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SA recover against
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PSB down Karnataka BSF, PSEB in title clash Pete Sampras moves into last four Ivanchuk beaten; Khalifman survives Zatopek voted Czech legend
of century Thapar exudes confidence India win Yoga World Cup CBSE meet concludes Elahi, Razzaq give Pak the edge PU, Calicut varsity
in final Two records broken Kambli slams century Roller skating team Tennis scholarship
award for Rupa PU inter-college boxing results
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India beat Zimbabwe by three wickets CUTTACK, Dec 2 (PTI) — India made a heavy weather of the run chase before a belligerent unbeaten half-century by middle order
batsman Hemang Badani lifted the hosts to a thrilling three-wicket win against Zimbabwe in the first of the five-match one-day series here today. Left-handed Badani struck his maiden half-century (58 not out) and stumper Vijay Dahiya (35) gave him crucial support for a 60-run sixth-wicket partnership to help India survive a dramatic collapse as three wickets fell cheaply, after openers Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly had put on 102 runs for the first wicket. The Indians overtook Zimbabwe’s 253 for seven with 10 balls to spare despite being docked an over by match referee Barry Jarman for slow over-rate. Zimbabwe’s innings was given shape by an unbeaten 91 from Stuart Carlisle and his second-wicket stand of 115 with opener Alistair Campbell, who made a worthy 68. Replying to a challenging total, Ganguly and Tendulkar played a bit slow making identical 44 runs each before the maestro was sent back to the pavilion by Dirk Viljoen (2/46), who also claimed the Indian skipper to start India’s momentary downfall. Three more wickets fell at regular intervals, but Badani hung on with Dahiya first, and as the match entered the final stages, Ajit Agarkar, who was given a pasting earlier in the morning by Zimbabwean batsmen, gave Badani good company denying the tourists any more success as India reached 255 for five in 47.2 overs. Much now depended on the in-form Rahul Dravid and youngster Yuvraj Singh. But the Punjab left-hander Yuvraj was declared lbw to Murphy for 11, while Dravid (9) and Reetinder Singh Sodhi (9) were run out through poor calling, as Zimbabwe tightened the noose further. Dravid had struck Murphy firmly to the covers and set off for a run, but Grant Flower swooped on the ball in a flash and whipped it back to bother Andy who took the bails off. His desperate dive was of little consequence. Debutant Sodhi appeared a bit tentative and was run out by a direct throw by Murphy while going for a
non-existent run. Badani, now joined by Dahiya, began the repair work by judicious singles and twos, while the wicket-keeper batsman showed aggression in patches as he blasted two fours and a six over mid-on off Grant Flower. Dahiya found the gaps regularly and overtook Badani as the Indian score crossed the 200-run mark in the 41st over. But his run-a-ball innings of 35 came to an end when he tamely patted back a ball to leg spinner Murphy. India suffered another blow when Sunil Joshi was trapped leg before wicket to Streak even before the batsman could open his account, leaving the hosts 205 for seven. With defeat starting at the face, Agarkar and Badani took charge with controlled strokes and it was wiry Mumbai all-rounder who relieved India of the pressure hitting three fours to bridge the gap. Requiring five runs in two overs, Agarkar ran a single and Badani hit a straight driven four to clinch the victory. Earlier, Carlisle played a scintillating unbeaten knock, and with Campbell for able support, he justified skipper Streak’s decision to bat on winning the toss on an even-paced wicket at the Barabati Stadium. Campbell chipped in with 68 in a century-plus partnership with Carlisle as the two batted freely on the placid strip, but the Indian pace bowlers — Venkatesh Prasad (2/29), Zaheer Khan (1/46) and Reetinder Singh Sodhi — did a fine job in restricting the visitors to set an asking rate of 5.18. Zimbabwe: Marillier c Tendulkar
b Zaheer 8 Campbell c Badani Carlisle not out 91 Flower st Dahiya
b Tendulkar 11 Flower c Yuvraj b Agarkar 25 Whittall c Agarkar b Prasad 20 Streak b Prasad 5 Viljoen run out 2 Friend not out 0 Extras (lb-8, nb-8, w-7) 23 Total
(for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 253 Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-141, 3-167, 4-205, 5-230, 6-245, 7-248. Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 10-1-46-1, Venkatesh Prasad 10-0-29-2, Ajit Agarkar 10-0-74-2, Sunil Joshi 8-0-43-0, Reetinder Singh Sodhi 8-0-31-0, Sachin Tendulkar 4-0-22-1. India: Ganguly c Campbell Tendulkar c Streak Rahul Dravid run out 9 Yuvraj lbw b Murphy 11 Badani not out 58 Reetinder Run out 9 Dahiya c and b Murphy 35 Sunil Joshi lbw b Streak 0 Agarkar not out 19 Extras
(lb-9, nb-10, w-7) 26 Total (for 7 wkts, 47.2 overs) 255 Fall of wickets:
1-102, 2-109, 3-122, 4-129, 5-144, 6-204, 7-205. Bowling: Friend 7-0-36-0, Olonga 10-0-56-0, Streak 9.2-0-38-1, Murphy 6-0-45-2, Viljoen 9-0-46-2, Grant flower 6-0-25-0. |
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SA recover against New Zealand PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa), Dec 2 (Reuters) — South Africa recovered to 286 for seven at tea on the third day of the second Test against New Zealand today. Earlier New Zealand seized the advantage on three wickets in the morning session. South Africa went in to lunch on 198 for six, still 100 runs behind New Zealand’s first innings of 298. Neil McKenzie was 20 not out with Lance Klusener on nought. South Africa resumed on 123 for three and lost their first wicket of the day when Daryll Cullinan played a ragged sweep shot to a ball from leg-spinner Brooke Walker and was bowled for 33. Cullinan, who was 13 not out overnight, had attacked the bowling and hit three of his five fours in one over from seamer Chris Martin before straight driving a ball from Walker for six. New Zealand
(Ist innings): 298 South Africa (Ist innings) (overnight 123-3): Dippenaar lbw b Martin 35 Kirsten c Parore b Walmsley 49 Kallis c Parore b Astle 12 Cullinan b Walker 33 Pollock c Spearman b Martin 33 McKenzie not out 76 Boucher b O’Connor 0 Klusener c Parore b Martin 6 Boje not out 31 Extras (b-6 lb-3 w-2) 11 Total (for seven wickets, 113 overs) 286 Bowling: O’Connor 19-2-63-1, Martin 23-7-81-3, Walmsley 13-2-40-1, Walker 17-5-44-1, Astle 32-18-38-1, McMillan 9-4-11-0. |
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Aussies in command PERTH, Dec 2 (AFP) — Mark Waugh guided Australia into a winning position and rescued an international career under serious threat during a pugnacious four and a half hour innings against the West Indies on the second day of the second cricket Test here today. Waugh hammered his 18th Test century, stroking 119 as Australia made 396 for eight declared, giving them a lead of exactly 200 over the West Indies, dismissed for a modest 196 on the opening day at the WACA Ground. The West Indies had two early setbacks at the start of their second innings, losing vice captain Sherwin Campbell for four to firebrand Brett Lee in the second over and nightwatchman Mervyn Dillon (3) to Glenn McGrath from the last ball of the day. After 6.3 fiery overs by Lee and first innings hat-trick hero McGrath, the West Indies limped to stumps with 16 for two, needing another 184 runs to make Australia bat again. The not out batsman is Daren Ganga (9) and Wavell Hinds is expected to join him at the crease tomorrow. Lee struck with the last ball of his opening over as Campbell edged to fourth slip where Jason Gillespie pouched the chance. West Indies (Ist innings): 196 Australia (Ist innings) (overnight 72-2): Slater c Campbell b Dillon 19 Hayden b Black 69 Langer c Sarwan b McLean 5 Gillespie c Lara b McLean 23 M. Waugh c Adams b Dillon 119 S. Waugh c Campbell b Walsh 26 Ponting b Black 5 Gilchrist c McLean b Walsh 50 B. Lee not out 41 MacGill not out 18 Extras (b-2 w-2 lb-10 nb-7) 21 Total (for 8 wkts, declared) 396. Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-62, 3-111, 4-123, 5-188, 6-208, 7-303, 8-348. Bowling:
Walsh 31-9-74-2, Black 18-2-87-2, Dillon 29-4-130-2, McLean 22-3-78-2, Adams 8-3-15-0. West Indies
(2nd innings): Campbell c Gillespie b Lee 4 Ganga not out 9 Dillon c Gilchrist b McGrath 3 Extras
0 Total (for 2 wkts, 6.3 overs) 16 Fall of wickets:
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PSB down Karnataka BANGALORE, Dec 2 (PTI) — Hosts Karnataka booked a berth in the Senior National Hockey Championship beginning at Jammu on December 8, despite losing 1-2 to Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) in their last league encounter in pool B here. Karnataka and CISF ended up with seven points from their four outings in the five-team cluster B but the former qualified because of their better goal difference. PSB, who won all their league encounters, have already qualified for the national tourney. PSB went into the lead in the very second minute thanks to a goal from Rajinder Singh, and led 1-0 at the lemon break. In the second session, they increased the lead to 2-0 through Tejbir Singh. Karnataka came back strongly as Prakash Chalke scored a superb goal to reduce the margin but could not make further progress. CISF, Vidarbha and Pondicherry, the other three teams in the pool B, failed to qualify. Chennai: Runners-up Tamil Nadu topped the group “C” ahead of Air-India as their last league encounter ended in a goal-less draw here today. As both the teams were assured of a berth in the pre-quarterfinal phase beginning at Jammu on December 8, today’s match was only of academic interest. Tamil Nadu with 10 points (3 wins and a draw) topped the five-team group followed by Air-India (8 points, two wins, two draws). Food Corporation of India (7 points, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), Madhya Pradesh (1 draw, three losses) and Kerala (1 draw, three losses) finished in that order. The