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Islam scores historic century DHAKA, Nov 11 — India were comfortably placed at 81 for one in their first innings at close on the second day but still had a daunting task at hand while replying to a huge 400 by Bangladesh in the one-off Test here today.
NEW DELHI, Nov 11 — R. C. Prakash slotted in a ‘golden goal’ seconds into extra time to help Mohun Bagan, Calcutta beat Mahindra United, Mumbai 2-1 and capture their 16th Allwyn Durand Cup Football Tournament title at the Ambedkar Stadium here today. Munish hits maiden ton |
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| Indian men held by Poland ISTANBUL, Nov 11 — Grandmaster K. Sasikiran continued with his fine form but Indian men could only manage a 2-2 draw with Poland while the Indian women did well to hold Vietnam 1.5-1.5 in the 13th and penultimate round of the 34th Chess Olympiad here. Kuerten falls to Patrick Rafter; Agassi wins
BCS win hockey meet CHANDIGARH, Nov 11 — Most of the Indians failed to get past the first round of the qualifying rounds of the Chandigarh ITF Future Tournament that got under way today at the CLTA Tennis Complex, Sector 10. Atwal stays on top Imran Khan blames cricket boards Windies struggle to avoid defeat Shiv Prakash leads in Wills Open Delhi dominate Himachal Malleswari gets Rs 26 lakh Rajinder, Raj Kumar win 100 metres Shivalik school in semis Bradman letters not for sale Sri Lanka drop Arvinda SAI opens Centre of Excellence at
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Islam scores historic century DHAKA, Nov 11 (PTI) — India were comfortably placed at 81 for one in their first innings at close on the second day but still had a
daunting task at hand while replying to a huge 400 by Bangladesh in the one-off Test here today. Sadgopan Ramesh (batting 40) and night watchman Murali Kartik (batting 7) were at the crease after Bangladesh skipper Naimur Rahman removed debutant Shiv Sunder Das for 29 to cap a splendid batting effort spearheaded by Aminul Islam who hit a fine 145. Islam became only the third batsman in Test history to score a century in his country’s debut Test as Bangladesh recorded the second highest total ever for a country in its first match. Sunil Joshi took his first five wicket haul and finished with five wickets for 142 to bring some solace to the Indian bowling which was found lacking in depth. India, sensing the enormity of the task, started cautiously with Das and Ramesh putting on 66 runs for the opening wicket. Bangladesh pacemen Habibul Hossain and Bikash Ranjan Das
failed to contain the batsmen which prompted Rahman to introduce himself and left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique into the attack. His move proved successful when after slowing down the scoring rate, Rahman bowled out Das off a gentle off-spinner. Das scored 29 runs off 66 balls which included four hits to the fence. Murali Kartik, sent ahead of Rahul Dravid in fading light, batted sensibly in the company of Ramesh and the duo saw through the day without any further
casualties. Ramesh looked in command in his unbeaten 40 runs off 67 balls that were laced with four boundaries. Earlier, resuming at their overnight score of 239 for six, not out batsmen Islam and wicketkeeper Khaled Masud continued to frustrate the Indian bowlers with defiant batting. The duo added 69 runs from 29 overs in the morning session with Islam reaching his landmark century in 282 balls which was aided by 13 fours. Bangladesh took lunch at 302 for six and were well on course of improving upon Zimbabwe’s 456 against India in 1992-93 series in Harare which is the best ever total for a team playing its first Test match. The much vaunted pace attack of Javagal Srinath, Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan came to nought as Islam and Masud batted with ease and added 93 runs for the seventh wicket. Masud was finally dismissed when, after scoring 32 valuable runs, Shiv Sunder Das caught him close to the wicket to give Sunil Joshi his fourth wicket of the innings. It proved to be only a temporary respite for the Indians. Left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique hoisted Joshi twice over the ropes in his cameo knock of 22 runs off 29 balls as he added another 30 runs for the eighth wicket with Islam before being caught by Das off Sachin Tendulkar. The woes of Indians never seemed to end. Number 10 batsman Hasibul Hossain (28 no) played a
resilient innings adding 31 runs for the ninth wicket with Islam and after his departure brought up the 400 for his team with Bikash Ranjan Das (2). Islam, visibly tired, lobbed a simple catch to Srinath at mid-on off Agarkar to bring an end to a splendid knock of 145 runs, the second highest ever while playing in his country’s first Test match. His marathon 379-ball knock that included 17 fours fell 20 runs short of the all time highest by Charles Bannerman’s unbeaten 165 for Australia against England at Melbourne in 1877. Scoreboard Bangladesh (Ist innings) (overnight 239 for 6): S.Hossain c Ganguly b Joshi 12 M.Hossain c Karim b Z.Khan 4 H.Bashar c Ganguly b Z.Khan 71 A.Islam c Srinath b Agarkar 145 A.Khan c Dravid b Joshi 35 A Sheriar lbw Agarkar 12 N Rahman c Das b Joshi 15 K Masud c Das b Joshi 32 M Rafique c Das b Tendulkar 22 H Hossain not out 28 BR Das c Ganguly b Joshi 2 Extras (b-13, lb-6, nb-3) 22 Total (all out in 153.3 overs) 400 Fall of wickets: 1/10, 2/44, 3/110, 4/175, 5/196, 6/231, 7/324, 8/354, 9/385, 10/400. Bowling:
Srinath 22-9-47-0, Z Khan 21-6-49-2, Agarkar 31-13-68-2, Joshi 45.3-8-142-5, Kartik 24-9-41-0, Tendulkar 10-2-34-1. India
