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Capriati completes dream comeback
Doubles
title for Williams sisters Agassi
takes on Clement |
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Anand moves to joint second Aussies humiliate
Windies Pratt takes England to 256 for
4 North reduce East to 370 for
8 Das leads East to 4-wkt
win Assam Rifles boxers win team
championship Abhinav bags 4th
gold in row Events for handicapped
at Kila Raipur Vibhag wins 100m title
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Capriati completes dream comeback MELBOURNE, Jan 27 (Reuters) — Jennifer Capriati’s dreams came true when she stunned Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-3 to win the Australian Open title today and complete one of the most remarkable comebacks in modern tennis. The former teen prodigy, whose career almost ended in the mid-1990s in a much-publicised rebellion against authority, won her first Grand Slam title in a surprisingly one-sided final against the top seed and hot favourite. Capriati raised her arms in triumph after hitting a backhand winner on her first match point and then burst into tears before running to her father and coach Stefano in the stands beside centre court at Melbourne Park. “I can’t believe this is all happening. Who would have thought I would ever have made it here after so much has happened,’’ Capriati said. “Dreams do come true. If you believe in yourself anything can happen,” she said. Capriati, the 1992 Olympic gold medallist, was playing in her first Grand Slam final and won $ 448,470 the biggest pay cheque of her disjointed career. Capriati’s first win over the Swiss in six matches was remarkable for the ease with which she disposed of an out-of-sorts Hingis in just 63 minutes. Hingis was unable to threaten Capriati’s powerful serve and deep groundstrokes in her fifth consecutive appearance in the finals of the season-opening Grand Slam event. “Jennifer was a little bit too much for me today,’’ a disappointed Hingis said afterwards. “It was a great effort. I made it five consecutive years and hopefully I can be back in the future.” It was also only Hingis’s fourth loss in 42 matches in Melbourne stretching back to 1995. The Swiss won the Australian title from 1997-99 before losing to Lindsay Davenport in last year’s final. But against 12th seed Capriati that record came crashing down. The American raced to a 4-0 lead in the first set when she broke a tentative Hingis’s first two service games. She sealed the first set in only 31 minutes, her heavy and accurate groundstrokes keeping the world No 1 running to all corners of the court. Capriati served for the set in the eighth game only to drop her serve for the first and only time. She also held two set points on Hingis’s serve in the ninth game but was unable to convert them. Capriati then held her nerve to serve out the set in the 10th game on her third set point. Hingis, by contrast, started slowly and littered her play with unforced errors. The fifth game of the second set signalled the end for Hingis as Capriati raced to three break points at 0-40. On the second point of the game, a Capriati backhand which was called out by the linesman was overruled and called in by Australian chair umpire John Blom. The over-rule clearly unsettled Hingis, who complained and then served a double-fault to hand Capriati the vital break two points later. Hingis slumped in her chair after the game and continued to grumble about the call before covering her face with her hand. The win means Capriati will now rise to No 7 in the world rankings, her first time in the top 10 since January 1994 — just months before her career went off the rails. The list of Capriati’s early achievements is long and well-known. In 1990 at the age of 14 she became the youngest Grand Slam semifinalist in history when she reached the last four at the French Open and went on to become the youngest seed in Grand Slam history at Wimbledon the same year. The fall was equally precipitous as her teenage rebellion against authority brought arrests and embarrassing police mugshots after minor drugs and shoplifting charges. Todd Woodbridge and Jonas Bjorkman beat Zimbabwean Wayne Black and his German partner David Prinosil 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to win the doubles final. Woodbridge had won 11 major doubles honours as half of the most successful doubles partnership in Open tennis history, alongside fellow Australian Mark
Woodforde. But this was his first with a new partner after Woodforde retired last year. |
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Doubles title for Williams sisters MELBOURNE, Jan 27 (AFP) — Venus and Serena Williams yesterday achieved what few other doubles combinations have managed -winning all the four Grand Slams. The American duo’s 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win over seventh seeds Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu in the Australian Open final gave them doubles crowns in all four major championships. They won Wimbledon last year and the US and French Opens in 1999. Their triumph was all the more impressive given that they were a wildcard entry after playing only three tournaments last year -Wimbledon, the US Open and the Sydney Olympics. “We were just happy to be in the draw,” said Venus. “We love playing with each other, I cannot imagine playing with anyone else.” Their victory meant Davenport was denied the doubles title for the fifth time in six years. She was also a losing finalist with Mary Joe Fernandez, Lisa Raymond and Natasha Zvereva from 1996-98. “We’ve had a great two weeks and I’m very proud of the way we have played, but congratulations to Serena and Venus,” said Davenport.
