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Injured Lee out of Indian tour Aussie cricketers to
wear ice vests Laxman appointed
India ‘A’ skipper Test team selection
on February 19
North Zone pile up 557 Cup name row sparks
protest Gopi Chand,
Popat enter semis Mahindras go down to Bagan |
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Mohun Bagan back on top Top players for
Singhania golf Ghungrali Rajputan
meet from Feb 9 Travel Agents win Abhinav lifts cup Jitendra annexes
TT title SR in semis Harinder winner
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Injured Lee out of Indian tour SYDNEY, Feb 5 (PTI) — An injury to his elbow has come costly for Australian bowling sensation Brett Lee, who will miss the all-important cricket tour of India, and is also doubtful of making it to the Ashes tour of England. Australian Control Board (ACB) release here today said Lee will undergo corrective surgery tomorrow to repair the medial ligament and flexor tendon in his right elbow, which he injured during the tri-series match against Zimbabwe in Perth yesterday. The Aussie squad for the Indian tour is to be selected
tomorrow. Lee’s doctor Trefor James said the injury may take three to six months to heal, throwing doubts on Lee’s participation in the Ashes series too, scheduled to begin late may. “The three months, if you can achieve that makes him available, the six months probably makes him unavailable”, Trefor said. Lee, who was just back from a back injury, which kept him out of three Tests against West Indies in December-January, said the latest injury was “bitter disappointment”. “It’s obviously a set-back but I will be trying to remain as positive as possible and i’ll be looking forward to the series that follow the tour of India. I’m already targeting the tour of the UK for my comeback,” Lee said. Lee injured his elbow while returning the ball from near the boundary during Zimbabwe’s run-chase last afternoon. He remained on the field and bowled a spell late in the match before going off the ground for treatment. Leg-spinner Shane Warne and off-spinner Colin Miller are likely to be the only two slow bowlers Australia take on a three-Test series of India. Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said Australia would probably take a 14-man squad, which would mean leg-spinner Stuart MacGill misses out. “If we can it will be 14, but we have the option of 15,” Hohns said today. “I guess it’s a matter of whether we take an extra bowler but we’ll confer with the captain and coach.” MacGill has taken 75 wickets in 16 Tests, including 16 in four matches during Australia’s recent 5-0 whitewash of the West Indies while Warne was recovering from a broken finger.
Australia, unofficial world Test champions, have won their past 15 Tests.
Aussie cricketers to
wear ice vests PERTH (AFP): Australia’s cricketers are set to wear ice vests during their forthcoming three-Test tour of India, captain Steve Waugh revealed today. Designed to beat the extreme heat and humidity on the sub-continent, they will match the Australian uniforms so they will hardly be noticeable on the field. Australian players are keen to prevent a repetition of the Test in Chennai as during the 1986-87 tour to India, when batsman Dean Jones became so dehydrated during an innings of 210 that he was rushed to hospital with severe dehydration and exhaustion. Waugh said coach John Buchanan has had the vests, which have frozen liquid in strips of tubing that cover the torso, developed from similar ones worn by Australian Football League footballers during pre-season tournaments when weather conditions can be dangerously hot. Australian fast bowlers Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee wore the vests in a trial run during yesterday’s nail-biting one-run win in the tri-nations series one-day match against Zimbabwe here. The temperature in Perth soared to 35 degrees Celsius during the game. McGrath, who promises to be one of Australia’s trump cards in India, said the vests were a great help, especially during long bowling spells. Waugh said the vests would also be used if the side encountered any hot days during this week’s tri-nations