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Gold loses lustre amid drug scandals
Savon sails into semis Pakistan, Aussies make it to last four
SYDNEY, Sept 26 — Spain deservedly defeated the USA 3-1 to book their place in the final of the Olympic men’s football tournament here today. |
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Kafelnikov, Haas in title clash Boost for Marion Jones Gymnast appeals
against doping ban Swimmer gets bail
on rape charge Honda Siel golf
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Gold loses lustre amid drug scandals SYDNEY, Sept 26 (AFP) — Drug scandals and dreary weather dampened Olympic spirits, dimming the glow of gold today at the Sydney Games. The day began with a gold medal not awarded but withdrawn, as Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan was stripped of her all-around gymnastics title after a positive test for the stimulant ephedrine, accidentally administered by a team doctor in a cold tablet. Then came C.J. Hunter, his wife Marion Jones at his side, emotionally insisting that he would never have used steroids, despite an International Olympic Committee member’s statement that he had tested positive for steroids four times this year. Japan’s dream of softball gold dissolved in the rain as left fielder Shiori Koseki, her eyes turned into the downpour and a fly ball almost in her glove, slipped on the wet grass in the bottom of the eighth inning. The mishap let the winning run cross the plate in the USA’s 2-1 victory. But it wasn’t all doom in the gloom. Leontien van Moorsel of the Netherlands rode to victory through driving rain to win her second cycling gold of the Games in the women’s road race. Van Moorsel added the title to her individual pursuit crown, and silver in the women’s points race on the track last week. A carnival atmosphere prevailed despite the cold, wet weather at Bondi Beach, where Americans Dain Blanton and Eric Fonoimoana, who had never done better than fourth in an elite competition, rallied to beat the Olympic third-seeds Jose Marco Melo and Ricardo Santos of Brazil for the beach volleyball gold. The day brought a mini-gold rush for Russia, whose three triumphs included two in Greco-Roman wrestling: for Varteres Samour-gachev in the 63kg class and for Mourat Kardanov in the 76kg category. The other two wresting titles on offer went to South Korean Sim Kwon Ho, who defended the 54kg title he won in Atlanta, and Swedish star Mikael Ljungberg who added a 97kg gold to his Atlanta bronze. The third Russian gold went to synchronised swimmers Maria Kisseleva and Olga Brusnikina in the duet. It was a sign of the many loopholes and landmines in the anti-doping battle that their triumph came barely more than two months after they were stripped of their 2000 European title because Kisseleva tested positive for ephedrine, a stimulant similar to the pseudoephedrine that was Raducan’s downfall. Still, IOC media director Francois Carrard said the Olympics couldn’t afford to let Raducan slide, even though she did not appear to have taken the illegal drug in an effort to improve her performance. “We’re not looking at the intent. It’s the presence of a substance in the body of an athlete that constitutes doping,” Mr Carrard said. “It’s tough but that’s what it’s all about.” Hunter, in Sydney only as Jones’ coach after he was sidelined by a knee injury, insisted he didn’t know what had caused his positive tests, although he suspected a nutritional supplement he had used. “I don’t know what has happened, but I can promise everybody that I’m going to find out,” Hunter said. Jones, due to launch her 200m and long jump campaigns tomorrow as she resumes her bid for an unprecedented five athletics gold medals, spoke only briefly at his press conference, saying Hunter had her “complete support” and respect. Raducan was the sixth athlete to test positive in Sydney and the second to be stripped of a gold medal. Hunter’s case mirrored that of several competitors who were sent home from Sydney when positive results of tests earlier in the year became known. As part of its zero tolerance policy, the IOC rescinded his coach’s credential, which means Jones won’t have him to turn to as she pursues the four remaining titles on her list. In one of the sports hardest hit by doping, Iran’s Hossein Rezazadeh gave weightlifting afficionados something to cheer as he equalled the heaviest lift in 80 years of Olympic competition, 260kg, to win the superheavyweight division gold. Xiong Ni denied Russian world champion Dmitry Sautin the Olympic 3m springboard title he wanted to complete his collection. Xiong shrugged off two early dives to overtake Fernando Platas of Mexico and Sautin and retain the title he won in Atlanta. Platas took silver and Sautin bronze. Cuba ended Japan’s hopes of reaching the baseball final, Orestes Kindelan smacking a two-run single in the sixth inning and a run-scoring single in the fourth to spark the Cubans past Japan 3-0. |
