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Randhawa placed joint 5th LONDON, May 20 — Alec Stewart’s 13th Test century put England in a dominant position on the third day of the first of two cricket Tests here at Lord’s today.
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Gowri is youngest
FIDE-rated player Protests over Tyson's bout Railways trounce
Haryana Chef-de-Mission for Olympics First title for Deportivo
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (UNI) — It was over in just 84 minutes. Dreams of that long awaited Uber Cup victory lay in tatters on the courts of Putra Stadium here in Kuala Lumpur as holders China swept away all semblance of opposition from the Danish squad led by world champion Camilla Martin to crush the Europeans 3-0 in 84 minutes. IBF president Madam Lu Shenrong gave away the cup to China. This was 7th Uber Cup gold for China. They have lost in two finals in 1994/1996 and have always reached the finals ever since competing in the Cup since 1984. For Denmark this was their first entry in a Uber Cup finals since 1960 when their squad lost to the USA in Philadelphia. Camilla Margin’s singles match against world number two Gong Zhichao was the only one which supposedly was to go Denmark’s way. But Gong Zhai Chao, playing a brilliantly controlled game defeated Camilla 11-9/11-5. The first game lasted 22 minutes and was close up to 7-7, but then Camilla fell into a rash of errors from which she never came out. Gong Laso kept plugging away the deep backhand of Camilla, never allowing her to play comfortable strokes. World and Olympic champions Gu Junge Fei, arguably the best ever ladies doubles pair in the games history, went on to defeat Helen Kirkegaard/Rikke Olse in 24 minutes 15-2/15-9. This was the 13th continuous win for the Chinese superstars over the two Danes, who have not been able to win even one game in all these 13 matches. Right from the beginning it was apparent that the Chinese would win the cup, and not even the ruthless manner in which the team squashed all opposition has surprised anyone. Says former
Indonesian great Rudy Hartono, who is here to attend meetings as IBF delegate: ‘‘It will be news if China lose one game, let alone even one match in Uber Cup. I cannot remember any team this strong in all my years of badminton. Perhaps we should have a rest of world against China in future in Uber Cup,’’ he laughed. Chinese second singles player Yun Dai took another 20 minutes to end Denmark’s agony. She beat Mette Sorensen 11-8/11-1. Yun Dai was down 0-4 and 2-6 in first game, but once she moved into the top gear there was no way that Mette could have given her any fight. Yun Dai was far too fast and controlled for the bulkier Dane. Said Danish team manager Keneth Larsen after the tie: ‘‘China is strong and we will take some time to catch up with them technically. We are working on that aspect and Camilla has improved a lot working the way the Chinese do, but they start serious badminton far too early then us. I feel that China will dominate next four years or so, but after that it may be difficult for them. The same thing has happened with their men’s team. So we are optimistic that we can catch up soon’’. China will again be in action tomorrow in Thomas Cup finals when they take on defending champions Indonesia. That is going to be one cracking, tie, with singles line-up almost equal in strength but the Indonesians superior in doubles. But says chief Chinese coach Li Young Bo: ‘‘I am aware of the fact that Indonesians are favourites. But they should not underestimate us. See what happened to the Koreans. They wanted to defeat us, but lost 1-3. If we can get a victory even in one of the first two singles, we can put them under pressure’’. Yesterday, Indonesia smashed their way into the finals with a thrilling 3-2 win over Denmark in over five hours of pulsating badminton. China had beaten South Korea 3-1 in the first semifinal. It was a tremendous fight that Indonesia had endure from the Danes who fought till the very end. World number one Peter Gade Christensen played one of the best Thomas Cup singles matches ever seen when he, in a 88-minute thriller, downed Hendrawan of Indonesia 12-15/17-16/15-11. The first two games had seen a dingdong battle, with Hendrawan, trying to keep the tall Dane away from the net with nicely executed half smashes which had sharp angles. Both the players clinched a game each. However, in the decider, Peter, playing comprehensive badminton, flicked the shuttler all over the court, catching Hendrawan on wrong foot time and again and led all the way. He was 10-5 and again 13-8, before wrapping up Denmark’s first point. |
