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Aussies fighting for survival
Itinerary goof-up
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Rein in unruly
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CSJA seminar on
hockey today
Jugraj ready for
international hockey: coach
Row over award to
Poncha
Sarabjit enters
boxing semis
Ravinder wins gold
MES win u-15 cricket tourney
Raid de Himalaya from
Oct 1
GS Parmar FC salvage
draw
Bhadu athletics team
manager
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Nottingham, August 27 The world champions closed the third day of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on 222 for four, needing 37 more runs to avoid an innings defeat. Michael Clarke, missed off a routine stumping by Geraint Jones shortly before the close, was on 39 not out and Simon Katich on 24. It was the first time Australia had been asked to follow on in 191 Tests since Pakistan made them bat twice in a row at Karachi in 1988. At tea, Australia were 115 for 1 in their second innings, still 144 runs behind England’s first innings score of 477. Only tailender Brett Lee’s whirlwind 47 off 45 balls with three sixes and five fours took Australia past 200 in their first innings. Lee was the last man out, well caught at third man by a running Ian Bell after upper-cutting a Jones bouncer, with debutant Shaun Tait unbeaten on three. Glamorgan quick Jones finished with five for 44 off 14.1 overs, with Australia losing their last five wickets in all today for 61 runs in 65 balls. Australia had been making brisk progress thanks to Simon Katich’s stand of 58 with fellow left-hander Adam Gilchrist and were 157 for five when Jones came on in the 10th over of the day. The reverse swing specialist struck with his second ball when Katich, on 45, guided a wide delivery to Andrew Strauss at backward point where the fielder was one of two men positioned for such a stroke. On the next delivery, Shane Warne went for a first-ball nought when, trying to turn Jones legside, he got a leading edge and gave a gentle catch to Bell at short cover. Australia were now 157 for seven and soon declined further to 163 for eight. Strauss, diving full length to his left at second slip, took a superlative one-handed airborne catch to remove dangerman Gilchrist, who had fended at Flintoff, for 27. Jones then bowled former Glamorgan team-mate Michael Kasprowicz for five as the tailender played across the line of an away-swinger that hit his middle and off stumps. At that stage, Jones, the son of former England left-arm quick Jeff, had taken three wickets for one run in 14 balls. As he had done earlier in this series, Lee endured some painful blows from Flintoff, and defied England by driving Jones for four. He then pulled fast bowler Stephen Harmison for a huge six and launched Jones high over long-on for another before edging the paceman to third man for four. Lee’s lone assault continued when he drove Harmison out of the ground for six over mid-wicket. Scoreboard England (1st innings) 477 Australia (1st innings) Langer c Bell b Hoggard 28 Hayden lbw Hoggard 7 Ponting lbw S. Jones 1 Martyn lbw Hoggard 1 Clarke lbw Harmison 36 Katich c Strauss b S.Jones 45 Gilchrist c Strauss b Flintoff 27 Warne c Bell b S. Jones 0 Lee c Bell b S. Jones 47 Kasprowicz b S. Jones 5 Tait not out 3 Extras (lb-2, w-1, nb-16) 19 Total (all out, 49.1 overs) 218 Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-21, 3-22, 4-58, 5-99, 6-157, 7-157, 8-163, 9-175. Bowling: Harmison 9-1-48-1, Hoggard 15-3-70-3, S. Jones 14.1-4-44-5, Flintoff 11-1-54-1. Australia (2nd innings) Langer c Bell b Giles 61 Hayden c Giles b Flintoff 26 Ponting run out 48 Martyn c G.Jones b Flintoff 13 Clarke not out 39 Katich not out 24 Extras (b-1 lb-2 nb-8) 11 Total (four wickets, 67 overs) 222 Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-129, 3-155, 4-161. Bowling: Hoggard 15-5-44-0 S.Jones 4-0-15-0, Harmison 15-2-54-0, Flintoff 13-3-33-2, Giles 17-1-62-1, Bell 3-0-11-0. — AFP, Reuters
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Itinerary goof-up
leaves team stranded
Harare, August 27 Curious as it may sound, Indians were not able to leave Bulawayo today because the “air tickets” were not available, as Indian captain Sourav Ganguly explained to mediapersons after the humiliating defeat to New Zealand in the triangular series match yesterday. So even as Indian mediapersons and other personnel connected with the tour were boarding the flight for Harare where the action now shifts in the series, the cricketers were left to cool their heels in Bulawayo. Now Bulawayo is many things — “The City of Kings” according to a tourists brochure; “the place of killing” in the words of a literal translation from the Ndebele language — the Indian top order would like to go with this assessment — but in essence a sleepy town where every day is a Sunday. Indians have so far been on this tour been left to do the catching up, arriving late, overstaying in Harare when they should have been in Bulawayo and now in Bulawayo when they should be in Harare. To add more spice — if not salt — to their wounds, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming pompously announced that his side could do better on a seaming track in Harare than Bulawayo, where the wicket