finals against the West Indies. “We’ll also take them over there (to India) and see if they work,” he said. “We’ve got two lead-up matches and if they make the guys cool down and feel better about themselves we’ll probably use them.” McGrath said Waugh’s plan to blitz the Indians with pace meant the new ball bowlers would have a heavy workload. McGrath said he welcomed the opportunity to become accustomed to the vests before the tour to India which begins later this month. “I am used to a dry heat in Australia,” he said. “India has a humid heat, and the vests will really help if you can wear them for an over or two to cool down.” |
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Laxman appointed
India ‘A’ skipper MUMBAI, Feb 5 (UNI) — VVS Laxman will lead the India ‘A’ against the Australians in the three-day tour opener from
February 17 to 19. The team was announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jaywant Lele in the presence of chairman of selection committee Chandu Borde, here today. Nayan Mongia after being absolved of the match-fixing allegations has been chosen as the wicketkeeper. Debashish Mohanty, who had having a great domestic season, would lead the pace attack in this match along with Delhi’s Asish Nehra. Javed Zaman has also been chosen despite not being in the camp probables or any of the three teams to participate in the Challenger one-day series. When asked about this, the chairman of the selection committee Chandu Borde said, “We have included him after seeing his performance in the Duleep Trophy.’’ The team: VVS Laxman (capt), S. Ramesh, S.S. Das, D. Mohanty, H. Badani, M. Kaif, Nayan Mongia, D. Mohanty, A. Nehra, R. Sanghvi, Harbhajan Singh, S. Balaji Rao, G. Khoda, Javed Zaman. On the non-inclusion of the Mumbai players, Mr Borde said: “We will be seeing them in action during the three-day match against the Australians to be played from February 22 to 24 at the Brabourne stadium here.’’ He said that the committee did consider players like Sairaj Bahutule and Wasim Jaffer but since they would be getting a chance to play against the Australians in Mumbai the committee thought of giving some other boys a chance. Mr Borde also clarified on certain comments attributed to him and Indian coach, John Wright about the type of wickets they had asked to be prepared for the Test series, saying that reports were false. |
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Test team selection
on February 19 MUMBAI, Feb 5 (PTI) — The India team for the first cricket Test against Australia, to be played at Wankhede Stadium here from February 27 to March 3 will be picked on February 19 — the third and final day of the India-A and Australia match at Nagpur. Cricket board secretary Jaywant Lele and selection committee Chairman Chandu Borde announced here today that the Board President XI team for a three-day tour match against Australia in Delhi from March 6 to 8 will also be announced along with the Indian team. “With the cancellation of the tri-nation Sharjah tourney (in aid of the Gujarat earthquake victims) the conditioning camp for the 25 probables for the Indian team would be held at Chennai from February 7 to 11 followed by the Challenger Trophy tournament at the same venue from February 12 to 15,” Lele said after the Selection Committee met here today. “The conditioning camp will resume after the Challenger Trophy while the players selected to represent the India-A squad for the three-day match would proceed to Nagpur,” Lele added. “The players selected for first Test will then assemble in Mumbai on February 20 and practice at Wankhede Stadium till February 25,” he added. Players like Sairaj Bahutule (the leg spinner who got six wickets including a hat-trick in the West vs East Duleep Trophy match at Pune on Saturday), veteran spinner Narendra Hirwani and W.D. Balaji Rao of Tamil Nadu and others could be considered for the Delhi tie,” he added. “Our main idea is to try out as many players as possible before the three-Test home series,” Borde said. Borde also denied instructing the associations hosting the three Tests to prepare flat pitches to neutralise the Aussies’ superiority in both pace and spin while Lele said the board had asked the Vidarbha Cricket Association to prepare a sporting wicket for the tour opener at Nagpur. BANGALORE,
