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MUMBAI, July 31 — Asian champions India started their campaign disastrously losing by 81 runs to hosts England their opening tie of the Costcutter World (under-15) Challenge 2000 in England yesterday.
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NEW DELHI, July 31— Mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay says winning the hockey Olympic gold for the country is his goal. “That has always been my wish (winning the Olympic gold) and only goal left. I hope to realise it this time. Something tells me this team can win the gold in Sydney” he said. Punjab Police win Federation Cup Konguvel leads the pack Shooting title for Ludhiana Punjab, Kerala win titles India finish 16th in world jr squash
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Atapattu hits ton as Lanka overtake SA KANDY, SRI LANKA, July 31 (Reuters) — Marvan Atapattu completed a century on his favourite pitch as Sri Lanka moved ahead of South Africa in the second Test today. Vice-captain Atapattu was 107 not out when bad light stopped play early, with the hosts on 260 for four in their first innings in reply to 253. The opener batted throughout the second day for his century, which came off 264 balls in 327 minutes and included 12 fours. Kandy has been a productive hunting ground for Atapattu. He has hit two double centuries there — 223 against Zimbabwe in 1997-98 and 207 not out against Pakistan last month. Former captain Arjuna Ranatunga reached 34 not out with one six and five fours and added 78 for the fifth wicket with Atapattu. Ranatunga is making his last appearance at Kandy, having announced his retirement from international cricket after the South Africa tour. Three wickets fell after lunch, with all-rounder Russel Arnold (28) and wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara (24) both run out. Mahela Jayawardene (18) edged Nicky Boje and gave a simple catch to Darryl Cullinan. Sri Lanka lost captain Sanath Jayasuriya (28) in the first session, but found runs difficult in the face of some sharp bowling by spinners Nicky Boje and Paul Adams. Jayasuriya edged fast bowler Mornantau Hayward to Jacques Kallis at second slip. Lanka lead the three-match series 1-0. Arnold sacrificed his wicket at 28 after a misunderstanding with Atapattu over a run, and Kumar Sangakkara was run out for 24, when he backed up too far and failed to beat Neil McKenzie’s throw from cover point. Sri Lanka lead 1-0 in the three-match series. Scoreboard South Africa (1st innings): 253 Sri Lanka (1st innings): Atapattu not out 107 Jayasuriya c Kallis b Hayward 28 Arnold run out 28 Jayawardene c Cullinan b Boje 18 Sangakkara run out 24 Ranatunga not out 34 Extras (b-5, lb-10, nb-6): 21 Total: (4 wkts at close, 86.2 overs, 342 mins): 260 Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-109, 3-142, 4-182. Bowling: Pollock 17.2-3-64-0 (5nb), Hayward 16-5-41-1 (1nb), Kallis 11-4-18-0, Boje 14-2-46-1, Klusener 11-2-21-0, Adams 15-1-48-0, Cullinan 2-0-7-0. |
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England crush India MUMBAI, July 31 (PTI) — Asian champions India started their campaign disastrously losing by 81 runs to hosts England their opening tie of the Costcutter World (under-15) Challenge 2000 in England yesterday. Replying to the hosts’ respectable score of 245 for nine from their stipulated 50 overs, India were bundled out for a paltry 164 in 47 overs, as per information received here today. England started their innings losing two early wickets with just 12 runs on the board. However, a 115-runs third wicket stand between opening batsman James Hildreth (57) and middleorder batsman Samit Patel (58) helped them to recover and reach 245 for nine. Palhasjyothi Das picked up three English wickets conceding just 24 runs from his seven overs while P A V N Raju, Irfan Pathan and Rajesh Banik took a wicket each. Alastair Cooke (1), Tim Rees (39) and Tom New (15) were run out needlessly but the hosts still managed to put up a respectable score. |
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Venus crushes Davenport PALO ALTO (California), July 31 (Reuters) — With a remarkable display of strength and skill, second seed Venus Williams powered her way to another straight sets victory over top seed Lindsay Davenport to claim the Palo Alto title from the two-time defending champion. In her first tournament since seizing the Wimbledon crown from Davenport, Williams posted an impressive 6-1, 6-4 victory on the hard courts to stamp herself as the early favourite for the US Open in a month’s time. This marked the third successive year the pair have met in the final here and the third time proved to be the charm for Williams as the balance of power appears to be shifting her way in the battle of two of the game’s biggest hitters. “That’s the best she has ever played against me,’’ said Davenport. Williams’ parents have long touted her as a sure-fire future No 1 and dominator in the making. Now their boasts do not ring hollow as 20-year-old Venus stands on the brink of fulfilling her early promise. “It feels good to be talked about that way,’’ Williams said. “It’s nice to have these wins under my belt. “I need to stay calm if I’m going to dominate. Here I was unreasonably calm. Usually I get too excited.’’ Completely reversing what once had been a one-sided rivalry in Davenport’s favour, Williams blitzed the big Californian from the opening bell, outslugging the woman who was once considered the tour’s hardest, most consistent hitter. While Davenport leads the series 9-5, Williams has now won four of their last five meetings. |
