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It's Sachin vs Lara at Dhaka today DHAKA, Oct 30 — Unbothered by cold statistics, India will try to repeat a Lord’s when it takes on the mighty Caribbeans in the Wills International Cup semifinals at Bangabandhu National Stadium here tomorrow. Anand downs Adams to stay on top TILBURG, Oct 30 — Viswanathan Anand defeated Michael Adams in a tactical battle that lasted just 32 moves in the sixth round of the Fontys Tilburg International Grandmaster Chess Tournament yesterday. Anand’s third win in six games gave him a full point lead over his rivals and he now has 4.5 points from a maximum possible six. |
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It's Sachin vs Lara at Dhaka today DHAKA, Oct 30 (UNI) — Unbothered by cold statistics, India will try to repeat a Lord’s when it takes on the mighty Caribbeans in the Wills International Cup semifinals at Bangabandhu National Stadium here tomorrow. In 1983, India led by Kapil Dev proved the cricket pundits wrong when it handed down a stunning 43 run defeat to stop the Caribbeans bandwagon trying to make it 3-0 at the international cricket summit. India has won only 19 out of the 56 matches played between the two sides the Windies winning a whopping 36. Skipper Azharuddin said the Indians will take the field in a positive frame of mind. As "such numbers have no actual bearing on the present day." "They have gone down a bit and we have grasped the rudiments of the game," Azhar said. Dhaka was lashed by heavy rains yesterday, forcing the two sides to miss batting practice. Azhar said: "India will have to make slight changes if the inclement weather continues and overs are shortened." "We may juggle with the batting order otherwise the team will remain the same that won against Australia." Lara is expected to do likewise. When asked what was in his mind for the morrow, Azhar said, he was thinking of scoring. "Duck for me is not a pleasant thought to spend the day with". He said it was a wicket on which he should be scoring. How about Keith Arthurton, was the next question. Azhar replied: "We have a better leg spinner in Sunil Joshi." Azhar said, Lara also had did not have big scores against India as he had against others. And, they had more to worry about containing Sachin Tendulkar than India had of restricting Lara. However, another bout of rain will ruin the chances of a good full match. The rules stipulate that in the event of no full play, 25 overs each should be bowled. If that is not not possible, then 15 to 24 overs each shall be bowled. If even this is not possible, then tie-breaker the rule should be invoked "provided the interest of the sponsors, hosts and teams concerned is not dented." The last condition is rather confusing as it further states that both semifinals and finals can be rescheduled by the International Cricket Conference. However, if the semifinals are restricted to less than 25 overs to each side, the ties will not be considered "an international". The likely teams: |
Kallis fashions SA’s big win DHAKA, Oct 30 (PTI) — South Africa clipped a typically racy Sri Lankan chase at the outset with professional bowling and fielding to clinch a huge 92-run win and storm into the final of the Wills International Cup cricket tournament tonight. Jacques Kallis hit a swashbuckling 113 off just 100 balls as South Africa bounced back from early trouble to pile up 240 for seven wickets in the allotted 39 overs after overnight rain and early morning showers rendered it a truncated affair. And then bowled out Sri Lanka for 132 in 23.4 overs. The World Cup champions
were set a revised target of 224 runs to be reached in 34
overs after further stoppage due to showers during the
interval, but got into deep trouble from the early stages
as the top order perished attempting over ambitious
