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| ‘Stand vindicated by CBI probe’ India to play two Tests in Zimbabwe 26-member squad for Millennium Cup USA enter Hopman Cup final South Africa's Wayne Ferreira in action against Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in the Hopman Cup at the Burswood Dome in Perth on Thursday. Srichaphan defeated Ferreira 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. Stoliarov upsets Vinciguerra Dingko to be star attraction PSB, Punjab Police enter final Jaideep Kohli stuns top seed Rohan Rathore, Chopra hit centuries WZ triumph in FCI hockey Punjab win cycling meet GCG-11 girls win yoga meet
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| West Indies make confident start SYDNEY, Jan 4 (AFP) — Glenn McGrath bowled Wavell Hinds with the second-last ball of the day to prevent a looming West Indies opening century partnership on the third day of the fifth and final Test today. At the close of the third day, the West Indies had whittled away at the 180-run innings deficit to be 98 for one and trail Australia by 82 runs. Just when the tourists were about to see out stumps at the Sydney Cricket Ground, McGrath struck, Hinds lifting his bat and offering no shot to be bowled for 46. Up until then the tourists had weathered the Australians’ opening onslaught through their new opening pair, Sherwin Campbell and Hinds. Campbell and Hinds, who combined in a record 147-run first-wicket partnership in the first innings, put on 98 for the first wicket. The West Indies will resume on the fourth day tomorrow setting their sights on building on their promising start to score 350-plus and put the heat back on Australia in the final innings. Australia’s spin twins, Colin Miller and Stuart MacGill, expected to unravel the tourists’ batting on the conducive SCG pitch, had few chances of dislodging the opening pair. Australian skipper Steve Waugh signalled his intentions when he brought on his blue-rinse offspinner Miller in the second over of the innings in anticipation of immediate turn. Campbell, who bounced back to form with his 79 in the first innings after a dire series, was unbeaten on 45. Australia prolonged their first innings through lusty hitting by tailenders Miller and Glenn McGrath, who put on 42 runs for the last wicket before McGrath was run out on the throw of Colin Stuart going for a second run. Miller, with photos of his blue rinse hair splashed across the front pages of the morning papers, crashed two sixes and a boundary in his unbeaten 37 while McGrath chipped in with 13. Australia, gunning for their 15th successive Test victory and an unprecedented 5-0 series clean sweep, were dismissed for 452 off 135.4 overs about 30 minutes before tea to lead by 180 on the first innings. It was the Australians’ highest innings of the five-Test series and their fifth total above 300. Adam Gilchrist made the West Indies pay dearly for a fumbled catch by skipper Jimmy Adams facing his first ball. The dashing wicketkeeper-batsman profited from his reprieve blazing away for 87 with nine fours and a six off 124 balls to compound Adams’ blunder in the gully off Colin Stuart. Gilchrist was out a half-hour after lunch with his second Test hundred beckoning when he was snapped up by Brian Lara at slip off Stuart. Lara sought treatment from the team trainer for split webbing in his hand in taking the stinging catch. Australian captain Steve Waugh, 82 overnight, completed his century to join Test greats Greg Chappell, Sachin Tendulkar and Viv Richards on 24 Test hundreds behind leader Sunil Gavaskar on 34. Waugh, who was man-of-the-match for his unbeaten 121 in last week’s fourth Melbourne Test, was out for 103 shortly before lunch in bizarre circumstances. He kicked at a wide delivery outside his legstump from spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo only for the ball to ricochet off his left pad and onto