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Windies on the brink of
defeat Martin strikes early
blows World champ Anand handed over
crown
Kirsan Iliyumzhinov
(R) president of FIDE hands over the World Chess Championship trophy
to India's Viswanathan Anand in Tehran on Wednesday. Anand won the
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Lanka bundled out for 216 Match-fixing scandal Indian soccer had trappings of a regular
potboiler NZ pugilists hog
limelight Vivek secures gold 5 Haryana players
selected Naresh clinches
b’minton crown Chandigarh
eves triumph
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Windies on the brink of defeat MELBOURNE, Dec 28 (AFP) — Brian Lara’s inexcusable dismissal without offering a shot late today left the West Indies facing another monumental defeat as Australia applied the blowtorch in the fourth Test here. Just when the demoralised West Indies were looking to Lara to offer some resistance in the face of the relentless Australian juggernaut, he padded up and lamely offered no shot to be bowled for a duck by Jason Gillespie with stumps in sight on the third day. Trailing the Australians, who declared their second innings at 262 for five, by 461 runs, the West Indies were a miserable 10 for three in their second knock with two full days to go. The Australians rushed to excitedly embrace each other realising that they had eliminated the biggest obstacle to their quest for a 14th straight Test victory and a 4-0 series lead. Lara’s duck after just nine minutes and seven deliveries plunged the tourists into a desperate damage-limitation battle. The tourists lost the opening two Tests in Brisbane and Perth inside three days and last week’s third Adelaide Test by five wickets. Set 462 runs to win the Boxing Day Test, the Caribbean tourists made yet another of their calamitious starts losing youngsters, Daren Ganga (0) and Wavell Hinds (4) before Lara’s sickening blow in the 11 tense overs to stumps. The tourists trailed by a whopping 452 runs with a result expected sometime on fourth day tomorrow. All the wickets fell to pace bowler Gillespie, who had Ganga lbw in his first over and Hinds caught by Andy Bichel in the seven-man slips cordon in his second over. He picked up the prized Lara scalp with the fifth ball of his third over to have the figures of three for five in 16 balls as the tourists tottered at seven for three. He left the arena with three for eight off five overs. At the close, the West Indies were grimly holding on with vice-captain Sherwin Campbell failing to get off the mark in 50 minutes and nightwatchman Colin Stuart, surviving the final over from spinner Colin Miller surrounded by fielders, on three. Skipper Steve Waugh called a halt to Australia’s steady accumulation of runs after Ricky Ponting plundered 21 runs in Stuart’s final over. Building on a mammoth 199-run innings lead, Australia declared at 262 for five, setting the hapless West Indians the task of defying history to get anywhere near the target. India scored 406 for four after being set 403 to beat the West Indies in Port of Spain in 1975-76, which remains the highest score to win a Test. But it was all academic after the West Indies’ horrific start. Mark Waugh remained unbeaten on 78 scored in 247 minutes and Ponting 26 off 24 balls at the time of the Australian team’s declaration. Justin Langer topscored with 80 before he was snapped up by Ganga at slip off left-arm finger spinner Jimmy Adams in the final over before tea. Langer and Mark Waugh put on 116 runs for the third wicket in 139 minutes to ram home Australia’s advantage. Almost an hour’s play was lost through rain in the morning session but the Australians only lost opener Michael Slater. Slater fell to an edge to Lara at first slip off Mervyn Dillon for four in the second over of the innings leaving his side at eight for one. SCOREBOARD Australia (1st innings): 364 West Indies (1st innings): 165 Australia (2nd innings): Hayden c Hinds b McLean 30 Slater c Lara b Dillon 4 Langer c Ganga b Adams 80 M. Waugh not out 78 S. Waugh c Jacobs b Stuart 20 Miller st Jacobs b Adams 11 Ponting not out 26 Extras:
(b-5, lb-4, w-1, nb-3) 13 Total: (for 5 decl, 77 overs) 262 Fall of wkts:
