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Pak crush Windies by 130 runs SHARJAH, Oct 15 — Young off-spinner Shoaib Malik claimed two vital wickets for 34 runs on debut as Pakistan crushed West Indies by 130 runs in the second league match of the Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament here last night. Zimbabwe defy to put on 194 HARARE, Oct 15 — Australia bowled out Zimbabwe for 194 on the first day of their one-off cricket Test here and in reply were six without loss at close. |
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Jeev climbs to joint 6th slot Anil
grabs 2 gold Amanjot,
Saurabh win doubles title Dingko,
Qamar in semis Jasjeet
lifts Samarvir Sahi Trophy Punjab
cops, PSB in final PU
down MDU in football Cash
prize meet for schools at Sirsa Rambagh
Club finish on top |
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Pak crush Windies by 130 runs SHARJAH, Oct 15 (PTI) — Young off-spinner Shoaib Malik claimed two vital wickets for 34 runs on debut as Pakistan crushed West Indies by 130 runs in the second league match of the Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament here last night. Chasing a massive target of 261 without the assuring middle-order presence of Jimmy Adams — who did not bat due to a teller ligament tear after bowling 10 balls — West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals against some tight bowling by the Pakistanis and were bundled out for 130 runs off 34.4 overs at the Sharjah stadium here. The Caribbeans lost skipper Brian Lara (8) cheaply for the second match in a row as the left-hander went for a flashy drive off Wasim Akram and edged behind to wicket-keeper Moin Khan and were reduced to 45 for two when Wavell Hinds (13) failed to keep down a drive off Azhar Mahmood (1/24) and gave a simple catch to Aamir Sohail at point. Lara, who smashed the second fastest one-day century off 45 balls against Bangladesh last week, lofted Akram (1/15) over covers for a boundary but was out the next ball as he went for an extravagant drive. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was run out by Hasan Raza going for a second run as West Indies slumped to 58 for three in 17 overs and never recovered from that. The 17-year-old Malik, who started his limited overs career with a maiden over, then struck two vital blows to take the wind out of the West Indies’ sail. Malik trapped the other opener Sherwin Campbell in front of the wicket as the batsman tried to sweep across the line, reducing West Indies to 79 for four. The youngster, picked up for the tournament in place of Saqlain Mushtaq, who is recovering from a knee operation, then removed the dangerous Ricardo Powell as the 20-year-old Jamaican tried to take control of the match. Powell, on whom rested the West Indian hopes for an unlikely victory, was looking to dominate the bowling with his run-a-ball knock. He lofted Malik out of the ground for a huge six and also struck him for a boundary as he helped his team cross the 100-run mark in the 26th over in the company of Ridley Jacobs (16 n.o) before Malik got his revenge. He lured Powell out of the crease for a mighty heave and then fired the ball towards the leg side for Moin Khan to complete a neat stumping and West Indies were reduced to 114-5 in the 28th over. Young speedster Abdur Razzaq (2/26), who shared the new ball with skipper Akram, then hastened the West Indian demise as he claimed two wickets off successive balls. He had Nehemiah Perry (3) caught by Akram in the first over of his second spell and then trapped Nixon Mclean (0) leg before off the next ball. Pakistan: S Anwar c Lara b McLean
72 West Indies: |
Zimbabwe defy to put on 194 HARARE, Oct 15 (AFP) — Australia bowled out Zimbabwe for 194 on the first day of their one-off cricket Test here and in reply were six without loss at close. But Zimbabwe showed resilience against the pace of Damien Fleming and Glenn McGrath and the guile of Shane Warne after collapsing to 37 for four in the first hour. Neil Johnson caused some consternation in the Australian ranks with an innings of 75 that mixed defiant defence and flashing stroke play. He found willing partners in Andy Flower, with whom he put on 70 for the fifth wicket and in Guy Whittall in a partnership worth 40. Johnson batted over four hours, hitting eight fours and a straight six off Warne while letting loose with tail-enders as partners. Flower looked unsettled against a mix of pace and spin but he nevertheless put together an innings of 28. Whittall was more aggressive and was going well before edging a nick to Healy behind the stumps. Otherwise it was decidedly Australia’s day. Zimbabwe (1st
