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Probe against Sachin, Gavaskar ruled out
India, England colts
settle for draw Zimbabwe go down to
Aussies Pressure on Kiwi bowlers:
Fleming Testud, Raymond off to flying
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Cronje named SA’s
‘newsmaker of year’ Selectors gave weightage to current
form Perseverence pays off for Dinesh
Mongia 3 UT tennis players
in last eight Punjab veterans
TT at Patiala from Feb 2 Good response to horse show BPGC Open from today
RCF scrape past SN College
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Probe against Sachin,
Gavaskar ruled out
BANGALORE, Jan 30 (PTI) — The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today ruled out any inquiry against Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar on the basis of allegations made by Mohammed Azharuddin against them. The BCCI President Mr A.C. Muthaiah, said here: “They (Azhar’s allegations) are not in the CBI report. There were no complaints officially made to us. I don’t think we will have such an inquiry now”. Azhar had in a recent interview to ‘Outlook’ magazine said cricketers from Mumbai were able to get away with their wrong doing without being “investigated properly”. “Nobody talks of the Rs 70 lakh in cash found in Gavaskar’s Gymkhana locker,” Azharuddin had said. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today defended its action against former Indian skipper Mohammed Azharuddin and said it would fight out the case filed by him against it in the court. “We will answer it (the allegations levelled by Azharuddin) in court. We will defend it (BCCI’s actions),” BCCI President A.C. Muthiah told reporters here. Azharuddin had yesterday moved a city civil court in Hyderabad, challenging the life ban imposed on him by the board and contending that appointment of former CBI Joint Director K. Madhavan as enquiry commissioner was not in accordance with the BCCI rules. Defending Mr Madhavan’s appointment, Mr Muthiah said the BCCI believed that it made the correct decision following the right procedure, and would defend it in court. BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele, who spoke to the press separately, denied allegations pertaining to Mr Madhavan’s appointment, saying the decision was taken unanimously at the general body meeting of the BCCI. Referring to Azharuddin’s charges against the BCCI , Mr Lele said “it was his (Azharuddin’s) views and opinion.” On Azharuddin accusing Mr Muthiah of having personal grudge against him, Mr Muthiah said he had no personal grudge against anybody. Mr Muthiah, who has been named one of the respondents by Azharuddin in the writ petition, said the BCCI was yet to receive any official communication regarding the case and was waiting for it. On the Hyderabadi batsman’s charge that the probe against him was not fair and transparent, Mr Muthiah said: “he (Azharuddin) might say what he wants to say. We will answer it in court. He is at liberty to go to court. He has gone to court as a citizen of this country.” HYDERABAD: A city court today issued urgent notices to the BCCI, its President, Dr A.C. Muthaiah, and the former CBI Joint Director, Mr K. Madhavan, to file their counter-affidavits by February 14, on a petition of former captain Mohammed Azharuddin challenging the life ban on him in the match-fixing case. Judge J. Shyamsundar Rao issued notices to the three respondents on the plea made by T. Jadish, advocate of Azharuddin, who moved the court yesterday challenging the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI contending that the appointment of Mr Madhavan as inquiry commissioner was not in accordance with the BCCI rules. |