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Iran’s Rezazadeh lifts gold SYDNEY, Sept 26 (Reuters) — Iranian weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh broke two world records to take gold in the men’s Olympic superheavyweight division today and bring Russia’s four-decade domination of the event to an end. Rezazadeh shattered his own world snatch record of 206 kg with a stunning lift of 212.5 kg and then made a personal best of 260 kg in the clean and jerk section for an overall world record of 472.5 kg. His gold in the over-105 kg category was Iran’s second in weightlifting in as many days following the success of compatriot Hossein Tavakoli in the 105 kg event on Monday. “I thank god and the Iranina people for my victory”, said the 22-year-old, who lifted his arms and called out in prayer to “Imam Ali” before each of his six lifts. Germany’s Ronny Weller had to settle for silver for the second Olympics running despite setting world snatch and overall records of his own only to see them eclipsed within minutes by the Iranian. “The Iranians seem to keep coming out of nowhere. It’s like a Spielberg movie,” an exasperated Weller said. “I borke two world records and lifted 467.5 kg and I gave it all I had.” Armenia’s Ashot Danielyan claimed bronze while Russian defending Olympic champion Andrei Chemerkin finished fourth after failing with an audacious attempt to take gold with a final lift of 272.5 kg. Rezazadeh’s success broke Russia’s 44-year-old stranglehold on the blue riband event of the Olympic weightlifting programme. The Soviets and Russians had won it at every Olympic since 1956 apart from 1984 when they boycotted the Los Angeles games. That domination was brought to an end with a curiously Australian symmetry at the Sydney convention centre. Australia’s Dean Lukin won the 1984 title and the last time the Soviets failed to win an Olympic superheavyweight contest before that was in Melbourne 44 years ago. Danielyan started the world-record ball rolling with a lift of 207.5 kg in the snatch but it lasted only minutes as Weller rammed 210 kg on to the bar and heaved it over his head with a jubilant scream. Rezazadeh then upped the record with his awesome lift of 212.5 kg, tottering forward on the platform before steadying himself and locking his arms. Weller broke his own overall world record with a jerk of 257.5 kg but again the Iranian trumped him with a monumental lift of 260 kg — about the weight of three refrigerators. The former Asian junior champion blew a kiss to the spectators in celebration before kneeling and kissing the platform in prayer. Chermerkin now needed to clean and jerk 272.5 kg to win gold — a full 12.5 kg heavier than his own personal best from the Atlanta Olympics. The huge Russian policeman never looked capable of making it, dropping the bar without getting it to his waist and staggering backwards in a cloud of chalk dust. Iran’s double success here gives them their first gold medals in weightlifting since the Mexico Olympic of 1968. |
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SYDNEY, Sept 26 (DPA) — Sweden’s Mikael Ljungberg added Olympic gold to his world championship title today as the first four finals were contested in the greco roman wrestling competition. He defeated Davyd Saldadze of Ukraine by a narrow 2-1 margin after the scores were locked nil-nil into the second period. Saldadze, who won the toss, conceded the advantage this gave by being cautioned for a professional foul. That let the Swede in and he managed to keep the attacking Saldadze at bay until time was up — then romped round the ring draped in the Swedish flag before clambering over the barriers to greet his supporters. Bronze