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Sunday,
July 20, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Waugh slams ton as Aussies tighten noose
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IHF Juniors win Murugappa hockey Unprecedented deal
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Pankaj
wins in world jr snooker
Vancouver to decide weightlifting berths Manavjit leaves for Italy Bindra for World Cup finals Tough draw for Indians in world badminton meet Minjar Fair cricket results Veteran bags
gold at world meet
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Waugh slams ton as Aussies tighten noose
Darwin, July 19 The redoubtable 38-year-old Australian skipper scampered for two runs to raise his 100 and promptly declared his team’s first innings closed at 407 for seven. That left Bangladesh with the daunting task of having to score 311 runs against the world’s premier bowling attack to avoid yet another innings defeat — their 19th in 20 Tests. At close, Bangladesh were 70 for one with Hannan Sarkar not out 29 and Habibul Bashar on 26. Waugh joined Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on 31 Test centuries, second only to another Indian great Sunil Gavaskar on 34, and became only the second cricketer to score centuries against all the nine Test-playing nations. Waugh emulated the achievement of South African opener Gary Kirsten in scoring against all-comers. The ‘Iceman’ has scored 10 centuries against England, seven against the West Indies, Sri Lanka (3), Pakistan (3), New Zealand (2), India (2), South Africa (2), Zimbabwe (1) and now Bangladesh. The indestructable Waugh, who fought off a form lapse which threatened to end his glittering Test career, has now scored 10,365 runs in 161 Tests at an average of 50.31, second only to compatriot Allan Border (11,174) for most Test runs. Last May in Barbados against the West Indies Waugh overtook the game’s immortal Don Bradman as Australia’s greatest Test century-maker with his 30th ton. Records appear to continually keep tumbling for Waugh, who is playing his 50th Test as Australian captain and needs just one more victory to better West Indian Clive Lloyd’s 36 wins as the most successful Test skipper. Bangladeshi players sprinted from all parts of the ground to shake Waugh’s hand when the skipper called quits on the Australian innings, which almost certainly has buried the humble tourists’ hopes of pushing the Test into a fourth day of a scheduled five. Waugh’s typically pugnacious knock came off 133 balls and occupied 200 minutes with 10 fours and a six. Waugh’s
latest show-stopper trumped Darren Lehmann’s second Test hundred of 110 off 223 balls with 10 boundaries and a six earlier in the day. Nineteen-year-old paceman Mortaza was the pick of the Bangladeshi bowlers with three for 74 off 23 overs. Manjural had one for 78 off 24 overs and swing bowler Baishya claimed one for 69 off 21.5 overs. Kapali who was smashed for two sixes by Waugh and Lee in the final over before tea, had one for 65 off 18 overs. Scoreboard Bangladesh (1st innings): 97 Australia (1st innings): Langer lbw b Kapali 71 Hayden b Mortaza 11 Ponting c Javed b Baishya 10 Lehmann c Javed b Mortaza 110 Waugh not out 100 Love b Mortaza 0 Gilchrist b Manjural 43 Lee run out 23 Gillespie not out 16 Extras: 23 Total: (7 wkts decl) 407 FoW: 1-13, 2-43, 3-184, 4-243, 5-244, 6-313, 7-377. Bowling: Manjural 24-4-78-1, Mortaza 23-7-74-3, Baishya 21.5-4-69-1, Mahmud 28-2-98-0, Kapali 18-2-65-1, Ashraful 2-0-9-0, Bashar 1-0-1-0. Bangladesh (2nd innings): Hannan Sarkar batting 29 Javed Omar lbw b McGrath 5 Habibul Bashar batting 26 Extras: (lb-5, w-2, nb-3) 10 Total: (for 1 wkt, 15 overs) 70 Fall of wickets: 1-8 Bowling: McGrath 4-0-9-1, Gillespie 5-1-20-0, Lee 4-1-26-0, MacGill 2-0-10-0. —
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IHF Juniors win Murugappa hockey Chennai, July 19 Adrian D’Souza was rightly adjudged ‘player of the tournament’ for his stupendous performance in tight situations. After the teams were level 3-3 in the tie-breaker and William Xalxo made it 4-3 in favour of IHF, D’Souza dived to his left to block Railway captain Chander Pal’s push. Then, IHF captain Vivek Gupta made no mistake and ensured his team’s victory. Earlier, both teams were not willing to take any risk and adopted defensive tactics. The tie-breaker was applied after both the teams failed to score in the 70 minutes of regulation time and 15 minutes of extra time. For IHF (juniors), Navpreet Singh, Jagath Jyothi, Sandeep Singh, William Xalxo and Vivek Gupta were the scorers while Rajiv Mishra, Jagmohan Singh and Sonu succeeded for Railways. Both the teams played safe. Though IHF (Juniors) did get two scoring chances, Railways never had a good look at the IHF goal. Jagmohan and Bikramjit Singh, the former in particular, were effective in the Railway defence. In the first half the rivals were testing each other and IHF (Juniors) had only one good look at the goal in 35 minutes of play. Initially Railways