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December 30, 2000, Chandigarh, India   
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Australia humiliate hapless Windies
Act to stop slide:
Adams Rennie props up
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16 teams for Millennium
Cup Haryana, TN spikers
storm into semis HP cagers bow out;
Punjab move up Vivek, Sabeeha best
shooters Six KU pugilists enter
finals Inter-varsity athletics
results BSF enter semis;
Punjab cops lose Pepsu stun
RCF; EME win Mahato claims top
honours Amanjot lifts U-18 title
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Australia humiliate hapless Windies MELBOURNE, Dec 29 (AFP) — Australia completed one of their biggest victories over the West Indies today, winning the fourth Test by 352 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Australians swept to an unprecedented 14th straight Test win when they dismissed the hapless tourists for 109 some 45 minutes after lunch on the fourth day. Australia will now push for a 5-0 series clean sweep in the fifth Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, which begins next Tuesday. The tourists lost the opening two Tests in Brisbane and Perth inside three days and last week’s third Adelaide Test by five wickets early on the fifth day. Impressive 19-year-old Marlon Samuels followed up his unbeaten 60 in the first innings with another topscoring 46 before he was the last wicket to fall caught in the outfield going for his half-century off the bowling of Colin Miller. He was the shining beacon as his senior team-mates again showed a lack of application and fortitude against the remorseless Australian attack, spearheaded by paceman Jason Gillespie. Gillespie took the first six wickets to fall and finished with six for 40 off 17 overs. It was another sad day for the West Indian cricket with vice-captain Sherwin Campbell out for six after the opening half-hour. Vice-captain Campbell’s abysmal series continued when he was out for six scored in 75 minutes. Campbell’s wretched sequence of scores this series have been 10, 0, 3, 4, 18, 8, 5, 6 — a total of 54 runs at 6.75. The Barbados right-hander edged a Gillespie lifter outside offstump to be snapped up chest-high by Ricky Ponting at first slip. Captain Jimmy Adams suffered the ignominy of a pair of ducks when he was out first ball to put Gillespie on a hat-trick. Adams, who lasted six balls in the first innings, poked at a delivery outside the offstump straight to Mark Waugh at second slip to leave his team tumbling further at 17 for five. It was his third duck of the series. Samuels saw off the hat-trick but Gillespie captured his sixth wicket in his next over when he removed nightwatchman Colin Stuart. Stuart, send in late the previous evening, was lbw to a change of pace full toss and did well to last 60 minutes and 53 balls for his four leaving the tourists at 23 for six. Wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs and Samuels had stalled Australia’s push for victory before the Antiguan left-hander was given out in dubious circumstances caught behind off spinner Miller. Jacobs and Samuels had recovered their team’s second innings to 77 for six playing with confidence and technique in contrast to the woeful efforts of their top-order batsmen. The ball appeared on television replays to miss Jacobs’ bat and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist caught it at the second attempt, yet Australian umpire Simon Taufel, officiating in his first Test, gave Jacobs out. Jacobs had made 23 off 40 balls and shared in a 54-run stand with Samuels. Later, Steve Waugh was rightly awarded man-of-the-match purse for his unbeaten 121 in Australia’s first innings. Nixon Mclean didn’t help matters with his senseless run out for one in the final over before lunch leaving the tourists at 78 for eight. Mervyn Dillon rode his luck for 35 minutes before he was bowled by Miller for 15 and Courtney Walsh, given a rousing ovation as he came to the crease in his last appearance at the MCG and remained not out 0. Scoreboard Australia (Ist innings): 364 West Indies (Ist innings): 165 Australia (2nd innings): 262 decl. West Indies (2nd innings): Campbell c Ponting b Gillespie 6 Ganga lbw b Gillespie 0 Hinds c Bichel b Gillespie 4 Lara b Gillespie 0 Stuart lbw b Gillespie 4 Adams c M. Waugh b Gillespie 0 Samuels c Gillespie b Miller 46 Jacobs c Gilchrist b Miller 23 McLean run not 1 Dillon b Miller 15 Walsh not out 0 Extras (lb1, nb9) 10 Total (all out 49.3 overs) 109 Fall of wkts: 1-1, 2-6, 3-7, 4-17, 5-17, 6-23, 7-77, 8-78, 9-108. Bowling: McGrath 12-6-10-0, Gillespie 17-5-40-6, Miller 14.3-2-40-3, Bichel 6-0-18-0. |
