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Aussies keen to clinch series at Eden Gardens: Warne Gopi upsets Olympic
champ Waugh warns SA about Windies Lara out to restore Windies’
honour Sri Lanka on brink of
defeat Sami makes impressive
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Match-fixing, Haryana
style! Preparations on for 2004 Olympics Chance for Bagan to avenge defeat E. Bengal, Mahindras
split points Punjab-Rajasthan tie from
today IWHF picks 32 probables DVB, Delhi Audit record wins PSEB wins basketball tourney
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Aussies keen to clinch series at Eden Gardens: Warne Eden Gardens, March 9 “If we can play the way we did in the first Test in Mumbai, we can hope to win the Test series in India,” Warne told reporters at the Eden Gardens here after a practice session. “We want to keep things rolling. The team has been playing well of late. Things are going on nicely for us. We want to clinch the series at the Eden Gardens,” he said. Asked whether he had worked out any particular strategy for the Indian batsmen, the ace leg spinner said: “I bowled quite well in the first Test in Mumbai. I just want to carry on the good work here. I just want to go and try and take the wickets”. Warne, who was not very successful in his last tour of the country, said he enjoyed bowling to Indian batsmen as they played spinners well. “It is a challenge bowling to them. I just want to bowl well to them”. Meanwhile, Australia’s opening batsman Michael Slater has been suspended for the second Test against India beginning at the Eden Gardens on Sunday and fined 50 per cent of his match fees for violating the player’s code of conduct. The decision to suspend Slater from the second Test and impose the fine was taken by match referee Cammie Smith after hearing Slater today. Both the Australian and Indian teams had a strenuous workout at the Eden Gardens to get acclaimatised to the conditions here. The Australians, who flew into the city from New Delhi last night, had a practice session in the morning while the Indians reached the stadium in the afternoon and practised till 6 pm. Significantly, the Australians asked for the services of two left-arm pace bowlers to bowl to their batsmen, obviously keeping in mind that the hosts have two left arm seamers Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra in the squad. S. Ramesh and V.V.S. Laxman, who also addressed the press conference after the practice session, claimed that the team was “mentally and physically” as tough as the Aussies. “We are also aggressive but we don’t show our emotions. We try our best for the country, sometimes we don’t succeed,” Laxman said. Asked whether the Indian batsmen had made certain preparation for handling the Aussie bowlers after the debacle in Mumbai, Laxman said: “All the Australian bowlers are very competent. It is a challenge facing them”. The two Indian batsmen denied that the team had turned complacent after leaving the visitors tottering at 99 for five in the Mumbai Test. “It is just that (Adam) Gilchrist and (Mathew) Haydon played an amazing innings which took the match away from us,” left handed Ramesh said. Asked whether the team depended too much on Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid to score the runs with no significant contributions from the other batsmen, Laxman said: “The three are top class batsmen.
Obviously, there is a lot of responsibility on their shoulders. But all the batsmen go out and try their best”. For Sourav Ganguly the second Test against Australia commencing on Sunday is a challenging assignment because he is leading the country for the first time in his home ground, the Eden Gardens. Bengal’s southpaw, who returned last night from New Delhi, said the Eden Test was very crucial for India before the third and final Test at Chennai.
