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Das scores maiden Test ton Opening batsman Shiv Sunder Das, playing in the third Test of his career, acknowledges the applause from the crowd on reaching his maiden century in the second Test between India and Zimbabwe in Nagpur on Saturday. Madhavan submits report |
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All eyes on Anand in FIDE meet McGrath leads Aussies to record
win Harbhajan bowls Punjab to win Services recover against Haryana Dasmunshi has little
choice Punjab in knock-out
of National Kho Kho Davenport, Seles put
USA in command Irina retains title Mamlesh wins three gold, Baljeet
two Sonia, Alok shoot new
national marks
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Das scores maiden Test ton NAGPUR, Nov 25 (PTI, UNI) — Buoyed by an emphatic victory in the first Test, India took full advantage of an insipid bowling attack on a perfect batting track to amass 306 for two against Zimbabwe on the opening day of the second Test here today with young opener Shiv Sunder Das completing his maiden Test century. Das struck a fine 110 runs to lead the Indian batting
onslaught which saw handsome contributions from all the batsmen after captain Saurav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat. Rahul Dravid, who is in crackling form, was unbeaten on 93 while Sachin Tendulkar was batting on 49 when play ended after opener Sadgopan Ramesh had scored a brilliant 48 runs in the morning. Zimbabwe bowlers had nothing to show for their efforts on a dead wicket as they were thrashed all around the ground. Brian Murphy was the only successful bowler for the visitors claiming the prized wicket of Das when he had the batsman caught by Alistair Campbell. The Indian captain won the toss in the morning and decided to bat, a decision which proved to be a right one. The flat wicket had nothing to offer the bowlers and hence it was a field day for the batsmen who swung their bats in all directions. It was S. Ramesh who took the lead to hit the ball which was aptly picked up by Das and the duo put in 71 runs for the first wicket before Ramesh was run out at 48. The highlight of the Indian innings was the 155-run second wicket partnership between Das and Dravid which came at more than a run a minute. Das, who happily played a second fiddle to Ramesh in the morning, took charge after lunch, hitting Viljoen for two fours in one over. He soon brought up his 50 with a superb square drive off Olonga. Dravid at the other end picked up from where he had left in the Delhi Test, cutting and driving the ball with aplomb. He was specially severe on Nkala, hitting him for two consecutive boundaries, a straight drive right past the bowler and a ferocious square cut to the point
boundary. The two brought up their 100-run partnership in just 105 minutes and 27.2 overs. SCOREBOARD India (1st innings): Das c Campbell b Murphy 110 Ramesh run out 48 Dravid batting 93 Tendulkar batting 49 Extras: (lb-2, w-2, nb-2) 6 Total: (for 2 wkts in 90 overs) 306 Fall of wickets: 1-72, 2-227. Bowling:
Streak 18-4-55-0, Olonga 14-2-44-0, Nkala 14-1-58-0, B. Murphy 22-2-83-1, Viljoen 12-2-36-1, G. Flower 10-0-28-0. |
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Madhavan submits report CHENNAI, Nov 25 (PTI) — The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s anti-corruption commissioner, Mr K. Madhavan, today submitted his report on the betting and match-fixing scandal to the BCCI President, Mr A.C. Muthiah, who said the five players named in the CBI report were being asked to appear before the board’s disciplinary committee in Calcutta on November 28. Shortly after receiving the 340-page report, Mr Muthiah told reporters that if any of the cricketers — Mohammed Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Manoj Prabhakar and Nayan Mongia —failed to appear before the disciplinary committee it would recommend ex-parte action on merits of the case. Mr Muthiah said the board’s stand on severe action including