strokes from which they never recovered. Kallis produced his career-best effort studded with five fours and as many sixes to rejuvenate the innings which had slumped to 87 for four in the 17th over, after Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga had put in the opposition. The trend of the chasing team coming to naught continued at the Bangabandhu Stadium as the explosive Sanath Jayasuriya (22 -17 b, 3 x 4), fellow opener Romesh Kaluwitharana (9) and star bat Aravinda de Silva (5 - 9 b) all fell trying to force paceman Steve Elworthy, who grabbed three wickets for 21 runs to share the honours with veteran off-spinner Pat Symcox (3 for 26). The Sri Lankan innings ended at 132 in the 24th over as last-man Muttiah Muralitharan did not come out to bat and was declared absent hurt, but it hardly mattered as the islanders had lost the match much earlier. Set an asking rate of 6.58 after the target was adjusted to 224 in 34 overs, the Sri Lankan openers struggled to time their shots. Jayasuriya smashed medium pacer Elworthy for three consecutive fours in the fifth over which went for 14 runs as Sri Lanka reached 40 at that stage. But the left-hander fell when he moved away from the wicket to unsettle Elworthy, only to see the ball crash to the bottom of the stumps. Kaluwitharana had departed earlier when he mistimed a lofted shot to long off for skipper Hansie Cronje to complete an easy catch. Sri Lanka suffered yet another blow when De Silva went cheaply, also mistiming as he tried to pull Elworthy’s rising ball from outside the off-stump and succeeded in hitting straight to Nicky Boje at midwicket. Cronje, who claimed two for 26 with his effective seamers got rid of left-hander Chaminda Vaas, promoted to number three thanks to a typically outstanding, diving catch at Jonty Rhodes. The world’s best fielder picked up the ball just an inch from the ground. Skipper Ranatunga, who had hammered 90 in beating New Zealand in the quarterfinal, was caught behind by stumper Mark Boucher off Cronje for four which effectively ended the chase as both Marvan Attapattu (19) and Roshan Mahanama (20) could do nothing better than go for singles against the watertight South African fielding. SRI LANKA: |
Anand downs Adams to stay on top TILBURG, Oct 30 (UNI) — Viswanathan Anand defeated Michael Adams in a tactical battle that lasted just 32 moves in the sixth round of the Fontys Tilburg International Grandmaster Chess Tournament yesterday. Anand’s third win in six games gave him a full point lead over his rivals and he now has 4.5 points from a maximum possible six. Considering the fact that he has wins over Vladimir Kramnik and Michael Adams already, Anand’s win in this tournament should now only be a matter of formality barring a dramatic reversal of form. Following Anand a full point behind are Vesselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Mathew Sadler and Vadim Zviaginsev, who also scored his first win in the sixth round. They have 3.5 points, while Kramnik is on 2.5 points. Meanwhile, Kramnik slipped further crashing to his second defeat. After losing to Anand in the second round, Kramnik was already struggling to get into the top half of the standings. In the sixth round, Peter Leko of Hungary without a win after five rounds rectified the situation with a good win over Kramnik. Anand and Adams were engaged in a Nimzo Indian where Anand had white pieces. In a game similar to what Anand had played against Kramnik at Linares earlier in the year, Adams went in for a sharp variation. The game followed an aggressive route which Anand seemed to relish and he slowly got himself into a position of great strength as Adams’ pieces were scattered. Adams attempted a bold bishop sacrifice to stop an onslaught but it did not work. Anand kept the extra bishop and Adams quietly resigned after 32 moves. Anand used a little under one and a half hour for his moves while Adams spent an hour and 51 minutes. In the Kramnik-Leko match, the opening was somewhat rare and resembled Kings Indian. Leko used a new opening and Kramnik was in trouble throughout. He ended up being inferior in both material and position. Leko went a rook and Kramnik had nothing left to play for. He resigned after 45 moves. Mathew Sadler and Viktor Korchnoi played out a quick 21-move draw in a while Peter Svidler scored win in 31 moves following a Sicilian defence from Loek van Wely. Vadim Zviaginsev scored his first win of the tournament beating the hopelessly out of for Joel Lautier, who crashed to his fourth loss in six games. The game lasted 59 moves from a semi-Slav defence in which Lautier had white. In another game Jeroen Piket drew with Vesselin Topalov in a King’s Indian classical after 47 moves. Results of the sixth round: Anand beat Adams, Sadler drew with Korchnoi, Svidler beat Van Wely, Piket drew with Topalov, Kramnik lost to Leko, Lautier lost to Zviaginsev. Points after sixth round: Anand (4.5) Topalov, Leko, Sadler and Zviaginsev (3.5) Svidler, Adams, Piket and Van Wely (3 each) Kramnik (2.5) Korchnoi (2) and Lautier (1). Pairings for seventh round: Topalov-Lautier, Leko-Piket, Adams-Kramnik, Van Wely-Anand, Korchnoi-Svidler, Zviaginsev-Sadler.