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SHANGHAI,, May 20 (UNI) — India’s Jyoti Randhawa shot a par-72 third round to slip to joint 5th place while his compatriot Amandeep Johl carded superb three under-69 to move up to joint 22nd slot in the $ 400,000 Volvo China Open Golf here today. Two other Indians in the fray, Arjun Atwal and Gaurav Ghei had contrasting penultimate round. While Atwal came up with par 72 round, Ghei shot five over par 77. England’s rookie professional Simon Dyson put himself on the threshold of back-to-back title. Dyson fired a three under par 69 under stifling conditions for a three round total of 12 under par 204 to emerge the sole leader. Randhawa, who had two good rounds of 69 and 68 and was lying joint third yesterday, faltered today and managed a par round to aggregate seven under par 209. Chandigarh-based Johl had one of the best round of 69 and that enabled him to climb up by 31 positions from yesterday’s joint 53rd. Johl has a three round total of two under 214 (73,72,69). Atwal also shot par 72 round and climbed by eight place at joint 37 from yesterday’s 45th. Ghei had a miserable round. He shot five over par 77 and with a total of 7 over 223 (75,71,77) and was placed last but one in the field of 69 golfers. American Ahmad Bateman is leading the chasing pack here in second place on 207 after carding a 69 while Chinese Taipei’s Yeh Wei-Tze and Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand gave themselves a shot at the title by placing joint third following round of 69 and 70, respectively, to stay four off the pace. For the first time this week, Dyson’s driver let him down as he missed several fairways on his outward nine. He birdied the second hole but scrambled at the next two by getting up-and-down for pars. He bogeyed the fifth with a three putt but birdies at the sixth, ninth and 17th ensured he ended the day where he had started. Overnight co-leader American Chris Hunsucker fell back with a disappointing 78. The 39-year-old Bateman, who has recorded two top-10 finishes on tour this year, could have been much closer to Dyson if not for disappointing bogeys in two of his last three holes. The talented Yeh, hit the shot of the day with an eagle two at the par 4 15th when he spun a sandwedge back into the cup from 90 yards. That sparked a revival as he overcame a disastrous front nine score of 38 to romp home in 31 for his three-under-par round. China’s Zhang Lian-Wei shot a 71 to place joint 10th, seven shots behind Dyson while title holder Kyi Hla Han of Myanmar carded a second 74 to slip to tied 41st. |
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LONDON, May 20 (AFP) — Alec Stewart’s 13th Test century put England in a dominant position on the third day of the first of two cricket Tests here at Lord’s today. England were 415 all out after tea with Stewart remaining unbeaten on 124. To the last ball of the second session England lost Nick Knight, well caught in the gully by Neil Johnson off the bowling of Guy Whittall for 44. Stewart, 59 not out at lunch, hit the first ball after the interval for a fluent cover-driven four off Johnson. Even Heath Streak, who fully deserved his tea figures of 4-65, did not escape Stewart’s blade. He was
dispatched for three successive boundaries, a cover-drive, a pull and an on-drive taking Stewart to 98. A scrambled two brought Stewart his century, adding to Graeme Hick’s (101) earlier century. The former England captain scored briskly, facing 206 balls and hitting 19 fours for his hundred. But he did not have things all his own way. On 24, he gloved an attempted pull off Johnson down the legside and Zimbabwe captain and ‘keeper Andy Flower claimed the catch but Stewart stood his ground, unsure the ball had been cleanly taken. Third umpire John Holder ruled in the batsman’s
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NEW DELHI, May 20 (UNI) —BCCI president A.C. Muthiah today said he would cross check with the CBI to ascertain what information its former chief I.S. Bindra would not be able to furnish to the board under the ‘confidentiality clause’ while replying to the show-cause notice to be served on him shortly for his allegations against players and officials. Addressing a press conference here after an informal meeting of the board’s general body, Mr Muthiah said the show-cause notice, which the working committee yesterday decided to serve on Mr Bindra, would address questions relating to the specific allegations levelled by him against players and officials in the backdrop of the match fixing
scandal. Mr Bindra, president of the Punjab Cricket Association, will be asked to reply on a number of issues like his naming current national coach Kapil Dev as the player to have offered money to Manoj Prabhakar during the 1994 Singer Cup, in Sri Lanka; allegations that he had reprimanded some players (during his stewardship of the board) for laying bets on matches where India did not feature; naming Sachin Tendulkar in the context of the match fixing scandal; his utterances that some managers had in their reports to him complained by wrongdoings by players and his statement that the then PCB secretary had told him that the India-New Zealand match in Sharjah in 1998 was ‘fixed’ and he walked out in disgust after four Indian players got run out. On a question why only Mr Bindra was picked while many board officials like vice president Kamal Morarka, joint secretary Jyoti Bajpai and treasurer Kishore Rungta had also levelled serious allegations against the
