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Zimbabwe Indian bowler Ajit Agarkar celebrates getting batsman Andy Flower out on the third day of the second Test between India and Zimbabwe in Nagpur on Monday. Zimbabwe were 359 for the loss of six wickets in response to India’s first innings score of 609 for six declared. — Reuters
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IT report on Azharuddin
ready NEW DELHI, Nov 27 — Income tax officials have completed the appraisal of income of former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin, who has been indicted by the CBI in its match-fixing and betting report. Johansson thwarts
Kafelnikov Sarabjit reigns
supreme IPFA announces
boycott of NFL Mother inspired
Sonia National records by
Dhillon, Patil Cautious start by
Bengal Railways notch up impressive win Henman ousts Hrbaty Shooter Vivek honoured Punjab cops win tennis
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NAGPUR, Nov 27 (PTI) — Waging a determined battle to save the second Test, Zimbabwe inched tantalisingly close to averting the follow on the third day against India here today. Required to score 410 to avoid being put in to bat again, Zimbabwe were battling with their backs to the wall reaching 359 for six, still 51 runs short with four first innings wickets intact. Overall, they were 250 runs behind India’s huge total of 609 for six declared. The fight was led by the Flower brothers, Andy (55) and Grant still batting on 91, who put on 96 runs for the fifth wicket after opener Guy Whittall had laid the foundation with a solid knock of 84. Keeping Grant Flower company at stumps was skipper Heath Streak on 16. Resuming at the overnight score of 59 for one, the visitors made a slow but steady progress with their vice-captain Whittall (84 off 164 balls with 12 fours) and Stuart Carisle (51 off 103 balls with eight fours) adding 101 runs and Zimbabwe looked good at 144 for one. However, Indian paceman Ajit Agarkar and debutant off spinner Sarandeep Singh dealt three major blows to reduce the visitors to 166 for four. Wispy Agarkar struck the first blow when he induced Carisle with a slower delivery into giving a return catch. Soon after, Sarandeep Singh sent back Alister Campbell, who was dropped in his previous over by S. Ramesh at silly point. He was caught by the same fielder with his score reading four. Whittal, who was living dangerously edging Agarkar in front of Sachin Tendulkar in slips and then past Ramesh at second slip off the same bowler, was caught by Rahul Dravid at leg slip off Sarandeep Singh for 84 after he stayed at the wicket for 246 minutes. Within a space of ten deliveries, Sarandeep Singh had grabbed two vital wickets and was troubling the new man Andy Flower. However, Andy’s younger brother Grant used the long handle effectively and neutralised the Indian advantage with some lusty hitting. Grant Flower, unbeaten on 91 (160 balls, 12 fours and 3 sixes) along with skipper Heath Streak, batting on 16, came up with two fruitful partnerships for the fifth and sixth wickets. He added 96 runs for the fifth wicket with Andy Flower (55), and then put on 62 runs in association with Viljoen for the sixth wicket to steady the rocking Zimbabwean boat. Andy Flower, who struck four fours and two impressive sixes off Singh’s bowling during his stay of 122 minutes at the wicket, was caught behind playing a poor shot when he tried to chase a wide ball from Agarkar when on 55. Viljoen gave good support to Grant Flower even after the Indians took the new ball but fell to a good catch by keeper Dahiya off seamer Zaheer Khan for 19. The Zimbabweans still require 51 more runs to avoid a follow-on, with two more days to go. SCOREBOARD India (1st innings): 609 for 6 declared Zimbabwe 1st innings: G Whittal c Dravid b
Sarandeep Singh 84 Rennie run out 19 Carlisle c and b Agarkar 51 Campbell c Ramesh b
Sarandeep 4 A Flower c Dahiya b Agarkar 55 G Flower batting 91 Viljoen c Dahiya b
Khan 19 Streak batting 16 Extras: (nb-3,b-6,lb-11) 20 Total: (for 6 wkts, 108 overs) 359 Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-144, 3-165, 4-166, 5-262, 6-324. Bowling: Srinath 22-4-78-0, Khan 21-3-78-1, Joshi 21-6-55-0, Agarkar 21-7-54-2, Sarandeep Singh 22-7-70-2, S Tendulkar 1-0-7-0. |
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Match-fixing NEW DELHI, Nov 27 — The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) inquiry commissioner K. Madhavan, the former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joint-director, who was appointed by the BCCI to conduct an internal inquiry following the CBI report on match-fixing and related matters, has also submitted a report more or less in consonance with the CBI version. BCCI president A C Muthiah said here today, after his meeting with Union Sports Minister Uma Bharati, that the 340-page report had found the five players named in the CBI report, guilty of their involvement in the match-fixing scandal, who operated through “conduit” Dr Ali Irani. Dr Irani was the longest-serving physiotherapist of the Indian team. Mr Muthiah said the involvement of former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin in match-fixing was found to be very pronounced, and Mr Madhavan, in his report, has brought out the nexus between the players and the bookies. The Madhavan report has also given credence to the CBI version that the bookies used to make payments to the players