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Butcher leads the Sugiyama
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 Steffi Graf of Germany vehemently disagrees with a line call during her second-round match against Ai Sugiyama of Japan at the Toshiba Tennis Classic in Carlsbad, California, on Wednesday.— AP/PTI |
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Butcher leads the way for England LEEDS, Aug 6 (Reuters) — Mark Butcher hit an unbeaten 93 runs to guide England to 147 for three in their first innings at tea on the first day of the fifth and deciding Test against South Africa at Headingley today. Butcher reached his third 50 in three Tests this summer from 109 balls with seven fours and continued in positive style to reach a career best 93 despite losing both Nasser Hussain and captain Alec Stewart in the afternoon session. At the break Mark Ramprakash was batting on two having survived a powerful but straight chance to Gerhardus Liebenberg at gully shortly before tea. Hussain (9) received a fast away swinger from Shaun Pollock which brushed his glove on the way to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher while Stewart (15) fell to a second slip catch by Jacques Kallis. England captain Stewart opened his account with three fours in one over off Makhaya Ntini before driving too early at an Allan Donald delivery which flew to Kallis at throat height. Ntini, 21, recalled to the side after missing the fourth Test through injury, produced some unexpected bounce in his fifth over of the morning to remove Mike Atherton via a thick edge to Kallis. His 16 came from 50 balls with two fours. Butcher made an immediate impact after Stewart won the toss and chose to bat by tucking Donald off his hip for a boundary in the first over and Atherton guided Shaun Pollock between third slip and gully for another boundary in the second over of the innings. The Keenly anticipated confrontation between Donald and Atherton did not materialise until the seventh over and, despite an opening spell of seven overs, the fast bowler delivered only six balls to the former England captain. Butcher, though, was not bothered and soon passed his scores of 77 and 75 scored in the first and fourth Tests after missing the second and third matches with an injured finger. His unbeaten 93 came from 191 balls with 15 fours. The Surrey lefthander, brother-in-law of Stewart, enjoyed just one moment of good fortune, on 24, when a Pollock delivery looped from the shoulder of his bat and fell fractionally short of gully. England (1st innings): Butcher batting 93 Atherton c Kallis b Ntini 16 Hussain c Boucher b Pollock 9 Stewart c Kallis b Donald 15 Ramprakash batting 2 Extras: (lb-5, w-2, nb-5) 12 Total: (for 3 wkts, 55 overs) 147 Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-83, 3-110. Bowling: Donald
15-5-35-1, Pollock 14-5-28-1, Ntini 12-4-39-1, Kallis
9-4-30-0. McMillan 5-0-10-0.
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Sugiyama stuns Graf; Hingis rolls on CARLSBAD, California, Aug 6 (Reuters) — Four-time champion Steffi Graf was ousted from the Toshiba Tennis Classic by unseeded Ai Sugiyama of Japan last night but world number one Martina Hingis rolled on. Sugiyama stunned the former world number one 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to snap the German’s unbeaten streak at the La Costa resort at 21 matches in a row. "It’s the greatest match I ever played," said the No. 17 seed Sugiyama, who overcame cramps in her right thigh and hamstring a few points before the end of the match. "I feel great." Graf did not. "I never really felt I was playing well from the beginning," said the sixth-seeded Graf, who has fallen to 44th in the world following a nine-month layoff due to left knee surgery. Hingis took the first step towards defending her title by beating Natasha Zvereva of Belarus 6-3, 6-2. Graf had dominated Sugiyama 6-0, 6-1 in their only previous meeting, last March at Indian Wells, California. Graf served for the match at 5-4 but Sugiyama held for a 6-5 advantage. Three times the German star fought off match points on her serve before spraying a backhand long to give Sugiyama another chance. The point was nearly costly when Sugiyama came up limping. She called for a WTA Tour trainer during the two-minute on-court injury timeout before resuming. Sugiyama claimed victory on the next point, however, when Graf smacked a forehand into the net. Hingis played well in her first tournament following her semifinal exit at Wimbledon last month. "I am quite happy I played Zvereva because she gave me a lot of time to prepare," Hingis said. "She is not one of the big hitters, so I could get the feel of the court." Hingis rode a lone service break in the fourth game to capture the opening set when at game point Zvereva popped a string on her racket and the ball landed beyond the baseline. "Once I broke her I just tried to concentrate on my serve, especially," she said. "Sometimes you just wait for the mistake of your opponent. That’s what I did today when I really needed some points." Hingis relied on two quick service breaks to put her ahead 4-1. At 5-2 she closed out the victory on her third match point as Zvereva knocked a backhand long. "She was trying everything but I would have an answer," Hingis said." In other second-round
