s excellent less by England for the first time since a cross-field grubber kick set up a line-out 15-0 loss at Murrayfield in 1978. deep inside Scotland’s 22. Had not fly-half Owen Farrell missed Scotland hooker Ross Ford’s wayward several goalkicks, the final scoreline throw went over the head of intended might have been even more lopsided. recipient Jim Hamilton. England regath- Scotland made three changes from the ered before a Scottish infringement gave side that opened the Six Nations with a Farrell an easy penalty chance which he 28-6 loss to Ireland last weekend, with duly kicked. Shortly before half-time Australia coach Scott Johnson controver- Burrell nearly had a second try when, fol- sially dropping captain Kelly Brown and lowing a break by Farrell, he took the ball giving his place at openside flanker to on the burst only to be hauled down just debutant Chris Fusaro. short of the line by veteran Scotland wing Tommy Seymour replaced the injured Sean Lamont. ST. LOUIS: Blues’ (left) scores past goalie Al Montoya as Olli Jokinen, of , Paul Sean Maitland while Matt Scott was As it was, England turned round with a Postma (4) and (2) watch during the first period of an NHL hockey game. — AP brought into midfield instead of Duncan healthy 13-0 lead. Not for the first time, Taylor. Scrum-half Greig Laidlaw took Scotland-rendered tryless for the second over the captaincy from Brown. match in a row-suffered from self-inflict- Blues bring down Jets England, whose first match in charge ed wounds, a promising position undone under coach Stuart Lancaster was a 13-6 by a knock-on while missed tackles win at Murrayfield two years ago, were allowed England to gain ground. ST. LOUIS: TJ Oshie and Vladimir Tarasenko scored in a shootout the Olympic break with a win over the Hurricanes. Montreal left unchanged following an agonising 26-24 Fortunately for Scotland, Farrell hooked a to give the St. Louis Blues a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on wing Max Pacioretty sustained a lower-body injury with 7:30 left loss to France in Paris. The parasite-infest- penalty wide and England were not yet Saturday in their final game before the Olympic break. in the first period when he was checked into the goal by ed Murrayfield pitch was boggy even out of sight. But Scotland’s task was made Blues goalie Brian Elliott stopped and Andrew Carolina’s Brett Bellemore and did not return. The US Olympic before driving rain during the game EDINBURGH: England’s captain harder however when, after another bril- Ladd in the tiebreaker. Brenden Morrow, Derek Roy and Jaden hockey team member said the move was precautionary. turned it into a quagmire. And three min- Chris Robshaw holds up the The liant run by May which ended with him Schwartz scored in regulation for the Blues, 15-0-1 against Central Ryan White and Brian Gionta also scored for the Canadiens, utes in Farrell lost his footing as he saw a Calcutta Cup after defeating hauled down short of the line, centre Alex Division rivals. They are 22-5-3 at home and 39-12-6 overall. Mark who won their third in a row. Goalkeeper Carey Price finished 30 metre penalty attempt drift wide. Scotland in their Six Nations rugby Dunbar was sent to the sin bin for not Scheifele scored twice, and Dustin Byfuglien added a goal for with 31 saves for the Canadiens. Carolina’s Drayson Bowman tal- union international match. —AP Winnipeg. lied his fourth goal of the season. However, England were 3-0 in front min- releasing at the tackle. —AFP

BRUINS 7, SENATORS 2 AVALANCHE 5, ISLANDERS 2 Patrice Bergeron scored twice and added an assist as the Matt Duchene scored a pair of goals 2:44 apart in the second Bruins went into the Olympic break with a win over the Senators. period, and the Avalanche beat the Islanders. Nathan Bergeron, who will join Team for the Olympics, was MacKinnon scored, and Gabriel Landeskog and one of several Bruins with multiple points before joining their each had empty-net goals for Colorado. Jean-Sebastien Giguere national teams in Sochi, Russia. David Krejci of the Czech Republic stopped 30 shots to help the Avalanche snap a two-game skid. and ’s Loui Eriksson added a pair of assists apiece. The Islanders scored two goals during a wild sequence in the Brad Marchand had a goal and two assists, a third period in which the Avalanche committed four penalties goal and assist and a pair of assists for Boston. over a 3:34 span. The Bruins outshot the Senators 42-28 and chased Ottawa Islanders captain John Tavares got his team on the board goalie Craig Anderson after taking a 5-1 lead early in the third on with 8:43 remaining. Then, 57 seconds later, Lubomir Visnovsky a goal by Milan Lucic. got New York within one. Both goals were scored as part of 5- on-3 