FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2020 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Misbah defends axing of senior Online Taolu National NRAI nominates Anjum Moudgil for Khel pacers from central contracts list Wushu C’ship from May 15 Ratna, Jaspal for Dronacharya Award Excelsior Sports Correspondent IOA and Secretary Sports NEW DELHI, May 14: KARACHI, May 14: national team. and Aamir and Wahab decided (MYAS) Ravi Mital will be the He said Hasan was dropped to focus on white-ball , JAMMU, May 14: The guests of honour. Zhang The National Rifle Pakistan's head coach-cum- simply because of his injury this was the right move," Wushu Association of India is Association of India (NRAI) has chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq Qiuping, Secretary General of Misbah said in a press organising Online Taolu International Wushu Federation nominated ace shooter Anjum has defended the axing of senior release issued by the National Wushu Championship Moudgil for the Khel Ratna -- pacers , Mohammad (IWUF) will be the special guest Pakistan Cricket from May 15 to 18, 2020. on the occasion. the country's highest sporting Aamir and Hasan Ali from the Board. According to the organisers, honour -- while recommending new central contracts list. More than 700 players from "However, Aamir prior to National Championship, 32 units have confirmed their Jaspal Rana for the Dronacharya Facing criticism from some and Wahab are expe- 25 State units organised Online Award for the second year in a quarters for the move to drop entry and some reputed interna- rienced bowlers and State level Championships tional players will be seen in row. many senior players from the they remain in con- across the country. Moudgil, the 26-year-old contracts list, Misbah clarified action,” the organisers informed. tention as we believe They said the players across “The opening ceremony of rifle ace who started shooting in that the three would still be con- the country were highly motivat- 2008, is among the first two they can still con- the Championship will be held time around. he gets it this time," a federa- sidered for selection. ed and the competition has Indians to have secured quota tribute to the Pakistan on May 15, 2020 at 5 pm "I wish all those recommend- tion source said earlier in the Hasan, clearly upset by his boosted their morale. places for the Tokyo Olympics. problems since the World Cup. cricket team and also mentor our through Zoom App, while the ed all the very best and hope day. omission, sent out a cryptic “Union Sports Minister has The NRAI on Thursday said "The selectors have made the young battery of fast bowlers," closing ceremony of the those who could not make it this "Saurabh Chaudhary, tweet but then deleted it quickly. given his consent to be the chief it will be sending the Sports tough decisions to leave out he added. Championship will be held on year, force us to do so next time Abhishek Verma, Manu Bhaker Misbah insisted that the right guest on the occasion, while Dr Ministry the names of champion Aamir, Hasan and Wahab but Hasan was ruled out of the May 18, today at 5 pm,” added around with their performances. and Elavenil have been recom- decision had been taken keeping Narinder Dhruv Batra, President pistol shooters Saurabh considering Hasan missed most home Tests against Sri Lanka the organisers. "I believe all are equally tal- mended for Arjuna." in mind past performances and Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma, of the season due to an injury last year after scans revealed ented and will certainly reap Moudgil, the shooter from the coming workload of the Manu Bhaker and promising multiple cortical rib fractures, Akhtar accuses ICC of bias rich awards if they carry on the Chandigarh earned the quota in rifle shooter Elavenil Valarivan involving the ninth rib on the way they have." the 10m Air Rifle event when suggests two-week for the prestigious Arjuna Award. right side and eighth and ninth Bhaker and Valarivan's she won the silver medal in the after being trolled by apex body Bhaker and Valarivan's ribs on the left side. names were added to the list ISSF World Cup in Korea in KARACHI, May 14: three "hurting" bouncers. names were added to the list on isolation for players before, after T20 WC Many believe that Wahab today. 2008. In the ICC's first picture Thursday, according to federa- NEW DELHI, May 14: and Aamir have been punished The flamboyant Shoaib "Anjum Moudgil has been Last year, Moudgil paired Jordan looks down at some- tion sources. by the board for deciding to quit Akhtar has accused the ICC of nominated for Khel Ratna up with Divyansh Singh Veteran South Africa bats- thing. In the next image, it is NRAI President Raninder red ball cricket last year in order "throwing neutrality out of win- while the NRAI has again send Panwar to claim the 10m Air man Faf du Plessis has proposed revealed as Akhtar's tweet, and Singh said in a statement, "Our to extend their careers in white dow" after being trolled by the Jaspal's name for Dronacharya. Rifle mixed team gold medal in a two-week isolation period for third one shows the legendary shooters had an outstanding last ball formats. apex body for claiming that he They have always believed that the ISSF World Cup in Munich players before and after the T20 basketball player laughing. season and it was a particularly Misbah said, "The philoso- can even now dismiss Australian he deserves it and are hoping and Beijing. (PTI) World Cup as a way to stage the phy and criteria for this merit- Akhtar, 44, tweeted on difficult selection to make this