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No play on opening day
Murali Kartik should be kept for one-dayers Selectors’ decision to affect fringe players
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ICC gives final offer to BCCI
Kallis denies Pak consolation victory Zaidi sends Punjab reeling Amit Mishra wrecks Bihar
Haryana enter final
Punjab, Bengal in soccer final Shweta shoots gold for Haryana Manipur, Bengal eves in final Gold for Punjab in cycling Second gold for Madhuri Lamba continues golden streak Haryana eves bag roller skating gold
BSF defeat Punjab Police 2-1 Salgaocar trounce Indian Bank B. S. Bodhi dead
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No play on opening day
Hamilton, December 19 Not a single ball was bowled as the umpires — Asoka de Silva and Daryl Harper — who made three inspections of the ground, decided against risking the players on a waterlogged outfield and wet pitch. They called off the day’s play after making a final inspection in the afternoon. India are trailing the two-match series 0-1 after losing the first match by 10 wickets at Basin Reserve, Wellington last week. An hour each would be added to next four day’s play in order to compensate for the time lost and the Test will have a follow-on margin of 150 runs instead of the 200 that would have applied to a five-day match. Though both the sides did not name their final XI, Tinu Yohannan was likely to replace left arm seamer Ashish Nehra in the Indian team while New Zealand were unlikely to make any changes to their side that won the first Test within three days. PTI
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Murali Kartik should be kept for one-dayers The second Test is now effectively a four-day match after the entire first day’s play was abandoned because of rain. This gives the Indian team another day to regroup themselves but one thing is sure: whoever wins the toss, will decide to bowl first as the wicket will be more lively due to the rain. Under the conditions, batsmen of either side will be tested by fast bowlers. I am not saying it is advantage New Zealand, because in case India get a chance to bowl first, who knows our seamers may just run through the fragile New Zealand batting line up. It is not impossible, but our seamers will have to bowl their heart out to make it happen. Other than the Test, focus will be on India’s World Cup probables list, and though I was surprised to find Ajay Ratra’s name missing from the 30, the selection was more or less on the expected lines. As far as the one-day team for New Zealand series is concerned, I am not too surprised to see the return of Yuvraj Singh, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath in the side. However, I am surprised to see that Murali Kartik is going to return from New Zealand since he was been dropped from the one-day side. Now, all those who had been saying India doesn’t have a left-arm spinner will see why. He had done well in the one-dayers against the West Indies, on the basis of which he was selected for the Tests in New Zealand. But now, he is back to square one, not having played a Test or ODI there. I also pity Yuvraj Singh. By the time he lands in New Zealand, he will have just a couple of days to acclimatise himself with the conditions. It is never easy for a batsmen, or even bowlers to fly straight into a series with expectations of him sky high. At the first place, Yuvraj should have been kept with the Test side because he needs to train and practice with the team, with the World Cup approaching. Srinath, of course is back in the side owing to the inability of Ajit Agarkar and Ashish Nehra to make an impression. This does not augur too well of the future. |
