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Indians face Queensland today Aussies will miss McGrath, says Ganguly Bruce Reid open
to India’s offer Court restrains BCCI
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Pak club drub
Navy Pillay, Dhillon in hockey camp 5 Indians in race for FIH awards Eighth National Football League kicks off on a low key
National
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Punjab cyclists clinch trophy CISF defeat Haryana PSEB, Punjab Police win Haryana eves advance in
national volleyball Ludhiana, Jalandhar eves in semis Mehardin suffering from cancer
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Indians face Queensland today Brisbane, November 28 The Indians, desperate to get their act together after being given a pounding by Victoria in the tour opener at Melbourne, must be disappointed to see eight key players missing from the Queensland line-up. The hosts are busy in their Pura Cup engagement against South Australia in Adelaide but the scheduling of the games, deliberate or otherwise, has left the tourists badly undone in their preparation. Queensland will go into the match without Matthew Hayden, Andrew
Bichel, Andrew Symonds, Michael Kasprowicz, Martin Love, Jimmy Maher, Nathan Hauritz and Stuart Law and a virtual Queensland Academy of Sport team will take on the tourists before the first Test begins at Gabba on December 4. However, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly said his players would try to make the most of the match. "First or second eleven, we hope to get good practice from Queensland ahead of the Test," Ganguly said at the Gabba where the team practiced this afternoon. "I hope we get good practice, we need good outing for our batters and bowlers and this is what these side games are meant to be," he said. The Indians are terribly worried on the count of their bowling which is unlikely to be tested by the rookie Queensland line-up. Just about the only batsman of some recognition Queensland have in their line-up is young Aaron Nye, 20, who was the leading run-scorer in Brisbane first grade last season with an aggregate of 918 runs. Then there is Craig
Philipson, 21, who is yet to make his first class debut but was part of the Australian Under-19 team which won the World Cup in 2001-2002. Daniel Payne, Shane Jargensen and Steve Sarrell have all been given a first-class break only in this season by Queensland. Indian batsmen though could have some useful practice with Scott Bryant, Joe Dawes and Steve Magoffin all having made some impression as fast bowlers last season. Bryant hails from Zimbabwe but was granted Australian residency in 2003. He is an excellent sportsman, having represented Zimbabwe at youth level in hockey, swimming, cricket, triathlon and athletics. He played for Essex in English county this season, taking 37 wickets from 11 games before a knee surgery set him back. Dawes took 43 first class wickets to get past the 150-wicket mark last season and played county cricket with Middlesex this season. He is a former policeman who also works as a media adviser for a parliamentarian. Magoffin is rated as promising on the basis of his performance at the junior levels which includes most wickets for academy team last season. The Indians are keen to try out VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble in this game as both missed the tie against Victoria because of flu. Laxman has been a prolific scorer for India in recent times, including 279 runs from two Tests against New Zealand at an average of 139.50 in the October home series. Having picked up five wickets at a high cost of 90. per innings, Kumble is not only keen to restore his reputation but also extend his distinguished career which clearly is on its last leg. Virender Sehwag gets another chance to restore his confidence before the first Test and both Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, the captain and vice-captain of the side, are keen to have some runs under their belt. Ganguly said among the four to sit out in this game will be little master Sachin Tendulkar. "The four who will sit out in this game are Sachin (Tendulkar), Zaheer (Khan), Harbhajan (Singh) and Ashish
(Nehra)," said Ganguly. "The other 12 are up for selection." On the other hand, almost certain is the return of Ajit Agarkar who missed out at the MCG but is looking forward to tomorrow's game. Agarkar has lately looked in good nick and was also India's leading wicket-taker on the previous tour of 1999-2000 with 11 scalps at 31.91, including Steve Waugh's scalp three times. India: Akash Chopra, Virender
Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, S Ramesh, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Parthiv Patel, Ajit
Agarkar, Anil Kumble, Laxmipathy Balaji, Irfan Pathan, Deep Dasgupta. Queensland:
Scott Bryant, Lee Carsledine, Joe Dawes, Christ Hartley, Steve
Magoffin, Steve Ryan, Aaron Nye, Craig Philipson, Steve Sarrell, Shane
Jargensen, Daniel Payne.
