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National U-22 meet IPFA ‘to conduct’ football league WI keep Lara’s role under wraps Kafelnikov, Schalken advance McEnroe quits as Davis Cup captain Jaspal Rana steals
the show Pemba, Fariduddin shoot gold Andhra shuttlers
dominate 2 Indian pairs in
quarterfinals Indian Oil beat SRC Hockey title for Punjab Police
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Zimbabwe struggling to save Test NEW DELHI, Nov 21 — The Indian declaration today came at the most unexpected time. Thanks to Rahul Dravid’s unbeaten maiden Test double century and Sachin Tendulkar’s 23rd Test century, the home team had taken a slender 36-run on first innings over Zimbabwe in the first Test of the two-Test series at the Ferozeshah Kotla and one had expected India to bat till tea on the fourth day before applying the closure. However, skipper Saurav Ganguly and obviously new cricket coach John Wright had different ideas and Saurav called his batsmen in the moment Rahul had reached 200 with the India total reading 458 for four declared in reply to the Zimbabwe total of 422 for nine declared and by tea, which was taken after the Indian bowlers had sent down just six overs, Zimbabwe had been reduced to 19 for two and were, literally, fighting with their backs to the wall. And by stumps the visitors had reached 119 for five, just 83 runs ahead, and will have to apply all their cricketing skills if they hope to save the match. But that seems unlikely. And the man who brought the visitors to their knees was Javagal Srinath, who in the absence of a regular fifth bowler in the Indian squad had sent down as many as 35 overs in Zimbabwe’s first innings. This afternoon he, like in the visitors’ first innings, rocked the Zimbabwe second innings with a very early wicket, that of Grant Flower off the very first delivery, and then in his third over when he had Gavin Rennie caught by Saurav Ganguly at slip to reduce the visitors to 15 for two, Zimbabwe were in deep trouble. Later, he claimed the wicket of Alaistar Campbell, caught by Das at forward short leg with the batsman fending a short delivery and with Sunil Joshi and Murali Karthik claiming a wicket each the home team came off the grounds with their heads high. Much will depend on the first two hours’ play when the match resumes tomorrow, the last day of the Test. What India will be looking for is early wickets because if the visitors are able to extend their lead then getting the runs needed for victory might just pose some problems to the home squad. However, with only Andy Flower, batting with 41 (126 minutes, 86 balls, seven fours) among the recognised
batsmen still surviving at the crease the writing on the wall is there for all to see. Giving Andy Flower company at the crease was Brian Murphy who was yet to get off the mark after 16 minutes of batting during which he faced a similar number of deliveries. It was good to see the new aggression in the Indian team. That the home team was interested in a possible verdict in the Test was apparent right from the start of play today as the two overnight Indian batsmen, Rahul Dravid, batting after scoring 118, and Sachin Tendulkar with 70 runs to his credit, got into their stride straightaway as the runs came at nearly a run a minute. Sachin Tendulkar started the day’s proceedings by picking three fours off Brian Strang as he raced away to his first Test century at the Ferozeshah Kotla by picking yet another 12 runs off the ninth over of Strang as his century came after just 39 minutes of batting today. Sachin, untroubled by any of the Zimbabwean bowler had 16 boundaries in his century which came after 244 minutes of batting during which he faced 203 deliveries. More important from India’s point of view was the fact that Rahul too was willing to use the willow to good effect as the first hour of play fetched 57 runs off 13 overs. Sachin’s dismisssal soon after, caught by Paul Strang at point off Brian Murphy with the Indian total reading 347, did not effect India’s run rate as skipper Saurav Ganguly got into his stride straightaway. His first scoring stroke was a four to extra cover off Murphy in the very first delivery he faced and when lunch was taken with the Indian score reading 377 for three with Dravid on 160 and Ganguly on eight, with 