innings): Australia 1st
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Paes, Bhupathi pull out of Singapore Open SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (PTI) — The top team of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi yesterday pulled out of the doubles event of the Singapore Open Tennis Tournament citing injury to the latter. Bhupathi had pulled a hamstring muscle in the first round of the Shanghai Open last week in China and is yet to recover from it. ATP today announced their withdrawal from the event saying Bhupathi was not feeling fully comfortable to play. Following the injury, Bhupathi pulled out of singles event in which he and Paes both had received wildcard entry. Paes lost in the first round of the singles draw when he lost 6-1 6-3 to former French Open Champion Michael Chang of the USA yesterday. The world No 1 pair’s campaign on the ATP Tour after their back-to-back Grand Slam triumphs at the French Open and Wimbledon has been crippled with Bhupathi carrying some injury or other. Bhupathi took five-week
off after the All-England Championships that left Paes to
play with different partners on the Tour. |
Jeev climbs to joint 6th slot BANGKOK, Oct 15 (UNI) — Indian pro Jeev Milkha Singh fired another superb 69 in the second round to climb to a joint sixth position in the Lexus International Golf Tournament here today. Jyoti Randhawa also had a very good round here, returning 68 to climb up to the 18th place while Arjun Singh recorded a 69 to move up and share the 28th spot. Three other Indians made the cut on the second day which saw Pakistan’s Taimur Hussain holing a series of tricky putts to shoot five under par 67 and remain one hole ahead of Singapore’s Mardan Mamat and South Africa’s Hendrik Buhrmann. The Indians making the cut included Amandeep Johl, who slipped in form today and shot a 74 to slide down from the the fourth slot to 28th. The others were Uttam singh Mundy in 47th with an aggregate of 144 and Amritinder Singh in 54th with 145. Jeev Milkha Singh shared the sixth place with four others who also had 138 after two days of golf. Randhawa who had a par round of 72 yesterday had a total of 140 while Arjun Singh and Amandeep Singh Johl were at 142. Gaurav Ghei, Vivek Bhandari and Indrajit Bhalotia failed to make the cut which came at two over 146. Hussain, one of the
longest hitters on tour, has a two round total of nine
under 135 and takes over from overnight leader Buhrmann
with a 70, and Mamat, who added a 69 to his first round
of 67 at the Windmill Park County Club here. |
Anil grabs 2 gold NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (PTI) — Ace sprinter Anil Kumar struck two gold in the men’s showpiece races, and despite SAF Games bronze medallist Saraswati Dey getting pushed to the second spot, India claimed 12 of the 14 gold medals on offer to dominate the third Raja Bhalendra Singh International Athletic meet here today. Anil Kumar, the fastest man in India, raced to the finish line in the 100 metres in 10.67 seconds in one of the closely contested races in which Iran’s Yousef Dehmiri (10.80) and Ajay Raj Singh (10.83) of India followed for second and third spots. Kathmandu SAF Games double gold medallist Anik Kumar then ran 200m in 21.28 secs to take his second gold of the day. Anil was given a tough fight by his compatriots — international Jata Shankar and Anand Menzes — but he showed his mettle by surging into lead just 50 metres from the finish line. With sprint queen P.T. Usha taking part only in 200m race, Saraswati Devi was the overwhelming favourite to win the 100m. Saraswati, who won the gold at the Salwan International Meet three days ago, ran a poor 12.09 sec to settle for silver as her compatriot Vinita Tripathi (12.05) edged ahead in a photo-finish. India’s Vijayalakshmi (12.13) took the bronze. SAF Games triple gold
medallist and ace distance runner Sunita Rani kept her
reputation intact by winning her favourite 1500m race in
4min 17.11sec, crossing the finishing line way ahead of
her Belarussian rival Tatyana Buloickyk (4:21.26).