1-8, 2-49, 3-165, 4-212, 5-228 Bowling: Walsh 18-3-46-0, Dillon 17-1-68-1, McLean 9-1-30-1, Stuart 15-2-66-1, Adams 18-8-43-2. West Indies (2nd innings): Campbell not out 0 Ganga lbw b Gillespie 0 Hinds c Bichel b Gillespie 4 Lara b Gillespie 0 Stuart not out 3 Extras: (nb-3) 3 Total: (for 3 wkts, 11 overs) 10 Fall of wkts: 1-1, 2-6, 3-7. Bowling: McGrath 5-3-2-0, Gillespie 5-2-8-3, Miller 1-1-0-0. |
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WELLINGTON, Dec 28 (AP) — New Zealand pace bowler Chris Martin struck twice in nine balls to quickly have Zimbabwe on the back foot in their first innings during the one-off cricket Test at Basin Reserve here today. Martin, playing in his fourth Test and first on home soil, removed Guy Whittall and Stuart Carlisle within an hour of play resuming on the third day after a lengthy rain delay. Zimbabwe, in reply to New Zealand’s first innings of 487 for seven declared, were 48 for two when bad light ended play shortly before the tea break. Play was to have continued until 8 p.M. Local time, but will instead start an hour early tomorrow. Zimbabwe’s initial target is to reach 288 to avoid the follow-on. While New Zealand was banking on spinners Paul Wiseman and Brooke Walker bowling New Zealand to victory, the slender Martin quickly reproduced the form which saw him take 11 wickets in his debut series in South Africa. Martin fired a full-length ball through opener Whittall’s defences and two runs later deceived Carlisle, who mistimed a shot to short cover, where Matt Horne deflected the ball and did well to snare it at his second attempt. Carlisle’s departure for a duck left Zimbabwe struggling at 23 for two. Martin had figures of two for 15 off eight overs, including six maidens after his opening spell. New Zealand declared its first innings closed after adding just 12 runs to its overnight score. About four hours of play was lost after strong northerly winds fanned light rain over the ground for much of the day. Wicketkeeper Adam Parore was able to score his 14th Test half century and was unbeaten on 50 at the declaration. Walker was the only New Zealand wicket to fall on the day, caught off medium pacer Bryan Strang for 27. The pair added 61 for the sixth wicket. Scoreboard New Zealand (1st innings): Horne c Andy Flower b Streak 1 Richardson run out 75 Sinclair lbw Strang 9 Fleming run out 22 Astle c Carlisle b Strang 141 McMillan b Murphy 142 Parore not out 50 Walker c Olonga b Strang 27 Wiseman not out 0 Extras: (1b, 8lb, 5w, 6nb) 20 Total: (for 7 wkts, decl., 181 overs) 487 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-22, 3-67, 4-145, 5-367, 6-426, 7-487. Bowling: Heath Streak 37-10-74-1, Bryan Strang 46-16-116-3, Henry Olonga 30-2-105-0, Brian Murphy 46-9-128-1, Guy Whittall 22-6-55-0. Zimbabwe (1st innings): Rennie batting 20 G. Whittall b Martin 9 Carlisle c Horne b Martin 0 Campbell batting 15 Extras: (b1, lb2, nb1) 4 Total: (for 2 wkts, 25 overs) 48 Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-23. Bowling: C. Martin 8-6-15-2, S. O’Connor 3-3-0-0, P. Wiseman 9-3-16-0, B. Walker 5-1-14-0. |
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World champ Anand handed over crown TEHRAN, Dec 28 (Reuters) — Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand was formally crowned fide world chess champion and awarded the $ 660,000 first prize, the official Iranian news agency IRNA said today. Anand, who clinched his title in Tehran on Sunday with a convincing victory playing the white pieces, was feted late last night by international chess and Iranian sports officials, IRNA said. His opponent, Spain’s Alexei Shirov, was awarded $ 440,000 as runner-up. The Latvian-born Shirov resigned on the 41st move against Anand, the world chess federation, fide, announced on its website (www.Fide.Com). The victory gave Anand a lead of 3.5 points to 0.5, enough to clinch the six-game final and wrest the title from Russia’s Alexander Khalifman. It was the Indian’s first victory in three world championship final appearances and it was the first time the fide title had gone to a player from outside the former Soviet Union since the American Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in 1972. Anand’s