Monday, October 5, 1998
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Karnataka in driver's seat BANGALORE, Oct 4 — Karnataka gained a winning first innings lead after their spinner Sunil Joshi took five wickets to restrict Rest of India to 221 in their first innings on the fourth and penultimate day of the Irani Trophy cricket match here today. Innings win for India HARARE, Oct 4 — Leg spinner Anil Kumble underlined his fine form with a 10-wicket haul to lead India to an innings and 71 runs victory over Zimbabwe Board President’s XI in the three-day cricket match here today. English Channel swimmer faces hardship AGARTALA, Oct 4 — Despite bringing laurels for Tripura by crossing the English Channel in his maiden attempt, lady luck has not yet smiled on 25-year old Ganesh Naha. Naha, who had justifiably earned the sobriquet ‘Tripura’s pride’ after cruising 36 km and 195 metre of the channel in 15 hours and 17 minutes, is worried over mounting loans he had not been able to repay so far. |
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 RAWALPINDI : Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy (right) and captain Mark Taylor (second from right) celebrate the dismissal of Pakistani batsman Wasim Akram (left) at Pindi stadium in Rawalpindi on Sunday. Healy broke Rodney Marsh's world record of 355 victims when he had Akram caught behind on the fourth day of first Test between Pakistan and Australia. AP/PTI
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Rios beats Agassi for title MUNICH, Oct 4 — Chile’s Marcelo Rios outlasted Andre Agassi over five sets to win the Grand Slam Cup and prize money of $ 1.3 million today. PSB, Punjab cops enter final CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — On a cool, sombre evening as hundreds of mourners bade a tearful adieu to the doyen of Indian banking, Dr Inderjit Singh, Punjab and Sind Bank, which he founded decades ago, in a unique tribute raised visions of another memorable title win by a storming into the final of the 28th All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Sector 42 hockey stadium here today. BSF annex soccer title NABHA, Oct 4 — Attack was the mantra the BSF frontline chanted right from the kick off and this bore fruit as the Jalandhar securitymen downed a sketchy Switchgear, Phagwara, 3-1 to annex the title in the 23rd All-India Gurdarshan Football Tournament played here today. Punjab enter semis; Chandigarh lose CHENNAI, Oct 4 — Hopes of some close encounters from the knockout stage of the Bank of Baroda 49th Senior Women's National Hockey Championship were belied as the league pattern continued in today’s quarterfinal matches too, with goals continuing to rain in spite of the weather being quite sunny. Shikha, Vikas bag Punjab TT titles CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — Shikha of Amritsar bagged the women's crown by defeating her city-mate Shally 21-17, 21-15 today in the 2nd Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis tournament being played at SPS-Mohali. |
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Karnataka in driver's seat BANGALORE, Oct 4 (PTI) — Karnataka gained a winning first innings lead after their spinner Sunil Joshi took five wickets to restrict Rest of India to 221 in their first innings on the fourth and penultimate day of the Irani Trophy cricket match here today. Karnataka, in their second innings, were 200 for four at close to take a net lead of 305 runs, thanks to a fine 87 from Vijay R. Bharadwaj. After two early wickets, Bharadwaj entertained the small Sunday crowd during his 288 minutes stay with some well-timed shots, which included three sixers and four boundaries. Bharadwaj in the company of Girish Rao added useful 66 runs for the third wicket and caused more worry to the Rest with the fourth wicket partnership between him and A. Vijay. Both batsmen had a feast and made 81 runs together, but Bharadwaj slowed down the pace and looked nervous soon after reaching the 80s. He went to cut a ball that was leaving him around the off-stump only to be caught by Rest captain V.V.S. Laxman at first slip off Nikhil Chopra. Karnataka lost two early wickets. First innings centurian Sujith Somasundar (25) was caught at covers by Sharath off Rajesh Pawar. Somasundar struck four brilliant boundaries. Arun Kumar faced just 18
balls to make four runs before being caught at mid wicket
by Nikhil Chopra off Paras Mhambrey. Earlier, Rest of India managed to add 19 runs to their overnight score of 202 for seven. Nikhil Chopra, the lone rest batsman to cross the half-century mark, added 10 runs today before he was run out, trying for a second run after the ball went to the mid-wicket region. Anand Katti picked the ball and threw it to ‘keeper Siraguppi, who made no mistake. Joshi had an impressive analysis of 3.5-1-8-2 for the day and eventually became the tenth left-arm bowler to pick up five wickets in the 36 Irani Trophy encounters. There have been 31 instances when bowlers have taken five wickets. Rest of India’s last three wickets fell in the first 40 minutes of the morning session. Joshi, Dodda Ganesh and R. Bharadwaj were the successful bowlers for the hosts. At close, Karnataka batsmen A Vijay on 46 and Sunil Joshi (8), who came at the fall of Bharadwaj’s wicket, were at the crease. Test discard L. Sivaramakrishan bowled eight overs in two spells, changing ends but was punished with 36 runs. His very first over cost him 11 runs after Bharadwaj hoisted him for a massive six and struck a neat four. Karnataka (Ist
