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Bowlers put Karnataka in command BANGALORE, Oct 3 — With its main batsmen back in the pavilion on a truncated day, Rest of India were struggling at 202 for seven in reply to Karnataka’s first innings score of 326 on the third day of the Irani Trophy cricket match at Chinnaswamy Stadium here today. Kumble's ton puts India on top HARARE, Oct 3 — India took a commanding lead against Zimbabwe Board President’s XI on the second day of the three-day match here today and it was particularly pleasing for Anil Kumble who hit a cracking unbeaten century. Aussies in control of first Test RAWALPINDI, Oct 3 — Australia took command of the first Test today, amassing 513 all out in reply to Pakistan’s 269 for a first innings lead of 244. Punjab cops, PSB enter semis CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Front-runners Punjab Police and Punjab and Sind Bank completed the semifinal line-up of the 28th All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament registering impressive wins in the quarterfinals at the Sector 42 hockey stadium here today. |
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 MUNICH, GERMANY : Swiss player Martina Hingis gets a therapy on her leg during their semi-final match vs. Swiss Patty Schnyder at the tennis Compaq Grand Slam tournament in the Munich Olympic hall on Friday. Hingis cancelled the match in the third set caused by an injury. AP/PTI Venus in final, Hingis pulls out MUNICH, Oct 3 — American Venus Williams outpowered Wimbledon finalist Nathalie Tauziat of France to set up a final with Swiss Patty Schnyder at the Grand Slam Cup yesterday. |
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Orissa clash with Punjab in q-finals CHENNAI, Oct 3 — The quarterfinal line up was drawn at the conclusion of the preliminary league ties of the Bank of Baroda 49th Senior Women’s National Hockey Championship here today. Delhi eves thrash Chandigarh JAIPUR, Oct 3 — Defending champions Delhi started their campaign on a winning note as they thrashed hosts Rajasthan 3-0 and stormed into the semifinals in men’s section of the North Zone Inter State Badminton Tournament which got underway at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here today. Delhi HC XI in final CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — A fine skipper's knock of 78 of 67 balls by Sohail Dutt enabled the Delhi HC Association XI beat Allahabad HC Advocates Association XI by 61 runs to enter the finals of the Ist Inter-High Court Cricket tournament being played at DAV College grounds. Patiala forced to follow on PATIALA, Oct 3 — Jalandhar skipper Vikram Rathore did not have to use any imaginative ploy and should be thankful to the Patiala batsmen, who with a combination of some rank bad shots and an indifferent attitude, plotted their own downfall, being all out for a meagre 137 in the first innings in the Katoch Shield cricket tournament being played at the Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium here today. Naveen, Nitin share lead CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Naveen Jain, Nitin and Sanjeev Kumar were leading at the end of the fourth round in the Ninth Chandigarh Chess Championship being held at St. Xavier Senior Secondary School, Sector 44 here today. |
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Bowlers put Karnataka in command BANGALORE, Oct 3 (PTI) — With its main batsmen back in the pavilion on a truncated day, Rest of India were struggling at 202 for seven in reply to Karnataka’s first innings score of 326 on the third day of the Irani Trophy cricket match at Chinnaswamy Stadium here today. The visitors managed to add 102 runs today, losing four wickets in the process failing to negotiate spinner Vijay Bhardwaj who claimed two wickets for just 10 runs. Play was called off for the day at 3.55 p.m. due to rain and bad light. At 1.50 p.m. play was disrupted due to bad light and an early tea was taken. The sixth wicket partnership between M.S.K. Prasad and Nikhil Chopra was the lone good patch in the Rest batting and the duo went on to add 65 runs in 124 minutes. Earlier, Rohan Gavaskar (overnight 21) lost his concentration and was out following a thick outside edge carrying to the safe hands of first slip Sujith Somasunder off Joshi. Gavaskar had chipped in with 40 runs. Karnataka struck the first blow early in the game today. S. Sharath (26) was caught behind by Siraguppi off medium pacer Dodda Ganesh. Earlier, Sharath had a reprieve while on 20 but the dropped catch by Siraguppi off spinner Sunil Joshi was not costly as the batsman got out in the very next over. After the exit of Rohan Gavaskar with addition of just six runs for the fifth wicket, M.S.K. Prasad was joined by Nikhil Chopra. Chopra, an all rounder from Delhi, was the lone batsman to keep the Karnataka bowlers at bay. With neat footwork, Chopra played with equal felicity facing upto both the medium pacers and spinners, Sunil Joshi in particular, who claimed three wickets conceding 49 runs. Though he was cautious in
