Selectors to watch Kambli, Agarkar

MUMBAI: The National cricket selectors, headed by Ajit Wadekar, are to watch Mumbai stars Ajit Agarkar and Vinod Kambli in special net se...

MUMBAI: The National cricket selectors, headed by Ajit Wadekar, are to watch Mumbai stars Ajit Agarkar and Vinod Kambli in special net session here on February 27 morning before pruning the World Cup probables list to 19 in the afternoon.“The selectors have decided to watch them in action before the meeting and (the Board-appointed) Dr Anant Joshi may be in attendance,” Indian cricket control board executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar said.Bovelander tipsNEW DELHI: Having discovered it’s weakness in penalty corner conversions during the ongoing nine-match hockey series against Pakistan, the Indian hockey team will undergo training from Dutch penalty corner specialist, Florence Bovelander, later this year.Indian coach V Baskaran said IHF officials have already spoken to Bovelander and an arrangement was being made for a stint with him when the team travels to Germany in June this year for a Test series.

Indians falter

MUMBAI: India had yet another bad day when International Masters Abhijit Kunteand Neelotpal Das suffered defeats in the fifth round of the fourth United Insurance Grandmasters Chess Tournament at Dhaka on Wednesday.Kunte was outplayed by Polish GM A Wojtkiewicz while Das lost to Bangladeshi GM Niaz Murshed. With these defeats, Kunte (2) and Neelotpal (0.5) stay at the bottom of the table, according to information received here.

Vintage car rally

MUMBAI: Over 100 cars are expected to participate in the Eighth Castrol-Vintage and Classic Club of India’s fiesta this Sunday.The annual event will try out a different route this year. The rally will be flagged off from near Assembly Hall, Nariman Point and will proceed to Juhu and back — a total distance of 60 kilometres.A surprisingly large number of motorbikes — 25 already — have entered the rally, along with five newly restored cars. There are also special prizes for outstation cars.

Double coaching

NEW DELHI: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi spent a couple of hours with children at the DTA Complex handing out tipsand even hitting with each one of them for a few minutes. Yet, all these were not enough to wipe away the disappointment of losing the Davis Cup tie against South Korea, last week. “Losing to an Asian country hurts more because we have been far ahead of the others,” Paes said.Jyoti in formNOIDA: Hero Honda Master winner Jyoti Randhawa issued a strong warning to his fellow golfers with a scintillating display of two under-70 which took his team to the Pro-Am title at the Sir Padampat Singhania Open golf championship. ENS &Agencies

Trump vows to keep ‘massive’ tariffs on India until Russian oil imports cease

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President Trump spoke with Prime Minister Modi about India's continued purchases of Russian oil, warning that if they don't stop, tariffs on Indian goods will remain high. However, India denies any conversation took place and defends its energy policy. While the US claims India has halved its Russian oil purchases, Indian sources say there has been no immediate reduction.

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