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| West Indies seek help of psychologist ADELAIDE, Dec 9 — A former stick-fighting champion who won a bravery medal for saving people in a hurricane is on a new rescue mission — to help the West Indies cricket team out of its crippling form slump.
Punjab outplay Haryana Randhawa sparkles with 8-under par 64 Rauf powers Delhi to win Stage set for Asian rowing meet Panta, Nayyar shine for HP Aussie itinerary on Dec 12 Maradona not close to best: Pele Spain, Australia split singles Sports Hostel beat HAL
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Atherton’s ton blunts Pak attack KARACHI, Dec 9 (AFP) — Experienced opener Michael Atherton hit an unbeaten 117 to guide England to safe shores on the third day of the third and final cricket Test against Pakistan at the National Stadium today. At close England were 277 for four with Graeme Hick being Atherton’s not out partner on 12 and the tourists 128 runs behind Pakistan’s first innings total of 405. The 32-year-old from Lancashire has batted for eight hours and 27 minutes during his resolute knock. Atherton was ably assisted by his fighting captain Nasser Hussain in a stand of 134 runs for the second wicket that blunted Pakistan’s spin and pace attack. With two days to go, barring England’s collapse, the Test looks set to end in a draw to finish the series without a result. Atherton reached his 16th career hundred in 105 Tests, the first against Pakistan, in 417 minutes off 317 balls and epitomised a model of concentration and application. The former England captain waited for bad deliveries until taking a sharp single off Danish Kaneria to cover to reach three-figure mark much to the delight of his team- mates and a band of English supporters. His previous best score against Pakistan in nine Tests was 76 at Leeds eight years ago. He scored 73, 20, 32 and 65 not out against Pakistan in the first two Tests. Hussain hit four fours and a six off Saqlain Mushtaq during his 264 minutes stay at the wicket before nudging a spinning one from Shahid Afridi to slip where Inzamam-ul-Haq held a sharp catch after making 51. Hussain, who suffered two controversial umpiring decisions in the second Test, registered his first half century since making 146 against South Africa at Durban in December last year. His best first class score in the last English season was 33 for Essex against Zimbabwe. Resuming at 79 for one, Atherton and Hussain faced no problems against Pakistan’s spin-cum-pace attack and posted England’s 100 in 184 minutes. International Cricket Council (icc) match referee Ranjan Madugalle of Sri Lanka added one run to England’s overnight total of 78 for one by crediting one no ball in Saqlain Mushtaq’s fifth over. Atherton, who saved England in the Faisalabad Test, reached his 44th half century off 134 balls in 184 minutes laced with four boundaries. England added 66 runs in the first session to reach 145 for one at lunch. Pakistan used all five bowlers including pacer Waqar Younis with intervals but none could break the Atherton-Hussain stand until Afridi struck when England reached 195. After dismissing Hussain, Pakistan skipper Moin Khan took a second new ball after 87 overs and pacer Waqar Younis struck with it by trapping Graham Thorpe for 18. Stewart joined Atherton and the two helped England go past a follow-on score of 206. He helped Atherton add another 61 runs for the fourth wicket before falling to off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq for 29. Younis with two for 58 was Pakistan’s most successful bowler. SCOREBOARD Pakistan (1st innings):
405 England (1st innings) (overnight 79-1) : Atherton not out 117 M.Trescothick Nazir b Waqar 13 Hussain c Haq b Afridi 51 Thorpe lbw b Waqar 18 Stewart c Youhana b Saqlain 29 Hick not out 12 Extras
(b-6 lb-7 nb-24) 37 Total (for four wickets) 277 Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-163, 3-195 4-256 Bowling : Waqar 22-3-58-2, Razzaq 17-4-43-0, Afridi 14-2-33-1, Saqlain 36-11-76-1, Kaneria 34-14-54-0. |
