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August 31, 2000, Chandigarh, India   
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Qualifier Arthurs stuns Kuerten Dokic serves a warning Jagdish Bishnoi leads Indian charge Players’ morale high at hockey camp |
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Honour for
Windies’ legend Marshall
Rs 20,000 fine
for frivolous PIL
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Qualifier Arthurs stuns Kuerten NEW YORK, Aug 30 (Reuters) —Big-hitting qualifier Wayne Arthurs sent shock waves through the National Tennis Centre yesterday as he used his booming serve to topple world number two Gustavo Kuerten at the US Open championships. The 29-year-old Australian, ranked 100 places below Kuerten, fired in his 26th ace — clocked at 134 miles per hour (215.6 kph) — to complete a stunning 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-1) triumph over the French Open champion from Brazil. Russian Anna Kournikova, the women’s 12th seed, moved into the second round with a 6-2, 6-3 win over American Holly Parkinson in the first of two featured night matches at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Two-time champion Partrick Rafter was stunned by unheralded Spaniard Galo Blanco in the first round. The 114th-ranked Blanco played the match of his life under intense pressure, winning a fifth-set tie-break to oust the fan favourite and recent Wimbledon runner-up 7-6, (7-3), 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, -6 (7-5) in just over three hours last night. Arthurs, who rode his huge serve to the fourth round of the 1999 Wimbledon championships before falling there to Andre Agassi, pulverized the Brazilian in the fourth-set tiebreaker, yielding his only point after storming out to a 6-0 lead. The left-handed Arthurs, who went 111 games without dropping serve, including qualifying matches, during his magical 1999 Wimbledon run, said he matched up well against
clay-courters, including two-time French champion Kuerten. The little-known Arthurs had a surprise open victory last year as well, knocking out 13th seed Alex Corretja of Spain, runner-up in the 1998 French Open, in the first round. “Clay-courters like Corretja and Kuerten stand a long way back, which helps me get in my first serves,” noted Arthurs. “Also I like the style that they play. So I match up pretty good against some of these guys.” Kuerten, who earlier this month won at Indianapolis for his first hardcourt title and had trained his sights on a possible ascension to world number one, had opportunities against the go-for-broke Australian but failed to cash in. “I did not convert the breaks,” lamented Kuerten. “Things didn’t go my way when I needed them to. “I should have won some of the break points I had. If I had taken three or four it would have made the difference. Sometimes I just missed the returns. That’s just the way it went. Sometimes you don’t guess right. Sometimes you do guess right, but don’t hit the shot.” Arthurs, who had focused on doubles play until the last few seasons, advanced to a second-round match against compatriot Jason Stoltenberg, who beat Dutchman Jan Siemerink 6-0 6-4 6-1. Seventh seed Thomas Enqvist of Sweden and 14th-seeded Nicolas Kiefer of Germany also advanced. Enqvist, who won the Cincinnati hardcourt tourney earlier this month, overcame Argentine Mariano Puerta 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2. Kiefer defeated Italy’s Andrea Gaudenzi 7-5 6-4 0-6 6-4. Former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands and 1999 open runner-up Todd Martin — two of the more dangerous non-seeded men’s players — both advanced, as did Karim Alami, who won a Moroccan marathon against compatriot Younes El Aynaoui 6-3 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3. Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia eliminated the often exciting, and erratic, Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia, 3-6 6-0 6-1 6-0. “I don’t have fun anymore to play,” said the moody Ivanisevic, who at 28 is contemplating retirement. “I won the first set but I don’t know how I did that. I was missing everything. It’s not that I didn’t try, it’s just that I’m not happy playing.” Earlier, the women’s field lost their first seed when number 16 Julie Halard-Decugis feel to 93rd-ranked Miriam Oremans of the Netherlands 6-3 6-4. Defending champion Serena Williams, second-seeded Australian Open champion Lindsay Davenport and fourth-seeded French Open winner Mary Pierce were among the favourites advancing to the second round. Williams, wearing a snazzy, purple tie-dyed dress with mesh cutouts, sent 19-year-old Tina Pisnik of Slovenia packing 6-3 6-2. Davenport came up one game short of a double-bagel with her 6-0 6-1 trouncing of Spain’s Gala Leon Garcia. Her next opponent, Belgian Kim Clijsters, got the whole job done by beating Spaniard Marta Marrero 6-0 6-0. Pierce reached the second round by beating big-hitting American Alexandra Stevenson 6-3 6-4. The victories by Davenport and Pierce at least temporarily dispelled worries over their fitness. Davenport retired from the Canadian Open earlier this month because of a left foot injury. Pierce was playing her first match since Wimbledon because of an ailing right shoulder. “It’s surprising how being healthy actually makes your confidence go up a lot,”Davenport said. “I was so excited the other day when I realised I was going to be able to play 100 per cent with no pain, being able to give it all I got.” Said Pierce: “I just needed to rest, to rehab, which I was doing about three hours every day.” |
