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Rain saves England from Test defeat BRISBANE, Nov 24 — The first Ashes cricket Test between England and Australia ended in a draw today when the match was cut short by a tropical storm as England struggled to survive. Needing to bat through the fifth and final day to save the match, England were in desperate trouble at 179 for six when the match was abandoned two and a half hours before the close. India down Pak, enter last four NEW DELHI, Nov 24 — Holders India rallied from behind to quell an unexpectedly stiff challenge from Pakistan to score a 2-1 win and enter the semifinals of the second ATF Asia Cup Tennis Tournament here tonight. |
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Rain saves England from Test defeat BRISBANE, Nov 24 (Reuters) — The first Ashes cricket Test between England and Australia ended in a draw today when the match was cut short by a tropical storm as England struggled to survive. Needing to bat through the fifth and final day to save the match, England were in desperate trouble at 179 for six when the match was abandoned two and a half hours before the close. The players were ordered off the Gabba 20 minutes before the scheduled tea break because of bad light and were unable to return to the field after the heavens opened up during a spectacular electrical storm. The storm passed over the ground within an hour but the water it dumped made further play impossible with large pools of surface water flooding the outfield. The match was officially called off at 4:25 p.m. (1155 IST). The early stoppage came as a welcome relief to England who were in deep trouble at the time, with specialist bowlers Dominic Cork and Robert Croft at the crease. England, who had trailed Australia by 110 on the first innings after they collapsed to be all out for 375 by lunch yesterday having started the day at 299 for four, suffered the wobbles for the second day running. They lost three wickets in each session after starting the day at 26 without loss. England’s hopes of saving the match suffered an early setback when opener Michael Atherton departed in the first hour of play after an undisciplined stroke. Atherton pulled Glenn McGrath over square leg for two boundaries in the second over of the day, but chanced his arm once too often when he hooked the Australian paceman straight to Damien Fleming at deep fine leg for 28. It was the 11th time in eight Tests that McGrath had captured Atherton’s wicket. He also dismissed him in the first innings for a duck. Mark Butcher, who scored 116 in the first innings to equal his highest Test score, departed with the total on 96 when MacGill, filling in for the absent Shane Warne, trapped him leg before wicket for 40 when he hit him on the back pad. England captain Alec Stewart, who had made three ducks in five first-class innings on tour and made only eight in England’s first innings, continued his poor form when he fell for three after he was caught by Ricky Ponting off Waugh. Waugh grabbed a second wicket shortly after lunch when Justin Langer held a sharp chance from Surrey lefthander Graham Thorpe at silly mid-on after he made just nine. England’s number three, Nasser Hussain, was the only batsman to look comfortable against the slow bowlers. He twice smashed Waugh over his head for six in the first session but was more cautious after lunch as wickets tumbled around him. He made 47 in two-and-a-half hours before chopping a ball from MacGill back on to his stumps. Mark Ramprakash, one of four Englishmen to make at least 50 in England’s first innings, failed to repeat his performance and was stumped by Ian Healy for 14 after dancing down the pitch to MacGill. Australia, unsurprisingly, had wanted to play on when the players were first told to leave the ground before the storm broke. Under international cricket regulations floodlights can be used in Test matches but only if both teams agree to using them before the start of a series. Australia had given their approval before the Ashes but the English management declined to comply. Australian captain Mark Taylor had been forced to use spinners from both ends after the lunch break today because of concerns about the batsmen’s safety as the dark, brooding clouds began to roll in. But his chances of pressing for victory were dashed at 2:20 p.m. (0950 IST) when umpires Darrell Hair and KT Francis decided that the conditions were "unreasonable". Australia (1st
innings): 485 |
