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Sri Lanka keen to
maintain edge Konguvel,
Ramesh post fluent wins
Guilty to lose
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FIFA to discuss World
Cup bidding process
East Bengal hold Mohun
Bagan Kafelnikov loses to Clavet Railways eves take
on Tamil Nadu Gurdaspur,
Kapurthala eves in final 16-member h’ball team for Asian meet
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Sri Lanka keen to maintain edge KANDY, July 29 (AFP) — Sri Lankans are keyed up to push South Africa over the edge by persisting with their policy of three spinners for the second cricket Test starting here tomorrow. Already one up in the three-Test series, Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya’s men are not prepared to lose the advantage they have on the South Africans after winning the first Test by an innings and 15 runs in
Galle.
“We cannot underestimate South Africa at any stage. They are capable of always winning and coming back,” he said. “Certainly we will have to play very hard to beat them if we are to win the series.” Jayasuriya admitted his main trump card against the South Africans was off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. “Obviously we don’t have anyone (else) like him. We gave him a good rest for the last five to six days to keep him fresh for the Test. I am happy the way he is bowling,” he said. The 27-year-old world class spinner spun South Africa to defeat in the first Test with a match bag of 13 wickets. He is expected to perform a similar role at the Asgiriya International Stadium here, his hometown, where thousands of spectators are expected to flock just to cheer him. The Test is also a big game for Kumar Sangakkara, also from Kandy. Twenty-three-year-old Sangakkara, who made his Test debut at Galle, has come up so well that his presence as a middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper gives the selectors the option of playing an additional batsman or a bowler. Sri Lanka will decide on the morning whether they want to play with only one fast bowler or choose between Kumar Dharmasena and Dinuk Hettiaratchi on the final spot. Dharmasena was not impressive in Galle, and his place is in danger of going to Hettiaratchi or batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan. Sri Lanka are also toying with the idea of going into the Test with only one fast bowler — Chaminda Vaas, if the pitch is similar to Galle’s. Vaas’ new ball partner, Nuwan Zoysa, bowled only nine overs in the entire Test. South Africa are expected to make one change with fast bowler Nantie Hayward coming in for Makhaya Ntini. The pitch is expected to suit Muralitharan’s spin with hardly any grass left on it. It is the same pitch used for the third and final Test against Pakistan nearly a month ago, which was ruined by rain. This will be former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga’s final Test here, and the local association has planned to honour him. A life-size cut out of Ranatunga will grace the venue throughout the Test. They will also present him a souvenir. Teams (from): Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya (captain), Marvan Atapattu, Russel Arnold, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Arjuna Ranatunga, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Dharmasena, Nuwan Zoysa, Dinuk Hettiaratchi, Tillekeratne Dilshan. South Africa: Shaun Pollock (captain), Gary Kirsten, Neil McKenzie, Jacques Kallis, Darryl Cullinan, Jonty Rhodes, Lance Klusener, Mark Boucher, Nicky Boje, Paul Adams, Monantau Hayward, Makhaya Ntini, Roger Telemachus. |
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Konguvel, Ramesh post fluent wins BIEL, July 29 (PTI) — Indian international master P. Konguvel carried on with his winning streak crushing 10th seeded IM Jaracz Pawel in the fifth round of the Biel International Chees tournament here.
