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Bowler Stuart MacGill in action during the first day of the fifth Test between Australia and the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. MacGill took seven wickets for 92 runs. Zimbabwe register impressive win Pollock sends Sri Lanka reeling Gavaskar issue ‘not on agenda’ |
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Paes crashes out to Robredo
Wayne Black upset in first round Ex-Olympian’s widow alleges raw deal Arup Basak banned for 1 year Tarlochan, Rajinder bag silver PSB academy beat Army XI
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| SYDNEY, Jan 2 (AFP) — Stuart MacGill put the West Indies into a spin when he snared 7-92, undermining a record opening partnership on the first day of fifth cricket Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.
MacGill, bidding for a place on next month’s tour to India, then took the prized wicket of Brian Lara when Mark Waugh took a wonderfully instinctive catch at slip. Lara had looked in ominous touch, hitting four fours in his 35 off 73 balls, but then Waugh snapped up the edge perilously with his fingers. MacGill snared Lara’s wicket in the second innings of the second Perth Test for 17 and he struck again in the same over when he had Ramnaresh Sarwan leg before wicket for a duck — his third duck of the series. The tourists were 210 for five when in-form wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs came to the crease. Marlon Samuels, who made a huge impression in his first two Tests in Adelaide and Melbourne, became MacGill’s fifth wicket, albeit in doubtful circumstances for 28. The ball hit Samuels’ pad reared up and appeared to roll off his shoulder to Justin Langer fielding close in. The 19-year-old Jamaican stood his ground as Australian umpire Darrell Hair gave him out. The wickets kept tumbling for MacGill. He had Jacobs stumped by Adam Gilchrist for 12 and next ball Nixon Mclean was unlucky to be given out lbw to a leg break. Colin Stuart saw off the hat-trick ball. The SCG is a happy hunting ground for MacGill’s legspin — he captured match figures of 12-107 against England here two years ago. In contrast to their chaotic starts throughout the series, Campbell and Hinds gave the tourists the ideal start. On the way Campbell and Hinds established the highest West Indies opening partnership in Australia, eclipsing the previous best of 135 by the great Caribbean opening pair, Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, in Brisbane in 1988-89. Vice-captain Campbell’s marvellous innings came to an end when he was deceived by a dipping legspinner and was caught and bowled by MacGill for 79 — more than his other eight innings scores combined in the series . The 30-year-old Barbados right-hander was at the crease for 185 minutes, faced 162 balls and hit nine boundaries. Campbell had some luck along the way in his refreshing return to batting confidence. He gave Jason Gillespie a tough caught-and-bowled chance on six and would have been run out had Justin Langer’s throw hit the stumps when he was on 18 nearing the first hour. Hinds was out in MacGill’s next over when he was bowled for 70, leaving the tourists 152 for two. He occupied the crease for 193 minutes and hit seven fours. It was his highest Test score against Australia following on from his 50 in the first innings of the second Perth Test. Glenn McGrath, wicketless in the fourth Melbourne test for the first time in 58 Tests, trapped Jimmy Adams leg before wicket for 10. The West Indies skipper promoted himself in the batting order to no.3 following a hamstring injury which put opener Daren Ganga out of the Test. Scoreboard West Indies (1st innings): Campbell c and b MacGill 79 Hinds b MacGill 70 Adams lbw b McGrath 10 Lara c M. Waugh b MacGill 35 Samuels c Langer b MacGill 28 Sarwan lbw b MacGill 0 Jacobs st Gilchrist b MacGill 12 Nagamootoo c Slater b Miller 12 Mclean lbw b MacGill 0 Stuart batting 0 Walsh batting 0 Extras: (lb-4, b-4, nb-2) 10 Total: (for 9 wkts, 98 overs) 256 Fall of wkts: 1-147, 2-152, 3-174, 4-210, 5-210, 6-235, 7-240, 8-240, 9-252. Bowling: McGrath 19-7-43-1, Gillespie 16-4-44-0, MacGill 35-11-92-7, Miller 28-7-69-1. |
