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Agarkar, Srinath put India in final SHARJAH, Nov 9 — Pacemen Ajit Agarkar and Javagal Srinath combined superbly to wreck the formidable Sri Lankan batting as India fashioned a thrilling 81-run win to storm into the final of the Coca Cola Cup Triangular Cricket Tournament at the Sharjah Stadium here tonight. Windies tour of South Africa still in balance LONDON, Nov 9 — The fate of the West Indies’ tour of South Africa due to start this week hung in the balance yesterday after negotiations between officials and players over pay and conditions failed to produce an agreement. |
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Agarkar, Srinath put India in final SHARJAH, Nov 9 (PTI) — Pacemen Ajit Agarkar and Javagal Srinath combined superbly to wreck the formidable Sri Lankan batting as India fashioned a thrilling 81-run win to storm into the final of the Coca Cola Cup Triangular Cricket Tournament at the Sharjah Stadium here tonight. The 20-year-old Agarkar and Srinath did a sensational job as India faced a tough defence on being skittled out for 179 in 49.5 overs and ran through the Sri Lankan top order to bundle them out for a paltry 98 in 39 overs. India posted their third straight victory to seal a berth for the November 13 final with a match against Zimbabwe left while Sri Lanka, after losing their third straight match, have to beat Zimbabwe and overhaul their net run rate tomorrow to stay in the reckoning. Agarkar, adjudged 'man of the match', yet again revealed his class by removing opener Avisha Gunawardene in his first over and then sending back Marvan Atapattu and Roshan Mahanama off successive balls to reduce Sri Lanka to a miserable 20 for four in the eighth over and return figures of 8-1-35-3. Srinath (8-1-20-2), who prised out the explosive Sanath Jayasuriya in the first over to begin the slide, was equally charged up as the two fired 16 overs in tandem and saw Sri Lanka totter at 50 for six in the 15th over. He claimed his 200th one-day victim when he dismissed skipper Arjuna Ranatunga to dent all Sri Lankan hopes, though Aravinda De Silva grimly held on to top score with 29. Srinath, in his 147th match, became the third Indian bowler to achieve the feat behind Kapil Dev (253 wickets in in 225 matches) and Anil Kumble (207-152). Earlier, reckless batting in the wake of tight bowling by Sri Lanka saw India bowled out for a poor 179 with a ball to spare. Barring Ajay Jadeja, who came up with a patient 64 which gave the Indian total some respectability, none of the other batsmen could apply themselves on a slow turf as off-spinner Kumara Dharmasena (3/31) and speedster Pramodya Wickremasinghe (2/27) led an inspired bowling for the World Cup champions facing a do-or-die situation after two straight losses. Jadeja, who came when India were two wickets down for just 18 runs, batted resolutely and in association with skipper Mohammed Azharuddin (26) helped India recover from a precarious 36 for four wickets. Jadeja, who hit a four and a huge six in his 117-ball knock, was the saving grace for the Indian batting line-up which never recovered from the shock of losing opener Saurav Ganguly (0) off the first ball of the second over. Last night’s centurion Sachin Tendulkar (18 - 28 b, 2 x 4) also failed to stay and with Nayan Mongia (1) and Robin Singh (3) failing India were in a sorry state before the revival by Jadeja and Azhar. The duo added 52 runs for the fifth wicket, mainly through singles, and looked set to resurrect the Indian innings when Azharuddin, who been consistent in the tournament so far, was out after which India kept losing wickets at regular intervals to be all out for 179. Azharuddin, who faced 46 balls for his 26 runs which had no boundaries, was caught superbly by Marvan Atapattu at the long-on boundary off off spinner Thilan Samaraveera. Jadeja added another 30 runs with Nikhil Chopra (15) for the sixth wicket before the off-spinner was caught brilliantly by Mahanama, who made amends for spilling a simple catch earlier off Kumara Dharmasena. The Indian hopes were on Ajit Agarkar, hero of India’s three-wicket win over Lanka in the opening match of the tournament, but he was caught and bowled by Dharmasena for six. Jadeja added another 29 runs with Javagal Srinath (15) for the eighth wicket before both of them fell in quick succession and Anil Kumble (12) chanced his arm a bit before the innings ended with a ball left. The Lankans, who took to the field knowing they had to win today to keep themselves in the reckoning threw themselves at everything on the field. Ganguly was run out on the first ball of the second over when Atapattu threw down the wickets at the non-striker’s end with a superb throw. They would have soon been two wickets down had Mahanama not dropped a sharp catch of Tendulkar. But the batting maestro did not thrive and was caught by Atapattu at mid-off off Wickremasinghe when he tried to go after the speedster, who had him in all sorts of trouble with his fine line which backed by slick fielding. Scoreboard: India: Tendulkar c Atapattu b Wickremasinghe 18 Ganguly run out 0 Mongia c Atapattu b Wickremasinghe 1 Jadeja run out 64 Singh c Kaluwitharana b Dharmasena 3 Azharuddin c Atapattu b Samarasena 26 Chopra c Mahanama b Dharmasena 15 Agarkar c and b Dharmasena 6 Srinath b Vaas 15 Joshi not out 3 Kumble run out 12 Extras (lb-4, w-10, nb-2): 16 Total (all out in 49.5 overs): 179 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-18, 3-29, 4-36, 5-88, 6-118, 7-134, 9-164. Bowling: Chaminda Vaas 10-1-37-1, Wickremasinghe 8.5-1-27-2, Dharmasena 9-0-31-3, Samaraweera 10-0-35-1, Jayasuriya 10-0-34-0, De Silva 2-0-11-0. Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya b Srinath 0 Gunawardene lbw b Agarkar 0 Atapattu b Agarkar 10 A De Silva c Mongia b Joshi 29 Mahanama lbw b Agarkar 0 Ranatunga c Robin b Srinath 9 Kaluwitharana run out 0 Samaraveera c Srinath b Joshi 16 Dharmasena not out 13 Chaminda Vaas b Joshi 4 Wickremasinghe b Kumble 3 Extras (b-4, lb-2, w-2, nb-6) 14 Total (all out in 39 overs) 98 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2, 3-21, 4-21, 5-47, 6-47, 7-66, 8-79, 9-89. Bowling: Javagal Srinath 8-1-20-2, Ajit Agarkar 8-1-35-3, Sunil Joshi 10-1-17-3, Anil Kumble 9-3-11-1, Nikhil Chopra 4-1-9-0.
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Steffi wins title in Leipzig LEIPZIG, Nov 9 (Reuters) — Steffi Graf crowned a triumphant comeback in the Leipzig open by beating Nathalie Tauziat in straight sets in yesterday’s final to win the tournament for the fifth time. Graf, playing her first event since an operation on her right wrist which put her out of action for nearly two months, needed 83 minutes to win 6-3 6-4 and record her 20th victory over France’s Tauziat in as many encounters. The German former world number one, who has slumped to 22nd in the WTA rankings, has now won all 25 matches she has played in Leipzig, where she won from 1990 to 1993. Second seed Tauziat, the beaten Wimbledon finalist this year, was more aggressive than her opponent and seized every opportunity to take the net as she earned five break points in the opening game. Cheered on by some 5,000 partisan fans, Graf saved all five and went on to break the Frenchwoman in the seventh game before claiming the first set. The second set was close until Graf, relying on powerful groundstrokes and precise passing shots, managed the telling break in the final game to score the 105th tournament win of her prolific career. Graf (29) and Tauziat (31) were the two oldest players in the draw of the tournament.
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Paris title for Paes, Bhupathi PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters, AFP) — Greg Rusedski powered to his first win over Pete Sampras to land the Paris Open title yesterday, then said his aim was to be world number one. The 13th-seeded Briton triumphed 6-4 7-6 6-3 in a one-side final between the season’s best two indoor players, a result that enhanced his chances of a place in the ATP Tour World Championship later this month in Hanover. Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes of India won the doubles title when they outclassed top-seeds Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis in straight sets. Bhupathi and Paes scored a 6-4 6-2 victory — their 50th win in 61 matches and their sixth title in eight finals so far this season. Their successes came at Dubai, Doha, Chennai, Rome and Shanghai. "This match was magic. I had never beaten Pete, I had never beaten a world number one before. It is very special to me," said the Canadian-born Rusedski. "Now I think I can enter the race for world number one next season," he added. "I was not far into this season before injuries forced me out of tennis for three months." Rusedski, who posted his 29th victory of the season in an indoor tournament, showed in the 104-minute contest that he had a new approach to match his new ambition since taking on Sven Gruneveld as his new coach. Arguably the biggest server in the world — with a record at 248 kph — he also outshone Sampras in the rallies and played better than the American from the baseline. The Briton had never beaten the American top seed in their six previous encounters. His determination to break the jinx was a decisive factor but his serve remained the key to this match. A total of 18 aces, some at a tournament record 217 kph, perfectly summed up the whole clash. By contrast, Sampras was unusually clumsy on his serve, making six double faults, two of which allowed Rusedski to break him in each of the first two sets. In the second, Sampras led 5-2 before faltering badly. "The 5-3 game in the second set was the turning point of the match. I played very badly, double faulted once, missed an easy volley," the American said. Weariness might also explain Sampras's defeat as he has spent five weeks away from home in his bid to finish the year top of the world rankings for a record sixth time. It showed especially in a one-sided last set, in which the Canadian-born Briton quickly led 3-0 against a hapless Sampras who eventually bowed on yet another ace. Rusedski played far less than the American this season because of an ankle injury at the London grasscourt tournament at Queens which subsequently forced him to pull out during the first round of Wimbledon. Both have a chance to meet again this week in Stockholm, a tournament in which Sampras will try to strengthen his position in the world rankings while Rusedski will bid to secure his place in the Hanover tour finale.