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Dutch hope to bag third elite title LAHORE, Oct 30 (AFP) — Olympic and world champions Holland are aiming for a unique triple crown in the six-nation Champions Trophy hockey tournament starting here tomorrow. Holland won their first Olympic title in Atlanta in 1996 and two years later added a home win in the ninth World Cup. No team has ever held three elite titles — the Olympics, world and Champions — at one time. Other teams in the Lahore competition are defending champions Germany, Commonwealth Games champions Australia, runner up at both the 1996 Olympics and the World Cup, Spain, Asian champions South Korea and the hosts Pakistan. "It will not be that easy to achieve the triple crown and, although we have five top players missing from the side that won the World Cup, I am sure my team can do this," Dutch coach Roelant Oltmans said. The three times winners of Champios Trophy, Holland is missing the inspirational centre forward captain Stephen Veen, who took a break from the game to fulfil business engagements Goalkeeper Ronald Janssen will lead Holland in Veen’s absence. All the teams are in rebuilding stages after the World Cup in May-June and are targeting the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The championship starts with a grudge match between Holland and Spain. The Dutch beat the Spanish 3-1 in the finals at Atlanta, and outlasted then in Utrecht, Holland, 3-2 to clinch the world title. Tuen De Nooijer scored a golden goal from a penalty corner rebound to decide the World Cup final. Australia, the losing finalist in 1997 in Adelaide, meet defending champions Germany in the second match. Hosts and the three time winners of the trophy Pakistan clash with South Korea. "Its always good to play your tough match first so that players keep good form right from the start," said Oltmans, who coached Holland to the Olympic and world titles. Germany, record seven-time winners of the trophy, looks a totally changed side with the mercurial Oliver Domke and Christoph Bechmann not in the squad. "We have brought a very young side this time to give them international exposure and its up to them to give us the best possible results," German coach Paul Lissek said. Australian coach Terry Walsh also agrees all teams are targetting the 2000 Olympics. Australia won the maiden hockey title in the Commonwealth Games held in Kuala Lumpur last month. Spain again promises to be the most exciting side of the tournament. With their stubborn goalie, Ramon Jufresa, declared best in the World Cup, they allow little chance to the opposing team. Playmaker Juan Escarre and opportunist Javier Arnau are again expected to plague all defences. Spain upset Germany in the semifinal of the World Cup. Hosts Pakistan’s misery continues after it overhauled the team, axing stalwarts like Shahbaz Ahmed, Tahir Zaman and Mohammad Shahbaz before the Commonwealth Games. They look for at least a place on the victory podium.
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Ace Chinese cyclist killed in mishap SHANGHAI, Oct 30 (AFP) — Chinese women’s cross-country cycling champion Wang Zexiu has been killed in a hit-and-run accident while training for December’s Asian Games, the Liberation Daily reported today. Wang, 26, called "the queen of Asian cross-country cycling", was doing road training early yesterday near the eastern city of Nanjing with other members of the national team when a bus went out of control and ran over her, killing her instantly, the official newspaper said. The driver immediately accelerated away from the scene, it said. Wang held gold medals from the Asian cross-country cycling championships and the last Chinese National Games and national team officials had high hopes she would take gold at the upcoming Bangkok Asiad, the report said. It described the tragedy as "a heavy loss" for the country’s cycling team.
