Alok totake on Ashok in semis

Calcutta: Alok Kumar, the former Asian champi on, will take on former world champion Ashok Shandilya in the semi-fi nals of the Maharaja Prat apsinh Coronation Gymkhana National Invi tational Billiards and Snooker tournament. In the best of five games (150+) quarter final, Alok had to fight hard to get the better of India No. 6 Parikh, while Mumbai's Ashok knocked out Sourav Kothari (ONGC).

Christie role
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Bangalore: Olympic gold medallist and former sprinter Linford Christie will be the event ambassa dor for the 2012 edition of TCS World 10K Bangalore race on May 27 here. The event is being sup ported by the Internation al Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and Association of Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS), which has main
tained the Gold Label sta tus of the event.

Golf meet

Calcutta: Gurkirat Singh and Rohan Agarwal fin ished tied at 79 in Category B, while Udayjit Bhalotia came two strokes behind with a score of 81 in the same category, at the Tolly gunge Club, on the first day of the third leg of the Tata Steel East Zone Sub-Junior
Tour, on Tuesday. With a score of 84, Sunit Chowrasia and Viraj Khan na lead the way in Category A. In Category A and B for girls, Khushboo Sinha and Adrisha Sarkar claimed
top spots with scores of 84 and 105, respectively.

David named

Las Rozas: Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea was one of a num
ber of fringe Spain players named in Vicente del Bosque’s provisional 21-
man squad for Euro 2012 on Tuesday.

Mushtaq doubt

Lahore: Former Pak istan Test leg-spinner, Mushtaq Ahmed, is unlike ly to be appointed as the new bowling coach of the national cricket team as he has made it clear that he
will only work on a three- year contract.

Lorgat keen

Johannesburg: Outgo ing chief executive of the ICC, Haroon Lorgat has said that he would be open to an offer from Cricket South Africa (CSA), which may soon have to
search for a new boss fol lowing the suspension of Gerald Majola in March.

Yuvi honour

Chandigarh: Yuvraj Singh will be honoured by the Punjab government for his “outstanding contribu tion” to the Indian team’s win in the World Cup last year. Yuvraj will be pre sented with a cash prize of Rs 1 crore at function here on Wednesday.

WICB launch

Calcutta: The West In dies Cricket Board is preparing to launch a Play er Lifestyle Development (PLD) programme which will be geared towards de veloping well-rounded
cricketers at all levels.