Norway off-spinner Zeeshan Siddiqui and Vanuatu pace bowler Niko Unavalu have been reported with suspected illegal bowling actions during the ICC World Cricket League Division 6 match played between the teams in West Mersea, Essex on Tuesday.
The match officials’ reports, which have been handed over to the respective team management, cited concerns about the legality of both players’ bowling actions.
Siddiqui and Unavalu’s bowling actions will now be scrutinised further under the ICC process outlined in Article 3 of the ICC Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspected Illegal Bowling Actions (a copy of which can be found here).
An Expert Panel appointed under the ICC Regulations will review match footage of the bowling actions of both players. The panel will then determine if the bowling actions are legal or illegal. Until the results are known, both Siddiqui and Unavalu are permitted to continue bowling in international cricket.
Norway will next face Cayman Islands on Wednesday, while Vanuatu’s next game is scheduled for Thursday, opposition to be confirmed.
There was an air of celebration about the FEI Balkan Jumping Championships 2015 where Greece and Turkey were dominant and Bulgaria also got into the gold-medal-winner’s circle last weekend. Staged at Porto Carras in Halkidiki, Greece, the four-day fixture attracted a strong entry of athletes from seven nations who battled it out for team and individual titles in Senior, Young Rider, Junior and Children’s competition.
The flags of Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Madedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey flew high, and while Turkish and Greek athletes dominated, Romania took bronze in four of the eight Championship competitions, while Croatia claimed Junior team and individual silver.
TEAM CHILDREN GOLD from Left to right:(TEAM Silver Turkey) ER Sevval with Comptess,Asik Renk with Escenta,Buke Buse with Rienne Va Plus2, Celebioglu Melis with Wilande, (Center GOLD Medal Team Greece ) from left to right: Martini Paola with COBBYDOR, Popp Selini with SAIGON 32, Tsochas Ioanna-Maria with BRILLIANT GO , Danalis Anna-Sophia with CON TOP.(Right TEAM Bronze Bulgaria ) Atanasova Vanesa with Colorado, Angelova Anna with CHARIZMA I and Arifova Belmin with ZALINA H & Michova Geni with FINESSE. Photo Alexis Vassilopoulos
Seniors
At the 2014 Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, there was a significant swing away from the traditional dominance of the Greeks and Turks, but normal order was restored this time around and, once again, Turkey earned the Senior team title along with individual gold and silver.
The Senior action began with victory for the Greek partnership of Elina Dendrinou and Carett in the opening Speed event. But Turkey’s Yusuf Cem Kayacan was only 0.6 seconds behind when runner-up with Abner, and this pair would go on to top the individual podium.
The Turkish foursome of Oktay Sezek (SIEC Zappa), Hulki Karagulle (Skara Glen’s Cascador), Can Ince (SIEC Caro Ass) and Sencer Horasan (Duvkalle) pipped the Greek team that included Dendrinou, Monika Martini (Amadu), Anastasios Raisis (Hermes van de Pereboom) and Grigoris Voglis (Quelly Briquedalle). But the Turks were well behind when counting 12 faults at the end the first round, when Romania’s Ionel Bucur (Bangkok Girl), Razvan (Quickborn), Luca Ruxandariu (Bamboo) and Norbert Schuman (Belle de Jour) held the lead on a five-fault scoreline.
The Romanians lost their grip in round two however when adding 12 more to their tally while the Greeks matched their first-round result of eight faults to leave them on total of 16. It was three great second-round clears, from Sezek, Karagülle and Ince that clinched it for Turkey who added nothing to their first-round effort.
The veteran Karagülle is no stranger to success in these Championships. “I won individual gold in the Junior category back in 1979 in Athens when I was 16 years old, and I participated in many Balkan Championships since then and won several team and individual medals. I’m an amateur rider and I’m very happy to be able to still compete and win the Senior individual silver medal today. Porto Carras is an excellent place to organize a show, we all competed also in the CSI last week and enjoyed sun, sea and show jumping. Many thanks to the organisers, I hope to come back here again in the future” said the 52-year-old rider.
