FORMER India skipper Inderjeet Singh Randhawa has been appointed as coach of the senior Indian handball men’s team for the Asian Games to be held in China later in this year. Sports Officer with the Raisoni Group of Institutions, Randhawa has done the state proud by becoming the first Indian handball men’s team coach from Maharashtra.

THEIR moral seemingly boosted, city lads gave a thunderous performance to beat rivals Mumbai South East (64-50) and booked their semi-final berth of the Mayor’s Cup Junior Inter-district Basketball Championship in style. The Nagpur girls too entered the semis with a thumping win over Nashik (36-5). The meet is being jointly organised by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and Nagpur District Basketball Association (NDBA) at Shivaji Nagar Gymkhana (SNG) courts under the auspices of Maharashtra State Basketball Association (MSBA).

AN INDIAN player rubbing shoulders with international stars at National Basketball Association (NBA)! Sounds weird, but if the Director of Basketball Operations in India, Troy Justice, is to be believed the day is not far when we might see it happen.

THE 2nd Maharashtra State Senior Baseball Championship for men and women organised by Nagpur District Baseball Association (Khole faction) ran into rough weather even before the first ball is pitched with Jaikumar Ramteke claiming that the association formed by Raju Khole is illegal. Ramteke’s claims hold weight as Amateur Baseball Federation of India secretary PC Bharadwaj too has termed Khole’s body as illegal.

Unbeaten Shubham Lakudkar scored seven points in seven rounds to emerge champion in the 4th Rapid Chess tournament, organised by Nagpur Chess Academy. Total 75 players took part in the tournament of which 12 were rated.

A change in the rules of the game of carrom for India has been proposed for the season 2010-11. These changes have a fair chance of being implemented shortly.

EVES from Prajakta Krida Mandal (PKM) started their campaign of the Vidarbha-level kabaddi tournament registering a convincing 47-22 win over Sanjivini Krida Mandal, Nagpur at Reshimbag ground on Thursday.

VIDYARTHI Yuvak Krida Mandal, Reshimbag will be organising Vidarbha-level kabaddi and kho-kho tournaments at Reshimbag ground from April 29.

SARASWATI Vidyalaya, Kamptee stunned Ramesh Chandak High School 1-0 to dent their hopes of reaching the pre-quarter-final of the 7th all India Dr B R Ambedkar inter-school hockey tournament. The tournament is being organised by Maharashtra Officers’ Forum at Divisional Sports Association (DSA) Central Railway Sports ground under the aegis of Vidarbha Hockey Association. In the other matches of the day, SFS opened their account with a 2-0 win over Swaminarayan High School to earn three points from Pool A while Modern High School, Koradi pipped Dinanath High School 1-0 to open their account on a winning note.

The Indian carrom men’s and women’s teams will be competing in three international events in the near future, wherein the teams will be playing in India, Srilanka and the USA. Siddharth Narnaware from our Orange City, is the representative chosen from Vidarbha Carrom Association to officiate in matches as an umpire.