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England lose three quick wickets
England spinner Ashley Giles bowls in front of umpire Mian Muhammad Aslam (L) during the second day of the second cricket Test against Pakistan. Pakistan were all out for 316 on the second day of the second Test against England on Thursday. — Reuters
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Delhi gain first innings lead FIH to introduce new rules CRPF rout Gujarat; Railways held Asian school hockey from Jan 18 Anand held to a draw Sampras back to winning ways; Hewitt loses USPTR workshop begins
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England lose three quick wickets FAISALABAD (Pakistan), Nov 30 (Reuters) — Saqlain Mushtaq snapped up the wickets of Michael Atherton and England captain Nasser Hussain just before close to leave the second Test intriguingly poised today. Opener Atherton fell to a pad-bat catch for 32 and Hussain went leg before for 23 to a delivery that slow motion television replays showed he played on to his pads. England ended the second day on 110 for three in reply to Pakistan’s first innings of 316. Debutant 18-year-old wrist spinner Danish Kaneria had made the initial breakthrough by removing Marcus Trescothick for 30 to secure his first Test wicket. The first hour of the day belonged to Pakistan, 243 for five overnight, as Yousuf Youhana and Moin Khan extended their sixth wicket stand to 120 before England broke through by snapping up four wickets for 12 runs. Darren Gough started the slump by having Youhana caught by Graham Thorpe at deep square leg for 77, ending a partnership with captain Moin which had lifted Pakistan from 151 for five on the first day. Giles followed up by having Moin caught in the slips by Hussain for 65 and then dispatched Wasim Akram, who made only one before he came down the pitch, was beaten, and Alec Stewart stumped the allrounder after an initial fumble. Warwickshire slow bowler Giles ended with his Test best of five for 75, and said: “There was a little bit more pace and bounce in this pitch than at Lahore (in the drawn first test) and that suits me.” “Bowling is a confidence thing and I feel a lot more confident now. I’m happy at how it went.” When Hussain brought on Craig White, the pace bowling allrounder soon had Arshad Khan edging to Thorpe at second slip. Pakistan had slumped from 271 for five to 283 for nine but Saqlain (34) and Kaneria frustrated the touring team with a last wicket stand of 33 that Gough ended by outwitting Saqlain with a slower ball which he lobbed to gully. England openers Atherton and Trescothick had to survive a hostile new-ball burst by Akram before Kaneria struck the first blow at 49 when he beat left-hander Trescothick with a googly and Moin made a comfortable stumping. Atherton, in characteristically resolute mood, added 56 for the second wicket with Hussain but off-spinner Saqlain’s late double strike left the contest finely balanced. Scoreboard: Pakistan (Ist innings): overnight 243-5 Saeed Anwar c Thorpe b Giles 53 Afridi c Thorpe b Gough 10 Elahi c atherton b giles 41 Inzamam-ul-Haq b Giles 0 Youhana c Thorpe b Gough 77 Abdur Razzaq b White 9 Moin Khan c Hussain b Giles 65 Akram st Stewart b Giles 1 Mushtaq c Trescothick b Gough 34 Arshad c Thorpe b White 2 Kaneria not out 8 Extras: (b-1 lb-12 nb-3) 16 Total: (all out, 108.1 overs) 316 Fall of wickets: 1-33 2-96 3-96 4-130 5-151 6-271 7-271 8-276 9-283 Bowling: Gough 23.1-2-79-3 (nb1), Caddick 15-3-49-0 (nb2), White 22-6-71-2, Giles 35-13-75-5, Salisbury 10-0-29-0. England (Ist innings): Atherton c Yousuf b Saqlain 32 Trescothick st Moin b Kaneria 30 Hussain lbw b Saqlain 23 Salisbury not out 1 Thorpe not out 2 Extras: (lb-3 nb-19) 22 Total: (for three wickets, 44 overs) 110 Fall of wickets: 1-49 2-105 3-106 Bowling (to date): Wasim Akram 10-2-30-0 (nb5), Abdur Razzaq 7-0-28-0 (nb8), Danish Kaneria 12-5-29-1, Saqlain Mushtaq 10-3-16-2 (nb6), Arshad Khan 5-3-4-0. |