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Aussies will miss McGrath, says Ganguly Brisbane, November 28 "McGrath and Warney will be missed, no doubt about it. When they didn't play against England two years ago, Australia suffered in Sydney. They make a huge difference because they pick most wickets or have picked most wickets for their country in the last eight or ten years," Ganguly said. "It is like when teams come to India, they find Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh missing from our line-up. They would be missed but then injury, especially in the case of fast bowlers, is part and parcel of modern cricket," Ganguly said on the eve of their three-day match against Queensland.
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SYDNEY: Ricky Ponting was today named Australia’s Test Captain to replace Steve Waugh who is retiring at the end of the upcoming series against India. Cricket Australia Chairman Bob Merriman said the board accepted the recommendation of the national selection panel to appoint Ponting as Steve Waugh’s successor in early January. "Ricky has proven to be an outstanding international captain and leader.. His record leading up to and through this year’s ICC World Cup, in the West Indies and in recent weeks in India speaks for itself," Merriman said. — PTI
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Bruce Reid open
to India’s offer Brisbane, November 28 If all goes to plan, Reid, a former Australian left-arm paceman who gave nothing away through a nagging line during his playing days, should be available to the Indian bowlers before the first Test at Brisbane on December 4. Reid confirmed Indian coach John Wright spoke to him more than once on the issue and he was now waiting for the Indian cricket board to clear his appointment at its working committee meeting in New Delhi on Sunday. “John has spoken to me thrice on the possibility of me joining as a bowling coach,” Reid told PTI over the telephone from Perth. Indian team management sources here revealed that Reid has asked for “extremely low fees” to assist the Indians. The tall bowler has quoted a fee of $ 1,500 per week which is on the lower side by international standards. NEW DELHI: The cricket board is expected to take a decision on appointing former Australian speedster Bruce Reid as the bowling coach of the Indian team for the Australian tour at its working committee meeting here on Sunday. Board sources confirmed that a request for utilising the services of Reid had been made by the team management and the matter could come up for discussion at the emergency meeting convened to take stock of the Abhijit Kale controversy.
—PTI
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Court restrains BCCI
from barring Kale
Pune, November 28 The District Civil Court Judge V.D. Kulkarni after hearing the arguments of both Kale and the BCCI issued temporary injunction restraining the BCCI from suspending the player from cricket matches including the Ranji Plate Division and other tournaments conducted by the board. The court also directed the BCCI not to implement the
suspension order against the cricketer thereby allowing him to play cricket matches including the Ranji Trophy. Kale had challenged the suspension on the grounds that the order issued by the BCCI through Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) was “illegal, arbitrary and bad in law”. He had also pleaded that he be allowed to play Ranji Trophy matches because he was officially selected by the MCA on merit. After two days of arguments from Kale’s side as well as the BCCI, the verdict came today in a jam packed court room where a tense looking Kale was present. Talking to reporters after hearing the verdict, Kale said “I feel a bit relieved”. Kale was suspended by the cricket board after BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya received written complaints from two national selectors — Kiran More and Pranob Roy — that the player had offered them Rs 10 lakh each for a place in the Australia-bound Indian team. Kale in his application had asked the court to “issue a temporary injunction restraining the BCCI from obstructing him under the garb of suspension from playing cricket matches including the Ranji Plate Division, where the plaintiff is duly selected”. The BCCI had given Kale the official letter about the appointment of the inquiry committee and a notice asking him to appear before the BCCI inquiry commissioner D V Subba Rao was handed over to him yesterday at the court when he had come for hearing. Producing this letter before the court, Kale’s lawyer argued that the fact that the letter about the appointment of inquiry committee and notice asking him to appear before commissioner was handed over to him in the court itself indicated the malafide intention of the BCCI. Kale’s counsel Manoj Wadekar had termed the suspension order “illegal, arbitrary and bad in law” as the player was not given an opportunity to give his view and said the suspension was ordered merely on the basis of allegations by the two selectors. The BCCI counsel Milind Hartalkar contended that there was nothing illegal or malafide about the suspension as the board president was empowered to suspend a player if he found that there was a valid reason.
