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Saturday,
September 22, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Nehra’s fate to be
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Aussies draw
level Sydney, September 21 Lleyton Hewitt came to Australia’s aid with another of his typical fighting comebacks to give his country parity with Sweden after the opening day singles in their Davis Cup tennis semi-final here today. Punjab overall champs in national
athletics Ronaldo boosts Inter
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Jaideep, Rohan in
final Jalandhar bundled out
for 217 Abrupt end to camp Rohan upsets Stockler Signals, IAF in last four HP varsity, KU in
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Nehra’s fate to be decided today Mumbai, September 21 Nehra, who was declared unfit by sports medicine expert Dr Anant Joshi after watching the Delhi youngster bowl at the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai earlier this week, will get a last chance to prove his claims of being ‘totally fit’. Nehra was the fourth to be declared unfit after middle-order batsman V.V.S.Laxman and his replacement Hemang Badani, and fast bowler Zaheer Khan were ruled out for the triangular one-day series in South Africa. All three are nursing injuries and were not expected to recover before the team leaves on the 66-day tour on Monday. While opener Jacob Martin has been included in the squad in place of Laxman and Badani, his Baroda team-mate Harvinder Singh has been named replacement for Zaheer Jhan who also belongs to Baroda. Though Nehra has still not been ruled out, the cricket board has summoned Debasish Mohanty, Ajit Agarkar and Rakesh Patel to also undergo the tests. The city has been experiencing unseasonal showers for the last three days, but BCCI executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar was confident the fitness tests would be conducted as scheduled. “The strip and the run-up (at Wankhede Stadium) have been well covered and I don’t think the rains will affect smooth conduct of the fitness tests,” Diwadkar said. Team physio Andrew Leipus, who along with Dr Joshi will conduct the tests, inspected the pitch and expressed his satisfaction with the ground conditions. He, however, refused to say what kind of tests would be conducted tomorrow. “I will tell you about it all tomorrow after the fitness tests,” Leipus added. The cricketers are expected to assemble here tomorrow morning as the tests would be held only in the evening. Selection Committee Chairman Chandu Borde and BCCI Secretary Jaywant Lele are expected to be present during the tests.
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Training helpful,
says Prasad Bangalore, September 20 On the Sri Lankan tour, Prasad said: “I did well in the Test series in the island nation. I am now looking forward to the South African tour,” the paceman, who helped India win the second Test against Sri Lanka, added.
He said he was also eagerly waiting for his100th Test wicket. “Yet, it will be a great moment,” he added and exuded confidence of doing well in South Africa.
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Sanchez, Dokic enter
semis
Tokyo, September 21 A punishing schedule of four matches in three days looked to have caught up with the 29-year-old Spaniard as Testud dominated the second set before opening a 3-1 lead in the decider at Tokyo’s Ariake Colosseum. But the fifth-seeded Sanchez-Vicario found extra reserves of energy to reel off five straight games before Testud rallied to force a tie-break in a high-quality match watched by a crowd of 6,719. “I have Spanish blood so I’m tough like the bulls,’’ joked Sanchez-Vicario after taking the tie-break 7-5 with some attacking play reminiscent of the form that won her the 1994 U.S. Open. Playing on a hard court modelled on the Flushing Meadows surface, Sanchez-Vicario again showed her experience as she repeatedly came up with big shots on crucial points to frustrate Testud. At one stage, the Frenchwoman shook her head in disbelief after Sanchez-Vicario intercepted a driven pass down the line with a lunging volley winner to avert break point at 3-3 and 30-30 in the final set. After the point, Sanchez-Vicario, a big crowd favourite in Japan, sat in the tram-lines for a full minute milking the applause of the spectators. “I always feel like I’m playing at home here in Japan. It’s a great feeling and it always gives me a lift,’’ she said. What Sanchez-Vicario, who has also won three French Open titles in 16 years on the circuit, may have lost in terms of leg speed she makes up for with her anticipation and clever variations of pace and spin. “Even when I was down 3-1 in the final set, I knew I was doing the right things and just needed to make a few shots,’’ she said. “I was confident I could break back.’’ Sanchez-Vicario, who has slipped to 19th in the world rankings, showed her full range of strokes against Testud, coming up with drop shots, precision lobs and even some serve-volley tactics to keep her opponent guessing. But despite 29 singles and 61 doubles titles and more than $16 million in career prize money, she is showing no sign of losing her hunger for success. Top seed Kim Clijsters and number three Jelena Dokic dropped just four games each as the two 18-year-old players set up an intriguing semifinal clash. Clijsters dominated on her serve, sending down six aces in a 6-3 6-1 victory over seventh seed Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand who had no answer to the power and all-court game of the Belgian.