India down Pak, enter last four NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (PTI) — Holders India rallied from behind to quell an unexpectedly stiff challenge from Pakistan to score a 2-1 win and enter the semifinals of the second ATF Asia Cup Tennis Tournament here tonight. Earlier in the day, Uzbekistan whitewashed China 3-0 to set up a semifinal tie against South Korea, 3-0 winners over Thailand yesterday. After Prahlad Srinath was overwhelmed 6-1 6-4 by big serving Pakistani Khaliq Mohammad in the first singles, India number two Mahesh Bhupathi lived up to expectations and defeated Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6-4 7-5 to level the score. The Indian duo of Bhupathi and Syed Fazaluddin then beat Khaliq Mohammad and Qureshi 6-4 7-5 to clinch the tie. Srinath, coming after a short injury lay-off, found himself running all over the court without any success as Khaliq beat him in 80 minutes. India strongly felt the absence of their number one player Leander Paes, recovering from an ankle injury in New York. With the scores level at 1-1, the doubles encounter turned into a keenly contested match. Khaliq, who was unbroken against Srinath, was broken in the 10th game of the first set. After 11 games went with serve, Fazaluddin worked gallantly at the net, returning volleys with quick reflexes to go 15-40 ahead before sending putting a shot between the two stranded Pakistanis to close the match 6-4 7-5. Bhupathi served and volleyed brilliantly to beat Pakistan number one Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in straight sets 6-4 7-5 but not before his opponent gave his a tough fight. Playing under pressure with India down 0-1, Bhupathi, a doubles specialist, struggled to get into his rhythm early on. Four games went with serve before the Indian number two shifted gears, coming into net often, disrupting the baseline game of his Pakistani rival. Bhupathi returned deep and followed it with a volley to break his opponent for the first time. He thumped three aces on crucial points as Qureshi, who was facing a player 500 places above him, looked clueless. The Indian took the set 6-4 in 40 minutes as a sparse crowd went into raptures. After Bhupathi won the first set to put back the holders into the tie, the crowd comprising mainly youngsters egged on the Indian. He also reacted in the same vein pumping his fists in the air everytime he won a major rally. In the second set, Bhupathi broke Qureshi in the third game but the Pakistani had some surprise in store, breaking Bhupathi to level 2-2. The set went on with the serves till 5-5 before Qureshi double faulted in the 11th to trail 0-40. He managed to win one more point but Bhupathi smashed a winner down the line to earn a crucial break. The Indian then served out the set and the match after one hour and 19 minutes for a 6-4 7-5 verdict keeping alive India’s chances in the cup. The Indian defence started on the wrong foot as Prahlad Srinath was surprised by Pakistan’s Mohammad Khaliq, who ambushed the Indian with deep and powerful returns. Srinath looked rusty and gave up meekly to Khaliq, who remained unbroken throughout the match. "I was off colour and it was a hard day for me," Srinath said adding he was a bit shaky while serving and defensive during rallies. "He (Khaliq) served great and went for his shots and after he took the first set, I couldn’t really work my way up," a dejected Srinath said. Srinath who is comfortable playing from the baseline said he failed to keep the ball deep enough and Khaliq took advantage of his weakness.
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Spirited India ‘B’ win Bristol Cup NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (PTI) — Glimpses of growing depth and professionalism was evident as India ‘B’ claimed the Bristol Freedom Cup four-nation football tournament in Colombo with consistent performances throughout. India beat the well-prepared Sri Lanka 3-2 in the final on Saturday, thanks to a brace from Rajesh Kumar Pandey, who also found the golden-goal winner, for a creditable effort as the hurriedly-assembled team had been sent at All-India Football Federation’s own cost after the government refused clearance. "The entire Indian community there, led by our High Commissioner Nareshwar Dayal, was thrilled about our performance", Nazir Ahmed Khan, delegation chief, said on the team’s triumphant return. India surprised Malaysia 3-1 in the opening league match. It was the pre-Olympics side and was trained by foreign coaches, but the youthful Indian team drawn mainly from professional club FC Kochin with others from Mahindra and Mahindra, Air India and Indian Bank showed grit to fight back from a goal down to win. "It was the same Sugathadasa Stadium where Sri Lanka beat our senior team for the SAARC title in 1995 and since it was to commemorate golden jubilee of Sri Lankan independence. There was a lot of prestige attached to it", Khan, president of the Jammu and Kashmir Football Association said. The Indian players showed
a lot of fighting spirit and with a second straight
victory, defeating the Maldives 2-1, sealed India’s
place in the summit clash. Sri Lanka went into the final confident of winning with a side which included striker Roshan Perera, who also appeared for Mohun Bagan last season, and experienced Amanullah. But India rallied twice to equalise before Rajesh Kumar Pandey, who plays for Air India, headed home the golden goal. Noel Wilson, the other