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New Zealand slump to 121 for 6 johannesburg, Dec 9 (Reuters) — South Africa regained the advantage by taking five wickets between lunch and tea on the second day of the third Test against New Zealand today. At tea, New Zealand were 121 for six after being asked to bat. Hamish Marshall was not out on nought with Brooke Walker on four. South Africa made amends for dropping four catches in the morning session, with Makhaya Ntini bowling at pace and obtaining movement off the seam to take three for 19. New Zealand went to lunch on 83 for one and they crashed to 83 for three just eight balls into the second session. Debutant fast bowler Mfuneko Ngam took his first Test wicket four balls after lunch when opener Mark Richardson was caught behind by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher for 46. The dismissal ended a stand of 46 between Richardson and mathew sinclair. Richardson was at the crease for two-and-a-half hours in which he faced 119 balls and hit six fours. Four balls later fast bowler Shaun Pollock induced an edge from Sinclair, which flew to Lance Klusener at third slip to dismiss the batsman for 24. Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle put on 29 runs in what seemed to be a stabilising fourth-wicket stand, before Ntini yorked fleming for 14. Ntini took his third wicket in his next over, when Astle, on 12, edged a ball to Jacques Kallis at second slip. Five overs later Craig McMillan steered a delivery from paceman Kallis to Klusener at second slip, and New Zealand had lost three wickets for five runs in the space of seven overs. The match started a day late after rain washed out the entire first day’s play. scoreboard New Zealand (1st innings): Richardson c Boucher b Ngam 46 Parore c McKenzie b Ntini 10 Sinclair c Klusener b Pollock 24 Fleming b Ntini 14 Astle c Kallis b Ntini 12 McMillan c Klusener b Kallis 4 Marshall not out 0 Walker not out 4 Extras
(lb-3 nb-4) 7 Total (for six wickets) 121 Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-83, 3-83, 4-112, 5-113, 6-117. Bowling: Pollock 16-5-25-1, Ngam 11-4-23-1 (nb-4), Kallis 14-4-24-1, Ntini 15-9-19-3, Klusener 5-0-27-0. |
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Anand held by Khalifman NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (PTI) — Super grandmaster Viswanathan Anand of India was held to a draw in a Ruy Lopez opening by Russian defending champion Alexander Khalifman, who opted for sharp Marshall attack, in the first game of their quarterfinal match of the World Chess Championship here today. Playing with white pieces, Anand struggled to dictate terms as he had done in the three previous rounds here even as Khalifman showed true grit of a champion by earning a draw with black pieces. World No 2 Anand opened with his pet Ruy Lopez and went for the same variation he had successfully played against GM Michael Adams of England at Dortmund event in Germany. The Indian had won that game very convincingly and chess enthusiasts here were hoping to see an improvement from the defending champion. And, he did so by going for Marshall attack achieving unclear position on the board. Faced with a tougher customer of the game, Anand himself varied his plan on the 25th move with Bd2 instead of the Be4, which he had played against hapless Adams. Khalifman had more than enough compensation for the sacrificed pawns forcing Anand to return back the material to simplify the position and got the drawish ending on the board. Both the players signed truce on the 35th move, which left Anand to extract a win with black pieces tomorrow, for a place in the semifinals. If the two again draw their second game, the match will enter the tie-break stage with two-game 25-minute rapid matches followed by 15-minute blitz games if necessary. Title aspirant grandmaster Alexei Shirov of Spain was upset in the first game of the quarterfinals by Russia’s Evgeny Bareev. The Latvia-born Shirov played queen’s gambit accepted variation and Bareev went for early queen exchange, a favourite move of Vladimir Kramnik, the BrainGames world champion — a rival event floated by Gary Kasparov. Kramnik had beaten former champion Anatoly Karpov with it and had almost defeated Kasparov too. Bareev got slight edge after the opening stage which kept the pressure on Shirov and after having faced with the loss