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Azhar faces life ban NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (PTI) —Former cricket captain Mohammed Azharuddin faces a life ban for alleged match-fixing while another named cricketer Ajay Jadeja may escape with a two-year ban. The special general body of the cricket board in Calcutta yesterday was near unanimous on slapping a life ban on Azhar, a veteran of 431 internationals, and also decided that former India allrounder Manoj Prabhakar and prolific Ranji Trophy run-getter Ajay Sharma should not be involved with Indian cricket in any manner in the future, board sources said. Sparks, however, flew only the issue of quantum of punishment for Jadeja, who only recently led India in one-day internationals. As the meeting debated whether the old or the new code of conduct, providing for enhanced penalties, should be applied in the case of Prabhakar as he had stopped playing before the new code was introduced, former board president P.M. Rungta got up and said “old codes should be applied in the case of Jadeja also”. However, the Morarka-Rungta group finally suggested that Jadeja should be given a two-year ban and not five years. During the discussion, another former board president, Mr Raj Singh Dungarpur was understood to have appealed to the members not to support a life ban on Azhar in view of his “yeoman” service to Indian cricket. |
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Waugh warns against complacency BRISBANE, Nov 30 (AP) — Steve Waugh warned his record-seeking seeking side against complacency and talked of a possible West Indies comeback on the eve of second cricket Test which starts tomorrow at the WACA. Australia are on the verge of securing a world-record 12 straight wins and becoming the most successful team in the history of Test cricket. They now shares 11 wins with Clive Lloyd’s West Indies of the mid-1980s following their win in the first Test over Jimmy Adams’ team in Brisbane last Saturday. But the home side are up against a perfect record by the West Indies in Perth, where the tourists have won all five Tests since 1975. Waugh (35), and the sole survivor of being on the receiving end of some of the West Indies’ easy wins over the years, ruled out revenge. “I don’t feel any of that,” Waugh said. “It’s no use having revenge on your mind, you can get distracted from what you’re supposed to be doing. For us it is important to be professional and be ruthless and clinical if we can.” For the first time Australia will not go into a Perth Test match as underdogs and will carry an attack to put the West Indies under pressure. Waugh ruled out playing four fast bowlers and said he was more inclined to play a conventional attack. The skipper’s suggestion means Australia will carry leg spinner Stuart MacGill and let Jason Gillespie and Andy Bichel battle for one position to bowl first change to fast bowlers Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. Having lost just three of his 18 Tests, Waugh is aware that personal landmarks of fast bowlers McGrath (two shy of 300 Test wickets) and Lee, hoping to become the first bowler to break the 100 mph mark, could lose focus on a history-making victory. “There is no danger of us losing focus, we’ve got too much to play for, and too much pride at stake,” he said. Waugh refused to concede that the West Indies were a broken side after the innings and 126-run defeat in the series opener. “I’ve learned over the years that one Test doesn’t make a whole summer,” said Waugh. “We’ll know more after this Test. If we win here convincingly as we did in the first (Test) they’ll struggle from here on.” Adams, facing the threat of another heavy defeat, wants to level the series and give his inexperienced side a chance to come back in the five-match series. “What’s gone is gone,” said Adams, who is on his first tour of Australia as captain. “We’ve got a good record here. The situation facing us is that we have to level the series as quickly as possible.” West Indies’ hopes took a turn for the worse after star batsman Brian Lara complained of hamstring problem that has plagued him since his return to the side for the tour of England. Lara quit the captaincy and the game in February and sought psychological help from a therapist in New Jersey before returning to the side for the tour of England in June earlier this year. But Adams remains optimistic, with Lara as the key. “There is an air of expectancy right through the camp,” said Adams. “It is an important game for us for obvious reasons and everyone is focused on getting the job done. “We had a dissection of the (Brisbane) game. It was the case of making everyone aware of what’s needed to go forward from here, both on and off the field.” |
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Sinclair stands