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Selectors’ decision to affect fringe players Hamilton, December 19 The selectors announced a 14-member squad for the one-day series which has three fresh inclusions in Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble and Yuvraj Singh besides the 16 who are doing Test duty. If the other two players to be named are also new faces, then at least five from the present bunch would be returning to India. It would not take long for anyone to figure out the five cricketers who are home-bound - Shiv Sunder Das, Ajay Ratra, Ashish Nehra, Tinu Yohannan and Murali Kartik. The last two players could still stay back for the seven-match one-day series but it is a hit-and-miss kind of situation. Selectors have been unfair to Yohannan, if not to Ratra and Kartik. Yohannan has been praised by both captain Saurav Ganguly and coach John Wright for the way he has become a better bowler since the England tour in summer. After spending a year in wildnerness, he finally got a chance to show his skills in a Test again though the weather at Hamilton has put his ambition on hold. Kartik was declared to be the bowler of the series against West Indies by the rival captain Carl Hooper. The left-arm spinner was included as Kumble took a break after two games. Kartik took four wickets from four games, his victims including the likes of Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels. It would be fair to say Kartik did not let the absence of Kumble be felt. Not only Kartik has not played a game on the present tour, there is also a possibility he might be on plane back home. Though Kartik has been included in the provisional list of 30 for the World Cup, it would not have done much good to the confidence of a spinner who was such a force for India ‘A’ in South Africa earlier this year. Kartik was the bowler of the series on those very wickets where the World Cup is scheduled — his victims included men like Jacques Rudolph — rated to be the next Graeme Pollock in South Africa and the experienced Hilton Ackermann. The case of Ajay Ratra has been most offending. The young Haryana wicketkeeper became only the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test century abroad when he managed an unbeaten 115 against the West Indies in Antigua this summer. But after just two Tests, he was sidelined in favour of Parthiv Patel. He was given a chance at the Oval partly because Patel was injured and also because he had struck an unbeaten hundred against Derbyshire. Yet the likeable youngster has not even been included in the provisional list of 30 for the World Cup even though a Deep Dasgupta can still nurture hope despite his non-too- impressive performance behind the stumps. Brijesh Patel, chairman of selectors, did the right thing by calling up Ganguly and John Wright before the squad was announced on Wednesday. He also called up vice-captain Rahul Dravid though it is only the captain and coach who are consulted. Be that as it may, all the three names forwarded by the Indian team management — Srinath, Kumble and Yuvraj have been included in the 14-member squad. There was a bit of a difference of opinion on whether Ajit Agarkar or Nehra should be retained for the one-day squad. Wright, it is learnt, favoured Nehra ahead of Agarkar but the voice of seniors tilted the scale in balance of the Mumbai cricketer. But there was at least one senior cricketer who went along with Wright and favoured Nehra over Agarkar. PTI
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ICC gives final offer to BCCI
London, December 19 The concessions include a 25-day reduction in the period after an ICC tournament for which the ambush marketing clause would be applied. Under the original clause, the players were barred from endorsing products which were in a conflict of interest to the official sponsors of the tournament for a period of 30 days before the event, during the event and 30 days after it. But the clause would now be valid only for five days after the event, the ICC said in a statement. The validity period of the image clause, under which the official sponsors were allowed to use player images till six months after an ICC event, has also been reduced to three months. Some more unspecified restrictions have been imposed on the use of player images by ICC sponsors in order “to avoid any suggestion of a personal endorsement by the players”. In making its offer, the ICC World Cup Contracts Committee (WCCC) emphasised that the BCCI remained obligated to both participate in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 