contest between Tamil Nadu and Air-India meandered out to a dull draw after a pacy start. It was Air-India who gained the initial edge and nearly scored in the 21st minute, but Gavin Fereira missed the target by a whisker after dribbling past a couple of defenders, thanks to Davinder Kumar’s fine effort. It turned out to be a test for the defence of both the teams. Tamil Nadu custodian Natarajan had a busy day effecting timely saves, especially in the second half, when Air-India mounted pressure. Dinesh Nayak, in particular, along side Dixon and Tirumalvalavan saved the blushes for Tamil Nadu with fine work in the defence. However, due credit should be given to Natarajan, who stood like a rock. Midway in the second half, Natarajan was put to severe test. Davinder’s shot was baulked by Natarajan, who showed enough
alacrity after Roshan Tete attempted the rebound. Gavin tried to cash in on the second rebound, but he once again rose to the occasion. Natarajan also brought off a spectacular save early in the second half after Cornelius D’Costa came up with a blistering drive off a penalty corner. Tamil Nadu too had their chances and made several inroads into the Air-India area through Senthil, Prabhakaran and Imalanathan and Cedric D’Cruz, with good support from Radhakrishnan, but the rival defence was equally effective in thwarting their moves, thanks to the good work by Anil Aldrin and Cornelius. |
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BSF, PSEB in title clash KURALI, Dec 2 — Border Security Force, Jalandhar, and
Punjab State Electricity Board, Hoshiarpur, will clash for the title in the final of the 13th Master Mehar Singh Memorial Football Tournament at Khalsa Senior Secondary School grounds here tomorrow. In the semifinals played
today, Border Security Force outplayed Master Mehar Singh Football Club 5-0 while Punjab State Electricity Board snuffed out the challenge of the promising JCT Academy 5-4 via the tie breaker after the two teams were locked 2-2 at the end of regulation time. For a change, BSF displayed strong motivation although the Kurali lads did put up a brave fight
initially. Promising striker Dharminder Singh is certainly a find of the
tournament. Having joined BSF only a few days back, Dharminder along with another new recruit Sukhbir Singh mesmerised the crowds with some excellent ball
play. In fact Dharminder's sprints are a treat to watch. Having his roots in
Kurali, Dharminder received full support from the spectators as until recently he assisted the local outfit as a forward. The Kurali citadel fell in the 21st minute when Gurjit
Singh, after controlling the ball unleashed a power-packed grounder which left the rival goalie
stunned. Again in the 38th minute, medio J.Oseph's cross was followed up by Gurjit Atwal's header and the security men were up by two goals. In the second
half, BSF were again in full cry. In the 50th minute a cross for Dharminder saw the latter turning around before
aiming a powerful right footer and the ball sailed in making it 3-0. The Kurali lads did get a chance soon after but Mukhinder Singh's long ranger struck the horizontal before bouncing back into play. A counter attack by BSF followed and Sukhbir
Singh, after racing into danger zone, shot into the roof of the net making it 4-0.In the last
minute, it was again the turn of Dharminder who after racing down the right flank gave a quick through pass to the veteran Abhey Mahato who made it 5-0 with a gentle flick. Compared to the performance of BSF in the National Football League last
year, the security men put up an improved show. As coach Kulbhushan put
it, the team is in the building process and the performance will improve further once the new recruits click in unison. Earlier, JCT Academy under the watchful eyes of the veteran Jagir Singh, who represented India in the Merdeka Cup and other international
meets, gave a tough fight to fancied Punjab State Electricity Board. In
fact PSEB, runners-up in the prestigious Durand Cup in 1993 and the DCM Cup in 1995,and more recently winners of the Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament were a pale shadow of
themselves, especially in the first half. The young and energetic JCT Academy lads kept them under sustained pressure and also managed to take the lead through Harbinder in the opening
minutes. PSEB had to wait till the 57th minute for the equaliser when Sukhvir capitalised on a misunderstanding amongst the rival defenders to put the ball safely in the
net. Thereafter, PSEB surged ahead through an opportunistic strike by Gurvinder off a cross from the right. In the dying
minutes, Balbir came up with a gem of an effort to restore parity for the struggling JCT Academy to stretch the match into the tie breaker in which PSEB found the target on all the five occasions while the Phagwara outfit missed one spot kick and bowed out of the tournament. Later a veterans' match was also played at the same venue. Among the participants was former international and 'footballer of the decade' Parminder Singh.
