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Yohannan set to replace
Nehra New Zealand start favourites Batsmen’s reputation at stake Speed radars under scrutiny Prasad, Patel among probables
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Windies win by 7 wickets
National Games a turning point HANDBALL HOCKEY ATHLETICS Punjab outplay Jharkhand Suman’s brace helps Haryana enter final Punjab’s Prabha secures bronze EQUESTRIAN
Punjab cops score 1-0 win Bokaro school
lift Subroto Cup
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Yohannan set to replace Nehra
Hamilton, December 18 Having lost the first Test by 10 wickets within three days, the Indians, especially the batsmen, have a lot of pride to play for against a pumped up New Zealand attack on a pitch that is said to possess even more pace and bounce than seen in Wellington. As home captain Stephen Fleming threw a challenge to the Indian batsmen to prove themselves under hostile conditions, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly today put up a brave face saying it was not the first time his team was faced with such a situation. “We have lost before. We were 1-0 down in England. Similar was the case in Sri Lanka (Both times India drew level). And against Australia we came from one Test down to win the series. It can happen again,” Ganguly said echoing the general mood in the camp which is obviously stunned by the defeat in Wellington but not lost faith in its abilities. Amidst all the hype surrounding the pitch here that is supposed to be one of the fastest in the world, Ganguly said it was not the track but the lack of application by his batsmen that had let the team down in the first Test. “It did a bit but was not unplayable. I don’t think it was one of the most difficult wickets. We should have batted better. I don’t think the wicket was responsible for our poor batting display,” he said, seeking to end the discussion over pitch conditions. “Let’s not worry about the wicket. If it is green, it is green. We still have to play Test cricket on it and would see how it goes,” he said. Indian coach John Wright said it was challenging to play on the tracks in New Zealand but expressed full confidence in the abilities of his batsmen. “It is challenging. At home we played on some of the flattest wickets. And then you come to Wellington,” he said. Wright felt the Indian batsmen were fully aware of their responsibilities and themselves knew best how to tackle the bowling here. “It’s very fair for you to give the message to players what you want them to achieve and it is pretty dangerous when you start telling them how to do it,” he said. Ganguly has already ruled out any major changes in his batting line-up and that means both Virender Sehwag and Sanjay Bangar, failures in the first Test, will get an opportunity to redeem themselves. “There is no panic in the batting yet but they can’t sit on the past and it’s time they did well at Hamilton,” Ganguly said. “These guys have put you in winning position in the past. They put the team in a hole in this Test and it is up to them to pull us one in the next game.” Both Bangar and all-rounder Ajit Agarkar, who had injured their fingers during the first Test, were declared fit by Ganguly and participated in today’s practice session which was held indoors due to incessant rains. In fact, it has been raining constantly in Hamilton in the last few days and it is doubtful whether any cricket would be possible on the opening day tomorrow. As things stand now, Kerala speedster Tinu Yohannan is likely to be the only replacement in the side, set to play in place of left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra who had an unimpressive performance in the Wellington match. New Zealand, who are basking in the glory of being ranked third in the latest ICC ratings for Test playing countries, have already ensured that they would end the year without a series loss and are now eyeing a wonderful opportunity to record a 2-0 victory. Hours of play (IST): 3.40 to 5.40 a.m, 6.20 to 8.20 a.m. 8.40 to 10.40 a.m. PTI
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New Zealand start favourites The second Test has already begun, and the next five days will be crucial for Indian cricket. The defeat at Wellington was so severe, that the players will still be smarting. Sometimes, that is not such a bad thing, because players can react with greater determination after a setback like this. I hope the lessons have been well learnt for Ganguly and Co, but New Zealand will still start as favourites at Hamilton. They are one-up and not in threat of losing the series. With conditions favouring them, they could in fact be looking for a 2-0 verdict. That makes India’s task clear; they must stave off this thrust with an effective counter. The much-vaunted batting will have to prove its credentials, as New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming has rightly pointed out. Fancy records and averages mean little if the side cannot save matches, leave alone win them. The gap between the quality of batsmanship when the Indian team is playing in the subcontinent or outside it is so huge that it makes nonsense of any strategy. What was missing in the first Test was application. The frontline batsmen played too many shots without spending enough time in the middle to assess the conditions and the vagaries of the wicket. That is the most important aspect of playing overseas, because unless the familiarization with conditions is thorough, the margin of error is greater. Even a naturally aggressive batsman like Virender Sehwag should understand that before mastering the bowlers, he must master the conditions. India should have also rethought their side for this Test and I would be very surprised if Tinu Yohanan does not figure in it. He is tall and can get bounce and pace from these wickets. As all the New Zealand bowlers and Zaheer Khan showed in the first Test, this can be disconcerting for any batsmen. The difference in that match obviously was that the New Zealand bowlers, led by two six-footers, was much more consistent and aggressive while the Indians only exploited the conditions sporadically. Shane Bond was outstanding in the first Test — quick and menacing — and he will clearly be the man to watch out for. But Tuffy and Oram were splendid in support, and there will be little respite for the batsmen.
