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Pete
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Punjab
Police, Ludhiana win basketball league Ludhiana, August 29 Ludhiana eves quelled a strong challenge from holders Jalandhar before registering a 72-53 win to clinch the title while in the men’s section defending champions Punjab Police overpowered spirited BSF 83-62 to retain the title in the 10th Punjab State Basketball League Championship, which concluded at the indoor hall of Guru Nanak Stadium here on Tuesday evening. Anjali bags gold
J&K
qualify in all four events Kunjarani
not to appeal for 2nd test
Act
against dope cheats: HC National
Games from Nov 19
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Murali runs through Indian innings Colombo, August 29 Muralitharan captured eight wickets for 87 runs in
an unbroken spell of 34.1 overs to derail the Indian innings which
looked in good health at 91 without loss at lunch after skipper Saurav
Ganguly had elected to bat. Muralitharan’s magic began in his second
over after lunch session and in less then two sessions, India had lost
all their 10 wickets. Openers Shiv Sunder Das and Sadgopan Ramesh
flourished in the morning scoring 59 and 46, respectively, before
becoming the first two victims of the wily off-spinner. Rahul Dravid, with 36, and Hemang Badani, who made 38, also got starts but were unable to build on them and got out to the off-spinner who produced the second best figures of his Test career. His best figures in an innings are 9 for 65 against England at The Oval in 1998. By stumps, Sri Lanka had made 13 without loss in six overs with Marvan Atapattu batting on two and Sanath Jayasuriya on ten. The
Indians had no inkling of the impending doom when Das and Ramesh were
batting with ease in the team’s best opening partnership of the
series. In fact, Das handled Muralitharan quite well, as he came out
of his crease quite often to drive. But that was before Muralitharan
came into his own and ran through the Indian batting order, taking in
his sway all but Mohammad Kaif and Harbhajan Singh who became Chaminda
Vaas’ 150th and 151st Test victims. Ironically, it was Das who
started the slide when he danced down the track going for a big heave
but missed completely. Das realised that he couldn’t reach to the
pitch of the ball but continued with the shot and the ball clipped the
bail on the leg and middle stumps. That started the slide with
Muralitharan dismissing Ramesh and Ganguly, the latter in a
controversial decision, in quick succession to reduce the Indians to
119 for three. Ramesh, who fell in the forties for the third time in this series, edged the ball to Mahela Jayawardene who took a good catch in the gully. Ganguly,
with the confidence from the match-winning knock in the second Test at
Kandy showing in his body language, started positively and looked to
attack Muralitharan right from the word go. He came out to drive the
bowler but hit straight to the fielder at long-off. One ball later, he
jumped again but this time he realised he was no where near the pitch
of the ball and offered his pads. While the bowler and fielder
appealed in unison for a leg before wicket decision, Ganguly looked
assured in the belief he was too far forward to be given out. So, when
umpire Dave Orchards of South Africa upheld the appeal there was an
expression of bewilderment on Ganguly’s face as he walked back to
the pavillion after scoring just one run. Dravid, who had come at the
fall of das, looked his usual composed self and got into a familiar
rescue act. He was comfortable against Muralitharan though he was
using his pads more often than the bat. But Dravid could add just 27 runs for the fourth wicket with Mohammad Kaif before Vaas got the reward for bowling a consistent line just outside the off-stump. Kaif, who avoided most of those deliveries, edged one to wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara to be out for 14. Though Kaif looked unhappy with the decision, TV replays showed he indeed had nicked the ball. From 91 without loss, India had slumped to 155 for four at tea, the second session yielding 64 runs. But worse was in store for the visitors in the final session where they lost the remaining six wickets in about one and half hours. Hemang Badani, who has been unable to live up to expectations in this series, finally seemed to get going as he unleashed a flurry of well-driven fours immediately after tea. He took two fours of Dilhara Fernando, who was brought into the attack after the break without much success, and treated Vaas with similar contempt. But Muralitharan struck a vital blow when he dismissed Dravid, the mainstay of Indian batting, who gave a simple catch to Hashan Tillekaratne while trying to work the ball to fine leg. Dravid added 46 runs with Badani, India losing their fifth wicket at 192. After
Sameer Dighe was trapped leg before wicket off the second ball he
faced, it was left to Badani and Sairaj Bahutule, who was included in
the side in place of Harvinder Singh as the pitch was expected to help
spin bowlers, to give some respectability to the total. PTI |
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SCOREBOARD India (1st innings): Das b Muralitharan 59 Ramesh c Jayawardene b Murali 46 Dravid c Tillekaratne b Murali 36 Ganguly lbw b Murali 1 Kaif c Sangakkara b Vaas 14 Badani c Tillekaratne b Murali 38 Dighe lbw b Murali 0 Bahutule st Sangakkara b Murali 18 Harbhajan lbw b Vaas 2 Zaheer c Jayawardene b Murali 0 Prasad not out 10 Extras(b-2,lb-3,w-2,nb-3) 10 Total (all out, 81.1 overs) 234 FOW: 1-97, 2-115, 3-119, 4-146, 5-192, 6-192, 7-207, 8-210, 9-213. Bowling: Vaas 24-7-60-2, Liyanage 9-2-32-0, Fernando 12-2-38-0, Murali 34.1-9-87-8, Samaraweera 2-0-12-0. Sri Lanka (1st innings): Atapattu batting 2 Jayasuriya batting 10 Extras (lb-1) 1 Total (for no loss, 6 overs) 13 Bowling: Zaheer
Khan 3-0-12-0, Prasad 2-2-0-0, Harbhajan Singh 1-1-0-0.