Serena said the turning point came after the sisters trailed 1-3 in the third set. |
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Agassi takes on Clement MELBOURNE, Jan 27 (Reuters) — Flamboyant defending champion Andre Agassi takes on French journeyman Arnaud Clement in a clash of styles and cultures in tomorrow’s Australian Open final. It shapes as a battle between one of the giants of the sport and a talented, if relatively little-known, opponent who has carved his own slice of history with his unlikely charge through the season-opening Grand Slam. The 30-year-old Agassi has collected six Grand Slam crowns during a glittering career in which he has stockpiled 45 tournament titles and more than $ 21 million in prize money alone. Clement, the 23-year-old 15th seed, wears low prescription glasses and is known more for his speed around the court and never-say-die attitude than any on-court achievements. He won his first career ATP title at Lyon last November, after making his first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the US Open, and has earned just over $1.3 million in prize money since turning professional in 1996. The Frenchman will face a mighty task in his first Grand Slam final but has split his four matches with the sixth-seeded Agassi and has won their last two clashes. He beat the American in the fourth round of last year’s US Open and in the semifinals at Lyon, although Agassi was forced to retire from that match with a hip injury. If any further proof was needed that Clement is not fazed by big names and big occasions, he showed it when he upset last year’s runner-up Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the quarterfinal here. “It depends how fit Andre really is himself. As far as I’m concerned, I’m fairly confident against him,” Clement said after staging ‘’a small miracle’’ to beat friend and doubles partner Sebastien Grosjean in a four-hour semifinal on Friday. The victory, in which the plucky righthander came back from two sets and a break down and also saved two match points in the third set, made him the first Frenchman to reach an Australian Open final since Jean Borotra, one of the legendary Musketeers of French tennis, won the title in 1928. He is also the first Frenchman to appear in a Grand Slam final since Cedric Pioline at Wimbledon in 1997, while the last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam singles title was Yannick Noah at the 1983 French Open. His marathon match against Grosjean and a sore left thigh which required strapping in his matches against Kafelnikov and Grosjean will not help his claims in Sunday’s final. Agassi has arrived in Australia in the sort of dominating form that carried him to three Grand Slam titles in four starts, culminating with his victory here last year. Agassi has dropped just three sets in his six matches leading up to the final. But he benefitted when Germany’s David Prinosil was forced to quit their third round match with heat exhaustion and then Rafter was left struggling with cramps in their eagerly-awaited semifinal. |
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WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan 27 (UNI) — A second successive win for Viswanathan Anand brought in a lot of smiles in the Indian camp, even as the world champion said, “It feels good to have one more win in the bag.” The win with black pieces in the 12th round of the Corus 2001 International Grandmasters Chess Tournament, over the tiring Dutch hero Jan Timman, who lost his third game in a row, took Anand’s tally to a healthy 7.5 points and a joint second position with Vladimir Kramnik, the other world champion. This was Anand’s third win, the first having come over Sergei Tiviakov in the second round and the second over Jeroen Piket in the 11th round. So that makes Anand three out of three against the Dutch. Meanwhile, Garry Kasparov with an interesting draw against Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands ensured that he would at least tie for first. Kasparov now has 8.5 points and later in the evening Vladimir Kramnik roared back into contention as he defeated Alexei Shirov in a hard-fought game. Kramnik also has 7.5 as Anand and these two world champions could theoretically catch up with Kasparov. For that Kasparov must lose his last game against Michael Adams. Anand plays Loek Van Wely, while Kramnik meets Piket. Those pairings could produce wins for Anand and Kramnik, who have a good record against their 13th round rivals. But all Kasparov needs against Adams to complete his hat-trick at Wijk Aan Zee is a draw in his last round. But this time his title triumph is certainly not as authoritative as it was last year. Talking of his win, Anand emphasised once more, “Even during the sequence of draws, I always felt there was no need to panic because I was playing all the strong players early in the tournament. You can only wait for the wins to come.” Meanwhile, Pentyala Harikrishna and Teimour Radjabov, the two teenaged attractions of Group B in the Corus 2001 International Grandmasters Chess Tournament, drew in just 10 moves to take one more step in the direction of making Grandmasters title in their career. Both youngsters, who are special invitees here, have in that sense justified the faith reposed in them by the organisers by getting to six points from nine rounds. Harikrishna is on his way to becoming India’s youngest GM and breaking Viswanathan Anand’s record. In 1987, Anand was just past his 18th birthday when he achieved the honour, while Harikrishna is still only 14 and already has two GM norms.