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Batsmen’s reputation at stake As the second Test begins at Hamilton tomorrow morning, it is without a doubt in my mind India’s most critical hour of examination in this year. The team lost the first Test without even putting up a fight and if we were to have a repeat of that match here, I have no doubt in my mind that whatever progress the Indians have made in the past two seasons will be nullified. Not that the Indian team went to New Zealand hoping to trounce them but judging by the kind of batting line-up we had, and with the likes of Chris Cairns and Dion Nash missing from the New Zealand pace battery, I thought it would be a well-contested series. But just one match has changed the perception and if the Indians don’t show more courage and better skill to counter bounce and movement of the bowlers, their tag of being the world’s best would have been hit for a six. They need to look at how Sunil Gavaskar and Mohinder Amarnath used to stand upto fast bowling in their days with solid technique and plenty of guts. At the same time, I have always believed that in Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, India have two of the most technically sound batsmen in their side. What the team would need is for both of them to click together. If they can survive the initial testing period, I am sure both will be keen to make amends. I would advocate playing an extra batsman in Shiv Sundar Das, so that he could open the batting with Sanjay Bangar while Virender Sehwag can bat in the middle-order when the ball is slightly older. That would mean India go into the Test with Zaheer Khan, Tinun Yohannan and Bangar as the seamers and Harbhajan Singh as the spinner. It is a gamble but worth taking as far as I am concerned. I can see even the New Zealand batting order is not settled and if the Indian bowlers can put pressure on them, who knows something might just happen. But the man to watch out for in this Test will be Shane Bond, the New Zealand fast bowler. If he lands the ball in the right spot, he surely will test the Indian batsmen which will ultimately be crucial to the fate of the match. I am keeping my fingers crossed for Tendulkar to play a vintage knock in the match. |
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Speed radars under scrutiny Hamilton, December 18 Sky’s director of cricket, former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe, yesterday admitted that the Australian system used by Channel Nine gave at least 5 kmph more to a delivery than the radar used in New Zealand. However, Crowe defended his system, used by police to catch speeding motorists, saying it was more accurate than the Australian version.
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Prasad, Patel among probables
Kolkata, December 18 The consistent performance of Baroda fast bowlers Rakesh Patel and Irfan Pathan and Mumbai medium-pacer Aavishkar Salvi were acknowledged with their inclusion in the World Cup probable list while Delhi opener Gautam Gambhir, who has been knocking at the doors of the national team for some time, has also been selected. But the selectors surprised everyone by picking veteran speedster Venkatesh Prasad, who was out of contention for more than a year, and leaving out wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra, who is in the current Test squad. The two specialist wicketkeepers included in the list are Parthiv Patel, currently doing duty in New Zealand, and Bengal’s Deep Dasgupta who had lost the confidence of the selectors after his continued lacklustre performance earlier this year. The national selectors announced