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India cruise to 7-wkt win NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — It was too low a total to defend. New Zealand, opting to bat first after skipper Stephan Fleming called correctly, frittered away the advantage and their modest total of 179 for nine in their allotted 50 overs was simply not adequate to pose a challenge to India in the concluding one-day tie of the five-match series at the Ferozeshah Kotla here today.
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 Saurav Ganguly hitting a boundary off Drum in the fifth and final one day cricket match in New Delhi on Wednesday — PTI photo |
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Vijay, Sanjay, Mohd Islam share
lead Hockey
team raring to go Irina
surges ahead of Vandana Soccer
league from December 9 Rajasthan
upset Kerala Pak
confident Ajay
Jadeja for Johannesburg
Deepak excels in roller skating PAU
athletes dominate Amritsar
teams in limelight Swimming
title for Parmeet |
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India cruise to 7-wkt win NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — It was too low a total to defend. New Zealand, opting to bat first after skipper Stephan Fleming called correctly, frittered away the advantage and their modest total of 179 for nine in their allotted 50 overs was simply not adequate to pose a challenge to India in the concluding one-day tie of the five-match series at the Ferozeshah Kotla here today. India, riding on the good start given by debutant Devang Gandhi and Saurav Ganguly, who together put on 117 runs for the first wicket, coasted to victory in 44 overs for the loss of only three wickets. With the first four matches of the series being split 2-2, today’s win enabled India to grab the Pepsi Trophy, a good morale booster for the hosts as they are scheduled to embark on a 76-day tour of Australia later this month. In fact, India should be thankful to their openers for scripting the victory. Saurav Ganguly, who has been in brilliant form throughout the series, today hit up 86 (110 balls, 12 fours, one six) while Debang, who scored 30, were initially restricted by the Kiwi bowlers before the two broke the stranglehold to get the scoreboard moving. If the two had not laid an adequate foundation of the innings the later batsmen might have had difficulty in overtaking the modest total put up by the visitors, given the fact that the pitch was becoming slower and slower. For his efforts Saurav Ganguly, who had also taken a wicket in the Kiwi innings, was not only declared Man of the Match but was also declared Man of the Series — a proud owner of a spanking new car. The Indian left-hander had scored a total of 301 runs in five matches and had taken two wickets. The Indian players, mobbed by fans and eager policemen, mute spectators as hundreds of fans jumped over the ground fence to enter the playing area once the proceedings were over, took a ride in the Fiat Sienna to the cheers of the 30,000-odd spectators. Besides these two batsmen, skipper Sachin Tendulkar was the only other batsman to be out, caught and bowled by Daniel Vettori before the Indian skipper could get off the mark. Sachin, who was reportedly asked by the selectors to bat down the order after the way he was out in the last match at Guwahati, had just come in and after facing just three deliveries tried to hoist the New Zealand spinner, could not connect properly and gave a simple low catch to Vettori who in the same over had earlier taken the prized wicket of Ganguly, who in an attempt to finish the match early tried to hoist the bowler over the ropes but missed the line completely, giving wicketkeeper Adam Parore a lot of time to break the stumps. Unlucky to miss his 10th one-day hundred, Ganguly reached his 29th half-century in the shorter version of the game in 78 balls. He was particularly harsh on New Zealand medium pacer Chris Drum, picking up 17 runs in the fourth over of the Indian innings. After the early departure of the Indian skipper it was then left to Rahul Dravid and Vijay Bhardwaj to take India to victory with some laborious batting. While Rahul faced 53 deliveries for his 29 (three fours, two six), Bhardwaj faced a total of 35 balls to score 17 (three fours). India’s task might have been rendered difficult if the visitors had posted a total in the vicinity of 220 or so. The relaid Ferozeshah Kotla strip played the spoilsport, with the low bounce making strokeplay difficult. If one-day cricket is supposed to give entertainment to the paying public then Delhi was a really poor show. In spite of the fact that the curator of the pitch had said that it was a 275-plus strip today strokemaking was very difficult with quite a few leg before decisions with the ball keeping really low. The decision of New Zealand to bat first completely backfired as Javagal Srinath, who today came into the playing squad at the expense of the erratic