his stumps. Waugh faced 238 balls and batted for 300 minutes. He hit nine fours and a six. Ricky Ponting lasted nine balls before he was out on his overnight score of 51. Stuart, generating lively pace, trapped him leg before wicket. Nagamootoo finished with 3-119 off 35 overs while Stuart claimed 2-81 off 23 overs. World record wicket-taker Courtney Walsh left the ground during the morning session with apparent ankle problems. Walsh, who has taken 493 wickets, was struggling through his overs in the morning session and called for pain-killers at one stage. SCOREBOARD West Indies (1st innings): 272 Australia (1st innings): Slater c Samuels b Nagamootoo 96 Hayden c Lara b Walsh 3 Langer c Jacobs b McLean 20 M. Waugh run out 22 S Waugh b Nagamootoo 103 Ponting lbw b Stuart 51 Gilchrist c Lara b Stuart 87 Gillespie c Hinds b Nagamootoo 2 Miller not out 37 MacGill run out 1 McGrath run out 13 Extras: (1b, 5lb, 11nb) 17 Total (all out, 135.4 overs) 452 Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-55, 3-109, 4-157, 5-289, 6-360, 7-374, 8-408, 9-410. Bowling: C. Walsh 25-4-74-1, C. Stuart 23-4-81-2, M. Nagamootoo 35-3-119-3, Nixon McLean 20-2-81-1, J. Adams 16.4-2-54-0, Marlon Samuels 16-5-37-0. West Indies (2nd innings): Campbell batting 45 Hinds b McGrath 46 Extras (lb 6, nb1) 7 Total (1 wkt, 38.5 overs) 98 Bowling: McGrath 8.5-2-26-1, Miller 9-0-22-0, MacGill 15-5-26-0, Gillespie 6-2-18-0. |
| Campbell’s century of no avail wellington, Jan 4 (Reuters) — New Zealand avenged their 70-run defeat by Zimbabwe in the first one-day international to square the series with an emphatic eight-wicket win today.
Alistair Campbell cracked a century in Zimbabwe’s 236 for seven off 50 overs but his fine effort was in vain as a 153-run opening stand by Nathan Astle (89 not out) and Mathew Sinclair (85) set up the hosts. Even when Sinclair was run out to a brilliant piece of fielding by Guy Whittall, Scott Styris blasted 48 off just 33 balls to keep New Zealand in command. The Zimbabwe bowlers had no answer, but Astle should have been out to catches on two and 13 — Stuart Carlisle and Doug Marillier were the culprits — and Sinclair might have been stumped on 73. Leg-spinner Brian Murphy bowled Styris off the penultimate ball of his spell. Zimbabwe lost their way in spite of opener Campbell’s 111 and would have been disappointed with their final total. Gavin Rennie hit a solid 46 not out at the end of the innings and Heath Streak did his customary artful clubbing to bring the score to respectability. Craig McMillan was the best New Zealand bowler with two for 30 off eight overs. James Franklin took two for 46 off the full 10. Sinclair was named Man of the Match for his maiden one-day half-century. The third and deciding one-day game is scheduled for Auckland on Sunday. SCOREBOARD Zimbabwe Madondo c twose b Franklin 9 Campbell c Fleming b Styris 111 Carlisle b Harris 32 A. Flower c and b Astle 15 Marillier lbw McMillan 1 Whittall c astle b McMillan 0 Rennie not out 46 Streak c Walker b Franklin 17 Extras (lb4, w1) 5 Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 236 Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-118, 3-139, 4-142, 5-142, 6-194, 7-236. Bowling: J. Franklin 10-0-46-2, S. Styris 10-0-45-1, J. Oram 4-0-17-0, C. Harris 8-0-45-1, B. Walker 2-0-14-0, N. Astle 8-0-35-1, C. McMillan 8-1-30-2. New Zealand Astle not out 89 Sinclair run out 85 Styris b Murphy 48 Fleming not out 8 Extras (b1, lb4, w1, nb1) 7 Total (for 2 wkts, 45.2 overs) 237 Fall of wickets: 1-153, 2-209. Bowling: H. Streak 8-0-34-0, B. Strang 9-1-48-0, a. Mackay 8-0-56-0, G. Whittall 10-0-52-0, B. Murphy 10-0-38-1, D. Marillier 2-0-4-0. |