a 14-member team for the one-dayers against New Zealand starting on December 26 and said two more players would be picked at a later date. Announcing the team for ODI series in New Zealand and the probables for the World Cup after a marathon four-hour-long selection committee meeting, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary S.K. Nair told reporters that the committee would select two more players for the ODI series in New Zealand after the second Test was over. The 14 selected for the ODI series in New Zealand are: Saurav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Sanjay Bangar, Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, V.V.S. Laxman, Mohammad Kaif Parthiv Patel and Ajit Agarkar. Mr Nair said: “‘The selection committee unanimoulsy decided to retain Saurav Ganguly as captain till the World Cup. The selectors were suppose to pick a squad of 16 players for the ODI series against New Zealand. But since the second Test at Hamilton commences tomorrow, the selectors chose only 14 players today. The other two to join the team would be selected at the conclusion of the Hamilton Test.” The other 16 players who would complete the list of 30 probables for the ICC World Cup 2003 would be: Tinu Yohannan, Rakesh Patel, Dinesh Mongia, Gautam Gambhir, Sarandeep Singh, Murli Kartik, J.P. Yadav, L. Balaji, Ashish Nehra, Deep Dasgupta, Irfan Pathan, Rohan Gavaskar, Avishkar Salvi, Venkatesh Prasad, R.S. Sodhi and Sairaj Bahutule. He said the board has also decided to have a bowling coach for the Indian team and was considering two three names. The final name would be decided soon. UNI, PTI
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Windies win by 7 wickets Chittagong, December 18 Tapash Baisya dismissed openers Chris Gayle (37) and Wavell Hinds (26) while Manjurul Islam accounted for Ramnaresh Sarwan (13). The visitors won the first test by an innings and 310 runs and also the one-day international series 2-0. The first one-dayer was washed out in Chittagong. Bangladesh were all out for 212 runs after tea, losing their last four wickets for only two runs. They resumed the day at 40 without loss. Jermaine Lawson and Vasbert Drakes took two wickets each and gave no respite to the home batsmen. Only Alok Kapali put up resistance with a fighting 85. The 18-year-old middle-order batsman came to the crease when Bangladesh had lost half their batsmen for 126 runs. In his 111-ball innings, Kapali pulled Drakes and hooked Collins for two sixes and also hit a dozen fours. He was adjudged man-of-the-match while Lawson was named man-of-the-series. Scoreboard Bangladesh (first innings) 194 West Indies (first innings) 296 (D.Ganga 63, R.Jacobs 59; Tapash Baisya 4-72) Bangladesh (second innings) (overnight 40-0) Hannan Sarkar b Drakes 13 Al Sahariar lbw b Powell 34 Habibul Bashar c Jacobs b Collins 0 Sanwar Hossain c Gayle b Lawson 24 Ashraful c Sarwan b Lawson 15 Alok Kapali c Jacobs b Powell 85 Khaled Mashud lbw b Drakes 5 Enamul Haque not out 11 Tapash Baisya c 0 Chanderpaul b Powell Manjurul Islam b Collins 0 Talha Jubair b Collins 0 Extra: (b-8 lb-5 nb-9 w-3) 25 Total: 212 Fall of wickets: 1-44 2-45 3-76 4-100 5-126 6-137 7-210 8-210 9-210. Bowling: Collins 23-8-58-3 (nb-5 w-2), Drakes 18-6-52-2 (nb-4), Lawson 18-4-53-2 (w-1), Powell 13-2-36-3. West Indies (second innings): Gayle b Tapash Baisya 37 Hinds lbw b Tapash Baisya 26 Sarwan c Enamul 13 Chanderpaul not out 19 Samuels not out 15 Extras: (lb-1) 1 Total:
(for three wickets) 111 Fall of wickets: 1-52 2-77 3-81 Bowling: Manjurul Islam 8-2-38-1, Tapash Baisya 9-0-45-2, Talha Jubair 3-0-20-0, Mohammad Ashraful 1-0-3-0, Alok Kapali 0.3-0-4-0.
