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Easy win for Monica Seles NEW HAVEN, (Connecticut), Aug 23 — Venus Williams survived a shaky second-round match to begin the defence of her New Haven title, overcoming Russia’s Elena Likhovtseva 6-3, 7-5. Manchester United held Rafter triumphs |
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Dubai series called off DUBAI, Aug 23 — A three-match one-day cricket series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which would have launched Dubai on the international cricket map, has been called off. Galatasaray, Milan,
Hamburg qualify Chautala to get award on Aug 29 Sotomayor pulls out after injury
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Razzaq shines as Pak beat South Africa SINGAPORE, Aug 23 (Reuters) — Pakistan took South Africa’s last five wickets for seven runs on their way to a 28-run win and a place in the final of the Singapore Challenge Cricket Tournament today. South Africa, chasing Pakistan’s 227 for nine from their 50 overs, were struggling to keep up with the run rate at 192 for five in the 46th over at the Kallang ground. But Azhar Mahmood, who ended with three for 37, and man-of-the-match Abdur Razzaq, who took three for 39, then helped warp up the innings in 18balls as South Africa were bowled out for 199 in 48.4 overs. The last four batsman managed three runs between them. It was Pakistan’s second straight victory in the three-nation competition after they beat New Zealand by 12 runs on Sunday. The South Africans had begun their run chase well, with openers Gary Kirsten and Andrew Hall putting on 61 before Hall edged Mahmood behind. The score moved on to 90 before four wickets fell for 39. Kallis also edged Mahmood behind, Kirsten, after top-scoring with 54, was run out by Imran Nazir’s throw at the non-striker’s end and Lance Klusener was bowled by Razzaq, Neil McKenizie and debutant Nic Pothas put on 63 for the sixth wicket before the dramatic finale. Pakistan’s score was built around a 104-run stand between Ijaz Ahmed, who made 56, and Razzaq, who made 47, for the fifth wicket. They salvaged the innings after four wickets fell for 25 after Imran Nazir and Shahid Afridi put on 56 for the first wicket. Afridi perished trying a pull of Roger Telemachus, Kirsten running back to take a well-judged catch at mid-on. Then Pothas took a low diving catch to get rid of Younis Khan and Yousuf Youhana gave the wicket-keeper his second international dismissal as he was caught behind off Kallis. Ejaz then helped to take score to 185 for four, then went down the wicket to left-arm spinner Nicky Boje and was stumped while Razzaq was beaten by Klusener’s quick pick-up and throw on the follow through. South Africa play New Zealand on Friday, the winner going through to Sunday’s final against Pakistan.
SCOREBOARD Pakistan: Imran Nazir run out 36 Afridi c Kirsten b Telemachus 25 Younis Khan c Pothas b Kallis 1 Youhana c Pothas b Kallis 7 Razzaq run out 47 Ijaz Ahmed st Pothas b Boje 56 Azhar Mahmood c Ntini b Boje 11 Atiq-uz Zaman c Kirsten b Pollock 9 Waqar Younis not out 4 Arshad Khan run out 0 Kabir Khan not out 3 Extras: (b-4 lb-2 w-15 nb-7 28 Total: (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 227 Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-61, 3-74, 4-81, 5-185, 6-198, 7-210, 8-218, 9-218. Bowling: Pollock 9-0-32-1 (4w), Telemachus 9-0-53-1 (2nb, 2w), Kallis 6-0-19-2 (2nb, 2w), Ntini 6-0-27-0, Boje 10-0-37-2 (3w), Klusener 8-0-44-0 (3nb, 4w), Hall 2-0-9-0. South Africa: Kirsten run out 54 Hall c Zaman b Azhar 26 Kallis c Zaman b Azhar 5 Cullinan c Younis Khan b Kabir 12 Klusener b Razzaq 12 McKenzie b Abdur Razzaq 41 Pothas c sub b Azhar Mahmood 24 Pollock b Abdur Razzaq 0 Boje run out 1 Telemachus c Zaman b Waqar 1 Nitini not out 1 Extras: (b-4 lb-5 w-1 nb-12) 22 Total: (all out 48.4 overs) 199 Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-90, 3-97, 4-123, 5-129, 6-192, 7-194, 8-195, 9-196. Bowling: Waqar Younis 9-1-39-1, Karir Khan 10-0-46-1 (10 nb), Azhar Mahmood 10-1-37-3 (1nb, 1w), Arshad Khan 10-0-29-0, Abdur Razzaq 9.4-0-39-3 (lnb). |
