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January 24, 2001, Chandigarh, India   
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Agassi, Davenport march into
semis Windies crumble against Streak’s
spell ACB to try to convince M Waugh to
testify Ghambir, Mane hit
double centuries Rawat, Rajesh easy
winners India meet Singapore
today Yugoslavia edge out
Japan; enter final |
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Lata upsets Nandita;
Sania wins 5 Punjab overage
athletes banned Shooting range at
SAS Nagar
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Agassi, Davenport march into semis MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (Reuters) — Defending champions Andre Agassi and Lindsay Davenport strolled into the Australian Open semifinals with effortless wins today. Agassi played almost flawless tennis to rout fellow American Todd Martin 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to set up a semifinal meeting with Pat Rafter.
Capriati reached her second successive Australian Open semifinal when she scrambled back to beat Seles. The American 12th seed scored her first win over Seles in six Grand Slam matches, wearing down the four-times Australian Open winner with her tenacity and power. “I think it’s one of the best matches I’ve played,’’ a delighted Capriati said afterwards. “My adrenaline is pumping so hard right now I feel like I could run a marathon.’’ Sixth seed Agassi sealed his quarterfinal win against Martin on his second match point when he ended a stirring rally with a backhand lob. It was his 13th win in 18 matches Against Martin, who upset third seed and former world No 1 Pete Sampras in the previous round. Martin had to work hard for every point and managed to break Agassi to lead 4-3 in the final set. But he immediately surrendered the advantage and Agassi quickly raced to victory. Second seed Davenport clinched her quarterfinal win on her first match point with an ace. Davenport won a staggering 93 per cent of points on her first serve while Kournikova undermined her own chances with 26 unforced errors. Davenport took the opening set in 33 minutes when she broke Kournikova’s serve in the fifth game after the Russian had failed to convert three break points of her own then took the second set in 32 minutes with two more breaks. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s business as usual,’’ she said. It’s another opportunity to win another Grand Slam. I’m in the semifinals and that’s great but it’s where I think I should be.’’ Capriati fought back from an inconsistent start to reel off eight games in a row from the middle of the second set and turn the tide against Seles. Capriati bounced back from 4-2 down in the second set and grabbed two breaks of serve to race to a 4-0 lead in the third set, shutting a tiring Seles out of the match. “I came out playing really well,’’ Capriati said. Former world No 1 Seles had earlier looked headed for the semis as fellow American Capriati mixed aces and clean winners with double-faults and simple groundstroke errors. But Capriati, who was warned for throwing her racket after serving a double fault to hand Seles another break and a 4-2 lead in the second set, clambered her way back much as she has reconstructed her career. The 1992 Olympic gold medallist missed almost all of the 1994 and 1995 seasons after her well-publicised teenage rebellion against authority and run-ins with police. Today’s match was reminiscent of the former battles the pair staged in the early 1990s, when Seles won five of seven matches they played between 1990 and 1992. “Now I’m older and a lot stronger physically and fit so I get back the balls she hits better now,’’ said Capriati. The match marked only the second loss for Seles at the Australian Open. The US Left-hander racked up a Grand Slam record of 33 straight wins at the tournament, taking the title in 1991-93. She won again in 1996 in her first return to Melbourne since she was stabbed by a crazed fan in Hamburg in 1993 and then lost to eventual winner Martina Hingis in the 1999 open semifinals.  MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (PTI) — The Indians were wiped out from the Australian Open tennis tournament with Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes losing their mixed doubles campaigns in the second round here yesterday. Former national champion and teenager Sunil Kumar gave a gutsy display before losing to the second-seeded Roman Valent of Switzerland in the first round of the boys’ singles. The 1999 Wimbledon champions Leander Paes and Lisa Raymond of the USA fought a losing battle against third-seeded pair of Ellis Ferreira and Corina Morariu 7-5 7-6 (7/3) and bowed out in the second round. Paes-Raymond pair, who had a fruitful outing in 1999, had no answers to the athletic South African-American pair who clinched points after crucial rallies to emerge winners. Bhupathi, partnering Ai Sugiyama of Japan, also faced the similar fate as the Indo-Japanese duo were beaten by Australian tandem of Peter Tramacchi and Rachel McQuillan in a fiercely contested match 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (8/6). |