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India, England colts settle for draw HYDERABAD, Jan 30 (UNI) — India colts won their three-Test series 1-0 against England when they drew the final match of the under-19 cricket series at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here today. England, resuming their overnight score of 58 for no loss, declared their second innings for 278 for eight in the 18th mandatory over. At this skippers of both sides agreed to wind up the match, and umpires V.K. Ramaswamy and O. Krishna called off the Test. India had won the first Test with a big margin at Mumbai, while the second at Chennai ended in a draw. Indian coach Roger Binny said positive cricket helped his team bag the series but appreciated the performance of the rival squad as well. “We are now looking forward for the one-day matches,” he added. Binny was all praise for spinners Dharmichand, Amit Mishra and Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan. “They are good prospects for India.” About fielding, the coach said it was one department that needed improvement. “We will stress more on fitness as more onedayers are being played now a days,” he pointed out. Zimbabwe go down to Aussies HOBART, Jan 30 (AFP) — All-conquering Australia beat Zimbabwe by six wickets in a record-breaking run-spree by both teams in a tri-nations series one-day cricket clash at Bellerive Oval here today. Zimbabwe, sent in when Australian captain Steve Waugh won the toss, amassed 279 for six from their full quota of 50 overs — their highest-ever total against Australia. But the home team, faced with their biggest challenge of the series, treated the opposition with near-contempt as they cruised to victory with six overs to spare in making 282 for four — their highest successful run chase on home territory. It was the seventh win in a row in this competition by the seemingly invincible Australians. Zimbabwe, on the other hand, still have only one win from six outings and are now in serious danger of missing a place in next months’s best of three finals of the $ 120,000 competition. Their last chance will come Friday when they meet the West Indies in a crucial day-night battle royal at the WACA Ground in Perth. SCOREBOARD Zimbabwe: Campbell st Haddin b Warne 124 G. Whittall run out 36 Carlisle c Symonds b Martyn 36 A. Flower c Martyn b Warne 51 Streak not out 10 G. Flower b McGrath 3 Viljoen b McGrath 1 Extras
(lb6, w8, nb4) 18 Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 279 Fall of wickets:
1-94, 2-164, 3-265, 4-266, 5-269, 6-279. Bowling: McGrath 10-1-43-2, Fleming 10-0-46-0, Harvey 10-1-54-0, Warne 9-0-51-2, Symonds 7-0-51-0, Martyn 4-0-28-1. Australia: Symonds c Viljoen b Murphy 60 M. Waugh not out 100 Ponting c Mackay b Nkala 6 S. Waugh lbw b Murphy 81 Haddin c Whittall b Murphy 13 Harvey not out 13 Extras
(3b, 1lb, 3w, 2nb) 9 Total (for four wickets, 44 overs) 282 Fall of wickets: 1-89, 2-114, 3-234, 4-258. Bowling: Streak 10-0-49-0, B. Strang 6-0-42-0, Nkala 5-0-33-1, Mackay 4-0-33-0, B, Murphy 10-0-52-3, Viljoen, 4-0-28-0, G. Whittall 5-0-41-0. |
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Pressure on Kiwi bowlers: Fleming NAPIER (New Zealand), Jan 30 (AP) — The pressure will be on New Zealand’s bowlers in the first of five limited-overs cricket matches with Sri Lanka, home side captain Stephen Fleming said today. “Bowling at the death is a concern - we’ve attempted to tidy it up,” said Fleming of the time between the 1-2 series loss to Zimbabwe and the arrival of the 1996 world champions. The first match is to be played tomorrow at McLean Park. With the pace attack missing Chris Cairns, Dion Nash and Geoff Allott, the inexperienced duo of Chris Martin and Andrew Penn are likely to be initially trusted with keeping the runs in check at the tail end of the innings. “They’re dangerous when they’re hot but they can be below par when they’re not,” Fleming said of the Sri Lankan batsmen. “We have to create some pressure on them here.” It promises to be an acid test for Martin and Penn against some of the hardest hitters in the game. Martin has played just one match against Zimbabwe where he conceded 7.57 runs per over while the injury-dogged Penn should play his fifth match since his debut against Sri Lanka in 1996-97. The injury cloud lifted over Sri Lankan pace bowler Chaminda Vaas and prolific offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan today. Both took part in a practice session, with Muralitharan looking particularly ominous. Coach Dave Whatmore said he would be surprised if both players did not line up tomorrow. Medium pacer Indika Gallage was expected to arrive late today as a replacement for Kaushalya Weeraratne who is homeward bound after breaking a finger in the tour opener on Sunday.