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Aussies humiliate Windies ADELAIDE, Jan 27 (AFP) — Australia crushed the West Indies by 10 wickets in a tri-nations series one-day cricket match at Adelaide Oval here yesterday. The hosts’ dominance was so complete that a capacity crowd of almost 28,000 went home after only four hours of lop-sided play as Australia recorded their fifth straight win in the contest and moved a step closer to an amazing undefeated summer in all matches. Opting to bat first, the Windies collapsed once more to be all out for 123 on an excellent wicket in 35.1 of their allot-ted 50 overs. Australia’s second-string openers Damien Martyn and Darren Lehmann peeled off 124 for no loss in 22.5 overs in which they were seldom bothered by the Windies’ attack. Martyn, a little right-hander, slammed an unbeaten 69, embellished with nine boundaries, from 80 balls. Big left-hander Lehmann whacked a round 50 from 58 balls, peppering his home ground boundary with four fours. Australian captain Steve Waugh was delighted Martyn had succeeded when given the opportunity to shape up against the new ball. “He is a class act and he is going to score many more runs for Australia,” he said. The two Australian batsmen needed a mere 91 minutes in the middle to overhaul their opponents’ puny total grafted in 158 minutes for the loss of all 10 wickets. Such is the gap between the sides in the limited-overs format, as well as in the Test arena, in which Australia romped to a 5-0 whitewash - the first in the history of Australia-Windies tests. It was the first time Australia has scored a 10-wicket win in one-day internationals. Despite their woeful performance, the Windies are still well in the running to clash with Australia in the best-of-three finals in the competition early February. They have two wins - compared with the one achieved by Zimbabwe - and will line up in the showdown for the final unless Zimbabwe can creep past them in the remaining four qualifying games. Zimbabwe will play in all of them - against Australia in Sydney on Sunday, Australia in Hobart on Tuesday, West Indies in Perth on Friday and Australia in Perth on February 4. The result of yesterday’s game was never in doubt after the Windies were reduced to 10 for four in the sixth over. SCOREBOARD West Indies Jacobs b Lee 2 Ganga c Warne b Fleming 0 Samuels c Gilchrist b Fleming 4 Lara lbw Lee 0 Adams lbw Lee 4 Powell b Harvey 16 Joseph lbw Warne 11 Nagamootoo c Gilchrist b Lee 20 McLean not out 24 Black lbw Fleming 4 Cuffy lbw Harvey 13 Extras (b-2 lb-9 w-8 nb-6) 25 Total (all out, 35.1 overs) 123 Fall of wickets: 1/0, 2/6, 3/6, 4/10, 5/32, 6/41, 7/65, 8/75, 9/82 Bowling: Lee 10-3-33-4 (nb-3, w-3), Fleming 10-2-32-3 (nb-2, w-1), Harvey 7.1-3-11-2, Warne 8-1-36-1 (nb-1, w-4). Australia Lehmann not out 50 Martyn not out 69 Extras (b-1, w-3, nb-1) 5 Total (no wickets, 22.5 overs) 124 Bowling: A McLean 5-0-31-0, C Cuffy 7-0-35-0, M Black 4-0-19-0, M Samuels 2-0-9-0, M Nagamootoo 4.5-0-29-0. |
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Pratt takes England to 256 for 4 HYDERABAD, Jan 27 (PTI) — Propelled by an elegant unbeaten knock of 114 by Gary Pratt, England piled up 256 for four on the opening day of the third and final under-19 cricket Test against India at Lal Bahadur Staduim here today. Joining skipper Ian Bell after the openers were dimissed by Amit Mishra for 66, Pratt dominated the day’s proceedings and registered a 102-run partnership for the third wicket. Pratt toyed with the Indian bowlers during his unfinished essay of 114 runs of 194 balls in 270 minute stay at the wicket. He scored runs with a flourish, lofting spinner Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan over long on and punished Mishra with a second six over long off. Pratt, who scored 28 and 66 in the first Test at Mumbai, compiled his 114 with the help of 13 fours scored all around the wicket. Playing the role of anchor, skipper Bell rotated the strike back to in-form Pratt