and to send its best team to the event, the statement said. ICC president Malcolm Gray said the WCCC had also advised the BCCI that if it fails to meet its commitments it will face the potential of large compensation claims being made against it. “It is impossible to quantify the level of claims before the event but it is clear that if the BCCI does not meet its obligations and there are damage claims made as a result, the BCCI faces the potential of these claims being made against it for not delivering on its contract,” Gray was quoted as saying in the statement. The ICC rejected the BCCI’s request for a seven-day extension to the December 31 deadline for naming its final 15 players for the World Cup and stressed that the “deadlines in place on the BCCI are exactly the same as for all other boards”. It also withdrew a few India-specific concessions in the contracts clause, offered as a last-ditch effort to accomodate the BCCI’s objections, since the Indian board was not interested in those. These concessions allowed the Indian players like Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag to continue promoting the companies, which are in a conflict of interest with the official sponsors, during the tournament except on the days when India was playing a match. But the BCCI had rejected the offer. PTI
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Kallis denies Pak consolation victory
Cape Town, December 19 Kallis ended a century stand between Inzamam-ul Haq and Younis Khan, which had put Pakistan in a strong position, then cleaned up the tail as South Africa won the five-match series 4-1. Inzamam (63) and Younis Khan (72) took Pakistan to within striking distance of a target of 266 and were scoring freely when Inzamam was fifth man out with the total on 189 in the 40th over. The pair put on 108 off 123 balls. Inzamam pulled a short ball from Kallis to man of the series, South African captain Shaun Pollock, who held a sharp catch at midwicket. Kallis followed up by having Abdur Razzaq caught behind. Pakistan’s hopes plummeted when Younis Khan was run out and Kallis struck twice more as Pakistan lost their last six wickets for 42 runs. Kallis had figures of five for 41. South Africa’s total was set up by a 134-run partnership between Boeta Dippenaar and Jonty Rhodes after the home side recovered from a poor start. With Mark Boucher contributing a quickfire 34 off 16 balls, South Africa made 265 for eight after they had been struggling at 61 for three. Dippenaar hit a career-best 93 before he was caught in the deep in the penultimate over, while Rhodes made 81. Kallis skied a catch off Saqlain as South Africa struggled to get their innings on track after winning the toss and batting on a good pitch. But Dippenaar and Rhodes batted solidly as they added 134 off 163 balls. Dippenaar made his runs off 126 balls and hit seven fours, while Rhodes faced 95 deliveries and hit eight boundaries. Boucher slammed four sixes in his brief innings, two in an over from leg-spinner Shahid Afridi and two more in the next over from off-spinner Saqlain. Scoreboard South Africa Gibbs c Y Khan b Waqar 0 Kirsten b Waqar 12 Dippenaar c Sami b Waqar 93 Kallis c Elahi b Saqlain 8 Rhodes b Saqlain 81 Peterson c Inzamam b Waqar 11 Boucher c Akmal b Saqlain 34 Pollock c Razzaq b Saqlain 0 Hall not out 0 Zondeki not out 3 Extras
(b-1, lb-8, nb-4, w-10) 23 Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 265 Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-22, 3-61, 4-195, 5-212, 6-258, 7-262, 8-262. Bowling: Waqar 10-2-41-4, Sami 10-1-46-0, Razzaq 10-1-32-0, Saqlain 10-0-68-4, Afridi 10-0-69-0. Pakistan Akmal c Kirsten b Zondeki 15 Elahi b Pollock 0 Iqbal lbw b Ntini 0 Youhana b Kallis 46 Inzamam c Pollock b Kallis 63 Y Khan run out 72 Razzaq c Boucher b Kallis 2 Afridi b Kallis 17 Waqar b Ntini 4 Mushtaq not out 3 Sami b Kallis 2 Extras
(lb-3, nb-2, w-2) 7 Total (all out, 47.4 overs) 231 Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-42, 4-81, 5-189, 6-201, 7-204, 8-224, 9-229. Bowling: Pollock 9-0-26-1, Ntini 10-0-45-2, Zondeki 6-0-36-1, Kallis 8.4-1-41-5, Hall 9-0-44-0, Peterson 5-0-36-0.
