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Roddick, Clijsters, Davenport win Tragedy strikes Confederations Cup
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Football deaths not unprecedented
Junior cricket team to play in Pak Punjab Sports Authority mooted India win 3 gold at Special Olympics Prakash scores a ‘hat-trick’ Isha, Alipt to clash in final Murugappa meet as selection trials
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Roddick, Clijsters, Davenport win
Wimbledon (England), June 27 The No. 5-seeded Roddick, bidding for his first Grand Slam title, has yet to lose a set and is the favourite with London
odds makers. He’ll next play No. 12 Paradorn Srichaphan, who beat 17-year-old Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Venus Williams thumped her way past Russia’s Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-2 at Wimbledon to set up a fourth round grudge match. Covering the court with huge yet elegant strides, the statuesque fourth seed dominated the match for its entire 62 minutes. Former Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport coasted into the fourth round at Wimbledon with an almost effortless 6-2, 6-2 win over Zimbabwe’s Cara Black. The fifth seed, battling to recover from a foot injury, has not dropped a set so far in the tournament and she was delighted with her improving form. Kim Clijsters wrecked Samantha Reeves’s Wimbledon hopes for a second year in a row beating the American 6-1, 6-2 to reach the fourth round. The Belgian second seed, who has raced through the first week of the tournament dropping only seven games in three matches, took 50 minutes to dispose of Reeves, who she beat in the first round last year. Clijsters meets her doubles partner Ai Sugiyama in the fourth round on Monday. Thirteenth seed Ai Sugiyama moved into the fourth round at Wimbledon after grinding out a 6-4, 6-4 win over a dogged Nathalie Dechy of France. Dechy, who beat her Japanese opponent for the first time in their previous five meetings at Eastbourne last week, produced a determined display with some powerful forehand winners in a first set made up of lengthy baseline rallies. Vera Zvonareva advanced to a possible rematch against Venus Williams. The 18-year-old Russian beat Iroda Tulyaganova in the third round 6-3, 7-5 and could next face two-time Wimbledon champion Williams, who was scheduled to play Nadia Petrova later today. Zvonareva upset Williams in the fourth round at the French Open earlier this month. It was Williams’ earliest defeat at a Grand Slam event in two years. A determined Serena Williams moved a step closer to retaining her Wimbledon title, subduing Belgian Els Callens 6-4, 6-4 in yesterday’s second round. The top seed must have hoped this particular Belgian would cause her less trouble than Callens’s compatriots Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne, seeded two and three here. Williams was beaten by eventual champion Henin in the semi-finals of the French Open earlier this month, while Clijsters stretched the world number one to the limit at the same stage of the Australian Open in January. Looking to avenge her defeat to Williams in the third round here last year, the 32-year-old Callens did not go down without a fight. Germany’s Rainer Schuettler reached the last 16 at Wimbledon for the first time today but only after a battle royal with experienced American Todd Martin. It took the number nine seed three and a half hours of hard graft before he finally wore down Martin 4-6, 7-5,
6-7, 6-1, 7-5 in a see-saw battle. Schuettler, 27 who is enjoying the best year of his career after reaching the final of the Australian Open in January, refused to be denied against the 32-year-old Martin, who made light of his advanced years and lowly ranking of 102. Against Tulyaganova, the No. 16-seeded Zvonareva faced only one break point and committed just 10 unforced errors. On the men’s side, No. 8 Sjeng Schalken beat lucky loser Victor Hanescu 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). Roddick lost in the third round in his other appearances at Wimbledon to Goran Ivanisevic and Greg Rusedski. He drew a less daunting opponent this time, and has now won all 13 sets he has played against Robredo. But as often happens on grass, the match swung on just a handful of points. The Spaniard made only two mistakes in the tiebreaker — a double fault, and then a forehand error on his final shot — and they cost him the set. The pivotal game in the second set was the fifth, when Roddick chased down yet another Robredo drop shot to earn the first break of the match. Roddick broke at love for a 2-1 lead in the final set and served it out from there. The scariest moment for Roddick came on the first point of the tie-breaker, when he slipped trying to change direction behind the baseline, did the splits and fell awkwardly on his stomach. He grimaced after rising slowly but was unhurt. James Blake, along with Andy Roddick the future of American men’s tennis, again failed to make a lasting impression at Wimbledon, beaten 6-2, 7-6, 6-2 in the second round by Sargis Sargsian of Armenia. Blake was let down by his serve from the start, hitting four double faults in his first two service games to fall 0-4 down. “You’re not going to win this way,” Blake yelled at himself, but things did not improve in the second set. Sargsian’s accuracy from the baseline kept the pressure on and the 23-year-old American quickly went 5-1 behind. He fought back to 5-5 but then wasted all his good work by throwing away a string of points in the tiebreak to lose it 7-3. Sargsian, who beat Roddick in the first round at the French Open this year, opened up a 4-1 lead in the third set, meeting little resistance from his disconsolate opponent. Last year, in his first visit to Wimbledon, Blake also failed to make it past the second round — AP
