School cricket semifinals today

Sports reporter
GUWAHATI, April 10 – The semifinal matches of the Dinendra Nath Gohain and Dharmendra Sarma Memorial Inter School Cricket Tournament will be played tomorrow at the Dispur playground.

In the first match Delhi Public School will play against Srimanta Sankar Academy while in the second encounter Don Bosco will lock horns against Fairyland School.

India face arch-rival Pakistan in do-or-die tie

IPOH (MALAYSIA), April 10 (PTI:) With nothing less than a win required to make the final, India will have to guard against late defensive lapses when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their do-or-die league encounter of the Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament here tomorrow.

India has conceded late equalisers in two of the three matches they have played so far in the tournament and Sandeep Singh’s men, who were runners-up here last year, cannot afford such a lapse tomorrow against Pakistan.

No elected federation, no World Cup in India: FIH

New Delhi, Apr 9 (PTI) The International Hockey Federation (FIH) today threatened to shift next year's World Cup out of India unless the ad-hoc committee, running the sport in the country, puts in place a democratically elected federation within six months.

An FIH delegation, led by President Leandro Negre, is presently on a three-day visit to India to take stock of preparations for the 2010 World Cup to be held here from March 7 to 20.

Although the FIH President has expressed satisfaction over security issues and construction work of the stadiums, he warned that it won't be possible to host the mega event in India without a unified body -- Hockey India -- consisting of both the men's and women's federations under one roof.

He said that the FIH has prepared a plan 'B' in case officials running Indian hockey -- the IOA-appointed ad-hoc committee -- fail to abide by their recommendations.

In that scenario, the mega event might be shifted to Malaysia as they have already expressed desire to host it.

"The FIH is determined to host the World Cup in India. Our goal is to have the best World Cup in Delhi, but the event can't be held without a federation.

"India need a unified body to run hockey before the World Cup. It is essential. But we have received promise from the IOA that within six months everything will be set up," Negre told reporters here.
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Woods calms his nerves, Jeev tied 28th after Rd1 in Augusta

Augusta (Georgia), Apr 10 (PTI) Playing partner Tiger Woods' comforting words calmed his nerves as Jeev Milkha Singh regained his composure to card a one-under 71 for a share of the 28th spot after the opening round of the Masters golf tournament here.

With large crowds following his group, Jeev conceded he was nervous playing with 14-time major winner Woods and Stewart Cink before a little help from the iconic American and Jeev's own solid play helped him settle down.

"It was tough when I was starting out and you're a little nervous. But after that it was fine. Tiger was very nice and made me comfortable," Jeev said.

"I'll try to better the score tomorrow and see what comes my way," said the Indian.

Jeev began on a strong note, with a flawless front nine where he birdied the sixth hole from five feet.

Things went little haywire on his way back but to his credit, Jeev never let things go beyond his control.

His back nine journey began and ended in similar fashion, with a bogey, and he found the greenside trap on the 10th hole.

A glorious three-iron approach set him up for eagle on the par five 13th hole but he failed to build on the momentum, dropping a shot at the next despite having only a nine iron in hand from the middle of the fairway. PTI