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April 14, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Pak in final with easy win Pakistan pull out of C’wealth TT
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Arjun Singh wins Masters in style Gilchrist overpowers
Nalin Patel Officials blamed for stadium stampede Bracken, Katich get nod Hingis, Dementieva advance Mental training ‘vital for players’ WR enter final Tandeep does Ambala proud Airlines trounce PSB 2-1 ITF qualifiers from today Tushar wins title Punjab powerlifters
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Pak in final with easy win
Sharjah, April 13 Electing to bat, Pakistan raised a healthy 278 for nine in their alloted 50 overs, thanks to a 172-run third-wicket stand between Saeed Anwar and Inzamam-ul Haq and then restricted Sri Lanka to 250 for eight to register their third successive win in the tournament. Shahid Afridi struck thrice in quick succession to derail the Sri Lankan run chase which at one stage looked to be coasting towards the target. A valiant unbeaten half-century by Chaminda Vaas was not sufficient as Sri Lanka stopped 28 runs short of the target. Captain Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana gave a flying start to their team scoring at over six runs an over before both of them got out within a run of each other. Jayasuriya made 20 while Kaluwitharana scored 25. Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jaywardene added 54 runs for the third wicket and took the score past the 100-run mark before Jayawardene was dismissed for 31. Sri Lanka were comfortably placed at 140 for three in the 25th over before Afridi struck with his gentle leg-spinners. He claimed Russel Arnold caught behind of his second delivery, a poor umpiring decision since TV replays showed the ball passed at least a couple of inches from Arnold’s bat. Saeed Anwar and Inzamam-ul-Haq guided Pakistan to 278 for nine in their 50 overs. The two men shared a third-wicket stand of 172 runs, with Anwar cracking a solid 88 off 99 balls with nine fours while Inzamam hit 87 off 111 balls with seven fours and two sixes. Both men also reached personal milestones in their spell at the crease, which helped Pakistan deliver the tournament’s highest score so far. Anwar, playing his 221st match, completed 8,000 runs when he was on 72, becoming the first player in the process to score 2,000 runs in Sharjah in 47 matches. Inzamam, matching Anwar stroke for stroke, also completed 2,000 runs in this desert venue in 46 matches. Pakistan, batting first after winning the toss, stuttered for a while early in their innings when they lost both the openers cheaply. Imran Nazir (two) fell to Nuwan Zoysa in the fourth over while Shahid Afridi (13 off eight balls) was run out after a mix-up with Anwar off the very next ball. A neat throw from Muralitharan left him stranded way off the crease. But Anwar and Inzamam lifted the faltering innings with sensible batting. Anwar, enjoying a rich vein of form in the current tournament which also features New Zealand, followed his 90 and 81 not out with another solid display of batting. He was trapped in front of the wickets by Chaminda Vaas in his second spell in the 37th over. Inzamam, equally at ease against the Sri Lankan attack, followed Anwar soon afterwards, brilliantly caught by skipper Sanath Jayasuriya off Muttiah Muralitharan in the 40th over. SCOREBOARD Pakistan: Nazir c Arnold b Zoysa 2 Afridi run out 13 Anwar lbw b Vaas 88 Haq c Jayasuriya b Murlitharan 87 Khan c De Saram b Fernando 29 Malik c De Saram b Fernando 0 Farhat run out 18 Arafat c Murlitharan b Fernando 4 Younis run out 14 Mushtaq not out 6 Raza not out 2 Extras: (lb2, w4, nb9) 15 Total
(for nine wickets) 278 Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-18, 3-190, 4-208, 5-209, 6-244, 7-254, 8-260, 9-273. Bowling: Vaas 9-1-47-1, Zoysa 8-0-45-1, Fernando 9-0-52-3, Murlitharan 10-0-57-1, Jayasuriya 4-0-26-0, Dharmasena 5-0-29-0, Arnold 5-0-20-0. SRI LANKA: Jayasuriya b Waqar 20 Kaluwitharana b Kashif 25 Atapattu c and b Afridi 36 Jayawardena c Farhat b Arafat 31 Arnold c Farhat b Afridi 19 Dharmasena c Farhat b Malik 5 De Saram c and b Afridi 8 Vaas not out 50 Zoysa run out 16 Murlitharan not out 13 Extras: (b8, lb5, w13, nb1) 27 Total
(for eight wickets) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-49, 3-103, 4-140, 5-147, 6-149, 7-171, 8-205 Bowling: Waqar 8-0-39-1, Kashif 5-0-36-1, Arafat 7-0-37-1, Saqlain 10-0-49-0, Afridi 10-0-44-3, Malik 10-0-32-1.