results, fourth seed Monica Seles defeated Sandrine
Testud of France 7-6, (7-5), 7-5), Mary Pierce of France
rallied past fifth seed and 1995 titleholder Conchita
Martinez of Spain 6-7, (1-7), 6-2, 6-3 and Joannette
Kruger of South Africa beat IVA Majoli of Croatia 6-3,
7-6
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City Club drub Sports Hostel CHANDIGARH, Aug 6 — Reduced to ten men a minute after the breather, City Club, Delhi, overcame a second-half resurgence by Sports Hostel, Haldwani, to emerge victorious by a 4-2 margin and book a place in the last four of the North Zone Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup Football Tournament at the Sector 17 football stadium here today. What promised to be an exciting tussle between the top Delhi outfit and the Sports Hostel lads, turned rather one-sided in the first half with City Club taking a 4-0 lead in the 24th minute but a red card earned by deep defender Kamal Pratap Singh shortly after the breather changed the complexion of the game. Short of one player, City Club went on the defensive and the Haldwani lads exploited the situation to reduce the margin midway through the second half. City Club will now meet Punjab State Electricity Board in the second semifinal to be played on August 8. City Club commenced the proceedings in a whirlwind fashion, taking the lead as early as in the 10th minute of the first half. A cross by Simon Peter saw right striker Nageshwar Rao trapping the ball and dodging one defender before giving a quick back pass to right winger Vimal Thapa. Thapa's booming right footer was on target with goalkeeper Sanjay Pandey looking on helplessly. Three minutes later, Kamal Pratap of City Club made his way down the left flank and sent a measured cross towards the penalty box. With two of the Haldwani defenders having been beaten, left striker Shyam Kumar pounced on the ball and shot home from a difficult angle (2-0). City Club kept up the pressure and six minutes later were successful in consolidating the lead further. A defensive lapse by Sports Hostel's Ranjeev Saini saw Shyam Kumar making full use of the opportunity when he cut through and beat Pandey under the Sports Hostel bar with a neat placement. The Delhi lads, who continued to attack with relentless fury, made it 4-0 in the 24th minute following a move by Joy Paul Raj. Joy Paul's long ranger from the top of the box struck the goal-post and the ball came to an unmarked Sharafat Khan. With full confidence, Sharafat despatched a cross into the box and striker Vimal Thapa lunged forward for a well-directed header which gave the Haldwani goalkeeper absolutely no chance (4-0). After a series of setbacks, Sports Hostel gradually started coming into the game. A kick by Afroz Ahmed from the left corner saw the ball going out kissing the goal-line. Again Jatin Bisht, finding himself in a one-to-one situation with the Delhi goalkeeper aimed a shot which, however, was punched away by Pandey under the City Club bar. Sports Hostel's efforts
were eventually rewarded two minutes before lemon time
when they were awarded a penalty following a rough tackle
on Rakesh Verma by Abdul Waqar. Rais Ahmed Jafri
successfully converted the spot kick to make it 1-4. |
Ali shines; Bhandari maintains lead GURGAON, Aug 6 — Except for Asgar Ali, who fired one under 71, no other leading star could attain yesterday’s form on the second day of the four-day Wills Masters at the Classic Golf Resort here today. Vivek Bhandari failed to dazzle. He could return the card of four over 76 but he continued to lead with an aggregate of 142. Four others — Feroz Ali, Indrajit Bhalotia, Arjun Singh and Gaurav Ghei were tied three strokes behind the leader with an aggregate of 145. Vijay Kumar was on 146. Bhandari’s display caused him as much concern as to his horde of admirers. As yesterday, he began with a bogey and had two more bogeys on fourth and fifth. He was out in 39, three over. On his back nine, he did play slightly better finishing in one over 37 to get an aggregate of 142. Feroz Ali’s fine play in back nine saw him improve his position considerably as he managed an aggregate of 145 along with three others. All leading golfers blamed themselves for their failure to strike form on an ideal course, which played true. The weather was also fine. The cut was applied at 156 with 42 golfers in the fray. Amit Luthra led the field among amateurs. He had a card of 74 which gave him an aggregate of 145. He was followed by Simranjeet Singh, who was placed at 149. Digvijay Singh and Shiraz Kalra were tied at 150 followed by Harmeet Kahlon on 152. Leading scores: Vivek