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PORT ELIZABETH, Nov 30 (Reuters) — Mathew Sinclair scored his second Test half-century to prop up New Zealand on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa today. New Zealand, who lost the toss and were asked to bat, were 145 for four at tea with Sinclair 54 not out and Craig McMillan on 22, having shared an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 44. Scoreboard: Richardson b Ntini 26, Spearman c Kirsten b Donald 16, Sinclair not out 54, Fleming c and b Pollock 14, Astle lbw b Pollock 2, McMillan not out 22. Extras: (b-4 lb-3 nb-2 w-3) 11 Total: (four wickets) 145 Fall of wickets: 1-43 2-55 3-95 4-101 Bowling (to date): Donald 8-0-21-1, Pollock 15-8-40-2, Kallis 14-5-31-0, Ntini 12-4-31-1, Klusener 6-2-8-0, Boje 4-0-7-0. |
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Delhi gain first innings lead ROHTAK, Nov 30 — Delhi gained a first innings lead of 76 with three wickets intact at draw of stumps on the second day of the north zone Vijay Merchant cricket tie against Haryana at Maharaja Aggarsain Stadium here today. Resuming their innings today at 38 for 1 in reply to Haryana’s first innings score of 200, Delhi surpassed Haryana’s total after losing only six wickets. Yesterday’s not out batsman Shikhar Dhawan completed his half century in 182 minutes off 140 balls. Seventh wicket partnership of 107 runs between Abhishek Nag (43) and Kuldeep Rawat (66 not out) was the other highlight of the day. Hemant Bansal and Sachin Rana claimed two wickets each, for Haryana. Scoreboard: Delhi (Ist innings) Pritpal Singh lbw Sachin Rana 16 Shikhar Dhawan c Sahil b Hemant Bansal 50 Himanshu Mehta run out 28 Rahul Ahuja b Hemant Bansal 2 Varun Sharma lbw Imran 3 Abhishek Nag c Sunil b Nitin Mehtani 43 Himanshu Khullar c&b Sachin Rana 13 Kuldeep Rawat batting 66 Abhishek Sharma batting 5 Extras 50 Total for 7 wickets 276 FOW: 1-33, 2-115, 3-117, 4-122, 5-122, 6-142, 7-249 Bowling Sachin Rana 27-11-48-2, Imran 25-3-70-1, Kapil Bali 8-0-40-0, Nitin Mehtani 19-7-36-1, Rahul Gehlot 3-0-18-0, Hemant Bansal 21-9-30-2. |
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FIH to introduce new rules JALANDHAR, Nov 30 (UNI) — The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has decided to introduce a set of new rules and experiment with the objective of making the sport positive, result-oriented and telegenic to attract sponsors. Federation rules board in a meeting held at Paris recently decided to bring all 16 members of a team instead of 11 playing members in the ambit of discipline envisaging penalty of yellow cards even for five bench players in case they shouted obscenities or in anyway tried to hamper the smooth flow of the play, according to rule board member Pargat Singh, former captain of India’s hockey team. Talking to mediapersons here yesterday on return from Paris, he said the captain of penalised bench member of the team would be asked to substitute one other than the one who has been penalised. The ace Indian defender said the federation also decided against forcing the captain of a team from removing his skipper’s arm band in the event of his having been sent off the field following penalty of yellow card. But he would be divested of the band if he was showed red card. Pargat Singh said the goalkeeper of a team would not be allowed to cross the centre line when a penalty corner hit was being taken just at half or full time of the play. Yet another rule has now allowed a hit off the edge of the hockey stick which was earlier disallowed because it was construed to be back-stick shot. He said the federation had decided to introduce on experimental basis allotment of a goal scooped or hit into net if the hitter did so from top of the ‘D’ after pushing the ball from dotted five yard line. However, this experiment would be made a rule only after a positive feedback from the field, he added. The Olympian said there was loud thinking about making hockey a game of 80 minutes instead of 70 minutes and introduction of three intervals after every 20 minutes of play. The idea of allowing only up to eight members each of the two teams in the 25 yard area with the introduction of third
referee was mooted and discussed at the meeting which, he said, was attended by all five members of the board. Besides Pargat Singh, the remaining four members are Brigadier Latif of Pakistan, Roger Webb of United Kingdom, Bob Davidson of Germany and Richard Agase of Australia. Pargat Singh said the meeting also discussed a proposal to distinguish between intentional and unintentional fault in the ‘D’ area. |