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Pete
Sampras scrapes past Boutter
New York, August 29 “It was a good one to get through
because at the level he was playing it could have been an upset,’’
Sampras said yesterday afterwards. Sampras, last year’s Open
runner-up and winner of an all-time record 13 Grand Slam crowns, is
looking to end a drought of 17 tournaments without a title. Boutter was joined at the exit by eighth-seeded compatriot Sebastien Grosjean who was beaten 6-4 6-3 6-4 by Argentine Mariano Zabaleta. Fifth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero was also nearly shown the door by Frenchman Arnaud Di Pasquale but staged a dramatic comeback for a 1-6 6-3 2-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-0 victory. Ferrero broke Di Pasquale to stay alive as the Frenchman served for the match at 6-5 in the fourth set. Then, from 0-2 down in the tie-break, the fifth seed won seven straight points before going on to sweep through the fifth set. The Spaniard said superior fitness won the day for him. As
for his rough start, Ferraro said: “I’m thinking I have to
practice a little bit to try to play better than today.’’ Defending
women’s champion Venus Williams made a solid start to her title
defence, cruising past 109th-ranked Lenka Dlhopolcova of Slovakia 6-2
6-3, while fifth seed Kim Clijsters of Belgium beat New Zealand’s
Pavlina Nola 6-1 6-1. Four-time champion Sampras lost the statistical battle in his match but won the war by taking the second set tie-break 7-4 and the third 8-6 after trailing 2-5. He also survived a set point at 5-6 in the third-set decider. Boutter bashed 25 aces to 18 for Sampras and registered 67 winners against 39 for the 30-year-old American.
Sampras, however, led where it counts most and held off the 27-year-old Boutter, ranked 55th in the world, in a highly entertaining match in which the 10th seed won 117 points to 114 overall for the Frenchman. Grosjean became the highest seed to stumble at the National Tennis Center when he fell to 103rd-ranked Mariano Zabaleta on Court 10. Grosjean, a semifinalist this season at the Australian and French Opens, was playing his first tournament since spraining his left ankle six weeks ago in Montreal. Another Frenchman also tasted disappointment on a hot, sunny day as former Open and Wimbledon runner-up Cedric Pioline was eliminated 6-2 6-2 6-4 by American Jan-Michael Gambill. Other
men to advance included Swiss 13th seed Roger Federer, Swedish 14th
seed Thomas Johansson and Briton Greg Rusedski, seeded 30th.The women’s
side also saw an upset as 16th seed Silvia Farina Elia of Italy was
beaten by Maja Matevzic of Slovenia, ranked 105th in the world. Other
women’s seeds advancing included Nathalie Tauziat of France (9),
Olympic silver medallist Elena Dementieva of Russia (11), Magdalena
Maleeva of Bulgaria (15), Anke Huber of Germany (17) and Sandrine
Testud of France (18). Sampras, who is trying to end one of his
longest victory droughts to become the first men’s player to win a
Grand Slam title in nine successive seasons, had all he could handle
against Boutter, who reached the final in Milan early this season. Reuters |
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Stadium
to be named after hockey wizard Dhyan Chand New Delhi, August 29 “The memory of Dhyan Chand lives on, though he is not in
our midst now”, she said and declared that a stadium, befitting the
stature of the hockey legend, will be built in Jhansi, the birth place
of Dhyan Chand, and named after him. “The hockey ‘jyoti’ lit
by Dhyan Chand should be taken forward to make hockey the number one
sport in the country”, Uma Bharati suggested. “Give importance to
hockey as they do it with cricket”, she added. Her suggestion to rename the National Stadium, which was the venue for the inaugural Asian-Games declared opened by former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951, as Major Dhyan Chand Stadium was well-received by Lt Governor of Delhi Vijay Kapoor, who promised to fulfil the suggestion mooted by the Minister, without delay. “The
National Stadium will be named after Dhyan Chand. The minister’s
direction is enough for us to make the change”, said Mr Kapoor. He
also suggested that three sports disciplines — athletics, football
and hockey — should be considered as the “mother sports” and the
