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Paes-Bhupathi duo beaten in ATP doubles
finals Paes non-starter
for Asia Cup? A commendable
job by BCCI: Chauhan Tax penalty
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Randhawa
unlucky India finish with one silver, three
bronze Australia gain
slender lead SA beat Lanka China, Korea post
victories South in final of
Deodhar Trophy Bagan take on Tollygunge; Vasco meet FC
Kochin Six meet records
established Punjab boxing meet
ends English boxer in
critical condition
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Paes-Bhupathi duo beaten in ATP doubles finals BANGALORE, Dec 17 (PTI) — Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi put up a below par show in their third final of the ATP World Doubles Championship and lost to American-South African pair of Donald Johnson and Piet Norval 6-7 (8/10) 3-6 4-6 failing to realise their dream and also of over 7,000 fans who came to witness the final. The day did not belong to the Indians, which was evident in their approach. They put up just about 60 per cent of their potential and Bhupathi was to be blamed for most of their errors. Bhupathi was unable to control his first serves and most often, particularly at vital times, yielded points. In fact, Bhupathi dropped serves in all the three sets, while Paes was broken once. The Indians earned a prize money of $ 72,000 for finishing runners-up, while Johnson and Norval collected $ 134,000. It was a sort of revenge for the visitors as they went down to the Indian pair at 4-6 4-6 in the round robin match earlier. At the end of the match, Paes congratulated Bhupathi for his play and especially with little practice before this prestigious championship. Bhupathi said ‘we had an awesome feeling to come back home to play in the world doubles. Being a finalist, it is a boost to us and we will play better in the next season’. Both confirmed that they would play as partners in the coming season. On the other hand, Norval said he was able to serve well and he had decided to attack Paes, Bhupathi’s weak points. Johnson said despite being broken and on break point, they decided to go on. In the first set, the Indian pair were right on target and led 2-0 and had a break point for a 3-0 lead. Their hold on the game was shortlived as Paes was broken in the fourth game, where the rivals had three breaks points. Once they levelled the game scores to 2-2, the visitors played at an awesome speed and Paes and Bhupathi started experiencing problems to negotiate the returns of Johnson and Norval, who were invariably scored winners after long rallies. Then, the games went on serves but Johnson and Norval were not at all under any pressure in their holding serves, while the Indians had to bring in their resources as three of the games were won only on deuce. In the tie-breaker, Johnson and Norval were more consistent with their returns and the Indians played just 60 percent of their potentials. The teams were on level terms at 3-3 6-6 and then 8-8. Here, Bhupathi returned after a couple of rallies and Johnson charged upfront and played the ball right on Bhupathi’s body for the set at 7-6. The Indians were totally off colour in the second set and lacked in understanding each other as much as they did in the earlier games. The rivals, Piet Norval, in particular, was at his best in picking empty spaces as Paes and Bhupathi were rooted to the other half. Both Paes and Bhupathi committed many unforced errors and Bhupathi was broken in fifth and ninth games, which helped Johnson and Norval in increase their lead 2-0. Paes’ playing a drop volley return on to Poval caused the ninth game for the Indians at 3-6. In the third set, the Indians were seemed to be on course to get back into the game. This was so till the tenth game as the rivals took points on serve. In the vital tenth game, Bhupathi continued to suffer from the ignominy of not perfecting his first serve and faulted on three occasions. In fact, he double-faulted to give the initiative 0-15 to the rivals and his punch volley helped to make it 15-15. A backhand return by Bhupathi on the net made 15-30 and again Bhupathi, almost from the baseline, netted a high lob from Johnson. The rivals were on break and match-point but a superb volley by Paes from the middle court took the game to deuce. But Bhupathi again erred to put across the ball in giving the match to Johnson and Norval. |
