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Bindra to start chain of schools
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ASIANAGE on 23 September, 2008 05:09:25
 
Chandigarh, Sept. 23: India’s only Olympic individual gold medallist Abhinav
Bindra announced setting up of a country-wide chain of 500 public schools to
provide quality education and sports training to young generation of the
country.
Bindra said here on Tuesday it was the perfect time to embark upon such an
ambitious project.
The schools will be christened "Abhinav Bindra Ace Public Schools (ABAPS)",
Abhinav said, adding he would personally oversee the performance of each school
on a regular basis.
He said his aim was to provide quality education and sports training under the
banner of ABAPS with at least one branch of the school in each district of every
state in the country.
The motto of the school will be "Fortes Fortuna Juvat" (Fortune Favours the
Brave). "The schools will be opened on franchise ba-sis. They will be co-ed
English medium, will be residential public schools affiliated with the CBSE,
Delhi," he said. — PTI
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Shoaib may play Twenty20
Karachi, Sept. 23: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday said
controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, if fit, would play in the national
Twenty20 championship starting from October 4.
The PCB had initially said Akhtar would not be eligible to play for Pakistan or
in Pakistan if he did not pay the fine of seven million rupees, imposed on
di-sciplinary grounds. "The court will decide on the leg-ality of this issue and
we will accept that when the decision comes. But for now, we see no harm in
Sh-oaib playing domestic cri-cket," a board official said.
"If the court says he has to pay the fine first to be eligible to play for
Pakistan or in Pakistan then we will not consider him until he does that," the
official added.
The Lahore High court on Monday directed Akhtar to appear before it on October
3 on an application filed by the PCB asking the court to give a clear cut
directive whether the fast bowler should be allowed to play without first paying
the fine. — PTI