 |
|
| Thursday, November 23, 2000, Chandigarh, India    |
Easy 7-wicket win for India
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Kaif replaces
Yuvraj for second Test NEW DELHI, Nov 22 — The national selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India today decided to drop Chandigarh based Yuvraj Singh from the Indian team for the second Test against the visiting Zimbabwe team, scheduled to be played at Nagpur from November 25.
Efforts on to revive tour Manchester United win; Galatasaray held CBI to question
DD officials, Dalmiya Olympic legend Zatopek dead Vijay leads Woods by 2 strokes Punjab kho-kho squads Manoj storms into quarters Anita, Sunil win PSB in semis
|
|
Easy 7-wicket win for India NEW DELHI, Nov 22 — Although it was Rahul Dravid who hit the winning shot as India raced away to a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe with 9.3 overs to spare at the Ferozeshah Kotla here this evening, the foundation of the home team’s victory chase was laid by none else than Sachin Tendulkar, who came in with the Indian scoreboard reading a miserable 15 for two, as he recorded a blitzekrieg 39 at a run-a-minute to lay the foundation for an Indian win which put the home team 1-0 up in the two Test series against the visitors. The last time the Indians had played here was in January last year when they outplayed arch-rivals Pakistan with Anil Kumble taking all 10 wickets in Pakistan’s second essay. How one missed the Karnataka spinner in this match, specially in Zimbabwe’s first innings when their tail wagged like never before. But a win without Kumble should give the home team bowlers that amount of additional confidence. Treating all the Zimbabwe bowlers with total contempt as he scored at will, Sachin helped India recover from two early shocks after losing the wickets of first Sadagopan Ramesh, out for zero caught by Paul Strang off Heath Streak, and then of Shiv Sunder Das who was unable to beat a direct throw to the wickets from Brian Murphy from the cover region as he backed up too much from the non-striker’s position. But just when it seemed that he would tear the Zimbabwe attack apart, he mishit a Paul Strang delivery to hole out to Brian Murphy but by then he had already laid the foundation of an Indian win, who had to score 190 runs in 47 overs for victory after they had packed up the visitors or 225 after 40 minutes of batting into the post-lunch session. Rahul Dravid, showing his usual doggedness and copybook style, remained unbeaten on 70 when the Indian victory was achieved while at the other hand, savouring every moment of the win, was skipper Saurav Ganguly with 65 runs against his name. Coming as it did after his record breaking double century in India’s first innings he was given a special award at the prize giving ceremony after the match. In fact, to be honest to all members of the Indian team, every members of the squad put in his weight and cricketing skills to full use as they notched up their win. Coming as it does after the nine-wicket win against Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu Stadium at Dhaka earlier this month, the victory must not only boost the confidence of skipper Saurav Ganguly, leading India in a Test series for the first time at home, but also of the other members of the squad, specially the youngsters. An Indian victory always look a distinct possibility when stumps were drawn after the fourth day’s
play last evening with Zimbabwe, 36 runs behind on first innings, tottering on 119 for five, just 83 runs ahead. The visitors obviously were looking towards the century maker of their first innings, Andy Flower, to take them out of the woods. But that was not be. It took some time for Javagal srinath, who was declared man of the match for his haul of nine wickets in two innings, and Ajit Agarkar but once the Indian bowlers had warmed up their was no stopping them. Srinath, giving no signs of the shoulder injury which has forced him to opt out of the one-day games in recent times, was given fairly long stints because skipper Ganguly knew that it was Srinath alone who could give the breakthrough which India needed if it had to force a win. And Srinath did not disappoint, He claimed two more wickets today to end the Zimbabwe second innings with a haul of five for 60 off 24.1 overs . Coming as it did after his effort of 81 for four in Zimbabwe’s first innings it was indeed a tremendous effort by the Karnataka bowler.One only hopes that India are able to spot a new ball bowler to share Srinath’s effort so that the 30 plus bowler does not burn out too fast and is able to serve the country for a longer period. Egged on a near-full house it was Srinath who gave India the first breakthrough when he had Brian Murphy caught behind by Dahiya after 30 minutes of play on the fifth day. This wicket fell with the Zimbabwe total reading 144. The visitors did try to fight on with grim determination but the home team bowlers, helped by the strip, wrapped up the innings without much of a fight from the Zimbabwe batsmen. The only