wherever possible, and in the process scored 46 off 132 balls including six fours before being traped leg before wicket by Dharmichand at the fag end of the day. Pratt and J. Bishop (1) were at the crease at close. After England elected to bat, opening pair John Sadlar (22) and Nickey Peng (24) negotiated the meduim pacers with ease, but both fell to Mishra with the score reading 66. For India, Mishra claimed two for 75 while Nitin Aggarwal and Dharmichand picked up one wicket each. Scoreboard: England (Ist innings): John Sadler c Ratra b Mishra 22, Nick Peng c Ishan b Mishra 24, Ian Bell lbw b Dharmichand 46, Garry Pratt batting 114, Gordon Muchall c Ishan b Agrawal 36, Justin Bishop batting 01. Extras: (lb-4, nbs-9) 13 Total: (for 4 wkts in 94 overs) 256 Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-66, 3-168, 4-249. Bowling Analysis:
Maninder Singh 11-4-20-0, Nitin Aggrawal 10-3-35-1, Vidyuth Shivramakrishnan 30-8-80-0, Amit Mishra 23-4-75-2, Dharmichand 18-8-36-1, Ishan Gandaa 2-1-6-0. |
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North reduce East to 370 for
8 NEW DELHI, Jan 27 — Defending champions North Zone put themselves in an unassailable position when they reduced Central Zone to 370 for eight in their first innings, on day three of the Duleep Trophy Cricket Championship league match, at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here today. East Zone, who beat South Zone at
Agartala, have given North Zone the star turn as North are assured of the title, regardless of the final outcome of the dead tie. Given a choice, North would have preferred to wrap up the match with an outright victory, but Central Zone, resuming at 81 for one, effectively stonewalled the efforts of the North bowlers, though they lost wickets at some intervals, for their first innings to meander along slowly, but surely. A couple of spilled and missed chances helped Central post 370 for eight, off 103 overs in 439 minutes’ of batting at close, chasing the hosts’ mammoth first innings total of 690 for eight declared. At draw of stumps, Yere Goud was batting on 67 (205 min, 160b, 10x4) and Murali Kartik was unbeaten on 3 (25m, 17) as the placid track aided the batsmen to go for their strokes, in an unhurried fashion. Perhaps, the day’s script would have been slightly different had Jai Prakash Yadav not been dropped by Virender Sehwag at gully off Surinder Singh, when the batsman was on 43. He went on to make 78 and when his wicket fell, Central had made 197 for three. And then Murali Kartik was not taken by Harbhajan Singh at mid-off, off Rahul Sanghvi, the very next ball after Sanghvi had trapped Abhay Sharma leg before wicket for 14 (43m, 40b, 1x6) in the 99th over. Murali and Yere Goud added 12 more runs in the remaining 16 balls to stay
unseparated, at close. North Zone, who were 391 for four on the first day, added 299 more runs yesterday, thanks to a double century by Dinesh Mongia and a hard-hitting 137 by Ritender Singh Sodhi, before skipper Vikram Rathore applied the closure at 690 for eight. Central had lost the wicket of Amit Pagnis for eight, as they made 81 for one at close in 13 overs of batting yesterday. Jai Prakash Yadav, resuming at 23, and captain Amay
Khuraisya, who was unbeaten on 45, added 78 runs for the second wicket today, before Khuraisya fell, caught by Dinesh Mongia at long-on off Harbhajan Singh for 51 (58m, 36b, 9x4, 1x6). Though off-spinner Harbhajan took two wickets, he proved very costly as he was hit for 123 runs in his 30 overs spell. Left-arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi was the one who really teased and troubled the batsmen with his good line and length but the wicket was so heart-breaking that even Sanghvi could not taste the sort of success his controlled spells deserved to fetch him. Yet, his final analysis of 25-9-47-4 spoke a lot about his tenacious bowling. Yadav was involved in yet another fruitful
