CHENNAI: India's Narain Karthikeyan finished 13th in the Marlboro Masters Racing Championship at Zandvoort Circuit in Holland, according to information received here.

Narain, who was 16th on the grid, had a good start in his Kingfisher Tata Mobil Dallara, taking three cars before the first bend, a notorious `Tarzan' hair pin curve, and had moved to the 12th by the third lap. Here, an incident with South African driver Toby Scheckter hit Narain's car in the rear, sending him off the circuit. This effectively finished any chance of him getting into the top six.

But rejoining the track in the 15th place, he came 13th while Scheckter went on to finish eighth overall. The event was won by a Briton Marc Hynes.

Hockey team

NEW DELHI: Pritam Rani Siwach will lead a 16-member Indian women's team to an Asia Cup preparation tour of New Zealand from August 20 to 30.

Indian women will play practise-cum-Test matches against their counterparts in preparation for thefourth Asia cup to be held in Delhi from December 1-10, Indian Women's Hockey Federation (IWHF) said in a release.

Team: Pritam Rani Siwach (captain), Tingongleima Chanu, Helen Mary, Mary Stella Tirkey, Sandeep Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Sunita Dalal, Suraj Lata Devi, Sita Gussain, Sumrai Tete, Shaina Kispotta, Kiran Bala, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, Manjinder Kaur, Fordina Ekka, Pakpi Devi. Chief coach: G S Bhangu. Manager: Rupa Saini.

Kapil Dev dazzles

GURGAON: Kapil Dev fired a two-under par 142 over two days earning 74 points under the Stableford format -- to win the best cricketing golfer award at the Ambassadors' Cup Golf Tournament. Zimbabwean Craig Evans (67) and New Zealand's Deepak Patel (65) took the second and third prizes respectively in the inaugural event at the Classic Golf Course on Sunday.

In the team event on Day Two, Kapil and Shruti Khanna won the trophy with an aggregate score of 77.

AAFI tentative list

BANGALORE: A tentative list comprising 14 athletes to represent India inthe World Athletic Championships at Seville, Spain, was released by the Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI).

Team: Men: Shakti Singh (shot put), P Ramachandran, Jata Shankar, Prabhjot Singh, Paramjit Singh, P H Abdulla and Lijo David (4x400m relay). Women: Sunita Rani (1500m), Neelam J Singh (discus throw), Jincy Philip, M K Asha, Rosa Kutty, K M Beenamol and Manjima Kuraikose (4x400m relay), Gurmeet Kaur (javelin).

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