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Expert Comments
Pak call off Indian series We
enjoyed playing in India: Streak Railways
shatter Punjab’s hopes
Luck smiles on Leach, Ferreira Keen
contest for AIFF chief’s post Rowing
centre at Sukhna? Indian
rowers to the fore PCA to
hold school tourney East Bengal defeat
Tollygunge Lop-sided bouts in
boxing meet Haryana
bowl out MP for 197
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Lara’s ton boosts Windies’ morale ADELAIDE, Dec 15 (AP) — Embattled West Indian batsman Brian Lara lifted his side’s sagging fortunes against Australia with a timely hundred on the first day of the third cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval today. After losing the first two Tests inside three days, the West Indies, inspired by Lara’s unbeaten 136, hit up 274 for four at stumps after deciding to make use of excellent batting conditions first. Lara, who had gone into the Test following scores of 0, 4, 0 and 17, nursed a troubled shoulder and a niggling hamstring throughout the memorable 260-minute innings to lift the West Indies after three wickets had fallen for 86 runs. Lara and skipper Jimmy Adams (49) ground out the Australian bowling in a pace setting 183-run fourth-wicket stand before and after the tea break in over three hours. A persistent Jason Gillespie was well rewarded for a fine spell of fast bowling and ended the threatening stand in the penultimate over of the day. Gillespie, 4-56 in 26 overs, had Adams caught behind by stopgap captain and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. Lara rose to the challenge of rescuing the struggling West Indies and played a characteristically aggressive 174-ball innings for his 15th Test hundred and the sixth against Australia. He raced to his century off 140 balls, with the second 50 of the innings coming off a run-a-ball as he took the attack to the leg spinner Stuart MacGill. Lara hit MacGill for six boundaries and then deposited him over the square leg boundary for a six. The Trinidadian warmed the 18,315 South Australians to a treat of a trademark Lara innings and left the Australian attack in total disarray for the first time in the series. Gilchrist, standing in for the injured Steve Waugh, was forced to make bowling changes as Lara continued to pepper the cover boundary with most of his 21 boundaries. Six of the boundaries came in two sets of threes off fast bowlers Gillespie and then McGrath after the lunch break. This was after McGrath, who had claimed his wicket in three of Lara’s four outings this series, had peppered Lara with a series of bouncers. One of the deliveries hit Lara on the side of his helmet when the batsman was only 11. Lara continued from where he left off in his 231 in his last first-class outing against Australia A at Hobart, and hit only his second Test century over a 21-month period. Lara, made full use of a reprieve on 73 — Mark Waugh dropping his second catch of the day at first slip — and launched an unerring attack to put to rest the speculations that he had lost the appetite for big innings. Adams kept his former skipper company with a typical captain’s innings and hit four boundaries off 165 balls as they posted West Indies’ first century stand of the series. West Indies (1st innings): SL Campbell lbw Gillespie 18 D Ganga b Gillespie 23 W W Hinds c Ponting b
Gillespie 27 Lara not out 136 J C Adams c Gilchrist b
Gillespie 49 M Dillon not out 3 Extras: (b-8, lb-6, nb-4) 18 Total (4wkts, 90 overs) 274 Fall of wickets:
1-45, 2-52, 3-86, 4-269. Bowling: G McGrath 23-7-66-0, J Gillespie 26-9-56-4, C Miller 22-6-67-0, S MacGill 18-4-71-0, R Ponting 1-1-0-0. |
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ADELAIDE (Australia), Dec 15 (Reuters) — Brian Lara said he felt he had repaid a debt to West Indian cricket after scoring a magnificent 136 not out on the first day of the Third test against Australia today. Lara smashed 21 fours and a six to help the tourists finish the opening day at Adelaide Oval on 274 for four after losing the first two tests. "I think I owed the team badly after the first two Test matches,’’ Lara said. "We’ve been under a lot of pressure and we’ve been working pretty hard as a team to try and pull things back." "It’s been a rough ride for me. The runs have been coming but not in the right matches so I’m happy to have got some runs in the Test today.’’ The West Indies rely heavily on Lara but the former national captain has been badly out of form this series with scores of 0, 4, 0 and 17 and this has been mirrored by the team’s dismal performance. Despite struggling with a chronic hamstring strain that has plagued him for five months, Lara showed his determination to regain his touch with a double-century last weekend against Australia A. "My hamstring has been bothering me for five to six months but I’ve only missed one one-day international because of it,’’ Lara said. "The main thing is you’re there to play cricket for your country and whatever the circumstances are you’ve got to stick it out." "We know we played badly in the first two Test matches. As a team we batted badly and as a batsman I’ve got to work on my game to make a contribution." "Twenty-one runs is not the becoming of a number four batsman.’’ Lara and West Indies captain Jimmy Adams steadily rebuilt the innings after the tourists had been reduced to 86 for three, putting on 183 together. "I really enjoyed batting with Jimmy. We had a significant partnership again today and we played an important part,’’ Lara said. "Hopefully tomorrow I can go on and help the team get a very big score and put some pressure on Australia because they are the best team in the world." "They’re playing very good cricket and it’s going to take a very good cricket team to beat then, not just a good batting performance but a good bowling performance. "We’ve had a good day today but we need to bat for at least two more sessions, if we do that then I think we can get a good score.’’ |
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Anand books berth in final NEW DELHI, Dec 15 (UNI) — Viswanathan Anand took his appointed place in the final of the FIDE World Knock Out Chess Championships with a comfortable draw in the fourth and final game of the semi-finals against Michael Adams of England here today. With all three games on the final day of the Delhi leg of the FIDE World Championships providing rather dull draws, the end was somewhat anti-climatic. In the other men’s semi-final, Alexy Shirov got the draw he wanted with black pieces and moved into the final against Anand. The six-game final will be held in Teheran, Iran from December 20. In the womens final, Xie Jun of China who won the first game of the four-game final against Qin Kanying, played out another draw and added another world title to her trophy cabinet. Xie, who first won the world title beating Maya Chiburdanidze back in 1991 had retained the title in 1993 when she beat Nana Ioseliani. But in 1996 she lost it to Zsusa Polgar before regaining it against Allisa Galliamova last year. While all those title matches were in the old format, this title comes in the inaugural world championships in the knock out format. Today, ironically all three victors were playing for just draws. Straight and comfortable draws earned Anand and Shriov for the Indian needing only a draw in the fourth game did just that, giving Adams no chance whatsoever and moved into the final which begins in Teheran on December 20. Anand will meet the Latvia-born Spaniard Alexy Shirov, who drew his fourth game against the Russian teenager Alexander Grischuk and moved into the final. Shirov had won the first and third games and lost the second. He needed only a draw from the fourth game and he duly got that. Shirov won 2.5-1.5, the same margin as Anand against Adams. “Having reached the final, I cannot say there were any low points in the tournament. But I would say there some difficult moments like the game against Halif (Alexander Khalifman) and the third game against Mickey Adams,” said Anand, who did not lose a game in any format. In fact Anand was the only player of the 161 who played in this three-week long championships not to lose a single game in classical or rapid format. Playing with white pieces, Anand very clearly was in mood to take any chances. “He played solidly. And he knew he only needed a draw. Maybe if he had played for a win, it would have given me some chances,” said Adams after the final. In the womens final, Xie Jun drew her fourth game against fellow Chinese player, Qin Kanying and won the inaugural edition of the Womens World Knock Out Chess Championships. Xie had won the first game of the four-game final and then drew the next three to win 2.5-1.5. |
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Expert Comments So far so good. Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have kept alive their hopes and the hopes of a nation who are itching to have a world champion amidst them. After defeating the second seeds Sandon Stolle of Australia and Paul Haarhuis of Holland, 7-5 6-4 on day 1, they followed it up with a convincing 6-4 6-4 victory against Piet Norval of South Africa and Donald Johnson of America. This ensures their entry into the semifinals, which was their first hurdle. What is remarkable about their first two wins is the fact that they looked completely at ease with each other on the court. Though their shot making left a lot to be desired, their understanding even after having not played for so long was perfect. Leander’s