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Easy win for Monica Seles NEW HAVEN, (Connecticut), Aug 23 (Reuters) — Venus Williams survived a shaky second-round match to begin the defence of her New Haven title, overcoming Russia’s Elena Likhovtseva 6-3, 7-5. Second seed Monica Seles also advanced with a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 win over fellow American Kristina Brandi, third seed Nathalie Tauziat of France claimed a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory over American Meghann Shaughnessy, and sixth seed Dominique Van Roost of Belgium defeated Croatia’s Sylvija Talaja 6-3, 7-5. But there was defeat for eighth-seeded Julie Halard-Decugis of France, who was beaten 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) by Switzerland’s Patty Schnyder. Williams made a solid start yesterday, breaking to lead Likhovtseva 3-1. But the top-seeded American then became careless, mixing a blistering forehand with careless errors, and missing the mark with her serve. Untouchable at one moment and making mistakes like a novice in the next, she struggled to claim the first set and after sweeping to a 3-0 lead in the second almost allowed Likhovtseva to level the match at one set all. With Likhovtseva leading 5-4, and in a marathon 26-point game that went to deuce 10 times, the Russian held five set points. But despite serving three of her 11 double-faults in that game, Williams survived, broke Likhovtseva in the next game, and served out the match to love. “I was a little rough at the edges,” Williams said. “I don’t think I was as focused as I would normally be, and each player is out there competing and trying to get the win, especially against someone like me.’’ “She is in the top 30 and has been as high as 15, and she has some wins against quite a few players, including my sister, so she’s someone to take seriously. I shouldn’t have let up on her the way I did.’’ Seles, playing her first match since injuring her arm in San Diego more than two weeks ago, jumped to a 4-0 lead behind a barrage of groundstrokes that gave Brandi little chance. But a series of unforced errors then allowed Brandi to break Seles to love, and from then on she offered some dogged if ultimately futile resistance. Seles broke again to take the first set on her fourth set point, and then established a 3-0 lead in the second. Brandi, who had spent a great deal of energy chasing Seles’s pounding groundstrokes, then started to find a way into the net where she hit some fine volleys. But her chances to attack were few and far between, and Seles broke serve again to lead 5-1. Brandi, though, continued to resist, and broke Seles as she served for the match. She also held off a match point at 5-2 before Seles’s sixth ace sealed the match in the next game. “It was a really hard-fought match,’’ said Seles. “She’s a fighter and has been playing well this summer and I’m really happy I played well.” |
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LONDON, Aug 23 (AFP) — An early strike from Fabian Wilnis was enough to bring Manchester United’s run of 12 consecutive premiership victories to an end as Ipswich held the champions 1-1 at Portman Road. A David Beckham free-kick cancelled out the Dutch wing-back’s sixth-minute strike just before the break but goalkeeper Fabien Barthez had to be in top form to help United avoid defeat against the premiership newcomers. Chelsea’s brittle away form came back to haunt them when Bradford shocked them with a 2-0 victory at Valley Parade. The Blues’ title credentials were shown up again with a goal in each half by Dean Windass and debutant Benito Carbone securing victory. The points were shared at the Riverside stadium where Middlesbrough hit back to draw 1-1 with Tottenham. Spurs took the lead four minutes before the interval through Norwegian international Oyvind Leonhardsen only for Mark Summerbell to level scores with a firm header. Wilnis rocked Manchester United as the champions made a stumbling start against plucky Ipswich. Portman Road, already at fever pitch to welcome Ipswich back to the premiership, erupted when Wilnis applied a thumping right-foot finish to a sweeping move, started by a quick midfield exchange between Jim Magilton and Matt Holland. Barthez kept United in the game with a string of fine before United pulled level in the 39th minute. Wilnis collected a booking for fouling Philip Neville wide on the United left and Beckham stepped up to take the free-kick. The United winger swung a dipping