innings): 326
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Aussies on brink of victory RAWALPINDI, Oct 4 (Reuters) — Australia were within one wicket of winning their first Test in Pakistan for 39 years when bad light ended play early on the fourth day of the first Test today. Barring continued bad weather, victory seems certain tomorrow after a day marked by Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy setting a new world record of 356 dismissals in Tests. Pakistan were 137 for nine in their second innings at the close, still 107 behind the visitors, after some indifferent batting and steady, controlled Australian bowling. Pakistan scored 269 in their first innings while Australia amassed 513. But torrential downpours and Pakistan’s captain Salim Malik got in the way of Australia having an unscheduled rest day on Monday. Malik was unbeaten on 48 having struck six fours in 19 minutes. The last time Australia won a Test series or match here was in 1959-60 when Richie Benaud’s team beat Pakistan 2-0 in a three-match series. Healy’s record apart, the highlight was the bowling of leg spinner Stuart MacGill who finished with 4-42, to go with his 5-66 in the first innings, after Glenn McGrath and Damien Fleming had dented Pakistan’s batting. MacGill was among a knot of Australian players to congratulate Healy, in his 104th test, the moment Akram edged a catch to become his record victim. Marsh claimed 355 victims in 96 Tests. "Half the team had forgotten about it but suddenly they realised that I had done it," he said. Scoreboard
Ian Healy breaks world record RAWALPINDI, Oct 4 (Reuters) — Australia’s Ian Healy recorded the highest number of dismissals for a wicketkeeper in Test cricket today when Pakistan’s Wasim Akram became his 356th victim. Healy caught Akram off Colin Miller as Pakistan struggled to stave off an innings defeat at the Pindi ground. He equalled Rodney Marsh’s previous record of 355 victims when he caught Mohammad Wasim in Pakistan’s first innings. As soon as the ball was in his gloves he jumped for joy and was clearly overcome as his colleagues surrounded him with their congratulations. When rain and bad light then stopped play, Healy had time to reflect on his achievement. "It was like being on a ducker or 99 as I waited for the record victim," he said. "On the first day, when Pakistan batted, it was a bit difficult to keep but today was better because victory was so close." "It was pleasing as well because it was a good catch," added Healy, whose chances of adding more to his tally on today were dented by a torrential downpour and gloomy skies." "I would have liked it to happen on the first day when I equalled the record. Two days however allowed me to get my head together." |
Innings win for India HARARE, Oct 4 (PTI) — Leg spinner Anil Kumble underlined his fine form with a 10-wicket haul to lead India to an innings and 71 runs victory over Zimbabwe Board President’s XI in the three-day cricket match here today. Trailing by 244 runs in the first innings after India had declared at 400 for five yesterday, the Board President’s XI were bundled out for 173, within 57 minutes on the third and final day today. Kumble (5-35) was the wrecker-in-chief in the President’s XI first score of 156 all out. Resuming on 106 for 5, the hosts succumbed to the Indian spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh, who claimed nine wickets between themselves in the second essay. Kumble again proved the nemesis of the home side, taking five wickets for 18 runs in his 13.5 overs. It was an unforgettable match for Kumble who besides match figures of 10 for 52, also scored an unbeaten 100 in the Indian innings. Harbhajan, who claimed 4 for 60 in the hosts’ second innings, returned a fine 6 for 98. Harbhajan struck in his very first over in the morning claiming D. Viljoen leg before for 21, the wicket falling after addition of only one run to the overnight score. Bryan Strang, the next man in, decided that there was no point in hanging around the wicket and started swinging his bat. He took good advantage of the inside field and smashed Harbhajan Singh for a couple of sixes and a few fours. Strang fell to Kumble after making a quickfire 48 off 39 balls which included two sixes and five fours. He contributed 48 off the 53 runs scored for the seventh wicket with Craig Gurr (17 n.o). Kumble picked up two wickets in a single over to make the defeat imminent for the Board President’s XI. He first got Raymond Price (1) caught at silly point by Rahul Dravid and then claimed Angus McKay (0), trapping him in front of the wicket. President’s XI were 168 for nine at this stage and the end came soon as Kumble trapped last man Everton Matabandzo (0) in his next over to clinch a fine win for the India going into the one-off Test starting later in the week. President’s
XI(1st innings):
156