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CRPF rout Gujarat; Railways held MUMBAI, Nov 30 (UNI) — Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) of Neemuch consolidated the position with 5-0 hammering of lowly Gujarat in pool ‘D’ of the Senior National Hockey Championship here today. Forward V. Memrum scored two goals in 22nd and 41st minute while linkman Jolan Topno opened the account in the eighth minute. Parbhat Saini had made it 2-0 with a superb reverse hit from the edge of the circle in the 18th minute. Topno’s handiwork led to Mukesh Kumar sounding the board for the last goal. CRPF, currently are is second to Indian Oil in the standings with Mumbai third. They clash with Mumbai on Sunday, which should be crucial to both though CRPF has better goal average. Today CRPF toyed with one of the weakest teams in the country and forced eight short corners. But for some fine saves by goalie Dharmesh Patel, Gujarat would have lost by more goals. The losers did improve in the second half by gaining four short corners but none of their players had the clue of executing it. It was the only match of the day. HYDERABAD: Hyderabad held former champions Indian Railways to a goal-less draw in the final group ‘A’ league match in the 60th Senior National Hockey Championship played here today. The two teams played a listless game,
disappointing the spectators in what was supposed to be the best match in the six-team group. Both the teams had already ensured their berths in the super league. The two teams finished with 13 points each with four wins and today’s draw. However, Railways topped the group with a better goal average. While, Railways had scored 13 goals and conceded four, Hyderabad had scored one goal short while conceding three goals. In an inconsequential match, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) defeated Andhra 4-2 after leading 1-0 at the lime break. Sunil Kero, Satwinder Singh, John Minez and Rajpal Singh scored a goal each for SAIL. Nobel David and Rajesh Babu scored for Andhra. |
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Asian school hockey from Jan 18 CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — Malaysia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Singapore and Poland have so far confirmed their participation in the Asian school hockey championship (boys) being held at Ludhiana from January 18 to 25. To be organised by the Punjab Government in collaboration with School Games Federation of India, the eight-day event will be held for the first time in Punjab. Giving this information, Mr Pritam Singh Chhabra, Secretary-General SGFI, said that second National School Games in roller skating will be held under the banner of Haryana Education Department at Hansraj Public School, Panchkula, from December 5 to 9 for all age groups under 11, 14, 17 and under 19 in speed, artistic and roller hockey events. Madhya Pradesh will play host to kho-kho (under 19) and kabaddi (under 17) Vinoo Mankad cricket meet (boys) under 16 will be held at Datia (MP) from December 18 to 23 Volleyball (boys and girls- under 19), kho-kho (boys and girls-under 14 and under 17) and kabaddi (under 14) will be held at Rewa (MP) from January 4 to 9, 2001. Competitions in basketball (boys and girls-under 14, 19) and handball (boys and girls-under 17, 19) will be held at Guna (MP) from January 17 to 22. West Bengal will also host gymnastics (boys and girls in age groups of 14, 17 and 19) from December 24 to 29 at Garia, archery (boys and girls-under 14, under 19) from January 5 to 7 at Salt Lake and football (boys-under 14) from December 26 to 31. Delhi will have events in judo (boys and girls-in under 14, 17 and under 19), wrestling (boys-under 14, 17, 19), kabaddi (boys & girls-under 19), hockey (boys and girls-under 19), basketball (boys and girls-under 17) and CK Nayadu-cricket (boys under 19) from December 22 to 27. |
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Anand held to a draw NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (UNI) — Top seed and favourite Viswanathan Anand began rather tentatively as he was held to a draw by Viktor Bologan of Moldova in the first game of the two-game second round match at the FIDE Knockout World Chess Championships here today. But the other Indian in action today, Krishnan Sasikiran (2583) lost with white pieces against the Dutch Grandmaster, Loek Van Wely (2643). The loss with white pieces makes it much more difficult for the Indian teenager, as Van Wely will not simply play for a draw and he will have white in the second game tommorrow. Anand, hoping to win his World Championships title in his home country, played with black. With Bologan playing the e4 on his first move, Anand went in for the Sicilian and the two played the