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Ministry’s notice to Gupta NEW DELHI, July 31 — The suspended Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Mr Vishv Bandhu Gupta, today maintained that he had not done “anything wrong” by exposing corruption in high places and bringing it in the public domain. The Union Finance Ministry has issued a notice to Mr Gupta, now suspended for his alleged misconduct in making irresponsible statement on the match-fixing and other issues, and asked to submit a reply within 10 days. “My stand has been vindicated in Romesh Sharma case and even the recent raids by the Income Tax Department at the premises of cricketers, administrators and bookies were as a result of my statements,” he told The Tribune. “The Punjab and Haryana High Court had taken cognizance of my statement,” Mr Gupta said. A copy of the memorandum available with The Tribune, charged Mr Gupta with giving statements on the electronic media irresponsibly, without authority and recklessly on sensitive issue and even on matter of government policy, constituting acts of gross indiscipline, unacceptable for any government servant. Mr Gupta has been charged with making a statement to the Press that “he had personal knowledge that several cricketers had disclosed concealed income under voluntary disclosure of income scheme.” Mr Gupta said: “I have never criticised the VDIS scheme but only said that its implementation was done in a way to suit some vested interests.” The memorandum charged that Mr Gupta had written to Chief Election Commissioner that a Chief Minister was trying to protect Romesh Sharma, alleged to be frontman of Dawood Ibrahim gang, besides making allegation over electronic media that “mafia invested in the Bollywood industry.” Mr Gupta said about 500 films were produced in the Bollywood and only 20 films recover the huge sums of invested in their production. “A survey was conducted by the Income Tax authorities to find out the source of finance for these films production. It revealed that Rs 10,000 crore were invested by the mafia in the industry out of which only 100 crore were declared by the film producers in their income tax returns,” he said. Mr Gupta said: “whatever I have spoken has led to unmasking of a major tax evasion racket and led to arrest of people like Romesh Sharma.” He claimed that whatever he had charged so far had been proved. “When I raided Romesh Sharma, everybody criticised me...But look what happened, he is now behind bars and properties grabbed by him have been restored back to their actual owners,” he said. He said all the charges amounted to violation of his fundamental right to speak. “I am not anti-national but only thing is that as a servant of the country I find it is my duty to expose criminals and their sympathisers,” he said. Mr Gupta had earlier been suspended in 1990 when he was making an inquiry into foreign funds allegedly received by Vishwa Hindu Parishad. |
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CBI questions Ajay Sharma NEW DELHI, July 31 (PTI) — A CBI team has questioned prolific Delhi batsman Ajay Sharma in London on his alleged links with some bookies. The team comprising Joint Director R.N. Sawani and Deputy Inspector-General Y.K. Singh, which left for London soon after the
country-wide income tax raids on the premises of cricketers and others questioned Sharma on Friday. When contacted, Sharma told PTI from London that the team had met him on Friday and asked several questions about the controversy. “I have made my stand clear and answered every single query of the CBI officials,” Sharma said. Sharma, who is playing for a minor-county in London, had left the country immediately after the scandal came into light. He is the seventh cricketer to be questioned by the agency. The team has also met Scotland Yard police and sought its co-operation as the case had international ramifications and needed a thorough inquiry into almost every cricket playing nation. A two-member team from the Scotland Yard represented by Sergeants Martin Hawkins and Hulbraid had visited India on May 4 and met the CBI officials and provided telephone numbers of bookies.