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melbourne, dec 29 (afp) — Besieged skipper Jimmy Adams has appealed to his country’s administrators to stop talking and act to revive paralysed Caribbean cricket. The image of once-proud West Indies cricket took another merciless pounding here today when Steve Waugh’s champion Australian team crushed them by 352 runs in the fourth Test to hold a 4-0 series lead with a Test to play. Caribbean cricket has been laid bare these past five years with a series defeat to England for the first time in 31 years and now the very real prospect of an unprecedented 0-5 series whitewash in Australia. And 53-Test veteran Adams is playing as if he is humping the weight of the West Indies cricket troubles on his shoulders. The 32-year-old Jamaican left-hander was a pitiful sight as he went for a first-ball duck at a time when he was needed most as the West Indies slid to be all out for 109 and hand Australia one of their most emphatic successes. He was out for a six-ball duck in the first innings. Marlon Samuels, the exciting 19-year-old Jamaican right-hander, gave a glimpse of the future of the West Indies cricket as he topscored in both innings with an unbeaten 60 and 46 in today’s lost cause. Adams wants action from the Caribbean cricket authorities to turn things around. “It is not ever a time to panic, I don’t think panicking achieves anything,” Adams said in the wake of the latest Test humiliation inside four days. “You look at a situation, you assess it and you work out what is it that we want short-term, mid-term and what we realistically look for long-term in terms of years. “Having said we must put something into place to show you’re not just sitting down and talking.” Adams admitted he is feeling the pressure of leading the under-achieving West Indian team. “Of course, the results hurt,” Adams said. “I’d like to consider myself always a realist but at the same time, you always try to be as positive as you can with all your players.” However, when asked how he was coping with the pressure of being in charge, Adams admitted: “I’m not so much physically (tired) but mentally it can get to you. “But it is something I’m learning (to cope with) every day, you just have to keep going.” Adams got some compassion from his hard-nosed Australian counterpart Steve Waugh as the Australians celebrated their 14th consecutive Test victory. “I would tell him to have a serious drink tonight ... Generally feel sorry for Jimmy because he’s a real nice guy and a good cricketer, but I’m fortunate that I’ve got an excellent side to captain,” said Waugh. “At this time it’s not happening for Jimmy, his batting’s showing the signs of stress and what is going on, he’s not thinking clearly with his shot selection and that happened today, but he’ll come back from that.” Things don’t get any easier for Adams and his demoralised team with the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground fast approaching in four days. “It’s not going to be easy, but it’s something we have to face and we have to try to deal with it,” said Adams. Adams said he wasn’t personally intimidated by the Australian team. “I can’t speak for everybody in the team, but what I will say is that this (playing Australia in Australia) is the biggest challenge in international cricket. “I think as a player, this is what you should want, to be tested to the limit.” |