scorer in India’s 3-2 win in the final, received two
Man of the Match awards and the team collected $ 10,000
for emerging victorious. It was a rich reward for the
team which had reached Colombo even without any track
suits distributed to the players. |
Uzbekistan cruise into semis NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (UNI) — Formidable Uzbekistan today powered their way into the semifinals by defeating China in the $ 84,000 second ATF team championship tennis tournament played here today. The Uzbeks, who are the second seeds, now meet the winner of the quarterfinal-match between Chinese Taipei and Indonesia which will be played tomorrow. The day saw some fine tennis played by the Uzbekis which completely overwhelmed the Chinese. The first single of the day, played between Vadim Kutsenko (Uzbeikistan) and Lu Ling (China), was taken by the Uzbek 6-3, 6-3. The match saw both the players play some long rallies and making the other player run around the court for the points. In the first set the Uzbek was able to break Ling’s service in the first game only. But the Chinese retaliated back-to-break Kutsenko’s serve in the fourth game which had some thrilling moments with the Chinese trying to break hard to do so and the latter desperately trying to retain it. The game was taken to three deuces with the Chinese finally making it. But the Uzbek then came up in the fifth game to break the Chinese serve again. He played excellent tennis, though the game was taken to deuce six times. But Kutsenko ultimately got successful and finally broke Ling’s serve. In the second set Kutsenko again started strongly and broke the Chinese’s serve in the first and the fourth games. The Chinese salvaged some pride by breaking the Uzbeks’ serve in the fourth game. The set saw both the players fire an ace each and also make an equal number of double faults. The match saw both the Ling and Kutsenko play long rallies, although the Chinese was not able to get his first serve in. In the second match of the day Oleg Ogorodov (Uzbekistan), the top ranked Uzbek, easily overwhelmed Yang-Jing Zhu (China) 6-1, 6-2 in just 47 minutes. The match saw some top class tennis with the Uzbek firing eight aces during the match. The Uzbek showed his superior class from the beginning only when he broke the Chinese’ first serve. He also fired two aces in his first serve. Zhu made six double faults during the match. He consecutively double faulted thrice in the fourth game of the first set but played some brilliant tennis by coming down from 0-40 to ultimately retain his serve. But the hard serving Uzbek served brilliantly throughout the match and took four games from the Chinese on love. The deciding game saw some
wonderful tennis by Ogorodov who came up from 0-40 down
to deuce the game and then finally take the game and the
match by firing an ace. He fired four aces in this game. |
India Youth pile up 242 for four PUNE, Nov 24 (PTI) — Opener Debang Gandhi’s superb 120 helped India Youth reach 242 for four wickets in their first innings against West Indies ‘A’ on the penultimate day of their three-day match at the Nehru Stadium here today. Earlier, resuming at 350 for five overnight, the visitors added 49 runs for the loss of two wickets before declaring their first innings 38 minutes before lunch at 399 for seven with Courtney Browne not out on 22. Gandhi and left hander S Ramesh then gave their side a brisk start, smashing the visitors’ pace bowlers to all corners of the field in a 128-run opening stand. Ramesh (46, 105 b, 6 x 4) was the first to depart, caught by Adrian Griffith at square leg off seamer Pedro Collins. One-down batsman Rohan Gavaskar followed soon after, caught by Christopher Gayle off Neil Mogarrel on four, and India Youth were 133 for 2 in 37.2 overs. Mogarrel then struck twice, removing Mithun Manhas (28) and then getting Gandhi caught by Ian Bishop. Gandhi’s 120 came off 186 balls in 250 minutes. He hit 15 boundaries and a six. Mogarrel claimed three wickets for 50 runs for West Indies ‘A’, while seamer Pedro Collins chipped in with a wicket. West Indies ‘A’ (1st innings) overnight 350 for 5: Adrian Griffith c V Dahiya b A Zaidi 2, Sherwin Campbell c D Gandhi b U Kamal 4, Keith Simple b U Kamal 10, Wavell Hinds c V Dahiya b R Gavaskar 101, Richard Smith lbw A Zaidi 179, Christopher Gayle lbw b R Gavaskar 43, Coutney Browne not out 22, Carl Tuckett c S Ramesh b S Bahutule 27. Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 5) 11. Total (in 111.2 overs decl for 7 wickets) 399. Fall of wkts: 1-7, 2-18, 3-22, 4-241, 5-326, 6-359, 7-399. Bowling: Obaid Kamal 25-9-58-2, Ashish Zaidi 19-4-83-2, Nilesh Kulkarni 20-6-83-0, Sairaj Bahutule 23.2-1-104-1, S Sriram 8-2-18-0, Mithu Manhas 6-1-15-0, Rohan Gavaskar 7-2-26-2, Dabang Gandhi 3-1-6-0. India Youth: 242 for 4. |