Bhandari 142 (86 and 760; Feroz Ali 145 (72 and 73);
Indrajit Bhalotia (71 and 74); Arjun Singh (71 and 74)
and Gaurav Ghei (70 and 75), Vijay Kumar 146 (72 and 74). |
Who will be the likely 20 to get
selectors' nod? CHANDIGARH, Aug 6 — The national selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are scheduled to meet in Mumbai on August 9 to select 20 cricketers who will form the nucleus of the Indian team for the 1999 World Cup scheduled to be played in England.Who will be those 20 cricketers who will get the nod of the "five wise men"? The selected cricketers are scheduled to attend a coaching camp under former Australian skipper and coach Bobby Simpson at Chennai from August 21. The stress of the national selectors will obviously be on allrounders, at least seven or eight of them, specially in view of the excellent performance given by the "bits and pieces players" in the 1983 World Cup, which India won. In next year's campaign too it will be the allrounders who will have a major say in the proceedings. It is a different matter that at the moment there are very few accomplished "bits and pieces" players in the country although players like Ajit Agarkar and Robin Singh have already made their mark in international cricket. Going by present indications all the14 players who did duty in the Sri Lanka Independence Cup should get the nod of the selectors. Mohammad Azharuddin (he should retain his place as skipper of the squad till at least the World Cup), Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Ajay Jadeja, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, Robin Singh, Nayan Mongia, Anil Kumble, Ajit Agarkar, Harbajan Singh, Venkatesh Prasad, Debashish Mohanty, Gagan Khoda and Rahul Sanghvi were the players who did national duty in Sri Lanka. Of the above mentioned
players it is quite likely that Debashish Mohanty may not
find favour with the national selectors as his type of
bowling is not suited in England, specially in June when
the ball tends to awayswing even more. In such
circumstances Mohanty's bowling might not be effective at
all. Also, with Javagal Srinath now available for
national duty Mohanty might have to go to make place for
the Karnataka speedster. Ideally, India should go into a one-day match with a combination of five batsmen, four bowlers, one true allrounder and one wicketkeeper. It also helps in the team's campaign when the batsmen can bowl (Sachin and Saurav) or when the bowlers can bat (Hrishikesh Kanitkar or Anil Kumble). It is a different matter than in the Sri Lanka tournament India played one batsman short in the playing eleven but with Sachin Tendulkar in so good form they did not miss the services of a fifth batsman. But the same might not be true in England where even the best of batsmen find it difficult to negotiate the moving delivery. Of the batsmen who went to Sri Lanka Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and Ajay Jadeja select themselves and should be automatic choices. But there are a couple of batsmen who are waiting in the wings so to say who should be in a position to make a very strong bid to find favours with the selectors. The first name which comes to mind is that of Navjot Sidhu, who in spite of being on the wrong side of 30 has not lost his appetite for runs. A gritty opener, Sidhu should be included in the 1999 World Cup squad if not for nothing else but for his vast experience and his copybook style of play. While it is a known fact that neither the skipper nor the cricket manager, Anshuman Gaekwad, want him in the squad for his sloppy running between the wickets but the fact remains that he is the most technically accomplished opening batsman India has today. So long as Sachin and Saurav are going great guns thing are fine but if they fail to click as openers in England it should do the team morale a lot of good to have a player like Navjot waiting in the wings. Also in the running for the a place in the World Cup are batsmen like Gagan Khoda, who did make the trip to Sri Lanka, Vinod Kambli and of course Rahul Dravid.What might go in favour of Vinod Kambli, provided he is fit, is the fact that he is a left hander. But then in the case of Rahul Dravid it can be said that like Navjot he is a very technically perfect batsman. Also there are players like V.V.S. Laxman who could be one of those surprise choices. Again in the fast/medium bowling department most of the players select themselves. One name which is cropping up is that of Robin Singh of Delhi, currently