(Ist innings): S S Das b N Rahman 29 Ramesh batting 40 Kartik batting 7 Extras (b-5) 5 Total (for one wicket) 81 Fall of wickets: 1-66. Bowling: H Hossain 6-0-20-0, Bikash Das 6-1-26-0, N Rahman 7-3-9-1, M Rafique 5-2-15-0, H Bashar 2-0-6-0. |
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Mohun Bagan regain Durand Cup NEW DELHI, Nov 11 — R C Prakash slotted in a ‘golden goal’ seconds into extra time to help Mohun Bagan, Calcutta beat Mahindra United, Mumbai 2-1 and capture their 16th Allwyn Durand Cup Football Tournament title at the Ambedkar Stadium here today. In an uninspiring final, which swung into exciting mode only after Mahindra United forged ahead with a stunning goal by Abbas Ali Rizvi in the 20th minute of second half, Mohun Bagan roared back like a wounded lion to equalise in the 40th minute through substitute Amar Ganguly, and Prakash powered in the match winner during extra time, to sniff out the Mumbai team’s hopes of wresting the cup, which they had first annexed in 1998, beating East Bengal 2-1. Mohun Bagan, who lifted the Durand Cup the last time in 1994, beating East Bengal 1-0, were runners-up in 1997, when they lost the Cup clash to F.C. Cochin by 1-3. Their attempts to regain the Cup during the last six years had not met with success, and they did not look like winning the title today either, but in a sudden turn around, the match took a different course when Mahindra United struck first, but the tenacious Calcutta giants kept pressing, and the rewards came fast and furious in the form of an equaliser, and then the
golden goal by Prakash. It was a just reward, for all the heart-breaks they had suffered in their run up to the final. The first half was bereft of much action, barring the sporadic forays by Bagan striker R. C. Prakash, who threatened to score a couple of times, but fumbled like a deflated balloon, when it came to striking the bull’s eye. With their Brazilian forwards, Jose Barretto and Jao Santos, heavily marked, Prakash ploughed a lonely furrow upfront, but an alert defence and an agile Virender Singh under the Mahindra bar, did not allow much room for him to manoeuvre inside the box, and attempt a clear shot. Mahindras seemed content in just keeping the Bagan forwards and midfield under check, and made hardly any effort to raid the rival goal. As a result, the first half produced only dull and drab soccer. Bagan made two crucial substitutions when things did not work their way, replacing right half Basudev Mondal with James Singh, and Amar Ganguly for Amitava Chandra at the rear position. These two
substitutions, in the end, turned out to be far-sighted ones, as the two substitutes played vital roles in Bagan getting both their goals. But before their goals came, Bagan were stunned out of their apparent stupor when James Singh handled the ball while attempting a clearance, and off the free kick, Mahindra captain Aqeel Ansari lobbed the ball into the box, which was headed down and into the goal by Abbas Ali Rizvi, catching custodian Rajat Ghosh Dastidar completely off guard. The unexpected setback activated the Bagan attacking machine, and both Barretto and Santos fought hard to come out of the shadows of their markers. Bolstered by the Brazilian duo’s efforts, Bagan began attacking the Mahindra citadel with a lot more venom, and Santos’ two dangerous attempts just missed the mark, once straying wide, and the other time his header hitting the right post, after beating goalie Virender Singh. The match threatened to take a violent hue when Baretto exchanged hot words with the line referee following defender S Venkatesh’s bid to stop him with his hands. The Brazilian import then aimed a
foreign object at the referee’s body, which sparked off instant reaction from the Bagan supporters in the stands, who started pelting water bottles and other objects on to the field. Luckily, tempers cooled down quickly, and the match resumed, with Bagan attacking with added punch. And their efforts bore fruits just five minutes before the long whistle when Santos’lob into the box was latched on by Amar Ganguly as Mahindra stopper Christopher Kem was out of position. Ganguly chased the ball with none to obstruct him, and quietly rolled it into the goal, past goalie Virender Singh, who reacted rather late to save the situation. The next minute, Bagan should have scored the match-winner when James Singh setup a nice pass for Amar Ganguly to execute a powerful shot, but this time, Virender reacted well in time, to deflect the ball out. The match went into extra time when Barretto shot over after Prakash sent a measured cross into the box, just on the stroke of the full time whistle. But it did not take long for Bagan to wrest the Cup, as immediately into extra time play, Prakash’s left-footer crashed into the corner of the net, after Ganguly headed down a Barretto cross, and Prakash took it on first bounce. Bagan received a pay cheque of Rs 4 lakh for their cup triumph while Mahindra United received Rs 2 lakh. The two losing semifinalists, East Bengal and Zee Churchill Brothers, got Rs 1 lakh each. Lt Governor of Delhi, Mr Vijay Kapoor, gave away the prizes. |
