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Bahutule gives Aussies a
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Dravid, Laxman join camp Van Scheppingen, Okun in title
clash India clinch U-17 Asia
Cup Trescothick leads
England fight back Shoaib unlikely for
one-dayer UIIC zonal cricket from
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Vasco Sports Club miss
victory JCT meet Air-India in NFL
today Pillay to miss hockey series Gurinder sparkles Badal shooters corner glory Rahul named captain Ravneet, Sandeep are best athletes .
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Bahutule gives Aussies a
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Mumbai would also have themselves to blame a bit as they dropped catches at critical junctures. Fleming was the lucky one being dropped by Amol Muzumdar off Kulkarni at gully when the score was 90 for six. There were some other half chances which also went abegging. Australia started their second innings on a disastrous note losing Matthew Hayden in the third over of the innings edging a perfect outswinger from Paras Mhambrey to the keeper Sameer Dighe. Hayden made only six. Justin Langer then joined Micheal Slater and the two started taking Australia to safety with Slater once again playing his natural game. He took a liking to Morris’ bowling hitting him for three fours in one over. However, the entry of Sairaj Bahutule into the attack in the 15th over paid dividends right away as Slater was stumped down the leg side by Dighe. Slater, however, did not like the decision and stayed at the wicket for a long time before slowly walking back to the pavilion. Four overs later Ponting was gone as he stepped out to Sairaj and the ball turned away for Dighe to effect a simple stumping. Australia went into tea in a spot of bother at 60 for three. Soon after tea Australia went further into trouble losing Gilchrist being bowled by Sairaj. The ball hit the inside of his bat and trickled on his pads after which it dislodged the leg stump. Langer soon went after trying to clear midwicket but only managing to give a catch to mane off Sairaj Bahutule to leave Australia at 64 for five and starring defeat in the face with Mark Waugh not batting due to an injury, effectively putting them six down. Sairaj had taken four wickets at that stage for 32 runs. Warne was then run-out in a mix-up with his captain to leave Australia at 80 for six and staring defeat in the face. However, Damien Fleming had other ideas as he gave admirable support to his captain as they frustrated the Mumbai bowlers for 81 minutes to take Australia to safety. Scoreboard Mumbai (1st inngs): 328 for nine decl. Australia (1st inngs): 203 all out Mumbai (2nd inngs): Mane c Gilchrist b McGrath 57 Jaffer c Ponting b Warne 52 Paranjpe c Langer b Warne 35 Kambli c Hayden b Warne 2 Morris st Gilchrist b Warne 0 Powar c Fleming b Warne 13 Majumdar c sub (Martyn) b Warne 17 Dighe c sub (Martyn) b Warne 5 Bahutule not out 7 Extras (lb-2, nb-1) 3 Total (decl for 8 wkts, 67.3 overs) 191 Fall of wickets: 1-103, 2-121, 3-123, 4-123, 5-154, 6-166, 7-178, 8-191. Bowling: McGrath 13-4-31-1, Fleming 11-3-43-0, Warne 21.3-5-56-7, Miller 21-4-57-0, Hayden 1-0-2-0. Australia (2nd inngs): Slater st Dighe b Bahutule 32 Hayden c Dighe b Mhambrey 6 Langer c Mane b Bahutule 18 Ponting st Dighe b Bahutule 2 Gilchrist b Bahutule 4 Waugh not out 34 Warne run out 8 Fleming not out 22 Extras: (b-4, lb-4, nb-7) 15 Total: (for 6 wkts off 55 overs) 141 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-47, 3-57, 4-61, 5-64, 6-80. Bowling: Mhambrey 9-3-21-1, Morris 7-1-34-0, Kulkarni 18-7-27-0, Bahutule 15-4-38-4, Powar 5-3-6-0, Kambli 1-0-7-0.
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Dravid, Laxman join camp Mumbai, February 24 The trio, after joining the team last night, had full nets today at Wankhede Stadium, team manager Chetan Chauhan told PTI here. Chauhan said Dravid joined the team late as he was attending to his father who underwent a surgery. On the fitness of team members, Chauhan said, “All the boys are in best of their health and are confident to take on the Aussies”.