Other Indian IMs R.B. Ramesh and V. Sarvanan, who had lost in the previous round, dwarfed their opponents to win impressively but T.S. Ravi and Kidambi could not hold on to their defence and lost their respective games. Konguvel forced the Sicilian Najdorf variation with white pieces and Pawel took his developed knight on ‘F6’ square back to ‘g8’ square which was totally strange to the position, on the 11th move. Konguvel castled on the queenside and won his opponent’s queen, when Pawel decided to give up on the 43rd move. Konguvel has 3.5 points at the end of this round. Ramesh came back from yesterday’s painful loss to score a victory from the black side of the English opening against Heedt T. Ramesh appeared to be in some difficulty in the opening but recovered to mate his
opponent on the 38th move to move to 3.5 points. Sarvanan too won against Illilijin to move to 3 points. He faced the Kann variation of the Sicilian defence and exploited his opponent’s faulty play to win two pawns in the early middlegame. Sarvanan then easily converted the advantage to a smooth victory. Young Kidambi faced the semi-Slav variation with the white pieces against IM Pelletier. Pelletier exploited a novelty, which A. Galkin had used successfully against him in an earlier game, to trap Kidambi. Kidambi got into trouble and went into a knight and pawn endgame. Here Pelletier missed many chances and entered a drawn king and pawn endgame. It was Kidambi’s turn to miss a drawing continuation and lost the game to stay on 2.5 points. T.S. Ravi made a mistake in the opening against IM R. Bagirov and could not save the game. It was a queens Indian defence and Bagirov was on the driver’s seat from the beginning. However, in the queen and rook endgame Ravi missed a chance to pose serious problems to his opponent’s king and lost the game to remain on 2.5 points. After today’s round, grandmasters Burmakin and Sturva are leading the field with 4.5 points in this 11- round tournament where 106 players are
vying for the title. Tomorrow will be a rest day when a mega lightning tournament will be held in which all the five Indian players will be participating. Results: GM A. Galkin (4.0) drew GM Sturva (4.5); GM Raskovsky (4.0) drew GM Shariyazdanov (4.0); IM Gershon Alik (3.5) lost to GM Burmakin (4.5); GM Avrukh (4.0) beat GM Kempinski (3.0), IM Konguvel (3.5) beat IM Pawel (2.5); Heedt T. (2.5) lost to IM Ramesh (3.5); IM Sarvanan (3.0) Illilijin (2.0). |
BCCI, govt take different stands NEW DELHI, July 29 (PTI) — The Board of Control for Cricket in India officials today spoke differently on government’s say in finalisation of a Code of Conduct for players while Minister of State for Sports Sahnawaz Hussain asserted that the government had every justification to be involved in the matter.
Board Secretary Lele asserted “no we are not” when
asked whether the Code of Conduct committee was working under pressure
from the Sports Ministry. “We are autonomous body. We will finalise the code and submit it to the government,” Lele told reporters after a brief sitting here with convenor Kishore Rungta and member Shashank Manohar. “We will meet on August 19 after taking suggestions from the government to finalise the code,” Rungta said. But, Shahnawaz Hussain, was equally stern on the government’s stand. “Who is Lele. He is not above the law,” Hussain said reacting to the BCCI secretary’s remarks. “We have to answer (questions in the Parliament). We are accountable to the people,” he said. The board officials are due to submit the code and their “vision” report to Sports Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on August 1. Also, Lele had no answer to a query whether the BCCI had received government’s sanction for the forthcoming Sahara Cup series against Pakistan in Toronto. |
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Guilty to lose awards: Dhindsa LUDHIANA, July 29 (PTI) — All national honours and awards would be withdrawn from all those cricket players who are found guilty in the match-fixing scandal, said Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs. Talking to mediapersons here today, he said the CBI had assured that it would submit its report on the match-fixing affairs by the end of September next. Mr Dhindsa also said the government had decided to introduce the new national sports policy in the next session of Parliament. "Care would be taken that no player of any game in future would dare to indulge in match-fixing", he said. Even though the autonomous structure of the various sports federations would be maintained yet they would be made accountable to the nation for their activities in the policy, he said. In reply to a question regarding the continuation of Kapil Dev as the coach of Indian cricket team, the Union Sports Minister said that the representatives of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) were meeting him on August 1. They were bringing forward a new Code of Conduct for players and office bearers, he said. Kapil’s continuance or removal would depend on this Code of Conduct, he added. Talking about the next National Games scheduled to be held in Punjab this year, Mr Dhindsa said there was a possibility of these games being postponed to March next due to certain snags. One of these, was that the new synthetic track being laid at the Guru Nanak Stadium at Ludhiana would require at least 90 continuous days without rain to dry up properly, he said. December and January were extremely cold and would not suit the athletes from southern states, thus March could be the only month, he said. A meeting of the IOA was being held