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Henman hopes for new script
Wimbledon, June 27 The producers of “Bridget Jones’ Diary” and “Notting Hill” are making a movie called “Wimbledon,” about the first English male finalist since the 1930s. Two scenes were shot yesterday, delaying the start of Tim Henman’s match. When the director, actors and cameramen cleared out, Henman went to work, crafting a crisp 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 victory over fellow serve-and-volleyer Michael Llodra to reach the third round. And, undoubtedly, ratchet up a nation’s expectations once again. “Maybe it’s a sign of the desperation to finally win the tournament that they’re making a film about it,” the 10th-seeded Henman said with a smile. “I hope if I win Wimbledon, it won’t ruin their film.” Year after year, he takes his countrymen on a bit of a cruel ride, coming oh-so-close to ending the drought. Henman reached the semifinals at the All England Club four of the past five years but lost each time to the eventual champion. If he hopes to write a new script this fortnight, wouldn’t a semifinal against Andre Agassi make a fantastic scene? The eight-time Grand Slam champion advanced to the third round by beating Lars Burgsmuller 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Unlike Henman, Agassi does most of his damage at the baseline, dictating points until the time is ripe to rip a shot out of reach. He compiled 31 winners and, making the occasional foray forward, even took 11 of 12 points at the net. At 33, he’s the oldest player in the tournament and the oldest man ever ranked No. 1. As if that wouldn’t be enough for Hollywood, how’s this: Agassi is trying to add a second Wimbledon title to the one he won in 1992; the 11-year gap would be a record. “It feels like a lifetime ago since I won, that’s for sure,” said Agassi, upset in the second round last year. “If I won again, it would mean a lot.” While Henman gets to face a third straight player who came out of qualifying — 152nd-ranked Robin Soderling, who knocked off French Open runner-up Martin Verkerk in the first round — Agassi next plays No. 27-seeded Younes El Aynaoui. Also into the third round: French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, who led 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3 when Nicolas Escude quit with a leg injury, 2002 finalist David Nalbandian, and three-time quarterfinalist Mark Philippoussis. The only seeded man to lose was No 26 James Blake. The American went down 6-2, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 to Sargis Sargsian, who beat Andy Roddick at the French Open. Three seeded women lost: No 14 Eleni Daniilidou, No. 21 Elena Bovina and No 31 Elena Likhovtseva. Daniilidou was beaten by two-time major champion Mary Pierce, whose ranking dropped to 86th after a series of injuries. French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne, No 8 Jennifer Capriati and 1994 Wimbledon winner Conchita Martinez won. Defending champion Serena Williams beat Els Callens 6-4, 6-4, then went right back out with sister Venus to open defense of their doubles title. The siblings’ match against Rennae Stubbs and Corina Morariu was halted at 3-3 in the final set because of darkness, and the crowd gave the players a standing ovation. “It’s definitely been a long day,” Serena said. Slapping hands between points and occasionally sharing a laugh, Team Williams appeared to be having a grand time. But their father — who, it must be noted, is prone to hyperbole — spoke about the possibility of his daughters’ quitting after another four-to-six years on tour. “If I had the chance to, I would get them out of tennis right away. I tried to get Venus to stop playing tennis when she was 9 years old,” Richard Williams told The Associated Press. — AP
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Bhupathi-Mirnyi duo advances London, June 27 Top seeds Bhupathi and Mirnyi (Belorussia) set up a comfortable 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 victory over the British pair of James Auckland and Lee Childs last evening. They will take on Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek from the Czech Republic in their second round match. Novak and Stepanek beat the combination of Amir Hadad of Israel and Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi of Pakistan 7-6 (7/5) 7-5 7-5 in their first round encounter. Earlier, the fifth seeded Indo-Czech pair of Paes and Rikl beat Spaniards Juan Ignacio Carrasco and Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 and will now take on the German duo of Nicolas Kiefer and David Prinosil in the second round. In the mixed doubles, Paes will continue playing with Martina Navratilova. They will take on Jamie Delgado and Anastasia Myskina in their first round duel. Mahesh Bhupathi has teamed with Argentina’s Paolo Suarez, who is the No.1 in doubles as per WTA rankings. They will face Arvind Parmar and Anne Keothavong in their mixed doubles opener.