interceptions at the net and Mahesh’s serves looked as good as ever. Both of them showed no signs of the injuries that they have been carrying and that is a good sign. Their first match was the crucial one because Leander and Mahesh are players who play themselves into the tournament and get better and better with each match. This was never going to be possible here because the round robin format ensures that to qualify for the semifinals, the teams that came out with all guns firing had the best chance. Moreover, there were going to be no easy matches. As it were, they played the toughest team on paper in their first match. Both Sandon Stolle and Paul Haarhuis have won a couple of Grand Slam titles each albeit with different partners. Both of them are very experienced and have beaten the Indian pair on a number of occasions. Though Haarhuis played what he claims to be ‘his worst Tennis ever’, all credit to Paes and Bhupathi for sticking to their plan of attacking Haarhuis and executing it to perfection. Their second match against Norval and Johnson was even more convincing. Piet Norval has visited India before having played the Davis Cup tie against India at Jaipur in 1994. Don Johnson was one of Leander’s earliest partners when he started playing on the ATP Tour and he knows Leander’s game inside out. But the Indian pair was confidence personified after their win the previous day and they won the match comfortably. The other matches have had surprising results and the form book has been thrown out of the window. Defending champion Alex O’Brien (he won the title last year with Sebastian Lareau) and Jared Palmer were beaten by Norval and Johnson on day 1 and then by Haarhuis and Stolle on day 2. The Aussie team of Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent who are tipped to take over the mantle from the ‘Woodies’ beat Daniel Orsanic and Jaime Oncins on day 1 but were beaten on day 2 by the alternate team of Simon Aspelin and Johan Landsberg. Orsanic and Oncins in turn won their second match on day 2 defeating Ferreira and Leach. The players have been lavish in their praise for the facilities of the tournament. I am not surprised. The players get treated the best in India with the organisers going out of their way to make them comfortable. In other parts of the world, the players are given hotel room and left to fend for themselves in an alien country. The semifinal stage will be set by the time you read this and it remains to be seen if the Indian pair are able to win the world championship or they flatter to deceive yet again.
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KARACHI, Dec 15 (Reuters) — India’s winter tour of Pakistan has been officially called off because of New Delhi’s refusal to permit them to come, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief said. India were scheduled to arrive on December 26 for three Tests and five one-day internationals. But the Indian government’s refusal to grant permission, alleging that Pakistan was promoting “cross-border terrorism” in Kashmir, had left the tour in jeopardy. “We waited for any positive developments until December 11. But now with a heavy heart, we consider the series as officially off,” PCB chairman Tauqir Zia told Reuters by telephone from the board headquarters in Lahore. India’s previous three tours to Pakistan in the last decade were also cancelled. India last toured Pakistan in 1989-90 for a four-Test series under Kris Srikkanth while Pakistan last paid a return visit in 1998-99 for two Tests and an Asian Test Championship match at Calcutta. “We tried to persuade the Indians to go ahead with the tour because it would promote the game in the region while it will also help in defusing the (Indo-Pakistan) tension. But they have their own priorities and decisions to make,” Zia said. |
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We enjoyed
playing in India: Streak MUMBAI, Dec 15 (PTI) — Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak yesterday said the team enjoyed playing in India “but we have to work hard in future to face competition”. He was speaking to reporters here after the team’s arrival from Rajkot, where they lost the final one-day international as well as the series 1-4. They also lost the Test series 0-1. “We could have won the one-day series but we lacked in our efforts. I must say that Indians played well and they deserved the win,” Streak added. He said, “I in Test matches it was the rich Indian experience which cost us dear. Javagal Srinath bowled well and the Indian top order batted extraordinarily.” In the one-dayers, it was Sachin Tendulkar and Ajit Agarkar who played well, Streak added. About the performance of youngsters of his team, Streak said, “Travis Friend and Trevor Madondo are good prospects for us and I hope that they will perform much better for Zimbabwe in future.” Indian captain Saurav Ganguly, however, was in no mood to speak to reporters. While feeling happy over the team’s performance, the first foreign coach of Indian team, John Wright said, “The team is playing good cricket and I hope they will continue in the same fashion in the coming home series against Australia.” |