rest as “subsidiary”. Minister of State for Sports Pon. Radhakrishnan said the whole nation was proud of Maj Dhyan Chand and it would be a befitting honour for the game of hockey to rename the National Stadium as Dhyan Chand Stadium. Uma Bharati said the government had finalised the proposals to change the names of the National Stadium and the Talkatora Indoor Stadium as Maj Dhyan Chand Stadium and Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, respectively. When asked whether naming a stadium after S.P. Mukherjee would not amount to politicising sports, Ms Bharati retorted that there were many stadiums named after late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The
entire Dhyan Chand clan was present to witness the ceremony, including
seven of his sons — Brij Mohan Singh, Sohan Singh, Raj Kumar Singh,
Ashok Kumar, Umesh Kumar, Devender Kumar and Dhirendra Kumar. A galaxy of former hockey Olympians and captains of the Indian team, including M.P. Ganesh, Ajit Pal Singh and Zaffar Iqbal, were also present. Ganesh
said it was a wonderful gesture on the part of the minister to rename
the National Stadium as Dhyan Chand Stadium. “This is a great honour
for hockey players. I am really thrilled”, added Ganesh, who is at
present Executive Director (personnel, administration and coaching) of
the Sports Authority of India (SAI). He is tipped to take over as the
Executive Director (Team’s Wing). Another former Indian captain
Ajit Pal Singh said Dhyan Chand was the ‘Father of Indian hockey’,
and he had made Indian hockey proud. “This is a richly deserved
honour for the hockey magician to perpetuate his lingering memory
among the countrymen”, Ajit Pal noted. “By naming the National
Stadium after Dhyan Chand, his name has been immortalised”, observed
Ajit Pal. Olympian Zafar Iqbal said it was a great honour for the
hockey fraternity that “one among us has been immortalised by naming
a historic stadium after him. It should have been done when Dhyan
Chand’s statue was put up here in 1994. But then, as they say, it’s
better late than never”. The day started with a “Run with Sheroo”
event from Vijay Chowk to India Gate, which was flagged off by Union
Home Minister L.K. Advani, and in which thousands of schoolchildren
participated. The day’s functions were out and out a government show
as SAI coaches and officials were delegated to supervise them, though,
surprisingly, none from the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and the
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) were present at the National Stadium
to commemorate the memory of the hockey wizard. Meanwhile, Uma
Bharati seems to have sorted out her perceived differences with IOA
president Suresh Kalmadi as the latter attended the Empowerment
Committee meeting of the Afro-Asian Games here yesterday. The
Empowerment Committee took several important decisions, including
signing of Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with the India Tourism
Development Corporation (ITDC) and Air India. The ITDC will be the
nodal agency for hospitality, and all the hotel bookings will be done
through the ITDC, including bookings in private hotels. Air India will
be the official career of the Games. |
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Kaneria, Anwar shine for Pak
Multan, August 29 At stumps Pakistan were 219 for two, with a lead of 85 over Bangladesh’s 134 in the first ever Test against the two sides. Twenty-year-old
Kaneria, playing his third Test, bagged six for 42 and exposed the tourists’ lack of experience against top-class bowling. Anwar then demolished the Bangladeshi attack during an imperious 101 off just 102 balls, blasting 17 fours and a six. On the way to his 11th century he became the fifth Pakistani to score 4,000 or more Test runs. His barrage of shots finally came to an end when he skied a ball to Hasibul Hossain off pace bowler Mohammad Sharif with just one run added to his century. Debutant Taufiq
Umer, who hit a century in Bangladesh’s drawn game in Karachi earlier this week, drove and pulled his way to 77 not out with Inzamamul Haq on 25 at the close of play. Bangladesh capitulated 40 minutes before tea after winning the toss and batting on a spongy track at Multan’s new stadium, which became the world’s 81st Test venue. Opener Mehrab Hossain top scored with 19 while No 9 Hasibul Hossain struck a six and a four to reach the second highest total of 18. Pakistani captain Waqar Younis dealt two early blows by removing opener Javed Omer for 12 and Habibul Bashar for 13. Former captains Aminul Islam and Akram Khan managed a short stand before Islam miscued a cut and was bowled by Shoaib Malik for 10, giving the off-spinner a wicket on his Test debut. Wasim Akram, back in the Pakistani squad, was unlucky not to get a wicket when Anwar spilled a simple catch at first slip off Mehrab
