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Indian juniors lose to Spain,
Prabhjot better suited as left-in
Rlys, Haryana set up title clash
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Harbhajan claims four wickets for Surrey Australia level series
Ireland, Scotland in ICC Trophy final
Olonga to join anti-tour protest
Karpov eyes chess body chief’s post
Harikrishna off to smooth start
Alok to defend title in Asian snooker
Indian eves win Asian kabaddi championship
Bridge not gambling sport: player
All-Punjab Games to have 15 disciplines
Arjun Atwal moves up
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Indian juniors lose to Spain, finish fourth
Rotterdam, July 10 India, who led 1-0 at the break on a ninth-minute penalty corner goal by Hari Prasad, failed to build on the advantage as Spain equalised in the 38th minute through a Jorge Rodriguez penalty corner conversion. In the tie-breaker that followed the barren extra time, Spanish goalkeeper Andreu Mollet dived low to his left to stop Vivek Gupta’s attempt with the first stroke and that turned the tide against India. Spain converted all their five strokes through Miguel Delas, Jorge Rodriguez, David Alegre, Andreu Enrich and Pepe Borrell in that order. For India, Dhananjay Mahadik, Sandeep Singh, Tushar Khandekar and Ajmer Singh came good. The Indian camp thought they were done in by an umpiring blunder in the 65th minute when a goal by V Raja, who deflected a Sandeep Singh free hit, was disallowed. Umpire Nathan Stagno of Gibraltar first awarded a goal to India. An official announcement was also made to this effect. However, the Spanish players surrounded Stagno and disputed the decision. Stagno consulted his colleague Erik Klein-Nagelvoort (Holland) and then reversed his decision to award a 16-yard hit to Spain. Stagno ruled that an Indian player had lifted the ball dangerously when in fact it appeared that the ball was first deflected by a Spanish stick and Raja swatted it home. India’s coach Harendra Singh said after the game: “I do not agree with the decision. Even the other umpire (Erik) had made a note of Raja’s shirt number. It was only after the Spanish players protested that Stagno consulted Erik and reversed the decision. It is high time that the FIH introduced a third umpire like in cricket to rule on close decisions.” That apart, the game was evenly balanced right through with the Indians holding a slight advantage in terms of ball possession. But they were allowed little room due to tight marking and it was the individual skill of the players that saw India make several dangerous inroads. Spain, on the other hand, typically depended on counter attacks with a series of one-touch passes to rotate the ball and also move it upfield. But like India, the Spaniards, too, did not get a close look at the goal. Harendra singled out Raja for his outstanding effort today. “I thought Raja and also midfielder Nithin Kumar had a good game. It was just that we were not solid in our build-up and that led to quite a few turnovers,” he said. “My apologies to all my countrymen for the disappointing end to our World Cup campaign. We did our best, but it was not enough.” Earlier, the Netherlands beat Germany 8-7 in sudden-death period to finish fifth in the overall standings. The teams were tied 3-3 at the end of regulation time and converted three strokes apiece in the tie-breaker. The Dutch, however, clinched the issue in the sudden death. Pakistan finally came into their own to drub Korea 6-1, a performance that only reflected the team’s potential, but not in their overall showing in the World Cup. Pakistan ended up seventh, followed by Korea.
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Argentina champions
Rotterdam, July 10 Argentina, runners-up at last edition, clinched the World Cup for the first time. Australia had taken the lead in the 34th minute after Colin Hennessey converted a penalty stroke. Argentina equalised in the second half when Lucas Vila converted a penalty stroke in the 40th minute. Ibarra, who scored the match winner in the 2-1 semifinal win over Spain, did it again in the final.
— UNI
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India, Pak pooled together in hockey tourney
Islamabad, July 10 Pakistan and India are in Pool A with world champions Germany and Champions Trophy winners Spain, The News reported today. Pool B consists of Olympic gold medallists Australia, hosts the Netherlands, South Korea and England. Pakistan begin their campaign on the third day of the tournament against Spain and meet India the next day. India play Spain on the opening day of the tournament. The teams finishing on top of each pool will clash in the final on August 21.
