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Anand loses to
Topalov Bowyer guilty, says
prosecutor Peru defeat old rivals
Chile
Sportspersons await scholarships Mahindra blank Kochin 4-0 Trainees honoured
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Australia sail to 8-wkt win Pune, March 28 Left-hand middle order batsman Hemang Badani scored his first hundred but except for VVS Laxman, others did not contribute much in India’s score of 248 for nine in the allotted 50 overs. In the end, that did not prove enough and the Australians romped home riding on an excellent unbeaten century by Mark Waugh to win by eight wickets with 4.5 overs to spare. The Australians toyed with the bowling attack on a track that posed problems for the Indians in the morning and was expected to deteriorate further. “Man of the Match” Mark Waugh batted throughout the innings scoring 133 and alongwith in-form Mathew Hayden never left the result in doubt as they scored much above the required rate. None of the Indian bowlers, not even Harbhajan Singh, could trouble them as they put on 143 runs for the opening wicket in 26 overs. It was only when Hayden skied an attempted big hit, to be caught by Saurav Ganguly off Zaheer Khan, that the Indians got the breakthrough. Hayden made 57 which included five fours and a six. The Indian briefly raised their hopes when a brilliant piece of fielding by substitute Yuvraj Singh resulted in the run out of Darren Lehmann three overs later. Yuvraj made a diving stop to a cover-drive by Lehmann and threw straight to wicket-keeper Vijay Dahiya with both batsmen stranded in the middle. Lehmann walked back to the pavillion but the Indians insisted Mark Waugh, batting on 95, was out as the batsmen had crossed over while running. However, the third umpire ruled in favour of Waugh who went on to complete his 18th one-day century. Michael Bevan was dropped at four by Dahiya off Sachin Tendulkar but that was about all for the Indians. Mark Waugh, whose 138-ball knock contained 16 fours and a six, and Bevan then took Australian past the target without any more hiccups. Earlier, Badani’s brilliant knock held together the Indian innings after three run-outs at crucial junctures had derailed it somewhat. Coming at the fall of Rahul Dravid, the first man to be run-out, with the score reading 60-3 in the 15th over, Badani put up a sterling performance and batted till the 49th over when he completed his maiden one-day hundred. He was out to the very next ball trying to accelerate the scoring. Sachin Tendulkar gave the Indians another blazing start after Ganguly once again failed, playing on to his stumps a Glenn McGrath delivery for four. Tendulkar repeated his Bangalore performance as he blasted six fours and a six in his 29-ball 32 before holing out a catch to Darren Lehmann at the square leg fence off Damien Fleming. Dravid and Laxman could add just 23 runs for the third wicket before they were involved in a mix-up resulting in Dravid getting run out for 13. Laxman and Badani then combined in the most fruitful stand of the innings adding 97 run for the fourth wicket. The two scored at a fluent pace and Laxman raised his first fifty in limited-overs cricket before it was his turn to be run out off a direct throw by Steve Waugh. Laxman made 51. Badani got a ‘life’ on 52 when he was dropped by Bevan at long-on. That was the only blemish in the sterling effort by the left-hander who raised 59 runs for the seventh wicket with Sunil Joshi to take the score to 221 in the 47th over. In between, debutant Dinesh Mongia also got run out while Dahiya was dismissed while trying to slog. Both contributed two runs each. Scoreboard India: Ganguly b McGrath 4 Tendulkar c Lehmann b Fleming 32 Laxman run out 51 Dravid run out 13 Badani c Lehmann b Bracken 100 D. Mongia run out 2 Dahiya c Bracken b Fleming 2 Joshi c M. Waugh b Bracken 19 Khan b McGrath 15 H. Singh not out 1 Srinath not out 3 Extras: (w-4, lb-2) 6 Total: (for 9 wickets, 50 overs) 248 Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-37, 3-60, 4-153, 5-157, 6-162, 7-221, 8-239, 9-244. Bowling: McGrath 10-1-49-2, Fleming 10-1-39-2, Bracken 10-1-54-2, Martyn 7-0-41-0, Symonds 10-0-41-0, M. Waugh 3-0-22-0. Australia: M. Waugh not out 133 Hayden c Ganguly b Zaheer 57 Lehmann run out 1 Bevan not out 33 Extras: (b4, lb10, w7, nb4) 25 Total: (for 2 wkts, 45.1 overs) 249 Fall of wickets: 1-143, 2-163. Bowling: Srinath 7-0-33-0, Zaheer Khan 6-0-26-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-46-0, Joshi 9.1-0-54-0, Ganguly 3-0-17-0, Tendulkar 10-0-59-0.