Feb 5 (UNI) — A brilliant 159 by Viswas Bhalla and centuries by Gaurav Gupta (134) and Abhinav Bali (101) enabled North Zone to pile up a Mammoth 557 in their first innings today against West Zone on the second day in the under-16 cricket tournament for Vijay Hazare trophy. In reply, West Zone made 160 for three . In another match, a fighting 77 by Mayukh Biswas helped East Zone finish at 199 for five, after Central Zone made 270 in the first knock. Rakesh Mohanty (31) and Bignesh Mohanty (5) ere at the crease at the end of the day’s play. Brief Scores: North Zone 557 (viswas Bhalla 159, Gaurav Gupta 134, Abhinav Bali 101, Gautam Yadav 3/132, Kunjan Fadia 2/85, c Rathod 3/84. West Zone: 160/3 (Johil Kubeja batting 53, Parthiv Patel 37, Nikhil Rathod 29 — Abhishek Sharma 2/21). Central Zone: 270 (Gaurav Tikkas 78, Ashhad Iqbal 4/37, Rakesh Mohanty 3/53). East Zone 199 for 5 (mayukh Biswas 77, Ajith K.R. Singh 22, S.P. Priyadarshan 41, Rakesh Mohanty 31 batting, Avinash Yadav 2/29). |
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Cup name row sparks protest SEOUL, Feb 5 (AFP) — South Korean football fans staged a demonstration outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul today demanding the 2002 World Cup final be taken away from Japan because of a dispute about the tournament’s name. But despite a warning from South Korean soccer chiefs that they might seek to re-negotiate an agreement to allow Japan to stage the final, Japanese organisers insisted they would await a verdict on the dispute by football’s world governing body, FIFA. About a dozen placard-waving football fans shouted anti-Japanese slogans outside the Japanese Embassy in central Seoul. “Japan must return the final to South Korea,” said one banner. The co-hosts are in dispute because Japan wants to put its name first in the event title on tickets and other material to be sold in Japan. Under an accord when they were jointly awarded finals in 1996, the tournament is to be called the “2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan “. The opening match is in South Korea but Japan won the right to host the final. Korean World Cup organising committee (KOWOC) co-chairman Chung Mong-Joon, a FIFA vice-president, sidestepped questions on the dispute at a Press conference to give details of ticket sales which start on February 15. Japan is now saying it will await the decision of a FIFA executive committee on March 15. And at the weekend an official KOWOC spokesman said that if Japan raised the issue at the executive committee South Korea could raise the issue of the venue for the final. In Tokyo, a Japanese World Cup organising committee (JAWOC) official told AFP today, “this is a matter to be settled not by Japan or South Korea, but by FIFA. I heard that there was a demonstration at the Japanese Embassy today. I hope that the two countries do not waste energy on such things.” He added, “JAWOC hopes this will be settled as quickly as possible. We understand that FIFA will make a final decision when its top officials are to meet next month. “Japan is ready to follow their decision. But we believe our claim is common sense. For example, in Japan, the security treaty between Japan and the USA is called Japan-US Security Treaty. In the USA, its name is the other way round (US-Japan Security Treaty).” Despite the official comments, there is concern in South Korea that the dispute should be settled to avoid derailing organisations for the first co-hosting of a World Cup and the first to be held in Asia. The Korea Herald newspaper called for a compromise and said in an editorial, “the controversy has already shown signs of developing into a major row between the people of the two countries”. FIFA is said to have proposed a compromise saying the Japanese organisers could remove the country names from domestic promotional literature. JAWOC rejected the move. |