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Udomochoke to meet Rovai in final BANGALORE, Oct 30 (PTI) — Third seed Udomochoke Danai of Thailand thrashed Marian Leysek (Slovakia) in straight sets 6-3 6-4 to move into the final of ITF men’s satellite circuit tennis (third leg) tournament here today. The 17-year-old Thai stopped the unseeded Leysek who had been going strong defeating top seed P. Srinath in the first round and then strong contender Harsh Mankad in the quarter-final. In the final, Udomochoke will clash with Sweden’s Federico Rovai who beat countryman Johan Hede 6-4, 6-4 in the other semifinals. The Kirtane cousins, Nitin and Sandeep, barged into the doubles finals, for the third consecutive time in the circuit. They beat Vijay Kannan and Harsh Mankad in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. Udomochoke took time to settle down as he lost the first game in the first set to Leysek. However, he broke back in the fourth game to level the score to 2-2. The Thai player relied more on his backhand rather than the forehand. The sixth game saw him on top as he broke Leysek to take a comfortable 4-2 lead. Leysek fought hard in the eighth game as Udomochoke played some excellent shots. The second set saw some long rallies and superb cross court display. The second game had three deuces and ultimately went in the Thai’s favour who held serve to equalise (1-1). Then, Udomochoke broke the third to take the lead ( 2-1) and held the next game without giving a point. The Slovakian was erratic while Udomochoke was a picture of serenity, moving his opponent from corner to corner. Though Leysek tried to break the Thai in the 10th game while the latter was serving for the match (30:40 in Leysek’s favour), Udomochoke exhibited excellent court sense and powerful shots to win the match. Udomochoke, presently ranked No.1 in the juniors in Thailand and ranked 25 in the world, said he was playing for the first time in an India satellite tournament. In the other semi-final, 25-year-old Federico Rovai from Sweden, who was the hero in the second leg at Hyderabad, continued his winning spree, defeating compatriot Johan Hede in yet another straight set affair. The match was equally poised until the fourth game in the first set. The crucial break for the winner came in the ninth game to give Rovai a 5-4 lead. Rovai played intelligently to hold the last game and win the set. In the second set, Hede put up tough resistance in the second game and had an advantage to break Rovai. However, Rovai, who exhibited his power-packed serves throughout the match, wrested the initiative and held his serve. From then on, both held their serves till the eighth game, when Rovai broke his opponent in the next. Down 0-30, Hede showed some signs of recovery when he produced his lone ace of the match to reduce the margin to 15-30. But, Hede was unable to answer strong forehand shots from Rovai and was forced to play from baseline. Taking advantage of it, Rovai soon broke Hede with a winner from the nets to go up 5-4. Rovai took the last game without even conceding a point and won the match 6-4. Meanwhile, Vijay Kumar
beat Ravi Kiran 6-4 6-1 in a play-off qualifying match
for the satellite masters to be held at Kanspur next
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Amritsar overall champions LUDHIANA, Oct 30 — Amritsar district (19 points) were declared overall champions in the three-day Punjab State Sports Festival for Girls U-16 and U-19 years which concluded at the Guru Nanak Stadium here this evening. Hosts Ludhiana and Jalandhar districts secured 17 points each and shared the second spot. Jalandhar girl, Navdeep Kaur, won 100 m race in 12.88 sec and was adjudged the fastest runner of the meet. Sagardeep of Sangrur took 13.02 sec to finish runner-up. Manjit Kaur of Jalandhar who timed 13.04 sec was relegated to third place. In badminton final Ludhiana defeated Jalandhar 2-0 while in the encounter for third position, Sangrur outplayed Patiala in an identical