his approach, Chopra was not hesitant to punish loose
deliveries. Rest were 174 for 5 at lunch. Resuming after lunch, the Rest pair of Prasad and Chopra stuck to their wickets for sometime. Prasad, who could not contain his urgency though playing well, also fell cheaply. Spinner Vijay Bharadwaj, who came on to bowl in place of A. Katti, maintained a good line and length and was economical too, and succeeded in separating Prasad from Chopra. Playing defensively to Bharadwaj, Prasad offered a straight forward catch to Girish Rao at forward short leg. Prasad made 17. Bharadwaj struck once more dismissing Sivaramakrishnan, for zero, caught by Siraguppi. Captain Venkatesh Prasad’s decision to bring on Bharadwaj paid off as the spinner in his seven overs, of which five were maidens, took two wickets, at five runs a piece. For Karnataka, Dodda Ganesh (2/47) and Sunil Joshi (3/49) were the other wicket takers. When stumps were drawn earlier than the scheduled close due to rain and bad light, Chopra was at the crease with a well made 44 and giving him company was Mumbai’s Paras Mhambrey, yet to open his account. Karnataka (Ist innings): 326 Rest of India (1st
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Kumble's ton puts India on top HARARE, Oct 3 (PTI) — India took a commanding lead against Zimbabwe Board President’s XI on the second day of the three-day match here today and it was particularly pleasing for Anil Kumble who hit a cracking unbeaten century. The small weekend crowd were treated to some entertaining batting launched by the peerless Sachin Tendulkar as a lead of 244 was built before the declaration was applied, 97 minutes after lunch. India declared its innings on 400 for five. The hosts had made 156 in their first innings. Kumble and wicketkeeper-batsman Nayan Mongia were associated in an unbroken 160-run partnership for the sixth wicket. And as soon as Kumble completed his ton, captain Ajay Jadeja called for declaration. Kumble’s (100) came in 142 minutes off 126 balls including nine fours and one six. Mongia remained unbeaten on 70 with 10 boundaries. Earlier, Tendulkar came out to bat only in the second over of the day when hard-working Bryan Strang managed to find the edge of overnight batsman Jadeja’s bat and the chance was gleefully accepted by lone slip Trevor Penny. Tendulkar was merciless in his strokeplay. He was dominant as only he could be hitting fours and sixes by minutes. He started with smashing cover drives to Angus McKay and even as the bowlers were shuffled, left-arm spinner Raymond Price and Strang were hammered to embarrassment. The batting maestro raced to his 50 off only 27 balls and when he was dismissed for 70, made of 47 balls, he had hit 10 fours and four sixes. Before Tendulkar got going, India had lost the other overnight batsman Robin Singh (49), who failed to make any significant addition to his yesterday’s total of 34. Tendulkar departed to a boundary-line catch off price but there was no end of agony for the President’s boys. Nayan Mongia and Anil Kumble went remorselessly about their task, especially the latter who grew in confidence with each passing stroke, posting his 50 off 74 balls with seven fours and one six. Within an hour into afternoon, the declaration was coming, only Kumble’s impending hundred kept it pending. It came to a stage when Mongia refused singles so that Kumble could rush to his hundred. Scoreboard
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Aussies in control of first Test RAWALPINDI, Oct 3 (Reuters) — Australia took command of the first Test today, amassing 513 all out in reply to Pakistan’s 269 for a first innings lead of 244. The towering target was significantly built by Steve Waugh’s best-ever score against Pakistan of 157 as he shared a fifth-wicket partnership of 126 with Darren Lehmann. Waugh, who had resumed at 104, was out shortly after lunch. Lehmann displayed fine temperament to make 98 and missed his maiden Test hundred in only his second Test innings. His first Test was against India in 1997-98 when he made 52 at Bangalore Lehmann batted most of the day before being bowled by left-arm spinner Mohammad Hussain when he resumed after tea on 97. He was out sweeping and missed the line. He batted for 279 minutes, facing 181 balls, and hit 11 fours, sharing 91 precious runs with Ian Healy. Resuming on 237 for four, Australia’s batsmen rallied the innings to a position of safety after yesterday’s early collapse when they were 28-3. Five wickets fell after tea including that of Damien Fleming who was yorked by Wasim Akram for eight. Colin Miller was caught and bowled by spinner Mushtaq Ahmed for three. Stuart MacGill and Healy later on put on 41 useful runs for the ninth wicket as the lead mounted. MacGill was bowled by Saqlain Mushtaq for 21 but keeper Healy, who was dropped by Wasim Akram when on 78 off Mohammad Hussain, was the last man out when Mohammad Wasim took a simple catch at mid-wicket off Mohammad Hussain. Pakistan (Ist innings):