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Ronaldo
is FIFA ‘player of year’
Madrid, December 18 In fewer games than most professionals manage to cram into a couple of months of the season, Ronaldo forced his way to the head of the queue for the prestigious awards. In fact Ronaldo’s ‘’year’’ effectively boils down to a sensational month at the World Cup, a sparkling debut for his new club Real Madrid and the opening goal in their World Club Cup victory. It would have been unjust to his fellow professionals to bestow the European and world honours on the 26-year-old from Rio de Janeiro if they were claimed to be a reward for performances over the course of the year. But if it comes down to global impact then there could only be one choice — the shaven-headed Brazilian known to millions simply as the ‘’Phenomenon’’. In a fairy-tale ending to three years of injury-plagued misery Ronaldo confirmed his rebirth as a player with a stellar performance on the world’s greatest footballing stage in South Korea and Japan. His eight goals in seven games, including a magical double in the 2-0 victory over Germany in the final, marked the difference between Brazil and their rivals in what was one of the most evenly-balanced World Cups in living memory. His match-winning performance allowed him to lay to rest the ghosts of France 98 when he played in the final just hours after suffering a mystery illness in the team hotel. Looking dazed and lethargic he made a negligible contribution as Brazil lost 3-0 to a French side inspired by Zinedine Zidane. Brazil’s record-breaking fifth title will be remembered as Ronaldo’s World Cup in the same way that their 1970 triumph was associated with his predecessor Pele, whose total of 12 World Cup goals the ‘phenomenon’ has now equalled. Reuters
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National
Games a turning point The Hyderabadi walks a few inches taller these days. And with good reason. Andhra Pradesh in the limelight due to the ongoing National Games. The euphoria overwhelmed Olympic delegates who had started arriving in the city two days prior to the opening ceremony. So impressed were they with the arrangements that when Mr Chandrababu Naidu made an offer to host the Olympics, they unanimously approved the proposal for making a bid for the 2012 Olympics. The glittering opening ceremony lasting three-and-a-half hours included a high-tech laser show besides a
scintillating musical extravaganza at the sparkling GMC Balayogi Stadium which was witnessed by 45,000 spectators, 10,000 sportspersons participating in the 31 disciplines, Union Minsters and film stars, including Amitabh Bachchan. A sequence of fireworks provided the grand finale. One watches with awe the amazing structures that have come up and all the stadia are truly world class. On the top is Balayogi Athletics Stadium with a seating capacity of 30,000 and an eight-lane synthetic track with a four-lane practice track constructed at a cost of Rs 20 crore. Adjoining this is the aquatics complex which again is an engineering and architectural marvel. It has temperature-controlled pools, fibre-reinforced polymer filters and lighting arrangements as per international requirements (cost Rs 9.61 crore). In close proximity is the indoor stadium for badminton and basketball which is air-conditioned with a seating capacity of 4,000. The other infrastructure includes the Yousufguda Indoor Stadium for volleyball and handball (cost Rs 9 crores), indoor stadium for gymnastics and wrestling at Saroornagar (cost Rs 9 crores), tennis stadium at Fateh Maidan (cost Rs. 5.87 crores) and velodrome at Osmania University (cost Rs 5.64 crores). Apart from these brand new facilities, existing infrastructure has been suitably renovated and upgraded. Pargat Singh was heard cribbing about the old Astroturf on which his team played pool matches. The total equipment for different disciplines (23 in Hyderabad and eight in Vishakhapatnam) is state-of-the-art and mostly imported. A word about the Olympic village. Built in a record time of 14 months it has 800 four-bedroom apartments in 17 blocks spread over 50 acres. It accommodates 12,000 sportspersons and accompanying officials. A makeshift dinning-hall can serve 3,000 people at a time. The food is so good that senior officials staying in hotels often come here for meals. For the first time the “games” have been so well marketed that a sum of Rs 12 crore has been generated through sponsorships. Now on to the flip side. A complaint about the faulty functioning of the lifts when investigated led to a comical situation. A fencing team member was found operating the feather-touch buttons with his sword. The only major hiccup took place in the area of accreditation. There was a total chaos for few days as people, including members of the media, did not get their cards because software developed by a reputed company (hired at a cost of Rs 2 crore) collapsed. Another expert from Mumbai was flown in but that was too late. “Poaching of players is another subject of debate. Some top-class sportspersons have been enticed with promises of hefty cash awards — mostly by Andhra Pradesh. But the consensus that is emerging now is that this will be good for sports. In competitive sports, unless we make the players financially secure, we cannot expect the best from them. National Games 2002 will be a benchmark for other states. For all we know, it could be the beginning of resurgence of Indian sports. |
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HANDBALL