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Pete Sampras moves into last four LISBON, Dec 2 (AP) —Spurred by the challenge of facing the game’s No. 1 player, Pete Sampras beat Marat Safin 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Masters Cup. Sampras, the defending champion, came out roaring from the opening shot and went on to defeat the player who dismissed him in three sets in the US Open final and who won the last two matches between the two. “You always remember your losses much more than your wins,” Sampras said. “I’m a competitor. I wanted to get back at him.” The loss prevented Safin from clinching the No. 1 ranking for the year, but the 20-year-old Russian can still do that if he beat Andre Agassi in the semifinals. Sampras had to beat his likely successor at No. 1 to reach the semifinals of the season-ending tournament that features the world’s top eight players. “I was motivated, he’s No. 1,” Sampras said. “I played great. I wanted to chip and charge and be aggressive.” Sampras is seeking to win the season-ending event for a record sixth time. He also finished as No. 1 in the world for a record six consecutive seasons between 1993 and 1998. By winning Wimbledon this summer, Sampras gained a record 13th Grand Slam Title. He is now No. 3 and cannot overtake Safin. Safin, who leads the tour with seven titles this year, is making his first appearance in the elite event. And Sampras clearly seemed intent on making an impression on him — winning 12 of the first 13 points. Attacking Safin’s second serve, volleying effectively and covering the court well, Sampras charged to a 3-0 lead. He broke Safin for a 3-2 lead in the second set and again to make it 5-2. Sampras faced his first break point after Safin had saved a match point with a volley. But Sampras fired a 203 kph service winner and then whipped his seventh ace down the middle to win the match. “Today, I made it a point to be aggressive, use the backhand up the line, make use of the whole court, make him move,” said Sampras, who took a break after losing the US Open final and had not played again until coming to Lisbon. Safin was so frustrated with his game that he smashed two rackets. “When you realise that you have no chance at all, you can not pass him at all, not down the line, not crosscourt, not lob, nothing, you understand you are doing something ridiculous,” Safin said. Safin said he wasn’t nervous because he was fighting for No. 1. “I just couldn’t do the simplest things today,” he said. “I think I didn’t play at all. I couldn’t hold my serve. Couldn’t pass him. Actually, I didn’t do anything. Of course, he played ok I didn’t play at all. I couldn’t hold my serve. Couldn’t pass him. Actually, I didn’t do anything. Of course, he played very well,” Safin said. “If I play like this I have no chance at all” against Agassi, Safin said. “Everything was a small disaster today,” he said. “I’m still learning. That’s why I am here. I have to learn.” Safin had already been assured a place in the semifinals because of the round-robin format. The eight players are divided into two groups, with the top two advancing to the semifinals. Safin and Sampras both finished with 2-1 records in the Red group, with Sampras winning first place. Lleyton Hewitt and Alex Corretja were eliminated. Sampras will play Gustavo Kuerten. Kuerten, Safin’s only challenger for the No. 1 spot, needs to win the tournament to be able to claim the top ranking. Agassi, also assured of a place in the last four, tuned up for his clash with Safin by beating Magnus Norman 6-3, 6-2 in a match that was only a matter of prestige. Agassi won the Green group with a 3-0 record, while Norman finished 0-3. |
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Ivanchuk beaten; Khalifman survives NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (UNI) — Defending champion Alexander Khalifman survived a tie-breaker in the second round against German Christopher Lutz, but Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first grandmaster above 2700 to crash out of the third FIDE World Knock-out Chess Championships here today. Knocking Ivanchuk out of the championships was the 38-year-old Jaan Ehlvest of Estonia. The lone Indian left in the fray, Viswanathan Anand did not have a match today as he had completed his win yesterday itself. He beat Viktor Bologan of Moldova with a brilliant display and now plays an experienced Smbat Lputian of Armenia, whome he defeated at Wijk Aan Zee event early this year. In the women’s section, defending champion, Xie Jun of China came through the tie-breaker beating Svetlana Matveeva of Russia. She won the first game with black pieces and then had no problem holding out for a draw with white in the second. For the second time running, Ivanchuk failed to survive his first opponent. In the 1999 edition in Las Vegas, too, he had lost in his very first match, and that was to Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania, who had managed to reach the semifinals stage there. This time around, the temperamental Ivanchuk had been seeded straight into the second round along with 27 others. Ivanchuk is known as