life ban on players found guilty remained and Mr Madhavan’s report would be discussed at the disciplinary committee meeting on November 28 in Calcutta. This committee’s deliberations would be placed before the special general body meeting the following day for final action. He said the special general body’s decisions would be implemented forthwith. “We do not want to delay these as the morale of the players is already low”. He declared that Mr Madhavan’s report and the BCCI’s observations on the CBI’s charges on the board’s working would be made public. Mr Madhavan parried a number of questions saying his job was complete after submitting the report. “Whatever the manner you put the questions, my job has been over with handing over the report to Mr Muthiah.” Mr Muthiah said the report had been given to him only then and he had yet to study it. “I cannot prejudge anything,” he said. Asked to clarify how the BCCI, whose functioning had been questioned by the CBI, could punish players and whether the players so punished could seek legal remedy, Mr Madhavan said “ the BCCI is an autonomous body and officials of the board have not been involved in match-fixing or betting as per the CBI report. “It (CBI report) had made certain remarks on the BCCI’s working. They are all supervisory in nature. The BCCI is the body for the game in India and they can only take action on erring players,” he said. Mr Muthiah said the board’s decision on these would be based on Mr Madhavan’s findings and the quantum of punishment would be as per the decision of the general body. Mr Muthiah clarified that the BCCI, as per its constitution, could take disciplinary action on players. Asked to spell out in detail the corrective methods the BCCI was taking to tone up its working, he quipped “what is wrong with its working. The selectors are appointed as per the BCCI constitution and they pick players for various matches”. Elaborating, Mr Muthiah said “the disciplinary committee is empowered to deal with such matters. But I thought it demanded a general body to decide on the matter.” Stating that he was satisfied on completing his job, Mr Madhavan said: “the CBI report is reasonably a good one. They have given a lot of information, facts and interpretations. “Evidences differ from person to person. The CBI could say that something I have mentioned in my report is wrong.” About the CBI’s remarks on the alleged connections of players with the underworld, Mr Madhavan said: “I cannot comment on this as the CBI is going to probe into it.” He also said he had not thought it necessary to conduct an inquiry into those players who had been absolved of match-fixing charges by the CBI. |
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All eyes on Anand in FIDE meet NEW DELHI, Nov 25 (UNI) — All eyes will be on top seed and favourite, Viswanathan Anand, as he arrives tonight to take part in the third FIDE World Chess Championships here. Anand was expected to arrive here yesterday but got delayed from Madrid, where he spends most of his time these days. Anand, who has twice faltered at the world title stage will be hoping for a third time lucky situation when the event begins on Sunday. Anand last played a major event in Delhi in 1990 in the Triveni Grandmaster tournament, where he shared the title with American Gata Kamsky. Four years later in 1994, he played his last major event in India, when he was engaged in a World Championships quarter-final. That was also the event when he first took on Elizbar Ubilava as his trainer and the two have stayed together since. Ubilava, as always, will be part of the entourage, which also includes his wife, Aruna Anand, who interestingly studied here. Anand will start his campaign with a second round match against the winner of Ukraine’s Alexander Onischuk and Swedish player, Evegeniy Agrest. But six other Indians, three each in the men’s and women’s section will begin their campaign in the first round. There are three other Indian men in the fray. The