ball right-footed into a crowded goalmouth and home keeper Richard Wright was deceived by Ronnie Wallwork’s dummy and the ball bounced into the far corner of the net. Dwight Yorke, booked as he left the field at half-time, was narrowly off target with a long-range strike after the restart and Wright had to be alert to save from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Wright saved again from Solskjaer after a forward run by Mark Venus had left the hosts stretched at the back after mounting a speedy counter-attack while Barthez saved from Martin Reuser as both teams searched for the winner to no avail. Bradford’s attempt to take on their cosmopolitan opponents at their own passing game paid off as Chris Hutchings’ side took the lead after 24 minutes. Lee Sharpe found space down the left flank and swung over a cross which Windass nodded back across Ed de Goey and inside the far post. And Carbone sealed the game 16 minutes from time with a wonderous strike after a lapse from Chelsea substitute Christian Panucci. The Italian full-back sold colleague Emerson Thome short with a pass just inside his own half and Windass instigated a breakaway. |
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COMMACK (New York), Aug 23 (AFP) — Australia’s Patrick Rafter saved three match points to subdue Austria’s Stefan Koubek here yesterday in a two-hour, 38-minute marathon and reach round three of the $ 415,200 ATP Hamlet Cup. Up a set and a break, 42nd-ranked Koubek squandered three match points serving at 5-4 in the last-set tie-breaker as the Australian star pulled out a 6-7 (3/7) ,7-5, 7-6 (10/8) victory. “Stefan sort of handed me the victory,” Rafter said. “I was just hanging in there, waiting for my chances and I took it. I just thought in the second set it could be great if I could get back from this.” Rafter will play his third round match tomorrow against the winner between Zimbabwe’s Byron Black and American Michael Chang who play later today. “I’d love to have a couple of matches here,” Rafter said. If you want to play well at the US Open, you need matches. If I get those matches, I can be a threat.” Rafter had not played since his quarterfinal loss in Toronto two weeks ago. His dodgy right shoulder flared up again there. “Tonight, it’s very good. I’m really happy with the way the shoulder is feeling,” Rafter said. Rafter, ranked 14th on the ATP Champions Race, held serve with ease throughout, winning 83 per cent of his first service points, but did not look sharp on his returns of serve. The Australian, who has a 25-11 match record on the season, had seven break points on Koubek’s serve in the opening set but failed to capitalise on any of them. Both men held serve and went to a tie-breaker won by Koubek. The 23-year-old southpaw felt stronger as the matched progressed, returning with accuracy and forcing Rafter to execute difficult volleys. He broke Rafter in the opening game of the second set and was two points away from the match at 5-4. But Rafter surged back and broke Koubek for the first time of the match when the Austrian committed a backhand unforced error. |
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Gymnastics meet concludes AMBALA, Aug 23 — The 4Ist Senior National Gymnastics Championship being held at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium, Ambala Cantonment, drew to a close today. Addressing the closing ceremony, Mr Ajay Chautala, MP, said a lot of encouragement was being given to sports in Haryana. “The Haryana Olympic Association is playing an active role to bring about improvements in sports,” he said. He said Haryana was the first state to increase the per-day diet allowance of players to Rs 500. “Ambala has brought recognition to gymnastics in Haryana and the Haryana Government will be striving to remove all