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Dokic serves a warning NEW YORK, Aug 30 (AFP) — Wimbledon semi-finalist Jelena Dokic advanced with ease in her first match at the US Open, serving notice that the 17-year-old Australian might be a threat at the year’s final Grand Slam tournament. The 43rd-ranked, Yugoslavian-born player ousted Israel’s 41st-ranked Anna Smashnova 6-1, 6-0 here yesterday, booking a second-round date against Dutch veteran Miriam Oremans. “I played better than I thought I would,” Dokic said. “I couldn’t play much better than I did today. It’s quite a good start.” Dokic, a loser to world number two Lindsay Davenport in last month’s Wimbledon semi-finals, overpowered her rival from the start on crucial points and kept control throughout the match. “There were games when I was up and down. When I had my chances I took them,” Dokic said. “I played well. Everything went the way I wanted it. I served quite well. “The first few games were close. It could have been 3-2 or 3-all. I continued on from there, changed my serve a little, tried to mix it up and do a few different things. I came in a few times, which I was quite happy with.” Dokic’s path toward a possible fourth-round meeting with defending US Open Champion Serena Williams became easier when 93rd-ranked Oremans beat 16th seed Julie Halard-Decugis of France 6-3, 6-4. “She must have played well to have beaten Halard,” Dokic said. “It could be just as tough as playing a seed.” Dokic defeated Oremans 6-4, 6-3 in June on grass in the first round of a Dutch warm-up event for Wimbledon. Dokic is confident, but looking ahead and thinking of claiming a Grand Slam title at 17 is only a passing thought. “I’m not expecting to win the thing. It’s too far away,” Dokic said. “Concentrating on my next match is important. Wimbledon is the tournament for me, because of the surface, not just because I have done well there.” Dokic, 23-13 this year, lost her only hardcourt tuneup for the Open to Belgium’s Sabine Applemans in a third-set tie-breaker in the first round at Montreal two weeks ago. But Dokic has worked hard in practice to make up for her lack of matches. Dokic has worked to improve her serve, making a minor technical adjustment on the advice of her father Damir, who emigrated from Serbia to Australia in 1994 with his wife Liliana and Jelena’s younger brother Savo. “It’s something I came up with my dad,” she said. “You can always make improvements. It’s helping in matches and I’m just trying to work with it. It’s good to have it be someone in the family, my dad, not someone outside. Dokic has taken some time away from the practice court to spend some of her Wimbledon winnings on jewellery and clothes. But otherwise, she is no fan of New York. |
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Jagdish Bishnoi leads Indian charge JAKARTA, Aug 30 (UNI) — Javelin thrower Jagdish Bishnoi led the charge bagging the gold as India finished the third day with seven medals including four silver and two bronze, in the Asian Track and Field Meet here today. With this India have so far claimed 13 medals — four gold, seven silver and two bronze medals. It was a great third day for the Indians but they had to wait until the last event in the floodlit stadium to add the fourth gold to their kitty. Jagdish Bishnoi continued India’s strong showing in the throw with an excellent display of javelin throwing with the best effort of 76.81 meters to claim the title. ‘‘The depth in this event in India allowed me to improve and today’s competition seemed mediocre’’, said a jubilant Bishnoi. Even though this is three meters short of my best, I think it is great performance as I do not remember any Indian having won the gold in this event at the Asian level’’, he said. Korea’s Chu Ki Young was second for the silver in 75.27m and Sun Shipeng of China took the bronze with an effort of 74.34mts. Gurmeet Kaur started the day with a silver in women’s javelin.The evening session produced a gold, three more silvers and two bronze for the Indians. Gurmeet Kaur steadily improved on her throws to achieve a high of 55.65 m to bag the silver medal. Unlike the other events, Gurmeet Kaur was up against all top throwers-Zhang Li of China and Lee Youngsun of Korea. Zhang is credited with 62.14 as the Asian Track and Field Championship record while Lee Young Sun has been amongst