SA beat England,
enter semis
DHAKA, Oct 25 — South Africa’s three premier batsmen-Hansie Cronje, David Cullinan and Jonty Rhodes-steered their team into the semifinals of the Wills International Cup with a comfortable six-wicket win over England at the Bangabandhu Stadium here today.
Andre Agassi sails
into final
OSTRAVA, Oct 25 — Qualifer Jan Kroslak of Slovakia reached his first ATP tour final yesterday. His seventh-seeded opponent Thomas Enqvist retired with a ankle injury in the opening set of their $ 1 million Czech Indoor Tournament semifinal.
Williams triumphs; Jeev finishes 3rd
SINGAPORE, Oct 25 — European tour regular Jeev Milkha Singh carded two under par 70 while his compatriot Vivek Bhandari fired three under par as the two Indians finished third in the NTRY Club here today.

Neil Fairbrother sweeps a ball for 4 runs as England made 281 for 7 in their stipulated 50 overs against South Africa in the second day of the Wills ICC Cricket Tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday. Fairbrother scored 56 runs — AP/PTI

Indian team leaves for Bangladesh
NEW DELHI, Oct 25 — The Indian cricket team led by Mohammad Azharuddin left for Dhaka today to participate in the nine-nation Wills International Cup Cricket Tournament.

Aussies at doorstep
of series win
KARACHI, Oct 25 — A graceful century by Mark Waugh put Australia on the verge of their first series victory in Pakistan in 39 years on the fourth day of the third and final Test today.

SA beat England, enter semis

DHAKA, Oct 25 (UNI, PTI) — South Africa’s three premier batsmen-Hansie Cronje, David Cullinan and Jonty Rhodes-steered their team into the semifinals of the Wills International Cup with a comfortable six-wicket win over England at the Bangabandhu Stadium here today.

The South Africans were given a target of 282 with a strike rate of 5.7 and it was achieved in the 47th over with 20 balls to spare. England after winning the toss had made 281 for seven.

Rhodes stayed till the end with an unbeaten score of 61 studded with eight fours off 63 balls and featured in a stand of 117 off 16.5 overs for the fourth wicket with skipper Cronje who played a stellar knock 67 off just 56 balls.

Berkenstein finished off the match with a four on the on-side off England captain Adam Hollioake. It was a sad end for the British captain who had revived his side from a slump with a superlative career best unbeaten 83.

However, South Africa had a terrific start of 113 off 19.2 overs with Darryl Cullinan making an imperious 69 off 70 balls helped the team with 13 boundaries.

His opening partner Mike Rindell made 41. Cronje opened at the right time plundering his last 27 off 15 balls. He smashed five fours and two sixes off leg spinner Ashley Giles.

However, the 'man of the match' award went to Cullinan who gave his team a launching pad.

England:

Knight c Boucher b Kallis 32

Brown c Kallis b Symcox 6

Ealham c Rhodes b Kallis 44

Hick lbw b Kallis 2

Fairbrother b Rindel 56

G. Llyod lbw b Boje 0

Hollioake not out 83

Russell c Benkenstein b Dawson 19

Giles not out 5

Extras: (B-3, LB-19, W-9 NB-3) 34

Total: (for seven wkts in 50 overs) 281

Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-80, 3-93, 4-94, 5-95, 6-207, 7-256.

Bowling: Dawson 9-0-51-1, Symcox 10-0-45-1, Kallis 10-0-48-3, Cronje 3-0-19-0, Boje 10-0-39-1, Crookes 3-0-20-0, Rindel 5-0-37-1.

South Africa:

Cullinan c Fairbrother b Hick 69

Rindel c Brown b Giles 41

Kallis run out 14

Cronje c Brown b Hollioake 67

Rhodes not out 61

Benkenstein not out 13

Extras (b-1, lb-8, w-7, nb-2): 18

Total (for four wkts in 46.4 overs): 283

Fall of wickets: 1-113, 2-124, 3-135, 4-252.

Bowling: Martin 8-0-55-0, Austin 9-0-53-0, Ealham 7-0-51-0, Giles 10-1-41-1, Hick 7-0-28-1, Hollioake 4.4-0-41-1, Brown 1-0-5-0.

Aussies at doorstep of series win

KARACHI, Oct 25 (Reuters) — A graceful century by Mark Waugh put Australia on the verge of their first series victory in Pakistan in 39 years on the fourth day of the third and final Test today.