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Windies crumble against Streak’s spell SYDNEY, Jan 23 (AFP) — Captain Heath Streak led Zimbabwe to a memorable 47-run victory over the West Indies here tonight with a magnificent performance with bat and ball that kept his team alive in the $210,000 tri-nation contest. Heath, at No 8, saved his country with the bat, crafting a courageous 45 from 70 balls in a fragile total of 138 before turning on a Herculean performance with the ball at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Opening the attack, the 26-year-old from Bulawayo claimed four for 8 from eight overs as the West Indies crumbled for an all out 91 - only four runs better than their lowest-ever one-day total. It was Zimbabwe’s first win in three matches in the contest, placing them level with the Windies on the ladder and reviving their prospects of earning a showdown with Australia in the best-of-three finals early next month. Medium-pacer Bryan Strang gave Heath superb support, snapping up three for 15 from eight overs. It was a shattering defeat for the West Indies and a bodyblow for skipper Jimmy Adams, whose captaincy is reportedly under a cloud. Their amazing collapse revived memories of their worst total of 87 made at this ground against Australia in 1993. The defence of 138 was reminiscent of Zimbabwe’s effort at the 1993 World Cup in Australia when they defended 134 against England at Albury. Before Nixon McLean reversed a dreadful slide by slamming 40 runs off 32 balls, the West Indies looked likely to record the worst-ever score on record - Pakistan’s 43 made against the Windies in South Africa in 1992-93. In a calamitous start, the West Indies were 31 for eight in the 17th over before McLean and Jimmy Adams (22) added 60 in a brave ninth-wicket stand that had threatened to turn the game. In his bulldozing spell at the bowling crease, Streak had Ridley Jacobs (6) and Ricardo Powell (0) trapped leg before wicket and induced edges from Wavell Hinds (8) and Laurie Williams (0). At the other end, a delighted Strang had Sherwin Campbell (0) caught by his name-sake Alistair, Brian Lara (0) out leg before and Marlon Samuels (1) caught in the slips. Streak had remarkable figures of four for four early in the innings. Mluleki Nkala took over and picked up the wicket of Mahendra Nagamootoo, who tried a daring stroke but was brilliantly caught by Dirk Viljoen at third man for three. Adams’ steadiness and McLean’s bold stroke-making restored some order — particularly after McLean took 19 from one Guy Whittal over. He hit four fours in a row to bring up the Windies’ 50 and make the victory target suddenly appear achievable. But three balls after the second drinks break, Nkala took a brilliant return catch from Adams and then had Cuffy caught by Carlisle for a duck to end the innings. Earlier, the West Indies appeared to be well in control after their best bowling and fielding performance of the season. Scoreboard Zimbabwe: Campbell c Jacobs b Cuffy 4 G. Whittall c Campbell b Cuffy 11 Carlisle c Powell b Williams 29 A. Flower c Jacobs b Cuffy 3 G. Flower c Jacobs b Cuffy 7 Rennie c Powell b Williams 14 Viljoen c Jacobs b McLean 2 Streak c sub (Joseph) b Samuels 45 Nkala c Lara b Williams 0 Strang c Jacobs b Samuels 1 Murphy not out 7 Extras: (b-0 lb-5 w-4 nb-1) 10 Total: (all out, 47.2 overs) 138 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-30, 3-45, 4-62, 5-62, 6-66, 7-88, 8-88, 9-104. Bowling: McLean 9-1-28-1, Cuffy 10-1-24-4, Williams 10-1-24-3, Samuels 8.2-0-28-2, Nagamootoo 8-0-19-0, Adams 2-0-5-0. West Indies Hinds c Campbell b Streak 8 Jacobs lbw b Streak 6 Campbell c Campbell b Strang 0 Lara lbw b Strang 0 Samuels c Carlisle b Strang 1 Adams c & b Nkala 22 Powell lbw b Streak 0 Williams c Carlisle b Streak 0 Nagamootoo c Viljoen b Nkala 3 McLean not out 40 Cuffy c Campbell b Nkala 0 Extras: (lb-7, w-3, nb-1) 11 Total: (all out, 31.5 overs) 91 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-22, 3-22, 4-22, 5-24, 6-25, 7-25, 8-31, 9-91. Bowling: Streak 8-4-8-4, B. Strang 8-4-15-3, Nkala 5.5-1-12-3, G. Whittall 7-0-42-0, Murphy 3-1-7-0. |
