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President’s
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Jayawardene
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Nehra,
Sharandeep for 2nd Test Azhar
case: hearing postponed to March 20 Kiwis wary
of beleaguered Pakistan SGFI to
hold prize money tourneys Agassi,
Sampras bundled out Doping:
IOA expresses helplessness Kasparov
wins Linares title Camp
for yoga teachers Anil
rejoins camp Bank meet Kirtane-Panja
duo in semifinals
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President’s XI all out for 221 New Delhi, March 7 The visitors, instead of enforcing the follow-on, opted to go for some batting practice, and made 53 for one, off 13 overs, after 56 minutes of batting, at close of play. Michael Slater was batting on 24 (5x4) and Justin Langer was yet to open his account at draw of stumps. Having taken a 283-run lead, the Australians may go for some quick runs tomorrow, before putting the hosts in to bat again. Judging by the trend of the match, the visitors may even force a victory. The insipid Indian batting, save for Mongia’s knock, did no credit to the hosts, who showed utter lack of application, to crumble like a pack of cards. The Australians, who were 413 for eight overnight, added 38 runs to their total with Michael Kasprowicz and Damien Fleming showing some fine rearguard action. Kasprowicz, who was unbeaten on 27, and Fleming, who resumed at four not out, added 30 runs for the ninth wicket, before Kasprowicz was out for 35 (6x4) while Fleming, in the company of Colin Miller, put on another 18 runs to the total. Fleming remained not out on 29 (5x4). Sharandeep, who claimed the wicket of Miller today, took his haul to five wickets for 114 runs from 23 overs, which earned him a berth for the second Test against the Aussies in Kolkata next week. The Indian batting got off to a disastrous start when Vijay Dahiya was trapped for no score by Damien Fleming, with no run on the board. S Sriram and Mohammed Kaif tried to repair the damage, and got runs at a steady pace, but Sriram, after showing flashes of his strokeplay, edged Kasprowicz into the hands of keeper Brad Haddin, for 27 (3x4). Kaif tried to loft a flighted one from Miller, but was held by Damien Martyin at short midwicket for 33, while Saurav, dropped by Damien Martyn at slip off Kasprowicz even before he opened his account, survived another chance when his edge off Kasprowicz fell just short of Justice Langer’s grasp. And his third “life” came when he was on 32, when Mathew Hayden failed to hold an edge, off Miller. Though Ganguly took a long time to get going, and then got stuck at 32 for quite some time, he also entertained with some classy strokes, including one six and four fours. But Mongia, initially lagging behind his skipper, executed a flurry of strokes, all around the wicket, to slam 66 runs with nine boundaries and three sixes. When he was caught by Ponting off Kasprowicz for 66, the Board President’s XI resistance collapsed, and the last three wickets crashed for 17 runs. The confidence with which Mongia tackled Kasprowicz and Fleming, and blasted them too, showed that with a little bit of perseverance, the Board boys could have given a better account of themselves. SCOREBOARD Australia (Ist innings): Hayden c Jacob b Sharandeep 31 Slater c Jacob b Patel 19 Langer lbw Patel 04 M. Waugh lbw Hirwani 62 S. Waugh c Surinder b