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Gopi upsets Olympic champ Birmingham, March 9 The 15-3 15-9 win helped the 27-year old from Hyderabad, book a quarter final berth in this prestigious tournament for the first time after pulling off major upsets twice before. Gopi Chand, the sole Indian survivor in the championship, after first round exits of Aparna Popat, Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Siddhartha Jain and the doubles pair of Jaseel P Ismail/Vincent Lobo, never appeared perturbed against the third seed Chinese throughout the match. The only time when the third-seed Chinese staged a challenge in the match was early in the second game when he tried hard to match the pace of tenth seed Gopi Chand. But that was about all as Gopi Chand, with his shrewd game plan and easy movement, strangled the Sydney Games gold medallist with natural ease. The India number one must have done his homework well as he looked prepared to tackle Xinpeng’s characteristically dangerous smash and replied by keeping the shuttle as low as possible. The winning shot was a low serve followed by a sudden thrust to the body which a hapless Xinpeng failed to negotiate. “I did not feel the pressure when victory approached because I had a game plan which worked and also I had a good lead,” Gopi Chand said after his victory. With this win, Gopi Chand, a product of Prakash Padukone’s Badminton Academy in Bangalore, has earned the unique distinction of defeating three Olympic men’s singles champions in his career. He beat Barcelona gold medallist Allan Budi Kusuma at the 1997 edition of All-England and Atlanta winner Paul Frik Hayer at the SAS Trophy in Austria. In the second round, also played yesterday, Gopi Chand had made quick work of local favourite Colin Haughton 15-7, 15-4. The man whom Xinpeng had beaten in the Sydney Olympic final, Indonesian Hendrawan, also crashed out. The fourth seed was beaten 15-13 15-3 in the third round by the former quarter-finalist from China, Chen Hong. Also advancing to the last 16 were world number one Denmark’s Peter Gade and Malaysian Muhammad Roslin Hashim. While, the top-seeded Dane recovered from 1-11 down to beat Indonesia’s Rony Agustinas 17-14, 15-10, Hashim had little problem in moving past Swede Rasmus Wengberg 15-6, 15-1. In women’s third round action, title-holder and Olympic champion Gong Zhichao of China breezed past Korean Park Hyo-Sun 11-1, 11-2 into the quarter-finals. Sixth seed and Zhichao’s compatriot Zhou Mi ensured another last-16 berth by crushing Brenda Beenhakker of the Netherlands 11-0, 11-6. It was Beenhakker who had ended the campaign of Indian top seed Aparna Popat 11-9, 11-9, 11-5 in the first round on Wednesday.
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Waugh warns SA about Windies Johannesburg, March 9 Waugh was commenting to the Afrikaans daily Beeld via e-mail from India, where Australia are currently playing. “One should also remember that the Windies have lost only one home series in the last 30 years,” said Waugh, whose team beat the Windies 5-0 in their last encounter in Australia. “In familiar surroundings and before their home crowd, they will be tough opponents, and things could play out more equally,” he added. Waugh said he shared the view that the advantage of playing at home could revive the Windies’ efforts to step out proudly again in the international cricket arena as
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Lara out to restore Windies’ honour Johannesburg, March 9 Lara, speaking to the Afrikaans daily “Beeld” here, said the Windies would have to play the South Africans out of the Test in their first innings. He said he would treat every South African seriously and not only Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock. “One of my biggest mistakes in Australia (where the Windies lost 5-0) was that I decided before hand to keep Glenn McGrath in my sights and make sure I did well against him, but then other people also took my wicket,” Lara said. The fact that five of the seven batsmen who will play are left-handed is in favour of the Windies. “I learnt that when I play with a lot of right-handed batsmen, I was at an advantage because the bowlers had their direction against me,” Lara said. “But I don’t think South Africa are too worried about this.” Lara said he had had a good opportunity to recover from a thigh muscle injury and now just had to “get into the groove again.” “The competition in the team is intense, so the days when I could sit back and say where I wanted to bat are over. If you get a chance to play, you have to grab it. I know the local conditions very well, and it’s great to play at home. I know only too well that I will be in the South African sights. I’ll just have to step up and concentrate hard,” Lara said. Donald said he was looking forward to the challenge of stopping Lara “running amok in his own back yard.” “Every cricketer has somebody he wants to take on,” Donald said.