something of a wild child among the chess fraternity. On the other hand, Ehlvest, has the reputation of being very controlled. The Estonian, one of the strongest players behind Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in the mid-1980s, had finished fourth behind Kasparov, Karpov and Valery Salov in the 1988-89 world championships cycle but in the last few years he has not much of success. At the Las Vegas world championships last year, Khalifman had used his services as part of his seconds team in the later stages of the championships. After drawing the first game with black pieces, Ivanchuk must have fancied his chances, but Ehlvest probably outdid Ivanchuk in a Caro-Kahn defence and gained the upper hand early. Ivanchuks pawn structure was weak and he lost a pawn followed by another. He resigned a little later when the game was just 28 moves old. In the first game in which he had white pieces, it was an English opening and the game lasted 78 moves. In the second, it was a Sicilian-Pelikan, where Khalifman had no trouble drawing. “There is a lot of pressure as the defending champion. Last time, the media did not focus on me, but this time it has been different,” said Khalifman, who is probably one of the lowest rated players to win a world championships. On the question of the format, he said, “It is exciting but would be a problem for some players.” The Ivanchuk disaster apart, most of the other leading seeds went through to the third round. Michael Adams, semifinalist at the last two editions won with black in the first of his two 25-minute tie-breaker games and then simply drew the next to dash any hopes Vietnam’s Dao Thien Hai may have had of pulling off a major upset. Alexander Shirov, one of the contenders here, gave Russian Alexander Onischuk a lesson with white pieces and outplayed him. In the second game, Shirov did not exert himself and played out a comfortable draw to go through. Peter Svidler defeated young Frenchman Atienna Bacrot with a fluent win in both games. Bacrot may be talented but it will take some time for him to make a mark at the higher echelons in the game. Peng Xiaomin of China defeated Utut Adianto. He won the first game with white pieces and then safely drew the second to move through. The pairings for the third round indicate some more explosive action as Khalifman will be up against the prodigious Peter Leko of Hungary. Leko had moved past Sergei Volkov in the second round, even Michae Adams is set to meet Alex Yermolinbsky of the USA. |
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Zatopek voted Czech legend
of century PRAGUE, Dec 2 (AP) — Emil
Zatopek, the 1952 triple Olympic gold medallist, has been voted the Czech sports legend of the century. At a ceremony on Thursday night, his wife Dana
Zatopkova, a 1952 Olympic champion in javelin, received the crystal trophy on Zatopek’s
behalf. Zatopek, who died last Wednesday at age 78, made history when he dominated the 5,000m, 10,000 m and marathon races at the Helsinki Olympics. A jury of experts put Zatopek above all categories as a “legend of the century,” while others were awarded individual victories in different
sports. Jaromir Jagr of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins won the ice hockey category, Ivan Lendl carried tennis and Jan
Zelezny, the Sydney Olympic champion in javelin, took the track and field. |
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Thapar exudes confidence NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (UNI) — Industrialist and All-India Football Federation (AIFF) election presidential hopeful Samir Thapar yesterday exuded confidence that he would comfortably win the much-hyped elections to the Indian soccer’s supreme governing body and asserted that current incumbent Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi was no threat to him. Mr Thapar had announced his candidature on November 24 at a crowded Press conference here for the election which is due on December 16. Speaking to UNI, Mr Thapar said he would win as he had a overwhelming majority. “I have the support of the state associations and the newly-formed Indian Premier Football Association (IPFA).” The IPFA is a conglomerate of premier soccer clubs which are on a collision course with the AIFF. In reply to a question on Mr Dasmunshi’s warning that the dissident clubs risked suspension if they played a parallel league, Mr Thapar said such developments are bound to harm Indian soccer. Insiders in Mr Thapar’s camp said he had mustered enough support to win the election. They said things had changed ever since the belligerent AIFF secretary Kedar Nath Mour joined Mr Thapar’s camp. In fact Mr Thapar himself conceded “Well, I don’t think there would be any tough competition in the election. I have 70 per cent support in a house of 31”, he said. Mr Thapar’s aides say Mr Dasmunshi’s mismanagement and stranglehold over the game and his whimsical outbursts has buoyed Mr Thapar’s confidence. Mr Thapar also said “Dasmunshi has smoothened my way”. Moreover he enjoys the support of fellow industrialists Vijay Mallya (UB Group) and Anand Mahindra (Mahindra United). In fact Mr