269
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Venus in final, Hingis pulls out MUNICH, Oct 3 (Reuters) — American Venus Williams outpowered Wimbledon finalist Nathalie Tauziat of France to set up a final with Swiss Patty Schnyder at the Grand Slam Cup yesterday. Williams, who had lost to Tauziat in both their previous encounters, was in a class of her own this time, cracking down five aces and committing few unforced errors on her way to a comfortable 6-4 6-0 victory. She will now face Schnyder, who saw world number one Martina Hingis pull out with cramp at 5-5 in the deciding set of their all-Swiss semifinal. "There was not much point in going on and risking an injury," said Hingis, in danger of losing her number one spot to American Lindsay Davenport next week in Germany. Schnyder dropped the opening set 7-5 but took the second by the same margin before fighting back from 5-1 down in the third, saving a match point along the way. For the first time since the Grand Slam Cup started in 1990, women are also competing in the lucrative tournament for the best performers in the year’s four Grand Slams. Andre Agassi extended his impressive run in the men’s tournament by beating Australian Open champion Petr Korda in yesterday’s quarterfinals. Agassi, who had whitewashed Frenchman Cedric Pioline in his opening match, relied on blistering returns and powerful groundstrokes to tame Czech Korda 4-6 6-0 6-1. The former world number one, who received a wild card for the Munich indoor event, will now meet Karol Kucera for a place in tomorrow’s final. Slovakia’s Kucera, who beat Agassi in five sets in the fourth round of this year’s US Open, won a gripping battle with Croatian Goran Ivanisevic 5-7 6-4 8-6. Wimbledon finalist Ivanisevic, who won in Munich in 1995, mixed brilliant winners with clumsy unforced errors until he hit a forehand into the net on match point. "I didn’t feel all that comfortable out there," said Kucera, who has lost only once to Ivanisevic and has now won their last four meetings. The other men’s semifinal will be an intriguing clash of styles between Chilean baseliner Marcelo Rios, the world number three, and hard-hitting Australian Mark Philippoussis, the US Open runner-up. Hingis had won the first set 7-5, while Schnyder took the second, also 7-5, in the first showdown between the two Swiss teenagers. In the third, Hingis raced
to a 5-1 lead and held a match point at 5-3, but she
netted a backhand to waste it. She also questioned two
calls that went against her as she dropped her serve. Schnyder held serve to come within a game of equalling the score. During the changeover, Hingis had her thighs massaged by a trainer. Back on court, she had trouble running as Schnyder hit the corners. Hingis quickly lost the game and with the score at 5-5, she retired, after two hours and 11 minutes. Hingis turned 18 on Wednesday, while Schnyder, ranked No. 9 in the world, is 19. The two helped Switzerland win the Fed Cup two weeks ago over Spain. Hingis said she also cramped in the Fed Cup against Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. "I haven’t had enough time to recover since the US Open, but I also have to work on my fitness,’’ she said. MALLORCA: Top seeded Carlos Moya of Spain defeated Thomas Schiessling on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the $ 475,000 Mallorca Open. Moya, who was a clear favourite and a local hero from this Mediterranean Spanish island, easily beat Schiessling of Austria 7-5, 6-4, in yesterday’s quarterfinal. Moya will meet Fernando Vicente of Spain, who defeated fellow countryman Tomas Carbonell 5-7, 7-6 (8-6) and 6-4 in the second round. Vicente is ranked 78th in the world. Eighth-seeded Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten took 1 hour, 19 minutes to defeat Sergi Bruguera of Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Bruguera pulled off the biggest shock of the tournament when he beat fellow countryman Alex Corretja, ranked No. 7 in the world, on Thursday. But Bruguera could not repeat victory against Kuerten, to whom he already lost in the final of the French Open in 1997. Tomas Muster of Austria
beat Germany’s Tommy Haas 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4, and will
play Kuerten in the semifinals today.