PCA chief, Mr Muthiah said: “In the wisdom of the board, there was nothing in the allegations (of the office-bearers) which could endanger its harmonious functioning.’’ Mr Muthiah insisted, contrary to what was circulated and much to the chagrin of the journalists, that it was an “informal’’ meeting of the general body during which members were apprised of the latest developments (since the match-fixing controversy surfaced) including the meeting that Sports Minister S.S. Dhindsa had with board officials and former captains and managers and the deliberations at yesterday’s working committee meeting. “They all endorsed the decisions of the working committee,’’ he stated. At today’s meeting, Mr Bindra was not present and the
PCA was represented by its secretary M.P. Pandov. “Mr Bindra excused himself,’’ Mr Muthiah said explaining his absence. However on the eve of the working committee meeting, the
PCA chief had told UNI that he had not been informed about the emergency meeting of the general body. “How can they hold a general body meeting without a mandatory 10 day notice. It can at best be a get-together of board officials,’’ he had wondered. Mr Muthiah said three managers — Jyoti Bajpai, Brijesh Patel and Subba Rao — had denied Mr Bindra’s statements regarding their reports. “Madan Lal was not present,’’ he said. Today’s Press conference where board secretary J.Y. Lele and Bajpai were also present, was but a replay of what Mr Muthiah had briefed the media after the working committee meeting. If at all, he elaborated on a few issues and insisted, “I do not believe there is match fixing. I think cricket is clean and we are unnecessarily tarnishing its image ... some people are using it to settle personal scores.’’ Mr Muthiah reiterated that the board had decided to reimburse the expenses of players and officials who might require to go through the legal paces “until they are chargesheeted’’. |
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Indian cricket to go digital NEW DELHI, May 20 (UNI) — Lap top strategies will soon be part of the Indian cricket team with ‘e-cricket’, an elaborate database on players being planned by the BCCI. Board president A.C. Muthiah said the decision on ‘e-cricket’ was decided at the working committee meeting held yesterday. “It will be a very elaborate database of video and statistics of all players and matches and it will be updated real time,’’ he informed reporters during a press conference today. “The performance of a batsman against various bowlers, his peak year, the performance of a bowler in the face of a particular batsman will all be there to analyse ... It will be handy for the coach and the captain,’’ Mr Muthiah said. The software has been developed by a us firm and is similar to those used by teams like South Africa. |
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PCA chief’s complaint
withdrawn KHARAR, May 20 — Mrs Neelam
Arora, Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Kharar, today dismissed as withdrawn a complaint filed by Mr Inderjit Singh Bindra, president of the Punjab Cricket Association, against the publisher, Editor-in-Chief and a correspondent of Outlook, an English weekly published from Delhi, for publishing defamatory article about him in the May 14, 1997 issue of the weekly. It is worth mentioning that Mr Bindra, a senior IAS officer, had filed a criminal complaint under Section 500 and 120-B of the IPC at that time and two senior IAS officers recorded their statements in the court at that time in connection with this complaint. Mr Bindra had alleged that the weekly had lower his reputation and prestige in the eyes of the public and relatives by publishing an article “Foul at Mohali” written by Dilpreet Sidhu and asserted that the contents of the article were “false”, baseless and contrary to records. Mr Bindra recorded his statement in the court here today that the Outlook magazine in its issue dated April 24, 2000 had expressed and published regrets with respect to the article published against him in its issue dated May 14, 1997 and in view of the regrets published, he did not want to pursue the complaint further. |