mother, Susila Viswanathan, who taught him his first chess moves at age six, said the victory proved her son was now unbeatable. Top-level world chess is divided into rival competitions, the fide championship and the Brain Games Championship, which was held in October and November in London. The latter is generally acknowledged as the ultimate chess showdown because it pitted the Azerbaijan-born Garry Kasparov, for many years undisputed as the greatest player in the world against the eventual winner, Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik. Kasparov held the fide title between 1985 and 1990 before breaking away to form a rival body, the Professional Chess Association. Anand who hails from Madras, lost to Kasparov in the
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‘Anand may play
Kramnik in July’ TEHRAN, Dec 28 (PTI) — President of the world chess governing body (FIDE), Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has said a “world prestige match” between world champion Viswanathan Anand and
BrainGames’ world champion Vladimir Kramnik could be staged in July next year. “A world prestige match between the FIDE champion and Kramnik is possible in July,” Ilyumzhinov said after crowning Anand with 15th world champion title at a glittering ceremony here last night. Anand defeated Latvia-born Spaniard Alexei Shirov 3.5-0.5 in a six-game final here this week to become the first Asian ever to don the mantle of the world champion. The Indian grandmaster, however, declined to say whether he would play against the rival world supremo,
Kramnik, who upstaged Garry Kasparov in a 16-game final in November. “Anand richly deserves the world champion title,” Mr Ilyumzhinov said after handing over the coveted gold medal for the Indian’s exploits at a glittering ceremony here last night. Anand was a picture of cheer as he received gifts with his usual politeness and panache. He was flooded with Persian carpets and art works at a packed gathering of Indian families and school children. Shirov received silver medal from the FIDE President. Praising the triumphant Indian, Mr Ilyumzhinov said: “I think he (Anand) had a fancy for the No 15, that is why he didn’t take it before.” |
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DURBAN, Dec 28 (Reuters) — Sri Lanka collapsed from 170 for 2 to 216 all out on the third day of the first Test against South Africa today. South Africa, who totalled 420 in their first innings, declined to enforce the follow-on and after one over they were five for no wicket in their second innings. After making reasonable progress for much of the day Sri Lanka lost their last eight wickets for 46 runs in the space of 20 overs. Fast bowler Shaun Pollock took three for 40, in the process claiming his 200th Test wicket. Scoreboard South Africa (Ist innings): 420 Sri Lanka (Ist innings): (62-2 overnight) Atapattu run out 0 Jayasuriya c McKenzie b Ngam 0 Sangakkara c Kirsten b Boje 74 Jayawardene c Boucher b Klusener 98 Arnold b Boje 3 Dilshan b Ngam 6 Kaluwitharana c Boucher b Ntini 16 Vaas c Boucher b Pollock 2 Zoysa c Ntini b Pollock 3 Fernando not out 5 Muralitharan c Boucher b Pollock 0 Extras: (nb-8 w-1) 9 Total: (all out, 87.4 overs) 216 Fall of wickets: 1/0, 2/2, 3/170, 4/184, 5/184, 5/184, 6/201, 7/208, 8/208, 9/215. Bowling: Pollock 20.4-7-40-3 (nb-2), Ngam 12-0-59-2 (nb-6 w-1), Ntini 16-5-36-1, Kallis 9-3-17-0, Boje 19-4-44-2, Klusener 11-5-20-1. South Africa (IInd innings): Dippenaar lbw b Muralitharan 22 Kirsten not out 20 Kallis not out 1 Extras: (b-3 nb-1) 4 Total: (for 1 wicket, 12.3 overs) 47 Bowling: Vaas 4-0-13-0, Zoysa 4-0-13-0 Fernando 2.3-0-12-0 (nb-1), Muralitharan 2-0-6-1.  |