Six fours in opening over MUMBAI, Nov 24 (PTI) — Left-hander Amrish Kotecha slammed Mumbai paceman Abey Kuruvilla for six fours in the first over of the Gujarat second innings as the visitors reached 140 for three by close on the second day of their four-day West Zone Ranji Trophy match here today. The Gujarat opener made a quickfire 41 off 18 balls with as many as 10 fours, seven of these off the first seven balls he faced, as the visitors gave a much improved display in the second innings after trailing the home team by a massive 283 on the first. Gujarat made 140 off 33 overs in their second essay, needing 143 more runs to make Mumbai bat again. At the crease were skipper Mukund Parmar (36) and Tejas Varsani (8). Earlier, Mumbai opener Wasim Jaffer compiled a marathon 180, his fourth first class ton, in eight hours to top-score in the home team’s first innings tally of 373 for five declared which was in reply to Gujarat’s paltry total of 90. Skipper Sachin Tendulkar (32) and Vinod Kambli (24) played cameo knocks while Amol Muzumdar notched up an unbeaten 52 in 77 balls as Mumbai, carrying on from their overnight 145 for one, applied closure 43 minutes before tea. Scores: Gujarat 90 and 140 for 3 (Amrish Kotecha 41, Niraj Modi 34, Mukund Parmar batting 36, Tejas Varsani batting 8; Abey Kuruvilla 2 for 42. Mumbai 373 for 5 decl. (Wasim Jaffer 180, Sameer Dighe 56, Sachin Tendulkar 35, Amol Muzumdar 52 not out). Gujarat made a sensational start as Kotecha, out for one in the first innings, waded into India discard Kuruvilla and clobbered him in the first over. A streaky four through the slip cordon off the first ball was followed by a clip off toes to mid-wicket, and straight drives before Kotecha rounded it off with two flashing square cuts when Kuruvilla pitched short. Kotecha also struck Paras Mhambrey, off the first ball he bowled to the left hander, for another four to complete the amazing sequence of seven fours in as many balls. He then packed Kuruvilla off the firing line with another boundary in the bowler’s second over, hit two more fours before snicking Mhambrey to keeper Sameer Dighe. The rest of the batsmen took encouragement from Kotecha’s fireworks and stood up firmly to the Mumbai pace attack which had bundled them out without a fight in the first innings. Kuruvilla, after conceding 30 runs in his first two overs, came back and made amends in his second spell by sending back both left hander Niraj Patel (12) and Nilesh Modi (34). Earlier, the Mumbai
innings centred around Jaffer’s steady knock at one
end and the stroke-making of Tendulkar, who hit four
fours and a six in 40 balls, Kambli (three sixes in 26
balls) and an unusually aggressive Muzumdar (5 fours in
77 balls) |
Ijaz’s ton helps Pak clinch series 2-1 RAWALPINDI, Nov 24 (Reuters) — Pakistan, inspired by a quick-fire century from Ijaz Ahmed, scored an emphatic 111-run win over Zimbabwe today to win the deciding one-day game and the series 2-1. Pakistan made 302 for six in 50 overs and their pumped-up bowlers then ripped through Zimbabwe, who were all out for 191 in 37.2 overs. Ijaz hit 132 off 103 balls, his ninth one-day century, and put together a third-wicket stand of 97 in 117 balls with Inzamam-ul-Haq. Zimbabwe lost openers Neil Johnson and Grant Flower to Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram within four overs. Both were caught at the wicket by Moin Khan who also held Murray Goodwin for 29 off Aqib Javed. From 80 for three, the tourists slumped to 124 for seven as off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq took three wickets in 21 balls. Andy Flower put up the only real resistance, scoring 61, including three fours, before he was bowled by Aamir Sohail. Earlier, an opening stand of 77 between Sohail and Saeed Anwar provided a solid foundation for the Pakistan innings. Sohail was bowled by off-spinner Andy Whittall for 20 and Anwar was run out off a throw from Gavin Rennie when on 73. A third-wicket stand of 97 in 117 balls between Ijaz and Inzamam-ul-Haq put Pakistan on course for a sizeable score. Pakistan: Anwar run out 73 Sohail b A.Whittall 20 Ijaz c G Flower b Streak 132 Inzamam c Goodwin b Streak 34 Moin lbw b Brandes 9 Wasim run out 20 Azhar not out 3 Extras (lb-3 w-6 nb-2) 11 Total (50 overs) 302 Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-110, 3-207, 4-225, 5-279, 6-302. Bowling: Brandes 10-1-57-1 (w2), Johnson 7-0-63-0 (w3 nb1) Streak, 10-1-62-2 (w1), Whittall 10-1-38-1, G Flower 1-0-8-0, Strang 8-0-51-0, Campbell 2-0-9-0, Goodwin 2-0-11-0 (nb1). Zimbabwe: Johnson c Moin b Wasim 11 G.Flower c Moin b Waqar 11 Goodwin c Moin b Aqib 29 A.Flower b Aamir Sohail 61 Campbell b Saqlain 3 Wishart b Saqlain 6 Rennie c Inzamam b Saqlain 5 Streak run out 10 Strang not out 26 Brandes b Waqar 4 Whittall lbw b Aamir 4 Extras (lb-7 w-7 nb-7) 21 Total (all out, 37.2 overs) 191 Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-28, 3-80, 4-85, 5-97, 6-110, 7-124, 8-181, 9-186. Bowling: Wasim Akram 6-0-25-1, Waqar Younis 8-0-49-2, Aqib Javed 9-0-47-1, Azhar Mahmood 2-0-10-0, Saqlain Mushtaq 7-0-27-3, Aamir Sohail 5.2-0-26-2.