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Railways shatter Punjab’s hopes JAMMU, Dec 15 (PTI) — In a tense battle for supremacy, underdogs Railways shattered the hopes of 13-time champions Punjab as they stormed into the final via sudden death goal in the 60th Senior National Hockey Championship here today. The Railway-Punjab duel went to the distance as the two teams were 2-2 after the 70 minute regulation time and 15 minute extra-time and even the tie-breaker (3-3) failed to break the deadlock. Railways struck in the sudden death for a 6-5 verdict in their favour when Ajay Bharti struck home one while international Baljeet Singh Dhillon failed to convert the stroke. Right-in S. Barnalla converted the first penalty corner the railways earned to put his team ahead 1-0 in the 4th minute of the game, while Punjab had squandered a chance in the very first minute. Both the teams made forays into the rival areas for most part of the first half before Punjab’s Baljeet Bhullar scored an equaliser through a field goal. Four minutes later Baljeet Singh Dhillon struck another fine goal to give Punjab 2-1 lead going into the break. After the breather, Railways made all out efforts to get a leveller before full back Anup Tirkey converted a penalty corner in the 55th minute. Punjab rued their missed chances as they failed to score off four more penalty corners in the second half. As the regulation time and the 15 minute extra time ended in a 2-2 draw, tie-breaker was forced where both the teams scored three goals each. For Railways Ajay Bharti, Jagmohan Singh and S. Barnalla scored while Chander Pal and Sukhdev Singh failed to convert penalty strokes. For Punjab, Baljeet Singh Dhillon, Daljeet Singh and Avtar Singh were the scorers while Jugraj Singh and Harmik Singh were off the mark. |
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Luck smiles on Leach, Ferreira BANGALORE, Dec 15 (PTI) — Top seeded pair of Rick Leach (USA) and Ellis Ferreira (South Africa) became the luckiest of the lot as they qualified for the semifinals on better set average after notching up their first win in three matches in the ATP World Doubles Tennis Championship here today. The Afro-American pair, facing an early exit after two reverses in the league phase, progressed to the next stage thanks to an outside chance provided by Jaime Oncins (Brazil) and Daneil Orasanic (Argentina), who lost in straight sets to Swedish pair of Simon Aspelin and Johan Landsperg despite going into their match needing only a set to move into the semifinals. Leach and Ferreira entered the semifinals on a better set score of 4-3 over the South American combine after rallying to defeat Australian duo of Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 (7-4) in the first match of the evening in the Red group. Oncins and Orasanic lost 2-6 4-6 to the Swedish pair, who also moved into the semis. India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have already ensured their place in the last four by virtue of their second straight win last night. |
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Keen contest for AIFF chief’s post NEW DELHI, Dec 15 — Dinner diplomacy and political connections are being used to garner votes on the eve of the elections to the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) at the Nehru Stadium here tomorrow as sitting president Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi and his challenger, Samir Thapar, president of the Punjab Football Association, have been sparing no effort to win over voting members to their side, for the past few weeks. According to sources, both the groups are well matched, and some of the “floating” votes among the 31-member AIFF units like Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Railways are being counted as a decisive factor in tilting the scales, in the end. It is learnt that the Dashmunshi group, in addition to known supporters, is also particularly banking on the votes of Congress-ruled states like Rajasthan, Karnataka, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh though it is doubtful it would be able to secure the votes of Delhi and Karnataka, and even Rajasthan. The Delhi Government is learnt to have “instructed” the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) to vote for Mr Dashmunshi, though ironically, DSA president Umesh Sood