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Gopi Chand, Popat enter semis JAIPUR, Feb 5 (UNI) — Top seeds P. Gopi Chand and Aparna Popat expectedly made into the last four grade, but second seed Sachin Ratti in the men’s and third seed P.V.V. Laxmi in women’s singles made their exit at the 65th NTPC Senior National Badminton Championship here this evening. In the men’s quarterfinals, Gopi Chand ranked 6th in the world made short work of seventh seed Abhishek Bakshi of Air-India trouncing him by 15-6, 15-2. He will now meet fourth seed Abhinn Shyam Gupta — his PSCB teammate in the semifinals, who got the better of Arup Baidya in straight sets 17-14, 15-0. The second semifinal will be played between third seed Siddharth Jain (PSCB) and fifth seed Chetan Anand also of PSCB. The former earned a hard fought 12-15, 15-5, 15-11 victory over unseeded Arvind Bhatt of Karnataka, while the latter seeded fifth stunned second seeded Sachin Ratti of Railways 15-13, 10-15, 15-13 in a ding dong battle, which could be termed as the best match of the day. Olympion Aparna Popat ranked 82nd in the world took a sweet revange against ninth seed and current junior national champion Jwala Gutta of Andhra Pradesh beating her in straight sets 11-2, 11-5 in only 27 minutes. She had lost her in the inter state final 8-11, 11-4, 8-11. Popat will now take on fifth seed Divya Ramesh (BAI) in the first semifinal, who shocked the third seed P.V.V. Laxmi — the two time national champion 11-9, 11-0. The other semifinal will be played between fourth seed B.R. Meenakshi — last years runners up and second seed Manjusha Kanwar. Fourth seed Karnataka girl Meenakshi whipped sixth seed Parul Priya Darshani
(AI) 11-5, 11-6 and Kanwar — the PSCB veteran — dismissed Trupti Murgunde
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Mahindras go down to Bagan MUMBAI, Feb 5 (PTI) — Brazilian striker Barreto scored a perfect header to help Mohun Bagan edge past local outfit Mahindra United by a solitary goal in the National Football League at the Cooperage here today. Rovers Cup champions Bagan could have won by a greater margin but Mahindra custodian Virender Singh thwarted all their hopes as he saved as many as three goals. The only goal of the match was scored in the 56th minute when Indian player R.C. Pakash’s corner kick was received by Barreto exactly above his head. The Brazilian jumped and headed the ball into the goal which stunned Singh and other Mahindra players remained mere spectators. Bagan, who played well in the first half, could not take the lead though they were able to keep the ball in Mahindra half. In the second half, they looked more aggressive as they were making frequent attacks and kept Mahindra keeper Virender Singh busy. On the other hand, Mahindra, who beat Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) by a solitary goal last Thursday, had a chance to equalise in the 6Ist minute when Abhay Kumar lobbed the ball with his left-foot only to see it go above the bar. The Kolkata gaints also had a scoring opportunity in the 65th minute when Debjit Ghosh missed a header on Lolendro Singh’s free-kick. A minute later, Amauri had easiest of the chances but his header was saved brilliantly by Mahindra custodian with his right foot on the goal-line.
Vasco defeat SBT MARGAO: A last-minute penalty goal by Uzbekistan’s Avazbek Khoshimov helped debutant Vasco Sports Club (Goa) beat State Bank of Travancore (SBT) 2-1 and keep their unbeaten record intact in the fifth round of the National Football league Championship match that was played at Nehru Stadium at Fatorda here today. Both the teams failed to score in the first half the feature of today’s match was that all the three goals came off penalty awards. Ravi Babu, in the 51st minute, and Khoshimov in the 89th minute scored for the winners while defender Jeju Jacob scored for the SBT in the 83rd minute. With this win Vasco boosted its lead to 11 points from five outings with three wins and two draws while SBT remained on same two points with as many matches. After a barren first half Vasco surged ahead in the 51st minute through medio Ravi Babu off a penalty kick awarded to them by referee Mustaq Pasha of Karnataka, when SBT’s Sunil Kumar handled the ball inside the penalty area.
Babu made no mistake to convert the spot kick.