favoured the batsmen. Every statement, every arched eyebrow and potshot aimed at the quality of their batting could either see Ganguly and his top batsmen come out firing in retaliation or suffer from complete mental disintegration against a typhoon called Shane Bond. Bond has that unique ability which could finish a few careers prematurely and no one in the Indian team would dismiss the suggestion as outrageous since they haven’t been quite firing on all cylinders in one-day cricket in the past 12 months. A look at the figures of India’s top batsmen, barring Rahul Dravid, in the past 12 months show that Virender Sehwag (681 runs in 28 matches), Yuvraj Singh (655 from 28), Mohammad Kaif (709 from 28), Mahinder Singh Dhoni (354 from 15) or in-and-out Sourav Ganguly (737 from 25) have done little to live up to the tag of the strongest batting line-up in the world. Saturday no doubt would have been spent in Bulawayo in examining their mistakes and dissecting the methods of Bond through video analysis but one wonders if the old-fashioned courage is not the sole answer to face up to Bond, who comes up too soon for any technique or logic to be of any use. Indians would now arrive in Harare tomorrow, just a day before they face Zimbabwe in their second match of the triangular series at the Harare Sports Club. By their performance, the Indians indeed have a lot of explaining to do as it should be the case with the Board officials back home who agreed and stamped such an itinerary which has done its team a great disservice. — PTI
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Rein in unruly
players, Musharraf tells Haq
Lahore, August 27 General Musharraf, who is also the chief patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), aired his suggestion to Inzamam-ul-Haq during a briefing to apprise him of the preparations for the 2007 World Cup and to discuss other matters concerning cricket. “President
Musharraf told Inzamam clearly that he should be very strong when it
came to discipline in the team and should not tolerate any sort of
attitude or violation of rules by any player,” The News reported
quoting an unnamed source.
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Safarova beats Sania in final
New York, August 27 Earlier, Sania set up a title clash against the Czech
Republic’s Lucie Safarova in the Forest Hills Women’s Tennis Classic
in New York.
In the semifinals yesterday, third seed Sania ended 15-year-old American
Alexa Glatch’s dream run 6-4, 6-4, while Lucie tamed compatriot Iveta Benesova
2-6, 6-1, 6-4 to set up an interesting title clash between two rising stars. Glatch, who entered the tournament as a wild card, had upset top seed Akiko Morigami of Japan. Sania
and Lucie will be playing each other for the first time in this year’s
final, vying for the first prize of $ 22,000. The runner-up will receive
$ 12,000. Sania has not dropped a set so far this week, posting a 7-6
(7/4), 6-1 win over Israel’s Shahar Peer in the first round and a 6-2,
6-1 rout of Italian Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinals. Sania, who broke into the top 50 earlier this month, is continuing her superb run this season that saw her win her first WTA title in Hyderabad in February. She has already notched up two victories over top 10 players, stunning US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova en route to a quarterfinal finish at Dubai and crushing Nadia Petrova to reach the third round at San Diego. Safarova
has now reached three finals in her first nine Tour main draws,
including winning her very first title on clay at Estoril in May and
finishing runner-up on grass at Hertogenbosch in June. She has put
together some impressive wins in reaching her third final of the year
this week, including an upset of two-time 2005 titlist and No.2 seed
Anna Smashnova in the first round and another straight-set defeat of
Italy’s Antonella Serra Zanetti in the quarterfinals. This is the
second straight year that a 16-draw event has taken place in Forest
Hills. Last year, top seed Elena Likhovtseva defeated No.4 seed Benesova
in the tournament’s inaugural final. Meanwhile, Sania will be the
lone Indian in the women’s singles event in the US Open as Shikha
Uberoi lost her final qualifying round match to top seed Sybille Bammer. It was a heart-breaking defeat for US-based Shikha, who had survived two three-set thrillers in the earlier rounds and one more win could have opened the door for her in the main draw. But Bammer was clearly the better player and despite her initial inertia, the Austrian won the match 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 to win the match and enter the main draw, according to information received here today. Pitted against the top seed, Shikha matched her rival shot for shot in the first set which was stretched to the tie-breaker. Bammer, however, kept her cool and won it, much to the frustration of her Indian opponent. The
second set saw Shikha struggling both with her serve and return and the
erratic Indian could not pose any threat to her higher-ranked rival and
conceded the set and the match on court seven at the USTA National
Tennis Centre. Shikha’s sister Neha, representing the USA, had earlier
lost her second round qualification match to American Jennifer Hopkins.