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ACB to try to convince M Waugh to testify MELBOURNE, Jan 23 (AP) — The Australian Cricket Board’s lawyers will meet with Mark Waugh’s legal team to try to convince the Australian batsman to give evidence into an investigation probing corruption in the game. ACB chief Malcolm Speed said the board would also be seeking clarification whether it could force Waugh to give evidence to an anti-corruption unit. “We have the power under the contract that compels Mark to follow reasonable directions from the ACB,” Mr Speed said. Waugh’s international career is again under a cloud after, on legal advice, he refused to be interviewed by anti-corruption investigator Greg Melick. The ICC is investigating allegations he accepted more money than was previously disclosed from illegal Indian bookmaker M.K. Gupta in return for Australian team information. Mr Melick and the ICC unit, headed by chief investigator Sir Paul Condon, wanted to speak to Waugh here next month after an Indian police report alleged he had taken $20,000 from Gupta. “We’re not quite sure why he’s unwilling to submit to this interview at this stage so I think there needs to be some dialogue there and over the next couple of days we’ll try and sort it out,” Mr Speed told a Melbourne radio station. Asked whether Waugh would be stood down for the rest of the season, he said it would be a matter for the ACB board of Directors to consider. “There are unsubstantiated allegations that have been made against Mark Waugh and until there’s something further than that, the ACB doesn’t see it as appropriate to take further action. “Whether his refusal to answer questions changes that position - that’s an issue we’ll have to resolve over the next few days.” Waugh, who denied the allegations at a press conference but has not made an official statement to the ACB, appeared to be testing the will of the ACB which will want the matter resolved before the Australian team leaves for India in mid-February. The ICC has made it clear that the next step will have to come from the ACB and the board would have to determine what action it would take. “To some extent we are caught in the middle here in that the allegation is made and the ICC wants an investigation,” Mr Speed said. “He’s one of our players and it’s important that we have a good relationship with Mark and with all the players, but it is also important that the public can see that we are dealing with it effectively.”
Crowe also refuses WELLINGTON (Reuters): Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe has refused to talk to the International Cricket Council
(ICC) about match fixing allegations, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The Evening Post, quoting Crowe’s lawyer David Howman, said that Crowe would not talk to the
ICC’s anti-corruption director Sir Paul Condon when he visits New Zealand in mid-February. Crowe would not meet Condon unless allegations that he took money for match information during the 1991 World Cup were substantiated, it added. “We have co-operated all along and will continue to do so if the allegations come to anything but at the moment there is nothing to answer to,’’ the newspaper quoted Howman as saying. There was no independent confirmation from either Crowe or Howman. |
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Ghambir, Mane hit double centuries CHENNAI, Jan 23 (PTI) — Indian openers Gautam Ghambir and Vinayak Mane shone with scintilating double century knocks in the drawn under-19 second cricket Test between India and England here today. India (overnight 241 without loss) declared their innings at 492 for four following on in the second innings. England, needing to make 325 for a win in 41 overs, were 64 for two, when play was called off in the eighth mandatory over. Scoreboard England (1st innings): 399 India (1st innings): 231 India (2nd innings): G. Ghambir run out 212, V. Mane c Bell b Muchall 201, Y. Ganeswar Rao c Sadler b Muchall 3, A. S. Naidu c Sadler b Panesar 35, K. Khadkikar not out 19, V. Sivaramakrishnan not out 7. Extras (b-2, lb-1, w-7, nb-5) 15. Total (for 4 wkts decl) 492. Fall of wickets: 1/391, 2/397, 3/431, 4/481. Bowling: A. Mcgarry 13-1-64-0, I. Pattison 12-0-56-0, J. Bishop 11-0-56-0, G. Tremlett 13-0-67-0, M. Panesar 24-3-122-1, Muchall 16-0-80-2, I. Bell 1-0-10-0, J. Sadler 4-0-34-0. England (2nd innings): J. Sadler not out 31, N. Peng c Ajay Ratra b Aggarwal 0, I. R. Bell b Vidyuth Sivaramakrishnan 7, G. Pratt not out 19. Extras (b-1, w-5, nb-1) 7. Total (for 2 wkts) 64. Fall of wickets: 1/17, 2/41 Bowling: S. Trivedi 5-2-12-0, N. Aggarwal 9-2-18-1, V. Sivaramakrishnan 11-5-13-1, Dharmichand 6-2-9-0, I. Ganda 2-1-10-0, K. Khadkikar 1-0-1-0. |