ITI hold FC Kochin KOCHI: Putting up a keen fight,
ITI, Bangalore, held better-rated FC Kochin to a 1-1 draw in their fifth round match of the National Football League here tonight. Iti led 1-0 at the half time through a penalty goal scored by their skipper Dhanesh in the 44th minute. The Kochin side, however, restored parity when local hero Joe Paul Anchery, playing as centre back, thrust forward and found the net with a spectacular shot 10 minutes after the interval. FC
Kochin have now 11 points from five matches while ITI have five from the same number of outings. It was keenly contested and furiously fought-out encounter in which referee Walter Pereira had to show five yellow cards and a red card. Two yellow cards, including a red card, were shown to captain Dhanesh and iti had to play one short during the last eight minutes. The other yellow cards were shown to Sunday Sea and Santhosh of
FC while iti goalkeeper Martin Mascreenhas got the other for over delaying the ball. Salgaocar win MARGO: Salogacar (Goa) yesterday put up a dazzling performance to trounce Kolkata’s Manaksia Tollgung Aggragami (MTA) 2-0 to register their third consecutive win in a row in the fourth round of the fifth edition of the National Football League championship match played at Nehru Stadium Fatorda here. Both the goals for the winners came in the second half through medio Dharamjit Singh in the 57th minute and striker Bruno Coutinho in the 69th minute. Salgaocar would have won by much bigger margin had not rival goalkeeper Hemant Dora come to their rescue specially in the first half. |
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Mohun Bagan back on top CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — Calcutta giants Mohun Bagan regained the top spot in the fifth National Football League on the conclusion of the fourth round at Margao yesterday. With ten points from three victories and one
draw, the green and maroon brigade are now ahead of FC Kochin, who despite having an equal number of
points, have been pushed to the second spot on inferior goal average.
Salgaocar Sports Club, Goa, who beat Tollygunge Agragami 2-0 in the last match of the round
yesterday, maintained the third position, although they were trailing at the fifth spot at the end of the second round on December 20. The most impressive win in round four was registered by Mohun
Bagan, who trounced State Bank of Travancore 3-0 in a home match at Kolkata on February 1. As in the opening round, striker Jose Barretto was on target for Mohun Bagan, along with Debjit Ghosh and R.P. Singh. FCKochin,who beat Air-India 2-1, owed their success to Eugene Gray and Aaron Cole while Khalid Jamil provided some consolation to the Mumbai
outfit. Mahindra United won their first match of the league against ITI, thanks to Manjit Singh’s fine effort at Mumbai on February 1. Winners of the inaugural edition, JCT
Phagwara, the only Punjab outfit in the current league after BSF were
relegated, lost their second match to debutants Vasco through a goal by Peter Rodrigues. Runners-up of the inaugural
edition, Churchill Brothers, and Calcutta’s glamour outfit East Bengal split points with a 1-1 draw through goals by Rajesh Meetei and Omolaja and Omolaja
Olalekan, respectively. Salgaocar, who registered their third win after beating Air-India and JCT in the preceding rounds, owed their success against Tollygunge yesterday to Dharamjit Singh and former India skipper Bruno
Coutinho. The following are the standings of the teams in the National Football League at the end of the fourth round(read under teams,matches played,won,drawn,lost,goals for, goals against,and points):
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Top players for
Singhania golf NEW DELHI, Feb 5 — Mukesh Kumar leads a 100-strong field in the third edition of the Sir Padampat Singhania Open Golf Tournament to be held at the Army Golf course here from February 8 to 11. This tournament will be the 17th event on the 2000-2001 season of the Wills Sport Professional Golf Tour. The tournament will see in action some of the top golfers of the country, including defending champion and top-ranked golfer on the current season’s Mahindra rankings Mukesh Kumar, leading prize money winner for the past three seasons running Vijay Kumar, the player in line for the ‘rookie of the year’award this season, Rahul Ganapathy, current leader of the order of merit, Shiv Prakash, 1998 Indian Open winner Feroz Ali, twice Indian Open winner Ali Sher, Harmeet Kahlon, Indrajit Bhalotia, veteran player Rohtas Singh, SSP Chowrasia, thrice winner of the Hero Golf Chandigarh Open Amritinder Singh and this season’s Ford-MGC Open winner Rafiq Ali. Mukesh Kumar, who has already carded three victories this season, including the BPGC Open in Mumbai yesterday, starts as the hot favourite, as he is also the defending champion. Vijay Kumar, champion in the inaugural year of the Singhania Open, who has notched up two title victories this season, and Shiv Prakash, another golfer who has carded two wins this season, including a record-setting 25-under Wills Sport Golf Tour Tournament, at the Tiger Sports Marketing Open in Faridabad, are the other players sure to give Mukesh a hard fight. The par-72 Army Golf Course will be hosting a professional event after a gap of two years, and the course is in excellent condition to provide keen competition in the Singhania Open, said Mr Govind Hari
Singhania, chairman, Sir Padampat Sports Academy, here today. |
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Ghungrali Rajputan
meet from Feb 9 CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — The 20th sports festival of Ghungrali Rajputan (Ludhiana) is being jointly organised by the Singh Sports Association and Gram Panchayat Ghungrali Rajputan at the Shri Hargobind Sports Complex of the village from February 9 to 11. In a press note, the association said competitions in football (52 kg), kabaddi besides an exhibition match between Majha and Malwa, cycle race, tug-of-war, dog race and athletics (junior and senior boys and girls) would be organised. Besides cash prizes, the football winners would be awarded the Phulwinder Memorial Silver Cup and in kabaddi the winners would be awarded the Harbans Singh Mehma Sarja Silver Cup along with cash prizes. All athletic events carry handsome cash prizes. A cultural programme will be held both at the opening and closing ceremonies. Individual feats will not be allowed as per directions issued by the Punjab State Rural Sports Promotion Council.