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‘vision report’ today NEW DELHI, July 31 (PTI) — After firing salvos at each other, cricket board officials and the Sports Ministry today tried to play it safe ahead of tomorrow’s crucial meeting in which the much-hyped ‘vision report’ will be presented by the board to the government. “We are hopeful that a very positive outcome will be there from tomorrow’s meeting,” Minister of State for Sports Shahnawaz Hussain said here today. His senior Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa was away in Punjab today and is expected to return here in time for the meeting tomorrow. |
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Cricketers’ assets to be probed ISLAMABAD, July 31 (IANS) — Pakistani income-tax authorities are gearing up for a probe into the financial affairs of former and present cricket stars of the country, a report published in the Urdu daily Nawa-e-Waqt said. The paper, quoting unnamed “well placed sources”, said that after the raids on some Indian cricketers and board officials, the local tax authorities were also inclined to carry out a similar operation to uncover the “undeclared wealth and property” of Pakistani cricketers. The paper said the authorities were likely to initiate a probe into the financial affairs of at least three former skippers and some prominent players, NNI news agency reported. Leading cricketers, including Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar, Mushtaq Ahmad, Salim Malik, Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis have been accused of involvement in match-fixing. The paper said the probe might be extended to former cricket board officials such as Arif Abbasi and Mujeeb-ur-Rehman. |
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Sydney countdown — 28 Rain worries Samaranch more than Sydney’s readiness On Thursday, as Sydney’s calendar showed 50 days to the Olympics, Juan Antonia Samaranch marked the occasion with an interview in Lausanne, Switzerland. Covering a range of topics, the President of the International Olympic Committee reveals he is more worried about Sydney’s September weather than Sydney’s readiness for the games. Here are some excerpts: Q: What are the positive aspects of Sydney from our point of view at this stage, and what are the aspects that concern you? A: The positive aspects is that they work very well. They work on time. All the sports facilities were ready one year before. We could have pre-Olympic events to test these events at all the Olympic sites and Australia is a country which is crazy about sport. They expect great results from their team, around 60 medals. This is fantastic for a country of 19 million people. And the bad thing for me regarding the games is that they are in the spring. Spring is not very warm. It could be cold. We could have rain, and that is, for me, the main problem. Q: What will the IOC do in Sydney to attempt to project a more open, accessible approach, to combat the image it has as a closed, pampered club? A: At this moment, we have 113 members and 30 of these members, they took part in the Olympic Games and 16 of these 30 members, they won medals in the games. And that means that more than 25 per cent are athletes or ex-athletes. In Sydney, during the Olympic Games, we will elect eight new members of the IOC coming from active athletes. They will be elected by 10,000 athletes in the Olympic village. And one of these eight will even sit on the executive board of the IOC, which means the government of the IOC. Q: How will the IOC project in Sydney? Will you still be in the finest hotels and driving around in chauffeured cars? A: We will be in a hotel, a normal hotel. I will have my bedroom and a living room to meet with the people from the delegations who want to see me. That is what I need. We will have a van to have some people with me, and we’ll see. Listen, I need a car, don’t I? But it will be a van. Q: Michael Johnson and Maurice Greene are not going to be running in the 200 metres in Sydney because of what happened in the American Olympic trials. Would the IOC ever consider giving a wild-card berth to defending champions as the International Amateur Athletic