And he put the icing on the cake when lining up behind fellow-countryman Kayacan on the individual podium while Romania’s Ionel Bucur took the bronze. Newly-crowned individual champion, 22-year-old Kayacan, said, “this is my first time representing my country at senior level and it’s a great feeling to claim individual gold. It’s impossible not to be happy! Abner is such a fantastic horse – I’ve been riding him for three years now and he gives me one-hundred-percent every time we compete!”
Young Riders
Greece also got off to the perfect start in the Young Riders division when Anna-Maria Papageorgiou and LC Waikiki Akino pinned Talya Afyoneri and Wervelwind into second spot and another of the Turkish contingent, Ece Kitis with Cassitano, into third in the first individual qualifier. But the Turks had it all their own way once again in the team competition in which Greece took the silver and Romania the bronze.
And their victory was all the more creditable because Turkey fielded only three riders, Afyoneri and Kitis joined by Necdet Kaan Karagülle (Campari) to post a 16-fault score first time out, but producing a clear-cut win when adding only four more at their second attempt.
Papageorgiou teamed up with Antigoni Tsafara (Intrepid Leonardo), Iro Kaltsidou (Eagano VH Dingenshof) and Aikaterini Laskaridis (Charlotte) to clinch silver despite early elimination for Kaltsidou while Romania’s Stefan Leonte (Darius), Razvan Andrei Gheorghe (Sziszi), Claudiu Floristean (Wellcome) and Cristian Ceausescu (Teodor) filled the third step of the team medal podium.
The form held through to the closing stages when Afyoneri and Karagülle took individual gold and silver for Turkey ahead of bronze medallist Papageorgiu from Greece. It wasn’t the first Balkan individual title for 19-year-old Afyoneri, but it was a very special one. “Winning is a great feeling… I am so happy to be the Young Riders champion, both in team and individual! And also, being the champion for the second time after three years make me, my family and my trainer so proud! It is difficult to explain our feelings. I couldn’t do this without them and of course without my horse, Wervelwind. Being a part of this kind of an organisation is fantastic. Thanks to everyone who has shared all this with us”, she said.
Juniors
Bulgaria’s Izov Ventsislav and Exop threw down the gauntlet with a brilliant win in the opening Junior Speed event and never looked back. From a starting field of 33, the pair scorched home in 73.42 seconds to pin Georgios Velonis and Vivendi Colt and Nikolina Makarona and Arce de Triomphe from Greece into second and third places, and then came out to jump double-clear in the team competition before taking the individual Junior title.
A total of six nations lined out for the team event in which the Greeks took early control with a zero first-round score and clearly clinched gold when adding only four faults second time out. Ioli Mytilineou and Ascot jumped double-clear for the winning side, and with Makarona, Alexandros Kokkonis (Oscar de Semilly) and Konstantinos Evangelos Papathanassiou (Secret Prince) also producing one clear performance apiece it was a polished performance from the new champions.
Croatia’s Dunja Al Jamal (Gemilio LCS), Josip Gugic (Coeur de Croatie), Nina Madirazza (Calysta) and Laura Dragicevic (Aidora I Ritz) were just two fences adrift in silver medal spot however and finished well ahead of the bronze medallists from Romania whose score totalled 28. Daria Peev (Guitendra), Francesca Moldovan (Quinara), Alexandra Miladin Bradisteanu (Castaway) and Marco Alessandro Alfieri (Hermine) each played a vital role for the Romanian team during the competition and helped keep Turkey off the podium despite second-round clears for Sevim Defne (Zinedine D) and Serener Bagriacik (Website Ter Velden).
Another double-clear in the Junior Grand Prix left Bulgaria’s Izov in fifth place in the competition but with the individual Junior gold medal in his grasp, and it was Croatia’s Nina Madirzaa and Calysta who lined up in silver medal position here ahead of the Greek partnership of Grand Prix winners Nikolina Makarona and Arc de Triomphe who earned the bronze.
Children
In the Children’s category, Turkey’s Osman Ata Vanli won the opening Speed competition with Demi Dostara ahead of Romania’s Alexandru Ghita and Paula in second and Aikaterini-Ellas Lemonidi (Quetcha de Chenee) and Anna-Sophia Danalis (Con Top) in third and fourth for Greece. That early result would prove pivotal for Danalis who emerged to take the individual title four days later.