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Munish hits maiden ton AMRITSAR, Nov 11 — Punjab continued to showcase their batting might during the current Ranji Trophy season. Their batsmen, having already notched up a triple century, a double century and three centuries during the previous two outings, continued in the same vein in the third North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Haryana at Gandhi Grounds here today. Local lad Munish Sharma made up for his failures in the earlier two matches. He stole the show with his superlative batting display and notched up his maiden century in the championship (131) as Punjab finished the day on a satisfying note at 281 for the loss of three wickets. In fact, Punjab never felt the absence of Yuvraj Singh, who is in Dhoka along with the Indian squad playing against Bangladesh in their first Test and Ravneet Ricky-selected to play against visiting Zimbabweans for the Board President’s XI. Ankur Kakkar, who made his debut, did no harm to his cause notching up a well made half century. Munish, one of the key performers for India in the Junior World Cup which the country won in Sri Lanka in January and playing only his third Ranji Trophy match, displayed sound temperament and technique and impressed with his predominantly off-side play. He looked hardly bogged down during any part of his innings. Displaying a right mix of caution and aggression he paced his innings well and playing in between the gaps he compiled a well-deserved century. After reaching the three-figure mark, Munish clouted off-spinner Pankaj Thakur for two sixes over the bowler’s head. Soon thereafter he again essayed an over-ambitious leg-side swish but ended up ballooning the ball to be taken by wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra behind the stumps. Kakkar was more subdued of the two as both were hardly troubled on a flat track which hardly gave any assistance to the bowlers. Their task was rendered easier by non-too-impressive fielding by their rivals. Before Kakkar fell, snicking a Thakur delivery into the gloves of Ratra, the two had added 126 runs for the second wicket and provided the innings the right momentum. Munish’s knock was studded with 14 well-struck boundaries and four sixes, while Kakkar struck five fours in his 153-ball 52. Pankaj Dharmani and Dinesh Mongia, both in-form batsmen continued in the same manner allowing little respite to the bowlers. Haryana after having already lost their first match to Jammu and Kashmir and then conceding the vital first innings lead to Delhi, face a difficult task in restricting Punjab batsmen before they take the match out of their reach due to their mighty batting. Scoreboard: Rathore b Nitin Aggarwal 20, Munish c Ratra b Mishra 131, Kakkar c Ratra b Thakur 52, Dharmani n.o. 53, Mongia n.o. 12. Extras: (11 nb, 2b) 13). Total (for three wickets in 90 overs) 281. Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-162, 3-251. Bowling Vineet Jain 14-2-49-0, Nitin Aggarwal 13-1-49-1, Pankaj Thakur 31-4-92-1, Amit Mishra 30-7-81-1, Sanjay Dalal 2-0-8-0. |
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Indian men held by Poland ISTANBUL, Nov 11 (PTI) — Grandmaster
K. Sasikiran continued with his fine form but Indian men could only manage a 2-2 draw with Poland while the Indian women did well to hold Vietnam 1.5-1.5 in the 13th and penultimate round of the 34th Chess Olympiad here. With only one round to go, Russia continued to top the men’s section with a fighting 2-2 draw with England. Russia has 36 points to their credit and are followed by Germany on 34.5 points. Germany defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina with a minimum margin of 2.5-1.5. Hungary (33.5) moved to third position with a 3-1 victory over the Netherlands. The Indian team has tallied 30.5 points and a success in the last round will probably find them in the top 10. In the women’s section, China are all set to annex the title. On 30.5 points, they have a near unassailable lead over Georgia (28). Russia are in third spot with 27 points while India have 21.5 points. Black was certainly ok for India today though with the favourable colours the stalwarts faltered to squander away an early lead given by Sasikiran who displayed fine positional sense to oust t. markowski from the black side of an English opening. In a rather
unconventional set up opted for by Markowski, Sasikiran obtained dynamic equality and struck in the centre on his 20th move. Soon Markowski was reeling under pressure and gave a piece for two pawns, hoping for some counter play. Sasikiran did not give any chances thereafter to register another excellent result. The second board ended in a draw after gm
Abhijit Kunte was caught off guard in a relatively less played variation of the Sicilian dragon by b.
Macieja. Abhijit juggled the move order and found, to his astonishment, that his position had nothing much to offer. The right game plan followed thereafter and Abhijit exchanged a few minor pieces before settling for a draw after 20 moves. Im p. harikrishna had another good day. Polish man in form, b. socko could not get any advantage against the Indian teenage sensation from his opening with white pieces. Harikrishna equalised in the middle game and exchanged pieces at regular intervals. In the queen and bishop endgame that ensued, Harikrishna sacrificed a pawn temporarily to get a draw. On the fourth board grandmaster Dibyendu Barua went down to r.
Kempinski. Playing white, Barua faced the Sicilian Scheveningen and got a level position in the ensuing middle game. The chances for complicating rested with Barua and he entered a seemingly favourable line on his 18th move with a temporary knight sacrifice.
Kempinski put up a spirited show and equalised the position by declining the offer. Soon after, Barua fumbled and opened his king side without any provocation giving Markowski the upper hand. In the final stage,
Markowsli combined his rook and queen to force checkmate. The Indian women drew all three games. On the top board wgm s.
Vijayalakshmi mishandled an advantageous position before settling for the truce against t.
Hoang. Minakshi too got a pawn plus endgame but right defensive manoeuvres by h.