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Match-fixing scandal NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (PTI) — CBI Director R.K. Raghavan believes there is a lot more to the cricket betting and match-fixing scandal than his agency has found and with further probe it hopes to “strike gold sometime”. “Probably there are more characters involved in this drama,” he said referring to betting and match fixing. About the involvement of the under-world in match-fixing, he said: “Two names which came to notice are of Abu Saleem and Anees Ibrahim”. “On their significance we will work out further,” Ragahvan said in an interview in the latest issue of The Sportstar weekly magazine. He said there was a nexus and money played a part and “in certain matches there were certain bizzare happenings”. Raghavan said Mohammed Azharuddin, who was given a life ban by the cricket board, had confirmed that he had been asked to “do” some matches which the ex-India captain said he refused. Asked about the cricket board’s criticism of the CBI report, Raghavan said the board was entitled to its views. “BCCI has its views but we have a right to differ. It has a right to differ too. I will be the last person to enter into a slanging match”. “They (BCCI officials) are men of eminence,” he said and added that the situation was too grave for them to ignore. “We have suggested they impose a rigid code of conduct. One which can be implemented. They would install a monitoring mechanism to counter this problem... It will be naive on our part to think it will not happen again,” the CBI boss said. Raghavan said the clinching factors in the CBI probe were the confessions of some players. “Probably they wanted to unburden themselves. I must say to their credit they unburdened themselves and gave us facts which led us on to some persons,” he said. The CBI chief denied all suggestions that what his agency put in its report did not match what it collected. “We are quite confident and we stick by our report, we stick to the facts”. According to him the submission of the report was not the end of the sordid saga. “The inquiry continues. We have to keep an eye on the nexus between the players and underworld. “We have one or two names, possibly there are other names, possibly they may give other leads. We are collaborating with the other enforcement agencies. We have given the leadership to this exercise to ferret out information not only from here but from abroad also, possibly the economic links, financial links. So the inquiry continues. It is just possible we may strike gold sometime”. Raghavan said the report was more than fair to the cricketers and refused to react to BCCI Vice-President Kamal Morarka’s outburst that there was more corruption in CBI than in cricket saying it was an unfortunate statement. Himself a good club cricketer and broadcaster, Raghavan said he felt hurt by the betting and match-fixing scandal and said “when I played or when I commentated on it, i took it for granted that everybody played in the right spirit”. |
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Indian soccer had trappings of a regular potboiler NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (PTI) — Indian football witnessed all the trappings of a regular potboiler in a year marked by defections, reconciliations, climax and anti-climax, with it hogging the limelight for the first time in a cricket-crazy nation accused of meting out step-motherly treatment to this genre of sports. President Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, at the helm of the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) for years difficult to count on fingers, is a hassled man today after being billed in the early nineties as a saviour of football when he introduced the national league for the first time in the country. The reasons for the problems of this otherwise charismatic administrator were many, all of which eventually culminated in the form of the Indian Premier Football Association (IPFA) earlier last month. The simmering discontent of premier clubs like Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar, Mahindra and Mahindra and JCT was capitalised by shrewd liquor baron Vijay Mallya who promised them everything an Indian footballer could ever ask for. “This is not Kerry Packer’s game,” hissed Mr Dasmunsi in his first encounter with mediamen after the IPFA bravely announced its existence in defiance to the high and mighty. “We will not tolerate indiscipline. Let the industrialists first put their house in order...”, Mr Dasmunsi reacted, triggering a duel of words between the two masters of their own territories. Thankfully, football’s house was more in order than cricket - though the root cause