— IANS
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Prabhjot better suited as left-in
Patiala, July 10 A product of the SPDA Centre, Patiala, Prabhjot had his primary education at Adarsh Vidya Mandir, at his native place in Batala, before Class XII from Talwandi Rama in Gurdaspur district. It goes to the credit of Prabhjot Singh that despite coming from the backwaters of Punjab, where little or no infrastructure exists, he has managed to rise through the ranks to don Indian colours, and that too, with pride and distinction. Prabhjot Singh, whose outburst against German coach Gerard Rach in the aftermath of the Athens Olympics, might have taken some sheen off his bright career, shot into prominence in the 1999 Bangalore junior nationals, where his ball control and slick stickwork enabled him to pump in a record number of 20 goals. With this performance, he not only got the Player of the Tournament award, but this effort was enough for the IHF to select him in the Indian junior team for the eight-nation championship held at Poznan the same year. Ever since then, the youngster, now an IOC employee, has not looked back and the rapid strides he made on the turfs around the world meant that in 2002, he was one of the three Indian players shortlisted among 12 for the FIH Young Player of the Year award, the other two being Dhanraj Pillay and Gagan Ajit Singh. When he dazzled in the Junior World Cup at Hobart in 2001, which Indian won, experts were quick to label Prabhjot, along with Gagan Ajit and Deepak Thakur, as the new face of Indian hockey. Talent never exists in isolation and only in harmony will it work. And to harmonise talent in a professional manner is the duty of any coach. Here the tactics of Rajinder Singh (Senior) come sharply into focus. Experts opine that during Rajinder’s tenure, Prabhjot’s talent was virtually wasted as he was made to play as a left-out. Senior coaches admit that Prabhjot is more of a natural left-in rather than a left-out. Playing in the left-out position has meant that Prabhjot often ends up in a corner and, once there, he is hemmed in by the rival defence. Since he is one player in the team who has a knack of taking the shortest route to the striking circle, he is better suited as a left-in, where he can be more effective. Experts point out that if he is played in the left-in position, he can get better results than Baljit Dhillon, whose expertise in that position is well-known. Coaches feel Western countries have elaborately studied the game of Prabhjot as a left-out, with the result that these days, European teams deliberately give him space. Once this tactic is restored to, Prabhjot simply fizzles out as he makes his way to the corner to be rendered totally ineffective. How Rajinder Singh (Junior) uses him in the eight-nation Amstelveen tournament is still matter of speculation, but there is enough food for thought for the coach to ponder over his next move. |
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Rlys, Haryana set up title clash
New Delhi, July 10 In the semifinals played today, Railways scored once in each half to overcome Jharkhand 2-0, while Haryana inflicted an emphatic 7-1 defeat on Mumbai. Railways would be looking for their 20th straight title win, while Haryana hope to reverse the losing trend. Their previous two cup clashes against Railways had gone in favour of the latter, albeit by thin margins, at Jabalpur in 2001 and before that at Chennai. Playing under hot and humid conditions, Railways played percentage hockey, through long passes and scoops, to conserve their energy. It looked a difficult task to hoodwink the tightly knit Jharkhand defence, but the Railways’ tactics bore fruit when the defending champions earned a penalty corner in the eighth minute and captain Sumrai Tete made no mistake with the strike. Railways then struggled to score another goal as the Jharkhand defence held out, till Mamta Kharb breached it with a clean hit off the fifth penalty