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SCOREBOARD Bangladesh (1st innings): Omer c Malik b Waqar 12 M Hossain c Iqbal b Kaneria 19 Bashar c Latif b Waqar 13 A Islam b Malik 10 A Khan c Youhana b Kaneria 12 Rehman c Iqbal b Kaneria 8 Masud lbw b Kaneria 4 Haque c Waqar b Kaneria 14 H Hossain c Umer b Kaneria 18 Sharif b Malik 13 M Islam not out 0 Extras: (lb-5, nb-5, w-1) 11 Total (all out, 41.1 overs) 134 FOW: 1-20, 2-50, 3-55, 4-67, 5-76, 6-83, 7-101, 8-107, 9-134. Bowling: Akram 10-2-17-0, Waqar 6-0-25-2, Razzaq 8-1-27-0, Kaneria 13-3-42-6, Malik 4.1-0-18-2. Pakistan (1st innings): Anwar c H Hossain b Sharif 101 Umer batting 77 Iqbal b Sharif 9 Haq batting 25 Extras (b-1, lb-3, nb-3) 7 Total (for two wickets) 219 Fall of wickets: 1-168, 2-178. Bowling: M Islam 7-1-40-0, Sharif 12-0-54-2, H Hossain 14-1-60-0, Rehman 9-0-33-0, Haque 4-0-28-0. |
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I am fully fit for World Cup, says Pillay Kolkata, August 29 “I am now
completely fit and hopeful of turning out for the country in the World
Cup,” Pillay told newspersons here on the sidelines of a function
held on the occasion of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand’s birth
anniversary here. The mercurial left inside had missed India’s
tours to Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia as also two of the three
coaching camps in the run-up to last month’s World Cup qualifiers at
Edinburgh in Scotland due to a knee injury sustained in Bangalore and
was consequently not considered for the qualifiers. He was also excluded from the squad for the Azlan Shah tourney earlier this month following his refusal to attend the coaching camp at Jammu due to a threat by militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba. Pillay
expressed optimism about India’s performance in the World Cup,
saying the presence of a clutch of experienced players like Sabu
Virkey, Baljit Singh Dhillon, and Dilip Tirkey has made India a strong
side. “We must prepare hard. We also have the advantage of a
favourable pool. We know who our opponents are and as such it is
easier for us to gear ourselves up,” he said. Pillay said India must make full use of the remaining few months before the World Cup and utilise the Afro-Asian Games to enable the team peak at the right time. “We
have to eliminate our traditional weakness in converting penalty
corners,” he said. Asked whether he was under pressure following the
threat issued by Lashkar-e-Toiba, Pillay shot back “will you go to
Jammu if you are threatened by the LeT?” “In the back of my mind
it is always there. My parents and brothers are all worried,” he
said. On India’s none-too-impressive performance in Edinburgh
where they finished fifth to barely clinch a place in the World Cup,
he said “You cannot expect the team to win all the matches”. Pillay
parried a question on coach Cedric D’Souza’s comment that he was
satisfied with the team qualifying for the World Cup, saying “this
query should be put to him”. He, however, was all praise for Cedric saying he was well-equipped with the modern coaching techniques. Regretting
that frequent change of coaches had led to the inconsistent
performance of the national side in the past, he said every coach has
his own style and must be given time to give the desired results. PTI |
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Punjab Police,
Ludhiana win basketball league Ludhiana, August 29 The cliff-hanger began on a brisk note with the local women racing into the lead immediately. Kiranjit Kaur Dhillon and Rajni playing exceedingly well and were well supported by Mandeep Brar. At the end of second quarter, Ludhiana women were leading 52-29. The local team managed to hang on this lead till the long hooter. Kiranjit (26) was the main scorer for the winners while Mandeep and Rajni contributed 10 and 18 points, respectively. For the losers, Mandeep Khera (16), Reena (11) and Sushma (16) played well. In