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Ganguly rues spate of run outs Pune, March 28 “The three run outs did not help us ... Dravid and Laxman who are both in great form were run out after both were set,” a disappointed Ganguly said after India lost the second one-dayer against Australia by eight wickets with 29 balls to spare. Ganguly, who failed to end his run of poor scores, said India could have been in with a chance had they scored another 30 runs. “Thirty runs more could have been safe,” he said. On the pitch, the skipper said: “I thought it would turn but not like this.” Praising the efforts of Man-of-the-match Mark Waugh, Ganguly said: “He played superbly.” “There are three more games to go and we will come back tougher for the next,” he added optimistically. The winning captain Steve Waugh said he thought a score of 248 was “very competitive especially if you get a couple of early wickets. Though our bowling was satisfactory, batting was excellent.” Lauding Matthew Hayden who has performed exceptionally in the series, Steve Waugh said: “Today also he continued to play well. He gave us a fantastic start. Mark (Waugh) too batted well in an excellent partnership.” Steve Waugh agreed crucial Indian run outs helped his team strengthen its chances in the match. “There were a couple of misfields and our fielding was average but full credit to our batsmen.” Mark Waugh, who played a match-winning knock of 133 off 138 balls to register his 18th one-day ton, said: “The wicket was a little bit slow and initially it was tough. I had to get through the new ball because there was always the chance of nicking the ball.
PTI Dravid doubtful for Indore tie Pune, March 28 Dravid, who has developed a swelling, has been kept under observation for a day, coach John Wright said. If the swelling does not subside by tomorrow, Dravid would not play the Indore match against Australia, he said. Meanwhile, Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist and paceman Glenn McGrath have been fined 50 per cent of their match fees for showing dissent to umpires during the first one-day international match against India in Bangalore on Sunday. Cricket board secretary Jaywant Lele today said match referee in the Bangalore one-dayer Cammie Smith had fined both the players 50 per cent of their fees after the duo argued with the umpires on two separate leg before decisions.
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SA taking nothing for granted Bridgetown, Barbados, March 28 But West Indies have now lost nine of their last 11 Tests and fans fear losing habits will catch up on home turf as the team prepares for the third Test against South Africa, which starts at the Kensington Oval tomorrow with the tourists 1-0 up in the series. When the home side failed to score 200 runs on the final day of the second test with nine wickets in hand and South Africa won by 69 runs, early pessimism turned to gloom and new captain Carl Hooper’s marvelous personal form was deemed insufficient. South Africa, however, are taking nothing for granted. Captain Shaun Pollock and coach Graham Ford remain in awe of the West Indies home record and celebrations were kept to a minimum after the victory in Trinidad. “It will only get harder from here and we know we have to expect them to bounce back,” Pollock said after a three-day warm-up match against a West Indies Board XI ended in a draw at the Kensington Oval on Monday. Two changes to the West Indies 13-man squad have raised questions about the overall approach to the Test. Left-arm wrist-spinner Dave Mohammed has been included alongside orthodox leg-spinner Dinanath Ramnarine, while two fast bowlers — Reon King and Nixon McLean — have been replaced by just one in Cameron Cuffy. The Kensington Oval has historically favoured fast bowlers with pace and bounce but in recent seasons the Caribbean have witnessed a growth of spin and the traditionalists are cowering at the prospect of two spinners appearing at the home of fast bowling. Pollock is sceptical about the chances of a fast bowler’s pitch being prepared: “I don’t know...It looks like it’s got a bit of grass covering but how it plays is a different story. “If it plays like the others then it won’t be much quicker,” Pollock said. It remains highly unlikely that the home side will choose two spinners but the mystery surrounding their final selection is in stark contrast to the approach of South Africa, who intend to stick to a winning team. “Continuity of selection has been a South African strength for years,” Ford said. “So I’m fairly sure it will be the same line-up unless anything dramatic happens.” The only doubt concerns all-rounder Nicky Boje, who has a swollen knee, although he is expected to be fit for the match. Despite the lack of confidence in the home side, locals have been flocking to buy tickets for a series which has been intensely absorbing. For South Africa, it will be an emotional return to the ground where they played their first Test almost 10 years ago after spending 21 years in sporting isolation because of their government’s Apartheid policies.
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JCT hold E Bengal Kolkata, March 28 The Glamour Club paid the price for turning a trifle complacent after going ahead early in the contest and were forced to lift their game to eventually find the equaliser midway through the second session. Striker Dipendu Biswas put the home team in the lead as early as the 10th minute of the contest converting a penalty, but JCT roared back into the game shortly after the interval with substitute Sameer and striker Sukhjit Singh scoring goals within two minutes to raise hopes of a stunning upset. Jolted by the two successive strikes, East Bengal went into the offensive and managed to restore parity with striker Omalaja Olalekan producing a brilliant goal much to the delight of his teammates. East Bengal, who were keen to garner full points from this home match against their weak opponents, had only themselves to blame for the debacle as the defenders seemed to underestimate their opponents in the second session. With this draw, East Bengal have now 35 points from 16 outings while JCT were still languishing at the bottom of the table having just 11 points from as many matches. East Bengal shot into the lead when Dipankar Biswas converted a penalty without much fuss, giving no chance to JCT custodian Arvind Kumar. The penalty was awarded after JCTs’ Jaswinder Singh brought down Dipendu inside the box with a tackle from behind. Leading by a solitary goal at the interval, the home team looked a little sluggish in the second session allowing their rivals to fire in two goals in quick succession, capitalising on the defensive lapses. Taking advantage of the sloppy defence, substitute Sameer struck a goal in the 10th minute of the second session and Sukhjit Singh then produced another brilliant goal two minutes later to leave the East Bengal supporters shell-shocked. An unmarked Sukhjit headed the ball in from inside the box to give his team the lead with the two stopper backs Suley Mussah and Jackson Egygson out of position.