resistance came from Andy Flower, who batted for 72 minutes this morning to reach 70 (134 balls, 12 fours, one six) but once he was at 171 there was very little that the visitors could do. Besides Srinath’s haul of five wickets the other successful bolwers were Sunil Joshi, with two for 68, and Murali Karthik with two for 26. The remaining wicket was claimed by Ajit Agarkar whose one for 48 was rather expensive. Zimbabwe (1st innings): 422/9 decl. India (1st innings): 458/4 decl. Zimbabwe (2nd innings): G. 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 lbw b Agarkar 70 G. Whittall c Ramesh b Kartik 29 Murphy c Dahiya b Srinath 6 Streak lbw b Kartik 26 P. Strang not out 14 B. Strang c Tendulkar b Joshi 15 Olonga lbw b Srinath 10 Extras: (w-1, lb-9, b-4, nb-1) 15 Total: (all out in 80.1 overs) 225 Fall of wickets: 1/0, 2/15, 3/25, 4/47, 5/109, 6/144, 7/171, 8/181, 9-213. Bowling: Srinath 24.1-5-60-5, Agarkar 16-4-48-1, Joshi 25-7-68-2, Kartik 11-2-26-2, Tendulkar 4-1-10-0. India (2nd innings): Das run out 4 Ramesh c P. Strang b Streak 0 Dravid not out 70 Tendulkar c Murphy b P. Strang 39 Ganguly not out 65 Extras: (b-9, lb-1, w-1, nb-1) 12 Total: (for 3 wkts in 37.3 overs) 190 Fall of wickets: 1/3, 2/15, 3/80. Bowling: H. Streak 5-2-18-1, B. Strang 3-0-20-0, H. Olonga 6-0-26-0, B. Murphy 11-0-56-0, P. Strang 4.2-0-26-1, G. Flower 1.4-0-10-0, G. Rennie 3.3-0-19-0, A. Campbell 3-1-5-0. |
|
Ganguly had asked for a ‘turner’ NEW DELHI, Nov 22 — Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly achieved
success on a wicket he had not asked for. "I asked for a turning wicket, but I was given a flat track", revealed the Indian captain, after India’s crushing seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here today. Saurav said he had requested for a "turner" two days before the Test, but got a "flat" wicket, though he was happy that bowling spearhead Javagal Srinath came good on such a track, to play a vital role in India’s victory. He said the inclusion of six batsmen and four bowlers for the Test was a calculated move, and "we played according to our plan. That’s why I declared the innings (first) early, instead of playing for more runs". "But at one stage, we thought that we could have played with five bowlers", he added. "When you are playing with four bowlers, you have to put a surprise element into your game plan, and that’s what we did, when we decided to declare the innings after Dravid completed his double century", an elated Saurav elaborated, after leading India to their second successive Test victory, within the span of a month. India had beaten Bangladesh in the latter’s debut Test a few weeks ago. Srinath’s brilliant nine-wicket haul, his best against Zimbabwe, after a lean patch at Dhaka, came in for fulsome praise from the skipper. Srinath had a 35-9-81-4 spell in the first innings and 24.1-5-60-5 in the second on the flat track, which was an extraordinary feat by any yardstick. "Srinath is a top class player who’s always bowled well for India", observed Saurav, though the skipper was not very happy with the bowling of left-arm spinners Sunil Joshi and Murali Karthik. "The spinners were OK. They could have done better", Saurav noted. The captain said he often talked to Murali Karthik about his bowling, and did not think that Murali was underbowled. Defending his decision to persist with medium-pacer Ajit Agarkar, and keeping out the young Zaheer Khan from the playing eleven, Saurav said "Ajit played the reverse swing better than Zaheer, and Murali got the nod because we felt that he deserved another chance". Saurav said another reason for going into the Test with four bowlers was that Sachin had been bowling well and he himself was there to do the job when the situation demanded. But in the end, he agreed that it was Srinath’s bowling, that did the trick. "Srinath did a very good job for us," Saurav opined. Saurav said though Ajit Agarkar bowled very well, "he was unlucky not to get wickets". India’s foreign coach, John Wright of New Zealand, was pleased with the "very good" performance of the top order batsmen, and Javagal Srinath, but felt that the fielding needed to be improved and the bowling required a lot more discipline. Wright said players like Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, who are outstanding batsmen otherwise, should also develop another skill inherent in them, like bowling. For Javagal Srinath, it was indeed a day to remember after his "rusty"
