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Ashes-2013
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Kabaddi world cup
Five Indians get $50,000 base price in IBL auction
Froome poised for Tour glory
2 shooters banned for ‘mental harassment’
After soaring, Shiv spirals down in British Open
Shiv Kapur plays a shot on the second fairway during the third round of the 2013 British Open Golf Championship at Muirfield golf course at Gullane in Scotland. — AFP
Sushil optimistic about budding wrestlers
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England on way to big victory
Opener Root hits his first ton at Lord’s as England build huge lead over Australia
After taking a first innings lead of 233 on Friday before conceding three quick wickets, England batted throughout the day to reach 333 for five at the close with Root unbeaten on 178, his second test hundred. England, who won the first test at Trent Bridge last Sunday by 14 runs, now lead Australia by 566 with six sessions still to play and fine weather forecast for the final two days. Root, promoted to opener for the Ashes series after batting in the middle order against India and New Zealand, confirmed the class he has shown since scoring 73 on his test debut last December. His technique, poise and clean fluent driving on both sides of the wicket was of the highest order and marked him out as a worthy successor to his great Yorkshire predecessors Herbert Sutcliffe, Len Hutton, Geoff Boycott and Michael Vaughan. Root reached his hundred with a cut to the point boundary and accelerated to pass 150 from 311 balls with 18 fours. He then struck two sixes over mid-wicket in leg-spinner Steve Smith's final over the day. Ian Bell, who was reprieved on three after an umpire review when he appeared to have edged Ryan Harris straight to Smith at gully, added 74 to his first innings 109 in quick time against a flagging attack. Peter Siddle, who took all three wickets to fall on Friday evening, bustled in with his customary energy from the Pavilion end at the start of play but neither he nor the other Australian paceman were able to extract anything from the pitch. Tim Bresnan, sent in as nightwatchman on Friday, took 30 balls to get off the mark but was in no trouble thereafter, staying on the front foot and reaching 38 before he was caught at mid-wicket by Chris Rogers attempting a hook off James Pattinson. Only 83 runs were scored in the opening session and 57 in the second before England cut loose after tea against spinners Smith and Ashton Agar. Bell played all the shots in his locker, bringing up the 150 partnership with Root with a reverse sweep for four. He seemed set for his second hundred of the match and the fourth in his last three Ashes tests when he pulled a long-hop from Smith straight to Rogers at mid-wicket. — Reuters Score board England 1st Innings 361 Australia 1st Innings 128 England 2nd Innings Cook b Siddle 8 Root not out 178 Trott b Siddle 0 Pietersen c Rogers b Siddle 5 Bresnan c Rogers b Pattinson 38 Bell c Rogers b Smith 74 Bairstow not out 11 Extras 19 Total (5 wickets, 110 overs) 333 Fall of wickets: 1-22 2-22 3-30 4-129 5-282 Bowling Harris 16-4-28-0 Watson 12-5-25-0 Siddle 21-6-65-3 Pattinson 20-8-42-1 Smith 14-0-65-1
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World Kabaddi matches taken away from Patiala due to ‘thinning crowds’
Gagan K. Teja Tribune news service
Other cities that will host matches are Hoshiarpur, Amritsar, Dodha, Sangrur, Ropar, Chola Sahib, Jalalabad, Gurdaspur and Mansa. This decision has not only come as a major shock to sports lovers but has also left the local leaders disappointed, who feel that the city, which hosted the opening ceremony of the first edition, has been left out for political reasons, since Patiala is a stronghold of Congress. Expressing resentment over the decision, local MLA and vice president of the Punjab Olympic Association, Brahm Mohindra, said it was unfortunate that Patiala has been ignored despite it being the sports capital of Punjab. "The Punjab Government might have taken this decision with an attempt to strengthen their base in rural areas, but they should not ignore the fact that Patiala has some of the best stadiums, including the Yadvindra Public School Stadium that hosted the matches in the previous editions, which are fully equipped to accommodate a large number of viewers. Still the government has preferred small stadiums over Patiala. I urge the Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal to review the schedule and include Patiala," added Brahm Mohindra. However, sources in the sports department informed that Punjab Sports Department had considered Patiala for holding matches but the Deputy Chief Minister asked them to replace the venue. When contacted, Sikander Singh Malooka, Punjab Education Minister and president of the Punjab Kabaddi Association, said the decision was taken in view of the poor turn-out in Patiala in last year's edition, and we decided to shift to a place in which kabaddi is more popular. ADC (General) Amrit Shergill, who represented Patiala district in the meeting, in Chandigarh, to finalise the venues, said the government considered various factors before taking this decision. "They have reduced the number of teams to improve the standard of the tournament. And for the same reason, they have left Patiala out, as not many people turned up last time," she said. Kabaddi still continues to draw huge crowds in Punjab villages. Patiala connection
Despite the fact that the opening ceremony and the inaugural matches of the first World Cup were held at YPS Stadium, former Punjab CM, Capt. Amarinder Singh, his brother Malvinder Singh were not invited. Still, the school management decided to provided the stadium for the tournament. In another incident, vs Afganistan match was cancelled in the third edition. |
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Five Indians get $50,000 base price in IBL auction
New Delhi, July 20 World No 2 Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu (ranked 11), in the women’s singles, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in the women’s doubles and Parupalli Kashyap in the men’s singles are the Indian icon players. World No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who heads the men’s singles field, is the only foreign icon player in the six-team
franchises. Saina and Sindhu are among the four women players to be given such a high premium in the auction, the others being World No 3 Juliane Schnek of Germany and World No 5 Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand. The lowest base price in the women’s singles is $8000, put against the name of World No 46 Beatriz Corrales of Spain. Twentyone women players have been put on auction, which will be conducted by London-based auctioneer Hayton, well-known for his association with Bid and Hammer Fine Art Auctioneers. The women players hail from Germany, Denmark, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Scotland, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and the Chinese Taipei, whilebadminton power houses like China and Korea have kept away. In the 25-player men’s field for the action too, there is no representation from China or Korea. The line-up will be headed by top-ranked Lee Chong Wei. Parupalli Kashyap (ranked 10), Hu Yun of Hong Kong (ranked No 4) world No 5 Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand are the other men players to get a base price of $ 50,000 each. Ajay Jayaram of India gets a base price of $30,000 while RMV Gurusaidutt will face the hammer on a base price of $25,000. The men’s field includes veteran Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark, with base prices of $15,000 and $35,000, respectively. The lowest base price in men’s singles is $5000 for Ashton Chen and Derek Wong of Hong Kong.