had openly thrown his lot with the Samir Thapar group, when the JCT vice-president announced his decision to contest for the presidentship of the AIFF here a few days ago. Another top functionary of the DSA is reported to be a BJP functionary, and therefore, it is a matter of conjucture where the Delhi vote would go. Though treasurer A.R. Khaleel, who represents Karnataka, is supposed to be with Mr Dasmunshi, the vote from the state soccer association cannot be taken for granted as president of the Indian Premier Football Association (IPFA), Mr Vijaya Mallya, comes from the state, and it is no secret that the liquor baron will leave no stone unturned to gain the vote of his home state for Mr Thapar, as the IPFA’s sympathies are with Mr Thapar. And Mr Mallaya, the UB Group boss, will also ensure the vote of Pondicherry, which he will represent. Observers here believe that if Mr Thapar is able to mop up all the votes of the north Indian states, he will have a better chance of emerging triumphant as Mr K.N. Mour, the secretary of the AIFF, who has, however, aligned with Mr Thapar, may bring some crucial votes from the North east, and Mr Ranjit Gupta, who is tipped for the treasurer’s post if Mr Thapar comes to power, will bring the Bengal vote, and may be that of Orissa too. Mr Dashmunshi hopes to gain the southern votes through Mr P.P. Lakshman as the latter is being projected for the secretary’s post if Mr Munshi gets re-elected. But some of the officials are in favour of a change at the top, as they feel that Mr Dasmunshi has not done much for the game after he became the president 12 years ago in 1988. They say Mr Samir Thapar has a lot going in favour of him, as he is young, and has the backing of top industrialists like Mr Mallaya, Mr Mahindra and Mr Salgaocar. And eventually, money may make the mare go, as money speaks a universal languague, when it comes to catching votes. |
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Rowing centre at Sukhna? CHANDIGARH, Dec 15 — The Northern Centre of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) based in Chandigarh has drawn up an elaborate plan to set up regular coaching camp for rowers at the Sukhna Lake, currently the venue of the sixth Asian Junior Rowing Championships. In any case SAI is deeply involved in the conduct of the ongoing Asian meet. The boats being used in the meet — 24 specially imported for the meet and 16 other boats purchased earlier which are in good condition — are the property of the authority. It is these boats which will be used in case a regular coaching camp is established at the Sukhna Lake. The idea to set up a regular coaching camp was mooted by Mr K.P. Singh Deo, president of the Rowing Federation of India, when he visited Chandigarh earlier this month to see the progress made by the Indian rowers in preparation for the junior Asian meet. Even the coaching camp for the national Junior team, now taking part in the Asian Junior Rowing Championships, was conducted under the aegis of the Sports Authority of India. Immediately after the Chandigarh visit of Mr Deo, who had suggested that the coaching camp be run in an absolute effective and professional manner for juniors, both boys and girls, Dr P.C. Kashyap, Regional Director of the SAI, wrote to the Director-General of the authority, Mr D.K. Mittal, and suggested that the authority set up a regular coaching centre for rowing at the Sukhna Lake on the lines suggested by Mr K.P. Singh Deo. The Director-General has been requested by Dr Kashyap to release a sum of Rs 10,000 per month for employing a rowing coach, who will be appointed with the approval of the Rowing Federation of India. The coach will be appointed, initially, for a period of one year and depending on the progress made by the trainees a decision will be taken on further extending his tenure. Since the National Institute of Sports at Patiala or Bangalore or any other authority dealing with sports does not have any programme to train rowing coaches, they are generally appointed from among former national-level rowers. It is only now that the Rowing Federation of India is toying with the idea of getting a foreign coach to conduct refresher courses for rowing coaches working in various parts of the country. Dr Kashyap disclosed that once the coaching centre started functioning properly, the Sports Authority of India would decide whether to set up a regular sports centre on the lines of other centres functioning in the region where the trainees would be paid a stipend of Rs 3000 per year as also Rs 1500 for sports kit and an equal amount for TA/DA annually. The SAI Regional Director was of the opinion that the authority could look after 40 trainees annually if the coaching centre finally took off. |