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Rawat, Rajesh easy
winners CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — Too many lop-sided bouts were witnessed on the opening day of the eighth A. K. Misra Memorial Boxing Championship which started at the Sector 10 Skating Rink here today. It took virtually one solid punch from Puran Rawat of Assam Rifles to earn a favourable verdict as Bhupinder Singh of Chandigarh Yellow had to retire in the first round in the bantam weight category bout. P. Rajesh of Andhra proved a far superior boxer in the bantam weight category in his clash against Virender Singh of Uttar Pradesh. The sprightly-built Rajesh kept his rival at bay with a flurry of powerful combination of left-right punches as soon as the bout started and forced the referee to start count twice in the very first round to emerge a clear winner. Jaswinder Singh of the SRC, having a palpable advantage of height, went hammer and tongs against V. Baskaran of Pondicherry right from the word go. Pinning Baskaran on the ropes at least thrice in the first round he made his hapless rival take severe punishment. There was no respite for Baskaran in the second round also and the referee had to stop the contest as Baskaran suffered a minor injury. Sunil Kumar of Delhi unleshed a volley of punches on Pargat Singh of Pepsu, who was declared retired in the first round to save him from further punishment. Saranjit of Assam Rifles, employing effective left jab and a solid right, toyed with Amar Kotyal of Chandigarh Yellow and forced a stoppage of bout in the first round of the lightweight category. Kulwant Singh of Uttaranchal rattled Satyam Singh of Punjab in the first round to earn a knock-out verdict. Earlier in the morning, the first bout between Ramesh Singh (Chd-G) and Mohammad Arif (RSP) went full distance which the Chandigarh lad won on points. Results (1st round): Light fly weight: Ramesh Singh (Chd-Y) b Md Arif (RSP) on points. Bantam weight:
Sanjeet Chauhan (HP) b C. Mundari (RSP) RSC 2nd, Jaswinder Singh (SRC) b V. Baskaran (Pond) RSC 2nd, Puran Rawat (AR) b Bhupinder Singh (Chd-Y) retd 1st, T. Ravi Chandran (TN) loses to Satyender Singh (Del) on points, KSH Kingson Singh (BSF) b Rajbir Singh (Chd- G), retd 2nd rd, Pargat Singh (Pepsu) loses to Sunil Kumar (IGS Del) retd 1st, S. Suribabu (Viza) loses to Atul Siddarth (UA) on points, P. Rajesh (AP) b Virender Singh (UP) retd 1st. Light weight: Saranjit (AR) b Amar Kotal (Chd-G) RSC 1st, Kulwinder Singh (UA) b Satyam Singh (Pb) ‘K’ O 1st, Anil Kumar (IGS, Del) b M. A. Khan (RSP) OC 1st, S. Dhanabir Singh (BSF) b Virendra (AP) on points. |
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India meet Singapore
today LUDHIANA, Jan 23 — An intense battle for supremacy is on the cards as hosts India take on Singapore in the semifinals of the third Asian School Hockey Championship at the Punjab Agricultural University grounds here
tomorrow. The second semifinal to be played between Bangladesh and Malaysia is also likely to be a close affair. Going by present form,India, who won the inaugural edition at Chandigarh in 1994, hold a distinct edge. While India won both their league matches against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka rather convincingly, Singapore lost one match and drew another to accumulate four points. After drawing with Uzbekistan 1-1, Singapore lost to Malaysia 0-2. Their only victory was registered against Iran whom they beat 5-0. Although India were placed in a relatively easy pool along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the hosts, under coach Rajinder Singh hardly displayed any lethargy. In fact the 12-0 win over Sri Lanka on January 19 proved that the Indians had an immense appetitie for goals. As Rajinder himself said, the boys were not taking any team lightly. The subsequent 3-0 win over Bangladesh gave a further boost to their morale. Yesterday, playing an exhibition match against Uzbekistan at Takhanwadh,the Indians were once again at their attacking best, pumping