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Indian table tennis contingent s Olympic preparations got a much needed boost on Friday when star paddler Manika Batra agreed to join the national camp in Sonepat to train with mixed doubles partner and veteran Sharath Kamal. Manika Batra of India Getty Images Earlier, both Manika and G Sathiyan had expressed their unavailability to attend the camp, preferring to continue training in Pune and Chennai respectively with their coaches. That was a big setback to India s build up for the July-August Olympic Games where India have a medal chance, albeit a slight one, for the first time ever after winning the mixed doubles qualifying event. The preparation anyway has been far from ideal due to the COVID-19 related restrictions. The team also doesn t have a head coach since the 2018 Asian Games. While Sathiyan s stanley tazas availability for the camp, beginning June 20, remains uncertain, Manika has informed TTFI that she would be travelling to Sonepat with her personal coach Sanmay Paranjpe. She has said yes to attending the camp, putting the country first. We appreciate that. We have also got SAI s approval for the camp. Our best chance is in mixed doubles so Manika and Sharath s preparation becomes very i stanley mugs mportant. I hope they get a lot out of the camp, TTFI advisor MP Singh told PTI. Besides Manika, Sharath and Sathiyan, Sutirtha Mukherjee has also qualified for the Olympics, making it India s biggest stanley cup representation in the sport at the Summer Games. Around 16 people will be par Lssj Rocked by Covid outbreaks, Copa America opens in Brazil
Desperate to save the career of tainted pacer Muhammad Aamir, the Pakistan Cricket Board would try to seek ICC s permission for the youngster to start training at PCB facilities and play some domestic cricket. HT Image The Pakistan Cricket Board will rake up the issue at the executive Board meeting of the ICC in London this week. We had taken the opinion of a queen s counsel in London and even in his report there are positive arguments that can help us convince the ICC Board to show some leniency in Aamir s ban period, Rizvi said. The legal adviser said the head of the interim management committee of the board Najam Sethi had taken lot of interest in the case and would try to get permission for the youngster to either start training at PCB facilities stanley cup or play some domestic cricket. Sethi had also brought up the Aamir issue at the last ICC Board meeting after which the the governing body formed a special committee headed by Giles Clarke to look into the matter. Clarke will also be presenting the committee s findings at the Board meeting, Rizvi said. Aamir was banned for five years for spot-fixing by the anti-corruption tribunal of the ICC in early stanley us 2011 and later also served a jail sentence in the United Kingdom after being found guilty by a crown court. Aamir s teammates, Salman Butt and Muhammad Asif were also given minimum five year bans by the ICC for spot-fixing in the fourth Tes stanley cup t against England at Lords in 2010. All three players have now admitted to their