Vo deprived her of a victory while on the third board Swahili Barua defended a pawn down position to hold k. s-le. |
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Kuerten falls to Patrick Rafter; Agassi wins LYON (France), Nov 11 (Reuters) — Eighth seed Patrick Rafter won the battle of grand slam winners yesterday, sweeping past top seed Gustavo Kuerten 6-3 6-4 to reach the semifinals of the Lyon Grand Prix. Third seed Thomas
Envies of Sweden was also a quarter-final casualty losing a two-and-a-half-hour Marathon to Moroccan
Henchman Amaze 6-7 7-6 6-4. Joining Rafter and Amaze in the final four is second seed Andre Agassi, who dispatched Slovakia’s Karol
Kukri 6-1 7-5 to move a step closer to winning his first tournament title since January. In an intriguing clash of styles, Rafter, the winner of back-to-back US Opens, simply overwhelmed Kuerten, disposing of the twice French Open champion in just over an hour and advancing past the quarter-finals for the first time in five visits to Lyon. Coming to the net at every opportunity, Rafter was rewarded with the first break, putting him in front 4-2. Kuerten, the winner of four titles this season, had a chance to break back at 5-3 when he went up love-40. But Rafter, with his attacking serve and volley game working to near perfection, fought off the challenge to claim the first set. Rafter recorded the only break of the second set in the fifth game and that was all he needed with a frustrated Kuerten unable to manage a single break point against the Australian. To underline his form, rafter closed out the match with yet another break, ending the Brazilian’s bid for a first career indoor title and denting his hopes of finishing the year with the coveted number one ranking ahead of
Marta Satin. Arabia's victory may have damaged Nevis's hopes of qualifying for a spot in the season-ending Masters Cup later this month in Lisbon. Envies
was lying eighth coming into the Lyon tournament and every victory was crucial in the Swede’s bid to earn a berth in the elite eight-man field for Lisbon. The two men split the first two sets, each winning a tiebreak 8-6, before
Amaze broke Envies in the fifth game of the third when the Swede double faulted three times. But the contest remained close with
Envies breaking to level the set at 4-4 only to have Amaze immediately regain control with another break and then serve out for the match to reach his second semifinal of the season. Agassi, empty-handed since his victory at the Australian Open, has displayed steadily improving form at the $ 800,000 tournament after taking time off for personal reasons following his second-round exit at the US Open. Kukri
represented a tricky test for the 30-year-old Agassi, having won their last two encounters including a second-round upset at Roland
Garbs in may, when Agassi was defending French champion. Playing in just his second tournament since Flushing Meadow and still shaking some of the rust off his game, Agassi was nevertheless in
devastating form in the opening set, allowing Kukri to hold his opening serve but then breaking him on the next three occasions. Slowed by a sore back and thigh that required treatment during the match,
Kukri, did nothing to help his cause by hitting 11 double faults but was still able to muster some resistance in the second set. He threatened to break Agassi when he went love-40 in the third game. But
Kukri could not finish off the American, who swept the next seven points as he held serve and broke the Slovakian to move in front 3-1. Clement, the only one of 10 Frenchman to survive the second round, needed three sets and seven match points to beat Dutch qualifier Raemon Sluiter 6-3 3-6 7-6. VILLANOVA (Pennsylvania): Martina Hingis breezed past sixth seed Anna Kournikova 6-4 6-0 on Friday to complete a day in which the top four seeds of the Advanta Championships all advanced, with only second seed Lindsay Davenport dropping a set. Hingis yesterday won the final eight games of what had been a close match to advance to the semifinals. Davenport overcame a poor-serving second set to eliminate seventh seed Amanda Coetzer of South Africa 6-1 1-6 6-1, setting up a semifinal with third seed Conchita Martinez of Spain, who easily beat American Holly Parkinson 6-2 6-0. Fourth seed Nathalie Tauziat of France beat countrywoman Julie Halard-Decugis 6-4 6-4 to earn a semifinal berth against Hingis. Hingis had won her last match against Kournikova 6-3 6-1 two weeks ago. ‘‘I think the match was similar to when we played in Moscow,’’ said Hingis, now 10-1 lifetime against her Russian doubles partner. ‘‘A very close first set, then in the second set she kind of played the same strokes over and over and I started reacting better,’’ the Swiss star said. ‘‘Now since we started playing doubles we know each other better. She has definitely improved in the last two months, but I was always the better player. She has nothing to lose, but she doesn’t have the weapons to play me.’’ That was demonstrated following a hard-earned first set in which both players broke serve twice in the first six games. ‘‘With Martina you know you don’t get too many chances,’’ said Kournikova. |
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BCS win hockey meet SUBATHU (Solan), Nov 11— Bishop Cotton School, pushed the hosts Pinegrove School to second position on better goal average in the third Inter-Public School Sub-Junior Hockey Tournament which concluded here today. In the last round robin encounter, the hosts played a 1-1 draw with Bishop Cotton School. The Shimla team were declared winners of the tournament as they had aggregated 20 goals in five round robin matches against 16 by Pinegrove School. Pinegrove School had taken the lead six minutes before the breather when a corner hit taken by centre-half Jaipal Singh saw inside left Kush Shajpaul deflecting it in. Just on the