shortcomings in sports,” Mr Chautala said. President of the Gymnastics Federation of India B.S. Ojha said on August 25, a team of officials will be going to make a bid for the 2006 Asian Games. “We must utilise the opportunity of the Asian Games to develop Haryana which is a neighbour of Delhi in various sports facilities,” he said. He stated that the Afro-Asian Games would be held in November 2001 in Delhi. “We must gear up for those games,” he said. In floor exercise (women) West Bengal gymnast Chanchala Chakravarty stood first with 8.350 points and in the second position was Railway gymnast Runa Das. Jhuma Bag of West Bengal with 8.225 points finished third. In the apparatus championship (rhythmic rope) Rajni of Punjab stood first with 7.325 points followed by Pallavi of Maharashtra who scored 7.075 points. Sonia (J&K) with 7.050 points stood third. In hoop, Pallavi of Maharashtra stood first with 8.325 points followed by Rajni of Punjab who scored 7.025 points. Amrita Hazari of Delhi with 6.975 points was placed third. In ball, Pallavi of Maharashtra stood first with points and Amrita Hazari of Delhi was second with 7.325 points. J&K gymnast Sonia was third with 7.300 points. The three best women gymnasts were Tumpa Debnath of West Bengal, Chanchala Chakravarty of West Bengal and Sundari Mondal of Railways. In the apparatus championship (men horizontal bar) Vikas Pandey of Uttar Pradesh was first with 8.750 points followed by Kuldeep of Punjab with 8.575 points. Mohit Yadav of UP with 8.400 points finished third. |
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Sahara Cup cancelled KARACHI, Aug 23 (AFP) — This year’s Sahara Cup cricket series in Toronto, has been cancelled, the organisers, International Management Group (IMG), announced today.
India pulled out of the series because of violence in Kashmir, and efforts to find a replacement failed, the organisers said. “We are still trying to arrange a team to play five matches with Pakistan and the final decision will be announced tomorrow,” Commander Arshad Gillani, of the IMG said. Commander Gillani had earlier told AFP that there was no chance of another team going to Toronto to play Pakistan in a replacement series for the Sahara Cup, which is reserved for the two South African rivals. “I now clarify that the Sahara Cup is cancelled and we are trying to arrange a five-match series with a replacement team,” he said. |
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Russia hopes for biggest medal haul since Although hampered by a chronic shortage of cash, Russia still hopes next month to win the country’s biggest haul of Olympic medals since the Soviet days. “I think we are very capable of winning between 35 and 37 gold medals,” said Anatoly Kolesov, who headed Russia’s Olympic preparations for the Games. “And I didn’t pull these numbers out of the air. They are based on our real assessment.” With names like Alexander Popov, Alexander Karelin, Svetlana Khorkina and Svetlana Masterkova in their 500-strong Olympic squad, the Russians might live up to the hopes of the world’s largest country, whose sporting prowess is the main reminder of its superpower days. Russia will need some great performances to improve on the 26 gold medals it won four years ago in Atlanta while finishing a distant second to the host nation. Popov, who turns 29 in November, leads the resurgent swimming team in Sydney, where he will try to become the first male swimmer to win an event at three consecutive Olympics. This year, he has shown his younger rivals he is back to the form which helped him to claim both the 50m and 100m freestyle in the ‘92 and ‘96 games. Popov, who trains in Australia, smashed a 10-year-old world record in the 50m at the Russian national championships in June, then won four golds at the European championships in Helsinki two weeks later. The Russians also pin medal hopes on the new wave of talented swimmers like Dmitry Kamornikov and Anatoly Polyakov. Kamornikov, who turned 19 last month, won the European 200m breaststroke title in impressive fashion while Polyakov, 20, took over from dual 1996 Olympic champion Denis Pankratov as Russia’s butterfly king after claiming the European 200m crown. “We’re bringing our youngest team ever to Sydney, but take my word, we’ll surprise a few people there,” Russia head coach Viktor Avdenko said. Karelin hopes to go one better than Popov and become the first Greco-Roman or freestyle wrestler in Olympic history to win four successive gold medals. The 130kg heavyweight giant, who will turn 33 in Sydney, also has the unique distinction of carrying the flag for three different countries at three Olympic opening ceremonies. He first represented the Soviet Union in 1988 in Seoul, then the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1992 in