Mallya is the supremo of the nine-member IPFA. What has complicated the situation for Mr Dasmunshi is that his image has received a severe jolt when cases were filed against him in the Calcutta High Court particularly the one in which it was pleaded that four key organisations should be restricted from exercising their franchise. Mr Thapar held Mr Dasmunshi responsible for “reducing Indian soccer to its present miserable plight” and blamed him for doing nothing to promote the game. He said the first National Football League (NFL) was a success but the later editions were disasters. “It is primarily mismanagement, lack of proper understanding of the game and poor marketing strategy that torpedoed the very objective of the league.” “No football lover can remain a mute spectator to the fact that the game was receding into oblivion”, he said. |
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India win Yoga World Cup NEW DELHI, Dec 2 — Hosts India excelled beyond expectation to bag the team championship while Deepak Kumar of India and Viviana of Argentina emerged individual champions in the two-day ninth Olympic Yoga Sport World Cup which concluded at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium here today. The Indian boys and girls mesmerised their foreign opponents to earn all-round praise and honours. India topped the team table with Argentina finishing second and Brazil and Russia sharing the third position. In the individual championship, Deepak Kumar, with his superlative floor show, earned the first place while Narendra Kumar and Krishna Dhan Dal, both of India, took the second and third positions, respectively. But in the women’s section, Viviana from Argentina showed far too much perfection to give her Indian opponents not much of a chance for the top prize, though Sanchita of India made a brave attempt to give her a close run. She had to be satisfied with the second position. Elena of Russia and Bruna of Brazil shared the third prize. In the seventh International Artistic Yoga Sport Cup, Ramesh Kumar of India and Bruna of Brazil won the individual championship, while India took the team championship and Brazil the second place. Argentina finished third. In the individual title contest, Ramesh Kumar was followed by Surinder Singh and Gopal Das, both of India, while Russia’s Denis Zaenchovski finished fourth. In the women’s section, Bruna was followed by Viviana, Guncavez (Argentina) and Ranushree (India). |
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CBSE meet concludes CHANDIGARH, Dec 2 — The three-day CBSE roller skating meet concluded here this evening at KB
DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, with the skaters from the host school Mehak Paul and Manjit again hogging the limelight in their respective events. In rink races II for under 11, Manjit Singh of the host school won the gold medal in the boys section and he was followed by another young sensation of the school, Mehak Paul, who romped home with a fine gold in rink race II event in girls section. Like yesterday, Kriti Puri and Gulsagar Singh Jassar bagged gold medal in rink races II for under 14 in girls and boys sections, respectively. Ultimately host school won four gold medals out of a total eight in this meet. Ms Bahl announced a special cash prize of Rs 1100 each for Mehak and Manjit for bringing laurels to the school. The chief guest was Mr G. Bala Subramanium, Director (Academics) CBSE Delhi. Ms Madhu Bahl, Principal, read the welcome address, and apprised the guests that teams from 52 schools affiliated to the CBSE comprising of 200 skaters participated in the tournament. Mangat Dhani the founder of the Roller Skating Federation of India also graced the occasion. A cultural programme was also presented by school children. ‘This happens only in India’ was absorbing. Giddha was followed by a combined show to the time of ‘Vande Matram’ of Lata Mangeshkar echoed. National Anthem marked the culmination of the programme. Mr Subramanium in his speech, appreciated the stupendous efforts made by the school in academics, sports and infrastructure in a short span of six years. The skaters who had come from other parts of India felt satisfied over the arrangements. Ms Bahl announced that on Monday the school would observe a holiday. Results—(Finals): Rink Race II: under 11 yrs: (boys): Manjit Singh (KB DAVS-7 Chd) 1, Gulrajan Singh (Baba Ganda Singh School, Barnala) 2. Girls—Mehak Paul (KB DAVS-7, Chd) 1, Karmika (Senior Study School, Amritsar) 2, Shipra (DAV Public School, Amritsar) 3. Under 14 yrs—boys: Gulsagar Singh Jassar (St John’s High School, Chd) 1, Manavpreet Singh (Ajanta Public School, Amritsar) 2, Sehajpreet Singh (St Peter’s Academy, Patiala) 3. Girls—Kriti Puri (Carmel Convent School-9) Henna Bharti (St Peter’s-Pat) 2, Harjapjee Kaur (Amity Intl. Saket, Delhi)
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Elahi, Razzaq give Pak the edge FAISLABAD, Pakistan, Dec 2 (Reuters) — Stand-in opener Salim Elahi and Abdur Razzaq scored contrasting half centuries to give Pakistan the edge in the second Test against England today. Scoreboard Pakistan (first innings 316 (Saeed Anwar 53, Salim Elahi 41, Yousuf Youhana 77, Moin Khan 65; Ashley Giles 5-75) England (first innings) Atherton c Youhana