prodigiously talented Krishnan Sasikiran (rated 2573 ) is up against Zambian Amon Simutowe (rated 2322) while Abhijit Kunte (rated 2556) is pitted against Brazilian Gilberto Milos (rated 2633) and Dibyendu Barua (rated 2502) plays Kazhak Evgeny Vladimirov (rated 2586). While Sasi, seen as a successor to Anand in the long run in Indian chess, has a fairly easy first round match against Zambian Simutowe, the other two Indians have tough opening clashes. Barua, who once before played in a World Championship and lost in the first round, meets Vladimirov, who has an advantage of more than 80 elo points over him. Kunte also has a tough encounter against Milos, who is also rated 77 ELO points over the Indian. In the women’s section, India’s top player Vijayalakshmi (rated 2378)has the easiest first round clash, having been drawn against Finland’s Niina Koskela (rated 2191). But Bhagyashree Thipsay (rated 2237) has a tough match against the Chinese-born Dutch player, Peng Zhaoqin (rated 2403) and Viji’s sister, S. Meenakshi (rated 2226), is up against a strong Russian Elena Zayac (rated 2378). Anand has twice before made a bid for the world title. In 1995, he reached the final of the Professional Association Championships but then lost out to Garry Kasparov in one of the most publicised matches. The match was held at the famous World Trade Centre in New York and Anand held his own for the first nine games and in fact, it was the Indian who took the lead first. But Kasparov hit back strongly and then won comfortably. In the first FIDE World Championships in 1997 Anand emerged winner in the first stage at groningen, but with strange and highly controversial rules having been adopted by the FIDE, Anand was required to play the seeded Anatoly Karpov for the title. Karpov was fully rested, while Anand had an incredibly tough one month of competition. Anand lost that title match in Lausanne, but many considered the system absolutely unfair and felt Anand ought to be recognised as the real champion. In 1999 when the second FIDE World Championships came around Anand skipped the event, as there was a possibility of him playing Kasparov again for a big purse match. But that match did not materialise. Instead negotiations broke down and later Kasparov was pitted against Vladimir
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McGrath leads Aussies to record win BRISBANE, Nov 25 (Reuters) — Glenn McGrath finished with amazing match figures of 10-27 as Australia beat the West Indies by an innings and 126 runs today to win the first cricket Test and equal the world record of 11 consecutive Test victories. Australia sealed their win 47 minutes before tea on the third day when they dismissed the hapless tourists for 124 in their second innings to complete their biggest winning margin over West Indies in 70 years. McGrath was named ‘man of the match’ after taking 4-10 in the second innings to add to his first innings haul of 6-17. Australia’s comprehensive triumph saw them match the West Indies’ 1984 world record streak of 11 straight wins and presented them with the chance to set a new mark when the second Test commences in Perth on Friday. But for all Australia’s achievements, the match was still a major disappointment, not the least because it was watched by the surviving members of the Australian and West Indian teams that contested the famous 1960-61 tied test. They were invited back to the Gabba to commemorate the 40th anniversary of a match that is credited with reviving the game at a time when cricket was being dragged down by slow over rates and dull tactics. With cricket currently engulfed in match-fixing and betting scandals there was a hope that this summer’s series could again help save the game’s battered image but the one-sided nature of the first Test suggests that is now unlikely. West Indies started the third day at 25-2 in their second innings, needing another 225 to make Australia bat again, but never threatened to stage any sort of a comeback. Opener