Rossolimo variation. Anand, who is rated at 2765 and way above Bologan (2641), was involved in a rather sedate game. The Spain-based Indian Grandmaster Anand seemed content to check out his opponent. Bologan, who came through the opening round with a fine win over Hannes Stefansson of Iceland, castled on the queen side fairly early and the players exchanged the minor pieces and headed towards a draw which suited Anand, who will have white in the second game. Anand seemed to be slightly inferior, but not bad enough for Bologan to exploit it in any meaningful manner. Anand admitted, “Taking a draw at that stage was not a bad decision.” Anand, who turns 30 during the course of this championships on December 11, added, “We could have continued play for some time but it didn’t seem much use. If white had counter play from the king side, black had it from the c-file.” In a format such as this, stronger players often adopt a very safe policy of playing for a draw with black and attempting to force a win with white. That is probably what Anand, too, had in mind. For in this format, each round is a mini match of two games till the fifth round. And in a two-game match, one slight error could mean doom and elimination. The semifinals, which will be the last round for men in Delhi, will be a four-game affair. Sasikiran and Van Wely were engaged in a Gruenfeld defence. Sasi did not get much in the opening though both players castled early. Into the middle game as the game progressed along the Russian system, Sasikiran was much inferior. The Dutch player had a rook for two minor pieces, but for sometime, Sasikiran had a passed pawn on the sixth rank. But Van Wely not only swallowed that but also went a pawn ahead. When Sasikiran resigned on the 57th move, he had just one pawn to the Dutchman’s two. Van Wely had a bishop and a knight to Sasi’s rook. Polish Grandmaster Barlomiej Macieja sprung a major surprise eliminating the highly-rated English Grandmaster Jonathan Speelman 1.5 - 0.5 in the first set of round tiebreak games here today. |
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Sampras back to winning ways; Hewitt loses LISBON, Nov 30 (AFP) — The old and the new prepared for what should prove a monumental showdown at the Masters Cup at Lisbon’s Pavilhao Atlantico yesterday as American legend Pete Sampras got back to winning ways while young gun Marat Safin moved to the brink of securing the year-end world No 1 spot. Although nobody was preparing Sampras’ epitaph after his opening-day round robin straight sets loss to Australian teen Lleyton Hewitt, the American was obliged to see off spanish fighter Alex Corretja to remain in with a chance of a record sixth season wrap-up triumph. And the 29-year-old didn’t disappoint as he turned in steely performance to emerge with a 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 win in two hours one minute, ideal
preparation for tomorrow’s match against Safin. Safin himself showed he means business as the Russian, who sent Sampras packing in the US Open final in September, taught Hewitt a lesson with a one hour 22 minute 6-4, 6-4 win achieved courtesy of a break in the ninth game of the opening set and two — sandwiching one for Hewitt — in the second. Appropriately enough, if Safin beats Sampras, he will ensure he claims the year-end world No 1 ranking, at 20 years of age the youngest player ever to do so since the system was introduced 28 years ago. His only remaining rival, Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten, would then be unable to catch him even if he wins the tournament. Safin would also be the first non-American since Sweden’s Stefan Edberg in 1991 to perform the feat. But he said that winning tournaments was what counted. “I’m satisfied with my game. That’s more important than numbers,” said Safin. “If you play well the numbers come — money and points!” he added. “In the beginning I was nervous but at the end I was okay.” Hewitt acknowledged he had been well beaten. I didn’t really get too many chances, I was always playing catch-up. I didn’t come up with the big points out there today,” said the Adelaider. Sampras, having ousted Corretja, can look forward to his meeting with Safin with a great deal more confidence than was the case after his loss to Hewitt on Tuesday, which he described as a humiliation. “Compared to yesterday I was happy with anything,” said Sampras, who closed out the match with a blistering forehand at the end of an