fashion. In kho-kho, Sangrur emerged as champion beating Bathinda 8-3. Mr Nusrat Ali Khan, Sports Minister, Punjab, gave away prizes to the position holders. The minister, while speaking on the occasion, gave detailed programmes and policies of the Sports Department and assured the young players of the state that government would go all out to help these players. All facilities would be provided for the promotion of sports in the state. The minister announced that every medallist of sub junior and junior national championship or festival would be adopted under the sports scheme. Final results: Badminton: Ludhiana b Jalandhar 2-0. Nazma b Sumit 11-3, 11-8. Nazma and Anu b Sumit and Navneet 15-12, 15-13. Kho-kho: Sangrur b Bathinda 8-3. Basketball: Hoshiarpur b Amritsar 56-35. Kabaddi: Jalandhar b Ldh 43-20. Volleyball: Sangrur b Gurdaspur 15-4, 15-8, 15-6. Handball: Amritsar b Ropar 22-17. 4x100 m: 1 Jalandhar, 2 Ludhiana, 3 Faridkot. Gymnastics: Vaulting horse: 1 Neelam (Ptl) 8.10 pts, 2 Dimple (Ptl) 8.05 pts, 3 Sukhbir and Jaswinder (Gdp) 8.02 pts each. Balancing beam: 1 Sukhbir (Gdr) 7.20 pts, 2 Samita (Gdr) 6.90 pts, 3 Babita (Ldh) 6.88. Uneven bar: 1 Samita (Gdr) 6.15 pts, 2 Neetu Rani (Ptl) 5.55 pts, 3 Dimple (Ptl) 5.05 pts. 100 m: 1 Navdeep Kaur (Jal) 12.88 sec, 2 Sagardeep (Sng) 13.02 sec, 3 Manjit Kaur (Jal) 13.04 sec.
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Shiv Prakash sole leader NEW DELHI, Oct 30 — Shiv Prakash (Kanpur), an experienced and gutsy pro, played superbly to move on top of the leaderboard when he fired three under-69 on the second day of the four-day Rs 28-lakh Honda-Siel-AGC PGA Championship at the Army Golf Club (AGC) course here today. Already champion in two of the eight competitions this year, Shiv Prakash displayed in an ample measure his adoption of the course to aggregate four-under 140 midway through. However, Vijay Kumar, Uttam Singh Mundy and Jyoti Randhawa were also on the target today. They were only a stroke behind the leader at 141, three-under. Amandeep Johl, Jeev Milkha Singh and Rafiq Ali were tied at 143, three strokes behind the leader. The cut was applied at eight over 152 with 46 pros and a few amateurs in the fray on the remaining two days. Shiv Prakash began in a whirlwind style. Starting on the 10th tee, he was five-under at the end of the 15th. But then for some inexplicable reason he wavered in his concentration. He bogied on the par-4 7th. As if this was not enough, he bogeyed on the difficult par-5 8th hole. On the 7th, Shiv Prakash put his second shot into the bunker. He could not avoid making a bogey. Upset at this, he hit his tee shot into the rough on the right. Adhering to a complete safety measure, he came on the fairway. He reached the edge of the green with his third shot. When all seemed under control, he missed chip-putt. Had Shiv Prakash been not involved in these blemises, he would have been sitting much prettier than he was at the close of the second round. Shiv Prakash was candid in saying that these two bogeys were hurting him a lot when he was contemplating on the day’s play. "I will endeavour that these lapses do not prove costly on the next two days", said Shiv Prakash in his own typical style. Shiv Prakash hit six birdies starting with the 11th. He also sunk a 15-foot birdie putt on the 1st hole and then a 30-foot on the 6th. Vijay Kumar moved up with a three-under 69. This included one eagle, three birdies and two bogeys. Unlike display of Vijay Kumar, Mundy erred in putting. He missed at least half-a-dozen birdies putts between four and six feet. "I just could not putt", said Mundy, adding: "Despite awful putting, I’am lucky I am not so badly placed". Favourites like Jeev, Chopra, Gaurav Ghei and Ali Sher were trailing. But they yet had in them to stage a come-back. Scores: Shiv Prakash 140 (71 and 69). Vijay Kumar 141 (72, 69), Uttam Singh Mundy 141 (70, 71) and Jyoti Randhawa 141 (71, 70). Amandeep Johl 143 (70, 73), Jeev Milkha Singh 143 (72,71) and Rafiq Ali 143 (73, 70).