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Trouble
brewing in DDCA over selection New Delhi, November 28 In a joint letter to DDCA president Arun
Jaitley, who is also the Union Law and Justice Minister, the duo have sought an emergency meeting of the executive committee “to discuss remedial measures to ensure fair selection of Delhi teams before it is too late”. Delhi, who took two points off Uttar Pradesh in their first match of the Elite Group for taking the first innings lead at
Kanpur, nullified the advantage when they lost by 10 wickets to Mumbai at the Jamia Milia ground in Delhi. Before they could recover from that shock, Railways also inflicted a humiliating three-wicket defeat on Delhi at the Karnail Singh Stadium last week, and the cricket followers of the Capital rubbed their eyes in disbelief. It’s true that Delhi are without some of their star players like Virender Sehwag and Ashish Nehra who are on national duty in Australia, but still, the Capital is flush with so much cricket talent that things should not have come to such a pass that they succumbed to teams like Mumbai and Railways in their own backyard. Mr Khanna and Mr Sareen have pointed out that the “abysmally low performance of the Delhi Ranji team has not only put a big question mark on the selection system and procedure of the Delhi cricket teams, but has also cast suspicion on fair selection”. They said the omission of wicket-keeper-cum-batsman Varun Kumar from the Delhi Ranji team was “highly baffling” as he had performed “creditably in the previous cricket seasons in the under-22 and under-25 matches”. They have also questioned the “wisdom” of the selection committee in picking medium-pacer Arun Singh in place of opening batsman Akash Chopra. They also could not fathom why “an opening batsman, whose selection against the Railways had raised a lot of controversy” has been retained for the match against Punjab “despite his utter failure”. Mr Khanna, who is also the vice-chairman of the National Cricket Academy, and a former vice-president of the BCCI and Dr Sareen have advocated that players from the under-22 and under-19 teams with “proven good performances” must be given preference over “comparatively unknown players from other states without any worthwhile performance”. They said allegations of favouritism in the selection of the Ranji team had “brought DDCA into disrepute” and requested the intervention of Mr Jaitley in restoring the “good name of the DDCA at the earliest”. |
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Kiwis arrive in Pak
Lahore, November 28 Security
was extraordinarily tight for the New Zealanders in hopes of having
the team complete its first Pakistan tour in more than two years. In
May of last year, a bomb exploded outside the team’s hotel in
Karachi, killing 14 people. Nobody on the team was injured but the
squad aborted the tour. This year’s trip was delayed for one week when New Zealand diplomats received an e-mail threatening the team’s safety during Ramadan, which ended two days ago. The team decided to push ahead, with a delayed scheduled, after receiving security assurance from international cricket officials.
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Pak club
drub Navy New Delhi, November 28 Calling the shots from the outset, Star Club were well-served by their captain Mohammed Sarwar who opened the account in the fifth minute when the converted a penalty corner. Sarwar went on to add another goal in the 37th minute, which was a snap field goal. Mohad Azad dodged past the Navy defence to slot home the second goal in the seventh minute. Then for the rest of the first session, there was no scoring as the Navy men messed up their defence to foil the Pakistan forwards, who missed the target on quite a few occasions. Immediately after resumption, Sarwar scored the third goal while Mudassar and Shahid Rabbani pitched in with the fourth and fifth goals. Indian Navy, who failed to convert their scoring opportunities, including eight penalty corners, pulled off the consolation goal through Manoj Lokhande in the 43rd minute when he made no mistake with a penalty stroke. In other matches, Air India drew with Indian Oil 2-2, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd
(BPCL) defeated Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) 2-0 and Indian Airlines toyed with a junior Russian team 7-1. The Airlines team, comprising mostly of national players, were on a roll, and scored goals at their sweet will. Sameer Dad scored two field goals to earn the player of the match award. Birender Lakra also accounted for two goals while Arjun Halappa and Girish Pimpale pitched in with the other goals. Felushin Alexander converted a penalty corner in the 8th minute to get the lone goal for the Russians. Sandeep Michael and Aiyamma scored the goals for BPCL against
ONGC. In the match between Air India and Indian Oil, a brilliant goal by Prabhjot Singh helped Indian Oil spilt points. Air India drew first blood through Surinder Kundu in the ninth minute while Bikramjeet equalised for Indian Oil. Air India regained the lead through Deepak Kumar while Prabhjot levelled for the Oil team. Prabhjot was declared the player of the match.