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Pakistan pull out of C’wealth TT New Delhi, April 13 Earlier, the Indira Gandhi Stadium was the hub of activity today with players from almost all the nations limbering up for the main competition. Eighteen tables had been put for the practice sessions and almost all teams which had arrived here took full advantage by honing their skills further. You could watch England, Canada, and Malaysian players striving hard for the main show tomorrow. India have been placed in group D with Malaysia, Maldives, New Zealand and Northern Ireland. While tomorrow in their first outing India cross swords with little known Maldives, their next encounter will be against Northern Ireland on April 15. Today, the Table Tennis Federation of India took a crucial decision of resorting to best of seven matches format in the competition instead of the best of nine which was the case till yesterday. Mr Dhanraj Choudhary, a spokesman for the TTFI told this correspondent after a meeting with umpires that now first three singles followed by the doubles and if there is no result by that stage, it will be followed by the three reverse singles. According to experts, this was long overdue since this will save a lot of time for the organisers, umpires and also for the players. In fact from next time onwards, the organisers are going to introduce to best of five systems in which a team will play two singles, one doubles followed by the two reserve singles if need be, as it is prevalent in Davis Cup format. For the men’s team championships there are 17 teams — England, Singapore, Nigeria, New Zealand, Canada, Scotland, Wales, Mauritius, Australia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Ghana and Maldives besides India. For the women’s team title, there are 16 teams in the fray with Singapore leading the pack. This small city state have a very powerful team with players of Chinese origin. There had been a great deal of speculation about the Pakistan team
particularly after India refused to play Pakistan in cricket and Pakistan retaliating with a similar action. However, the TTFI supremo, Mr M.C. Chowhan had maintained Pakistan would come. Till this evening, Pakistan team was not there but when this reporter talked to Mr M.P. Singh, Assistant Director, organisation, he confirmed that the Pakistani team had already left Lahore and that it would reach Delhi tonight. However, later in the evening, Pakistan informed it had pulled out. Eight STAG table would be used to conduct the championships. Though the competition will start at 9 a.m. tomorrow yet the opening ceremony will be held in the 6 p.m. where Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, will be the chief guest. However, Mr Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister for Power, will preside over. Indian women will be starting their campaign against Ghana, also tomorrow. India have been clubbed with Canada, England and Ghana in this section. Japanese Nittaku balls will be used for the competition. This time players will have to cope with 40 mm ball instead of 38mm. Consequently, there has been slight variation in the weight of the ball. It, however, remains to be seen how players and umpires cope with these latest changes in table tennis. |
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Arjun Singh wins Masters in style New Delhi, April 13 Arjun Singh, who earned a cheque of Rs 1,13,400 for his title win, tallied 15-under 273, while namesake Arjun Atwal despite carding a six-under 66,was found wanting by one stroke. Overnight joint-leaders Gurgaon’s Jyoti Randhawa and Meerut’s Digvijay Singh settled for joint-third at 13-under 275, while the other overnight leader Kolkata’s Uttam Mundy, finished fifth with an aggregate of 12-under 276. Delhi’s Vivek Bhandari occupied the sixth spot at 11-under 277 while Lucknow’s Vijay Kumar, Kolkata’s SSP Chowrasia and Jaipur’s Vishal Singh were placed joint-seventh at nine-under 279. It was three long years ago when the Delhiite last won a tournament, at the Wills Masters played in August ’98. Last week, at the SRF Open, he was close to repeating the feat but Randhawa out-played him on that occasion. Starting the day two-strokes behind the leaders, Arjun warmed up with a par before essaying back-to-back