the top javelin throwers of Asia. Gurmeet had claimed a bronze medal at the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, Gurmeet began with a foul followed by efforts of 53.01 m and 52.96 m. Her fourth attempt of 55.65 m left her 13 cm short of Korea’s Lee Young Sun’s best effort of 55.78 m. Gurmeet passed her fifth throw to concentrate on the one final attempt to claim the gold, but it was not to be as she fouled her final throw. Zhangli won the bronze in 55.46 m. Earlier in the morning, the women 10-km walkers of China dominated the event claiming the gold and silver medal and both Li Hong and Sun Chunfang set new championship records clocking 44:59.90 and 45:42.68 to better the old mark of 45:58.76 set by Feng Haixia of China. Ever since K.M. Beenamol had broken P.T. Usha’s record by clocking 51.21 seconds at Kiev this year, Beenamol has been the star in waiting as she rested her hamstring injury for a month. At Trivandrum in August, she indicated she was back in form winning the domestic circuit meet effortlessly in 51.62 seconds. Today, Beenamol was up against the double gold medallist from the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, Damayanti Darsha. Darsha, using her speed to advantage, gained a tactical advantage by catching up on Beenamol’s stagger. Even though she tired towards the end, the Lankan’s early lead allowed her to stay ahead and win a new championship record of 51.05 seconds. Beenamol confirmed her timings, clocking 51.41s for second place. Paramjeet Kaur was an excellent fourth in a career best of 53.08 seconds and this is an indication of an excellent 4x400m performance tomorrow by the Indian girls. The evening session was given a flying start by hurdler Anuradha Biswal. She ran an excellent race to set a new national record behind Su Yuping of China with a time of 13.40 secs, bettering her own mark of 13.44. Trecia Robert of Thailand took the silver in 13.01, just behind Yuping’s 12.99 secs. |
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Players’ morale high at hockey camp MELBOURNE, Aug 30 (IANS) — As the D-Day draws closer for the Sydney Olympics, the managers of the Indian hockey training-cum-practice camp at Murwillambah, New South Wales, are busy keeping the spirits of the Indian players high. They are also putting their heads down and concentrating on making their gameplans and “secret” tactics pay when it matters the most — in the fortnight of the men’s hockey tournament at Sydney Olympics which is starting from September 15. And certainly, high morale and discipline are both in evidence. There has not been a single disconcerting note from the camp which is hosting 22 Indian hockey players, manager K. Jothikumaran, team coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran, assistant coach Harindra Singh, penalty corner expert Ranjit Singh and team doctor P.K. Ramesh. “Monday was India’s National Sports Day so I got everyone to assemble at one place and we all took an oath of commitment to the nation to win the gold at Sydney and there is no doubt that, God willing, our boys would be able to do that,” Jothikumaran told India Abroad News Service on telephone. Asked if any player had shown signs of home-sickness, Jothikumaran said players were used to camp life and since this camp was in a foreign country they were enjoying every moment of it. The local Indian community has, he informed, helped a lot to create a feeling of being at home away from home. “We also organised a ‘family day’ on our day of rest on Sunday to maintain the feeling of cohesiveness among the team members,” says the Indian manager. Beside keeping the patriotic and team spirits going and acclimatising with the Australian conditions, Indians have continued to work on their chronic shortcomings like penalty corner hits and physical strength. “We make players do weight training and physical workouts in the morning session while the afternoons are reserved for further honing up turf skills like penalty corners, ball trapping, passes, etc.,” Jothikumaran says. Indian performance on the hockey turf has not been as glorious as it used to be before the introduction of the artificial turf in the late seventies. Before that the teams from the subcontinent virtually enjoyed a monopoly over the Olympic gold medal. India won six straight Olympic gold medal between 1924 and 1956. This included an impressive winning streak of 24 consecutive Olympic matches. Pakistan finally broke their stranglehold in the 1960 Olympics. India regained the crown in Tokyo in 1964 and also finished at the top in a boycott-marred Moscow Olympics in 1980. Since then, Indian hockey has been living in wilderness and the present hockey management is trying every conceivable trick to wrest the lost glory back. But the current hockey bosses have also been getting their share of brickbats from the media and the Indian hockey followers who have not deserted the game in spite of all the reverses. There has been some criticism of the