behind both their fall from grace was common - money - excess in case of cricket and paltry in the case of football. A shoddy itinerary which left players gasping for breathing space, partial payment of dues coupled with an aloof administration added fuel to the simmering fire raging in the minds of players for quite some time now. The IPFA, whose demands included greater autonomy for the clubs, a proper calendar and revival of the Federation Cup, wanted football to be made more “spectator-friendly, television-friendly and sponsor-friendly”. So, everyone seemed to have an excuse to rebel. Mr Mallya also questioned the sublimation of the Nehru Cup and the DCM Cup and cited misappropriation of funds as the main reason for abandoning of these prestigious tournaments. Amidst the ruckus, the Punjab Football Association chief and Joint Managing Director of JCT industries, Samir Thapar added to the woe of the beleagured Mr Dasmunsi by announcing his candidature for the AIFF presidency. Mr Dasmunsi, facing a real contest for the first time in 12 years, survived the scare 23-10 after giving two associate members the right to vote just hours before the election. Disgruntled voices were smothered with the announcement by the freshly-garlanded President that Vijay Mallya would be one of the five Vice-Presidents of the AIFF. As a sub-plot, the on-field action continued with fervour with the fourth edition of the league matches ending in March after a smooth sailing. Bengal giants Mohun Bagan earned their record 16th Durand Cup trophy, trouncing Mahindra United 2-1 amid a crowd frenzy which reassured that football still races the pulses of a sizable number of few. But the fifth edition hung precariously between a snuffed AIFF on one side and a sulking IPFA on the other. The AIFF who till then had been stubbornly declaring that the fifth edition will go on even if the IPFA clubs do not participate, suddenly changed track. Mr Dasmunsi, it seemed changed colours overnight and meekly conceded to the petulant infants’ demands. Clouds cleared and the IPFA immediately responded by announcing its participation in both the league and Millennium Soccer championship. The Millennium Soccer, a conception of the AIFF, always looked like in danger of getting aborted mid-way. The delivery date was nearing (January 10 to 25, 2001) but the preparations seemed nil with questions being constantly raised about its feasibility. Affirmations and denials about participation have dogged this 16-nation event right from the outset. the AIFF, hitherto not accustomed to holding an event of such magnitude, was frantically looking around for a success-formula. However a silver lining came in the form of declaration of Mohun Bagan, also defending champions of the national league, as the national team of the country. For the first time ever, a football club was given this honour which implied Mohun Bagan would represent India in case a team comprising best footballers in the country could not be formed due to paucity of funds or any other reason. The fifth edition also saw the light of the day with the inaugural match between Mohun Bagan and JCT Mills, Phagwara. The match proved to be a humbling experience for the premier club as they were held to a 2-2 draw by a resurgent JCT. The match breathed life neither when Calcutta tiger Basudeb Mondal ran down the right flank to post a goal, nor when international Hardeep Gill headed in for JCT, but when Vijay Mallya was spotted seated in the VVIP’s stand. His presence was not only symbolic of the patch-up between the two rival factions but also of a healthy future of Indian football. Although, India does not even figure in the top 100 in the world rankings, recently they has shown seeds of genuine talent and it is in the best interests of the game that it be left free of politics and maneouverings. The first overseas exhibition matches that India played against second division English clubs earlier this year where it lost to the latter but prevalied over Bangladesh, was an indicator that India was welcome abroad. Mr Dasmunsi who campaigned for this series vigorously, was there early in the morning at Calcutta airport to receive the team with open arms - a gesture that endeared him to even his worst critics. A recent spate in foreign recruits in national clubs also augurs well for Indian football. Be it Brazilian Joao Santos or Jose Baretto (both Mohun Bagan) or Liberian Sunday Seah (FC Kochin), they have enfused a much-needed speed and technique to the game. It may not be long before “miyan football kheloge” becomes the catchword of the nation. |