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Paes non-starter
for Asia Cup? NEW DELHI, Dec 17 — Leander Paes looks a non-starter for the $ 90,000 prize money fifth Asia Cup Tennis Tournament for men and women to be held at the R.K. Khanna Stadium here from December 19 to 24. According to sources, Leander has not yet sorted out his problems with the All-India Tennis Association (AITA), which he feels has done precious little for the development of tennis talent in the country. It is learnt that Leander will fly out after the World Doubles Championship in Bangalore, where he and partner Mahesh Bhupathi, have made it into the challenge round. With Prahlad Srinath also not in the squad, a heavy responsibility rests on Mahesh Bhupathi’s shoulders to guide India to victory, unless the selectors include Srinath in the squad. India have been dominating the Asia Cup after Leander mesmerised tennis fans with his brilliant performance in the inaugural edition. For the first time, the Asia Cup will feature a women’s section. The Asia Cup is restricted to the best four teams of the continent. India, Korea, Thailand and Uzbekistan figure in the men’s section, which carries a cash prize of $ 50,000, with the winners getting $ 25,000 and the runners-up standing to gain $ 12,500. In the women’s section, India are pitted against Thailand, China and Indonesia for the $ 40,000 prize money event. The winners will take home $ 20,000 while the runners-up will get $10,000. The Indian men face a major hurdle in Uzbekistan while the hosts’ women will have to be wary of the unknown Chinese girls. Nirupama Vaidyanathan will be seen in action here after a long gap as she has been trying out her luck in the world women’s circuit. Manisha Malhotra, Sai Jayalakshmi and Rushmi Chakravarthi are the other members of the women’s team. Shruti Dhawan is the reserve player. If Leander pulls out, Srinath may get the nod. Other members of the Indian team, besides Bhupathi, are new national champion Nitin Kirtane, Harsh Mankad and Syed Fazaluddin. The finals are scheduled to be held on December 23 and 24. The AITA will hold a Tennis-Christmas carnival to coincide with the finals. |
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A commendable
job by BCCI: Chauhan LUCKNOW, Dec 17 (UNI) — The Board of Control for Cricket in India had done a commendable job by taking harsh action against some of the Indian cricketers in match-fixing cases, said parliamentarian and former Indian opening batsman Chetan Chauhan. He said cricket is a sensitive game and misdeeds of some of the players would affect the nation’s image in cricketing world it was against the sportsman spirit. He said the BCCI had banned former skipper Azharuddin and Ajay Sharma for life while two others Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar had been banned from taking up any cricketing activities for five years. It was sufficient to teach a lesson to the upcoming generation in cricket. In future noone could try to indulge in such activities. To a question Mr Chauhan said chairman of the inquiry commission Mr Madhawan had submitted his report to the BCCI which in turn took prompt action. The former Cricketer said the BCCI’s bold action should be praised by all the people. He said these players would not be awarded any benefit match and even their benevolent fund and other cricketing activities in future would be affected. |
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Tax penalty