advantages. FLYERS 2, FLAMES 1 Brayden Schenn and Scott Hartnell scored goals, Ray Emery MAPLE LEAFS 3, CANUCKS 1 stopped 32 shots and the Flyers beat the Flames for their fourth Phil Kessel scored the go-ahead goal midway through the straight win. third period and the Maple Leafs handed the Canucks their sev- Making his first start since Jan. 23, Emery had a shutout going enth straight loss. until Matt Stajan scored with 2:26 left. Despite winning six of their Mason Raymond and James van Riemsdyk also scored in the past eight games, the Flames are tied for the third-fewest points third for Toronto and Jonathan Bernier made 23 saves. Toronto in the league. The teams resume their regular-season schedule on won for the 11th time in 14 games and seventh straight at Feb. 27. home, while the Canucks lost the 16th time in 20 games. They’ve scored just 37 goals in that span. Ryan Kesler scored for LIGHTNING 4, RED WINGS 2 and stopped 30 shots. Alex Killorn scored a tiebreaking goal late in the third period, Ondrej Palat had two goals and the Lightning beat Detroit in the DUCKS 5, PREDATORS 2 Red Wings’ 6,000th regular-season game. Ryan Getzlaf scored twice, Jonas Hiller made 36 saves and Killorn beat Jimmy Howard from just outside the crease to the NHL-leading Ducks beat the Predators to snap a three-game give the Lightning a 3-2 lead with 3:11 to play. Palat added an losing streak. empty-net goal with 63 seconds left. Tampa Bay also got a goal The Ducks entered the Olympic break with 87 points at 41- from Tom Pyatt. The Lightning, who had lost four of five, are sec- 14-5, beating Nashville for the fifth straight time. Emerson Etem ond in the Atlantic Division, one-point ahead of Montreal and gave Anaheim a 3-2 lead when he tipped Hampus Lindholm’s Toronto. Daniel Alfredsson and Tomas Jurco scored for Detroit. slap into the net 4:51 into the third. Mathieu Perreault sealed the victory 3 minutes later by tipping in Daniel Winnik’s CAPITALS 3 DEVILS 0 pass. Corey Perry scored his team-leading 30th goal, and Getzlaf Julien Brouillette broke a scoreless tie with his first NHL goal reached 29 by scoring the first and last goals for the Ducks. midway through the third period, Braden Holtby stopped 25 Viktor Stalberg and Mike Fisher scored for Nashville. shots and the Capitals beat the Devils in the teams’ final game before the Olympic break. Brouillette, playing his second NHL STARS 2, COYOTES 1 game, beat Cory Schneider on the short side with a wrist shot Kari Lehtonen made 26 saves as the Stars beat the Coyotes. from the top of the left circle at the 10:50 mark. Lehtonen, a Finnish Olympian, received plenty of help from the Martin Erat scored an empty-netter with 1:47 left for his first Stars’ defense and from goals by Ray Whitney and Russian goal of the season and Troy Brouwer added another - his 100th Olympian Valeri Nichushkin. Dallas limited the Coyotes to 27 career goal - 36 seconds later. Nicklas Backstrom had two assists. shots, 13 in the third period. Lehtonen shut them out until Schneider finished with 23 saves. Radim Vrbata scored on a power play with 15 seconds remain- ing. Whitney scored just 2:10 into the game. Nichushkin scored CANADIENS 4, HURRICANES 1 at 19:26 of the second period, deflecting in a shot by Trevor David Desharnais scored twice and the Canadiens went into Daley. — AP NHL results/standings

Philadelphia 2, Calgary 1; St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 3 (SO); Boston 7, Ottawa 2; Toronto 3, Vancouver 1; Montreal 4, Carolina 1; Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 2; Colorado 5, NY Islanders 2; Washington 3, New Jersey 0; Anaheim 5, Nashville 2; Dallas 2, Phoenix 1. Western Conference Eastern Conference Pacific Division Atlantic Division WL OTLGFGAPTS Boston 37 16 4 176 125 78 Tampa Bay 33 20 5 168 145 71 Anaheim 41 14 5 196 147 87 Montreal 32 21 6 148 142 70 San Jose 37 16 6 175 142 80 Toronto 32 22 6 178 182 70 Los Angeles 31 22 6 139 128 68 Detroit 26 20 12 151 163 64 Phoenix 27 21 10 163 169 64 Ottawa 26 22 11 169 191 63 Vancouver 27 24 9 146 160 63 Florida 22 29 7 139 183 51 Calgary 22 29 7 137 179 51 Buffalo 15 34 8 110 172 38 Metropolitan Division Edmonton 20 33 7 153 199 47 Pittsburgh 40 15 3 186 138 83 Central Division NY Rangers 32 24 3 155 146 67 St. Louis 39 12 6 196 135 84 Philadelphia 30 23 6 162 167 66 Chicago 35 11 14 207 163 84 Columbus 29 24 5 170 161 63 Colorado 37 16 5 174 153 79 Washington 27 23 9 171 175 63 Minnesota 31 21 7 145 147 69 Carolina 26 22 9 144 158 61 New Jersey 24 22 13 135 146 61 Dallas 27 21 10 164 164 64 NY Islanders 22 30 8 164 200 52 Winnipeg 28 26 6 168 175 62 Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the Nashville 25 24 10 146 180 60 standings and are not included in the loss column (L).