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Windies tour of South Africa still in balance LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters, AFP) — The fate of the West Indies’ tour of South Africa due to start this week hung in the balance yesterday after negotiations between officials and players over pay and conditions failed to produce an agreement. Players’ representative Courtney Walsh told reporters after seven and a half hours of talks at a hotel near Heathrow airport that the negotiations would continue. Walsh said he would be consulting other members of the team over proposals put by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) officials, including President Pat Rousseau. South Africa cricket chief Ali Bacher, who flew to London from Johannesburg on Friday, said he remained optimistic a solution would be reached. "If they catch a flight tomorrow night it won’t be the end of the world," Bacher said. Rousseau arrived in London yesterday in an attempt to resolve the dispute which has threatened West Indies’ first official Test tour of South Africa since apartheid ended. Asked if he thought the crisis would be resolved, Rousseau said: "I would hope so." Rousseau sacked captain Brian Lara and vice-captain Carl Hooper last Wednesday after they refused to travel to Johannesburg from West Indies’ previous assignment in the Wills International Cup in Dhaka. Lara and Hooper instead flew to London, staying at a hotel near Heathrow, and the row escalated when other members of the team refused to leave the hotel. They were later joined by the remainder of the tour party who had already flown from Dhaka to Johannesburg. The chances of the tour brightened yesterday with the news that a new sponsor for the team has emerged. This was announced by Dr Ali Bacher in an interview broadcast on the National Television. "A deal has been struck by former South African wicketkeeper David Richardson, who was approached by the West Indian Cricket Board (WICB)", Bacher said. Richardson, a qualified lawyer, has a sports marketing company, ESPM, based in Johannesburg. He told Bacher that the deal had been done on Friday. Speaking at the Heathrow hotel, where negotiations between the WICB and the striking players were still continuing, Dr Bacher said: "I told Chris Dehring, the West Indies marketing manager, about the deal when he arrived here. "The players don’t know about it yet but I expect they will be told during negotiations." Bacher added: "It’s good money. But we want to announce the full details when the team arrives in South Africa." Speaking in South Africa, Richardson said that his firm had been appointed by the WICB to help raise sponsorship long before the current dispute began. Richardson stressed that the deal had nothing to do with the United Cricket Board of South Africa. "This has nothing to do with them. The sponsors will be a West Indian board sponsor. "The fact that it is a South African company and the money is coming out of South Africa is not really the point." But Richardson strongly hinted that sacked team captain Brian Lara and vice-captain Carl Hooper would be vital to the deal and would have to be reinstated. Meanwhile, SABC Television sports chief Edward Griffiths said the presence of the two star batsmen was vital for full coverage of the tour. The national broadcaster holds the right to screen world tour matches. Griffiths said: "We won’t put up with anything less than a full strength side. We owe it to our sponsors, viewers and advertisers." The players have also insisted that Lara and Hooper, captain and vice-captain, must be reinstated if the tour is to take place. MELBOURNE: The split in West Indies cricket has disappointed but hardly surprised Australian captain Mark Taylor. Having weathered more than a year of strained negotiations between the Australian Cricket Board and the Australian Cricketers’ Association, Taylor feels such problems are inevitable. "You’re always disappointed to see these sorts of things happen, but they do happen, they happened in Australia last year," he said here. "It was not quite to the same extent as what has happened in Johannesburg during the week, but these things are going to happen." "It’s like any other job - people always think cricket is different to other forms of cricket and living, but it’s not really." Taylor’s biggest surprise was the split among the West Indian touring party, with seven going to South Africa and nine staying in London. The West Indian authorities sacked captain Brian Lara and vice-captain Carl Hooper because of the dispute with the players over pay and conditions for the South African tour. "Obviously the big shock is that seven players turned up and there’s nine back in London, so obviously things aren’t great there at the moment," Taylor said. "The players have got to get together and find out what’s fair, they’ve got to talk to the administrators and find out what’s fair and hopefully come to some agreement," he said. "Just trying to read between the lines of what’s happened over the last couple of days, I get the feeling the sides might be getting closer together, which would be great for cricket." Taylor said the Australian and West Indian players had talked about industrial relations matters for some time. "The West Indians have been talking to us about players’ unions and associations for years now, it’s not something that’s just happened over the last 12 months," he said.