awaits 5 cricketers NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (UNI) — The Income Tax Department is likely to issue notices next week to five cricketers — Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Nikhil Chopra and Navjot Singh Sidhu — for concealing large chunks of their earnings for which they would be liable to pay hefty taxes at penal rates. Also, the appraisal report for former skipper Kapil Dev’s "undisclosed income" is getting final touches and is expected to be despatched to the assessing officer in a few days, department sources said. "In the case of Kapil, the entries are very large in number and the scrutiny is taking time," the sources said. "We have found undisclosed income to the tune of crores of rupees with the cricketers," the sources said adding that the players would have to file block returns for ten years from 1990-91 to 2000-2001 within a month. On their undisclosed income, the players will have to pay a penal tax rate of 60 per cent. In normal cases, the rate of the highest tax slab is at 34 per cent. HONG KONG, Dec 17 (PTI) — Luck eluded Jyoti Randhawa as he returned a round of four-under-par 67 on the final day of the Omega Hong Kong Open, but his joint 12th finish enabled him to retain the second position on the Davidoff Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit. The Indian Open champion needed a top finish here to become first Indian on the top of the Asian money list, but his efforts came to nought as England’s Simon Dyson left here to become first Indian on the top of the Asian money list, but his efforts came to nought as England’s Simon Dyson left the rest of the field way behind. Randhawa finished an aggregate of 11-under-par 273 and was joined by Arjun Atwal (69,66,69,69) in the 12th position. The 28-year-old Indian just managed to be ahead of Yeh Wei-Tze of Taiwan by mere 541 dollars as his total winnings in the season came to $224,897 as against 224,356 of Yeh. The Taiwanese golfer had led the money list throughout the season barring a brief time when Dyson had overtaken him. Meanwhile, Dyson fired a final round seven-under-par 64 to record a brilliant victory in the $ 500,000 event. |
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India finish with one silver, three
bronze CHANDIGARH, Dec 17 — India had to be satisfied with one silver and three bronze at the sixth Asian Junior Rowing Championship which concluded at the Sukhna Lake here today. Japan, of all the participating countries, had the most fruitful outing, winning two gold and two silver. They had entered teams only in the four sculls events. Hong Kong and China also won two gold. Uzbekistan and South Korea won one gold each. In double sculls, the first event of the day, Indian hopes for a gold were dashed when Sunil Kakde and Suresh L. were almost four seconds slower than the Japanese duo of Funada Kenji and Hamanaka Kohei who came in with a time of 7.04.32. The Indians posted a timing of 7.08.08. “We definitely expected a gold from double sculls but silver is good enough,’’ said Indian coach Dalbir Singh. “I am satisfied with today’s results as the rowers did as well as they could with just three weeks of training. And it was the first international competition for all our rowers participating here.” “It was a combination of nerves and the final spurt coming too late,” he added. In fact, all the Indians who won a medal left the final spurt almost too late as all the bronze medals were won by very narrow margines. Local girl Gurpreet Kaur did the city proud by winning a bronze in single sculls. With hardly a year of training behind her, Gurpreet is being billed as future talent. Gurpreet herself was not satisfied with her performance. “I think I should have done better. I missed a few strokes as my oar hit the balls differentiating the lanes.” With the crowd, team-members and coach cheering on, Gurpreet just about managed to beat the Korean rower Kim Un-Ha. “My problem is that I am not used to the final spurt. It was the crowd which willed me on.” Gurpreet posted much better timing today as normally she rows alone and hardly has anyone to compete against. There was hardly any wind and the conditions were to her liking. Sunil Kakde in singles sculls and the coxless fours team also won bronze medals by narrow margins. Kakde, who was trailing kim Jeong-Kwan of Korea at the half-way mark, finished with a great final spurt to beat the Korean. Law Hui Fung of Hong Kong took the gold and Kawawoto Hidetoshi of Japan the silver. The quartet of Ashish Singh, Satish Shirsat, E. Nagraj and Jasbir Singh finished the meet for India with another bronze. G. Nagraj and Satish Shirsat finished fourth in coxless pairs and Purna Laxmi Rai, Elezabeth, Manjula Rai and Mary Monika Minj finished last in coxless fours women’s event. India were placed fifth in the women’s double sculls. Results:
Men’s:single sculls: Law Hui Fung (HK 7.33.23)1, Kawawoto Hidetoshi (Jpn. 7.47.50) 2, Sunil Kakde (Ind. 7.48.43) 3, Kim Jeong-Kwan (Kor. 7.49.57) 4, Roozaimy Omar (Sin. 8.2100) 5, Khudoyberdi Khaydarov (Uzb. 8.14.06) 6, Jefrain Doludea (Ina. 8.15.62) 7, Zhang Haibo (Chn. 8.16.10) 8, Bing Jia Hua (Tpe. 8.19.89) 9;
Double sculls: Japan (7.04.32) 1, India (7.08,08) 2, Hong Kong (7.10.97) 3, Taipei (7.52.16) 4,China (7.29.44) 5,Korea (7.31.46) 6, Indonesia (7.32.47) 7, Uzbekistan (7.39.17) 8; Coxless pairs: Korea (7.08.87) 1, Taipei (7.11.75) 2, China (7.21.96) 3, India (7.39.64) 4, Uzbekistan (7.41.40) 5, Hong Kong (7.46.51) 6, Singapore (8.02.11) 7;Coxless fours: Hong Kong (6.47.89)1, China (6.52.96) 2, India (6.56.76) 3, Korea (6.57.40) 4, Taipei (7.00.85) 5, Uzbekistan (7.19.76) 6, Singapore (7.40.28) 7 Women’s:
single sculls: Zhuo Jia (Chn. 8.22.54) 1, Ozawa Mako (Jpn. 8.22.78) 2, Gurpreet Kaur (Ind. 8.41.08) 3, Kim Un-Ha (Kor. 8.41.75) 4, Nailya Nazarova (Uzb. 8.50.83) 5, Mak Hoi Ying (HK 9.16.74) 6, Li Pei Shvang (Tpe. 9.22.89) 7;
Double sculls: Japan (8.06.78) 1, Hong Kong (8.10.06) 2, Korea (8.17.69) 3, China (8.32.04) 4, India (8.35.78) 5, Uzbekistan (8.42.32) 6, Taipei (9.11.89) 7; Coxless pairs: Uzbekistan (8.14.70) 1, Hong Kong (8.18.66) 2, China (8.35.16) 3, Taipei (8.47.35) 4, Korea (8.49.06) 5; Coxless fours: China (7.26.35) 1,Uzbekistan (7.27.05) 2, Hong Kong (7.39.06) 3, Korea (7.40.56) 4, India (8.07.11) 5. |
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ADELAIDE, Dec 17 (AFP) — The crucial third cricket Test between Australia and the West Indies is precariously poised on a knife edge after a see-sawing third day at Adelaide Oval today. The Windies lifted in the final session to snatch four wickets, leaving Australia with 403 for nine, a slender lead of 12 over the tourists’ first innings 391 when rain and bad light forced players off the field before the scheduled close. Damien Martyn, unbeaten with 46, and Glenn McGrath (one not out) will resume tomorrow at the start of the fourth day of the enthralling five-day game. The wicket is showing distinct signs of wear and a chase of about 200 could be a tough task for Australia on the final day if the Windies are able to set a target of that magnitude. Leading 2-0 in the five-match series, Australia will clinch the rubber and retain the Frank Worrell Trophy if they win, as well as extend their world record sequence of 12 successive test wins. Australia, with 355 for five at tea, appeared to be coasting towards a big first innings lead. But the Windies struck back again to remove Ricky Ponting (92), acting captain Adam Gilchrist (nine), Stuart MacGill (six) and Colin Miller (one). The vital wicket of Ponting was snared by veteran speedster Courtney Walsh before Nixon McLean trapped Gilchrist and Miller and Mervyn Dillon accounted for MacGill. Scoreboard West Indies (Ist innings): 391 Australia (Ist innings): Slater c sub (Sarwan) b 83 Samuels Hayden run out 58 Langer c Lara b Samuels 6 M. Waugh lbw b Dillon 63 Gillespie lbw b Walsh 4 Ponting c Jacobs b Walsh 92 Martyn not out 46 Gilchrist c Jacobs b McLean 9 MacGill c Jacobs b Dillon 6 Miller c Campbell b McLean 1 McGrath not out 1 Extras: (b-5 lb-13 w-5 nb-11) 34 Total: (for nine wickets, 127 overs) 403 Fall of wickets: 1-156, 2-160, 3-169, 4-187, 5-310, 6-369, 7-386, 8-397, 9-398. Bowling:
Walsh 32-7-73-2 (w-3 nb-5), Black 18-1-75-0 (nb-4), Dillon 24-2-84-2 (w-2), McLean 21-1-69-2 (nb-1), Adams 13-2-35-0 (nb-1), Samuels 19-6-49-2. EAST LONDON, (South Africa) Dec 17 (Reuters) — South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 95 runs in the second one-day international at Buffalo Park today.