the last league match of the men’s section, current champions Punjab
Police, after hicups midway managed to scrape past BSF thanks to their
star performer and skipper Parminder Singh (Sr), who accounted for as
many as 33 points. Gagnesh Kumar, with 28 points, too played well. For
BSF Vipan Kumar scored 15 points while Satyanarian and Ajay Kumar
contributed 12 points each. Earlier, in the morning session two matches were played which, however, had no bearing at the outcome of this league tournament. In their last league fixture, PSEB men prevailed over Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 78-69, their third win to earn six points from five matches. For the winners, Gurpreet excelled with 39 points. Ravi and A.P. Singh accounted for 13 and 8 points, respectively. Rail men secured just two points in the championship when they defeated BSF on Sunday. Today, Rajinder Bhatia and Balbir Singh chipped in with 24 and 18 points, respectively. The
second match was played between Gurdaspur and Amritsar in which the
former emerged winners without facing much resistance. Amritsar girls
were no match to their rivals as Gurdaspur dictated terms throughout
the match. The bulk of scoring for the winners was done by Suman (21)
and Varsha (17). Other notable scorers were Rajni and Vijayata, who
contributed 11 and 6 points, respectively. For Amritsar, Kiran (16)
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Anjali
bags gold
New Delhi, August
29 Anjali shot a 395 in the preliminary round and 101.1 in the final to take the top spot with a combined tally of 496.1 points. Compatriot Anuja Tere was unfortunate not to have finished in the top three. After remaining in contention for the silver medal for most of the time, Anuja could manage just 8.8 in her last shot in the final to finish fourth. Her score of 493 (393+100) was just 0.3 points short of the bronze-medal-winning performance. The silver in the event was taken by Minett Louise of England, who shot a 493.8 (394+99.8). The third Indian in the fray Meena Kumari, who made it to the final round with a score of 387, fired an impressive 101.3 but her total of 488.3 was not enough to fetch a medal, national coach Prof Sunny Thomas informed PTI from
Bisley. Samaresh Jung, who had won a gold in the air pistol event yesterday, was another unlucky Indian in the competition today. Jung fired a 559 in the preliminary round and enjoyed a comfortable 1.6 points lead going into his last shot of the three pistol event.
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Bishop Cotton
School are football champions Sanawar, August 29 With the hosts locked in a crucial tussle for
supremacy against Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, Barnefield sprung to
life as cries of ‘Come Sanawar score a goal' echoed in the hills to
the accompaniment of drums and trumpets. But despite the full-throated
backing, the hosts could not match the skill of the Cottonians. Nevertheless, the
three goals which the Sanawarians conceded in the
second half hardly invited scorn or condemnation. After all, they had
not gone down without a fight. On conclusion of the league, former
champions Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, deservedly finished on top
having won all their five matches. Sherwood College, Naini Tal, owed
their runners-up position to the Sanawarians, who were pushed to the
third position by virtue of the defeat at the hands BCS, Shimla. YPS,
Patiala, Doon School, Dehra Dun, and YPS Mohali, finished fourth, fifth
and sixth, respectively. The atmosphere at the school ground, named after the Rev GB Barne, first Headmaster, was indeed electrifying. Boys and girls in school uniform occupied every vantage position on the hillside to cheer their team as the present Headmaster, Mr Andrew Gray,a Scotsman, sat under a canopy just below with the chief guest to watch the proceedings. Some of the boys had painted their faces in their school colours while a few girls carried banners. The
Lawrence School, established way back in 1847, has an inspiring motto
—”Never give in”. Perhaps it was in keeping with tradition that
the Sanawarians put up a brave fight despite being pitted against a
strong opposition. Bishop Cotton School were in full command from the
kick-off with M. Kumar making the first serious attempt only to be
foiled by skipper Kunal Dadwal of Lawrence School. Thereafter, B.
