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Paes-Bhupathi duo
wins title Irina set for Hong Kong Open Halard-Decugis wins title Manchester United back on top BSF, Nepal Police
advance Haryana Ranji
probables Amarjit
Kaypee calls it a day Governor, CM mourn Jarnail’s death Chandigarh, Yamunanagar
schools triumph Abhinav has bright future: coach My feat has not been
hailed: Gurcharan
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India lose
final by 4 wickets NAIROBI, Oct 15 (PTI) — India fumbled at the finishing post and allowed New Zealand to win the ICC knock-out cricket trophy, being outmanoeuvred by the Kiwis powered by a great all-round display by Chris Cairns including an unbeaten 102. The Indian team’s golden run, that saw them beat Australia and South Africa on the way to the final, came to an end when it mattered the most. They have only themselves to blame. New Zealand won by four wickets with two balls to spare, despite a blazing batting start by India which went waste due to poor follow-up in the slog overs, wayward bowling and missing of crucial run-out chances. The Kiwis romped home making 265 for six in 49.4 overs in response to India’s 264 for six off 50 overs for their first major tournament win. Skipper Sourav Ganguly hit his second successive century (114) after his team had been put in to bat and Tendulkar also got really going today before being run out for a strokeful 69. Thereafter, the Indians lost momentum and made only 264 although they appeared set for a total of around 300 at one stage.
It was a fitting finale to the tournament after both teams had reached the title clash razing down giants on the way. India beat World Cup Champions Australia and defending champions South Africa in the previous two matches while New Zealand humbled Pakistan in the semi-finals after seeing off Zimbabwe, their recent nemesis, at the quarter-final stage. India were on course to well-deserved victory till a 122-run sixth wicket partnership between Man-of-the-Match Chris Cairns, coming into the match with an injury, and Chris Harris (46) took the game away from them. Coming at five down for 132 with India back in command after New Zealand at one stage seemed to be running away with the match, Harris took time to settle down but provided the much-needed support to Cairns who was in danger of running out of partners had the regular fall of wickets continued. Cairns and Harris were content picking up singles and twos and though the asking rate kept climbing they never lost sight of the task ahead of them. Cairns blasted eight fours and two huge sixes, one each off Tendulkar and Kumble, to keep the asking rate from going out of control. The Indians lost their nerve during the slog overs and were involved in a couple of misfieldings and missed run-out chances to help the kiwis’ cause. With just 13 runs required from the last two overs, it seemed a cakewalk for New Zealand even when Harris was caught superbly by Robin Singh off Venkatesh Prasad for a well-made 46. Cairns, who completed his century with a single in the 48th over, completed the formalities in the company of Adam Parore (3). New Zealand started their run-chase disastrously losing opener Craig Spearman (3) with only six runs on the board. Spearman was caught brilliantly by Yuvraj Singh off Venkatesh Prasad to give India an early breakthrough. Prasad struck again four overs later when he trapped Kiwi captain Stephen Fleming, going through a bad patch, leg before for five runs. Nathan Astle (37) and Roger Twose, the hero of New Zealand’s victories over Zimbabwe and Pakistan, threatened to repeat their semi-final performance with a 45-run third wicket stand before Anil Kumble, the match winner on so many occasion, dismissed both of them to bring the advantage back to India. Astle was the first to go, caught by Robin Singh for 37 off 48 balls that included five fours. Danger man Twose followed soon after stumped by Dahiya for a 35-ball 31. He struck four fours. Kiwi batsmen never let the scoring rate go down despite the regular fall of wickets and all it required was at least one batsman get his head down and bat right through the innings. They got two with Cairns and Harris doing that job admirably well after Tendulkar had got rid of Craig McMillan, caught by Ganguly for 15, to leave New Zealand in deep trouble. SCOREBOARD India: Ganguly c Harris b Astle 117 Tendulkar run out 69 Dravid run out 22 Yuvraj c Twose b Styris 19 Kambli c O’Connor b Styris 1 Robin c Spearman b Allott 13 Agarkar not out 15 Dahiya not out 1 Extras
(lb-1, w-4, nb-2) 7 Total (for six wickets in 50 overs) 264 Fall of wickets: 1-141, 2-202, 3-220, 4-229, 5-237, 6-256. Bowling:
G. Allott 10-0-54-1, S O’Connor 5-0-38-0, C. Cairns 10-2-40-0, S. Styris 10-0-53-2, N. Astle 10-0-46-1, C. Harris 5-0-32-0. New Zealand: Spearman c Yuvraj b Prasad 3 Astle c Robin b Kumble 37 Fleming lbw b Prasad 5 Twose st Dahiya b Kumble 31 Cairns not out 102 McMillan c Ganguly b Tendulkar 15 Harris c Robin b Prasad 46 Parore not out 3 Extras (lb-15, w-1, nb-7) 23 Total
(for six wickets in 49.4 overs) 265 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-37, 3-82, 4-109, 5-132, 6-154. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 7-0-54-0, V. Prasad 7-0-27-3, A. Agarkar 6.4-0-44-0, A. Kumble 9-0-55-2, S. Tendulkar 10-1-38-1, Yuvraj Singh 10-0-32-0. |
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Impressive 5-wkt haul by Karthik MUMBAI, Oct 15 (PTI) — Young Railways left-arm spinner Murali Karthik bowled the Rest of India into a winning position entangling Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai’s batsmen in a spin web once again on the third day of the five-day Irani Cup tie here today. The 24-year-old Delhi-based player grabbed all the five wickets to fall in the Mumbai second innings to reduce the hosts, who had conceded a 129-run first innings lead to the Rest, to a sorry-reading 145 for 5 at stumps. Karthik bowled 18 overs on the trot and claimed five wickets in the space of 52 balls after breaking the opening wicket stand of 89 between Wasim Jaffer, who notched up his second half ton of the match while making exactly 50 runs, and Vinayak Mane (37) in his sixth over. Karthik, who sent back Jaffer, Mane, Kiran Powar (24), Nishit Shetty (0) and Mumbai skipper Sameer Dighe (4), ended the day with impressive figures of 5 for 58. Karthik, who had taken four wickets in the first essay, took his last three wickets coming in the space of only 15 balls before Amol Muzumdar (21 not out in 80 minutes) and Paras Mhambrey (2 not out) staved offfurther damage. At stumps the home team were just 16 runs ahead with very little batting left and would need a miracle to save the match. They lost 5 wickets while adding 56 runs in 17.3 overs. Earlier, Mumbai did well to restrict the Rest first innings total to 389, after the latter had commenced the day at 299 for four, in the second over after lunch. Rest skipper V.V.S. Laxman added only two runs to his overnight score of 165. Laxman was snapped up by Muzumdar at second slip when he edged an attempted drive off medium-pacer Santosh Saxena in the sixth over of the morning after adding 80 runs for the fifth wicket with Jacob Martin in 27.3 overs. In all he had batted for 15 minutes over six hours, faced 295 balls and struck 24 fours and when he left at 310 the Rest were already holding the upper hand. Martin, who made 51 in 167 minutes and hit six fours, was the next to leave, also falling to Saxena. These two well-settled batsmen left in the space of 9.4 overs while the total moved ahead from 310 to 334. Ajay Ratra fell to left-arm spinner Rajesh Pawar at 349 before the other left-arm tweaker, India discard Nilesh Kulkarni who was largely unimpressive, mopped up the tail to finish with 3 for 121 as Rest folded up in 133.5 overs. Saxena grabbed 3 for 72 while Mhambrey and Pawar ended up with figures of 2 for 76, and 2 for 75 respectively. Mumbai, behind by a big margin of 129 runs after making only 260 in the first innings, negotiated the new ball attack of the Rest without any trouble with both Jaffer and Mane looking comfortable. But their self-doubts surfaced the moment Karthik, who has virtually booked his spot in the India squad for the one-off Test against Bangladesh in November by his show here, was put into the attack. He took both their wickets for the second time in the match. Mane, who was lured out in the first innings and stumped, was again deceived by the bowler while stepping out and caught at mid-on by Sharandeep Singh. SCOREBOARD Mumbai (Ist innings): 260 Rest of India (Ist innings): (overnight 299 for4) Das c Jaffer b Mhambrey 0 Ramesh c Dighe b Saxena 4 Karthik c Dighe b Mhambrey 22 Laxman c Muzumdar b Saxena 167 Kaif b Pawar 75 Martin b Saxena 51 Ratra c Jaffer b Pawar 9 Shukla c Pawar b Kulkarni 12 Ganesh not out 13 Sharandeep c Jaffer b Kulkarni 26 Nehra c Mane b Kulkarni 0 Extras (b-2, lb-3, nb-5) 10 Total
(all out in 133.5 overs) 389 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-8, 3-29, 4-230, 5-310, 6-334, 7-349, 8-349, 9-389 Bowling: Mhambrey 23-3-76-2, Saxena 24-5-72-3, Kulkarni 42.5-7-121-3, Pawar 27-6-75-2, Pawar 15-2-37-0, Shetty 2-1-3-0. Mumbai (2nd innings): Mane c Sharandeep b Karthik 37 Jaffer c Nehra b Karthik 50 Powar c Kaif b Karthik 24 Muzumdar batting 21 Shetty c Martin b Karthik 0 Dighe c Laxman b Karthik 4 Mhambrey batting 2 Extras (lb 3, nb 4) 7 Total