South Africa lead the series 2-0. South Africa Kirsten c Jayawardene b Zoysa 6 Hall lbw b Vaas 0 Kallis c Arnold b
Wickramasinghe 35 McKenzie not out 120 Rhodes c Muralitharan b Jayasuria 50 Boucher c Wickramasinghe
b Muralitharan 55 Klusener c Chandana b Zoysa 6 Boje run out 7 Extras: (nb-6 w-5 lb-12) 23 Total: (for seven, 50 overs) 302 FOW: 1-0 2-24 3-69 4-157 5-257 6-279 7-302 Bowling: Vaas 10-0-54-1 Zoysa 10-0-68-2 Wickramasinghe 7-0-39-1 Muralitharan 10-0-47-1 Chandana 7-0-43-0 Jayasuria 5-0-29-1 Arnold 1-0-10-0. Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya b Pollock 7 Kaluwitharana lbw Pollock 2 Atapattu c Boucher b Ntini 36 Jayawardene c and b Boie 59 Sangakkara c Hall b Ntini 11 Arnold not out 39 Chandana lbw b Klusener 2 Vaas not out 34 Extras:
(1b-3, w-7, nb-7) 17 Total: (for six wickets) 207 FOW: 1-8, 2-17, 3-80, 4-106, 5-141, 6-147. Bowling: Pollock 10-0-34-2, Telemachus 9-1-44-0, Ntini 10-0-38-2, Kallis 8-0-30-0, Klusener 9-2-32-1, Boie 3-0-21-1, McKenzie 1-0-5-0. |
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China, Korea post
victories NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (UNI) — Defending champions China, runners-up Chinese Taipei and strong contenders DPR Korea and Korea posted imposing victories over their rivals to record their successive victories in the 15th Asian Championship for junior women at Talkatora Stadium here today. China powered by Zhang Fan’s 23 trounced Sri Lanka 128-29 in a pool A match. At the breather the winners led 61-16. Chinese Taipei outlasted Thailand 71-51 in a pool B match, while DPR Korea downed Malayasia 77-48 and Korea beat Uzbekistan 107-46. Playing with clinical precision China taught Sri Lanka a lesson in the game as they scored at will. The Chinese did not let the opponent any chance to come frequently to the basket and taking advantage of their height basketed as many points as they could. Fan was well-supported by Ren Lei (18), Yung Liang (15) and Huang Jing (13) in a bid to put the inaccessible score. Sri Lanka could manage only 16 and 13 points in both the innings in reply to 61 and 67 by China. In the second match, both Chinese Taipei and Thailand were playing neck and neck. At the half time the score was 36-31 in favour of Chinese Taipei. But in the second half the Taiwanese consolidated and played in unison by scoring 35 points against 20 of the opponents. Sun Chich Ping (11), Lee Shu Mei (11), La Jin Yu (10) and Lin Chi Wen (10) were the main scorers for Chinese Taipei. For Thailand P. Promna (14) and R. Supranee (12) were the main scorers. In the third match of the day, DPR Korea beat Malyasia 77-48 in a lop-sided match. At the half time the score was 42-25 in favour of the winners. The Koreans could not keep the tempo of the first half and scored only 35 points against 23 of Malyasia in the second half. Jon Kum Hui (32), Kim Hye Ok (13) and Richun Hui (10) were the main scorers for DPR Korea. For Malyasia Cheng She Mun (9), Behsiewlian(8), Lim Yen Hug (7) were the top scorers.
