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Millennium Cup
Yugoslavia, Bosnia
ready for clash Advantage Amritraj |
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Windies win by one
wicket Sehwag rescues North
Zone Match-fixing to be an
offence Dull day for Indians in
chess Anand starts
favourite National Games should be held in
October Three Asian athletic meets in
offing SCR, SAIL
win
PU shuttlers shine on opening day Abhinav shoots
gold
TN topple Punjab
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Millennium Cup KOCHI, Jan 13 (PTI) — Helped by a brilliant hat-trick from star striker Gudmundsson, Iceland thrashed India 3-0 in a group-2 match in the Sahara Millennium Super Soccer Cup Tournament here today. Iceland led 1-0 at half time. Gudmundsson struck the first goal in the 44th minute and fired in the second in the 55th. He rounded off the tally in the 64th minute, which helped his side earn three points and brighten their chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals. Iceland, who had lost the opening match against Uruguay 2-3, were a totally transformed side in this match. A bit slow in getting into form, they never looked back once they found their moorings. India’s chances of qualifying are now dim as they now have to meet a strong Uruguay in the next match. India had only themselves to blame for the defeat as they missed innumerable chances in the second session, with their defence letting down the side. Gudmundsson, who missed a couple of chances earlier, made amends in the 44th minute when he scored off a free kick. The second came in the 55th minute, after he capitalised on a wrong clearance by Joe Paul Anchery. He completed the hat-trick in the 64th minute through an opportunistic goal. Contrary to expectations, it was the Indians who had the edge in the first session in ball possession and scoring chances. However, they could not convert it into goals as they played a lot of short passes. They often yielded possession to rival defenders once inside the box. The Indian linkmen, particularly Hardip Sangha and Renedy Singh worked hard, managing to keep up a steady flow of sudden bursts into the opponents’ territory. The Indians attacked from the start and even scared the visitors once in the third minute, when a rasping drive by Sangha went straight into the hands of custodian Thorgeisson. At the other end, Iceland almost snatched the lead in the fifth minute, but Gudmundsson, with just the keeper Virender Singh at his mercy, drove over the horizontal. India squandered quite a few chances midway through the session. Vijayan was the culprit twice, when he failed to anticipate a cross by Sangha and on another
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Yugoslavia, Bosnia ready for clash KOCHI, Jan 13 (UNI) — Whenever they met earlier, the battleground was soaked in blood. The two sides — Yugoslavia and its offspring Bosnia — will come face to face once again, but this time on a totally different terrain. Billed as the “match of the Sahara Cup,” Kochiites will be standing on their toes to watch history in the making in the group I encounter tomorrow between the brigades at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here. However, neither side was carried away by emotion, unlike spectators and organisers, terming it simply ‘another match’ on the eve of the rendezvous. Bosnian coach Beharam Arapovic says, “It is just like any other match of the tournament. The players of both the sides keep a healthy relationship.” His Yugoslav counterpart Ilja Petkovi airs similar passions, with feelings that it will be a match to be as well-contested as any other. This is the first encounter between the countries after Bosnia broke off from Yugoslavia in 1995 following prolonged conflict and bloodshed. The Balkans got FIFA recognition in 1996. Ranked nine in the FIFA listing, Yugoslavs hold advantage over the rivals, thanks to their experience and track record. But, the country has also sent its second string for the Sahara Cup. Bosnia’s youthful team, viewed as the nation’s future squad, proved its class in their first encounter with Bangladesh yesterday. Once they got the touch of the ground after the first half, the young brigade walked leisurely as in a park, leaving scattered Bangladesh mere spectators. Things are bound to be different tomorrow, but the success and lessons from the first match can help them play their natural game against the more imposing rivals. Though the Bosnian coach rules out that the result of the match would have repercussions back home, in the fathoms of their thoughts he and his men are aware of the boost a victory can usher in as they were in the process of raising football standards in the small country. Hong Kong meet Romania MARGAO: A needle contest is on the cards when Hong Kong, in their opening encounter, clash with Romania in a group C league match of the Sahara Millennium Cup Football Tournament to be played at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, here tomorrow. An outright win would enable Hong Kong obtain an entry into quarterfinal stage while Romania desperately need a win to keep their hopes alive. |
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Martina Hingis lifts title SYDNEY, Jan 13 (Reuters) — Switzerland’s Martina Hingis beat Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 today to win the Sydney international women’s title for the second time in five years. Australian teenager Lleyton Hewitt also confirmed his place as one of the favourites for Melbourne when he beat Magnus Norman 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday to become the first man since Pete Sampras in 1993-94 to win back-to-back titles in Sydney. Hingis finished 2000 ranked number one in the world but has not won a Grand Slam singles title in two years and is desperately hoping to end her drought at Melbourne this month. She was beaten by Davenport in last year’s Australian Open final. Hingis looked to be well in control of the final when she took the opening set in 31 minutes then led 4-2 in the second before she started to unravel, incurring a warning for smashing her racquet in frustration. The American world number two broke back to win seven of the next eight games, taking the second set then racing to a 3-1 lead in the third, as she suddenly seemed to be in command. But Hingis broke back to win six of the next eight games, getting the crucial break in the 11th game when Davenport missed a simple overhead smash, to capture her second Sydney title after winning in 1997 and condemn Davenport to her second straight loss in the Sydney final.