Ajit Agarkar, and T. Kumaran, playing in only second one-day international, bowled well to restrict the freestroking Craig Spearman and Nathan Astle under a tight lease when the visitors opened their innings. SCOREBOARD New Zealand: Spearman c Dravid b Kumaran 3 Astle lbw b Srinath 7 Fleming lbw b Ganguly 22 Twose c Bhardwaj b Joshi 47 Cairns lbw b Robin Singh 41 Parore b Kumaran 13 Harris not out 12 Styris run out 2 Tait c Robin Singh b Kumaran 4 Vettori run out 2 Extras (lb13, nb4, w9) 26 Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 179 Fall of wickets: 1/11, 2/23, 3/58, 4/124, 5/152, 6/161, 7/165, 8/172, 9/179. Bowling: Srinath 10-1-31-1, Kumaran 9-3-24-3, Chopra 5-1-16-0, Ganguly, 6-1-29-1, Robin Singh 10-0-28-1, Joshi 10-0-38-1. India: Gandhi lbw Drum 30 Ganguly St Parore b Vettori 86 Dravid not out 29 Tendulkar c and b Vettori 0 Bhardwaj not out 17 Extras (w12, lb2, nb5) 19 Total: 181 for three in 44 overs Fall of wickets: 1/117, 2/156, 3/156. Bowling: Cairns
7-4-10-0, Drum 5-0-41-0, Styris 10-2-23-0, Astle
4-0-19-0, Harris 6-0-30-0, Vettori 10-2-46-2. |
Vijay, Sanjay, Mohd Islam
share lead CHANDIGARH, Nov 17 -- Vijay Kumar and Sanjay Kumar of Lucknow and Mohammed Islam (Patna) shared the lead on the opening day of the Rs 9 lakh Hero Golf Chandigarh Open returning identical two under par cards of 70 at the Chandigarh Golf Club course here today. The defending champion, Amritinder Singh, Shiv Prakash, Mukesh Kumar, Arjun Atwal and Devendra Patel were tied at the fourth place at one-under 71. Four players, including Order of Merit leader Feroz Ali and local favourite Amandeep Johl, were tied for ninth place at par 72. Vijay, Player of the Year for the last two seasons, had 15 greens in regulation but his putting let him down badly as he required 31 putts to complete the round. He played the first 15 holes to par and then birdied the 16th and 18th for a two-under 70 card. "I finally got some feel of my putting on the 18th hole when I sank a 20-footer for a birdie. Otherwise, I hit the ball well," he said. Mohd Islam, his confidence boosted by a hole-in-one which earned him $-3000 during last month's Hero Honda Masters, needed just 22 putts to finish 18 holes. Even though he found just 12 greens in regulation, but he was immaculate with his chipping for a two-under 70 round which contained seven birdies and five bogies. Sanjay Kumar made just one bogey, a three-putt on the par-5 seventh but three birdies in four holes — between the 9th and 12th — gave him the co-leader status at the end of the day.Coincidentally, all three birdies were set up with eight-iron followed by putts of 8-12 feet. Mukesh Kumar, winner of last week's Tiger Sports Marketing Open with a record aggregate of 20-under 268, looked good for another low round but was undone by a nine on the par-5 seventh hole. His third shot from the centre of the fairway entered the left hazard and stayed there for the next four shots. Yet, the Mhow golfer hit five birdies and managed to finish a decent one-under 71. The defending champion, Amritinder Singh, had a frustrating day with the putter and despite setting up numerous birdie chances for himself, managed to convert only three. He also made two bogies, both resulting from three-putts from about 20 feet. "I am satisfied that I am hitting the ball well,but my putting was off the mark today. I think the reason why there why there weren't many low scores today is because there are a lot of grains on the green, making putting difficult. You have to get the perfect line for even small putts. Otherwise, I think that the course is in the best condition I have seen it in the last few years," he said. Lehal leads amateurs: Sandy Lehal of Chandigarh led the amateurs with a one-under 71 round. Girish Virk and Harjinder Kang were a distant joint second at five-over 77. Scores (after 18 holes):
70 — Vijay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar and Mohd Islam; 71
— Shiv Prakash, Mukesh Kumar, Arjun Atwal, Devendra
Patel and Amritinder Singh; 72 — Feroz Ali, Amandeep
Johl, Asgar Ali and Yusuf Ali; 73 — Gaurav Ghei,
Arjun Singh, Digvijay Singh, Rohtas Singh and Manohar
Dike. |
Hockey team raring to go KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 (UNI) — With less than a day left for the Asia Cup, India, runners-up on all four occasions, are raring to go for the kill this time at the Bukit Jalil Stadium here. India play their first match tomorrow against a relatively unknown Japan. Indian hockey hasn’t had the best of times in the recent past with disastrous performances on away tours. However, India will have the comfort of knowing that they have beaten every team in the tournament and are the Asian Games champions. India’s path to the semifinals looks relatively easy. They have drawn the easier of the two groups and the only serious opposition in the group should come from hosts Malaysia. The second of the two groups has both Pakistan and Asian Games runners-up