Australia were dismissed for 390 in the last over of the day’s play.

The 33-year-old Waugh scored a delightful 117 as Australia who resumed in the morning at 130 for one, set Pakistan a challenging target of 419 to win.

Pakistan, who trail 1-0 in the series after losing the first Test at Rawalpindi by an innings and 99 runs, have never chased such a high target. The highest they have achieved is 315 against Australia at the same ground four years ago when they won by one wicket.

Waugh was in prime form after struggling earlier in the series. His innings was punctuated with nine boundaries and a six off 232 balls after 335 minutes of batting.

Waugh, who scored his 15th century in 81 Tests and second against Pakistan, finally departed when he was beaten in the air by debutant Shakeel Ahmad for an easy stumping by Moin Khan.

Shakeel, wicketless in the first innings, finished with impressive figures of four for 91 from 29.3 overs.

Scoreboard:

Australia (1st innings): 280

Pakistan (1st innings): 252

Australia (2nd innings):

Slater c Yousuf Yohanna

b Arshad Khan 11

Taylor b Arshad Khan 68

Langer run out 51

M. Waugh st Moin Khan

b Shakeel Ahmad 117

S. Waugh c Moin Khan

b Shakeel Ahmad 28

Lehmann c Ijaz Ahmad

b Wasim Akram 26

Healy c Shahid Afridi b

Shoaib Akhtar 3

Robertson c Wasim Akram

b Shakeel Ahmad 45

Miller c Shahid Afridi

b Shakeel Ahmad 0

Macgill run out 10

McGrath not out 4

Extras (b-4 lb-8 nb-15): 27

Total: 390

Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-136, 3-152, 4-208, 5-284, 6-294, 7-357, 8-357, 9-369.

Bowling: Wasim Akram 22-2-60-1, Shoaib Akhtar 17-3-37-1, Arshad Khan 56-14-141-2, Shahid Afridi 18-3-49-0, Shakeel Ahmad 29.3-3-91-4.

Indian team leaves for Bangladesh

NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (PTI) — The Indian cricket team led by Mohammad Azharuddin left for Dhaka today to participate in the nine-nation Wills International Cup Cricket Tournament.

India start their campaign with a quarterfinal match against Australia on October 28.

The tournament began yesterday with New Zealand taking on Zimbabwe in the only pre-quarter final match, which they won by five wickets.

"We would like to continue in the same vein in which we left Dhaka last time", Azharuddin said before the team’s departure here.

India won the silver jubilee Independence Cup Tournament, also involving Pakistan and hosts Bangladesh, in January under Azharuddin, who had just replaced Sachin Tendulkar as captain.

The team, which left by a British Airways flight this afternoon, practised here at a two-day conditioning camp at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium grounds.

The Indian skipper was confident of his side putting up a good show at the knockout tournament.

"We have talent and match-winning players in our side and I see no reason to worry about the first match against Australia," the captain said.

The team management was earlier considering delaying the team’s departure by a day to get an extra day’s practice here in view of reports of unseasonal showers in Bangladesh.

However, Indian cricket board secretary J.Y. Lele issued a directive yesterday asking the team to keep to the original schedule.

Andre Agassi sails into final

OSTRAVA, Oct 25 (Reuters) — Qualifer Jan Kroslak of Slovakia reached his first ATP tour final yesterday.

His seventh-seeded opponent Thomas Enqvist retired with a ankle injury in the opening set of their $ 1 million Czech Indoor Tournament semifinal.

Andre Agassi beat Zimbabwe's Wayne Black 7-6, 6-3 in the other semifinal and left the home crowd torn between their admiration for the American and their hopes for a former native son.

Kroslak, from nearby Bratislava in the former Czechoslovakia before the country divided peacefully into two in 1993, said he was in awe of Agassi.

Asked what he thought about facing him, the world number 153 replied: "What can I say? It can give me a heart attack."

World number six Agassi broke Black in the fifth game of the first set, but the Zimbabwean fought off a series of break points at 4-2 then broke back to level at 4-4.

Black, world ranked 92, saved another two break points to force a first set tiebreak, but the second seed moved up a gear and took it 7-2.

Agassi broke Black in the fourth and sixth games of the second set and cruised home.

Swede Enqvist quit with a sore right ankle at 3-2 down.

Haas-Corretja final

LYON: Germany's Tommy Haas reached the Lyon Grand Prix final for a second successive year after twice taking advantage of injuries to his prestigious opponents.