extraordinary 33-shot final rally on the Corretja serve. That shot, which secured the only break of the contest cleared away much of the frustration Sampras had felt after his earlier defeat. Corretja had his chances but could not convert a single one of seven break chances and Sampras’s experience and canny command of the big catch situation won the day. “I just went for it and pulled it off. I had to put behind me what happened yesterday,” he said afterwards. Earlier, Russian Olympic champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov came from a set and a break down to oust Swede Magnus Norman 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 in their opening Green group encounter. Kafelnikov came to Portugal bidding for Russian bragging rights at the expense of Safin, whom he would dearly love to face in the final. Although Norman moved a set clear with two quickfire breaks to one for his opponent, the Swedish world No 4 and Rome Masters Series champion fell away alarmingly afterwards once a monster Kafelnikov forehand had secured the Russian a second set break in the eighth game. “Once I got the break at 4-4 in the second set that helped me to turn it around. It was a matter of experience,” said the 26-year-old Kafelnikov, who still has to edge out group rivals
Andre Agassi and Kuerten to be sure of a place in the semifinals. “I think it is a very satisfying win,” said Kafelnikov who survived a painful dose of cramp in his forearm near the end and who also saved four break points in the ninth game of the second set before running away with the decider. |
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USPTR workshop begins NEW DELHI, Nov 30 —Well-known coach and United States Professional Tennis Registry (USPTR) professional Dr Louie Cap started a four-day coaching workshop, organised by the Gurgaon-based Peninsula Tennis Academy at Panchshila Club here today. Thirtyfive coaches from all over India are participating in the workshop of Dr Louie Cap, who is being assisted by former Indian player B. R. Priyadarshi from Bangalore. Dr Cap is the former coach of former women’s world number one Billie Jean King. The USPTR is the premier certification course in the world for a tennis coach and has more than 10,000 members in 123 countries, including 350 in India. Some of the leading USPTR members in India are Ramesh Krishnan, K. G. Ramesh, Asif Ismail, Enrico Piperno and CGK Bhupathi. The USPTR, founded in 1976 by Billie Jean King and Dennis Van der Meer, certifies tennis coaches through an internationally-recognised test based on a standardised teaching method. Its certification is recognised by the ATP Tour, WTA Tour, USTA and tennis federations around the world. Mr Bobby Singh, director, USPTR (India and South East Asia), said those who qualify the course would be eligible to conduct coaching classes. He said the Peninsula Tennis Academy will be opening its 21st coaching centre at the Panchshila Club and the USPTR annual awards 2000 will be given on Saturday. |
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P’lifting
meet put off PATIALA, Nov 30 — The Junior Punjab
State Powerlifting Championships for men and women (under-23) which
was slated from December 1 to 3 has now been indefinately postponed
due to the death of S.P. Singh, Honoray Secretary of the Punjab
Powerlifting Association on November 11. This was stated by Mr Ram
Nath, Joint Secretary of the Punjab Powerlifting Association. |
Ambedkar varsity
triumph KURUKSHETRA, Nov 30 — Haryana Finance Minister Sampat Singh inaugurated North-East Zone Inter-University Volleyball (women) tournament at the Kurukshetra University sports complex here today. In the inaugural match Baba Ambedkar University, Agra, defeated Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj University, Kanpur, by 25-11, 25-14 and 25-22. |
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Malleswari
promoted NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (PTI) —Karnam Malleswari, India’s lone medal winner in Sydney Olympic Games, has been promoted Joint Manager in the Food Corporation of India. Announcing this, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Mr Shanta Kumar lauded her achievement and also announced a cash award of Rs 5
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PU, Punjabi varsity