birdies on the 2nd and 3rd. A well-sunk 12 feet birdie putt on the 6th preceded his only bogey of the day on the 7th, which he began with a bad drive and completed it with a muffed up a five feet par putt. On his back-nine, there were only two eventful holes. A birdie on the 12th and the hole that proved crucial in handing him his win, the par-5 14th. On the 14th, tied at that stage with Atwal at 13-under, Arjun used a driver, 3-iron combination to good effect proceeding to sink the resultant 15 footer from the slope of the green. Arjun Atwal was the other star performer. Starting the day three strokes behind the leaders, Atwal had a splurge of birdies on his front-nine, these coming on the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th. A lone bogey on the 8th placed him at three-under at the half-way stage. A well sunk ten feet birdie putt on the 11th and another birdie on the 12th were followed by a birdie finish to his round. He earned Rs 78,400 for his efforts. Randhawa was unable to force a win today. The twice Hero Honda Masters winner birdied the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 10th, 12th, 16th but dropped one shot too many, his errors coming on the 4th, 7th, 8th and 15th.He returned a two-under 70 today. Digvijay Singh had birdies on the 7th, 8th and 17th, bogeys on the 11th, 12th and 15th and an eagle on the 14th, where he chipped in with a lob wedge from over 40-yards. However, all this proved good enough to hand him only the joint-third spot and Rs 39,900 a sum identical to that which Randhawa earned. Vijay Kumar’s aggregate of 297 aided by a final day’s score of five-under 67 handed him a prize cheque of Rs 18,783 thereby granting him a Rs 21,073 cushion over Mukesh Kumar for the top spot on the ‘Order of Merit’. Mukesh tallied eight-under 280 to pocket Rs 14,175 this week. Ashok Kumar won the amateur title by a comfortable three-stroke margin. The 19-year-old tallied a six-under 282 courtesy a final day’s score of 72. Three strokes behind Ashok was Amit Luthra with a tally of three-under 285. Scores (after 72 holes): 273-Arjun Singh (68,68,71,66), 274-Arjun Atwal(67,74,67,66), 275-Digvijay Singh(69,68,68,70), Jyoti Randhawa (67,69,69,70), 276-Uttam Mundy (71,67,67,71), 277-Vivek Bhandari, 279-Vijay Kumar (67,74,71,67).
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overpowers Nalin Patel Mumbai, April 13 Another Indian in the fray, eight seed Nalin Patel was crushed 1359-942 by third seed Peter Gilchrist of England. Foldvari, who played slow but steady game, was in fact sitting pretty with a lead of 208 points just 15 minutes before final hooter after leading 420-369 at the breather. When he missed an easy red pot, Sethi, took over and scored at a very brisk pace. With a break of 159, his highest in the match, the Indian looked all set for a fine finish but he missed a simple canon. When the Australian missed another red pot soon after, Sethi had to score 44 points from the last four minutes. The Indian scored an unfinished 30 points before he ran out of time and lost the match by 14 points. Sethi told reporters after the match that he was finding it hard to concentrate initially and the miss after the century break (159) proved costly in the end. “I still thought I could just make it when Robby (Foldvari) missed the red pot but I ran out of time”, he added. Peter Gilchrist, the third seed from England today defeated eighth seeded Indian Nalin Patel by 417 points in the quarter-finals Gilchrist compiled 1,59 while Patel made 942. Patel had matched the Briton in the first two hours, when he was trailing by only 24 points in a score of 520-544 but Gilchrist had the three balls running at his command in the second and left Patel far behind with a grand break of 298. The Indian started the match with a 152 in reply to Gilchrist’s 188 and then took lead on the 17th and 18th visit with 97 and 57. His steady cue saw him at 489 to his rival’s 381. Gilchrist cracked 81 and 76 to be marginally ahead at the interval. On resumption, Gilchrist had a series of hazards and cannons as he consistently made good breaks. Patel could not cope up with the diffcult placings of his cue ball and faded away. Gichrist’s breaks were 188, 81,89, 61, 298, and 87 while Patel’s noteworthy efforts were of 66, 152, 73, 97, 57, 71 and 87.