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Testud, Raymond off to flying start TOKYO, Jan 30 (AFP) — Sandrine Testud got off to a flying start towards repeating her excellent performance last year here as she knocked Kristina Brandi out of Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament today. The French fifth seed, losing finalist to world No 1 one Martina Hingis of Switzerland last year, needed just one hour to pull off a 6-0, 6-4 win over the 42nd-ranked American. “I’m really enjoying this tournament, to be in Japan, in Tokyo, except that it was snowing the first day that I arrived. It’s a big difference coming from Australia,” said Testud, ranked 15th. “But I really like the court here, I have a very good memory, of course, of last year, and hopefully I’m gonna do as well as I did last year.” Seventh seed Lisa Raymond was an easy 6-1, 6-4 winner over fellow American Lilia Osterloh, while Tatiana Panova of Russia brushed aside Tathiana Garbin of Italy 6-3, 6-1. Cara Black of Zimbabwe was made to struggle before narrowly surviving a 140-minute battle against upcoming Daja Bedanova of the Czech Republic for 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/3) victory. Earlier in the day, Shinobu Asagoe of Japan posted a 6-2, 6-4 win to gain sweet revenge for her loss to Canadas Sonya Jeyaseelan who stopped Asagoe making the main draw at the Australian Open last season. Everything went smoothly with Testud, finalist at Canberra earlier this month, in the first five games, during which Brandi took only six points — five of them given by errors off the French woman. Testud found her way tougher soon afterwards and had to recover from a 0-3 down in the second set before breaking back in the fifth game, thanks to Brandi’s double fault on an advantage point. A disappointed Brandi lost her serve again at love in the seventh game, allowing Testud to regain the momentum as the French woman stormed back from a triple break point at 0-40 to serve out for the match. “I had more tough time in the second set, because I won the first set pretty easily, I was playing well, I didn’t make many mistakes, and I was controlling the game very good,” said Testud. “I just lost my concentration a little bit in the second set and she came back in the match and she had some good winners, and I made a few mistakes. “But it’s the first match on this surface, it’s never easy, so I’m pretty happy about the match today,” added Testud, who was drawn in the same quarter with Hingis. Hingis and other top three seeds — American Lindsay Davenport, Anna Kournikova of Russia and Amanda Coetzer — received first round byes. MILAN (Reuters): British No 2 Greg Rusedski has got through the first round of the Milan Indoor Tennis Tournament dispatching Italian No 1 Gianluca Pozzi 6-1, 7-5. After an easy first set on Monday, Rusedski had to work harder in the second and won the decisive break in the 11th game. Cronje named SA’s
‘newsmaker of year’ CAPE TOWN, Jan 30 (Reuters) — Disgraced former South African, cricket captain Hansie Cronje has been voted ‘newsmaker of the year’ 2000 by the Pretoria Press Club. The award is to be shared with members of the South African Air Force who were involved in flood rescue operations in Mozambique. Chairman of the Pretoria Press Club, Yusuf Abramjee, said the award was in recognition of the amount of space and time Cronje’s involvement in match-fixing had occupied in the South African media last year. “This is a news award, not a merit award, and we’ve made that point very clear,” Mr Abramjee said. Cronje has been banned for life by the United Cricket Board of South Africa following his admission last June that he took up to $ 100,000 from illegal bookmakers in return for agreeing to influence matches. |
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Selectors gave weightage to current
form CHANDIGARH, Jan 30 — The decision of the national selectors of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to drop Punjab’s Yuvraj Singh from the list of 25 probables selected for the conditioning camp in preparation of the home series against Australia must have been taken with a very heavy heart. Touted as one of the best Indian players of contemporary times, Yuvraj made a sensational debut in the ICC Knock-out Tournament at Nairobi last year with some brilliant batting against the likes of teams of Australia, but has struggled with his form since then. In the home series against Zimbabwe he was not considered for both Tests and totalled just 62 runs from four innings at an average of 15.50 in the one-dayers with the knock of 29 in the last match at Rajkot as his highest score of the series. He did get a century (130) in the last Duleep Trophy match he played at Delhi recently, but probably this effort was simply not enough. In the domestic season this year, Yuvraj played just one Ranji Trophy match for Punjab. However, he turned out for all four Duleep Trophy matches for North Zone