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January 26, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Pak beat Bangladesh Punjab register 10-wkt
win Goutam to Delhi’s rescue Yadav wrecks HP Rain rescues Marat Safin in semis Hingis-Kournikova duo lifts crown
Hockey to be made ‘national game’ Punjab Olympic Association keen on sports promotion
Mohun Bagan in top position Tollygunge down FC Kochin Sourabh, Isha lift titles in ITF junior meet
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India snatch 4-wicket victory
Chennai, January 25 Sachin Tendulkar, who top scored with 68, and Virender Sehwag (51) gave a start that made chasing England’s 217 look like a child’s play but the visitors struck back with vengeance to fight their way back into the game. Tendulkar and Sehwag produced 107 runs for the first wicket which put India firmly on the road to victory before off-spinner Jeremy Snape sent both of them back. Mathew Hoggard then sent shockwaves in the Indian camp by dismissing three middle order batsmen in two overs of his second spell to raise England’s hopes. The dramatic turnaround brought excitement back into the game which looked a one-sided affair ever since England were reduced to 125 for six and then restricted to 217 by an Indian side led by leg-spinner Anil Kumble in the absence of Saurav Ganguly. Many anxious moments later, the Indians finally managed reach 221 for six to overhaul the England total in 46.4 overs and take a 2-1 lead in the six-match series. An inspired bowling performance by India found no answers from the England batsmen as the visitors were bowled out for 217 inside their quota of overs in the third one-day international here today. Leg-spinner Anil Kumble, captain of the team in the absence of Sourav Ganguly who sat out after pulling a hamstring muscle yesterday, led from the front claiming two wickets but it was Ajit Agarkar who was the man of the hour for India. The wiry speedster from Mumbai finished with four wickets for 34 runs from his nine overs, his victims including the dangerous Marcus Trescothick who was dismissed with a gem of a delivery. SCOREBOARD England: Trescothick c Ratra
b Agarkar 36 Knight c Mongia b Srinath 10 Hussain c Harbhajan b Bangar 1 Vaughan c Tendulkar
b Kumble 43 Collingwood c Laxman b Harbhajan 13 Flintoff c & b Kumble 8 Hollioake c Kumble
b Agarkar 37 Snape b Agarkar 38 Foster (not out) 9 Gough b Agarkar 7 Hoggard (run out) 1 Extras (lb-3, w-7, nb-4) 14 Total (in 48 overs) 217 Fall of wickets:
1/42, 2/53, 3/61, 4/90, 5/104, 6/125, 7/195, 8/202, 9/216, 10/217. Bowling:
J. Srinath 8-0-50-1, Ajit Agarkar 9-0-34-4, Sanjay Bangar 7-0-40-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-1-34-1, Anil Kumble 10-1-37-2, Sachin Tendulkar 1-0-08-0, Hemang Badani 3-0-11-0.
Chennai, January 25 Cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters here that Kaif’s inclusion in place of Laxman was the only change in the 14-member Indian squad that played the first three one-dayers. India are to play three more matches with England at Kanpur (January 28), Delhi (January 31) and Mumbai (February 3). Squad: Sourav Ganguly (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Mongia, Virender Sehwag, Hemang Badani, Mohd Kaif, Ajay Ratra, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Sarandeep Singh and Sanjay Bangar.
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Padma Bhushan for Borde
New Delhi, January 25 A solid batsman and a competent leg spinner (he gave up bowling due to shoulder problem), 67-year-old Chandrakant Gulabrao (Chandu) Borde was one of the mainstays of Indian cricket in the 60s. In his debut series against the West Indies, he narrowly missed making history when he failed by just four runs to follow up a superb 109 in the first innings in the Delhi Test. Batting on 96 in the last over of the match, borde in his anxiety to get to the magical three-figure mark, hooked fast bowler Gilchrist for a four. But to everyone’s horror, in the process he trod on to the stumps. Borde led India in just one Test, against Australia at Adelaide in 1967-68. In 55 Tests that he played, Borde scored 3061 runs at an average of 35.59 and took 52 wickets conceding 2417 runs for an average of 46.48. After retirement, he was manager of the K. Srikkanth led Indian team that toured Pakistan in 1989-90 and later became a selector. In recognition of his services to the game, the government honoured him with the Arjuna Award in 1966 and Padma Shri in 1969. The 25-year-old Jaspal Rana broke into limelight in 1994, winning the centre fire pistol gold and air pistol silver in the Commonwealth Games in Victoria (Canada) and won the centre fire gold at the Hiroshima Asian Games. Since then he easily has been the best pistolman produced by India. A pioneer in the women’s cricket in the country, the versatile allrounder, a solid left hand bat and a cunning left arm spinner in the Bishan Bedi mould, Edulji has led the Indian women by example in the international arena.
