Jamshedpur, November 11
India emerged champions in the 2nd Commonwealth Archery Championship which concluded here today, bagging five gold, two silver and one bronze.

Of the eight gold medals at stake in the competition, India triumphed in recurve and compound individual women, recurve and compound team event and recurve men’s team event.

Australia and New Zealand finished second and third, respectively.

The Australians grabbed the gold in the compound men’s team event and individual men’s recurve section, whereas New Zealand secured the gold in individual men’s compound division to claim the third spot.

England finished fourth with four silver and as many bronze medals.

The Indian dominance in the championship continued today with ace archer Jhanu Hansda and South Asian Games gold medallist Dola Banerjee clinching gold in the individual women compound and recurve divisions, respectively.

While Hansda shot with perfection to top with 111 points defeating team-mate Manjhudha Soy (103), Banerjee defeated England’s Naomi Folkard in the individual recurve women’s section.

Athens Olympic bronze medallist Alison Williamson (England) finished third in the recurve, while compatriot Linda Garner bagged the bronze with 111 points in the compound.

In the individual women’s recurve division, Banerjee beat Naomi Folkard and Alison Williamson (both England) in a tie-breaker after they finished equal on 103 points.

Australian archer Chris Lewkowski hit the bullseye to claim the gold in the individual men’s recurve section. Scotland’s Simon Needham finished second, followed by India’s Mangal Singh.

The Australian men’s team scored 225 to bag the gold in the compound event while India (212) secured silver and England had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.

In the women’s recurve team event, India scored 201 to bag the gold, while England (200) secured the silver and Scotland the bronze.

The Indian team topped the charts in the women’s compound team event also by securing 215 points, followed by England’s 208.

India also bagged the men’s recurve team event beating England 215-214 in the final. Scotland had finished third in both events yesterday.

Jharkhand Sport and Culture Minister Bandhu Tirkey gave away the prizes to the winners and also announced cash rewards for up-and-coming archers from the tribal belt of the state - Paltan Hansda, Prabhat Kandir, Sweety Kumari, Nibha Kerketta and Ravindra Hembram.

The minister also announced that ace archer Jhanu Hansda would be appointed as Deputy Director in the Sports and Culture Department. — PTI

Lahore, November 11
Second-string fast bowlers Umar Gul and Shahid Nazir demolished the West Indies batting line-up here today to leave Pakistan in a strong position after the opening day of the first Test.

Nazir (3-42) made short work of the top order in the morning session and Gul (5-65) mopped up the tailenders with his third career five-wicket haul to dismissed the West Indies for 206.

Pakistan were 39 for one in reply when bad light ended the day’s play 18 overs before the scheduled close.

Mohammad Hafeez was not out on 11, while Younis Khan, who hit his 1,000th Test run of the year, was batting on 10.

Gul and Nazir made up for the loss of banned fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif with their brilliant display of seam and swing bowling under overcast conditions.

Skipper Brian Lara made 61 and led the West Indies’ brief recovery in the second session before he was caught behind off Gul after hitting eight boundaries in his 106-ball knock. It was Lara’s first half-century in five Test matches in Pakistan — beating his previous best of 44 made in his debut Test here at the Gaddafi Stadium 16 years ago.

Lara survived a couple of Nazir lbw appeals before he scored and was involved in the highest partnership of 52 for the seventh wicket with Dave Mohammed (35) before Gul claimed four wickets in the second session for 11 runs.

Gul removed Jerome Taylor (8) and Mohammed (35) off successive deliveries and then finished off the West Indies innings when Shoaib Malik took a splendid diving catch in the slips to dismiss Fidel Edwards.

Scoreboard

West Indies (1st innings)

Gayle lbw Nazir 34

Ganga c Younis b Gul 3

Sarwan c Younis b Nazir 3

Lara c Akmal b Gul 61

Chanderpaul lbw Nazir 5

Bravo c Nazir b Kaneria 32

Ramdin c Hafeez b Kaneria 12

Mohammed c Akmal b Gul 35

Taylor lbw Gul 8

Edwards c Malik b Gul 2

Collymore not out 1

Extras (lb-8, nb-2) 10

Total (all out, 56.1 overs) 206

Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-41, 3-46, 4-52, 5-96, 6-122, 7-174, 8-202, 9-203.

Bowling: Gul 15.1-2-65-5, Nazir 14-4-42-3, Razzaq 7-2-22-0, Kaneria 18-3-58-2, Malik 2-0-11-0.

Pakistan (1st innings)

Hafeez not out 11

Farhat lbw Taylor 9

Younis not out 10

Extras (b-4, lb-1, w-4) 9

Total (1 wkt, 14.5 overs) 39

Fall of wicket: 1-16.

Bowling: Edwards 5-1-13-0, Taylor 7-2-11-1, Collymore 2.5-0-10-0. — AP

Patiala, November 11
Punjabi University has won the prestigious Shri Meghnath Nageshkar Trophy instituted by the All-India Universities (AIU) for the 2005-06 session. The trophy is awarded to the university which accumulates the maximum number of points in various AIU inter-university tournaments played during the session in the men’s section. This is the first time that Punjabi University has won the trophy.

The university’s men’s football team won the All-India Inter-University Football Tournament which concluded at Vishwa Bharti University, Santiniketan (West Bengal), last week. In the final, Punjabi University beat Bombay University 2-0. In the semifinal, the Patiala lads had blanked Shivaji Kashi University 3-0.