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Advantage
Amritraj THE
year 2001 should be a year of newcomers and the old guard will be hard
pressed to maintain not only their fitness and ranking but more
importantly their desire. The desire is very tough to maintain if you
have been on the road for over 10 years, week after week, on hard
court surfaces that gives your body a beating. The fitness also starts
to go, and injuries take a longer time to heal. Recovery and getting
back into match play becomes even tougher and eventually you give in
to what the body is saying. The names that come to mind are Pete
Sampras, Andre Agassi, Goran Ivanisevic, Michael Chang among the top
names. Perhaps even Todd Martin. In that age group Jim Courier has
quit and not that he was hurt that much, though the normal wear and
tear on the body took its toll, but as he said, his desire left him.
That makes it all the more tough to comete even if you are making a
good living from it. So now we have to look at tennis in a
different light. New stars are emerging and the quality of tennis
remains very high. But it will take sometime before the spectators can
relate to them. Last year, of course, Marat Safin came on strong and
won the US Open and beating Sampras in a way that we all never thought
we would see. Safin has now established himself as a champion and it
remains to be seen how long he can keep it up. He is big and strong
and hits the ball extremely hard, but that gives room for more
injuries. Then there is the World Champion, Gustavo Kuerten, who will
be around now for quite some time as will several of the Spaniards.
But just behind them you have a whole slew of younger teenagers.
Lleyton Hewit, of course is established, Andreas Vinciguerra of
Sweden, Dominic Hrbaty of the Slovakia, Taylor Dent of the USA,
Kristan Pless of Denmark and Tommy Pobudo of Spain. They are all
pushing the top players and several of them can have break through
years. It will be interesting to see how far they go. Among the
women there is much less chance of the top names being upset. They are
very young, most of them though Sanchez Vicario, Conchita Martinez and
perhaps even Lindsay Davenport might look at playing less this year.
Hingis continues to be the one to beat, being given the title of ITF
world champion even though Venus Williams has won pretty much
everything since the 2000 Wimbledon. Venus and Serena have certainly
taken women’s tennis to a new level and everyone will have to keep
up. The ATP tour will have to create more stars out of the great young
players while the WTA tour just needs to keep the same interest alive.