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Pak beat Bangladesh
Dhaka, January 25 Bangladesh: Javed Omar c Youhana b Saqlain 35, Mehrab c Rashid Latif b Afridi 41, Mohammad Al-Sahariar st Rashid b Afridi 6, Tushar Imran c Shoaib Malik b Abdur Razzaq 43, Aminul Islam b Abdur Razzaq 31, Khaled Mahmud c & b Abdur Razzaq 19, Khaled Mashud c Youhana b Razzaq 1, Enamul Haque b Razzaq 2, Sharif c Rashid b Younis 6, Tareq Aziz Khan b Abdur Razzaq 0, Manjural Islam not out 1. Extras: (b-1 lb-6 w-16 nb-12) 35 Total: (all out, 48.5 overs) 220 Fall of wickets: 1/88, 2/89, 3/99, 4/176, 5/194, 6/205, 7/210, 8/217, 9/219 Bowling: Waqar Younis 9-2-51-1 (w-3 nb-1), Mohammad Sami 8-0-35-0 (w-2 nb-6), Abdur Razzaq 9.5-1-35-6 (w-2 nb-3), Saqlain Mushtaq 8-0-34-1 (w-1 nb-1), Shahid Afridi 10-1-38-2 (w-1), Shoaib Malik 4-0-20-0 (w-2 nb-1) Pakistan: Afridi b Khaled Mahmud 83, Naveed Latif c Khaled Mashud b Tareq Aziz Khan 36, Younis Khan not out 66, Abdur Razzaq not out 25. Extra: (w-7 nb-4) 11 Total: (for two wickets, 35.4 overs) 221 Fall of wickets: 1/97, 2/175 Bowling: Manjural Islam 10-1-49-0 (w-2 nb-2), Mohammad Sharif 6.3-0-40-0 (w-1), Tareq Aziz Khan 9.3-2-51-1 (w-1 nb-2), Enamul Haque 3-1-38-0, Khaled Mahmud 6.4-1-43-1 (w-1).
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Punjab register 10-wkt
win SAS Nagar, January 25 Resuming from their overnight score of 53 for two, Assam in their second essay were bundled out for 200 after the addition of 147 runs giving Punjab a target of 14 runs to win which Punjab achieved. The overnight Assam batsman Parag Dass (40) was out without the addition of any run to his score. The other not out batsman Zakaria Zuffri (40) was the next batsman to go when the board read 115. Gautam Dutta (32), Sumit Ranjan Dass (31) and Sukhvinder Singh (19) were the main scorers for Assam.. SCOREBOARD Assam (first innings): 170 all out Punjab (first innings): 357 all out Assam (second innings):
Parag Das c Dharmani b Puri 40, Subhrajit Saikai c Dharmani b Puri 0, Dinesh Mohanta c Dharmani b Puri 10, Z. Zuffri c Yuvraj b Navdeep 40, Polashjyoti Das c Dharmani b 8, Sumit Ranjan Das lbw b Ishan 31, Sukhvinder Singh c Puri b Kailash 19, Gokulkrishnan c A. Kakkar b Ishan 0, Guatam Dutta c Munish b Puri 32, Mark Ingty c Ricky b Kailash 0, Arlon Kanwar not out 1. Extras:
(b-2, lb-1, nb-14, w-2) 10. Total: all out for 200 in 66.3 overs. Fall of wickets: 1/22, 2/47, 3/53, 4/68, 5/115, 6/158, 7/158, 8/189 9/189 Bowling: Ishan Malhotra 21-5-94-2, Harish Puri 20.3-6-66-5, Navdeep 12-8-13-1, Kailash 13-6-24-2. Punjab (second innings):
Ravneet Ricky not out 7, Munish Sharma not out 8. Total 15 for no loss. Bowling: Mark Ingty 1.5-0-6-0, Munish Sharma 1-0-9-0.