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Zaidi sends Punjab reeling Chandigarh, December 19 The seasoned paceman Aashish Winston Zaidi hurtled the hosts towards doom claiming a well-deserved five-wicket haul. Punjab skipper Dinesh Mongia, among the probables for the forthcoming World Cup and so desperate to have a good outing out there in the middle, did no good to his cause and was run out for five. Reetinder Sodhi, another World Cup probable from Punjab, failed to capitalise on an impressive start and was out at 42. Zaidi deserves credit for putting Uttar Pradesh in the situation they are in. Bowling a disciplined spell he exploited the early morning conditions well making Punjab batsmen commit errors. He struck in the first over itself having opener Samrat Sharma caught behind the stumps. Zaidi struck again in his next over consuming left-handed Ankur Kakkar. Mongia scratched around for a while before being run out to leave the team at 15 for three. Zaidi further jolted the innings snapping up Pankaj Dharmani, the mainstay of the batting, as the hosts were reeling at 21 for four at this stage. Opener Ravneet Ricky and Sodhi combined at this stage and added 91 runs to the total to give a semblance of respectability to the Punjab innings before the latter was trapped lbw by wily Zaidi. Pacer Mritunjay Tripathi struck at this stage sending back Ricky to put the hosts in the hole again. Ricky made 45, the highest score of the innings. Allrounder Amit Uniyal showcased his batting abilities and contributed a vital 44 runs to ensure the team was not bundled out for less than 200 runs. The rival openers Rohit Prakash and Jyoti Yadav were circumspect and cautious enough and negotiated 12.1 overs in the fading light to deny the hosts any success. At draw of stumps Rohit, who grew in confidence as the innings progressed, was unbeaten on 28. Scoreboard Punjab (1st innings):
Samrat Sharma c Anwar b Zaidi 0, Ravneet Ricky c Parvinder b Tripathi 45, Ankur Kakkar c Prakash b Zaidi 0, Dinesh Mongia run out 5, Pankaj Dharmani c Anwar b Zaidi 4, Reetinder Sodhi lbw Zaidi 42, Manish Sharma c Chopra b Zaidi 18, Amit Uniyal c Chopra b Tripathi 44, Gagandeep Singh lbw Pandey 16, Vineet Sharma b Mishra 4, Rajesh Sharma not out 6. Extras: ( lb 16, nb 5, w 3): 24 Total: (all out in 73.1 overs) : 208 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-3, 3-15. 4-21, 5-112, 6-114, 7-140, 8-157, 9-194 Bowling: A W Zaidi 29-8-84-5, Ratnesh Mishra 13-3-28-1, Mritunjay Tripathi 14.1-4-33-2, Parvinder Singh 2-1-6-0, Mohammad Saif 1-0-9-0, Nikhil Chopra 5-2-13-0, Gyanendra Pandey 9-3-19-1. Uttar Pradesh (1st innings): Rohit Parkash batting 28, Jyoti Yadav batting 6. Extras: (nb 4, lb 1): 5. Total (without loss in 12.1 overs): 39 Bowling: Gagandeep Singh 6.1-2-14-0, Amit Uniyal 5-0-15-0, Rajesh Sharma 1-0-9-0. |
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Amit Mishra wrecks Bihar Gurgaon, December 19 However, Mishra bowled his heart out claiming six wickets in the 29 overs which he bowled. Bihar’s captain was out cheaply scoring just three while middle order just found no answer to Mishra’s attack. At one time Bihar had reached 153 for the loss of four wickets, but rest of the team collapsed, adding only 73 runs. Two of the tailend batsmen went without scoring and the last three wickets were lost at the score of 225 without a run being added. Replying to the modest total, Haryana had scored 23 without loss when the first day’s play ended. Scoreboard Bihar (1st innings): Nikhilesh Rajan lbw Amit Mishra 14, MS Dhoni c Chetan Sharma b Amit Mishra 85, Tariqur Rehman c Dharmender b Joginder Sharma 26, Rajiv Kumar st Dharmender b Gaurav Vashist 3, Aamir Hasumi c Chetan Sharma b Amit Mishra 31, Manish Kumar c Dharmender b Sumit Narwal 21, Anand Kumar lbw Amit Mishra 6, Sumit Panda c Sumit Narwal b Amit Mishra 19, Mihir Diwakar st Dharmender B Amit Mishra 6, Shahid Khan lbw Joginder Sharma 0, SB Chaubey not out 0. Extra (b-4,lb-9,nb-1) 14. Total (all out 78.2 overs) 225. Fall of wickets: 1/100,2/105,3/121,4/153,5/177,6/187,7/205,8/225 9/225. Bowling: Joginder Sharma 17.2-4-53-2, Sumit Narwal 9-4-20-1 Amit Mishra 29-9-86-6 Gaurav Vashist 23-6-53-1. Delhi in trouble New Delhi: Brilliant all-round performance by medium-pacer Sayyed Shahbuddin kept Andhra Pradesh afloat as they restricted Delhi to 59 for five after being bowled out for a meagre 198 on the opening day of their match at the Ferozshah Kotla ground here. Shahbuddin struk a career-best 71 to lend some respectability to the Andhra total but it was his four-wicket burst that allowed the visitors to fight their way back into the game. His four for 16 in a eight-over spell overshadowed the six-wicket haul by Delhi medium pacer Amit Bhandari, which put Delhi in the driver’s seat before tea. The lanky Shahbuddin wrecked the strong Delhi batting line-up reducing them to 23 for four in 8.2 overs. A 27-run partnership between Mithun Manhas (27 not out) and captain Vijay Dahiya (12) for the fifth wicket tried to bring the Delhi batting on track, before the latter was caught at second slip by Y Venugopal Rao off R V C H Prasad. The top Delhi batsmen showed no application and were troubled by both the Andhra seamers on a pitch which had some help for the medium pacers. Gautam Gambhir, who was selected among the 30 probables for the upcoming World Cup, was the only other Delhi batsmen to reach the double figures.