event as per schedule later this run-machine in a Wednesday that he was not based central contract list was jiffy. year. simple and straightforward: the amused by the ICC response. Like other sports, cricketing The International Cricket "A symbolic tweet, how ICC selectors reviewed player per- Council used a series of images action too has come to a com- formances in the past 12 months has thrown neutrality out of the plete halt due to the COVID-19 featuring basketball star Michael window. Basically this is how and then looked ahead to our Jordan to troll Akhtar after he pandemic. The fate of the T20 isolation," said the former cap- the state of affairs are run there," team requirements in the forth- claimed that he can get Smith World Cup to be held in tain. Akhtar tweeted. (PTI) coming 12 months." (PTI) out on the fourth after Australia in October-November Several countries across the is shrouded in uncertainty. globe, including South Africa, Talking to ODI Australia and India, have travel Tamim Iqbal, du Plessis restrictions in place and the vet- said travel was going to be an eran Proteas batsman joked trav- issue despite Australia being less elling by boat is not an option. affected by the deadly contagion. "But I don't know when "I am not sure... Reading that South Africa will open their travelling is going to be an issue travel ban because we can't go for lot of countries and they are there like old days on boats," du talking about December or Plessis said. January. Even if Australia is not In March, South Africa's affected like other countries, to get ODI series against India was people from Bangladesh, South called off after the first match in Africa or India where there is more view of the pandemic. danger, obviously it's a health risk The coronavirus outbreak, to them," du Plessis said. which originated in the Chinese "But you can go in before the city of Wuhan, has infected tournament (for) two weeks iso- more than 44 lakh people world- lation and then play the tourna- wide while causing close to 3 ment and afterwards two weeks lakh deaths. (PTI) Homesick hockey players request Rijiju to restart training, say it'll keep them occupied NEW DELHI, May 14: unwanted thoughts that creep in their minds," a source said. Lack of training is an obvi- Both the Indian men and ous concern but India's hockey women's hockey teams have players are also feeling home- been at the Sports Authority of sick and they made that known India's (SAI) South Centre in to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Bengaluru since the start of the in an online interaction today coronavirus-forced lockdown on while pleading for limited March 25. resumption of practice. In the virtual meeting, which The Indian men's and also featured Sports Ministry women's hockey teams told the and Sports Authority of India DIP/J-642/20 minister that resumption of on- (SAI) officials, the players and field training in small groups as coaches requested for early Dt: 13-5-2020 soon as possible will give them resumption of training in a an an upper-hand over other top group of four or five. nations as they gear up for "Out of the top 12 teams in Olympics next year. the world only Holland and "The players stated that they Belgium have restarted training. were feeling homesick but they We have lost close to 2 months very well understand that they but if we can start training at the are safe here. They just want to earliest we will be in an advanta- resume training to divert geous position. (PTI) COVID-19: J&K RELIEF FUND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S SECRETARIAT J&K, RAJ BHAVAN, JAMMU. 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1. DONATIONS 28.03.2020= 223301 25. DONATIONS 21.04.2020 = 232612 2. DONATIONS 29.03.2020= 362004 26. DONATIONS 22.04.2020 = 1450568 3. DONATIONS 30.03.2020 = 1090929 27. DONATIONS 23.04.2020 = 115212 4. DONATIONS 31.03.2020 = 1740908 28. DONATIONS 24.04.2020 = 290496 5. DONATIONS 01.04.2020 = 1208408 29. DONATIONS 25.04.2020 = 125101 6. DONATIONS 02.04.2020 = 1135057 30. DONATIONS 26.04.2020 = 643704 7. DONATIONS 03.04.2020 = 1106034 31. DONATIONS 27.04.2020 = 128130 8. DONATIONS 04.04.2020 = 2237743 32. DONATIONS 28.04.2020 = 135400 9. DONATIONS 05.04.2020 = 349024 33. DONATIONS 29.04.2020 = 77555 10. DONATIONS 06.04.2020 = 787425 34. DONATIONS 30.04.2020 = 35100 11. DONATIONS 07.04.2020 = 2280728 35. DONATIONS 01.05.2020 = 5136440 12. DONATIONS 08.04.2020 = 1275793 36. DONATIONS 02.05.2020 = 198913 13. DONATIONS 09.04.2020 = 425387 37. DONATIONS 03.05.2020 = 22000 14. DONATIONS 10.04.2020 = 987860 38. DONATIONS 04.05.2020 = 29103 15. DONATIONS 11.04.2020 = 366602 39. DONATIONS 05.05.2020 = 88501 16. DONATIONS 12.04.2020 = 184912 40. DONATIONS 06.05.2020 = 101 17. DONATIONS 13.04.2020 = 31021 18. DONATIONS 14.04.2020 = 378016 41. DONATIONS 07.05.2020 = 306926 19. DONATIONS 15.04.2020 = 318734 42. DONATIONS 08.05.2020 = 35503 20. DONATIONS 16.04.2020 = 918154 43. DONATIONS 09.05.2020 = 21251 21. DONATIONS 17.04.2020 = 584081 44. DONATIONS 10.05.2020 = 5100 22. DONATIONS 18.04.2020 = 286117 45. DONATIONS 11.05.2020 = 21100 23. DONATIONS 19.04.2020 = 58601 46. DONATIONS 12.05.2020 = 242800 24. DONATIONS 20.04.2020 = 422511 47. DONATIONS 13.05.2020 = 15811 LIST OF DONORS S.No. Name Amount (Rs.)

Dated: 14.05.2020 1 Shiv Shakhti Temple at Anuradhapuram Sec 2 Barnai Jammu (PM CARES FUND) 15000 2 "Jai Baba Shallo Shaheed Ji" Nangyal Vansh Dev Asthan Rathana R.S. Pura (Rattan Chohala) 1100 3 Mr. Vishal Sharma, S/o Sh Harbans Lal Sharma DIP/J-604/20 Ward No 07, Nowshera, District Rajouri 251 Dt. 13-5-2020 GRAND TOTAL 28154328