Barcelona and finally the Russian Federation in Atlanta four years later. “I know the weight of the nation is on my shoulders but I should be used to it by now,” said Karelin, who has not lost a bout since 1987. Khorkina, who leads the powerful gymnastics team, may be dwarfed by Karelin’s stature, but she is his match when it comes to competitive spirit. Khorkina, 21, who has won numerous world, European and Olympic titles, will be gunning for the women’s overall crown, the only medal missing from her trophy case. As for Masterkova, who has been slowed by ankle injuries over the past two years, the double Olympic champion in the 800m and 1,500m just wants to be healthy enough to have a shot at a medal. She was forced to abandon the 800m in Sydney to concentrate on the 1,500m. In athletics, the Russians also have world champions Vyacheslav Voronin in the high jump, Maxim Tarasov in the pole vault and Ilya Markov in the 20km walk, as well as former world sprint champion Irina Privalova, who this season switched to running the 400m hurdles. One familiar Russian face, however, will be missing in Sydney after Anna Kournikova, Russia’s top female tennis player, turned down a chance to represent her country at the Olympics, citing a scheduling problem and the risk of injury. Russia’s Olympic preparations were also slowed by huge financial problems that had plagued the country’s athletic elite since the collapse of communism at the end of 1991. It even prompted Kolesov to hit out at President Vladimir Putin for not paying sufficient attention to top-level sports, criticism which would have been unknown in the old days. Kolesov was particularly upset with the failure to rebuild the Olympic training centre in Vladivostok, which is in the same time zone as Sydney. The Government, however, has found the money to offer its teams the equivalent of $86,000, $34,400 and $17,000 for a gold, silver and bronze, with the Olympic committee throwing in an extra $86,000 to individual winners. Delicate flowers to add colourful edge to Olympic city Just days before the opening ceremony, eight semi-trailers carrying more than 30,000 flowerpots will converge on Sydney to transform the city’s streets into a vibrant display of colour. Under the cover of darkness, the streets will be lined with pansies, primulas and cinerarias chosen to give the best colour and lasting flower displays. The 120,000 seedlings, which were sown in March, are being nurtured in a 10,000-square-metre greenhouse on the outskirts of Melbourne. The Olympic floral display project has been more than a year in the planning and is a key plank of Sydney City Council’s Games decorations programme. The display boxes will be removed for the Olympic and Paralympic triathalons and marathons. The progress of the flowers is being controlled by computers. A weather vane which runs through the greenhouse roof monitors the humidity, air temperature and wind direction. The vane is linked to four computers that automatically open and close the walls and the roof of the greenhouse to ensure the optimum growing temperature and protection of the plants. Lifesavers on alert for world visitors Sydney’s surf lifesavers will be out in force during the Olympics amid fears that overseas tourists will drown at Sydney beaches and that stretched emergency services will need back-up. The start of the New South Wales surf season has been brought forward a month, to September 9, and lifesaving patrol groups will be double the normal size on major beaches. Surf Life Saving Australia will step up its safety campaign, particularly promoting the swim-between-the-flags message to Asian and European visitors expected to flock to Sydney beaches. Lifesavers rescue dozens of tourists unfamiliar with local conditions each year, and last year 10 of the 53 people who drowned off the NSW coast were from overseas. Members of surf lifesaving clubs in the Sydney will also take part in Operation Olympus to help the police, ambulance and other emergency services during the Olympics and the Paralympics. In the operation, volunteer lifesavers will be on duty around other Sydney waterways to ensure the safety of competitors and spectators at Olympic events. Many of the volunteer lifesavers on duty at weekends during the Games are expected to be school students.