45 runs coming in the second hour of play today, it was absolutely clear that the home team had put the opposition on the backfoot. The Indian skipper took his personal score to 27 (89 minutes, 58 balls, two fours and one six) before he fell to Henry Olonga, caught behind by Andy Flower, but Laxman stayed right till the end to see that Rahul was able to score his double century, his highest Test score improving upon his previous effort of 190 against New Zealand at Hamilton last year. Rahul’s 200 came off 350 deliveries in 551 minutes of batting and he had 28 hits to the ropes. Laxman remained unbeaten with 18 (28 minutes, 22 balls, three fours). The fifth day’s play has many exciting possibilities. |
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Zimbabwe (1st innings): 422 for 9 decl India (1st innings): Das lbw b Olonga 58 Ramesh lbw b Streak 13 Dravid not out 200 Tendulkar c P. Strang
b Murphy 122 Ganguly c A. Flower b Olonga 27 Laxman not out 18 Extras:
(b-2, lb-10, w-2, nb-6) 20 Total: (for 4 wkts decl, 142.4 overs) 458 Fall of wickets:
1-27, 2-134, 3-347, 4-430. Bowling: Streak 30-9-78-1, B. Strang 28-9-95-0, P. Strang 15-1-52-0, B. Murphy 36-5-90-1, Olonga 20-3-79-2, G. Flower 13.4-3-52-0. Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Flower c Dahiya b Srinath 0 Rennie c Ganguly b Srinath 0 Carlisle c Ganguly b Joshi 32 Campbell c Dravid b Srinath 8 A. Flower batting 41 Whittall c Ramesh b Kartik 29 Murphy batting 0 Extras:
(w-1, lb-3, b-4, nb-1) 9 Total: (for 5 wkts, 37 overs) 119 Fall of wickets:
1/0, 2/15, 3/25, 4/47, 5/109. Bowling: Srinath 10-1-30-3, Agarkar 7-0-35-0, Joshi 13-2-35-1, Kartik 3-1-2-1, Tendulkar 4-1-10-0. |
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Flower’s action found suspect NEW DELHI, Nov 21 — Left-arm spinner Grant Flower of Zimbabwe may well join the “chucking club” of cricket as his bowling action against India in their first innings of the first Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here yesterday has been found suspect. Flower had bowled seven overs, including a maiden, yesterday and conceded 16 runs, but according to match referee Barry Jarman,”both the umpires (S. Venkataraghavan of India and John Hampshire of England) and myself were not entirely happy with the legality of all his deliveries”. Flower was pressed into service again today, and his total spell read 13.4-3-52-0. The match referee said he would be viewing a film provided by Channel Nine (of Australia) on Flower’s action, and “if we are not happy with what we see, we will be going through the normal channel of sending the video to the ICC (International Cricket Council).” Jarman said Venkataraghavan had expressed doubts about Flower’s action, and had told Zimbabwean captain Heath Streak that he was not “entirely convinced that all of Grant’s deliveries were legal, but could not get a clear view of him as he was behind umpire Hampshire at a vital stage of his delivery”. Jarman also disclosed that Flower had been no-balled by Australian umpire Darryl Hair a few weeks ago, but no cognizance seems to have been taken at the umpire’s verdict. It may be recalled that Hair had repeatedly “called” Muthiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka before the bowler got himself cleared by an ICC panel of experts. India’s Rajesh Chauhan and Harbhajan Singh, too, had been reported to the ICC for suspect action, though both of them were later cleared of the stigma by the ICC. But their international cricket career has not been the same ever since, though Harbhajan is trying hard to stage a comeback into the Indian team. Rajesh Chauhan, however, seems to have gone into total oblivion. If Flower is reported to the ICC, he would be the 12th Test bowler to earn the dubious distinction. Meanwhile, former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Rajsingh Dungarpur has taken upon himself the role of a self-appointed goodwill ambassador to “persuade” the Indian Government to mend fences with Pakistan, to resume the cricket series between the countries. The Indian Government had taken a decision recently not to resume cricket series with Pakistan till relations between the countries became normal. Mr Dungarpur, who visited Lahore recently in connection with the ICC finance committee meeting, said there was “deep shock and resentment” at the Indian Government’s decision not to allow the cricket team to tour Pakistan. He said he would be meeting Foreign Minister, Jaswant Singh, to impress upon him to resume the series which would “help reach a thaw” in the relations between the countries. |