corner. The Jharkhand girls, busy defending their citadel, rarely got an opportunity to venture out, and their only penalty corner, an abortive one, came at the fag end. Haryana were expected to face a stiff challenge from Mumbai, but the contest turned out to be an anti-climax. Haryana surged to a 2-0 lead within seven minutes start, and were sitting pretty at 4-0, at the interval. The spearhead of Haryana’s offence, Jasjeet Kaur, once again stole the limelight with three stunning goals (not in a sequence) to bulge her goal tally in the tournament to 19. Haryana have scored a staggering number of 67 goals in seven matches to emerge as the top scorers. The bulk of the goals have been slotted home by Jasjeet, Simarjeet and Sarvjeet. The threesome once again combined with deadly effect to give a racy start to the red and blue Haryana brigade when Kamla Cheema flicked in after a goal-mouth rush in the fifth minute. Two minutes later, Haryana earned their first penalty corner, and Jasjeet Kaur powered in after Sandeep Kaur’s first hit rebounded. The two quick goals took the wind out of the Mumbai sails, who tried in vain to contain the marauding Haryana forwards. Simarjeet found the mark from a goal-mouth scramble to net the third goal in the 20th minute, while Jasjeet Kaur made it 4-0 when she received a long cross inside the circle and flicked in. Mumbai made a couple of counter attacks which brought them closer to a goal when Sarita Hanuman’s diagonal cross to Sadhna Singh inside the circle drew out custodian Rajni Bala, but before the latter could connect, Harjinder came from nowhere to snatch the ball. Haryana coach Baldev Singh, who was deputy to Rajinder Singh when the duo coached the men’s team before the Olympics, was satisfied with the girls’ performance. He said the match was effectively sewed up in the first half when Haryana mounted a series of attacks and scored with ease. They relaxed the grip on resumption by making some substitutions, which was taken advantage of by Mumbai to pull one back through Manorama Goswami, who deflected in after a move down the right flank, in the 10th minute, but not before Haryana had struck their fifth goal when Jasjeet Kaur converted a penalty stroke in the sixth minute. The stroke was awarded when Sarvjeet charged in with the ball but was brought down by on-rushing custodian Seema Lakhra. Sandeep Kaur executed a stiff shot off the fifth penalty corner to fetch the sixth goal in the 27th minute while Sarvjeet rounded off the tally by shooting into an open goal. Baldev Singh promised a close final and vowed that the Haryana girls would go all out to avenge their defeat to Railways not only in the last Pool A league match, but also in the two previous finals of the nationals. |
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Silverstone, July 10 But another home team celebrated with double champagne as Juan Pablo Montoya registered his fifth race win and team-mate Kimi Raikkonen took the last place in the podium to make it a spectacular performance by McLaren-Mercedes at the Silverstone circuit. Sandwiched between the Colombian and the Finn was Spaniard championship leader Fernando Alonso, whose chances of winning were dented after he emerged a fraction of a second behind Montoya after both the pit stops. It could have easily been two Renaults on the podium, but Giancarlo Fisichella’s engine stalled due to clutch problems in the final pit stop, handing Raikkonen the third place and valuable championship points. Home favourite Jenson Button of BAR-Honda came fifth while the Ferraris of Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were sixth and seventh, respectively. Ralf Schumacher in a Panasonic Toyota claimed the single point at the eighth place. — PTI
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Harbhajan claims four wickets for Surrey
London, July 10 Harbhajan, who had made 84 in Surrey’s first innings score of 603, scalped four wickets for 51 runs as his side bowled out Gloucestershire for 288 and enforced the follow on. The Indian bowler took the wickets of JA Pearson, APR Gidman, CG Taylor and J Averis. Surrey took a first innings lead of 315 runs on the third day of the four-day match at the County Ground. Elsewhere, Sourav Ganguly made 22 in Glamorgan’s second innings as his side slumped to a 10-wicket loss against Nottinghamshire. Ganguly failed to add anything to his overnight score with his side being dismissed for 214 in its second innings. Nottinghamshire notched up the required 57 runs for a big win at Trent Bridge. The Indian captain had made 47 runs in the first innings before claiming three wickets against the Stephen Fleming-led side.