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Sri Lanka on brink of defeat Kandy (Sri Lanka), March 9 Their last front-line batsman, Kumar Sangakkara, was on 47 not out as the home side closed on 98 for six. The game threatened to spiral out of control after Sri Lanka, facing a 90-run deficit after dismissing England for 387 at tea, collapsed to three for three after just 13 balls when they batted again. Tempers flared shortly after Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya was controversially given out, caught in the slips off Andy Caddick, by home umpire B.C. Cooray off what appeared to be a bump ball. When Aravinda de Silva was dismissed moments later, gloving Darren Gough to the slips, batsman Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Atherton exchanged words, the Englishman wagging his finger angrily before then remonstrating with umpire Rudi Koertzen. Sri Lanka saw their last hopes of salvaging the match all but disappear when Mahela Jayawardene, a century-maker in the first innings, chopped Craig White into his stumps to make it 42 for four before Robert Croft snapped up two late wickets to expose the tail. Earlier, off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan finished with four English wickets for 127 off 63 overs. Sri Lanka won the first Test of the three-match series by an innings and 28 runs, a match also blighted by some questionable umpiring decisions. Scoreboard Sri Lanka (Ist innings) 297: (M.Jayawardene 101, R.Arnold 65; A.Caddick 4-55, D.Gough 4-73) England (Ist innings): (overnight 249-5) Atherton lbw b Vaas 7 Trescothick c Sangakkara 23 b Dharmasena Hussain b Muralitharan 109 Thorpe c Dilshan b Jayasuriya 59 Stewart c Dilshan b Jayasuriya 54 Hick lbw b Muralitharan 0 White st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 39 Giles b Muralitharan 5 Croft not out 33 Caddick b Muralitharan 7 Gough lbw b Vaas 10 Extras: (b-16 lb-20 w-1 nb-4) 41 Total: (all out) 387 Fall of wickets: 1/16, 2/37, 3/204, 4/232, 5/236, 6/323, 7/330, 8/336, 9/346. Bowling: Vaas 23-7-39-2, Zoysa 10-2-35-0 (w-1), Muralitharan 63-21-127-4 (nb-4), Dharmasena 27-4-74-1, Jayasuriya 34-10-76-3. Sri Lanka (IInd innings): Atapattu c Stewart b Gough 2 Jayasuriya c Thorpe b Caddick 0 Sangakkara not out 47 De Silva c White b Gough 1 Jayawardene b White 18 Arnold lbw b Croft 22 Dilshan c Hick b Croft 0 Dharmasena not out 1 Extras: (nb-7) 7 Total: (for six wickets) 98 Fall of wickets: 1/2, 2/2, 3/3, 4/42, 5/81, 6/88. Bowling (to date): Gough 6-0-24-2 (2nb), Caddick 8-2-29-1 (1nb), White 6-2-20-1 (1nb), Croft 5-3-7-2, Giles 6-3-18-0 (3nb). Reuters |
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Sami makes impressive debut Auckland, March 9 After Pakistan had recovered twice to post 346 runs, New Zealand’s innings got off to a disastrous start when openers Matthew Bell and Mark Richardson were both dismissed within the first two overs of the innings. New Zealand reached 65 for two at stumps on a rain shortened second day with Matthew Sinclair not out 28 and skipper Stephen Fleming unbeaten on 32. Sharing the new ball with Waqar Younis, in the absence of the experienced Wasim Akram, Sami bowled Richardson with an outstanding yorker that was clocked at 140 km-per-hour. This was after Waqar, a veteran of 68 Tests, had ended Matthew Bell’s Test return. Bell’s return to the lineup after a 17-month absence lasted just one delivery. He was adjudged caught behind by wicketkeeper Moin Khan off the fourth ball of the innings. New Zealand, struggling with two wickets down and just one run on the board after 10 balls, was in trouble until Sinclair and Fleming combined for a 64-run stand. Sami, 20, was quick on this paceless and portable pitch and clocked 143 kmph, the quickest delivery bowled in this Test, the first in a three-match series. On a day when rain cut short play to just 45 overs, New Zealand swing bowler Daryl Tuffey (4-96) and Chris Martin (4-106) checked Pakistan’s