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B’desh invites India for maiden Test DHAKA, Aug 24 — India has been invited to play with Bangladesh in their maiden Test in coming November, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President, Saber Hossain Chowdhury said today. “We have invited India to play the historic first Test and we hope we will know their reply within the next three or four days”, Mr Chowdhury said. Vladimirov, Sasikiran leaders |
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| Rajiv marathon on August 27 NEW DELHI, Aug 24 — The highly popular Rajiv Gandhi Marathon run for school children from the slum areas, organised by the National Sports Club of India (NSCI), will be revived after a gap of an year, when the seventh edition will be held in Delhi on Sunday, August 27, at 9 am. Vijay continues to
reign supreme ‘Aussies confuse sports arena with public execution arena’
Manipur & Nagaland Sector triumph Bhim Awards presented Neha advances
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King report to be made public today JOHANNESBERG, Aug 24 (AFP) — the King Commission’s interim report on the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal will be made public by tomorrow morning, a spokesman for the sports ministry has said. “It is being made public on Friday. We will post it on the government’s website,” Gregory Abrahams, the spokesman for Sport and Recreation Minister Ngconde Balfour, told
AFP yesterday. The lengthy, long-awaited report on Cronje’s confessions of corruption was on August 11 handed to Mr Balfour who in turn gave it to President Thabo Mbeki to examine before it could be published. The United Cricket Board of South Africa
(UCB) said it was expecting to receive a copy of the report this morning and would hand one to International Cricket Council President David Richards, who is in the country. “We are getting it tomorrow (Thursday) but we won’t comment on it until Monday when we make public the findings of the disciplinary hearings,”
UCB spokeswoman Bronwyn Wilkinson said. The UCB will on Monday announce the disciplinary steps it will take against Herschelle Gibbs, Henry Williams and Pieter Strydom, three players who were implicated in corruption in the course of hearings into the Cronje scandal. Gibbs and Williams told the commission that Cronje, sacked as South Africa’s skipper in April, had offered them money to underperform in matches against India this year, while Strydom made an attempt to place a bet on behalf of Cronje during a Test match. In testimony that shook the cricket world, Cronje admitted to the commission that he received thousands of dollars from gamblers and bookmakers on five separate occasions between 1996 and 2000. The initial shock by the South African public at Cronje’s confessions has given way to anger as the one-time idol has revealed himself to be manipulating and money-loving, and had corrupted other players. The report should be read with interest though Judge Edwin King has made no recommendations for disciplinary action against the players, nor has he made any finding on whether Cronje had told the whole truth and should therefore receive indemnity from criminal prosecution. Judge King has said that further evidence could emerge when the commission reconvenes on October 2 for a second set of hearings expected to last about two weeks. Judge King has asked for terms of reference of the commission to be broadened as a result of the evidence that came up in the first hearings in July. CAPE TOWN (IANS): The King Commission of inquiry probing cricket match-fixing charges is concerned that delays by Indian authorities would not allow a South African investigating team enough time to question people in India. “We have not had a response yet from India on our request for appointments for leader of evidence Shamila Batohi and investigator Geoff Edwards to investigate the allegations by the Indian police of collusion by South African cricketers in match-fixing,” Commission spokesman John Bacon said. Mr Bacon said the team was ready to leave for India and if there was no written response by the end of this week, the Commission would follow up the issue telephonically. “Time is running out for proper investigations, as the team was expected to be back in South Africa by September 15 to prepare for the resumption of hearings on October 2”. He would not elaborate on which Indian authorities were not responding but earlier reports had said Ms Batohi would like to talk to the Indian police, cricket authorities, persons currently in detention on match-fixing charges and even former captain Mohammad Azharuddin, who was implicated by now disgraced South African captain Hansie Cronje of having introduced him to Indian bookmaker Sanjeev Chawla. Meanwhile, Indian authorities are still trying to extradite Cronje to India to face charges there, reports here said. This is being hampered by the fact that no extradition treaty exists between the two countries. Cronje has also avoided going abroad for fear of being extradited to India from a country like England, with whom such a treaty exist. |