performance at Dhaka, after a long layoff. "It feels good to be among the wickets", said the unassuming bowler, with a tremendous appetite for batsmen’s scalps. Saurav said the playing eleven for the second Test, starting at Nagpur on Saturday, would be decided only after taking a good look at the wicket. |
|
Kaif replaces
Yuvraj for second Test NEW DELHI, Nov 22 — The national selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today decided to drop Chandigarh based Yuvraj Singh from the Indian team for the second Test against the visiting Zimbabwe team, scheduled to be played at Nagpur from November 25. Uttar Pradesh middle-order batsman Mohammad Kaif has been included in the national squad in place of Yuvraj. Kaif is also a very useful off-spinner, a department in which the Indian team is definitely weak. Explaining the exclusion of Yuvraj from the squad, the chairman of the national selection
committee, Chandu Borde, said that the selectors would like Yuvraj to play in the Ranji Trophy for Punjab instead of carrying drinks into the field. “We are not dropping Yuvraj. We just want him to play in the Ranji Trophy matches for Punjab as he will be definitely selected for the one-dayers after the Test series,” Borde said. The national selectors were scheduled to meet yesterday but deferred the meeting to today as the first Test between India and
Zimbabwe at the Ferozeshah Kotla was delicately poised. Punjab are scheduled to play Delhi in the North Zone Ranji Trophy match from tomorrow at Delhi. Yuvraj should definitely add to the strength to the Punjab squad. Chandu Borde said all aspects were
discussed and options were discussed before the squad was finalised. However, Chandu Borde seemed to be in a terrible hurry and refused to answer questions of mediapersons. In fact, the timing of Borde’s
announcement was not appropriate as all persons in the press box were keenly following India’s progress in the test match. The following is the team: Sourav Ganguly (Captain), Shiv Sundar Das, Sadagopan Ramesh, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vijay Dahiya (wicket-keeper), Sunil Joshi, Javagal Srinath, Murali Karthik, Ajit Agarkar and V.V.S. Laxman. 12th man Mohammad Kaif. |
|
We’ve come prepared: Adams BRISBANE, Nov 22 (AFP) — The pilloried West Indian tourists are looking to gifted batsman Brian Lara to stamp his class and rescue them from a looming disastrous Test series against Australia. The opening match in the five-Test series gets underway at the Gabba here tomorrow and captain Jimmy Adams, overseeing a West Indian team in decline, is looking to Lara to take an inspirational lead. The stocks of the once former Caribbean giants have fallen dramatically coming on the back of a humiliating 3-1 series loss to England last September - their first series defeat to England since 1969, when Lara was born. Australia are also attempting to equal the world record of 11 successive Test match wins set by Clive Lloyd’s West Indians between 1983 and 1985. But Adams, who replaced Brian Lara as West Indies captain nine months ago, believes his young team can spring an upset. "Playing Australia in Australia is the toughest challenge in world cricket but we’ve come here prepared to win,’’ Adams said. "We’re pretty confident, this is Test cricket and this is what it’s all about,’’ he told reporters on Wednesday. West Indies are in terrible form going into the series. They were beaten 3-1 by England this year and lost their two first-class matches since arriving in Australia. They have been bowled out for less than 200 in three of their four first-class innings on tour and their bowlers, with the exception of Courtney Walsh, have failed to threaten. But Adams is hoping a chance meeting with some of West Indies greatest names could be the catalyst for changing his team’s fortunes. This week’s first Test coincides with the 40th anniversary of the famous tied Test, played between Australia and West Indies at the Gabba, and the surviving members of both those teams have been invited back to commemorate that game. Like the current team, the West Indies team of 1960-61 were given no chance of challenging Australia but ended up contesting one of the most exciting series of all time, before losing 2-1. Adams has urged his players to seek out their heroes in the hope it may help inspire them when they get their turn against the Australians. |