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Van Scheppingen, Okun in title
clash Chandigarh, February 24 Paes began well by holding serve hitting an ace, after Van Scheppingen had forced a deuce. Paes did not have much luck with the net points today. Repeatedly coming to the net, he lost as many points as he won. In the fifth game of the first set Paes was down 15-30, when Van Scheppingen’s shot hit the net cord and landed in the back court. A charging Paes had no opportunity to reach it to be 15-40 down. He won the next point but Van Scheppingen hit an excellent return to break Paes’ serve and go 3-2 up. Even a partisan and vociferous crowd failed to pump Paes up. The Dutch won his service game to take 4-2 lead. But Paes managed to break Van Scheppinger, who served two consecutive double faults, at lone to equalise at 4-4. Paes was again broken in the ninth game as he mishit a few easy winners but an erratic Van Scheppinger again served two consecutive double faults to let Paes equalise at 5-5. With a double fault and two mishits Paes was broken in the 11th game and Van Scheppingen, in the next game, made no mistake closing out the set at 7-5. The second set saw even more frequent breaks of serves but Van Scheppingen, who was better at groundstrokes today, managed to take the set and the match. Paes barely held serve in the first game of the second set after four deuces, two double faults and an ace. He went 2-0 up when Van Scheppingen double-faulted on the crucial point. In the next game it was Paes’ turn to double-fault. From 15-40 down he pulled to 40-40 but a beautiful down the line return by Van Schippingen saw Paes losing the game. The Dutch won his own game and again broke Paes in the next to go 3-2 up. Paes broke back after Van Scheppingen made things easy for Paes by serving two double faults. Both the players again traded service breaks in the next two games to be 4-4. Paes held serve in the ninth game hitting an ace down the middle. At 5-5 Paes was again broken after being 40-15 up. Two excellent returns of serve by Van Scheppingen and netting of a silter-of-a-volley by Paes saw the Dutch go 6-5 up. Serving strongly, Van Scheppingen was 40-15 but again double-faulted to miss one match point. However, he made no error on the next, winning the match 7-5, 7-5. Paes served four aces to Van Scheppingen’s eight and also hit eight double faults. The Dutch double-faulted nine times. “I think it was my better return of serve which helped me win the match today. I feel good to have won today.” Despite the loss, Paes was satisfied with the match and his game. “I had a little problem with my shoulder today but despite that I am satisfied.” “He played brilliantly,” said Paes, who will next play a charity match for the Gujarat earthquake victims. “Despite my shoulder, I will play as it is for a noble cause.” During the match, frequent movement and comments from the spectators disturbed concentration of both players. About his opponent in the final, Noam Okun, he said; “I have never played him before and it will be interesting.” Paes also expressed the same sentiments, saying it would be a good match. Earlier in the first match of the day, at 2-2, Ram lost serve after being distracted by a running ball boy. Okun hit power-packed backstrokes and charged to the net for the decisive break and then held his serve to go up 4-2. Ram also started attacking, coming to the net missing a few volleys but managed to hold his serve. At 5-4, 30-40, Okun managed to equalise deuce and then won the set 6-4 sending a deep serve, which Ram barely managed to reach. In the second set Ram’s serve was broken in the opening game itself. In the fourth game Ram almost broke Okun’s serve. Okun managed to equalise at 40-40 with an excellent down-the-line winner, hit an ace and finally sent down a deep serve to hold on for a 3-1 lead. Okun won the last game at 40-15 to enter the final in exactly one hour and 30 minutes. |
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India clinch U-17 Asia Cup Dhaka, February 24 Opting to bat after winning the toss, Bangladesh made 225 for 6 in the allotted 45 overs. In reply, India scored 228 for 4 in 43.1 overs. India openers S.M.Dholpure and skipper P.A.Patel blasted the Bangladesh attack as they put up 97 runs in 17.3 overs for the first wicket to put their team on the road to victory. Dholpur’s quickfire 50 came off 59 balls and was studded with one six and six boundaries. He was first to go after being run out. Seven run later Patel also went back after hitting 40 runs (5x4, 48b). Then a 93-run third wicket stand between D.A.Chougule and “Man of the Match” M.Mishra virtually sealed the match in favour of India. Chougule contributed 46 runs(7x4, 