were attacking more but IHF (Juniors) seized an opportunity in the eighth minute. Birendra Lakra from the right sped down dodging past both Satish Kumar and Gursev Singh. As he could not get in, Lakra went close to the line and his cross went abegging as Hari Prasad was a trifle late in relaying the ball home. Inside the first 12 minutes, Railways earned two penalty corners but both went in vain as William Xalxo rushed out swiftly to thwart Bikramjit Singh. The teams continued to adopt defensive tactics and the match meandered into the tie-breaker. Railways were not as impressive as they were yesterday against the Karnataka XI, while IHF (Juniors), a bunch of youngsters, were more energetic and maintained a fast pace. IHF (Juniors) collected Rs 75,000 and Indian Railways Rs 50,000 as prize money for their efforts. —
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Unprecedented deal for hockey stars New Delhi, July 19 Percept IMC (Integrated Marketing and Communication) signed a two-year contract with the players for an undisclosed amount, sources told PTI here. "It is the first time ever that hockey players will be endorsed by a firm and it is a sign that the game is picking up once again," said an Indian Hockey Federation official. The players will be managed
through two divisions of Percept IMC — Percept Profile which will offer public relation services besides helping the players in getting endorsements and Percept D’ Mark which will work with the players in promoting the game at the school level. Jugraj Singh said he was looking forward to this association. "A couple of companies had shown interest in signing me up and finally it worked out with Percept. It is a good sign for Indian hockey that corporate houses are coming forward to sign up hockey players." India won two back-to-back tournaments in Sydney and Hamburg recently, generating renewed interest in the sport which saw Sahara deciding to sponsor the game at various levels for an eight-year period. —
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Champions Trophy camp at Lucknow Lucknow, July 19 Skipper Dhanraj Pillay, who arrived here along with other probables this afternoon, told newsmen that the five-day camp in Himachal Pradesh helped the side get closer and inculcate a “spirit of togetherness” in the team. “The camp in Himachal did a world of good to all the members. Besides helping in making us stronger mentally and physically, the camp served a big deal in bringing us closer,” Pillay said. The camp here is being held to prepare the team for next month’s Champions Trophy in Amstelveen, Holland, where India will open their campaign with a match against the hosts on August 16. Pillay said he was confident of the team doing well in the elite six-nation tournament since all the players were working “very hard.” “The recent successes has boosted our marale to a great extent and we are confident of fulfilling what is expected of us”. “We are working hard to do away our shortcomings. We have been successful in minimising our errors in converting penalty corners and we have four specialists now,” the 35-year old Pillay said. “Besides our defence is the best in the world. We have Dilip Tirkey, Jugraj Singh and even other defenders are doing a fine job,” Pillay said. Earlier, the team was accorded a rousing reception on its arrival at the Charbagh Railway Station. The training sessions would be held at the Sports College grounds. The probables are putting up at the guest house of the official sponsors Sahara. —
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Pankaj wins in world jr snooker Taupo (New Zealand), July 19 On an action-packed day, Thailand’s Kobkit Palajin (136) registered the highest break of the tournament so far, while the Davies boys from England, Adam and Alex, too recorded century breaks of 113 and 130, respectively, en route to easy victories. Pankaj, the 18-year old national champion from Bangalore, beat Edward Foo Ming Fa of Singapore 4-0 (76-18, 89-28, 70-4, 61-17), a break of 69 highlighting the win. Sourav (18) from Kolkata, did not show the best of form except for a break of 57 and lost to Anthony Krysa of Wales 1-4 (33-73, 59-23, 15-57, 11-84, 28-74). With two defeats in four matches in his group, Sourav needs to win his remaining three matches to keep alive his chances of advancing to the knock-out round of 32. Aditya Mehta, who has won all his three matches so far, had a rest day and will meet Hamed Saeed Dhaif of Bahrain tomorrow, while Sourav is scheduled to play Tyson Crinis of Australia, and Pankaj has a day off. —