touring Holland with the India "A" team. Those who seem to be certain to get the nod include Srinath, Prasad, Agarkar and Harvinder also, the spinners who select themselves in the squad are Anil Kumble, Harbajan Singh (but he must improve his fielding if he hopes to book a place in the England-bound squad) and Rahul Sanghvi, who has already proved himself as a very gritty cricketer. Those in the wings are Sanjay Roul of Orissa (again a bits and pieces player), Reetinder Singh Sodhi (touring Holland with the India "A" team), Nikhil Chopra and Noel David. But with conditions being what they are in England it is doubtful whether a new spinner would get the nod of the selectors.The national selectors should follow the dictum of horses for courses and in England it will be the medium pacers who will have a greater say. For the wicketkeeper's
slot it seems that Mongia has little competition but then
Bengal's Saba Karim or Hyderabad's M.S. Prasad cannot be
totally ruled out. |
Sampras, Agassi win at Canadian Open TORONTO, Aug 6 (Reuters) — Pete Sampras made a successful return to action following his Wimbledon victory a month ago by beating Italian Gianluca Pozzi 6-1 6-2 in second-round play at the $ 2.45 million Canadian Open. The only one of the top eight seeds who failed to reach the round of 16 was second seed Petr Korda of the Czech Republic. He was ousted 5-7 6-1 6-4 by 44th-ranked Vince Spadea of the USA yesterday. Andre Agassi, the eighth seed, advanced to a third-round clash with 10th seeded Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia by beating France’s Guillaume Raoux 6-4 7-5. Ivanisevic eliminated Armenian Sargis Sargsian 6-3, 6-2. Third-seeded Patrick Rafter of Australia beat qualifier Neville Godwin of South Africa 7-5 6-3 and will next play compatriot and former doubles partner Mark Philippoussis. The 14th-seed Philippoussis advanced with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Wayne Black of Zimbabwe. Fourth seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia beat American Todd Martin 6-2 6-3 and will next face another American, Malivai Washington. Britain’s Tim Henman, the seventh seed, struggled but finally overcame Argentine Guillermo Canas 3-6, 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 to set up a match with ninth seed Albert Costa of Spain, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over American Jan-michael Gambill. Sampras was asked his thoughts about 59-year-old Australian great Rod Laver, an idol of his who suffered a stroke last week. "I’ve thought about him quite a bit," said Sampras, "I really hope I can get a chance to talk to him." Sampras next plays 41st-ranked Tommy Haas of Germany. Agassi continued his hot
streak by recording his 12th match victory in a row
following back-to-back tournament triumphs in Los Angeles
and Washington, and the American Davis Cup team win over
Belgium of July 17-19. "It’s always difficult to change environments, change surfaces, change the elements," Agassi said. "It’s a Lot Slower and Heavier here (than in Los Angeles). A couple of times I got careless and didn’t quite finish off my shots because I was so used to the ball taking off". Talking about Ivanisevic, his third-round opponent, Agassi said: "He has problems staying focussed and confident but when he plays top players he raises his level. I’m seeing the ball clearly, seeing it early and I’m really looking forward to playing him". Henman trailed the 9Ist-ranked Canas 6-2 5-2 before rallying. The 12th-ranked Briton began his comeback by holding serve to 5-3 in the second set. "I felt like I wanted
one last chance to really put pressure on his
serve," said Henman about the ninth game. |
Kunte scores fluent win to remain joint second KOSZALIN, (Poland), Aug 6 (PTI)— IM Abhijit Kunte scored an excellent victory over highly rated gm Vladimir Malanvik of Ukraine on a splendid day for all four Indians in the third round of the m.k. Cafe Cup International Chess here yesterday. GM I. Khenkin (3) emerged sole leader after a win over GM Gdanski (2). Former national ‘A’ champion Kunte remained joint second with four gm’s who had identical 2.5 points each after R. Kempincki drew with experienced Alexander Beliavsky and Z. Hracek split the pinot with I. Novikov. IMs D.V. Prasad and Rahul Shetty bounced back from two losses to post victories along with IM P. Konguvel (2), who scalped gm Yuri Shulman (1). Abhijit Kunte registered his second straight win by beating Malanvik. Employing the English opening with white pieces, he played a slow positional game and with some excellent moves in the centre, managed to win a pawn. The rook and pawn ending that followed was not that easy with very less material on the board but the Indian gm norm holder showed good technical mastery for a polished win. Former national ‘A’ winner P. Konguvel is having a dream run, playing the Grunfeld defence against Shulman, the game proceeded on theoretical lines in which black grabbed a pawn early on the queenside. With his ‘A’ pawn rapidly progressing, he sacrificed his queen and got it back to emerge an exchange up and win. D.V. Prasad (1) played an