in the heaviest division of the day that was decided went to Garrett Lowney of the USA, who defeated Konstantinos Thanos of Greece. In the 76kg gold medal decider, Mourat Kaerdanov defeated Matt James Lindland of the USA for the first of two Russian goldmedals of the day. He won by quickly asserting his authority to roars of “Russ-ia, Russ-ia” from a small section of the Sydney exhibition centre crowd. Lindland seemed less than pleased: “I had him up in the air — he was trying hard to defend. I tried to go for the point but I just couldn’t get it. That’s the way the sport is.” In the day’s other finals, South Korea’s Sim Kwon Ho unleashed a storm of jubilation among his many flag-waving supporters as he took gold in the 54kg category against Cuban Lazaro Rivas. Sim already was eight points clear after two minutes and held onto his advantage despite a call for passivity against him which saw him ordered down on his knees. He managed to hold Rivas pointless, the supporters cheered as the clock ran out — and the Cuban had to settle for silver. Bronze went to North Korea’s Kang Young Gyun, who scored seven against scoreless Ukrainian Andriy Kalshinikov. There was another defeat for a Cuban finalist in the 63kg category, when Russia’s Vartares Samourgachev went into an advantage in the first minute against Juan Luis Maren, then scored two more points in overtime for his gold medal win. The bronze medal bout saw Georgia’s Akaki Chachua defeat Motzer of Switzerland with a score of six in the first two minutes with a successful pin. In other wrestling action, dual world champion Georgiy Saldadze executed a brilliant lift and toss in the 130kg division to score a 6-0 win over Laszlo Kovaks, making the Australian fall heavily and promptly ending the bout after one minute and 43 seconds. The 1996 Olympic champion in the 90kg division, Ukraine’s Vyacheslav Oliynyk looked to be on target for a second successive gold in the 85kg version he is competing in with a 6-1 regulation time win over Valery Tsilent of Belarus. In the 69kg division, defending Olympic champion Filiberto Azcuy looked to be on track for more Cuban gold when he inflicted a “grand superiority” defeat on Australian Ali Abdo, taking just one and a quarter minutes to build up a 10-point margin. And twice world champion Kim In-Sub of South Korea inflicted a decisive throw in the final seconds of his rematch with Uzbekistan’s Dilshod Aripov. |
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SYDNEY, Sept 26 (UNI) — Can Gurcharan Singh keep his date with Olympic history when he enters the ring tomorrow for quarterfinal bout against Ukrainian Fredi Fedtchouck? The Indian boxer, who is poised to nail the first Olympic boxing medal for the country, has the advantage of a superior reach to outpoint Fredi to reach the semifinals in the light heavyweight (81 kg) category and ensure at least a bronze for himself. The 6’ 3” Punjab boxer will have an advantage of height while taking on Fedtchouck (6’ 1”), but perhaps what he needs more is the mental make up, crucial to win big bouts. The Indian’s international exposure should go in his favour. He has quite a few honours to his credit including the gold in the qualifiers in Seoul and bronze at the Bangkok Asian Games. Gurcharan, for whom this is the second Olympics, has so far won 17 international medals, 11 of the golden hue, in 25 tournaments. The last gold medal he bagged was in Havana International (Cuba) more than a month ago. On the other hand, 20-year-old Andri is a newcomer to the weight. He entered the 81 kg only this year having fought in the middleweight (75 kg) at the junior world championships in Aregentina in 1998 where he was third and came fifth in the world championships at Houston (USA) last year. Tomorrow’s bout will be an opportunity of a lifetime for Gurcharan and India as favourite Cuban boxer Isael Aalvarez lost the bout against Kazakhstan’s Olzhas Orazaliyev after the doctor stopped the fight in the third round on Sunday. At that stage, the Kazakh’s pounding had left the Cuban’s left eye puffed up and virtually shut. “We are not underestimating Andri,” said coach G S Sandhu. “Gurcharan is in fine nick and his last bout victory was very authoritative. We have our plans for the tomorrow’s bout. Gurcharan is usually very aggressive and uses his reach with good effect. Andri, what