batting recovery after the visitors had resumed on 270 for four. With play starting after a 45-minute delay and the lights turned on, Tuffey removed Younis Khan (91) and Faisal Iqbal (42) within the first three balls of the day. This was after the pair had come to Pakistan’s rescue at 138 for four just before the tea break yesterday. Dropped on five and then on 65, Younis drove at the first ball today and was brilliantly caught by Craig McMillan. Two balls later Faisal, the 19-year-old nephew of coach Javed Miandad, fended at an outswinger and gave first slip Fleming an easy catch. Scoreboard Pakistan (Ist innings): Farhat c Parore b Martin 23 Elahi c Parore b Tuffey 24 Misbah-ul-Haq c Sinclair b McMillan 28 Youhana c Parore b Martin 51 Younis Khan c McMillan b Tuffey 91 Iqbal c Fleming b tuffey 42 Moin Khan c Parore b Tuffey 47 Saqlain Mushtaq c Fleming b Martin 2 Waqar Younis lbw b Martin 4 Mushtaq Ahmed c Parore b Franklin 19 Mohammad Sami not out 0 Extras: (nb-6, b-2, lb-7) 15 Total: (all out, 106 overs) 346 Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-52, 3-130, 4-138, 5-270, 6-271, 7-286, 8-294, 9-346. Bowling: Tuffey 34-13-96-4, Martin 22-1-106-4 (nb-2), Franklin 21-6-55-1 (nb-4), Wiseman 7-0-35-0, McMillan 14-5-34-1, Astle 8-3-11-0. New Zealand (Ist innings): M. Richardson b Sami 1 M. Bell c Moin b Waqar 0 M. Sinclair not out 28 S. Fleming not out 32 Extras: (lb-4) 4 Total: (for two wickets, 27 overs) 65 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1. Bowling: Waqar 8-2-21-1, Sami 10-5-25-1, Saqlain 7-1-6-0, Mushtaq 2-0-9-0.
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Clavet, Hewitt advance in Templeton tennis Scottsdale, March 9 Giant-killer Francisco Clavet of Spain escaped three second set set points to bounce Argentine Guillermo Canas 7-6 (7-5) 7-5 in a two-hour slugfest. And Chilean Nicolas Massau dismissed Andrea Gaudenzi of italy 6-1 7-6 (7-1). Clavet, who upset second-seed and Australian Open champion Andre Agassi in a three-set triumph on Tuesday night, exhibited the same never-say-die attitude in fashioning the victory over Canas, a semifinalist in Acapulco last week. “I played well against Andre and today it was a really good match,” said Clavet after gaining his third quarter-final of the year. “Maybe he’s not as big a name as Andre, but I knew he was playing really well”. Clavet was all smiles after taking out Canas with a sensational second set run. After the Spanish lefthander took the opening set tiebreaker 7-5 after jumping out to a 6-1 lead, he found himself trailing 5-1 in the next set. “I didn’t think I could win that set but I just keep on playing and see what happened,” he said. The gritty Spanish lefthander saved three set points and regained his composure by running off the final six games. At 6-5, he broke service for the fourth time in the match as the argentine knocked a forehand over the baseline on the first match point. Hewitt won his 12th straight match. Hewitt’s come-from-behind victory set up a Friday night clash with seventh-seed Marcelo Rios. The Chilean lefthander shook off a sluggish start before rolling past German Rainier Schuettler 3-6 6-3 6-2. “I was serving very badly in the first set, but in the second set he gave me the chance and I took it,” said Rios, who had lost four straight first-round matches entering the desert event. “I was starting to play better in the last two sets — I was serving much better and my whole game was coming around. After being down, I was happy to come back and win the match.” Hewitt admitted to “not playing my best tennis,” but it was good enough to get through. “I was definitely scratchy at the start,” said Hewitt after raising his 2001 record to 15-3. “It was just tough conditions out there tonight. There was just so much moisture, it felt so heavy, like I couldn’t crack an egg.” After dropping the opener, Hewitt began to heat up under the chilly conditions to take control, by running off