Daren Ganga threw his wicket away in the fifth over of the day and the rest just followed at regular intervals over the next three hours. The only West Indian to show any resistance was Shivnarine Chanderpaul who batted almost four hours to finish 62 not out. Only two others made it to double figures while four players made ducks, one less than in the first innings total of 82. After losing Sherwin Campbell and Brian Lara to McGrath the previous night, the West Indies were hoping for a good start to the third day but immediately found themselves in deeper trouble when Ganga departed without adding to his overnight score of eight. The 21-year-old had batted almost an hour yesterday and a further 15 minutes without scoring when play resumed today when he inexplicably charged down the pitch to Australian leg spinner Stuart MacGill and was stumped by wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, who finished with eight dismissals for the match. Jimmy Adams and Ramnaresh Sarwan both fell to Brett Lee, who top scored with 62 not out in Australia’s 332, in the same over before Andrew Bichel got Ridley Jacobs in the last over before lunch to send the tourists to the break at 81-6. Chanderpaul brought up his 21st Test 50 after the re-start but eventually ran out of partners. McGrath returned to the attack to dismiss Mervyn Dillon and Marlon Black then took a high catch off Courtney Walsh to clinch the victory. SCOREBOARD West Indies (first innings) 82 (G.Mc Grath 6-17) Australia (first innings) 322 (Brett Lee 62 not out) West Indies (second innings) overnight 25-2 S. Campbell c Gilchrist 0 b McGrath D. Ganga st Gilchrist b MacGill 8 B. Lara c Gilchrist b McGrath 4 S. Chanderpaul not out 62 J. Adams c Gilchrist b Lee 16 R. Sarwan b Lee 0 R. Jacobs c M.Waugh b Bichel 4 N. Mclean lbw b Lee 13 M. Dillon b McGrath 0 M. Black c Gilchrist b McGrath 2 C. Walsh c McGrath b MacGill 0 Extras: (b-8 lb-3 nb-4) 15 Total: (58 overs) 124 Fall of wickets: 1-1 2-10 3-29 4-62 5-66 6-81 7-98 8-117 9-119 10-124 Bowling: McGrath 13-9-10-4, Lee 18-9-40-3 (nb-1), MacGill 16-5-42-2 (nb-3), Bichel 11-4-21-1 |
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Harbhajan bowls Punjab to win NEW DELHI, Nov 25 (UNI) — Seamer Gagandeep Singh and spinner Harbhajan Singh spelt doom for Delhi as Punjab registered their fifth straight victory humiliating the hosts by 199 runs, with more than day to spare in the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match here today. Punjab thus finished the league assignment with maximum possible 40 points while Delhi ended with 32 points from five matches. The visitors had made 187 in the first innings and in reply Delhi scored 104 conceding a lead of 83 runs. Resuming at their overnight score of 74 for three, Punjab were restricted 196 all out, thanks to some superb bowling by test discard Ashish Nehra who captured six wickets conceding 59 runs. Nehra had taken four wickets in the first innings. For Punjab Pankaj Dharmani, 31 (2x4) and Dinesh Mongia 34 (5x4) were involved in a 67-run stand for the fourth wicket. India star Yuvraj Singh scored 20 with three boundaries and later Harbhajan Singh showed some resistance with 37, which included seven hits to the fence. But there was no big partnership as wickets fell at regular interval and the innings ended at 196. Apart from Nehra’s six wickets, the other successful bowler was Robin Singh (jr) who took three for 20. Delhi, needing 280 runs for an outright victory, were never in the race as they lost first two wickets with just five runs on board within 3.1 overs. The hosts never recovered from the early shocks. Gagandeep and Harbhajan Singh ran through Delhi batting line up, dismissing them for paltry 80 runs in 35.4 overs. SCOREBOARD Punjab (Ist innings) 187 Delhi (Ist innings) 104 Punjab (2nd innings) overnight 74/3 R. Ricky c Gambhir b Nehra 9, V. Rathore b Nehra 15, R. Sodhi c Dani b R. Singh 9, P. Dharmani b Nehra 31, D. Mongia c A. Chopra b Sanghvi 34, Y. Singh c & b R Singh 20, H. Jugnu c Chawla b R. Singh 37, S. Sawal c Chawla b Nehra 5, B. Bhushan c Manhas b Nehra 3, G. Singh not out 0, Extras:
(b-5, lb-7, nb-14) 26 Total (all out in 70.2 overs) 196, Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-35, 3-44, 4-111, 5-112, 6-142, 7-155, 8-183, 9-192. Bowling: A. Nehra 24.2-5-59-6, R. Singh 15-7-20-3, A. Bhandari 14-3-42-0, N. Chopra 7-1-32-0, R. Sanghvi 10-3-31-1. Delhi (2nd innings): A. Chopra lbw B. Bhushan 4, A Dani c Mongia b G. Singh 1, G. Gambhir b Harbhajan 21, M. Manhas c Jugnu b G. Singh 1, V, Sehwag b Harbhajan 10, P. Chawla lbw G. Singh 1, N. Chopra c Ricky b Sodhi 9, R. Sanhvi c Bhushan b Harbhajan 15, A. Bhandari st Jugnu b Harbhajan 1, A. Nehra c Sawal b Sodhi 2, R. Singh not out 10. Extras:
(lb-4, nb-1) 5. Total: (in 35.4 overs) 80. Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-5, 3-24, 4-38, 5-41, 6-41, 7-53, 8-56, 9-66. Bowling:
Gagandeep Singh 13-5-29-3, B. Bhushan 7-3-21-1, Harbhajan Singh 10.4-3-17-4, R.S. Sodhi 5-1-9-2. |
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Irina retains title CHANDIGARH, Nov 25 — Irina Brar lifted the S. Wazir Singh Memorial Trophy emerging the Ladies Club champion for the fourth successive year at the
Chandigarh Golf Club here today. Fresh from her back to back victories in the Northern India Ladies Golf and the Punjab Open, Irina claimed the club champion’s title with a massive lead of six strokes over her nearest rival Parnita Garewal, who finished second. A plus-one student of Vivek High School, Irina is now a sports apprentice with Indian Oil. She had a one under par 71 on the first day of the 36 hole stroke play championship. Playing 1 over par on the second day she finished with a gross score of 144 (71, 73) followed by Parnita Garewal 150 (76-74) Parnita Garewal claimed the salver for the best nett score in the Championship. She had a nett 74 on the first day, followed by 72 on the second day giving her a nett 146 for 36 holes. Binny Bath also had an identical nett scores. But Parnita clinched the nett title because of a better score on the second day. |
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Mamlesh wins three gold, Baljeet
two PANIPAT, Nov 25 — Mamlesh of Ambala won three gold medals, winning 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres in the girls section on the second day of the 14th Haryana State Women Sports festival being held at
Shivaji Stadium. She won the 100 metres in 12.88 seconds. In the women’s section Baljeet of Hisar was the fastest winning the 100 metres in 12.28 seconds. She also won the 200 metres clocking 25.93 seconds. Hisar, Sonepat, Gurgaon and Kurukshetra volleyball teams entered in the semifinals. In the quarterfinal matches, Hisar defeated Rewari 25-10, 25-12, 25-12; Sonepat beat Karnal 25-8, 25-14, 25-16; Gurgaon outplayed Jind 25-17, 25-19, 25-17 while Kurukshetra downed Rohtak 25-10, 25-13, 25-5. The results: 100 m Women (final):
Baljit (12.28) Hisar 1, Promila (13.34) Rohtak 2, Suman (13.41) Rohtak 3; Girls (U-16): Mamlesh (12.88) Ambala 1, Pooja (13.59) Bhiwani 2, Anita (13.72) Bhiwani 3.
400 m Girls: Mamlesh (1:04.81) Ambala 1, Anita (1:05.40) Bhiwani 2, Sangeeta (1:06.56) Rohtak 3;
javellin throw (women): Babita (41.00 m) Hisar 1, Poonam (38.20) Hisar 2, Urmila (30.00) Rohtak 3;discuss throw: Sugam Yadav (49.68) Hisar 1, Poonam (35.65) Hisar 2, Renu (34.28) Sonepat 3;
3000 m: Renu Joon (10:55.13) Jhajjar 1, Suman (10:56.53) Karnal 2, Beant Kaur (21:19.02) Sirsa 3;
long jump: Babita (5.25) Hisar 1, Mamta Ranga (5.15) Sirsa 2, Promila (5.07) Rohtak 3; under-16: Pooja Ahlawat (4.75) Bhiwani 1, Anoop (4.56) Hisar 2, Promila (4.35) Rohtak 3;
3000 (U-16): Renu (11:22.77) Sonepat 1, Tinu (11:23.71) Rohtak 2, Jyoti (11:24.60) Jhajjar 3;
200 m (women): Baljeet (25.93) Hisar 1, Poonam (27.75) Hisar 2, Promila (28.29) Rohtak 3;
Javellin throw: Sonu (33.07) Rohtak 1, Aplesh (30.35) Hisar 2, Navneet (29.68) Sirsa 3;
