Indian news round-up

The Joint Commissioner of Delhi Police KK Paul said on Sunday that the Delhi police would not send its representative to attend the King Commission hearings, currently probing the match fixing allegations in South Africa. The next hearing is slated for Tuesday.

Speaking to a Indian news agency in New Delhi, Paul said ``What will our officers do there? We have not taken any decision so far to send anyone to attend the Commission's proceeedings.'' He said that the Delhi police are awaiting the voice samples of Hansie Cronje. He said ``We have sent our request through the CBI to Interpol and we are hopeful of getting a positive response.''

The Delhi police had forwarded the request for the voice samples a week after it had registered a case of match fixing in April but are still to recieve them even after sending three reminders to the Interpol through the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The Griffith University International Institute of Sports, situated in Queensland in Australia, in an effort to impart mordern training methods, has invited budding Indian sportsmen and women in the fields of cricket, tennis and golf.

Former Australian captain and Institute director, Greg Chappell, said in Mumbai on Sunday that he intended to encourage aspiring sportsmen who have the desire to maximise their opportunities in their respective fields while working with an internationally renowned university.

Chappell said that working with experts like former Wimbledon champion Ashley Cooper, former Australian fast bowler Carl Rackemann and former golfer Ian Triggs would certainly bring out the best in the youngsters. He added that importance would be given to fitness, strength, nutrition, injury prevention and recovery, sports psychology and mental preparation.

AC Muthiah and Ashok Kumbhat on Sunday were re-elected as the President and the Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) for the seventh and sixth consecutive term respectively.

While Muthiah, who is also the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, was elected unopposed, Kumbhat defeated G Nandakumar by 110 votes to 73. SE Shankar Rao was elected joint secretary unopppsed while KC Sampath Kumar was nominated as the assistant secretary.

CR Vijayaraghavan retained the treasurer's post defeating R Chandrasekharan by 114 votes to 72. S Ganesan, KM Mammen, K Subramanian and N Venkataramani remained vice presidents. D Lakshminarayanaswami and N Srinivasan were nominated as vice presidents for the districts.

Indian middle order batsman Rahul Dravid's patient 49 could not save Kent from being defeated by Yorkshire by 24 runs in the one day match in the National League Division one at Headingley on Sunday.

Set to score 165 for a win, Kent lost opener David Fulton in the very first over for no score. This brought Dravid to the middle but Kent kept losing wickets at regular intervals. At 97 for six, Dravid fell leg before to Matthew Hoggard. Though Paul Nixon and Matthew Fleming then tried to resurect Kent's innings, Yorkshire's Craig White struck thrice in three balls to signal victory for his team.

Leg spinner Anil Kumble and Indian captain Sourav Ganguly were not seen in action after last week's National League Division One matches as their counties Leicestershire and Lancashire did not have any engagement.