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Kanitkar to lead India ‘A’ PUNE, Nov 24 (PTI) — All-rounder Hrishikesh Kanitkar of Maharashtra will lead the India ‘A’ team for the first two Test matches against the visiting West Indies ‘A’ team. Announcing the 14-member India ‘A’ squad here today, cricket board secretary J Y Lele said the team for the three one-day matches to be held at Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Mumbai would be announced at Chennai during the second Test. The first Test would commence at Bangalore from November 28 to December 1 while the second would be held at Chennai from December 4 to 7. Experienced spinners Sairaj Bahutule and Nilesh Kulkarni, both of Mumbai, have been dropped by the selectors due to poor performances in the three-day tie against West Indies ‘A’ team, which is in progress here. Wicket-keepers, Sayed Saba Karim or MSK Prasad would be selected for the New Zealand tour if the managements wanted replacement for Nayan Mongia, he added. Chairman of selection committee, Ajit Wadekar along with other selectors Shivlal Yadav, Anil Deshpande, Ashok Malhotra and Madan Lal were also present on the occasion. The team: H Kanitkar
(cap-Maha), S Ramesh (TN), Devang Gandhi (Bengal), A
Muzumdar (Mumbai), A Khurasia (MP), M S Prasad (Andhra),
R Sanghvi (Delhi), N Chopra (Delhi), Robin Singh (jr)
(Delhi), R Gavaskar (Bengal), Ubaid Kamal (UP), Doda
Ganesh (Karna), Wasim Jaffar (Mumbai) and Sanjay Raul
(Orissa). |
India beat Pak by 8 wickets NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (PTI) — A skipper’s knock of 113 by Anand Sharma helped India beat arch rivals Pakistan by eight wickets to reach the semifinals with a clean slate in the inaugural Kanishka World Cup cricket for the blind here today. Anand Sharma’s superb effort and his 174-run second wicket stand with all-rounder Balaji Damor (62 n.o.) propelled favourites India to 248 for two in 36.1 overs after they had inserted and restricted Pakistan to 244 for 8 in 40 overs. The hosts will meet South Africa, who beat New Zealand by seven wickets thanks to skipper Rury Field’s (163) third century here, in the semifinals on November 26. Pakistan meet Australia in the other semifinal on the same day. Sushil Guard (3/41) helped India restrict Pakistan to 244 for eight. Opener Masood Jan, who enlivened the tournament with a world record 262 against South Africa, scored 52, Abdul Razzaq hit an unbeaten 67 and Zareen Khan added 35 runs. England thrashed Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in an inconsequential league match. Brief scores: Pakistan -
244 for 8 in 40 overs (M Jan 52, A Razzaq 67 n.o; Sushil
Guard 3/41) lost to India - 248 for 2 (Anand Sharma 113,
B Damor 62 n.o, R Sharma 30 n.o.). |
BSF lift Nehru hockey title NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (PTI) — Border Security Force defeated Punjab and Sind Bank 2-1 in a subdued all-Jalandhar final to claim their seventh title in the 35th Nehru-ONGC Senior Hockey Tournament at the National Stadium here today. BSF, who won the Surjit Memorial Tournament at their hometown 10 days ago proved their superiority once again in a repeat final clash by scoring a goal either side of the break. Shinu Herenz converted BSF’s first penalty corner in the 20th minute to put them ahead and Habil Topno added another in the 55th minute before Parminder Singh pulled one back for the bankmen two minutes later in a match which proved lacklustre due to defensive play by both sides. It did not call for any extraordinary effort from BSF as the bankmen seemed content with defensive tactics hoping to capitalise on quick counter attacks, a strategy which failed as the BSF defence maintained a tight leash on the PSB forwards. Earlier IHF blues defeated Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) 5-2 to secure the third place. Daljit Singh Dhillon (13th, 54th) and Gursevak Singh (28th, 44th) struck twice each and with