Within 24 hours, Haas prevailed over the world's top two players in Pete Sampras and Marcelo Rios, but almost without effort as both pulled out.

Third-seeded Rios withdrew from the semifinal on Saturday as he was trailing Haas 2-6, 0-1, 15-40.

"I did not realise he was injured but he told me he had a pulled muscle," said Haas, meets Spain's Alex Corretja in the final.

"The first seven games were very tense and sometimes you get injured at such a pace."

Back problems had forced Sampras out of his quarterfinal against the German.

US Open champion Pat Rafter also looked like he had knee trouble when he lost his quarterfinal against South African Wayne Ferreira.

As a result, the fight for top spot at the end of the season might depend mainly on the health of the three players still in contention.

Fourth-seeded Corretja, a French Open finalist, cruised into his first indoor final 6-3, 6-2 against a weary-looking Ferreira.

Should he win, the Spaniard would qualify for the ATP tour finals.

Williams triumphs; Jeev finishes 3rd

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (PTI) — European tour regular Jeev Milkha Singh carded two under par 70 while his compatriot Vivek Bhandari fired three under par as the two Indians finished third in the NTRY Club here today.

Jeev, who led the leaderboard at the halfway stage, recovered from a poor third round yesterday for an aggregate of eight-under-par 280. America’s Peter Teravainen also joined the Indians with three-under-par 69 effort.

India’s Gaurav Ghei, with an aggregate of six-under-par 282, took the seventh spot while Amandeep Johl (293) finished way down the leaderboard.

England’s Chris Williams secured his second victory on the 1998 Omega tour after holding off a late challenge from America’s Ted Purdy.

Five ahead at the start of the day, the South Africa-based Williams had to rely on a three shot cushion going into the last when he was forced to take a drop after firing his second shot into the water right of the green.

Williams eventually got down in six for an even par 72 and an 11-under winning total, one ahead of Purdy who toured the 6829-yard layout with a flawless 66.

Superb display by Anand

TILBURG, Oct 25 (UNI)— Vishwanathan Anand moved into top gear as he demolished main rival Vladimir Kramnik with a masterly display in the second round of the Fontys-Tilburg Chess International here yesterday.

The Indian is now on top of the standings in the 12-man tournament.

Anand, 28, brought Kramnik down in just 35 moves and used only 44 minutes on his clock and his display included a great queen sacrifice. Anand is now the only player with two wins after two rounds and with wins over two of the tougher players in the field, he looks will settled into the tournament. He has a third round game against Jeroen Piket, who lost his second round to Peter Svidler and is at the bottom of the table with half a point from two games.

Apart from Anand and Svidler, the third player to notch a win was Michael Adams who defeated veteran Viktor Korchnoi, a former Russian now living in Switzerland. It was a marathon 87 move game that lasted almost eight hours.

Anand encountering the Petroff defence from Kramnik dominated the game from the start. Kramnik played adventurously even though Anand looked in command. Kramnik sacrificed with his bishops in the middle game, and then Anand gave up his queen for a rook. It left the board in an interesting position as Anand had a rook and two minor pieces for Kramnik’s queen and that proved tough for the Russian who resigned after 35 moves.

Kramnik, five years junior to Anand, is now down in the standings with just half a point from two rounds. He will meet Joel Lautier in the third round and he has white pieces.

Subcontinent hockey loses a friend
by Prabhjot Singh
Tribune News Service

ARDIAL SINGH "Kular", Vice- President, Federation Internationale de Hockey, died in Nairobi on Friday from complications of a viral fever he contacted at Kuala Lumpur during the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. He lapsed into a comma on Thursday and could not recover. He was 67.

Hardial Singh, nicknamed "Hardie" in the hockey world, was omnipresent at all FIH tournaments. A man of few words, Hardie was honoured with the Olympic Order by none other than the International Olympic Committee chief, Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch, at the Utrecht World Cup in June this year. The honour came for him for promoting hockey in the African continent.

Hardial Singh 'Kular" belongs to the famous Kular family of Sansarpur village, near Jalandhar, which once dominated the international hockey scene. Even at Utrecht, there were three generations of Kulars and of Sansarpur, representing three different continents.

While Hardial Singh "'Kular" represented Kenya and Africa, Bindi Singh Kular, a member of the playing side of Canada, represented North America. The chief coach of the Indian women's hockey team, Col Balbir Singh of the Services, represented India and Asia.