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wellington, dec 29 (afp) — A Test-best score and a record partnership dissolved any anxiety Zimbabwe may have had entering the penultimate day of their one-off rain-affected cricket Test against New Zealand here today. Needing 288 to avoid the follow-on, the tourists ended the day on that very total of 288 losing half the side when stumps were drawn at the Basin Reserve. Debutant Doug Marillier was on 26 and Trevor Madondo on 44. Resuming at 48 for two, they suffered an early setback when Alistair Campbell was adjudged leg before wicket to Chris Martin with the score on 66. However, opener Gavin Rennie and leading batsman Andy Flower held the New Zealand attack at bay, adding a record stand of 130 for the fourth wicket against the home side. The pair comfortably handled the spin attack of Paul Wiseman and Brooke Walker, and it took the new ball and the re-introduction of Martin to effect the vital breakthrough. Martin, in the third over with the new ball, found the edge of Flower’s bat and wicketkeeper Adam Parore took a smart catch low down in front of Stephen Fleming at first slip. Flower’s 79 was his sixth consecutive innings of more than 50. When he reached 37, he also surpassed 1,000 runs for the calendar year, the second player to do so behind Pakistan’s Inzamam-ul-Haq. His partnership with Rennie surpassed the 88 compiled by Flower and David Houghton at Auckland in 1995-96. New Zealand (1st innings): 487-7 dec Zimbabwe (1st innings): Rennie c Parore b McMillan 93 Whittall b Martin 9 Carlisle c Horne b Martin 0 Campbell lbw b Martin 24 A. Flower c Parore b Martin 79 Madondo batting 44 Marillier batting 26 Extras: (b3, lb8, nb2) 13 Total (for 5 wkts, 126 overs) 288 Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-23, 3-66, 4-196, 5-237. Bowling: Martin 26-11-45-4, O’Connor 16-7-29-0, Wiseman 48-11-106-0, Walker 22-1-68-0, McMillan 9-4-22-1, Astle 5-2-7-0. |
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Anand gets a royal
welcome NEW DELHI, Dec 29 — The new king of the 64 squares, Viswanathan Anand, was fawned and feted, as he arrived here today to a royal welcome, wearing the world crown. The king from the land of “Shatranj” was happy and relieved that he finally made it to the “viswa” throne of chess. Anand became India’s first-ever world champion in a game that India gave to the world in the sixth century. And the finals were held at a place where chess first travelled abroad from India. Anand, the 15th world chess champion, arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the morning, as his flight from Teheran was delayed by several hours, due to foggy weather. But once he stepped on his motherland, the newest chess king had not a moment to spare for himself. An audience with the President, Mr K.R. Narayanan, a couple of media interactions, including a sit down lunch session organised by his sponsors NIIT, and other engagements kept him busy the whole day. And all through the hectic schedule, his coy wife, Aruna sported a smiling countenance and remained beside her prince charming. Anand said his success in the final round at Teheran was a “pleasant surprise”. He beat Alexei Shirov of Spain in the six-game final in the shortest possible four games, and secured an unbeatable 3.5-0.5 lead to wrest the crown. After drawing the first game with black pieces, Anand won the next three in a row, twice with white, and once with black. He thus became the first non-Russian world champion since Bobby Fischer took the title from Boris Spassky of Russia, at Reykjavik, Iceland in 1972. “I was knocking at the world title for quite some time, and when it was announced that Delhi will be the venue for the world qualifier, and Teheran the venue for the final, I was pleasantly surprised as I knew that both will organise the championships well”, Anand said. “It all came beautifully alive this time,” Anand said, as the venues were of his liking, and the sponsors were his own sponsors NIIT, and he was confident that he would be lucky the third time around. He first qualified for the World Championships in 1990, after coming through the Manila inter-zonals. And three years earlier, in 1987, Anand had won the World Junior Championships in Baguio City in the Philippines — the first Asian to lift the title. It took Anand all of 13 years to graduate from junior world champion to the undisputed senior world champion. “This time, it went beautifully. I play best when I am focussed on the game, enjoying myself”, Anand disclosed. He said the enthusiasm at Teheran in the final leg was infectious. “How happy people were when I won the title”, he revealed. Anand said the “event was a huge success in Delhi as it was well organised, and was given appropriate publicity”. Anand thanked his wife Aruna, parents Sushila