South Korea, so India will have to beat either in the round of four to reach the finals. The winners of the tournament qualify for the 2002 World Cup and that should be the added incentive to performing well. This will also be a major tournament before India go to Sydney 2000 and a good performance will do a lot of good to their confidence. On paper the Indians look a well moulded outfit this time, the forward line will be the one to watch out. With the return of the talented but temperamental Dhanraj Pillay the attack has got a shot in the arm. Youngsters Deepak Thakur and Gagan Ajit Singh along with skipper Baljit Singh Dhillon have to combine well with the Mumbai maestro for India to have an edge over teams like South Korea who run hard and are much fitter. At 31 Pillay is not the picture of perfection and is likely to tire easily. Coach Baskaran thus might use him in bursts to allow him to conserve energy. The coach says that “all the boys are in good shape and the camp has helped them with their fitness. We will play our best team”. Tall and lanky Punjab policeman Baljit Dhillon has the ability to score goals and be at the right place at the right time. Feeding the forwards will be a midfield without Mohammed Riaz. In his absence Baljit Saini will marshal the troops which has Bimal Lakra in its ranks. The genial Oriya has impressed coach Baskran and the seniors and is likely to start the match. In all probability Jude Menezes will keep the goal for India. He is a vastly improved keeper and is faster on his feet than Edward Alosyius. Ahead of the match the Indians looked a confident lot. There were smiles all around as coach Baskaran took his wards through their paces. Pillay and Ramandeep, the two most experienced players in team lead the warm ups, and it was nice to see Dhanraj giving words of wisdom to Ganga and Deepak Thakur. There is a lot of
support here in Malaysia for the Indian team especially
for Pillay from the Tamil population. |
Irina surges ahead of Vandana NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — Sixteen-year-old Irina Brar (Chandigarh) played another steady round as she serenely moved to top on the second-day of the four-day 32nd Ladies Northern India Open Amateur Golf Championship at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) course here today. Showing no signs of cares of playing among seniors and unbothered about toughness of the course, Irina fired one over 73 to get an aggregate of 146. Irina established a two-stroke lead over yesterday’s leader Vandana Agarwal who had left her form and luck at home as she could manage a dismal score of eight over 80. Yesterday she had equalled the course record with four under 68. Lalitha Balasubramaniam stayed third with her tally of seven over 79 (aggregate 156), 10 behind Irina and eight behind Vandana. Two favourites, defending champion Shruti Khanna and Parnita Garewal, could not emerge out of the pit of despair. They both had another poor round. The more they seemed to try to get their act right, the more they appeared to falter. They, however, seemed to be competing with each other as they fired 10 over 82 each. While Shruti was place on 163, Parnita was on 164. Both Shruti and Parnita were trailing by a very huge margin and it would be difficult for them to stage a comeback to win the title. Irina’s display was commendable. It was more so since she was one of the youngest in the competition. While she made her reputation, many other appeared to have marred it. In the first nine, Irina had two bogeys and seven pars as she got two over 38. In the back nine, she played steadily with one birdie and another eight pars. This gave her a round of one over 73. Yesterday also she played a round of 73. Irina played with the spirit of every thing to gain and nothing to lose. This attitude saw her play consistently. “I play my own game without worries of my opponents”, said Irina. Vandana’s game could be described in one sentence. She was up in clouds yesterday and down in dumps today. She was out in 40 and also back home in 40 (aggregate 80). Irina was also leading
for the Jahanara Trophy. She was tied with Josephine
Feasy (senior—handicap 29). Their aggregate was 140. |
Steffi Graf feted in retirement ceremony NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) — The final curtain came down on Steffi Graf’s amazing tennis career last night with an emotional retirement ceremony at Madison Square Garden on the court where she won five of her 107 singles titles. “This is just overwhelming. It’s just incredible,’’ Graf told the adoring New York crowd. “It’s only been a year since I’ve been on court playing here. I started playing here 15 years ago,’’ said the now 30-year-old legend, who was once ranked number one in the world for a record 186 consecutive weeks and held the top ranking for a total of 377 weeks — another record. The farewell began with a video montage of career highlights, including her “Golden Slam’’ of 1988 when she became just the third woman to sweep the four Grand Slam tournaments in a single year and added an Olympic gold medal for good measure. “I wasn’t looking at the video. I couldn’t,’’ Graf admitted later. “It was very emotional for me to be out there and reflect on my career ... But I could not watch it.’’ Graf won 22 Grand Slam titles, becoming the only player, male or female, to win the four majors at least four times each — four Australian Opens, six French Opens, seven Wimbledons, five US Opens — in a remarkable 17-year career. She finished with 902 match wins and 115 losses. Graf, wearing a form-fitting long black slit skirt and matching top, entered the arena to a long standing ovation and repeatedly wiped her eyes. “At the end of the video I said, ‘I love New York.’ I do, I do love New York. Thanks for being here all these years for me,’’ she said, receiving another prolonged ovation. Among the truckload of gifts Graf received was a special memento from each of the Grand Slams. From Australia she was presented with a framed “Remember Melbourne’’ poster, from Wimbledon a framed plaque listing all of her Wimbledon matches, and from the US Open she received a framed photograph of her holding the trophy with a piece of the court from the old Louis Armstrong stadium, where she won her five titles. But the one that brought the best reaction from the German superstar was the French Open gift — the actual door from her Roland Garros locker inscribed with her singles finals wins. “That was one of the pieces that was very, very special to me because I really always had that corner in the locker room and the ladies always knew that that was the locker that I wanted to have,’’ she enthused. During her emotional speech, one fan called out: “Where’s Andre?’’ The mention of Agassi, with whom she has been linked romantically, brought a huge grin that helped Graf regain her composure. “He’s probably at home watching,’’ Graf said. “You don’t want to mess with him.’’ The final tribute was the raising to the Madison Square Garden rafters of a banner bearing her name and the years she won the season-ending championships here. Graf’s final season came complete with an almost fairy tale ending as she captured one last French Open, surprising even herself, and reached the final at Wimbledon, where she lost to Lindsay Davenport. It was after Wimbledon, she says, that she realised that she no longer had the fire that had driven her to greatness. A few weeks later she said she was sure it was time for her to call it quits, even though it was obvious she could still compete at the highest level. “Tennis rules your day, your routines,’’ she said. “Depending on how you do ... It kind of gets into your personal life, too. “I was really happy not being as moody any more and not having to go through these emotions. It’s nice to have a lot calmer life,’’ added Graf, who left with career tournament earnings of $ 21,839,777. Graf clearly felt no emotional conflict about her decision. “I feel very happy about the time that I played and what I’ve achieved, and how I went about it. And that gives me the peace to go on with different things in my life.’’ And how can quite possibly the fiercest competitor ever to wield a tennis racket channel all that energy now? “I’m a pretty
tough competitor in shuffleboard,’’ she joked. |
Soccer league from December 9 NEW DELHI, Nov 17 (PTI) — The fourth edition of the National Football League will kick off on December 9 and will be held on single-leg basis. The decision was taken at the national league committee meeting held here today. The league will be a 12-team affair. The meeting decided to hold the season opening Super Cup tie, initially planned to be held in August but forced to be put off due to sponsorship problems on August 6 in Delhi. The All India Football Federation reportedly was not too keen on holding the event — between last year’s league champions Salgaocar, Goa and Federation Cup winners Mohun Bagan, Calcutta — but the sponsors Coca Cola insisted on holding the game, an AIFF sources said. The meeting reportedly
decided not to entertain the appeal of Indian Bank,
Chennai, that it should not be relegated to the second
division. |