of pawn Shirov sacrificed the exchange, but Bareev played accurately and pocketed the full point. Grandmaster Vladislav Tkachiev of France was held to a draw by GM Alexander Grischuk of Russia. Grischuk played Ruy Lopez opening and the game went in Archangel variation. The position was roughly equal throughout the game and both players decided not to take the risk agreeing to split the point. Briton Michael Adams, semifinalist in the 1999 Las Vegas world championship, was a pawn up against world No 10 Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. In a Sicilian defence game Adams was a pawn up with comfortable position on the board even as Topalov was trying hard to equalise the game. |
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Kanpur watch on mobile phones LUCKNOW, Dec 9 (IANS) — A sophisticated electronic surveillance net has been spread in Kanpur as part of stringent security measures to crack down on bookmakers and prevent match-fixing at the India-Zimbabwe one-day match on Monday, a police official has said. "We will maintain strict vigil in and around the match venue through a call-scan system that has been installed in Kanpur," Mr Arun Kumar, a senior official with the Special Task Force (STF) told IANS. The call-scan system will tap all mobile phone conversations in and around the Green Park Stadium over the next three days. "This will allow us to trace any call aimed at betting or match-fixing," Mr Kumar said. He, however, declined to give details of the operation. "We cannot divulge our trade secret," he said. Police officials said entry on the day of the match would be strictly regulated and spectators would have to go through metal-detectors. A special dog squad has also been pressed into service to look for explosives in and around the stadium. Mr Kumar said the police had decided to go in for an intensive check in view of the recent unearthing of a betting and match-fixing racket involving traders and businessmen of Lucknow and Kanpur. The STF had arrested 20 bookies in a swoop last month. Six of them managed to get bail but the rest are still behind bars. STF sleuths suspect that those in jail could try to remain active using mobile phones. The call-scan network will also cover Kanpur's leading hotel Landmark, where the two teams will be lodged. It was in this hotel that former South African captain Hansie Cronje met bookies during South Africa's visit to India. The STF has begun screening the hotel's guest list and entry of non-residents will be completely banned, an official said. The police are also keeping an eye on other hotels known for shady activities. |
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Randhawa sparkles with 8-under par 64 SINGAPORE, Dec 9 (PTI) — India’s Jyoti Randhawa, after a three-week-long subdued campaign, set the course ablaze with a sparkling eight-under-par 64 to become the biggest mover at the $ 400,000 Singapore Open golf tournament here today. The Indian Open champion, blitzed the island course with the day’s best to move up to tied fourth place on the 136 alongside compatriot Amandeep Johl and overnight leader Boonchu Ruangkit of Thailand. Randhawa, fourth on the Davidoff Tour Order of Merit, kept up his charge — just four off the pace — for the prize Asia’s No 1 crown with an improvement of eight strokes from yesterday’s lacklustre 72. "This is the first time that Kel (Llewellyn — coach) has had a look at my game under the pressures of a tournament. We worked at the range after yesterday’s round and he got me to finish my swing with a little more aggression, as I was trying to steer the shots yesterday. We sorted that out and then, "bingo", a 64! It has put me right back in the chase. I’d like to dedicate this round to Kel," said Randhawa. The talented Randhawa had an impressive seven birdies, an eagle two, which was recorded at the short par four first hole when he drove the green, and one lone bogey. His longest putt was from 20 ft at the 13th hole. Meanwhile, South African Hendrik Buhrmann, playing from rough to green, opened a three-shot halfway lead carding his second successive six-under-par 66 today. Amandeep Johl made a round of 69 to take up the seventh position while Arjun