the final six games of the second set to level the match. “I knew if I hung in there and just kept making shots back and working the point, I was going to get the confidence out there,” Hewitt said. “That’s what I ended up doing. I went back to the basics ... back to my strengths. That allowed me to get to the net and start putting pressure on him again.” In the deciding third set, Hewitt used a key service break in the third game to build a 4-3 lead. Fromberg held three break points to level the set but failed to capitalize. At 5-3, Hewitt broke service in the final game for the sixth time to wrap up the win. “It’s good for me to get though this match considering I’m going to play another night match,” Hewitt said. “I’m going to have to raise the level of my game if I’m going to get past Marcelo.” DELRAY BEACH: It was a bad day for Nicolas Lapentti on the court and for Greg Rusedski off it yesterday at the ATP Tour’s Citrix Tennis Championships. Lapentti’s early-season struggles continued as Xavier Malisse of Belgium upended the second seed from Ecuador 6-3 6-4 to advance to his second straight ATP quarter-final. Last night’s second-round encounter between fourth seed Jan-Michael Gambill of the USA and the red-hot Rusedski was scrapped after the Briton withdrew with back spasms. On Sunday, Rusedski won his 10th career ATP title by defeating Andre Agassi at the Sybase Open in San Jose, California. His withdrawal was a blow for the tall, big-serving player, who claimed last week he was at full strength after battling foot problems last year. Gambill will appear in his fourth quarter-final in five events this season when he faces fellow American Chris Woodruff later today. Woodruff, a 1996 finalist, dumped lucky loser Marc-Kevin Goellner of Germany 6-2 6-3 in a matchup of unseeded players. Eighth seed Fabrice Santoro of France advanced to his second quarter-final of the year by downing Brazilian qualifier Flavio Saretta 6-4 6-3. Santoro will battle Malisse today. In other quarter-final matchups, top seed Patrick Rafter and Wayne Arthurs will square off in an all-Australian affair and Peter Wessels and Edwin Kempes will battle in an all-Dutch match. The first prize at this $ 350,000 hardcourt event is $ 46,000.
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Unseeded Sheetal wins ITF crown New Delhi, March 9 The 19-year-old Sheetal, for the whom this is the first ITF masters title, took just under an hour to breeze past Wennerstrom 6-1, 6-2. For her efforts, the Indian collects five WTA points and $ 800 while the Swede has to stay content with four WTA points and $ 500. The victory tasted even sweeter for the Indian as she had lost to Wennerstrom in the quarters of the Bangalore leg, going down despite taking the first set. “I played my best today and did not give her a chance. I played confidently and that probably did the best for me,” said the beaming Sheetal after the match. The Indian broke her opponent four times while holding her serve throughout. She started the match well, breaking Wennerstrom in the latter’s very first serve to go up 2-0. The latter, looking to equalise, missed an important opportunity in the next as she squandered two break points, giving the Indian a healthy 3-0 lead. Sheetal broke the Swede again in the fourth, helped by some costly mistakes by the latter. At deuce, Wennerstrom committed two consecutive doubles faults to go down 0-4. Finally, Sheetal took the set 6-1 in just 24 minutes. Wennerstrom was the first to get a break point in the second game, but could not answer to Sheetal’s serve and missed the opportunity. After the set progressed with the serve, the Indian finally broke her opponent in the fifth. Giving Sheetal three break points after going down 0-40 with a double fault, Wennerstrom had no clue to Sheetal’s forehand down the line and went down 2-3. The Indian, after breaking again in the seventh, went up 5-2 and later served the set and the match out.