Madhuri Singh (4:24.24) came third to take the bronze. |
Amanjot, Saurabh win doubles title NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (UNI) — Amanjot Singh continued Chandigarh’s solid showing at the DSCL National Tennis Championship, as the boys under-16 top-seeded player today beat third-seeded Rohan Gajjar of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-3 to set up a championship clash with fourth-seeded Pratim Parekh. In the boys’ under-16 doubles finals, Amanjot, pairing with Saurabh Singh, clinched the title beating Rohan Gajjar and Harshit Sharma 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. The triumphant Chandigarh boys gave a fine performance, coming into the match after losing the first set. Chandigarh lads Sunil Kumar and Akshay Vishal Rao had last week clinched the men’s and the boys under-18 titles. Pratim, who yesterday was a lucky winner against second-seeded Harsgit Sharma (WB) as the latter conceded the match when a set up, today earned a hard-fought victory against second-seeded Jaco T Mathew of Tamil Nadu, winning 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. After losing the first set (5-7), he came back strongly in the match, winning the next two. In the girls under 16 semifinals, top-seeded Megha Vakaria of Maharashtra notched up a set victory over sixth-seeded Samrita Sekar, winning 6-1, 6-0. Megha now meets state-girl and fourth-seeded Lisa Pereira in the finals tomorrow. Lisa today won a three-setter against seventh-seeded Preeti Rao (TN) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. Amanjot today played confidently against Rohan, breaking the latter thrice in the first set. Although Rohan managed to break the Chandigarh boy in the fourth game, Amanjot did not have much difficulty winning the set (6-2). In the second, Amanjot broke Rohan in the first game and although both retained serve till the eighth game, Amanjot, leading 5-3, again broke Rohan in the ninth to win the set (6-3) and the match in 70 minutes. In the boys under-14 section, both the top two seeds today won their semifinal encounters to meet in the finals. Top-seeded R. Arunprakash of Tamil Nadu beat third-seeded V. Vignesh (AP) in straight sets 6-3, 6-0 to set up a championship clash with second-seeded Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra. Vikrant also did not have much difficulty as he moved past sixth-seeded Vikramaditya Menon of Tamil Nadu 6-2, 6-2. In the girls under-14 section, sixth-seeded Sasha Abraham (AP) had to fight a three set battle to oust a strong-going Priyanka Parekh of West Bengal. Sasha defeated the unseeded Priyanka 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 in a match which lasted over two hours. Priyanka had a successful run so far as she had ousted eighth-seeded Sharanya Pattabi (TN) and top-seeded Isha Lakhani (Mah) before her eventual semifinal loss today. Sasha now meets second-seeded Sania Mirza (AP) in the finals tomorrow. Sania today beat fourth-seeded Ankita Bhambri of Delhi in straight sets, winning 7-5, 6-3. Results (semifinals): Boys u-16: Amanjot Singh (1) bt Rohan Gajjar (3) 6-2, 6-3 Pratim Parekh (4) bt Jaco T. Mathew (2) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Girls u-16: Megha Vakaria (1) bt Samrita Sekar (6) 6-1, 6-0 Lisa Pereira (4) bt Preeti Rao (7) 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. Boys u-14: R. Arun Prakash (1) bt V. Vignesh (3) 6-3, 6-0 Vikrant Sane (2) bt Vikramaditya Menon (6) 6-2, 6-2. Girls u-14: Sasha Abraham (6) bt Priyanka Parekh 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 Sania Mirza (2) Ankita Bhambri (4) 7-5, 6-3. The girls under-16 doubles titles was lifted by the pair of Samrita Shekar and Preeti Rao. They beat the pair of Liza Pareira and Megha Vakaria in a three-set encounter 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (4). In the boys’ under-14 doubles finals, the pair of V. Vignesh and R. Arun Prakash beat the pair of Wrik Ganguly and Tushar Liberhan in straight sets. Vignesh and Arun Prakash clinched the title 6-3, 6-3. The girls’ under-14
