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Batra locks horns with
IHF again
Narain Karthikeyan
clinches Formula One berth
Youhana, Naved-ul-Hasan put Pakistan in final
Under-fire Shoaib lashes out at Akram, Waqar
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Exerting pressure early will be key: Kumble
Protest against Pak cricket team’s tour
North thrash West Zone by 87 runs
Dokic to play at Hyderabad Open
East Bengal post 4-2 win
JCT start as favourites
Jeevan, Sanam Singh move up
Chandigarh lose, make it to semis
Pranav to lead
Hindu College win
Varsity fencing
Tollygunge win
Cricket tourney from Feb 6
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Batra locks horns with
IHF again
New Delhi, February 1 Mr Batra, in a letter written to Jyothikumaran, said the government guidelines clearly imposed prohibition against the office bearers, namely the president, the secretary-general and the treasurer of any national sports federation for holding office for more than two terms or eight years. Mr Batra told the IHF secretary that he and other important office-bearers were occupying their posts "illegally and in violation of the Government guidelines" and hence he attended the AGM and the Executive Committee meetings "under protest". Mr Batra claimed that the AGM was far from one-sided as senior vice-president Chandershekar had asked for the resignation of Jyothikumaran for "his inefficiency in working" and the secretary's report was "not adopted". He also claimed that the functioning of the treasurer and "his lack of understanding of financial affairs" was criticised by "more than 12-15 members". Mr Batra said a move to make amendment in the constitution of the IHF, without giving proper notice, was "opposed by the entire House" and now a formal notice has to be given before making any constitutional amendments. Mr Batra said the IHF had constituted a three-member committee, comprising Baladitya (Services), Charanjeet Raheja (Punjab and Sind Bank) and Gurdeep Singh (Universities) to "clarify" all the objections raised by him on finance matters and the balance sheet, and they have sought one month's time to reply, though "it is a comedy of errors" that all three were party when the IHF passed the balance sheet. |
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Narain Karthikeyan
clinches Formula One berth
Mumbai, February 1 Speaking at a press meet here today, the fastest Indian on wheels said that he had reached an agreement, in principle, to race with Team Jordan in the 2005 season and the final agreement would be signed in a couple of days. Stating
it was a momentous day for him, he said that this dream of becoming the
first Indian to secure a Formula One berth would not have become a
reality if it were not for his sponsors — the Tata group and BPCL. Karthikeyan said that he would now test drive the F1 car at Barcelona to get his super licence which was needed to race on the Formula One track. He further said that Tata and BPCL would feature on the car initially as he wanted to ensure prominent branding space for the sponsors who have stood by him from the Nissan World Series days. Sharing
the platform with him during this momentous announcement for Indian
racing and sport were Dr V Sumantran, Executive Director- Passenger Car
Business Unit and ERC, Tata Motors, Romit Chaterji, Vice President
Corporate Affairs, Tata Services Ltd and S Ramesh,General Manager,
Retail Strategy, BPCL.