| Zimbabwe register impressive win TAUPO, New Zealand, Jan 2 (Reuters) — Zimbabwe, primed by a third-wicket partnership of 155 by Andy Flower and Stuart Carlisle, beat New Zealand by 70 runs in the first one-day international today. The touring side, who batted, bowled and fielded better than the home side, built a score of 300 for seven before rain held up play. New Zealand’s innings was reduced to 43 overs, and their target to 281, but they batted naively in the face of tight bowling and were dismissed for 210. Only captain Stephen Fleming shone, but his 64 was not enough. After a rollicking start from Alistair Campbell and Trevor Medondo, Zimbabwe lost two wickets in quick succession to bring Flower and Carlisle to the crease. Flower reached his 40th one-day half-century off only 64 balls and looked set for a century when he was run out by Chris Martin by a direct throw from the boundary for 80. Carlisle reached his fifth one-day half-century and carried on to 75 before he was caught by Fleming off Craig McMillan. Flower and Carlisle fell within minutes of each other and the Zimbabwe innings ran out of steam until Guy Rennie (23) and Doug Marillier (24) pushed up the run rate again. Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak (30 not out) attacked Scott Styris in the innings’ final over, hitting 20 to take Zimbabwe to 300. New Zealand’s James Franklin enjoyed a fine debut, finishing with two for 28. He took a wicket with his fifth ball, ran out Rennie when he was sent back by Marillier and then had Marillier caught on the boundary by Martin. Chris Cairns, in his first game back from a serious knee injury, bowled only three overs before retiring from the crease in some pain. New Zealand were rarely in the chase, losing wickets too regularly to mount a serious challenge. There was a brief flurry at the end by tailender James Franklin (25 from 27 deliveries), a one-day debutant, and Chris Harris hit a cheeky 37. The second of three one-day internationals is in Wellington on Thursday. Scoreboard Zimbabwe Madondo c Twose b Styris 12 Campbell c Sinclair b Franklin 28 Carlisle c Fleming b McMillan 75 A Flower run out (Martin) 80 Whittall lbw b McMillan 2 Rennie run out (Franklin) 23 Marillier c Martin b Franklin 24 Streak not out 30 Friend not out 7 Extras (b-2 lb-12 w-3 nb-2) 19 Total (for seven wickets, 50 overs) 300 Fall of wickets: 1-47 2-48 3-203 4-211 5-217 6-262 7-265. Bowling: Cairns 3-0-24-0 (w2), Martin 7-0-53-0 (w1), Franklin 5-0-28-2 (nb1), Styris 10-0-60-1, Astle 10-2-39-0, McMillan 10-0-41-2, Harris 5-0-41-0. New Zealand Sinclair c Campbell b Streak 1 Astle lbw b Streak 10 Fleming c Madondo b Murphy 64 Twose c Strang b Friend 27 Cairns b Whittall 5 McMillan c Marillier b Whittall 18 Harris c Carlisle b Murphy 37 Parore c Murphy b Marillier 4 Styris c Strang b Marillier 8 Franklin not out 25 Martin c Whittall b Marillier 3 Extras (lb-3 w-4 nb-1) 8 Total (all out, 40 overs) 210 Fall of wickets: 1-2 2-24 3-72 4-88 5-118 6-151 7-164 8-180 9-182 Bowling: Streak 6-1-26-2 (w1), Strang 6-0-37-0, Friend 8-0-62-1 (nb1), Whittall 7-0-27-2, Murphy 9-0-32-2 (w2), Marillier 4-0-23-3 (w1). |
| Pollock sends Sri Lanka reeling CAPE TOWN, Jan 2 (Reuters) — South African captain Shaun Pollock took six wickets against Sri Lanka as the touring side were dismissed for 95 on the first day of the second Test today. His figures of six for 30 were the best by a South African captain as Sri Lanka crumbled after winning the toss and electing to bat. It was Pollock’s 11th five-wicket haul in Test cricket in his 50th match. Pollock captured the first four wickets of the innings and then removed the final two to end with six for 30 from 13.4 overs. In reply South African opener Herschelle Gibbs was dismissed for nought on his return to Test cricket from a six-month ban. South Africa were 20 for one 20 minutes before tea. He edged left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas to wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara in the first over. AP adds: Pollock destroyed Sri Lanka’s top order at Newlands with an opening spell of four wickets for nine runs. Sri Lanka was reeling at 63 for five at lunch, with young left-handers Kumar Sangakkara and Avishka Gunawardene undefeated on 30 and 13, respectively. Pollock struck early, inducing edges from Marvan Atapattu and Jayasuriya in consecutive overs. He did the same to Mahela Jayawardene, and got one to lift on Russel Arnold to play one into the hands of Gary Kirsten at short leg. Jacques Kallis, having taken two of the catches off Pollock’s bowling, got in on the act, having Tillikeratne Dilshan caught low down by Pollock at third slip to have Sri Lanka reeling at 33 for five. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (Ist innings): Atapattu c Kallis b Pollock 5 Jayasuriya c Boucher b Pollock 8 Sangakkara c Cullinan b Ngam 32 Jayawardene c Kallis b Pollock 0 Arnold c Kirsten b Pollock 0 Dilshan c Pollock b Kallis 5 Gunawardene c Kallis b Ngam 24 Vaas c Pollock b Ngam 7 Zoysa c and b Pollock 10 Fernando not out 0 Muralitharan c Ntini b Pollock 0 Extras: (nb-3 w-1) 4 Total: (all out, 38.4 overs) 95 Fall of wickets: 1/12, 2/13, 3/13, 4/13, 5/33, 6/66, 7/84, 8/95, 9/95 Bowling: Pollock 13.4-6-30-6, Ngam 13-3-26-3, Kallis 6-2-19-1, Ntini 6-2-20-0. |