In the men’s qualifying singles, both Harsh Mankad and Prakash
Amritraj bit the dust in the second round which means that there won’t
be any Indian representation in the men’s singles event.
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CSJA seminar on
hockey today
Chandigarh, August 27 The CSJA, an affiliate of the Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI), is hosting this event to mark the 100th birth anniversary of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand, which falls on August 29. Col Harcharan Singh, Balwinder Singh “Shammi”, Jagdeep Singh Gill, Hardeep Singh Grewal, Baljit Singh Saini, Gundeep Kumar, Sukhbir Singh Gill and Ajit Singh are the other Olympians who will be attending the seminar. Several former internationals, including Gurdishpal Singh, Gurdip Singh Pannu, Ripudaman K. Singh, Narinder Singh Sodhi, Rajpal Singh, and others have also confirmed their participation in the seminar. Among the women hockey players expected to participate in the seminar are Rajbir Kaur, Rupa Saini, Krishna Saini, Bimal Parbagga, Kulwant Kaur, Sandeep Kaur, Parkash Kaur and a few others. Among the coaches, Baldev Singh (Shahbad Markanda) will also be among the participants. The Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, will be the chief guest, while the President of the Indian Hockey Federation, Mr KPS Gill, will be the guest of honour. The President of the Sports Journalists Federation of India, Mr Sandeep Singh Nakai, will also be a guest of honour. Sports goods manufacturers, organisers of hockey academies, sports officials from Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, including those from the Olympic Associations and State Hockey Associations will also participate in the deliberations.Another attraction of the event will be participation of trainees and their coaches of various hockey academies in the region. An exhibition of some rare hockey photographs by Ashok Vahie will also be organised. Mr K. Arumugam, a hockey writer, will organise an exhibition of books on hockey. Mr D.S. Bedi, Principal of Shivalik Public School, said to commemorate the birth centenary of Major Dhyan Chand, the school would have a six-a-side polygrass (synthetic) pitch on the school premises. It will be the first pitch of its type in a private school in the country. The foundation stone for the pitch will be laid tomorrow.
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Jugraj ready for international hockey: coach
New Delhi, August 27 “He is a good fighter, the way he has progressed, I think he is ready for international hockey now,” Harendra told PTI today. Jugraj was in action in a match against CRPF yesterday. Not only did he play for the entire duration of the match but also scored two goals for his team. “There is no doubt that he is match fit, but to know whether he can come good in an international match, we must give him one match to play at the highest level,” the coach said. Jugraj has been out of international action for more than two years since he met with a near-fatal accident but has defied all odds to stake a claim for a place in the Indian team, which has been struggling to find a replacement for the penalty corner expert. A desperate Rajinder Singh Jr, the senior team coach, had recently stated that the team “badly needed” Jugraj back as he was the key if India had to script a turnaround in their spiralling fortunes. Harendra could not have agreed with Rajinder more. “Jugraj is a great team man and a great fighter. His very presence lifts the spirits of everyone else on the field. He is great role model for youngsters as he has proved that nothing is impossible if one is determined and ready to give more than 100 per cent,” Harendra said. Unfortunately, that determination seemed to be lacking in the national team at the moment, he said. “The team also seems to have lost the hunger to win matches. In the Rabo Trophy, the boys lacked the fighting spirit. In the match against Pakistan, for instance, they did not display any fighting spirit at all. “You may be having internal problems but that cannot be an excuse for not giving your best for your team and for your country,” he said. India lost to arch-rivals Pakistan en route to a dismal seventh-place finish in the eight-nation Rabo