| Sri Lanka collapse to innings defeat CAPE TOWN, Jan 4 (Reuters) — South Africa stormed to a crushing victory over Sri Lanka by an innings and 229 runs on the third day of the second Test today. Sri Lanka, 409 behind on first innings, were dismissed for 180 to give South Africa a 1-0 lead in the three-match series after the first Test was drawn. Left-arm spinner Nicky Boje snapped up four for 28 as the home side achieved their biggest Test win, surpassing the innings and 219 runs thrashing they handed Zimbabwe in Harare in the 1999-2000 season. Earlier, South Africa had continued their first innings run spree by moving from their overnight 426 for six to reach a massive 504 for seven declared, following the dismissal of Sri Lanka for just 95 on day one. But it was another poor showing by their batsmen, who again were unable to cope with hostile, short-pitched bowling on a pitch with good bounce but no hidden terrors. South African captain Shaun Pollock declared at 504 for seven half an hour before lunch today with his side 409 runs ahead on the Sri Lankan total. Sri Lanka were in trouble almost immediately. Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya was caught low down in the gully off Mfuneko Ngam’s second ball for his second duck of a series in which he has scored only 34 runs. Jayasuriya stood his ground and the decision was referred to television umpire Wilf Diedricks, who viewed several replays before confirming the Sri Lankan captain was out. Ngam produced a vicious 147kmh bouncer which Kumar Sangakkara only just avoided but Sangakkara and Atapattu survived until lunch. Kumar Sangakkara failed to avoid a lifter from Ngam and was caught behind for 11 and Marvan Atapattu was trapped on his crease to be lbw to Pollock for 13. Faced with defeat, the Sri Lankans opted to go for their shots against attacking fields. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (Ist innings): 95 South Africa (Ist innings) (overnight 426-6) Kirsten c Dilshan b Murali 52 Gibbs c Sangakkara b Vaas 0 Kallis c Jayawardene b Fernando 49 Cullinan run out (Vaas) 112 Mckenzie c & b Arnold 47 Boucher c Jayawardene b Arnold 92 Klusener c Jayasuriya b Arnold 97 Boje not out 31 Extras: (lb-5 w-1 nb-18) 24 Total: (for 7 decl, 158.2 overs) 504 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-97, 3-130, 4-231, 5-317, 6-411, 7-504 Bowling: Vaas 32-6-109-1, Zoysa 26-6-80-0, Fernando 25-2-105-1, Muralitharan 43-11-99-1, Jayasuriya 7-1-28-0, Arnold 24.2-4-76-3, Jayawardene 1-0-2-0 Sri Lanka 2nd innings: Atapattu lbw Pollock 13 Jayasuriya c Pollock b Ngam 0 Sangakkara c Boucher b Ngam 11 Jayawardene lbw b Boje 45 Arnold c Gibbs b Boje 26 Dilshan c Boucher b Boje 17 Gunawardene b Ntini 13 Vaas c & b Boje 38 Zoysa c Klusener b Ntini 0 Fernando c Boucher b Ngam 5 Muralitharan not out 1 Extras: (lb-6 nb-4 w-1) 11 Total: (45.2 overs) 180 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-18, 3-53, 4-99, 5-113, 6-119, 7-131, 8-135, 9-172. Bowling: Pollock 9-3-29-1, Ngam 8.2-1-36-3, Kallis 7-1-29-0, Ntini 11-2-52-2, Boje 10-3-28-4. |
| ‘Stand vindicated by CBI probe’ CHANDIGARH, Jan 4 (PTI) — Former cricket board chief I.S. Bindra will appear before the board’s disciplinary committee in Chennai on January 18 to explain his alleged criticism of the apex body. Mr Bindra, who is Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) president, told PTI here today that he and PCA secretary M.P. Pandove had been asked to appear before the committee after the board executive committee expressed its dissatisfaction with their written replies to the show-cause notice served on them some time ago. Asked if he would go to Chennai, Bindra said “certainly Pandove and I will appear before the committee and give our reply in addition to the written one which had been sent earlier”. “It would not be proper to make public the written reply to the show-cause notice,” he said. Bindra reiterated that his statements were not against the board. India to play two Tests in Zimbabwe MUMBAI, Jan 4 (PTI) — The Indian cricket team will play two Test matches, apart from a triangular series involving West Indies, India and Zimbabwe, on their 43-day tour of