| Gavaskar issue ‘not on agenda’ MUMBAI, Jan 2 (PTI) — Contrary to media speculations, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar’s resignation from the National Cricket Academy committee did not figure in its meeting here today. NCA vice-chairman Dnyaneshwar Agashe told newsmen reports in a section of media that the meeting would discuss Gavaskar’s resignation following a tiff with its chairman Raj Singh Dungarpur last month, were not correct and the issue was “never on our agenda”. “We only discussed the financial aspects and setting up of zonal cricket academies on the lines of the NCA,” he added. “Gavaskar issue is an internal matter and I think it will be settled in course of time while the resignations of Hanumant Singh and Vasu Paranjpe, who quit as NCA director and coach for personal reasons have been accepted as their term was for just six months,” Agashe said. “As far as the zonal academies are concerned we have asked the two advisors and committee members — Brijesh Patel and Polly Umrigar — to visit all the possible centres and submit a report after which we will take a decision,” he added. Agashe, who chaired the meeting in the absence of Dungarpur, away in England, said no other matter was discussed. Cricket board secretary Jaywant Lele was a special invitee for the meeting which was attended by Umrigar, Agashe and executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar. Brijesh Patel did not attend. Lele told PTI that the new Director and coach of the NCA would be chosen during the coaches’ seminar to be held at Bangalore on February 15 and 16. The BCCI consultants Rodney Marsh and Geoff Marsh (both former Aussie Test stars) are also expected to be present during the coaches seminar. |
| Reigning champions SA wear down Australia PERTH, Jan 2 (AFP) — South Africa’s reigning champions Wayne Ferreira and Amanada Coetzer took more than six hours to wear down and defeat a defiant Australia here today in an absorbing Hopman Cup tennis mixed teams tie at Burswood Dome. The South Africans finally gained the spoils when they won a slogging three-set mixed doubles after the singles honours had been shared. They won the tie 2-1, keeping alive their hopes of retaining the title in the million dollar (554,000 us) round-robin competition. The South Africans won the crucial doubles 7-6 (8/6) 2-6 7-6 (7/1) with the rock-steady Coetzer guiding the unsure Ferreira through the crisis stages. “I have a lot of improving to do,” Ferreira conceded. “It would have been disappointing if we had lost after the wonderful way Amanda played.” Ferreira crashed to defeat by Australian Richard Fromberg in a major upset in the men’s singles. Fromberg made nonsense of the form book, winning 7-6 (7/4) 7-5 to leave the tie delicately balanced at 1-1 after dynamic little Coetzer had powered to victory over Australia’s Nicole Pratt in the women’s singles. Fromberg, a last-minute replacement for injured Mark Philippoussis, is ranked only 71st in the world, compared with Ferreira’s 13th ranking. “I felt I had a good opportunity and it was a great win for me,” Fromberg said. “I found a really good rhythm, and getting this terrific support from the home crowd lifts your game an extra notch. I feel I am doing well and hope this form continues.” Ferreira, frustrated after making a series of costly errors, angrily hurled his racquet on to the court and then slammed the ball high in the air — conduct which prompted a warning from umpire Wayne McKewen. South Africa are the reigning Cup champions after beating Thailand in last year’s final. Coetzer raced to a straight sets win over Pratt, 6-3 7-5 in the women’s singles in 88 minutes. The 29-year-old Coetzer, ranked 11th in the world, had too much power and precision for her 27-year-old Australian opponent, ranked 55th. “I expected a difficult match and I was a little bit nervous,” said Coetzer. “I am happy to start