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B’desh invites India for maiden Test DHAKA, Aug 24 (PTI) — India has been invited to play with Bangladesh in their maiden Test in coming November, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President, Saber Hossain Chowdhury said today. “We have invited India to play the historic first Test and we hope we will know their reply within the next three or four days”, Mr Chowdhury said. Bangladesh were planning to play with England earlier but the proposal failed to materialse after England said it was unable to fit the tour in its schedule in November. Expressing disappointment for not being able to play their first Test against England, the BCB chief said, “Since England is the oldest Test playing nation and Bangladesh the youngest one, BCB initially invited England to play the first Test”. But England were interested in playing in December after their Pakistan tour which did not suit the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as the holy month of Ramzan falls in December this year. “It will be Ramzan and we don’t want to play the West during Ramzan”. Mr Chowdhury said. He also disclosed that Bangladesh is likely to appear in two four-day and three limited overs matches against the provincial sides in South Africa after the ICC knock-out
tournament in Kenya. Bangladesh was granted Test status in the annual general meeting of the ICC in June this year in London. All-rounder Naimur Rahman has been named Bangladesh’s new captain for the Kenya tournament. “I believe in attacking and aggressive approach. I want my team to play as attacking as possible with respect to our obvious limitations,” Rahman said soon after taking charge earlier this month. Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s cricket coach Ediie Barlow is to return here later this month to resume his responsibilities as BCB’s director for development, Mr Chowdhury said. |
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Vladimirov, Sasikiran leaders CHENNAI, Aug 24 (PTI) — Grandmaster Evgeny Vladimirov (Kazakhstan) and K. Sasikiran (India) emerged joint leaders with 6.5 points each at the end of the 10th round of the PentaMedia GM Chess Tournament at Kelambakkam near here today. Top seed Vladimirov settled for a draw against compatriot GM Alexy Fomiyh. This helped teenager K. Sasikiran catch up with overnight leader Vladimirov by scoring a crucial victory over IM P. Harikrishna. International Master G.B. Prakash, who already made a nine game norm yesterday, consolidated his position by making a 10-game draw after holding GM Abhijit Kunte in today’s match. He now needs only a 9-game GM norm to complete his title requirement. In a long-drawn battle between GM K. Sasikiran and GM norm aspirant P. Harikrishna, the former chose his pet Reti opening. Even before the opening phase was completed, Sasi rolled his pawn towards black’s King. He made a telescopic penetration into enemy territory with his pair of rooks. At the right time, Sasi challenged Hari’s queen and once the queens were off the board, Sasikiran’s rooks were causing a havoc on the queen side. Sasikiran simplified the position after heading for a pawn up ending. His accurate play put Harikrishna in trouble in the end game. Once he obtained a passer on the queen Bishop file, he was able to wind up the game in 70 moves. This loss ruined Harikrishna’s chances of making his maiden norm as he needed three points from three rounds. In a queen’s gambit accepted game, Vladimirov and Forminyh split points after making a formal 10 moves. Having already got a bye, Vladimirov and Sasikiran have to play three more games. The encounter between national champion Abhijit Kunte and G.B. Prakash ended in a draw involving Nimzo Indian defense, lasting only 15 moves. Prakash has also tallied 6.5 points, but since he is due for a bye only in last round, he has completed 10 games already. In the norm aspect, irrespective of any result in the final two rounds, Prakash is confirmed with a 10 game GM norm. GM Dibeyendu Baru had a cakewalk over Iranian champion Ghaem Maghami, after the latter blundered away his queen. Against a Reti opening, Barua made dynamic moves to take total control. Barua’s queen zoomed white’s queen side to win a handful of pawns. The results: E Vladimirow (6.5) drew with A Fominyth (5); K Sasikiran (6.5) b P Harikrishna (5); A Kunte (4.5) drew with G B Prakash (6.5); S Chanda (3) drew with S. Yuldashev (4); G Maghami (3) lost to D Barua (5.5); S S Ganguly (3) drew with D V Prasad (2.5); Reeffat Bin Sattar (5) bye. |
