King caught with ammo Boxing promoter Don King was stopped by security at the Clevelands Hopkins International Airport for having ammunition in his carry-on luggage. A Hopkins Airport spokeswoman said the 79-year-old King was stopped by members of the Transportation Safety Administration on Sunday night. She said King had ammunition for .38-caliber and .357 caliber firearms in his bag. Bindra in ISSF panel Beijing Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra has been included in the Athletes Committee of the International Shooting Sport Federation. Bindra was nominated by the Nation Rifle Association of India with the aim to make contribution towards the development of the sport. The former world champion was chosen by shooters from across the world during elections held alongwith the World Championships at Munich earlier this year. India thrash Bhutan 18-0 Sasmita Mallick scored seven goals as India mauled minnows Bhutan 18-0 in their opening match of the inaugural SAFF Womens Football Championship at Coxs Bazar in Bangladesh. Bala Devi scored five goals and Tababi Devi found the target four times while Pinky and Amoolya registered their name on the scoresheet once each to give India a perfect start to their campaign. India led 10-0 at the half time. Call for winter WC in 2022 Prince Ali of Jordan has called on FIFA to switch the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar from summer to winter and allow neighbouring Arab nations Bahrain,the UAE and possibly Saudi Arabia to host games. Concerns have been expressed about the ability of tiny Qatar to host the World Cup,particularly during summer when temperatures can reach upto 50 degrees Celsius. Ali said he supported calls to move the 2022 tournament to January. Senior wins Australia PGA Australias Peter Senior won the rain-delayed Australian PGA,beating Geoff Ogilvy with a par on the second hole of a playoff to become the oldest player to win a major professional tournament in Australia. The 51-year-old Senior,a regular on the Champions Tour,made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 1-under 71 to match Ogilvy at 12-under 276. Ogilvy finished with a 66. Railways outclass Andhra Holders Railways swamped Andhra Pradesh 3-0 in a Group A match of the Velammal Silver Jubilee 59th senior national womens volleyball championship in Chennai. Playing their first match of the tournament,Railways women,comprising the cream of India team players,expectedly dominated the proceedings yielding little to their rivals in scripting a 25-15,25-11,25-22 win. Tarapore hits out at YAI Veteran sailor and member of the silver-winning racing team at the Asian Games Farokh Tarapore has slammed the Yachting Association of India for not having a proper coach. The coach the YAI appointed for the match racing team,David Atkinson,was a level three coach,below national rank in UK. Thank God,he did not accompany the team as a bad coach could have spoiled our chances, said Tarapore. China coach suspended Chinas basketball coach and three players were suspended on Monday after mass brawls marred a friendly match against Brazil in October. Basketballs governing body (FIBA) banned coach Bob Donewald Jr. for three matches and fined him 40,000 Swiss francs after the American stayed on the bench instead of leaving the arena after receiving two technical fouls. FIBA also banned Zhu Fangyu for two matches and Sun Yue and Zhang Bo for one each. The Chinese Basketball Association was fined 20,000 Swiss francs. Springboks test positive The B samples of Bjorn Basson and Chiliboy Ralepelle confirm that the Springbok players took a banned stimulant during the world champions tour of Britain and will now face a South African Rugby Union tribunal. Basson and Ralepelle failed random doping tests for methylhexaneamine after South Africas victory over Ireland on November 6 and were sent home from the tour.