energetic game against WGM K. Dabrowsky of Poland in a
Ruy Lopez with white pieces to win while Rahul Shetty
outplayed IM P. Zaracs (Poland) in a Sicilian Najdorf
variation to win in 45 moves. |
Spectacular 224 n.o. by Lara LONDON, Aug 6 (AFP) — Brian Lara put his recent bad run well and truly behind him with a spectacular 224 out of Warwickshire's total of 372 for five against Middlesex at the Lord's. The West Indian captain ended a run of 14 months without a century, hitting 33 fours and one six to make the best score for Warwickshire player against Middlesex. Lara was given support by Anurag Singh with the pair adding 156 in 40 overs for the fourth wicket. Lancashire went into their second successive Old Trafford County championship match knowing that nothing less than victory against fellow high-fliers Gloucestershire would be sufficient. But their top eight batsmen fell into the trap of getting in only to fall before making big scores. The home side finished on 269 for seven with the top eight all making double figures and John Crawley top-scoring with 43. Essex may live to regret Glamorgan's last-wicket partnership of 58 which gave the Welshmen's first innings total a respectable appearance at Chelmsford. Andrew Davies and Owen Parkin managed to survive for 23 overs, causing maximum frustration to former England off-spinner Peter Such who finally took the last wicket to finish with five for 110 in a mammoth 39.2-over spell. Glamorgan were bowled out for 288 with Davies (34) and Parkin (24) both making career-best scores. Nottinghamshire were bowled out by Worcestershire for 164 in 57.5 overs and although their hopes of claiming only their third championship win of the season were raised when Worcestershires slumped to 51 for four. Tom Moody and David Leatherdale shared in an unbroken stand of 72 to leave the home side on 123 for four. Leicestershire's James
Ormond claimed a career-best six for 23 as Somerset were
bowled out for 74 in just under two hours. Then Darren Maddy signalled a return to form after a lean spell by hitting an unbeaten 97 in just under five hours as Leicestershires closed on 238 for seven giving them a lead of 164. But it was not enough to wrest the initiative from Leicestershire who know they have to win this game to stay on the heels of leaders Surrey who are now 40 points ahead. Surrey begin their gamed against Derbyshire at the Oval today. Dean Headley and Min Patel earned a standing ovation from big Canterbury festival crowd after their last-wicket stand of 123 led a determined kent fight back against Hampshire. The hosts were eventually all out for 391 in the last over of the day, claiming maximum batting points for only the second time this season. Michael Bevan struck a sparkling 95 and Wasim Khan a patient 91 to put Sussex on top against Durham at Eastbourne closing on 335 for seven. Reuters adds: Scores at the close of play on the first day of four-day English county championship cricket matches yesterday. At Old Trafford: Lancashire 269-7 V Gloucestershire. At Chelmsford: Glamorgan 288 (A. Dale 73. W. Law 68: P. Such 5-110. N. Williams 4-42). Essex 23-1. At Canterbury: Kent 391 (D. Headley 81. D. Patel 58 not out D. Fulton 54. M. Fleming 51) v Hampshire. At Leicester: Somerset 74 (J. Ormond) 6-33). Leicestershire 237-7 (D. Maddy 97 not out B. Smith 67: A. Caddick 6-82). At Lord's: Warwickshire 372-5 (B. Lara 224 not out) v Middlesex. At Eastbourne: Sussex
335-7 (M. Bevan 95. W. Khan 91. C. Adams 56) v Durham. At
Kidderminster: Nott-inghamshire 164. Worcestershire
123-4. |
Green shows class with 100 m victory STOCKHOLM, Aug 6 (Reuters) — American Maurice Greene enhanced his position at the top of world sprinting when he beat Trinidad rival Ato Boldon over 100 metres in an impressive 9.90 seconds at the Stockholm Grand Prix yesterday. World champion Greene, who last month resoundingly beat Canadian Olympic champion Donovan Bailey to win the Goodwill Games title in New York, dominated the race from start to finish although he was pushed all the way by Boldon, the world 200 metres champion. The two sprinters, who train together, were helped along the way by a slight wind at their backs of 0.3 metres per second, well below the permitted strength for world record purposes. Boldon has run the fastest 100 this year of 9.86 in April. But Greene’s time was his fastest this season and the fourth best run in the world this year over the distance. Boldon, who had looked sharp in the heats earlier in the meeting