where he scored a total of 346 runs at an average of 57.66 with 130 against Central Zone as his highest score. And to add to Punjab’s woes is the fact that Patiala-based all-rounder Reetinder Sodhi has also failed to get a look-in in the list of 25. Reetinder too has impressed in the limited opportunities he has got and by keeping him out of even the conditioning camp can only harm his self-confidence. Reetinder played in three Duleep Trophy matches this season where he totalled only 182 at an average of 36.40, poor by his own standards. His highest score this season in Duleep Trophy has been 137 but that effort was simply not enough to get him a place in the Chennai camp. But the fact remains that the national selectors have given a lot of weightage to the current form of the players while picking the 25 for the conditioning camp as well as the three teams which will play in the Challenger series next month. Among the new faces for the conditioning camp are Punjab left-hand batsman Dinesh Mongia, Tamil Nadu spinner W.V. Balaji Rao and Jammu and Kashmir’s left-arm medium pacer Surinder Singh, who claimed 18 wickets in five Ranji games and took his team to the knock-out of the Ranji tournament for the first time. Now it is for the 26-year-old Surinder Singh to make the most of the opportunity he has got. True, the fight for a place in the national squad is tough given the fact that players like Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar are in the squad. Even a bowler like Debasish Mohanty , who recently took a ‘‘perfect 10’’ in the Duleep Trophy, would find it extremely difficult to find a spot in the playing 11. Surinder can also prove his worth in the Challenger Series where he will get an opportunity to rub shoulders with the best in the land. Even if he fails to make the final 14, the tips he picks up at the Chennai camp will stand him in good stead as his team makes its first foray into the knock-outs of the Ranji Trophy later in the season. That the selectors are going to miss Anil Kumble in the series against Australia is stressing the obvious. In an effort to bridge the gap they have called up as many as seven spinners for the conditioning camp with 31-year-old Venkatapaty Raju also getting a call. Raju, who has represented India in 27 Tests, last played in the 1998 Bangalore Test against Australia where he conceded 155 runs in 52 overs for just one wicket in a match which the hosts lost. The fact that Raju has been against inducted into the national camp only goes to show how terribly bare the cupboard is. The only redeeming feature about his call is the fact that he has been doing well in the National Cricket Championship and recently reached the 300-wicket mark in Ranji Trophy. However, even as seven spinners were called for the conditioning camp, Delhi-based Nikhil Chopra, who was recently cleared of the charges of having played a role in match-fixing, has also failed to find a place in the 25 though he, like Yuvraj Singh, will get an opportunity to show his skill in the Challenger series. For these two North Zone players the Challenger will give an opportunity of proving the selectors wrong. It was Padmakar Shivalkar, a junior selectors some five years ago, who had once spoken very highly of Balaji Rao. With 19 Ranji Trophy wickets under his belt this season, this is the best opportunity this leg-spinner from Tamil Nadu will get to force his way into the squad with Kumble rendered unfit for the series. But he has to contend with a lot of competition specially from the likes of Sarandeep Singh and Harbhajan Singh, both of Punjab. Players like Murali Kartik and Sunil Joshi have got a number of chances to cement their place in the national squad but the fact remains that they too are woefully short of international standard. With Kumble out, the workload of the spinner would increase manifold in the face of the all-conquering Australians who are coming to India with a great record, both in Tests as well as one-day cricket. |
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Perseverence pays off for Dinesh
Mongia CHANDIGARH, Jan 30 — Dinesh Mongia could not have asked for more. Playing for North Zone he notched up superb 208 in the crucial Duleep Trophy match against Central Zone recently. This probably was the knock which helped the left-handed batsman clinch the issue as far as the selection to the 25-member squad to play against the Australians as well as in the Challenger Trophy involving the best three teams in the country is concerned. The knock, during which the 23-year-old lad was in impeccable touch and played some beautiful strokes, helped North win the trophy. Among the audience was chairman of the national selection committee Chandu Borde. The Chandigarh batsman has had a dream run this season so far. That he was in terrific form was evident in the earlier Duleep Trophy match against South Zone also when the southpaw was in the thick of action helping himself to 201 to serve notice of his capability as well as the form he was in since the start of the season. The long and hard grind for Mongia started when as an 18-year-old he started playing for the D.A.V. Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, Chandigarh. He soon joined the coaching centre being run by former Punjab wicketkeeper Arun Sharma in Sector 44 and started playing for Phoenix Club. He also attended the nets being run by Sukwinder Bawa, the coach whom Yuveraj Singh gives credit for whatever he has achieved in cricket, to hone his skills. Selected to play for India under-19 squad against the visiting South Africa in 1995-96 Mongia made the most of the opportunity. He had a wonderful series notching up 100 in the first “Test”, 92 in the second “Test” and 50 in the third “Test” to emerge the highest run-getter from the side. Mongia was also part of the squad that visited West Indies and was fairly successful serving ample notice of his batting prowess. He could not make a fruitful Ranji Trophy debut in 1995-96 when in the first match versus Baroda he was out in the thirties. The dashing middle order batsman has been an integral part of the Punjab Ranji Trophy squad ever since. Though Mongia failed to do anything spectacular, especially up to the previous season, he did enough to suggest that he was a talent worth persisting with. “Playing for Chemplast in Chennai I scored three-four centuries as the season started. Then I was among the runs in the Buchi Babu Tournament besides coming good in the Moin-u-Dowla tournament. It were, in fact, these matches which helped me get into the rhythm, “ said Mongia. After that there was no stopping Mongia as he reeled off on unbeaten 308 in the Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir this season. In the one-day match he again toyed with the same bowling attack slamming 158 to emerge the highest scorer from the state in the four-day as well as the one-day versions in the national championship. Overall, Mongia amassed 229 runs in five matches at 76.33 runs a match. What is noteworthy about it was that Mongia had a strike rate of whopping 118.04 implying that he was capable of scoring at a faster rate if the situation demanded. But these were the Duleep Trophy matches which catapulted Mongia to the centrestage. With the help of two double centuries Mongia collected 532 runs in four matches to emerge the most successful batsman from the zone. Punjab skipper and former international Vikram Rathore, who has been selected to play in the Challenger Trophy, made 374 runs to be the second highest run-getter. “I would give attention to my bowling also and try to emerge as an allrounder,” revealed Mongia adding that though “ I have to prove myself in this department of the game.” This is not exactly the day-dreaming on the part of any youngster wishing to play for the country. “He regularly bowls his full quota of overs in the district level matches and has been a fairly successful bowler,” Sukhwinder Bawa said. Mongia as a left-arm spinner has got limited opportunities to bowl in the national-level tournaments. Bawa feels that Mongia, at the moment, was in superb nick and ready to play for the country. Mongia credited Bawa, Arun Sharma, Manjit Singh (Punjab team coach) and Daljit Singh, PCA Stadium curator, with the success he has gained so far. “ Besides, whenever I have any problem I consult Navjot Sidhu and skipper Vikram Rathore.” Mongia, when asked what his immediate aim was, replied as a matter of factly: “To work and get the national cap.” |
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3 UT tennis players
in last eight CHANDIGARH, Jan 29 — Three youngsters of the city — Sunil Kumar, Amanjot Singh and Saurabh Singh representing India secured berths in the last eight of the boys singles event of the ITF Junior Tennis Tournament which entered the second day here today at CLTA courts, Sector 10. Saurabh Singh, the giant killer of the meet, today had yet another good win when he outplayed John Siefke of the USA in singles, followed by another fine victory in doubles when he, along with Amanjot Singh upset Arun Prakash of India and John Siefke of the USA in three hard-fought sets. The day was marked by three upsets. In boys singles, Vinod Sewa of India, the second seed, bowed out when he lost to Jaco T. Mathew of India seeded 15 in three well-played sets. Another minor upset was witnessed, when eighth seed Ivan Kovalay of Kazakstan went down fighting in straight sets to former Chandigarh player now with the Britannia Amritraj Academy, Chennai, Chatwinder Singh, seeded 12th. Nishank Mishra seeded seventh who was runner-up in the first leg of the ITF meet held at Delhi last week was upset by Ivan Kokurin of Uzbekistan in straight sets. Top seed Sunil Kumar made short work of Alna Bhami of Oman while third seed Amanjot Singh outscored Arun Prakash also of India. In the girls section, only one upset was recorded as fourth seed Sasha Abraham of India