through Dr Irani. However, former stumper Nayan Mongia’s involvement with the bookies has not been established. Mr Muthiah disclosed that “all players, except Mongia, had a nexus with bookies, and the involvement of Azhar is more than that of the others”. The Madhavan report is based on the testimony of the five players indicted in the CBI report on match fixing—Azharuddin, Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma and Nayan Mongia. However, Mr Madhavan has not found any evidence against former captain Kapil Dev, whose name too had been linked with the match-fixing scandal before the CBI gave him a clean chit in its 162-page report released last month. Mr Muthiah said disciplinary action would be initiated against the players found guilty in the Madhavan report. He said the report would be made public after the special general body meeting of the BCCI to be held in Calcutta on November 29. Mr Muthiah said Mr Madhavan had also given suggestions about the possible line of action to be taken against the guilty players. Meanwhile, Mr Muthiah endorsed the views of the Central Government not to go ahead with India’s cricket tour of Pakistan. “I don’t think we will be touring Pakistan and I will abide by the goverment’s decision as it was taken in the national interest”, he indicated. Sports Minister Uma Bharati also said that the government had no plans to reconsider its decision as “we took the decision (not to send the team to Pakistan) on the basis of a report from the Ministry of External Affairs. “There is no new report from the Ministry for us to rethink our decision”, she added.
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IT report on Azharuddin
ready NEW DELHI, Nov 27 — Income tax officials have completed the appraisal of income of former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin, who has been indicted by the CBI in its match-fixing and betting report. The IT appraisal report of former Indian coach Kapil Dev, former Delhi captain Ajay Sharma, former allrounder Manoj Prabhakar and middle-order batsman Ajay Jadeja would be submitted to the assessing officer next week, highly placed sources in Income Tax Department told TNS. “The appraisal report of Azharuddin is complete and has been forwarded to the Hyderabad Assessment Officer to issue notice to the former Indian captain to file returns for the block 10-year period,” senior income tax officials said. Neither denying nor confirming whether the stylish right-handed batsman had concealed his income, senior IT officials said “Azharuddin would be asked to file block return for income. If he was found to be concealing the income, then the penal rate would be imposed.” As per the Income Tax Act, a notice is served on the assessee to file a “block assessment” for a period of 10 years. The assessee would be asked to pay income tax at the rate of 60 per cent for the 10-year period. And, if the department found the assessee had concealed any other assets, they would be charged penal rate of 100 to 300 per cent for the difference amount. Sources in the Income Tax Department indicated that the cricketers had claimed tax exemption as amateur players, which is legally wrong. They had sought exemption for income earned under match fees, profits from benefit matches, prize money and feeds from endorsements and advertisements. “The cricketers are professional and the exemption availed by them would now be taxed,” IT officials said. The Central Board of Direct Taxes had granted the tax exemption to cricketers in 1983, but, had withdrawn it in 1997. In a countrywide swoop for two days beginning July 20, the Income Tax Department had raided simultaneously the premises of cricketers Kapil Dev, Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Ajay Sharma. The raids were also conducted at the office and residential premises of former ICC president Jagmohan Dalmia, BCCI treasurer Kishore Rungta, WorldTel chief Mark Mascarenhas and number of bookies including Mukesh Gupta, who was named by sacked South African captain Hansie Cronje, in a statement under oath before the King Commission of South Africa, as the person introduced by Azharuddin during a match in 1996. Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Sports Pon Radhakrishnan informed the Lok Sabha that fixed deposits amounting to Rs 1.04 crore, term deposits of $ 15,75,000 and £ 1,23,000 were found and inventorised during the survey in the office of BCCI treasurer Kishore Rungta at Jaipur. The minister, in a written reply, said there was no move to take over the Board of Control for Cricket in the wake of alleged irregularities. Stating that the government was studying the CBI report, the minister said future course of action would be decided after getting comments from all concerned. The BCCI has been asked to offer its comments on various aspects of the report, including the observations made on its functioning, the minister said. The CBI report made public on November 3, had given a clean chit to Kapil Dev in the match-fixing and betting scandal. The agency had initiated the probe following allegations by the former allrounder Manoj Prabhakar accusing Kapil of trying to bribe him. Prabhakar is among the five Indian players to be indicted in the report. The BCCI has suspended the players, Prabhakar, Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma and Nayan Mongia, from playing cricket at any level in the country and abroad.