Federation has done with track and field world championships, or do you believe the system is fine the way it is now? A: The wild cards are not the responsibility of the International Olympic Committee. It must be a request coming from the IAAF. If the IAAF makes this request, I think the International Olympic Committee is ready to study this request in a positive way. Q: Does the IOC want to ensure the best athletes are at the games in their best events? A: It is an American problem, 100 per cent. If Greene and Johnson are not there, then two other Americans will be there. Q: You have been quoted as saying you wish you had stepped down after the Barcelona games. Is that true and if so, why? A: Yes, it is true. Because after the great success of Barcelona, my city, I was at that moment 71 or 72. It was the right moment maybe to leave. But on this occasion, I allowed myself to ask for re-election for four more years, because in the four years to come, there would be the centennial of the IOC and a big congress in Paris and to be the president of the IOC was a great honour on the occasion of the centennial. But after, there came the last election in 1997, and maybe yes, that was a mistake. Maybe. Q: You said last year that “I used to be happy to open the door of my office. Now, I am happy if I close it behind me.” How do you feel about your door now? A: I said this because last year was not an easy year for me, to be the leader, to try to get through these reforms, because the members of the IOC, when they were elected, they had a lot of powers and prerogatives and to convince them it was time to change and to give up many prerogatives, like the visits to the bidding cities for the Olympic Games and so on, was not easy. So that means at that moment it was not easy. Now it’s a pleasure again, but I’m also thinking that this pleasure will not last very long. Q: You’re referring to the end of your term next year? A: In 11 months, I will be an ex-president. The business executive-lite Summer Games. There will be almost 70 per cent fewer international business executives, travelling to Sydney for the Olympic Games than originally estimated. The best and latest estimates had 25,000 executives jetting into Australia to take in the games. The figures are way down on the estimates of 80,000 bandied about as recently as a few months ago. Austrade Olympics and sport global manager David Faulks attributed the steep decline in the number of expected international corporate VIPs to poor or incorrect research early in. The planning process and to a changing blend of corporate guests hosted by Olympic sponsors. “The sponsors are not bringing in as many international corporate guests as we had expected,” Mr Faulks explained. The lower estimates could hit Australia’s hip pocket hard. Having 55,000 fewer bigwigs in the corporate suits and hospitality rooms could mean fewer international exporting and investment deals for local businesses. The government is expecting $ 1 billion in deals to result from Australian executives mixing with their international brethren. Exclusively yours There’s no end to the number of companies claiming they are the exclusive providers of whatever to the games. Last week Olympic reporters were asked to a breakfast celebrating De Lorenzo’s role as official hair care providers to the games. In a couple of weeks it will be the turn of bra manufacturer Berlei, which has signed Australian swimming champions Samantha Reley and Nicole Stevenson to hawk their wares. The swimmers should be happy they aren’t on the tennis team. One of Berlei’s other spokespeople is Anna Kournikova, who caused a sensation in England recently by appearing in a Berlei ad with the slogan: “Only the balls should bounce.”—PMG |