Trophy tournament played in Amstelveen, Holland, recently. Harendra said instead of cribbing and complaining to everyone, the players should try and talk out their problems with the coach and if needed, with the Indian Hockey Federation. “If I have a problem, I will discuss it with KPS Gill. If he does not listen to me, then I have a problem, but if he solves my problem I have no reason to complain.” Harendra said in situations like this it was important for the coach to motivate the team. “We are trying to raise a team which would be able to deliver the goods in the 2006 Asian Games and the 2008 Olympics, a team of which the whole country would be proud. Somewhere down the line the players have lost the hunger to win, and I as a coach am trying to bring back that hunger. “If the players give their 100 per cent, the coach also enjoys working with them.” Talking about Dhyan Chand, the legend who took the Indian team to great heights and whose birth anniversary is on Monday, Harendra said the Indian team could make the birth centenary year of the wizard memorable by winning the Champions Trophy to be played in Chennai in December. “Dhyan Chand was a one-man army. Even after 100 years, he continues to be an inspiration for the players. “It was Dhyan Chand’s unfulfilled desire to win a Champions Trophy at home. If the players can win it for the country, there cannot be a better tribute to the legend.” — PTI
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Brussels, August 27 “I am not very happy”, said the Ethiopian after running the 10,000 metres in 26 minutes 17.53 seconds at the Van Damme Memorial yesterday to break his own world mark set last year. Bekele’s fiancee Alem Techale died in January from an apparent heart attack while the couple were on a routine training run. They were to be married in May. He already tried to overcome his heartbreak with a 10,000n world title in Helsinki this month. Still, it was not enough. Roared on by 47,000 spectators, Bekele wasn’t swept away by another world record. “It is not a good summer for me,” he said. “I cannot do anything about that. It is in the past.” Earlier, on a cool evening, triple jumper Tatyana Lebedeva clinched her fifth Golden League victory in a row and moved within one meeting of winning the $ 1 million series jackpot. Fellow Russian Yelena Isinbayeva won the pole vault but failed to set a world record when she missed three attempts at 5.02 metres, one centimetre higher than her mark at the world championships. In the final race of the evening, Bekele had the right pacemaker in his brother Tariku to take him well within world record pace by the halfway point. Soon afterwards, he was on his own, carried only by the incessant cheers and the drumbeats of an African band to offset the cold, which dipped to 12 °C. He bettered his world standard by 2.78 seconds. Lebedeva took the lead on her first triple jump, and made 14.94 metres on her penultimate hop, skip and jump to keep alive her challenge for the richest prize in athletics. The jackpot goes to athletes who win the same event at all six Golden League meets. After four, she was the only person still in contention. The final event is in Berlin next week. World champion Saif Saaeed Shaheen extended his unbeaten streak in the steeplechase to 24 races over three years by winning in a season’s best time. But he failed in a bid to set a new world mark, finishing in 7:55.51, 1.88 seconds outside the record he set at the same meet last year. Olympic and world champion Justin Gatlin fought back from a slow start to win the 100 metres in 9.99 seconds, beating France’s Ronald Pognon and Jamaica’s Dwight Thomas. US veteran Maurice Greene finished last in a disappointing 10.56. “I am working on my start,” Gatlin said. “Once I have a good start, I think I can go to boundaries that no other man has been to.” — AP
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Bahadur dejected at
not getting Arjuna Award
Chandigarh, August 27 He has decided to appeal to the President, A.P.J Abdul Kalam, to intervene in the matter. "I have been ignored for the award for the past three years even after winning the gold medal at the Busan Asian Games in 2002", rued Bahadur Singh. The
shot put gold medal was last won by Bahadur Singh — now the chief