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Goutam to Delhi’s rescue New Delhi, January 25 Railways in their first essay had amassed 497. Delhi desperately trying to gain first innings lead to make it to the quarterfinal adopted defensive tactics and the batsmen were instructednot to take any risk. The whole of third day saw only 201 runs being scored off 92 overs during which only three wickets fell. Resuming at their overnight score of 61 for no loss, Goutam and Chopra added 93 runs to their tally before Chopra was clean bowled by K. Parida. The opener made 62 with the help of seven boundaries. Goutam and new batsman Sohail Rouf put up 71 runs for the second wicket. The stand was broken by spinner murli karthi who trapped Rouf leg before when the batsman was on 18. Scoreboard Railways (Ist innings): 497 Delhi (Ist innings): Goutam batting 142, Akash Chopra lbw K. Parida 62, Sohail b M.Karthik 18, Mithun b Yadav 05, Pradeep Chawla batting 12. Extras: (b8,lb 8,nb 7) 23. Total (in 116 overs) 262 for 3. Fall of wickets: 1/154,2/225,3/237 Bowling: Harvinder Singh:18-2-46-0, J.P. Yadav 23-8-36-1, Zakir Hussain:05-1-12-0, Murli Karthik 37-6-73-1, K. Parida 30-10-51-1, T.P. Singh 03-0-28-0.
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Yadav wrecks HP
Hyderabad, January 25 Resuming at 288 for 4, the hosts were all out for 403. SCOREBOARD Himachal (Ist innings): 192 Hyderabad (Ist innings): D. Manohar c Thakur b Bhatia 111, N. Kishore c Panta b Amit Sharma 74, D Vinay Kumar lbw b Shakti Singh 24, A.T. Rayudu lbw b Thakur 33, Anirudh Singh c sub (Rajinder) b Bhatia 37, N.A. Yadav c Ravikant b Shakti Singh 39, R. Sabharwal lbw b Shakti Singh 0, J.S. Yadav c V. Sharma b Bhatia 13, S.L.V. Raju c Sangram Singh b Bhatia 8, S.V. Vardhan b Shakti Singh 13, N.P. Singh not out 0. Extras: (b-14, lb-6, w-4, nb-27): 51 Total: (all out, 149.3 overs) 403. Fall of wickets: 1-131, 2-235, 3-261, 4-273, 5-360, 6-362, 7-364, 8-380, 9-400. Bowling: Shakti Singh 43.3-19-78-4, Thakur 13.3-2-43-1, S. Sharma 14.3-1-58-0, A. Sharma 15-7-37-1, Bhatia 36-6-115-4, Panta 13-3-28-0, V. Sharma 13-3-23-0, Sangram Singh 1-0-1-0. Himachal (2nd innings): S. Sharma c & b S. Yadav 50, R. Sharma c Rohit b S. Yadav 27, R. Nayyar c Anirudh b S. Yadav 4, Sangram Singh c & b S. Yadav 10, V. Sharma lbw b
N.P. Singh 13, R.K. Panta lbw b Vinay Kumar 4, N. Gour not out 24, A. Sharma b S. Yadav 0, Shakti Singh b Raju 31, V. Bhatia not out 0. Extras: (lb-12) 12 Total: (for 8
wkts, 56 overs) 175 Fall of wickets: 1-78, 2-85, 3-96, 4-109, 5-111, 6-125, 7-126, 8-175. Bowling:
N.P. Singh 13-5-30-1, V. Vardhan 2-0-16-0, V. Raju 17-5-41-1, S. Yadav 21-3-74-5, A. Yadav 1-0-1-0, Vinay Kumar 2-1-1-1.