Zimbabwe from May 25 to July 7. Cricket board secretary Jaywant Lele clarified from Baroda over phone yesterday that the Indians would play two Tests and not three as the BCCI press note earlier said. The Indians will kick-off their tour with a three-day match against the CFX Academy from May 28 to 30 and then play their second warm-up game against Zimbabwe “A” from June 2 to 4 at Motare. The first Test will at Harare from June 7 to 11 while the second Test would be played at Bulawayo from June 15 to 19. The Indian team will play a limited overs practice game at Harare on June 22 against the hosts before the triangular series. |
| 26-member squad for Millennium Cup NEW DELHI, Jan 4 — The All-India Football Federation (AIFF) today released a 26-member Indian team for the Millennium Super Cup Soccer Tournament to be held at three venues — Calcutta, Cochin and Goa — from January 10 to 25. India are clubbed with Uruguay, Iceland and Indonesia in Group 2. The Group I and 2 matches will be played in Cochin, while Goa will host Group 3 and Calcutta Group 4 league matches. Calcutta will also host one placement match, two quarter-finals, the two semi-finals and the final. The Indian team is: Virinder Singh, Sandeep Nandy, Francis Fernandes, Balaji, Rajat Ghosh, Suresh Kumar, Mahesh Gowli, Deepak Mondal, Rattan Singh, Mustafa Hussain, Jules Alberto, Jo Paul Ancheri, Hardeep Singh Sangha, Rennedy Singh, Basudev Mondal, Venkatesh, Noel Wilson, James Singh, Carlton Chapman, I.M. Vijayan, Bijen Singh, R.C. Prakash, Bruno Coutinho, Alvito D’Counha and R.P. Singh. Except Yugoslavia and Iraq, who are placed in Group I along with Bosnia and Bangladesh, all other teams in the 16-team tournament have sent in the full list of their team members and officials. Hosts India, however, have not named any officials with the team. The confusion about the nomenclature of the tournament seems to still persist as the public relations agency Anthem, who released the team lists on behalf of the AIFF and promoters Studio 2100, has conveniently left out the name of the tournament. |
| PERTH, Jan 4 (Reuters) — The USA qualified for the Hopman Cup final when Monica Seles beat Belgium’s Kim Clijsters 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 in the opening singles of a group B match today. Belgium needed to win the tie by an aggregate score of 3-0 to usurp the USA the third seeds, at the top of group B and claim a place in Saturday’s final. The USA Will meet the winner of top seeds Switzerland v defending champions South Africa. They meet in the last group A tie tomorrow. Clijsters (17), squandered four first set points in the first set and caved in during the second. Seles, the world No 4, was in impressive form and she won the match on her fourth match point. AFP adds: Reigning champions South Africa pulled out all the stops today to overcome a tenacious Thailand in a crucial tie. Wayne Ferreira and Amanda Coetzer, the pair who carried South Africa to the title a year ago, combined to beat Paradorn Srichaphan and Tamarine Tanasugarn in the decisive mixed doubles to post a 2-1 win over the Thais. In the doubles, the South Africans displayed the staying power to win 6-4, 6-1, while in the singles, Coetzer (29), ranked 11th in the world, wore down a plucky Tanasugarn (23), ranked 29th, winning 6-4, 6-4 in 92 minutes. Srichaphan, ranked 104th, had kept Thailand’s hopes alive earlier when he pipped Ferreira (13th) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. The win, South Africa’s second in this year’s contest, keeps them well on track to reach Saturday’s finals —although they face a big hurdle tomorrow when they meet top-seeded Swiss pair, world No 1 Martina Hingis and Roger Federer. A purse of $ 130,000 is at stake for the winners of the $ 554,000 round-robin mixed teams event. Ferreira said he believed South Africa could beat Switzerland in what virtually becomes a semifinal, with