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Tragedy
strikes Confederations Cup
Lyon, June 27 It reduced Cameroon 1-0 win to reach the final and France’s 3-2 victory over Turkey in the other semifinal to a footnote. With no one around him, Foe sank on his knees and collapsed head forward inside the midfield circle in the 71st minute of the game. Emergency staff gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and extra oxygen on the field and on the sidelines, before taking him to the first-aid center at the stadium. While Cameroon players celebrated their 1-0 victory and a spot in the final by running a lap of honour and greeting their fans, doctors fought in vain to save Foe’s life. Minutes later, their cheers turned into shrieks of horror as they learned of their team-mate’s death. Foe’s death completely overshadowed the semifinals of the tournament. He was believed to be the first player to die in a FIFA event. “It is not the show that has to go on, it is the game that has to go on,” said FIFA president Sepp Blatter. “There is always a risk.” “FIFA and the whole football family are shattered by this unbelievable tragedy,” he said. “Football has lost a remarkable player and a remarkable man.” Mr Blatter said he was convinced that Cameroon would show up for Sunday’s final at Saint-Denis against France. “They will do it for the honor and the respect of their team-mate,” Mr Blatter said. The FIFA chief said he had conveyed his sympathy to Cameroon soccer officials and Foe’s family. In Cameroon, fans preparing to celebrate the victory instead mourned their 28-year-old star. “Foe’s death is the most shocking experience I’ve had in my whole life as a coach and footballer,” said Jean Paul Akono, a former national team coach. “Foe had been the most frank, most exemplary, respectful player I ever trained, and who had gone to the expected heights,” said Akono, weeping. Cameroon’s match was played in hot and muggy Lyon conditions, with temperatures peaking into the 30s C (high 80s F). Shortly before he collapsed, Foe had made a long run down the left side. Medical staff raised his legs into the air, as doctors tried to revive him. His eyes rolled, and later his left arm dangled from the stretcher as he was being carried away. “I saw that he collapsed and I immediately had a bad feeling,” said Mr Blatter, who watched the match on television. French doctors tried to revive him for 45 minutes but their efforts were in vain. FIFA’s medical officer Alfred Mueller said the cause of death was “not absolutely clear. We prefer (to wait for) an autopsy.” Olympique Lyon, which had sent Foe on loan to Manchester City this season, announced that the player had died of a heart attack but that could not be immediately confirmed. Even though the tournament has been criticized for a quick succession of games at the end of a long season, Foe had played only 153 minutes of a possible 270 during the group stage of the Confederations Cup and sat out Monday’s game against the USA. During his career, Foe had played at Olympique Lyon from 2000 to 2002, in the stadium where he died. Foe was playing in his 64th international for Cameroon, and was a typical player on the African champion’s line-up with his measurements of 1.94 meters for 84 kg. At last year’s World Cup, Foe played in all three of Cameroon’s games, but the African champion went out in the first round. It made the country’s success here, with upset wins over Brazil and Turkey, all the more remarkable. Pius Ndiefi, used only once before in the tournament as a substitute, got Cameroon’s goal in the 10th minute against Colombia. In Saint-Denis, where the other semifinal was played between France and Turkey, the crowd of some 40,000 observed minute of silence to Foe before the kickoff. French players, some of whom had been team-mates of Foe, pointed their fingers to the sky after the team’s first goal. The Arsenal trio of Thierry Henry, Robert Pires and Sylvain Wiltord scored the French goals. French coach Jacques Santini broke into tears after the game. He had coached Foe during his stint at Olympique Lyon. “There is nothing to say. I will miss him,” he said. — AP
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Football
world in mourning
Paris, June 27 The 28-year-old midfielder collapsed with no warning in the 72nd minute of the game without any other player or the ball in his vicinity. He was treated on the field as players and spectators seemed at first unaware of the gravity of the situation. After being stretchered off the field, he was taken to the medical centre in the stadium, where doctors performed cardiac resuscitation for 45 minutes without success. Instead of the traditional post-match Press conference, a three-man FIFA delegation told the stunned journalists in Lyon that Foe had died, but it was too early to give the exact causes. Several Cameroonian journalists began weeping, and many of the Cameroonian players who were still outside broke down. President of the organizing committee for the FIFA Confederations Cup Chuck Blazer said he was a state of shock. Cameroonian journalists in Lyon said they were not sure if the final would go ahead. “This is a big tragedy for the country. I am not sure that we