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Punjab cops, PSB enter semis CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Front-runners Punjab Police and Punjab and Sind Bank completed the semifinal line-up of the 28th All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament registering impressive wins in the quarterfinals at the Sector 42 hockey stadium here today. In the first quarterfinal, Punjab Police, with several internationals in their ranks, trounced Punjab and Sind Bank Academy 5-1 while in the second match last year's runners-up Punjab and Sind Bank derailed Northern Railway 4-3 in what turned out to be a nail-biting contest. Air-India, Mumbai, and BPCL have already booked their berths in the semis. In the semifinals to be played tomorrow, Air-India will clash with Punjab Police while BPCL will lock horns with Punjab and Sind Bank. The final is slated for October 5. The Punjab Police-PSB Academy tie saw the Punjab cops enjoying a clear edge over the rivals. It was as early as in the fifth minute that Punjab Police gained the upper hand through a fine goal by Gursewak Singh off a penalty corner. Thereafter, the two sides had equal exchanges but in the 21st minute Punjab Police were awarded a penalty stroke when Gursewak's hit off a penalty corner struck Prabhdeep Singh's foot in the striking circle. Centre-forward Baljit Singh Dhillon calmly scooped the ball into the roof of the net making it 2-0. After the lemon break, the
young PSB Academy lads fought back gallantly. In the 37th
minute, Prabhdeep fed a measured pass to Baldeep who
despatched the ball goalwards parallel to the goal-line.
Ajitpal standing in an enviable position only had to tap
the ball but unluckily he failed to do the needful. The third goal for Punjab Police came off a counter-attack when skipper Baljit Singh Dhillon set up a move for Daljit Singh. Daljit gave a quick pass to Gursewak who coolly placed the ball in the cage making it 3-0. Undeterred by the setback, PSB Academy continued to make forays and in the 43rd minute, Sandeep Singh raced down the middle before putting Jugandeep Singh in possession. Jugandeep gave an intelligent backpass to Mandip Singh whose reverse flick caught the Punjab Police custodian off guard. (1-3). Thereafter it was Punjab Police all the way. After missing an open goal in the 64th minute, Gursewak made amends made amends three minutes later when he found the target with a solo effort. (4-1). With hardly a minute to go for the final hooter, Punjab Police captain Baljit Singh Dhillon shot home from hand shaking distance after hoodwinking two defenders following a penalty corner to complete the rout (5-1). The last quarterfinal between Punjab and Sind Band and Northern Railway was a see-saw battle for supremacy which continued till the end. The bank men dominated the proceedings in the first half but could not achieve success. On the other hand, Northern Railway despite being under constant pressure, took the lead in the 23rd minute when Navsher Singh sounded the boards from the top of the 'D' (1-0). However, Punjab and Sind Bank were quick to restore parity six minutes later when Olympian Sanjeev Kumar found the target following a penalty corner (1-1). After the lemon break, Northern Railway once again forget ahead when Manmeet Singh capitalised on a penalty corner making it 2-1. In the 48th minute, the bank men again drew level when outside-left Ram Saran beat the NR custodian in a goalmouth scramble. It was in fact a move initiated by Bhupinder (jr) who had put Baljit Singh Chandi in possession (2-2). Six minutes later, Punjab and Sind Bank were again ahead when a powerful hit taken by centre-forward Parminder Singh from the 'D' top landed in the goalmouth (3-0). Shortly thereafter, Northern Railway equalised when centreforward Daud Suleman and A.P. Singh initiated a move and the latter sounded the boards with a hard hit from the 'D' (3-3). With hardly two minutes to go for the final hooter, Punjab and Sind Bank clinched the issue through centre-forward Parminder who found the target in a melee after skipper Baljit Singh Saini's hit was blocked by the NR goalkeeper (4-3). Tomorrow's fixtures: (semifinals) Air India v Punjab Police — 1.30 p.m. BPCL v Punjab and Sind Bank — 3 p.m.
