London: Kumar Sangakkara believes Sri Lanka will stage England’s scheduled tour of the island next year despite safety concerns caused by the Easter Sunday terror attacks. England are due to play Tests in Colombo and Galle next March but the attacks have led to fears Sri Lanka could join Pakistan as a no-go area for major international sides. Pakistan have been forced to play the bulk of their home games in the United Arab Emirates since 2009, when armed militants targeted Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore.
Antalya (Turkey)
Indian compound archery teams to fight for bronze
The Indian men’s and women’s compound teams made it to the bronze medal playoffs on a day their recurve counterparts bowed out in the second round in the Archery World Cup Stage III. Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma and Aman Saini pipped their French opponents in a shootoff in the quarterfinals but went down to Turkey by one point (233-234) to set up a bronze medal playoff against Russia. The women’s trio of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Swati Dudhwal and Muskan Kirar suffered a 29-30 defeat in the shootoff in the semifinal against Russia after they were locked 232-all. They face Great Britain in the bronze medal playoff. The Indian men’s and women’s recurve teams were eliminated in the second round, both losing in shootoffs. Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and Pravin Jadhav lost 4-5 (27-29) to Italy, while Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi Laishram and Komalika Bari lost 4-5 (26-29) to Germany.
New Delhi
IOA chief Batra set to be elected IOC member
Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra is all set to become a member of the International Olympic Committee after his name was proposed for the prestigious seat by the executive board of the world body. The proposal to elect Batra and 9 other new members was submitted on Wednesday. The vote is due to be held on June 26. With the election of Batra, the number of Indians who are currently active members of IOC will rise to two.
Pune
‘Training in Blackburn academy will help Jadhav’
Blackburn Rovers head coach Tony Mowbray hopes young footballer Aniket Jadhav's time with the club will have provided him with the 'building blocks' for a future career. But the coach also noticed the youth's shortcomings like lacking in peripheral vision about what teammates were doing without looking at them. Jadhav, who hails from Kolhapur and plays for Jamshedpur FC, was the first professional Indian player to train in England, after arriving at Rovers' Academy for a three-month spell in March.
Seoul
S Korea scraps joint Oly hockey team with North
South Korea is dropping its plan for a joint women’s field hockey team with the North at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, officials said, after Pyongyang failed to co-operate. Sporting ties triggered a rapid diplomatic thaw on and around the peninsula last year, but are stagnating with the wider process over the North’s nuclear arsenal deadlocked. But just weeks later a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump collapsed in disagreement over sanctions relief and what Pyongyang would be willing to give up in return. — Agencies
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