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Match-fixing, Haryana
style! Hisar, March 9 Information gathered by The Tribune reveals that dozens of sportspersons have been representing different schools and colleges at the district, zonal, university and state-level championships. In most cases they were found to have been enrolled as students in both a school and a college which is illegal. Documents also show that they have been representing the teams of both these institutions at sports meets held within days of each other. Six judokas represented the team of the Hisar Jat Senior Secondary School in the Haryana State School Judo Championship held at Sirsa from December 12 to 15 last year. They were: Mamta, Poonam Dhamija, Jyoti, Poonam Bamel, Sonia and Vanita. They are bona fide students of the school. Three of them bagged gold medals and another a silver in this meet. However, the same judokas were earlier found to have represented the team of the local CRM Jat College in the Inter-College Judo Championship held at Kurukshetra on October 5 and 6. The team won the championship. The college had submitted
documents to the Kurukshetra University authorities that these girls were on its rolls during the same period in which they were enrolled in the school also. Likewise, five handball players — Mukesh, Neetu, Renu, Devender and Sunil — represented the same college as well as a school in various championships during the current academic session. These included the Zonal Handball Championship for Schools held at Shapur, the Inter-College Handball Championship at Kurukshetra and the Zonal Inter-College Handball Championship here in a span of a week in October 2000. Of these five, two students were later found to be on the rolls of a school in Gurgaon and Bhiwani. A couple of watchful officials recognised the players as having participated in the school championship two days earlier. The matter was brought to the notice of the rival teams which lodged protests to the authorities concerned. While the school team was barred from participating in one of the matches since the Organising Committee is empowered to take a decision, in college and university-level meets, the rival teams played under protest since the final decision rests with the Kurukshetra University Sports Committee. The university officials sent letters to the college concerned, but no replies were forthcoming. Since the school has nothing to do with the university, it was not asked to reveal whether these students were its bona fide students. Sensing the delaying tactics, Hisar-based F.C. College for Women whose team had played under protest shot off a letter to the school principal seeking confirmation of the fact that the players concerned were on its rolls. The unsuspecting new school principal unwittingly confirmed the fact in writing. Enquiries reveal that educational institutions have been resorting to such tactics to corner glory. It is easy to do so in the case of schools and colleges which have a common governing body. Since both schools and colleges run 10 plus 1 classes, the records are easily fudged. At the end of the session, they appear in the examinations from one of the institutions. The other simply ticks them off its rolls. This enables the players to keep the medals and certificates while the institutions keep the trophies. |
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Preparations on for 2004 Olympics Athens, March 9 Addressing a Press conference here yesterday, Ms Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki said after three visits made in the last year by officials of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), there is “complete satisfaction from the IOC that
ATHOC is on the right course.” “The IOC has every reason to want the 2004 Olympics to succeed, not only because they co-fund it but because for the
IOC the Athens Games is a special case,” Ms Angelopoulos-Daskalaki said. She said because the Games were returning to the place of their birth and where they were revised in 1896, the IOC “will not allow us even one moment of rest. May be with us they will be more strict than with other organising committees in the past and in the future.” |
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Chance for Bagan to avenge defeat Kolkata, March 9 On February 25 the Goans fired salvos via Uzbek Igor Shkvrin and Andre before a home crowd at Margao to humiliate the former NFL champions as their Brazilian missiles misfired repeatedly. The defeat forced the
Kolkata soccer giants to slide down to third position, after the first leg, behind East Bengal and F C Kochin even as the Goans made it to the sixth spot with 15 points from 11 matches. Mohun Bagan, now with 21 points from eleven matches, have to go all out at the Salt Lake Stadium not only to bag the three points to be in the race, but also balm the scars of the defeat, said coach Subrata Bhattacharya. However, the green and maroon brigade have reorganised themselves after the defeats and went on to win by a big margin against Vasco Sports Club in the last match of the first leg. The good news for Bagan is the return to form of their mercurial striker Jose Ramirez Barreto. The Brazilian not only
scored the first goal, but also fed his mate R C Prakash to score two quicks against Vasco that took the Bangalorian to the top of the scoring list with eight goals. Bagan’s statistics shows six wins, three draws, two loses, with 17 goals in favour and eight against. “The conceding of eight goals in the 11 matches is also a worry,” coach Bhattacharya said. Everything said and done with the absence of Igor (two yellow cards) in tomorrow’s match and a home turf and crowd to back up the balance looked heavily tilted in Bagan’s favour. Zee Churchill would be more than happy to snatch another point from Bagan in the return league, team’s coach said, though they would certainly not mind stealing a win. The Goan team have four wins, three draws, four loses with 15 goals in favour and nine against. Churchill brothers are known to be a gritty lot and leash out the best when they are pressed against the wall. So it would be too early to write them off, though the green and maroon brigade hold the advantage, as a rock solid defence and big-bird Edward Ansah under the woodwork may prove hard nuts to crack.