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Indian rowers to the fore CHANDIGARH, Dec 15 — It was a good day for Indian junior men rowers as they stormed into the finals of both their events in group B at the sixth Asian Junior Rowing Championship here today. Maharashtra lad Sunil Kakde again led from the start to finish first in heat A of single sculls with a timing of 7:58:89. Only Law Hui Fung of Hong Kong posted a better timing (7.44.25) in heat B. Yesterday, Kakde, along with Suresh L., had entered the final of the men’s double sculls. Kawawoto Hidetoshi of Japan also entered the final of the event. The Indian quartet of Ashish Singh, Satish Shirsat, G. Nagraj and Jasbir Singh also finished first in heat B of coxless fours in 6.51.80. Hong Kong from the other heat enter the final with a time of 6:47:98. With this Indian men have entered the final of three events — single sculls, double sculls and coxless fours. The Indian women could not enter the final in either coxless pairs or double sculls today. In coxless pairs, the Indian duo of Purna Laxmi Rai and Mary Monika Minj finished a disappointing last in heat B with a timing of 9:09:58. Out of the six teams in the event, only South Korea were slower than the Indians in 10:33:62. Zarifa Sisinlbaena and Anna Kuznetsova of Uzbekistan posted the fastest timing of 8.24.32. In double sculls Manjula Rai and Elezabeth finished second in heat A. Korea and Hong Kong, from heat B, entered the final. All the teams in heat A — Japan, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan and China posted better timings than the Indians. The Indian teams which have not qualified for the finals will race again tomorrow in the repechage races. The Indian coach, Dalbir Singh, was satisfied with his rowers performance today. When asked about medal prospects, he said: “We expect a medal in all events in the men’s section. Sunil has posted better timings. We will have a tough fight with Hong Kong. It will be close but Sunil is capable of beating him the Hong Kong rower”. In the final, Indians will use the same boats as they have done till now as getting used to new boats will be tough,” he said. India will compete in all four women’s events again tomorrow to try to enter the finals Men’s coxless pairs team will also have to race again tomorrow. The Indian coach said he was hopeful that the Indian team would qualify in women’s coxless fours and single sculls, where local girl Gurpreet Kaur, finished second yesterday. “It all depends on her start. If she has a great start, she will win it. Yesterday, I think she was nervous as it was her first international race. Tomorrow, let’s hope for the best. She has produced excellent timings earlier and she’s capable of doing it again.” Dalbir Singh was also hoping for the women’s coxless fours to come good tomorrow. “A few missed strokes in the beginning and that was it. All the four girls from Andaman and Nicobar Islands have proved themselves earlier and hopefully they will qualify tomorrow. They can win a medal for us. Other results: Mens’ single sculls: heat A: Sunil Kakde (7.58.89) Ind 1, Jefrain Dodudea (8.21.15) Ind 2, Roozaimy Omar (8.25.26) Sin 3; heat B: Law Hui Fung (7.44.25) HKG 1, Kim Jeong Kwan (8.20.71) Kor 2, Zhang Haibo (8.26.67) Chin 3; heat C: Kawawoto Hidetoshi (8.07.19) Jpn 1, Khudoyberdi Khaydaron (8.28.28) Uzb 2, Bing Jia Hau (8.31.71) Tpe 3; Coxless fours: heat A: Hong Kong (6.47.98) 1, China (6.59.10) 2, Korea (7.06.94) 3, Singapore ( 7.47.77) 4; heat B India (6.51.80) 1, Taipei (6.57.72) 2, Uzbekistan (7.34.59) 3. Women’s double sculls (heat A): Korea (8.24.25) 1, India (8.39.92) 2, Taipei ( 8.52.46) 3, Singapore ( 9.26.42) 4; heat B: Hong Kong ( 8.16.24) 1, Japan ( 8.22.66) 2, China ( 8.34.11) 3, Uzbekistan ( 8.39.83) 4; coxless pairs ( heat A): Hong Kong ( 8.44.63) 1, Taipei (9.06.16) 2, Korea ( 10.33.62) 3; heat B: Uzbkistan ( 8.24.32 ) 1, China ( 8.58.43) 2; India (9.09.58) 3. According to tomorrow’s draw India will race against China and Uzbekistan in repechage race B in woman’s double sculls. The races will start at 9.30 a.m.