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Officials blamed for stadium stampede THE South African Government and football fans are blaming soccer officials for the country’s worst sporting disaster, the death of 43 persons in a stampede at a Johannesburg stadium on Wednesday night. The Sports Minister, Mr Ngconde Balfour, announced a judicial inquiry into the tragedy after saying earlier that inadequate preparations by the match organisers were to blame. “Those South Africans who died there would not have died if proper arrangements had been put in place,’’ he said. The disaster, during a match between South Africa’s two fiercest soccer rivals, Kaiser Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, the premier soccer league leaders, has been attributed in part to the decision to sell tickets in advance as a means of avoiding last minute crowds. But a series of other factors, from the timing of the match to a decision not to show it live on television, also contributed. It has also emerged that a former league chief had warned it would be “suicidal’’ to play a major football match at night at the Ellis Park stadium, because the facility could not handle the crowds. Three boys, aged 11, 13 and 17, were among the first 13 of the dead to be named. The identities of 30 others have yet to be made public. About 160 persons were injured. After an emergency meeting yesterday, the soccer authorities announced that all games would be postponed until after Easter and a disaster relief fund had been set up. But club and league officials declined to discuss the causes of the tragedy in advance of the judicial inquiry. The stampede began about midway through the first half as thousands of angry fans who had been shut out of the packed stadium surged into the ground after hearing the crowd roar at an Orlando Pirates goal. But the first signs of trouble were seen before the match. An experiment to persuade fans to buy tickets in the days before the match meant that a large number of seats were already sold when other supporters arrived expecting to get in. In addition, many fans arrived late because the 8pm kick-off gave them barely enough time after work to travel from Soweto to the heart of Johannesburg. Others were under the impression that the game would be shown live on television. When they discovered it was a delayed broadcast, thousands more headed for Ellis Park. League officials said that even then only 57,000 tickets had been sold for the 60,000-seat stadium. But fans said some turnstile attendants were taking bribes to admit those without tickets and the stadium was clearly overflowing when the match began. The organisers estimate that by the time the stampede began there were an additional 15,000 fans trying to get into the stadium, some of them with tickets. Among the critics of the venue and timing of the match was a member of Orlando Pirates executive, Mr Oupa Mabaso. “Pirates and Chiefs are the biggest soccer clubs in this country and to stage this kind of fixture in the middle of the week at night is despicable,’’ he said. “Many people who support these clubs are working class and it is not safe holding the event at this time.’’ But the single biggest failing was poor security. The police says it was at the stadium only to prevent crime, not to control the crowd. A private security firm appears to have been unable to contain the stampede and resorted to teargas at one point. The league’s chief executive, Robin Petersen, said the South African league had drawn on the lessons of the fire disaster at Bradford Football Club and the crushing to death of more than 90 persons at the Hillsborough stadium both in the UK. South African football, long tainted by corruption and incompetence, has been cleaned up considerably in recent years, in part because the country badly wants to host the World Cup. Mr Balfour said he did not believe the disaster would jeopardise his country’s prospects of staging the competition. Guardian News Service
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Bracken, Katich get nod Sydney, April 13 Katich, Bracken and fast bowler Brett Lee are the only additions to the squad which lost the Test series to India. A 14-man squad was also announced for a preceding one-day tournament, starting on June 9 at Cardiff, England, and featuring England and Pakistan. Left-arm paceman Bracken, who will make his debut in Tests, impressed the selectors by his performance in India in the one-day series which Australia won 3-2. He takes the place of Michael Kasprowicz and is expected to boost the pace attack of Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie, Damien Fleming and Lee. The selection of Gillespie, who suffered a stress reaction in his left foot during the tour of India, will be subject to fitness. Similarly, Lee, who is recovering from a surgery on his right elbow, will also have his fitness assessed ahead of the departure of the one-day squad on May 26. Ashes squad:
S. Waugh (capt), A. Gilchrist, N. Bracken, D. Fleming, J. Gillespie (subject to fitness), M. Hayden, J. Langer, B. Lee (subject to fitness), S. Katich, D. Martyn, G. McGrath, C. Miller, R. Ponting, M. Slater, S. Warne, M. Waugh. One-day squad:
S. Waugh (capt), A. Gilchrist, M. Bevan, N. Bracken, D. Fleming, J. Gillespie (subject to fitness), I. Harvey, M. Hayden, D. Martyn, G. McGrath, R. Ponting, A. Symonds, S. Warne, M. Waugh. “We know this tour will be a tough assignment as England are playing with confidence on the back of four successive Test series wins and Pakistan are capable of playing brilliant cricket anytime,” chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said. Mr Hohns said he was aware of the potential workload on Adam Gilchrist as the sole wicketkeeper named in both the squads and the situation would be considered in coming weeks. Of the new
additions, he said, “We see Simon as one of our outstanding younger players and we are confident he can fill a role anywhere in the order.” “Nathan has come on by leaps and bounds since he came into the one-day side for the domestic series last summer and he was also very impressive in the one-day series in India ... and being a left-arm bowler means he offers us a little bit of variety in the pace-bowling department.” “Brett is in the early stages of his comeback from injury and we are keen not to rush him back too quickly,” he added. Australia have held the Ashes since 1989 and in their last three Ashes tours, have won the series 4-0 (1989), 4-1 (1993) and 3-2 (1997).