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Aussies draw
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Sydney, September 21 The newly-crowned US Open champion overcame tenacious Jonas Bjorkman to win in four sets after Thomas Johansson had clawed his way back from two sets down to extinguish Pat Rafter in a topsy-turvy five-setter. World No 3 Hewitt, who almost single-handedly lifted Australia to victory over Brazil in Florianopolis last April, saved his team from the bleak prospect of a 2-0 deficit after the opening exchanges. Hewitt, who beat Pete Sampras for his first Grand Slam major in New York earlier this month, slugged it out with journeyman Bjorkman, ranked 58, before coming through 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/2). Sweden rocked favourites Australia from the outset when 18th-ranked Johansson duelled with world No 4 Rafter for three hours 42 minutes before prevailing 3-6 6-7 (8/10) 6-3 6-2 6-3. Johansson broke Rafter’s serve five times in the final three sets, with the two-time US Open champion’s game unravelling and conceding a total of 16 double-faults. The winner of the Sydney tie plays France or The Netherlands in the November 30 to December 2 final. Hewitt, under pressure to win after Rafter’s collapse, found 29-year-old Bjorkman a gritty opponent and it was only after three hours and 37 minutes and under lights that the feisty Australian ended the Swede’s challenge. Hewitt dropped the opening set and was drawn into a tenacious struggle before he got the better of Bjorkman.
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Punjab overall champs in national athletics Lucknow, September 21 In the women’s pole vault, Karamjeet Kaur created a new national record by vaulting 3.17 mts. The second record was created by UP’s Pramod Kumar Tewari who threw the hammer to a distance of 68.98 mts, also improving on his own previous record. At the end of the championship Punjab were declared overall team champions, while Punjab with 81 points in the men’s section and West Bengal with 76 points in the women’s section, won the team championships. Kerala with 72 points and UP with 55 points in the men’s and Kerala 55 points and Punjab with 54 points in the women’s section were declared overal second and third respectively. Gurpreet Singh of Punjab and Sarswati Dey of West Bengal were adjudged the best athletes among men and women respectively. The Uttar Pradesh team finally got some consolation when their star athlete Pramod won the lone gold of the championship. He threw the hammer to 68.98 mts leaving second placed Vinod Kumar Singh of Punjab more than 6 mts behind. The bronze went to Rupinder Pal Singh of Punjab. In the pole vault Karamjeet Kaur of Punjab leapt to 3.17 mts for the new record. BS Ppreethie of Karnataka claimed silver by vaulting 2.50 mts. Solanki Chetna of Bihar claimed the third spot. On the concluding day, Punjab collected four more gold. In the 20,000 mt walk in women’s section Jasmine Kaur got the gold. Prithipal Singh won the gold in triple jump event for men. Bahadur Singh won his in shot put with Karamjeet Kaur winning the top medal for pole vault. The other results of the final day are-800 mts run(men) — N Gojen Singh — Manipur 31:19.37 (gold), Jagannath Lakade — Maharashtra, 31:28.07, (silver) Harish — UP, 31:47.65 (bronze). 