Atwal, (68,70,68 — 206) struggled to find his form and was placed joint eighth with three others. Other Indians were way down the leaderboard — Vivek Bhandari (76,68,69) on 43rd place, and Indrajit Bhalotia (71,72,72) at 60th. Rosales, however, stole the third round’s thunder with his amazing 10-birdie round, which moved him into joint second place with overnight leader Buhrmann. The 62 also equalled the Asian PGA’s 18-hole record. The previous island course best of 63 was set by Rosales a year ago enroute to winning the Singapore Amateur Open title. "It was an exciting day. I played really good and putted extremely well. In the first two rounds I couldn’t drop anything, but today I needed just 23 putts. Compared to last year, the club has toughened the course with some strategic bunkers, so it’s nice to get the record again. "It’ll be great to win both the Singapore Amateur and Singapore Open titles. I had also won the Philippine Open recently and that has given me the confidence to know I can win in the pro ranks. I hope the big breakthrough will come tomorrow," said Rosales. It could have been all the sweeter for Rosales if not for missed birdie putts from eight and two feet at the fourth and ninth holes, respectively. But with his delightful ball-striking abilities that left him easy pickings, he journeyed both nines in identical 31s, with the longest putt from 20 ft. Coincidentally, Randhawa and Rosales played a practice round together before the start of the event, which is the penultimate tournament on the 2000 Asian PGA circuit. "He’s a good guy, has a good swing and it’ll be fun playing with him tomorrow," said Randhawa. "After adjusting my swing on Thursday with coach Kel Lwellyn, I’ve very much kept to the same swing-thought and it’s been working. But on this golf course, you can never be happy being ahead because anyone in the field can shoot a low number like Rosales to win it. "You can’t predict a winning number here and I could lose it even with a six-under tomorrow. But I’m feeling good about my game right now as I’ve never shot 64 and 65 back to back. My game plan would be to shoot as many birdies as I can in the final round and to make the shots happen," said Randhawa. Randhawa’s putter was finding its mark as he holed three monster putts. At the sixth, he sank a 35-foot curler and then drained putts of 25 and 20 feet for birdie and eagle respectively, at the 15th and 16th holes. His lone bogey was at the ninth after he missed the green. The Indian star could have slipped back into a tie for the lead at the treacherous par three 18th hole. After missing the green with his five iron, he chipped poorly and left himself with a 10-footer. But the 2000 Indian Open winner coolly saved par to preserve his advantage. Buhrmann suffered a horrendous start after hooking his opening drive close to out of bounds and then scrambling for par. He bounced back with three straight birdies but went off the boil with bogeys at the fifth and eighth holes, and then made a birdie on the inward journey at the 15th. American Ted Purdy began his day with five straight birdies and settled for a 68 to be at fourth place on his own, two shots behind the leader. Korea’s Charlie Wi, who carded a 67, and Danny Zarate of the Philippines (66) are tied fifth on 12-under-204. Order of Merit leader Yeh Wei-tze posted a 67, his best round for the week so far, to move to equal eighth position on 206 with Mardan Mamat, Atwal and Ahmad Dan Bateman. |
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West Indies seek help of psychologist ADELAIDE, Dec 9 (AFP) — A former stick-fighting champion who won a bravery medal for saving people in a hurricane is on a new rescue mission — to help the West Indies cricket team out of its crippling form slump. Adelaide-based sports psychologist Joe Hoad will arrive in hobart tomorrow to speak to the West Indies team during their four-day match against Australia A. He will then travel with the team to Adelaide to continue his work before and during the third Test, which starts next Friday. Hoad, who played cricket for Barbados and was coach of Australia’s table tennis team at the Sydney Paralympics, said he was approached by West Indies cricket