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Hingis, Dementieva advance Amelia Island, April 13 Despite hurting her left heel while running down a drop shot, Dementieva managed to complete 6-4 6-3 third-round victory over the 16th seed. “I hurt my heel on the last point of the first set, and as the match went on I tried to forget about it, but I need to have it looked at further now to see what is wrong,” said Dementieva, who was seen walking with the aid of crutches as she headed off to a nearby hospital. There was no official word on whether Dementieva will be able to play in Friday’s quarter-finals. If Dementieva is able to play the quarter-finals she will meet sixth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France, who struggled to a 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-3 victory over 12th-seeded American Lisa Raymond. Hingis eased into the quarters with a swift 6-1 6-3 dismissal of 15th seed Henrieta Nagyova of Slovakia on a hot, humid day. In the evening match, fourth-seeded Amanda Coetzer of South Africa spoiled 13th-seeded Jelena Dokic’s 18th birthday by outlasting the Yugoslavian 6-4 2-6 6-3. Coetzer was down 3-1 in the third set when Dokic’s game started to slip away. “I felt she had the upper hand and started off well in the third set,” said Coetzer, who will play American Meghann Shaughnessy in the quarter-finals. “All of a sudden she started making errors and I got a second wind and realised I was still very much in the match.” Hingis will next face seventh-seeded veteran Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, who won her 28th career title at the Porto tournament last week. The other quarter-final pits Silvia Farina Elia of Italy against Nadia Petrova of Russia. In 16 career meetings, Sanchez-Vicario has beaten Hingis just once — on clay at Hilton Head in 1996. “I feel I have a very good record against her and we know each other’s games inside and out,” Hingis said. “But I was always able to come out the luckier one.” Hingis, looking for her fourth title of the year, felt she had only one brief lapse against the 31st-ranked Nagyova, when she allowed the Slovakian to level the second set at 2-2 after taking a 2-0 lead. “I played a very good first set and was focused, but I let her back in the game in the second set,” Hingis said. “I’m very satisfied with today because I always felt in control of the match.” Likhovtseva, who had won their only previous encounter, was amazed Dementieva was able to continue playing after sustaining the injury, much less beat her. “It looked pretty bad,” Likhovtseva said. “But I know she’s a real fighter.” “Elena is a very good friend of mine,” Dementieva said. “But the key for today’s match was for me to try and forget who I was playing against and just concentrate on the ball.”
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Miami April 13 Dubravko Rajcevic claimed that he was in love with the 20-year-old Swiss player. “This court is of the opinion that you are a deeply troubled person, and your obsession with Martina Hingis was...A manifestation of those troubles,” Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Kevin Emas said in his ruling yesterday. “You have...demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to follow reasonable standards of conduct and to exhibit respect for the law.” Rajcevic was sentenced to two years of prison as well as psychological treatment, and ordered “not to have any contact whatsoever with Martina Hingis or her family.” Emas, however, said Rajcevic, 45, would get credit for the year that he has already spent behind bars since he was arrested last year. On April 3, a jury found Rajcevic guilty on one count of stalking the top-ranked tennis star and three counts of trespassing on her property. AFP Hingis earlier told the court that when she returned to her Zurich home after playing in a tennis tournament last June, a man who had made unwanted daily phone calls to her hotel began turning up on her doorstep three to four times a day. Hingis in 1996 became the youngest Wimbledon winner ever, at 15 years of age. She is currently ranked the world number one by the Women’s Tennis Association.