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English Channel swimmer faces hardship AGARTALA, Oct 4 (PTI) — Despite bringing laurels for Tripura by crossing the English Channel in his maiden attempt, lady luck has not yet smiled on 25-year old Ganesh Naha. Naha, who had justifiably earned the sobriquet ‘Tripura’s pride’ after cruising 36 km and 195 metre of the channel in 15 hours and 17 minutes, is worried over mounting loans he had not been able to repay so far. Naha and his lady coach Ratanmani Roychoudhury had only managed to collect a sum of Rs 2 lakh though they had to spend about Rs 6 lakh, by taking financial help from the public and mortgaging Ratanmani’s gold. "Only strong determination had helped me to swim through the rough and choppy sea waters and nobody in my home state ever imagined that I would be successful in my mission," Naha — the second Indian after Kurtali Swaran of Tamil Nadu to cross the Channel in first attempt — explained in an interview to PTI here yesterday. "I knew if I could not cross the channel nobody would help me financially for coming to England again," he said, a bit emotionally. On his unforgettable experience during the swimming, Naha said he would have been able to notch up a new world record in reaching the destination Cape Grisnez in nine hours had he not been pushed by an unpredictable strong wave 20 km back. Narrating the way the duo went on procuring funds to meet Naha’s expenses, Ratanmani said when co-passengers in a train from Howrah to Delhi came to know about the mission, they collected Rs 7,000 and handed it over to them as financial help. The Department of Sports of the Union Government, state government and the ONGC had also given Rs 1.5 lakh, Rs 50,000 and Rs 35,000 respectively. Help had also come from unexpected quarters, from local people, to the tune of Rs 15,500. However all this proved to be inadequate in the long run. Naha, who had no previous experience of swimming in salt waters with high tides said he had to adjust himself to the circumstances as quick as possible knowing that he could not afford to spend money to stay for a longer duration of practice in England. After his glorious achievement, Naha has been invited to take part in the 45-km swimming competition in Greece to be held in June 99 but faces monetary problem in arranging the wherewithal for expenditure and practice during his stay. Though he needed some basic infrastructure for swimming practices, Naha — a junior physical instructor in the state Sports Department — said he had been posted in a remote hilly area, which did not have a pond to swim, at Srinagar in south Tripura district in 1997. In the 19-km Murshidabad swimming competition on river Ganga he had secured the second place in 1991, fifth spot in 1992 and first place in 1995.Naha had also secured positions in the 30-km national long distance swimming competition at Katwa in West Bengal’s Burdwan district since 1991. Naha, who was on deputation to Agartala for coaching, would have to go back to Srinagar on October 7 after expiry of his term, his coach said. "How can he practice unless the state government extends his deputation period or transfer him to the state capital," she pointed out." When asked about the persons he admired, Naha said he was inspired by Kurtali Swaran of Tamil Nadu and Masudoor Rahman of West Bengal who had crossed the English Channel earlier.
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Rios beats Agassi for title MUNICH, Oct 4 (Reuters) — Chile’s Marcelo Rios outlasted Andre Agassi over five sets to win the Grand Slam Cup and prize money of $ 1.3 million today. Rios, the world number three, was made to work for just under three hours before winning 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 when Agassi double-faulted on the Chilean’s second match point. The American former world number one, who received a wild card for the tournament for the best performers in the year’s four Grand Slams, appeared short of energy after yesterday’s five-set semifinal thriller against Slovakia’s Karol Kucera. He won then after saving four match points but the effort appeared to exact a toll and he had to settle for the runner-up prize of$ 650,000. Rios, the world number three who qualified thanks to his final appearance at the Australian Open, received treatment for back pain after losing his serve to go 3-2 down in the first set. He then broke Agassi to level the set, which he eventually won in 36 minutes on a forehand pass. Agassi fought back in the second set, breaking his opponent straightaway and again in the seventh game, when Rios hit a backhand long. Both players held serve in a tense third set and a tie break was needed, which Rios took 7-1. The fourth set was also close and Rios dropped serve at the worst possible moment by netting a backhand. The telling break in the decisive set came in the fifth game, in which Agassi hit a backhand wide to give Rios a 3-2 lead and the Chilean stayed in command. Kuerten wins Kuerten, the 1997 Roland Garros champion, recovered from a nervous start to run out a comfortable winner in two hours four minutes and earn victory over the man who took his French title earlier this year. Mallorca-born Moya, cheered on by a home crowd of 8,000, had begun the match in stunning style, running his opponent around the court to take a 3-0 lead. Moya had three break point chances to make that 4-0 and take a stranglehold on the set but a series of big serves from Kuerten kept him in tough. The Brazilian then launched his first mini-comeback, breaking back in game eight and holding his own serve comfortably when under pressure at 5-4 and 6-5 down.