Hyderabad, December 18 In the other two morning matches played at the Kotal Vijayabhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Manipur pumped in as many as 32 goals against a shell-shocked Chandigarh who managed to score just six goals while Punjab tamed Madhya Pradesh 23-10. Chattisgarh women attacked right from the beginning, evoking a strong reply from Maharashtra. The score raced as Anitha pumped in as many as 13 goals beating goalee Ratnamala. Anamika (4) and Mati (3) also chipped in with useful nets. Chattisgarh was leading 9-7 at half time. In another one-sided match, after leading 26-2 at halftime, Manipur spanked Chandigarh 32-6. Santh Tsai Devi made merry by netting 11 goals while T Sarjubal and KSM Apabi Devi hit the net six times each. Punjab women prevailed on Madhya Pradesh 23-10 in the fourth match. Punjab were leading 8-5 at the breather. Results: Kerala b AP 36-11, Punjab b MP 23-10, Chattisgarh b Maharshtra 24-20, Manipur b Chandigarh 32-6. PTI
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HOCKEY
Hyderabad, December 18 The victory in the closely fought match saw Karnataka finish second in Group B with five points and will now take on Group A winners Punjab, who have seven points, in the semi-final. Punjab scored once in each half through international stars Gagan Ajit Singh and Jugraj Singh to carve out a 2-0 win against Tamil Nadu in the other match of the day. Group B winners Maharashtra, who have nine points, will clash with defending champions Services (6) in the other semi-final. After threatening to boycott their match in protest against the inclusion of four ‘imported’ players in the Andhra Pradesh side, Karnataka finally took the field as the Games Conduct Committee was yet to take a decision on their complaint. Karnataka objected to the presence of Dilip Tirkey, Sameer Dad, Rajnish Mishra and Bimal Lakra in the Andhra Pradesh team, claiming that it violated the rules of the eligibility clause of the Indian Olympics Association. All the drama came to an end when the Karnataka players walked out to the field and its captain M C Prakash took to the toss. Andhra dominated the proceedings throughout the first half and their ball possession was near total. However, it was Karnataka who drew the first blood against the run of play and seasoned Andhra goalkeeper Edward Aloysius had to be blamed for it. Arun Rawat collected a pass from Arjun Hallappa almost on top of the circle and darted in to the left but could take only a feeble hit. Aloysius took the hit on his pads but could not stop it from trickling in. Encouraged by the lead, Karnataka applied more pressure and earned two penalty corners within a minute. Karnataka increased their lead through Arjun Halappa, who converted the fourth penalty corner to make it 2-0. After crossing over, the hosts regrouped well and played with more vigour. They used the wings better than in the first half and this helped its forwards, vetern Mukesh Kumar and Sameer Dad, to gain some ground inside the Karnataka circle. But for the heroics of goalkeeper harat Chetri, Karnataka would have been in deep trouble. However, 11 minutes into the second half, Andhra finally broke through when Indian captain Dilip Tirkey converted a penalty corner. Just two minutes later, A.R. Kumar levelled the scores by slotting home the second goal for Andhra. It was a case of do-or-die battle for Karnataka after that as Andha needed just a draw to get into the last four stage. Mukesh Kumar and Sameer Dad continued to threaten the Karnataka goal and almost scored the winner but Chetri once again came up with a brilliant save. Karnataka had the last laugh when Ronald Kiran sealed the issue with a superb drive-in in the 69th minute. PTI
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ATHLETICS
Hyderabad, December 18 Pipping her rival, Bobby Alosious of Kerala to fourth place, the talented Chennai girl cleared 13.67 m, bettering her own record of 13.61 m set in Ludhiana last year. It was also a double gold for Anju as she had won her pet event long jump in which she is to become the first Indian woman athlete to participate in the professional indoor circuit in Europe from February next. However, on another lacklustre day of just four finals, benefitting from the absence of international Shakti Singh, Punjab’s Navpreet Singh won the men’s shot put gold with the best throw of 18.24 m, way off the standing games record of 19.38 m. Uttar Pradesh’s Ran Vijay (18.18 m) and Services’s Jaiveer Singh (17.95 m) won the silver and the bronze, respectively. Punjab earned another gold when Hardeep Kaur threw the hammer to 55.16 m in her third attempt. Delhi’s Ritu Rani (51.39 m) and Alka Pandey of Uttar Pradesh won the bronze (49.35m). UNI
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Punjab
outplay Jharkhand
Hyderabad, December 18 Led from the front again by Captain Sukhavaneswar (22 points) and S Sridhar, who top scored with 23 points, a much superior Tamil Nadu led 47-33 at half time. The Delhi attack, led by Yudhvir Singh (20 points) made a good recovery in the second quarter scoring 18 points to Tamil Nadu’s 17 but that was because the latter who pressed man to man marking again, could not recover to defend its citadel. Tamil Nadu, who had earlier defeated Karnataka, will meet hosts Andhra Pradesh in their last league outing. Earlier in Group B, holders Punjab men started their title defence in style outplaying minnows Jharkhand 91-79, up 42-33 at half time. Captain and Arjuna awardee Parminder Singh (Sr) (34 points) and international Gagnesh Kumar (32 points) fell back in the second quarter scoring 17 points to Jharkhand’s 19 and in the third quarter scoring 22 points to their rivals’ 32. But as is their wont, the Punjab men played better under pressure and tilted the scales in the last quarter scoring 27 points with both Parminder and Gagnesh breaking lose. For Jharakhand, M Bhandari top scored with 32 points.