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Mental training ‘vital for players’ Chandigarh, April 13 Chief national coach S.M. Arif spoke on present trends in singles and emphasised that speed action has now had become more intense. He advocated the need for training methods which catered to faster movements. Manoj from Orissa spoke on the importance of mental training which was vital for players as the stress and anxiety had increased with tougher demands. In the afternoon session, Dr Ghosh discussed the importance of nutritional diet for badminton player and called for fast carbohydrates food in small quantities when match was in progress. Dr A.S. Bhatia arthroscopic surgeon delivered lecture on video arthroscopy of knee joint. He said an early detection of knee injury was required and twisted knee should not be neglected. He said video arthroscopy was key hole surgery which needed no stiches on plaster and the patient could be discharged after 12 hours thus resulting in minimum expenditure. |
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WR enter final Ludhiana, April 13 The game was slow right from the beginning. Despite getting four penalty corners Western Railway could not capitalise on the opportunities while Central Railway got only one penalty corner in the first half. The account of Western Railway was opened by inside-left Mamta. She entered the D in the 13th minute by dodging left-back Vijaya Pal and right-half Kanti Bai and struck a field goal (1-0). After the breather Sanggai took the tally to 2-1 by converting a penalty corner in the 53rd minute. Central Railway got a penalty corner in the 63rd minute but Geeta Kapoor, captain of the team, missed a golden chance to reduce the lead. After the lemon break Western Railway got five penalty corners while Central Railway got two. The position of teams: Teams M W L D P Western
Railway 4 2 0 2 8 Northern
Railway 3 2 0 1 7 South Eastern
Railway 3 1 0 2 5 Rail Coach
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Tandeep does Ambala proud Ambala, April 13 Tandeep said that she had won the gold medal in the single women senior section category and the trio category of senior section in the championship held at
Patiala. “I have also got the best choreographer and best sportsperson’s award. I had scored 112 points, the highest in the whole championship,” she says proudly. She has been into gymnastics from a young age and has been the best gymnast at Kurukshetra University. Despite the ongoing examinations, Tandeep proved her mettle at the national championship. “I had an exam the next day. I reached home late at the night and studied hard,” she said. She added that she had been doing quite well in her examinations.
Tandeep said that she had been selected for the world championship to be held at Boston in October and the Hong Kong Asia fitness
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Airlines trounce PSB 2-1 Bangalore, April 13 Prabodh Tirkey put IA ahead in the 9th minute of the first half. However, the bankmen rallied splendidly to find the equaliser when Rajendra Singh converted a penalty corner in the 45th minute. But only four minutes later, Samir Dad scored the match winner for IA making no mistake off a Mukesh Kumar pass. With three wins and a draw in their four league engagements, IA secured the berth in the last four, joining the BPCL and the IHF juniors who are already through to that stage. In an inconsequential match, Karnataka whipped CRPF 6-0. Both the teams are already out of the Rs 10 lakh prize money championship.
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Chandigarh, April 13 The top eight seeds in main rounds are: Sai Jayalakshmi (Ind) 1, Sonal Phadke (Ind) 2, Nathal Andrea (USA) 3, Shruti Dhawan (Ind) 4, Rashmi Chakarvorthy (Ind) 5, Payne Nicola (GBR) 6, Temeshi (Jpn) 7, Jyotsna Vashisht (Ind) 8. |
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Tushar wins title Yamunanagar, April 13 In under-14 Sanam K. Singh of Chandigarh upset top seed Vivek Shokeen by 6-2, 7-6, 7-3. In under-14 (girls) Isha Toor of Chandigarh beat Shilpa Dalmia of Delhi by 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. In under-16 (girls) Parul Goswami of Delhi thrashed Neha Singh of Chandigarh by 6-0, 6-0. Mr Rajiv Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, gave away the prizes to the winners. |
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Punjab powerlifters Patiala, April 13 Ashok Kapoor, Avtar Singh, Karamjit Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Jagwinder Cheema, Maninder Pal Singh and Deepak Manku have found a place in the men’s section while in the distaff side Narinder Kaur, Beant Kaur, Babita Rani and Sunita Rani have found berths. |
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