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Manipur & Nagaland Sector triumph JALANDHAR, Aug 24 — Full credit to Manipur and Nagaland Sector as they defeated holder Rapid Action Forces by 5-1 and Special Sector defeated North East Sector by 4-0 on the fourth day of the Xth Inter Sector CRPF Hockey Tournament being organised by Group Centre, CRPF, Saraikhas at sports complex of group centre here. In the first match of the day last year’s champion Rapid Action Force failed to impress. Their forwards were hopelessly off-colour and their wingers proved ineffective. On the other hand, young and spirited Manipur and Nagaland Sector players played excellent game. Their forward Romi Kanta exhibited excellent ground hockey. He contributed three goals for his side. The defence line of Manipur and Nagaland Sector performed brilliantly and did not allow the RAF’s attacking line to score the goal. The second match between Special Sector and North East Sector was full of action. Special Sector launched attacks right from the word go. Petre scored the first goal from the Spl. Sector in the 18th minute. North East Sector’s boys tried hard to reduce the margin but the score remained 1-0 in favour of Special Sector till the half time. In the second half M. Lakra scored the second goal in the 40th minute for the Special Sector team. The third goal of the game came through S. Kullu of Special Sector who converted penalty stroke into the goal with his powerful hit. It was again S. Lakra who scored the fourth goal in the 55th minute from winning side. Earlier in the first match of the pool -D Eastern Sector defeated Northern Sector by 2-0. For the winning side both the goals were scored by B. Topo in the 18th and 28th minutes of the first half, respectively. |
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Bhim Awards presented CHANDIGARH, Aug 24 — Six Haryana sportspersons who won laurels at the national and international level during the past two years were honoured with Bhim Awards, the highest award conferred by the state in sports, at Haryana Raj Bhavan at a function here today. Commonwealth gold medallist Narender Kumar (wrestling), Anuradha, (judo), Rampal (korfball) and Kamala Dalal (hockey) , who received Bhim Awards, were given Rs 50,000 in cash, a statue of Bhim, a scroll, a blazer and a tie. Anil Kumar (athletics) and Surinder Kaur (hockey), also selected for the Bhim Awards, were, however, not present to receive the awards. Anil of Bhiwani, a gold medallist in discus throw in the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok in 1998, is, at present, attending a camp for the Sydney-bound Indian athletics squad, while Surinder Kaur of Kurukshetra, who was a member of silver medal-winning team in the Bangkok Asian Games, is busy at a camp in Chennai. Manoj Kumar (wrestling) and Sunil Kumar (boxing) were also honoured on the occasion. Manoj of Jhajjar won a silver in the 52-kg category in the Junior World Freestyle Wrestling Championship, was given Rs 30,000. Sunil of Hisar won a bronze in 91-kg weight category in the Asian Youth Boxing Championship held at Taiwan in 1998 was richer by Rs 10,000. Sixtythree sportspersons, who got first positions in the national-level competitions, were also honoured on the occasion. They were given cash prizes of Rs 8,000 each. The coaches, who were awarded Rs 600 to Rs 1,500 in cash were: Kitab Singh, Raj Singh (boxing); Sudhir Bedi, Bhim Sein, Mahendrapal, Satbir Singh, Jagvanti, Tem Singh Saharan (Judo); Satyendra Kumar (fencing); Randhir Singh (wrestling); Rajendra Khanna (yoga); Satpal Singh (handball); Rajbala (athletics); Sukanya Yadav, Laxan Saini, Kulwinder Singh (gymnastics); J.G. Banerjee (archery); R.P. Chopra, Darshan Midha (cricket); Vrishbhan, Ranbir, (wrestling); Sube Singh (boxing); Ramesh Nandal, Chaaju Ram, Mahender Khnokhar, Sharmila (kabaddi); Radha Ahlawat (handball); Sohan Lal (volleyball). Speaking on the occasion, Governor Babu Parmanand and Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala expressed their serious concern over deteriorating standards of sports in the country and involvement of politics in sports. The Governor and the Chief Minister advocated fair selection of sportspersons on the basis of merit only. Babu Parmanand commended the state government for providing advance sports infrastructure in Haryana to promote various sports disciplines. He congratulated all the award winners and hoped that the players from Haryana would return with medals from the Olympic Games. Mr B.K. Sinha, Director Sports, said that the HOA was the actual beneficiary if players win medals. Sports Department could only help by providing technical and other help which players needed. |