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Travel Agents win CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — A hard-hitting knock of 56 and some good bowling by Paminder Singh (3 for 21), R. Saggar (3 for 24) and Harminder Singh (2 for 11) helped Punjab Travel Agents XI to beat British Airways XI by 82 runs in their annual Punjab Cup match at Burlton Park, Jalandhar, yesterday. Batting first, Punjab Travel Agents XI piled up 179 for even wickets in the stipulated 25 overs thanks to some good batting by Rajiv Saggar (21), Harminder Singh (18) and Gagandeep Sabhlok (56). For the visitors Shiv Raj (2 for 12), Amit (2 for 33) and Rishi (2 for 18 ) were the most successful bowlers. British Airways XI started on a disastrous note as Harminder Singh of Chandigarh took two wickets in his second over to send them tottering at 11 for two. Unable to recover from the initial shock, the visitors were bundled out for 98. The highest scorer for them were the wide balls, 25, bowled by the host team. Shiv Raj Palta (24) and Allen Briggs (12) were the only batsmen to enter double figures. Parminder (three for 21), Rajee Saggar (three for 24) and Harminder Singh (2 for 11) were the successful home-team bowlers. Mr Avinash Chopra of Hind Samachar group gave away the prizes. |
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Abhinav lifts cup CHANDIGARH, Feb 5 — Olympian world record holder Abhinav Bindra lifted the “Den HAAG Cup in the Inter-shoot 2001 competition which concluded at the Hague yesterday as part of the European Shooting Circuit. In his final match Dick Boshman of the Netherland won the gold with a score of 597 + 103.9 a total agreegate of 700.9 behind Abhinav’s world record score of 702.4 which he shot at Luxembourg. Abhinav shot a score of 593+101.3 a total of 694.3. Sydney Olympic gold medalist Rajmond Debric of Solvania shot a score 593+101, a total of 694. “I am so happy that I outclassed Rajmond who was only participating in this event after my encounter at the Olympics who is shooting for the past 25 years,” said Abhinav. “It was an excellent match to shoot amidst the top shooters of the world but I have to work hard for the 2004 Olympics and I need a full-time coach in India who can travel and participate says Abhinav. “My aim is just the Olympics, Asian Games, World Shooting Championship and I want to be at the top in these events”, he said. It may be mentioned that Abhinav won six gold medals and two silver medals in the ongoing circuit and has seven more matches in Denmark, Wiesbaden. He has lifted both the Nissan Cup Den Haag Cup and is now moving to Arhus to participate in the Baltic Cup in Denmark. Chandigarh, Feb 5 — Mrs Kartar Kaur, wife of Col Bir Singh, died in Delhi today after a protracted illness. She was 74 years old. Mrs Kartar Kaur was the grandmother of Olympian shooter Abhinav
Bindra, who is currently participating in the European shooting circuit. Mrs Kartar Kaur is survived by her husband, one son and two daughters. Her son is Dr
A.S. Bindra, Managing Director of the Hi-Tech Group of Industries. |
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Jitendra annexes