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NZ pugilists hog
limelight ROHTAK, Dec 28 — North Zone pugilists hogged the limelight as battlelines were drawn for the semifinals of various weight categories on the third day of the Inter-University Boxing Championship at MDU Sports Complex here today. In quarterfinals held today Praveen Kumar of MDU Rohtak, defeated Heera Singh of Kumaon University, Nainital, as refree stopped the contest in the 3rd round in the light welter weight category. Satpal Singh of Punjabi University, Patiala, defeated Tej Kumar of GND University, Amritsar, by one point in a hard-fought bout of the same category to secure a semifinal berth. HAU Hissar boxer Vikram also moved into the semifinal defeating Harsh of Rajasthan University, Jaipur, as refree stopped fight in the very first round. In the light fly weight category Akhil (MDU Rohtak), Anil (Pbi, University, Patiala), Deepak GND varsity (Amritsar) and B. Sharma (KU Nainital) emerged winners in the quarterfinals. The results (quarterfinals): Light fly weight: Deepak (GNDU Asr) b Rakesh Meena (Jaipur University, Akhir (MDU Rohtak) b Jaffar (Madras University), Anil (Pbi Uni Patiala) b Deep Chand (Allahabad Uni) Fly weight: Ashish (Bundelkhand Uni) b Joginder (Delhi Uni), V.S. Jadhav (Pune Uni) b K.K. Singh (Meerut Uni), Sanjay (MDU Rohtak) b Bharat (Rdvv Jabalpur) Naveen Dev (KU) b Krishan Dass (Mumbai). Bantem weight:
Pramod (HPU Simla b Sanjeev (BHU Varanasi), Rajesh (KU) b R Kanan (Madras Uni), Ramkishore (DU, Delhi) b Ramesh (CSJM Kanpur Uni). Light welter weight:
Parveen (MDU Rohtak) b Hira Singh (KU, Nainital), Ajay (CSJM Kanpur) b Naresh (KU), Satpal Singh (Pbi Uni Patiala) b Tej Kumar (GNDU, Asr), Vikram (HAU Hissar) b Harsh (Raj University, Jaipur). Welter weight:
Vikram (Pbi. Uni Patiala) b Ravindera (KU), Praveen (PU Chd) b Khem Raj (RDVV Jabalpur) Subodh (MDU Rohtak) b Ravi Karan (Pune University), Arun (Delhi Uni) b Vijay (Raj Uni, Jaipur). Light middleweight:
P.M. Kishore (Osmania) b Ankit (MDSU Ajmer), Joginder (Delhi) b Pawan Sharma (Raj Uni, Jaipur), Harpreet (KU) b Atul (PHU Shimla), Shamsher Singh (MDU Rohtak)b Jai Parkash (Nainital). |
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Amarjit sets triple jump
mark AMRITSAR, Dec 28 — Amarjit Singh of hosts Guru Nanak Dev University today smashed the old record of former Olympian Suresh Babu in the triple jump, leaping to distance of 16 metres in the All-India inter-varsity athletic meet being held at the university campus here. It was the most impressive performance by an athlete in the ongoing inter-university athletics meet. The lanky lad from Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, cleared the record of 15.79 metres set by Suresh Babu in his very second jump and later improved upon it. In the other events, Navle Sachin of Pune University with a timing of 10.64 seconds in the 100 metres dash, was declared the fastest male athlete while Greeshma of M.G. Kottayam University became the fastest woman athlete clocking 12.19 seconds in the 100 metres. Results: finals: 100m (men):
Navle Sachin (Pune)1, Piyush (Delhi) 2, Vikas Prashar (GND varsity) 3; Women: Greeshma KM (MG Kottayam) 1, S. Geetha Reddy (AP) 2, Archana V. Gupta (Calicut) 3; 100m hurdles (men): V. Shanmaga Varadhan (Madras) 1, Sridharan S (Madras) 2, Naval Shiv Radan (Pune) 3; Pole vault (men): Rajesh (MDU Rohtak) 1, Surjit (GND varsity) 2: 400m hurdles (women): Babita Choudhary (CCS Meerut) 1, Bijimolk Chacko (MG Kottayam) 2, Chitra K. Soman (MG Kottayam) 3; Triple jump (women): Shilpa Sequiera (Bangalore) 1, Rupinder Kaur (PU) 2, Shahnas Sulaiman (MG Kottayam) 3; Javelin throw (men): Devinder Singh (PU) 1, Mukesh R. Nehra (CCS Meerut) 2, Gopal Ram Bhatia (Rajasthan) 3; 4x100m relay (women): MG Kottayam 1, Calicut 2, Kannaur 3; Decathlon (men): Jora Singh (MD varsity) 1, Vinod P.J. (Kerala varsity) 2, Ramachandra Patekar (Mangalore varsity) 3; Shot put (women): Bannu Priyat (Annamalai) 1, Manjit Kaur (GND varsity) 2, Asha Bhishi (Delhi) 3; Triple jump (men): Amarjit Singh (GND varsity) 1, Lakshmi Narayanan S. (Madras) 2, Shaju (Madras) 3; Javelin throw (women): Bhayita (MDU) 1, Gurpreet (KU) 2, Reena Sanardam (Shivaji) 3. |