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E. Bengal, Mahindras split points Mumbai, March 9 It was a bad day for East Bengal as captain Bijen Singh was sent out with a red card for two fouls. Suley Musah and Dipak Mondal were shown a yellow card each and another defender Jackson Agaypong limped out in the ninth minute. The leaders were shaken in the fifth minute, when Anthony Perreira took advantage of a slack Musah and put Raman Vijayan ahead after beating goalie Sangram Mukherjee. Vijayan’s right foot tap just rolled over the cross piece. Bengal recovered to hit back but Bijen’s effort in deceiving goalie Virender Kumar was wasted by Dipak Mondal, who headed out. Mahindras were playing deep into East Bengal’s half and Venkatesh had a good chance to convert a volley into a goal in the 23rd minute. The player was again under spotlight as he ran circles around Ratan Singh and Mondal only to pump the shot straight into Mukherjees belly. After half time Mahindras started feeling the void created by defender Tapan Ghosh’s absence due to injury. But East Bengal instead of scheming to exploit it, played a foul on Bernard and Harish Sharma’s free kick dipped in perfectly only for Christopher to be headed out. In the 80th minute East Bengal probably had the best chance, when Iranian defener Gholam Reza, gave a back pass and Virender picked it up. Refereee Balu blew a whistle for an indirect kick just inside the box. It was ruined when Dipendu Biswas senselessly smacked the ball straight into the onrushing defender Razak. A few minutes before close, the meaningless fouls by East Bengal again surfaced. This time it was Mondal, and Sharma again essayed another dropping kick but Reza headed out. East Bengal still remain on top with 27 points while Mahindras are on 14 points.
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Punjab-Rajasthan tie from
today Mohali, March 9 Punjab team has been on a roll during the league phase of the championship, handing out crushing defeats to their rivals in all the matches. Though
without the services of Harbhajan Singh and Sarandeep Singh in this match, Punjab have enough firepower at its disposal to wreck any opposition. Skipper Vikram Rathore, Pankaj Dharmani and Dinesh Mongia are all proven performers while Reetinder Sodhi, Yuvraj Singh, who have played for India in one-day internationals, and Amritsar opening batsman Ravneet Ricky are all promising youngsters deemed to have bright future. Rajasthan will look up to skipper and the opening batsman Gagan Khoda, Sanjiv Sharma, who has played 23 one-day matches for India, and left-arm medium pacer P Krishan Kumar to deliver, while there are youngsters like Saket Bhatia and Anup Dave to strengthen the squad. Khoda revealed today that Kuldeep Singh was a bit indisposed and the final decision as to whether he would play or not would be taken tomorrow. Punjab: Vikram Rathore, Ravneet Ricky, Yuvraj Singh, Pankaj Dharmani, Dinesh Mongia, Reetinder Sodhi, Munish Sharma, Sandeep Sawal, Gagandeep Singh, Vineet Sharma, Babloo Kumar. Rajasthan: Gagan Khoda, P Krishan Kumar, Sanjeev Sharma, Mohammad Islam, Pramod Yadav, Rahul Kamath, Anshu Jain, Kuldeep Singh, Saket Bhatia, Vineet Saxena, Nikhil Doru, Anup Dave, Davinder Paul, Rohit Jilani, Krishan Choudhary. |
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IWHF picks 32 probables Patiala, March 9 Till today, 24 probables have reached the NIS while the others, including assistant coach P. Madhukaran, are expectected to reach shortly. The