NEW DELHI, Nov 27 (PTI) — Mohammed Azharuddin, who has been found guilty of match-fixing both by the CBI and the cricket board’s anti-corruption commissioner, is likely to be given exemplary punishment which may include a life ban.
However, Ajay Jadeja, Manoj Prabhakar and Ajay Sharma may receive punishments which may be a little less stringent than that to be awarded to Azharuddin, BCCI sources said today. The BCCI disciplinary committee, which meets here tomorrow, to decide on the quantum of punishment, will give the players one last chance to explain their conduct vis-a-vis the CBI report on match-fixing and subsequent findings of board vigilance commissioner K. Madhavan.
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STOCKHOLM, Nov 27 (AFP) — Thomas Johansson dealt Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov a setback on the eve of the season-ending championships as he collected a 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 victory in the final of the Stockholm Open. Johansson took 1hour 35 minutes yesterday to register a convincing victory on the reigning Olympic champion and diminish Kafelnikov’s reputation as a “Swede killer”. More pertinently, Kafelnikov has been left to pick up his confidence ahead of the season-ender in Lisbon next week. Kafelnikov is among the elite eight-man field who will contest the Masters Cup in the Portuguese capital and defeat going into that competition was the last thing he had anticipated. For Johansson, however, it was a different story. The Swede continued to reinforce his reputation as Kafelnikov’s bogey player. He has won their last five matches and continued a winning streak against his celebrated rival that began following his last defeat to the Russian in the summer of 1998. His season now over, an optimistic Johansson cannot help but look ahead to the 2001 season, which starts in less than two months. “My goal now is to continue working hard,” he said. “I’m looking to the Australian Open. I want to play better from the start of the year.” The popular victory in front of 4,500 partisans kept the trophy firmly in home hands for another year. For Johansson, it was simply the stuff of fairytales. “It was great to win the title at home, it’s a dream for me,” he added. Since Boris Becker won in 1994, only American Todd Martin in 1998 has managed to dent recent Swedish domination at the temple of tennis in the capital. But while left with rekindling his confidence and motivation for next week’s challenge, Kafelnikov recognised just how much a home victory meant for his adversary. “I know how it feels for Thomas to win his home event,” said Kafelnikov. “It’s the same for me in Moscow.” In winning the fourth title of his career Johansson earned $ 109,000. His last over Kafelnikov came in Montreal in 1999. From a low-key starting position, Johansson’s confidence grew over the week as he began with an upset of three-time holder Enqvist, then knocked off top seed Magnus Norman in the semi-finals. The defeat subsequently dimmed Kafelnikov’s reputation s a “Swede killer.” The Russian Olympic champion had lost only one of his last 10 matches on the tour against Swedish players coming into the final. |
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Sarabjit reigns
supreme PATIALA, Nov 27 — Sarabjit Singh won the title in 4000 metres in the Punjab State Cycling Championship which concluded at the Punjabi University velodrome here today. On the distaff side Kiranjot Kaur reigned supreme by ousting Nisha Rajput by a fraction of a second. The results: 4000 mts individual pursuit (men): Sarabjit Singh-1, Gurpreet Singh-2, Nirmaljit Singh-3. (women): Kiranjot Kaur-1, Nisha Raput-2, Navneet Kaur-3. 2000 mts individual pursuit (boys under-16):
Sukhjinder Singh-1, Charanjit Singh-2, Mehtab Singh Mann-3. (girls under-16): Gurpreet Kaur-1, Jaswinder Kaur-2, Gurpal Kaur-3. 1500 mts team time trial (boys under-16):