doubles title was clinched by the pair of Sanaa Bhambri
and Ankita Bhambri who prevailed over the duo of Lata
Assutani and Priyanka Parekh 6-3, 7-6. |
Dingko, Qamar in semis SHIMLA, Oct 15 (UNI) — South Asian gold medallists Ali Qamar (RSPB) and Dingko Singh (SSCB) entered the semifinals in the light fly and bantam weight categories on the fourth day of 46th Senior National Boxing Championship today. At the historic Ridge “maidan” here, both Ali Qamar and Dingko Singh won on points, defeating Safdar Khan of Bengal and M. Singh of Delhi respectively. In the other bouts held in the quarterfinals, another international boxer Bhim Singh of All-India Police trounced Deepak Rana of Gujarat in the second round and Girish Pawar of Maharashtra beat Raj Bahadur of Uttar Pradesh in the third round, both in light-fly, when the referee stopped contests due to outclass. Suresh Singh of CISF defeated Sandeep of Andhra Pradesh on points in a bout also in light-fly category. R. Singh of Punjab, S. Mawia of Mizoram and I. Kharparan of Meghalaya won on points in bantam weight category respectively defeating Ch. Ramarao (Andhra Pradesh), S. Rayat (Himachal Pradesh) and M. Tomba (Manipur). In fly weight division, D.K. Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) A.S. Rao (RSPB), international boxer D. Singh (CISF) and A. Danawale (Maharashtra) won on points, respectively defeating S. Chouhan (Himachal Pradesh), J. Prakash (Haryana) R. Prajuli (SSCB) and Rosanglura (Mizoram). In feather-weight category, international boxer Ramanand of SSCB defeated P.K. Mohanty of Orissa in the second round when the referee stopped contest due to outclass. Another international boxer V. Bhaskaran (RSPB) and international junior puglist Tarique won on points trouncing A. Sandil( SPSB) and D.S. Bisht (Delhi) respectively. In light-weight category, N. Rana (SSCB), also in international boxer, routed V. More (Maharashtra) in the second round on the basis of RSC-OC. M.S. Singh of Andhra Pradesh and G. Singh of All-India Police, respectively, defeated S. Misra (Uttar Pradesh) and S.K. Alam (Bengal) on points. S.D. Singh (Manipur) also entered the semifinals in the light weight category, defeating K. Vir (AIEB) on points. In light welter category, A. Kumar (CISF) and international boxer B. Saini (RSPB) won on points, trouncing P. Kumar (All-India Police) and international junior D. Singh (Haryana) respectively. H. Singh (Chandigarh) retired in favour of S.K. Hela (Bengal) while T.C. Nunga (Mizoram) knocked out T.D. Meeithi (Manipur) in the first round. In welter division, Z.V. Jollyson (SPSB), also an international boxer, defeated R. Kumar (CISF) and M.E. Narayana (SSCB) routed R. Adhikari (Delhi) on points. K. Kumar of Punjab also won on points against B. Singh of Uttar Pradesh. However, an international boxer D. Gill of RSPB outclassed S.M. Rasheed of Tamil Nadu when the referee stopped the contest in the second round. In light middle
category, international puglist L. Prasad made it to the
semifinals and defeated R. Singh (CISF) on points.