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U-22 meet VISAKHAPATNAM, Nov 21 (UNI) — Kerala men and women reigned supreme by claiming three golds in the eighth junior National Athletics Championship (under-22) on the second and final day at the Rajiv Gandhi Port Stadium, here today. Kerala men won two gold medals for their state as Udaya Kumaran emerged winner in 3000m steeple chase clocking nine min 50.1 seconds, while Josemon Mathew clinched the gold in 800 m with one min 53.21 sec. Bijimol K. Chaco set a new mark in 800 m stopping the clock at two min 12.65 sec. She erased the old mark of two minutes 14.5 seconds which stood in the name of Valshali of Maharahstra in 1995. In men’s 20 km walk, Vijaya Galot of Uttar Pradesh set a new meet record. He finished in one hour 34 min and 16.8 sec erasing the old record of one hour 35 min 46.7 sec held by Sudhir Nandal of Haryana in 1997. In the men’s discuss throw, Jaya Prakash of Bihar won gold with a distance of 42.88 m. In 10-km walk (women) Anjukamari Sharma of West Bengal won gold with the timing of 56 min 50.6 sec. In 10,000m run (women) Madhuri Gurmule of Maharashtra clinched gold clocking 26 minutes 56.1 seconds. In high jump ( men) yesterday, Juby Thomas set a new record jumping 2.09 m erasing the old mark of 2.06 metres held by Satya Prakash of Delhi in 1996. In javelin throw (men) Om Narain of Haryana won gold achieving a distance of 64.78 m. In 5000 m (women) Run Madhru Gurmule attained a new record of 16 min 53.6 sec smashing the old record of 17 min 49.95 sec held by Rani Saini of Punjab in 1997. In javelin throw (women) Shobhana of Maharashtra won the gold recording a distance of 38.95 m. The following are the final results. Men: 20 km walk: 1 Vijaya Galot (UP) (one hour 34 min. 16.8 sec), 2 Gurmeet Singh (Punjab), 3 K. Sri Ram (AP). Discus: 1 Jaya Prakashn (Bihar) 42.88 m, 2 Chander Bhan (Haryana), 3 Srinivasulu (AP). 3000 m.t. chase:
1 Udaya Kumaran P.V. (Kerala) 9 min, 50.1 sec, 2 Aravind Chavan (Mah), 3 Jasvir Singh (Punjab). 800 m run:
1 Josemon Mathew (Kerala) 1 min 53.21 sec., 2 Muneer P.K. (Kerala), 3 Yogesh Thakar (Mah). High jump:
1 Juby Thomas (Kerala) 2.09 m, 2 Roshan K.R. (Kerala), 3, S.S. Subramanyam (AP). Javelin throw:
1 Om Narain (Haryana) 64.78 m, 2, Dinesh Pal Rana (Delhi), 3 P. Venkata Krishnan (TN). Women: 10 km walk: 1 Anjukumari Sharma (WB) 56 min 50.6 sec., 2 Sijiochana Barik (WB), 3 A.B.Y.K. Babi (Kerala). 10,000 m run: 1 Madhuri Gumule (Mah) 36 min 56.1 sec, 2 Beant Kaur (Punjab), 3 Amrajit Kaur (Punjab). 800 m run:
1 Bijimol K. Chaco (Kerala) 2 min 12.65 sec, 2 Gangadeep Kaur (Punjab), 3 Kalpana More (Mah). 5000 mts:
1 Madhuri Gumule (Mah) 16 min 53.6 sec, 2 Beant Kaur (Punjab), 3 D. Nagamani (AP). Javelin throw: 1 Shobhana U.(Mah) 38.95 m, 2 Gur Preet (Haryana), 3 Tiyadas (WB). |
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IPFA ‘to conduct’ football league CHENNAI, Nov 21 (UNI) — United Breweries chief Vijay Mallya, has clarified that the Indian Premier Football Association (IPFA), the new brand put together by him, was not a breakaway body of the All-India Football Federation (AIFF). Addressing a press conference here last night on the eve of the first National Karting Championship, as president of the FMSCI, Mr Mallya, asked about the apparent coup he had engineered in Indian football, said the IPFA would not nurture any ambition to take over football administration from the AIFF. “I have no ambition to occupy a high position. I do not need any stature or power”, he averred. Mr Mallya denied that it was his intention to take over or function as a “rebel or a parallel organisation”. The premier liquor baron said the nine most prominent and successful corporate backed football teams had won almost 100 per cent of all tournaments, including the National Football League over the past two decades. The IPFA had been formed with a view to convey the needs of Indian football to the