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Youhana, Naved-ul-Hasan put Pakistan in final
Sydney, February 1 West Indies were then bowled out for 277 in the 49th over despite 87 from Ramnaresh Sarwan and 58 from Shivnarine Chanderpaul. The pair helped their side to 194 for three in the 33rd over but when they departed the innings folded, the last seven wickets falling for 83. Paceman Rana Naved-ul-Hasan mopped up the tail to finish with four for 29. ''I thought we were very well placed, with Sarwan and Chanderpaul,'' said West Indies captain Brian Lara. ''That's the point when the game started to change.'' West Indies won the toss and made a reasonable start, reducing Pakistan to 90 for three in the 23rd over when the momentum suddenly changed as Youhana and Inzamam added 134 off 119 balls for the fourth wicket. Inzamam smashed 10 fours before he was bowled by Dwayne Bravo with the total on 224. Man of the Match Youhana was more patient but no less effective. He managed nine boundaries but was more content to accumulate his runs through singles and twos. He reached his 11th one-day international hundred off 95 deliveries but departed three balls from the end when he was caught short of his ground trying to scamper home for a second run. Ian Bradshaw was the pick of the bowlers, capturing three wickets for 47 off 10 overs. In reply, West Indies lost Chris Gayle for a duck but still looked to be in with a chance of an unlikely victory when Sarwan and Chanderpaul added 95 for the fourth wicket. The West Indian lower order had staged a late fightback to win last year's ICC Champions Trophy final against England but there were no heroics this time. Pakistan will now play Australia in the best-of-three finals series. The opening match will be played at Melbourne on Friday with the second match in Sydney on Sunday. A third match, if required, will be held in Adelaide next Tuesday. Scoreboard Pakistan: Butt c Browne b Bradshaw 19 Akmal c Bravo b Bradshaw 17 Hameed b King 24 Youhana run out 105 Haq b Bravo 74 Razzaq st Browne b Hinds 7 Afridi b Bradshaw 23 Malik not out 8 Hasan run out 3 Extras
(lb-4 w-19 nb-4) 27 Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 307 Fall of wickets:
1-37 2-44 3-90 4-224 5-248 6-279 7-300 8-307 Bowling: Collins 10-0-46-0 (nb-4 w-1), Bradshaw 10-1-47-3 (w-5), King 10-0-60-1 (w-3) Hinds 5-0-44-1 (w-6), Bravo 10-0-55-1 (w-2), Gayle 5-0-51-0 (w-2) West Indies: Gayle c Browne b Hasan 0 Powell c Kamran b Hasan 23 Sarwan st Kamran b Afridi 87 Lara c Rao Iftikhar b Khalil 19 Chanderpaul c Haq b Iftikhar 58 W Hinds c Haq b Khalil 30 Bravo b Afridi 1 Browne b Hasan 36 Bradshaw b Hasan 0 Collins c Khalil b Iftikhar 1 King not out 3 Extras
(lb-3, w-11, nb-5) 19 Total (all out in 48.1 overs) 277 Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-67, 3-99, 4-194, 5-198, 6-203, 7-257, 8-259, 9-262 Bowling:
Naved-ul-Hasan 9,1-0-29-4, Iftikhar 9-0-67-2, Khalil, 10-0-59-2, Razzaq 9-0-61-0, Afridi 10-0-47-2, Butt 1-0-11-0.
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Under-fire Shoaib lashes out at Akram, Waqar
Islamabad, February 1 “I respect Wasim very much, he was a great bowler, but his comment that I am no longer a match-winner has really hurt me. I would say that he should keep his views to himself,” Shoaib told reporters here yesterday while visiting a cricket coaching camp. “If you pick up the records when Wasim was the captain, you would know who was taking most of the wickets,” said the bowler, who had been under attack recently for his frequent breakdowns and off-field conduct. “I have been made the scapegoat whenever something goes wrong,” he said. Shoaib said he was surprised that while Wasim and Waqar were so generous in their praise of Irfan Pathan, they did not support and encourage their own countrymen. The bowler was also optimistic about beating India in India on the upcoming tour. “It is going to be tough, but I think we can win there. Our team is inconsistent, a lot will depend on how the senior players fare. I do not think they will make fast wickets in India,” he said. He dismissed as trash recent pictures showing him flanked by girls in a nightclub and termed it an attempt by that lobby to degrade him. “This is an age of technology and photographs can be tampered with easily. Everyday I have fans wanting their photographs taken with me, and say if a female fan comes up to me and puts a hand around my shoulder or holds my hand, these photos too can be shown to have been taken in a nightclub,” he said. The speedster, who had been recalled from the Australian tour after he suffered a hamstring injury, also said the PCB had not sought any explanation from him on the pictures. “No explanation has been sought from me by the PCB or anyone else for they know that it has been another attempt to tarnish my image,” he said. Asked whether he was vying for the captain’s slot, Shoaib said it was a matter that should be best left to the PCB. On the criticism about his frequent breakdowns, he said it was normal for pacemen to get injured because too much cricket was being played these days. “Glenn McGrath, Brett Lee, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra and others all suffer injuries,” he said. He also said he was not going to heed calls from coach Bob Woolmer and skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq to reduce his run-up as he felt that cutting down on the run-up was not the answer. “I will think about reducing the run-up after the 2007 World Cup. I am in no mood to make it short. I will consider it after the next World cup. We need to play fewer one-day matches,” he said. He said from his point of view, Pakistan needed more fast bowlers. “We have to find genuine fast bowlers because you cannot win Test matchs with bowlers who have speeds of 120 to 130 km,” he said.