Punjabi University-1, Patiala-2, Patiala-3. 1500 mts team time trial: Punjabi University-1, Patiala-2, PAU, Ludhiana-3. (women): Patiala-1, Punjabi University-2, Ludhiana-3. 1000 mt individual pursuit (girls under-14): Ramandep Kaur-1, Sanamdeep Kaur-2, Nimrata Ahluwalia-3. 1500 mt team time trial (girls under-18): Patiala-1, Ludhiana-2. 1000 mt sprint (men): Pavittar Singh-1, Tejinder Singh-2, Harsimranjit Singh-3. 1000 mt individual pursuit (boys under-14): Abhishek Rana-1, Raninder Singh-2, Selvin Sebastian-3 2000 mts individual pursuit (girls under-18): Gurpreet Kaur-1, Jaswinder Kaur-2, Gurpal Singh-3. |
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IPFA announces
boycott of NFL
MUMBAI, Nov 27 (UNI) — The Indian Premier Football Association (IPFA) today announced a boycott of the National Football League (NFL), which is to start from December 10, and blamed the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) for taking a path of confrontation. IPFA chief Vijay Mallya in a statement released by his office said none of the top clubs like Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan Sporting, FC Kochin, Salgaocar, East Bengal, Mahindra United and Tollygunge Agragami would participate in the NFL. The boycott will also be applicable to the nationals and the Millennium Cup, which the AIFF is showcasing, Mr Mallya threatened. He said it was obvious that the AIFF president, Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi had fallen prey to the outgoing executive committee’s pressure because in his last meeting with the IPFA, he had agreed in principle that some demands were worth giving attention. Mr Dasmunshi had given an understanding that he would put the NFL on the hold till the AIFF annual general body meeting on December 16 and till the new executive committee discussed the IPFA demands. Mr Mallya alleged that politics and power was behind the decision and not practical sense of accepting IPFA demands. Mr Mallya pointed out that the malady with the AIFF was that there were more non-playing associations in the voting procedure rather than the playing and organising units, which do the backseat driving. The IPFA is firm that none of its players will play any match under the auspices of the AIFF and that includes the nationals, NFL and also the millennium event, he concluded. |
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Mother inspired
Sonia PHILLAUR (Ludhiana), Nov 27 — Sonia Rana, a 21-year-old girl from Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), set two national records in sports pistol event in National Shooting Championship held at Phillaur. She improved the old record of Kunti Malik of 664 points by scoring 667 points. Sonia Rana took to shooting at 10. Daughter of an Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer, Sonia was not really interested in a shooting career then. Her mother motivated and persuaded her to practise shooting. Sonia had to pass through many tough phases. Initially, she did not have her own pistol to practice. However she disclosed that she started gaining success when her father provided her an air pistol and a sports pistol this year by arranging loan from his provident fund. The cost of air and sports pistol was Rs 60000 and Rs 80000, respectively. Sonia admitted that her performance improved after she got the personal weapons. Sonia won two silver medals with the help of her own weapon in the South Asian Federation Games held at Kathmandu. Sonia also gives the credit of her success to her coach Narain Singh Rana and his son Jaspal Rana for helping her. She admitted that her dream of becoming shooter would have not been possible without their help. Sonia joined the CISF last year as a head constable. She is not satisfied with the designation and the pay package given to her.`5She said that she should have been appointed at least as an Assistant Sub-Inspector. |
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National records by
Dhillon, Patil PHILLAUR (Ludhiana), Nov 27 — T.S. Dhillon of Punjab Police and Sanjay B. Patil of Maharashtra took the tally of new national records to 16 in 44th National Shooting Championship here on Monday. T.S. Dhillon improved the old record of Santokh Singh of 441 points by scoring 469 points in big bore standard rifle 300m event. Sanjay scored 899 points and improved the old record of J.S. Dhillon of 896 in the big bore free rifle 300 m event. The other results are as follows: Big bore free rifle 300m: (men):Sukhdev Singh of Army 1, Fateh Singh of Army 2, S.P. Changotra of Army 3; Team championship: Army 1, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) 2, Punjab 3; Civilians (men): Sanjay B. Patil of Maharashtra 1, Naresh Singh of Delhi 2, Santokh Singh of Punjab 3; Civilian team championship: Maharashtra 1, Punjab 2, Delhi 3. Air rifle 10 m:
(Men): Mangesh Panwar of CISF 1, A.P. Subbaiah of Army 2, Charan Singh of Army 3; Team Championship: Army 1, Railways 2, CISF 3. |
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GUWAHATI, Nov 27 (UNI) — Bengal made a cautious start in their first innings, amassing 193 for three when stumps were drawn in reply to Assam’s first innings total of 291. After a nervous pre-lunch session with scoreboard reading 96 for three, veteran Srikant Kalyani and Rohan Gavaskar stemmed the rot to take the total to 193 at the end of the day. Kalyani became the second man to score a half century in the Bengal innings after being dropped by Subramaniam in the slips. He and rohan remained undefeated with a flowering partnership of 103 for the fourth wicket with Kalyani looking more aggressive of the two. A cautious Rohan played a flawless innings but never let go any opportunity of getting rid of any loose deliveries. Kalyani was, however, little uneasy against Gautam Dutta who managed to find was brought in the fag end of the day’splay to break the partnership which would have given some chance to the host camp. He actually found the edge of Kalyani only to be floored a regulation catch by Subramaniam. In fact that was the fourth catch to be dropped by the host team. Two of them came from Arijit while Devang gave one chance. Earlier, the overnight batsmen duo frustrated the Bengal attack for more than half an hour and added 20 crucial runs to the overnight score. Finally S.S. Paul picked up the wicket of Zaved Zaman as saba got his second catch behind the wicket. In reply, Bengal started on a disastorous note losing the first wicket when the score was just 19. Speedster Zaved castled Arijit. Amitabh and Test discard Devang Gandhi then managed to negotiate a spirited attack of the host and took the score to 67 at lunch. Amitabh, however, did not last long and somewhat played a supporting role to Devang Gandhi, who went on to attack all the Assam bowlers. Amitabh nudged a Sukhvinder Singh delivery and Tamil Nadu import Ganesh took a smart catch to send him back. The dangerman Devang Gandhi also did not survive long as Ganesh got him when Nishanta took a sharp catch at sily mid off. He, however, managed to score the half century. With the ball keeping low and the odd ball turning, Bengal will first look forward to surpass the hosts’ total by lunch tomorrow and then build up a substantial lead to go for outright win. With veteran Saba Karim and Utpal Chaterjee still there, Bengal have a good chance to do that. Assam: (first innings): Overnight 271 for 9 Sunil Subramaniam not out 14. Zaved Zaman c Saba Karim b S.S. Paul 06. Extras: (b-9, lb-3, lb-13, w-6) 32 Total: 291 Bowling: Sujoi 10-0-34-0, Shukla 11-2-48-0, Utpal 34-12-56-3, Saurasis 20-05-63-4, S.S. Paul 17.5 -2-75-1, Devang 1-0-2-0, Bengal (first innings): Arijit Bose b Zaved 11, Amitabh Banerjee c Ganesh b Sukhvinder 22, Devang Gandhi c Nishanta b Ganesh 54, Srikant Kalyani not out 50, Rohan Gavaskar not out 41 Extras: (b-1, lb-5, w-1, nb-8) 15 Total: 193 for 3 Fall of wickets: 1/19, 2/94, 3/96 Bowling: Gautam 13-7-14-0, Zaved 14-2-45-1, Sukhvinder 20-4-29-1, Parag Das 5-2-9-0, Rajesh Bora 1-0-1-0, Ganesh 18.3-0-57-1, Subramniam 8-0-32-0. |
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Railways notch up impressive win HYDERABAD, Nov 27 (UNI) — Former champions Indian Railways playing a cohesive game, recorded an impressive 4-0 (ht 1-0) victory over Andhra and became the first team to qualify for the super league in the 60th Senior National Hockey Championship, here today. In group ‘A’ this is Railways third straight win. They had earlier beaten Steel Authority of India Limited (2-1) and travel-weary Bihar (2-1). They have to play Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and hosts Hyderabad in their last two league matches. The hero of Railways win was their centre forward Briznev Singh who scored a hat-trick the second in the four day old championship. The first hat-trick was recorded by Hyderabad centre forward Osman-bin-Abdullah against