the winner a certainty for the last two. “We have a great chance against the Swiss,” he said. “I do not think there is any reason to doubt our ability to beat them.” Coetzer will face a particularly tough match against Hingis. “Sometimes I have found in the past she just does not give me a chance,” she said. “She can get on to a roll and win before you know what has happened. I find that the longer the match goes, the better it gets for me against her.” Coetzer was happy with her form against Tanasugarn. “I thought I played really well at the most important stages of the match, though my concentration went at times. “Overall, I felt I played better than in my opening match of the tournament when I beat Australia’s Nicole Pratt. Tamarine is a tough competitor and she likes to play here.” Srichaphan was delighted with his singles victory over Ferreira. “It was certainly a good win, and I am very happy about it,” he said. “In the deciding third set, I lost my concentration for a while on my serve, but I felt a lot of support from the crowd and was able to get back my focus.” |
| Stoliarov upsets Vinciguerra CHENNAI, Jan 4 (PTI) — Sixth seed Andreas Vinciguerra of Sweden was ousted 1-6, 3-6 by Adnrei Stoliarov of Russia in a second round match of the Gold Flake ATP Tour tennis championship here today. Stoliarov now plays Peter Wessels of the Netherlands in the quarterfinal. Wessels crushed Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 6-0, 6-4 in another second round match. Vinciguerra becomes the sixth seeded player to be upset by lessar known opponents. The others who have crashed out earlier are top seed Magnus Norman (Sweden), second seed Franco Squillari (Arg), fourth seed Byron Black, (Zimbabwe), seventh seed Markus Hantschk and eighth seed Jiri Vanek. Third seed Cedric Pioline and defending champion and fifth seed Jerome Golmard, both of France, are the only seeded players left in the fray. UNI adds: Kristian Pless of Denmark chalked out an upset win ousting Australian-born American rising star Taylor Dent 7-6, (11-9) 6-4, to a book quarterfinals berth. All eyes were on ‘‘dangerous Dent’’ as the new, talented kid on the ATP Tour took on another big serving but lower ranked (191) Pless. Dent looked to continue with his brilliant run as he served powerfully and volleyed at every given opportunity as the first set went by serves and into the tie-breaker. Despite trailing 1-3 in the tie-break, Dent came back strongly levelling terms at 3-3 and led 4-3 as Pless hit a forehand return out. But Pless equalled again 4-4 as the two youngsters battled on even terms till the tie-break scores were tied at 9-9. |
| PUNE, Jan 4 (UNI) — Sydeny Olympics semi-finalist Gurcharan Singh and Asian gold medalist Dingko Singh of the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) will be the top draw in the 47th Senior National Boxing Championship to be held in Pimpri next week. The six-day championship is being hosted by the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) under the aegis of the Maharashtra Amateur Boxing Association (MABA). Newly-elected PCMC Mayor Laxman Jagtap and Commissioner Bhaidas Nagrale told a press conference that the championship assumes importance as it would be considered the barometer for selecting the national team for the 2004 Pusan Asian Games. Though the participation of Dingko Singh, who is nursing a wrist injury, hangs in limbo, others like Gurcharan Singh (light heavy weight), Jitender Kumar (middle weight) and Suresh Singh (fly weight) are expected to draw in the crowds. The twin industrial township of Pimpri-Chinchwad is holding this prestigious championship for the first time. Though SSCB pugilists have monopolised the event, their hold is slowly slipping. The Railways Sports Control Board (RSCB) dethroned them at the Hyderabad nationals and were joint champions along with the SSCB at Pune the Shimla meet last year. Jagtap, who