will play the game. We must see how the people of Cameroon feel about this and if they want the match to be played,” one journalist said. He said the president of Cameroon was expected to make a statement on the tragedy later, and the issue of the final might become clearer after that. Both Colombia and Cameroon prayed in the stadium and paid their respects to the midfielder. Both sides cancelled the usual post-match press conference. In the other semifinal, French internationals Thierry Henry and Robert Pires dedicated the two French opening goals to Foe. Foe had represented his country at the last World Cup and played more than 60 international matches. He started his career with Canon Yaounde before moving to French club Lens. He joined West Ham in the Premier League before returning to France, where he signed for Lyon and won the championship with them. He was later loaned out to Manchester City, who joined with those expressing condolences. “Manchester City Football Club are devastated to hear the tragic news of Marc Vivien Foe’s death this evening,” club chairman John Wardle said. “Whilst at city, Marc made an excellent contribution to our successful return to the Premiership and was very highly regarded by his fellow players. He will be sadly missed by his team-mates, not just as a player but also as a friend. All of our thoughts are with his family at this time.” Foe was not the first footballer to die during a match. Others include Nigerian international Samuel Okwaraji who died during a World Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles and Angola in 1989. But Foe’s death is the first time that it has happened at the finals of an international competition and was witnessed by millions of television viewers worldwide.
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‘to dedicate’ Cup final to Foe London, June 27 Soccer’s world governing body FIFA are already considering a proposal to rename the next Confederations Cup the Foe Cup. Cameroon are due to play host nation France in Sunday’s final after beating Colombia 1-0 in Thursday’s semi-final.
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Football deaths not unprecedented
Paris, June 27 In December, a promising young Macedonian defender for FK Napredok, Stefan Toleski, died of a suspected heart attack. He collapsed midway into the first half of a league match against Kumanovo and later died at a Hospital. When news of his death reached the stadium, the goal less game was abandoned at half time. A few months earlier, a second-division player in Cyprus, Michael Michael, 32, died of a heart attack during a game. He collapsed after the referee blew the whistle for a foul against one of his team-mates. As there was no ambulance on standby, he was not transported immediately and was pronounced dead when he finally reached a hospital. Last year, two Colombians playing for Deportivo Cali died after being struck by lightning during training. Forward Giovanny Cordoba died in hospital three days after the incident, while midfielder Herman Gaviria died shortly after being struck. In February 2000, Nigerian youth international, 17-year-old John Ikoroma, collapsed and died of a heart attack during a friendly match in the United Arab Emirates. A player for Rangers International and Nigeria’s under-17 national team, he was in a trial match for Al-Wahda against Kazakh Club Astona when he collapsed 20 minutes before the final whistle. He died in hospital. In 1997, another former Nigerian junior international Tunde Charity died after being injured during a league game with his club Insurance Benin City against Nigerdock Lagos. In the same year, a Nigerian playing in Germany, Emmanuel Awanegbo, died after only 12 minutes of play. The death was attributed to cardiac arrest. In 1995, Amir Angwe, 29, a striker for the Julius Berger Club of Nigeria, collapsed just one minute before the end of an African Cup Winner’s Cup semifinal match with Maxaquene of Mozambique. He died later of what doctors believed was a heart attack. After he slumped over, Angwe waved off playmates saying he would be fine. He then collapsed, and doctors at the stadium were unable to revive him. Nigerian international Samuel Okwaraji, who signed as a professional for AS Roma in Italy after stopping his university studies in Rome, died in 1989 during a World Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles and Angola. — DPA
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Junior cricket team to play in Pak