Sharandeep 109 Ponting c and b Sharandeep 102 Martin c Ganguly b Hirwani 02 Haddin st Dahiya b Sarandeep 24 Kasprowicz c Sharandeep b
Hirwani Fleming not out 29 Miller c Ganguly b Sharandeep 05 Extras:
(b-3, lb-9, nb-17) 29 Total: 451 all out in 100 overs. Fall of wickets:
1/25, 2/36, 3/97, 4/164, 5/335, 6/355, 7/357, 8/403, 9/433. Bowling:
Surinder Singh 16-7-48-0, Rakesh Patel 14-0-84-2 (13 nb), Narendra Hirwani 23-5-120-3 (3 nb), Sharandeep Singh 26-3-114-5, S. Sriram 17-4-63-0, Sourav Ganguly 4-0-10-0 (1 nb), Board President’s XI (Ist innings): Dahiya lbw Damien Fleming 00 Sriram c Hayden b Kasprowicz 27 Kaif c Martyn b Miller 33 Ganguly b M. Waugh 40 Mongia c Ponting b Kasprowicz 66 Martin c Ponting b M. Waugh 10 Kanitkar c Ponting b Kasprowicz 02 Patel b Miller 13 Sharandeep Singh run out 00 Surinder run out Ponting 07 Hirwani not out 00 Extras:
(b-8, nb-13, lb-2) 23 Total: 221 in 66.4 overs. Fall of wkts:
1/0, 2/55, 3/71, 4/163, 5/187, 6/189, 7/204, 8/205, 9/221. Bowling:
Damien Fleming 10-3-27-1, Michael Kasprowicz 18-3-68-3 (13nb), Collin Miller 27.4-8-91-2, D. Martyn 4-1-11-0, Mark Waugh 7-2-14-2. Australia (2nd innings): Hayden c Dahiya b Hirwani 26 Slater batting 24 Langer batting 00 Extras:
(b-1, lb-1. Nb-1) 03 Total: 53 for 1 in 13 overs. Fall of wkts:
1/50. Bowling: Rakesh Patel 4-1-18-0, Surinder Singh 3-0-13-0, Narendra Hirwani 3-0-10-1 (1nb), Sharandeep Singh 3-0-10-0. |
Kandy, March 7 England batted for two overs in the remaining time and were one for no loss with Michael Artherton yet to score and Marcus Trescothick on one. At one stage, Sri Lanka were 79 for four and England, one down in the three-Test series, appeared to have taken a hold on the match. But Jayawardene batted with great confidence, hitting 12 boundaries and one six. A fifth-wicket partnership between him and Russel Arnold added 142 runs to take the Sri Lankan total to respectable level. Earlier, Craig White snared two quick wickets as England dominated the opening session, reducing the hosts to 93 for four at lunch. After Sri Lanka skipper Sanath Jayasuriya won the toss - for the ninth consecutive Test - and elected to bat,
England’s front-line attack of Darren Gough and Andrew Caddick struck early to remove both openers. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (Ist innings): Atapattu b Gough 16 Jayasuriya c Giles b Caddick 9 Sangakkara c Trescothick b White 17 De Silva c and b White 29 Jayawardene c Thorpe b
Caddick 101 Arnold c White b Gough 65 Dilshan c Atherton b Gough 36 Dharmasena c Thorpe b Gough 1 Vaas c Thorpe b Caddick 2 Zoysa c Stewart b Caddick 0 Muralitharan not out 10 Extras
(b-1 lb-3 nb-7) 11 Total 297 Fall of wickets:
1-21 2-29 3-69 4-80 5-221 6-277 7-279 8-282, 9-286. Bowling:
Gough 14-1-73-4 (nb-4), Caddick 20-3-55-4 (nb-1), Giles 15-3-47-0, White 17-3-70-2 (2nb), Croft 20-1-48-0. England (Ist innings): Atherton not out 0 Trescothick not out 1 Extras: 0 Total
(no wicket) 1 Bowling: Vaas 1-1-0-0, Zoysa 1-0-1-0.