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PSB, Punjab cops enter final CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — On a cool, sombre evening as hundreds of mourners bade a tearful adieu to the doyen of Indian banking, Dr Inderjit Singh, Punjab and Sind Bank, which he founded decades ago, in a unique tribute raised visions of another memorable title win by a storming into the final of the 28th All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Sector 42 hockey stadium here today. In the final to be played tomorrow, they will meet Punjab Police who carved out a sensational 6-3 victory over star-studded Air-India in the first semifinal earlier today. The mood was downcast in the PSB camp as players and spectators alike stood in silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul. However, the team cast aside the gloominess to script a 3-1 victory over Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited to move into the final of the grade 'A' tournament. However, the day's honours were reserved for Punjab Police who rallied superbly to put down stubborn resistance from Air-India, before emerging triumphant by an unexpected 6-3 margin. It was indeed a marvellous fightback by the Punjab cops, who after being in arrears twice, overcame the challenge through sheer mental toughness. Centre-forward Gursewak Singh was the hero of the Punjab Police victory, scoring three of the six goals. Olympian Baljit Singh Dhillon scored two while the brother Daljit contributed one. Initially, Punjab Police were at the receiving end and Air-India's promising forward Gaganajit provided the first shock, deflecting a cross from the left by Edward Aranna into the cage in eighth minute. Two minutes later, Gaganajit again took a hit on the run from a difficult angle making it 2-0. Thereafter, Punjab Police retaliated with counter attacks and wiped out the deficit within a span of two minutes. First it was Daljit who provided the finishing touches to a feeble attempt by Gursewak in the 11th minute off a penalty corner and then his brother Baljit sounded the boards once again with a solo effort (2-2). In the second half, Air-India were again on top when Olympian Anil Aldrin shot home following a penalty corner (3-2). Punjab Police were quick to retaliate and outside-right Baljit Singh Dhillon weaved his way into the D before putting Gursewak in possession. Gursewak was a picture of confidence as he calmly put the ball in (3-3). The Air-India goal had a lucky escape in the 44th minute, when off a through pass by Baljit Dhillon, Baljit Bhullar nearly scored. The ball was about to roll into the goalmouth but skipper Surinder Kundu of Air-India effected a goal-line save. Finally in the 58th minute, Punjab Police forged ahead through a gem of an effort by Olympian Baljit Dhillon. Outpacing a couple of defenders with a terrific run down the middle, Baljit unleashed a powerful hit to which Air-India custodian Sudhir Kumar had no answer (4-3). With hardly four minutes remaining for the final hooter, Gursewak put the issue beyond doubt with two successive strikes with the move having been initiated by Baljit Dhillon (6-3).