management’s decision to retain all the 22 members of the Bangalore camp even after the selection of the final 16-member squad. “I appreciate Mr. Gill’s decision to retain all the camp members,” Jothikumaran says. The Indian manager rationalises that it has helped the team prepare in a better manner as it became possible for trainees to form two equal teams of equal strength and try new combinations and gameplans without revealing it to the outside world. So do the Indians have some untried, unrevealed stratagem up their sleeves? “Yes, we definitely have one,” Jothikumaran adds with a chuckle. “Every team should have a secret plan,” says the Indian hockey administrator. The Indian captain, Ramandeep Singh supports his manager’s views as far as “secret strategy” is concerned. “Like other international teams we too have been watching video recordings of our opponents and we have worked out each team... their strong points and their weaknesses and we plan to play according to the strategies which we had prepared even before coming to Australia,” he stated. The Indian gameplan includes marking a few strategic players in teams like Australia and South Korea who are in India’s group ‘B’. “The difference among the top six teams is not much and we would be treating every team we play at par as we do not want to repeat the last Olympic’s experience where we had lost to Argentina in the first match and had failed to recover from that defeat,” Ramandeep said. Asked which team has, besides India, the best chance of winning the top honours in the tournament, the Indian captain names Holland, Australia and Germany. The Indian hockey team plays a combined Queensland state team in nearby Brisbane on Friday. They would leave for Sydney on September 8. |
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Honour for
Windies’ legend Marshall LONDON, Aug 30 (AFP) — Malcolm Marshall was honoured with a trophy bearing the late West Indies paceman’s name being unveiled at Lord’s yesterday. The 14-inch bronze Malcolm Marshall memorial trophy will be awarded to the leading bowler in each series between West Indies and England. It will be presented for the first time at the conclusion of the fifth and final Test of the current series, which starts at The Oval tomorrow. Marshall’s widow Connie said: “I know Malcolm must be smiling down on us today. He always took pride in his achievements and even though he was quite modest it would please him to be honoured in this manner.’’ Marshall, who died of colon cancer last November, holds the record for the most wickets (35 in 1988) in a West Indies v England five-test series. Courtney Walsh leads the current series with 26. |
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Rs 20,000 fine for frivolous PIL NEW DELHI, Aug 30 (PTI) — The Delhi High Court today imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on a petitioner for filing a frivolous petition accusing Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, his deputy Dhananjay Kumar and Samata Party President Jaya Jaitley of interfering into the Income Tax (IT) Department investigation against certain cricketers allegedly involved in the match-fixing scandal. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Arijit Passayat and Justice D.K. Jain while dismissing the petition on the ground that no material was placed before the court to show that IT offcials had not acted according to the law, also issued contempt notice to petitioner Namit Verma when he continued the arguments even after the dismissal order. “The petition is merely based on newspapers reports and the proceedings in Parliament and on perusal of the documents we find no authentic material to show that appropriate action has not been taken by the income tax
officials,” the bench said adding the petition was not in the public interest. Mr Verma in a public interest litigation (PIL) had named Mr Sinha, Mr Kumar, Mr Jaitley as respondents, besides the Cabinet Secretary, Director General (Investigation) Directorate General of Income Tax, Director of Income Tax Investigation and the CBI. Mr Verma alleged that Mr Sinha, Mr Kumar and Mr Jaitley had blatantly interfered in the search operation in the premises of certain cricketers on July 20 by the IT Department officials, who were performing their legal duty. |
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Rs 3 lakh
assistance for Abhinav CHANDIGARH, Aug 30 — Promising shooter Abhinav Bindra, who will be competing in the Sydney Olympics, will be provided financial assistance to the tune of Rs 3 lakh by the Punjab Government for the purchase of equipment, including the electronic target system for 10 m air rifle which has to be imported. Abhinav, who established a world record at Munich, had approached the Punjab Sports Department for financial assistance. According to Col Raminder Singh, Director Sports, the department forwarded his case to Mr I S Bindra, Principal Secretary, who accorded the sanction. Incidentally, Abhinav is the first shooter from Punjab who will be participating in the Olympics. |