200 m (girls): Mamlesh (28.03) Ambala 1, Anita (28.94) Bhiwani 2, Jessy (29.88) Ambala 3; high jump: Pooja Ahlawat (1.40) Bhiwani 1, Nisha (1.40) Jhajjar 2, Neelam (1.35) Kurukshetra 3; high jump (women): Sharda (1.47) KKR 1, Poonam (1.47) Hisar 2, Neelam (1.45) Sirsa
3;kabaddi pre-quarter (women): Rohtak b Gurgaon 40-12, Faridabad b Sirsa 35-8, Sonepat b Karnal 30-14, M.garh b Hisar 55-45, Bhiwani b Jhajjar 56-33, Rewari got walk-over against Fatehabad, Jind b Kaithal 64-44, Panipat b Kurukshetra 46-2, Rohtak b Faridabad 18-6, Sonepat b Rewari 33-19, Bhiwani b M garh 63-26;
kabaddi pre-quarter (U-16): Panchkula b Narnaul 27-1, Jind b Jhajjar 45-20, Bhiwani b Kaithal 40-38, Panipat b Kurukshetra 31.10, Karnal b Hisar 37-11, Rohtak b Panchkula 40-12,Bhiwani b Jind 37-36; Handball: Kurukshetra b M garh 7-5, Rohtak b Faridabad 6-4, Girgaon b Yamunanagar 11-2, Sirsa b Karnal 13-7, Ambala b Panipat 9-2, Kaithal b Kurukshetra 6-3, Bhiwani b Hisar 14-7,; Basketball (women): Karnal b Faridabad 33-14, Hisar b Sonepat 25-21, Ambala b Panipat 33.06, Kurukshetra b Gurgoan 13.11, Jind b Panchkula 28-8, Rewari b Fatehabad 24-4, Bhiwni b Sirsa 38-29;
Volleyball pre-quarter final (women): Kurukshetra b Bhiwani 25-13, 23-13, 25-9, Sonepat b Panipat 25-10, 25-15, 25-10, Gurgoan b M garh 25-13, 25-22, 25-12, Jind b Panchkula 25-01, 25-07, 25-08, Karnal b Sirsa 25-17, 26-24, 25-23, Rohtak b Ambala 25-12, 25-13, 25-17, Fatehabad b Faridabad 25-07, 25-00, 25-07, Hisar b Kaithal 25-13, 25-16, 25-8, Rewari b Fatehabad 25-9, 25-13, 25-13.
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Sonia, Alok shoot new
national marks PHILLAUR, Nov 25 — Sonia Rana of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Alok Singh of Indian Airlines (IA) and Raunak A. Pandit of Maharashtra established three new national records on the ninth day of the 44th National Shooting Championship here on Saturday. Sonia improved the old record of Kunti Malik of 664 in the 25m sports pistol event scoring 667 points. Alok Singh scored 533 points against his old record of 514 points in rapid fire pistol (junior men) event. Raunak A. Pandit created a new record by scoring 562 points against his old record of 558 points in the rapid fire pistol event. The results: 50m sports rifle 3
position: (women): Suma Dixit (RSPB) 1, Anjali Vedpathak (CISF) 2, Kuheli Ganguli (CISF) 3;
25m rapid fire pistol (junior men): Alok Singh (IA) 1, Haneetinder Jakhar (Punjab) 2, Abhishek (BSF kids) 3;
senior men: Mukesh Kumar (Navy) 1, Dhyan Singh (Army) 2, Mohinder Singh (BSF) 3;
team championship: Army 1, BSF 2, Navy 3. 25m sports pistol: (women):
Sonia Rane (CISF) 1, Baljeet Kaur (Army) 2, Saroja Kumrai (Army) 3. |
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Dasmunshi has little
choice CHANDIGARH, Nov 25 — With talks between the newly set-up Indian Premier Football Association (IPFA), the representative body of the country’s top nine football clubs, and the All-India Football Federation having been deadlocked, Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi, President of the AIFF, has little choice when he presides over the crucial emergency meeting of the federation in New Delhi tomorrow. After being forced into a corner by the sudden developments at Mumbai where the IPFA came into being on November 18, Mr Dasmunshi had announced postponement of the fifth National Football League which was scheduled to kick off today. He had also announced that the new fixtures would be announced after the emergency meeting tomorrow. Mr Dasmunshi did try to put up a brave front while asserting that “all attempts to hijack the federation would be frustrated”. “Football is not cricket and if anybody wants to be Kerry Packer of football, his dream will not be fulfilled,”he had told a press conference in the National Capital a few days back. However, the scene has undergone a dramatic change since Mr Dasmunshi’s outburst. What has become increasingly clear is that the IPFA is not a loosely connected body. It means business and its threat cannot be dismissed lightly. Behind the well-planned move are some of the