international Gagan Ajit Singh adding a goal, the second string national team did not face much problem in upstaging SAIL. Prakash Chalke (31st) and Mangra Munda (47th) scored for SAIL, who reached the last four in their maiden appearance here. BSF would have gone ahead as early as the 15th minute but Herenz delayed in taking a hit at the goal. But the plucky half back did not make any mistake five minutes later when BSF won the first of their only two penalty corners of the match. Herenz received a pass from Kuljinder Singh and struck the indirect effort home to put BSF ahead. Herenz could have added another but missed a fine chance when he hit straight to goalkeeper Teja Singh, a junior World Cup player. Habil Topno also made the same mistake just before half time. The bank men, meanwhile, had a chance to level when they earned their first penalty corner in the 23rd minute but failed to convert. After the interval PSB showed some urgency and launched a number of good attacks but the BSF defence stood strong. PSB forced three penalty corners in the space of seven minutes but could capitalise on none. SSF’s Topno also muffed up on a couple of occasions - an easy opportunity 10 minutes into the second half when he failed to tap in a pass across the goalmouth by Herenz. But the speedy forward made amends in the 55th minute when he capitalised on a faulty clearance by defender Bhupinder Singh to make it 2-0 for BSF. Parminder Singh made it
2-1 two minutes later when he scored off a pass by Ram
Saran. The bankmen had a chance to restore parity three
minutes from the long hooter but Ram Saran’s hit
went wide. |
IGS Centre overall champions CHANDIGARH, Nov 24 — Indira Gandhi Stadium Centre with two gold and three silver won the overall championship on the concluding day of the sixth All India Invitational AK Misra Memorial Boxing Championship at the skating rink Sector 10, here today. The championship attracted as many as 183 pugilists. Chandigarh with two gold and two silver were a close second. Parmod Singh of Chandigarh was declared the best boxer while M Murthy of Karnataka the best loser of the tournament. Baljeet Singh of Punjab today lifted the heavy weight title when he forced Pramod Sharma of IGS, Delhi to retire after the fourth round. International Makwinder Singh of Punjab last on points against J Shyam of Southern Railway 2-3. Manoj Panwar, another international of Delhi gave his side the feather weight title by easily winning the bout against Jagdeep Singh of Punjab 5-0. The light middle weight title went to Jagjit Singh who beat Varinder Dangi of Chandigarh on points 5-0. Out of the 12 events, IGS, Delhi and Chandigarh each got two gold. Southern Railway also got two gold while Punjab, Pondicherry, PSEB, Pepsu, 16 Sikh and Karnataka got one gold each. Results: Final bouts; Light fly weight: upto 48 kg: Anand (Chd Y) beat Ramesh Singh (Chd P) knock out — 5th round. Fly weight — 48-51 kg: Shailesh Kumar (SR) b Sandeep Sharma (Har) on points 5-0. Bantam weight — 51-54 kg: Parmod Singh (Chd Y) b Ravi Prakash (Pepsu) on points 4-1; Feather weight — 54-57 kg: Manoj Panwar (IGS, Delhi) b Jagdeep Singh (Pb) on points 5-0; Light weight — 57-60 kg: J. Vinod Kumar (Ktk) b Ramesh Kumar (IGS, Delhi) on points 5-0; Light welter weight — 60-63.5 kg: Amandeep Singh (Pond) b Gurwinder Singh (Chd 'Y') on points 5-0; Welter weight — 63.5 kg 67 kg: J. Shyam (SR) b Malwinder Singh (Pb) on points 3-2; Light middle weight — 67-71 kg: Jagjit Singh (PSEB) b Varinder Dangi (Chd 'Y') on points. Middle weight — 71-75 kg: Sunil Kumar (Pepsu) b Pawan (IGS, Delhi) on points 3-2; Light heavy weight — 75-81 kg: Satpal Singh (16 Sikh) b Manjeet SIngh (Chd 'P') on points 5-0; Heavy weight — 81-91 kg: Baljeet Singh (Pb) b Pramod Sharma (IGS, Delhi) knock out fourth round retired. Super heavy weight — Above 91 kg: Rajendra Singh (IGS, Delhi) b M. Murthy (Ktk) on points 4-1. Mr SS Dhindsa, vice-president, IOA, gave away the prizes.