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Ajay Sharma, Dahiya put Delhi on top NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (PTI) — A fine unbeaten 170-run stand between veteran Ajay Sharma (94) and skipper Vijay Dahiya helped Delhi reach a strong 239 for three against Services at close on the second day of their four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match here today. Sharma and Dahiya exploited the placid Ferozshah Kotla wicket to save Delhi, chasing Services’ first innings total of 288 all out, from a precarious position of 69 for three. Akash Chopra (30 — 81b, 4 x 3), Ashu Dani (6) and Mithun Manhas (25 — 33b, 3 x 4) got out cheaply and the hosts were in difficulty when Ajay Sharma and Dahiya came together. Both batted sensibly and avoided any further damage as Delhi looked set to tighten their grip on the match with two more days to go. Their unbeaten stand came off 53.4 overs. At stumps Ajay Sharma was batting on 94 while Dahiya was batting on 83. Earlier, Services captain Chinmaya Sharma was unlucky to miss out on a fine century as they could add only 18 runs to their overnight 270 for seven and were all out for 288. Chinmaya Sharma could add only six runs to his overnight 90 before Delhi medium pacer Robin Singh removed the remaining three wickets for just two runs. He finished with five for 61. SCOREBOARD |
Rai School players steal the show CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 — Gursheer Sidhu of the hosts school-YPS, SAS Nagar, today clinched first position in the 400 metre race clocking 53.62 seconds but in the overall events MNSS, Rai School managed to corner glory by securing seven first positions out of thirteen events on the penultimate day of the IPSC All India Athletic Championship at YPS school SAS Nagar today. The star of the day among girls was, Shilpa Jagga of Welham School, Dehradun, who secured first position in both high jump and 100 metre hurdles. MNSS, Rai School was successful in bagging three first positions out of six in girls and four out of seven in the boys section. Welham Girls High School, Dehradun got two while Lawrence School, Sanawar, one, in girls. Apart from MNSS, Rai who got four in boys, DPS Dehradun, YPS, SAS Nagar and Lawrence School, Sanawar each could secure one position. A total of 16 public schools are participating Results; Boys: 400 Metre; Gursheer Sidhu-YPS, SAS Nagar 1, (53.62), Sandeep Singh-MNSS, Rai 2, Gurjot Singh-YPS, SAS Nagar 3, 1500 Metre: Shiv Sapra-DPS Dehradun 1, (4.30.41), Satpal Chanal-MNSS, Rai 2, Saliander-Chail School 3. Discus throw: Pradeep Ahlawat-MNSS, Rai 1 (Dist 37.38 m.) Kuljit Singh-PPS, Nabha (Patiala) 2, Manbir Singh-Sri Dashmesh Academy, Anandpur Sahib 3. Triple jump: Amit Chillar-MNSS, Rai 1, (Dist 13.66 m.), Amanpreet Singh-SDA, Anandpur Sahib 2, Atul Pandey-Doon, Dehradun 3. Javelin throw: Satpal Chanal-NMSS, Rai 1, (Dist 40.56), Raj Vikram- Lawrence Sanawar 2, Dharminder Kumar-SDA, A. Sahib 3. 4 x 100 metre: Lawrence Sanawar 1, (time 3.42) MNSS, Rai 2, YPS, SAS Nagar 3. 100 m hurdles: Sandeep-MNSS Rai 1 (time-18 sec), Surajiya- DPS Dehradun 2, Amit-Bhonsala, Nasik 3. YPS Girls: 400 metre; Neelam Mor - MNSS, Rai 1 (time 1.05.53), Nidhi Chopra Scindia, Gwalior 2, Shruti - YPS, SAS Nagar 3. High Jump: Shilpa Jagga - Welham, Dehradun 1 (distance 1.36 m), Anu Sheokand MNSS, Rai 2, Pooja Dabas BBV, Pilani 3. 400 m Hurdles: Sarita Galiyan - MNSS, Rai 1 (time 1.18.34), Pooja Dabas - BBV, Pilani 2, Rakni Baliwal - MGD, Jaipur 3. 100 m Hurdles: Shilpa Jagga - Welham Dehradun 1, (time 18.28), Amrita Duhan MNSS, Rai 2, Pooja Pallavi - BBV, Pilani 3. Shot Put: Sukhmani Brar - Lawrence, Sanawar 1 (distance 9.35 m), Poornima DPS, RK Puram 2, Tulika Barioliya - SKV Gwalior 3. 4x400 Relay: MNSS, Rai 1 (time 4.34.24), BBV Pilani 2, YPS, SAS Nagar 3. Three main sponsors for the above meet are Nike, Nestle and Vishnu Associates and the best athlete in boys and girls will also receive special prizes from these sponsors.
