Ebrahim hurt in car crash

CHENNAI: Akbar Ebrahim, the former Formula Asia racing driver, suffered injuries in a car accident in the early hours of Friday.

Ebrahim, a former member of the Tamil Nadu Ranji Trophy cricket team, has been admitted to the Apollo Hospital and is kept under observation in the Intensive Care Unit ICU. He suffered “dislocation of the hip bone” apart from fractured ribs.

NZ down India

MUMBAI: India lost 1-2 to New Zealand to finish 18th overall in the World Junior Girls’ Team Squash Championship at Antwerp. The Kiwis finished ahead of India 17th when Jacelyn Hawkes rallied from a game down to beat Vaidehi Reddy 5-9, 9-7, 9-1, 9-2 to win the crucial third tie after both the countries had split a tie each.

Catherine McLeod crushed Pia Abraham 10-9, 9-1, 9-3 while Deepali Anvekar beat Jennifer Gearing 9-7, 9-2, 9-6.

AIFF probables

CALCUTTA: The All India Football Federation AIFF named 31 probables for the South Asian Federation SAF Games inKathmandu from September 25-October 4.

Probables: Prasanta Dora, Basudeb Mondal, Ranjan Dey, Debjit Ghosh, Falguni Dutta, Lolendra Singh, Anit Ghosh, Renedy Singh, James Singh, Bijen Singh, Dipendu Biswas, Sheik Sanjeeb all IFA, K Dhanesh, IM Vijayan, Dinesh Nair, Mahesh Gawli, Suresh M, AS Feroze, Noel Wilson all Kerala, Bruno Coutinho, Robert Fernandes, S Venkatesh, Roque Barreto, Alvito D’Cunha all Goa, Probhjot Singh, Deepak Mondal, Hardeep Sangha, Surjit Singh all Punjab, Virender Singh, Mohammed Najib, Kalyan Choubey all WIFA. Chief coach: Sukhwinder Singh. Asst coach: M Sreedharan. Goalkeeping coach: Brahmanand.

Kirtanes lose

PUNE: Nitin and Sandeep Kirtane exited from the second leg of the Egypt Futures tennis tournament this week, knocked out in the doubles first round by the Egyptian pair of Ghoneim and Karim 6-3, 6-4, according to reports reaching here.

ENS and Agencies