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Pillay, Dhillon in hockey camp
New Delhi, November 28 The probables, who will attend the camp in Delhi and Bangalore before the final selection for the January 8-18 tournament, also include veteran striker Baljit Singh Dhillon and midfielder Baljit Singh Saini, two players who were rested alongwith Pillay for the Hyderabad Games. The IHF today named five goalkeepers, four full backs, 10 mid-fielders and 11 forwards in the list, which will be held in Delhi from December 5 to 12 and at Bangalore from December 12 to January 5. Rajinder Singh and Baldev Singh were retained as the chief coach and coach respectively while Sampath Kumar will be the physical trainer. A.B. Subbaiah will continue as the goal-keeping coach, the IHF said in a press release. Probables: Goalkeepers:
Devesh Chauhan, Bharat Chhetri, Kamaldeep Singh, Adrian D'Souza, Shanmuga Sundaram. Full backs: Dilip Tirkey, Harpal Singh, Kanwalpreet Singh, Dinesh Nayak. Midfielders:
Vikram Pillay, Ignace Tirkey, Viren Rasquinha, Bimal Lakra, Len Aiyappa, Prabodh Tirkey, Baljit Singh Saini, Bipin Fernandes, Jaswinder Singh, Prabhdeep Singh. Forwards:
Gagan Ajit SIngh, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh, Sandeep Michael, Arjun Halappa, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Dhanraj Pillay, Didar Singh, Tejbir SIngh, Rajpal Singh, Girish Pimpale.
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5 Indians in race for FIH awards New Delhi, November 28 Out of the 10 players nominated by the FIH for the ‘Young Player of the Year Award’, India’s star players Gagan Ajit Singh, Jugraj Singh and Prabjot Singh get pride of place. Jugraj Singh is currently undergoing treatment as a recovery process following a serious car crash. The other players nominated for the young player award include Floris Evers and Taeke Taekema of Netherlands, Alex Fabregas and Eduard Tubau of Spain, Till Kriwei of Germany, Matias Paredes of Argentina and Grant Schubert of Australia. The two Indians who figure among the 10 nominations for the ‘Senior Player of the Year Award’ are Devesh Chauhan and Dilip
Tirkey. The other players include Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmad of Pakistan, Pablo Amat and Xavier Ribas of Spain, Troy Elder and Brent Livermore of Australia, Jorge Lombi of Argentina and Teun de Nooijer of Netherlands. The selection panel comprised coaches Ric Charlesworth of Australia (FIH master coach) and Paul Lissek of Germany (FIH master coach) and sports journalists Bruce Hamilton (Aus), Sardar Khan (Pak), S Thyagarajan (Ind) and Pat Rowley (Eng). Toney Von Ondarza of Venezula was the FIH moderator. FIH president Mrs Els Van Breda
Vrieaman, in a communication made available here, said the women’s nominations would be announced on December 4 in order to take into consideration performances during the BDO Hockey Champions Trophy in Sydney. She said all winners would be determined by a secret ballot amongst the panel members. Both the men’s and women’s winners will be announced on December 5 at the One World Sport, Sydney. Mrs Els was confident that this year’s “Player of the Year Awards would provoke intense discussion amongst the hockey community and the international panel would draw from their unquestionable expertise to acclaim four excellent ambassadors for our sport”. |
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Eighth National Football League kicks off on a low key Chandigarh, November 28 The current edition of the NFL has a strong Goa and Kolkata representation. Out of the 12 teams, four are from Kolkata. They include defending champions East Bengal, Mohun Bagan , Tollygunge Agragami and debutants Mohammedan Sporting. Five others are from Goa, namely last year’s runners-up Salgaocar SC, Vasco, Churchill Brothers, Dempo SC and debutants Haywards SC. From north India, there is only one outfit, namely JCT Phagwara of Punjab. The other two are Mumbai’s Mahindra United and Chennai’s Indian Bank. Hence it might once again boil down to a battle between two football powerhouses – Goa and Kolkata. But Mumbai’s Mahindra United, Chennai’s Indian Bank and Punjab’s JCT Phagwara have enough ammunition to check the Goa-Kolkata domination. Critics have been crying hoarse over the NFL’s impact on other national tournaments but there is no denying the fact that it is primarily due to the NFL that Indian football today has acquired a foothold in the international arena. India’s victory over the UAE in the World Cup qualifying round; title win in the LG Cup in Vietnam; East Bengal’s historic title win in the ASEAN Club Championship and India’s second position in the recently concluded Afro-Asian Games at Hyderabad can