66b) before he was caught by Shafiul Alam off his own bowling. The score at his departure was 190 for 3. Mishra and A.S.K.Verma added 23 runs for the fourth wicket before Mishra was sent back to pavillion by Bin Mortaza who had him caught by Nafeez Iqbal. The batsman made 51 (1x6, 5x4, 61b). Verma’s 21(1x6, 2x4, 26b) and S.T.Binny’s 5(1x4, 3b) saw India through as they raced past the victory target with former hitting the winning shot off Mohd Sharif. Earlier Bangladesh openers Zahurul Islam and Mohd Ashraful gave their side a sedate start as they put up 32 runs in 10.3 overs before Islam was caught by Rawat off Shankara Rao. Scoreboard Bangladesh: M.Zahurul Islam c Rawat 9 b Shankara Rao Mohammed Ashraful c 89 Shankara Rao b Mishra M.Nafeez Iqbal run out 12 K.Hasibul Haoq not out 52 Mohammed Sharif run out 11 A.M.Shariful run out 4 M.Bin Mortaza b Rawat 18 Shafiul Alam not out 9 Extras (lb 7, w 7, nb 7) 21 Total (in 45 overs) 225 for 6 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-59, 3-147, 4-163, 5-173, 6-210. Bowling: K.Rawat 8-0-39-1,B.Mohanty 9-0-40-0, Shankara Rao 9-1-24-1, S.T.Binny 8-0-46-0, N.R.Rathod 5-0-24-0, R.Mohanty 1-0-10-0, M.Mishra 5-0-35-1. India: S.M.Dholpure run out 50 P.A.Patel c Mohammed Ashraful b Manzarul Islam 40 D.A.Chougule c and b Shafiul Alam 46 M.Mishra c Nafeez Iqbal b Bin Mortaza 51 A.S.K.Varma not out 21 S.T.Binny not out 5 Extras (lb 5, w 8, nb 2) 15 Total (in 43.1 overs) 228 for 4 Fall of wickets: 1-97, 2-97, 3-190, 4-213. Bowling: Bin Mortaza:9-0-55-1, Mohammed Sharif 8.1-0-41-0, A.M.Shariful 3-0-19-0, Shafiul Alam 9-0-39-1, Manzarul Islam 9-0-35-1, Murad Khan 4-0-22-0, Arif Hossain 1-0-12-0.
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Trescothick leads England fight back Galle (Sri Lanka), February 24 Opener Trescothick’s unbeaten 119 guided the touring team from their overnight 27 without loss to 202 for four at the close in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings of 470 for five declared. Trescothick reached three figures from 265 deliveries, hit 12 fours and beat his previous highest in Tests of 78 against West Indies in the fifth Test at The Oval last year. The Somerset left-hander held firm while England slipped from 83 without loss to 117 for three, left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas taking the key wicket of Michael Athereton for 33 and off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan snapping up captain Nasser Hussain (3) and Graham Thorpe (7). Trescothick then put on 80 for the fourth wicket with Alec Stewart, who resisted for 140 minutes for 19 before he was given out lbw to Sanath Jayasuriya’s left-arm spin shortly before the end of the day. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka (Ist innings) England (Ist innings): (overnight 27-0) Atherton lbw b Vaas 33 Trescothick not out 119 Hussain lbw b Muralitharan 3 Thorpe c Dilshan b Muralitharan 7 Stewart lbw b Jayasuriya 19 Croft not out 0 Extras (b-2 lb-2 nb-17) 21 Total (for four wkts, 106 overs) 202 Fall of wickets: 1-83, 2-93, 3-117, 4-197. Bowling:
Vaas 18-5-34-1 (nb-1), Muralitharan 41-10-56-2 (nb-8), Dharmasena 22-6-51-0 (nb-6), Fernando 2-0-10-0 (nb-2), Jayasuriya 20-5-42-1, de Silva 3-2-5-0. Reuters |
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Shoaib unlikely for one-dayer Christchurch, February 24 Akhtar is still suffering from an injured thigh sustained last week in Napier. The injury kept him out of the third match in Wellington on Thursday. Pakistan lead the five-match series 2-1 after wins in Auckland and Wellington and a loss in Napier. Akhtar did not take a full part in practice at Jade Stadium today. He bowled in the nets for a while, though not at full pace, and then adjourned to the stands with team medic Tauseef Razzaq. Moin Khan, the Pakistan captain, said after the 28-run victory in Wellington the combination which played in that game was the best available and he would be reluctant to change it. That sentiment was reiterated today. “I’m not keen to make any changes. Akhtar is not 100 per cent fit and I don’t think we will take any chances with him.” Khan said he felt quite confident about winning the series. “We are getting the feel of it now and I believe we will win the series by winning tomorrow (Sunday). “Our batting was good in Wellington and I was particularly pleased with the form shown by Imran Nazir and Saleem Elahi, and Yousuf Youhana getting into some form was great.” New Zealand have the services of big all-rounder Jacob Oram, who is back after his ankle injury in Napier. Paceman Chris Martin has been dropped so Oram can ease himself back into the longer version of the game in readiness for the three Tests which start in Auckland on March 8.