Rajasthan upset Kerala CHANDIGARH, Nov 17 — Battlelines have been drawn for the knockout round of the 26th National Subjunior Basketball Championship for boys and girls at Sri Anandpur Sahib Indoor Stadium today at the conclusion of the round robin league. Fourteen games, seven each in boys and girls sections, were decided on the fourth day of the championship. Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry and Punjab have qualified for the quarter-finals directly. In the girls section, defending champions MP, besides Maharashtra, Pondicherry, Kerala, AP, and Punjab have qualified for the quarterfinals. The line-up for knockout round is : boys — Bihar vs Maharashtra (pre-quarterfinals) and the winners will play Tamil Nadu in quarterfinals. Kerala vs MP and winners to play Punjab in quarterfinals. Q-finals — Manipur vs Rajasthan; and AP vs Pondicherry. Girls section : Assam vs Tamil Nadu and the winners will play Punjab (q-finals); Delhi vs Haryana and the winners will play MP (q-finals). Other Q-finals : Pondicherry vs Maharashtra; and Kerala vs AP. In a major upset of the last round robin league match, Rajasthan upset the applecart of Kerala 55-45 after leading 26-21 at the breather in the boys section. Deepak (12) and Bhagwan (11) masterminded Rajasthan’s triumph while for Kerala, Harish (11) and J. Philip (8) were the main scorers. Haryana squandered the first two sessions advantage to lose to Delhi in another pool match in boys section. Delhi won 59-48 after leading 25-24 at half time. Sanjay (27) was the main architect of Delhi’s win and he was ably assisted by Jatin and Vikas (8 each). Hardip and Surinder (9 each) kept Haryana in the game. Chandigarh girls fought gamely against Bengal before fading out at 14-16. The hosts Punjab defeated Pondicherry 39-10 after leading 20-6. Tina (10) and Ravneet (eight) were the main scorers for the home team. The following are all the results of fourth day : Boys : Delhi b Haryana 59-48 (25-19); Rajasthan b Kerala 55-45 (26-21); Manipur b Bengal 40-8 (26-2); MP b Karnataka 44-26 (29-15); Maharashtra b HP 41-12 (12-8); Assam b Tripura 25-17(13-9); Tamil Nadu b UP 32-20 (23-11). Girls : Punjab b
Pondicherry 39-10 (20-6); Bengal b Chandigarh 16-14
(10-7); Assam b Manipur 35-20 (20-11); Karnataka b HP
40-2 (20-0); Tamil Nadu b Haryana 36-14; Maharashtra b
Gujarat 40-12; and Delhi b Bihar 36-28. |
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HOBART, Nov 17 (Reuters) — Revitalised by their confidence-boosting win over South Australia, Pakistan’s cricketers are quietly confident of toppling Australia in the second Test starting in Hobart tomorrow. Pakistan have never won a Test series in Australia and are already facing an uphill struggle after losing the first Test in Brisbane by 10 wickets but their captain Wasim Akram believes they can square their three-match series by winning in Tasmania. “The boys are very keen to play and that’s a good sign for Pakistan cricket,” Akram said today. “I think there’s a confidence there that wasn’t there in Brisbane. We batted well in that game but we didn’t bowl well and hopefully our bowling will improve.” Although the tourists have delayed naming their team until the day of the match, Akram indicated that he was planning to pick a three-pronged pace attack, even though Bellerive Oval is traditionally a spinner’s deck. Pakistan’s bowlers dismissed South Australia twice on a relatively good batting strip in last week’s four-day game in Adelade, with speedster Waqar Younis making a spectacular return to form with seven wickets. Waqar is already Pakistan’s third-highest Test wicket-taker with 277 scalps but has not played for his country since February because of a combination of poor form and injury and a bursting at the seams to get back in the side. Pakistan’s greatest
motivation, however, is a fear of failure. They were
beaten by Australia in the final of this year’s
World Cup and Akram said another defeat would not go down
well in his cricket-mad homeland. |
Ajay Jadeja for Johannesburg NEW DELHI, Nov 17 — Ajay Jadeja will fly to Johannesburg tonight or tomorrow to get his injured right shoulder examined by South African expert Mark Ferguson and the doctor’s verdict will determine his inclusion for the upcoming Australian tour of the Indian cricket team. Indian coach Kapil Dev said that the condition of Jadeja’s shoulder would be known by November 21, a day ahead of the team’s departure for the 76-day Australian tour. “Jadeja is not 100 per cent fit. He will meet Dr Anant Joshi in Mumbai and travel with him to South Africa as we want to remove all doubts and get the final opinion of the world’s best doctor on shoulder injuries in sports,” he told reporters after the one-day game between India and New Zealand here. Kapil Dev said if the doctor advises that the injury was minor and Jadeja can stand the entire tour, the former India vice-captain will go. Otherwise, the selectors will announce a replacement in time to leave with the team. Kapil Dev said the team’s Australian physio Andrew Leipus examined the shoulder and also the x-ray taken, but could only say “ he may be or may not be” well as a final verdict on the nature of injury could not be given offhand. Ferguson had also treated Javagal Srinath when he suffered a rotator cuff tear early in 1997. “I will encourage his inclusion only if he is 100 per cent fit,” Kapil Dev said. “The most important question is whether he can last the entire tour,” the coach said, adding he would make an announcement in Mumbai on November 21 to clarify the issue. Wicketkeeper Nayan
Mongia is being mentioned as a possible replacement for
Jadeja, especially after his young replacement M.S.K.
