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MARTIN SAMUEL AT WEMBLEY: So. It turns out there is a bit more to playing like Germany thana round-neck collar and a darker dye in the shorts. England changed their kit, but they didn't changetheir spots. A mediocre draw with the Republic of Ireland did little to calm the fears that the teamshould make the most of the forthcoming visit to Brazil, lest it be the last for a while. This was notabout how England will fare in the Maracana Stadium on Sunday, but about what this group willbring to crucial matches with Montenegro and Poland at home, and Ukraine away, next season.

New Delhi, India’s top squash

players Dipika Pallikal andSaurav Ghosal are ec-static at their sport beingshortlisted for the 2020Summer Games but see anervous wait ahead for theInternational OlympicCommittee’s (IOC) finalvote in September on thelone available Olympicspot.

IOC’s executive boardWednesday recom-mended baseball, squashand wrestling for possibleinclusion in the Olympicprogramme for the 2020Games. Squash is biddingfor Olympics after twofailed attempts.

"I am very happy at themoment. Though we knowthat we have three crucialmonths ahead of us. It isgoing to be nerve-wrack-

Indian stars hope squashmakes it to Olympics

ing. I hope we get theOlympic nod in Septem-ber," Pallikal told IANSfrom London.

The final vote on theone available spot for the2020 edition will be held atthe full IOC session inBuenos Aires in Septem-ber. Asked about the com-petition from the other twosports, the World No.15said: "Our federation(WSF) has done every-

thing they could. It is nowonly left to the IOC to seehow fantastic a sportsquash is and give us achance." Ghosal too wasexcited at the news andhoped that squash willcross the final hurdle. "It isgreat news, I am keepingmy fingers crossed now.The other two sports arealso trying their best but Ihope squash comes out atthe top.

St. Petersburg, The Executive Board

(EB) of the InternationalOlympic Committee (IOC)here Wednesday recom-mended that baseball,squash and wrestling beproposed to the 125th IOCsession for possible inclu-sion in the Olympicprogramme for the 2020Summer Games.

The EB selected thethree sports by secret bal-

Baseball, squash, wrestlingshortlisted for 2020 Olympics

lot from a shortlist of eightthat also included karate,roller sports, sport climb-ing, wakeboarding andwushu.

The vote followed a 30-minute presentations byeach international federa-tion and an extensiveevaluation by the OlympicProgramme Commissionto determine their poten-tial added value to theGames. The full IOC mem-bership will meet for the125th Session in BuenosAires, Argentina from Sept7-10 and will vote on whichof the three sports to addto the 2020 Olympicprogramme in addition tothe 25 core sports - plusgolf and rugby sevens -proposed by the EB inFebruary.

Both were added in2009 as additional sportsto the 2016 Olympicprogramme.

"The executive boardreceived excellent presen-tations today from eightinternational federations,"said IOC presidentJacques Rogge.

"It was never going tobe an easy decision but Ifeel my colleagues on theboard made a good deci-sion in selecting baseball/softball, squash and wres-tling to be put forward inBuenos Aires. I wish thethree shortlisted sports thebest of luck in the run-upto the vote in Septemberand would like to thank theother sports for their hardwork and dedication,"Rogge said.

Federer beats DevvarmanParis,

World No.3 Roger Federer of Switzerlandmade short work of India’s tennis star SomdevDevvarman defeating him 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 in the men’ssingles second round of Roland Garros hereWednesday. Playing on court Suzanne Lenglen,the second seed won in one hour and 22 minutesto extend his career head-to-head to 2-0 againstDevvarman, who delivered his best performanceon the red clay of Paris by reaching the secondround. The 17-time Grand Slam champion Federerproved too good for the World No.188 Devvarman,who got three chances to break his opponent inthe first two sets but failed each time. The Swisscompletely dominated the match, not even allow-ing Devvarman to take a single game off his serve.The last time the former champion beat the In-dian was in 2011 at Dubai. Federer will next playFrench 30th seed Julien Benneteau, who defeatedTobias Kamke of Germany 7-6(9), 7-5, 5-7, 0-6,6-4, in the third round.Copa Libertadores: Newell's eliminateBoca on penalties“

Rosario (Argentina), Newell's Old Boys eliminated 10-man Boca

Juniors from the Copa Libertadores football witha dramatic 10-9 penalty shootout victory in theirquarterfinal second leg. The result of the all-Ar-gentine duel at the Marcelo Bielsa stadium hereWednesday sets up a semifinal clash for Newell'sagainst the winners of the match between Tijuanaof Mexico and Colombia's Independiente SantaFe, reports Xinhua. Former Villarreal and Argen-tina midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme squanderedBoca's first spot-kick, followed by missed attemptsfrom Matias Caruzzo, Nahuel Zarate and JuanManuel Martinez. Marcos Caceres, MaximilianoUrruti and Horacio Orzan were off target forNewell's before former Liverpool winger MaxiRodriguez converted the winning penalty from histeam's 13th attempt. Boca defender ClementeRodriguez was sent off on the hour after a sec-ond yellow card for verbally abusing referee Ger-man Delfino.SRK discharged after surgery

Mumbai,Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh khan, who un-

derwent surgery on his right shoulder at Lilavatihospital here was discharged Wednesday evening.A source close to the family revealed: "The surgerywent off well and he is absolutely fine. Shah Rukhgot discharged at around 8.30 p.m. His wife Gauriwas with him." Shah Rukh underwent surgery onhis right shoulder Monday afternoon and his sonAryan flew down from London to be with his father.Sources close to SRK says that the surgery wasdue for quite some time. "Shah Rukh had injuredhimself during 'Ra.One', but later he got busy with'Chennai Express' and said that he will get the sur-gery done only after wrapping up the shooting for'Chennai Express," the source added.