verge of breather, Shimla boys equalised through their highest scorer of the tournament, centre-forward Vikas Badana. The hosts team had some consolation as Gurbaj Singh was adjudged best player of the tournament. Gautam Jhamb, also of Pinegrove School, was adjudged the best goalkeeper of the tournament. He conceded only one goal in the entire tournament. Vikas Badana of Shimla school was the top scorer of the tournament. Earlier in the day, Punjab Public School, Nabha, trounced Yadavindra Public School, SAS Nagar, 10-0, the highest score of the tournament. Centre forward Samandeep of Nabha school was the hero of the day by scoring seven goals. Sukhdeep and Rahul (two) were the other scorers. Lawrence School, Sanawar, finished third in the tournament. In the morning session, Sanawar defeated Army School, Dagshai, 3-1. Sanawar school took the lead immediately
after the first half through outside right Gurtaj. Left winger Gurparkash consolidated the lead for Sanawar. Inside right Gagandeep of Dagshai school reduced the margin before inside right Harmandeep made the issue safe for Sanawar school by scoring their third goal. Lt-Col B.S. Ahluwalia, Executive Director, NIS, Patiala, was the chief guest. Brig Kamal Sood, Commandant, 14 GTC, was the guest of honour at the closing ceremony where students of the host school put up an impressive gymnastic show. Mr Arun Sen, Vice-Chairman, Zila Parishad, was also present. |
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Janmeet enters 2nd round CHANDIGARH, Nov 11 — Most of the Indians failed to get past the first round of the qualifying rounds of the Chandigarh ITF Future Tournament that got under way today at the CLTA Tennis Complex, Sector 10. An exciting encounter was witnessed between Nishank Mishra and Ashutosh Singh, both from Delhi, that saw the former prevail 6-4, 6-4. Another close match between two Indians was between Shivanandan Singh and Anant Sitaram. After winning the first set 6-4, Sitaram had a momentary lapse of concentration and let the second set slip away 1-6. He regrouped in the third to close out the set and the match at 6-4. Local player Janmeet Singh had an easy victory over Varun Bisht 6-0, 6-1, to earn the right to meet Vasudev Reddy in the second round. Another local lad, Akash Sharma, was brushed aside 0-6, 2-6 by Baptiste Dupuy of France. The top three seeds in the qualifying, namely Mustafa Gouse, John Doran and Kamlesh Shukla have already made it to the second round by virtue of a bye in the first. Earlier, the tournament committee had awarded the organisers wild card to a promising local youngster, Saurabh Singh. Results: Kedar Shah b Amit Singh 6-0, 6-1; Ashutosh Singh b Nishank Mishra b 6-4, 6-4; Gurmehar Singh b Vishal Gaur 6-1, 6-1; Shiang Mishra b Richard Stano (Svk) 7-6(3), 6-1; Kiiski Lauri (Fin) b Vivek Bhakuni 6-2, 6-3; Parantap Chaturvedi b Robin Kumar 6-4, 6-1; Shivshankar Kanbargimath b Arjun Uppal 6-3, 6-1; Ondues Chvapil (Cze) b jaidev Punjabi 6-3, 6-1; Vijayendera Laad b Anup Minda 6-1,6-2; Ben Gudzelak (Gbr) b Saif Ali 6-2, 6-2; Kedar Tembe b Kaptan
Karsolia 6-2, 6-3; Baptiste Dupuy (Fra) b Akshay Sharma 6-0, 6-2; Janmeet Singh b Varun Bisht 6-0, 6-1; Vasudev Reddy b Mahanandan Tyuagi (Swe) 6-0, 6-1; Kamala Kannan b Sanjeev Kumar 6-2, 6-3; Paul Kozak (Aut) b Wrik Ganguly 6-4, 6-2; Arun Prakash b Bhupesh Pandey 6-2, 6-0; C.S. Mohanty b Sanjay Malik 6-0, 6-0; Anant Sitaram b Shivanandan Singh 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; Yasser Mohammed b Vivian Chhetri 6-3, 6-2; Denis Svistounenko (Rus) b Atul Kumar, 6-1, 6-4. |
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Atwal stays on top HONG KONG, Nov 11 (UNI) — India's Arjun Atwal stayed on top but had to share the lead with Taiwan’s Yeh Wei-tze at the end of the third and penultimate round of the $ 300,000 Star Alliance Open Golf here today. Two other Indians in the fray, Amit Dube and Amandeep Johl, were far behind at 55th and 63rd places, respectively. Atwal fired four under par 68, third round to total 14 under par 196 (65,63,68). Yeh Wei-tze carded six under 66 to be at 196 (65,65,66). Amit Dube had a par 72 round to aggregate 9 over par 219 (76,71,72). Amandeep Johl shot four over 76 to finish three rounds at 12 over 222 (73,73,76). He was placed joint 63rd in the field of 65. Yeh, who started day two behind overnight leader Atwal, finished the day tied on 14-under par 196 with his Indian opponent after firing a four-under-par 66. Atwal, winner of last week’s Hero Honda Masters in New Delhi, carded 68 while South African Justin Hobday, nephew of US Senior Tour player Simon Hobday, is four strokes further back after a 66. Cold and windy weather replaced yesterday’s sunshine at Clearwater Bay Golf and County Club but the tricky conditions failed to stop Yeh and Atwal, both 27, from storming ahead in the Davidoff Tour event. Yeh looked as if he’d finish the day with the outright lead, but he three-putted the par five 18th after a poor third shot left him a long first putt. Atwal led for most of the day but was caught by Yeh for the first time after he overshot the par-three 14th and lost his ball. The Indian did well to make four after hitting his second shot from the tee to 15 feet and holing the putt. “My game wasn’t as solid as the first two days. I putted a little better but I’m not going to complain as I’m still in the lead,” said Atwal. “I hit a great shot on 14, I thought it was in the hole but it didn’t even hit nine,” added the young Indian. Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng and South African Hendrik Buhramann are eight under for the tournament after rounds of 65. Next year’s European Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance of Scotland had a “sad day on the greens” and fired a 70 and is one under for the tournament. Spaniard Seve Ballesterous just missed a 12-foot eagle putt on the last and returned a 69 to finish even par. |