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Rain rescues Marat Safin in semis
Melbourne, January 25 Safin
benefited from the stoppage when he trailed two sets to one and came home powerfully to beat Haas 6-7 (5/7) 7-6 (7/4) 3-6 6-0 6-2 to reach Sunday’s final against Sweden’s 16th seed Thomas Johansson. The German seventh seed appeared headed for victory before rain forced a 50-minute stoppage, allowing the Russian to regroup and hit back under the closed stadium roof. Safin won 11 of the 13 games after the rain break. It is his second Grand Slam final after he beat Pete Sampras to win the 2000 US Open. Safin appeared flattened by the searing on-court temperatures and looked relieved when the rain arrived to snap the German’s momentum. When he came back on court refreshed Safin was a different player and turned the tide of the match to deny Haas, who was playing in his second Grand Slam semi-final. Safin, who is 22 on Sunday, played three loose shots on his second service game and on triple break point double-faulted to hand the early advantage to Haas. The Russian had already committed 10 unforced errors but he broke back immediately when the German found the net with a forehand to end a long rally at break point. Safin had a set point in the 11th game with a series of strong serves to send the set into a tiebreak. The German’s great court speed and signature backhand got him to two set points. Safin saved one, but Haas won a scramble at the net to take the opening set in 53 minutes. Safin’s frustrations bubbled over when he lost serve in the third game and slammed his racquet into the court in anger. The racquet was twisted out of shape and he received a racquet abuse violation by English umpire Mike Morrissey as he returned to his chair.
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Hingis-Kournikova duo lifts crown Melbourne, January 25 Hingis takes on defending champion Jennifer Capriati tomorrow but has the remarkable record of winning the singles crown here each year she has won the doubles — 1997, 1998 and 1999. She has never won the doubles in a year she has failed to win the singles. “For sure it helps my confidence,” she said. “I wouldn’t want to go there after losing this match. “I’ve always won up there after doubles — it’s positive energy.” The pair, a promotor’s dream, overcame Spanish veteran Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and newcomer Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 6-2 6-7 (4 /7) 6-1 for their second title after teaming up in 1999. They should have wrapped it up at 5-4 in the second but the wily Sanchez Vicario forced it to a tiebreak. “We looked like we were the better team all the time,” said Hingis. “Throughout the whole match we were up and up and winning. We just couldn’t close it out in the second. “In third we believed in ourselves.” It was the fourth doubles title here for Hingis, who also won with different partners in 1997 and 1998. She was a runner up with Mary Pierce in 2000.
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Hockey to be made ‘national game’ New Delhi, January 25 Ms Bharti also disclosed that the Union Cabinet had given its approval to rename the National Stadium in Delhi — the venue of the inaugural Asian Games in 1951 — as the “Maj. Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium”. Ms Bharti had announced during the Dhyan Chand birthday celebration on August 29, which is observed as the National Sports Day, that the National Stadium would be named after the hockey legend. National Stadium now boasts of two world class synthetic hockey turfs, and it would be a befitting tribute to the late Dhyan Chand for the stadium to be named after him. A statute of Dhyan Chand has already been erected at the main gate of the National Stadium. She said more hockey turfs would be laid at the regional centres of the Sports Authority of India, in place of swimming pools. “A hockey turf would be used more intensely than a swimming pool,” she noted. The Union Minister also said that “flawless selection policy has been framed for picking the Arjuna awardees”. “Henceforth, no political interference will be allowed in the selection of the Arjuna awardees”, she said. Meanwhile, Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) president KPS Gill said at the launch of the fourth edition of the Castrol Hockey Year Book, written by K. Arumugam, that the Indian players were sweating it out extra hard in Chennai in preparation of the forthcoming World Cup hockey tournament, to be held in Kuala Lumpur from February 24 to March 9. Former Indian hockey captain Ajitpal Singh, who had led India to their first World Cup triumph in 1975, fondly hoped that the present lot would repeat history as “Kuala Lumpur has proved to be a lucky ground for us”. India had recently won the inaugural Champions Challenge Trophy in Kuala Lumpur. But when Ajitpal’s men played the World Cup, they had played it in the mammoth Merdeka Stadium, which is now a famous football stadium. Ajitpal recollected that the “huge crowd” had made every match very electrifying. “I am hopeful our boys will bring back the World Cup honours to the country”, Ajitpal said nostalgically. |