|
Players warn of legal minefield if Waugh punished BRISBANE, Nov 22 (AFP) — Any attempt to punish Mark Waugh for alleged corruption could become a legal minefield, the Australian Cricketers’ Association warned today. While Waugh protests his innocence on the renewed claim he was involved with an Indian bookmaker, ACA said problems could confront the Australian Cricket Board (ACB). Waugh’s reputation has been sullied since an Indian bookmaker claimed three weeks ago that he gave the Australian batsman $20,000 (US) for information on match, pitch and weather conditions. Waugh denied he received that amount, insisting he took $4,000 (US) for a deal in 1994, which was exposed two years ago. The International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit is investigating the claims to decide whether the allegation refers to the exposed deal or a separate matter. But if evidence contradicts Waugh’s denials, the ACB could face problems punishing its player. |
|
Efforts on to revive tour SHARJAH, Nov 22 (UNI) — Efforts are on to revive the Indian cricket team’s tour of Pakistan in December to play three Tests and five-day internationals. This was confirmed here today by BCCI president A.C. Muthiah, who is here to attend a meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). Mr Muthiah said senior BCCI member Raj Singh Dungarpur had yesterday met External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh in New Delhi in connection with the tour. Mr Dungarpur had gone to Lahore to attend the International Cricket Council (ICC) financial committee meeting where he found that the Pakistanis were ‘‘really aggrieved’’ because of the Indian Government’s refusal to allow the team to visit Pakistan, he added. Mr Muthiah said Mr Dungarpur asked him if he could make efforts for reviving the tour by meeting the External Affairs Minister. ‘‘I told him to go ahead and he met Mr Jaswant Singh yesterday... I have not heard from him after that.’’ Mr Muthiah, however, clarified that the board would abide by the
government’s decision. ‘‘We have to respect the view of the government in national interest,’’ he added. |
|
|
Manchester United win; Galatasaray held HAMBURG, Nov 22 (DPA) — Paul Scholes’ late double lifted the 1999 winners Manchester United 3-1 over brave Panatinaikos while five-times champs ac Milan were held 2-2 by Galatasaray as the European Champions League kicked of its second stage. The other two games yesterday saw Spanish delight with domestic champions Deportivo La Coruna winning 3-1 at Paris St Germain and the 1999 Champions League runners-up Valencia easily defeating Sturm Graz 2-0. At Old Trafford, Scholes’ late strikes spared Manchester United from a 1-1 draw with the Greeks of Panatinaikos and in fact lifted them to the top of group A. Scholes tapped home the 2-1 lead in the 81st after Silvinho’s solo run. The England midfielder then wrapped up matters with a 90th minute chip off Teddy Sheringham’s back-heeler. Earlier, Sheringham had calmed Manchester United nerves after a nervy first half when he scored in the 48th after racing on to a Dwight Yorke flick and firing into the net. But the Greeks were back on terms just after the hour when Manchester United conceded a free-kick 25m out and Georgios Karagounis did the rest by beating Barthez in the far corner. Valencia had an easier task winning their game against a dull Graz team. The Spaniards have not lost at home in Europe since 1993, and Mestalla — though only just over half full — once again intimidated the visitors. Seconds before halftime, the imposing John Carew got up well to a corner from Gaizka Mendieta, and goalkeeper Kazimierz Sidorczuk fumbled the ball into his own net. Little Juan Sanchez made it 2-0 just two minutes after the break, with an almost identical goal, heading in another clever Mendieta corner. With the visitors tiring, Valencia laid siege to the Sturm Graz Goal and should have put away more goals. Kily Gonzalez went close three times from the left, Carew astonishingly missed from just 4m, and veteran Sidorczuk pulled off several fine saves. In group B, mighty Milan found themselves 0-2 down against the