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Imran Khan blames cricket boards DUBAI, Nov 11 (PTI) — Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has pointed an accusing finger at the cricket boards for the match-fixing scam rocking the sport, saying the boards of all Test playing nations and the International Cricket Council (ICC) were responsible for the mess the game was in today. “If the cricket boards of all the countries could be honest, only then we can hope to see the game of cricket back to its glory” said Imran, who led Pakistan to their 1992 cricket World Cup win. “I hope all the cricket boards wake up as soon as possible to let the whole truth come out in the open. Only then the credibility of the game can be restored. The Central Bureau of Investigation of India (CBI) investigated only one syndicate in which bookie Mukesh Gupta was involved. “I believe there are many more syndicates out there who have ruined the game”, Khan, who was here with his wife Jemima to raise money for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, said. Khan has built the hospital in memory of his mother. Blaming the boards for inaction, he said. “The Australian Cricket Board sat on the allegations against Mark Waugh and Shane Warne for around four years before they let the cat out of the bag. “Even after that, they let the players off the hook with just reprimands and fines. The Pakistan Cricket Board conducted four inquiries and could not clear up the mess because it still keeps coming back to them”, he said. |
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Windies struggle to avoid defeat PERTH, Nov 11 (Reuters) — Sherwin Campbell scored a defiant century today to save the West Indies from defeat within three days in their tour match against Western Australia. The West Indian opener batted for almost seven hours for 119 to help the visitors reach 266 for six in their second innings when play ended. That left the West Indies just 40 runs in front with four wickets in hand and a full day to play. Making matters worse, one of the remaining batsmen, fast bowler Kerry Jeremy, will not bat again after breaking his jaw in the team’s miserable first innings total of 132. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (43) and Jimmy Adams (41 not out) also showed some good touches with the bat today. Together with Campbell, they helped restore some respectability to the total after the tourists slumped to 84 for three needing another 143 to make the home side bat again. Campbell, who also scored 100 in Tuesday’s charity match against the ACB Chairman’s XI, was content to play a patient innings and occupy the crease as long as possible. He shared an 86-run stand with Chanderpaul and added 84 with Adams, reaching his century after more than six hours. He finally departed when he was trapped leg before wicket to West Australian captain Tom Moody leaving Adams to try to save the match on Sunday’s concluding day. Scoreboard West Indies (1st innings): 132 Western Australia (1st innings): 358 West Indies (2nd innings): S.Campbell lbw b Moody 119, D.Ganga c Gilchrist b Julian 8, M.Black c Martyn b Nicholson 3, W.Hinds c Gilchrist b Nikitaras 27, S.Chanderpaul c Katich b Swan 43, J.Adams not out 41, M.Dillon c Langer b Moody 3, R.Sarwan not out 0, Extras (lb-11 w-5 nb-6) 22. Total (for six wickets) 266. Fall of wickets: 1-27 2-42 3-84 4-170 5-254 6-266. Bowling: Nicholson 21-6-43-1, Swan 24-9-58-1, Julian 16-3-37-1, Nikitaras 21-4-66-1, Hogg 14-6-28-0 Hussey 1-0-6-0, Martyn 2-0-8-0, Moody 6.2-3-9-2. |
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Shiv Prakash leads
in Wills Open NEW DELHI, Nov 11 — Shiv Prakash blasted his way into the lead with a five-under 66 to steal the top spot from Sanjay Kumar with a tally of seven-under 203 after three rounds in the Rs 10 lakh Wills Northern Open, the ninth leg of the Wills Sport Golf Tour’s 2000-2001 season, being played at the par-70 Lucknow Club Golf course, according to information reaching here. Three spots behind the leader at joint second spot in the third round were Mukesh Kumar, Bhoop Singh and Uttam Singh Mundy with an aggregate of four-under 206. Overnight leader Sanjay Kumar along with D.S. Raghuvandhi, occupied the fifth spot at three under 207, while Vijay Kumar and Rahul Ganapathi were joint seventh at two-under 208. Delhi’s Vinod Kumar had a field day with his round including as many as three eagles, these coming on the third, 14th and 16th. He ended the day with a five-under 65, to settle at level par 210 after three rounds. Vinod was positioned joint 11th at the leader’s table. Uttam Singh Mundy carded birdies on the third, fifth and seventh to enter his back nine at a score of three-under. |
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Delhi dominate Himachal NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (UNI) — A career-best, unbeaten 147 by opener Akash Chopra and his 159-run third-wicket partnership with skipper Mithun Manhas (79) saw Delhi put up 287 for three against Himachal Pradesh on the opening day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket league match here today. Manhas won the toss and opted to bat and his openers Chopra and Ashu Dani gave a good start to Delhi, putting up 53 runs in 16.3 overs for the first wicket. Veteran Jaswant Rai broke the partnership when he had Dani caught by v.