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BRIDGETOWN, May 20 (AP) — Left-hander Wavell Hinds scored a memorable maiden century, his magnificent 165 providing the West Indies with a distinct advantage over Pakistan at the close of day two in the teams’ second five-day cricket Test. The home team yesterday closed on 283 for five, 30 ahead of Pakistan’s first day total of 253. The 23-year-old Hinds, in only his fourth Test, came to the wicket in the day’s fourth over after Adrian Griffith was an early casualty. When Hinds finally fell just before the close, he had struck 24 meaty boundaries to all parts of the Kensington Oval in just over six hours at the crease. The Jamaican faced 236 balls in scoring his fifth first-class century. It was the first time in 23 Tests that a West Indian No 3 batsman had reached three figures. Self-exiled former captain Brian Lara was the last man to achieve the feat back in 1997 against Sri Lanka in St Vincent. While Hinds’ innings formed the backbone of the West Indies reply, he was ably assisted by opener Sherwin Campbell, who scored 58 off 122 balls in just over three hours. The pair responded positively to the loss of Griffith after resuming on two without loss, putting on 133 for the second wicket in 163 minutes. Hinds gave the positive lead, getting off the mark with two powerful boundaries in one over off fast bowler Waqar Younis. Campbell aggressively followed suit, pulling Younis and his fellow pace great Wasim Akram for sixes in successive overs. The pair (Hinds and Campbell) went to lunch at 113 for one, a productive morning session realising 111 runs in 26 overs. Campbell struck four sixes and four fours before he dragged Saqlain Mushtaq’s off-break onto his stumps half way through the day. Pakistan then managed to remove the two most experienced West Indies batsmen cheaply either side of tea, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and captain Jimmy Adams failing to pass double figures. Chanderpaul got a brute of a bouncer from Abdur Razzaq and gloved to wicket-keeper Moin Khan, while Adams was unlucky to be given out to a slip catch off Mushtaq as he missed his drive at an off-break that really spun. Adams had seen his fellow Jamaican Hinds to his century just before tea, Hinds lifting Mushtaq straight overhead for his 16th boundary to reach the landmark. He immediately removed his helmet, swung his bat in the air triumphantly to salute the appreciative crowd of about 9,000. When Adams fell, at 213 for four, Pakistan sensed they had an opportunity, but Hinds maintained his onslaught and found another solid ally in young Ramnaresh Sarwan. The 19-year-old Sarwan, the 11th teenager to represent the West Indies, added 69 with Hinds and was 28 not out at the close in just under two hours batting. Curtly Ambrose came in as nightwatchman and survived to the end, taken 3.2 overs because of bad light. Younis took two for 52 off 12 overs and Mushtaq two for 68 off 29 overs. Akram, the most probing of the bowlers, went wicketless.
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Spectre of violence haunts Euro 2000 championship THE police and football officials are preparing for fresh outbreak of violence at next month’s Euro 2000 Football Championship in Holland and Belgium following the clashes between English and Turkish supporters that marred soccer’s Uefa Cup final in Copenhagen on Wednesday night. The British National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) yesterday warned that hooliganism was once again on the increase, and predicted that English fans were ‘‘almost guaranteed’’ to be in the thick of any trouble in Holland and Belgium. In the worst outbreak of widespread football-related violence since England supporters went on the rampage during the 1998 World Cup, 19 persons were injured and more than 60 arrested in clashes between supporters of the Arsenal football club from London and the Turkish side Galatasaray . On Thursday there were reports of fresh fighting between the supporters at Copenhagen airport. Bottles were thrown and fights broke out between the rival factions as fans waited to board planes home, a Danish police spokesman said. Earlier, 15 Britons arrested during the trouble were released without being charged. Danish police said their priority was to get the fans out of the country as quickly as possible. But this was condemned by their British counterparts who said hooligans causing trouble abroad should be put through the judicial process as a deterrent. Mr Mark Steels, a spokesman for NCIS, which shares intelligence on hooligans with police forces at home and abroad, said the organisation was not surprised by the violence in Copenhagen. He said that statistics for this season, due out in August, would show hooliganism had risen, particularly violent confrontations away from grounds and between supporters of non-premiership clubs. The authorities have also become increasingly concerned about an apparent shift in the rules of engagement in the fighting between rival gangs. The police has recorded a significant rise in the number of weapons being used this season. ‘‘This is not handbags at dawn stuff. It is very nasty, an NCIS spokesman said. ‘‘We are talking about people with iron bars, sticks, knives. It is very vicious. These people are not deterred by legislation. They are a new generation.’’ Attention will now switch to Euro 2000 soccer tournament, which is being co-hosted by Belgium and Holland. Mr Steels said: ‘‘I don’t think people can say any more that this sort of thing won’t happen in Euro 2000.’’ ‘‘We have fears about the security of the tournament. I’m afraid to say that we have fears wherever English fans go at club level and quite often, indeed more often, at international level.’’ ‘‘We fear that English fans are going to cause trouble at Euro 2000, and I can almost guarantee you that if there is any trouble at Euro 2000, English fans will be part of it.’’ Wednesday night’s violence was the latest in a series of clashes between English and Turkish fans since two Leeds United football club supporters were murdered in Istanbul on the eve of the club’s semi-final tie against Galatasaray. On Tuesday, Paul Dineen, an Arsenal fan from north London, was stabbed in the back in Copenhagen. Many Arsenal fans arriving at Luton airport north east of London yesterday said a rivalry had now been established between the two country’s hooligans which would carry on this summer. Both sets of supporters could be in Holland at roughly the same time and the two teams could meet in the quarterfinals of the tournament on June 24. The British authorities are hoping that police in Belgium and Holland, who have been co-ordinating closely with NCIS in the run up to the tournament, will have learned from Wednesday night. Despite warnings that Arsenal hooligans were planning to travel to the match, Danish police adopted a ‘‘softly softly’’ approach to security. British police yesterday refused to condemn the tactics employed, but privately they believe the Danish police adopted a low key approach because it worked for the 1998 Cup Winners’ Cup final in Stockholm, when 17,000 Chelsea fans travelled to Sweden and there was only one arrest. The organisers of Euro 2000 yesterday insisted they were ready to handle any hooligan threat. A spokesman, Jan De Grave, said. ‘‘We cannot guarantee a 100 per cent safe tournament but we are confident we’ve had the right preparation.’’ While Uefa played down the risk of trouble at Euro 2000 the Dutch authorities were less sanguine. An interior ministry spokesman, Mr Harald Hameleers, said: ‘‘It shows we will have to be very alert.’’ Mr David Davies, the English Football Association’s (FA) Executive Director, said a meeting with the Turkish FA had been brought forward in an attempt to ‘‘restore the normal relationship between the two footballing nations’’. Mr Davies said he was ‘‘disappointed’’ by the violence and offered an apology to the people of Copenhagen. But he was adamant that England’s 2006 World Cup bid would not be harmed. ‘‘The decision on 2006 will be about which country has the best facilities, the best infrastructure, the best grounds,’’ he added. Mr Davies suggested that the government may need to tighten controls to stop hooligans travelling to Euro 2000. The former head of the UK government’s Football Taskforce, Mr David Mellor, called for new laws allowing police to confiscate fans’ passports if officers convince magistrates there is firm evidence of them being suspected hooligans.
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Gowri is youngest
FIDE-rated player
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, May 20 (UNI) — C.M. Gowrishankar, a second standard student of Christ Nagar High School of the city, collected 6.5 points in the Tal Chess Academy FIDE-Rating Tournament to become, at seven years seven months and 20 days, the youngest ever FIDE-rated player in the world. With 4.5 points at the end of the 11th round, Gowrishankar finished in style clinching victories in the last two matches held today. Gowri began playing chess at the age of five. His father C.R. Manoj, a pharmacist in the Government Ayurveda College, here and mother Saritha Manoj, a housewife, are devoted chess players. |
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Protests over
Tyson’s bout
LONDON, May 20 (AP) — Mike Tyson’s heavyweight boxing bout against Lou Savarese might last only a few rounds. The fight to keep Tyson out of Britain might last a few weeks. Promoters announced yesterday the June 24 contest would be staged at the open-air 52,000-capacity Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, home of Scotland’s national soccer team. Although the former world heavyweight champion should have little trouble beating Savarese (39-3), he’s likely to have far more trouble getting into the country. Lawmakers and women’s rights groups yesterday cranked up their campaign to keep the convicted rapist out of Britain, even though he fought at Manchester, in January. |
Railways trounce
Haryana MUMBAI, May 20 (PTI) — Hosts and last year’s winners Banks Sports Board will clash with Railways for the men’s title while the Railways women are to take on Maharashtra in the other summit contest of the 47th National Kabaddi Championship here. BSB outclassed Karnataka 39-21 in the men’s semi-final last night after prevailing 26-21 over Services in the quarter-finals. Railways men whipped Haryana 41-24 in the other semi-final after drubbing Uttar Pradesh 42-23 in the quarter-finals.  |
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Chef-de-Mission
for Olympics