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Parnita lifts Max India Cup CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 — Parnita Garewal lifted the Max India Cup, the symbol of supremacy in the sixth Punjab Open Amateur Ladies Golf Championship, on the concluding day of the four-day event here today. With Parnita having carved out the winner's niche from day one and maintaining it right through, the end-result was a foregone conclusion. The battle royal was for the second spot. The overnight contenders, Urvashi Sethi Sodhi, Shruti Khanna and Irina Brar were neck and neck at the turn. But then Urvashi Sethi Sodhi went on to finish with a steady nett par round while Shruti Khanna faltered. Young Irina Brar was pipped at the post despite her valiant birdie on the last hole, by the seasoned campaigner Nonita Lall Qureshi. Mr Inderjit Singh Bindra gave away the prizes at a glittering ceremony on the lawns of Chandigarh Golf Club. The results: Max India Cup: Parnita Garewal (296), Urvashi Sethi Sodhi (306), Nonita Lall Qureshi (308). Max Silver Salver (0-9 handicap): Best net score — Irina Brar (286), Best gross score — Parnita Garewal (296). Max Challenge Bowl (10-18): Best nett score — Dimple Minocha (309), Best gross —Tanya Garewal (359). Max Bronze Plate (19-29 handicap): Best nett score — Neha Majithia ( 295), Best gross score — Harinder Sandhu (302). Max Thirties Trophy (30-36 handicap): Best nett score — Darshi Narang (314), Best gross score — Madhu Oberoi (452). Senior Ladies (0-29 handicap): Best Nett score — Nirmal Milkha Singh (301), Best gross score — Harinder Sandhu (392). Max junior shield (0-29 handicap): Best nett score — Irina Brar (286), Best gross score — Parnita Garewal (296). Hutchison Max subjunior trophy (0-29 handicap): Best nett score — Neha Majithia ( 295), Best gross score — Irina Brar (310). Daily best gross: day 1 — Parnita Garewal (71), day 2 — Shruti Khanna (75), day 3 — Urvashi Sethi Sodhi (75), day 4 — Parnita Garewal (72). Daily best Nett: Day 1 — Irina Brar ( 68), day 2 — Neha Majithia (71), day 3 — Nirmal Milkha Singh (72), day 4 — Neha Majithia (68). Closest to the Pin: Day 1 — Shruti Khanna , day 2 — Shruti Khanna, day 3 — Ayesha Kapoor, day 4 — Anjali Chopra.