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BSF annex soccer title NABHA, Oct 4 — Attack was the mantra the BSF frontline chanted right from the kick off and this bore fruit as the Jalandhar securitymen downed a sketchy Switchgear, Phagwara, 3-1 to annex the title in the 23rd All-India Gurdarshan Football Tournament played here today. The vociferous crowd at the Ripudaman College grounds, the traditional home to the tournament for the last 23 years, did their bit to lift the sagging spirits of the Phagwara outfit, but what undid them was their defence which seemed to be as fragile as a flickering candle at the end of a tunnel as the BSF forwards Jaswant Singh Negi and Prasanta Dass made repeated forays, most of which ended due to their own indiscretion and indecisiveness rather than the Phagwara defence putting up anything worthwhile. Even before the dust had settled after the kick off, Prasant Dass stunned the crowd with a neat volley placement to the right of the Phagwara custodian Surinder Pal who seemed to be rooted to the ground as BSF forged ahead (1-0). But this advantage was soon neutralised by an equally stunning effort by Switchgear forward Sameer Kumar, whose 30 yards pile driver brooked no resistance from the BSF goalkeeper (1-1). Thereafter the exchanges were on an even keel with the attack on either side coming up with anything innovative so as to overpower the other team. The sluggish play in this period made the title match look a little stale, as Phagwara skipper Vijay Kumar, fed by Sameer Kumar, fluffed a sitter in front of an open goalmouth which as it turned out was the only clear chance which came the Switchgear way in the first half. Switchgear, a scratch combination of students of Guru Nanak College, Phagwara, found the going too tough against BSF who had a fair sprinkling of national and international stars. Close to half time, the securitymen surged ahead when frontliner B.S. Negi showed a clear pair of heals to his marksman to put his team a goal ahead (2-1). In the second half play was confined to the second half with BSF on the defensive, trying to maintain the solitary goal lead. Late into the second half the Phagwara duo of Deepak and Vijay Kumar, who manned the defence, wilted under sustained pressure and in the 87th minute BSF were awarded a penalty after a fine move by Prasanta Dass and Gaurango Pal culminated. In a defender touching the ball with his hand, medio Jaswant Singh slotted the ball in the right side of the netting after barely managing to beat the diving Phagwara custodian Surinder Pal who got the tip of his hand to the ball but let it slip (3-1). This goal firmly sealed the fate of the Phagwara outfit who till today seemed to be on a giant killing spree having beaten RCF, Kapurthala, and favourities PSEB on their way to their maiden entry into the final. The prizes were distributed by the Minister for PWD, Mr Harmail Singh.
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Punjab enter semis; Chandigarh lose CHENNAI, Oct 4 (PTI) — Hopes of some close encounters from the knockout stage of the Bank of Baroda 49th Senior Women's National Hockey Championship were belied as the league pattern continued in today’s quarterfinal matches too, with goals continuing to rain in spite of the weather being quite sunny. Haryana, Bombay, reigning champions Indian Railways and Punjab moved into the semifinals after their emphatic wins in their respective quarterfinals. The superbly fit Haryana girls toyed with the Uttar Pradesh defence for the full 70 minutes and but for a few heroic saves by custodian Deepa Bhat, the score would have been much bigger than the 10-0 (HT 3-0) margin. The winners never delayed inside the ring and were always sure with their shots taken first time. After Surinder Kaur gave them an early lead, Simranjeet added two quick goals. Soon after restart, UP missed a golden chance when a ‘stroke’ taken by Moni Sonkar was saved by Haryana ‘keeper Suman. Kiran Bala took over the scoring from there striking three-in-a-row, the last one off a penalty stroke. Rekha Rani made the score 7-0 and Surinder Kaur, Nutan and Gurpreet completed the tally in that order. Haryana had 14 penalty corners (two were converted) to UP’s lone one. In the morning quarterfinals, Indian Railways, aiming for their fifth straight success, beat Chandigarh 8-0 (HT 3-0) and will clash in tomorrow’s semifinal against Punjab, who scored an unexpectedly easy 4-0 win over last year semifinalists Orissa. In the last quarterfinal match, the much talked about Bihar, failed to live up to the expectations and struggled against Bombay. Bombay, who forced six penalty corners in the initial half without success, scored a brilliant goal through Paulina, whose reverse shot flew into the net, seconds before the half-time hooter. Shortly after resumption, Paulina failed to consolidate when she fumbled with a cross by Poonam. Bombay defence held sway thereafter, never allowing the Bihar girls any elbow room. With time ticking out, Bombay made sure of victory when Jyoti scooped in off a penalty corner for the second goal, avenging the defeat by Bihar in the semifinal in New Delhi in the previous edition. They will now meet Haryana in the semifinals tomorrow.
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Shikha, Vikas bag Punjab TT
titles CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — Shikha of Amritsar bagged the women's crown by defeating her city-mate Shally 21-17, 21-15 today in the 2nd Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis tournament being played at SPS-Mohali. Following are the results: Sub-Jr boys (semifinals): Sumit Bahri (Jal) b Rohit (Asr) 21-18, 21-17, Rakesh (Asr) b Shivam (Asr) 21-15, 21-15. Sub Jr. girls (final): Meenakshi (Jal) b Navdeep (Ropar) 21-18, 21-19. Junior girls (semis): Parminder (Asr) b Nancy (Ropar) 21-19, 21-19. Shally (Asr) b Nitika (Kpth) 21-16, 21-14. Junior boys (semis): Munish (Jal) b Sumit (Jal) 21-14, 21-14, 21-16. Disney (Lud) b Bakul (Jal) 21-19, 21-19, 21-14. Women (semis): Shikha (Asr) b Kuldeep (Jal) 21-16, 21-17. Shally (Asr) b Rajni Gupta (Asr) 21-19, 21-19. Men (Semis): Yajwinder Saini (PSEB) b Vineet Chopra (SBOP) 21-19, 21-18, 21-17. Vikas Mahajan (PSEB) b Dheeraj Arora (Asr) 21-17, 21-16, 21-18. Women (final): Shikha (Asr) b Shally (Asr) 21-17, 21-15.