probables: Rebecca Devi, Masira Surin, Meenakshi, Adelin Karketta, Suman Bala,Gurpreet Kaur, Surinder Kaur, Sanghai Chanu, Mamata Kharab (Railways) , Deepika (Gujarat), Neha, Manju Rani, Sushila Sharma (Delhi), Rajni Bala, Sushila Lakra, Simarjit Kaur (Haryana), Pushpa Pardhan, Fulmani Sai, Balwinder Kaur, Anjana Barla, Anita Ekka, Marita Tirkey, Amrita Minz (Bihar), Neelima Kujur , Sudhabra Pardhan, Agnecia Lugun, Asrita Toppo, Anareeta Karketta, Bhimani Tirkey (Orrisa), Neelam (Karnataka), and S.Anjum (Chandigarh). Former international umpire Satinder Walia and P. Madhukaran will be the coach and assistant coach of the team. The Indians have been grouped in a tough pool along with holders the Netherlands, New Zealand and USA. All the 16 participating teams have been divided in four pools of four teams each. |
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DVB, Delhi Audit record wins New Delhi, March 9 DVB recorded their first victory when they defeated All-India Institute of Medical Sciences 4-0. Ravinder opened the account for DVB, and Dharam Pal Rawat consolidated the lead before half time. On resumption, Ashok Kumar and substitute Bir Bahadur scored a goal each to complete the scoring. DVB have now secured three points from four matches. Defending champions Delhi Audit registered their fourth successive victory when they beat Reserve Bank of India 2-0. Daljit Bisht and Sameer Jung were the winners’ markesmen. Audit, who have collected 12 points from four matches, have moved into the quarter-final. |
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PSEB wins basketball tourney Patiala, March 9 According to information, in the final the PSEB beat the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board by the odd set in three to win the title. The Bombay Suburban Electricity Supply were placed third. The PSEB stood second in the All-India Inter-State Electricity Boards Basketball Tournament which concluded at Tiruchirapali on Thursday. In the final the Punjab powermen went down fighting to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board 58-64. In the race for the general trophy, the PSEB now have a total of eight points and stand first in the pecking order, followed by the TNEB with seven points. Hockey camp The Indian Women Hockey Federation (IWHF) has selected 32 probables who are attending a preparatory camp which commenced at the NIS on Thursday. The probables will be undergoing training for the Junior World Cup scheduled to be held in Argentina from May 6 to 14. Till today, 24 probables have reached the NIS while the others, including assistant coach P. Madhukaran, are expected to reach shortly. The probables are:
Rebecca Devi, Masira Surin, Meenakshi, Adelin Karketta, Suman Bala,Gurpreet Kaur, Surinder Kaur, Sanghai
Chanu, Mamata Kharab (Railways) , Deepika (Gujarat), Neha, Manju Rani, Sushila Sharma (Delhi), Rajni Bala, Sushila
Lakra, Simarjit Kaur (Haryana), Pushpa Pardhan, Fulmani Sai, Balwinder Kaur, Anjana
Barla, Anita Ekka, Marita Tirkey, Amrita Minz (Bihar), Neelima Kujur , Sudhabra
Pardhan, Agnecia Lugun, Asrita Toppo, Anareeta Karketta, Bhimani Tirkey (Orissa), Neelam (Karnataka), and S. Anjum (Chandigarh). Former international umpire Satinder Walia will be the coach of the team. The Indians have been grouped in a tough pool along with holders — Netherlands, New Zealand and the USA. All 16 participating teams have been divided in four pools of four teams each.
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