with a win like that.” Coetzer and Ferreira guided South Africa to their Hopman Cup triumph a year ago. Russia upset The diminutive lowly-ranked Belgian, Olivier Rochus, caused the first big upset of the Hopman Cup tennis tournament here yesterday by overpowering the giant Russian world number two, Marat Safin. His win at the Burswood Dome carried unseeded Belgium to an unbeatable 2-0 lead and a shock victory over the second-seeded Russians even before the mixed doubles had got underway. Rochus (19) a mere 1.66m tall and ranked 67th, beat 1.98m tall Safin 6-2 1-6 6-3 in 90 minutes in the men’s singles. Earlier, Kim Clijsters gave Belgium a great start when she defeated Elena Likhovsteva in straight sets, 6-1 6-4, in the women’s singles. The Russians gained some consolation by winning the mixed doubles 6-3 7-6 (7/3) to leave Belgium with a 2-1 overall victory. An elated Rochus said: “This is certainly the best win of my career. It is unbelievable for me, even if he was not playing his best. “I just tried to do my best and enjoy the match. When I won the first set I said to myself: ‘Come on, fight and try to take him.” “Truly, we had not expected to beat the Russians. But I really concentrated, and he gave me the first set — he was just not moving. “When he got the second set comfortably, and then led 3-1 in the third, I did not expect to come back in the match.” Rochus revealed that because of a wrist injury, he had been in doubt for the tournament. “I have been playing again for only one week, and decided to come to Perth only at the last moment. The wrist is okay now.” Clijsters (17) ranked 19th in the world, overwhelmed Likhovtseva (25) who has a 21st ranking. “I played a lot better than in my first match against Japan last Saturday,” she said. In that match, Clijsters defeated Ai Sugiyama 7-6 (7/3) 5-7 6-4. Belgium had to defeat Japan in the play-off to qualify for the main draw of the eight-nation mixed teams competition. By overcoming the powerful, or at least on paper, Russian pair, they now have some chance of qualifying for the final of the round-robin contest on Saturday. Paes crashes out to Robredo CHENNAI, Jan 2 (PTI) — Leander Paes folded up against Tommy Robredo of Spain, 6-7 (4-7), 0-6 while defending champion Jerome Golmard of France and third-seeded Cedric Pioline made it through to the next round of the Gold Flake ATP tour tennis championship here today. Despite suffering a right hamstring pull, Golmard got the better of George Bastl of Switzerland 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, while Pioline came from behind to beat Galo Blanco of Spain 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). In other first round matches, Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) beat Michael Kratochvil of Switzerland 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; Kristian Pless (Denmark) defeated Wayne Black of Zimbabwe 6-2, 7-5 and Ronald Agenor of Haiti won against Tomas Zib (Cze), 6-3, 6-2. Robredo, who had played in only two events on the circuit last year, besides 12 challenger tournaments, got the turning point in the 10th game, saving two break points and then went on to win the game. The re after, he grew in confidence and played some superb shots, often leaving Paes stranded close to the net. Despite a wrong line call in the tie-break, Robredo’s athletic ability, good reflexes and an urge to win helped him win the tie-break. After being deadlocked at 6-6, the players shared eight points in the tie break. Paes double-faulted, and Robredo came up with two superb winners to wrap up the set. Serving at 4-3, Paes was surprised by a winner from Robredo, a higher ranked player. The Indian gave vent to his feelings, hitting the centre strap of the net with his racquet, breaking the hinge. The match was halted for a while, but Paes was not called for violation. |