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Froome poised for Tour glory
Semnoz, July 20 Froome leads Colombian Quintana by five minutes and three seconds overall with Rodriguez in third. Barring crashes, they will take the podium when the peloton crosses the line on the Champs-Elysees in Paris at the end of Sunday's parade. It was a first stage win for Quintana, who is riding in his maiden Tour. He also has the white jersey for the best Under-25 rider and the polka-dot one for the mountain classification. Slovakian Peter Sagan just has to finish the Tour to retained the green jersey for the points classification. Alberto Contador cracked on the final climb.
— Agencies Results STAGE XX
Overall leaders
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2 shooters banned for ‘mental harassment’
New Delhi, July 20 The two shooters were punished for “mental harassment involving incidences of abusive and indecent language”. They have been debarred from all international and national championships till they serve out the bans. The six-member probe committee headed by ace shooter Anjali Bhagwat recommended and the NRAI also reprimanded three other shooters for “abetting the wrongdoings”. Ironically, the woman shooter, who had made the complaint, was also reprimanded. It all started after a woman shooter, selected to participate for a trap event in international junior shooting competition at Suhl, Germany last month, had complained to the NRAI and Sports Ministry accusing two of her team members of making sexual and derogatory comments. “Based on our interaction with shooters, coaches and officials, we came to the conclusion that whatever transpired cannot be construed as verbal sexual harassment in any way. At worst, there seems to be a case of mental harassment involving incidences of loud, abusive and indecent language directed against a WW (woman shooter) over an argument or two, which appears more like teasing and bullying tactics that are common among teenagers,” the committee said in its report. “We recommend that YY they be suspended for a period of 12 months from participating in any national or international competitive shooting events in the interest of the sport and the nation at large,” according to the report. “We recommend that ZZ be suspended for a period of 6 months or until the Nationals (NSCC) whichever is earlier, from participating in any national or international competitive shooting events. The probe committee has recommended that a captain should be appointed for all international tournaments, who would keep a tab on the shooters' activities on tours.” Whenever the team is travelling abroad there should be one captain nominated. |
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After soaring, Shiv spirals down in British Open
GULLANE (SCOTLAND), July 20 Kapur, who had shared the lead briefly in the first round when he had six birdies in seven holes in the first round, had two triple-bogeys and six bogeys in his round today. After his six birdies on the first nine in the first round, Kapur has made only two birdies in two-and-a-half rounds. Kapur had made the cut despite his 77 in the second round. Today, he began steadily, with pars on the first two holes. But then came bogey, triple-bogey, bogey and triple-bogey over four holes. He then parred the next three holes to make the turn at eight-over for the first nine. The return nine were relatively better, with four bogeys and five pars. Westwood and Woods in gripping battle
Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods slugged it out at the British Open as the leadership battle ebbed and flowed in the third round over the bumps and hollows of Muirfield. An eagle and three birdies, including one on the 17th hole, sent Briton Westwood, bidding for a first major triumph, two shots clear, at three-under, of Woods and Hunter Mahan, who sneaked into tied second after two late
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Sushil optimistic about budding wrestlers
Chandigarh, July 20 Regarding his own preprations, he said, “I have started preparing for the world championship and the Olympics. I am practicing day and night at the camp.” |
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Chris Froome of Britain virtually sealed his maiden Tour de France title when he retained the overall lead after Saturday's penultimate stage won by Nairo Quintana.
The Team Sky rider finished third on the 20th stage after attacking on the slopes of Semnez with Quintana and Spain's Joaquim Rodriguez who took second.
Froome leads Colombian Quintana by five minutes and three seconds overall with Rodriguez in third. Barring crashes, they will take the podium when the peloton crosses the line on the
Champs-Elysees in Paris at the end of Sunday's parade.
Shiv Kapur endured another day of horrors at the British Open today, carding a 12-over 83 in the third round to slide down to the bottom of the leaderboard with a total of 228.
Kapur, who had shared the lead briefly in the first round when he had six birdies in seven holes in the first round, had two triple-bogeys and six bogeys in his round today.
London, July 20
Patiala, July 20