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BCCI attitude forcing state
units into red CHANDIGARH, Nov 9 — The lacklustre attitude of the Board of Control for Cricket in India towards the affiliated units of the board when it comes to hosting international matches at various venues is putting the state associations under deep financial pressure. If something is not done by the board on a war footing to undo this, a number of associations which are fighting hard to keep themselves out of the red might sink into a deep financial quagmire. This is particularly true of associations which have borrowed huge amounts from financial institutions to raise cricket stadium in their respective states. For example the Punjab Cricket Association which owes nearly Rs 3 crore to various financial institutions for the expenses incurred on the construction of the PCA Stadium at SAS Nagar, near Chandigarh, is planning to hold a "star nite" to help repay some of the debts run up by the association. As Mr M.P. Pandove, secretary of the Punjab Cricket Association, explained the association just did not have money to repay its debtors. And with no international match forthcoming in the near future the association had no option but to host a "star nite" to raise some money. The same is the case with the Andhra Pradesh Cricket Association which is constructing a stadium at Visakhapatnam after seeing the spectator response in a Wills World Cup match staged in a makeshift stadium in the same city in 1996. The Mumbai Cricket Association which borrowed about Rs 4 crore for putting up a mega screen at the Wankhede Stadium prior to the 1996 World Cup was planning to go into liquidation as it was finding it difficult to repay its debts. This year the Indian cricket team has played as many as 37 one-day matches. Of these, only 10 matches have been played on Indian soil while the remaining matches have been played at places like Dhaka, Sharjah, Toronto and Colombo. The Indian team has played in nine one-day tournaments of which only two, the triangular series involving India, Australia and Zimbabwe and the series involving India, Bangladesh and Kenya for the Independence Cup, were played on Indian soil. The remaining matches have been played abroad. In contrast in 1987 India had played host to 29 one-day matches. In 1993 India had hosted 22 one-day internationals. In 1996, when the Wills World Cup was co-hosted jointly by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, as many as 28 one-day matches were played in India. Hosting more matches means more money for the staging associations. In 1987 when so many matches were played at home a number of associations made a determined bid to construct their own venues. Today, they are probably ruing their decision. A large part of the blame for this sorry state of affairs must lie on the International Cricket Council whose president, Mr Jagmohan Dalmia of India, has not minced words when he said that he would do his best to take cricket to every nook and corner of the world. He has succeeded in his endeavour but at what cost ? It is very rare to see the Indian team playing at home. To add to the trouble of the various staging associations the Board of Control for Cricket in India is contemplating not awarding international matches to venues where no five-star hotel or an airport exist. If this rule is adopted a number of venues will not be allotted matches because a five-star hotel or an airport does not exist at the centre where the stadium has been built. While not denying that the efforts of the International Cricket Council to make the game more popular is bearing fruit (it was included in the multi-discipline event like the Commonwealth Games for the first time this year) the Indian board must realise that associations need money for the maintenance and upkeep of the stadium. Therefore it should see that the Indian team plays more matches at home or it can open its purse strings and give money to the associations which have exclusive centres for cricket.