be attributed to the successful and uninterrupted run of the NFL over the past seven years. As in the preceding years, the eighth National Football League is being played on home-and-away basis. The league will be split into two phases of 11 rounds each. The first phase comprising 66 matches which commenced today will end on January 22. The second phase which will commence after a short break will extend upto April,2004. In all 132 matches will be played. There is no change in the prize money for the winners and runners-up. While the champions will pocket Rs 40 lakh, the runners-up will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 22 lakh. The cities which will be hosting the NFL ties are Kolkata, Fatorda(Goa), Mumbai, Chennai, and Ludhiana. Punjab’s premier outfit JCT Phagwara, as in the preceding years, have opted for Ludhiana as the venue for all their home ties. The matches will be played at Guru Nanak Stadium and may be day-night affairs. For the current edition, JCT will be banking on foreign recruits Musa Alieu, goalkeeper Mansuru Mohammed and veteran Nigerian striker Stephan Abarowei. The team also includes star Indian striker IM Vijayan, who recently announced his retirement, and midfielder Joe Paul Ancheri. Besides, JCT will be looking to a bunch of local players who can form an effective combination. Kolkata’s East Bengal, who won the NFL last year accumulating 49 points, will not only be defending their title but also their reputation. Having made history by clinching the ASEAN Club Championship on July 26 at Jakarta, the red and gold brigade under the charge of Subhas Bhowmick will once again be looking to Baichung Bhutia, Deepak Mondal, Mike Okoro and others to add glitter. Arch-rivals Mohun Bagan, who were in turmoil at the end of last season following the exit of Subrata Bhattacharya as coach, are all set to make a new beginning under coach Aloke Mukherjee. Their first victory over Mohammedan Sporting whom they beat 2-0 at Kolkata today, perhaps provides an inkling of their future plans. Strikers Renedy Singh and Jose Ramirez Barreto, who scored for Bagan today, are expected to play a major role in Bagan’s campaign. Mohammedan Sporting, who qualified for the NFL by finishing runners-up in the second division last season, also have several talented players like goalkeeper Gumpe Rime, Reazul Mustafa and skipper Hussein Mustafi. But it remains to be seen whether they can really make an impact. Tollygunge Agragami, as usual can be termed as dark horses. They can beat any outfit on their day and fall flat in the very next encounter. The Goan challenge will be the toughest with as many as five teams out to garner top honours. Among the five contestants, Salgaocar have won the title once and recently shocked East Bengal in the Durand Cup final, while Vasco came very near last year. Churchill Brothers were runners-up in the inaugural edition while Dempo finished fifth last year with 35 points. But the team to watch will be Haywards Sporting Club, who will be making their debut. As champions in the second division last season, Haywards indeed sounded a warning and African recruit Amaechi Tochokwu along with Vincent Pires and Dudu Omagbemi played a key role in bringing Haywards into the elite league. Mumbai’s Mahindra United are expected to be among the major contenders. Victory in the Federation Cup followed by the memorable win over East Bengal in the Super Cup have sent their spirits soaring. Chennai’s Indian Bank, who barely
escaped relegation last season finishing 10th, will also be keen to put up an improved show. Last season they conceded the maximum 53 goals in the NFL and it will be this department which is expected to be accorded priority by the team management. The participating teams 1. East Bengal 7. Mohun Bagan 2. Salgaocar SC 8. Mahindra United 3. Vasco SC 9. Tollygunge Agragami 4. JCT Phagwara 10. Indian Bank 5. Churchill Bros 11. Haywards Sporting
Club 6. Dempo SC 12. Mohammedan Sporting
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Football League Kolkata, November 28 The first goal came in the 32nd
minute of the play when following an Asim Biswas back pass, Bagan captain Renedy Singh hit a regulation volley. However, the ball took a bad bounce near Mohammedan goalie Gumpe Rime's feet and rolled into the net. If the first goal was a freak affair, the second one had brilliance written all over it. The move began with Mehtab Hussain changing flanks with a long centre. Monitombi Singh following the ball on the far side sprinted to the corner post and sent a low cross which Barreto met with a first time flick of his right leg. Rime was only a spectator as the ball hit the inside of the far post to enter the netting 2-0.