we have seen of him, seems a bit defensive,” he added. Obviously aware of the importance of the bout, Gurcharan said, “I will give in all I have. I am not taking my rival lightly. Nobody can afford to do that in Olympics.” The 23-year-old Indian cannot afford to adopt the previous unorthodox style of sometimes letting his hands down making him vulnerable to fast punches. Ashok Mattoo, president of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) and also the chef-de-mission of the Indian contingent, said, “Gurcharan is a hard worker and an intelligent boxer. He really deserves all the success.” At the same time, Fedtchouk cannot be taken lightly, because he beat Charles Adamu, a powerful Ghanian, who had earlier outclassed the Commonwealth champion, Courtney Fry, of Britain. The tall and lanky
army man has also been in a good form. He beat Korea’s Choi Ki Soo on points in a close bout and later thrashed Danie Venter of South Africa. After a disappointing 1998, when he was injured at the World Army Games, Gurcharan failed to get a medal at the Commonwealth Games and the Bangkok bronze was overshadowed by Dingko Singh gold medal performance. However, Gurcharan has displayed consistent performance for the last one-and-a-half years. |
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Pakistan, Aussies make it to last four SYDNEY, Sept 26 (UNI) — Former champions Pakistan thrashed holders Holland 2-0 while fancied Australia overpowered Asia Cup winners South Korea 2-1 to move into the semifinals of the Olympic hockey competition here today. Playing with determination and purpose, Pakistan outwitted Holland by scoring a goal in each half in a ‘do-or-die’ battle. The Asian giants had six points as against Holland’s eight prior to this match and they needed an outright win in their last pool ‘A’ league match to make it to the semifinals. Australia topped pool ‘B’ with 11 points to sail into the semifinals with a hard fought win against South Korea, which was levelled 1-1 at the breather. Pakistan struck through Sohail Abbas (22nd minute) and Kashif Javed (63rd minute) to reach the last four stage after a gap of eight years. They had won bronze in 1992 Barcelona Olympics and finished sixth in Atlanta. Kamran Ashraf, 19-year-old Kashif Javed and veteran Atif Bashir spearheaded the attack while Ali Raza and Tariq Ali managed the defence. Skipper and custodian Ahmad Alam brought off some superb saves. The Dutch played a very attacking game and had two good chances of scoring but on both occasions T. Noojier failed to beat Alam. Noojier made a sold effort and had an open chance but Ahmad Alam came between him and the goal. He brought off a fantastic save. How they stand SYDNEY, Sept 26
(AFP) — The Olympic men’s hockey table: Group A
Group B Country P W D L F A Pts Pakistan 5 2 3 0 15 6 9 Country P W D L F A Pts Australia 5 3 2 0 12 6 11 In a lightening counter move, Kamran Ashraf set up Atif Bashir who dribbled past the Dutch defenders catching them totally offguard and earned a penalty corner in the 22nd minute. Sohail Abbas was bang on the target to put Pakistan ahead (1-0). Holland earned their second penalty corner in the 34th minute but Pelt Woulter Van failed to take the shot. Prior to this, skipper Stephen Veen also made an attempt but was foiled by Alam. Rattled by their failure to score or convert penalty corners, the Dutch committed defensive lapses. Pakistan earned their third penalty corner. Sohail Abbas’s drag flick was cleared by goalkeeper but on the rebound Khasif Javed sent the ball home with a scorching drive (2-0) in the 66th minute. SYDNEY, AFP add: Veteran Jay Stacy struck a penalty corner eight minutes before the end to carry Australia into the semifinals with a 2-1 win over South Korea here today. The 32-year-old, playing in his third and last games, stung the Koreans with a powerful shot that beat a diving goalkeeper Kim Voon and thudded against the boards. Both teams were locked 1-1 at half-time of a fast and furious match played under light rain at the start and a stiff breeze right through. The Koreans, who finished ahead of Australia at the Champions Trophy in May, took the lead in the ninth minute when Song Seung-Tae scored with a dazzling reverse flick from the top of the circle. Reuters: A second half goal by Anwar Chairil earned Malaysia their fourth