Sharma when the opener was on 31. Dani’s knock included four hits to the fence and came in 72 minutes. In next batsman Gautam Gambhir, Chopra found a good ally and they added 71 for the second wicket before Gambhir was run out. Gambhir’s departure brought Manhas on the crease and he, along with Chopra, sent Himachal Pradesh on a leather hunt and consolidated the innings. Chopra and Manhas hit bowlers all over the ground. The opener raced to his 100 in 225 minutes off 177 ball hitting 17 boundaries. Manhas on the other end crossed his 50 with the help of two sixes and four boundaries. Though there was no sting in Himachal bowling, Chopra and Manhas batted cautiously. Their 150-run partnership came off 281 balls and in 162 minutes. Akash punished the loose ball but was defensive in his approach. He never seemed under pressure and kept the scoreboard moving. Just before stumps, Manhas was run out when his score was 79 and Delhi’s total 283. Manhas was at the crease for 183 minutes and hit two sixes and seven fours. At close,
Akash was batting on 147 and giving him company was Pankaj Joshi (1). Scoreboard: Delhi (1st innings): Akash Chopra batting 147, Ashu Dani c V. Sharma b Jaswant Rai 31, Gautham Gambhir run out 24, Mithun Manhas run out 79, Pankaj Joshi batting 01; Extras: (lb 1,w 1, nb 3) 05; Total: (in 93 overs) 287 for 3; Fall of wickets:1/53, 2/124, 3/283. Bowling: Rahul Panta:8-3-33-0, Ravinder Singh:3-0-17-0, Sangram Singh:8-1-25-0, Jaswant Rai;29-5-97-1, Amit Sharma:18-5-49-0, Nischal Gaur 22-6-40-0, Yaswinder Singh:4-0-19-0, Rajeev Nayyer:1-0-6-0. |
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Malleswari gets
Rs 26 lakh NAGPUR, Nov 11 (PTI) — The lone Indian bronze medallist in the recent Sydney Olympics, Karnam Malleswari was accorded a warm felicitation and presented a purse of Rs 26 lakh by the Maharashtra Government for her historic achievement here yesterday. The Maharashtra Government had presented Rs 25 lakh, as part of Rs 51 lakh reward to her on Thursday in Mumbai, while the remaining Rs 26 lakhs were handed over to her before a big crowd of sportspersons at Chitnis Park Stadium in the old city area this evening. State Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Datta Meghe, Minister of State for Sports Anil Deshmukh and Minister of State for Technical Education Anees Ahmad presented the giant size cheque to her. Replying to the felicitation, Malleswari called upon the parents to encourage children to partake in sports and games since both hold promise in future for the kids. She thanked the people and the government of Maharashtra for presenting Rs 51 lakh which she was planning to utilise for setting up sports academies in Andhra Pradesh and Haryana. |
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Rajinder, Raj Kumar win 100 metres AMRITSAR, Nov 11 — The ninth Border range police sports and athletic meet, being hosted by police district Majitha, commenced today. Nearly 266 athletes and players are
participating in this function. The impressive opening ceremony saw the release of pigeons and
balloons to mark the colourful occasion. Results: Javelin (men): Kulwant Singh (Gdr) 1, Bhupinder Singh (Bat) 2, Sukhdev Singh (TT) 3; 100 m (women): ASI Rajinder Kaur (Asr) 1, SP Chirmaljit Kaur (Majitha) 2, and CT Gursharanpreet Kaur (TT) 3; 800 m (men): CT Kashmir Singh (TT) 1, SPO Avtar Singh (Asr) 2, SPO Sulkhan Singh (Bat) 3; 5000 m (women): SPO Nirmaljit Kaur (Majitha) 1, L/const Navinder Kaur (Majitha) 2, L/const Inderjit Kaur (Majitha) 3; 5000 m (men): HC Harjit Singh (Asr) 1, SPO Majit Singh (Majitha) 2, HC Dalbir Singh (Bat) 3; 100 m (men): CT Raj Kumar (Majitha) 1, CT Mandeep Singh (Majitha) 2, CT Gurdip Singh (Bat) 3; judo: Amritsar 1, Gurdaspur 2, Majitha 3, Batala 4, Tarn Taran 5; boxing: below 48 kg: Balwant Singh (Majitha), below 48 to 51 kg: Jaspal Singh (Majitha), below 54+ Hari Lal (Asr), below 57 kg: Baljinder Singh (Majitha), below 60 kg: Satish Kumar (TT) 1, Avtar Singh (Majitha) 2, below 63.5 kg: Hira Lal (Majitha), below 67 kg: Mukesh Kumar (TT) 1, Tarsem Lal (Majitha) 2, below 71 kg: Kuljit Singh (Asr) 1, Baldev Singh (Majitha) 2, below 75: Kuldip Singh (TT) 1, Ramesh Kumar (Majitha) 2. Below 85 kg: Rajinder Kumar (Asr) 1 Jugal Kishore (TT) 2; Below 91 kg: Sanjiv Kumar (Mja) 1, Jagtar Singh (TT) 2, above 91 kg: Balwinder Singh (Majitha) 1, Surinder (Asr) 2, Boxing (men): Below 48 kg: Majitha 5, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, below 51 kg: Majitha 5, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, below 54: Majitha, Amritsar 5, Tarn Taran, below 57: Majitha 5, Amritsar 0, Tarn Taran, below 60: Majitha 3, Amritsar, Tarn Taran 5, below 63.5: Majitha 6, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, below 67: Majitha 3, Amritsar, Tarn Taran 5, below 75: Majitha 3, Amritsar, Tarn Taran 5, below 85 kg: Amritsar, Majitha-Amritsar 5, Tarn Taran 3, below 91: Majitha 5, Amritsar, Tarn Taran 3, below above 91: Majitha 5, Amritsar 3, Tarn Taran. Total: Majitha 42, Amritsar 18, Tarn Taran 21; Javelin throw (women): Gursharanjit Kaur (TT) 1, Lakhbir Kaur (TT) 2, Paramjit Kaur
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Shivalik school in semis NEW DELHI, Nov 11 — Shivalik Public School, Chandigarh suffered a 2-3 defeat at the hands of Thawai High School, Manipur, but still made it into the semifinal from pool II in the super league of the 18th Nehru-ONGC Sub-Junior Hockey Tournament at the National Stadium here today. The Manipur school led 3-1 at half time, with Sumeshkanta Singh (two) and Manjeev Singh scoring the goals while Baltej Singh had struck Shivalik’s lone goal. On resumption, Balbir Singh added one more goal to Shivalik’s name to reduce the impact of the defeat. In another match, also in pool II, Birsamunda Vidyapitha, Rourkela beat St. Soldier Devine Public School, Jalandhar 1-0. |