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Punjab cyclists clinch trophy Ludhiana, November 28 In the junior section, Punjab cyclists made a sweep by lifting boys (53 points) as well as girls (29 points) trophies. Punjab riders (boys) secured 45 points while Andaman & Nicobar girls got 17 points to annex the subjunior titles. In the 4 km team pursuit event, Punjab Police team of Gurpreet Singh, Sarbjit Singh, Sukhjinder Singh, Pavittar Singh and Sukhdeep Singh clocked 4.45.300 secs to put to shade the previous record of 4.45.695 secs set by Punjab in 1992. Another national record tumbled when in the 2 km team pursuit (boys u-16), Punjab boys with timings of 2.31.548 secs, rewrote their own record of 2.32.700 secs created in 1993. Dr K.S. Aulakh, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, gave away prizes to the winners. Today's results-1 km sprint boys (u-18 years) — Pushpinder Singh of Punjab 13.176 secs 1, Sweden of Andamand & Nicobar 2, Udale Clarke of AP 3; 1 km sprint (women)- Rejani of Kerala 13.634 secs 1, K.K. Walia of RSPB 2, Drusela of A&N; 1 km sprint (men)- Pavitter Singh of Punjab Police 12.281 secs 1, K Indera kumar Singh of RSPB 2, Bhimjit Singh of RSPB 3. 2 km individual pursuit (boys u-16 years) - Sarpreet Singh of Punjab 2.36.189 secs 1, Rejender Bishnoi Rai of Rajasthan 2, Munish Sawhney of Punjab 3; 2 km
individual pursuit girls (u-16 years)- Nisha Kolhe of Maharashtra 3.12.441 secs) 1, Panna Chowdhary of Rajasthan 2, Mahithar Mohar of Kerala 3; 10 km point race (women)- Gurpreet Kaur of Punjab 32 Points 1, Ranjit Devi of RSPB 2, Soumya T V of Kerala 3; 4 km team pursuit (men)- Punjab Police 4.45.300 secs 1, RSPB 2, SSCB 3; 4 Km team pursuit boys (u-18 years) Punjab 5.07.635 secs 1, Rajasthan 2, Kerala 3. 3 km team pursuit (women)- RSPB 4.21.701 secs 1, Kerala 2, Maharashtra 3; 2 km team pursuit boys (u-16 years)- Punjab 2.31.548 secs 1, Rajasthan 2, Maharashtra 3; 1 km team pursuit (men)- Punjab Police 2.17.881 secs 1, SSCB 2, Punjab 3.