clocking a wind-assisted 9.89, finished second in the final in 9.96 with American Brian Lewis third in 10.06. The women’s 100 metres lost its bite following the late withdrawal of American world champion Marion Jones because of back pains. The race was won by her compatriot Chrystie Gaines in 10.95 ahead of Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas with veteran Jamaican Merlene Ottey third. Rain poured down half an hour before the meeting was due to start but the main events began in bright sunshine. The conditions certainly suited former world champion Maria Mutola who started the meeting by running the fastest women’s 800 metres in the world this season. The Mozambique athlete, pushed all the way by American Jearl Miles-Clark, clocked one minute 56.71 seconds to beat her own previous fastest of 1:57.03 which she ran in Hechtel, Belgium on Saturday. Organisers, using music cleverly to help boost the atmosphere in the packed stadium, immediately played the west side story song "Maria" to the athlete as she celebrated the fast run in bright early-evening sunshine. Miles-Clark, helped by Russian pacemaker Lyubov Gurina, took the athletes through a quick first lap in 55.88 seconds, before Mutola took over the lead 250 metres before the finish with a burst down the back straight. But she had Miles-Clark breathing down her neck all the way down the finishing straight. The American finished second in 1:57.15. "With Jearl setting
the pace it made me work tonight and she is the main
reason for me setting the stadium record," Mutola
said. "With someone that close you obviously
can’t relax. It’s as simple as that." |
Swimmer De Bruin gets 4-year ban LONDON, Aug 6 (AFP) — Triple Olympic swimming gold medallist Michelle de Bruin of Ireland was today banned from swimming for four years after found guilty of tampering with a drug test, English news agency the Press Association reported. De Bruin was suspended by Fina, the governing body of international swimming, after a hearing last month had initially failed to reach a decision on her future. The case against De Bruin, formerly Michelle Smith, alleged she used alcohol, a masking agent, to tamper with a urine specimen she gave on January 10 at Kilkenny county, Republic of Ireland. A potentially-lethal dose of alcohol found in a first urine specimen was also detected in the back-up sample. De Bruin, 28, had denied tampering with her test and said any manipulation must have taken place after it was out of her sight. The urine specimen was divided into A and B samples and sealed in separate containers after it was given. The chequered past of De Bruin’s Dutch husband and coach Erik de Bruin, a former discus thrower who was once banned for four years after a positive drugs test, had added to a cloud of suspicion surrounding her. The four-year suspension
was the maximum allowed under Fina rules and will
effectively end De Bruin’s career. |
Swimming squad SANGRUR, Aug 6 — The following have been selected to represent Sangrur in the Panjab Sub Junior Swimming Championship being held at Roper from August 7, according to hony. secretary of the District Swimming Association Amarjit Singh. Boys: Jaspreet Singh, Kuldip Singh Harmilp Singh, Nirmaljit Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Ranjit Singh, Manmohan Singh Pawanjit Singh Manraj Singh, Navdeep Singh, Sham Singh, Dalvir Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Randeep Singh, Rajwinder Singh, Ravinder Kumar, Amrinder Singh. Girls: Ravinder Kaur,
Rupinder Kaur, Ritu, Raj Kaaur, Navdeep Kaur, Jagdeep
Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur Neha Sharma,
Kawalpreet. Chopra sisters shine in fencing CHANDIGARH, Aug 6 — Jyoti Shangari, a student of Sector 15 DAV Senior Model Secondary School bagged a gold medal in the foil individual girls' category in the Senior Chandigarh Fencing Championship being held at the Sector 42 Sports Complex here today. The silver medal was claimed by Natasha Chopra a student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, while her sister Hamshi Chopra of Carmel Convent, Sector-9 took the bronze. Mr K.S. Sahota, Secretary of the Chandigarh Fencing Association and Secretary of the Chandigarh Olympic Association gave away the prizes. Other results are: Girls: Individual (epee) Natasha Chopra (GMSSS-16) 1, Aastha Bhardwaj (St Anne - 32) 2, Neelamoney Pannu (GMSSS-16) 3. Boys: Individual (foil):
Manpreet Sandhu (Khalsa College-26) 1, Ramesh Rajput
(Government College-46) 2, Sanjit Singh Pal (St John-26)
3. Epee: Sandeep Singh (Government Polytechnic-26) 1,
Ramesh Rajput (Government College-46) 2, Puneet Kalia
(DAV College - 10) 3(. Sabre — open): Jagpal Singh
Saini (Chandigarh Police) 1, Sumit Kalia (GCM-11) 2,
Jarnail Singh (GMSSS-23) 3. |
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