In the fourth match, seven time champion Korea trounced Uzbekistan 107-46. |
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South in final of Deodhar Trophy KANPUR, Dec 17 (PTI) — V.V.S. Laxman top scored with 76 and added 134 runs for the third wicket with Vijay Bhardwaj to lead South Zone to a three-wicket win over North Zone for a place in the final of the Deodhar Trophy Inter-Zonal Cricket Championship. Defending champions North were made to bite the dust as they were restricted at 225 and then Laxman enabled South to make 227 for seven with 1.3 overs to spare in the first semifinal here. The Laxman-Bhardwaj partnership paved way for South to go for the final push and the formality was completed by captain Robin Singh, who remained unbeaten on 28. During their run chase, South Zone suffered two setbacks early on when Gagandeep Singh and Ashish Nehra sent both the openers Arun Kumar and Amit Pathak with scoreboard reading 34. Both the openers had scored 14 runs each — Arun was caught by wicketkeeper Pankaj Dharmani off Nehra while Pathak was trapped leg before wicket by Gagandeep. Laxman and Bhardwaj arrested the situation as both played controlled cricket to settle themselves before opening the face of the bat to realise 100 runs in 88 minutes. Laxman was given a reprieve on 23 when Dharmani missed a stumping chance off Rahul Sanghvi. As the partnership grew, North Zone skipper Vikram Rathore pressed as much as seven bowlers into action before Sanghvi gained success when he had Bhardwaj caught by Dharmani after making 45 runs. South got another jolt when Virender Sehwag clean bowled a well-settled Laxman in the very next over after the batsman had stayed at the wicket for 118 minutes. Both the wickets fell of 168. North Zone gave further scare to South when they lost two more wickets — of Venka Pratap and Dodda Ganesh — with the score on 196. Pratap (10) was held by Harbhajan at point while Ganesh fell leg before wicket without scoring. They were followed by L.N.P. Reddy, who misread his captain’s call. But Robin Singh in company of T Kumaran completed the formality as the two remained unbeaten on 28 and 11 respectively. Earlier, opener Vijay Dahiya’s patient knock of 79 helped North recover from setbacks to reach a respectable total. |
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Bagan take on Tollygunge; Vasco meet FC Kochin CALCUTTA, Dec 17 (PTI) — Defending champions Mohun Bagan will be determined to put up an improved performance when they clash with local outfit Tollygunge Aggragami in the fifth National Football League here tomorrow. Bagan, who were held to a 2-2 draw by a fighting JCT Mills in their opening match, can hardly afford to be complacent against the local challengers in what promises to be an exciting contest at the Rabindra Sarovar Stadium. The green and maroon brigade, who have not played competitive soccer for some time, appeared a trifle rusty in their lung-opener against JCT but coach Subrata Bhattacharya was confident that his players will find their rhythm sooner than later. Tollygunge Aggragami, who lost 0-2 to title aspirants East Bengal in their first match at the same venue, were capable of springing a surprise on any fancied team on their day. Coach Amal Dutta, who was entrusted with the job again after being unceremoniously sacked earlier this year, would be worried by the ineffectiveness of his strikers while the defenders also did not give a very good account of themselves in the opening match. The two Tollygunge strikers Abdul Latif Seriki and Mohammed Qizar could not make much of an impact in the opening match and it remains to be seen whether the duo can cause any damage to Bagan. Dutta has often relied on an ultra-defensive strategy to scuttle strong teams but the opponents have become quite familiar with his strategy. Bagan will be heavily depending on their Brazilian recruit Jose Barreto and R. C. Prakash to deliver the goods upfront. Both Barreto and R. C. Prakash have scored a