It was during the 1968 Olympic Games at Mexico that eight players belonging to Sansarpur played in the Olympic hockey competition. And Hardial Singh, who along with Hardev Singh, played for Kenya, was the oldest of them all.

Hardial Singh was the pioneer of the Sikh Union Hockey Club in Kenya. After retiring from active hockey, he took to administration and rose to be the FIH Vice-President besides heading the Kenyan Hockey Union and the African Hockey Federation.

Hardial Singh had been associated with various international events as technical delegate and tournament director. In fact, he was expected to be in Lahore for the 20th Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament beginning on October 31.

Hardial Singh always felt bad for the down slide of Indian hockey. Though he by nature was a quiet man, he was considered a great friend of subcontinent hockey and supported both India and Pakistan at international fora on various issues, including amendment to rules.

The latest was the move to replace the wooden stick with the synthetic stick. He was known to have supported the wooden stick to the great relief of the big sports good industry in Jalandhar (India) and Sialkot (Pakistan) inspite of tremendous pressure from Australians and European manufacturers of synthetic sticks.

Garcia keeps jr IBF crown

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, Oct 25 (AFP) — American Roberto Garcia kept his International Boxing Federation junior lightweight title here yesterday, stopping Cuban Ramon Ledon in a battle of unbeatens.

Garcia stopped Ledon in the fifth round to improve his career record to 31-0. Only seven of his opponents have managed to go the distance. Ledon fell to 12-1 with one drawn.

Garcia won the vacant crown in Miami last March with a decision over compatriot Harold Warren.

Pawan, Pushpa adjudged best
From Our Correspondent

HAMIRPUR, Oct 25 — The two day first HP State Prize Money Athletic Championship concluded here yesterday amidst fanfare. About 200 participants and officials of the state participated.

The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, was the chief guest of the closing function. In his address, he announced converting the 200 m track at the local government college ground to 400 m. He said he would also move a case with the central government for constructing a modern stadia and synthetic track at Hamirpur.

The Chief Minister said his government was formulating a new sports policy for the state with a view to improving the standard of sports and providing all facilities to the sportspersons. The government was examining a proposal to provide 5 per cent reservation to outstanding sportspersons in the colleges and also the government services.

The Chief Minister distributed the cash prizes and certificates.

Pawan Kumar of Himachal Pradesh Police was adjudged the best athlete in the men's section while Pushpa Thakur of Hamirpur was the best athlete in the women's section. Others adjudged best were: Anil Sharma Hamirpur (under-20 boys) Vanita Thakur, Bilaspur (under-20 girls), Mohit, Hamirpur (under-16 boys) and Khursheed, Kangra, (under -16 girls). They were all given a cash prize Rs of 2,100 each.

The find of the tournament award with a cash prize of Rs 5,100 was bagged by Anita of Kangra for winning the 3000 m race in the under -16 girls' section.

Following are the results of the final day:

Men: 100 m Pawan, Shimla (1), Naveen, Sirmaur (2), and Anup Singh, Hamirpur (3). 200 m Mohit, Hamirpur (1), Ajay Lakhanpal, Mandi (2), and Vijay Kumar, Police (3). 400 m Pawan, Police (1), Hitesh, Mandi (2), and Ajay Lakhanpal, Mandi (3). 5000 m Padam Singh, Police (1), Randhir Singh, Mandi (2), and Vinod, Mandi (3).

Women — 200 m Pushpa Thakur, Hamirpur (1), Suchi Gupta, Bilaspur (2), and Kaura, Mandi (3). 400 m Pushpa Thakur, Hamirpur (1), Suresh Kumai, Bilaspur (2), and Kaura, Mandi (3). 5000 m Geeta, Bilaspur (1), Sushma, Mandi (2), and Reena, Bilaspur (3).

Under-20 section — 200 m Bhupinder, Solan, (1), Arun Rana, Hamirpur (2), and Mohit, Hamirpur (3). 400 m Anil, Hamirpur (1), Bhupinder, Solan (2), and Arun Rana, Hamirpur (3). 5000 m Rakesh, Bilaspur (1) Pawan, Sirmaur (2) and Baldev, Bilaspur (3).