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Pillay aiming at gold NEW DELHI, July 31 (UNI) — Mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay says winning the hockey Olympic gold for the country is his goal. “That has always been my wish (winning the Olympic gold) and only goal left. I hope to realise it this time. Something tells me this team can win the gold in Sydney” he said. In an interview to website rediff-com.Dhanraj admitted that this was going to be his last Olympics. “I have to go all out and prove that I am the best”. He also described Cedric D’Souza as the best coach under whom he has played. “I feel Cedric was the best of the all. He had the latest methods and his thinking was advanced. He reads the players’ mentality. I think he can be rated the best coach in Asia.” He was candid enough to admit that he was not expecting to get the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. “I am very happy. I never expected it.” About the Rajiv Khel Ratna Award Pillay said: “ I think the government of India has given me recognition — that Dhanraj is the best. But now I must forget about it. I must prove also. I have to prove myself at the Olympics.” He agreed that all good things were coming his way. “First it was the Bangkok. Asiad gold, the FIH’s nomination for the international ‘player of the year award, then the contract with Stuttgart Kickers in Germany and now the Khel Ratna Award.” About India’s changes in the Sydney Olympics, he told the website that India had the potential. “India have the players. They can think in that direction. After the Four-Nation Tournament the players’ attitude has changed. They are very, very motivated. Even the young boys feel they are capable of winning.” Dhanraj Pillay said the players were fit. “This is our plus point. At the Four-Nation Tournament in Australia we were fitter than players from the other teams — Australia Germany and South Africa. This team is a mixture of juniors and seniors. And all the boys are working really hard. Some of the seniors are thinking it is our last Olympic, let us win
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Punjab Police win Federation Cup VISAKHAPATNAM, July 31 (UNI) — Punjab Police in the men’s section and Indian Railways in the women’s section clinched the titles in the 17th Federation Cup Basketball Championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Port indoor stadium here yesterday. In an exciting encounter, Punjab Police defeated Indian Army 73-57, but were tested by their rivals’, with the winners leading by just one point at 30-29 in the first half. Indian Railways, considered a strong team, thrashed Kerala 69-48 and at half time the winners lead 38-21. Hosts Andhra Pradesh secured the third place in the men’s section defeating Tamil Nadu 60-50. Indian Overseas Bank women (Tamil Nadu) were placed third after defeating Vijaya Bank (Karnataka) 67-45. The encounter between Punjab Police and the Indian Army was very thrilling in both the sessions. The winners trailed initially when the score was 2-10 but then the Punjab Police stepped up their defence and Parminder (sr) and Gagnesh Kumar came to the rescue of their team and scored the points quickly to increase their lead margin 12-10 12-10 by scoring 10 points at a stretch. Sensing the danger from their rivals, the Army men increased their pressure and Pool Singh and
P. John increased their lead to 17-15 by scoring points quickly. At this stage Parminder Singh of Punjab Police equalised the score at 17-all by converting two free throws. Two minutes before the close of the first half, leads changed hands quickly and when the score was 29-all, Mandeep of Punjab Police converted one free throw to put his team in the lead. In the second half the Punjab Police dominated the proceedings by scoring points quickly despite strong defence by their rivals. Eight minutes before the close of play, Punjab Police stepped up the tempo. Gagnesh Kumar and Parminder Singh (sr) netted 10 points at a stretch to put their team in comfortable position at 68-52. Two minutes before close of play, Army’s Prasad and Pool Singh scored five points to reduce the lead margin 57-71. However, Parminder Singh (sr) converted two free throws just a few seconds before the long whistle to increase the final margin to 73-57. |