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Haryana
enter final Patiala, December 19 Once Haryana gained the all-important first innings lead, the match had only academic interest left in it and both the teams went through the motions on the last day. For Haryana, yet another line batting performance came from Mahesh Ravat (116) who completed a well deserved century. Brief scores: Orissa (1st innings): 132 Haryana (Ist innings): 408 Orissa (2nd innings):
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Punjab, Bengal in soccer final
Hyderabad, December 19 In contrasting semifinals today, Punjab, helped by a brace of goals by strikers Guruvinder Paul Singh and Surjit singh, thrashed a listless Services 4-0 after leading by three goals at half time, while Bengal squeaked past a fighting Tamil nadu through a solitary second half goal by medio Supratik Aind. Tamil Nadu and Bengal will meet each other on December 21 for the bronze. Playing true to the tag of reigning champions, Punjab outplayed the Army men. Punjab, comprising reserve players from the BSF and the Punjab Police, looked a transformed lot when compared to their performance in the league match where they just manged to beat hosts Andhra Pradesh by a solitary goal to enter the semifinals. A three-goal blitz in a space of five minutes snuffed the fight out of the Army men who did not recover from the setback. Guruvinderpaul Singh gave the lead in the 36th minute with a quick finish and striker Surjit Singh struck twice in a space of three minutes as Punjab raced to a 3-0 lead. Surjit Singh first headed past Services custodian Malai Paul off a floater from the right and enhanced the lead with a similar effort, this time the cross came from the left. After the breather, Punjab made it 4-0 in the 79th minute when Guruvinder Paul Singh capped in a fine solo effort with a blistering 35 yard right footer for his second goal of the match. Bengal rode on a Supratik Aind strike to edge past Tamil Nadu 1-0 and enter the final. Dominating for most part of the semifinal outing at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Bengal struck the winner in the 76th minute following a combined move from the left. Striker Syed Rahim Nabi’s volley rebounded off Tamil Nadu custodian Douglas Ponraj’s hands before Pradip Indu’s second sortie came off the goalkeeper’s body. An unmarked Aind, who replaced Amar Pyne in the 65th minute, then put the ball in from top of the six-yard box to ensure Bengal’s passage into the final after the side’s consecutive ouster from the group stages in the two previous editions of the Games in Imphal and Punjab. The Tamil Nadu defence, which held firm in the first half, collapsed in the second as Bengal launched relentless raids with the help of their medios who struck up a good combination with the forwards. PTI
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Shweta shoots gold for Haryana
Hyderabad, December 19 While Deepali Deshpande clinched the gold in a hotly contested encounter in 50-m rifle prone, Shewta was the winner in the 10-m pistol. Deepali Deshpande and Sindhu of Kerala were tied at 588 at the end of the event with Lakshmipriya settling for the bronze. However, Deepali was declared the winner as she had a superb 99 in the final round while Sindhu was two points less. Deepali, joining hands with Anuja Tere and Suma Shiroor, spurred Maharashtra to a team gold in the same event with a total of 1745. The disappointment for hosts continued at the range as their imports — internationals Anjali Bhagwat and Kuheli Gangulee and Leena Shirodkar — could not pip Maharashtra and to be content with silver with a total of 1742. Madhya Pradesh picked bronze. In the 10-m pistol event, Shweta totalled 469.7 and was followed by Shilpi Singh of Andhra Pradesh (466.9) and Sushma Rana of Andhra Pradesh (466.8). However, Andhra won the team gold thanks to Shilpi Singh, Sushma Rana and Sonia Rana and Uttar Pradesh and Delhi had to be content with silver and bronze. UNI