— PTI
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London, July 10 Lee took five for 41 as England struggled to 223 for eight before the world champions jogged home with 34 balls to spare. Ponting, barely troubled, was back to his best after a run of poor scores to record his 18th one-day international century, jumping with joy and waving his bat in the air after reaching the mark. He was dismissed for 111 off 115 balls, hitting one six and 14 fours. He and Damien Martyn put on 120 for the third wicket. Scoreboard England Trescothick c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz 14 Strauss b Kasprowicz 11 Vaughan lbw McGrath 1 Pietersen b Lee 15 Flintoff c Hussey b Lee 87 Collingwood c Gilchrist b Lee 34 G. Jones c Katich b Lee 27 Giles c Ponting b Lee 4 Gough not out 5 Harmison not out 6 Extras (lb-3, nb-2, w-14) 19 Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 223 Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-28, 3-28, 4-45, 5-148, 6-193, 7-210, 8-214. Bowling: Lee 10-2-41-5, McGrath 10-2-37-1, Kasprowicz 10-2-40-2, Gillespie 7-0-42-0, Symonds 7-0-31-0, Clarke 6-0-29-0. Australia Gilchrist c G. Jones b Flintoff 29 Katich c Harmison b Giles 30 Ponting c Pietersen b Gough 111 Martyn not out 39 Symonds not out 5 Extras (lb-2, w-4, nb-4) 10 Total (3 wickets, 44.2 overs) 224 Fall of wickets: 1-36,
2-96, Bowling Gough 6.2-0-43-1, S. Jones 5-0-29-0, Harmison 10-0-48-0, Flintoff 8-0-44-1, Giles 10-0-38-1, Collingwood 5-0-20-0. — Reuters
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Ireland, Scotland in ICC Trophy final
London, July 10 Ireland registered a four-wicket
win against Canada, the team which played the last World Cup in South
Africa, and Scotland defeated Bermuda by six wickets to pose a claim for
their maiden ICC Trophy title. All semifinalists had already made it to
the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean and yesterday’s matches were
significant only to decided the finalists here. Peter Gillespie scored
an unbeaten 64 to guide the hosts to victory over Canada in the first
semifinal. Chasing 239 to win, Ireland were struggling on 106 for five,
but Gillespie put on a 66-run sixth-wicket stand with Trent Johnston,
leading their team to a spectacular four-wicket win. In the second
semifinal, Scottish batsman Cedric English’s impressive 75 not out
rescued his team against Bermuda. In reply to Bermuda’s 219, English
struck form at an opportune time and also partnered former England
allrounder Gavin Hamilton to put on 145 for the fourth wicket after the
Scots were reeling at 52 for three at one stage. Earlier in the day,
Bermuda captain Clay Smith’s decision to win the toss and bat was not
rewarded by his top order, but an unbeaten 53 from wicketkeeper Dean
Minors and 45 from Lionel Cann helped Bermuda post a competitive
total. Paul Hoffmann was the man who did the damage with the new ball
as he quickly removed openers Delyone Borden and OJ Pitchers. Scotland
did not help themselves with the ball as they gifted Bermuda 49 extras,
including 30 wides. The team finishing fifth in the tournament would
also be eligible to find place in the 2007 World Cup. — PTI |
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Olonga to join anti-tour protest
Wellington, July 10 Olonga fled Zimbabwe in 2003 after wearing a black armband during a World Cup match to mourn what he called the ‘death of democracy’ in his country. Donald said he would take Olonga on a speaking tour to “turn up the heat” on the government. “We want Henry to give the government, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and the people, the message loud and clear that the Black Caps should not be touring Zimbabwe,” he said. “The government should be doing everything in its power to get the Black Caps off the hook, and needs to match its tough talk with decisive action.” The government’s position was that it did not want the team to tour, but would not stop it because that would need legislation authorising the removal of passports. Foreign Minister Phil Goff last week announced a diplomatic offensive against all sporting contacts with Zimbabwe, and was urging the International Cricket Council to waive financial penalties, that would be imposed if the tour did not go ahead. Goff had said the government would refuse to issue visas to the Zimbabwe team for a return tour to New Zealand, scheduled in December. NZC chief executive Martin Snedden said his association had no alternative but to go on tour or face crippling fines, believed to be at least $ 2 million. Donald had drafted a Bill, that would allow the government to stop the tour, but it had been vetoed on the grounds that it would cut across New Zealand’s human rights laws. “We hope Henry’s visit will lead to public pressure increasing on the government to stop the tour,” he said. — AFP
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Russia, France in Fed Cup
final