coach of the Indian athletics team — in the Asian Games held at New
Delhi in 1982. Bahadur's name was not considered for the award because of an alleged doping offence against him at the Asian Grand Prix at Thailand in 2002. Refuting the allegation that he was involved in the doping controversy, Bahadur said, "I was not suspended or debarred for any doping offence. I was given a verbal warning by Amateur Athletics Federation of India (AAFI) for using some cough and cold medicine." Further clarifying his position, he asked, "If I was an offender and banned, then how was I allowed to participate in the Busan Asian Games in the same year and even in the Asian Grand Prix meet at Manila just four days after the warning?" "After achieving so much, it would be shameful if I have to move court to get what I deserve", said Bahadur Singh. |
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Mumbai, August 27 Addressing a press conference here, former Olympic hockey captain Joaquim Carvalho, former Asian Snooker Champion Yasin Merchant and International Squash Professionals Technical Director A I Singh questioned the criteria for selection of awardees and the process of verification of coaches’ claims. The three claimed that Poncha ‘’does not fit into the criterion as juniors’ performance was not considered’’ while selecting him for the award. They maintained that ‘’this award, if given will demoralise several others.’’ ‘’It will set a very bad example and precedent. The sanctity of the award is definitely coming under question,’’ they said. A.I. Singh accused Poncha of trying to victimise squash ace Joshna Chinappa and claimed that the Tamil Nadu player had informed the President, the Prime Minister and the Sports Secretary that Poncha had ‘’no contribution in her development.’’ He also pointed out that four Delhi players had to move High Court after they were denied a chance to play in the Milo Junior Open in Malaysia. A.I. Singh also accused the Squash Rackets Federation of India President, who he said is connected with a leading cement company, of having his ‘’dealers’’ as office-bearers of the associations at state level. Asked why they had not taken action, he said they were planning to move court on the issue. The response from the Sports Ministry was generally not encouraging, he lamented. — UNI
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Sarabjit enters
boxing semis
Sangrur, August 27 Results (all quarterfinals) Light flyweight: Sarabjit (Sang) b Mohit (Jal) Amandeep (STC) Gurjit (Asr), Anup Gari (NS) b Parjinder (Mkt), Pushkar (Pta) b Chanchal (Sang). Flyweight: Gagan Dutta (Pta) b Anil Kumar (Fgc), Avtar Singh (Asr) b Sukh Ram (Sang), Shiv Kumar (Ldh) b Ravinder (Fdk), Arsh (Fzr) b Manish. Bantamweight: Anil Kumar (Fgs) b Mit Singh (Moga), Pappu Khan (Mkt) b Partap Singh (Asr), Sant Ram (Ldh) b Arun Kumar (Sang), Kulwinder Singh (STC) b Neer Chand (NS). Featherweight: Md Habib (STC) b Amandeep (PP), Ravinder Singh (NS) b Kuldip Singh (Moga), Gurdev Singh (Asr) b Mohit Sharma (Jal), Sandeep Dutta (Pta) b Inderjit Singh (Bth). Lightweight: Pawan Kumar (Hsp) b Gur Iqbal (Bth), Narinder Singh (Sang) b Jaswinder Singh (NS), Lakhwinder Singh (Jal) b Amandeep Singh (Fzr), Pawan Kumar (PP) b Surinder Singh (Sang). Middleweight: Parminder Singh (STC) b Vikram Singh (Bth), Sharanpreet (Jdr) b Vishal (Moga), Harinder Kumar (PP) b Varun Sharma (Gdr), Vikram Mohan (Hsp) b Vivek Sharma (Sang). Light heavyweight: Harinder Singh (Ldh) b Kuldip Singh (Jdr), Gurlal Singh (STC) b Sandeep Singh (Gdr), Amandeep Singh (Mansa) b Davinder Singh (Moga), Parminder Singh (Pta) b Gurinder Singh (Sang). Heavyweight: Narinder Kumar (Sang) b Gurpreet Singh (Mansa), Jaswinder Singh (Pta) b Dharminder Singh (Asr), Amanjit Singh (Sang) b Gursharan Singh (Bth), Gurnam Singh (Jdr) b Bikramjit Singh (Fkt). Super heavyweight: Manpreet Singh (STC) b Jagdeep Singh (Jdr), Ashwani Sharma (Fzr) b Gurdian Singh (Fgs), Rajdeep Singh (Kpt) b Gurdev Singh (Jdr), Hardeep Singh (Moga) b Mohit Sharma (Mansa). |
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Ravinder wins gold