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UIIC zonal cricket from
tomorrow Chandigarh, February 24 Mr Sidhu said here today that some of players who had played first class cricket will be among those participating in the tournament to be played on the league basis. A victory will get the team two points and the team collecting the maximum points will be declared winners. Each side will get 35 overs to bat and for a contest to be considered a match the other side will be required to play a minimum of 20 overs. Two matches will be played simultaneously daily at the Sector 16 cricket stadium and the DAV College, Sector 10, ground. In the opening matches on February 26 Mumbai will clash with North-East Zone at the Sector 16 stadium, while Chennai take on South-Central Zone at th DAV College. The matches will start at 10 a.m. North-East Zone squad: Rajesh Sharma, Manoj Arora, V. Raja, Mayank Saxena, M.P. Singh, Arvind Kumar Srivastava, Rakesh Kumar, Diwakar Gupta, Ujjot Chatterjee, Raghuveer Kharakwal, Rajender Kewlya, Naresh Kumar, Ajay Sharma and S.S. Negi. B. Ramprakash, Jaya Prakash, Jack Russell (all Chennai), Sanjay Kar (Baroda), Shekhar Shetty (Mangalore), Rohit Rana, Manol Joglekar (both Mumbai), Manoj Arora (Delhi), Mayank (Lucknow) and Ajay Sharma (Chandigarh) are the cricketers who have played first class cricket. Mr C.
Rangamani, General Manager, United India Insurance Co Ltd, will inaugurate the tournament, while Mr
S.L. Mohan, General Manager, UIIC Ltd and Bhupinder Singh Sr, former India seamer and the current Punjab team coach will give away the trophies to the winners. |
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‘Rural Olympics’ kick off in style at Kila
Raipur Kila Raipur, February 24 The organisers suffered some jitters in the morning when grey clouds were seen hanging over the stadium. Even as anxious eyes were scanning the dark clouds above for a silver lining, the sun suddenly broke through the clouds and the organisers heaved a sigh of relief and ruralities from far and near started thronging the venue. And the thousands of dazzling turbans coupled with the colourful attire of the womenfolk perfectly matched the bright and sunny weather which paved the way for some razor sharp contests and high voltage duels. That wisdom and logic seldom contribute to the sporting excitement at the ‘Rural Olympics’ was much in evidence as the spectators flocking the venue where traditional events like cart racing and dog races were being held which meant that there was little or no spectator response at the adjoining school ground where modern sports disciplines like hockey and athletics were taking
place. However, as old timers put it, this was in keeping pace with the time honoured traditions of the ‘Rural Olympics’. The spotlight on day one was undoubtedly on bullock cart races and today 18 heats were conducted. Each heat saw a sequence of four carts racing towards the finishing line out of which the first two will be making it to the next round. The winner of the bullock cart races is crowned the ‘rural olympian’ -a title sought after feverishly. The favourites to win the title this time are old warhorse Bela Singh, who won the title last year, and Charan Singh who specially purchased the famous ‘Marwari’ breed of bullocks at an exhorbitant price. Both Bela Singh and Charan Singh sailed into the next round by virtue of their victories in the heats today. The organisers made it sure to have veterinary doctors at the site in the wake of the ban on the cruelty to animals. The organisers made it clear that any animal found to be intoxicated will be debarred from all future meets. The third heat was the most interesting one as young Surjit Singh of Kila Raipur had the spectators in a thrall with his pyrotechnics and the extraordinary command he exhibited over the beast and his chariot shaped cart. Blessed with fine skills and an uncanny anticipation, Surjit superbly guided both beast and cart to the finishing line miles ahead of his collegues to receive a standing ovation from his home crowd. Surjit, with today’s show, has become a front runner to lay his hands on the title alongwith Bela Singh and Charan Singh. In hockey, which virtually took a back seat in the days proceedings, Sports School, Jalandhar downed Surjit Academy by a solitary goal margin. Parvinder slotted in a fine goal from an acute angle to enable his team enter the next round of the Bhagwant Gold Cup Hockey Tournament. In the other match of the day ,Grewal Hockey Academy, Kila Raipur, rode on two first half goals scored by Arvinder and Sukhpal Singh to seal the fate of Ropar Hawks Academy. Events that mark excellence in human endurance like sack
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Vasco Sports Club miss victory