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Orissa clash with Punjab in q-finals CHENNAI, Oct 3 (PTI) — The quarterfinal line up was drawn at the conclusion of the preliminary league ties of the Bank of Baroda 49th Senior Women’s National Hockey Championship here today. In the first match tomorrow morning, holders Railways take on Chandigarh, followed by Orissa’s clash with Punjab. In the afternoon, a much improved Haryana will lock horns with Uttar Pradesh and then last year’s runner-up Bihar will play Mumbai in the quest for the semifinal berths. Hockey enthusiasts, who came to see some spirited fights, braving inclement weather, were in for disappointment as the matches proved to be one-sided, in spite of the ties being crucial. In the morning, UP inflicted a 6-1 (ht 4-1) defeat on hosts Tamil Nadu in a pool ‘B’ match, much against the chagrin of local players, who twice threatened to walk out protesting against the award of a "stroke" and later claiming that one of the goals was scored from outside the circle. Better sense prevailed and the match continued. It was Tamil Nadu who scored first when a penalty corner drive by Mangaiyarkarasi found the mark in the 12th minute. Poonam Lata equalised within eight minutes and put UP ahead three minutes later. Tamil Nadu lost their rhythm after this and allowed goals to be scored through Shashi Navaidh (2), Sunita (stroke) and Neelam. Later, Orissa continued their brilliant display and halted Pepsu’s progress in pool ‘G’ with a 6-0 victory. The winners, who led 1-0 at half time, scored through Annarita (2), Anita, Jashinta, Sarita and Fulmani. Haryana, as expected, topped pool ‘D’ with a facile 13-0 win (HT 7-0) win over lowly West Bengal. Meenakshi (4), Suman Bala (3-all off penalty corners), Surinder Kaur (2), Gurpreet, Simarjeet, Sarla Rani and balwinder scored for the winners, sending danger signals to their quarterfinal opponents, Uttar Pradesh. Following are the standings of the teams at the end of the preliminary league phase today. Read under headings matches played, won, draw, lost, goals for, goals against and points: Holder Railways in pool ‘A’ and runners-up Bihar in pool ‘H’ got direct entry (bye) into the last eight stage. Pool 'B' Pool 'C'
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Delhi eves thrash Chandigarh JAIPUR, Oct 3 (UNI) — Defending champions Delhi started their campaign on a winning note as they thrashed hosts Rajasthan 3-0 and stormed into the semifinals in men’s section of the North Zone Inter State Badminton Tournament which got underway at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here today. Delhi women too made the last four trouncing Chandigarh 2-1. In the men’s section, Madhur Kalia gave a flying start to the Delhi team as he outclassed Ranveer Singh of Rajasthan in straight sets 15-9 15-8. The trend set by Kalia was maintained by his teammates Devendra Dhillon and international Ajay Kanwar. The former trounced Anil Paswan 15-6 15-6, while the latter routed Piyush Parihar in straight sets 15-8 15-3. Delhi men will now take on the winners of other quarterfinal match slated between Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. In the women’s section, Kanika Kambolo of Delhi got past Bhavna Sharma of Chandigarh 11-4 11-8, in the first singles in the doubles match, Kanika paired up with Karishma for a facile sailing over Bhavna Sharma and Mala Gaba of Chandigarh as they won 15-3 15-4. Delhi then conceded the second singles. Himachal Pradesh, entered the junior boys semifinals defeating Jammu and Kashmir 2-1. Yougesh of Himachal Pradesh had to struggle hard before beating Avinash of J and K in three sets 15-8 4-15 15-5 in the first singles. Himanshu and Rakesh (HP) prevailed over Vikram and Avinash (J and K) 15-10 15-6 in the doubles. With the match already in their pocket, Himachal Pradesh conceded the second singles. The winners will now meet the winner of other quarterfinal between Delhi and Rajasthan.