Kolkata, June 27 “We have received clearance from the Government of India that India-A and junior level teams can participate in multi-lateral tournaments along with Pakistani teams,” cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya announced here today. The move is significant in the sense that two of these tournaments would be played in Pakistan and India. It would be after a gap of nearly four years that India and Pakistan would be playing in each other’s country. Dalmiya said that three such tournaments have been lined up for later this year with the first one — a triangular series involving academy level teams of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — to be held in Sri Lanka towards of end of August and early September. Dalmiya said this tournament would be followed by a quadrangular under-19 tournament which would be held in Pakistan and in which India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would play apart from the hosts. The tournament assumes significance in the sense that it would be followed by the under-19 Youth World Cup and would be a preparatory tournament for the participating teams, he said. Finally A-level teams of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka would participate in a tri-series to be held in India in November-December, he said. Asked about the possibility of revival of senior level cricketing ties between the two neighbours, Dalmiya said: “We have not received clearance from the Centre till now in this regard”. India and Pakistan have not been played in each other’s country since a senior Pakistani team toured India in 1999. After that the Indian government has refused permission to its team to travel to Pakistan because of Islamabad’s support to cross-border terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian team, however, was allowed to play in multilateral tournaments in a third country. They last played in the World Cup in South Africa on March 1 this year. — PTI
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Punjab Sports Authority mooted Chandigarh, June 27 These as well as several other recommendations have been made by the committee constituted by the Punjab Government for promotion of sports in Punjab. Releasing the report at a Press conference here today, the Minister for Sports, Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, said the recommendations would be sent to the Finance Department before being tabled before the Cabinet. Another key recommendation of the committee pertains to setting up of the Punjab Sports Authority to be headed by the Chief Minister. “The committee recommends that an autonomous body to be called the Punjab Sports Authority with a 25-member governing council may be constituted by merging various departments connected with sports in Punjab.” The
committee has recommended that all funds lying with the Punjab State sports Council, Panchayati Raj Khed Parishad, sports wings of schools and colleges and funds allocated to the Sports Department should be transferred to the Punjab Sports Authority. Regarding infrastructure, the committee has recommended that a sports complex of international standard should be built at the allocated site in Mohali. For generating additional financial resources, participation of the private sector has been recommended. The committee has urged the government to give a fresh look and accord high priority to sports and increase fund allocation manifold. It has also recommended enhancement of diet money and its revision every two years. Help of NRIs in sports promotion is another recommendation and the committee feels that the NRIs can be assisted in organising various tournaments. The government can provide staff and equipment. The committee also felt that the government should make its policy very clear and sports and sports-related functions should not attract any entertainment duty or any other tax liability. Realising the importance of Chandigarh as an important hockey centre with modern facilities, the committee says that another Astro-turf stadium can be constructed at Panjab University so that the city meets the requirements of the FIH with regard to allocation of international tournaments. Utilisation of experience and expertise of veterans is another recommendation of the committee which says that major stadiums of the state can be named after outstanding sportspersons. As regards state awards, the committee has recommended a points system for the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award and the minimum points required should be 40. The committee has also recommended a new award to be called the Hari Singh Nalwa Award to be conferred on two coaches every year. Among other recommendations are revision of pension of eminent sportspersons, cash incentives for mentally challenged and handicapped sportspersons and establishment of a state sports library at the headquarters of the Directorate of Sports. With a view to encouraging rural sports, the committee has recommended promotion of club culture in villages. Among others who were present today were the Director Sports Punjab, Mr Kartar Singh, and the Secretary Sports, Mr D.S. Bains. |
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India win 3 gold at Special Olympics New Delhi, June 27 Mahaveer of Delhi had promised his guardians, the sisters at the Missionaries of Charity, that he would definitely win a medal for the country. He duly achieved that when he combined with Geeta of Himachal Pradesh to win the doubles of the bocce event, beating competitors from Chinese Taipei, Cayman Islands and Seychelles. India’s other gold medals came in table tennis doubles event and in long jump. Neha Bansal of Haryana and Pooja Tulsankar of Maharastra won the gold in the table tennis doubles while Sumit Soni of Haryana won the long jump event. The last medal of the day for India came in the 100 metres run in which Sharon Pereira of Goa claimed the silver medal.