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Nehra, Sharandeep for 2nd Test New Delhi, March 7 Delhi left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra, who played against Sri Lanka in 1999, Punjab off-spinner Sharandeep Singh, who had taken six wickets against Zimbabwe at Nagpur a few months back and Venkatesh Prasad, have also been recalled, while injured Javagal Srinath, an unwell Ajit Agarkar, Delhi spinner Rahul Sanghvi and leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani have been dropped. The team: Saurav Ganguly (captain), Sadagopan Ramesh, Shiv Sunder Das, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Venkat Sai Laxman, Hemang Badani, Nayan Mongia (wicket-keeper), Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Venkatesh Prasad, Harbhajan Singh, Sharandeep Singh and Venkatapathy Raju. Selection committee chairman Chandu Borde said the committee felt that the inclusion of Raju for the second Test would be very much in order as he had the experience and his kind of bowling may suit the slow Eden Garden wicket. He said “Raju had been doing better of late, and his track record is good too”. Mr Borde said according to Indian coach John Wright, “Raju was more accurate than other bowlers in the camp”. The selectors also took note of Sharandeep Singh’s 5-wicket haul against the Australians for the Board President’s XI in the ongoing three-day match at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here today. The selection committee chairman said Sharandeep’s 26-3-114-5 spell was a commendable work on the flat Kotla track, as it was better than that of Hirwani. Mr Borde said Hirwani was dropped because the committee felt that the “other bowlers performed better”. Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jayawant Lele, who was also present, said Srinath was nursing a broken index finger on his bowling arm, while Agarkar is down with fever. Mr Borde said the selectors had to fall back, per force, on an experienced player like Raju “as in this land of the spinners, we are not getting new youngsters, as we have to have some lads who can deliver. We thought an experienced person would deliver the good”. The chairman of selectors said the names of Nilesh Kulkarni, Debashish Mohanti and Dinesh Mongia were also discussed but could not find any slot for them. Though Mongia has been scoring runs by the tons this season, including a well-crafted 66 against the Aussies today, Borde said he could not be fitted in as “we have six (specialist) batsmen already in the team”. Mr Borde said he was happy “the way Ganguly is leading the team” and the 10-wicket defeat in the first Test at Mumbai was one of those aberrations. He said the Indian bowlers had done well, but “Gilchrist and Hayden took the match out of our hands”. |
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Azhar case: hearing postponed to March 20 Hyderabad, March 7 City Civil Second Sessions Judge J. Shyama Sundara Rao posted the hearing for March 20 after Azharuddin’s counsel T. Jagdish filed an application in the court seeking the BCCI’s resolution copy banning him for life, besides the one on the appointment of its special inquiry commissioner K. Madhavan, a former CBI official. The counsel quoted “orderly relevant rule 14” of the BCCI Constitution in this regard before the judge issued notice to the BCCI to file by March 20 its counter-affidavit on Azharuddin’s application. Azharuddin had filed a case in the city civil court here on January 29 challenging the BCCI’s December 5 decision to ban him for life and had also disputed the appoitment of Mr Madhavan, whom he charged with having nexus with BCCI president A.C. Muthaiah. The BCCI had filed its counter on February 14. Mr Madhavan, a former CBI Joint Director, and Mr Muthiah had filed their counter-affidavits on February 26.
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Kiwis wary of beleaguered Pakistan Auckland, March 7 A pitch grown elsewhere and dropped into Eden Park four days ago could be the leveller this three-Test series needed for the beleaguered Pakistanis to challenge. Should Pakistan win the toss, skipper Moin Khan will almost certainly send New Zealand into bat and unleash his bowling lineup, however depleted, on a slightly green, damp and uneven surface. New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said he was wary of the damage any Pakistan attack led by fast bowler Waqar Younis was capable of inflicting, even without strike bowlers Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar.