(for 5 wkts, in 50 overs) 145 Fall of wickets: 1-89, 2-94, 3-118, 4-123, 5-135. Bowling:
Ganesh 11-2-36-0, Nehra 8-3-17-0, Shukla 4-0-20-0, Karthik 18-5-58-5, Sarandeep Singh 9-5-11-0. |
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Irina set for Hong Kong Open CHANDIGARH, Oct 14 — She smiles, reflecting a child-like innocence. But talk to her, she exudes confidence. Her eyes carry the message loud and clear: She has a very confident head on her 16-year-old shoulders. She is Irina Brar. Her 16th year has really proved to be very sweet. After a string of successes abroad, she has struck at home, retaining the Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in Delhi last week. And to prove her critics wrong, she has won the trophy by a very big margin. Her nearest rival, Chandigarh's Parneeta Garewal, finished seven strokes behind. The Tribune team met Irina at the Chandigarh Golf Club. She talked about the tournament and was all praise for the Delhi Golf course which has been her happy hunting ground. From day one, Irina took over control. She never let her rivals come anywhere near her. The nearest Parneeta could get to the champion was three strokes (15th hole, third day). As we talked the President of the Chandigarh Golf Club, Mr J.S. Sandhu, walked in. He congratulated Irina. Dr Ravinder Chadha, doctor for the India cricket team, said : "Irina has done us proud". A sports apprentice with the Indian Oil Corporation, Irina was happy to receive a telephone call from a top executive of the company congratulating her on her big win. Seated by her side was her mother, Mrs Madhu Brar. She was with her daughter throughout the tournament. Irina could not attend her first cousin's marriage. But she was delighted when the newly weds attended the ceremony when she lifted the winner's trophy. Chandigarh girls occupied the first two places , Irina and Parneeta, as also the sixth place, which was taken by Guneet Raikhy. Finishing second, third and fourth were Anjali Chopra, Ayesha Kapur and Shalini. Now Irina is all set to take on the challenge when she participates in the Hong Kong Ladies Open in which she will rub shoulders with lady golfers from 13 countries. The tournament will be a team event. The others in the team besides Irina are Parneeta, Shruti and Anjali. Nonita Lal Qureshi will accompany the team as coach-cum-manager. The tournament will also give Irina a feel of the Hong Kong course which will also be the venue for the next Queen Sirikit Cup Golf Tournament. |
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Haryana Ranji
probables ROHTAK, Oct 15 — Six new faces find a place in the list of 20 probables selected to finalise the Haryana Ranji Trophy team this year. Amit Mishra, Rajan Gupta, Joginder Sharma, Sumeet Sharma, Atul Shekhawat and Amit Mishra have found a place for the first time. According to Mr Ranbir Singh Mahendra, secretary, Haryana Cricket Association, the selection committee comprising chairman Rajinder
Goel, Aman Kumar and Rajesh Bawa met after the selection trials held at Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium at Rohtak today to name the 20
probables. However, the selection committee did not name the skipper today. The 20 probables are Parinder Sharma, Jitender Singh, Padamjeet
Sehrawat, Sanjay Dalal, Rajesh Puri, Jasvir Singh, Ajay Ratra, Pankaj Thakur, Vineet Jain, Feroze
Ghyas, Sonu Sharma, Ishan Ganda, Satish Ohlan, Nitin Aggarwal, Amit Mishra, Rajan Gupta, Joginder Sharma, Pradeep Jain, Sumeet Sharma and Atul
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players ‘to be named soon’ NAIROBI, Oct 15 (Reuters) — Indian authorities will release the names of four players suspected of match fixing this week, a senior official attending the International Cricket Council (ICC) board meeting in Nairobi said today. The official, who declined to be identified, told Reuters that four names could be released “as soon as tomorrow (Monday)”, but did not divulge whether the information would come from the Indian police or from cricket authorities. Indian police in April named four South African players, including former captain Hansie Cronje, as being involved in fixing matches. The others were Herschelle Gibbs, Pieter Strydom and Nicky Boje. Cronje was sacked as captain shortly after the allegations were made. South Africa’s United Cricket Board (UCB) said last week it was planning to ban him for life. Gibbs and Strydom were banned from international cricket until the end of the year. The ICC is expected to focus on corruption in the game when it begins a two-day meeting in Nairobi tomorrow. |