b Saqlain 32 Trescothick st Moin b Kaneria 30 Hussain lbw b Saqlain 23 Salisbury c Youhana
Thorpe lbw b Akram 79 Stewart c Razzaq b Kaneria 13 Hick c Youhana b Razzaq 18 White b Saqlain 41 Giles c Afridi b Razzaq 0 Caddick c Moin b Razzaq 5 Gough not out 19 Extras (b-4 lb-14 nb-31) 49 Total
(136.4 overs) 342 Fall of wickets: 1-49 2-105 3-106 4-203 5-235 6-274 7-274 8-275 9-295 Bowling:
Wasim Akram 26-6-69-1 (nb7), Abdur Razzaq 20-0-74-3 (nb11), Danish Kaneria 34-9-89-2 (nb3), Saqlain Mushtaq 30.4-8-62-3 (nb9), Arshad Khan 25-12-29-1, Shahid Afridi 1-0-1-0 (nb1) Pakistan
(second innings): Elahi c Stewart b Giles 72 Afridi c Giles b Gough 10 Razzaq not out 60 Inzamam-ul-haq not out 33 Extras (b-6 lb-4 nb-1) 11 Total (for two wickets, 62 overs) 186 Fall of wickets: 1-13 2-111 Bowling:
Gough 6-1-21-1, Caddick 16-1-33-0 (nb-1), Giles 22-3-66-1, White 14-3-38-0, Salisbury 4-0-18-0. |
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PU, Calicut varsity
in final CHANDIGARH, Dec 2 — Hosts, Panjab University, Chandigarh, will cross swords with visiting Calicut University, Calicut, in the final of the prestigious All-India Inter-Zone Inter University Football Tournament on the penultimate day at the university campus here today. In the two semi-finals played today, Punjabi University, Patiala were involved in a tough encounter with Calicut University. Both the teams could not score any goal in the first half. In the 58th minute Daljit Singh of Punjabi University scored the first goal. This jubilation was
short-lived as in 78th minute, Jobish of Calicut scored the equaliser. Both the teams were evenly balanced and in 87th minute, Hanson of Calicut scored the match winner. In the second semifinal, Panjab University, Chandigarh, were pitted against Burdwan University. PU players were quick in taking the lead when Jitender Singh scored the first goal in the 22nd minute. Till the end of the first half, the score was 1-0 in favour of PU. The second goal was scored in the 53rd minute by Parveen Kumar. Then it was the turn of Charanjit Kumar to make it 3-0 in the 74th minute. At this point of time, the Burdwan team made a comeback. They were able to reduce the margin to 1-3 in the 85th minute when Subhranil Dutta scored a goal and later Gopal Ghosh further reduced the margin to 2-3. |
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Two records
broken
HISAR, Dec 2 (PTI) — Two records were shattered and one was equalised on the opening day of the 12th National Inter-Zonal Junior Athletic Championship here at Haryana Agricultural University today. The 800 metres record for under 18 girls was broken both by Tajender of north zone and Abha Rani of east zone who clocked 2:15.13 sec and 2:13.33 sec respectively. The old record of 2:15.57 sec had been set up by R.V. Sumalatha of
Karanataka in 1999. Sujata Sumanata of east zone with the timing of 2:21.34 sec secured third position. Girish. V of south zone set a new record in under-18 boys in 200 metres. He took 22.9 seconds to complete the race. The old record of 22:1 sec was set by I. Ram Prasad of south zone in 1995. Ranjibrana of east zone and P.Shanker of south zone bagged the second and third position, respectively, with a timing of 22.16 sec and 22:28 sec. |
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Kambli slams century MUMBAI, Dec 2 (PTI) — An unbeaten 104 off 110 balls by Test discard Vinod Kambli and his 137 runs unbroken fifth wicket partnership with skipper Samir Dighe (34 batting) helped hosts Mumbai make a healthy looking 340 for four off 371 minutes on the opening day of the four-day Ranji Trophy west zone cricket league match against Gujarat here today. Put into bat first, the hosts were given a fine start by Wasim Jaffer (97 off 159 balls with 14 fours and two sixes) and debutant Vinayak Mane (57 off 147 balls including eight fours) by putting on 154 runs off 46.5 overs before the latter was run out. |
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Roller skating team Patiala, Dec 2 — The Roller Skating Federation of India (RSFI) has selected a 10-member Indian roller hockey, squad which will take part in the 34th World Roller Hockey Championships (group-B) slated to be held at London from December 11 to 16. The trials to select the team concluded at the Rink Hall here yesterday evening. The team: Jaswinder Singh, Abhishek Rattanpal, Parminder Kamboj, (all Chd), Rajesh Anand, Paramvir Singh, Ankush Kohli (all J&K), Bhupinder Singh, Mandeep Singh, Sarabjit Singh (all Punjab), Nirmal Nanda (Haryana), stand byes: Harmanjit Singh (J&K), Navdeep Puri (Haryana), Aryavir Singh (J&K). |
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Tennis scholarship
award for Rupa NEW DELHI,
Dec 2 — Rupa Kaushik of Chennai was presented the USPTR India-Cosco
Tennis Scholarship Award at an impressive function at the Gurgaon-based
Peninsula Tennis Academy’s centre at the Panchshila Club here
today. The USPTR India President’s Award was given to Maheshwar
Kumbria while former India player, and now a veteran coach, B.R.