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5 Indian umpires for Asiad tennis NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (PTI) — Five Indians have been appointed umpires for next month’s Bangkok Asian Games by the Asian Tennis Federation and the games organising committee (BAGOC). Nitin Kanamwar (Mumbai), Puneet Gupta, Somuya Rao (both Delhi), Ankush Kapoor and Praveen Kumar (both Chandigarh) are the umpires selected from India, ATF Tournament referee NAO Kawatei told PTI. Kanamwar and Gupta are both ITF bronze badge holders while Kapoor and Rao carry the white badge, which is a rung below the bronze one. Chandigarh’s
20-year-old Praveen Kumar, a non-certified umpire, is the
youngest among the lot. |
Dass snooker champ CHANDIGARH, Nov 24 — Michael Dass today became the Chandigarh Junior Snooker champion when he outclassed Mohit Bajaj 31-52, 84-38, 58-56 and 66-23 on the concluding day of the Chandigarh Junior Billiards and Snooker Championship here today. Mohit was able to show some potting in the first frame and won with remarkable ease at 52-31. However, Michael bounced back and did not let Mohit to collect points and won by a huge margin of 84-38. In the third frame, it was a cliff hanger with both level several time and it was Michael's day as he took the frame at 58-56. The final frame saw Mohit losing temper and on many occasions he missed opportunities. Michael took advantage of the weakness of his rival and pocketed the final frame at 66-23 and the title. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh
Billiards and Snooker Association has selected the
following players to represent Chandigarh in the
forthcoming nationals. The team is: Junior snooker:
Michael Dass and Mohit Bajaj, Junior billiards: Manan
Nagpal and Mohit Bajaj. Ladies snooker and billiards:
Aradhana Duggal and Dr Priya Bedi. |
World yoga meet from Nov 28 CHANDIGARH, Nov 24 — Upender Kumar of Delhi and Shalini Malhotra of Haryana will lead the Indian teams of boys and girls, respectively, in the seventh World Yoga Championship to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from November 28. Mr Dharam Vir president of Indian Yoga Federation, disclosed here today. H.D. Mr Kaushik would be the chef-de-mission of the 12-member Indian team for the two-day championship, adding that yoga had become an integration sport and Argentina had recognised yoga as a sports discipline. Besides India, 13 other
countries, including the USA, Brazil and the hosts, will
take part in the championship. He also said that 17th
national yoga championship would be held from December 14
to 16 in Bangalore. All the states and union territories
had confirmed their participation. |
Nirupama ends year at 174 NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (PTI) — India’s Nirupama Vaidyanathan has ended 1998 with a career-best ranking of 174, according to the latest Women’s Tennis Association world rankings released at Miami, Florida, yesterday. The 21-year-old has jumped 13 places from last week’s standing of 187 in the year-end rankings and has 123 WTA points, according to the list provided by AFP. The Indian number one, who played in Australia for the last two weeks, has touched 175 after becoming the first Indian woman to win a round in a Grand Slam event by reaching the second round of the Australian Open in January last. Nirupama arrives here to participated in the $ 75,000 women’s ITF event starting at the Delhi Tennis Association complex from November 30 to December 6. She has added seven WTA points from the 115 she had in her kitty last week. She was ranked 183 in the first week of November. The Coimbatore-born
Nirupama spearheads the Indian women’s challenge at
next month’s Asian Games to be held in Bangkok from
December 6 to 20. |
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Badminton trophy for Amritsar lads ROHTAK, Nov 24 (TNS) — DAV School, Amritsar, won the badminton trophy in the three-day Mahatma Hansraj Aryan Sports Tournament which concluded here on Sunday. Nearly 1400 sportsmen from the 600 DAV schools of the country participated in various events like long jump, high jump, badminton, basketball, volleyball, hockey and table tennis. It is for the first time that DAV institutions have organised such a tournament on an all-India basis. DAV school, Amritsar, lifted the badminton trophy by defeating DAV School Kaithal in the final. The third place was captured by DAV Public School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi. Delhi Zone defeated Punjab Zone 3-0 to lift the table tennis trophy. DAV Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi beat DAV Public School, Palwal, to bag the volleyball trophy and DAV, School, Rohni, (Delhi) defeated DAV Jagraon in the hockey final. DAV School, Jaipur defeated Hansraj Model School, Delhi, in the basketball final. DAV School Panipat (Thermal Colony) lifted the football trophy by defeating DAV School, Amlohri (Bihar) in the final. DAV School Faridabad defeated Hansraj Model School, Delhi, to bag the cricket trophy. The kabaddi title was won by DAV School Shalimar Bag, Delhi, but DAV School, Ranchi, from Bihar Zone took the largest share of medals in athletic events. PSEB triumph PATIALA, Nov 24 (FOSR) — Fine knocks by Ranji Trophy players Sanjeev Kapooria (54) and Sukhvinder Tinku (58) enabled PSEB to beat Kohli XI by four wickets and move into the final of the ‘Khalsa-300 years’ Cricket Tournament played at the campus grounds here today. Scores: Kohli XI: 159 for 9 (R. Patha 70, Rajesh Sethi 20, Sandeep Kohli 3 for 32, Lakhbir Singh 2 for 12, R. Pandey 2 for 35). PSEB: 161 for 6 (S. Tinku 58, S. Kapooria 54, Sandeep Kohli 25 not out, Vineet Jain 2 for 24, R.P. Singh 2 for 26). HP skittled out for 161 PATIALA, Nov 24 (FOSR) — Rajeev Jolly struck a fine line and length to send Himachal Pradesh crashing to 161 all out on day one of the North Zone Vijay Merchant (under-16) Cricket Tournament league match played at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium here today. Scores: Himachal Pradesh (1st innings) 161 all out (Pankaj Thakur 46, Naveen Handa 31, Rajeev Jolly 5 for 28, Varun Mishra 2 for 15). Punjab (1st innings) 36 for 1 (Amit Chopra 18, Binwant 10 not out, Umesh Kumar 1 for 4). Hockey tourney from Dec 5 PATIALA, Nov 24 (FOSR) — The 23rd All India Liberals Hockey Tournament will be held at Ripudaman College grounds, Nabha, near here, from December 5 to 14. Classified as a 'A' grade tournament, this year's edition will see 30 top outfits of the country vying for top honours. Among the top teams will be Punjab Police, Army Eleven, PSEB (Patiala) MEG (Bangalore) ITBP (Neemuch), Sail (Delhi) Sai Sports Centre. (Patiala) PSB Academy, ONGC, Dehra Doon and Central Railway (Bombay). This tournament is being organised in collaboration with the Malwa Art, Sports and Cultural Educational Trust, according to Mr G.S. Bains, president of the Liberals Hockey Organising Committee. PBA to start three ranking tourneys SANGRUR, Nov 24 (FOSR) — Punjab Badminton Association, in a bid to provide more competition to its players, has decided to conduct three major ranking tournaments. Mr KS Janjua, president of the Punjab Badminton Association, stating it here said in future Punjab teams for participation in national championships will be selected on the basis of points won in state championship and three major ranking tournaments. This year competition will be conducted only for seniors but from the next year the association plans to start tournaments for junior and sub juniors also. It has also been decided that the players can make their own pairings but they can not change the partners. They will have to play together in all the tournaments. This year the tournaments have been allotted to Sangrur (December 10-12), Patiala (Jan 6-8) and Ludhiana (Jan 10-12). Injured Pawan loses CHANDIGARH, Nov 24 (TNS) — A Limping Pawan Kapoor of CITCO succumbed 6-2, 6-3 to Julian Knoville of Austria in the fourth round of the United States Tennis Association Satellite Championship in Tucson (Arizona) yesterday. The leg injury that kept Pawan out of the first leg of the tournament showed up again robbing him of a chance to earn valuable ATP points in the fourth round. Knoville is ranked 307th in the world. Rifle shooting results SANGRUR, Nov 24 (FOSR) — Mansher Singh and Avdeep Gill were declared best shooters in the district rifle shooting competition which concluded here today. The results: 177 Air rifle Sr. men: Harpreet Singh, 2 Mansher Singh and Harman Preet, 3 Satinderpal Singh Sr women: 1 Avdeep Gill, 2 Chanderpreet Kaur 3 Harinder Kaur Jr. men: 1 Harpreet, 2 Mansher Singh, 3 Yogeshwar Singh Jr women: 1 Amninder, 2 Karan Singh, 3 Harinder, Sub Junior men: 1 Amninder, 2 Karan Singh, 3 Harnihal Singh 177 air pistol Sr. men: 1 Harmanpreet, 2 Masher Singh, 3 Harnihal Singh Sr. women: 1 Avdeep Grewal 2 Amandeep Kaur, 3 Chanderpreet. Jr men: 1 Mansher Singh, 2 Yogeshwar Singh, 3 Harnihal Singh. Jr women: 1 Avdeep 2 Amandeep 3 Chanderpreet. 2 bore rifle: 1 Avdeep, 2 Amandeep Jr women: 1 Avdeep and Amandeep, 2 Chanderpreet and Harinder Kaur 3 Mandeep Kaur. Jr. men: 1 Mansher Singh, 2 Jaskaran and Sukhchain, 3 Paramdeep Singh. Civil services hockey CHANDIGARH, Nov 24 (TNS) — The Chandigarh Sports Department will organise the All-India Civil Services Hockey Tournament from December 10 to 15 at the hockey stadium, Sector-42, here. As many as 30 teams from different states are likely to participate in this tournament. Trials to select the
Chandigarh team will be held on November 28, at the
hockey stadium, Sector-42. All interested players may
report to Jasbir Singh, hockey coach, at 3 p.m. |
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