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Punjab Olympic Association keen on sports promotion Chandigarh, January 25 Mr Sidhu said he had started visiting the makeshift POA office at the Sector 42 sports complex, where two rooms were allotted to the organising committee of the National Games by the UT
Administration. Mr Sidhu said since the association did not have a permanent office, and after receipt of the eviction notice from the UT Administration, they had requested the authorities for an extension until the new office, in constructed. Mr Sidhu admitted that the POA was not able to perform an active role over the past few years except during the National Games. He said Mr Arvind Khanna, his predecessor remained busy in his business and did not find much time to devote to office work. On the financial position of the
POA, Mr Sidhu said they had in their kitty roughly Rs 4 lakh but after auditing of the National Games expenditure accounts, more money was expected to flow into the account. Mr Sidhu maintained that the POA would revive the Punjab State Games in all the Olympic disciplines. He said these games would be divided into various zones in the state by segregating the disciplines, as now he had a good team of senior office-bearers who could conduct these meets. Mr Sidhu said the POA Bhavan was another plan on the anvil which would be built on the pattern of Haryana Olympic Bhavan already coming up at Sector 3 sports complex, Panchkula. Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, president,
POA, was also serious to get this constructed in the near future. He, however, said as per the Olympic charter, the objectives of the constitution also envisage the setting up of sports library and he would try to fulfil this genuine need of the sportspersons. He said this bhavan could be built at any place in the SAS Nagar, but he would prefer to have it near the new shooting range in Phase VI where surplus land was available. Mr Sidhu, himself a former reputed clay pigeon shooter, said in Punjab, there was no dearth of talent and he would try to see to it that sportspersons do not face any difficulty. He said if tournaments are not held regularly by associations, it becomes the duty of the POA to host the same. |
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Mohun Bagan in top position Chandigarh, January 25 Mohun Bagan, who beat Goa's Churchill Brothers 2-1, jumped to the top spot with 18 points, followed by Mahindra United, ITI and Salgaocar. Salgaocar, who drubbed East Bengal 4-0, equalled the record of Churchill's victory over Tollygunge on January 20. For debutants Punjab Police, there was no respite as ITI, thanks to a brilliant hat-trick by new Nigerian recruit Johan Ugwa, notched up their fourth victory. Kolkata's Tollygunge Agragami, after going through a turbulent period after coach Amal Dutta quit, scored their second win over FC Kochin today under new coach Aloke Mukherjee. Goa's Vasco SC suffered a setback as Uzbek recruit Koshimov Awazbek had to be sent home as he was suffering from depression. The following are the latest standings of the teams in the National Football League on conclusion of the ninth round today (read under teams, matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, and points): Teams P W D L GF GA Pts Mohun-Bagan 9 5 3 1 10 5 18 Mahindra-United 9 4 4 1 11 6 16 ITI 9 4 4 1 10 6 16 Salgaocar 9 4 3 2 12 4 15 Churchill-Bros 9 4 3 2 15 8 15 HAL 9 4 3 2 9 6 15 Vasco-SC 9 4 3 2 10 8 15 East-Bengal 9 3 1 5 8 12 10 FC-Kochin 9 2 3 4 5 8 9 Tollygunge 9 2 3 4 6 13 9 JCT 9 1 2 6 6 12 5 Punjab-Police 9 1 0 8 4 18 3 |
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Tollygunge down FC Kochin Kolkata, January 25 The all-important goal was scored by nippy Tollygunge forward Sashti Dulley from a penalty in the 58th minute. The penalty was awarded when Tollygunge forward Asim Biswas was tripped inside the penalty box by Kochi defender Suresh. With this victory, the Kolkata outfit propped up its position in the league table a little and were now at the joint ninth position along with FC Kochi both earning nine points each from as many matches.
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Sourabh, Isha lift titles in ITF junior meet New Delhi, January 25 Sourabh Singh, who had ousted spirited Israeli player Dor Wethimer in the semifinal yesterday, continued the display of power game giving no chance to his Chandigarh mate Liberhan beating him 6-2 6-2 in barely an hour. Lakhani had to play tough tennis with a swollen ankle, as Bhat was not ready to give up and gave a second set scare before succumbing 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, in two hours and 10 minutes. The top seed started by breaking Bhat’s opening serve.
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ITF junior meet from Jan 28 Chandigarh, January 25 |
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