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Sydney
countdown — 58 Despite all the talk about Drug Passports etc, Australian athletes have apparently been evading drug tests by failing to answer their telephones, prompting anti-doping officials to call for sanctions to be imposed on serial offenders. All this at a time when IOC executive board members, meeting in Lausanne on Monday, approved blood tests to be conducted from September 2 in Australia for endurance drug EPO (erythropoietin). The Australian Sports Drug Agency chief executive Natalie Howson has called for a tougher approach to athletes who failed to supply updated contact details. She spoke out after an investigation into ASDA found “a very real problem being experienced is the level of uncontactable athletes”. “A major ongoing difficulty relates to ASDA’s necessary reliance on the relevant sport (federation) to provide timely and accurate information concerning its athletes,” the report found. The IOC member in charge of Australia’s Olympic preparations, Jacques Rogge, admitted there were concerns about national-level athletes evading tests, saying: “It’s easy to get lost in Australia.” A report has said ASDA was aware of situations where its drug testers had to rely on mobile phone numbers to contact athletes required for testing. It also implied that ASDA had been forced to leave notifications of drug tests on answering machines, giving athletes a chance of evading the tests by moving to remote areas where it was expensive for ASDA to make “one-off trips”. The investigation was conducted after former Australian discus thrower Werner Reiterer alleged sports administrators were covering up for athletes when it came to drug tests. Ms Howson said serious consideration should be given for all sports to adopt a system used by international swimming, which imposed four-year suspensions on swimmers who could not be contacted three consecutive times for drug tests. “We don’t have any problem getting in touch with swimmers,” she said. A review should be conducted after the Olympics, involving the Australian Sports Commission and national sports federations, she added. Beware the German
Hockey Bomber German striker Oliver Domke is being tipped as the man to watch at the Sydeny hockey tournament. He has in the past reminded the hockey world he is a man for big moments. At the Champions Trophy earlier this year, having dashed to a 2-0 lead in the match to decide who would meet the Dutch in the final, the Germans were under enormous pressure from the resurgent Australians. So Domke went to work. Nineteen minutes into the match he took the ball, blazed down the left of the field and, without reference to a single teammate and showing scant respect for the defence, conjured a miraculous goal. 3-0. The Aussies hit back with two goals. Then, from almost the same part of the field he spirited the ball into his quarter, then into the circle, then bang, 4-2. With a half left to play it was goodnight Australia. It was this kind of brilliance which made Domke player of the tournament at the 1998 World Cup in Utrecht and which has earned him a place in the ranks of the game’s attacking greats. He couldn’t steal the Champions Trophy for the Germans - the Dutch did that with a golden goal in extra time — but he did enough in Amsterdam to show that he will be one of the forces in Sydney. “I did not feel I played really well here. For the Olympics, I will be better than I am today,” he had said in Amsterdam..” At 24, Domke is small built for a German striker. But he has played more than 110 internationals for Germany and would have played more had he not taken a year off after Utrecht to concentrate on his work as an industrial officer. And had he cultivated his considerable football talent some say the young man, who bears a remarkable resemblance to England footballer Michael Owen, may have played that sport for his country. The question for Germany, which now lays claim to being the world’s second best hockey team, is if its forwards can support Domke in his endeavours. Unlike the Netherlands dazzling attack — Teun de Nooijer, Remco van Wijk and Jaap Derk Buma, with captain Stephan Veen and Marten Eikelboom chiming in - the German attack can look like a one-man band. Former Australian coach Richard Aggiss describes Domke as a “rare talent”. “He is probably not as consistent as the Germans would like him to be; some days you don’t see him at all. But other days he is electrifying, capable of the most superb goals.” Domke knows he will be marked closely in Sydney but believes the Germans can win gold. “We must all play together well. One player is not enough.” We’ll have to wait and see. Hotel flies in foreign