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Manipur, Bengal eves in final Hyderabad, December 19 In the first semifinal at the Lal Bhadur Shastri stadium, Manipur rode on a double strike by the fleet-footed Geetarani Devi to open up a 2-0 lead at half time, and added two more in the later session through Shanti Devi and Tababi Devi to put the issue beyond the hosts. The other semifinal encounter saw Pinky Bompal Magar put Orissa ahead, before Bengal put up a spirited second half display to turn the table on their rival. For the winners, Rinku Ghosh scored a brace, while Shanta Dhara chipped in with a solitary strike. Manipur and Bengal will now clash for the title on December 21, at the same stadium, in a repeat of the final in the Imphal games in 1999. Andhra Pradesh and Orissa will fight it out for the bronze on the same day. Despite having eight former Bengal players in their ranks, Andhra Pradesh lasses proved no match for the Manipur girls, who held complete sway and drew first blood in the sixth minute when Geetarani Devi scored off a Rani Devi midfield through. Geetarani scored her second goal in the 37th minute with a fine placing after skipper Bem Bem Devi ran a solo and essayed a fine square pass. Continuing the onslaught, the winners struck again in the 48th minute through Shanta Devi while Tababi Devi fired in one more goal in the 62nd minute following a combined move.
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Gold for Punjab in cycling
Hyderabad, December 19 Both the races were reduced by 10 km due to paucity of time. Punjab’s Hitraj Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Sukhjinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh were off to a flying start and took a commendable lead before covering the 60km distance in 1hr 21min 41.350 secs for the gold. Andhra’s foursome (1:22.00962 secs) won the silver and the bronze went to Services (1:22.23.560 secs). The women’s 60km mass start event saw Andhra Pradesh survive a protest by Manipur team management. The protest was against the second placed Premlata V. Surban who was accused of wearing the chest number during the race. After the technical officials confirmed that the chest number of the cyclist was checked and found correct before commencement of the event, the jury of appeal over-ruled the objection. However, the event itself generated great interest as the top three cyclists were going neck and neck. Close to the finish line, Manipur’s O Binakumari surged ahead and just 0.003 secs separated Binakumari (1:55.38.190 seecs) and Premlata V. Surban (1:55.38.193 secs). Another Andhra cyclist V. Ishwarya claimed the bronze medal. PTI
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Hyderabad, December 19 The fifth and final day of the showpiece track and field event also saw Madhuri A. Singh of Punjab capping a golden double by adding 800 metre title to her 1500 metre win earlier. Five games record were re-written today in 800m men, three relay events — 4x100 men and women and 4x400 women - and women’s javelin throw. Punjab emerged the second best team with their men logging 56 points and women 55. In women’s javelin, Gurmeet Kaur of Punjab set a new games record with a throw of 53.30m.
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Lamba continues golden streak
Hyderabad, December 19 Lamba, who had won a gold in the individual show jumping event yesterday, logged 61.30 penalty points (pp) riding Tipsy for a gold. He was followed by Gulab Singh on Nurshi (73.73 pp) and Sunil Kumar on Morelyn (77.78 pp), both of Services. In the team event, Services team Gulab Singh
(Nurshi), Sunil Kumar (Morelyn), R L Mali (Ram Raj) and Gulab Singh (Nepolian) bagged the gold with 230.01 pp. Second and third placed Haryana (257.44 pp) and Punjab (333.14 pp) were no match for the champions.