pertnership, this time with Mohd Kaif, as the pair added 103 runs for the third wicket, before Yadav himself fell, caught by Surinder Singh at widish midwicket, off Sanghvi for 78 (198m, 107b, 12x4, 1x6) five overs before lunch. Between lunch and tea, Central lost three more
wickets-Mohd Kaif, Raja Ali and Devender Bundela-for the addition of 81 runs, and after that there was quite some lull, before Sewagh trapped Rahul
Kanwat, and Sanghvi removed Abhay Sharma. But Yere Goud kept one end boiling with his blemishless batting, to make the North bowlers do some hard, and not much rewarding,
toiling. Kaif displayed his repertoire of strokes with a well-crafted 61 with six fours and two huge sixes, both off Harbhajan Singh over the mid-wicket boundary, before he fell to Sanghvi in the fifth over after lunch, caught by Mongia at mid-on. He batted for 149 minutes and faced 139 balls. Scoreboard: North Zone
(Ist innings): 690 for 8 decl. Central Zone (Ist innings): Jai Prakash Yadav c Surinder Singh b Rahul Sanghvi 78, Amit Pagnis c Vijay Dahiya b Surinder Singh 8, Amay Khuraisya c Dinesh Mongia v Harbhajan Singh 51, Mohd Kaif c Mongia b Sanghvi 61, Raja Ali c Rajiv Nayyar b Sanghvi 29, Yere Goud batting 67, Devender Bundela b Harbhajan Singh 11, Rahul Kanwat lbw Sehwag 17, Abhay Sharma lbw Sanghvi 14, Murali Kartik batting 3. Extras:
31 (6b, 4 lb, 21nb). Total: 370/8 in 103m off 439b. Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-94, 3-197, 4-227, 5-253, 6-288, 7-319, 8-358. Bowling: Ashish Nehra 20-1-84-0, Surinder Singh 11-3-52-1, Harbhajan Singh 30-2-123-2, Rahul Sanghvi 25-9-47-4, Ritender Singh Sodhi 4-1-17-0, Virender Sehwag 11-3-36-1, Yuvraj Singh 2-1-1-0. |
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Das leads East to 4-wkt win AGARTALA, Jan 27 (PTI) — East Zone rode on a composed 79 by skipper Shiv Sundar Das to carve out a four-wicket victory on a treacherous track over fancied South Zone in their Duleep Trophy match at the MBB Stadium here today. Requiring 96 runs for an outright victory, East Zone lost four more wickets before reaching the target in the first over after lunch on the third day. They scored 170 for six in their second innings. Resuming at the overnight score of 71 for two, East lost the wickets of Sanjay Raul (18) and the in-form Rohan Gavaskar (1) in quick succession raising fears of a collapse as they were left struggling at 77 for four at one stage. Scoreboard South Zone (1st innings): 113. East Zone (1st innings): 124. South Zone (2nd innings): V.V.S. Lakshman c Jafri b Singh 40, S Sriram lbw b Mohanty 14, R Dravid lbw b Singh 66, N Kishore c Jafri b Mohanty 18, B Varadwaj lbw b Mohanty 1,T Naidu lbw b Singh 8, Sunil Joshi lbw b Mohanty 4, A. Kapoor c D. Gupta b Singh 2, J. Srinath c and b Singh 0, B Rao not out 12, V. Prasad c J. Jaman b Singh 4, Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-2) 8 Total (all out, 57.5 overs) 177 Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-42, 3-109, 4-113, 5-122, 6-129, 7-138, 8-138, 9-173. Bowling: Mohanty 16-2-45-4, S Singh 14.5-2-57-6, U. Chatterji 16-5-33-0, J. Jaman 10-3-23-0, P. Jaychandra 1-1-13-0. East Zone (2nd innings): P. Jaychandra b Prasad 3, R.R. Parida b Srinath 0, S.S. Das c Laxman b Joshi 79, S. Rawal lbw b Prasad 18, R. Gavaskar c Varadwaj b Srinath 1, J. Zafri lbw b Prasad 1, D. Dasgupta not out 32, S. Singh not out 22 Extras (b-7, lb-3, nb-4, w-0) 14 Total (for 6 wickets in 70.4 overs) 170 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-8, 3-76, 4-77, 5-78, 6-124. Bowling: J. Srinath 18.4-3-58-2; S. Joshi 17-8-22-1; A. Kapoor 9-3-16-0; B Varadwaj 3-0-10-0; V. Prasad 20-3-44-3; B Rao 3-0-10-0. |
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Assam Rifles boxers win team