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Windies win by one wicket BRISBANE, Jan 13 (AP) — The West Indies achieved the biggest win of their Australian tour today, beating Zimbabwe by one wicket in a tri-series limited-overs match at the Gabba. The West Indies won with eight balls to spare after making hard work of their second outing in the triangular series. They can thank Ricardo Powell, who scored an unbeaten 83 in the West Indies’ total of 241 for nine in reply to Zimbabwe’s 240 for nine from 50 overs. It was a crucial win for the West Indies, who had won only one festival match and a one-day clash with Australia A since arriving in the country 10 weeks ago. The West Indies had lost seven of their last eight completed one-day international matches and they almost added to that tally after falling to 155 for six in the 32nd over. The run-rate was never a problem for the West Indies but they were struggling to keep their heads above water when Ridley Jacobs stepped on his stumps while trying to cut leg-spinner Brian Murphy (1-52). SCOREBOARD Zimbabwe: Campbell c & b Samuels 81 Madondo c Campbell b McLean 6 Carlisle c Jacobs b Williams 29 Flower c Jacobs b Samuels 33 Rennie b McLean 29 Whittall b Nagamootoo 1 Viljoen run out 2 Streak not out 34 Nkala c Hinds b Cuffy 9 Friend b McLean 0 Murphy not out 1 Extras (lb-3 w-9 nb-3) 15 Total (nine wickets - 50 overs) 240 Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-68, 3-154, 4-161, 5-167, 6-174, 7-214, 8-231, 9-231. Bowling: Cuffy 9-0-52-1 (nb-2), McLean 10-1-48-3 (w-2), Williams 8-1-38-1 (nb-1, w-2), Nagamootoo 10-0-45-1 (w-2), Samuels 10-0-41-2 (w-2), Adams 3-0-13-0 (w-1). West Indies: Campbell c Flower b Whittall 42 Hinds b Friend 0 Lara c Viljoen b Nkala 21 Samuels b Viljoen 34 Adams c Flower b Nkala 24 Powell not out 83 Jacobs hit wicket b Murphy 4 Williams b Friend 9 Nagamootoo c Flower b Streak 8 McLean c Flower b Whittall 1 Cuffy not out 1 Extras (lb-6 w-7 nb-1) 14 Total (nine wickets - 48.4 overs) 241 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-52, 3-72, 4-119, 5-137, 6-155, 7-183, 8-229, 9-239. Bowling:
Streak 10-1-41-1 (w-1), Friend 10-1-37-2, Nkala 7-0-50-2 (nb-1, w-1), Whittall 3.4-0-16-2, Murphy 10-0-52-1 (w-4), Viljoen 8-0-39-1 (w-1). |
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Sehwag rescues North
Zone SAS Nagar, Jan 13 — Resolute batting by Delhi’s hard-hitting batsman Virender Sehwag rescued North Zone from a precarious position against West Zone on the penultimate day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here today. On a day when the weather took a dramatic turn for the better as the sun shine in its full glory throughout the day in stark contrast to what it had been for the past couple of days, Sehwag revealed an impressive repertoire of strokes. Undaunted by either the pace or spin bowling attack Sehwag was his usual aggressive self helping himself to an unbeaten 88 runs as North, in pursuit of West Zone’s 284 were in a much better position at 217 for the loss of five wickets. Wicketkeeper batsman Pankaj Dharmani also deserves credit for applying himself well. Though Sehwag was the dominant partner and never lost out on any opportunity to go for his strokes, Dharmani kept one end intact. Both have already put on 105 runs for the undefeated sixth-wicket partnership giving North Zone a realistic chance of overhauling West Zone’s total which at one stage at 112 for five, when the two arrived at the wicket, looked a difficult proposition. Sehwag and Dharmani took just 98 minutes and faced 128 balls to add 100 runs to the total. It was, in fact, a scorching four to the long off fence off India fast medium bowler Zaheer Khan which completed the 100-run stand. Medium pacer Iqbal Siddiqui earlier jolted the north innings taking three wickets in an inspired spell of seam bowling. Siddiqui took charge after Zaheer claimed skipper Vikram Rathore’s wicket. Yuveraj, who looked determined and played a couple of strokes from the meat of the blade, was sent back by Siddiqui after the batsman edged a quick rising delivery in the safe hands of Nayan Mongia. Siddiqui then bamboozling Dinesh Mongia who was beaten completely as his off stump went for a walk. Mumbai paceman Santosh Saxena castled Reetinder Sodhi when the batsman was just off the mark. North had hardly recovered from the losses and with the total barely past the 100-run mark the stoutly-built Siddiqui trapped opener Akash Chopra lbw after the batsman had completed a well deserved half century. It was at this stage that Sehwag and Dharmani took charge and put the team firmly on road to recovery. Earlier in the morning West Zone tail frustrated North bowling attack after it had made some initial breakthroughs. Delhi left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra did not waste much time in sending back Nayan Mongia and Neeraj Patel, the two overnight batsman. Seamer Surinder Singh then claimed