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Punjab shuttlers enter jr finals JAIPUR, Oct 4 (PTI) — Defending champion Delhi earned a facile 3-0 win over Himachal Pradesh to storm into the men's final of the North Zone Inter-state Badminton Championship here today. Delhi, which has been the dominant team in the zone, also reached the final in the women's section by thrashing the same opponents 3-0. In the junior section, Punjab was all set to clinch a double as it made into the finals of both the boys and girls' sections by beating Haryana 2-0 and 2-1, respectively. The Delhi-Himachal clash was a one-sided affair as the Delhi pair of Praveen Gehlawat and Devendra Dhillon, national U-22 doubles champion, proved too good for their opponents. Gehlawat thrashed Manoj Awasthi 15-2, 15-2 in the first singles while Dhillon defeated Manish Kapoor 15-0, 15-6 to gave Delhi a 2-0 lead. Gehlawat combined with Sunil to beat Deepak Verma and Manoj Awasthi 15-10,15-12 to clinch the tie 3-0 for Delhi. The women's semifinal between these two teams initially also proved easy for Delhi but for a semblance of fight from Himachal's Poonam and Anamika in the doubles. Kanika Kamboo and Karishma Singh came back after losing the first game 9-15 to clinch the second 17-14 and then won the decider 15-16 to take Delhi into the final. Earlier, Kamboo had beaten Kamini Shandilya 11-0, 11-4 to give Delhi a 1-0 lead. Punjab will meet Chandigarh, which beat Haryana late last night, in the other semifinal.
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CBSE table tennis results CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — New Public School, Sector 18 and Shishu Niketan School Sector 22 became the proud winners of the CBSE inter-school TT Tournament by winning the boys under-18 and under-16 title, respectively, here yesterday. The results are as follows: Boys (under-18): New Public School bt Bhavan Vidyalaya-27: (3-2): Amit Aggarwal bt Inder Preet -11-21, 21-14, 15-23: Neeraj b Harpreet 21-11, 21-18, Ashish lost to Puneet Bansal 18-21, 13-21: Amit Aggarwal lost to Harpreet 16-21, 20-22. Neeraj Kumar b Inderpreet 21-19, 21-15. Boys under-16 (final): Shishu Niketan-22 bt Manav Mangal-21 (3-1) Sumit b Nishant 21-11, 21-17. Ramit b Achin Malik 21-12, 2112. Manikant lost to Aditya Puri 19-21, 22-24. Ramit b Nishant 21-2, 21-5. The overall position is as: (under-18 boys): 1. New Public School, 2. Bhavan Vidyalaya-27, 3. Laureate Public School, Shimla. (Under-18 girls): 1. Sacred Heart School Sector 26, 2. Bhavan Vidyalaya-27. (under-16 boys): 1. Shishu Niketan-22, 2. Manav Mangal-21, 3. New Public School-18. (under-16 girls): 1. DAV Public School-8, 2. Manav Mangal-21, 3. Bhavan Vidyalaya-27. Meanwhile, the best two players in each category have been selected to participate in the individual championship. (boys under-18): Amit Aggarwal and Neeraj (New Public School-18), (Girls under-18): Shruti Akku and Roohi Bhatia (Sacred Heart School-26). (Boys under-16): Sumit Grover and Ramit Singla (Shishu Niketan-22), (Girls under-16): Ruchi Gautam (DAV Public School-8) and Amarpreet Kaur (Manav Mangal-21).