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Prakash
scores a ‘hat-trick’ New Delhi, June 27 A quick shower in the evening delayed the match by about 30 minutes, and Prakash utilised this free time for a quick warm up. But the warm-up almost proved costly as in the piercingly humid and hot weather, Prakash seemed to be suffering from fatigue when the contest became hotter, after he got off to a racy start. It looked like a cake walk for the top-seeded Prakash, when he ran up a 5-0 lead. Prakash got a dream start when he broke the sixth-seeded Widhiyanto in the very first game of the match. Widhiyanto was broken in the third and fifth games too as Prakash put himself on course for an easy victory. But the hard-serving Prakash suddenly got into a road-block, as serving for the set in the sixth game, he committed unforced errors , including a double fault, to drop serve. Though Prakash served out the eighth game by blasting an ace to win the set, his problems had begun as the tenacious Indonesian started passing the Indian junior with his intelligent return of serves, and stunning passing shots, including deft cross court and down the line winners. He made Prakash move all over the court, and passed him with his lightening reflexes. For once, Prakash Amritraj found himself being pushed to the wall. He was getting tired too, and the doctor had to be called in to attend to his problem. In the second game of the second set, Prakash saved two break points to hold serve, though he fired an ace to get the winning point. Prakash got into serious trouble when he dropped serve in the sixth game with an erratic display, including a double fault. Though he broke back in the very next game, and broke Widhiyanto again in the ninth game, he nullified the advantage, as serving for the set and match, he committed two double faults, and a series of other errors, to drop serve. Then both the players held serve to take the issue to tie-breaker, where Prakash ran up a clear 3-0 lead, and kept on widening it before serving out with an ace to clinch the game, set and title to emerge as the master of all he surveyed. Prakash had displayed marvellous consistency in two weeks’ of tennis in Delhi to carry forward the good work he had done in Chandigarh in the preceding week where he annexed his first major title — the second leg of the Satellite circuit. Widhiyanto, a slow starter who gets tougher as the game progresses, looked like changing the script, for once, but Prakash brought out his latent energy sniff out the challenge to score a hat-trick of titles. |
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Isha, Alipt to clash in final Chandigarh, June 27 In the under 14 section, Ramneek Rihal of Chandigarh sailed in to the final and she will meet Navjot Saini of Punjab. Vijayant Malik, another local lad will cross swords with Deepinder Singh of Chandigarh in the final. The singles final will begin at tomorrow at 8 am. The followings are the results (all semifinals): Girls Under
14:Ramneek Rihal (CHD) b Taruka Srivastva (UP) 6-4, 6-2. Navjot Saini (PB) b Alisha Talwar (PB) 6-3, 6-2. Boys Under
14:Vijayant Malik (CHD) b Kush Jagga (DLI) 6-2, 6-2. Deepinder Singh (CHD) w/o Navinder Pal Singh (CHD). Girls Under 18: Isha Toor (CHD) b Alisha Talwar (PB) 6-3, 6-0. Alipt Sandhu (CHD) bt. Nikunj Kamal (DLI) 6-3, 6-0. Boys under 18 : Jitin Bishnoi (HAR) b Vijayant Malik (CHD) 6-0, 6-1. Nitish Raj (UP) b Manav Dhawan (PB) 6-0, 6-3. Doubles Boys Under 14: Vijayant Malik (CHD) and Deepinder Singh (CHD) b Kush Jagga (DLI) & Dhruv Gurawara (DLI) 6-2, 6-3. Keshav Mahajan
(PB) & Manav Dhawan (PB) b Samarpit Rai (PB) & Inderjot Singh (PB) 6-2, 6-0. |
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Greg King new fitness trainer Kolkata, June 27 Allan King was extended an informal contract till next September’s Champions’ Trophy. However, this decision would be ratified in the BCCI working committee meeting due in a fortnight. However, like coach John Wright and Andrew Leipus, King’s contract would also be under annual review.
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Murugappa
meet as selection trials
Chennai, June 27 All the players in the Indian team, now in Germany for the four-nation Hamburg Masters tournament, will be in action and the federation would assess their abilities and fitness before picking the probables for the Bangalore camp, secretary of the federation K. Jothikumaran said today. The Champions trophy is scheduled to be held in mid August in Amstelveen, Holland and the Asia Cup, in Kuala Lumpur from Sept 20 to 28.
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