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SGFI to hold prize money tourneys Chandigarh, March 7 Mr Chhabra said the SGFI would launch its own web site to preserve data. While announcing the closure of the
calendar of sports activities for the year 2000-2001, Mr Chhabra said the year was extremely eventful with many sporting activities of national and international level having been organised. He said the Indian schools table tennis team finished third in the Asian School Table Tennis meet held at Hong Kong in January 2000. This team was put through rigorous training at its camp held at Shimla. The Indian school football team also took part in the Asian School Football Championship held at Thailand from August 1 to 12. In January this year, the Asian School Hockey Championship was held at Ludhiana which was appreciated by all the visiting countries who numbered six. It was won by India which was also a big achievement. The 46th National School Games were held this year in different parts of the country, which included, diving, basketball, swimming, water polo, roller skating, kho-kho, kadaddi, cricket, wrestling and judo in various states such as Assam, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Gujarat also did not lag behind by hosting the school games in badminton, TT, athletics, lawn tennis. Jammu and Kashmir hosted the National school games in football while MP hosted the volleyball, kho-kho, kabaddi, basketball and handball events West Bengal played host to school games in archery. Andhra Pradesh conducted cricket and ball badminton competitions. Mr Chhabra said various sports federations had launched programmes to search for talented players but surprisingly they were not sending the observers for spotting talent. He said school players also took part in various international events in 1998 when Sunil Kumar of Chandigarh had won the gold medal in the Asian school tennis meet held at Jakarta (Indonesia). He also helped the Indian team by winning the bronze medal. Mr Chhabra said school games were the real nursery of budding talent but unfortunately no concrete steps had been taken by the authorities concerned hone the same. He said with Ms Uma Bharti now taking over the reins of sports in the country, India had a bright future. |
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Scottsdale (Arizona), March 7 The veteran Spaniard Francisco Clavet is now on a two-match winning streak against the second-seeded Agassi, winning business-like, 6-1, 6-7 (2/7), 7-5 in two hours, 24 minutes. Agassi is 11-2 this year with defeats in his last two matches. “He played well, he came out and hit well,” said a surprisingly upbeat Agassi. “It took me a while to find any rhythm. I just didn’t take care of my opportunities and he stepped it up at the end.” Agassi described Clavet as “a good player” and added: “He hits with a lot of spin, moves well and knows what he is doing out there. It makes it tough that he’s so good. It was a hard match, a good match and a tense one. It’s unfortunate to lose those. “All you can do is give it your best and hope it falls your way at the end.” Clavet said the match was similar to when he beat Agassi last year. “I started well and found my rhythm, I played very relaxed,” he said. Agassi’s loss left the tournament without the top two drawcards in the space of a few hours. Earlier, the top-seeded Sampras was eliminated by Andrew
Ilie of Australia. Ilie scored a shock 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 win in just under two hours. It was the second time in the past three weeks the slumping Sampras, a 13-time Grand Slam holder, has lost an opening match. Last month, Sampras, (29) went down to compatriot Chris Woodruff at Memphis after a fourth-round showing at the Australian Open where he tumbled to Todd Martin. “If you don’t win a lot of matches, you struggle with confidence,” said Sampras. “The only thing to do is get back on the practise court. It’s not a time to panic.” Defending champion Lleyton Hewitt kept the Australian flag flying when he easily handled Spaniard David Sanchez 6-1, 6-3. Italy’s Andrea Gaudenzi ended a seven-match losing streak by beating eighth seed Sjeng Schalken of Holland 6-4, 7-5. DELRAY BEACH (Florida): Greg Rusedski’s winning streak contined here on Tuesday with
a straight-sets win over American Taylor Dent in the first round of the ATP $350,000 Citrix Championships. Only 48 hours after winning the Sybase Open in San Jose, California, he flew across the USA to defeat Dent 6-2, 6-2 and then warned his opponents they faced a tough task to beat him. “The first match is quite difficult, but the second match is even tougher because you’re coming from across the country and from indoor to outdoors to cold, windy conditions,” said Rusedski. Rusedski of the UK in is unseded here despite a victory over Australian Open champion Andre Agassi in the Sybase Open final to end a title drought since 1999 in Vienna. Rusedski, who has overcame foot problems last year, has a 15-5 record so far this year, including wins over world No 1 Gustavo Kuerten at the Australian Open and world No 2 Marat Safin in Milan, Itlay, in February.