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Chang fights off tears LOS ANGELES, July 31 (AFP) — Michael Chang isn’t a man for emotional outbursts. Grounded by his religious faith and his strong family ties, Chang weathered even the many disappointments and criticisms of 1999 stoically. With his victory over an ailing Jan-Michael Gambill in the final of the ATP Tour event here yesterday, the dam didn’t exactly burst, but it cracked just enough to let a trickle of emotion through. “I could feel it starting a few minutes after Jan-Michael told the umpire he couldn’t play,” said Chang, who earned his 34th career title and his first tournament title in 21 months when Gambill retired after they split sets. “I had a few minutes to think, I started to get a little emotional,” he said. “I just tried to think about other things.” Addressing the crowd, which included his parents and his brother and coach, Carl, Chang had to fight off tears. The 28-year-old said he didn’t remember such an emotional public moment since he shocked the tennis world by winning the 1989 French Open at the age of 17. “I certainly can’t remember a time when I’ve been that emotional in public since the 1989 French Open,” he said. “We’ve had emotional moments in private over the past two years. Generally speaking, in public I’m pretty good. But it has been emotional for me.” The bad times started in 1998, when he battled wrist and knee injuries during the year and finished outside the top 20 for the first time since 1988. Last year was even worse. Struggling to turn himself into more of a power player, Chang found for the first time in his life that sheer hard work doesn’t always pay off. For the first time in 12 years he failed to win a single tournament, not even reaching a final. In October his ranking fell as low as 76 in the world. He credits a return to the basics of his game — speed and movement rather than strength — with putting him on the path back toward the top. He reached the final in Auckland, New Zealand, in January, and made it to the semifinals in three other events. But rebuilding his confidence has been just as tough a task as rebuilding his physical game. “I’ve had opportunities to win, but even those opportunities, I didn’t have much confidence of winning those events,” Chang said. “It has been a gradual thing,” he said of the slow return of his belief in himself. “It’s not one of those things that hit me and came overnight. You gain a little bit of confidence for each tournament.” Chang, a devout Christian, says his resurgence is not about silencing critics who said last year that his days as a top-10 player were over. “It’s not something I worry about too much,” Chang said. “I don’t think about whether I’m an elite player. I just go out and play my game.” Criticism from those outside his circle is, he says, largely irrelevant. “Maybe it gets the adrenalin going a bit more and gives you more incentive to do well. But for me, I play because I enjoy tennis, and because I enjoy doing the work.” |
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Konguvel leads the pack BIEL, July 31 (PTI) — International Master Konguvel rallied from a difficult position to hold Grandmaster Milos Pavlovic to a fighting draw to move to 4.0 points and lead the pack among Indians at the end of the sixth round of the Biel Open Chess Championship held here. The top four boards ended in draws with players not taking much risk. On the fifth board yesterday, IM R.B. Ramesh faced a rare set up against the Semi-Slav defence from GM Huzman. Though Ramesh earned equality in the opening, Huzman exploited the Indian’s few weak moves in the middlegame to sacrifice a knight for three pawns and a terrific attack. Huzman went on to checkmate Ramesh’s king in 39 moves. Konguvel showed excellent determination and fighting spirit against Pavlovic. Facing ‘93’ Kings Indian variation, Konguvel misplayed the opening to land in difficulties. He sacrificed his queen spectacularly for just a rook and won another piece a few moves later. Still he was not out of the woods. He found a fortress with his rook and knight to draw the game. IM Sarvanan played the Closed Sicilian variation with