UEFA Cup champions Galatasaray, who had already knocked them out of the Champions League last season. The game was balanced for most of the first half, but in two minutes the guests brought Milan to their knees with two goals that caught the hosts’ defence completely off guard. In the 38th, Brazilian striker Mario Jardel volleyed in from inside the area, a feed of Ergun. Two minutes, Romanian veteran Gheorghe Hagi sent a long free kick into the area and striker Hasan Sas connected with a lobbing header against a frozen Milan defence. Stunned by the double blow, Milan started the second half on the attack and scored with Spanish forward Romero Jose Mari, precisely fed by Brazilian Roque Junior in the 47th. The Milanese kept up their pressure and, after several good chances, levelled in the 71st when Ukrainian scorer Andrei Shevchenko fired in a penalty kick after Inceefe Vedat had handled the ball. In the other game of the arguably toughest group,
PSG seemed on course to victory over Deportivo when captain Jimmy Algerino’s put the hosts 1-0 with a long-range effort in the 37th which Jose Molina let slip under his body. But Deportivo improved vastly after the break and soon reversed matters. Moroccan national team captain Noureddine Naybet volleyed the equaliser in the 63rd and Turu Flores made it 2-1 seven minutes later at the Parc des Princes off a floating right-wing cross. Substitute Roy Makaay wrapped up matters in injury time. |
|
CBI to question
DD officials, Dalmiya NEW DELHI, Nov 22 — The CBI will soon question the former ICC chief Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya, former and serving Doordarshan officials, Stracon India chief Siddharth Ray, WorldTel India head Mark Mascarenhas and the United Television officials in connection with the alleged bungling of crores of rupees in allotment of television rights of sports events between 1996 and 1999, agency sources said today. The CBI had carried out countrywide raids on November 13 on the offices and premises of these officials and had seized incriminating documents. The date and time of questioning of these persons is yet to be finalised, the agency sources said, adding that they would be questioned in the Capital and not in different parts of the country. The sources said the tournaments under scrutiny were the cricket World Cup of 1996, French Open of 1997 and the ICC Knockout tournament at Dhaka in 1998. The raids were the result of the FIR registered by the anti-corruption unit of the CBI after being satisfied that there was a case for investigation into the bungling, running into crores of rupees. The case was registered last week, the sources said. The unit has gathered evidence to substantiate its case and it earlier said some documents were being examined and preliminary enquiry or a regular case (FIR) would be registered very soon to probe the allegations. The sources said that national network allegedly sold the TV rights to private firms despite having all facilities to do the work itself. They said several files of DD pertaining to the telecast rights of 1996 and 1999 World Cup had been scrutinised by the agency and the anti-corruption unit decided that a case be registered and a formal inquiry initiated. The agency will also probe the role of the BCCI into these allotments. Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Personnel, Ms Vasundhra Raje, informed the Lok Sabha that the CBI arrested 379 public servants on charges of corruption during the past four years, but the trial in the cases were taking a long time due to various reasons. |
|
Olympic legend Zatopek dead PRAGUE, Nov 22 (Reuters) — Olympic legend Emil Zatopek, whose ungainly style and relentless running earned him the nickname “The Czech Locomotive’’, was the only long-distance athlete to win three gold medals at a single Games. Zatopek, widely considered to be one of the 20th century’s greatest Olympians, died today aged 78 after being hospitalised last month following a stroke. At the Helsinki Games in 1952 Zatopek swept to victory in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, and the marathon within the space of eight days, each in Olympic record time. It was the first time he had run the 26-mile marathon. Four years earlier, he had won a 10,000 metres gold medal and a silver in the 5,000 metres at the London Olympics. The quiet and unassuming Zatopek’s domination of his sport was total — he won 38 consecutive 10,000 metres races between 1948 and 1954. After winning the 10,000 metres for the second time in 1952, the Czech decided to run the 5,000 metres because “the marathon won’t be for a long time yet, so I simply must do something until then’’. After retiring in 1958 to resume an army career, Zatopek was embroiled a decade later in the traumatic