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Uphill battle for Asian women Shazia Hidayat will not come close to setting any records or winning any medals when she competes at next month’s summer Olympics. But the 1,500-metre runner is still a rarity because she will be representing Pakistan, who infrequently send women to international sports events. And the problems Hidayat faces, coming from a poor country where attention to women’s sports is minimal, mirror the difficulties confronted by women athletes in many Asian countries. “The basic problem we face is lack of facilities and lack of training,’’ she said during a break at a track near the capital Islamabad. The 21-year-old student from Chichawatni, a small town in central Punjab province, is a champion in Pakistan, but says the lack of training and proper coaching have made it difficult to compete outside the country. “Now we are preparing for Olympics but the training camp is just for two months in Islamabad. How can we fulfil our fitness requirements?’’ said Hidayat, whose best time in the 1,500 metres of four minutes 48 seconds is far outside the winning time of 4:00.83 in Atlanta. Although Sydney organisers expect a record number of women to take part in the summer games — 38 per cent of the total, up from 34 per cent four years ago — Asian women will lag behind. There are exceptions such as China, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, but many other countries will send few women athletes or poorly trained ones. A report by International Olympic committee Vice-President Anita Defrantz last year said out of the 43 Asian countries which participated in Atlanta, 11 did not send any women. By contrast, all 48 European nations taking part sent women. “We have to cross cultural and social barriers, overcome superstitions and taboos and break down prejudices,’’ Ms Defrantz said. Farrukh Naz, who is in charge of Hidayat’s training camp, said in addition to a lack of resources and training facilities, there was a general apathy towards sports among women in countries like Pakistan. “The first preference is always towards the men’s teams, they think investing in women is a waste of time and waste of funds,’’ she said. Even in India, with its huge population, the participation of women in Olympics has gone up only marginally since 1952 when the first Indian woman to take part in the Olympics was long jumper Mary Leela Rao. “Since 1952, the number of women participants from India may have gone up marginally but not as much as one would have expected in country with a population of about one billion,’’ senior sports journalist Norris Pritam says. He said there were social reasons behind the low turnout of women in sports. “Girls take to sports at 13-14 years age and by the time they reach 19-20 years, there is pressure on them to get married and settle down. To succeed in the tough international arena, you have to have dedication and long-term commitment, which is lacking,’’ Pritam said. Sprinter P.T. Usha has been the only Indian women athlete to make a mark in international sports events, with a fourth place finish in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1984 Olympic Games. Tradition and religious opposition are also factors weighing against Asian women. Before the Atlanta games, the IOC rejected demands from a coalition of women’s groups which wanted the IOC to ban Muslim countries which discriminated against women athletes. The women’s groups said the countries should be banned in the same way South Africa was once banned because of its racist policies. But women are doing better in some Muslim countries, even poor ones such as Indonesia. — Reuters |
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Williams sisters’ rivalry shifts to Sydney NEW YORK, Aug 23 (AFP) — Venus and Serena Williams bring their championship tennis style and sibling rivalry to the Sydney Olympics. But if they want to both bring home gold, they will have to work together.