Margao, February 24 Vasco, who dominated the second half had more than half a dozen chances but poor finishing by their forwards let them down. The chief culprit was striker Peter Rodrigues who missed most of the chances. ITI ‘keeper Balaji Rao did an admirable job in the goal until the 67th minute when he failed to collect an Awazbek Koshimov shot but luckily for him the ball rolled out of the goal. On the other hand, iti who matched their rivals equally in the first half and first 10 minutes of the second half came with a series of raids but failed to get past the rival defence. George Ekeh, who was well marked by the rival defence, troubled the rivals whenever he had the ball in his custody with his skill but lacked support from his colleagues. He had a good chance early in the match when he dribbled past defender Denzil into the box but ended in shooting out. With this draw, Vasco remain in fifth place with 14 points from three wins, five draws and one loss while iti collected seven points from nine matches. Iti, who survived anxious moments in the second half, were reduced to 10 men in the closing stages when referee Michael Andrews made second booking for Majid's dissent. Vasco, who made the firstmove could have surged ahead in the eighth minute, when Daniel Colaco from the right sent a cross into the box beating the entire rival defence but Peter Rodrigues failed to tap home from close. ITI, who had the ball in possession for a better part of the first half, came close to scoring two minutes later but George, who troubled the rival defence with his skill ended in shooting out from close after he beat defender Denzil. Vasco, who made most of the moves from the right, which saw Ravi Babu sending a cross to Peter who ended in heading straight to keeper Balaji Rao.
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JCT meet Air-India in NFL
today Chandigarh, February 24 The following are the latest standings of the teams in the National Football League(read under teams, matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, and points): East-Bengal 8 6 1 1 13 3 19 Salgaocar 8 5 1 2 12 7 16 Mohun-Bagan 8 4 3 1 11 6 15 Vasco-SC 8 3 4 1 6 6 13 Mahindras 8 2 4 2 7 6 10 ChurchillBros 8 2 2 4 8 8 8 Tollygunge 8 1 4 3 2 6 7 ITI 8 1 3 4 3 6 6 Air-India 8 1 3 4 6 11 6 JCT 8 0 4 4 4 11 4 SBT 8 0 4 4 6 15 4 Both the teams are facing identical problems although Air-India are slightly better placed. From eight matches, the Mumbai outfit have so far garnered six points while JCT's tally stands at four from as many matches. Air-India have tasted success only once in the fifth edition of the league when they beat Mahindra United 2-1in their first home match on December 15. Radhakrishnan Dubey and Bungo Singh were on target for Air-India and the result raised hopes of a strong comeback by the team, who had been relegated to the second division at the end of the third edition. However, subsequent performances have been rather frustrating. The team under the watchful eyes of Bimal Ghosh drew three matches and lost four. After being locked 1-1 with Vasco, Air-India lost to FC Kochin 2-1; drew with Tollygunge 0-0; lost to East Bengal and Churchill Brothers 0-1, respectively; before ITI held them to another 1-1 draw in the eighth round. In fact it was skipper Khalid Jamil who snatched the equaliser through a stupendous free kick against ITI. It was the team's first goal in four matches. Till now Air-India have scored only six goals and have conceded 11. Although they have experienced players like Anthony Fernandes and Herbert Phiilip upfront, their scoring rate has been poor, which is Ghosh's main worry at the moment. JCT are in a similar situation with only four goals to their credit so far. Playmaker Hardip Saini's absence and injuries to other key players like Hardip Sangha, who incidentally has been picked among the probables for India's pre-World Cup campaign, has cost the team dear. Striker Hardip Gill along with skipper Ram Pal have been trying hard but the attack lacks the sting. However, the return of Jaswinder is likely to bolster the attack tomorrow. |
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Pillay to miss hockey series New Delhi, February 24 Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) president K.P.S. Gill told newspersons here today that Pillay has not been included in the national squad for the forthcoming three-Test series against Germany as he was busy playing in the Malaysian league. Gill said the merger of the Indian Women’s Hockey Federation (IWHF) with IHF would take place soon as per the directive of the world body (FIH). Till then the two federtions would work together to promote the game in the better interest of the nation. Asked about the series against Germany, Mr Gill said both the nations were in the process of rebuilding their national teams and it would give the much-needed impeteus to the players for international tournaments. IWHF president Vidya Stokes said the federation had decided to celebrate the current year as the ‘Youth Year-2001’ by organising hockey tournaments and competitions at various levels. Hockey is a dying game in the world. “We are planning to initiate boys and girls to hockey from a very tender age,’’ said IWHF secretary Amrit Bose.