| Badminton Round-up-2000 It has been a highly rewarding year for Indian badminton with quite a few notable achievements both in the individual category and also in the team events. The year began on a high note with the Indian men’s team qualifying for the Thomas Cup final round as the third team from the tough Asian zone where all the big names of world badminton were present. India qualified along with giants China and Korea. In the process they scored good victories over more established rivals like Japan and Thailand who are ranked much higher than India in team events. The architect of these victories was reigning national champion Pullela Gopichand who spearheaded the challenge. The other members of the team rallied around him splendidly. In fact it was after a long gap of 12 years that India managed to qualify for the final rounds which is restricted only to the top eight nations of the world. The last time India had gone this far was in 1988. It was probably just a coincidence that in 1988 the Asian zone matches were held in Delhi and the final round in Kuala Lumpur. It was exactly the same in 2000 as well. Thus Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Stadium has proved to be a happy hunting ground for the Indian shuttlers. The Indian girls, however, could not emulate the excellent form displayed by their counterparts. Though they put up a reasonably good show in Delhi in the Uber Cup they could not qualify for the inter-zonals. The final rounds of the Thomas / Uber Cup were played in Kuala Lumpur in May where Indonesia and China retained their respective trophies. While Indonesia got the better of China in the men’s final, the Chinese girls proved far too superior for the Danes in the women’s finals. Though the Chinese victory in the Uber Cup was a foregone conclusion, Indonesia had to struggle hard to beat traditional rivals China in the Thomas Cup finals. The Indonesian men seem to reserve their best for the Thomas for they always play above par while playing for their country in this event. No wonder then that Indonesia has won this trophy more than 10 times in spite of stiff opposition. China’s moment of glory came in the Sydney Olympics where they bagged four out of five gold medals at stake including the most coveted men’s singles title which was won by the Chinese underdog Ji Xinpeng. Ji’s victory was all the more creditable as the field was very strong with players like Peter Gade, Paul Erik Larsen, Sun Jun, Hendrawan, Taufik Hidayat in the fray. This also happened to be Ji’s first Olympic Games. On the other hand Indonesia had to remain satisfied with a solitary gold medal in the men’s doubles. From the Indian viewpoint one must confess that the draw was not so favourable with Gopi having to play silver medallist Hendrawan of Indonesia in the second round and Aparna Popat having to contend with Kelly Morgan of Wales in the opening round itself. But the most heartening news for the Indian badminton fans came into latter half of the year when Gopichand achieved his career best ranking of No 7 in the world by some superb performances in the Malaysian Open and Asian championships. In fact, he has scored good victories over Olympic Champion Ji. Xinpeng of China, Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia, Ong Ewe Hock of Malaysia, etc. He reached the semifinals in both the Malaysian Open and the Asian Championships. He was also the lone Indian to be invited for the Ipoh Masters in November where again he finished a credible fourth. With a string of consistent performances, Gopi has not only broken into the top 10 in the world but has also qualified for the season ending Grand Prix finals in February, 2001 which is restricted only to the top 16 in men and top 12 in women. As a matter of fact it has been after a long gap that an Indian has qualified to play in this prestigious event. This tournament will provide Gopi an excellent opportunity to test his skills against the best in the world as it will be played on a league-cum-knock-out basis. Gopi should try to play more such tournaments in the future if given a chance as it will give him a lot of confidence. Let us hope that he will perform creditably in the Grand Prix finals as well. Siddharth Jain also did India proud by winning the French Open title in March. His aim now should be to win smaller Grand Prix tournaments of one and two star categories. To achieve those goals he needs to work harder. Even though India have done well this year there is no room for complacency. We need to plan better to remain where we are. There is need to strengthen the domestic senior and junior circuits. The emphasis should be on more tournaments and not so much on more prize money specially at the junior level. We have to continue playing in more international tournaments as there is no substitute for the same. A constant review of performances of players abroad needs to be done. Only consistent performers should be persisted with. Players of the calibre of Gopi and Aparna should be sent out for tournaments and training / practice sessions for longer duration. This is likely to help them graduate to the next level faster. If the BAI can give a thought to these aspects, there is no reason why India cannot look forward to a bright future, especially with so many young promising players around. They only need to properly guided and moulded. — PMG |