Paris, July 10 Anastasia Myskina clinched victory for Russia in Moscow when she beat Jill Craybas of the USA in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to give her side an unbeatable 3-1 lead. In Aix-en-Provence, Amelie Mauresmo overwhelmed Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain 6-3, 6-1 to hand France an unassailable 3-0 lead and their third successive Fed Cup final spot. France, who beat the USA in the 2003 final, will host the final which will be in Paris, probably at Roland Garros, on September 17-18. Russia, who lost all four previous Fed Cup ties against their opponents, finally recorded their first win against the 17-time champions. Myskina was the heroine after Elena Dementieva fell 6-1, 6-2 earlier in the day to Wimbledon champion Venus Williams. Dementieva and Myskina won both matches yesterday against Mashona Washington, 7-5, 6-4, and Venus Williams 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, respectively. “I expected Dementieva to win her match today but after she lost I didn’t really care who I played,” Myskina said. “It was much harder yesterday as Venus is a player of a much higher class. Washington and Craybas are almost even and I should beat any of them as it will be a disaster to miss such a great chance to win.” Myskina, who is currently 10th in the world, defeated her 31-year-old opponent, who replaced Washington in the second reverse singles rubber, in one hour 18 minutes. The 24-year-old Russian broke three times in the opening set, while Craybas managed to reply only once, allowing Myskina to go a set up in just 23 minutes. In the second set, Myskina, who won her only previous clash with Craybas in 2000, broke her opponent twice for a comfortable 3-0 lead. However, Craybas refused to surrender and replied with a couple of breaks to level at four games all. Myskina broke again for a 5-4 advantage minutes before she won the set, the match and a place in the finals. Earlier, Venus Williams bounced back after her loss yesterday, breaking Dementieva’s serve twice before the 23-year-old Russian also got a break. But eighth-ranked Venus broke again to take the set in 33 minutes. In the second, Venus underlined her domination on the red clay of Moscow’s Olympic indoor stadium, producing three more breaks to win through after 64 minutes on court. Meanwhile, Wimbledon semifinalist Mauresmo, achieved her second win of the competition after cruising past world number 33 Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-4, 6-3 yesterday to give France a flying start in their semifinal campaign. Veteran Mary Pierce, this year’s French Open finalist, defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives 6-4, 6-4.
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Karpov eyes chess body chief’s post
Moscow, July 10 Unleashing a vehement attack on Ilyumzhinov, also the President of the Republic of Kalmykia, Karpov said, “Even a dickhead will do a better job than Ilyumzhinov. The situation cannot become worse anymore, so it will be rather easy to improve in the beginning.” “The chaos in the chess world is caused by these ‘leaders’ who are unable to do their job properly. The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time,” he said in an interview. Describing controversial former All-India Chess Federation Secretary P T Umer Koya as a “convicted” man, Karpov said Ilyumzhinov and his associates should be shown the door. “At the moment, it is more than clear for everybody that Ilyumzhinov must go as soon as possible. But not only he should pack his bags, also the rest of his gang, who are plundering FIDE. The problem is that you never can tell if these FIDE officials are telling the truth or are lying in your face again. Of course, the latter is mostly the case. It is far more difficult to catch them telling the truth.” “We need a new FIDE President and a new FIDE team. It is absurd to have people like Zurab Azmaiparas hvili in the team, who is attacking policemen like a madman, or the convicted Indian Umer Koya. And what about the arrested Romanian Crisan? A nice bunch of people, do you not think? It is no surprise that chess has a bad image nowadays. We have to change it” he said. Asked to comment Gary Kasparov’s surprising decision to quit the game, Karpov did not spare the old enemy either. “His own political stratagems with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov exhausted him. He changed his point of view at least three times. At a certain point, he was a good friend of the FIDE president, a short time later, he was his fiercest enemy, but a month later, they were on good terms again.’’ — UNI
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Harikrishna off to smooth start
Taiyuan (China), July 10 After the first round of the category-15 12-player round robin event, Tigran Petrosian of Armenia and Dubai Open champion Wang Hao of China emerged as joint leader along with Harikrishna with a perfect score. Harikrishna played a fine positional game to outclass Pengxiang. Playing the black side of a Berlin defence, Harikrishna was surprised in the opening as Pengxiang shied away from main lines, especially because the other variants in this opening were known to lead to an easy game for black. Harikrishna expectedly got an easy game right from the early middle game stage and did not falter in launching a kingside attack with his fire-spitting bishops. Pengxiang’s chances for any counter play evaporated on move 23 when Harikrishna won a queenside pawn and in trying to recover it, the Chinese lost all control of white squares. Harikrishna’s queen dealt the final blow on move 27 and just one move later, it was all over.