Girls: 200 m: Vanita, Bilaspur (1), Primila, Mandi (2), and Suresh Bilaspur (3). 400 m: Suresh, Bilaspur (1), Vanita, Bilaspur (2), and Bhagwati, Mandi (3). 5000 m: Vanita, Bilaspur (1), Gita, Bilasput (2), Bhagwati, Mandi (3).

Under-16 section — Boys 100 m: Mohit, Hamirpur (1), Sunil, Hamirpur (2) and Praduman, Sirmaur (3). 200 m: Mohit Hamirpur (1), Abbas Ali, Bilaspur (2), and Rishikesh, Hamirpur (3). 400 m: Mohit, Hamirpur (1), Abhijit, Bilaspur (2), Rishikesh, Hamirpur (3). 3000 m: Ritesh, Bilaspur (1), Jitender, Una (2), and Dinesh, Hamirpur (3).

Girls 200 m: Khursheed, Kangra (1), Tripta, Kangra (2), Ranjana, Mandi (3). 400 m: Khursheed, Kangra (1), Sumna, Kangra (2), and Urmila, Mandi (3). 3000 m: Anita, Kangra (1), Manju, Bilaspur (2), and Dromati, Mandi (3).

GN College Phagwara reign supreme
From Our Sports Reporter

PHAGWARA, Oct 25 — Holders and hosts Guru Nanak College, Phagwara, maintained their supremacy by winning for the seventh consecutive year the Guru Nanak Dev Inter-College (free style) Wrestling Championship which concluded here today.

The champions scored a big win with 22 points. Khalsa College, Amritsar and Khalsa College, Jalandhar, had to remain content with 10 points each for the second and third slots, respectively. Three grapplers of the champion college bagged gold medals, two silver and one bronze medal.

However, in the greco-roman style, introduced by GND varsity this year, the maiden title was won by Guru Nanak National College, Nakodar, who secured 28 points. Khalsa College, Amritsar, secured the second position with 16 points while Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, stood third with six points.

Mr Ajit Singh Kohar, Agriculture Minister, Punjab, distributed the prizes.

Results (Free style): 54 kg; Kulwant Rai 1, Roshan Lal 2, Sunil Dutt 3.

58 kg: Ravi Kumar 1, Sarbjit Singh 2, Ashwani Kumar 3.

63 kg: Sukhjit Singh 1, Malkiat Singh 2, Kamaljit Singh 3.

69 kg: Kamaljit Singh 1, Sukhwant Singh 2, Sarbjit Singh 3.

76 kg: Sukhraj Singh 1, Sucha Singh 2, Kuldip Singh 3.

85 kg: Sukhwinder Singh 1, Parveen 2, Daljit Singh 3.

97 kg: Amandeep Sondhi 1, Abdul Mazid 2, Inderjit Singh 3.

Plus 97 kg: Pritpal Singh 1, Munish Kumar 2.

Greco roman style

54 kg: Saroop Singh 1, Varinderjit Singh 2, Rajesh Kumar 3.

58 kg: Bhupinder Singh 1, Jagtar Singh 2, Lakhbir Singh 3.

63 kg: Gurbinder Singh 1, Charanjit Singh 2, Kuldeep Sharma 3.

69 kg: Surinder Singh 1, Ravel Singh 2, Haravinder Singh 3.

76 kg: Sikandar Kumar 1, Premvir 2, Jaswant Rai 3.

95 kg: Arvinderjit Singh 1, Hargurbinder Singh 2, Sukhjinder Singh 3.

97 kg: Harvinder Singh 1, Neeraj Sharma 2.

Top lady golfers for Punjab Open
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — Local favourite and India's top lady golfer Parnita Garewal is all set to defend her title in the sixth Punjab Open Amateur Ladies Golf Championship for the Max India Cup which starts at the lush Chandigarh golf course on October 27.

But it will not be easy going for this 18-year-old Chandigarh girl as nine of the nation's top 10 lady golfers will be seen in action. Nonita Lal Qureshi, Vandana Aggarwal and Urvashi Sethi Sodhi who missed the last few tournaments have confirmed their participation. Last year's national champion and winner of the Chandigarh Open, Anjali Chopra, will lead the Delhi contingent.

Local subjunior Irina Brar, figuring among the top 10 golfers and fresh from her victory in the junior and subjunior divisions in the recently concluded Northern India Juniors Championship, will be matching her skills with the seniors.

The Punjab Open is a categorised tournament in the Indian Golf Union Ladies Section calendar. The tournament has special significance this year as the Indian Ladies golf team for the Asian Games will be announced after the championship. This is the last leg of the selection process.