white pieces against GM Cvitan. Cvitan equalised in the opening and the players signed the peace treaty on the 17th move. S. Kidambi faced the Exchange variation of the Slav Defence against Buss Ralph. The position was completely equal when Kidami slowly improved his position on the queenside and entered the 7th mark with his rook. Ralph tried to complicate things by sacrificing his queen for two minor pieces. But Kidambi calmly consolidated his position to win the 33 moves to move to 3.5 points. T.S. Ravi played the Sicilian Alapin variation against Markus Rufener. Ravi got a slight edge from the opening but his opponent put up a good defence in the endgame to draw the game in sudden death time control. Overnight leaders GM Burmakin and GM Sturva agreed for a quick draw to maintain their position on the top of the standings with 5.0 points. Yesterday was the rest day. Other results: GM Sturva (5) drew with GM Burmakin (5) GM Rashkovsky (4.5) drew with GM Boris Avrukh (4.5) GM Klovans (4.5) drew with GM Galkin Alexander (4.5) GM Shariyazdana (4.5) drew with GM Tukmakov (4.5) GM Huzman (4.5) beat IM R.B. Ramesh (3.5) IM Sarvanan (3.5) drew with GM Cvitan (3.5) GM Pavlovic (4) drew with IM P. Konguvel (4) Buss Ralph (2.5) lost to S. Kidambi (3.5) T.S. Ravi (3) drew with Markus Rufener (3). |
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Shooting title for Ludhiana CHANDIGARH, July 31 — Ludhiana bagged the overall championship in the 36th Punjab State Shooting Championship which concluded here last evening at the Patiali Rao Shooting Ranges, Sector 25. The three-day meet attracted shooters from 11 districts and the Ranjitgarh Rifle Club,
Phillaur. It was organised by the Punjab Rifle Association. Mr Bikramjit Singh a senior IAS officer of Punjab was the chief guest. Col Raminder Singh Director Sports, Punjab also graced the occasion. The results: centre fire pistol (men indl): Harneetinder Singh (Ldh) 1, Palwinder Singh (RRC) 2, IS Jawanda (Ldh) 3. Sports pistol: women indvl.-SK Dhillon (RRC) 1, Ravina Sandhu (Ldh) 2. .177 open sight std rifle prone (women indvl.)-Deepika Kaushal (Pta), Anaahat Dhindsa (Rpr) 2. air rifle prone:women indvl.: Varsha Rani (Ldh) 1, Satwant Kaur (Ldh) 2, Navreet Dhaliwal (Rpr) 3. men indvl: Sukhraj Singh (Jal) 1, Umrinder Singh (Mansa) 2, Amandeep Singh (Mansa) 3. Women Indvl.: Satwant Kaur (Ldh) 1, Navreet Dhaliwal (Rpr) 2, Karamjit Kaur (Ldh) 3. subjunior men: Arshdeep Singh (Mansa) 1, Mankaran Singh (Ldh) 2, Karan Singh (Jal) 3. subjunior women: Mehak Rishi (RRC) 1, Taranpreet Kaur (Ldh) 2, Aditi Jain (RRC) 3. .22 open sight std rifle prone (men indvl): Santokh Singh (RRC) 1, Gurdeep Singh (RRC) 2, Karan Sandhu (Ldh) 3. women indvl: Veerpal Kaur (RRC) 1, Amanjit Kaur (RRC) 2, Nirmal Kaur (RRC) 3. small bore free rifle prone (men indvl.): AS Chhabra (Ldh) 1, Manjeev Bhogal (Ldh) 2. .177 open peep air rifle (men indvl): Sukhmanpreet Sidhu (Rpr) 1, Jitender Singh (Rpr) 2, Kulwinderjit Padda (Jal) 3. Subjunior women: Jasmine K Brar (Rpr) 1, Navdeep K. Dhillon (RRC) 2, Varsha Rani (Ldh) 3. subjunior (men indl): Sukhmanpreet Sidhu (Rpr) 1, Manish Kanwal (Jal) 2. subjunior women: Jasmine K Brar (Rpr)1, Jaswinder Kaur (Rpr) 2, Isha Dawar (Ldh) 3. Std pistol (men indl) NS Bhogal (Ldh) 1, Palwinder Singh (RRC) 2, IS Jawanda (Ldh) 3. Fire Pistol (men): NS Bhogal (Ldh) 1, Bikramjit Singh Dhillon (RRC) 2, DS Gill (Ldh) 3. Air pistol ( men) : IS Jawanda (Ldh) 1, Avtar Singh (RRC) 2, Sewak Singh (RRC) 3. Women: SK Dhillon (RRC) 1, Jasmine Brar (Rpr) 2, Veena Sehgal (RRC) 3. Junior men: Yadwinder Singh (Ldh) 1, Manvir Singh (Jal) 2, Muneetinder Jakhar (Ldh) 3. Junior women: Jasmine Brar (Rpr) 1, Rajveer Kaur (Muktsar) 2, Lakhvir Kaur (Muktsar) 3. Subjunior men: Amanpreet Singh (RRC) 1, Bikramjit Singh Dhillon (RRC) 2, Vash ( Rpr) 3. Subjunior women: Navdeep Kaur Dhillon (RRC) 1, Isha Dawar (Ldh) 2. |
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CHENNAI, July 31 (UNI) — Punjab and Kerala athletes cornered glory winning the men’s and women’s team championship titles, while an Asian record, a national record and six meet records were established on the final day of the Indian Oil Servo Inter-State Athletic Meet which concluded here today. It was yet another fruitful day as records fell like nine pins. Anil Kumar of Kerala ran a blistering race to win the 200 m with a new time of 20.80 secs knocking of 0.24 secs from the existing mark to complete a golden double, along with Rachita Mistry of maharashtra (100 m and 200 m) and the gritty Gulab Chand (5000 m and 10,000 m). However, the day’s attention