and K. Viswanathan and seconds Elizbar Ubilaka (Georgia) and Pablo San Segundo (Spain) for his triumph. The champ said his mother had made the first moves to teach him chess at the young age of six in Philippines, and from then on, it was a steady success story of a chess prodigy’s ascend to stardom, and the ultimate throne. Anand said the victory was fulfilling because “what you do means something to the country”. Union Information Technology Minister, Pramod Mahajan, said Anand made Indians proud of their country, with his singular feat. “I have shared the dais with the President and the Prime Minister, but it’s the first time that I am sharing the dais with a world champion”. Mr Mahajan said Anand was a true world champion as chess is played all over the world, unlike cricket, which is played only in the former British-ruled colonies, and “you have made us proud to be an Indian”. |
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Wadekar to
appear before Madhavan MUMBAI, Dec 29 (PTI) — Former Indian captain and manager, Ajit Wadekar, have been summoned by the cricket board Anti-Corruption Commissioner K. Madhavan to appear before him in New Delhi on January 7, 2001. Wadekar told
PTI here today that he has been summoned by Madhavan and would be leaving for Delhi a day earlier. “I am looking forward to the meeting and would like to get this matter sorted out once and for all”, he added. According to information received here, another former Indian skipper and coach, Kapil Dev, has also been summoned to appear before Madhavan on January 6 though the ace all rounder had given statements earlier that he was not interested in meeting Madhavan as his name has been cleared by the
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16 teams for Millennium
Cup NEW DELHI, Dec 29 — Sixteen teams, including hosts India, will
vie for top honours in the $ 325,000 prize money Millennium Super Soccer Cup-2001 to be played at three venues in India — Calcutta, Cochin and Goa — from January 10 to 25. External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh picked the draw of lots at a crowded ceremony here today to divide the teams into four groups of four teams each. Group I headed by Yugoslavia ranked
eight in the International Football Federation (FIFA) list, includes Bosnia, Iraq and Bangladesh. Group II, headed by Uruguay, ranked 32, includes Iceland, Indonesia and hosts India. India, ranked 122 according to the FIFA list released on December 20, 2000, have been placed in Group II by All-India Football Federation (AIFF) president Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi by using his “discretion”. Both these group matches will be played at the majestic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Cochin (Kerala). Group III is headed by Rumania, ranked 13, and includes Cameroon, Jordan and Hong Kong while Group IV, headed by Chile, ranked 19th, comprise of Uzbekistan, Japan and Bahrain. Though Japan are ranked 28, they are fielding only their University team. The Group III league matches will be held at the Nehru Stadium in Fatorda (Goa), and the Group IV matches at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan (Salt Lake) in Calcutta. Calcutta will also host the opening and closing ceremonies, the final match, the two semi-final matches and the match deciding the third and fourth place. Mr Dasmunshi announced that the quarter-final matches will be played in all the three venues. There will be 32 matches in all and two teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. The AIFF president claimed that for the first time in Asia, 16 nations from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Oceania and Europe will be competing in a soccer tournament for the top prize of $ 150,000. The runners-up will get $ 100,000 while the second runners-up will be awarded $50,000. The Fair Play team will pocket $ 25,000 as reward. AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco said the Goa leg will be held under his supervision, while P.P. Lakshmanan and Ashok Ghose will be the tournament directors at Cochin and Calcutta respectively. Mr Colaco said tickets will be sold through the branches of State Bank of India. Mr Colaco announced that the league matches will conclude on January 17 the quarter-final matches