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Tennis fraternity taking Olympics lightly The tennis fraternity doesn’t seem to care too much for the Olympic Games. Women’s number one Martina Hingis has said she won’t be in Sydney because she is scared of injury after the gruelling US hard court circuit. Granted that the Olympic Games begins five days after the US Open finishes, but the real reason Swiss Miss is not coming for the Olympics is because she thinks it’s too far to travel for an Olympic gold medal. She has confided to friends that two trips to Australia in one year is one trip too many. Also on the list of no shows at Sydney will be men’s number one Pete Sampras who isn’t very impressed by tennis at the Olympics. He did not make it to the Atlanta Games and surely won’t make the long trip to Sydney. And family is more important than the Sydney Olympics for John McEnroe who has turned down the chance to coach the US Olympics men’s team. Former Wimbledon and US Open champion Stan Smith has been named a surprise replacement for US Davis Cup captain McEnroe. Billie Jean King was earlier chosen to coach the US women’s team. Officials say McEnroe declined because his six children will be starting school, and he didn’t want to make the long trip so soon after working as a television commentator at the U.S. Open. He has coached at each of the past three Olympics. Stan Smith’s first task as Olympic coach will be to persuade Sampras to join the team, which won’t be easy. “If Sampras were going to decline, I’m going to give him a call and see whether there’s a possibility he might reconsider,” Smith said. “It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. Those who have played and done well, it’s the highlight of their lives and their tennis careers,” Stan said. Two players who will not miss Sydney are defending Olympic champions Andre Agassi and Lindsay Davenport. Apart from trying to win a second Olympic gold medal each, both are second-generation Olympians. Andre’s father represented Iran as a boxer and Lindsay’s dad played volleyball for the USA. Moreover, Andre’s girlfriend Steffi Graf has fond memories of the Olympics having won the gold in the first year that tennis made a comeback into the Olympics. Of course she also won the Golden Gram Slam, i.e. all the Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic Gold. Also expected to accept invitations to play singles for the U.S. team are Michael Chang and Todd Martin. Tennis Australia said there was enough depth in the draw for the Olympic competition to ensure top level competition and the absence of the two number one’s would not affect the tournament. 109 years old He was born five years before Athens hosted the first of the modern Olympic Games in 1896. At 25 he walked off the farm to fight in the Great War, where a bullet cut through his shirt and shaved his shoulder blades during a battle on the Western Front. Longevity has made Jack Lockett an Australian treasure, and the lifeforce that has endured 109 years was blazing on Thursday as he carried the Olympic torch through his home town of Bendigo, near Melbourne. Hundreds of his not-much-younger peers - many of them room-mates at his nursing home, many under rugs and in wheelchairs - endured hours in the cold to keep prime vantage spots to watch Mr Lockett’s journey. As he shuffled up the street with the Olympic flame in his hand, aided only by a walking stick, it was difficult to tell who was savouring the moment more - the 109-year-old or the 25,000 cheering onlookers. Of course, Mr Lockett could be accused of stacking the crowd - it did include his four children, and most of his 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. For the five or so minutes that his 200-metre journey took, the applause and cheers were constant. Tears welled in many onlookers’ eyes. When Mr Lockett ignited Bendigo’s community cauldron, a look of joy and immense satisfaction could be seen on his grinning face as stared at the crowd through the Olympic flame. This was something worth travelling hours to see. Still counting For the first time, people are talking in weeks. The Olympics will be held in just seven weeks. Or, to put it another way, in 48 days. Which means that Thursday was yet another Olympic milestone: there were 50 days to go. To celebrate, a pin was created. Also, a song was written. Here are some of the lyrics, to be sung to the tune of Paul Simon’s “Fifty ways to leave your lover: For two weeks life will be different Through both changes small and large It’s the one time that you’ll want to leave your car in the garage It’s the once in every four years that we use the word “dressage” Cos there’s 50 days to the Olympics Inspiring stuff, but still nowhere near as impressive as the queue of 1000 people who got up before dawn on a frosty Sydney morning , to be sure of purchasing a “50 days to go” Olympic pin. Pin collecting is so popular in Sydney these days that it will take over as a spectator sport. Whether the main event (the Games themselves) will go on is now in the lap of the gods, at least according to SOCOG’s boss, Sandy Hollway. Speaking to ABC radio, Mr Hollway said he was being kept awake at night by thoughts of rain. About three years ago, it poured “like it does in winter, in Manchester” from September15 (zero days to go) for a week. Mr Hollway was, at the time, standing at the window with a colleague. “I hope it doesn’t rain like this in 2000,” he said, and the colleague replied: “Well, it won’t, will it? We’re Aussies. We’re lucky bastards.” That taken care of, Mr Hollway is also concerned about trains, specifically the fact that, in Sydney, they crash, jump tracks, catch fire and, in the best-case scenario, don’t run on time. Otherwise, there is hardly anything left to worry about. All the venues are finished, or as good as. About half the teams have been selected. The uniforms are done. The torch is nearly home. All one wonders about is whether anybody cares. After all (and this is the one thing Hollway did not mention being worried about) there are still 2.5 million tickets to sell. In less than seven weeks. Or 49 days, if you like.