Zaheer’s wicket and an early end to the innings was in sight. But Mumbai leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule proved a hard nut to crack. Not afraid to play his strokes he added valuable 47 runs for the ninth-wicket partnership with Siddiqui, who also hit 20 with four fours. After Siddiqui was consumed by Surinder, Bahutule in association with S axena added 26 runs for the last wicket before getting. His bold 42-run innings had seven well-timed hits to the fence. For North Surinder and Nehra were the most successful bowlers claiming four wickets each. Scoreboard West Zone (1st innings): W Jaffer c Chopra b Nehra 39, C Williams lbw Surinder 21, H Kanitkar c Chopra b Surinder 61, J Martin lbw Sodhi 17, Abhijit Kale c Dharmani b Nehra 6, Neeraj Patel c Yuveraj b Nehra 24, Nayan Mongia b Nehra 10, S Bahutule lbw Gagandeep 42, Zaheer b Surinder 3, I Siddiqui lbw Surinder 20, S Saxena not out 9. Extras (b 2, lb 11, nb 19 ): 32 Total ( all out in 101.4 overs ): 284 Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-100, 3-155, 4-155, 5-170, 6-185, 7-202, 8-211, 9-258, 10-284 Bowling: Ashish Nehra 24-2-103-4, Gagandeep Singh 20.4-7-47-1, Surinder Singh 30-7-80-4, Reetinder Sodhi 22-12-27-1, Sarandeep Singh 5-0-14-0. North Zone (1st innings):
Chopra lbw Siddiqui 54, Rathore lbw Zaheer 16, Yuveraj c N Mongia b Siddiqui 15, D Mongia b Siddiqui 2, Reetinder b Saxena 5, Sehwag not out 88, Dharmani not out 28. Extras
(b 1, lb 5, nb 8 ): 14 Total ( for five wickets in 60 overs) : 217 Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-63, 3-67, 4-75, 5-112. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 19-5-47-1, Iqbal Siddiqui 21-3-79-3, Santosh Saxena 14-1-65-1, Sairaj Bahutule 6-0-20-0. |
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Match-fixing to be an offence NEW DELHI, Jan 13 (PTI) — Match-fixing will be a criminal offence under a proposal initiated by the Union Sports Ministry in the wake of the recent scandal that has rocked Indian cricket. “My ministry has already initiated a proposal to make match-fixing an offence and this has already been sent to the Law Ministry,” Sports Minister Uma Bharti told PTI. On the withdrawal of Arjuna Awards presented to three banned players — Mohd Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja and Manoj Prabhakar — she said though they did not personally appear before the panel, they all have sent their replies. “While Jadeja sought a week’s time, Azharuddin said that he was considering approaching the court to appeal against the ban order,” Bharti said, adding the Ministry was examining the replies and a decision regarding the course of action to be adopted against them would be decided by Tuesday. Referring to present speculation among the legal fraternity that match-fixing fell under the provision of gambling or cheating, Bharti said “Match-fixing is not an ordinary offence to be equated with cheating or gambling. “Through this the country’s prestige is being put at stake for a few bucks,” she said, adding the response from the Law Ministry was awaited. She said the law-makers had not comprehended that a crime like match-fixing would ever take place and drew a parallel with the silence of the constitution over the issue of whether a foreigner, who has acquired Indian citizenship, could become the Prime Minister of the country. “The framers of the constitution were all freedom fighters and never thought the country could reach such a stage that there would be a necessity of a foreigner Indian citizen to occupy the highest executive post of the country,” Bharti said adding similarly framers of the Indian Penal Code never thought of making provisions to include match-fixing as an offence. On the notices issued to the players for withdrawal of the Arjuna Awards, she said it was so decided after consulting the Law Ministry and the Attorney-General. “Any way the match-fixing issue does not become a closed one after we take action against the guilty. As far as I am concerned, I would not rest till this malaise is completely rooted out from sports,” the Sports Minister said. |
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Dull day for Indians in chess LINARES (Spain), Jan 13 (PTI) — Indians had a dull and dour day with four of them extracting draws against higher-rated opponents in the fifth round, while Chandrashekhar Gokhale crashed to a defeat after making a stunning comeback in the previous round at the Linares International Open Chess here. While International Master R B Ramesh, Rahul Shetty, I.M. Sandipan Chanda and IWM Aartie Ramaswamy drew their boards, Sriram Jha, Gokhale and K Visveswaran succumbed. The lacklustre performance of the Indians cleared the deck for GM E Najer to take the sole lead when he beat gm Robert Kempinski and moved to 5 points from as many rounds. Ramesh (2467) held gm Alexander Galkin (2590) from the white side of the caro-kann variation. Galkin introduced a powerful