will be played on January 19 and 20 the semi-finals on January 22 and 23, and the final on January 25. He said the league matches in Goa will commence only on January 11. The matches will be telecast live by Doordarshan, but chairman of the Prashar Bharati Board Rajiv Ratan Shah said a final decision about the telecast of the matches either through DD Sports or the national channell will be taken later. The draw ceremony was held in the presence of a large number of dignitaries, including diplomats from the missions of the participating countries, and vice secretary-general of Football Federation of Cameroon, Prince Esoka Ndoki Mukete. Ivan Zamarano, the captain of Chile, is learnt to have sent a message to the AIFF, assuring his participation. “I will be there with my team in Calcutta, the city of Mother Teresa,” he has said. Mr Dasmunshi said the fixtures of the tournament will be released in Cochin tomorrow. He said the proceeds from the tournament will be utilised to build a National Football Academy and a players’ and referees’ trust fund. |
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Haryana, TN spikers storm into semis GURGAON, Dec 29 (UNI) — Defending champions Tamil Nadu and host Haryana’s men and women spikers hogged the limelight as they stormed into the semifinals of the 27th National Junior Volleyball Championship here today. Others completing the last four line up in the men’s section were Punjab and Andhra Pradesh. The two other women semifinalist teams are Bengal and last year’s runners-up Kerala. In the men’s section, Tamil Nadu ousted last year’s runners-up Pondicherry in straight sets. The holders took the first set rather easily but were made to fight for every point in the next two sets by Pondichery. Tamil Nadu finally emerged winners 25-8, 25-20, 25-21. Haryana also had to fight it out against spirited Karnataka. Backed by partisan crowd Haryana spikers found it tough to break their rival’s defence. The hosts managed to put it across Karnataka 25-19, 25-16, 25-23 to set up a semifinal clash with neighbouring Punjab. The Punjab-Uttar Pradesh quarterfinal was one of the best contested match and it went to the wires before the former managed to pip UP in five sets. Punjab twice took the lead and both the times Uttar Pradesh rallied superbly to draw parity. In the decider Punjab attacked the tired defence of their rivals to earn the crucial breakthrough to book berth for the semis. Punjab won 25-22, 20-25, 25-19, 18-25, 15-11. In the first quarterfinal of the day Andhra Pradesh did not face much resistance from Delhi and recorded an easy 25-15, 25-16, 25-18. Andhra will face Tamil Nadu in the other semifinal. Haryana girls beat Delhi without much ado. The hosts spiked their neighbours in just 45 minutes in straight sets. Spearheaded by Sharmila, Surina Sarwan, Karuna and Spana Joshi, Haryana outplayed Delhi 25-16, 25-13, 25-13. Haryana will take on Tamil Nadu in the semifinals. In other quarterfinal Bengal snuffed out Andhra Pradesh’s early challenge. Andhra girls put up tough fight in the first set but in the next two just threw in the towel against the relentless pressure of their rivals. Bengal won 25-22, 25-6, 25-14 to set up semifinal meeting with runners up Kerala. |
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HP cagers bow out; Punjab move up NAVI MUMBAI, Dec 29 (PTI) — Uttar Pradesh boys trounced Himachal Pradesh 55-25 in the 17th Youth National Basketball Championship at Agnel Technical Education Complex, Vashi, here today. With this defeat HP are out of the championship Bihar is the other team to enter the last eight from this group. UP had thrashed the fourth team in the group, Tripura 56-16 last night while Bihar too drubbed Tripura 76-19 in the morning session to book their quarter-final berths. UP girls too entered the last eight stage beating Haryana 42-22 in their last league match from Group-C. Prashanti Singh, Reena Lal and Gunjan Kohli combined well in the forward line to keep the scoreboard moving for the winners. Services disappointed the large crowd by going down cheaply to Punjab. Much was expected from the Services especially after their fine show against Karnataka, but they were unimpressive today. Punjab combined well right from the start and Services had no answer to the speedy