took over only recently, said Indian pugilists needed encouragement, as they had done the country proud in various national and international events. Talented pugilist Girish Pawar of Maharashtra will be the dark horse in the fly-weight class after his fine showing in the international ranking meet held at Agong Cup in Indonesia in November last year. The MABA secretary Tapan Das and organising secretary Jay Kowil said 31 affiliated units of the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) would vie for honours in the championship. Apart from SSCB and the RSCB, teams like the CISF, Tatas, Punjab and Haryana are also in the fray. Provisions have already been made to set up two boxing rings and computerised electronic machines will be in operation, Mr Das said. Over 60 officials, including referees and judges from the international panel, will supervise the bouts. The MBAA will also be celebrating its platinum jubilee. Former boxer and PCMC corporator Gautam Chabukshwar, who was lead in bringing the championship to the twin township, said it would popularise the sport among young aspirants. PCMC Deputy Mayor Murlidhar Dhage said the championship would cost the corporation Rs 15 lakh. |
| PSB, Punjab Police enter final JALANDAHR, Jan 4 — Punjab and Sind Bank and Punjab Police have reached the finals in the men’s section at the 17th Indian Oil All-India Surjeet Memorial Hockey Tournament being played at Ashwini Stadium, BSF campus here today. Punjab and Sind Bank defeated Border Security Force (BSF) 5-4 in the tie-breaker while Punjab Police, in an one-sided affair, chalked out a facile 7-0 win over Jalandhar XI. The match between Punjab Police and Jalandhar XI began on a fast note with the policemen launching continuous attacks on the rival goal right from the start. Punjab Police earned five penalty corners in the 13th, 15th, 19th, 20th, 22nd minutes of the game but failed to convert any of them. The policeman took the lead in the 26th minute through a penalty corner conversion by Olympion Baljeet Singh Dhillon. Forward Daljeet Singh Dhillon, in a brilliant diaplay of stick work scored a beautiful field goal in the 30th minute. Baljeet Dhillon struck again in the 31st minute and took the lead to 3-0 with a field goal. Punjab Police were 3-0 ahead at half time. In the second half, the policeman kept up the pressure on the rival defence and were awarded a penalty stroke in the 42nd minute and Daljeet Dhillon lost no opportunity to convert it into a goal. Then Baljeet Bhullar, Sarabjit Singh and Harvinder Singh scored goals in the 45th, 46th and 58th minutes of the match, respectively, taking the lead to 7-0. In the second semifinal, Punjab and Sind Bank and BSF stayed a defensive game. Though Punjab and Sind Bank earned five penalty corners in the 26th, 30th, 31st, 44th and 53rd minutes of the match but they failed to convert any of them into goals, courtesy the best defence techniques available with the BSF team. Similarly BSF team failed to convert their three penalty corners which were awarded to them in the 21st, 24th and 47th minutes. With the issue remaining deadlocked in the allotted time, Punjab and Sind Bank emerged victorious in the battle of strokes 5-4. Earlier in a league match in the women’s section, Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, defeated Haryana XI 3-0. |