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FIFA to discuss World Cup bidding process LONDON, July 29 (AFP) — FIFA president Sepp Blatter will instigate a wide-ranging discussion into the World Cup bidding process at the executive meeting of the world governing body in Zurich on August 3, the Press Association has reported.
The South Africans have already requested that Germany’s victory in the race to host the 2006 event should be examined by an arbitration panel. A decision on that issue will be made by
FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen next week. However, Mr Blatter, in his monthly editorial comment in the official fifa magazine ‘Goal’, wants the whole process to be looked at to see if modifications can be made. “This should not in any way diminish the achievement of the German bidders in attaining the success they had sought with a prolonged and highly convincing campaign that combined German thoroughness with style and imagination,” said Mr Blatter. “Rather, the discussion is intended to be a first airing of views on how the established system may be modified to meet even the most exacting demands of equal opportunity and transparency.” Mr Blatter is continuing to press his desire for an automatic rotation system for future World Cups, an idea which has the backing of
UEFA. However, the debate will have no bearing on Ruffinen’s investigation into the South African claims. The Swiss lawyer must consider the legal implications of the decision before announcing how he intends to deal with the matter. Confusion over the issue had arisen because of comments made in China last night by fifa development division director Walter Gagg. “The decision is final,” claimed Mr Gagg, “any alteration to the outcome is not possible.” However, although Mr Gagg was in Beijing on behalf of fifa president Sepp Blatter, he is not one of the 24-man voting panel who confirmed Germany as the hosts of the 2006 event and does not have the power to decide how the issue will be resolved. South Africa contend that the final 12-11 outcome in Germany’s favour should not be allowed to stand because Oceania delegate Charles Dempsey was mandated to vote for South Africa, but instead controversially abstained claiming he was put ‘under intolerable pressure’ by unnamed figures on the fringe of the bidding process. “We should not create any impression that this particular legislation is in urgent need of repair,” said Mr Blatter. “The purpose of the debate will not be to call into question a voting process that had been observed scrupulously under the vigilant eye of a public notary and to the full satisfaction of all those present in the committee room. “But voices have been raised and questions asked. It is
FIFA's duty to respond. “The World Cup is the jewel in FIFA's crown and we cannot allow it to be tarnished in any way.” |
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Boldon serves a warning OSLO, July 29 (Reuters) — Ato Boldon, a man with much to gain from the failure of Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene to make the US 200 metres team for the Sydney Olympics, completed a 100-200 double at the Bislett Games yesterday. Boldon, the 1997 world 200 champion, was unable to defend his title in Seville last year through injury. Instead he watched from the stands as his training partner Greene won the title for the USA. The Trinidadian, who now lives in Los Angeles, was again in the stands during the US trials this month and was on hand to see both Johnson, the 1996 Olympic champion and world record holder, and Greene pull up with hamstring injuries during the 200 final. The race was expected to provide a prelude for a spectacular showdown between the pair in Sydney this September, a perception which annoyed Boldon. “I felt insulted, I felt totally excluded,’’ he told reporters yesterday after winning the 100 in an even 10 seconds followed by first place in the 200 in 20.26. Boldon has run under 10 seconds for the 100 and broken 20 seconds for the 200 already this season and will be a strong gold medal contender in