in six goals while conceding one. For India,skipper Raju,Satwinder Singh, Ravinder Kumar, Sudhir Kumar and Bharat have proved their mettle and Singapore may not be a difficult opposition for them. Singapore are largely dependent on Harman Bin Mansoor, the energetic lad who scored three goals against Sri Lanka. Muhammad Noh, Noorkhari and Mohamed Hafidz are also the players to watch. Bangladesh, who will clash with Malaysia, may be in for a tough time. The Malaysians,who topped pool ‘B’, won all the three league matches. They first beat Iran 6-0 and then edged out Singapore 2-0. In their last league match on January 21, they trounced Uzbekistan 4-0. Bangladesh, on the other hand, won one match against Sri Lanka and lost the second to India. Malaysia’s Prabakaran, Suffian Mahammad, Azlan Misron, Ismail Abu, and Ikhmal Jabar have tasted success upfront. In the three matches that Malaysia played, they scored 12 goals and did not concede a single.Bangladesh,on the other hand scored only three goals and conceded three. However, in comparison to the team fielded by Bangladesh earlier in 1994, the present outfit is far more balanced. The team from the Bangladesh Institute of Sports, Dhaka, are relying on Yammin Hossain,Mohammed Ashraful Islam, and Mazharul Islam. The absence of a couple of key players, one of whom is down with jaundice, is a worrying factor for the team management. On the whole, the two matches are likely to be keenly contested unlike some of the one-sided encounters that one witnessed in the league phase. The first semifinal between Malaysia and Bangladesh will be played at 11 a.m. while the second between India and Singapore will be played at 2 p.m. |
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Yugoslavia edge out Japan; enter final KOLKATA, Jan 23 (PTI) — Title aspirants Yugoslavia overcame some anxious moments before edging out a spirited Japan 1-0 and moved into the final of the Sahara Millennium Cup Football Tournament at the Salt Lake Stadium here today. Medio Igor Duljaj struck the match-winner to seal the fate of the young Japanese team in a pulsating encounter under floodlights. Both the teams dished out an attacking brand of soccer but the Yugoslavs relied on their experience to bring an end to the Japanese challenge in the 13-nation tournament. Yugoslavia will now take on arch rivals Bosnia in what promises to be an exciting summit showdown at the same venue on Wednesday. The Japanese could have fetched the equaliser had their forward not frittered away a few gilt-edged opportunities that came their way, particularly in the action packed second session. The Yugoslavs shot into the lead as early as the fourth minute of the contest with medio Igor Duljaj finding the target with a controlled lob from outside the box leaving the young Japanese in a daze. Duljaj, collecting a loose ball, lobbed it towards the goal and the Japanese custodian Toshiyasu Takahara could helplessly watch as the ball sailed into the goal over the heads of the defenders. Though Japan failed to reach the final, the young and sprightly side, who are the Asian champions, not only matched evenly to their much higher-rated opponents from Europe, but also had an edge in the second session when they moved with fast pace and snatched the balls smartly going all out for an equaliser. But the Yugoslav had the last laugh as they read the Japanese opponents quicker and better. The Japanese had to return vanquished as they failed to cash in on the chances they created. |
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Lata upsets Nandita;
Sania wins NEW DELHI, Jan 23 — Unseeded Lata Assudani shocked fourth-seeded Nandita Chandrasekhar 6-1, 6-4 in a second round match of the Amtek ITF Junior Circuit Girls Tennis Tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association court here today. Assudani, who had beaten Olexandra Verkhnvatska of Ukraine in the first round, outplayed Nandita, who is ranked 157 in the girls ITF rankings table. In another interesting match, Sandy Cumulya played tenaciously to outwit Preeti Rao 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Cumulya had shocked eighth seeded Rattiva Hiranrat of Thailand in her first round match. Top-seeded Sania Mirza, who had received a first-round bye, stormed past Parul Goswami 6-1, while third-seeded Megha Vakharia toyed with Halim Kartika of Indonesia 6-2, 6-2. In the boys doubles first round match, Amanjot Singh and Harshit Sharma of India posted a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Ivan Kokurin (Uzbekistan) and Damir Zhylkybayev (Kazakhastan) 6-1,