Priyadarshi was given the USPTR India Pro of the Year Award. Rupa’s
award carries a return air ticket to the USA. Well-known coach of the
US Professional Tennis Registry, Dr Louie Cap, who conducted a tennis
workshop at the centre, was present at the awards ceremony. Mr
Siddharth Verma, Managing-Director of Reebok India, and Kishan Saigal,
President of Panchshilla Club, jointly inaugurated the new Peninsula
Tennis Academy centre at the club courts. Gaurav Malhotra of
Chandigarh, Surinder Pal Singh and Amrinder Pal Singh of Patiala were
among the coaches who were awarded USPTR certification today. The
USPTR is the premier certification course in the world for a tennis
coach, and has more than 10,000 members worldwide in 123 countries. It
has over 350 members in India alone, though it started its operations
in the country only in 1995. |
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PU inter-college boxing results CHANDIGARH, Dec 2 — The three-day Panjab University Inter-College Boxing Championship organised by Government College, Sector 46, concluded here today on an exciting note. Mr T.C. Gupta President of the Rowing Association Chandigarh congratulated the winners and gave away the
prizes. Arun Singh beat Vinod Singh to win the light fly weight category. Results: Light fly weight: Arun Singh (DAV, Hsp) 1, Vinod Singh (GCM-11, Chd) 2, Sanjeev Kumar (GC, Hsp) 3, Ramesh Singh (SGGS, Chd) 3; Fly weight: Hans Raj (AS, Khanna) 1, Rajbir Singh (DAV, Chd) 2, Saurabh (GCM-11, Chd) 3, Ranbir Singh (GCM-46, Chd) 3; Bantam weight: Sandeep Yadav (DAV, Chd) 1, Nandan Singh (AS, Khanna) 2, Rakesh Katal (LR DAV, Jagraon) 3, Sunil Kumar (GGD SD, Chd) 3; Feather weight: Rajbir Singh (SGGSC, Chd) 1, Rahul Sharma (DAV, Chd) 2, Paras Arora (GGD SD, Chd) 3, Balkar Singh (AS, Khanna) 3; Light weight: Surinder (GGD SD, Chd) 1, Aman (DAV, Hsp) 2, Sumit Aggarwal (DAV, Chd) 3, Kuldip Negi (Arya College, Ldh) 3; Light welter weight: Rajeev Kumar (GGD SD, Chd) 1, Vinod Kumar (DAV College, Chd) 2, Gurvinder Singh (DM, Moga) 3, Vijay Khan (GCM 11, Chd) 3;Welter weight: Parveen Kumar (GGD SD, Chd) 1, Dalip Singh Negi (SGGS, Chd) 2, Rajat (Arya College, Ldh) 3, Sanjeev (DAV, Hsp) 3; Light middle weight: Varinder Dangi (GGD SD, Chd) 1, Vishal Gaurav (DAV, Hsp) 2, Naveen Kumar (Malwa College, Samrala) 3, Kulbir Singh (DM, Moga) 3; Middle weight: Amritpal Singh (GGD SD, Chd) 1, Sagar Singh (DAV, Chd) 2, Trinderpal Singh (LR DAV, Jagraon) 3, Akhilesh (GCM-11, Chd) 3; Light heavy weight: Ramandeep Singh (GGD SD, Chd) 1, Yadvinder Singh (DAV, Hsp) 2, Gagandeep Singh (DAV, Chd) 3, Pardeep Rajan (GC, Hsp) 3; Heavy weight: Ajit Pal Singh (GGD SD, Chd) 1, Narinderpal Singh (DM, Moga) 2, Hargobind Singh (Arya College, Ldh) 3, Navpreet Singh (GC, Hsp) 3; Super heavy weight: Gurpreet Singh (DAV, Hsp) 1, Digvijaypal Sharma (DM, Moga) 2, Kuldeep Singh (GCM-46, Chd) 3, Arunjeet Singh (LR DAV, Jagraon) 3; Overall championship: GGD SD, Chd (38 pts) 1, DAV, Hsp (20.5 pts) 2, DAV, Chd (20 pts) 3, AS, Khanna (9.5 pts) 4, SGGS, Chd 4. |
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