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P&H HC XI win cricket meet CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — A fine spell of bowling by Navdeep Singh (2 for 31) and Sandeep Moudgil (3 for 21) enabled Punjab and Haryana High Court Lawyers Association XI, Chandigarh, to win the Ist Invitational Inter-High Court Lawyers Cricket Tournament by nine wickets at DAV College here today. Delhi won the toss and skipper Suhail Dutt opted to bat Punjab and Haryana HC XI bowlers restricted the visitors to 170 (all out) in 29.5 overs. Chasing a target of 171 runs Punjab and Haryana HC opener Puneet Bali scored freely without any opposition and put on 148 runs for the first wicket alongwith elegant Sukhdeep Sidhu who scored 60 not out. Puneet Bali scored a fluent 86. Punjab and Haryana lawyers achieved the target comfortably losing only one wicket in the process with 3.4 overs to spare. Navdeep Singh skipper of P&H HC XI was declared the man-of-the-tournament while Sandeep Moudgil and Puneet Bali were declared the best bowler and best batsman of the tournament, respectively. Brief scores — Delhi lawyers XI: 170 all out (Suhail Dutt 78, Kuldip Parihar 30. Sandeep Moudgil 3 for 21 Navdeep Singh 2 for 31) P& H HC lawyers XI: 173 for one (Puneet Bali 86, Sukhdeep Sidhu 60 n.o.)
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Naveen jumps into lead CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — Naveen Jain with six points emerged as the sole leader at the end of the sixth round in the Ninth Chandigarh Chess Championship being held at St. Xavier Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, here today. The point position at the end of sixth round: Six points: Naveen Jain 5.5 pts: Sanjeev Kumar 5 pts: A.N. Dey 4.5 pts: Abhinandan Vohra, Naveen Bansal, B.N. Prasad, Sameer Malhotra, Ramesh Thakur, Sanjeev Kumar Biswas, Amit Sharma, R.S. Tiwari, Sanjeev Kumar, Kanwar S. Singh. 4 pts: Sanjeevan, Ajay Jaswal, Man Mohan Singh, B.S. Rawat, Kanwar Sandeep Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Dev Anand, Sanjeev Prasher, Karma Angdui, Ashwani Kumar, Nitin, C.M. Sharma, Ravinder Singh. 3.5 pts: Varun Khullar, Champak Kumar. 3 pts: Madhusheel Arora, Gurpreet Singh, R.K. Garg, Selva Kumar, Robin Kanwar, Balwinder Singh, Avesh, Vipnesh Bhardwaj, Hit Pal Singh, Joy Bhatia, Preeti, Pawan Kumar, Ripudaman, S.P. Singla, Titus Vergese, Chetan Vikas, Rohit Choda. 2.5 pts: Depash Rhwal, Ankit, Amandeep Singh, Rajeev Verma. 2 pts: Hemant Maudgil,
Shweta, Vikram S. Badwal, Jatinder Kaur, R.S. Badwal,
Abhishek Kumar, Gaurav Jaswal, Ajit Singh, V.K. Gupta,
Ravi Gupta, Sahil Dhawan. Edmund Rice cricket CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — In the Edmund Rice cricket being played here at St. John's High School, Sanjay Public School and Bhavan Vidyalaya-27 won their first round (U-16) matches against St. Kabir-26 and Mount Carmel-46, by 71 and 4 runs , respectively, here today. Brief scores: Sanjay Public School: 153 all out, Pradeep 36, Hemant 18, Sanjeev 16, Rahul 2 for 26, Sumit 2 for 18, Sanindh 5 for 16. St. Kabir-26, 82 all out, Jayant 11, Karan 10, Raghu 3 for 19, Hemant 3 for 17, Sanjeev 2 for 18. Bhavan Vidyalaya-27: 143 for 4, Anurag 55, Abhinav 26, Rajan 23, Charanjit 1 for 5, Mount Carmel-46: 139 all out, in 24.5 overs John 34, Charanjit 15, Gautam 4 for 24, Saras 2 for 16, Vikrant 2 for 23.
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Jalandhar trounce Patiala PATIALA, Oct 4 — For the second time in two days the much-flaunted Patiala batting line up sank like the Titanic, without leaving a trace, as Jalandhar inflicted one of the heaviest defeats on the hosts in recent years, winning by a massive margin of an innings and 127 runs in the Katoch Shield cricket tournament played at the Dhruv Pandove stadium here today. The three-day match at no point of time rose to the level of an intense contest as the Patiala batsmen repeated their first innings act and fell like nine pins to be all out for a dismal 107 runs, with Retinder Sodhi being the only batsmen to cross the twenties. Splendid centuries by skipper Vikram Rathore and Harminder Singh, brilliant wicketkeeping by young Ankur Sondhi and the Patiala batsmens' ability of taking the match to the third day, which should be considered to be an achievement of sorts, were the highlights of the semifinal encounter. Brief scores: Jalandhar (Ist innings): 369 for 6, Patiala (Ist innings): 137 all out. Patiala (2nd innings): 107 all out (R. Sodhi 24, Lakhbir Singh 19, S. Kapuria 15, Lalit 2 for 47, Rajeev Jolly 3 for 12).