Prasad’s ordinary efforts in the present series. |
Black Belt Fifth Dan for
Raghavan CHANDIGARH, Nov 17: Dr P. Raghavan, who is a pioneer of karate coaching in Chandigarh, has been awarded the Black Belt Fifth Dan promotion certificate by the British Karate Association. According to a
communication from Dr Raghavan, who is currently in
Australia, the senior instructor of the BKA, Mr Danny
Connor, who is a former European champion, has agreed to
help the karate students of Chandigarh to visit England
under an exchange programme. Mr Connor is expected to
visit the city in this regard next summer. |
Deepak excels in roller skating MOGA, Nov 17 (UNI) — Deepak Kumar of Punjab achieved the best timing in roller skating discipline (under 19 300 mts rink race) on the second day of 45th National School Games in Balbir Stadium here today. Race has been introduced for the first time in school games. Results: Rink race — 1 (300mts) (girls under 14 1. Tankshu Maliger 0.54.08 (Maharashtra), 2 Kirti Puri 0.54.79 (Ch), 3 Heen Bharti 0.55.76 (Punjab), 4 Sonali Thorat 0.56.56 (Maharashtra). Boys under 14: 1 Abhusheikh Prabhu Desai 0.52.60 (Maharashtra), 2 Suchit Gupta 0.53.1 (J and K), 3 Sammer Chubhal 0.53.84 (Maharashtra), 4 Kanpreet Singh 0.54.21 (Punjab). Boys under 19: 1 Deepak Kumar 0.51.90 (Pb), 2 Harkiran Singh 0.52.32 (Chd), 3 Varen 0.52.43 (Chd), 4 Ravinder Singh 0.53.92 (Pb). Kabddi (girls): Madhya Pradesh b Rajasthan 66-29, Chandigarh b Goa 68-19, Himachal Pradesh b Gujarat 63-31. Boys: Delhi b Madhya Pradesh 58-16, Punjab b J & K 56-4, Haryana b Maharashtra 77-18, Rajasthan b Kerala 46-27, Uttar Pradesh b West Bengal 73-27, Kenderi Vidyala Sanghthan b Goa 43-38. Tamil Nadu b Gujarat 38-39, Chandigarh got walkover as NVS failed to turn up. Volleyball (girls): Punjab b Gujarat 25-23, 17-25, 25-17, Haryana b West Bengal 25-16, 28-26, Kerala b KVS 25-6, 25-16, Chandigarh b Madhya Pradesh 25-15, 25-19, Rajasthan b Karnataka 26-24, 25-25, Delhi b J and K 25-15, 25-13 and Tamil Nadu b Bihar 25-4, 25-6. Volleyball (boys): Kerala b Kenderya Vidyala Sangthan 25-16, 25-9, Punjab b Maharashtra 17-25, 25-13 and 25-10, Delhi b Goa 25-13, 25-11, West Bengal b Gujarat 25-17, 25-22, Chandigarh b J and K 25-11, 25-23. Handball (girls):
Rajasthan b Uttar Pradesh 24-4, Navodya Vidyala Sanghthan
got walkover against West Bengal boys: Punjab b Uttar
Pradesh 32-9 Maharashtra got walkover against West
Bengal. |
PAU athletes dominate HISAR, Nov 17 — Athletes from Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana, dominated the opening day’s proceedings in the first All-India Inter Agricultural University sports meet here at Haryana Agricultural University synthetic track yesterday. Gunjeet Kaur of PAU Ludhiana emerged as champion in 100 metres in women section by completing the distance in 14.40 sec. K.R. Vijaylathe (TN) and Malathi Priya M (HAU) remained second and third, respectively. In the 400 metres Sumedha Ghai (PAU) bagged the top position by completing the race in 1:14.85 sec followed by Reena of Tamil Nadu Agri University. K. Malathi also from Tamil Nadu remained third. In the women’s shot put Bimi Singh of Punjab Agricultural University won the event recording distance of 11.78 metres. Rekha of HAU emerged second with 6.82 metre distance while H. Usha Nandini (TN) remained third with the distance of 6.74 metres. The following are the results: Women: 800 metres: 1 Sumedha Ghai (PAU), 2 S. Sivamani (TN), 3 G. Gayathry (TN); 4x100 m relay: 1 Tamil Nadu, 2 PAU, 3 HAU; Javelin throw: 1 Bimi Singh (PAU), 2 S. Munavarjan (TN), 3 Sheela Suhag (HAU) 3. Men: 1500 m: 1 Jitender Kumar (PAU), 2 Prem Singh (HAU), 3 Sanjeev Kumar (HAU); 110m hurdle: 1 Raj Singh (HAU), 2 Pawan Kumar (HAU), 3 D. Gunar Karam (TN). Long jump: 1 Shiv Lal (Jabalpur), 2 Raj Singh (HAU), 3 John Jeralel (TN). Discus throw: 1 Raj Singh (HAU), 2 Prem Singh (HAU), 3