800 mts run (women) C Latha — TN 2:05.83 (gold), Harjeet Kaur — Punjab, 2:06.47 (silver) and Sunita Dahiya — Haryana 2:07.68 (bronze). 800 mts run (men) — Pirmesh PS — Jharkhand 1:50.34( gold), Ram Murty Yadav — UP 1:50.34 (silver_ photo finish decision) and Tej Karan Singh — MP 1:51.02( bronze). Hepthalon — women — Udai Laxmi — AP 4878 pts, (gold), JJ Shobha — AP, 4804 pts (silver) and Rose Mary Anthony — Kerala 4439 pts (bronze). 10000 mts run — women — first — Pushpa — Delhi 37:29.72, second- S Sangni Devi — Manipur, 37:59.50 and third Pempa Chanda — WB, 38:46.15. 3000 mts steeple chase(men) — Rajesh Kumar — Haryana 9:14.50 (gold), Ranjan Kumar Jha — Jharkhand 9:15.16 (silver) and CD Basora — Karnataka, 9:19.19 (bronze). High jump (women) — Harshini — Karnataka 1.64 mts (gold), Sarita Patil — Mah., 1.63 mts (silver) and Jaicy Thomas — UP, 1.60 mts (bronze). 200 mts run (women) — Kavita Pandya — Mah., 24.05 seconds (gold), Mukti Saha — SB, 24.45 (silver) and MK Shyamanthagam — TN 24.71 (bronze). 200 mts run(men) — Anil Kumar — Ker. 21.24 sec( gold), C Joshua —Karn., 21.73 (silver) and Lokesh Fauzdar — Raj., 22.13 (bronze). Javelin throw — (men) —Sunil Kumar 72.16mts (gold), Fazal Ansari — Bihar 71.24 mts (silver) and PS Dubey — Mah., 71.22 sec (bronze). Triple jump (men) Prithipal Singh — Pun.,15.57mts (gold), Amarjeet Singh — Pun., 15.52(silver) and Santison— Karn., 15.32 (bronze). 4x400 mts relay (women) Tamil Nadu 3:43.30 (gold), Kerala-3:43.48 (silver) and Andhra Pradesh 3:45.75 (bronze). 4x400 relay (men) — Kerala
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Ronaldo boosts Inter Milan London, September 21 The Brazil international, whose last appearance was in the Italian Cup final on April 12, 2000 — when he ruptured knee ligaments which required surgery — came on as a 63rd minute substitute for compatriot Adriano with Inter already 3-0 up. French midfielder Stephane Dalmat opened the scoring for Inter in the 23rd minute, Mohammed Kallon made it two and Luigi Di Biagio got the third four minutes before halftime. After making his long-awaited return Ronaldo had two shots on target as he eased himself into the game. “I was looking to pick up the rhythm as the rhythm of a friendly and a competitive match are very different,’’ he told Italian television. “I am very happy to be back and the goals will come.’’ The match in Trieste was one of 43 originally due to be played last Thursday but postponed for a week following the attacks on the USA. The second legs will be played next Thursday. Inter’s city rivals AC Milan collected a solid 2-0 victory against BATE Borisov in Belarus through Andrei Shevchenko in the 64th minute and Javi Moreno two minutes from time. Parma scraped a 1-0 home win over HJK Helsinki, thanks to a Savo Milosevic penalty but Fiorentina could only manage a goal-less draw in the Ukraine against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Italian clubs have dominated the competition in the last 15 years but no Spanish club has won it since Real Madrid in 1986. However, the country’s representatives started well yesterday. Celta Vigo led the way with a 4-0 home win over Czech side Sigma Olomouc, helped by two goals from Valery Karpin, while Real Zeragoza hit three second half goals for a 3-0 home win over Denmark’s Silkeborg. Valencia, runners-up in the last two Champions League finals, won 1-0 at Russia’s Chernomorets Novorossiisk on Wednesday.