events which overtook his country when the Soviet Union crushed the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring in 1968 with a troop invasion. Zatopek had supported the reforms of the then Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek and denounced the invasion. But he chose not to flee his native land and as a result, he was dismissed from the army in 1970, expelled from the Communist Party and stripped of his title of Meritorious Master of Sports. In July 1971, to the dismay of many of his followers, some of whom claimed he was under duress, Zatopek publicly recanted and said he was sorry he had been ‘’one of the wild ones’’ who had supported the Dubcek reforms. After some years working outside Prague as a labourer, he was ‘’fully rehabilitated’’ in 1976 and took up work as an archivist in the State Sports Centre in Prague. Afterwards, he would not speak of the events of 1968. Emil Zatopek was born on September 19, 1922, in the small town of Koprivnice, in northern Moravia. In his teens he went to work as an apprentice for a shoe firm in nearby Zlin, and it was there he began his running career at 19, finishing second in a street race. By the time he retired, the slim, balding runner held five world records — he had set 18 in all. He was noted for an ungainly running style which made it seem he was always on the point of collapse. Zatopek would jerk his arms up and down across his body like flailing pistons, his face contorted in an agonised expression. His success owed much to his incredible stamina, which he built up through a gruelling self-imposed training programme. One of the many anecdotes about Zatopek concerns the Helsinki marathon. Zatopek came abreast of one of the favourites, and asked: “Do you think the pace is fast enough?’’ “Well, if you think you can go any faster, you try,’’ his rival gasped. Zatopek did, and won the race. |
|
Vijay leads Woods by 2 strokes KAUAI (Hawaii), Nov 22 (AFP) — Masters champion Vijay Singh of Fiji fired a three-under-par 69 to grab a two-stroke lead over a jet-lagged Tiger Woods after the first round of the Grand Slam of Golf. Singh captured the Masters to qualify for the 36-hole, $ 1 million event, a four-man showdown of the year’s major golf champions that until this year had been a match-play affair. Since Woods won the US and British Opens and PGA Championship as part of his amazing 10-triumph season, Tom Lehman and Paul Azinger were chosen to fill the field. Lehman’s 73 was one behind Woods and one atop Azinger on a windy day. “We’re just going to shoot the best we can and deal with the wind the best we can and shoot it out,” said Singh. “It really will be a shootout.” Two-time defending champion Woods made his fourth consecutive start in the event, having qualified by winning the 1997 Masters, as an alternate in 1998 and by taking last year’s PGA title. Woods, who beat Singh in a prior match-play format for the 1998 crown and downed Davis Love 3 and 2 last year, won his 10th title of 2000 on Sunday in Thailand but struggled with time changes after flying here on Monday. “I went for a run this morning to try to clear the cobwebs as much as I possibly could,” Woods said. “But when your body hits the ball — I mean, we teed off at 2 in the morning our time.” Woods, who broke his own US PGA Tour money record with $ 9,188,321, had two birdies and three bogeys on the front side and three birdies opposite one bogey on the back. Singh birdied the first and third holes and led the rest of the way at the par-72 Poipu Bay Resort. He went out in one-under 35 with a bogey at the ninth and came in in two-under 34 with birdies at 13 and 18. “It was one of the most tough-scoring rounds of golf I’ve played,” he said. “I didn’t hit the ball good at all off the tee, but I managed to make both six and eight-footers that counted.” The winner will take $ 400,000 with $ 250,000 for the runner-up, $ 200,000 for third and $ 150,000 for last. Lehman, ranked 11th in the world, won his only prior Grand Slam appearance in 1996, when he won the British Open and PGA Tour Player of the Year honours. Azinger, the 1993 PGA Championship winner who battled cancer in the 1990s, is 16th on the PGA career money list with $ 9,835,521 having won 12 events, including the Hawaiian Open in January. Ernie Els of South Africa, a distant second to Woods in the world rankings and finished runner-up in three majors, elected not to play in the event. |
|