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Exerting pressure early will be key: Kumble
Bangalore, February 1 Another factor that might work in favour of India was the fact that Pakistan struggled on the Australian tour. “It is going to be a tough series although you can take the fact that Pakistan struggled in Australia. That is a plus point for us,” he told reporters after inaugurating a picture exhibition on tsunami devastation. On reports that ‘Rawalpindi Express’ Shoaib Akhtar could miss out on the tour of India, Kumble said the home team would like to play the best side that Pakistan could put out on the field. “We would like to play the best side. We would like to beat the best side,” he said. “But if somebody is injured, there is not much you can do about it,” he said. Kumble sought to downplay India’s poor record against Pakistan in the one-dayers recently while noting that the Tests were slated to precede the ODIs. “If we can win the Test series, we can take that confidence into one-dayers. I do not think we need to look at one-day loss and consider that they (Pakistan) have an upper hand in the Test series,” he said. Confirming his participation in the upcoming Duleep Trophy championship, he said he was looking forward to it. On the tsunami disaster, Kumble said his family and he were lucky to escape the sea’s wrath. The cricketer recalled that they had checked out of a hotel on the Chennai coast around 9.30 am, a few minutes before the killer tidal waves struck. “It (tsunami) was something nobody had seen in their lives. When we came back home around 1 pm, we watched the devastation on TV,” he said.
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Protest against Pak cricket team’s tour
New Delhi, February 1 Party activists led by their Delhi unit chief Jai Bhagwan Goyal staged a protest sit-in at the Jantar Mantar and later marched towards Parliament House shouting anti-Pakistan slogans. A large posse of police personnel barricaded the area and prevented them from marching beyond the Parliament Street police station. Addressing the protesters, Goyal charged Islamabad with supporting terrorism in the country and held it responsible for the attacks on Parliament and Raghunath and Akshardham temples. Vowing not to allow the matches to be played anywhere in India, he warned, “We will not allow the Pakistani team to set foot in India at any cost”. Later, the party sent a memorandum to the Prime Minister, urging him to call off the tour.
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North thrash West Zone by 87 runs
Vadodara, February 1 Chasing a stiff target of 289 from the stipulated 50 overs, the Ajit Agarkar-led West Zone tasted their first defeat in the tournament as the winners restricted them to 201 in 42.5 overs thanks mainly to the devastating spell of spin by Dinesh Mongia (3/43) and Harbhajan Singh (2/30). Stylish Punjab and Team India southpaw Yuvraj Singh, who hit 74 off 72 balls with the help of 10 boundaries, was declared the Man of the Match. North, who were in a critical situation having suffered a shock five-wicket defeat in their previous match against Central Zone at Pune, have now thrown the tournament wide open grabbing five points from this tie, including the bonus. While both North and West now lead the table with 10 points each from three matches, South occupy the third position with 8 points. In their last league matches, North will take on South at Ahmedabad on February four, and West will clash with Central Zone at Rajkot to decide the champion as reigning champion East Zone have bowled out of the race with three consecutive loses. Faced with a challenging asking rate of 5.78 runs per over, West, despite losing half their side for 172, continued to maintain their run rate at little over 5 runs an over till the 34th over. It was North's ace off-spinner Harbhajan, who virtually initiated the sudden collapse of West Zone by removing Amol Mazumdar for 2 in the sixth ball of his second spell. The side's total, which was earlier consolidated by a breezy knock of 56 by Test discard Parthiv Patel, saw the remaining five wickets falling in a space of 22 runs facing only 46 deliveries. — PTI