successive draw today and assured them a top eight finish. After losing narrowly to Germany in their opening game, Malaysia strung together four draws, including today’s 1-1 tie with Canada. They trailed 0-1 at the break after captain Peter Mlkovich converted a penalty, capitalising on good lead-up work, Chairil had his first shot blocked by Canadian goalkeeper Mike Mahood but camply slotted the rebound to ensure Malaysia a place in top eight Great Britain gave defending champions the Netherlands a new lease of life with a 2-1 win over Germany. The Germans, who needed only a draw to join Pakistan in the semifinals from group B, found their match in a British side determined to bow out on a high note. Pakistan topped group A with nine points, followed by the Netherlands on eight. Germany also finished on eight points but were edged out on an inferior goal difference. Britain, trailing at the bottom of the table without a win, faced another defeat when Christian Mayerhoefer put Germany ahead in the 37th minute. But Britain drew level four minutes later through Craig Parnham, before Calum Giles struck the winning penalty corner five minutes before the final whistle. Britain’s unexpected win, celebrated ironically more by Dutch fans, gave them fourth place in the group with five points. |
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SYDNEY, Sept 26 (Reuters) — Cuban heavyweight Felix Savon won the fight of champions at the Olympics today and two outclassed Americans went out in the quarter-finals. Four Russian boxers joined Savon in punching their way to the semifinals and a guaranteed medal while hosts Australia lost their last hope. The quarter-final clash between Olympic champion Savon and 1999 world champion Bennett was the one the crowd and WBA professional heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield at ringside were waiting for. Bennett took the world title last year after Savon, who had won the previous six championships in a row, withdrew before the final as part of a Cuban protest at the judging. Today’s fight settled any doubts about who was best, ending with the American being stopped, outclassed, three seconds from the end of round three. Savon, who meets Germany’s Sebastian Kober next, was 23-8 up by then. “He is a true warrior. He’s amateur boxing history. He’s great guy who deserves everything he’s got,” said Bennett of Savon, who is on course to emulate compatriot Teofild Stevenson and win three successive heavyweight gold medals. The US captain followed middleweight Jeff Lacy, who was declared outclassed after trailing Russian Gaidarbek Gaidarbekov by 15 points, out of the tournament. Lacy was also stopped under a 15-point “mercy” rule that allows the jury to intervene to prevent a boxer taking unnecessary punishment if his opponent is too far ahead. “I think they should eliminate that 15-point rule because a puncher like me has always got a chance,” said Lacy, and others said the same about the Bennett-Savon bout. Half the 12 quarter-finals in Tuesday’s first session were stopped on the 15-point outclassed rule. Kober outclassed Canadian Mark Simmons in three rounds after Lacy had also been despatched in three. Russia had a good day, with Gaidarbekov following bantamweight Raimkoul Malakhbekov, lightweight Alexander Maletin and Olympic welterweight champion Oleg Saitov into the semifinals. Saitov won the closest fight of the session on a tiebreak after a 10-10 draw with Azerbaijan’s Ruslan Khairov. Spanish light-flyweight Rafael Lozano was the first to secure a medal, ending Kenyan Suleiman Bilali’s hopes, while Australia had bantamweight Justin Kane outclassed by Ukrainian Serguey Daniltchenko. Lozano’s semifinal opponent will North Korean Kim Un Chol, who beat Lithuanian Ivan Stapovic 22-10. |
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Spain defeat
USA, enter final SYDNEY, Sept 26 (AFP) — Spain deservedly defeated the USA 3-1 to book their place in the final of the Olympic men’s football tournament here today. First half goals by Tamudo and Angulo, allied to man-of-the-match Jose Mari’s late strike were enough to give the 1992 gold medallists a comfortable passage to a final showdown with Cameroon, with Pete Vagenas’ penalty the Americans’ sole response. The Spaniards set the early pace and a piece of quick-thinking from a free-kick put Jose Mari in the clear but the assistant referee raised his flag for a questionable offside decision. After a quarter of an hour the AC Milan striker outmuscled Danny Califf to race away down the right-hand side and his low centre was converted from six yards by Tamudo. Ten minutes later Jose Mari provided the second, taking advantage of a slip on the wet surface by the hapless Califf to play in Angulo, who made no mistake, firing the ball under the advancing Brad