novelty with black pieces on the 11th move to equalize white’s initiative. The players undertook a series of exchanges at the end of which the players reached a Drawish double rook and bishop ending and the players signed the peace treaty on the 22nd move. Sriram Jha played against former world’s youngest gm Bacrot with the white side of the queen pawn irregular opening. Bacrot equalized in the opening and opened the position in his favour. He then sacrificed a pawn temporarily to destroy whites king cover and then combined his rook and queen to win two pawns. Jha resigned on the 31st move. IWM Aarthie (2250) held gm Garcia Martinez Silvino (2371) of Cuba to keep her final WGM norm chances alive. Aarthie played powerfully in the opening and sacrificed a piece temporarily to win an exchange for a pawn from the white side of the Sicilian defence. Thereon she started playing defensively and in a mutual time trouble her opponent offered a draw, which she accepted on the 31st move when her position still offered some winning chances. D.K. Sharma (2353) also held a higher rated opponent in similar fashion. Sharma played the semi-slav defence with black against Krivosky (2483) and seized the initiative early in the opening. Krivosky sacrificed a pawn and then another to complicate matter and offered a draw. After deep contemplation, Sharma accepted the truce though he was at an advantage. Visweswaran (2288) was not in the best of form when he blundered a whole rook in just 8 moves against IM Marceline of France. It was Trompowsky attack when Visweswaran overlooked a simple double attack on his rook and a knight. He then vainly tried to complicate things but his opponent kept his cool and checkmated Visweswaran in 23 moves. C s
Gokhale (2326) played the same structure of Nimzo-Indian he employed against
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Anand starts
favourite WIJK ANN ZEE (Netherlands), Jan 13 (PTI) — World champion Viswanathan Anand will be the cynosure of all eyes in the Corus Chess Tournament that starts here tomorrow. There will be a glittering array of stars in two different tournaments christened the Grandmaster A&B. The participants list is a virtual who’s who including Brian Games world champion GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia and Grandmaster Gary Kasparov of Russia in the ‘A’ group. GM Mikhail Gurevich of Belgium and GM Boris Gulko of the USA will start as favourites in the ‘B’ group. Tipped by many as the successor to Anand, Grandmaster norm holder IM
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National Games should be held in
October CHANDIGARH, Jan 13 — Logistics and organisation acumen have a major role to play in the successful conduct of any sports meet. And nobody should know it better than Mr Inderjit Singh Bindra, Secretary-General of the National Games Organising Committee. When Mr Bindra, who has played a steller role in not only the conduct of the 1987 and 1996 cricket World Cups in the sub-continent but also World Table Tennis Championships, took over the most important job of the National Games it was expected that the run-up to the 31st National Games would be smooth and trouble-free. But that has not been the case for various reasons. Maybe, some of the troubles plaguing the National Games would be sorted out at the special meeting of the organising committee (core group), scheduled to be held here on Monday (February 15). Among those who will attend the meeting are President of the Punjab Olympic Association, Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, the Secretary-General of the Punjab Olympic Association, Mr Arvind Khanna, the President of the Indian Olympic Association, Mr Suresh Kalmadi, Raja Randhir Singh, Secretary-General of the Indian Olympic Association, Mr B.S.Ojha, Chairman of the Afro-Asian Games, presidents of state sports associations and senior functionaries of the Punjab Government. The meeting, besides reviewing the progress of preparations for the National Games, will discuss acquisition of sports equipment, accommodation for officials and sportspersons and also finalisation of detailed schedule and venues of competitions. From this it is clear that the issue of accommodation for participants in March is troubling the National Games Organising Committee although nobody is willing to say anything on the matter. Earlier, it had been decided that the participants would be housed in various schools and colleges of the state but now with examinations scheduled for March these rooms would not available. The committee will have to examine other options. Just in case the games, on the insistence of the Indian Olympic Association, are organised in March itself the organising committee will have to decided where the 10,000 plus participants will be housed. Because if this problems is not sorted at the earliest then the question of holding the National games in March will be totally