| Jaideep Kohli stuns top seed Rohan SANGRUR, Jan 4 — Unseeded Jaideep Kohli caused a major upset in the men’s singles semifinals in the Arun Memoreal Panjab State Senior Badminton Championships here. Jaideep working with PSEB defeated top seed and holder Rohan Kapur also from PSEB in three well-contested games. Kohli won 4-15, 15-10, 15-9. The match, which lasted for more than 90 minutes, was one of the best matches of the championships. Rohan started like a champion, winning the first game 15-4 in just 15 minutes. But the second game saw a different Kohli. He changed his tactics and started playing long rellies with sharp drops. This upset Rohan and he started making mistakes which ultimately cost him the game. The decider was also dominated by Kohli. He took an early lead and maintained it throughout. Jaideep will now face Opinder Pal Singh of Jalandhar in finals. Opinder Pal emerged winner again PSEB player Mohd Salim 10-15, 15-8, 15-2. Ladies final will be between holder Nazma of Ludhiana and Meeta Bhandari of Patiala. Both have easy victories in semifinals. Top seed Nazma defeated Yogita Kaushal of the PSEB 11-4, 11-5 in the first semifinals. In the second semifinal Meeta Bhandari of Patiala defeated Saloni Kundra of Amritsar 11-7, 11-4. Results (all semifinals): Men’s singles’ - Jaideep Kohli (PSEB) b Rohan Kapur (PSEB) 4-15, 15-10, 15-9, Opinder Pal (Jal) b Md Salim (PSEB) 10-15, 11-8, 15-2. Men’s doubles: Navdeep Singh & Sunil (Ldh, Pta) b Gurmukh Singh & Salim (Ldh, PSEB) 14-17, 15-11, 15-11. Chanderdeep & Harish (PSEB, Ldh) b Rohan & Jaideep (PSEB) 15-1, 15-4. Women’s singles- Meeta Bhandari (Pta) b Saloni Kundra (Asr) 11-7, 11-4. Nazma Parveen (Ldh) b Yogita Kaushal (PSEB): 11-4, 11-5. Women’s doubles- Meeta & Nazma (Pta, Ldh) b Inderjit & Saravjit (Jal, Asr) 15-6, 15-6. Yogita & Shahnaqaz (PSEB, Sang) b Navneet & Saloni (Jal) 15-3, 15-6. Mixed doubles: Manish & Meeta (Pta) b Chanderdeep & Yogita (PSEB) 15-7, 15-8. Earlier, Mohd. Salim of PSEB caused a major upset in the men’s singles quarterfinals yesterday. Salim defeated second seed Gurmukh Singh of Ludhiana 15-9, 17-14 in a well-contested match. Gurmukh Singh took an early lead in first game but Salim levelled the score and after that it was Salim all the way. Second game was a cliff-hanger with both the players playing well. Salim just managed to win the second game points at 17-14. Third seed Dilpreet Singh of Ludhiana was toppled by Jaideep Kohli of PSEB, Jaideep won 15-12, 15-8. In the ladies singles second seed Meeta Bhandari of Patiala had an easy victory over Sarabjit Kaur of Amritsar 11-1, 11-1. In another pre-quarterfinal match Saloni of Amritsar thrashed another Amritsar girl Rajni. Saloni won 11-1, 11-5. Results: Men’s singles: (Quarterfinals): Rohan Kapur (PSEB) b Neeraj Bansal (Jal) 15-8, 15-1, Opinder Pal (Jal) b Harish Chander (Ldh) 15-4, 15-2. Md. Salim (PSEB) b Gurmukh Singh (Ldh) 15-9, 17-14, Jaideep Kohli (PSEB) b Dilpreet Singh (Ldh). Doubles (P-Q.F.): Neeraj and Ranjit (Jal) b Touseef and Harinder (Ldh) 15-10, 15-12. Opinder Pal and Ram Lakhan (Jal) b Asif and Kunal (Sang) 15-7, 15-7. Gurmukh and Salim (Ldh, PSEB) b B.S. Saini and Parmod (Sang) 15-4, 15-11. Women singles (P-Q.F.): Yogita (PSEB) b Jyoti (Asr) 11-1, 11-2, Shahnaaz (Sang) b Indermeet (Jal) 11-1, 11-10, Saloni Kundra (Asr) b Rajni (Asr) 11-1, 11-5, Meeta Bhandari (Pta) b Sarabjit Kaur (Asr) 11-1, 11-1, Doubles: Sarabjit and Indermeet (Asr) got w/o from Heena and Navpreet (Jal), Saloni and Navneet (Jal) b Radha and Jyoti (Asr) 15-3, 15-8. |
| VIJAYWADA, Jan 4 (PTI) — A brilliant captain’s knock by Vikram Rathore (143) and his 237-run opening wicket stand with Akash Chopra (110) enabled North Zone to post 336 for three on the opening day of the four day Duleep Trophy cricket match here today. Electing to bat, North Zone openers Rathore and Chopra toyed with South Zone bowling and scored with ease on both sides of the wicket. Venkatapathi Raju provided the much needed break through when he had Chopra caught at silly point by substitute N. Kishore. Raju struck again three balls later when he dragged Yuvraj Singh out of the crease and let wicketkeeper Tilak Naidu do the rest. Skipper Rathore found an able partner in Dinesh Mongia and the duo put up 88 runs for the third wicket before Rathore edged B.D. Ganesh delivery into the safe hands of Tilak Naidu after he compiled an elegant 143 off 238 balls with 16 fours and one six. SCOREBOARD: North Zone: V. Rathore c Tilak Naidu b D. Ganesh 143, A. Chopra c sub (N. Kishore) b Raju 110, Y. Singh st Tilak Naidu b Raju 4, D. Mongia batting 60, V. Sehwag batting 4. Extras (nb-10, lb-5) 15. Total (for 3 wkts in 90 overs) 336. Fall of wickets: 1-237, 2-142, 3-329. Bowling: D. Ganesh 12-2-37-1, T. Kumaran 10-2-45-0, Venkatpathi Raju 28-3-86-2, Robin Singh 9-2-25-0, Sunil Joshi 16-2-72-0, A. Kapoor 15-1-66-0. |