officials for help following the team’s disappointing tour so far. “In my capacity as a sports psychologist, apparently the West Indies cricket team, the captain and the players, have asked that some person with my qualifications come and have a chat with them,” Hoad told ABC radio. Hoad said the West Indies had displayed promise in the second Test against Australia in Perth and he expected to see an improvement in the tourists’ performance. “We’ve seen some excellent cricket from the West Indies in that second Test match but still the selection of shots to get out was less than test standard so I know it’s not going to take a lot for us to lift,” he said. “I went to the West Indies on three occasions and coached only last year and the people knew I was here and they know my capabilities, it’s just a matter that they didn’t think it was necessary, now they think it’s necessary so we can just have a go.” A friend described Hoad as an amazing person, who won a bravery medal in the West Indies for saving the lives of at least 19 people during a hurricane. Meanwhile, former West Indies cricket star Carl Hooper said he did not think the West Indies could return to form in time for the Adelaide Test. “I really can’t see us turning it around here, even in Adelaide,” Hooper said today. “I hope against hope that we will but I can’t see it happening. (It’s) important to think that we must take some positives from this tour. We must have a few young players coming through.” Hooper, who lives in Adelaide with his Australian wife and young son, said retired players should play a role in West Indies cricket development. “There has been a lot of talk back home about the standard of cricket deteriorating. I think it’s important for the players, when you retire and you pass on, to go back and give something,” he said. |
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NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (UNI) — Giving another fine allround display, Punjab outplayed arch rivals Haryana in bowling and batting to defeat them by five wickets for their fifth straight victory in the North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day league championship and booked a berth in the Wills Trophy here today. Punjab repeated the feat which they had achieved in the main Ranji Trophy league in which they won all the five matches. They also topped the one-dayer championship with an all-win record. Haryana finished the one day league assignment with three wins and two defeats. Electing to bat, Haryana were all out for 203 in 48.4 overs and in reply Punjab scored 204 for 5 in 42.5 overs. Skipper Parender Sharma, talented youngster S. Chowdhery and veteran Rajesh Puri were the mainstay of Haryana, who lost opener Jasvir Singh when the score was eight and second wicket of Padmajit Sehrawat, 32 runs later. A 61-run third-wicket stand between Parender Sharma and Puri took the score to 101 before Test spinner Harbhajan Singh broke the partnership. Puri made 27 runs (1x4.49 balls). Parender Sharma and S. Chowdhery added 62 runs for the fourth wicket but the stand came to an end when Sharma was stumped by Pankaj Dharamani off Navdeep Singh. Sharma’s 71 included seven boundaries off 111 balls. Chowdhery contributed 33 runs (2x6,47 balls) but other batsmen failed to bolster the innings as they found it tough to negotiate the bowlers. Spinners Harbhajan Singh (3 for 29), Navdeep Singh (2 for 44) and seamer Sandeep Sharma (2 for 30) were the main wicket takers. Punjab openers, Vikram Rathore and Sandeep Sharma gave their side a sound start putting 43 runs for the first wicket. Vineet Jain broke the partnership when he bowled Sandeep Sharma (13, 1x4). Rathore and Pankaj Dharmani were involved in 64-run second wicket stand, before Rathore was caught by Kaushik off veteran Pankaj Thakur. The Punjab captain missed his half century by just one run. He hit four boundaries and faced 66 balls. Dharmani hit a valuable 55 runs (5x4,105 balls). D. Mongia chipped in with 19 runs while Ravneet Rickey contributed 21 (3x4,39 balls). Ankur Kakkar remained unbeaten on 13 as he hit the winning shot for Punjab. SCOREBOARD Haryana: P. Sehrawat c Kakkar b Sandeep Sharma 19, Jasvir Singh c Mongia b Sandeep Sharma 0, Parender Sharma b Navdeep Singh 71, R. Puri c Mongia b Harbhajan Singh 27, S. Chowdhary st Dharmani b Navdeep Singh 33, S. Dalal c & b Harbhajan Singh 2, D. Kaushik c Dharmani b Mongia 18, F. Ghyas run out 9, P. Thakur b Harbhajan Singh 0, V. Jain lbw b Gagandeep Singh 4, Sonu Sharma not out 3. Extras:
(b-1, lb-1, w-9, nb-6) 17. Total: (in 48.4 overs) 203 all out. Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-40, 3-101, 4-163, 5-166, 6-166, 7-181, 8-181, 9-198. Bowling:
Sandeep Sharma: 8-0-38-2, Gagandeep Singh: 8-0-40-1, S. Mahajan: 10-0-34-0, Navdeep Singh: 10-0-44-2, Harbhajan Singh: 10-0-29-3, Sharandeep Singh: 1-0-8-0, D. Mongia: 1.4-0-8-1. Punjab:
V. Rathore c Kaushik b Thakur 49, Sandeep Sharma b V. Jain 13, P. Dharmani c Thakur b Sonu Sharma 55, D. Mongia b Chowdhery 19, R. Ricky lbw b Sonu Sharma 21, A. Kakkar not out 13, S. Mahajan not out 0. Extras:
(b-1, lb-1, w-9, nb-23) 34. Total: (in 42.5 overs) 204 for 5. Fall of wickets:
1-43, 2-107, 3-143, 4-187, 5-197. Bowling: Feroz Ghyas: 6-0-31-0, V. Jain: 7-0-39-1, Sonu Sharma: 9.5-2-32-2, Parender Sharma: 1-0-6-0, S. Chowdhery:9-0-53-1, P. Thakur: 10-0-40-1. |
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Rauf powers Delhi to win NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (UNI) — A quickfire 102 off 109 balls by Suhail Rauf and his 177-run fifth wicket partnership with Pradip Chawla, who blasted unbeaten 91, powered Delhi to a 92-run win over Jammu and Kashmir in their last North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day league fixture here today. Delhi ended the league with four wins from five outings while Jammu and Kashmir finished with four points as they won two matches and lost three. Put into bat, Delhi scored 279 for five in 50 overs and in reply Jammu and Kashmir were all out for 187 runs with 1.4 overs to spare. Delhi started poorly losing three wickets for 41 runs. However, a 45-run fourth wicket stand between opener Chetan Sharma and Suhail Rauf took the score to 86 before Chetan was caught by Abdul Qayoom off Shashi Kumar. Chetan made 33 (3x4,59 balls). Suhail Rauf and new batsman Pradeep Chawla frustrated Jammu and Kashmir bowlers’ effort for another quick breakthrough. The two batsmen sent the bowlers on the leather hunt and added 177 runs in 25.2 overs to take the score to 263. Rauf was finally clean bowled by Vijay Sharma when he was on 102. He hit two sixes, and six fours in his knock and faced 109 balls. Wicketkeeper Pradip Chawla missed his maiden century by nine runs as he remained unbeaten on 91 (1x6,7x4,84 balls) while other undefeated batsman was Rajiv Rathore who scored 12 (2x4). Jammu and Kashmir never looked in a position of chasing the Delhi total. They lost three wickets when the score was 44 and after that the visitors simply gave up. R.Bali, 19 (2x6,50 balls) Kanwaljeet Singh, 34 (2x4,63 b) and Sanjay Sharma 37 (4x4,53b) put up some resistance but that was not enough to deny Delhi an outright victory. Robin Singh was the main wicket-taker for the hosts claiming three for 27 runs.
Scoreboard Delhi: Chetan Sharma c Qayoom b Shashi Kumar 33, A. Dani b Surendra Singh 7, A. Chopra c R. Bali b Qayoom 11, G. Gambhir lbw b Surendra Singh 4, S. Rauf b Vijay Sharma 102, P. Chawla not out 91, R. Rathore not out 12. Extras: (lb 4, w 12, nb 3) 19. Total:
(in 50 overs) 279 for 5. Fall of wickets: 1-18,2-36,3-41,4-86,5-263. Bowling: A. Qayoom 9-0-58-1,Surendra Singh 8-0-35-2, Vijay Sharma 8-1-35-1, Shashi Kumar 7-0-33-1, Ashwani Gupta 9-0-58-0, Manzoor 7-0-37-0, Sanjay Sharma 2-0-19-0. Jammu and Kashmir: Vidya Bhaskar c Gambhir b Suman 9, R. Bali st Chawla b Sanghvi 19, Kanwaljeet Singh b Rathore 34, Ashwani Gupta c Chawla b Chopra 1, Shashi Kumar c Chawla b Suman 18, Sanjay Sharma c Gambhir b Sanghvi 37, Vijay Sharma c Singh b Chaudhary 3, Manzoor b Singh 22, A. Qayoom c Chaudhary b Singh 9, Aslam not out 7, Surendra Singh b Singh 14. Extras:
(b 1, lb 3, w 10) 14. Total: (in 48.2 overs) 187 all out. Fall of
wickets:1-20, 2-41, 3-44, 4-85, 5-94, 6-101, 7-135, 8-160, 9-166. Bowling: Robin Singh 9.2-0-27-3, Amit Suman 10-1-22-2, Akash Chopra 5-1-17-1, Rahul Sanghvi 10-0-67-2, H. Chaudhary 10-0-37-1, R.Rathore 4-0-13-1.