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Doping: IOA expresses helplessness New Delhi, March 7 "National federations in India enjoy complete functional autonomy and the
IOA does not and cannot interfere with their working,’’ secretary general Randhir Singh told the Delhi High Court. Each federation is an autonomous, independent body governed by its own constitution, rules and by-laws, he said in a counter-affidavit filed before a division bench of Chief Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice
D. K. Jain. In consultation with the international federation concerned, each is empowered to initiate disciplinary action, including sanctions and punishment for use of drugs against the athelete if found positive. Mr Singh said the
IOA did not directly deal with athletes and their selection, training and supervision was done by the federation concerned. However, the
IOA been informing various state Olympic associations and national federations about the latest developments in the field of dope control as informed to it by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) for strict observance and compliance. Mr Singh told the court that the
IOA and all state Olympic associations besides national federations were following the anti-doping code as formulated by the
IOC and the concerned international federations. The IOA has set up its own medical commission on the directions of national sports federation. The urine samples of athletes concerned are lifted and sent to the
IOA-accredited laboratory established by the Sports Authority of India
(SAI) here. If a person tests positive, he or she is asked to explain the position in presence of a nominee of the national federation concerned. On December 19,
SAI counsel S. Mukherjee had told the court that 257 samples out of 3,000 tested positive in the past nine years. According to a public interest litigation
(PIL) filed by the Health Fitness Trust, a non-governmental organisation, an independent commission must probe the systematic doping allegations in collusion with authorities. Officials themselves summon foreign doctors and give performance-enhancing drugs which are internationally banned for players, said Health Fitness Trust Director Sunita Anand Godara,
one of the best marathon runners in south-east Asia. Inadequacies on the part of legislature and the executive have left large loopholes and rooms for nepotism, favouritism,
patronage, arbitrariness, unfairness, bribery and cheating practices like doping, performance fixing, betting and mafia operations, she said
in the PIL. The government should also be directed to extend benefits and awards to those who comply with compulsory drug testing, Ms Godara said. The
PIL also calls for setting up a sports regulatory commission to identify deserving sportspersons who have
been wrongfully left out for the Arjuna Award since 1961 and to frame rational guidelines for future benefits to deserving people. It said deserving sportspersons, including legends like Milkha Singh (1955-62) and Kamaljit Sandhu (1970-75), were left out and non-deserving persons were given the Arjuna Award. "Powers exercised in an arbitrary manner based on irrationality have resulted in an uneven playing field for players. This has created a system which is unfair, illegal and against the spirit of |
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Linares (Spain), March 7 In the other games yesterday, Alexei Shirov of Spain defeated Hungary’s Judit Polgar while Peter Leko of Hungary drew with Anatoly Karpov of Russia. Kasparov’s win gave him 7.5 points out of 10, a full three points ahead of the field, who all finished with 4.5 points, one game below .500. It was his second straight tournament victory since losing the world championship to Vladimir Kramnik last fall. The tournament got off to a slow start when all nine games in the first three rounds were drawn, but then Kasparov caught fire, winning five out of the last seven games. Grischuk sacrificed a pawn in the opening. In the ending that followed, each player was left with two rooks and one bishop. However, the two bishops were placed on opposite-colored squares, making it difficult to gain the victory. But Kasparov was up to the task, or rather Grischuk was not up to the task of defending his position. His pieces soon found themselves on awkward squares and, in time trouble, he lost a second pawn on move 37. Each player is alloted two hours for the first 40 moves. Kasparov also had threats against Grischuk’s king and he offered one of his pawns back. The pawn was poisoned but Grischuk took it, allowing Kasparov to threaten a mating attack and Grischuk’s rook simultaneously. Grischuk promptly resigned. Against Shirov, Polgar equalised as black and probably stood better. On move 21, Yugoslav grandmaster Ljubomir Ljubojevic predicted that Shirov would “suffer”. But the position was fearfully complicated and the initiative soon passed to white. Shirov’s pieces were aimed at Polgar’s king, and Polgar was forced to “fianchetto” her rook by placing it on g7, an awkward square. By move 40, it was clear that Shirov was winning. He won the exchange and forced his opponent to resign on move 59. Leko achieved a small advantage against Karpov. He sacrificed an exchange to exploit his superior pieces. As usual in this tournament, Karpov was in extreme time trouble but he defended well, giving back the exchange.