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BMFC hold Mohammedan Sporting CALCUTTA, Nov 9 (PTI) — Formidable Bengal-Mumbai Football Club (BMFC) paid for their goalkeeping lapses to finish 1-1 against Mohammedan Sporting in a drab group ‘B’ quarterfinal league encounter of the 104th IFA Shield Football Tournament at the Salt Lake Stadium here today. Sporting, who have been passing through a lean patch after suffering a string of losses lately, shot into the lead in the 28th minute when Moses Ohira’s innocuous grounder from just outside the box went in off the hands of BMFC custodian A R Singha. The young Singha, who looked a bundle of nerves all through, failed to grip the ball which landed straight into his hands, and despite his last ditch diving attempt, it rolled into the net to his left. BMFC restored parity a minute from the breather through their Nigerian star Emeka. Following a measured flag kick from Gurinder Pal Singh, Herbert Philips’s header was saved from the goal-line by Rashmohan Mullick, and Emeka showed fine opportunism to put the ball in, much to the dismay of the handful of Sporting supporters in the stand. Soon after the equaliser, BMFC had a close shave as Singha misjudged the flight of a Cassius Owino header, but skipper Alok Das cleared from near the goalline. BMFC take on Air Force
(Thailand) on November 11, while Sporting clash with
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Punjab cops rout Russia XI JALANDHAR, Nov 9 — Star-studded and defending champions Punjab Police crushed Russia-XI 11-1 in pool A of the 15th Indian Oil Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium, Burlton Park, here today. The cops forged ahead in the fifth minute through Baljit Singh who scored a field goal. Skipper Baljit Singh added the second goal in the seventh minute and Jagdev Singh made it 3-0 soon after. In 26th minute Baljit Singh Bhullar consolidated the lead following a cross from Harinder Singh. Russia XI reduced the margin in the 27th minute through a penalty stroke. But the police men made it 5-1 through Baljit Bhullar just before the lemon break. In the 2nd half the police men added six more goals. Daljit Singh Dhillon contributed four goals, including a hat-trick for Punjab Police. In the second match BSF defeated Air-India 2-1. Christopher Ikka scored the first goal for BSF in the second half. However, Air-India's Davinder Kumar restored parity in the 59th minutes. Shinu Herenz scored a beautiful filed goal for BSF to clinch the issue in the dying minutes. In the third match of pool
'B', Indian Airlines beat Army XI 2-1. For Indian
Airlines Brojan Singh and Altaf-ur-Rehman were the
scorers while for Army XI K.K. Poonacha reduced the
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Punjab take first innings lead NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (PTI) — Punjab promptly took a first innings lead and declared their innings 116-runs ahead in an effort to force an outright win on the third day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket league tie against Services at the Palam ground here today. Overnight five for none after restricting Services to 178 in their first innings, Punjab reached 294 for four wickets before declaring and then had Services at 13 for one in 8.1 overs when play was stopped due to fading light. Former India opener and skipper Vikram Rathore (75 - 127 b, 7 x 4, 2 x 6) and under-19 star Reetinder Sodhi (71 - 142 b, 7 x 4, 1 x 6) crafted fine half-centuries and piled up an opening stand of 150. Services bowlers removed both and claimed three wickets for the addition of just 13 runs but veteran Navjot Sidhu (56 - 87 b, 5 x 4) and Dinesh Mongia (72 -118 b, 7 x 4, 1 x 6) came up with a breezy 129-run stand for the fourth wicket. Rathore was stumped off left-arm spinner Pankaj Maitrey and medium-pacer J.P. Pandey claimed three wickets (3/72) while trapping Sodhi and Pankaj Dharmani (2) leg before, but Sidhu and Mongia took their side to 204 at tea before scoring quick runs to ensure the declaration. Medium-pacer Harvinder claimed opener Sarabjeet Singh (0), caught behind off the glove with a lifter before play was called off, play started 15 minutes late due to fog. Brief scores: Services 178 and 13 for 1 in 8.1 overs vs Punjab 294 for 5 decl in 82.1 overs (V. Rathore 75, R. Sodhi 71, N.S. Sidhu 56, D. Mongia 72, J.P. Pandey 3/72).
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UT eves excel at badminton meet CHANDIGARH, Nov 9 — The Chandigarh school team (girls) clinched gold at the first World Badminton Cup for Schools held at Flanders, Belgium recently. The tournament was held from November 2 to 6 under the aegis of the International School Federation, the highest organisation in the world for holding school-level competition, according to Mr B.D. Gandhi, Secretary General of the School Games Federation of India. It is for the first time that the Ministry of Sports, Government of India, accorded approval for the participation of a school team in international-level school tournament. In all, six countries — India, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, France and Ukraine, — took part in the competition. There was competition for team championship on league basis and as well as individual championship. India won the gold medal in the team championship. In the individual championship Mala Gabha won the gold medal in singles while Isha and Parnita won the silver medal in the doubles championship. The SGFI is proud of the achievement of the young girls, who brought laurels to the country and is recommending to the ministry as well as to the Chandigarh Administration for suitably honouring this team, Mr Gandhi said. The next tournament for the school-level meet tournament will be held in France in November next year. Surinder Mahajan, SAI badminton coach of Panjab University, Chandigarh, accompanied the team as coach. All girls who took part are his trainees and belong to the Panjab University Coaching Centre.