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Jaideep, Rohan in
final Sangrur, September 21 Top seed Jaideep Kohli had no difficulty in disposing off third seed Mohammad Salim in straight games 7-4, 7-3, 7-4. Much was expected from Salim, who played like a novice today. On the other hand Kohli played like a champion from the word go and never allowed Salim to settle down. Kohli dominated the march through out and often caught Salim on the wrong foot with his deceptive drops and smashes. Second seed and former Punjab champion Rohan Kapur faced no resistance from fourth-seeded Harish in the second semifinal, winning 7-3, 1-7, 7-3, 7-2. Harish, who played a gruelling quarterfinal in the morning failed to live upto his reputation. Harish, who is known for his excellent wrist work, could not match Rohan’s speed. Trying to put up a fight he won the second game, but that was as far as he can go. In the women’s singles semifinals Arti Verma toppled second-seeded Saloni Kundra in five well-fought games 7-3, 6-8, 7-4, 4-7, 8-6. Saloni, who was leading 6-3 in the final game, missed many chance to win. Arti kept her cool, fought till the end, and won. The second semifinal between top seed Nazma and Navita was a tame affair. Nazma thrashed Navita 7-1, 7-3, 7-0. Results (all semifinals): Men (singles):
Jaideep Kohli Md. Salim 7-3, 7-3, 7-4; Rohan Kapur b Harish Chander 7-3, 7-1, 7-3, 7-2 Doubles: Chanderdeep Navdeep b Rohan Jaideep 7-8, 1-7, 7-4, 7-3, 7-3; Gurmukh Harish b Munish Neeraj 4-7, 5-7, 7-5, 7-0, 7-0. Women’s (singles): Nazma Parveen b Navita Thakur 7-1, 7-3, 7-0; Arti Verma b Saloni Kundra 7-3, 6-8, 7-4, 4-7, 8-6. Doubles: Meeta Nazma Radha Jyoti 7-2, 7-0, 7-1; Arti Navneet b Navita Veena 8-6, 3-7, 7-0, 7-0. |
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Jalandhar bundled out
for 217 Patiala, September 21 For Jalandhar Vivek Mahajan played a stellar knock to score a sedate 100 studded with 10 boundries and two sixers. Brief scores: Jalandhar (Ist Innings): 217 all out (Vivek Mahajan 100, Samrat Sharma 39, Babloo Kumar 4 for 77, Amit Kakria 3 for 58, Hardevinder Singh 1 for 30). Patiala (Ist Innings): 7 for no loss. |
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Abrupt end to camp Patiala, September 21 P.K. Banerjee said since there were no instructions from the IOA regarding India’s participation in the SAF Games, he was left with no other option but to recommend winding-up of the camp. Banerjee said since he was unable to contact the AIFF president, Mr Priyaranjan Dasmunshi, he had to take the decision of disbanding the camp on his own. According to Mr Suresh Kalmadi, President of the IOA, the Union Government had already given the clearance for India’s participation. The fate of other national camps being held at the NIS also hangs in the balance and players are awaiting instructions from the respective federations. |
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Rohan upsets Stockler Chennai, September 21 However, both the girls semi-final matches turned out to be upsets with top-seed Megha Vakharia meeting her waterloo 4-6, 0-6 at the hands of Rebecca Dandeniya ranked 170 and 11th seed Isha Lakhani upsetting second-seed and favourite Pichaya Laosirichon, ranked 120 6-2, 6-0 to enter the final. UNI |
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Signals, IAF in last four Moga, September 21 Corps of Signals beat Baba Farid Hockey Club 2-1 although the local outfit took the lead in the seventh minute through Devinder Singh. For Signals the equaliser came before the breather through a penalty corner which was converted by Avtar Singh. It was Avtar Singh again in the second half who sealed the fate of Baba Farid Club. The second quarterfinal between Indian Air Force and EME was a one-sided affair. Indian Air Force completely outplayed EME 3-0 For the winners Baldev Singh, J.A. Khajuria and Satvir Singh were the scorers. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Jalandhar reached the semifinal after defeating Central Railway, Mumbai, 7-5. The match was decided through penalty stroke after both teams were level 3-3. In another well-contested match BSF (Jalandhar) beat CISF (Delhi) 5-4 through sudden death. |
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HP varsity, KU in
semifinals Solan, September 21 Reigning champions Kurukshetra routed Delhi University 66-12. Kurukshetra eves dominated the proceedings with opportunistic raids and effective blocking, with their stars Nirmala, Kusum and Ritu turning in superlative efforts. Himachal Pradesh University after registering impressive performances in earlier outings, gave a sound drubbing to Utkal University whom they whipped in a one sided match. For the winners Pushp Lata Chandel, Indira and Dimple excelled in all departments of the game. Panjab University eves caved in to a determined GNDU varsity squad but not before putting up stiff resistance towards the close of the third quarterfinal tie. The Panjab University girls lost the match 48-61. The girls from the holy city led by 33-23 at the half time. The second half saw a keen tussle in which GNDU varsity managed to crawl ahead. They added another 28 points to their tally while PU gained another 25. The lead of 13 points at the interval proved to be crucial in the win of the GNDU varsity as it seemed to have brought PU under tremendous pressure. The last quarterfinal tie played between Punjabi University and Calcutta University, which the former won by 33-31, provided pulsating contents. This tie was decided via tie-breaker after the rivals remained locked at 24 points each in the allotted time. The winning margin of two points was provided by Punjabi varsity’s Saroj who snatched two points in the last raid of the match. |
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