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5 Punjab overage
athletes banned PATIALA, Jan 23 — Five Punjab athletes have been slapped a one-year ban by the Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) for being found overaged while taking part in the 16th Junior National Athletic Championships which concluded at Bangalore recently. For long, overaged athletes participating in age categories not meant for them has been the bane of Indian athletics and in an attempt to root out this malady, the AAFI has come down strongly by clamping a ban on 24 junior athletes out of which five are from Punjab. The banned athletes from Punjab are Harpreet Singh, Amardeep Singh, Gursewak Singh, Pushpinder Singh and Harpal Singh. The AAFI decided to ban the athletes after conducting medical checks during the Bangalore championships. However, the athletes have been given 30 days by the federation to prove their innocence and, subsequently, challenge the ban. Meanwhile, according to top AAFI sources, the federation apart from passing strictures on the overaged issue, is also contemplating taking strict action against some Kerala athletes who indulged in hooliganism on the concluding day of the meet. The Kerala athletes, apparently peeved at being pipped to the post by Tamil Nadu by two points in the race for the overall team championships, vented their anger by marching onto the dias when the national anthem was being played during the closing ceremony and created unruly scenes by shouting slogans against the AAFI General Secretary Mr Lalit Bhanot and officials of the host association. The rampaging athletes, apart from showing disrespect to the national anthem, also broke flower vases and glass-top tables even as the manager and coaches accompanying the Kerala contingent did nothing to bring an end to the sordid drama. However, as the issue threatened to snowball into a major confrontation, volunteers of the Karnataka Athletic Association, who were the hosts of the meet, stepped in to bring order to the proceedings. The other athletes who have been banned for one year are:
Vishal Singh Sodhi (J&K), Jagmander Singh (Chandigarh), Satish Kumar (Delhi), Upendra Singh (Rajasthan), Tippu Hembram (Oris), Rampal, Jagmohan and Partap Rathwa (Gujarat). K. Satishweran, M. Palani Kumar, Hamsu Kumar and Vinod (Tamil Nadu), Aruna Mishra and Pradeep (Jharkhand), Barmeshwar Nath, Gajjan Kumar and Aishwarya (Bihar) and Nikhil (Kerala). |
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Shooting range at
SAS Nagar CHANDIGARH, Jan 23 — Punjab will soon have an international level shooting range at SAS Nagar. The proposed range will be located at the campus of Government College, SAS Nagar, (near Dara Studio) and will benefit the promising shooters of the region. This was disclosed by Raja K.S. Sidhu secretary-general of the Punjab Rifle Shooting Association here. The city already has produced shooters like Abhinav Bindra, Sabeeha Dhillon, Arti Mehta, Dalip Chandel, Sukhmanpreet Sidhu, Preeti, among others. Sidhu said that the Punjab-based shooters in trap and skeet events would practise in Delhi due to absence of any such range here. Such Punjab trap shooters are Manavjit Singh, Zorawar, Mansher and Arundeep Sandhu. The project at an estimated cost of nearly 65 lakh will be closely monitored by Education Department Punjab, Punjab Sports Department and Punjab Rifle Shooting Association. Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa in his letter dated June 9,1999 as President of the POA, to the Chief Secretary Punjab demanded allocation of a suitable site near Mullanpur (near Chandigarh) for the construction of a shooting range. But Mullanpur came under proposed Anandgarh project so another site had to be found out. Even Sports Authority of India was entrusted with the job of looking for a shooting range. Sidhu said the range will hopefully be ready by April National camps and national shooting meet could also be organised here. Mr I.S. Bindra, Principal Secretary Sports Punjab, who is also the secretary of the National Games Organising Committee, made a lot of efforts in making this new site feasible. The matter was discussed with Amarjit Singh Special Secretary, Education, Punjab who promised all help. Mr Sidhu said that the equipment for trap and skeet events was lying with Punjab Sports Department custody and with a little renovation it will be put to use. Sidhu told that apart from the range, an administrative block will also be constructed which will house armoury room, committee room, locker rooms and the office of concerned departments. He said that the Chandigarh range at Sector 25 was not serving the desired purpose. |