attack from Amit Parashar, Fatejit Singh and Snehpal Singh. Results:- Boys: Gr-B: UP — 55 (Sayed Amir-9, Shakesh Kumar-8) b HP — 25 (Prashant Mandavya-12, Atul Thakur-7). Half time: 34-06. Bihar — 65 (Arun Kumar-29, Santosh Kumar-14, Binod Kumar-9) b HP — 20 (Atul Thakur-7, Anuras Sharma-7). HT: 36-13. Gr-C: Punjab — 67 (Amit Prasher-25, Fatehjit Singh-17, Snehpal Singh-13) b Services — 27 (Rekhender Singh-11, Sunil Kumar-6). HT: 47-20. Orissa — 52 (Shashi Kant-15, Rajan Khadia-8) b Manipur — 13 (Hamon Premanand-8). HT: 32-9. Girls: Gr-B: Gujarat — 37 (Pidiya Hemali-12, Bhavsar Mittal-10) b Bihar-29 (Kali Murmi-10, Ranjeot Kaur-9). HT: 17-19. Gr-C: UP — 42 (Prashanti Singh-15, Reena Lal-9, Gunjan Kohli-8) b Haryana — 22 (Sushma Kundu-6, Meena Rangi-7). HT: 34.10. |
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Vivek, Sabeeha best
shooters CHANDIGARH, Dec 29 — Vivek Singh of Indian Airlines and Sabeeha Dhillon of Punjab were declared the best shooters among men and women, respectively, in the 25th Northern India Shooting Championship which concluded here this evening at Patiali Ki Rao Shooting Ranges, Sector 25. Arjuna Awardee Vivek bagged five gold medals while last year’s Junior national champion 17-year-old Sabeeha clinched four gold medals. Mr B.S. Bassi, IG Police, Chandigarh, and a former shooter was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. Praveen Rawat of the CISF was another shooter who remained in limelight when he shot 573/600. Anu Parashar of Chandigarh was the lone shooter who secured gold medal in .22 Std Rifle OS Prone Junior women individual and NCC section. Results: Small bore free rifle (ISSF) prone Senior men open
Indl: Praveen Rawat (CISF) 573/600 1, Nandan Singh (ITBP) 2, Jaspreet Dhaliwal 3. Team event: Manjeev, Ajit, Jaspreet (Punjab) 1, Daleep, Rajiv and Parminder (Chd) 2, Rajinder, Nandan and Viraj (ITBP) 3. Small bore civilian: Sudhir K Singh (Har) 552/600 1, DS Chandel (Chd) 2, Parminder Singh (Chd) 3. Air Rifle (ISSF) 10m Sr. men open
indl: Praveen Rawat (CISF) 1, Shimon Sharif (CISF) 2, Jaspreet Dhaliwal (Pb) 3. Team
event: Punjab (Baljinder, Jaspreet and Sukhmanpreet) 1, Himachal Pradesh (Bhvneshwar, Akshay and Ajaypal 2, UP (Naveen, Ravi Kumar and Prashant) 3. Air Rifle (ISSF)10m Sr. men civilian indl: Sudhir K Singh (Har) 1 570/600, Sukhmanpreet Sidhu (Pb) 2, Deepak (Del) 3. Junior men: Sudhir (Har) 1, Deepak (Del) 2, Ravi Tandon (UP) 3. Air pistol (ISSF) 10 m Sr. men open indl: Umesh Chandra (ITBP) 572/600 1, Vivek Singh (IA) 2, Rana Gurbachan Singh (HP) 3. Team
event: IA 1, ITBP 2, CISF 3. Civilian indl: Vivek Singh (IA) 564/600 1, Rana Gurbachan Singh (HP) 2, Sat Narain (Har) 3, Junior men: Anubhav Dhillon (CISF) 557/600 1, Pawan Kumar (CISF) 2, Zakir Khan (IA) 3. Free pistol (ISSF) Sr men Indl: Vivek Singh (IA) 540/600 1, Subhash Rana (CISF) 2, Viraj Singh (ITBP) 3. Team event: IA 1, ITBP 2, CISF 3. Civilian indl: Vivek (IA) 1, Zakir Khan (IA) 2, Rana Gurbachan (HP) 3. Std pistol (ISSF) 25 m Sr men
indl: Vivek Singh (IA) 279/300 1, Viraj Singh (ITBP) 2, Umesh Chandra (ITBP) 3. Civilian-indl: Vivek (IA) 1, Rana Gurbachan Singh (HP) 2, Parminder Singh (Chd) 3. Junior men: Anubhav Dhillon (CISF) 251/300 1, Zakir Khan (IA) 2, Ankur Singh (UP) 3. Sports pistol (ISSF) Junior men indl: Zakir Khan (IA) 1, Ankur Singh (UP) 2, Mohit Kohli (Del) 3. Air rifle OS (NR) 10 m senior men open indl. Kuldeep Sharma (Raj) 1, Karanbir Brar (Chd) 2, Surinder Pal (Pb) 3. Junior men: Ajay Rathore (Raj) 1, Amandeep Singh (Pb) 2, Rajvir Chauhan (Pb) 3. Air pistol ( NR) 10 m Sr. men: civilian indl: Amanpreet Singh (Pb) 366/400 1, Joginder Singh (Har) 2, Sahil Kaushik (Del) 3. Sub-junior girls: Sheeba Khan (UP) 309/400 1, Nisha Panwar (UP) 2, Priti Tomar (UP) 3. .22 std pistol-journalists: Rajnish 1, Ajay 2, Jaswant Rana and Vikram Joy 3. |
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Six KU pugilists enter