AIFF, he said and added that the association should not be regarded as a parallel federation. Explaining the “birth” of IPFA, he said various member clubs have, on different occasions, made representations to the state federations and the AIFF for a radical change in the conduct and organisation of professional football in the country. Regrettably, none of these appeals have yielded any results, he said. Mr Mallya said the member clubs of the IPFA have received crores of rupees of corporate investment without any return in terms of stimulation of public interest in football, electronic media coverage, development of players’ potential, global participation, opportunities for participation due to lack of an annual calendar of events and lack of norms regarding ownership and transfer of players. The IPFA strongly believed that football was a grassroots sport with a potential of becoming the most popular sport in India, he said and added that India, surrounded by good football playing countries, had not achieved any standards. Mr Mallya said like cricket, there was no pragmatic initiative to accelerate the development of football. There has been little or no investment in football infrastructure as in cricket, he said, adding that the conduct of football remained hopelessly unattractive for spectators as well as television. He also alleged that there was no encouragement for players development as football players earned only a fraction of what cricketers earned. Mr Mallya said the IPFA would conduct the professional league in India on the lines of the European league and also take part in all competitions in the AIFF calendar. The federation should conduct events and prescribe the necessary rules for football on dynamic lines in accordance with the European league. We would not make any “extraordinary or unreasonable” demands on the AIFF, he added. The IPFA would like the AIFF to conduct tournaments in the country and more particularly, the national league and knockout competitions in accordance with European standards, he said. The AIFF should recognise the “need of the hour” and respond favourably to these requests, Mr Mallya said and added the IPFA viewed its relationship with the AIFF in a “constructive fashion with the sole objective of promoting football on professional lines in india.” Even as Mr Mallya offered this clarification, AIFF president Priyaranjan Das Munshi had pointed out that there was no place for a rival governing body as per the norms of the Asian Football Confederation. |
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WI keep Lara’s role under wraps MELBOURNE, Nov 21 (AFP) — West Indies captain Jimmy Adams called on his batsmen yesterday to stand and be counted before the first Test with Australia in Brisbane on Thursday. But he would not say whether star batsmen Brian Lara would be exposed early to the Australian pace quartet. The tourists have returned totals of 132, 293, 167 and 114 in their four first-class innings in Australia so far. “We know those scores won’t win Test matches,” Adams said. “But the guys have been working. Whenever they’ve had a spare moment since arriving here they’ve been in the nets. “If it’s raining they’re indoors if it’s not then they’re outdoors so I can’t fault that. I really can’t.” Adams called on his batsmen to pay more attention to the basics — building partnerships and batting through sessions — and said all of the 16 touring players had to take responsibility for a recovery. “It won’t happen without the entire team. Everyone has a role to play even players who are young players and who might be struggling,” he said. “It won’t happen if one man stands up. It has to be a whole team approach.” Adams refused to speculate on their first Test team following Sunday’s disastrous loss to Victoria at the MCG. “It’s too early to tell,” he said. “We select the team the night before the Test so I would be speaking out of turn if I tried to answer that question.” The Windies will name their team Wednesday night, barely 12 hours before they take on the record-breaking Australians at the Gabba. Their chances of stopping Australia’s 10-match winning streak seem remote after capitulation to Victoria, when they folded for 114 to lose by an innings and 63 runs. They were close to full-strength, with paceman Marlon Black the only expected change to the Test bowling attack for leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo. Adams would not discuss the batting role for star Brian Lara, who was exposed to the new ball early Sunday at No 3 after the early loss of under-performing opener Darren Ganga. Adams admitted that Lara, who scored 19 and 20, had played at No 3 as a dress rehearsal for the Test but the skipper said all possibilities would be reviewed before the series began. |