World No 3 Venus, (20), will join second-ranked Lindsay Davenport and sixth-rated Monica Seles in singles at Sydney. But fifth-ranked Serena, who will turn 19 on September 26 in Sydney, will only play doubles in Australia alongside her sister. She has vaulted over Seles in the wta rankings, but too late to win a singles spot in Sydney. Those were decided by the rankings after Wimbledon and she was seventh at that time, one place below Seles, who grabbed the last singles berth. |
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Dubai series called off DUBAI, Aug 23 (UNI) — A three-match one-day cricket series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which would have launched Dubai on the international cricket map, has been called off. The local newspapers quoted Dubai Cricket Council (DCC) secretary Vikram Kaul as saying “we have not yet received the approval from the International Cricket Council (for organising the series) though we applied for it well in advance”. The tournament was slated to be held from September 22 to 25. Initially, India were to play Pakistan in the series. However, when India backed out, the organisers roped in Sri Lanka to battle it out against Pakistan. Mr Kaul said: “Raman Subba Row visited Dubai on August 18 to inspect the facilities at the DCC grounds. He was impressed with the infrastructure here but we still have not heard from them (ICC)”. “Even if we get the green signal from the ICC now, we will be left with hardly any time to market and plan the event. Under the circumstances, we have no option but to put off the event for the time being”. |
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Galatasaray, Milan, Hamburg qualify LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) —Hamburg SV qualified for European soccer’s top competition for the first time since 1984 when they saw off the challenge of Brondby in the second leg of the final qualifying round of the Champions League. The German side, European champions in 1983 who last competed in the European Cup in 1984, were content to play out a 0-0 draw against the Danish champions to win through to the competition proper on a 2-0 aggregate yesterday. They were joined in the 32-team competition by the UEFA Cup holders Galatasaray, who survived a scare to beat St Gallen of Switzerland, AC Milan, who crushed Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 for a 6-1 aggregate win, and outsiders Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine, who beat Slavia Prague 2-0 after extra time for an unlikely 2-1 aggregate success. All their names will go into the hat for Friday’s draw in Monaco and will be joined by the final 12 qualifiers after the remaining qualifiers are played on Wednesday. Hamburg manager Frank Pagelsdorf, who has been coach since 1997 and guided them to third spot in the Bundesliga last year, said afterwards: “That was our most important game for a very long time. “It was enormously important to shut them out,” he added. “Tony Yeboah created five or six very good chances and had a huge game — we would have deserved a win on the chances we created.” Brondby finished the match with 10 men after Dan Anton Johansen was sent off with eight minutes to play. Galatasaray were made to sweat on their place in the Champions League after throwing away a 2-0 lead which they established as early as the 28th minute against ST Gallen. An own goal from Marc Zellweger after 22 minutes and a 28th minute penalty converted by their new Brazilian striker Jardel put them well in command. But St Gallen fought back with goals from Ionel Gane (30) and Charles Amoah (85) but Galatasaray held on for a 4-3 aggregate win. AC Milan had no such worries against Dinamo Zagreb and
cruised home 3-0 for a 6-1 aggregate win. Andrei Shevchenko scored after 23 and 46 minutes while a 56th minute goal from Jose Mari sealed the victory. Dinamo had midfielder Jasmin Agic sent off for a second yellow card just before halftime. The surprise team of the night was Shakhtor Donetsk of Ukraine, who appeared to be heading out of the competition. With the score at 0-0 and 90 minutes almost up against Slavia Prague, Donetsk were still trailing 0-1 on aggregate from the first leg. Then Andriy Vorobei scored deep inside injury time to force extra time and Serhiy Atelkin added a second in the 97th minute to complete an unlikely victory. |
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Chautala to get award on Aug 29 CHANDIGARH, Aug 23 — The “Haryana Khel Ratan” Award will be given to Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, president, Haryana Olympic Association, at a function at Karnal on August 29. The award is being presented to Mr Chautala for his outstanding performance as an active sportsman during his youth and for his contribution to allround development of sports at the state, national and international levels. Mr Chautala is actively involved in the field of sports for many years and remained president of the Haryana State Volleyball Association from 1988 to 1995. From 1991 to 1995, he was president of the Haryana Olympic Association. In 1999 he was unanimously elected president, Haryana Olympic Association. Mr Chautala is also president, Amateur Circle Kabaddi Federation of Asia. |
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Sotomayor pulls out after injury VIAREGGIO (Italy), Aug 23 (AP) — Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor, the world record holder in the high jump, injured his left leg yesterday in just his third meet back after a year-long drug ban. Sotomayor suffered an apparent strained left hamstring on his second attempt at 2.28-metres, and was forced to pull out of this meet in Tuscany against a relatively light field of competitors. |
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Although hampered by a chronic shortage of cash, Russia still hopes next month to win the country’s biggest haul of Olympic medals since the Soviet days. “I think we are very capable of winning between 35 and 37 gold medals,” said Anatoly
Kolesov, who headed Russia’s Olympic preparations for the Games. 