| Wayne Black upset in first round CHENNAI, Jan 2 (PTI) — Ronald Agenor (Haiti) and Kristen Pless, a qualifier from Denmark, moved into the second round of the Gold Flake ATP Tour Tennis Championship here today. Agenor, at 39 the oldest player in the tournament, who made to the main draw only due to withdrawal of five players, defeated Thomas Zib of Czechoslovakia 6-3, 6-2 while Pless scored over Wayne Black of Zimbabwe, a regular to this tournament, 6-2, 7-5. Pless will take on the winner of the match between top-seeded Magnus Norman of Sweden, and Taylor Dent, a wild card, in the second round. Agenor awaits the winner of the match between Cedric Pioline (France), the third seed and Galo Blanco of Spain. In the match between Pless and Black, the former maintained the tempo that he showed against the eighth seed Jiri Vanek of Czechoslovakia yesterday. Pless broke in the third game of the first set and moved on to lead 5-2 with yet another break in the fifth game. He then wrested the set. In the second set, Black did put up a fight but then he lost concentration and started committing silly errors. Pless utilised the chances well and won 7-5. In the other match, Zib was broken in the very second game of the first set but returned the compliment in the fifth to draw level. However, Agenor kept the ball in play and obtained the break in the eight game and then won the set 6-3. Agenor was in control in the second, having breaks in the first and third games. |
| Ex-Olympian’s widow alleges raw deal LUDHIANA, Jan 2 — The widow of the renowned hockey Olympian Prithipal Singh has alleged that she has been given a raw deal by the authorities of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) during the past many years. She laments that the financial benefits which were legitimately due to her after her husband’s demise have been either totally denied to her or inordinately delayed for reasons beyond her comprehension. Prithipal Singh, legendary hockey player who brought laurels to the country in many international tournaments of field hockey was working as Director Students’ Welfare in the PAU when he was shot dead by some unidentified assailants in front of the main administrative block of the university in broad daylight on May 20, 1983. Acknowledging his outstanding contribution, the board of management of the university decided that his wife Mrs. Charanjit Kaur would be entitled to full salary and other benefits that he himself would have drawn had he remained alive till the date of his superannuation i.e. January 31, 1992. Talking to The Tribune, a distraught Mrs Charanjit Kaur, who now lives with her daughter in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar here, lamented that the university authorities and the government functionaries held out solemn assurances and numerous promises of help of every kind to her family but unfortunately, all these eventually came to naught. She regretted that the university took nearly 13 years to revise the pay scale of her husband. It is learnt that the board of management of the university revised the pay scales of all other Deans/Directors of the varsity in 1988 retrospectively from January 1, 1986 from Rs 1500-2500 to Rs. 4500-7300 as special pay. The pay scales of Prithipal Singh was reportedly not revised. Mrs Charanjit Kaur rued that her repeated requests to the university authorities for pension had fallen on deaf ears. She argued that in accordance with the rules of the university, she was entitled to draw pension. She had been told that the managing body of the university had decided in its 184th meeting held on September 29, 1999 that she could not be given pension because her husband died on 20.5.83 before the introduction of the pension scheme in the PAU on 1.1.1986. But most of the employees and teachers to whom this correspondent talked did not agree to the point of view of the PAU board. They said that according to the board’s own decision, Mr Prithipal Singh should be deemed to have retired from the university after attaining the age of superannuation on 31.1.92 and hence his wife was entitled to pension in accordance with the