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Vivek secures gold CHANDIGARH, Dec 28 — Vivek Singh, an Arjuna awardee and playing from Indian Airlines, secured gold medal in the Free Pistol (ISSF) in senior men section on the penultimate day of the 25th Northern India Shooting championship being played here at Patiali Ki Rao shooting ranges, Sector 25. Praveen Rawat of CISF won gold medal in the Air Rifle (ISSF) senior men open section and also in free rifle small bore( ISSF) prone senior men section with score of 580/600 and 573/600 respectively. Daman Bhatia of Delhi clinched gold medal in the
std. pistol( NR) junior men section scoring 226/300. Rakesh Kumar of Delhi won gold medal in the std pistol (NR) senior men civilian category by scoring 241/300. Anu Prashar of Chandigarh won gold medal in the .22 std rifle OS(NR) junior women section and .22 std rifle NCC section. Sudhir Kumar Singh of Haryana annexed gold medal in the air rifle (ISSF) 10 metre senior men and junior men and small bore free rifle( ISSF) prone senior men events. |
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MUMBAI, Dec 28 (PTI) — Delhi lad Gautam Gambhir and local lad Vinayak Mane are among the 14 under-19 boys called for the selection of the Indian team for the three Test matches against the touring English lads at the Wankhede Stadium on January 7, 2001. Apart from Gambhir and Mane, the junior selection committee has also called five boys from Haryana, two from Vidarbha, one each from Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. Karnataka, Gujarat, Baroda and Saurashtra, an Indian cricket board (BCCI) press note said here today. None of these boys are in the under-19 Rest of India team which will play a three-day match against the English side at MIG Club here from January 4 to 6. The junior selection committee under the chairmanship of R. Goel will watch the boys at the selection trials, apart from watching the Rest vs England under-19 tie, before naming the Indian under-19 team for the three Test matches. The first Test will be held at the Wankhede Stadium here from January 9 to 12, followed by the second Test at Chennai (January 20 to 23) and the third and final Test at Hyderabad from January 27 to 30. The following is the list released by the BCCI: Manvinder Bisla, Ishan Canda, Ajay Ratra, Amit Misra and Nitin Agarwal (all from Haryana), Alind Naidu and Amit Deshpande (both from Vidarbha), Gautam Gambhir (Delhi), Vidyut Shivramkrishnan (TN), Deepak Chougle (Karnataka), Vinayak Mane (Mumbai), Sidharth Trivedi (Gujarat), H. Bachani (Baroda) and Jaydev Shah (Saurashtra). |
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Naresh clinches
b’minton crown KULU, Dec 28 — Naresh was adjudged the winner whereas Ranu Awasthi remained the runners-up., in the men’s singles in the four-day badminton championship of this district concluded yesterday. In men’s doubles Ranu and Naveen were the winners and Rakesh Sharma and M D Kaushal were the runners-up in the junior boys section, Samir stood first in the singles and Deepak was second. In the veteran men singles, MR Kaushal won the trophy and Dr Shiv Prakash became the runners-up. In the lucky doubles, Rakesh and Naresh won the trophy whereas Jitender and Chander remained runners-up. Mr Maheshwar Singh, Member, Lok Sabha, who presided over the valedictory function, said Kulu will soon have an indoor stadium for which the union and the state governments would provide funds. Mr Maheshwar Singh said this district had produced good players in cricket, football and hockey and the day was not far off when this district would shine in the field of badminton as well. Mr Ajay V Prasad, patron and the Deputy Commissioner said the youth of the district needed to take up sports to divert their attention as many young people were addicted to drugs. He