championship CHANDIGARH, Jan 27 — Assam Rifles boxers (30 points) won the team championship, while Haryana (24 points) emerged runners-up in the All-India A.K. Memorial Boxing championship which concluded at the Sector 10 Skating Rink here today. BSF boxers, who bagged 17 points, finished third. Some of the final bouts played today were quite engrossing which kept boxing enthusiasts, who turned up in larger number, glued to their seats. Heavy weight fight had B. Sreekanth of Andhra pitted against Neeraj Baniwal of Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi. After a lacklustre first round Neeraj gained an upper hand connecting a couple of blows in the second round. Next, Neeraj jolted his rival with a piercing right. The Delhi boxer just toyed with Sreekanth in the final round with unerring left punches which landed right on target to emerge a clear champion. The super heavy bout between Sandeep Kumar of Delhi and Mohinder Preet of IG Stadium proved a damp squib. The referee had to halt the fight before the completion of the first round as Mohinder Preet suffered an injury in the nose which started bleeding profusely and Sandeep was declared champion. In, perhaps the best bout and the only knock-out of the day, Laishram Bikramjit, the 21-year-old Manipur boxer playing for Border Security Force, impressed with his agility and skill in the ring in the feather weight section. The promising Laishram, who trains at the BSF training centre, New Delhi, under S.S. Sangwan, former Haryana boxer, and graduated to the senior level in 1991, gave a good account of himself when in the second round when he landed an unnerving right on the chin of N. Rocky Meeti of Assam Rifles to record a knock-out win. Rocky had to his credit a couple of good wins earlier in the championship. Praveen Sharma of Haryana gave a superb display against Brijesh Kumar of Uttaranchal in the welter weight contest. Brijesh looked clumsy initially but later opened up with a barrage of punches but Praveen, who defended well, remained unscathed. The diminutive Praveen gave full vent to his fury in the third round making Brijesh take a lot of solid punches, earning a favourable verdict. Subodh Kumar, also of Haryana, was the other boxer to impress against Sukhwinder of the SRC. Sukhwinder had to withstand punishment as a result of Subodh’s left jab which invariably was on target. In the next round again Subodh followed a left by a combination of left and right blows and the fight had to be stopped as Sukhwinder sustained minor injury above his left eye. Raj Kumar of BSF largely remained subdued throughout the contest in light heavy weight bout against Harjinder Singh of Sikh Regiment Centre. Harjinder had the better of the exchanges to emerge a deserving winner. Hemant Kumar, the lone boxer from Punjab to figure in the bouts played today, put up a gallant fight against Shamsher Singh of Haryana, who was adjudged a winner. Saranjit of Assam Rifles unleashed a searing left sending Joginder Singh reeling to the ground in light welter weight bout. Saranjit was again all over Joginder as soon as the bout restarted only to halt immediately as the latter was at the receiving end one again as Assam Rifles boxer forced a verdict in his favour. Results (all finals): Light fly weight: Akhil Kumar (Har) loses to Ashwani Sharma ( Chd-Y) on points. Fly weight: D. Kannan (AP) b S.K. Thapa (AR) on points. Bantam weight: Puran Rawat (AR) b Ksh Kingson Singh (BSF) on points. Feather weight: Laishram Bikramjit (BSF) b N. Rocky Meeti (AR) KO IInd. Light weight:
Saranjit (AR) b Joginder Singh (SRC) retd 1st. Light welter weight: Sukhwinder Singh (SRC) loses to Subodh Kumar (Har) RSC (I) IIIrd. Welter weight:
Parveen Sharma (Har) b Brijesh Kumar (UA) RSC OC IIIrd. Light middle weight:
Rajesh Kumar (IGS) b G S Chauhan (AR) on points. Middle weight: Shamsher Singh (Har) b Hemant Kumar (Pb) on points. Light heavy weight: Raj Kumar (BSF) loses to Harjinder Singh (SRC) on points. Heavy weight:
B. Sreekanth Reddy (AP) loses to Neeraj Baniwal (IGS) on points. Super heavy weight:
Sandeep Kumar (Del) b Mohinder Preet (IGS) RSC (I) 1st. |
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Abhinav bags 4th