Giving this information to the Press the captain of the ladies section of the Chandigarh Golf Club, Mrs Madhu Brar, said more than 50 ladies from Calcutta, Madras, Delhi and Dehra Dun will be participating in the tournament. A Dutch lady living in France and an American girl from Florida will give an international touch to the championship.

She said Max India had been associated with this event for the sixth successive year. The winner of the Max India Cup will be the lady who returns the best gross score in 72-hole stroke play. Max Silver Salver, Max Challenge Bowl, Max Bronze Plate, Max Thirties Trophy, Max Junior Shield, Hutchison Max Subjunior Trophy are some of the other trophies for which contests will be held.

Haryana lads beat Kerala in h’ball
From Our Correspondent

ROHTAK, Oct 25 — Haryana lads defeated Kerala 20-18 in the inaugural match of the 21st National Junior Handball (boys) Championship which began at the local Chhottu Ram Stadium today.

The home team which started the game on a dominating note was held 9-9 at half time. Taking the benefit of the home conditions the Haryana boys were able to win the match with a narrow margin.

Teams from 17 states are taking part in this five-day tournament. Earlier, the Commissioner, Rohtak range, Mr Pradip Kumar Chaudhary, inaugurated the championship. The general secretary of the Haryana Olympic Association, Mr Harish Kumar, DIG Haryana Police, announced a grant of Rs 11,000 for the organising committee.

Tara Chand b'minton from Nov 11
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — The fourth Tara Chand Memorial Cash Prize (Rs 1 lakh) Invitation Badminton Championship will be held from November 11-15, at the Community Centre, Sector 7, Panchkula, under the aegis of the District Badminton Association, Panchkula, a press note of the association has said.

Seeded state-level players, of the Northern states, including Delhi and Chandigarh, can take part in the following categories; boys singles and doubles (under-13, under-16 and under-19), men and women singles and doubles, girls singles and doubles (under 16), and masters doubles (above 35).

Free board and lodging will be provided to the participants at Panchkula.

Entries can be sent through their respective association by November 7 to Mr T R Tuli, general secretary, DBA, Panchkula (483, Sector 8) tel: 569165, fax: 0172-578967.

BCC-46 boxers overall champs
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 — Boxing Coaching Centre, Sector 46, with 21 points emerged overall champions in the 21st Chandigarh State Junior Boxing Championship which concluded here today.

SD College, Sector 32 (13 points) finished runners up. Mr J.S. Kalra, Chief Engineer, Irrigation, Punjab, gave away the prizes.

The results:

Light fly weight: Anand 1, Ashok 2, Sandeep and Bhuwan 3.

Fly weight:

Mandeep Singh 1, Karamvir Singh 2, Varinder Mukesh 3.

Bantam weight:

Sumit Aggarwal 1, Sandharav 2, Ashraf Ali and Chaman 3.

Feather weight:

Jai Pal 1, Sachin 2, Ranvir Singh and Sandeep 3.

Light weight:

Surender 1, Dharamvir 2, Rajesh 3.

Light welter weight:

Umashankar 1, Sushil Kumar 2.

Welter weight:-

Adarsh Yadav 1, Avneet Ghanna 2.

Light middle weight:

Sukhjinder Singh 1. Abhey Kapoor 2.

Heavy weight:

Shakti Singh 1, Kuldeep 2.

Surender (SD College) was adjudged the best boxer while Ashraf Ali (United club) was declared the best boxer.

YPS in last 4

CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 (BOSR) — St John's High School, Sector 26, and Yadavindra Public School, SAS Nagar, have reached the last four stage in the under-12 section of the Edmund Rice Cricket Tournament being played here at St John's School.

St John's School outplayed Stepping Stone, Sector 9 by 10 wickets while YPS, defeated Hansraj Public School, Panchkula by only eight runs.

First match; brief scores: Stepping Stone-9; 28 all out in 13.3 overs. (Manudai PS Sohi 3 for 1, Manoneet Singh 2 for 5, Tanvir Bajwa 2 for 10, Gaurav Pal Singh 2 for 10). St. John's: 30 for no loss in 8.1 overs. (Rajat Bhalla 11, Karan Dhanda 10).