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Els, Tiger Woods in contention for British Open honours Sandwich, July 19 Els fired a best-of-the-day 68 and Woods carded a one-over-par 72, but pacesetter Davis Love III was the only player in the 152-strong field to complete the 36 holes in better than par. Love, the 1997 US PGA champion, followed his opening 69 with a 72, ending a sun-drenched day at Royal St George’s on one-under 141, four ahead of Woods and five clear of Els. Denmark’s Ryder Cup player Thomas Bjorn, who returned a 70, was two strokes behind Love in a tie for second with South Korea’s SK Ho, who had been outright leader at four under after eagling the par-five fourth before fading to a 73. The cut came at eight-over-par 150 and claimed several big names, including former winners David Duval, Justin Leonard, Paul Lawrie, Mark Calcavecchia and Sandy Lyle. Woods had been just one off the lead after three early birdies, but lost ground after the turn. He ran up a four-putt double-bogey at the par-four 12th, where he needed three putts to hole out from just three feet, and also bogeyed 17. But the world number one, bidding this week for a ninth career major, said: "I’m right there in the hunt...only four shots back. If I play a good solid round tomorrow, I should be right where I want to be." "If you finish under par come Sunday, you will most probably win this tournament.’’ Five players had begun the second round below par, but virtually the entire field struggled to negotiate tough pin positions on quickening greens. Els, watched by record Friday crowds of 44,000 at a British Open, kept alive his bid for back-to-back titles as he finished level with nine others, including 1994 champion Nick Price and left-hander Phil Mickelson, who both carded 72s. "I woke up this morning and I felt I needed to get something going,’’ said Els, after carding the best round of the day. ‘’From tee to green, I was as good as I can get and I was really happy with my finish. "I played very well at stages today. I’ve just got to get that putter a little bit warmer.’’ Els, one of several big names to struggle at a windswept Sandwich on Thursday, holed a 12-foot birdie putt at the par-four second and then reached the green in two at the fourth to set up birdie number two. At this point, the winds had strengthened after a relatively calm dawn. The big-hitting South African, who had stumbled to an opening seven-over 78, dropped his first shot of the day when he misjudged his tee shot at the par-three 11th. But he got back on track with birdies at the 459-yard 13th, where he holed out from six feet, and at the par-four 17th. “I shot 68 in very tough conditions and I’ve got a chance now over the weekend. I just have to keep the momentum going,’’ Els said. American Woods, one of the late starters, birdied the 418-yard second after hitting his approach to just five feet, and drove the green at the fourth to set up his second birdie. Another birdie followed at the 532-yard seventh to take him within a shot of leader Love. But Woods, who had displayed crisp form with his approach play, overshot the green at the ninth to run up a bogey-five, and then slid back further with his double-bogey on 12 and drop on 17. “I hit a good first putt and almost made it, and then made two pulled putts back-to-back,’’ he said of his putting lapse on 12. “It was a little disconcerting to work so hard to get to where I was and then give it all back in one hole.” Love had fired an opening 69 and forged three clear of the field in bright afternoon sunshine with two birdies in an outward nine of 34. But the 39-year-old American stumbled on the more difficult back nine, sandwiching three bogeys around a birdie-two at the par-three 11th before suffering another bogey at 17th after taking two shots to escape a greenside bunker. He had to conjure a masterly pitch, using the contours of the green, to save par at the last to preserve his two-shot cushion. “This course is a great test,’’ said Love, who was fortunate when his tee shot at the par-five 14th struck an out-of-bounds marker to bounce back into play. —
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Vancouver to decide weightlifting berths Patiala, July 19 According to the norms fixed by the International Weightlifting Federation, countries who are placed between first to ninth positions in the overall rankings in the world meet will be given four berths for the Olympics. Three qualifying berths have been reserved for countries who finish between10th to14th position bracket while just two berths will be given to countries who finish between 15th to17th in the rankings. However, if the Indians are unable to clinch a place for the Olympics in the world meet, the country still has a chance of sending the women lifters to Athens provided they are placed among the four top teams in the senior Asian Championships to be held in March next year. In the women’s event 90 lifters from 46 countries are expected to take part in the Olympics in different weight categories. With the troika of Kunjarani Devi, Sanamacha Chanu and Karnam Malleswari raring to go, the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is not leaving anything to chance this time. During the World Championships held in Athens in 1999, the chief coach of the national squad Hansa Sharma committed a mistake due to which the Indians were left with just one qualification berth for the Sydney Olympics. N. Laxmi, was