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Kafelnikov, Schalken advance STOCKHOLM, Nov 21 (DPA) — Recent tournament winners Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Sjeng Schalken both put in solid wins to advance at the $ 800,000 Stockholm Open, ousting first-round opponents with relative ease. Kafelnikov, one of the elite eight, qualified for next week’s Masters Cup in Lisbon, the season-ending finale which will determine who ends the season as No. 1 in the world, dispatched Swiss George Bastl 6-2, 6-2 yesterday. It took the Russian second seed just 50 minutes. Kafelnikov last month claimed another Kremlin Cup title in Moscow to run his season trophy total to two, including the Olympic gold medal. Holland’s Sjeng Schalken, seeded eighth, beat Harel Levy of Israel 7-5, 6-4 and next takes on Australian Andrew Ilie, a winner over Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe 6-2, 7-5. Schalken took the trophy outdoors at the Japan Open last month and also lost the Shanghai final a week later to Swede Magnus Norman, top seed here. In other opening-day results, Czech Bohdan Ulihrach beat Swedish wild card entry Joachim Johansson 6-4, 7-5. Another wild card came good in front of the home crowd at the Kungliga tennis hall as Jonas Froberg upset Zimbabwe veteran Byron Black 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Kafelnikov earned three breaks of serve in the first set against Bastl as the Russian controlled the match all the way through. Kafelnikov’s sole miscue — losing serve in the fifth game of the first — a mistake which he immediately corrected by breaking back in his first career meeting with the Swiss. Many of the big names in the 32-man draw do not go into first round action until tomorrow. They include Norman, holder and three-time winner Thomas Enqvist and Mark Philippoussis, beaten in a tight five-set final in Paris at the weekend in the Masters Series by Russian wonderboy Marat Safin. Norman begins play against Norway’s Christian Ruud, Enqvist faces compatriot Thomas Johansson and Philippoussis starts with 1997 Stockholm champion Jonas Bjorkman. There remains an outside chance that Philippoussis could be making an unexpected trip to the Masters if he does well in Stockholm — and if ailing Andre Agassi withdraws from the Portuguese event. Though there has been no word from Las Vegas on how treatment to the 30-year-old’s hip injury is progressing, Agassi has to remain a question mark. The five-time Grand Slam champion could be passed by Enqvist this week in the points race standings. Though he has an automatic entry into the field as this year’s Australian Open winner, Agassi said this month that if he didn’t earn his place on points value alone, he didn’t deserve to play. |
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McEnroe quits as Davis Cup captain NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) — John McEnroe, citing disappointment over his lack of impact as captain of the US Davis Cup team due to the structure of the competition, has resigned his post, the US Tennis Association said. “Changes need to be made in the Davis Cup scheduling and format,” McEnroe said. “I have made it known for many years that the current format is problematic for the world’s top payers,” said McEnroe, adding that the current structure of the competition made it very difficult for him to produce a winning team. “I am proud to have been associated with Davis Cup for more than two decades and it is my hope that Davis Cup will be restructured so that it can be everything I envision it has the potential to be,” McEnroe said McEnroe’s efforts were hobbled by not having Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras playing Davis Cup for most of the year. In addition, Davis Cup veteran Jim Courier retired, and Todd Martin was injured for the early part of the season. The US team managed to squeak past Zimbabwe before Agassi and Sampras joined the team. The pair led the USA to a quarterfinal victory over the Czech Republic in Los Angeles. But the USA did not have either Agassi or Sampras for the semifinals against Spain in July. Agassi suffered a back injury in a car accident after Wimbledon, and Sampras said the tie with Spain did not fit his schedule. McEnroe originally named himself to play in the semifinals before a team of Martin, Chris Woodruff, Jan-Michael Gambill and Vincent Spadea was swept by Spain, 5-0. McEnroe said he was fulfilling a dream after getting appointed by USTA President Judy Levering as US captain in September, 1999, to replace Tom