rules. Dwelling nostalgically on the long chequered career of her husband, who represented India in three successive Olympics held at Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964) and Mexico (1968) as the captain of the hockey team where he won glory for himself and for the nation, Mrs Charanjit Kaur regretted that she was cold-shouldered by the university administration soon after he was no more. She maintains that she could retain the official residence (6/6) allotted to her husband, but she was told to vacate it or she would be obliged to pay penal rent for occupying it. “As a result, I had no option but to shift to a house in BRS Nagar which was in those days a near desolate area with few houses here and there”, she said “Even the subscription to my husband’s provident fund (PF) was not accepted from me despite repeated entreaties,” she added. |
| NEW DELHI, Jan 2 (UNI) — Taking a very serious view of the act of indiscipline, the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) today slapped a one year ban on former national champion Arup Basak. “Arup Basak has been banned from participating in any national or international championship for the year 2001 and services of coach Pushi Lal have been terminated with immediate effect,” TTFI secretary Mool Chand Chauhan announced here this evening after the excecutive committee meeting of the federation. Mr Chauhan said though Arup Basak has been “perpetually found guilty of indiscipline but his action and conduct against the visiting North Korean coach Kim crossed all limits of decency”. Mr Chauhan said Basak misbehaved with Kim during the training session in the TTFI and SAI run centre of excellence at Calcutta and later instigated some players to leave the centre. He said the excecutive decided to discontinue the services of coach Pushi Lal as he was also involved in instigating the players. The TTFI, secretary said though Arup Basak had tendered an unconditional appology, the excecutive felt that his act was far too serious to let him off. The TTFI however, accepted the unconditional appologies tendered by players who had left the camp at the instigation of Arup Basak and Pushi Lal without informing the authorities. The players whose appologies have been accepted are Amit Das, Mouma Das, Ranbir Das, Shubam Chaudhoury, Saurav Chakravarty, J.Chandra, Dipankar Adhikari, Munmun Basak and Niloy Basak. They have been allowed to rejoin the camp. Mr Chauhan said in case any player was found overage in the cadet, sub-junior or junior categories he/she would be disqualified to play in the same category. Action would also be taken against those state association in whose teams overage players were found. |
Tarlochan, Rajinder bag silver LUDHIANA, Dec 2 — National champion and holder Ranjit Meetei of North-East once again stole the show by clinching gold in the time trial event in the 16th all-India telecom cycling meet here on Tuesday. The other hero of the day was R.K. Sharma from Rajasthan who won a gold in 4800m massed start. However, the Punjab circle bagged two silver and two bronze today. The cyclists who entered the semifinals of 1000m sprint are — Darahan Singh and Rajinder Singh of Punjab, P.KI. Gupta of MTNL Delhi and K.G. Gupta of Rajasthan. Other results: Time trial 1000m: Ranjit Meetei (North-East) 1, Tarlochan Singh (Punjab) 2, Surjit Singh (Punjab) 3; 4800m massed start: R.K. Sharma (Raj) 1, Rajinder Singh (Punjab) 2, Darshan Singh (Punjab) 3.  PSB academy beat Army XI JALANDHAR, Jan 2 — Punjab and Sind Bank Hockey Academy put up an efficient display to beat Army-XI 6-5 in sudden death to enter the quarterfinals of the 17th All-India Indian Oil Surjit Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament currently underway here. In the second match of the day SAIL team played a goal-less draw against RCF in the women’s section. At Ashwani Stadium of BSF on the sixth day of the tournament holders BSF, Jalandhar, defeated SAIL 2-1 and former champions Punjab Police, Jalandhar, defeated Corps of Signals 9-8 in sudden death to enter into the semifinals. In the PSB hockey academy and Army XI match it was Avtar Singh of Army-XI who opened the account for his team in the 15th minute, converting the second penalty corner. The equaliser came in the 49th minute of the play through Kishan Singh. In the tie-breaker Harjinder Singh successfully converted the deciding stroke for the winners. |
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