finals ROHTAK, Dec 29 — Six pugilists from Kurukshetra University and five from MD University, Rohtak, entered the finals of the All-India Inter-University Boxing Championship being held at the Maharishi Dayanand University sports complex here today. On the penultimate day today the semifinal bouts of all the 12 weight categories were completed. Akhil, Ravinder, Parveen, Subodh and Suresh of the hosts MD University and Pankaj, Harpreet, Hazari Lal, Shewtank Pathak, Naveen and Rajesh of Kurukshetra University and Harinder and Bikram of Punjabi University Patiala were the prominent winners. In the super heavy weight category, Shakti Singh of Kurukshetra University set up a title clash with Shwetank Pathak, who defeated Harpreet of GND University. Subdodh Kumar of MD University got a walkover in the welter weight category against Arun of Delhi University. Bharat Singh of HAU, Hisar was disqualified against Hazari Lal of Kurukshetra University in the light heavy weight category. An exciting bout was contested between Ravinder of MD University and Amarjeet of Kurukshetra University in the light weight category. It was a high-scoring, hard-hitting and a mostly technical contest Ravinder led with powerful right jab and managed to subdue his rival. The results:
Fly weight: Ashish (Bundelkhand varsity) b V.S. Jadhav (Pune varsity), Naveen Dev (KU) b Sanjay (MDU). Bantem weight: Raj (KU) b Parmod (HPU), Tara Singh (Pbi varsity) b Ram Khiladi (DU). Feather weight: Pankaj (KU) b Vinod (RU), P. Srinath (Osmania) b Rajbir Singh (PU). Light weight: Harinder (Pbi varsity) b Ajay (CSJM, Kanpur), Ravinder (MDU) b Amarjeet (KU). Water weight: Bikram (Pbi varsity) b Praveen (PU), Subodh (MDU) b Arun (DU). Light middle weight: Joginder (DU) b P. Murli Kishore (Osmania), Harpreet (KU) b Shamsher (MDU). Middle weight: Rohtash (Nagpur) b G. Prasad Rao (Osmania), Suresh (MDU) b Amritpal (PU). Light heavy weight: Hazari Lal (KU) b Bhart Singh (HAU), Rajinder (RU) b S. Khuble (Kumaon varsity). Heavy weight: Ajitpal (PU) b Subash (HPU), N. Sharma (RU) b A.R. Sampath (Bangalore varsity). Super heavy weight: Shwetank Pathak (RU) b Harpreet (GND varsity), Shakti Singh (KU) b Rajinder (CCSU, Meerut). |
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Inter-varsity athletics
results AMRITSAR, Dec 29 — M.D. University, Rohtak (men) and M.G. University, Kottayam, (women) won the trophies in the all-India inter-varsity athletics championships which concluded at the Guru Nanak Dev University sports complex here today. The host university, Guru Nanak Dev University, were declared runners-up in both the men’s and women’s events. Calicut University (women) and Madras University (men) clinched the third positions. The prizes were distributed by the Director Sports and Registrar of the university, Dr R.S. Bawa. Results: 200m (men) final: 1 Navala Sachin (Pune 21.78 sec), 2 Manjinder Singh (GNDU Asr 22.22 sec), 3 Bhupinder (M.D. Rohtak 22.24 sec). 800m (men) final: 1 Josemon Methew (M.G. Kottayam 1.54.59 sec), 2 Ajay Singh (MSU Udiapuri 1.54.60 sec), 3 Yogesh Thakur (Nagpur 1.55.01 sec). Half marathalon (men) final: 1 Hoshiyar Singh (Kumaon varsity), 2 Jasvir Singh (GNDU Asr), 3 Ravinder Singh (MDU Rohtak). 400m hurdles (men) final: 1 Gobind (MDU Rohtak), 2 Jyothi K. (M.G. Kottayam), 3 Dinesh Divy (Kannaur). Shot put (men) final: 1 Navpreet Singh PU (Chd 17.72 m NR), 2. Amit Tyagi (CCS Meerut), 3 Gurpreet Singh (Pbi varsity, Patiala). 4x100m relay (men) final: 1 Madras 42.16 sec, 2 GNDU Asr, 3 Delhi. 4x400m relay (men) final: 1 MDU Rohtak 3.19.44 sec, 2 MG Kottayam, 3 Calicut. 200m (women) final: 1 Chitra K. Soman (MG Kottayam) 24.83 sec, 2 Maninder Kaur (PU, Chd), 3 Greeshma K.M. (M.G. Kottayam). 800m (women final): 1 N. Thoarani (Bharatidasan), 2.14.80 sec, 2 Tajinder Kaur (GNDU, Asr), 3 Bijimal K. Challp (M G Kottayam). Half marathon (women) final: 1 Surjit (GNDU, Asr) 1.24.15. 15 sec, 2 Sarabjit (GNDU, Asr), 3 Kapila Khavas (Shivaji). Long jump (women) final: 1 Shilpa Sequiera (Bangalore) 5.88 mtr, 2 Anisha (M G Kottyam), 3 Deepmala Gupta (PU, Chd). Discus throw (women) final: 1 Krishna (Rajasthan) 46.17 mtr, 2 Bhanu Priya (Annanmali), 3 Ritu Rani (Delhi). Javelin throw (women) final: 1 Babita (MDU, Rohtak) 45.62 mtr (NR), 2 Gurpreet (KU), 3 Reena Sanandam (Shivaji Kohlapur). 4x400m relay (women) final: 1 MG Kottayam 3.512.99 sec, 2 Calicut, 3 Kannaur. |
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BSF enter semis;
