Two Indian teams on topSHARJAH: Two Indian teams, topped the Swiss League in the Sharjah Bridge Festival here today. The India-UAE combination of Majid (UAE), Finton, Subir and Terence Rego (Finto and Terence are now expats in UAE but Subir is from India) scored 168 VPs to earn the right to pick their first opponents for the round-robin.
Rego -- represented by Vishwanathan, Krishnan, Iyengar, Shyam Sunder, JM Shah and Derek Rego scored 167 VPs in nine rounds and got pipped to second place. In third position on 157 VPs are unfancied Muscat -- Gautham, represented by Pandey, into fourth position on 153 VPs. Other players in the team are Olavo D'Souza, Ian Concessio (from India), Basheer Taqi.
Bairstow's death was cry for help
LONDON: Depressed former England cricketer David Bairstow hanged himself in a tragic cry for help, an inquest was told on Friday. The former Yorkshire wicketkeeper and captain was last month found hanging in his Yorkshire home by his wife, who isafflicted with cancer and two young children days after he saw a psychiatrist for depression.
Recording an open verdict, the coroner said Bairstow's psychiatrist believed the cricketer was hopeful his problems could be sorted out. The inquest heard that Bairstow, 46, had tried to take an overdose of tablets before Christmas because he was depressed over a series of personal traumas.
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