was garnered by the 4x400 women’s relay quartet of Manjuma Kuriakose, Jincy Phillip, Paramjit Kaur and Beenamol as the team sunk the Asian track and field (ATF) and the Asian Games time with a record shattering effort. The quartet, running under AAFI banner returned with a timing of 3:28.11 erasing the existing mark of 3:32.73 set by Chinese in the 1995 ATF meet at Jakarta and also in the process eclipsing the Asian Games mark of 3:29.11 also set by China in the 1994 Hiroshima Games. The women’s quartet, all campers, won a non-chalant race as they led from start to finish. Manjuma Kuriakose gave a good lead at the end of first lap which was consolidated by Jincy Phillip and Paramjit Kaur before Beenamol, running her first race after her return from Ukraine, anchored well to complete a grand victory. The quartet’s effort which bettered the national, Asian Games and ATF marks was subject to ratification. Rachita Mistry, who won the 100 m dash with a new meet record, once again showed her mettle with yet another fine effort in 200 m. She clocked 23.10 secs eclipsing the meet record of 23.25 set by P.T. Usha, who had now called it a day. National record holder Vinita Tripathy failed to sustain the initial momentum and had to finish second with a time of 23.48, which was far below her personal best of 23.04. Gulab Chand has nerves of steel. The gifted runner showed enough endurance to pocket the 5000 m title with a time of 14:07.9 adding to his 10,000 m gold which he won yestereday. The other record breakers in the men’s are : K.M. Binu of Bihar in the 800 m, Anil Kumar of Haryana in the discuss and Jagdish Bishnoi of Punjab in the javelin throw. Binu clocked 1:48.54 to better Jossey Mathew’s effort of 1:49.5 and Anil Kumar hurled the discus to a distance of 59.70 m in the final attempt and rewrote his own record of 59.04 m. Jagdish Bishnoi did well to better the meet mark of 76.76 m hurling the javelin to a distance of 79.67 m, but agonisingly fell short of the national mark by 1 cm, the national record was in the name of Satvir Singh (79.68m). The men’s 4x400m quarter comprising Lijo David Thottan, Ramachandran, Jata Shankar and Paramjeet Singh returned with a time of 3:02.88 erasing the existing record of 3:0602. They fell short of AAFI’s ATF qualifying mark of 3:05.72, but bettered the B qualifying mark of 3:07.00 for Sydney Olympics. Besides, Rachita the other woman athlete to hog the limelight was the gangling Soma Biswas of Bengal in the heptathlon event. Soma garnered 6186 points in the seven discipline event to break the national mark of 5705 points set by G.G. Pramila of Karnataka who too bettered her effort with 6105 points but had to content with the second spot. |
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India finish 16th in world jr squash MUMBAI, July 31 (PTI) — England retained the title beating Egypt 2-1 in a three hour 38 minutes battle in the final of the 11th World Junior Boys’ Squash Championship at Milan yesterday. The Indian boys lost 0-3 to Zimbabwe to finish a poor 16th among 31 countries, as per information received here today. England’s Darryl Selby beat Akram Youssif 9-6, 3-9, 10-8, 9-0 in a 63-minute match to give his team a 1-0 lead. World junior champion Karim Darwish pulled one back when he pipped James Willstrop 8-10, 9-2, 8-10, 10-8, 9-2 in a marathon 79-minute duel after saving five match balls. However, the English boys clinched the title when Philip Baker rallied magnificently, after dropping the first two games to pip Mohamoud Abdel Kader 5-9, 2-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-2 in 76-minutes. The Indians performed poorly giving away an early lead to their rivals when Junaid Nathani went down without a fight to Zimbabwe’s Samson Muhwati 7-9, 2-9, 0-9 in 22-minutes. Soon after Jesse Englbrecht made it 2-0 with a hard fought 6-9, 9-6, 10-9, 6-9, 9-4 win over Bikram Uberoi in 58-minutes while Mark Tavener clinched the dead rubber with a 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 win over Mihir Kapoor in 23-minutes. Pakistan did well to finish third pipping France 2-1 while Spain beat Malaysia with the same margin to finish fifth. |
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