in last four CHANDIGARH, Nov 30—Hosts Panjab University, Chandigarh, Punjabi University, Patiala, Burdwan University, and Calicut University, today advanced to the semi-final league in the All-India Inter-University Football (men) Tournament in progress at Panjab University grounds here. In the matches played today, Punjabi University, Patiala, blanked BRA Bihar University, Muzaffarnagar 11-0. Nishan Singh was the main scorer for the winners with three goals. Gurpreet Singh and Inderjit Singh scored two goals each while Daljit Singh,Vipan Singh, Rajinder Singh and Mandeep Singh scored one goal each. In another match, Panjab University, Chandigarh, outplayed Ravindra Bharti University, by a solitary goal scored by Kulvinder Singh in the 7th minute. In other matches, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram got the better of RD University, Jabalpur 3-2, while Burdwan University, thrashed MD University, Rohtak 3-0. Hansraj school to host skating meet CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — The Education Department, Haryana, in collaboration with the School Games Federation of India will host the skating event of the 46th National School Games from December 5 to 9 at Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula, according to Mr Surinder Kumar Monga, Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula. Mr Om Prakash Chautala, Chief Minister, Haryana, will inaugurate the meet. The closing ceremony will be presided over by Mr Bahadur Singh, Education Minister, Haryana. Mr Monga said that nearly 1200 skaters and officials will be expected. The competitor will vie for top honours in under-11, 14, 17 and under-19 sections in three events-artistic, speed and roller hockey. He said that as per the directions of the SGFI, the players and officials, including the technical team, will be provided free lodging and subsidised food as per rules of the SGFI. Hansraj Public School has a skating rink of the dimensions 20x40 metres and in 1995, a national camp for the Indian team, that went to take part in Nagano (Japan), was held here. The skating can be held here under the flood lights also. Mr Monga said Panchkula had now become the centre for various national and international level skating meets due to the presence of adequate number of rinks in the city. Meenakshi Kohli was given the best fighter award and had lead the Indian women’s roller hockey team in the eighth Asian skating meet at China in October last. Shreya Sahni, Priyanka Sharma, Amrita Singh, Indu Madan and Heena Ahuja were also part of the Indian team. Mr Monga said he was grateful that the SGFI has allotted the skating event to Haryana. Sports university for
Haryana likely CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 —
The Union Government has assured that it will actively consider the setting up of a sports university in Haryana for improving the sports standard in the state. This was revealed by the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, while speaking in the 26th annual function of Motilal Nehru Sports School, Rai today. He said that the state government was committed to the promotion. The sportspersons had been given a relaxation of 75 per cent in bus fare and their diet money had also been increased to Rs 500. In order to promote sports in the rural areas, sports stadia were being constructed. Mr Chautala also gave away prizes to the outstanding students for their achievements in sports and education. Director, Sports, Mr B.K. Sinha, said that the Indian Sports Authority had decided to upgrade the sports infrastructure of the school. Col. D.V.S. Dahiya, Principal of the school, also spoke on the occasion. JCT Academy to launch
campaign today CHANDIGARH, Nov 30 — JCT Academy will take on DFA Patiala in the opening match of the 13th Master Mehar Singh Memorial Football Tournament which gets under way at Kurali tomorrow. In other matches, RCF Kapurthala
will meet PSEB; BSF will clash with Ambala XI and Punjab Police will lock horns with Master Mehar Singh Memorial Football Club. The Punjab Sports Minister, Mr Nusrat Ali Khan will inaugurate the tournament. Badminton meet CHANDIGARH, Nov 30—The VIth Tara Chand Memorial Rs 1 lakh cash prize North Zone badminton championship will begin from December 3 at Sector 7 community centre, Panchkula, with qualifying rounds beginning from December 2. According to Mr T.R. Tuli, secretary, District Badminton Association, Panchkula, 250 entries had been confirmed. The championship will be played on hova synthetic courts and preliminary matches will be conducted at Sector 42 badminton hall. TT tourney CHANDIGARH, Nov 30—The R.S. Mehta Memorial Table Tennis tournament which was to begin from tomorrow at Sector 23 TT hall has been postponed and the fresh dates will be notified later. |
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