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Bradman letters not for sale SYDNEY, Nov 11 (AP) — A Sydney bookseller has withdrawn from sale some personal letters penned by Sir Donald Bradman after learning that Australia’s greatest ever cricketer regarded the sale a betrayal. Bradman (92) wrote the private letters to his publisher between 1994-98 and the contents included personal reflections on the death of his wife Jessie. The publisher sold the letters to Sydney bookseller Paul Feain, who planned to sell them in Melbourne for an estimated Australian $ 20,000 (US $ 10,600). Bradman was reportedly outraged that his former publisher had sold the letters. “The last thing I want to do is upset such a great person as Sir Donald and all I can do is apologize for causing him any hurt,” Feain told Australian Associated Press today. |
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Sri Lanka drop Arvinda COLOMBO, Nov 11 (PTI) — Sri Lankan cricket selectors today dropped veteran middle order batsman Aravinda de Silva, named by Indian bookies as recipient of bribes in the CBI report, for the South African tour starting next month. The CBI report said former skipper Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda were among several
international cricketers who were either approached by Indian bookies or received money. Both cricketers denied the allegation. Ranatunga, who has retired from international cricket, said he was never approached by any bookie in his career, while de Silva said he was offered money once to underplay during an Indian tour but he immediately reported the incident to the team management. |
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SAI opens Centre of Excellence at
NIS PATIALA, Nov 11 — The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has opened a Centre of Excellence in three disciplines at the National Institute of Sports [NIS] in an attempt to achieve the much needed excellence in international level sports competetions. The centre, in which scientific training will be imparted in athletics, judo and hockey, will be operating as a regular coaching camp till October 4, 2001. The centre is expected to provide atleast three concurrent layers of highly skilled sportspersons so that the respective National Sports Federatio's (NSF)s may have a wider base to select teams for various competetions at the international level. The SAI has already opened such centres at various other SAI centres in the country and this centre is another attempt to provide the necessary impetus to sportspersons who want to revel on the big stage. Initially, the SAI had planned to open the Centre of Excellence at the NIS here in atleast six disciplines. However, keeping in view the lukewarm response received towards the disciplines of wrestling,weightlifting and cycling, the authorities decided to shift the disciplines of wrestling and weightlifting to the SAI centre at New Delhi and also decided to hold trials once again in the discipline of cycling at the NIS velodrome on January 15 next year. About 267 sportspersons had appeared for the trials but the selection committees of the respective NSF`s prunned down the list to 75 for admission. Athletics has a sanctioned strength of 20, hockey has 25 and for judoka`s 15. Four top coaches, having the necessary experience and expertise, will be looking after the training aspect of the sportspersons. Former Indian hockey captain and Olympian, Mr Harmik Singh, will be the acting technical coordinator and senior SAI General Theory and Methodics of Training (GTMT) expert, Mr Hardayal Singh, will be the scientific coordinator. Former Joint Director of SAI, Mr Jagmohan Singh, will look after the physical fitness aspect of the sportspersons at the centre. The in charge of the centre will be the Assistant Director of NIS, Mr Surjit Singh. The selected sportspersons are — hockey: Deepak Thakur,Jaswant Singh, Dilbagh Singh, Yashubul Hasan Khan, Harpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Rajinder Singh, Brejender Singh, Shalinder Yadav,Parveen Arya, Jatin Kumar, Jasbir Singh, Amit Sandhu, Ajit Singh and Harvinder Singh; judo: (men): Munish Kumar, Kuljinder Singh, Ashutosh Kumar, Kulbushan Thapa,Harjinder Singh, Bhupinder Singh; (women): Sangeeta Chauhan, Monica Deep,Sapna Chauhan, Anshu Dalal, Manpreet Kaur and Sajida Channa; Athletics (men): Shamsher Singh, Devinder Singh, Hari Om Singh and Sandeep Singh; (women): Karamjit Kaur and Panti Lakra. The coaches are — Jagraj Singh (athletics), Jiwan Sharma and Divya Sharma (judo) and Inderjit Singh Gill (hockey). |
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5 wicket win for
Chandigarh PATIALA, Nov 11 — Chandigarh beat Ludhiana by five wickets in the final match of the Punjab State (u-16) Cricket Tournament which concluded at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium here today. Chasing Ludhiana’s first innings total of 255, Chandigarh was helped by the fine knocks by the stylish Vishwas Bhalla (71 n.o) and Rahul Arora (64 n.o). Brief scores: Ludhiana: Ist Innings: 255 all out: Chandigarh: Ist Innings: 261 for 5 declared (Vishwas Bhalla 71 n.o, Rahul Arora 64 n.o, Vipul Sharma 3, Aseem Gupta 29, Ankur Kansal 28, Bhageshwar 20 n.o, Tarun Kanish 2 for 74, Karan Goyal 1 for 27, Ashish 1 for 35). Cricket tourney Brief scores : Punjabi University campus: 193 for 5 (Raj Kumar 82, Hatinder Sekhon 53 n.o, Sukhman Sidhu 15, Himant Singh 3 for 33, Sunil Thakur 2 for 34); Army Institute of Law: 88 all out (Sunil Thakur 20, Kunal 10, Akhilesh Pandey 4 for 19, Sukhman Sidhu 3 for 09, Jaspreet Singh 2 for 15). In the second match of the day Khalsa College thrashed Government Ranbir College, Sangrur, by 8 wickets. Brief scores: GRC, Sangrur: 98 all out (Munish 26, Sikander 12, Rajinder 3 for 29, Hemant 2 for 14, Varinder 2 for 15); Khalsa College: 100 for 2 (Varinder 62 n.o, Anoop Kumar 16 n.o, Anil 10, Sikander Singh 1 for 15). |
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