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Jaspal Rana steals
the show PHILLAUR, Nov 21 — Olympian Jaspal Rana stole the limelight with a scintillating performance on the fourth day of 44th National Shooting Championship here today. Jaspal bagged his second gold in centre fire pistol 25 metres by scoring 583 points out of 600. C.K. Chaudhary and Ved Prakash of Army were tied up for the second and third position, respectively, with a score of 574 each. Sushil Ghale of Army set a new national record in the 50 m. Rifle Prone by scoring 593 points. The 50m Rifle Prone (ISSF) Men event was also clinched by the Army team as A.P. Subhash, Sushil Ghale and Dalip Sawant of Army won the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. Army team also won the team championship in 50 m Rifle Prone event. In 50m .22 Prone Men event, three Army men, not only got first three positions, but also made the final round of eight shooters. The following were the shooters, A.P. Subhash 1, Sushil Ghale 2 and Dalip Sawant 3, all of Army, Deepal Kumar Dubey of Navy 4, Bishnu Nag of Navy 5, Krishan Singh of Army 6, M.T. Sutar of BSF 7, Satgur Das of Navy 8. The other results: Central Fire Pistol (ISSF) team championship: Army 1, BSF 2, Navy 3; Civilian team Championship: Delhi 1, Punjab 2, Chandigarh 3; Individual: Rajiv Sharma of Delhi 1, Abhishek Bishisht of BSF 2, Raunak A. Pandit of Maharashtra 3. 50 m Rifle Prone: Individual: Sudhir Kumar of Delhi 1, Arun Barshi of Railways 2, Vishwajit Shinde of Railways 3; Team championship: Army 1, Navy 2, BSF 3; Junior men: Sushil Ghale of Army 1, Sushil Kumar Singh of Delhi 2, V. Ravi Kumar of Navy 3; Civilians: Dipyaman Mukherjee of West Bengal 1, A.P. Abhishek of Tamil Nadu 2, Jaspreet Singh Dhaliwal of Punjab 3. |
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Pemba, Fariduddin shoot gold Ludhiana, Nov 21 — Pemba Tamang, Fariduddin, Sushil Ghale of Army stole the show on the second day of 44th National Shooting Championship at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, yesterday. Pemba Tamang bagged gold in standard pistol (junior men) by scoring 555 points while Fariduddin won gold in air rifle 10 m (men) by scoring 689 points. Sushil Ghale won a gold in air rifle 10m juniors by scoring 586 points. The Army men also proved their mettle in the team championship event. In standard pistol team championship, Mahaveer, Dhyan Singh, and Ved Prakash of Army scored 564, 555 and 556 points respectively and clinched gold. The results: |
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Andhra shuttlers
dominate CHANDIGARH, Nov 21— In a day of upsets, players fom Andhra Pradesh dominated the proceedings on the third day of the 25th Junior National Badminton Championships being played at the Sector 42 Indoor Hall here today. In girls’ quarter-final, top seed Trupti Murgunde of Air India was beaten in a three-game thrilling encounter by sixth seed Shruti Kurien of Andhra Pradesh, a trainee of chief national coach S.M. Arif. Among boys, 14th seed K. Srinivasan of AP created a flutter outplaying top seed Anoop Sridhar of Air India in pre-quarterfinals. Later, Srinivasan, a B.Com Ist year student, continued his winning spree in the afternoon when he downed 10th seed Akshay Thakkar of Maharashtra. Guttta Jwala, also of AP made the mincemeat of N. Fatima of Air India in straight games. All the above AP players have advanced into the semifinals. In other girls quarterfinal matches, fourth seed Pooja Patil of Karnataka had to fight tooth and nail beating Tanmoyee Nandi of Air India in three games. The boys quarterfinal matches saw young Nishad Dravid, ninth seed from Maharashtra, overcome Vinayak Putran also of Maharashtra in straight games. Also to make it to last from stage was A. Prithvi of Air India who beat Sandeep Luiz of Kerala in straight games, while SDS Krishna of Air India proved too good for Varun Khanwalkar of Maharashtra. Results