WESTERN TIMES AHMEDABADFRIDAY, MAY 31, 2013

Santos begin life post-Neymar with defeat“

Rio de Janeiro, Santos suffered a 2-1 loss to Botafogo in

their first match since the departure of Neymarto Barcelona.

Rafael Marques and Fellype Gabriel struckin the space of seven minutes as Botafogo domi-nated the first half at the Raulino de Oliveira sta-dium here Wednesday, reports Xinhua.

Argentine midfielder Walter Montillo reducedthe deficit with a 71st-minute strike after a Santoscounterattack.

The 29-year-old then missed the chance toequalize when, after a one-two with Willian Jose,he shot wide with only keeper Renan to beat.

Botafogo were without former AC Milan andDutch star Clarence Seedorf who was a latewithdrawal with a virus.

In other matches Wednesday, Sao Paulocrushed Vasco da Gama 5-1, At let icoParanaense drew 2-2 with Cr uzeiro,Flamengo lost 2-0 at home to Ponte Preta,Bahia and Coritiba drew 0-0, Victoria won 3-0 away to Nautico while Goias drew 1-1 withCorinthians.

New Delhi, Rajasthan Royals

cricketer Ankeet Chavan,arrested in Indian PremierLeague spot fixing scandalWednesday moved a freshbail application before asessions court, to get mar-ried June 2.

Suspended cricketerChavan was denied reliefby a magisterial courtTuesday saying socialstigma cannot be a groundto give him the relief.

Chavan's bail plea willcome for hearing onThursday before Addi-tional Sessions JudgeVinay Kumar Khanna.

Lawyer for Chavan,who is in judicial custodytill June 4, Tuesday saidthat his marriage date wasclose and he needed toattend the ceremonies andif the wedding does nottake place it will causeharm to his reputation andthat of the prospectivebride.

The magisterial courtrejecting bail plea ofChavan had said: "The de-fence counsel has citedreason of social stigma tothe families of the brideand groom. Social senti-ments cannot be consid-ered as a valid groundwhile evaluating thegrounds of bail." "Keeping

Spot fixing: AnkeetChavan applies for bail

in view the gravity of of-fence and conspiracy withother co-accused persons,I do not find any ground toadmit accused either onregular or on interim bail.Both the applications areaccordingly dismissed,"the court had added.

The Senior PublicProsecutor Rajiv Mohanhad opposed the bail pleaof Chavan saying it asettled proposition of lawthat once a person is notentitled to regular bail ona specific ground, then hecannot even seek interimbail on similar ground.

He added that investi-gation is at initial stage andcrucial stage and everydaynew facts were being un-earthed by police and insuch a situation if the ac-cused is admitted to bail,there is every likelihood ofhis tampering with evi-dence or fleeing from jus-tice.

S. Sreesanth, Chavanand Ajit Chandila, whoplayed for Rajasthan Roy-als team in the IPL, werearrested in Mumbai byDelhi Police for their al-leged involvement in spotfixing in matches for pay-ments up to Rs.60 lakh forgiving away pre-deter-mined number of runs inan over.

ICC Champions Trophy 2013:Star Sports 2, Star Cricket gear upfor tournament

Ahmedabad,Leading sports channels STAR Sports 2 and

STAR Cricket are set to broadcast all the matchesof the ICC Champions Trophy live, starting in En-gland from June 6. While STAR Sports 2 will broad-cast the event in Hindi, STAR Cricket and STARCricket HD will showcase the tournament withEnglish commentary.

Live coverage will start from May 30 with thefirst warm-up match between Pakistan and SriLanka in Birmingham, and will continue till the fi-nal on June 23.

The channels will add telecast innovations likeUltraCam and StarCam 360 within the live programtaking cricket viewing to a whole new level.

Moreover, for the first time, STAR Cricket HDwill broadcast the ICC Champions Trophy withDolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound technology.

There will be a star-studded commentary panel-- Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev,Navjot Singh Sidhu, Sanjay Manjrekar, Arun Laland Akash Chopra (India); Nasser Hussain andMichael Atherton (England); Shane Warne andTom Moody (Australia); Michael Holding (WestIndies); Ramiz Raja and Wasim Akram (Pakistan);Russell Arnold (Sri Lanka); Pommie Mbangwa(Zimbabwe)and Simon Doull (New Zealand).

"The ICC Champions Trophy is a true test ofcricketing excellence with the top eight ODI teamsgoing head to head to be crowned -- Champions.There is no room for error as a defeat can cost ateam dearly. We will leave no stone unturned tomake this tournament an unprecedented viewingexperience and are working with the ICC to de-liver a world-class telecast for viewers worldwide,"Vijay Rajput, COO, ESPN Software, said.