
Indian soccer team for SAFF Games
GUWAHATI: The All-India Football Federation AIFF announced a 20-member Indian team on Sunday for the SAFF Games beginning at Goa from April 22.
Team
Goalkeeper: Virender Singh, Prashanta Dora, Kalyan Choubey. Defenders: Pravjyot Singh, Robert Fernandes, Jo Paul Ancheri, Deepak Mandal, Daljit Singh and Reazul Mustafa. Midfielders: Ranjan Dey, Julius Alberto, Carlton Chapman, S Venkatesh, Rampal and Basudeb Mandal. Forwards: Bruno Coutinho, Baichung Bhutia, IM Vijayan, Hardip Gill and Sabir Pasha.
Blighty bound
BANGALORE: Karnataka8217;s prolific opener J Arun Kumar will play for the National Physical Laboratories Cricket Club in the Middlesex league this summer in England. Disclosing this to newsmen, television personality Charu Sharma and former Karnataka cricketer Carlton Saldanha said their firm, Pro-sport Network, will help leading cricket players from the state take up club assignments in England.