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TOKYO, Oct 15 (AFP) — India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi clinched their first title of the season by winning the men’s doubles title at the $ 970,000 Japan Open Tennis Tournament here today. The unseeded pair, the 1999 French Open and Wimbledon champions, edged past the fifth-seeded Australian-American duo of Michael Hill and Jeff Tarango 6-4 6-7 (1/7) 6-3. It was the first time a Japanese title had gone to India since Ramesh Krishnan won the men’s singles in 1986. “The first thing I’d like to say is, that the Indian Express is rolling again and I’m happy we played some good tennis today,” said Paes. “Jeff and Michael played really a good match today, they returned really well, and it made it a lot more difficult for us, but the level of tennis today was the highest of all this week and I’m happy with it”. “In the third set, we managed to have a good break at 3-4 and I have to say that this tournament gives us a lot of confidence.” Paes and Bhupathi had their finest season last year, becoming the first team to reach the finals of all four Grand Slams in the same year since Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor in 1952. They reached number one ranking in April and finished the year on the same level. But since then Paes and Bhupathi have been struggling with injuries, playing only five tournaments this season. “This year, we both had a lot of injuries, so it makes it much more special winning the Japan Open. It was the first one back together again since we are both in good health,” said Paes. The pair are one of the most popular partnerships in the game and have been surrounded by fans throughout the week. Bhupathi won the 1997 French Open mixed doubles title with Japan’s Rika Hiraki and the US Open with Ai Sugiyama last year. |
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BSF, Nepal Police
advance GANGTOK, Oct 15 (PTI) — BSF, Jalandhar, defeated Gorkha Brigade 6-5 in sudden death, while Nepal Police thrashed Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (dghc) 5-1 in the pre-quarter finals of the 22nd All India Governor’s Gold Cup Football Tournament here today. The
BSF and Gorkha Brigade match went into tie-breaker as both teams failed to score during the regulation time. In the tie-breaker both the teams were tied at 4-4, so they had to take the help of sudden death in which bsf emerged victorious. In the second outing, Nepal Police outclassed the dghc with their ace striker Hari Khadka scoring a hat-trick and Ramesh Budhathoki netting a brace in the virtually one-sided match. For
BSF, Jalandhar, Satinder Singh, Pradip Gorai, Abhey Mahoto, Sane Lama, Paramjit Singh scored goals in the penalty shoot-out while Raghbir Singh hit the bar. Gorkha Brigade, which enjoyed the local support, netted through Kishan Gurung, Andrew Thapa, Shiva Gurung, Tej Bahadur Thapa and Warish Gurung. Their Bika Gautam’s shot hit the cross-piece and Vishal Pun missed the goal. |
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TOKYO, Oct 15 (AFP) — Doubles world number one Julie Halard-Decugis saved three match points before beating defending champion Amy Frazier to win the women’s singles title at the Japan Open Tennis Tournament here today. The French top seed was one set and 3-5 down when she stormed back to score a 5-7 7-5 6-4 victory over the American second seed. “I think I was lucky in the second set. I served pretty well on the match points and it was very tight from the beginning of the match. It was really a tough match and I just feel very lucky to win today,” said Halard-Decugis. She dropped her serve in the opening game of the final set but that was evened out thanks to Frazier’s 17th double fault 17 on the Frenchwoman’s advantage point in the fourth game. Halard-Decugis missed five break points in the sixth game, but Frazier hit her 19th double fault of the day in the 10th to give double match point to Halard-Decugis. Halard-Decugis, whose forehand landed in the net on the following point, hit a service return winner to clinch her first singles victory in Japan. It was a double victory in her first appearance in the
Japan open after winning the doubles title with American Corina Morariu yesterday to wind up her two-week visit to Tokyo. “I’m tired, but it’s good tiredness, because I’m pretty happy with these two weeks. These were great two weeks. Even last week was great to be in the final against Serena Williams,” said Halard-Decugis. “I won the doubles in the two tournaments and I won the singles today. I just feel great to be here in Tokyo,” added Halard-Decugis, who will take part in Moscow, Philadelphia and the Masters in New York this season. For Halard-Decugis, 30, who emerged victorious in three out of four finals in two weeks in Tokyo, it was her second singles title this season. |