Second match: brief scores: YPS 100 for 9; (Abhinav 27, Raghav Sharma 12, Gaurav Chopra 2 for 11, Vivek Walia 2 for 12.) HPS-Panchkula: 92 all out. (Gaurav Chopra 27, Vishal 20, Raghav Sharma 3 for 17, Atif Zia 2 for 12.)

Super cricket meet results

CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 (BOSR)— The following are the results of the Super Cricket Tournament matches played at GMSSS, Sector 32, here today. The meet is being organised by CY Club of Chandigarh.

Punwire bt Government College 46 by three wickets; MCC bt S. Kumar by 37 runs; ICC bt Baithany Cricket Club by 99 runs, and Chetna Cricket Club bt Soaju CC by six wickets.

GMC cagers win

PATIALA, Oct 25 (FOSR)— Government Mohindra College won the Punjabi University Inter-College Basketball Tournament for girls which concluded here today.

Government College of Physical Education stood second while Government College for Women, Patiala, came third.

Punjab cops lift v'ball title

SHIMLA, Oct 25 (TNS) — Punjab Police trounced Income Tax, Chennai, in a one-sided match to win the eighth All-India Dr. Y.S. Parmar Memorial Volleyball Tournament, here today.

The winners got a prize of Rs 20,000 and the runners-up Rs 15,000.

Pritpal and Jagbir excelled for Punjab. The Chennai boys had no answer to their powerful and well-directed smashes. The losers failed to open their account in the first set and managed just four and seven points in the next two sets. The final score was 15-0, 15-4, 15-7.

Earlier LIC, Delhi beat BSF, Jalandhar 5-10, 5-15, 15-11 and 16-14 to win the third position carrying a cash prize of Rs 10,000.

In the semifinals Income Tax, Chennai, outplayed BSF Jalandhar 7-15, 11-15, 15-10, 15-13 and 15-13 and Punjab Police defeated LIC, Delhi, 15-11, 10-15, 15-7, and 15-3.

PGI XI beaten

CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 (TNS) — PGI XI lost to Godrej Cricket Club by five wickets in the 22nd JAL Cup League Cricket Tournament here today.

Electing to field, Godrej Club pacemen bowled on a tight line and length. PGI XI could manage only 115 runs in 25 overs. Godrej CC started the run chase confidently and achieved the target in the 21st over.

Brief scores: PGI XI: 115 for 7 in 25 overs. (Rakesh Jolly 54, Amit Bhardwaj 27, Anil Choudhury 17, Vineet Jain 3 for 13, Girish Bhanot 2 for 19).

Godrej CC 116 for 5 in 20.5 overs. (Sanjay Sabharwal 33 n.o., Yuvraj Singh 26, Arutuli 24, Jolly 3 for 13)

In another match JAL XI beat CNS XI by two wickets.

Brief scores: CNS XI: 119 for 8 wickets in 25 overs. (Suraj Salhotra 39, Viresh Sharda 32, Purn 3 for 18, Bhushan 3 for 26).

JAL XI: 123 for 8 wickets in 24.2 overs.

Hardeep 16, Manjit Gulati 30, Chander Mohan 29 Hemant Bassi 20, Ajay Sikka 3 for 25, Vivek Jain 1 for 17.

Sport fest trials

PATIALA, Oct 25 (FOSR)— Trials to select the Patiala teams (under-16 and under-19) for the Punjab State Sport Festival for Girls scheduled to be held at Ludhiana from October 28 to 30 will be held at the local Polo Ground here on October 26 at 11 a.m., Mr S.S. Tiwana. District Sports Officer, has said.

The trials will be held for girls (under-16) in athletics kabaddi, kho kho, volleyball, basketball and handball and for (under-19) in the disciplines of gymnastics, badmintion, table tennis and judo.

UT badminton team

CHANDIGARH, Oct 25 (BOSR)— Chandigarh Badminton Association has selected a seven member badminton team comprising three boys and three girls along with on official to represent Chandigarh in the 23rd Junior National Badminton Championships to be held at Chennai (Tamil Nadu) from November 18 to 23, according to Mr D.K. Mukerjee, general secretary of the association. This six-day championship is for boys and girls below 19 years. The first two days will be devoted to Inter-state-inter-zonal events and the rest four to individual events. Gursharan Singh of Sangrur will be the chief referee.

The team is; Boys-u-19; Vivek Sharma, Rajat Johal and Gurdev Singh. Girls-u-19; Mala Gaba, Pallavi Jain and Isha.

Mr Rajiv will be the coach-cum manager of the team.