number of goals for the team in recent times and coach Bhattacharya will be hoping that they keep up the good work. The reliable Basudeb Mondal will have to shoulder the responsibility in the midfield alongwith R. P. Singh, newcomer Amaouri de Silva and Renedy Singh who are all quite competent players. The Bagan defence, manned by Dulal Biswas, Hussain Mustafi, M. Suresh and Lolendra Singh, also looks solid on paper though it has been found to be vulnerable at times. MARGAO (UNI): Buoyed by their win against local professional league champions Zee Churchill brothers, debutants Vasco Sports Club (Goa) would be going into yet another home match, this time against star-studded F.C. kochin in the fifth edition of National Football League at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, here tomorrow. Both Vasco and F.C. Kochin won their opening round matches against strong Zee Churchill and Salgaocar by a narrow margin 1-0 and 3-2, respectively, and gained three points each. Kochin would be up against Vasco firing line headed by Liberian striker Sunday Seah (goalkeeper turned forward), mercurial I.M. Vijayan and defender Jo Paul Anchery, who had managed to win the match for their side against Salgoacar. They have a very balanced side with quality players on the bench also. Kochin, known for their disciplined performances, would certainly be going all out to maintain their position, but cannot afford to be complacent as Vasco is known for their steady approach. They heavily depend on their Liberia recruits Seah, Aaron Cole along with Rajesh Kumar to deliver the goods. Helping the forward line will be Medio Rasheedi Williams, Vijayan, Anoj T.S., Santosh and L Suresh. They also have a dependable defence led by Anchery, Patrick Nuku and Jithesh and above all dependable defender-cum-goalkeeper Dinesh Nair, who was brought in place of Seah in the second half of the match against Salgaocar last Friday. The mood in the Vasco camp was quite upbeat having won their first match against last year runners-up Zee Churchill and now hoping to use home advantage to snatch points against Kochin tomorrow. Vasco boast of very good midfield comprising Uzbekistan’s Kashimov Avazbek, Riston Rodriques, Gragary Clark and Daniel Colaco. The defence too has done well spearheaded by Brazilian Ronaldo, along with Seby Dias, Sanjay Parte, Danzil Coutinho, but the real test will be tomorrow when they face the likes of Vijayan, Seah and Cole. If they are able to contain the forwards more than half the battle will be won for Vasco outfit, whose scoring ability will be on the shoulders of Brazilian Edson, Zabirov Rustam, Peter Rodriques and Kishore Palkar. Vasco have an efficient Brazilian recruit in goalkeeper Rogerio to D’Solio who put up a brilliant show under their bar against Churchill and it will not be easy for Kochin forwards to find the openings. The team will be selected from the following probables: Vasco: Ramos Rogerio, Seby Dias, Sanjay Parte, Danzil Coutinho, Agnelo Colaco, Ronaldo, Gragery Clark, Daneil Colaco, Ravi Babu, Khoshimov Avazbekl, Riston Rodriques, Santan Colaco, Edson, Zabirov Rustam, Peter Rodriques, Kishore Palkar. F.C. Kochin: Sunday Seah, Dinesh Nair, Patrick, J.O. Paul Anchery, Jithesh, C.K. Rasheedi Williams, Santosh V, I Suresh, I.M. Vijayan, Anoj, K.S. Pramod, Aaron Cole, Rajesh Kumar, Hemanathan. |
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Six meet records