Similarly V. Shivraj (Andhra Pradesh) trounced J. Singh
(AIEB) on points. However, R. Singh of Maharashtra lost
to A.K. Singh of SPSB on RSC-OC. |
Jasjeet lifts Samarvir Sahi
Trophy CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — Jasjeet Singh of Noida, lifted the second Samarvir Sahi Chandigarh Open Amateur Golf Trophy keeping a step ahead of the strongly finishing Harjinder Singh Kang and outstripping overnight leader Sandy Lehal through a brilliant display of golfing temperament and talent, here today. Playing with the leader Sandy Lehal and Saurabh Bahuguna, Jasjeet Singh showed great maturity in keeping to the business of making pars from the beginning and letting the competition falter. His first bogey, through A 3 putt, on the par-5, seventh hole was immediately remedied by a birdie on the next hole and he was playing level par at the turn. By this time Sandy Lehal had dropped three shots and was trailing by one and the championship had become a near match-play tussle between the two. Scrambling for,and making pars where he did not hit regulations, Jasjeet dropped his first shot of the back nine on the three-par 14th as his tee shot found a difficult line in the green side bunker. Sandy had just made a birdie on the 13th and had hopes of catching up again when Jasjeet pulled his second shot on the difficult par-4 15th on to the 16th tee, but a brilliantly executed lob to within 3 feet of the pin saw him hang on to his thin lead. Then on the par 5, 16th again, from a difficult approach Jasjeet made a fantastic shot to the pin to grab a birdie and a stranglehold on the championship. As Sandy dropped another shot where he might have made a birdie. By the time they reached the 18th Jasjeet could take his bogey and the championship with a smile. Harjinder Singh Kang of the PSEB, playing the best round of the tournament, a 2 under par 70, today came to within a hair of upsetting Jasjeet’s cart, but left his charge too late and his excellent birdies on 12th, 13th and 17th were not enough to help him win. But he did manage to pip Sandy Lehal and finish second. In a jubilant mood Jasjeet Singh, the young assistant trainee with Gas Authority of India, told the Press, he was thrilled to win his first amateur title and beat his brother Simarjeet Singh. At the prize distribution ceremony Mr GPS Sahi, IAS, gave away the prizes for the championship held annually in the memory of his son Samarvir Singh Sahi, who , a top class golfer himself , was lost to this world at a very young age. The final scores:
Jasjeet Singh 297, Harjinder S Kang 299, Sandy Lehal 300,
Simmerjit Singh 301, Saurabh Bahugana 304, Suleiman Ali
305, Suman Puri 306, Gurbaaz Mann 306, sheeraz kalra 309,
and Anitya Chand 310. |
Punjab cops, PSB in final MUMBAI, Oct 15 (UNI) — Inside-left Daljit Singh Dhillon’s hat-trick, including the golden goal took Punjab Police today on the threshold of the title in the Bombay gold Cup Hockey Championship here. The police men won a titanic battle of nerves in the second minute of the golden goal periods second half upstaging the more glamorous Air-India of Mumbai 3-2 after a full time of 2-2 in the second semifinal. In the first semifinal Punjab and Sind Bank, the team in crackling form, ousted another local team with more stars, Bharat Petroleum, 4-1. The defeats highlighted how much the local teams had missed big time hockey in past five years. Punjab Police have been a thorn for all teams since winning the cup in 1959. PSB should be looking for the revenge final as it was in the 1988 finals that they lost to the police men. Both the northern sides jolted the goodly partisan crowds by taking lead in the very second minute of the game. A fine run of Baljit Bhullar gave Dhillon a wonderful view of the goal and he did not miss. But Sarbjit Singh put pressure on the police men by showing dissent and kicking the ball only to be sent out. This folly poked a big hole on the right and surely enough Air-India plugged it in the 30th minute after putting tremendous pressure on goalie Roshan Lal. The latter had made two grand reflex action saves from Len Aiyappa and veteran Edward Aranha. Then came a superb show of understanding between Deepak Thakur and Gagan Ajit Singh culminating in goal from the latter. Soon after resumption the police men tricked the Air-India defence to take lead. Jagdev posed to take the second short corner out of the five but allowed the ball to roll to