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Delhi HC XI in final CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — A fine skipper's knock of 78 of 67 balls by Sohail Dutt enabled the Delhi HC Association XI beat Allahabad HC Advocates Association XI by 61 runs to enter the finals of the Ist Inter-High Court Cricket tournament being played at DAV College grounds. Delhi was asked to bat and the first wicket partnership between Sohail and Niki, accounted for 110 runs. In the later part of the innings, Mukesh and Ashish capitalised on that and scored quick 42 & 38 runs, respectively, to amass a huge total of 255 for 6 in the allotted 30 overs. In reply, Allahabad players could manage 194 in 28.4 overs. Brijesh Sahai remained the top scorer for Allahabad Viplav claimed 4 for 22. Brief scores; Delhi HC Advocates XI: 255 for 6 in 30 overs Sohail Dutt 78, Niki Kantawala 24, Nukash 42, Kuldip 38. Santosh Mishra 3 for 46, Amit 2 for 49. Allahabad XI: 194 all out in 28.4 overs: Brijesh 48, Shakti Nigam 30, A. Bhatnagar 30, Bailwal 23, Viplav 4 for 22 Kuldeep Parihar 2 for 36. The final will be played tomorrow between P&H Advocates XI and Delhi XI at DAV College 10.
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Patiala forced to follow on PATIALA, Oct 3 — Jalandhar skipper Vikram Rathore did not have to use any imaginative ploy and should be thankful to the Patiala batsmen, who with a combination of some rank bad shots and an indifferent attitude, plotted their own downfall, being all out for a meagre 137 in the first innings in the Katoch Shield cricket tournament being played at the Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium here today. At the draw of stumps Patiala, following on, were 43 for the loss of skipper Pankaj Dharmani and Gaganinder Garry, both of whom suffered the ignominy of having been dismissed twice in a day. The procession of the Patiala batsmen coming in and going out of the pavilion, began in the morning and continued till the evening. The collapse was triggered by medium pacer Lalit Kapoor, who bowled his heart out under a fierce sun, when he sent opener Reetinder Sodhi's stump cartwheeling. At 41 for 7, it was left to southpaw Amit Kakria and Rajeev Sirhindi to exorcise the ghost in the pitch, as both went around in a workmanlike manner to build the innings. Earlier, Jalandhar piled up an impressive total of 369 for 6 with Sandeep Sharma throwing his bat around to score 47 off 50 balls. Scores: Jalandhar (Ist innings): 369 for 6 in 90 overs (Rathore 117, Harminder 123, Sandeep 47, Amit 25, Vikram 29, Lakhbir 3 for 54, Kakria 2 for 107, Chahal 1 for 36). Patiala (Ist innings): 137 all out in 50 overs (Kakria 38 n.o. Sirhindi 34, Chahal 20, Lalit Kapoor 5 for 24, Sandeep 2 for 12). Patiala (2nd inning): 43 for 2 (R. Sodhi 17 n.o.