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Dokic to play at Hyderabad Open
New Delhi, February 1 Currently ranked 126 in the world, she has just returned to the court after a break and would head straight to India from Pattaya, Thailand, where she's playing in the ongoing Volvo Women's Open. Announcing the participation of Jelena Dokic, Mahesh Bhupathi said, ''Dokic's participation in the third edition of the Hyderabad Open would add a new dimension to the event, capturing the steely determination of the young to fight the odds. We welcome her to India.'' Dokic, who moved an amazing 92 slots up in world rankings in one season during her 1999 dream run, had posted victories over Mary Pierce, Venus Williams, Justine Henin, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Conchita Martinez, Kim Clijsters, Elena Dementieva, Tatiana Panova, Jennifer Capriati, Chanda Rubin and others in her short career. The wiry Dokic has power and variety in her game and is especially popular for her drop shots and two-handed backhand groundstrokes. Winner of five WTA singles titles, Jelena had to miss tennis due to health problems, when the world number one rank was within her grasp.
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East Bengal post 4-2 win
Kozhikode, February 1 The Bengal giants were leading 2-1 at half-time. It was mid-fielder Climax Lawrence who seized the initiative for the Kolkata team by netting the first goal eleven minute into the game after successfully tracking a smooth pass from his captain Chandan Das. However, the bankmen, engaging in an attacking game from the beginning, soon brought in the equaliser when mid-fielder N P Pradeep converted a penalty. But Lawrence, later named the man-of-the-match, netted his second goal five minutes before the close of first half by converting a free kick from his captain. Cheered by a sell-out crowd of over 30,000, the home team did well to level the score 2-all after SBT captain Lanel Thomas made a clean finish off a Abdul Hakkim's pass 30 minutes into the second half. Bhutia flashed on the scene twice to seal the issue in his team's favour. After connecting a Chandan Das' rebound to take his team 3-2 up with only 15 minutes to go for the final whistle, the Indian captain once again found the net by smashing a Das header minutes before the close.— PTI Dempo blank Bagan Margao: Ranty Martin's double strike subdued Mohun Bagan as Dempo scored a 2-0 win to keep their unbeaten run intact after the 5th round of the National Football League (NFL) here on Tuesday.
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JCT start as favourites
Ludhiana, February 1 JCT will again miss the services of star striker Alexender, still down with fever. The visitors will take the field with three recruits from Brazil. Derrick Pareira, coach of the Vasco Sports Club, expressed the hope that the team, with these three players — Rogio Ramos, Sydney and Fabio — would give a tough fight to the home side. “As we are yet to taste victory, we have nothing to lose. We are ready to go all out to unsettle the hosts,” the coach said. He said they would begin with a defensive approach and if it clicked, they would push the JCT players on a back foot. The only problem the boys were facing was the cold weather in Punjab, Pareira said. Sukhwinder Singh, JCT coach, said though the visitors had not won any match, they were taking the Vasco players lightly. “We will play our natural game and try to give 100 per cent. The opponents are down but not out,” Sukhwinder opined. |
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Jeevan, Sanam Singh move up