Balwant Singh. Balwant pushed the ball to Dhillon and he again netted. Air-India again relied on tireless Thakur who grabbed a forward pass in the circle to level the score. The golden goal also came off the short corner. The ball was passed on to Dhillon who scooped home. The first semifinal between Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) and Bharat Petroleum fizzled into a one-sided affair with the former taking 2-0 lead in the first six minutes. Baljit Singh Chandi first grabbed a long ball from Rajinder and again demonstrated his golf-like drive for the first goal. In the sixth minute Sandeep Ghuman essayed a free hit a foot away from the circle. Bhupinder Hayer diverted the speeding ball for the goal. Sabu Varkey gave similar treatment to the ball off Ram Saran in the 21st minute to give some hope for the local team. But it lay in tatters soon. Vikramjit Kaka deftly stopped a hit from 25 years and Prasad flicked for the third goal. Within the start of
second half Bharat Petroleum had given up when Harpreet
Channy, who had just replaced intemperate Sarabjit,
designed his own goal with a slight help from Bhupinder. |
PU down MDU in football ALLAHABAD, Oct 15 (UNI) — Punjabi University, Patiala, today beat Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2-0 in the North Zone Inter-University Football (men) Tournament played at Allahabad University. In the first half Patiala led by 1-0. For Patiala, Gurminder Jeet and Sandeep Sharma scored one goal each in the fifth and 69th minute. In the second match Panjab University, Chandigarh, beat Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 4-0. At half time they led by 1-0. For Chandigarh, Jagjeet Singh scored two goals while Dharmendra Singh and Sukhvinder Singh record one goal each. The participants in the super league matches qualified for the All-India Inter-Zonal Football (men) Tournament to be held at Goa from October 24 next. Panjab University,
Chandigarh, and Punjabi University, Patiala earned seven
points each while GND University, Amritsar, managed three
points. |
Cash prize meet for schools
at Sirsa CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — The Haryana Sports and Secondary Education Department will be organising a state-level Cash Prize School Sports Tournament under the scheme of the Ministry of Sports, Government of India, from October 16 to 18 at Maharana Pratap Stadium in Sirsa. Giving this information today, Mr B.K. Panigrahi, Director, Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Haryana, said this tournament would include competitions in athletics (boys and girls), kabaddi (boys and girls), hockey (girls), volleyball (boys and girls), football (boys) wrestling (boys) and basketball (girls). The school teams which
had won the first position in the cash prize school games
which had been conducted at district level from September
18 to 19 would participate in this state level
tournament. According to Mr S.S. Bura, Sport and Youth
Welfare Officer of Senior Secondary Education Department,
Haryana the Government of India had sanctioned Rs 50,000
for each school tournament held at the district level
while Rs 2 lakh would be provided for conducting State
Level tournaments, including expenses of further sending
the state team to the Cash Prize National School Games
scheduled to be held in the month of January, 2000. |
Rambagh Club finish on top NEW DELHI, Oct 15 — Rambagh Club (Jaipur) played consistently finishing on top with 222.4 points on the opening day of the two-day sixth Johnnie Walker International Club Golf Championship at the Classic Golf Resort here today. Willingdon club (Mumbai) were placed second with 224.2 points. Finalists from Sri Lanka, Nepal and India’s four zonal teams from north, west, south and east, teed-off amidst enthusiasm on the course which rolled out superbly. With a view to achieving `perfect’ scores, the teams were split into three categories, that is, zero to nine, 10 to 16 and 17 to 24 handicaps. The winning team, which will be decided tomorrow, will be provided an opportunity to witness the Johnnie Walker Classic. This is 1 million-pound European PGA tournament, which will be held at Taipei (Taiwan) in November. Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh are among prominent golfers, who will be seen in action there. Held in Asian region since 1991, the tournament has grown in stature and popularity because it provides an ample scope and opportunity to amateurs to sharpen their game. Most of the players of the participating teams were making a debut on this course. But all were impressed though slightly over-awed by vastness and beauty of the course. “It was a delight to play here”, was the opinion of all, who teed-off in the morning. The Rambagh Club
