Indian Karate team selected for SAF Games

Chennai: A nine-member team will represent India in the Karate event to be held from February 6-8 in the ongoing 11th South Asian Games in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The team, comprising of five men and four women players, was selected in a meeting of All India Karate Do Federation (AIKF) here today. Iranian coach Razid Nia, who is also the national Karate coach of Macau, has trained the Indian team for the event from January 12 to 20 at the Jawaharlal Football Stadium here. The team is being lead by AIKF General Secretary Bharat Sharma as the manager and Altaf Alam, Treasurer AIKF as coach. Team: (Men): Vikash Sharma, Paritosh Sharma (67 kgs), Sewabrat Deuri (60 kgs), Anand Mane (55 kgs), Vicky Kumar (75 kgs). Women: Revathi G (61 kgs), Valena Valentina (45 kgs), Shaba Khan (51 kgs), Sandhya Chandraker. PTI