ruled out. The National Games Organising Committee, according to information available, is yet to send the ‘‘entry forms’’ to all the states. The delay in sending these forms is yet another indication that the games are not being held as per the revised schedule. As the states have not being informed about the exact schedule of the games, they would find it extremely difficult to work out the travel plans of their teams. And it must be remembered that the games are being held over five venues unlike earlier occasions when they were confined to one or maybe two centres. It must be remembered that processing the entry forms, issuing identity cards and also working out the schedule of the tournaments is a very cumbersome task and would take some time. But just how much time time is left for the March 14 (the day the games are scheduled to begin ) deadline? The Punjab Olympic Association has completed it terms and elections fell due in March 2000. But so far neither has the term of the current team been extended by a annual general body meeting nor has the process of electing new office-bearers set in motion. At one time there were indications that elections to the office-bearers would be conducted but the move was not taken to its logical conclusion. Nobody knows when elections to this body will take place. To add to the woes of the organising committee no committees have been firmed up to look after the various aspects of the games. The secretariat to assist the organising committee has yet to be constituted. And there are reports that people who are willing to work and finalise everything needed for the conduct of the games are not being allowed to function properly by certain office-bearers of the Punjab Olympic Association who are stationed in Chandigarh. What purpose will be served by holding the National Games in March. In any case the sportspersons are not in peak form and, therefore, their is every likelihood of them retuning below par performances. What will then be the purpose of holding the National Games? The first Afro-Asian Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi from November 3 to 11 this year. Also, Pakistan is scheduled to hold the SAF Games later this year. Maybe the best time to hold the games will be in October (the weather will be fine, rooms will be available in schools and colleges and all infrastructure will be test and used ) where the participants can be told that the National Games will serve as the final trials for the Afro-Asian Games. If this is done then only will the 31st National Games serve a purpose.
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Three Asian athletic meets in
offing NEW DELHI, Jan 13 — Asian Amateur Athletic Association (AAAA) president Suresh Kalmadi said here today that three new Asian meets would be held to give a big boost to athletics in the continent. At the 50th meeting of the AAAA council held at Imperial Hotel, chaired by Mr Kalmadi, who was elected to the top post a few months ago, the final approval was given to hold Asian All-Stars Athletic Meet, Asian Grand Prix, consisting of three athletic meets, and the Asian Indoor Athletic Meet. Mr Kalmadi, who is also president of the Indian Olympic Association and the Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI), said a committee had been set up to frame the “rules and regulations”, and the modalities and periods of hosting them. He said a development athletic commission of Asia and a marketing commission had also been formed to make the work of the AAAA “more effective”. The council also approved the names of chairmen and convenors of various committees. Mr Kalmadi said another important decision taken at the meeting was to revert the Asian Track and Field (ATF) Championships to the old pattern as the present pattern of holding the meet just before the Asian and Olympic Games were found to be unsuitable as some of the best athletes either kept away, or peaked early, and flopped in the Asian and Olympic Games. He said the idea was to have regular Asian athletics programme every year, though he confirmed that the 2002 meet, allotted to Sri Lanka, would be held as scheduled, and an additional meet will be held in 2003. Mr Kalmadi announced that the sixth Asian Cross-Country Championships would be held in Kathmandu on April 21, the ninth Asian Junior Athletic Championship at Darussalam in Brunei from July 19 to 22, and the 14th ATF Championships in Colombo from August 15 to 18, 2002. AAFI secretary Lalit Bhanot has been made the convenor of the development commission, while two other Indians — Mr Rakesh Kaushal and Mr Sushil Salwan — have been made convenors of the medical and legal and constitutional commissions respectively. Mr Kalmadi said the inaugural indoor meet would be held in China in 2003, and a move was afoot to review the AAAA constitution. “The idea is the development of athletics in Asia”, Mr Kalmadi added. |