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Naveen, Nitin share lead CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Naveen Jain, Nitin and Sanjeev Kumar were leading at the end of the fourth round in the Ninth Chandigarh Chess Championship being held at St. Xavier Senior Secondary School, Sector 44 here today. The points position at the end of the fourth round is as follows: Four points: Naveen Jain, Nitin, Sanjeev Kumar 3.5 points: Abhinandan Vohra, Amit, RS Tiwari 3 points: Kanwar Sandeep, AN Dey, Naveen Bansal, Dev Anand, Champak, Sanjeevan, Vipnesh, Ravinder, Sameer Malhotra, Ashwani, Manmohan Singh, Ramesh Thakur, CM Sharma 2.5 points: Rajeev Verma, Varun Khullar, BN Prasad 2 points: Sanjeev, Gaurav, SP Singla, Titus Verghese, Chetan, Hitpal Singh, Rakesh, Ranjit, Selva. Joy Bhatia, Gurpreet, Pawan Kumar, BS Rawat, Robin Kumar, RK Garg, Ripudaman, Vijay, Birinder, Rohit, Karna Angdui, Balwinder Singh 1.5 points: Varun, Depash, Sahil, Amandeep Singh, Ankit 1 point: Sahil, Abhishek,
Varun Bhatia, NK Arora, Ajit Singh Madhusheel, Nitin,
Sumeet, Preeti, Jatinder Kaur, Shveta, Suparna Bhatia, VK
Gupta, Hamant Moudgil, Avesh, Ravi Gupta, Saurab Narang.
KVS sports meet venues CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — The Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT, Lt-Gen B.K.N. Chhibber (retd), will declare the KBS National Sports Meet open on October 6, at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42, Chandigarh. Mr J.D. Kalra, Assistant Commissioner, KVS Chandigarh region and chief coordinator of the meet, has said. The various sports disciplines and their venues are given below. Badminton and hockey — Hockey Stadium & Indoor Hall, Sector 42; table tennis — UT hall, Sector 23; basketball, volleyball, kho kho kabaddi, lawn tennis and football — Panjab University. Cricket under-16 3BRD playground and under-19 at AFS High grounds. (The matches in this game will be played up to October 15) Athletics — Raina Stadium, Chandimandir; swimming — Western Command, Chandimandir, swimming pool Except for cricket, this mega event will conclude on October 10, Mr Kalra added.
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Negi upsets Mann to enter q-finals CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Sanjay Negi sailed into the quarterfinals of the men's singles event by upsetting top seed Jagdev Mann on the penultimate day of the Chandigarh Carrom Championship at St. John School, Sector 26, here. The results are as below: Men's singles — III round: Sanjay Negi b Jagdev Maan 16-10, 25-21 Ramanpreet b B.S. Negi 23-10, 25-10, D.S. Aithani b Om Parkash 23-25, 23-19, 25-8; K.S. Patwal b Jigyashu 25-0, 25-6, Baninder Singh b Charukh 25-10, 25-0, Rozario b Ajay Gupta 25-0, 3-25, 22-2. Boys' singles (q-finals):
Jagdev b Devinderjit 25-10, 13-25, 25-17, Baninder b
Vishal 25-10, 25-18, Charukh b Rozario 25-4, 25-23,
Gagandeep b Aita Ram 25-18, 25-12. Girls' singles
(final): Puneet Lamba b Harjit Kaur 25-0, 25-0.
Inter-school meet CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — An inter-school tournament in the discipline of basketball, handball, kabaddi, hockey in the age groups of under 19, 17, 14 years will be organised by the UT Education Department. The above matches will be conducted at Shivalik Public School-41, GMSS-23, GHS-22-C and Hockey Stadium-42 between October 13 and 22. Entries close on October 7 with the Principal, GMSSS-22-A, for boys & GMSSS-40 for girls.