Senior football coach Dalbir Singh, who was instrumental in leading Punjabi University to its first-ever all-India title at Srinagar (Garhwal) last year, said the university team did not concede any goal in its seven matches during the tournament. Amandeep Batra was declared the best player, while Satinder Grewal got the best striker award. — OSR

Phillaur, November 11
Equestrian enthusiasts thronged the Chaman Lal Stadium on the campus of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy on the second day of the 3rd Punjab Horse Show and State Equestrian Championship here today.

Organised by the Punjab Equestrian Association, the championship had got off to a galloping start yesterday. The event is witnessing the participation of various breeds of horses from across the state and the participants are competing for 26 trophies.

The championship was declared open by former DGP Mahal Singh Bhullar after a march past by the ceremonially attired riders.

Mr Rajdeep Singh Gill, ADGP-cum-Director, PPA, today honoured former Olympians Mohinder Singh Gill (athletics), Devinder Singh Garcha (hockey) Gurmail Singh (hockey), Kartar Singh (wrestling), Arjuna awardee Gurdev Singh (football), Sajjan Singh Cheema (basketball) and Manjit Singh (powerlifting).

On the second day of the championship, riders of PPS, Nabha, Kirpal Sagar Academy and the police maintained their supremacy.

Results (names of horses in brackets): Farrier test: 1. Chaman Lal, NCC, Ludhiana, 2. Hav Rajinder Singh, PPA, 3. Varinder Kumar, PPA.

Syce test: 1. Rajinder Kumar, PPA, 2. Sanjay Kumar, PPA, 3. Rajinder Kumar, NCC, Ludhiana, and Sanjay Kumar of PPA. Ladies hacks: 1. Anu Chhabra (Pushkar), NCC, Ludhiana, 2. Asha Rani (Ashraf), PAP, Jalandhar, 3. Rachna Sharma (Sultan), PPS, Nabha. Children hacks: 1. Jatinder Singh (Sultan), PPS, Nabha, 2. Amritpal Singh (Mussorie), KSA, Rahon, 3. Gurinz (Romeo), KSA, Rahon. Tent pegging (jr): 1. Bikramjit Singh (Thunder), PPS Nabha, 2. Jatinder Kumar (Hercules) NCC, Ludhiana, 3. Harjinder Singh (Khusboo), PPS Nabha, 4. Gurjap Singh (Gold), KSA, Rahon. Show jumping successive relay: 1. Simarjit and Bikramjit (Ali Baba and Sultan), PPS, Nabha, 2. Simardeep and Charanpreet (Unbeatable and Leading Lady), PPS, Nabha, 3. ASI Tejinder Singh and ASI Jagdeep Singh (Gold and Maharana) PAP, Jalandhar. Show jumping: 1. Satnam Singh (Abdullah), Kirpal Sagar Academy, Rahon, 2. Satnam Singh (Dynamite), KSA, Rahon, 3. Charanpreet Singh (Leading Lady), PPS, Nabha.

Jalandhar, November 11
Northern Railway, Delhi, will take on Pepsu XI and Central Railway, Mumbai, will face Chandigarh in the semifinals of the women’s section of 23rd Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament on Monday. Central Railway thrashed Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, 3-1 while the match between Northern Railway and Western Railway ended in a 1-1 draw.

In the men’s section, Punjab and Sind Bank beat Sports Authority of India, Delhi, in a well-contested match 3-1 and Punjab Police beat Air India, Mumbai, 4-1. In the men’s section match of Pool D, Sports Authority of India’s boys gave a tough fight to Punjab and Sind Bank. The bankmen took the lead in the 19th minute when Kulwinder Singh scored a field goal. At half time, PSB was leading 1-0. In the 63rd minute, PSB consolidated the lead through a penalty corner conversion by Sharanjit Singh (2-0). In the 67th minute, PSB’s Kulwinder Singh scored from the right flank (3-0). In the 69th minute, SAI’s Yudhvir Singh reduced the margin with field goal (1-3).

In the second men’s section match of Pool C, Punjab Police beat Air India 4-1. In the 22nd minute Kanwalpreet Singh converted a penalty corner for Punjab Police (1-0). At half time, PP was leading 1-0. In the 37th minute, Gagandeep Singh sounded the board for PP (2-0). In the 45th minute, Air India’s Osaf-ur-Rehman reduced the margin (1-2). In the 50th minute, Jagbir Singh of PP scored a field goal (3-1). In the 62nd minute, Gagandeep Singh completed the score sheet (4-1). — TNS

Shanghai, November 11
Jyoti Randhawa lost his lead but stayed in touch with the leaders after the third round even as all four Indians moved inside the top 20 to indicate the strength of the Indian challenge at the star-studded $ 5 million HSBC Champions golf tournament.

Randhawa, who led in both the first and second rounds, had a great start with birdies on the first two holes, but then began faltering after dropping a double bogey on the fifth at the Sheshan Country Club.

His day’s work of even-par 72 saw him finish at 10-under 206 and two shy of the lead held by two-time US Open champion Retief Goosen (67), who played consistent golf for his three-under 69 to move into sole lead at 12-under 204. Goosen had five birdies and two bogeys.

Tiger Woods, playing in the lead group with Randhawa and Goosen, also struggled during the day with one double bogey, four bogeys and three birdies and an eagle during his round of one-over 73 that pegged him at seven-under 209 and five off the leader.

Woods was now tied fifth with Paul Casey (68), who made a big move from overnight 23rd. Also tied fifth was Francesco Molinari (69) at seven-under 209.

As Randhawa lay third, Jeev Milkha Singh made a small upward move from tied 10th to tied eighth with his one-under 71 and six-under 210, that also included a double bogey.

Shiv Kapur ran into problems with his putting and shot a 74 that saw him slip to tied 17th at four-under 212, while Gaurav Ghei (71) moved from tied 29th to tied 19th at three-under 215. — PTI