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Kafelnikov, Haas in title clash SYDNEY, Sept 26 (Reuters) — Powerful German Tommy Haas, who seriously considered skipping the Olympic Games because of injuries and dismal form, sealed a place in the men’s singles final today. Unseeded Haas ensured his first Olympics will be a memorable experience when he beat Swiss teenager Roger Federer 6-3 6-2 in just 75 minutes. Haas will now face fifth-seeded Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov, who recorded a 6-4 6-4 win over Arnaud Di Pasquale of France, for the gold medal on Thursday. Federer and Di Pasquale will contest the bronze medal. Veteran
Monica Seles of the USA won the women’s singles bronze medal with a ruthless 6-1 6-4 victory over Australian teenager Jelena Dokic. The women’s singles final will be played on Wednesday with American Venus Williams facing Russian Elena Dementieva. Haas (22) is aiming to become the first German to win an Olympic men’s singles title. But he said he was tempted to drop out of the event after hip and back injuries kept him out of action for most of the northern hemisphere summer and he crashed to a second-round loss to compatriot Rainer Schuttler at the US Open. Haas has already beaten two seeded players here: 14-th seeded South African Wayne Ferreira and eighth-seeded Spaniard Alex Corretja. His match with Federer was delayed for over three hours by rain and was twice briefly interrupted by showers when it finally got underway. The German took control from 3-3 in the first set, winning five straight games and establishing a stranglehold Federer was never able to break. Haas, who has been playing tennis since the age of two, enjoys playing on the rebound ace courts used in Sydney and reached the Australian Open semi-finals on the same surface in Melbourne in 1999. The man who beat him on that occasion was the man who went on to win the title — former world number one Kafelnikov, who has said he feels ready to win here after having written off his chances last week. The 26-year-old Russian got crucial breaks on Di Pasquale’s serve in the seventh game of each set and won in one hour 18 minutes in cold, damp conditions. “The conditions didn’t worry me. I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do. I will consider this the best year of my career if I win the gold medal here. That’s how important this is to me.” |
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SYDNEY, Sept 26 (AFP) — Under pressure American sprint star Marion Jones today received a much needed boost ahead of the 200 metres when it was revealed the 1999 world champion Inger Miller had been ruled out of the event. The 28-year-old Miller is still suffering from the hamstring injury that sidelined her from the 100m, her manager Emmanuel Hudson told AFP. “I spoke to John Smith (Miller’s coach) last night and he told me that she was not ready to run the 200,” Hudson said. “Inger is more than disappointed but still hopes to run the relay “However, John does not want to rush her back if it is a case of a career threatening injury.” Miller, the world 100m silver medallist behind Jones and daughter of two-time Jamaican Olympic medallist Lennox, will be replaced by another athlete from the stable of Hudson Smith International (HSI) Torri Edwards, who also replaced her in the 100. |
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Gymnast appeals
against doping ban SYDNEY, Sept 26 (DPA)
— The first ever gymnast caught doping at Olympic Games, Romanian
teenager Andreea Raducan, today filed an appeal with the court of
arbitration for sport to be reinstated as allround gold
medallist. The CAS, the highest Olympic arbitration panel, said in a
statement it would conduct a hearing on Wednesday. Also on Tuesday, a
tearful C.J. Hunter protested his innocence after being named a drug