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PCA to hold school tourney Chandigarh, Dec 15 — Four teams each from Jalandhar, Patiala, Ludhiana and Amritsar and two each from Chandigarh and Mohali will participate in the Parle-G Punjab Inter-School Cricket Tournament scheduled later this month. Winners from all these cities will participate in Super League scheduled at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium at Mohali. The top two teams in the Super League will play in final which will be a two-day affair. The winning team will then compete with the winners from places like Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi in the All-India Inter-City Tournament for winning the trophy in Bangalore most likely in the month of April. Elaborating on the subject, Mr I S Bindra, honorary president of the Punjab Cricket Association, which is conducting the tournament, said the idea behind the start of the tournament was to strengthen cricket in school which can be developed into nurseries for grooming talent ready to play at the higher level. Mr Bindra, who looked quite enthusiastic about the idea, stated that the aim was to give the tournament a truly all-India character and ultimately develop it on the lines of the Nehru Hockey Tournament in which all top school teams participate for the coveted trophy. The tournament in which top teams from the district are participating is being organised under the aegis of the Punjab Cricket Association along with Parle Products Ltd and Procam Sports. The teams participating are: JALANDHAR:
Sain Dass Anglo Higher Secondary School, Jain Parvati School, Labhu Ram Doaba School and Arya School, Basti Nau. LUDHIANA:
KVM Senior Secondary School, Sanatan Vidya Mandir, Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU and Sarvodaya National Public School. AMRITSAR:
DAV Senior Secondary School, Hindu Sabha Senior Secondary School, Police Public School and Ashoka Public Senior Secondary School. PATIALA:
Atma Tam Kumar Sabha High Secondary School, Multipurpose Senior Secondary School, Buddha Dal Public School and Blossom School. CHANDIGARH:
DAV Senior Secondary School, Government Model High School, Sector 35. MOHALI:
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CALCUTTA, Dec 15 (PTI) — Title aspirants East Bengal began their fifth National Football League campaign in style with a fluent 2-0 victory over Tollygunge Aggragami here today. Captain Bijen Singh and medio Suley Mussah struck for the glamour club capitalising on defensive lapses in a rather lacklustre match at the Rabindra Sarovar Stadium. After the initial rustiness, the local giants fired the first salvo in the 26th minute of the opening session when the nippy Bijen Singh slammed the ball in from inside the box following a measured pass from defender Sur Kumar Singh. Leading by a solitary goal at the interval, East Bengal stepped up the pace of the game after the breather and managed to consolidate their position in the 52nd minute when the hard-working Suley Mussah tapped the ball in from close to the goalmouth off a melee. The red and yellow brigade could have won by a bigger margin had their forwards not frittered away a few scoring opportunities that came their way in both the sessions. Tollygunge Aggragami coach Amal Dutta, known for his ultra defensive strategy, strengthened the forward line in the second half to try and put pressure on their opponents but the East Bengal defenders were equal to the task. Both the teams, who have not played competitive soccer for some time now, appeared a little rusty and failed to live upto the expectations in their inaugural encounter watched by about 20,000 spectators. Air-India triumph Though the airmen missed easy scoring opportunities they somehow managed to score a fighting win. Radhakrishna Dube gave Air India an
early lead in the 12th minute when he hit a flying header from a pass
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bouts in boxing meet PATIALA, Dec 15 — Vicky Singh was the pick of the lot as he pinned down the robust Arvind Kanwar on points in the lightweight category in the 47th Senior Punjab State Boxing Championships here today. It was a day of one-sided bouts with either the referee stopping contests (RSC) or pugilists having to face the ignominy of being knocked out (K.O.) with just half a dozen bouts being fiercely contested. The results: Light flyweight : Harpreet Singh beat Niranjan Singh (RSC). Flyweight: Narinder Singh beat Amrinder Singh (RSC) , Amrik Singh beat Surendera Singh (12-1), Ramesh Kumar beat Gurpreet Singh (RSC). Navpreet Singh beat Gurdeep Singh (K.O.), Anil Kumar beat Ravinder Singh (RSC). Bantamweight : Paramjit Singh beat Kuldeep Singh (RSC), Tara Singh beat Rashpal Singh (RSC), Karamjit Singh beat Arsh Pal (RSC), Sandeep Singh beat Sunil Kumar (12-4), Balwinder Singh beat Gurwinder Singh (Retd.), Sanjeev Saini beat Santosh (12-6), Devinder Kumar beat Harbans Singh (RSC), Rajeev Kumar beat Sunil Kumar (RSC). Feather weight : Mohammad Habib beat Kulwinder Pal Singh (w/o), Gursewak Singh beat Jagat Singh [Retd.], Satnam Singh beat Sanjay Kumar (Retd.), Gurpreet Singh beat Virwant Singh (K.O.). Rakesh Kumar beat Jaswinder Singh (RSC), Anupdeep beat Balwinder Singh (K.O.). Light weight : Vicky Singh beat Arvind Kanwar (11-4), Suresh Kumar beat Mehtab Singh (11-4), Lokvir Singh beat Sukhdev Singh (RSC), Malkit Singh beat Pardeep Kumar (RSC), Gurdeep Singh beat Karamvir Singh (7-1), Harinder Kumar beat Ajay Pal Singh (RSC), Jaswinder Singh beat Jatinder Singh (w/o), Satpal Singh beat Satnam Singh (RSC). Light welterweight: Vikramjit Singh