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Suman’s brace helps Haryana enter final
Hyderabad, December 18 They will meet Jharkhand in the final, who beat Chandigarh 2-0. Earlier in the day, Karnataka men defeated Andhra Pradesh in a keenly contested controversial match and entered semi-finals to meet Punjab. In the other semi-finals, Maharashtra will take on Services. Haryana women were put on the backfoot early with Maharashtra surging ahead in the 15th minute of the game via a penalty corner conversion by Anu Sondkar. This goal by Maharashtra spurred the Haryana girls to step on momentum as they equalised three minutes later. Suman Bala with a rasping drive sounded the board. The first half then saw play restricted to the midfield with both teams preferring to keep possession of the ball than make any concrete moves. Haryana were also handicapped for most of the first half by the absence of star forward Mamta Kharab who was nursing a slight injury.
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Punjab’s Prabha secures bronze Visakhapatnam, December 18 Nanshita lifted 210 kg (92.5 kg + 117.5 kg) to claim gold,
while Janeshwari Devi of Karnataka won the silver, lifting 192.5 kg (85 kg + 107.5 kg). Punjab’s Sonia Prabha lifted 185 kg (85 kg + 100 kg) to secure the bronze. With results in five more weight categories yet to be decided, the race for attaining the top spot in the weightlifting event is hotting up with Punjab, Andhra and Manipur going neck-and-neck till now. Punjab have so far secured three gold and two bronze medals, while hosts Andhra have two gold, one silver and two bronze and Manipur have two gold and two silver in its kitty.
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EQUESTRIAN Hyderabad, December 18 Dalbir Singh, riding Dilawar, totalled 32 points and faced stiff resistance from Manipur’s Gautam Singh on Robot and Punjab’s Jaswinder Singh on Mehtab, both of who collected 31.50 points. However, on time basis, the former was awarded the silver medal. Gautam Singh clocked 13.06 sec while Jaswinder Singh took 14.83 sec. Asride Tipsy, Lamba conceded a minimum of eight penalty points in a flawless display of skills to outsmart his young rivals by a handsome margin to collect the gold medal.
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Ajay bows out Hyderabad, December 18
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Punjab
cops score 1-0 win Jalandhar, December 18 Punjab Police players today faced tough time against England Gymkhana as the latter dominated the proceedings throughout the game. Even as England Gymkhana got seven panelty corners in the first half, they failed to score. At the lemon break, both the teams were score-less. After the breather, in the 59th minute Sarabjit Singh got a beautiful pass from his team-mate Ravinder Singh and sent the ball in the box with powerful shot (1-0) , as this was the only goal scored in the match. In another match of the day between BSF and CISF, the game was played in the slower pace , as both teams were not able to score a goal in the first half. After the breather BSF attacked more
aggressively and in the 57th minute Mangu Tirkey of BSF scored goal by converting the 6th penalty corner (1-0). In the 65th minute Devinder Kumar of BSF further consolidated lead for his team through converting a penalty corner (2-0). match ended in favour of BSF 2-0. |
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Bokaro
school lift Subroto Cup New Delhi, December 18 Air Chief Marsha l.S. Krishnaswamy PVSM AVSM VM & Bar ADC, Chief of Air Staff and chairman of Subroto Society graced the occasion as the Chief Guest of the closing ceremony and gave away the prizes. The match was preceded by a fly past by MI-17 helicopter’s, Aero Modeling show by NCC cadetgs and dazzling display by `Air Devils’ of Air Force. The highlight of the match was large turn out of at least 20,000 spectators cheering the school boys.
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