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J&K restrict Haryana JAMMU, Nov 9 (PTI) — Jammu and Kashmir restricted Haryana to 310 in their first innings and then replied with 249 for six, riding on a splendid 194-run fifth-wicket stand between Rohit Mattoo (84) and Sanjay Sharma (71) by close on the second day of their North Zone Ranji league tie here yesterday. At stumps, Ashwani Gupta (20) and Pradeep Bali (8) were batting. The hosts in their first innings were at one stage in dire straits at 45 for four but Mattoo and skipper Sharma struck fine half-centuries and crafted a good stand that resurrected the innings and pulled the side out of the woods. But unfortunately for J and K both batsmen were out with the hosts still 61 runs in arrears. Mattoo’s knock came off 159 balls with four boundaries. Earlier, resuming on their overnight 293 for eight, Haryana could add only 17 runs to their score. Ashwani Gupta took the bowling honours for Jammu and Kashmir with a career-best haul of seven for 131. Brief scores: Haryana 310 (Y Yadav 74. A Gupta 7/131) J and K 249 for 6 (R Mattoo 84, S Sharma 71. V Jain 3/40, P Thakur 2/81).
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Cricket for blind to be telecast NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (PTI) — Doordarshan will telecast live the inaugural ceremony and the final match of the World Cup cricket for the Blind, to be held in the capital from November 16 to 28. The inaugural ceremony will be telecast from the National Stadium on November 16 from 4 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on DD-2, while the final will be telecast from the Harbax Stadium, Delhi Cantonment, on November 28 from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on DD-2 and from 2.20 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. or till the end of play on DD-1, a release said here today. Doordarshan will also telecast live from tomorrow matches of the 15th Asian Men’s Basketball Championship now on in Calcutta. The preliminary matches
will be telecast tomorrow and the day after from 3.30
p.m. to 5 p.m., and the semifinals (November 12) and the
final (November 13) from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., all on DD-2. |
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UT volleyball meet from Dec 4 CHANDIGARH, Nov 9 (TNS) — The senior (men and women) and junior (boys and girls) Chandigarh Volleyball Championships will be held from December 4 to 6 at the Sector 7 sports complex. Prominent teams of all departments, educational institutions and clubs will participate. The Chandigarh senior teams will be selected during the championships for the 47th Senior National Volleyball Championships to be held at Chinsura West Bengal from December 24 to 31, according to Mr Vijay Pal Singh, secretary of the association. For the junior category, boys and girls born on or after January 1, 1981, are eligible to participate. The Chandigarh junior teams of boys and girls will also be selected during the championships for the 25th Junior National Volleyball Championships to be held from January 21 to 26, 1999. Entries close with the CVA, 138, Sector 19-A, Chandigarh or with Mr Suresh Kumar, volleyball coach, Sector 7 sports complex on December 3. Patiala all out for 207 PATIALA, Nov 9 (FOSR) — A gallant 82-run fourth wicket partnership between Binwant and Harikrishan Mandora enabled Patiala to pile up 207 in their first innings against Hoshiarpur in the M L Markan Trophy (under-16) cricket match played at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium here today. In reply the hosts had Hoshiarpur reeling at 61 for 8. Scores: Patiala (Ist innings): 207 all out (Binwant 80, H K Mandora 25, Prashant Sharma 28, Sunpreet 22, A Chopra 22, Aman Sood 18, Deepak Gatta 3 for 58, Vikramjit 2 for 61, Deepak 2 for 16). Hoshiarpur (Ist innings): 61 for 8 (Onkarjit 21, Vikramjit 20 not out, Harikrishan Kali 6 for 23, Vijay Veer 1 for 8, Dinesh 1 for 13). Amritsar to meet