beat Amandeep Singh (RSC), Anil Sharma beat Harpreet Singh (RSC),
Mukesh Kumar beat Kuljit Singh (w/o). |
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PUNE, Dec 15 (UNI) — Formidable Haryana today bowled out Madhya Pradesh for 197 in reply to their first innings total of 463 and gained an unassailable 266-run lead, that virtually assure them the coveted Cooch Behar Trophy. The trophy which is regarded as symbol of supremacy in the under 19 national cricket tournament is being played at the Deccan Gymkhana ground here. Haryana skipper Ajay Ratra did not enforce the follow on as some of their players are nursing minor injuries. They were 167 for one at the close of play on the third day with opener Manvinder Bisla 96 Sumit Sharma 51 remaining undefeated. Haryana thus have swelled their lead to 433 with nine wickets still standing and a day to spare. Brief Scores: Haryana 463 and 167 for
1 in 39 overs and 149 minutes (Manvinder Bisla 96 n.o, Sumit Sharma 51
n.o. Ambalal Patindar 1/40) vensus Madhya Pradesh 197 in 75.2 overs
and 317 minutes (Monish Mishra 40, Jatin Saxena 39, Ambalal Patindar
29, Joginder Sharma 4/72, Nitin Agarwal 2/59, Amit Mishra 3/39. |
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Judo championships HISAR, Dec 15 — Bharat Gaurav and Haryana Gaurav Judo Championships will be held at the local Saini High School on December 20. In a press note issued here today, Mr Sumer Singh Nandal, general secretary of the Haryana Judo Association, said the championships would be organised jointly by the association and the Saini Sabha. He said there would be two sections in the championships — men (60-73 kg) and women (44-57 kg) in Haryana Gaurav while only men (up to 73 kg) could participate in the Bharat Gaurav championship. KU sports meet results KURUKSHETRA, Dec 15 — Dr K.L. Miglani, president, Kurukshetra University Sports Council, inaugurated the three-day Kurukshetra University Annual Athletic Meet in the university sports complex here yesterday. The results: Men section (200m) — Sunil (Dyal Singh College, Karnal); 1. Surider (S.S.A.S., Sirsa) 2; Sunil (Govt., Jind) 3; 800m: Vinod (CRM Jat, Hisar) 1; Mangat (MLN, Yamunangar) 2; Mohit (GC, Panchkula) 3; 5000m — Harpreet (GNKC, Yamunanagar) 1; Suresh (MM, Fatehabad) 2; Karambir (GC, Safidon) 3. High jump: Bhoop Singh (CRM Jat, Hisar) 1; Rohit (Dayal Singh College) 2; Karambir (DAV, Pundri) 3; Short-Put — Suresh Sangwan (GC, Karnal) 1; Devinder (CRM Jat, Hisar) 2; Rajesh (CRM Jat, Hisar) 3. Women’s section: 200m — Mukesh (SSGS, Sirsa) 1; Suman Dalal (SDMMV, Hansi) 2; Monika Sharma (GC, Tohana) 3; 800 m — Suman (Dayal Singh, Karnal) 1; Sarla (UTD) 2; Radha (SD College, Ambala); 3. Broad jump — Saroj (MLN, Yamunanagar) 1; Iqbal Kaur (SSGS, Sirsa) 2; Monika (GC, Tohana) 3. Short-put — Gurpreet (SSGS, Sirsa) 1; Suman Dalal (SDMMV, Hansi) 2; Iqbal Kaur (SSGS, Sirsa) 3. Javelin throw: Gurpreet (SSGS, Sirsa) 1; Rajender (DMM, Kurukshetra) 2; Suman (GN, Yamunanagar) 3. Athletic trials CHANDIGARH, Dec 15 — Haryana junior athletics team will be selected through selection trials both boys and girls which will be conducted at the synthetics track of HAU, Hisar on December 21 at 10 a.m. According to Mr H.S.Bhadu, secretary, Haryana State Amateur Athletic Association, the selected teams will participate in the Junior National Athletic Championship being held at Bangalore from January 17 to 20. The athletes of under -14, under 16, under 18 and under-20 age groups will be selected. The athletes should report to Jai Singh, athletics coach at the venue of the trials along with original age-proof certificate. The squad will undergo a coaching camp at HA, Hisar, from January 1 before participation in the national championship. Punjabi University,
PU qualify PATIALA, Dec 15 — The hosts Punjabi University, Himachal University, Panjab University and GNDU, Amritsar, have qualified for the decisive league phase of the North Zone Inter University Volleyball Championships played at the Punjabi University sports complex here today. All these four teams have also qualified for the All India inter university volleyball championships which is scheduled to commence from December 18 to 23. The results: H.P.University beat Panjab University 25-17, 25-23, 25-23. Kurukshetra University beat C.C.S, Meerut 22-25, 25-8, 25-17, 25-22. Delhi University beat Lucknow University 25-13, 25-17, 25-19. C.C.S Meerut beat Bundelkhand University, Jhansi 25-12, 25-23, 25-18. Kumaon University beat Palampur University 25-12, 25-4, 25-18. H.P.University beat MDU, Rohtak 25-20, 25-10, 25-23. |
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