Punjab school games SANGRUR, Oct 4 — Sangrur will host the Punjab school games in badminton and boxing from October 6 to 10, according to Mr P.S. Chabbra, organiser the meet. In badminton competition in three categories (under-14, under-16 and under-19) will be held. Probables for
participation in the National School Games will be
selected on the basis of performance in this
championships. All teams should reach Sangrur by October
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Chamba defeat Bilaspur CHAMBA, Oct 4 — A fine 100 not out by Ajay Manu helped Chamba beat Bilaspur by seven wickets on the second day of the Padmsahri Kailash Mahajan Himachal Pradesh State Cricket Championship here today. Bilaspur won the toss and elected to bat. Except Vishal Jagota no player could attack the pacer of Chamba boys. Zahoor picked up three wickets. Bilaspur were all out for 143. In reply Chamba started well and at one stage were 50 for no loss. They crossed the target for the loss of three wickets. Brief scores: Bilaspur: 143 all out in 45 overs. Vishal Jagota 55, Zahoor 3 wkts. Chamba 144 for 3. Ajay Manu 100, n.o. Om Prakash 17. In the opening match yesterday Chamba beat Kangra by 12 runs in a well-contested match. Brief scores: Chamba 155 for 8 (Amit 25 n.o. Zahoor 22, Arun Sharma 20, Kanav 20, Hatish 4 for 28). Kangra: 143 all out
(Hatish 25, Mahesh 24 Mishant 3 for 27, Amit 3 for 19.) Cricket trials BHIWANI (FOC): Trial to select the Haryana Ranji Trophy team will be held on October 10 and 11 at VKM High School, Rohtak, Mr Ranbir Singh Mahendra, Secretary, Haryana Cricket Association has said. The trials on the first day would begin at 10 a.m.
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Pak skating squad to play 5 Tests PATIALA, Oct 4 (UNI) – The Pakistan roller skating team participating in the National Roller Skating Championship would play five Test matches. Confirming the participation of the Pakistan team, the vice-president of the Roller Skating Federation of India, Mr T.B.S. Gill, said here yesterday that the 36th sub junior, junior and senior national roller skating championship in all three events of artistic, speed and roller hockey will be held at Vishakhapatnam from December 13. He said about 1,000 men and women skaters from all over the country were likely to participate in the championship.
Nabhi in final CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — Nabhi Saini upset top seed Saroj Chandel to secure a berth in the final of the women singles event of the Chandigarh Carrom Championship, in progress at St. John's School, Sector 26 here today. The scores being 25-13, 20-12. Results: Men singles (quarterfinals): Ramanpreet b Sanjay Negi 22-25, 25-22, 25-13. Moh Tanveer b DS Aithani 25-9, 25-4. Baninder Singh b KS Patwal 25-13, 25-24. Tejinder Harry b Rozario 0-25, 25-10, 25-18. Women singles (quarterfinals): Saroj Chandel b Pallavi 25-0, 25-0. Nabhi b Harneet Chahal 25-0, 25-0, Palki b Raj Laxmi 25-17, 14-15, 25-9. Anjali b Bhavna 25-0, 25-0. Women doubles
(quaterfinals): Nabhi & Puneet Lamba b Eveleen &
Bhavana 25-0, 25-8. Saroj Chandel & Inder Kanta b Raj
Laxmi & Meena Manocha 25-1, 25-1. Boys singles
(Semifinals): Jagdev Mann b Baninder Singh 25-18, 25-11. |
MCM DAV eves win PU basketball title CHANDIGARH, Oct 4 — MCM DAV College for Women, Govt College for women, Chandigarh and Guru Nanak College for Girls, Ludhiana, got the first, second and third positions, respectively, in the Panjab University inter-college basketball tournament for women played at the PU Campus here today. Government College for Women, Ludhiana, beat Guru Nanak Girls College, Ludhiana, 47-20. PU Campus, Chandigarh, beat MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, 55-41. SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur won the Panjab University inter-college football (Men) A division championship. DAV College, Hoshiarpur and Guru Nanak College, Moga, got second and third positions respectively. BAM Khalsa College, Garhshankar, won the Football B division championship defeating GN College, Narangwal, 1-0. In the inter-college khabaddi (NS) men zonal tournament DAV College, Chandigarh, beat Malwa College, Bondli Samrala 64-35.
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