(QF)— Girls singles: Shruti Kurien (AP) b Trupti Murgunde (AI) 3-11,11-2,11-9; Pooja Patil (Ktk) b Tanmoyee Nandi (AI) 12-13, 11-5, 11-4; Gutta Jwala (AP) b N Fatima (AI) 11-6, 11-4; Parul Priyadarshini (AI) b Aditi Biswas (Ktk) 11-5, 11-5. Boys singles: A Prithvi ( AI) b Sandeep Luiz (Ker) 15-1, 15-11; K Srinivasan (AP) b Askhay Thakkar (Mah) 15-11,15-5; Nishad Dravid (Mah) b Vinayak Putran (Mah) 15-5, 15-6; SDS Krishna (AI) b Varun Khanwalkar (Mah) 17-16, 15-5. |
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2 Indian pairs in
quarterfinals MUMBAI, Nov 21 (PTI) — Two Indian Pairs — Rohan Bopanna and Vijay Kannan and Mustafa Ghouse and Vishal Uppal — entered the men’s doubles quarter-finals in contrasting styles on the second day of the $ 10,000 prize money ITF Futures Tennis Tournament here today. Results (men’s doubles) 1st round: Viktor Bruthans/ Branislav Sekac (Svk) b Leslie Demiliani (Fra)/Dario Pizzato (Ita) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, Rohan Bopanna/Vijay Kannan (Ind) b Maha Rishi Sridhar/Manoj Mahadevan (Ind) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, Tomas Janc/ Michal Mertinak (Svk) b Hans Peter Gaber (Aut)/Stephen Nugent (Irl) 6-0, 6-0, Anton Kokurin (Uzb)/Sergei Krotiouk (Rus) b Shivshankar Kanbargimath/Vinod Sridhar (Ind) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, b Gudzelak/Jonathan Marray (Gbr) b Kamala Kannan/Arun Prakash (Ind) 6-2, 6-3, Juraj Hasko (Svk)/Josef Nesticky (Cze) b Kamil Patel (Mri)/Efe Ustundag (Tur) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), Kedar Shah (Ind)/John Doran (Irl) b Nitin Kirtane/Saurav Panja (Ind) 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, Mustafa Ghouse/Vishal Uppal (Ind) b Lauri Kiiski/Tuomas Niskakangas (Fin) 6-1, 6-4. |
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Indian Oil beat
SRC NEW DELHI, Nov 21 — Indian Oil XI drubbed Sikh Regimental Centre 6-0 to enter the semi-final of the 37th Nehru-ONGC Hockey Tournament at the National Stadium here today. In a one-sided match, Indian Oil took a 3-0 lead at half time when Bikramjeet Singh converted two penalty corners, and Deepak Thakur struck a field goal. In the second half, Prabhjot Singh scored a brace while Inderjeet completed the tally. In another match, Army XI beat Indian Airlines 4-3 via tie-breaker after playing goalless in both full and extra time sessions. I Tirkey, Avtar Singh, Cypirin Aind and Poonacha K.K. were the marksmen for Army XI, while only Riaz Mohd, Len Aiyappa and Shakeel Ahmed could find the target for the losers. |
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Hockey title for Punjab Police HYDERABAD, Nov 21 (UNI) — In a one-sided final encounter, star-studded Punjab Police emerged champions defeating Central Reserve Police Force 4-2, regaining the 49th All-India Police Hockey Championship title today after a gap of one year. Packed with half-a-dozen internationals including Sydney Olympian Ramandeep Singh, the winners outplayed CRPF, who could resist the marauding Punjab forwards only during the first half. Punjab regained the glittering trophy after a lapse of one year after BSF emerged champions at Bangalore last year. For the champions, the Dhillon brothers — Daljit Singh (one), Baljit Singh (two) — accounted for three goals, while Sarabjit Singh scored the other. For CRPF, who shocked holders BSF in the semi-final yesterday, S.K. Vashist and Julin Topno shared the two goals. The winners led 3-1 at the breather. In the hardline cup, BSF beat J and K 3-0 to take the third place. |
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Skating trials PATIALA, Nov 21 — Trials to select the Indian roller skating hockey team will be held at the Rink Hall here from November 22 to 24, according to Mr T.B.S. Gill, senior vice president of the Punjab Roller Skating Association. The Indian roller skating team will take part in the World Roller Skating Hockey (group-B) Championships slated to be held at London in December this year. The selected skaters will be attending a week-long camp here scheduled just after the trials.