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AMRITSAR, Oct 30 (UNI) — Jammu and Kashmir were struggling to avoid a follow-on, as they scored 49 for four in reply to Punjab’s first innings score of 475 runs on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy league match at the Gandhi Grounds here today. Declaring their first innings close at 475 for the loss of eight wickets at tea, the hosts made timely break-throughs to leave the visitors in a precarious position. With just eight runs on the board, J and K lost opener Rajesh Gill at the score of eight when he was declared leg-before to medium-pacer Harvinder Singh. Gill could manage only five runs. Ajay Bhatt (18) followed at the score of 26 and 12 runs later skipper Ashwani Gupta was trapped leg-before to local lad and off-spinner Sandeep Sawal for just nine runs. The fourth wicket to fall was that of Vivek Sharma (7) who also fell lbw, this time to spinner Kailash Sawal. At draw of stumps Vivek Singh and Sanjay Sharma were batting at four runs apiece. Earlier, resuming their overnight score of 247 for the loss of two wickets, Punjab lost Reetinder Sodhi (63) who was overnight not out on 45 and Dinesh Mongia (16) before the lunch interval. At lunch the hosts had added another hundred runs to their yesterdays total. The fifth wicket stand between the other over-night batsman Pankaj Dharmani (75) and Harminder Singh (52) yielded a valuable 75 runs. Dharmani was out at the score of 404, but Harminder found an able partner in Sandeep Sharma who hit a quickfire unbeaten 52 to make his skipper Vikram Rathore declare at the tea interval score of 475 for the loss of eight wickets. Scoreboard |
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Punjab cops, RCF enter semis CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 (TNS) — Defending champions Punjab Police and Rail Coach factory qualified for the semi-finals of the second Dr Sadhu Singh Hamdard Memorial All-India Hockey Tournament at Surjit Singh Memorial Stadium at Jalandhar today. In its third league encounter, Punjab cops trounced start-studded Bharat Petroleum 6-0. For Punjab Police, it was their third consecutive win from as many matches. They have rattled up an impressive tally of 19 goals without conceding even a single goal in the three games. Rail Coach Factory is also continuing its winning spree. After a shock win over Punjab and Sind Bank by a solitary goal yesterday, the RCF boys today prevailed over Central Industrial Security Force 5-0. In another game, Northern Railway, after recovering from the shock of a big defeat against Punjab cops, today defeated Bharat Petroleum 3-1 to stay in the race for a place in semi-finals. Tomorrow, Punjab and Sind Bank will play BSF while Northern Railway will take on Bharat Petroleum to decide the remaining two semi-final berths. Punjab cyclists win overall team title CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 (TNS) — Punjab won overall team title in the 14th All-India Telecom Cycling Championship at Ludhiana today. Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan finished second and third, respectively. P. Raj Kumar of Andhra Pradesh and R.K. Sharma of Rajasthan who collected 10 points each were adjudged best cyclists. Results: 4800 metre massed start: 1, R.K. Sharma, (Raj) 8:25.04, 2, Rajinder Singh, (Punjab), 3, T.S. Hari Prasad (AP). 1000 metre time trial: 1, P. Raj Kumar (AP) 1:22.80, 2, K.G. Gupta (Raj), 3, Surjit Singh (Punjab). 4000 metre Individual pursuit: 1, R.K. Sharma (Raj) 6:03.70, 2, Surjit Singh (Punjab), 3, K.G. Gupta (Raj). 30 kms road race massed start: 1, N. Ranjit Mittal (N. East) 51:24.08, 2, M.L. Gauri MTNL Mumbai, 3, Prem Singh (Punjab). 1600 metre team time trial: 1, Darshan Singh, Punjab 2:14.31, Rajinder Singh, Surjit Singh, Tarlochan Singh (Punjab) 2:14.31. 1000 metre mens' sprint final: 1, P. Raj Kumar, (AP) 14:13 s, 2, Darshan Singh Gill, (Punjab) 14.75 s, 3, P.K. Gupta (Delhi) 14.86 s. DAV SSS-8 win CHANDIGARH, Oct 30 (BOSR) — DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, defeated Sanjay Public School by 56 runs in the final of the Shivalik Trophy Cricket Tournament here today. Brief scores: |
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