Jitender Kumar (PAU). High jump: 1 Parminder (PAU), 2 Raj
Singh (HAU), 3 Ram Lal (Jabalpur). |
Amritsar teams in limelight AMRITSAR, Nov 17 — Amritsar teams continued their winning spree, on the second day of 40th Stag Inter-District and Open Punjab Table Tennis Championship being organised by the Amritsar District Table Tennis Association here. The local boys won two of the five team titles decided today and remained runners-up in the remaining three team events. However, they had to face shock defeat at the hands of Jalandhar in women’s and girls super league matches. Ropar and Patiala were the other main teams vying for top spots. Local cadet and subjunior boys teams made short work of Ropar and Patiala teams in super league matches while Ropar accounted for Amritsar and Patiala in subjunior girls team event. Team Championship (final results): Cadet Boys: 1 Amritsar, 2 Ropar, 3 Patiala; Subjunior boys: 1 Amritsar, 2 Ropar, 3 Patiala. Subjunior boys: 1 Amritsar, 2 Ropar. Subjunior girls: 1 Ropar, 2 Amritsar, 3 Patiala; Girls: 1 Jalandhar, 2 Amritsar, 3 Ropar. Women: 1 Jalandhar, 2 Amritsar, 3 Ropar. Team Championship (super league matches): Men- Amritsar b Jalandhar 3-1, Patiala 3-2, PSEB b Jalandhar 3-1; Jalandhar b Patiala 3-2. Team Championship super league Boys: Jalandhar b Ropar 3-1, Ludhiana b Ropar 3-1, Amritsar b Ropar 3-1. Cadet girls
(semifinals): Patiala b Fatehgarh Sahib 3-1, Ropar b
Amritsar 3-1. |
Swimming title for Parmeet PATIALA, Nov 17 — Parmeet Bharghev of Gujarat won the 400 m individual medley for boys (u-19) while Sudhir Tokas and Ashim Mandal took the second and third spots, respectively, in the same event of the swimming competition of the National School Games being held at the NIS swimming poll here today. While the swimming, water polo and diving competitions are being held at the NIS here, the other disciplines of the National School Games, which are being organised by the School Games Federation of India (SGFI), are simultaneously being held at Moga. The other results: 400m
individual medlay for girls (u-19): Kanak Biswas 1,
Puneet Chechi 2, Anu Joy Thoppan 3; 400m individual
medley for boys (u-17): Hitendar Tokas 1, Tarun Haldar 2,
Ankur 3. 400m individual medlay for girls (u-17): Bhawna
Sharma 1, Meenakshi Tokas 2, Divya Chadda 3. 200m Breast
stroke for boys (u-14): Parnam Hathwar 1, Gairik Bardhan
2, Inderjit 3. |
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Hero group to open rural academies CHANDIGARH, Nov 17 (BOSR) — “We will open rural sports academies in the near future which is the need of the hour”, said Mr Sunil Kant Munjal, Managing Director, Hero Cycles, who was here yesterday in connection with the Hero Golf ’99, Chandigarh Open which commenced at the golf club here today. Mr Munjal said the academies would not be like the ones already running in the country. An attempt will be made to encourage people staying in the villages to send their wards for taking part in various sports disciplines. When asked why people from rural areas were being targeted, Mr Munjal said talent and the urge to do something for the country lay in the villages. At present the Hero group is concentrating on cricket, golf and cycling. It may be recalled that the Hero group had been sponsors of international cricket matches and golf tournaments involving big prize money. Mr Munjal further emphasised that their group had always tried