New Delhi, February 1 Jeevan disposed of wild card Nithyeesh Natraj 6-3, 6-3 while Sanam Singh got the better of Kaushik Raju 6-2, 6-4. In other matches Ronald Chow of Hong Kong beat Rahul Belwal of India 6-1, 6-1, Brad Williams of South Africa beat Andrei Plotnyi of Russia 6-4, 6-2, Faisal Aidil of Indonesia beat Gomes Allan of India 6-1, 6-4, Agung Bagus Dewantoro of Indonesia upset fourth seed Xiao Peng Lai of Hong Kong 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, Ned Boone of Britain beat Kaushik Das of India 5-7, 6-3, 3-0, Aleksey Namozov of Uzbekistan beat Neil Rajpal of Canada 6-3, 6-2, Vivek Shookeen of India beat Rikus Devilliers of South Africa 6-2, 6-4 and Tejasvi Rao beat Honey Rana of India 6-4, 3-1. In the girls singles, four Indian girls made it into the second round, who include second seed Sandhya Nagraj, Poojashree Venkatesh, Madura Ranganathan and Sandhya Nagaraj. |
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Chandigarh lose, make it to semis
New Delhi, February 1 Playing an attacking game, Delhi surged ahead in the 15th minute when Probin scored a superb goal. The lead lasted barely seven minutes as Chandigarh equalised through Mohit, who capitalised on a defensive lapse. The teams were level at 1-1 at half time. In the second half, Probin Rai shot two fine goals in a space of 19 minutes to put Delhi ahead 3-1. He scored his second goal in the 36th minute and then completed his hat-trick in the 55th minute. Inside-left Gaimulan Hamei completed the tally for the winners in the 68th minute. With this win, Delhi topped Pool II with seven points, having earlier beaten Jammu and Kashmir 2-0 and holding Punjab to a goalless draw. Chandigarh finished second in the pool with six points and also made it to the last four stage. They had beaten Jammu and Kashmir and then Punjab by 1-0 score.
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Pranav to lead
New Delhi, February 1 The team are: Jaskaran Singh Bedi Sameer Merwat, Ardaman Dua, Asjosji , Sumir Rawat, Pankaj Negi, Akshay Kumar, Aditya Awasthi, Pranav Sharma, Vikram Singh Gill, Soubam Tikendrajit Singh, Vivian Singh, Arijeet Roy and Sourav Virdi. Stand-byes: Ravi Bhatt and G Prem Kumar. |
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Hindu College win
New Delhi, February 1 Yansaromo and Samuel scored two goals each and Polx one for Hindu College while Kabir struck both the goals for Jamia. Earlier, Ram Lal Anand defeated College of Vocational Studies by a solitary goal netted by Shailendra in the first half. The tournament was inaugurated by principal of Zakir Hussain College Dr K.K. Sharma. |
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Varsity fencing
Patiala, February 1 The triumphant GND university team comprised of Parveen Kumari, Amandeep Kaur, Jeevan Jyoti and Rita. The losing team had
Sameena, Kiran Raghav, Henashri and Anchal. Earlier the meet was inaugurated by inaugurated by former Olympic hurdler and Padam Shree Mr Gurbachan Singh Randhawa. Other results: Men (foil team championship) : Osmania University beat TIET, Patiala 15-5, GND University, Amritsar beat Bharatidasan University 15-2, Periyar University, Salem beat Solapur University 15-4, Punjab University beat PTU, Jalandhar 15-7. Women (epee team championship): Periyar University beat TIET 15-14, Kurukshetra University beat Baba Farid University, Faridkot 15-12, Punjabi University, Patiala beat Osmania University 15-6.
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Tollygunge win
Kolkata, February 1 With this match, Tollygunge have eight points from five matches while Fransa are one point behind from as many outings. The first goal came in the 28th minute through a low cross from Gauranga Datta, that Dinesh Sar converted with a firm grounder that beat Rajat Guha hands down. However, Fransa came back strongly and restored parity within two minutes when Sebestian Andrew’s robust header found the mark of Saikaeon Singh’s corner.
Tollygunge could have scored at least two more goals in the first half had Akeem Abolamem and Surajit Basu shown a little more enterprise within the rival six yard box.
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Cricket tourney from Feb 6
Gurdaspur, February 1 About 20 teams from across the state would participate in the tournament. The winning team would be given a cash prize of Rs 21,000 while the runners-up would be given Rs 11,000. Awards would also be given to the man of the series, best batsman, best wicket-kepper, best bowler and best fielder.
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