asked by Hansa Sharma to lift a weight which the lifter had never attempted ever before. The result was that N. Laxmi badly floundered due to which the Indians were placed 16th in the overall rankings. This meant that only one lifter would make it to Sydney and the ad-hoc committee of the IWF decided to send K.Malleswari. However, later one more berth opened up when the Indian contingent was given a wild card by the international body. Sanamacha Chanu was sent as the second lifter leaving one of the country’s best lifter Kunjarani Devi fuming and fretting. While K.Malleswari won the only medal, a bronze in the 69kg weight category, Sanamacha failed miserabally. The omission of Kunjarani had become a controversial issue and this time, the IWF think tank, seems to have learnt it’s lessons well and in an attempt to get the maximum of points, the federation has decided to field a seven-member squad for the Vancouver meet. |
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Manavjit leaves for Italy Chandigarh, July 19 Manavjit was hopeful of a plus 120 score in both the tournaments. |
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Bindra for World Cup finals New Delhi, July 19 The finals will feature world’s top shooters, all of whom have been selected on the basis of their performances in the World Cups held this year. The 20-year-old shooter from Chandigarh has already booked a berth in the Athens Olympics 2004 after finishing third in the World Cup at Munich earlier this year. Defending champion Li Jie has been entered as a special invitee to the Milan field. Other star attractions of the competition include winners of the four World Cups of this year — Liu Zhiwei of China (Fort Benning), Peter Sidi (Zagreb), Jason Parker (Munich) and Tao Ye (Changwon). Bindra, who participated in each of the four World Cups, made the finals in two of them. He finished third in Munich and fourth in Changwon, where just 0.6 points separated the top four. At Munich, where he grabbed a bronze, Bindra shot a 103.9 in the final to leapfrog from joint fifth to third and his score was the best for a final round performance this year at any of the four World Cups. Confident of his showing at Milano, Bindra said, "World Cup final is always a tight competition and the difference between winning a medal and missing it is very small. "The field includes the very best and they will probably be the ones competing at Athens next year. So, I am confident I can hold my own against them," said the ace shooter. —
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Tough draw for Indians in world badminton meet New Delhi, July 19 Men's national champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta faces third seed and bronze medallist at the 2001 event Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia while top Indian player Nikhil Kanetkar, ranked 66, will play 21st ranked Peter Rasmussen of Denmark in his opening match, according to the draw released by the International Badminton Federation yesterday. The event, earlier scheduled to be held in May, was postponed due to SARS scare. Kanetkar has 10th seed Ronald Susiko of Singapore as his potential opponent in the second round. In the women's section, national champion Aparna Popat — ranked 35 — will take on 25th ranked Wan Ting Ling of Hong Kong while Trupti Murgunde, who was given a last minute entry into the championship following withdrawal of some players, will take on Spain's top player Dolores Marco. —
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Minjar Fair cricket results Chamba, July 19 Brief score: Kiwi Boys: 181 in 20 overs (Ajay Mannu 102, Amit 25, Parshant 20, Tonu 20, Amit got 2 wickets). MFC 70 all out (Chaman 20, Amit 15, Sunny 5 for 20, Kapoor Singh 2 for 6, Umesh 2 for 15). In another match played in Chowgan, Spirit Fire beat Baror Club by one run. Spirit Fire scored 100 for 7 in 20 overs. (Manglesh 25, Ajay Bedi 20). In reply, Baror were all out for 99 runs. (Narinder 30, Vikram 27, Finchu got 3 wickets, Manglesh 2 wickets). In the third match played in police lines, Chamba, Police XI beat Bangti Club and ACC beat Brijala Club by 25 runs. |
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bags gold at world meet Patiala, July 19 Ajmer Singh, who retired as a Superintendent of Police (SP) from Punjab Police and who has won several medals in the All-India Police Games, threw the iron ball to a distance of 49.16 metres to take the first spot. Antoni Kargol of Poland and Johan Hansen of Germany stood second and third, respectively. Ajmer Singh shot into prominence when he bagged a gold medal in the inaugural edition of the Asian Track Field (ATF) meet held in Manila in 1973. The
65-year-old athlete has also won medals in the previous editions of
the games for veterens held in Eugene (USA) in 1991, Turku (Finland)
in 1991, Mindoski (Japan) in 1993, Durban (South Africa) in 1997,
Gateshead (UK) in 1999 and Brisbane (Australia) in 2000. |
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