There were four nations in contention in the Children’s team competition, and the Greeks proved untouchable when posting a zero score in both rounds. Both Danalis and Selini Popp (Saigon) jumped double-clear, and when Ioanna-Maria Tsochas was foot-perfect first time out with Brilliant Go and Paola Martin and Cobbydor were likewise in the second round it was a done deal.
It took a third-round jump-off to decide silver and bronze here, and Turkey’s Sevval Er (Comtess), Renk Asik (Escenta), Buse Buke (Rienne va Plus) and Melis Celebioglu (Wilande) came off best in the two-team tussle when adding just eight more faults to their original 16-fault scoreline. Vanesa Atanasova (Colorado), Anna Angelova (Charizma), Belmin Arifova (Zalina H) and Geni Mihova (Finesse) stood on the third step of the podium for Bulgaria when obliged to add 16 more to their 16-fault tally.
And Greece took two of the three individual Children’s medals when Danalis emerged to take gold and Popp claimed the bronze while Turkey’s Osman Ata Vanli was Children’s individual silver medallist.
Children’s champion, Danalis, put the 2015 event into perspective. “This year’s Balkan Championships in Porto Carras were amazing for me. The Greek children’s team won the gold and I also won the individual gold. The Balkan Championships are a very nice opportunity for the countries in the Balkan region to get together and compete. The Championships really help those who want to practice for European competitions. It’s an amazing experience that will never be forgotten!” said the talented 14-year-old.
Results:
The newly-crowned Junior team gold medallists from Greece at the FEI Balkan Jumping Championships 2015 in Halkidiki, Sithonia, Greece last weekend. (L to R) Alexandros Kokkonis, Nikolina Makarona, Ioli Mytilineou and Konstantinos Papathanassiou. (FEI/Alexis Vassilopoulos)
FEI Balkan Senior Team Jumping Championship:
GOLD – Turkey 12 faults: SIEC Zappa WH (Oktay Sezek) 8/0, Skara Glen’s Cascador (Hulki Karagulle) 0/0, SIEC Caro Ass (Can Ince) 21/0, Duvkalle (Sencer Horasan) 4/4; SILVER – Greece 16 faults: Amadu (Monika Martini) 0/8. Hermes van de Pereboom) Anastasios Raisis) 8/8, Quelly Briquedalle (Grigoris Boglis) 4/0, Carett (Elina Dendrinou) 4/0; BRONZE – Romania 17 faults: Bangkok Girl (Ionel Bucur) 1/4, Quickborn (Razvan Bozan) 8/4, Bamboo (Luca Ruxandariu) 0/12, Belle De Jour (Norbert Schuman) 4/4.
FEI Balkan Senior Individual Jumping Championship:
GOLD – Abnar (Yusuf Cem Kayacan) TUR 0.03; SILVER – Skara Glen’s Cascador (Hulki Karagulle) TUR 4.57; BRONZE – Bangkok Girl (Ionel Bucur) ROU 9.26.
FEI Balkan Young Riders Team Jumping Championship:
Last week, the Nigeria Women Football League board issued a statement warning the Head Coach of Rivers Angels, Edwin Okon of what it termed as “unruly behavior” at match venue.
This was after the match commissioner, Alhaji Edris had stated in his report that the gaffer was insulting the match officials during a week 11 game involving Rivers Angels and Nasarawa Amazons in Lafia.
The Women League board, as issued a warning to Okon and all other members of the club to refrain from abusing match officials for the growth of the league.
But the former Super Falcons coach has defended self from the report Mr Edris gave to the board.
Edwin Okon in a chat with the club’s media officer, Jessica Amadi said the Match Commissioner was bias in his report.
“I want to say that the match commissioner is a biased man because if he is not biased, and if there’s no ill feelings, then there nothing wrong with a coach walking up to the match commissioner to complain about something he or she the coach did not like”
“The Centre Referee walked up to me and told me she’s in charge of the match and not the Assistant Ref 2, that she decides what happens and not the Assistant Ref 2, the Assistant Ref said it’s a goal kick, the Centre Referee said its a corner kick and they argued for over 20 seconds, it also happened that afterwards a player inside the six yard box used his hand to parry the ball and then cleared the ball from the 18 yard box and I complained the second time to the same match commissioner and he said is human error and I told him the Centre Referee do not want the growth of the game”
“And a Centre Referee that will tell the players to lie down, that after all they lose 2-0 to Rivers in Rivers state, that Rivers Angels will surely lose here in Nasarawa, i think that Centre Referee is not supposed to be a referee for any of the female leagues if it actually wants to grow” said Okon.