gold in row CHANDIGARH, Jan 27 — Olympian Abhinav Bindra on Friday proved his supremacy in a closely-contested match at the on-going European Rifle Circuit Championship in Munich when he shot a score of 591 and was trailing behind former European champion Toni Mahaupt, who shot a score of 592, and Kiev of the Czech Republic, who shot a score of 590. In the final shoot-out Abhinav shot 101.3 with a last shot of a perfect 10.9 and was ahead of Mahaupt of Germany by a very close score, who shot 100.2 while the Czech shooter shot 100.7. Abhinav won his fourth-successive gold at the International Air Rifle Shooting Competition being held in Munich. Abhinav has shot four gold and one silver in a 15-series rifle-shooting matches which form the circuit and becomes the first shooter in the world to win so many gold medals in the European circuit successively. |
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Events for handicapped
at Kila Raipur CHANDIGARH, Jan 27 — The organisers of the Kila Raipur Rural Sports Festival have added another feather to their cap by deciding to include events for special athletes during their 67th festival to be held at Kila Raipur from February 2 to 4. According to Mr Sukhvir Singh Grewal, chief organiser of the event, the special athletes — deaf and dumb children — would participate in various competitions being organised for the first time for them in this traditional rural sports festival, popular the world over as mini Rural Olympics. Besides, competitions for physically handicapped participants would also be organised this time. Mr Grewal said that there is a lot of enthusiasm about the meet this time being held after a gap of two years. A blend of traditional and modern games, the festival attracts both print and electronic media from all over the world. Declared a National Festival by the Union Ministry of Tourism, the festival also gets overseas participants from Canada, the USA and England as kabaddi teams of expatriates from these nations besides that of Pakistan are expected to display their prowesses this time. Traditional events like bullock cart races, camel races, tug of war, sack lifting, equestrian events, including tent pegging, would be the major attractions of the festival. Modern sporting events like track and field, hockey for Bhagwant Gold Cup and juniors hockey would be organised. |
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Vibhag wins 100m title PATIALA, Jan 27 — Vibhag Sharma defeated Tapanjot Singh to win the 100 m race in the boys under-10 category in the 4th Annual State Bank of Patiala Sports Meet being held at the Physical College of Education grounds here today. In the men's doubles carom event Mangat Sharma and Ashok Sharma will take on Harjit Singh and G.P.S Madhok in the first semi-final, while Kamal Kumar and Rakesh will take on Pushpinder Kumar and Sarabjit Gill in the second semi-final. Other results: boys: 100 m (under-10) — Vibhag Sharma -1, Tapanjot Singh -2, Ashu Bansal -3. girls: 100 m (under-10) — Aditi Sharma-1, Nansi Gupta -2, Sughandha -3. Boys: 100 m (10-13 years) — Aabhas-1, Raman-2, Mayank Gupta-3. girls: 100 m (10-13 years) — Shubra-1, Sargun -2 , Ritika-3. Boys: 100 m (13-16 years) — Jagjeet Singh-1, Ramanpreet-2, Abhishek-3. girls: 100 m (13-16 years) — Preeti Arora-1, Neha Gohal-2, Aman Sharma-3. Badminton (women): Manju Sharma-1, Manjit Kaur-2, Sudha Nehra -3. Carom (women singles): Neelima-1, Sunita Bhatia -2, Suneeta Singla-3. Earlier, the three-day meet was inaugurated by Mr Amitabha Guha, Chief General Manager of the bank, who played an exhibition table tennis match after hoisting the flag. Basketball championship The Patiala District Basketball Championships will be held at the public college grounds at Samana, near here, on February 3 and 4. The two-day meet will be organised by the Samana Sports Association. Entries can be given to Mr Parmod Kumar, Principal, Senior Secondary School, Samana, or to Mr Onkar Singh, general secretary, Samana Sports Association, at the venue of the meet, till February 2. |
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