ITBP on the opening day. Briznev Singh scored the second, third and the fourth goals all of them coming in the second half. He scored his first goal in the 51st, the second in the 56th and the third in the 65th minutes. However, it was the seasoned Anoop Trikey who opened the account when he converted a penalty corner in the fourth minute. |
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Henman ousts Hrbaty BRIGHTON, Nov 27 (AFP) — British number one Tim Henman collected his first ATP tour win on home soil beating Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty 6-2 6-2 in the final of the Brighton Open. Henman, who was 10th in the Champions Race before this tournament began, made the perfect start to the match yesterday when he broke Hrbaty’s serve in the opening game. Hrbaty, a finalist in Monte Carlo already this year, showed fleeting signs of his early tournament form before Henman swept him aside clinching the first set 6-2 with a spectacular ace. Top seed Henman began the second set in a similar vein as the first, breaking his opponents serve before winning his own service game. Hrbaty, who lies 18th in the Champions Race, restored some of his flagging confidence by winning his serve but only after Henman had cleverly caught him out with an audacious lob. Henman then survived a controversial decision after his seemingly perfect volley was ruled out by the umpire at break point on his opponent’s serve. But after clinching the game, Hrbaty was forced to take a three-minute injury break after experiencing some back pains. The Slovakian, seeded number two, battled on, showing real courage and some astute tennis to take the seventh game. But Henman proved too strong, taking the second set 6-2 to clinch the match. The victory consolidates Henman’s position as number 10 in the world. Henman said he hoped the victory would be the start of better things after a frustrating year. “I’ve always believed that my hard work would pay off it has been frustrating at times but it’s great to win another tournament”, he said. “Hopefully there are bigger and better things to follow for me.” Shooter Vivek honoured NEW DELHI, Nov 27 — Arjuna Award-winning shooter Vivek Singh was honoured by his school, Air Force Bal Bharati, for his exploits in international shooting at an impressive function at the school premises here today. Vivek Singh was presented a cash award and a memento by Group Captain Baldev Singh, VSM while Mrs Manjeet Kaur presented awards to other outstanding sportspersons who emerged from the AFBBS, to represent the country in various meets. Mrs M Titus, principal of AFBBS, highlighted the outstanding achievements of the school in sports at the highest level.
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Punjab cops win tennis
title CHANDIGARH, Nov 27 — The Punjab Police tennis team comprising SM Sharma, DIG (captain), Arun Oraon (SSP), Yurinder Singh (SSP), Rakesh Kaushal (DSP) and Dr Arun Sharma emerged winners after defeating CRPF 3-0 in the second All-India Police Lawn Tennis Championship which concluded at Guwahati on November 26. In the first singles, SM Sharma overpowered RK Swami 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 while in partnership with Yurinder Singh the duo outplayed Anil Mohan and RD Sahi 6-4, 0-6, 6-2. On their way to the final, Punjab Police outplayed Assam, West Bengal, CBI and then got the better of West Bengal in the semifinals. Earlier, the seven-day championship was inaugurated by the Governor of Assam, Lt-Gen (Retd) SK Sinha while Mr Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Chief Minister, Assam, distributed the prizes on the final day. |
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NAGPUR, Nov 27 — Waging a determined battle to save the second Test, Zimbabwe inched tantalisingly close to averting the follow on the third day against India here today.