Sangrur in final SANGRUR, Nov 9 (FOSR) — Sangrur and Amritsar will clash in the finals of the Punjab Schools Cricket Championships for girls. In the first semifinal here Amritsar thrashed Ropar in a one-side match batting first Amritsar scored 144 runs for the loss of four wickets. Maninder and Avneet scored 57 and 23 runs, respectively. In reply, Ropar could score only 73 runs. Deepika scored 21 runs for Ropar. In the second semifinal, Sangrur defeated Hoshiarpur. Batting first Hoshiarpur score 95 for the loss of four wickets. Dilpreet took three wickets for Sangrur. In reply, Sangrur scored the required runs for the loss of four wickets. Ashdeep scored 25 runs while Sonia remained not out with 18 runs. SD College win CHANDIGARH, Nov 9 (BOSR) — SD College, Sector 32 routed Government College for Boys' Sector 46 by 189 runs in the National Panasonic Inter-College Cricket Tournament for the Kapil Dev Trophy at the Sector 16 cricket stadium here today. A hurricane knock of 128 runs off 86 balls by Prabhjot Singh helped SD College lads to pile up a huge total of 246 for four in 35 overs. In reply, Government College were bundled out for 57 runs in 19.2 overs. Brief scores: SDC-32; 246 for 4 in 35 overs; (Prabhjot Singh 128, Jagjit Singh 36, Harsh 24, Gulrez Khan 16, Rohit 16, Ravi 2 for 36). GC-46' 57 all out in 19.4 overs; (Ravi 23, Sandeep Arora 5 for 2, Jaisreet Bajwa 2 for 12). GND varsity win kho-kho title AMRITSAR, Nov 9 (FOSR) — Hosts Guru Nanak Dev University won the All-India Inter-Varsity (women) Kho-Kho Championship, which concluded here today. Pune University were declared runners up while DAAV University, Indore, came third. The registrar of the university, Dr R.S. Bawa, gave away the trophies. Results: GND University beat Pune University 12-10. DAAV Indore beat Punjabi University Patiala 15-13. Trials advanced CHANDIGARH (BOSR): Trials to select the Punjab state teams in Taekwondo have been advanced from November 19 to 16, according to a press note of the Punjab Taekwondo Association. The selected teams will participate in the National Taekwondo Championship scheduled to be held at Bangalore on November 25 to 26. Hero Club triumph LUDHIANA, Nov 9 (FOSR) — Fine allround performance by Bhupinder (50 not out and 3 for 13) helped Hero Club to outplay Baba Club by 12 runs in the sixth Veera Devi Memorial Cricket Tournament at focal point, Chandigarh road, here today . Batting first, Hero Club scored 153 for 3 in the allotted 20 overs and then they restricted Baba Club to 141 all out after 18.4 overs. Brief scores: Hero Club 153 for 3 (Bhupinder 50 n.o. Davinder 36, Sukhpal Singh 19, Sanjeev Kumar 16, Rishi 13. Harpreet Singh 1 for 31, Jagjit Singh 1 for 24). Baba Club: 141 all out (Shashi Kumar 40, Jagjit Singh 29, Krishan Lal Sethi 4 for 31, Bhupinder 3 foe 13, Davinder 1 for 15). In the second match Shastri Club got a walkover against Brothers Club. GCC win by 7 wkts CHANDIGARH, Nov 9 (FOSR) — Arun Tuli shone with the bat and ball as he scored an unbeaten 42 runs and later claimed three wickets for 22 runs enabling Godrej Cricket Club to beat CNS XI by seven wickets in the 22nd JAL Cup league Cricket Tournament at the Sector 16 cricket stadium last evening. CNS XI could manage only 107 runs in the stipulated 30 overs while GCC made 108 for the loss of 3 wickets in just 17.4 overs. Brief scores: CNS XI: 107 all out in 27.4 overs (Viresh Sharda 28, Atul Kapoor 19, Rakesh Verma 17, Vinod Binta 3 for 19, Arun Tuli 3 for 22, Rajesh Arora 2 for 18). Godrej CC: 108 for 3 in 17.4 overs, (Arun Tuli 42 n.o., R P Singh 32, Rejesh Patha 29, Ajay Sikka 2 for 22). Football trials CHANDIGARH, (BOSR): The
Haryana Football Association will conduct trials to
select the state team for North Zone National Football
Championship on November 15 at 11 a.m. at Karna Stadium,
Karnal, according to a press note of the association. The
selected players will also attend a coaching camp at
Karnal from November 7. |
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