Srinath upset BANGALORE, Jan 23 (UNI) — Upsets continued to haunt the third leg of the ITF Futures as second leg winner and fifth seed Jaroslav Levinsky of the Czech Republic and fancied Indian Prahlad Srinath lost their opening round matches here today. The only Indian to survive in the opening round was Vishal Uppal who outshone qualifier Manoj Mahadevan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to take on Hendri Susilo Pramono of Indonesia in the second round. Hendri beat Vijay
Kannan, another Indian qualifier in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. |
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Harsh Mankad
dropped NEW DELHI: The formidable duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will spearhead India’s challenge against China in the Asia-Oceania Davis Cup to be played in Beijing from February 9 to 11. The selection committee of the All-India Tennis Association (AITA), which announced the four-member team for the tie here on Tuesday dropped Mumbai’s Harsh Mankad from the squad Mankad was in the team which played against Sweden last year. Paes, who could not play against Swedan due to injury, replaces Mankad. — UNI
Thorpe eyes
Swiss Miss MELBOURNE: Australian swimming hero Ian Thorpe has been dating world No 1 Martina Hingis, the ‘Swiss miss’ of the tennis world. Reporters who watched Thorpe present Hingis with her trophy at an Australian Open warm-up tournament in Sydney earlier this month were convinced they spotted a spark of attraction between the two high profile stars. “Love your outfit, Ian,” Hingis was heard telling the Olympic 400m freestyle gold medallist. Thorpe’s manager David Flaksas confirmed that the flirtation had gone further after the tournament. “They went out to dinner to celebrate,” Flaskas told the Melbourne Herald Sun. “They are both pretty easy going and they get on great.” Hingis, who at 20 is two years older than Thorpe, was previously linked romantically to Sweden’s Magnus Norman, who was sent packing from the Australian Open yesterday on Monday.
— AFP
Soccer for
Nobel prize? OSLO: The game of soccer has been nominated for the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting understanding among nations. Although more than a dozen fans died during stampedes and riots at games last year, Swedish lawmaker Lars Gustafsson insisted on Monday that soccer helps international relations. “Soccer has and will continue to play an important role in the global arena, when it comes to creating understanding between people,” he wrote in his nomination letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.
— AFP
Kabaddi from
February 7 BANGALORE: The 48th National Kabaddi Championships for men and women would be held at Karnataka’s district headquarters town of Mandya from February 7 to 11, the organisers said on Tuesday.
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Rewari boxers
steal the show NEW DELHI, Jan 23 — Sharmila Yadav of Rewari and Seema Bachhal of Ambala were declared the best boxer and best loser, respectively, in the first Haryana State Women’s Boxing Championships, which concluded at the Bal Bhawan complex at Rewari yesterday, according to information reaching here.
Preeti Beniwal of Hissar was declared the best boxer in the junior category. The Rewari district team won the overall championship in both the categories. |
Powerlifting trials on Jan 25 PATIALA, Jan 23 — Trials to select the Punjab (masters) powerlifting teams for both men and women will be held at Mangal Ka Akhara on January 25 at 11 a.m., according to Mr Kulwinder Singh
Dhillon, honorary secretary, Punjab Powerlifting Association. The selected squad will take part in the National (masters) Powerlifting Championships scheduled to be held at Hyderabad from February 17 to 19.
Aerobic programme A mass fitness aerobic programme will be simultaneously held at the Rink Hall and the NIS complex from January 24 to February 2. Dr Manika
Debnath, Senior Lecturer, Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education,
Gwalior, along with other aerobic experts will be conducting the
programme. Forms for participation in the nine-day programme may be had from the District Sports Officer, Rink Hall, or from the
NIS. |
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