established BATHINDA, Dec 17 — Records continued and new records were established in the 77th Punjab State Junior Athletic Meet which concluded here today. Although the spectators were made to wait for the chief guest, Capt Kanwaljit Singh, who incidently did not turn up, the new records established today kept their spirits high. The six new meet records were as follows:- Hammer throw (boys under-20): Birkaran Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib) 60.96 mtrs, high jump (boys U-18): Jaskaran Singh (Amritsar) 1.95 mt; 5km walk: (girls U-18): Rajwinder Kaur (Ludhiana) 23:05:91 seconds. 4x100 mtrs relay (boys U-18): Jalandhar (43.67 seconds) Javelin throw (girls U-18): Antargurpreet Kaur (Patiala) 33.25 metres. Triple jump (girls U-20): Deepmala (Ludhiana) 11.99 metres. Mr Jaspal Singh, Deputy Commissioner, Bathinda, gave away the prizes. The other results are: Discus throw: boys (U-16): Balwinder Singh (Jalandhar) 1, Amandeep Singh, Ludhiana 2. Discus throw: (boys U-18): Harpreet Singh (Jalandhar) 1, Pushpinder Singh (Sangrur) 2. Hammer throw: (girls U-20): Surinder Pal Kaur (Jalandhar) 1, Gursharanpreet Kaur (Jalandhar) 2. Hammer throw: (girls U-18): Amandeep Kaur (Ludhiana) 1, Lakhbir Kaur (Jalandhar) 2. 10km walk: (boys U-18): Bikramjit Singh (Jalandhar) 1, Paramjit Singh (Amritsar) 2. Javelin throw: (girls U-20): Kashmir Kaur (Jalandhar) 1, Rupinder Kaur (Jalandhar) 2. High jump: (boys U-20): Dilbag Singh (Amritsar) 1, Harminder Singh (Ropar) 2. High jump: (girls U-20): Kulwinder Kaur (Gurdaspur) 1, Pankti (Patiala) 2. Triple jump: (boys U-20): Pritpal Singh (Sangrur) 1, Sukhjinder Singh (Amritsar) 2. High jump: (girls U-18): Navdeep Kaur (Jalandhar) 1, Amandeep Kaur (Nawanshahr) 2. Hammer throw: (boys U-18): Harpal Singh (Gurdaspur) 1, Kulwinder Singh (Punjab Police) 2. Javelin throw: (boys U-16): Gurpreet Singh (Moga) 1, Gurkirat Singh (Muktsar) 2. Javelin throw (girls U-16): Amandip Kaur (Kapurthala) 1, Kulwinder Kaur (Amritsar) 2. 100m hurdles (girls U-20): Virpal Kaur (Ludhiana) 1, Anju Bala (Ludhiana) 2. Discus throw: (girls U-16): Ginni Sharma (Jalandhar) 1, Sukhmani Kaur 2. 1500m (girls U-18): Tejinder Kaur (Jalandhar) 1, Lakhbir Kaur (Hoshiarpur) 2. 1500m: (boys U-18): Vikas Kumar (Ropar) 1 Gurmeet Singh (Hoshiarpur) 2. The overall trophy was bagged by Jalandhar. |
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Punjab boxing meet
ends PATIALA, Dec 17 — Well built and energetic Harinder Kumar annexed the title in the lightweight category in the 47th senior Punjab State Boxing Championships which concluded at the polo ground gymnasium here today. Malkiat Singh, who had won the semi final bout against Vicky Singh yesterday seemed to be a pale shadow of himself as Harinder repeatedly landed punches to floor his opponent. Much was expected from Malkiat Singh in the final but he ‘choked’ when it mattered the most to give his rival a relatively easy victory. Meanwhile, the district police chief, Mr H.S. Sidhu, in his capacity as vice-president of the Punjab Boxing Association, confirmed that to make judges and coaches more conversant with the complicated computer scoring system, a one week refresher course would be held at the NIS shortly. The camp for Punjab boxers who will be taking part in the forthcoming National Games will be held at the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) high altitude centre at Shilaru. Other results: (finals) : Light flyweight: Nitin Kumar b Harpreet Singh.
Flyweight: Amarinder Singh b Anil Pathania. Bantamweight: Tara Singh b Harvinder Singh. Featherweight: Rakesh Kumar b Inderjit Singh. Light flyweight: Harinder Kumar b Malkiat Singh. Light welterweight: Vikramjit Singh b Tej Karan Sharma. Welterweight: Birinder Singh b Paramdeep Singh. Middleweight: Balbir Singh b Sarjant Singh. Light Heavyweight: Gursharan Singh b Gurnam Singh. Heavyweight: Satpal b Sumanjot Singh. Super heavyweight: Bhagwant Singh b Sukhdev Singh. Mr Nusrat Ali Khan, Sports Minister, distributed the prizes. |
English boxer in
critical condition LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) — English boxer Paul Ingle underwent surgery on a blood clot on his brain after he was knocked down in the final round of a title fight against South African Mbulelo Botile last night. “He has had surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain and he remains in a critical condition,’’ a spokeswoman for the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield, where he had the operation, said. |
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