thanked the Member of Lok Sabha and the Himachal Pradesh Government for announcing incentives for the sportspersons of the state. MUMBAI, Dec 28 (PTI) — Haryana beat Karnataka 71-67 in group C match of the 17th Youth National Basketball Championship, after leading 26-24 at half time at Vashi here today. Karnataka with second defeat in as many matches are almost out of the championship while Haryana kept their hopes alive with this victory. Having a height advantage Karnataka was expected to win, but apart from Aditya Guriar none came good for the team. Karnataka were also unable to match Haryana’s fast game. Score (Boys): Gr C: Haryana 71 (Virender Saini 23, Pramod Kumar 16) bt Karnataka 67 (Aditya Guriar 28, Shamsunder 12) HT 26-24.Girls (Gr C): W Bengal 41 (Tanushree Mondal 11, Manta Sahana 10) b Haryana 26 (Sonia Verma 8. Sushma Kundu 8) HT 22-14. Gr A: MP 74 (Alankrita Sethy 18, Shraddha Pandey 16. Jain Anamika 11) b Delhi 42 (J Jose 10) HT 43-22. Gr D: Chandigarh 37 (Shweta Dutta 13, Raiita Thakur 12) b Rajasthan 09 (Laxmi Sharma 5) HT 37-09. |
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Ganguly wrecks
Orissa CALCUTTA, Dec 28 (PTI) — Indian captain Sourav Ganguly displayed superb control to capture six wickets as Orissa reached 251 for eight in their first innings at close on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match against Bengal at the Eden Gardens here today. Ganguly (6/46) produced a fiery opening spell to rip through the top order but a defiant 118 by Sanjay Raul and his 126-run fourth wicket partnership with Rushmi Ranjan Parida (71) helped Orissa to recover from the early jolts on a placid Eden track. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Orissa lost the wickets of both the openers Shib Sundar Das (6) and Pradip Das (0) cheaply as Ganguly used his experience to plot the dismissal of both the batsmen. |
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Ferrero pulls out of
Gold Flake Open CHENNAI, Dec 28 (PTI) — Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain, ranked 12th in the world, has withdrawn from the Gold Flake ATP Tour Open Tennis Championship, commencing here on January 1.
Ferrero, who has played in 28 tournaments this season, the Olympics and Davis Cup ties, and over 70 matches, has cited “fatigue” as the reason for withdrawal. “It has been a gruelling season and the end of the season was especially tiring, with two tough matches against Australia in the Davis Cup finals. After a year like that, I really need the extra rest. At present, I am feeling extremely fatigued,” Ferrero said in a message to Sheila Maniam, tournament director.
Ferrero was seeded second in the championship here an opener for the 2001 ATP Championship Race.
The tournament director has not yet decided the replacement for Ferrero in the main draw. |
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PSB defeat
Surjit XI JALANDHAR, Dec 28 — Surjit-XI began their campaign on disappointing note by losing their opening match in 17th Indian Oil Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament to Punjab & Sind Bank Academy at BSF Complex here today. Earlier Capt Kanwaljit Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab, inaugurated the tournament and announced a grant of Rs 1.50 lakh for the
tournament. The only goal of the match was scored by the academy in the 33rd minute of the game when team captain Lakhwinder Singh received a measured pass from his teammate Charanpreet Singh right at the ‘D’. Lakhwinder made no mistake to put the ball in the net (1-0). Surjit XI tried to equalise but their unplanned moves failed to bear fruit. They waisted two penalty corners.
KOZHIKODE, Dec 28 (UNI) — Top seed and international Meenakshi Subbaraman of the tnca took her tally to 5-1/2 points from six matches to clinch an unassailable lead at the end of the sixth round of the National Junior Girls Chess Championship being played at the
V.K. Krishna Menon indoor Stadium here today. Emerging from the setback at the hands of M. Kasturi of Tamil Nadu in the second round, Meenakshi never looked back as she won four consecutive games to ensure herself in the top count. |
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