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Ministry’s nod for squash players’ training

NEW DELHI: In its continuing exercise of finalising long-term training plans for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the Union Sports Ministry has decided to provide support to 30 squash players.

The plan will include exposure to select players in international tournaments abroad. The ministry has so far approved 26 players, after consultations with the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI).

In an official release on Monday, the ministry stated that it had also approved one foreign and four Indian coaches for the preparations of the Indian teams. Malaysian Subramaniam Singaraveloo will be the foreign coach.

The SRFI informed the Steering Committee constituted by the Government that the ICL Academy in Chennai had been identified as the centre for imparting training to the core group of squash players. The SRFI had been told to prepare the annual calendar of training and competitions in consultations with the SAI.

In Chennai, the Secretary-General of the Squash Rackets Federation of India, N. Ramachandran has said that “any government funding is more than welcome.” However, he said the SRFI has appealed to the Sports Ministry to reconsider the plan to provide ‘75 days of international training’ for the selected players because this was not sufficient. “We have sought that this should be increased to 180 days and the Ministry has agreed to look into this case,” he said.

The probables: Men: Ritwik Bhattacharya, Sidharth Suchde, Saurav Ghosal, Gaurav Nadrajog, Harinder Pal Singh, Naresh Kumar, Parth Sharma, Vikram Malhotra, Sandeep Jangra, Vikas Jangra, Aditya Jagtap, Ravi Dixit, Ramit Tandon and Karan Malik.

Women: Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Anwesh Reddy, Surbhi Mishra, Anana Alankamony, Harita Om Prakash, Dheeya Somaiya, Saumya Karki, Ankita Sharma, Shria Khatri, Sachika Balvani and Aparajitha Balamurukan.

Coaches: Cyrus Poncha (National Coach), B. Balamurugam, Hari Om Tripathi and Gautam Das. — Special Correspondent

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