both events at the Sydney Games Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj failed in an attempt on his own world mile record in the final event of the evening, feeling the strain of running on his own for the best part of two laps to clock three minutes 46.24 seconds. He was given full warning that a first Olympic title will be by no means a formality when his closest rival Noah Ngeny of Kenya showed an abundance of pace in winning the 800 metres over the final few metres from team-mate Japeth Kimutai in 1:44.49. Norwegian Trine Hattestad broke the world women’s javelin record for the second time within a month before her home crowd, the 62nd world record to fall at the historic stadium. The 34-year-old former world champion hurled the redesigned javelin 69.48 metres with her sixth and final throw to break her own mark of 68.22 set at the Rome golden league meeting on June 30. The new javelin was introduced last year to reduce distances. “Before my last throw I knew it was now or never,’’ said Hattestad. “Today it was my chance to give Bislett a world record. I did it. The last one was perfect.’’ Gail Devers, denied a chance to defend her Olympic 100 title after finishing out of the top three places in the American trials, confirmed she will start as favourite for the 100 hurdles in Sydney with an untroubled win in 12.56 seconds. “Not making the team for the 100 was a blessing in disguise,’’ Devers said. “with being injured I haven’t had much time for the sprint. “This was the fourth fastest time this year and I hit a lot of hurdles.’’ Another world champion, Australia’s Cathy Freeman who will carry the weight of a nation’s expectations on her shoulders at the Olympics, won the 400 metres in 50.74. “I’m in the middle of a quite a tough training period right now,’’ said Freeman, who is currently living and training in London. “so I think the time was quite okay.’’ American champion Adam Nelson won the men’s shot put ahead of world gold medallist C.J. Hunter with 21.43 metres. “I still look upon C.J. Hunter as the favourite for Sydney,’’ Nelson said. Two 1996 Atlanta gold medallists won their field events. Frenchman Jean Galfione won the pole vault with 5.80 metres two months after a lung operation while Czech Jan Zelezny finished first in the javelin with 90.56 metres, equalling his previous best this season at sea level. |
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East Bengal hold Mohun Bagan CALCUTTA, July 29 (PTI) — Arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun
Bagan shared honours with a 1-1 scoreline in an exciting Calcutta Super Division Football League exchange here today.
Title holders East Bengal, who began the match aggressively, went ahead early through Carlton Chapman, before Brazilian Jose Ramirez Barreto drew parity for
Bagan by firing home a spectacular free kick a little before lemon time. The match at the Salt Lake Stadium gave the sizeable gathering their money’s worth with the ball travelling continuously from one goalmouth to the other. This puts both teams on an even keel, each having bagged 10 points from four outings. East Bengal began on a positive note with their players bubbling with energy and fighting for every ball. As early as the 10th minute, the in-form Dipendu Biswas moved up the left flank and despatched an incisive minus for Chapman, who slammed in. East Bengal continued their attacking game, but lost their lead in the 36th minute as Barreto scored with a 25-yard free kick, which swung in foxing East Bengal goalkeeper Shanti Mazumdar. The goal acted as an elixir for
Bagan who then on matched their rivals attack for attack. They were distinctly unlucky not to return home with full points as the woodwork came in the way of a Santos shot in the 47th minute. |
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Kafelnikov loses to Clavet KITZBUEHEL, (Austria), July 29 (Reuters) — Top seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov delivered a miserable performance at the Austrian Open today, losing his rain-delayed quarterfinal 3-6, 2-6 to Spain’s Francisco Clavet.