staff for Samaranch Hit by a lighting striker by workers, Indonesian chambermaids are being flown to Sydney to work in the Regent 5-star hotel where IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch will stay during the Games. The hotel has been forced to import labour from Jakarta after being unable to fill the housekeeping positions within Australia. The Indonesian workers — employees of Jakarta’s Four Seasons Regent Hotel — arrive next week to begin housekeeping in the “Olympic family” hotel and will be initially housed there in bunk-bed rooms. Staff are seeking a $550 Olympic bonus being offered to hotel employees elsewhere in the city and reacted angrily to news that Indonesian employees would be working at the hotel for the Games period. — PMG |
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POA “must hold”
elections CHANDIGARH, Aug 30 — The Punjab Olympic Association, which completed its term in March last year, must go for elections to complete the legal and constitutional obligations. Stating this here today Col. Raminder Singh, president, Punjab Swimming Association, said the apex sports body must go by the constitution and should follow its own guidelines. In the recent past the Punjab Olympic Association had been enforcing elections in its units which is a healthy practice. Regarding the election process he said as president of a constituent unit he would like the POA team to be a blend of experience and youth to shoulder bigger responsibilities such as the National Games. The POA with its present president, Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Union Minister of Sports, can deliver much better provided its office-bearers get involved in the promotion and development of sports of the state. The POA and its units must be self reliant and in a position to sustain themselves equipment and expertise. Total dependence on the government is not desirable for promotion of sports. Mr Arvind Khanna, secretary-general, POA, had promised elections which would give credibility and stability to this apex. Hence the elections must be held at the earliest so that process is complete well before the National Games, he added. |
Bishop Cotton
School win soccer title SANAWAR, Aug 30 — In a well-contested match Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, defeated hosts Lawrence School, Sanawar 4-1 to win the third Bhupinder Singh Memorial Soccer Tournament 2000. Sherwood College, Nainital, were placed third. All the four goals for the winners were scored by Samuel, who was also the top scorer of the meet with 12 goals from five matches. The consolation goal for the losers was scored by Dipender Minhas. Samuel opened the score in the 12th minute of the match. The BCS team played in a coordinated manner with precise passes and good interceptions. The match started with both teams having a shy at the goal but both the goalkeepers made good saves. Two minutes later Samuel banged the ball in the goal again. Five minutes later Samuel scored the third goal of the match. The score read 3-0 for BCS at half time. By then the match was almost over for Lawrence School, Sanawar. In the second half BCS continued to play aggressively. Finally in the 53rd minute, the hosts opened their account through Dipender Minhas. Samuel scored the last goal in the 60th minute. The score card would have been much higher for BCS had the host goalkeeper not made some good saves. Aman Raj Dhillon, goalkeeper for Lawrence School, was kept busy throughout the match. he was also declared the best goalkeeper of the meet. Nikhil Chand of Sherwood College was declared the best player. Other teams participating in the meet were Yadvindra Public School, Patiala, Punjab Public School, Nabha and Yadvindra Public School, Mohali. In the matches played yesterday PPS Nabha defeated YPS, Mohali 2-0. BCS, Shimla, carrying on their winning streak defeated YPS, Patiala 4-1. The third match between Lawrence School, Sanawar, and Sherwood College was very exciting with the score level at 2-2 before the Sanawar School scored a last minute goal to win 3-2. In the fourth match BCS, Shimla, drubbed PPS Nabha 6-0. Earlier on Monday BCS, Shimla, beat Sherwood College 2-0. YPS, Mohali, continued their losing streak and were blanked 0-3 by YPS, Patiala. The host team defeated PPS, Nabha, 3-1 and Sherwood College beat YPS, Patiala, 5-3. Final standings: BCS, Shimla 1; Lawrence School, Sanawar 2; Sherwood College, Nainital 3; YPS, Patiala 4; PPS, Nabha 5; YPS, Mohali 6. Jalandhar KV girls win hockey title CHANDIGARH, Aug 30 — Girls of Kendriya Vidyalaya No 2, Jalandhar, clinched the hockey title in the KVS Regional Subjunior Girls’ Hockey Championship which concluded at the Sector 47 Kendriya Vidyalaya here today. The tournament was conducted on a league-cum-knockout basis. The hosts, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector 47, finished second and Kendriya Vidyalaya No 1, Jalandhar, got the third spot. The Principal of the host school, Mr M. P. Mahajan, gave away the prizes. The other teams that took part in the three-day tournament were KV, Nabha Cantt, and KV, DCW, Patiala. |
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