cheat and was assured the full support of his wife, the 100m gold
medallist Marion Jones. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Director-General Francois Carrard said that the 16-year-old Raducan
had tested positive for pseudo-ephedrine after the September 21
competition. She was stripped of the allround gold, but will be
allowed to keep the team gold and vault silver. If the appeal is
rejected, the gold medal will go to fellow Romanian Simona Amanar,
ahead of compatriot Maria Olaru. Liu Xuan of China will move from
fourth place to the bronze medal position. Mr Carrard said that the
team doctor involved was banned from the Sydney Games and was also
barred from the 2002 and 2004 games. Romanian officials said Raducan
took in the substance through an over-the-counter medication to treat
a cold and that no deliberate offence was intended. |
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Swimmer gets bail
on rape charge SYDNEY, Sept 26
(Reuters)— A Ugandan Olympic swimmer has been granted bail by a
local court on a charge of raping a teenage girl. Joe Atuhaire (22)
left the Olympic athletes’ village at the Sydney Games last Friday
after police issued a warrant for his arrest. He was detained in
Adelaide at the weekend. Making his first appearance in court
yesterday after being returned here, Atuhaire was granted bail of $
20,000 (Australian) pending a further court hearing set for October
19. He has been charged with sexual assault without consent against a
17-year-old girl in Sydney’s western suburb of Lidcombe, near the
athletes’ village. |
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Honda Siel golf
from today NEW DELHI, Sept 26 —Defending champion Vijay Kumar of Lucknow will spearhead the challenge in a full field of 110 professionals and eight amateurs in the Rs 30 lakh prize money seventh Honda Siel-Nike PGA Golf Championship starting at the greens of the Delhi Golf Club here tomorrow. The second biggest prize money tournament of the India Tour, the Honda Siel-Nike Championship has attracted the creme de la creme of Indian golf as at stake will be a top prize of Rs 4.86 lakh, and a brand new Honda City VTEC car. The runner-up will get a cash prize of Rs 3.36 lakh, and even the 50th placed pro stands to gain Rs 13,800. Those who would be putting their best foot forward to hit the jackpot include Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa, 1999 Wills Open champion Arjun Atwal, the first Indian to qualify for the British Open Gaurav Ghei, twice Indian Open champion Ali Sher, winner of last three season’s Order or Merit and title holder Vijay Kumar, and promising newcomers like Harmeet Kahlon, Digvijay Singh, Amish Jaitha and Rahul Ganapathy. Top Bangladeshi golfers Chand Mia and Babu Ahmed will add international flavour to the tournament. |
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India’s schedule today SYDNEY, Sept 26 (UNI) — The following is the schedule of India at the Olympics tomorrow. Boxing: Gurcharan Singh vs Andri Fedtchouk (Ukraine) (81 kg quarterfinal) = 0730 IST. |
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Medal tally SYDNEY, Sept 26 (Reuters) — Olympics medals at the end of the
11th day on Monday (Given in the following order: Country,
Gold, Silver, Bronze) USA 25 15 23 China 22 14 14 Russia 17 14 20 Australia 12 20 12 France 12 13 7 Italy 11 6 11 Romania 10 4 4 Netherlands 8 5 3 Britain 6 8 5 Germany 5 11 16 South Korea 5 6 8 Japan 5 6 4 Poland 4 4 1 Bulgaria 4 3 2 Sweden 4 3 1 Ukraine 3 7 5 Cuba 3 6 2 Hungary 3 1 1 Spain 3 0 2 Greece 2 4 1 Czech Republic 2 1 3 Finland 2 1 1 Austria 2 1 0 Lithuania 2 0 2 Turkey 2 0 0 Slovenia 2 0 0 Iran 2 0 0 Switzerland 1 5 2 Indonesia 1 3 2 Slovakia 1 3 1 Mexico 1 2 0 Belarus 1 1 8 Canada 1 1 5 New Zealand 1 0 3 Ethiopia 1 0 2 Latvia 1 0 1 Croatia 1 0 1 Mozambioue 1 0 0 Colombia 1 0 0 Azerbaijan 1 0 0 Brazil 0 4 2 Belgium 0 2 2 Denmark 0 2 1 South Africa 0 1 2 Taiwan 0 1 2 North Korea 0 1 2 Jamaica 0 1 2 Norway 0 1 1 Kenya 0 1 1 Yugoslavia 0 1 0 Uruguay 0 1 0 Trinidad 0 1 0 Nigeria 0 1 0 Moldova 0 1 0 Ireland 0 1 0 Argentina 0 1 0 Georgia 0 0 3 Estonia 0 0 2 Costa Rica 0 0 2 Armenia 0 0 2 Thailand 0 0 1 Qatar 0 0 1 Portugal 0 0 1 Kuwait 0 0 1 Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 Iceland 0 0 1 India 0 0 1 Algeria 0 0 1 Barbados 0 0 1 |
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