Sangrur, August 27 The championship was inaugurated by Fateh Jung Singh Bajwa, President and Secretary of the Punjab Athletics Association. Results (all finals): Shot Put (men): 1. Pakinder Singh (Bth), 2 Kulwinder Singh (PP), 3. Baldeep Singh (BSF). 10,000 m (men): 1. Ravinder Singh (Sang), 2. Harpal Singh (Sang), 3. Prem (PP). Long Jump (boys under (20) 1. Shamsher Singh (Jal), 2. Jaswinder Singh (Fgs), 3. Gurvir Singh (Pgs). 10,000 m (boys under 20): 1. Satnam Singh (Sang), 2. Mandeep Singh (Hsp), 3. Parmanand (Sang). Shot Put (boys under 20): 1. Harinder Singh (Ldh), 2. Gurvinder Singh (Jal), 3. Santokh Singh (Bth). 110 m hurdles (boys under 20): 1. Satinder Saini (Ldh), 2. Delar Singh (Sang), 3. Amandeep Singh (Sang). Hammer throw (boys under 20): 1. Pushpinder Singh (Sang), 2. Varinder Singh (Pgs), 3. Talwinder Singh (Jal). Long Jump (boys under 18): 1. Gurjant Singh (Jal), 2 Gurpreet Singh (Sang), 3. Parminderjit Singh (Jal). Shot Put (boys under 18): 1. Atinder Singh (Pta), 2. Tejinder Singh (Asr), 3. Sukhwant Singh (Pta). 3,000 m (girls under 18): 1. Rajwant Kaur (Ropar), 2. Baljit Kaur (Sang), 3. Kiranbir Kaur (Asr). Shot Put (girls under 18): 1. Rupinder Kaur (Asr), 2. Pushpinder Kaur (Sang), 3. Rajvir Kaur (Sang). 100 m hurdles (girls u-18): 1. Manpreet Kaur (NS), 2. Jasbir Kaur (Hsp), 3. Manjinder Jyoti (NS). Shot Put (women): 1. Rupinder Kaur (Asr), 2. Pushpinder Kaur (San), 3. Rajveer Kaur (Sang). 10,000 m (women): 1. Rajdeep (Pta), 2. Gurpreet (Ropar), 3. Inderjit Kaur (Sang). |
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MES win u-15 cricket tourney Patiala, August 27 The Prizes were distributed by cardiologist Manmohan Singh in the presence of top brass of Patiala Cricket Association. Brief scores: MES: 165 all out (Simant Singh 67, Ujwal Sharma 28, Shivin Goyal 17, Bhavish Goyal 2 for 27, Nitin 2 for 37, and Ranjit Singh 1 for 37) NICS Academy: 63 all out (Kanwar 26, Ujwal Sharma 5 for 18, Gaurav Joshi 2 for 17, Karan Kaila 2 for 3, and Sukhwinder Singh 1 for 10) Bhavish Goyal of NICS was declared the boy of the tournament while Simant Singh of MES was given the best batsman prize. Gaurav Joshi of MES was declared the best bowler while Ujwal Sharma of MES was given the boy of the match. District football:
The Patiala District Football Tournament (u-19) for both boys and girls will be held at the local Polo ground from August 29 to September 1. According to Mr S.S Gill, senior football coach and secretary of the Patiala District Football Associa-tion, the tournament is open to players who have been born on or after January 1, 1987. The teams which have confirmed their participation are Tigers (juniors), Government Senior Secondary School Club, Samana block, Bhunerheri block, Rajpura (juniors), Nabha XI and Ghanaur block.
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Shimla, August 27 The rally is being organised by the Himalayan Motorsport Association in collaboration with the Department of Youth Services and Sports. The Indian Air Force team will be participating in the rally for the first time. The Army will be fielding its members in the four-wheel drive categories for the second year. Last year they bagged both team trophies for the X-treme and reliability versions of the Raid. The Raid de Himalaya will not be entering Ladakh this year. Instead the participants will experience for the first time the rigours of the land-locked Pangi valley in an attempt to reach Killar. The rally will run in five legs — from Shimla via Manali, Kaza, Tabo, Dhankar and Komik to Killar, close to Doda and Kishtwar and return to Manali. — TNS
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GS Parmar FC salvage
draw
Chandigarh, August 27 The Jalandhar outfit forged ahead in the 10th minute through a goal scored by Randip but the visitors drew parity in the 54th minute through Janveer Singh. Kanwaljeet once again put the Jalandhar team ahead with a goal in the 61st minute but with only five minutes to go for the long whistle, the visitors drew level through a goal by Rajinder Kumar (2-2). |
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Bhadu athletics team
manager
Chandigarh, August 27 Six athletes from Haryana will be part of the 49-member Indian team. They are Satbir Singh (400 m, 4 x 400 m relay) Bhupender Singh (400 m, 4 x 400 m relay), Shakti Singh (shot put), Anil Kumar (discus throw), Krishna Poonia (discus throw) and Seema Antil (discus throw). |
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