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Indian challenge ends in Asian TT NEW DELHI, Oct 3 (PTI) — National champion Chetan Baboor lost to veteran Korean Yoo Nam-Kyu in straight sets before two former national champions S. Raman and Arup Basak also bowed out in the third round as India’s challenge in the Asian Table Tennis championship at Osaka ended today. Baboor gave a tough fight to sixth ranked Nam-Kyu before losing 16-21, 19-21, 15-21 in a third round match. Only consolation for India was S. Raman’s fighting ability who despite playing against highly ranked Yan Sen of China, pulled one game off before losing 17-21, 11-21, 21-18, 21-11. The fifth ranked Sen took first two games easily but lost control somewhere in the middle against south paw Raman. But the Indian could not maintain the pressure and lost the match. Arup Basak, India’s remaining challenge in men’s singles lost in straight games 15-21, 9-21, 14-21 to Malaysia’s Liu Jun Hui, the 13th ranked player. In the men’s doubles, Baboor and Raman, who were seeded nine clashed with top seed Chinese pair of Ma Lin and Liu Guoliang and lost 12-21, 19-21.
Anjali, Meenakshi bag TT titles CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Meenakshi of Jalandhar defeated Navdeep of Ropar 21-16, 21-17 to clinch the sub-junior girls title in the 2nd Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis championship which got underway at Shivalik Public School, Mohali, yesterday. Results: Cadet girls (semi finals): Reetika b Vaneeta (Amritsar) 21-10, 21-6, Anjali (Amritsar) b Nidhi (Khanna) 21-18, 21-12, (final): Anjali (Amritsar) b Reetika (Ropar) 21-18, 21-17, Cadet boys (semifinals) Vishal (Sangrur)b Vipin (Ropar) 21-18, 21,19, Sher Bahadur (Patiala) b Robin Verma (Patiala) 21-19, 18-21, 21-19. Sub-junior girls (semifinals): Meenakshi (Jalandhar) b Anjali (Amritsar) 21-18, 21-17, Navdeep (Ropar) b Charu (Jalandhar) 21-19, 21-19. (Final): Meenakshi
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K.P.
College
win REWARI, Oct 3 — The local Kishanlal Public College won the inter-college badminton tournament organised by MD University, Rohtak, by defeating B.S. Jindal College, Tosham, 3-0 in the final played here recently. Vaish Engineering College, Rohtak, secured the third position by defeating Government College Mahendergarh 3-1. In the women's section Adarsh Mahila Mahavidyalaya Bhiwani, won the title.
St. Anne's win CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 —
St. Anne's School, Sector 32, defeated DAV centenary
School, Sector 7, by five wickets in the Edmund Rice
Cricket Tournament being played at St. John High School,
Sector 26, here today. Brief scores:- DAV-7, 104 all out:
Rahul 28, Angel 4 for 2, Hardeep 2 for 16. St. Anne's-105
for 5 in 20.1 overs: Harsimran 25, Aditya 13, Vaibhav
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TC Cricket Club win by 3 wkts CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — Tribune Colony Cricket Club beat St. Peter's Cricket Club by three wickets in the junior category of the First Super Eight Cricket Tournament being played at Government Model School, Sector 32-D, her today. Brief scores: St Peters CC 58 all out (Ankush 24, Pawan 13 for 2) TCCC 59 for 4 in 10.4 overs (Pawan 16, Ankush 17 for 3). In another match Pioneer Cricket Club beat Danger-8 Cricket Club by 43 runs. In the third match, City Youth-3 beat God's Cricket Club by just one run.
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Softball results SANGRUR, Oct 3 — The Punjab State Senior Softball Championships started here today at Holy Heart School. Most of the matches played today were one sided. Ms Indu Malhotra, SDM, Sangrur, inaugurated the championships and announced a grant of Rs 5,000 for the organisers. Results: (Men) — Hoshiarpur b Gurdaspur 19-7; Jalandhar b Sangrur 11-1; Fatehgarh Sahib b Faridkot 16-0; Patiala b Moga 9-3; Kapurthala b Bathinda 17-0. (Women) — Sangrur b Fatehgarh Sahib 18-2; Hoshiarpur b Moga 15-8.
BSF enter final PATIALA, Oct 3 — BSF beat PSEB 2-1 to enter the final of the 23rd All-India Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament being played at Nabha, near here, today. In the second semifinal Switchgear, Phagwara, made their maiden entry into the final by beating RCF, Kapurthala, via the tie-breaker.
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