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SCR, SAIL win MUMBAI, Jan 13 (PTI) — South Central Railway (SCR) defeated Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) 3-0 while Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) got better of Tata Sports Club (TSC) 2-1 in the 39th All-India Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Tournament at BHA Mahindra Stadium here today. While railmen displayed better stickwork against RCF to emerge victorious, SAIL boys scored a late goal to send TSC packing. The first half of SCR-RCF match was goal-less, RCF should only thank their goalkeeper Nanu Raigopalan, who saved as many as 10 powerful hits which could have changed the outcome of the match. However, SCR took the lead in 50 th minute when Paul Moses passed the ball to G. Logun who in turn gave it to captain Shyam Cariappa and the captain promptly put the ball in the goal. The second success for the railmen came in the 56th minute when Manoj Singh hit the ball following a penalty corner. Again in the 66th minute, S C Railway scored their third goal when Johnson Ekka passed the ball to Paul Moses who in turn put the ball in the goal. The second match between SAIL and TSC was an exciting one as both the teams are on the verge of re-building their sides. Tata boys took an early lead in the 15th minute when Irshad Ali converted the penalty corner. Amaid Khan received the push and passed it to Irshad who didn’t commit any mistake and put the ball in. But SAIL equalised two minutes later when Sarabhjeet Singh (Sr) hit a brilliant reverse hit which stunned TSC goalkeeper and the defenders. After this goal, the match became somewhat slow despite both the teams trying to take lead. CHANDIGARH, Jan 13 — Panjab University girls got the better of Andhra University, Hyderabad, by two games to nil on the opening day of the All-India Inter-University Badminton Championships here today. However, North Zone’s Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, girls surrendered 0-2 to Calicut University in another preliminary round match. In the boys section, Panjab University had to use all their skill and experience before they could get past Madras University, Chennai, by three games to two in a match which went the full distance. In other matches in the boys section, Delhi University beat Andhra University 3-0, while Calicut University had an easy outing against MJP Rohilkhand University, Barielly, winning by three games to nil.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Prof Karan Singh, Dronacharya awardee. The following are the detailed results: Men’s section: Delhi University beat Andhra University 3-0; Mumbai University beat Dibrugarh University 3-1; Nagarjuna University beat C.C.S. University 3-0; Devi Ahilya University beat Calcutta University 3-0; Swami Ram Teerth Marathawada University, Nanded, beat Guru Ghasi Das University, Bilaspur 3-1; Calicut University beat MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, 3-0; Panjab University beat Madras University 3-2; Poona University, Pune, beat Poorvanchal University, Jaunpur, 3-0. Women’s section: Panjab University beat Andhra University 2-0; Devi Ahilya University w/o Jadavpur University, Calcutta; Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, beat Shivaji University, Kolhapur 2-0; Madras University beat Delhi University 2-0; Calicut University beat Guru Nanak Dev University 2-0; Calcutta University beat Nagpur University 2-0; Nagarjuna University beat Punjabi University 2-0. |
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Abhinav shoots
gold NEW DELHI, Jan 13 (UNI) — Olympian Abhinav Bindra made India proud by winning a gold medal as he scored 697.1 out of 700 points in the European Air Rifle Nissan Cup (RIAC)-2001 held in Luxembourg yesterday. Bindra shot 99, 98, 99, 100, 100 and 99 in six rounds to register three points more than Tino Muhaupt, the European champion, who won a silver. Muhaupt had won a gold medal on Thursday in which Bindra had lifted a silver. The bronze went to a shooter from France. For the first time, a shooter from India outclassed the European champion. By scoring 697.1, Bindra also equalled his personal best, achieved at the Munich World Cup last year.
TN topple Punjab KOZHIKODE, Jan 13 (UNI) — Tamil Nadu toppled champions Punjab by three sets to one in the men’s semifinal of the 49th National Volleyball Championship here tonight.
The victors, who were runners-up last year, won the match by 23-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-19. After dropping the closely contested first set 25-24, Tamil Nadu struck brilliant form to outplay the holders in the next three sets. The winners revealed superiority in all departments of the game. Punjab in sharp contrast looked a jaded lot. In the women’s semifinal, holders Railways defeated hosts Kerala in three straight sets 25-22, 25-16, 26-16 in a 52 minute match. |
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