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Stage set for Asian rowing meet CHANDIGARH, Dec 9 — The VIth Asian Junior Rowing Championships will begin at Sukhna Lake here on December 14. Twelve countries, including China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Vietnam and hosts India will participate. Korea pulled out and Thailand may come in as a replacement. Briefing newspersons, Mr Rajan Kashyap said teams from Pakistan and Hong Kong would bring their own boats and for other countries boats had already been procured. The Pakistan squad may arrive through the Wagha border. Mr T.C. Gupta, secretary-general of the organising committee, said installations on the rowing course had already arranged. For the first time, photo finish equipment hired at a cost of Rs 1 lakh will be used. Mr K.P. Singh Deo, secretary-general, Rowing Federation of India, said a rowing academy of national level was also being planned. Mr Deo said under the long-term development plan for the 2006 Asiad, juniors rowers would be trained. Five coaches from various regions would be sent to Spain in January 2001 for advanced training. Events will be held in four disciplines — single scull, double sculls, coxless pair and coxless fours. An umpires’ clinic will also be held during the championship. Doordarshan will cover the championship live. |
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NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (PTI) — Openers Rahul Panta and Rajiv Nayyar notched up half centuries to steer Himachal to a comfortable seven-wicket win over the services in the last league match on the North Zone Ranji Trophy one-day tournament here today. Chasing a paltry Services total of 166, Himachal romped home with 9.5 overs to spare losing only three wickets. Rahula Panta scored 65 off 80 balls studded with 12 fours and a six, while Nayyar played an unbeaten innings of 51 after Himachal had put Services in to bat first. Panta was trapped leg before wicket by paceman J.P. Pandey with Himachal at 111 and Arun Sharma gave some flicker of hope for the Services when he had Amit Sharma (Jr) caught by Deepak Sehrawat for nought. At 113 for two, Nayyar was joined by Sangram Singh, but he could add only one run to the team’s total before Pandey removed him. But middle-order bat Nischal Gaur (31 not out) saw that no more damage was done and took Himachal past the Services total. Earlier, Services started badly losing a wicket even before the team had opened their account. Narender Pal Singh was caught by Sangram off Panta’s first ball. Opener P.M.S. Reddy (47) waged a lone battle while wickets fell at the other end regularly. Amit Nadkarni (34) and Sanjay Verma (24) were the other useful contributors. Amit Sharma (Jr) claimed three wickets for 34 runs, while Rakeshwar took two for 24. Scoreboard Services: Narender Pal Singh c Sangram b Rahul 0, P.M.S. Reddy run out by Nischal Gaur 47, Sarabjit Singh c Arun b Rakeshwar 9, Sachin Nadkarni c Amit (Jr) b Rakeshwar 17, Sanjay Verma c Sangram b Amit (Sr) 24, Amit Nadkarni c Satya b Amit (Jr) 34, Deepak Shehrawat c Virender b Amit (Sr) 1, Sudhakar Ghag st Arun b Amit (Sr) 5, J.P. Pandey run out by Sangram 4, Arun Sharma run out by Amit (Sr) 1, Manish Jha not out 7. Extras (b-4, lb-2, w-11) 17. Total
(all out in 49 overs) 166. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-28, 3-62, 4-99, 5-128, 6-131, 7-145, 8-151, 9-155, 10-166. Bowling:
Rahul Panta 7-1-15-1, Rakeshwar 10-1-24-2, Sangram Singh 2-0-14-0, Amit Sharma (Jr) 9-1-27-1, Nischal Gaur 10-1-36-0, Amit Sharma (Sr) 9-1-34-3, Virender Sharma 2-0-10-0. |