Okon however questioned why the same Match Commissioner has been the one commissioning their games with Nasarawa Amazons for the past 3 seasons of the NWFL.
“How come its that same match commissioner that has been commissioning our matches, (Rivers Angels versus Nasarawa) for three good seasons? Does it mean that there’s no other match commissioner? And he always worked against Rivers Angels, even in Osun same man worked against Rivers Angels so am not surprised that he wrote against the team because he has been working against Rivers Angels, I think at this level we’re not being unruly, we only tabled those things and if we shout, there’s something that makes one to shout, a child does not cry for nothing, before a child cries, there’s something that makes that child to cry” the gaffer said.
Rivers Angels Coach Edwin Okon
He further pleaded that match officials should be looked into by the authorities
“We’re saying that the authority should look into these officials that they send to match venues so that at the end of the day, we see the beautiful side of the game because where the Centre Referee, the match officials including the match Comm is being taken care of by the home team, they’ll do everything to make sure they deliver results to the home team” he added.
Meanwhile, Rivers Angels will be in action today in a rescheduled match day 12 game of the Nigeria Women Football League with Taraba Queens at the Liberation stadium.
The beach Volleyball competition at the 2015 All Africa Games gets underway in the new Kintele Stadium in Brazzaville, Congo on Wednesday with the participation of 18 men and 16 women teams.
The referees And officials
CAVB President Dr Amr Elwani headed the technical meeting of the competition on Tuesday in presence of the Control Committee, officials and team representatives where the participating teams were divided into 4 preliminary Pools in both genders.
The top 2 teams from each of the preliminary pools will qualify to the knockout stage of the competitio known to continue until September 15.
The competition Day 1 features 12 matches in the Men’s category and 7 in the women’s on Wednesday. Programme will start at 14:00 local time.
Men Pools composition:
Pool A: Congo Brazzaville- Sierra Leone- Mauritius- Benin- Burundi
Pool B: South Africa- Algeria- Rwanda- Senegal – Zimbabwe
Pool C: Angola- Nigeria- Mozambique- Gambia
Pool D: Ghana- Tunisia- Kenya- Congo RDC
Women Pools composition
Pool A: Congo Brazzaville- Rwanda- Niger – Zimbabwe
Pool B: Mauritius- Mozambique- Guinea- Benin
Pool C: South Africa- Algeria- Senegal- Uganda
Pool D: Kenya- Nigeria- Sierra Leone- Congo RDC
Russia struck quickly as finals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships began Tuesday night in Stuttgart (GER). Superstar Yana Kudryavtseva won the World title with the Ball for the second consecutive year, while teammate Margarita Mamun took gold with the Hoop.
Seventeen-year-old Kudryavtseva, the undisputed queen of Rhythmic Gymnastics for the past two years, continued the domination she showed at the 2013 and 2014 Worlds. In spite of a slight mishap on a catch with the Ball, the judges awarded the “Angel with Iron Wings” the highest note of the evening on either apparatus (19.025 points).
That score put her a hair over Mamun, 20, who had to settle for silver by a margin of only 0.025 (19.000). Veteran Melitina Staniouta (BLR) won bronze for the second year in a row (18.350).
Kudryavtseva, who has won the World All-around title at the past two World Championships, chose to sit out the Hoop competition this year to keep from aggravating a leg injury. That left the field open for her Russian teammates, Mamun and rising star Aleksandra Soldatova, 17.
With the highest scores in both difficulty and execution (18.950 points total), Mamun was the big winner in the Hoop final, pocketing her sixth World title and first with the Hoop.
Yana Kudryavtseva at Rhythmic Gymnastics Worlds
In her first-ever individual World final, Soldatova won the silver (18.650), a few tenths ahead of Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR), who won the World title with the Hoop in 2013 (18.583).
Russia ended the first day of finals with four medals, two gold and two silver.
The Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships continue Wednesday with the first day of qualifications with the Clubs and Ribbon. Finals for both apparatus will be held Thursday evening.
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