NEW DELHI, May 20 (UNI) — Mr Ashok Kumar Mattoo has been named as the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for the Sydney Olympics to be held from September 15 to October 1. Indian Olympic Association
(IOA) announced Mr Mattoo’s name as Chef-de-Mission through a Press note as the top brass of the
IOA is in Rio De Janeiro (Brazil) to bid for New Delhi to host the 2006 Asian Games. Mr Mattoo, president of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation has earlier been Chef-de-Mission of Indian contingents for the Ist
SAF Games held at Kathmandu in 1984 and the Seoul Asiad in 1986. Four Indian boxers have qualified to represent the country in the Sydney Olympics. This is the second highest representation from boxing in Olympics from India, so far. |
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MADRID, May 20 (AP) — Deportivo La Coruna won their first Spanish league title in its 94-year history defeating Espanyol 2-0 in the final round of the championship. Deportivo won their final game of the season on goals from Brazilian Donato Gama Da Silva in the 3rd minute and Dutchman Roy Makaay in the 34th. After the referee blew the whistle, thousands of fans waving blue and white flags invaded the pitch of the Riazor stadium to celebrate their team’s victory and league title. “It’s a special moment for Deportivo,” Brazilian Mauro Silva said. “To see the face of joy and happiness in our fans is something unforgettable.” The win ended a spectacular season for Deportivo under Spanish coach Javier Irureta with 69 points from 21 wins, 6 draws and eleven defeats. It took the league lead for good after the 12th round of games. In recent years, the side virtually handed FC Barcelona the title two seasons in a row between 1993 and 1995 when Deportivo lost in the final rounds. |
National Games from November 18 CHANDIGARH, May 20 — The National Games 2000, scheduled to be held in Punjab, will now be held from November 18 to 29 next, according to an announcement made here today by Mr Arvind Khanna, secretary-general of the Punjab Olympic Association and organising secretary for the National Games. The games were earlier scheduled to be held from November 5 to 16. The change in dates had been proposed by the Punjab Olympic Association as it was felt that the National Games were being held too close to the conclusion of the Sydney Olympics which might see certain top stars of the country skipping the National Games. The change in the dates has been approved by the Indian Olympic Association
(IOA). In fact while approving the change in dates the Indian Olympic Association had curtailed the duration of the games from 12 to nine days, that is from November 18 to 26. However, at the insistence of the Punjab Olympic Association the original duration of the games was restored. Mr Khanna disclosed that the opening ceremony of the games would now be conducted on November 18 (Saturday) while the closing ceremony would be held on November 29 (Wednesday), Mr Khanna added. The various events of the games will be conducted at Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala, Chandigarh as also Anandpur Sahib. The opening and closing ceremonies of the games would be held at Ludhiana. When the Indian Olympic Association curtailed the duration of the games from 12 to nine days, the Punjab Olympic Association requested the national body that the duration of the games should not be reduced. Mr Khanna said it would have been extremely difficult to conduct the competitions in 25 sport disciplines within a span of seven days with the two remaining days being used for the opening and closing ceremonies. Mr Khanna said the duration of the last two National Games held in Karnataka and Manipur was also 12 days. The same facility should also be extended to the Punjab Olympic Association, it was argued. Mr Khanna disclosed that the meetings of the various committees constituted by the organising committee to look after various facets of the National Games would be conducted soon so that every possible detail regarding the conduct of the games like hospitality, transport as well as the actual conduct of the games could be worked out. The organising committee for the games had already had its first meeting last
month. Six-a-side hockey
tournament LUDHIANA, May 20 — Dr Khem Singh Gill team edged out Dr G.S. Kalkat team 2-1 to win the first Harpal Singh memorial six-a-side hockey tournament at the astroturf stadium of the Punjab Agriculture University here yesterday. The final was decided through sudden death rule. After the barren first half, Dr Kalkat team opened account in the 23rd minute when Sukhdeepak Singh Gill converted a penalty stoke. Eight minutes later, Dr Gill team’s Harpal Bhullar scored a fine field goal to restore parity. Since both the teams were locked one-all at the end of regular period, tie-breaker rule was applied but even penalty stokes failed to resolve the issue. In the sudden death time the all-important goal for Dr Khem Singh Gill team was scored by
Jaskaranbal.
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