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Alok to defend title in Asian snooker
New Delhi, July 10 Alok Kumar will have local hope and debutant Nittiwat Kanjanasri in Group A, apart from 16th seed Mohammed Al-Joker of the United Arab Emirates, for the first round hostilities in this 21-nation event. Former world snooker and reigning world billiards champion Pankaj Advani has been placed in Group B, which includes Taiwan’s Hung Chung-Ming, a former member of the Thai national team who changed his nationality a few years ago, and another young Thai Pramual Jantad, who is also making his debut here. The two top-ranked players in eight groups will make it to the knockout stage at the conclusion of the round-robin first round matches on July 28. Another Indian in the fray is Manan Chandra, who is in the same group as fifth seed Kobkit Palajin, the 2004 world under-21 and 2005 Asian under-21 runner-up. Chandra had thwarted the young Thai’s dream of making it to the world professional Main Tour by beating him in the 2002 Asian Tour playoff final in Bangkok. Given the other players in the group, both Kobkit and Manan should have no trouble in making it to the knockout stage. The winner will get an automatic entry into the 2005-2006 Main Tour, which will make it a tough contest for the title. The countries participating in the championship are Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and hosts Thailand. — PTI
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Indian eves win Asian kabaddi championship
Hyderabad, July 10 Leading 18-15 at half time, the hosts brushed aside a spirited challenge by Japan to win the coveted title. Skipper Sumita Pujari and Tajeswani held the corners tight and unleashed counter attacks effectively to put India on top. After winning all their matches, the hosts had to sweat it out in the final against Japan but they excelled in the second half. The victory was the result of some fine efforts by Sumita, Swetha and Anuradha in the second half. Earlier, in the semifinal, India made short work of Sri Lanka with a convincing 57-24 victory. Leading 48-10 at half-time, the Indians gave no room to the Lankans and went on the offensive from the start and gained 13 bonus points. In the second semifinal, Japan downed Bangladesh 38-14 after leading 25-3 at half time. Results: Final: India b Japan 40-27 (half time 18-15). Semifinals: India b Sri Lanka 57-24 (half time 48-10); Japan b Bangladesh 38-14 (half time 25-3). — PTI
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Bridge not gambling sport: player
Mumbai, July 10 Shivdasani, who plays most of his bridge in the USA nowadays, debunked the widely prevalent view about the game being a gambling sport. ‘’Bridge is a social game. It is a game of excellence like chess, but of more colour,’’ he contended. ‘’In fact, in contract bridge, the luck factor is also taken away, making this sport one of the most intelligent sports being played. Bridge requires more mental strength and clear thinking,’’ he said here. Shivdasani, who started playing chess before switching over to bridge, felt both the games required similar skills. ‘’One needs an analytical mind, a lot of probability and mathematical evaluation.’’ However, chess had become an accepted sport in India, but bridge had been termed as a ‘’pastime game’’, he noted, adding, that the need of the hour was to give a platform and support to youngsters who wanted to take up this sport. Shivdasani pointed out that the game was a big hit in European countries and in some countries, it was a compulsory curriculum in school. ‘’There is encouragement right from the school level in countries like Poland and Australia and now even in China.’’
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All-Punjab Games to have 15 disciplines
Islamabad, July 10 The first edition of the games at Patiala in December saw over 700 athletes participating in 12 disciplines. The 15 disciplines this year would be athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, kabaddi, rifle shooting, polo, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling, The Dawn reported today. Women would compete in athletics, badminton and cycling, according to the Punjab (Pakistan) Olympic Association (POA). While 14 of the 15 disciplines would be staged at Lahore, the handball competition would be hosted by Faisalabad.
— IANS
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Arjun Atwal moves up to 34th spot
Silvis (Illinois), July 10 The Indian ace, who was tied for 42nd after two days, had three birdies and three bogeys, but had his second eagle in as many days for his 69. He is now six-under 207 for three days. JL Lewis also shot a 2-under 69 to extend his lead to three strokes at 15-under 198 after three rounds. Hank Kuehne (67), Richard S. Johnson (68) and Craig Bowden (68) were 12 under, and Jeff Brehaut (66) and Robert Damron (69) followed at 11 under. Atwal started on 10th with birdie and then had a eagle on the par-four 14th. This was the second eagle in as many rounds for Atwal. He was three-under after five holes, but dropped a shot on 17th. A birdie on the first improved things, before two bogeys on third and sixth set him back. A late birdie on eighth kept his hopes alive for final day. With rounds of 70, 68, 69 he is now six-under. Lewis has won twice before in a playoff in the 1999 edition at Oakwood Country Club and came from seven shots back to win the 84 Lumber Classic in 2003. Kuehne made a late run, shooting four under over his last six holes. He almost had a fifth birdie, too, but the ball stopped less than 6 inches from the cup on No. 18.
— PTI
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Patiala, July 10