country’s top industrialists, namely Mr Vijay Mallya, the powerful liquor baron who sponsors Calcutta’s Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting, Mr Samir Thapar, Joint Managing Director of JCT Limited who has since announced his candidature for presidentship of the AIFF, Mr Anand Mahindra of Mumbai’s Mahindra United, Mr Subhash Chandra, who sponsors Goa’s Zee Churchill Brothers, and Mr Shivanand Salgaocar of Salgaocar Sports Club, Goa. The Indian Premier Football Association has already conveyed its charter of demands to the AIFF while at the same time asserting that it is not a parallel body. It wants recognition from the parent body besides holding the NFL under the aegis of an autonomous body on professional lines. What came as a shot in the arm for the IPFA was the presence of the AIFF secretary, Mr K.N. Mour, at the press conference of Mr Samir Thapar in New Delhi yesterday. If Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi goes ahead with the announcement of new fixtures for the National League tomorrow, chances are that a majority of the participating
clubs, nine out of 12 to be precise, will announce a boycott of the league, thereby making the whole exercise redundant. An indication to this effect was given by Mr Anjan Mitra at Calcutta yesterday. Mr Mitra, who is Vice-President of the IPFA and General Secretary of Mohun Bagan, also announced that if any player left a member-club of the IPFA and participated in AIFF-run tournaments, which at present also includes the National League, he would be suspended. Mr Dasmunshi’s ambitious plans of organising the much- publicised Millennium Cup early next year may also run into trouble as none of the top clubs affiliated to the IPFA will allow their players to participate in it. Meanwhile, according to reports, member-clubs of the new body met in New Delhi on Thursday to sign the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the IPFA whose name has reportedly been approved by the Registrar of Companies as a registered company under the Companies’ Act. Goa’s Vasco Sports Club, who have qualified for the National League this year, and Dempo also of Goa, have also supported the idea of the new set-up. The AIFF under the presidentship of Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi, thus, has little choice. It either has to concede the genuine demands of the IPFA and allow it to function with freedom or see itself reduced to a redundant entity. For, the Indian Premier Football Association with a proposed capital of Rs 10 crore seems determined to storm the scene with full corporate backing and float a parallel league. It has already received an offer of Rs 6.5 crore for exclusive TV rights. |
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Punjab in knock-out
of National Kho Kho SANGRUR, Nov 25 — Punjab teams moved towards the knock-out stage with fluent victories in the Junior National Kho Kho Championships which entered the third day here. In the girls section Punjab girls thrashed Orissa by an innings and 18 points. Punjab team dominated throughout the match. Arvinder Kaur, Harbans Kaur and Palwinder Kaur excelled for Punjab. In the boys’ section also Punjab had no difficulty once again in disposing of Orissa by 12 points. Amrinder Singh, Mohit Bansal and Sohan Singh were the architects of Punjab’s victory. Both teams from Punjab are now in sight of qualifying for the knock-out stage. In another interesting match in the boys’ section Chandigarh just managed to beat spirited Haryana by just one point. The results (boys):