players, who had done excellently in the North Zone
contest at Delhi, said that they were in good nick and
should continue to lead even tomorrow. “We enjoy a
slender lead over Willingdon Club and we have begun to
come on terms with the course”, said Rambagh
players. |
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PU kho-kho title for DAV College CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 (BOSR) — DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, won the Panjab University Inter College Kho Kho (men) Championship, SD College Hoshiarpur secured the second position and GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sudhar, were placed third in the matches played at PU campus today. Panjab University Campus won both matches in the men’s and women’s sections of the Panjab University Inter-College Table Tennis Tournament played at the PU gymnasium hall today. In the men’s section PU Campus outplayed Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, 3-2 while in the women’s section they humbled MCM DAV College for Women by 3-1. In other men’s matches, SGGS College Chandigarh blanked RSD College Ferozepore 3-0 while in the women’s section, Government College for Girls, Sector 11, Chandigarh trounced AS College for Women, Khanna, 3-0. In the PU Inter-College Zonal Kabaddi Tournament (women) also being played at PU grounds, GGS College for Women, Chandigarh, outclassed Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepore by 19 points, SGGJ Girls College, Raikot whipped SD College for Women, Moga, by 74 points and in the last match GCG-11 Chandigarh defeated MG Khalsa College for Women, Kottan, by 54 points. Thapar Polytechnic in semis PATIALA, Oct 15 (FOSR) —Thapar Polytechnic entered the semifinals of the Punjab Inter-Polytechnic Badminton Championships defeating TFB Polytechnic, Moga, 3-1 here today. The architects of Thapar Polytechnic win were Arun Tomar who downed Vipin in a one-sided match 15-0, 15-1. But GTB Moga, quickly came into the reckoning as Arvinder downed Opinder Rana in a three setter 15-13, 9-15, 15-4 . Thapar Polytechnic emerged victorious in the doubles as Arun combined with Nikhil to beat Vipin and Vikram 15-0, 15-3 making it a 2-1 lead for the hosts. Finally Opinder and Rajiv barely managed to scrap past the GTB. Moga pair of Tejbir and Arvinder 15-9, 15-14 making it 3-1 in favour of the hosts. In another quarterfinal match, Amit Kumar and Bharat Bhushan helped GND Polytechnic Ludhiana to beat CPC Polytechnic, Chandigarh 3-2. Khalsa Club triumph JALANDHAR, Oct 15 (FOSR) — Khalsa Club Jalandhar, outwitted SAI Academy Chandigarh 2-1 in the sixth G S Bodhi Memorial Invitation Hockey Tournament here today. The winners were trailing by one goal till the lemon break. In the second match of the women’s section Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, drubbed Amritsar-xi 7-0 while in the boys’ section Jyoti Academy, Jalandhar, defeated Lyallpur Khalsa Senior Secondary School (Blue) by 1-0. Chandigarh 412 for 7 PATIALA, Oct 15 (FOSR) — Yuvraj Singh (175) enabled Chandigarh to pile up a massive 412 for 7 in the allotted 90 overs in the final of the Dhruv Pandove Cricket Tournament ( K-19) played here today. Scores: Chandigarh (first innings): 412 for 7 in 90 overs (Yuvraj Singh 175. Gagan Tur 4 for 52). KVS meet ends CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 (BOSR) — The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) Sports Meet for senior girls concluded here today with teams of four clusters — Ambala, Jalandhar, Bathinda and Chandigarh — taking part. Ambala won the basketball event, while Chandigarh won the volleyball title. Jalandhar emerged winners in hockey. The winning teams will take part in the KVS National Sports Meet beginning on November 1 at New Delhi. Ropar DHA mourns death of coach CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 (TNS)
— The District Handball Association has mourned the
death of Mr Daljit Singh, handball coach posted at
Mohali, in a road accident. The meeting was presided over
by Mr J.S. Samundari. |
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