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Haryana
eves bag roller skating gold Visakhapatnam, December 19 Haryana won all its four matches to total eight points and take gold in the championship. Punjab won three matches to accrue six points and Chandigarh with only two wins totalled four points. Gold: Haryana Silver:
Punjab Bronze: Chandigarh. UNI
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BSF defeat Punjab Police 2-1 Jalandhar, December 19 P&SB started raiding Rly XI goalpost from the start of the game. In the 18th minute Sandeep Singh and Mandeep Singh made a beautiful move from the right flank and in the circle J. Tirkey of Rly XI stopped the ball in front of goal-post with foot and umpire had no
hesitation in awarding a penalty stroke in favour of PSB Rajvinder was not able to convert it. In the 19th minute, Rajvinder Singh of PSB scored a field goal to give its team 1-0 lead. At lemon break score was 1-0 in favour of PSB. After the
breather, there were many attacks and counter attacks from both sides but in the 67th minute again Rajvinder of PSB scored a field goal to further increase lead for his team (2-0). At the final whistle score was 2-0 in favour of P&SB. In another match international Harbhajan Singh of BSF scored a field goal to open account through a field goal (1-0). Punjab Police got two penalty corners in the first half but was not able to convert. At the lemon break BSF were leading by 1-0. After the breather, BSF got three penalty corners in a row in the 42nd, 43rd and 44th minutes, but they all went waste. Brinder Guria of BSF further consolidated lead for his team in the 46th minute through a field goal (2-0). In the 65th minute Kulbir Singh of Punjab Police scored with a powerful shot (1-2). At the final hooter score was 2-1 in favour of BSF. In the women’s section, Ludhiana XI’s Kamaljit Kaur got a pass from Harpreet Kaur near the circle and sent ball straight in the box (1-0). Sports Wing, Badal, girls tried their level but their efforts proved futile as Ludhiana XI won the game 1-0.
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Salgaocar trounce Indian Bank
Chennai, December 19 With this win, Salgaocar raised their points tally to ten, putting them in position for a strong finish in the first division of the championship. Vasco hold East Bengal
MARGAO: Trailing by a goal at the breather, formidable Vasco Sports Club came up strongly in the latter half to hold table toppers East Bengal in a 1-1 draw and shared the honours in the NFL match being played here at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda today. Alvito D’Cunha scored for East Bengal in the 32nd minute, while Marcos Pereira equalised for the Arlem-sponsored club in the 73rd minutes. East Bengal defender Douglas D’ Silva was adjudged the man of the match.
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B. S. Bodhi dead Chandigarh, December 19 A condolence meeting was held today by the Punjab contingent participating in the National Games at Hyderabad where rich tributes were paid to Mr Bodhi. Lauding his contribution to hockey, Mr R. S. Gill and Olympian Pargat Singh said in his death Indian hockey had been rendered poorer. It may be recalled that Mr Bodhi was on his way to New Delhi with his son when he breathed his last in his car following a heart attack yesterday. |
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boy in Indian team Chandigarh, December 19 Aita Ram attended a camp for the tournament at the Tata Football Academy, Jamshedpur in November.
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Bokaro
lads win NEW DELHI: An opportunistic long-ranger by H.L. Malsoma helped BSL IV High School, Bokaro, Jharkhand, lift the 42nd Subroto Mukherjee Cup (junior division) defeating Apex Public School, Delhi, by a solitary goal here on Wednesday.
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NEW DELHI:
Middle distance runner Sunita Rani, who was stripped of her medals in the Busan Asian Games, may get a reprieve with the medical commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) reportedly clearing her of doping charges. Indian Olympic Association Secretary-General Randhir Singh said on Thursday he had learnt that the report of the medical commission was “favourable to us”. However, there was no official intimation in this regard from the IOC till now though it was expected soon, he said. “A sub-committee of the IOC’s medical commission met in the second week of this month and discussed Sunita Rani’s case,” Randhir Singh, who is also the Secretary-General of the Olympic Council of Asia, said.
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