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LONDON, Oct 15 (AFP) — Sir Alex Ferguson defended his selection policy yesterday after two-goal Teddy Sheringham helped fire Manchester United back to the top of the premiership in a 3-0 win over Leicester. United return to the summit with 18 points from nine games while Arsenal jump into second behind the reigning champions on goal difference after beating Aston Villa 1-0 at Highbury. Leicester, meanwhile, fall to third. Ferguson admitted he would have expected to receive criticism if his side had failed to deliver the goods against this season’s surprise package because of his team selection for the game. He was already without the injured David Beckham, Andy Cole and Gary Neville, but in addition opted to leave Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Phil Neville on the substitutes bench. But United still carried too much firepower for the previous league leaders with Sheringham in inspired form. Ferguson said: “We needed a very good performance to win here and we got that. I thought we were absolutely outstanding. I was pleased with our work rate, passing and patience. “There was criticism of the team I picked against PSV Eindhoven and there may have been criticism today for similar reasons had we not got the victory”. “But I know I have to freshen things up and change things around in the context of this long season. I have to bear in mind we’ve got another Champions League game on Wednesday and Leeds in the premiership on Saturday. “But there were still 10 internationals on the pitch and you have to trust them. They don’t get their caps for nothing.” Ferguson confirmed that Beckham would be fit to return after his knee injury for Wednesday’s return Champions League match with PSV. But Cole is given only a 50-50 chance of recovering from the ankle problem picked up with England in midweek. Leicester manager Peter Taylor, who picked up the ‘manager of the month’ award before the game, admitted: “I have no complaints about the result. We were beaten by a better side and their goal in the first half took the belief from us that we could win the game”. “We had a couple of good chances in the first half but we were a bit ragged in the second 45 minutes”. “We did not play today like we have performed in many games this season. Whether that was because we were playing Manchester United or just had an off day only time will tell.” Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips moved to quell speculation that he is about to quit the club to further his dreams of England recognition. Phillips told a British newspaper he might have to move to a bigger club to stand a chance of becoming a regular in the national side after missing out again against Germany and Finland in the last week. But after converting the 61st-minute penalty which gave his side all three points in a 1-0 win over Chelsea, the former Watford front man attempted to put the record straight. “Everyone has seen the papers today and I think I’ve been misquoted on what I said,” said Phillips. “The paper said if I was playing for another club — I.E. Liverpool, Manchester United or Arsenal — I would be playing for England”. “Maybe some people see it like that, but I don’t see it like that. I’ve played for England while I’ve been at Sunderland and I feel no matter what club you’re playing for in the premiership, if you’re playing well and you’re scoring goals, then you deserve a chance”. “I don’t see that as the case, so I’d like to clear that matter up and get it straight, straight from my mouth.” A goal by French striker Thierry Henry gave Arsenal a narrow 1-0 victory over Aston Villa. Henry hit Villa with yet another of his astonishing strikes after 61 minutes — his sixth goal of the season. Robert Pires put a lovely ball into his fellow Frenchman’s stride and Henry slammed the ball through Gareth Barry’s legs and past the bewildered David James into the far corner. Alan Smith’s eighth goal of the season helped Leeds on their way to a 3-1 win over premiership newcomers Charlton. Elsewhere Tottenham went down 2-1 at Coventry while Ipswich were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham at Portman Road and honours were also even at Goodison Park where Everton drew 1-1 with Southampton. |