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Gurinder sparkles Chandigarh, February 24 Batting first, Amritsar team lost two quick wickets but Sanjay Kumar and Harminder repaired the early damage with a partnership of 51 runs. Sanjay made 27 runs which included 2 fours and 2 sixes as Sports Club, Amritsar, scored 138 runs in 27.4 overs. Left-arm spinner Madan Lal was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped three victims. Brief Scores: Sports Club, Amritsar:- 138 all out in 27.4 overs (Sanjay 27, Harashdeep 18, Rajinder 17, Madan Lal 3 for 23 Umesh Kaira 2 for 20, Vinod Thakur 2 for 21, Roshan 2 for 30). Godrej Club, Chandigarh:- 142 for 7 in 24 overs (Gurinder Saini 75 n.o., Amardeep 20, Hari Kishan Kali 18, Manav Asopa 17, Yogesh 3 for 23, Jungbahadur 2 for 21). |
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Badal shooters corner glory Chandigarh, February 24 Shooters of Meerut University won the championship and Delhi University remained first runners-up. The championship was organised by the Association of Indian Universities in New Delhi on February 22 to 23. Products of the newly established shooting range at Badal village, the girl shooters were inspired by the shooting complex at Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, under the guidance of Mr TS Dhillon, Deputy Director Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur. Earlier, the girls school, Badal, had won the Punjab State Inter-School Shootting Championship and also the National Inter School Championship held at Meerut in October 2000. Twentyeight girls of the school and college situated in Badal won medals. Apart from this, seven girls from Badal also represented Punjab in the National GV Mavlankar Shooting Championship held in Chennai in September 2000. Moreover, three girls also represented Punjab in the National Shooting Championship held at Phillaur in November last year, according Mr Dhillon, who is also the coach. He said new equipment for the shooting range and latest weapons are also being made available at the behest of Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister. |
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Rahul named captain New Delhi, February 24 The team is: Darshan Singh (Haryana), Balwan Singh (UP), Rahul S A (captain, Karnataka), Ratish (Bihar), Dinesh Kumar Singh (Bihar), Surjit (Haryana), Vikram M N (Karnataka), A Jaiganesh (Tamil Nadu), Mukesh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Sushil Kumar (Rajasthan), Mithelesh Kumar (UP) and Sunil Kumar (Chandigarh). M H Kumara of SAI will be the chief coach, while M T Samuel of Kerala will be the coach. R C Sharma of Jammu and Kashmir has been named the manager and Ajit Ranade of Maharashtra the reserve referee.
Ravneet, Sandeep are best athletes Ambala, February 24 Dalel Singh, a volleyball champion and Arjuna awardee belonging to Kurukshetra University, was the chief guest and Mr Kuldip Kumar Jain, chairman of the college management, gave away prizes. The general secretary, Mr Kirti Prasad Jain, presented a memento and the Principal, Dr C.L. Singla, presented scroll of honour to Dalel Singh. In the men’s events, the winner of 800m race was Tarsem Lal (BA-I) with Anil Bali (BA-I) was second. Sandeep (BA-III) came first in the high jump with Amrinder Pal Singh (BA-I ) bagged the second prize. The long jump event was won by Sandeep Chander (BA-III), while Mohit Gujral (B.Com-I) came second. The shot put competition was won by Manpreet Singh (BA-I) and Mohit Gujral (B.Com-I). The 400 m race was won by Sandeep (BA-III), while Tarsem Lal (BA-I) won the second position. In the women’s events, the discus throw was won by Sukhvinder Kaur (BA-II) while Preeti Sharma (BA-I) came second. The long jump was won by Megha (BA-II) while Ravneet (BBA-I) came second. The 200 m race was won by Ravneet (BBA-I) and Megha Aggarwal (BBA-II) came second. The winner in high jump was Ravneet Rawal (BBA-I ) and the second went to Shivali (BA-I). Sukhvinder (BA-II) won the shot put event and Manpreet (BA-III) stood second. The winner of the 100 m race was Ravneet (BBA-I) and Shaveta (BA-I) came second. The shot put event was won by Mandeep Singh (BA-I). The triple jump was won by Vijay Kumar Sharma (BA-II). The 1500 m winner was Tarsem (BA-I). Amrinder Pal (BA-III) won the 100 m race. Ashwani Kumar (BA-I) set a new record in javelin throw. |
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