TT title PATIALA, Feb 5 — Old warhorse Jitendra Kishore of State Bank of Patiala (SBOP) handed out a 20 minute lesson to favourite Harminder Singh of Ludhiana comprehensively beating him 21-7,21-12 to annex the men’s singles title in the above-50 category in the Punjab Veterans Table Tennis Championships which concluded here today. Sanjiv Sood beat Yash Pal Bajaj 21-10,21-11 to retain the title in the above-40 category. The combined experience of Jitendra Kishore and Sanjiv Sood enabled the SBOP to lift the team championships beating Patiala by the odd match in three. Other results : (All finals): Team Championships - State Bank of Patiala beat Patiala 3-1: J.K Bhardwaj (PTA) beat J.Kishore (SBOP) 21-18,18-21,21-20. Sanjiv Sood (SBOP) beat Pardeep Kumar (Pta) 21-10,21-12. J.Kishore and Sanjeev Sood (SBOP) beat V.K Gulati and J.K Bhardwaj (PTA) 21-18,21-17. Men’s Singles (Above 50): Jitendra Kishore (SBOP) beat Harminder Singh (Ldh) 21-7,21-12. (Above 40): Sanjiv Sood (SBOP) beat Yash Pal Bajaj (Jal) 21-10,21-11. Women’s Singles: R.Bhalla (DCW) beat Suman Gupta (Pta) 21-19,21-18. Cadet Boys: Kamaljit Singh (Guru Harkrsihan School) beat Harpreet Sidhar (KV-2) 21-13,21-14. Cadet Girls: Ankita (KV-2) beat Kavita (KV-2) 21-12,21-13. Sub junior boys: Randeep Singh (Guru Harkrishan School) beat Sher Bahadur (KV-2) 21-13,21-17. Sub junior girls: Manisha Sharma (KV-2) beat Sarika Sharma (KV-2) 21-19,21-17. |
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SR in semis NEW DELHI, Feb 5 — Southern Railway beat North-Eastern Railway, and RDSO, Lucknow to enter the semifinals of the team championship in the 47th All-India Railway Tennis Championship at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association courts here today. National players Vijay Kannan and Rishi Sridhar proved too good for their opponents as South swept away their opponents. Kannan beat Qurban Ali 6-1,6-0 while Sridhar blanked Anandjit Lal 6-0, 6-0 in South’s victory against North Eastern, while in the quarter-finals, Vijay Kannan beat John 6-1,6-0 and Sridhar pounded S R Sharma 6-0, 6-0 as South blanked RDSO, Lucknow. In another match, Northern Railway and Railway Board were tied at 1-1 after the team’s split the day’s honours. V Shankar of Railway Board beat Dasarath of Northern Railway 6-1,6-0 while AC Bakshi of RB gave a walkover to Hanuman Singh (NR). The doubles will now decide the winners. |
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Harinder winner NEW DELHI, Feb 5 — Harinder Bansi carded an aggregate of 43 points to emerge the winner in the stableford nett score category at the Friendship Trophy, played alongside the match-play final of the third SAARC Golf Tournament, at the Delhi Golf Club course here today. Rajesh Dhingra, captain of the Delhi Golf Club, finished second three points behind Bansi with a tally of 40. Karma Rangdol of Bhutan won the best stableford on the front nine with 20 points while C A Rashid won the same prize on the back nine with 22 points. The longest drive contest on the 18th hole was won by Raiyan Rab of Bangladesh, whose tee shot came to rest at a distance of 307 yards. Among the ladies, Irina Brar of Chandigarh grabbed the limelight with a 250-yard effort. The closest to the pin contest held on the 5th hole, was jointly won by ACM N Chatrath and Greesh Bindra in the men’s section, and Shruti Khanna in the women’s section. Shruti’s tee shot came to rest 44 feet, 7 inch. from the pin. |
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