could not adjust to the gameplan of Olga Dzyuba of Kazakstan in a pre-quarterfinal tie and lost. In girls doubles, those pairs who made it to the last four were; Sania & Sasha (Ind), Sandy & Septi (Ina), Chen Yee & Ayako (JPN) and Nischela Reddy and Vishika Chettri (Ind). Results: Boys (pqf) — Sunil Kumar (Ind) b Alna Bhani (Oma) 6-1, 6-2; Saurabh Singh (Ind) b John Siefke (USA) 7-6(4), 6-0; Nipun Gupta (Ind) b Karan Rashtogi (Ind) 5-0 (Concedes); Rohan Gajjar (Ind) b Alamgir Wali (Pak) 6-1, 6-1; Chatwinder Singh (Ind) b I. Kovalay (Kaz) 6-3, 6-2; Amanjot Singh (Ind) b A. Prakash (Ind) 6-3, 6-3; I.Kokurin (Uzb) b N. Mishra (Ind) 6-4, 7-5; Jaco Mathew (Ind) b V. Sewa (Ind) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Girls (pqf) — Sania Mirza (Ind) b Ayako Tamura (Jpn) 6-2, 6-0; Sandy Gumulya (Ina) b Satvika Saboo (Ind) 7-5, 6-2; Rebecca Dandeniya (GBR) b Shraddha Lodha (Ind) 6-0, 6-0; Nischela Reddy (Ind) b Kartika Halim (Ina) 6-1, 6-3; M Stefinaie Rosa (Ina) b Olexandra Verkhnyaska (Ukr) 6-4, 6-1; Dzyuba Olga (Kaz) b Sasha Abraham (Ind) 6-4, 6-1; Chen Yee Liaw (Mas) b Nivedita Venketesh (Ind) 6-4, 6-4; Megha Vakharia (Ind) Septi N Yutami (Ina) 6-3, 6-3. |
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Punjab veterans
TT at Patiala from Feb 2 CHANDIGARH, Jan 30 — The Kanta Khanna Memorial Punjab State Veterans Table Tennis Championship and the Patiala District Cadet Boys and Girls Championship will be held at Kendrya Vidyalaya No 2, DCW, Patiala, from February 2 to 4. It is being sponsored by M/s Naresh Duggal Contractors. According to Mr P.K. Choffla, secretary of the Punjab Veterans Table Tennis Association, the championship will be organised for teams above 40 and 50 for men and women, Cadet and sub-junior events for boys and girls will be played on February 2 and 3 while veterans event will be held on February 4. According to Mr N.S. Kalsi, president of the association, the Punjab teams will be selected for the National Veterans Table Tennis Championship to be held at Kochi. In this connection a coaching camp will be organised at Patiala from February 10 to 16. Entries may be sent to Mr V. K. Gulati, TT coach, KV 2 at DCW, Patiala or to Mr Jitendra Kishore through email: pvtta @ yahoo. com. |
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Good response to horse show NEW DELHI, Jan 30 — Over 300 horses from all over India will be taking part in the Delhi horse show, the qualification round for which will be held at the Talkatora Stadium cricket ground here on February 3 and 4. In the qualifying rounds, held at the Army Equestrian Centre, Delhi Cantonment, today 11 riders qualified for the sub-junior jumping normal. Zoe Juneja, astride Neelam, was the only rider to complete this preliminary round without any penalties. Twenty riders, out of 78 entries, qualified for medium jumping normal. Capt Rajesh Pattu on twister completed his jumps without any penalties. Only 16 out of 75 entries
qualified for the open jumping knockout. Capt Rajesh Pattu of 61 Cavalry was once again the only rider to complete his event without incurring any penalty. |
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BPGC Open from today NEW DELHI, Jan 30 — The 22nd BPGC Open, one of the oldest tournaments in the Wills Sport Indian Golf Tour, will tee off at the par-70 Bombay Presidency Golf Club course tomorrow, according to information available here. The four-day professional event will follow the DHL pro-am in the Rs 6 lakh prize money tournament with the winner taking home Rs 97,200. A full field of 100 professionals, including the top three on the order of merit as well as the Mahindra rankings — Shiv Prakash, Mukesh Kumar and Vijay Kumar — will be seen in action in the tournament. Meanwhile, the 3rd SAARC Golf Championship, whose motto is “unity through golf”, will be held at the Delhi Golf Club course from February 1. All the leading players of the SAARC countries are likely to participate in the championship. GARHSHANKAR, Jan 30 — On the second day of the 39th Principal Harbhajan Singh Memorial Football Tournament, which is being played at Principal Harbhajan Singh Stadium of SGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur (Garhshankar), RCF Kapurthala defeated SN College, Banga, by a solitary goal. Both teams played a technically sound game but the maturity of RCF team paid dividend when their centre forward, in a good move, scored a field goal. In the second match, there was a big upset when 12-times champions of Panjab University, Khalsa College Mahilpur, were beaten 2-4 by Khalsa College, Jalandhar. Both teams got a number of chances during normal time but failed to score. In the penalty shootout Jalandhar team prevailed with Baldev, Lakhwinder, Amritpal and Amandeep shooting into the net. For Mahilpur, Sukhwinder and Sumit Balli converted penalty kicks. In the third match Khalsa College, Jalandhar defeated Star Club,
Paldi, 2-1. |
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