1. Jagan Wins Sixth Title in a Row at National Motorcycle Racing.
TVS Racing`s mascot Jagan Kumar notched his sixth straight title in the premier Super Sport Indian (165cc) class on a rain-affected day to bring down the curtain on the MRF MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Racing Championship, on Sunday.
Massive downpour in the early hours disrupted the proceedings here but a herculean effort by officials got the club circuit (short loop, 2.1 Kms) ready for racing with the full circuit (3.7 Kms) not available due to water-logging.
Thus, three of the seven races were cancelled since the championships in those categories were already decided.
Going into Sunday`s race, Jagan enjoyed a six-point lead over Honda Ten10 Racing`s Rajiv Sethu, but the expected challenge did not materialize as the latter crashed at Turn-2 in the very first lap.
Thereafter, Jagan was on a cruise mode and seemed content to finish second behind Sethu`s team-mate Mathana Kumar who eased past in the last lap. Harry Sylvester (TVS Racing) came in third.
It was a splendid comeback by Jagan who, at one point in the season, trailed Sethu by 33 points but three back-to-back wins, including one yesterday, put the TVS Racing rider`s campaign back on track as he clinched the title in this class, previously known as "Group B", for the sixth year in a row by a comfortable 24-point margin.
Aravind Balakrishnan (Honda Ten10 Racing) took the title in the Pro-Stock class though he finished a distant eighth in the race won by his team-mate Anish Shetty. Balakrishnan thus finished with 138 points, 13 ahead of Aravind Ganesh (Moto- Rev).
The National champions: Jagan Kumar (TVS Racing , Super Sport Indian 165cc), Aravind Balakrishnan (Honda Ten10 Racing, Pro-Stock), Amarnath Menon (Gusto Racing, Super Sport Indian 300-400cc), Sai Rahil Pillarishetty (Sparks Racing, Novice 165cc), Aishwarya Pissay (Apex Racing, Girls 165cc).
Team championship: Gusto Racing (Super Sport Indian 300- 400cc); TVS Racing (Super Sport Indian 165cc); Honda Ten10 Racing (Pro-Stock); Sparks Racing (Novice, 165cc); Apex Racing (Girls, 165cc).
MMSC One-Make Championship winners: Rajiv Sethu (Honda CBR 250), Satyanarayana Raju (Sparks Racing, Honda CBR 150), S Sivanesan (TVS Apache RTR 200 Open), Anup Kumar (TVS Novice) and Nitish Kumar (Yamaha R15 Novice).
2. FIFA launched Hindi Twitter account for U-17 Word Cup.
The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has launched a new Hindi Twitter account– the first global sports federation to do so—for the U-17 World Cup, which begins here tomorrow.
The U-17 World Cup, the first-ever FIFA event to be hosted by India, launched the Twitter account -- @FIFAHindi to cater for football fans in the most widely spoken language in the host country: Hindi.
The account will keep fans updated on the progress of the 52-match tournament, taking them on a journey across all six venues, as 24 teams compete for one trophy.
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The account will also inform fans about important information related to their fan journey, and will re-tweet the best fan tweets, as #FootballTakesOver in India.
Aneesh Madani, Head of Sports Partnerships, Asia Pacific, Twitter, said, “Football has a special place on Twitter with a strong community and constantly growing conversations. With the launch of this new Hindi Twitter account, FIFA is transcending the barriers of language and enabling even more access as the first ever FIFA event in the country kicks off.”
India are grouped alongside USA, Colombia and Ghana in Group A.The Indian Colts will face USA tomorrow, before locking horns with Colombia and Ghana on October 9 and October 12 respectively at New Delhi`s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.