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CISF defeat Haryana Jalandhar, November 28 Earlier, the match between CISF and Haryana started at a fast pace. CISF opened their account in sixth minute of the first half through Harish Sharma who made no mistake in converting a penalty corner (1-0). The lead was further consolidated in the 23rd minute through another penalty corner conversion by Harish Sharma (2-0). Haryana made attempts to reduce the margin, but CISF boys thwarted their attempts and continued to march towards victory. In the 33rd minute, Irfam Ahmed dodged the rivals' defence to convert a penalty corner (3-0). In the second half, Haryana managed to reduce the margin in the 38th minute through a field goal by Balwan Singh (3-1). But, Mangra Munda of CISF took control the ball in the 65th minute and netted the ball from left flank (4-1). Finally, CISF won the match as Parteek Kumar scored a field goal in the 69th minute (5-1). Meanwhile, in an one-sided affair, Andhra Pradesh crushed the hopes of RPF by registering an impressive five-goal victory. Vijay Krishna of the winners netted the ball from the left flank in the 12th minute to sound the board (1-0). In the 26th minute, Rajinder dodged the defence to score an impressive field goal (2-0). In the 28th minute, Nooruddin helped his team in consolidating the lead through a field goal (3-0). Then it was the turn of Laxmi Narayan to display his skills as he succeeded in scoring a field goal. In the 41st minute (4-0). Finally, Vijay Krishna struck again in the 46th minute and scored a field goal (5-0) to lock RPF's fate. |
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PSEB, Punjab Police win Jalandhar, November 28 Earlier, in one-sided game, Keltron players virtually had no answer to the hostile attacks of PSEB who were looking very aggressive right from the beginning. The first goal for PSEB was scored in the 14th minute by veteran striker Jasvir Singh, who pushed the ball with his chest in to the penalty area and made no mistake in netting the ball (1-0) Keltron tried to put some pressure on the rivals, but of no avail. It was Parminder of PSEB, who consolidated the lead in the 20th minute, when he took a direct shot after being awarded a direct kick (2-0). Jatinder again scored two goals (38th, 44th) to increase the tally (4-0). Three players of Keltron Club, including N.Ajith, K. Devanand and Rajith Kumar were shown yellow cards for their unsporting behaviour. In the 55th minute, star striker Jasvir Singh again made a brilliant move and gave his team an invincible lead of 5-0. In the second game, Punjab Police defeated JCT Phagwara. In the 21st minute of the first half policeman Harjinder Singh scored a goal to open the account. In the 36th minute, Harpreet Singh of Punjab Police scored another goal. Harjinder Singh struck again in the 80th minute to seal the fate of the opponents (3-0). |
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advance in national volleyball Davanagere, November 28 In the five-team Group D, Madhya Pradesh men defeated Goa, dropping one set to complete their league engagement with an all-win record and will join last year's quarterfinalists in the second phase. Madhya Pradesh won 25-19, 18-25, 25-17, 25-15. In the women's section, Haryana (group B) and Uttar Pradesh (group D) won all their league matches and finished on top. Haryana thrashed Goa 25-4, 25-15, 25-17 while Uttar Pradesh toyed with minnows Pondicherry 25-8, 25-9, 25-8. The two would also advance into the next phase under the new format being implemented by the Volleyball Federation of India from this year. Results: Men: Group A: UP b Mizoram 25-16, 25-21, 32-30; Pondicherry b Jharkhand 25-19, 25-14, 25-12. Group B:
AP w/o Assam. Group 'C': HP b J&K 25-12, 20-25, 25-20, 26-28, 16-14; Delhi b Gujarat 25-18, 25-15, 25-10. Group D:
Chandigarh b Tripura 25-13, 25-17, 25-20; MP b Goa 25-19, 18-25, 25-17, 25-15. Women: Group A: HP b J&K 25-7, 25-7, 25-8. Group B: Haryana b Goa 25-4, 25-15, 25-17. Group C: Chhattisgarh b Jharkhand 25-15, 25-18, 25-16. Group D:
UP b Pondicherry 25-8, 25-9, 25-08; Delhi w/o Assam. — UNI
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Ludhiana, Jalandhar eves in semis Ludhiana, November 28 In the men’s section, Baba Lodhiana Academy registered their second win defeating Kapurthala 75-66. Jagdeep and Amritpal with 27 and 17 points, respectively, excelled for the academy. They were well fed by Talwinder and Yadwinder who contributed 15 and 8 points respectively. For Kapurthala, Gurpreet scored 20 points followed by Paramjit (18) and Malkiat (19). In another match, Jalandhar beat Faridkot 90-64. |
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Mehardin suffering from cancer
Jalandhar, November 28 The seven time winner of titles like Rustam-e-Hind, Hind Kesari, Bharat Bhim and Bharat Kesri, Mehardin (67) is suffering from cancer and alleged that inspite of repeated requests to the state government and union government, nobody came forward to help him in his agony. — PTI
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