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Amarjit Kaypee calls it a day CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 —Haryana team, already depleted in the absence of Ajay Jadeja, who decided to leave Haryana and play for Jammu and Kashmir last year, suffered a further jolt when a seasoned campaigner and one of the most reliable perfomers in domestic cricket in the country, Amarjit Kaypee, announced his decision to retire from first class cricket here today. “I do not want to block the way for the youngsters who are ready to play for the state,” replied the 40-year-old former Haryana captain, when asked whether the decision was irrevocable. Amarjit still looked match-fit to carry on further and serve Haryana for some more time. “I have already played first class cricket for two decades and I want to quit when the going is still good,” said the Jalandhar-based solid middle order batsman, who rescued Haryana with his invaluable knocks many a time in the national championship matches. Kaypee made his debut in Ranji Trophy for Punjab against Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu in 1980-81 and played for the state for six years after which he decided to shift to Haryana, where he held centrestage for the next 14 years. As a batsman he provided solidity to the middle order of a team bereft of big stars except for Jadeja. In 109 matches he scored 7623 runs the maximum by any batsman in Ranji Trophy matches in the country at 54.06 runs per innings, not a mean achievement by any standards during the course of which he scored 27 centuries and 33 half centuries, besides taking 105 catches. The highlight of his distinguished career was superb knocks of 153 and 173 runs in the match against Uttar Pradesh at Faridabad in 1990-91, a feat of runs scored in excess of 150 runs in both the innings on the same match in Ranji Trophy which is yet to be repeated. Kaypee, on a song that year, went on to score 940 runs at a whopping 85.45 per innings to emerge the highest scorer (940 runs) in the season which went a long way in Haryana emerging the national champions for the first time under the stewardship of inimitable Kapil Dev. Haryana went on to win the Irani Trophy also during the same session. He amassed 405 runs for the third wicket with Jadeja against Services at Faridabad in 1991-92, a record for this wicket in Ranji Trophy matches. He captained the side in 31 Ranji Trophy matches and 21 players, including Jadeja, made his debut during the period. Despite playing with distinction, Kaypee have never been considered for promotion by the Food Corporation of India where he has been working as an Assistant Manager for the past 12 years. Kaypee felt young Haryana wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra, who was agile behind the wickets and was a good batsman, has it in him to play for the country. Not getting the nod to play for the country remains the only regret for the accomplished batsman who also had enough exposure of playing in English league. But how many players are fortunate enough to make it to the national squad even if their performance is good. Rajinder Goel, Haryana off-spinner, who holds the record of maximum dismissals in the national championship, never got the opportunity to represent the country. Kaypee intends to open an academy to teach the basics to the youngsters at Jalandhar. |
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Governor, CM mourn Jarnail’s death CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — The Punjab Governor, Lt-Gen (Retd) JFR Jacob, today expressed deep shock over the demise of football Olympian Jarnail Singh who died in Canada yesterday. In a condolence message to the family of the deceased, the Governor said in the death of Jarnail Singh, the country had lost an outstanding football player who contributed his best to enable India to win the first and only gold medal in football in the 1962 Asian Games. The Governor expressed his heart-felt sympathies to members of the bereaved family and prayed to God to give them courage to bear the irreparable loss. The Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, also expressed profound grief and sorrow over the sad and sudden demise of Jarnail Singh. Describing Jarnail Singh as a footballer of international fame and a fully devoted sports lover, Mr Badal said he had brought glory to Punjab by winning the gold medal in the 1962 Asian Games. He said that the country had lost a distinguished sports star. The Chief Minister conveyed his heart-felt sympathies to members of bereaved family and prayed to the Almighty to bestow peace on the departed soul and give strength to the family to bear the loss. Among others who have mourned the death of Jarnail Singh are Mr Teja Singh Dhaliwal, secretary, Punjab Handball Association, Mr R.K. Bhanot, senior football coach of SAI and a long time associate of the ex-Olympian, former international and footballer of the decade Parminder Singh of JCT, and Dronacharya awardee Desh Prem Azad besides a host of dignitaries. Describing Jarnail Singh as a jewel of Indian