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Aussie itinerary on Dec 12 MUMBAI, Dec 9 (PTI) — The itinerary for the Australian cricket team’s tour of India will be finalised on December 22. Cricket board (BCCI) secretary Jaywant Lele told PTI today that the itinerary would be finalised during the tours and programme fixtures committee meeting here. Australia will be arriving here on February 7 to play three Tests (likely centres are Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai) and five one-dayers (Goa, Pune, Vishakapatnam, Kochi and Bangalore or Indore) apart from three three-day ties. The itinerary was to be finalised in the first week of December but was postponed due to the non-availability of the chairman of the fixture’s committee and BCCI vice president Kamal Morarka, who was away on a foreign tour. |
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Maradona not close to best: Pele rio de janeiro, Dec 9 (AP) — Is Diego Maradona the best soccer player ever? Not even close, says Pele. Pele (60) finally weighed in on the question that is consuming Brazilians and Argentines these days, as FIFA prepares to release on Monday the results of its survey to determine the outstanding player of the 20th century. Until recently, Brazilians never doubted it would be Pele, the all-time leading scorer with more than 1,200 goals and a member of three World Cup champion teams in 1958, 1962 and 1970. The French sports magazine L’Equipe already had named him athlete of the century, and his selection seemed without question. But a Spanish sports daily reported unofficially that the survey, conducted on the Internet in October and November, would name Maradona the winner. Brazilian media quoted the Argentine as saying he was pleased with the award and that he considered it fair, because he played most of his career for Napoli in the tough Italian league while Pele spent his best years in Brazil with Santos. In a TV interview in Argentina, Maradona said he took more punishment and played a faster, more physical and more competitive sport than Pele did. |
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Spain, Australia split singles barcelona,
Dec 9 (afp) — The Davis Cup winds of change smiled on Spain here in Catalonia as Australia were dealt a blow that only the hardened shell of tennis players bent on revenge could be sure to overcome. Lleyton Hewitt, who threw off the memory of two singles losses in last year’s Davis Cup final to give Australia the opening point of this year’s final against Spain, had to watch in anguish as Pat Rafter conceded his rubber as his team-mate fell victim to cramp. Hewitt beat Albert Costa in a tough five-setter 3-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 lasting more than four hours to prove that he had finally exorcised the ghosts of Davis Cup past. But his joy lasted only temporarily as Juan Carlos Ferrero had the noisy Spanish crowd in fuller voice than ever as he ousted Rafter 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 3-1. Rafter, who missed last year’s win over France in Nice through injury, would have given anything to survive that final hour in his match — but at 1-3 down in the third set against Ferrero and in severe discomfort from cramp, he was forced to concede the tie. |
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Sports Hostel beat HAL MANDI, Dec 9 — Sports Hostel won their first match beating HAL Lucknow 3-1, on the third day of All-India Aenza Him Gold Cup Hockey Tournament at Shaheed Kishan Chand Stadium here today. Sanjeev Kumar of Sports Hostel scored two goals while the third goal was scored by Nitin in the second half. Inexperienced P.G. College lost to Corps of Signals 2-0. Signals dominated throughout. The third match played between FCI and Signals ended in a 1-1 draw. The semifinals will be played tomorrow. |
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