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Rajiv marathon on August 27 NEW DELHI, Aug 24 — The highly popular Rajiv Gandhi Marathon run for school children from the slum areas, organised by the National Sports Club of India (NSCI), will be revived after a gap of an year, when the seventh edition will be held in Delhi on Sunday, August 27, at 9 am. Over the years, the Rajiv marathon, exclusively for school children from the slum areas, has carved out a definite niche for itself, not only for its attractive prize money, but also for the scholarships it offers for about 100 children, who finish first, to pursue their education. The NSCI President, Mr Subhash Chopra, said here today that besides Rs 80,000 distributed as prize money, a sum of about Rs 3.5 lakh is annually distributed as scholarships to the winners. Mr Chopra said so far, the NSCI has distributed more than Rs 20 lakh in cash award and scholarships to the winners. The Rajiv marathon is a unique event in the sense that it is the only event in the athletic calendar of the country which is exclusively meant for children from the underprivileged section of the society. Mr Subhash Chopra said the ever-increasing popularity of Rajiv Marathon has vindicated the NSCI’s decision to start the event, eight years ago. |
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Vijay continues to reign supreme CHENNAI, Aug 24 (PTI) — Defending champion Vijay Kumar continued to reign supreme with a five stroke lead over others midway through the four round Rs 7.5. lakh Hindu Open golf championship here today. With some professionals, who were in the top five yesterday, playing inconsistently and others making improvements to their first round play, Vijay Kumar was confidence personified. His consistency in either driving or chipping or putting stood out at the end of the two rounds. Vijay Kumar, with 43 title wins to his credit since turning professional in 1983, had his best round at the sixth hole, where he used a driver and a six iron combination to sink a six foot eagle putt. He also had birdies on the first two holes and again in the 12th and 16th, besides losing a stroke each in the 9th and 11th for a day’s round of four under par 68 like
yesterday. Mukesh Kumar from Mhow played a superb round and was the only one to have parred all holes, besides achieving birdies on the 2nd, 10th and 16th holes. He carded a three under par 69 like Basad Ali of Calcutta, who dropped three strokes (5th, 16th and 18th) and six birdies. Raju Ali, who was in second position yesterday (69), was able to par the course today to be joint second with Mukesh Kumar and Basad Ali at 141 each. With the cut being applied at eight over par 152, 50 professionals and amateurs are in the fray for the remaining two rounds. Leading scores: Professionals: 136 - Vijay Kumar (Lucknow), 141 - Mukesh Kumar
(Mhow) Raju Ali (Cal) and Basad Ali (Cal); 142 - Gaurav Ghei (Del); 143 - Amish Jaitha
(Pune), Amit Dube (Noida) and Shiv Prakash (Kanpur); 144 - Ranjit Singh
(Chd), Sanjay Kumar (Lucknow) and Mohd Islam (Patna); 145 - Harmeet Kahlon
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‘Aussies confuse sports arena with public Sydney Olympic organisers have been ridiculed in Greece after it emerged that medals for next month’s games mistakenly depict the Roman Colosseum instead of the Greek Parthenon. The SOCOG has claimed that the medal design, which was approved by the International Olympic Committee, depicts a generic colosseum as opposed to the Roman edifice. But Greek newspapers have accused it of ignorance of the birthplace of the Olympic Games. “The Australians have confused a sports arena with a public execution arena,” reported Avriani, a daily newspaper. The SOCOG has defended the decision, saying it was advised by the IOC to base the design on the medals used in the 1928 Amsterdam games. However, Wojciech Pietranik, who designed the Sydney medals, says he was instructed to include on the medals images of the victory goddess Nike, a chariot and “the Colosseum”, the ancient site of gladiatorial battles in Rome. People smugglers move in The Olympics offer an ideal opportunity for people-smuggling rackets, with sophisticated crime syndicates able to adapt their operations to exploit the surge of overseas arrivals, a leading criminologist has warned. “The Olympics are going to be a very challenging time because of the large number of people coming through our borders and the desire of our customs and immigration officials to expedite things as much as possible,” Adam Graycar, Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology, told The Australian newspaper. Up to 4,000 arrivals an hour are expected at airports during the peak period just before September 15, according to a spokesman for Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock. “But there won’t be any slackening off in our checking of bona fides,” he said. Tourist forecasts suggest the games will attract almost 70,000 more people than would normally visit Australia, in addition to nearly 50,000 