The Russian who is fifth in both the Champions Race and world rankings, trailed 10th seed Clavet 1-4 yesterday before showers halted play. When play resumed today Kafelnikov appeared weary and uninterested. The former French and Australian Open champion did not want to comment after the match and instead accepted a fine imposed by the ATP for refusing to attend a post-match media conference. Fourth seed Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador was ousted by Spain’s Emilio Alvarez 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 in another quarterfinal completed today. That match was halted by rain yesterday at 4-5 with no breaks. Lapentti dropped serve immediately but then played impressively to level at one set each. The two players then held their service games until the unseeded Spaniard easily won the tiebreak 7-1. Kafelnikov, a semifinalist at this Austrian alpine resort last year, and Lapentti will play in the Toronto Masters Series tournament in Canada next week. Alvarez will meet Clavet on the clay centre court in the semifinals later today, while another Spaniard, second seed Alex Corretja, confronts unseeded Argentine Agustin Calleri. |
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National
Games put off to March NEW DELHI, July 29 (PTI) — The sixth edition of National Games to be hosted by Punjab have been postponed to March 2001 after a delegation of state’s Olympic association apprised the Indian Olympic Association
(IOA) executive committee of technical problems faced by them. The Punjab Olympic Association
(POA) today made a representation to the IOA citing unfinished work at the main stadium and cold climate in the months of December-January as hinderance in the smooth conduct of the
games. Punjab were to host the games in November this year, but laying of synthetic track was delayed and it would take 90 days for drying up of the track once it is put in
place. The POA suggested the games be put off till March next year. |
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Railways eves take on Tamil Nadu VISHAKHAPATNAM, July 29 (UNI) — Title holders Indian Railways will clash with last year’s runners-up Kerala in the women’s section of the finals of the 17th Basketball Federation Cup Championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Port indoor stadium here tomorrow. Earlier in the first semifinals in the women’s section, the champions Indian Railways posted a facile victory over Tamil Nadu 88-33 to enter the finals. The winners, who were in a strong position from the start of the play, were leading by 46-18 at half time. However, in the second half, Sugunthi Anbu of Tamil Nadu scored two points to increase the tally to 48-21 and after that the winners did not
allow their rivals to score any points, with the score at 68-21 in favour of the winners. However, five minutes before close of play, Anbu, Breethi and Kaushika came to the rescue of the Tamil Nadu team and scored 10 points to reduce the margin to 88-33. Tamil Nadu scored only 13 points in the second half. For the winners, Ranjini Jose, who did well scored 14 points, followed by skipper Meenalatha 12, B.S. Shyla and Philomina Joseph scored 11 points each. N. Shyamala scored 14 points, including two three pointers and Suganthi Anbu netted nine, including two three pointers for Tamil Nadu. In the second semifinals, title aspirants and runners-up Kerala (women) thrashed hosts Andhra Pradesh to secure a berth in the finals. In an exciting encounter, the winners were leading by 32-26 at half time after both the teams fought in equal terms till the first half. |
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Gurdaspur,
Kapurthala eves in final CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Hosts Gurdaspur and Kapurthala girls and Patiala and Muktsar boys have entered the finals in their respective sections in the 27th Punjab State Basketball Championship for subjuniors being played at Batala. In the semifinals played last evening, hosts Gurdaspur girls routed Sangrur 30-15 in a one-sided match after leading 10-2 at the breather. Shahnaz Begum (10) was the top scorer for the winners while for losers Gagan potted six points. In the second semifinal of the girls section, Kapurthala overcame stiff resistance from Faridkot before emerging winners at 22-18 after leading 12-8 at the lemon break. Parveen (10) and Gurjeet (11) were the main scorers for the winners and losers, respectively. In the boys section, Muktsar boys overcame the first-half deficit of 17-20 to turn the tables on fancied Bathinda to emerge winners at 49-46 in an absorbing game. After trailing for most of the time, Muktsar mounted pressure in the last three minutes to take a 41-40 lead. Two free throws in the last few seconds proved abortive for Bathinda. Amritpal and Rupinder (12 and 10) were the main scorers for Muktsar while Pardeep (14) and Balkrishan (24) did the bulk of scoring for the losers. In the second semifinal, Patiala caused a flutter by upsetting the hosts Gurdaspur 32-16. |
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16-member h’ball
team for Asian meet CHANDIGARH, July 29 — Mr SM Bali Secretary-General, Handball Federation of India, announced a 16-member Indian women handball team for the Asian Women Handball Championship to be held at Shanghai (China) from August 10 to 17. The women probables are already undergoing a training camp at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, for the past 15 days. The team: Usha Nandini, Mini Mohana Kumari (Kerala), Athokpam Kamla, Ngangom Banita, Hijjam Dama Devi, Okram Sanathoi Devi (Manipur), Kavita Pandey, Juleet Lawrence, Amita Kumari (MP), Indu Bala, Gurpreet Kaur, Harpreet Kaur (Punjab), Mukta Deshmukh, Ratnamal Prabhakar, Sheeba Joseph (Maharashtra) and Renu Rattan (J&K). |
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