Inter-university boxing ROHTAK, Nov 21 — M.D. University, Rohtak will host All-India Inter-University Boxing Championship from December 26 to 30 at varsity sports complex. A spokesman of the M.D.U. sports department said that pugilists from 46 universities from all over the country will participate in this championship. Punjab U-19, U-22 probables CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The selection committee of Punjab Cricket Association which met yesterday finalised the porbables for Punjab U-19 and U-22 teams which will take part in the knock-out stage matches for Cooch Behar Trophy and inter-state matches. The probables should report at PCA Stadium, Mohali on November 21. Before participating in the tournaments the teams will play three two-day matches against each other. This was disclosed by Mr M.P. Pandove, Hony Secretary, PCA, here today. The probables: U-22:- Sanjay Mahajan, Munish Sharma, Harish Puri, Sachin, Vivek Mahajan, Amrinder Singh, Ankur Sodhi, Amit Behal, Vaneet Sharma, Amit Kakria, Bablu Kumar, Anup Kumar, Sanjay Dhull, Charanjeet Kumar, Harkrishan Kalli. Under-19: S.P. Singh, Baljit Singh, Chandan Madan, Sandeep Sanwal, Varun Mishra, Gaganinder Garry, Binwant Singh, Gautam Mandora, Ishan Malhotra, Jolly, Rajan Singh, Gagan Deep Singh, Vikram Jeet Sodhi, Amit Uniyal, Ranjeet Bhola. 3 acres allotted to HOA CHANDIGARH, Nov 21 — The Haryana Government has allotted three acres of land to Haryana Olympic Association in Sector-3, Panchkula, for setting up of Olympic Bhawan-cum-Sports Complex. Disclosing this here today, Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, president, Haryana Olympic Association, said that the Haryana Government had earlier allotted one acre land in Sector-3, Panchkula for Olympic Bhawan. He said that for providing allied sports facilities for sportspersons and sports features like swimming pool, fitness centre, R&D labs, hostel convention hall and many other ancillary requirements on the site of Olympic Bhawan-cum-sports complex at Panchkula, the HOA had made a request to HUDA for allotting a bigger chunk of land. Mr Chautala said that in order to have these facilities according to international standards, it was found essential to have at least three acres of land. The Olympic Bhawan-cum-sports complex and other infrastructural facilities would be a model for other state Olympic associations. Mr Chautala said that Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala had recently announced on the eve of opening ceremony of the XVIth Haryana State Sports Festival at Rohtak that Haryana Government would not lag behind in extending financial help to HOA for speedy development of sports in the state. A grant of Rs 11 lakh announced on this occasion had already been received by the
HOA. Praveen wins bronze at jr world boxing BHIWANI, Nov 21 — Rising boxer Praveen Kumar of Bhiwani won a bronze medal at the 11th Junior World Boxing Championship held from November 3 to 12 at Budapest, in Hungary. His instructor boxing coach at sports hostel Jagdish Singh said Praveen was the first ever boxer to win medal for the country in junior boxing championship. Praveen had represented India in seven international competitions and every time he had won a medal. The Industrial Security Force has offered him the post of assistant sub-inspector Vishnu Bhagwan, secretary, District Boxing Sangh and boxing coach at Bhim Stadium. Mr Attar Singh Kajal, president, Vijay Gothra senior vice-president of the sangh congratulated Praveen Kumar and assured him of every possible incentive to uplift his career. Punkaj, Naresh best athletes HAMIRPUR, Nov 21 — Punkaj Bhartiya and Naresh Chauhan were adjudged best athletes among boys while Lata Thakur was adjudged the best athlete among girls in the annual athletic meet of the local Netaji Subhash Chander Bose Memorial Post Graduate College here last evening. Punkaj Bhartiya won five gold medals in 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 4x100 metres and 4x400 metres races. Similarly, Naresh Chauhan won gold medals in hammer throw, discus throw and shot put. Lata Thakur won four gold medals in 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres and 800 metres races to grab the best athlete status among women athletes. Dr Narendra Awasthi, Principal of the college, was the chief guest on this occasion. He stressed the need for promotion of sports. |
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