| WZ triumph in FCI hockey LUDHIANA Jan 4 — West Zone drubbed Headquarters 4-2 in the 30th All India FCI Inter-Zone Hockey Tournament which started at Punjab Agricultural University hockey ground here today. In another match the defending champion North Zone defeated East Zone in a close match by 2-1. West Zone played offensive game against their opponent Headquarters (HQ) team. Yaquab Ansari of WZ stuck first goal in the 11th minute. Prabhakar Singh of HQ restored parity in the 24th minute thorough a field goal. Soon after Ansari again scored a field goal and made the tally 2-1. Just six minutes before the breather, Harinder Kadian of HQ equalised through a penalty corner (2-2). After the lemon break, Mohamad Muzahid of WZ struck a field goal in 59 the minute. Ansari scored his third goal in the 65th minute and made the tally 4-2. WZ got six penalty corners in the 38th, 51st, 52nd, 59th, 62nd and 69th minutes but could not capitalise on the opportunities. In the second match, defeanding champion North Zone defeated East Zone 2-1. Gajinder of NZ converted a penalty corner in the 22nd minute. In the 29th minute R. Dhan of East Zone made the tally 1-1 in 29th minute through a field goal. After interval Amar Negi of North Zone made use of penalty corner in 48th minute and took the tally to 2-1. Mr Bhure Lal, chairman, Food Corporation of India (FCI) inaugurated the tournament here today. He said the FCI would explore job opportunity for sportsperson in the corporation at every level. |
| Punjab win cycling meet LUDHIANA, Jan 4 — The Punjab team clinched the team championship title by scoring 38 points in the 16th All-India Telecom Cycling Meet held here on Wednesday. The cyclists of the Punjab circle bagged three gold, four silver and three bronze. Rajasthan and North-East remained on the second and third position by scoring 26 and 11 points, respectively. R.K. Sharma of Rajasthan was declared the best cyclist of the championship. The results: 1000 m sprint; Darshan Singh (Punjab) 1, Rajinder Singh (Punjab) 2 and P.K. Gupta 3; 4000m individual pursuit: R.K. Sharma (Rajasthan) 1, Ranjit Meetei (North-East) 2 and Surjit Singh (Punjab) 3; 30 km road race: Jaswinder Singh (Punjab) 1, M.L. Gauri (MTNL, Mumbai) 2 and Sushil Kumar (UP). |
| GCG-11 girls win yoga meet CHANDIGARH, Jan 4 — The Government College for Girls, Sector 11, won the Panjab University Inter-College Yoga Championship held at Panjab University campus today, securing 775 points. MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36 was second, Government College for Girls, Sector 42, third and GGS College for Women, Sector 26 were placed fourth. Poonam of MCM DAV College for Women, was declared the allround individual with 160 points while Pinki Devi of GCG, Sector 42 and Rajinder Kaur of GCG-42 were jointly placed second. The winners team of GCG-11 was represented by Pinki Devi, Supreet, Jyoti Yadav, Ruby Rathore, Sushma and Sadhna. The runners-up team of MCM-36 had Poonam, Amita, Mamta, Amandeep, Prachi and Harpreet. In the women’s yoga meet for B division, Dev Samaj College for Education, Chandigarh bagged the first place while Government College for Education, Sector 20, was second. Earlier, DAV College, Abohar, won the championship yesterday in the men’s section by securing 767 points. DAV College Chandigarh, Panjab University campus, Chandigarh, and GGD SD College Chandigarh, secured second, third and fourth positions, with 764, 738 and 688 points, respectively. |
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