Punjab kho-kho squads SANGRUR, Nov 22 — Stage is set for the smooth conduct of the 23rd Junior National Kho-Kho Championships starting at the War Hero’s stadium here tomorrow. Chairman of the organising committee, Anirudh Tewari said that 25 states are participating in the championships. About 800 players and officials are likely to come for the championships. According to Mr Raj Singh Sidhu, president of the Punjab Kho-Kho Association, the championships will be inaugurated by Nusrat Ali Khan, Sports Minister, Punjab. Meanwhile, Punjab teams for participation in this championships have been selected. They are: Girls: Palwinder Kaur, Harbans Kaur, Virpal, Talwinder, Manjinder, Parminder, Seema Rani, Jasveer, Sarabjit, Kamlesh, Rano. Boys: Shingara Singh, Sohan Singh, Sandeep Singh, Sukhminder Singh, Amar Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Yousaf Khan, Gurbinder, Harpal. |
|
Manoj storms into quarters MUMBAI, Nov 22 (PTI) — Manoj Mahadevan of India caused the biggest upset on the way to the men’s singles quarter-finals when he ousted third seed Michael Mertinak of Slovakia 6-4 2-6 6-4 in two hours in the $ 10,000 prize money ITF Futures Tennis Tournament here today. However, rest of the Indian challenge in singles as well as doubles fizzled out at pre-quarter-final and quarter-final stages respectively. Mahadevan will now play qualifier John Doran of Ireland for a place in semi-finals tomorrow. The other Indians who figured in pre-quarters — Rohan Bopanna, Maha Rishi Sridhar and wild card Kedar Tembe — all went down fighting. Bopanna made second seed Viktor Bruthans sweat for victory. Bopanna took first set 6-3 but lost the second 1-6. In the decider he fought tooth and nail before losing 5-7 in one hour 50 minutes. Sridhar too played well against seventh seed Kamil Patel of Mauritius before losing in three tough sets. Sridhar lost
the first set 3-6 but came back strongly to win the next at 6-4. Though he played brilliant tennis in the decider, he could not stop Patel winning the crucial set at 6-4. The match lasted one hour 46 minutes. Kedar Tembe lost in straight sets to unseeded Tomas Janci of Slovakia 5-7 2-6 in 70 minutes while top seed Juraj Hasko of Slovakia pipped Anton Kokurin of Uzbekistan 6-3 3-6 6-3 in two hours five minutes to move into the last eight stage. Fourth seed Miloslav Grolmus of Slovakia and his fifth seeded compatriot Branislav Sekac and quarlifier John Doran of Ireland, who sidelined another qualifier Baptiste Dupuy of France with two tie-break sets 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (7-0) in two hours 15 minutes are the others in the last eight stage. Results (all Indian unless specified): Singles (pre-quarter-finals): Jurai Hasko (Svk) b Anton Kokurin (Uzb) 6-3 3-6 6-3, Tomas Janci (Svk) b Kedar Tembe 7-5 6-2, Miliolav Grolmus (Svk) b Ondues Chvapil (Cze) 6-4 2-1 (conceeded), Manoj Mahadevan b Michal Mertinak (Svk) 6-4 2-6 6-4, Kamil Patel (Mri) b Maha Rishi Sridhar 6-3 4-6 6-4, Viktor Bruthans (Svk) b Rohan Bopanna 3-6 6-1 7-5. Doubles (quarter-finals): V Bruthans/B Sekac (Svk) b Bopanna/V Kannan 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 7-5, T Janci/M Mertinak (Svk) b A Kokurin (Uzb)/Sergi Krotiouk (Rus) 6-3 6-4, Ben Gudzelak/Jonathan Marray (GBR) b J Hasko (Svk)/Josaf Nesticky (Cze) 6-4 6-3. |
|
|
Anita, Sunil win HAMIRPUR, Nov 22 — The day-long Himachal Pradesh long and middle distance races for the rural youth concluded here yesterday. The Department of Youth Welfare and sports organised the competition in which 111 athletes from all the 12 districts participated. Mrs Anuradha Thakur, Deputy Commissioner, Hamirpur, was the chief guest on this occasion. The results : |
|
PSB in semis NEW DELHI, Nov 22 — Punjab and Sind Bank sailed into the semifinals beating Corps of Signals 3-0 in the last quarterfinal of the 37th Nehru-ONGC Hockey Tournament at the National Stadium here today. PSB opened their account through Sandeep Singh in the third minute while Sandeep Singh (Jr.) consolidated the lead five minutes before half time. Tejbir Singh completed the tally a few minutes before half time. Bharat Petroleum beat Air India, Mumbai 5-3, after leading by 4-1 at half time, in the second match. Gagan Ajit Singh scored all the goals for Bharat Petroleum while Roshan Tete, Edward Aranha and Kishore Kumar were the goalgetters for Air India. |
 |
| Punjab | Haryana | Jammu & Kashmir | Himachal Pradesh | Regional Briefs | Nation | Editorial | | Business | Sport | World | Mailbag | In Spotlight | Chandigarh Tribune | Ludhiana Tribune 50 years of Independence | Tercentenary Celebrations | | 120 Years of Trust | Calendar | Weather | Archive | Subscribe | Suggestion | E-mail | |