football, Azad said his demise was not only a great loss to the football fraternity but also a personal loss. “We had served together for many years in the Sports Department and had lived in the same locality,” he said. Meanwhile, arrangements are being made to hold the last rites of Jarnail Singh at his native village Panam, near Hoshiarpur, in deference to his wishes. According to a message received by Mr R.K. Bhanot from Vancouver, the body is expected to be flown to India in the next two or three days. “Harshmohan was apprehensive of security hindrances at the IGI Airport,” added Mr Bhanot while talking to TNS here today. NEW DELHI (PTI): Soccer afficandoes in the country were grief-stricken at the death of an outstanding player of yesteryears, Jarnail Singh in Canada. Leaders, football players and officials paid tributes to the stalwart known for his clean tackles in a game notorious for being rough. Union Sports Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa mourned the death of the great player who contributed so much to the game in India. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said the legendary footballer would be given a state funeral. |
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Chandigarh, Yamunanagar
schools triumph NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (UNI) — Delhi’s Mother Khazani Convent School beat St Anthony High School of Bardez in Goa 9-0 to qualify for the super league of the 7th Nehru Girls Hockey Tournament here today. In another match, Erama Rizvi slammed four goals, as Government Girls Model Secondary School, Chandigarh thrashed Augustinar Higher Secondary School of Dindigul in Tamil Nadu 11-2 after 5-1 at half time. In the third match, Thapar High School, Yamunanagar beat G V Raja Sports School of Trivandrum 1-0 in a closely contested game. The Mother Khazani Convent School from Mungeshpur team was leading 4-0 at the breather. For the Delhites, Sangeeta scored a hat-trick. Rakhi, Anju, Sonia and Anita (one each) are the other scorers. Yesterday’s star for Govt. Girls Model Secondary School, Chandigarh slammed two goals and Suman and Beniwal one each. For the Tamil Nadu School Felciya A and Gowri S scored one goal each. Sangeeta of Thapar High School, was the only player to score a field goal to shield the fate of the team against the Kerala School. |
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Abhinav has bright future: coach CHANDIGARH, Oct 15 — “If there was anyone who could be the India’s hope for an Olympics medal in shooting, it is 18-year-old Abhinav Bindra”, observed Lazslo Szuvask the Hungarian coach who was here in the city today. Lazslo, who trained to Abhinav and was at Sydney along with Abhinav, termed the Abhinav’s performance as excellent. He said in the biggest sports extravaganza where best shooters from the world — many of whom playing their 4th and 5th Olympics — were there, it was great that Abhinav scored 595/600 finishing overall 11th. Lazslo disclosed that due to different weather conditions in Australia, every top shooter’s score droped, But it was nice to see Abhinav perform at this level. Regarding Anjali Ved Pathak, the other Indian shooter who entered the final round of air rifle section in women’s section, Hungarian coach said she performed well. He said that Anjali needed more exposure in international tournaments for better results. Lazslo praised 16-year-old Sabeeha Dhilllon, another city shooter, who he felt needed more consistency which could be achieved only when she plays more in international circuit. Lazslo has checked out elaborate two-year training programme for Abhinav which includes international exposure to various tournaments, minimum of three in Europe from January 2001 onwards and World Cup in May next year. Lazslo further said that after the World Cup in Munich (Germany) from November 14 to 19, he will have hard training session in December-January, before taking part in other international tournaments. In March- April, he will play in Commonwealth Shooting meet, and World Cup in July-August. Lazslo said, that the year 2002 will be the real testing phase for Abhinav when he will participate in Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. Lazslo was of the strong opinion that in India the lackadaisical approach of the government towards the players was the reason for the poor performance: The basic infrastructure was not being provided to them. Citing an example, he said that when he joined on a contract in February 1999, he gave a detailed plan which included mainly equipment and improvement of shooting ranges. No thing had been done in this regard. Lazslo was on a one-and-a-half year contract with National Rifle Association of India upto Olympics. |