Punjab cops lose Nabha, Dec 29 — BSF, Jalandhar, scripted a 6-5 win over CISF, New Delhi, to become the first team to enter the semifinals of the 25th All- India Liberals Hockey Tournament being played at the Ripudaman College grounds here today. The securitymen could have gone into the lead early in the first half but for a splended goal-line save by CISF right back Irfan Ali. Centre forward M. Lakra hit from near the 25 yard line body stopped by Irfan Ali ,who dived full length to deflect the ball out of harms way. M. Ekka fumbled again when he lunged on to a through pass but failed to find the target as his shot richocheted back into play to be cleared by a CISF defender. The securitymen again went on the rampage in the second session but the CISF defenders were upto the task with Irfan Ali being the pick of the lot. For CISF, centre forward S. Kiro missed a an opportunity when he delayed his shot only to be disposed . With the regulation time ending goal-less, the deadlock was broken in the sudden death in which BSF emerged victorious 6-5. Northern Railway also reached the semifinals with a 4-3 win over Police Range, Jagraon, and will cross swords with Army XI in the semifinals tomorrow. Army XI scored a convincing 2-0 victory over rivals and title contenders Punjab Police. BSF, Jalandhar will square off with star-studded Bharat Petroleum, who scrapped past SRC, Ramgarh 1-0. |
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Pepsu stun
RCF; EME win JALANDHAR, Dec 29 — Favourites Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, began their campaign on a disappointing note by losing their opening match in the women’s section of the 17th Indian Oil Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament here today at Ashwani Stadium BSF Complex. In the men’s section EME, Jalandhar, edged out Thapar Academy 5-3 to score
their first victory on the second day of the tournament and Corps of Signals, Jalandhar, defeated ITBP team 1-0 in the last match of the day. Pepsu XI jolted RCF displaying good stick-work and ball control. Pepsu XI made first serious attempt in the 14th minute when right in Sarjiwan Thakur fed a pass to forward Charanjit Kaur. Charanjit made no mistake and sounded the board. Twenty one minutes later in a counter-attack left out Arun Bala hit the target to complete the tally 2-0 in Pepsu’s favour. EME, Jalandhar, had a tough fight against Thapar Academy and prevailed 5-3 in the tie-breaker. EME nearly scored in the 14th minute of the match, but the forward line fumbled. EME open the account in the 27th minute when Avtar Singh converted a penalty stroke. The score was 1-0 in favour of EME till the lemon break. The equaliser from the Thapar Academy came in the 40th minute through Kirpal Singh. Both the teams were 1-1 at the end of the game. In the last match of the day the only goal of the match was scored by right out N.S. Laria for Corps of Signals. |
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Mahato claims top
honours PATIALA, Dec 29 — Young Fagu Mahato of Bihar aimed well to attain a score of 320 out of a maximum of 360 points in the Indian round to emerge first in the boys section of the 40-metre event in the Junior National Archery Championships which commenced at the Polo Grounds here today. Another up-and-coming archer Bikash Gurung of SSCB, who held centre-stage in the Sub-Junior Championships which concluded on Wednesday, once again showcased his immense talent by shooting 312 points to be placed second in the 40-metre even. He was followed by Gopal Sabar of West Bengal who totalled 309 points to come third among a field of 56 archers. On the distaff side in the same event, Joyshree Gogoi of Assam fared miserably but managed to shoot 290 points to stand first. She was followed by L.Suni Devi of Manipur who shot 286 points and Arupa Gogoi of Assam who collected 272 points in that order in an uninspiring show of archery. Meanwhile, archers of three more state-Assam, Meghalya and Pondicherry — joined the competitors of 13 states already present. |
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Amanjot lifts
U-18 title NEW DELHI, Dec 29 (PTI) — Chandigarh’s Amanjot Singh seeded-third in the AITA ranking, played some powerful tennis to out his eighth-seeded rival Jecco T. Mathew of Tamil Nadu 6-2, 6-0 and win the ATF Cup Junior Championship in U-18 boys category. With his characteristic powerful forehand shots and aces, Amanjot outplayed Jecco in less than 40 minutes in straight sets to take the title. |
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