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Camp for yoga teachers Chandigarh, March 7 Stating this here today, Mr
Dharamvir, president, India Yoga Federation, said that selected yoga teachers from all the states of the country and also from Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Uruguay, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, Canada and Nepal would attend this camp. The yoga teachers would be refreshed with the latest techniques of yoga therapy based on modern scientific research. Mr Dharamvir said that this ancient art of yoga had now adopted by modern medical scientists and psychiatrists for the cure of mental and physical health problems. A search work is also being conducted by many scientists in the U.S.A., Germany and other European countries. The IYF had collected information of this modern research through Prof. Lal. Based on the scientific research many simple and practical yoga programmes had been devised to prevent mental and physical health problems caused by the tension and stress of modern life style. Besides, there would be two-day special seminar and workshop from March 31 to April 1 on the application of yoga on stress management and spinal problem. Reputed medical scientists and psychologists would also address their views on yoga therapy. Indian Yoga Federation and Shri Ram Mulkh Darbar Society would provide free board and lodging to the yoga teachers and patients attending the programme. |
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Anil rejoins camp Patiala, March 7 Earlier, much before the camp started at the NIS from January 4, Anil Kumar had been occupying a room in the Dhyan Chand hostel inside the NIS complex without
permission from the authorities. Since there was no camp in progress at the NIS, the authorities asked the Bangkok Asian Games silver medalist to vacate the room. In response, the outspoken Anil Kumar had openly dared the authorities to throw him out of the hostel but, surprisingly, inaction on the part of the authorities meant that the thrower had his way and subsequently Anil stayed put in the hostel in gross violation of norms relating to the stay of national campers and also to the embarrassment of the authorities. This time, the thrower has put the NIS authorities in a fix as he is back after being ‘relieved’ from the camp by the authorities following a midnight brawl outside the NIS campus. This incident had led to the police to swoop down on the campus in the wee hours of February 12. The situation could have turned volatile but for the fact that top NIS officers reached the spot to
diffuse the situation. As a sequel to this incident, the Director (Camps) Ms Kamaljit Kooner asked Anil to explain his conduct to the Executive Director (Teams), SAI, New Delhi. The AAFI constituted a three-member committee to look into the incident, the committee exonerated Anil Kumar and the thrower joined the camp yesterday. When contacted, Ms Kamaljit Kooner confirmed that Anil had joined the camp but declined to elaborate further. |
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Ambala In the 200 metre, 400 metre and 1500 metre races, Bishan Lal was first and Dev Raj was second. Bishan Lal was declared the best sportsman, while Manju Kapoor was declared the best sportswoman, a release said. In 100 metre, Vishwa Lal was first and Mahendra Pal was second. In the women’s category, Manju Kapoor was first and Renu Nagpal was second. In women’s 400 metre walking, Kusum Lata was first. In jevelin throw, Anita Taneja was first and in hammer throw, Harshi Miglani was first and Anita Taneja was second. In long jump for men, Naveen Kamal was first and Karnail Ram was second. In high jump, Bishan Lal was first and Ashok Rana was second. In weightlifting, S.P. Kohli was first and Ashok Rana was second. In table tennis, R.K. Gandhi was first. In badminton Neeraj Vats was first and in javelin throw, Ashok Kumar Rana was first. In hammer throw, Sanjeev Kumar was first and Ashok Rana was second. The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mahinder Kumar, gave away the prizes. |
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Kirtane-Panja duo in semifinals Mumbai, March 7 However, the doubles biggest shock defeat was of top seeded Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan and Donavan September of England.
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