League Notes: Players Want A Super 10 With South Africa In Reduced Role

Rugby Union Players Association CEO Greg Harris "has placed his New Zealand and South African counterparts on notice that RUPA intends pushing for Super Rugby to be reduced to a 10-team trans-Tasman competition in which South Africa would play only a peripheral role" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 4/4). ... To ensure that boxers and coaches remain affected by the Federation’s int'l termination and de-recognition at home, the Indian Olympic Association on Thursday "formed an ad-hoc Committee to handle issues related to coaching and selection in the beleaguered sport." The first Exec Council meeting of the IOA was held on Thursday, "after the lifting of suspension by the IOC," under the chairmanship of N. Ramachandran (PTI, 4/3).