Madhya Bharat beat Pondicherry by one turn and 2 points. Goa beat H.P. by one turn and 19 points, Kohlapur beat Assam by one turn and 4 points, UP beat Delhi by 1 point, Chandigarh beat Haryana by one point, Vidarbha beat J&K by one turn and 2 points. Bihar beat Rajasthan by one turn and 7 points, Vidarbha beat Gujarat by 4 points, Bihar beat Manipur by 2 points, MP beat UP by 1 point, Punjab beat Orissa by 12 points, Telengana beat Haryana by 6 points and TN beat Goa by 6 points. Girls: Manipur beat Kolhapur by one inning and 35 points, Pondicherry beat Chandigarh by 6 points, Delhi w/o J&K, TN beat HP by one inning and 20 points, Madhya Bharat beat Orissa by one turn and 2 points, AP beat Haryana by one turn and 9 points. Goa beat Kolhapur by one inning and 20 points, Delhi beat Chandigarh by 3 points, TN beat Bihar by one turn and 9 points, Telengana beat Vidarbha by 9 points, AP beat Gujarat by one turn and 2 points, Pondicherry beat J&K by one turn and 13 points, Punjab beat Orissa by one inning and 18 points, UP beat Kolhapur by one inning and 34 points. |
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Services recover against Haryana NEW DELHI, Nov 25 (UNI) — A patient 116 by Sanjay Verma and his 133-run fifth wicket stand with K.K. Dixit helped Services score 312 for nine in reply to Haryana’s first innings score of 392 on the third and penultimate day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match here today. Services, who at one stage yesterday were tottering at 33 for four and were in danger of being forced to follow on, today put up gritty display and the batsmen faced the bowling confidently. Resuming at their overnight score of 84 for four, the hosts added 228 runs to their total losing five more wickets. Sanjay Verma — overnight 40 —continued with his good work and batted steadily. Today he was on the crease for 144 minutes in which he completed his century. He was given a good support by Dixit, who scored 57 (8x4,139b,121m). Dixit was first to go when Amit Mishra had him caught by Ajay Ratra when the team score was 166. New batsman, Pankaj Maitrey frustrated Haryana bowlers' bid for another quick breakthrough as he along with Sanjay put up 72 runs for the sixth wicket. Haryana (1st innings): 392 Services (1st innings): Deepak Sehrawat b Vinit Jain 0, Harish Bhaskar c Padamjit b Feroz Ghyas 0, M.S. Reddy c Ajay Ratra b Feroz Ghyas 10, Sarabjit Singh c Amit Mishra b Feroz Ghyas 0, Sanjay Verma b Vinit Jain 116, K.K.Dixit c Ajay Ratra b Amit Mishra 57, Pankaj Maitery c Ishan Ganda b Feroz Ghyas 40, Sachin Nadkarni c Padamjit b Amit Mishra 20, Syed Javed c Jasvir b Amit Mishra 36, Sudhakar Ghag batting 5; Extras: (nb18,lb3,b7) 28; Total: (in 122.1 overs) 312 for 9; Fall of wickets:1/0, 2/0, 3/0, 4/33, 5/166, 6/238, 7/253, 8/303, 9/312 Bowling: Vinit Jain:20-5-69-2, Feroz Ghyas:21-4-58-4, Amit Mishra: 41.1-18-77-3, Pankaj Thakur: 39-16-89-0, Parinder Sharma: 2-1-9-0. |
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Davenport, Seles put
USA in command LAS VEGAS, Nov 25 (AFP) — Second-ranked Lindsay Davenport and fourth-rated Monica Seles continued their mastery over Spanish tennis rivals here to put the USA on the brink of retaining the Fed Cup. Australian Open champion Davenport defeated No 9 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 after Seles downed No 5 Conchita Martinez 6-2 6-3 to give the USA a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five women’s world team finals yesterday. To deny the Americans a record 17th title, Spain must sweep today’s schedule, which finds Davenport playing Martinez, Seles facing Sanchez and a concluding doubles match. Martinez is 8-5 against Davenport but has lost four of their past five meetings. Seles is 19-3 against Sanchez, who has beaten her five times in a row since last losing to the Spaniard at the 1998 French Open final. “Tomorrow is going to be very difficult for us,” Sanchez said. “We’re definitely going to go there and play our best. It’s maybe a 1 out-of-10 chance we have. Maybe we could go to doubles. But it would be very difficult.” |
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NAGPUR, Nov 25 — Buoyed by an emphatic victory in the first Test, India took full advantage of an insipid bowling attack on a perfect batting track to amass 306 for two against Zimbabwe on the opening day of the second Test here today with young opener Shiv Sunder Das completing his maiden Test century.