athletes, officials, media and members of the Olympic movement. Dr Graycar said criminal networks, such as the snakehead gangs in China, had been doing their own Olympic marketing. “There’s been a lot of sales pitches in some countries, saying there’ll be labour shortages in Australia, and amnesties for illegal immigrants after the Olympics,” he said. Israelis reinforce consulate The Israeli consulate in Sydney has been reinforced with steel and concrete in preparation for the possibility of a terrorist threat during the Olympics. Builders spent two days last week working on the consulate, which is on the seventh floor of an office block near the heart of Sydney’s Central Business District. Israeli guards, believed to be from the spy agency Mossad, are also patrolling entrances to the floor and vantage points nearby. Israel has been highly sensitive to Olympic security since 11 Jewish athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 games in Munich. The New South Wales police have agreed to provide additional security for Jewish athletes in the Olympic village – on the proviso that Mossad agents, or other Jewish guards assigned to protect them, do not carry guns. But ongoing conflicts with the Palestinians over a Middle East peace deal have raised the spectre of tensions during the games. Israel will send its largest ever Olympic team of 39 athletes and 10 officials to Sydney. The team will be based on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast until four days before the opening ceremony. Meanwhile, Israeli athletes have been directed to march in the Olympic closing ceremony, even though it will be held during the New Year holiday of Rosh Hashana. Israel Olympic Committee president Zvi Varshaviak said despite the tradition of resting on Rosh Hashana, the team would participate because there were no sporting events to be held on that day, October 1. But National Religious Party parliamentarian Zevulun Orlev has objected. “There’s a question of what brings more honour to the Jewish people, the ceremony or Rosh Hashana. I believe it’s the latter,” he told the Jerusalem Post. Former Deputy PM arrows in on Bhutan’s national sport Before Australia’s former Deputy Prime Minister Fischer was awarded the job of Mayor of the Paralympic Village, he bought tickets to the Olympics archery competition. Now Mr Fischer, the former leader of the National Party and Trade Minister, will have to dash back to Canberra where Parliament will sit for a few days between the Olympics and the Paralympics before he can move to his temporary home at the athletes’ village. “I actually bought tickets to the archery before I got this job because I wanted to take my boys to it,” Mr Fischer said as he took his first walk around the completed site on Tuesday. “I have a friend from Bhutan competing in it, where archery is the national sport, and he has been training with the Australians so I am prepared to allow one gold medal to go to Bhutan”. As Mayor, Mr Fischer will be responsible for the residents of the village during Paralympic Games, which involve 4,000 athletes, 2,000 team officials and 1,000 technical officials. The village will undergo changes between the two games. All the signage will be changed from Olympic to Paralympic bannering, and audio, braille and tactile guides will help athletes find their way around. There will also be a “dog tidy” area, with specially designed waste bags and bins for guide dogs accompanying residents. A repair centre will be fully operational from October 11 to carry out repairs to wheelchairs, artificial limbs and other aids for disabled athletes. Winners missing on win list It claims to be The Bible of the Olympics, but if that’s true, it’s missing a vital commandment. The ‘Complete Book of the Summer Olympics,’ by David Wallechinsky, is viewed as the authority on Olympic history, but the Sydney 2000 edition is missing one of its proudest pages, part of the list of Australian gold medallists. Hardie Grant Books, that publishes the international title in the USA, said the oversight was not intended to offend Australian fans. It’s a blow that has came so close to the Olympics that the publishers just don’t have time to reprint. Although the first batch was delivered with the key page missing entirely, customers buying the book — No 3 on the sports bestseller’s list in Australia — from now on will be provided with a loose leaf. Anyone who needs a replacement can obtain a page from the publishers, or the shop where they bought the book. The ‘Complete Book of the Olympics’ has been popular since it was produced for the 100th anniversary Atlanta Olympics. The online bookseller, Amazon.com describes it as “The Bible for the Olympics and the ultimate companion for Sydney 2000” and the New York Times book review calls it “an extremely meticulous – one might even say Olympian – piece of scholarship”.