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My feat has not been
hailed: Gurcharan PATIALA, Oct 15 — Despite the fact that more than two weeks have elapsed since the curtain came down on the Sydney Olympics, ace pugilist Gurcharan Singh is still in a state of total shock and has yet to come out of the trauma of having failed at the in his attempt to make boxing history. He was at the NIS here in connection with some personal work. The grim-faced Gurcharan said "My entire world would have changed had I won the bout and entered the medal round. Although I have done what no Indian boxer has been able to do in the Olympic history, yet nobody has even given a thought to honour me for my efforts. Leave alone honouring me, I have not received even a single letter of appreciation." Gurcharan is trying hard to come to terms with grim reality, with the helping hands of his family members and friends. Said Gurcharan "Despite my performance, which experts have rated as one of the best in the Indian boxing history, my face is still buried in anonymity. Nobody recognises me because I simply could not win a medal. Nobody seems to understand that it was by just a whisker that I missed the medal. Look at Karnam Malleswari. She won a bronze and is being feted, honoured and given enormous cash prizes. And here India`s best boxer is sitting in oblivion" said Gurcharan sipping tea in a small dhabha in front of the NIS main gate. However, Gurcharan gave credit to his coaches G.S.Sandhu, Cuban coach B.I Fernandez and boxing federation president Ashok Matto. Recounting the crucial but quarter-final bout against his Ukranian opponent, Gurcharan lashed out at the South African referee and said "The referee overlooked how I was throwing punches at my rival who kept on lowering his head repeatedly. The referee never warned the Ukranian which would have given me two points and more importantly a place in the history books as the bout was tied at 12-12 points." Said Gurcharan, wiping off tears off his face "In the fourth round the referee was gifting points to the Ukranian although everybody knows that it was I who was throwing punches left, right and centre. The end result was that the Ukranian managed to equalise due to which a recount was ordered. In the recount, the judges let me down." However, the 23 year old boxer, with the heart of a lion, has his sights firmly fixed on the 2004 Athens Olympics where he has vowed to bring home a medal. |
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Punjab take
258-run lead
PATIALA, Oct 15 — Punjab were on top against minnows Himachal Pradesh having gained a massive 258-run first innings lead on the penultimate day of the three-day North Zone Cooch Behar Cricket Tournament league match played at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium here today. Brief Scores: Himachal Pradesh (Ist Innings): 210 all out Punjab (Ist Innings): 468 all out (S.P. Singh 135, Chandan Madan 82, Binwant Singh 65, Gaganinder Garry 50, Prince Angrish 7 for 157). Himachal Pradesh (IInd Innings): 80 for 4 (Kushagar Sharma 29, Hemant Dogra 18, n.o, Gagandeep Singh 2 for 34, Sandeep Sanwal 1 for 34) Football results FATEHGARH SAHIB, Oct 15 — On the second day of the District Football Championship yesterday, four quarterfinal matches were played. In the first match Mustafabad beat Amloh Club 1-0 while in the second match Fatehpur Raian defeated Ucha Pind Sanghol by four goals to nil. In the third match Bhari beat Sirhind 2-0. In the fourth match Bassi Pathana beat Badala Club 2-0. Una pile up 250 CHAMBA, Oct 15 — An unbeaten 118 by Rajeev Nayyar helped Una to pile up 250 runs at close in the semi-final of the HP Senior Inter-District Cricket Championship against Kulu at Mandi today. Una won the toss and elected to bat but were in trouble when they lost two quick wickets. However, Rajeev and Jaswant prevented collapse. Scores Una (first innings) 250 all out. Rajeev Nayyar 118 not out Jaswant 20 Sambhu 25 Rahulal Panta 40 Vinod 20 Sandeep Arora 5 for 57 Harash 3 for 40 Harish 1 for 35. Kamaljit, Ankita win PATIALA, Oct 15 — Kamaljit Singh of Diesel Component Works won the title in the cadet boys category in the Patiala District Table Tennis Championships here today. Ankita won the cadet girls title. Result — cadet (boys) — semi-finals: Kamaljit Singh beat Shiv Prasad 21-18, 21-12; Harpreet Sidhar beat Manish Saini 21-16, 16-21, 21-15; final: Kamaljit Singh beat Harpreet Sidhar 21-12, 21-16; cadet (girls) — semi-finals: Ankita beat Jyoti Yadav 21-11, 21-4; Kavita (DCW) beat Swati Devgan 21-12, 21-13; final: Ankita beat Kavita 21-16, 18-21, 21-19.
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