Bhushan of BCS Shimla took a direct kick which landed in the safe
hands of Sunny Kochar under the Sanawar bar. After keeping the
rivals at bay in the first half, the Sanawarians ultimately succumbed
to sustained pressure of the Shimla outfit. This was after promising
defender Jasjit was substituted midway through the second half. First
Bhushan capitalised on a melee to shoot past Sunny and then AR
Bhandari added another goal in similar fashion. Substitute R. Khoond
dealt the last blow with a well directed header and the ball slipped
into the net despite Sunny Kochar’s attempt to prevent further
damage. BCS Shimla have won the title for the third time. In the run-up to the concluding phase, they beat Doon School 2-1,YPS Patiala 5-0,YPS Mohali 5-0 and Sherwood 2-0.Lawrence School chalked out three victories. after beating YPS Mohali 3-1, they beat Doon School 1-0 and YPS Patiala 2-1.The match against Sherwood was drawn 1-1. Sherwood, who finished second, scored 16 goals while conceding only three. Absence
of grass proved to be a deterrent as the gravel-strewn ground made
things difficult for the players, some of whom were not used to
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J&K
qualify in all four events Sangrur, August 29 In the sub-junior girls section J&K
along with Delhi have qualified for super league competition, which
will start from tomorrow. Last year’s winners Maharashtra and
runners-up M.P. automatically qualified for super league. Four more
teams are still to qualify in this section. J&K have also
qualified in sub-junior boys section along with U.P. and Punjab who
are the winners and runners-up, respectively last year. In the mini boys and girls section eight teams will qualify for the quarterfinal. These teams will play knockout matches. So far Delhi, J&K, Karnataka, Chattisgarh, Punjab and Haryana have qualified in boys section while in girls section J&K, U.P. Delhi and Chattisgarh have qualified for quarterfinal stage. J&K in the last encounter in mini girls section thrashed Gujarat 9-2 in a one-sided match. In another match qualifiers Chattisgarh trounced Karnataka 18-0. Results:
Sub Junior Girls — Haryana beat Rajasthan 17-1, Assam beat A.P.
16-6, H.P. beat Gujarat, Delhi beat Chattisgarh 16-8, U.P. beat Goa
11-10, Jharkhand beat Karnatka 307, Nagaland beat Chandigarh 8-3,
J&K beat Uttaranchal 13-3, Chattisgarh beat Orissa 12-2. Sub
Junior Boys — H.P. beat Gujarat 10-0, Orissa beat Uttaranchal 14-6,
SAI beat Bihar 37-0, Nagaland draw Haryana (16-16), Rajasthan draw SAI
(12-12), Chattisgarh beat Jharkhand 16-15, Orissa beat Karnatka 27-9. Mini Boys: H.P. beat M.P. 21-12, Karnatka beat Chattisgarh 24-20, Delhi beat Gujarat 15-12, J&K beat Gujarat 9-4, M.P. beat Karnatka 14-11, Chattisgarh beat H.P. 11-5, U.P. beat Nagaland 30-8. Mini
Girls: Haryana beat Kerala 8-3, Chattisgarh beat Karnatka 18-0,
J&K beat Gujarat 9-2, U.P beat Karnatka 18-2. |
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Kunjarani not to appeal for 2nd test New Delhi, August 29 The International Weightlifting Federation, which slapped a six-month ban on the weightlifter after a positive dope test, had said Kunjarani should give in writing by August 29 if she wanted the second sample to be tested but Kunjarani had yet to give such application to the Indian Weightlifting Federation. “We
were expecting her to send the appeal today but already half the day
is gone and I do not think she will be appealing any more,” Balbeer
Singh Bhatia, one of the two-members of the ad-hoc committee currently
running the Indian Weightlifting Federation, told PTI here today. Bhatia said it was now the prerogative of the world body to either take a lenient view and reduce the six-month month ban or extend it further. “We
can only do wishful thinking. It is up to the international body to
take further action,” he said. “Since kunjarani has not asked
for her B sample to be tested it amounts to admission of guilt and her
career is effectively finished,” a highly-placed source said. “If
someone is very sure of being innocent, he can take the opportunity of
getting the other sample tested. But the very fact that she did not,
tells its own story,” he said. PTI |
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Act
against dope cheats: HC New Delhi, August 29 “We are making it clear that the pendency of the case will
not come in the way of the government taking action against 257
sportspersons,” a Division Bench comprising Mr Chief Justice Arijit
Passayat and Mr Justice D.K. Jain said. The Union Ministry of Sports
and Youth Affairs on last hearing on July 24, submitted before the
court in sealed cover a list of 257 sportspersons, who it said had
tested positive. The court had not opened the list following a request
by the counsel for the government, the Sports Authority of India
(SAI)) and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) stating that it would
present a bad picture of country’s sportspersons just before the
Afro-Asian Games starting from November 3. PTI |
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National
Games from Nov 19 New Delhi, Aug 29 IOA president Suresh Kalmadi and secretary-general Randhir Singh today held discussions with Punjab Olympic Association president Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa before finalising the new dates. Mr
Dhindsa assured the IOA that the POA would be ready with all the
required facilities for staging the games by October at Ludhiana,
Jalandhar, Patiala, Anandpur Sahib and Chandigarh. |
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