to promote sports in everyway so as to contribute towards its growth. On the question of the latest move by the Sports Authority of India to invite corporate sponsors for its various programmes, he remarked that SAI possessed good infrastructure and “we would like to have control over management in such collaborations at our end while optimising on the utilisation part”. Mr Munjal was also instrumental in putting star Indian football player Baichung Bhutia in the English League. Crowned best athlete, promoted BHANU (Ambala), Nov 17 (TNS) — Long distance runner Bansi Lal of Himachal sector could not have asked for more on the fourth and last day of the 19th annual sports meet of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, here today. He not only won the 3,000 metres steeplechase event to become the best athlete of the meet for the second consecutive year but also got his promotion from a Constable to Havildar ordered by the Inspector-General (Headquarters), Mr Divakar Prasad, at the instance of the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal. Bansi Lal had earlier won 5,000- metre and 10,000-metre events. In the five events decided on the last day today, Himachal Sector maintained its lead to win the overall championship. The following are the results of events decided today : 20 km walk : Wohd Abbas (Kumaon Sector )1, Hardeep Singh (Himachal ) 2, Dhian Singh (Himachal)3. 1:50.15 hrs. Pole vault : B. Suresh Babu (J&K I) 1, Parkash Singh (Garhwal Sector) 2, Rajbir Singh (Kumaon)3. 3.20 metres. 400 metres : Om Parkash (J&K I) 1, Kashmir Singh (J&K I) 2, Sanjay Kumar (Himachal) 3. 52.78 secs. 3,000 m steeplechase : Bansi Lal (Himachal) 1, Urba Dutt Joshi (L&C Sector) 2, Mohd Tohid (Kumaon) 3, 10:05.69 min. 4X100 metres relay : Himachal 1, J&K I 2, J&K II 3, 46.48 secs. Punjab 193 for 4 PATIALA, Nov 17 (FOSR) — Punjab were in a position of strength as they piled up 193 for 4 in reply to Jammu and Kashmir’s first innings total of 75 all out in the three-day league match of the Vijay Merchant Cricket Tournament (U-16) here today. For J and K, who batted by choice, out of the 75 runs compiled in their first eassy, 35 were contributed by middle order batsman Yasir. Inter-university v’ball results SHIMLA, Nov 17 (TNS) — Hosts Himachal Pradesh University lost both its league matches on the second day of the All India Inter University Women’s Volleyball Championship here today. The Mysore University defeated Himachal girls 25-13, 25-23, 25-20 in the first match and the Panjab University beat the host 25-23, 25-19, 25-19 in the second encounter. In another match Calicut University outplayed Panjab University 25-14, 25-21, 25-21. Punjabi University defeated GND varsity 25-10, 25-19, 25-20 and M.G. University, Kottayam, edged out Madras University. Abhey Chautala is HAAA chief HISAR, Nov 17 (FOSR) — Abhey Singh Chautala and H.S. Bhadu have been unanimously elected president and secretary, respectively, of the Haryana State Amateur Athletic Association (HAAA). R. Sony Josunwa, joint secretary, Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI), and Dr Sumer Singh Nandal of Haryana were present in the meeting as observers. All the 22 affiliated units participated in the meeting. Sanjeev Kaushal, Gokal Chand, A.K. Singh, Vinod Malik, Sudhir Rajpal, Bhisham Pitamaha and Dhara Singh have been unanimously elected vice-presidents of the association, while Raj Yadav and Subey Singh will be joint secretaries, Bhupinder Singh has been elected treasurer. Executive members:
Hardeep Singh, K.S. Dhillon, S.S. Boora, H.K. Kundu, H.S.
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