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Jones wants Montalvo at Sydney BRUSSELS, Aug 24 (AP) — Olympic gold winner Marion Jones came out strong in defence of long jumper Niurka Montalvo, who is now barred by Cuba from competing in Sydney for her new country Spain. “It is about wanting to see the best athletes out there at the games, that is what we all want,” Jones said. “If she is excluded from the games, the best will not be out there.” Montalvo will be competing against Jones at Friday’s Van Damme Memorial, where Jones will also run the 100m. Jones is gunning for five golds in Sydney. She will compete in the 100 metres, the 200, the long jump and the 400-and 1,600 relays. As world champion in the 100m, she is hotly favoured to win both sprint events and, with the US team, she is also a firm favourite to take the relay races. Cuba is refusing to let Montalvo - who won the world title on her last jump in Seville last year - compete for Spain, although she has been a Spanish citizen for about a year, has lived in Spain for three years and is married to a Spaniard. “It is the biggest competition in the world. I know it is very political but it comes down to having the best people competing,” Jones said. Jones pointed out that many people at the games will be competing for new countries in Sydney “and their countries of origin don’t have a problem.” Under the Olympic Charter, any athlete who has competed in an Olympics and changes his or her nationality must wait three years or get permission from their country of origin before competing for their adopted homeland. Cuba decided not to grant that permission, claiming it was just a case of rich countries robbing poor ones of athletes. “It is terrible when one of the best long jumpers of the world is being excluded. It comes down to sportsmanship,” said Jones. After struggling last year in the long jump, Jones has made great strides. She won the Weltklasse meet in Zurich two weeks ago, beating world class opposition, including Italy’s Fiona May and German veteran Heike Drechsler. With a jump of 7.02 metres at the US trials last month, Jones is the third best performer this year behind May and Russia’s Tatyana Kotova. “Last year, I didn’t have enough rhythm. Now I faced the best in the world and I feel pretty good,” Jones said. |
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Hockey team feels at home MELBOURNE, Aug 24 (IANS) — The Indian hockey team, preparing for the Sydney Olympics at the small New South Wales town of Murwillambah, have been made to feel at home in this Gold Coast town by the comforting presence of a large population of Indian, mainly Sikh, banana farmers. The forefathers of these affluent farmers came to Murwillambah and other Gold Coast banana plantations generations ago. “Our stay here has been fantastic, mainly due to the local Indian community,” team manager K. Jyothikumaran told India Abroad News Service on telephone. This close-knit community is looking after the culinary needs of the Indian team, which is staying at a local motel. Besides having ‘langar’ (community kitchen) at the local gurdwara and ISKCON temple, the ever-eager farmers have been bringing home-cooked Indian food for the players. Meanwhile, the Indian management is upbeat about the team’s chances. “We hope to do really well,” Jyothikumaran said. Seasoned halfback Ramandeep Singh will lead the team, which was finalised on Tuesday by the team management consisting of Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) chief K.P.S. Gill, manager Jyothikumaran, coach Vasudevan Baskaran, assistant coach Harendra Singh and penalty corner expert Ranjit Singh. The weather in Murwillambah has been fine and there has not been any disruption on this count, unlike Sydney which has been witnessing heavy rains since the past few days. Thanks to its year-around sunny, warm weather and hundreds of miles of unspoilt Pacific beaches, Gold Coast is a major tourist attraction for not only foreign tourists but also Australians from places like Sydney and Melbourne. Murwillambah, a 30-minute drive from the nearest airport Coolangatta, has excellent hockey facilities. There are a number of FIH approved turf fields in this town, which also boasts of a similar turf as laid in the main Olympic hockey stadium at Sydney. The team’s preparations suffered on one count as no matches against international sides could be arranged. Efforts to arrange a practice match against world champions Holland have not borne fruit yet. “I tried to arrange for a match between India and Great Britain, who are training in nearby Brisbane, but unfortunately it did not work out,” Ken Baldwin, President of a local hockey club told IANS. The Indian team has played some friendlies against local teams. The Indian team will remain in Murwillambah till September 8 before flying to Sydney to take on Argentina in their first match of the tournament. The host and title favorites Australia, Asia Cup champions South Korea, Spain and Poland are the other teams in India’s group. |
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Neha advances CHENNAI, Aug 24 (PTI) — The Bhambri sisters — Sanna and Ankita — of Delhi entered the quarterfinals of the Texdec-AITA mini and sub-junior tennis championships here today. Sanna Bhambri defeated Nidhi Shah of Maharashtra 6-2 6-2, while Ankita beat Sandri Gangotri of Andhra Pradesh 6-1 6-2. Others to make the grade (under-14) were Maharashtra’s Karthika Bhat, Divya Vijayakumar (Karnataka), Tara Iyer (Delhi), Neha Singh (Chandigarh) and S Preeti and Sharanya Pattabi (both Tamil Nadu). |
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TN edge out Delhi CHENNAI, Aug 24 (UNI) — Tamil Nadu edged out Delhi on better goal average and made it to the quarterfinal stage from pool A, while Karnataka qualified from pool D downing Maharashtra 9-1 in the Junior National Women’s Hockey Championship at the astro-turf stadium here today. |
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Sydney Olympic organisers have been ridiculed in Greece after it emerged that medals for next month’s games mistakenly depict the Roman Colosseum instead of the Greek Parthenon. The SOCOG has claimed that the medal design, which was approved by the International Olympic Committee, depicts a generic colosseum as opposed to the Roman edifice.