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Venus subdues Jelena in last 8 Miami, March 28 Then came a rain delay, and Agassi went downstairs to offer his heir apparent some advice. “He kind of told me to get my head together a little bit and to calm down,” Roddick said. They also talked strategy, and Roddick put the tips to good use, regrouping to beat Andrei Pavel 7-6 (12-10) 6-2 yesterday and became the youngest men’s quarterfinalist in tournament history. Roddick, 18, said he wasn’t surprised when Agassi sought him out during the rain delay. They’re occasional hitting partners at Roddick’s home in Boca Raton. “To have someone who is one of the greatest champions of all time want to help you out is just great,” Roddick said. “He’s such a great guy. He has good motives. I was surprised at first when he was so nice to me, but he doesn’t surprise me anymore.” Coach Agassi, seeded third, advanced earlier with a walkover when Tommy Haas pulled out before their fourth-round match because of a sprained left foot. Agassi could meet Roddick in an all-American intergenerational final Sunday. An all-Williams final remains possible on Saturday. No. 3 Venus Williams became the first women’s semifinalist beating Jelena Dokic 6-2 6-3. No. 5 Serena Williams plays no. 4 Jennifer Capriati today. Jan-Michael Gambill reached the quarterfinals beating Jonas Bjorkman 6-1 6-2. He’ll next play Gaston Gaudio, who upset no. 12 Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-0 3-6 6-3.
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Tua tries to save man attacked by tiger Las Vegas, March 28 “He was able to stay calm and composed and help as much as he could,” Mr Kevin Barry, Tua’s manager, said yesterday. Mr Eric Bloom, 25, was killed on Sunday while he and the tiger’s owner, Mr Josh Weinstein, were grooming the seven-year-old Bengal tiger for an advertising photo shoot. The attack happened in the desert north-west of Las Vegas at Safari Wildlife, a company that provides exotic animals for film and show work. The company is at the same ranch as Tua’s training facility, about 24 km from downtown Las Vegas. The police said the tiger named Jagger put its paw on Bloom’s shoulder, pushed him to the ground and then bit him in the neck about 6:15 p.m. Mr Barry said Tua heard the screams from his room at the ranch and ran to the tiger’s cage. “The tiger had Eric’s head in his mouth,” Mr Barry said. “Josh Weinstein was ferociously hitting the tiger with a spade. David ran off to grab some towels and ring the ambulance.” When Tua returned, Mr Weinstein had pulled the tiger’s mouth open and got Mr Bloom out of the cage. “David started applying pressure on the bite marks,” Mr Barry said. “Of course, the blood was just pouring out of his neck.” Mr Barry said Tua worked with Mr Weinstein “to resuscitate and try and stop the bleeding.” “David said to me his hands and arms were just absolutely covered in blood.” Mr Bloom died from blood loss. Tua has posed with the tiger on several occasions for promotional pictures, including a photo shoot before last year’s world heavyweight title fight against Lennox Lewis. Tua lost that fight.
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Anand loses to Topalov Monte Carlo, March 28 Braingames match winner GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia blanked GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic of Yugoslavia 2-0 to shoot into sole lead on 13 points. Topalov trails the leader by a half point margin and is followed by Anand on 11.5 points. Slated to play the dangerous trio of Topalov, Kramnik and Shirov in the last three rounds, the Indian GM knew his chances were in the rapid game in which he has earned a reputation of being the world’s best. Playing white in the rapid version, Anand went all out for a win and as it turned out in the end yesterday, had to pay heavy dividends for his over ambitiousness. The Sicilian Sveshnikov has a reputation of being dangerous once out of the extensively analysed variations. Though Anand was on familiar territory with the white pieces, Topalov uncorked a new idea on the 20th move and deviated from an earlier game played between Anand and Peter Leko in the Wijk Ann Zee tournament in January this year. Anand got into difficulties from a dynamically balanced position after pushing his Queen Bishop pawn to the fifth rank. Topalov cashed the opportunity and soon his pieces dominated the chequered board. It was on the 28th move when the die was cast. The position appeared worse already but Anand made a blunder and allowed Topalov’s rook invasion to the seventh rank. The game was over in two more moves. Anand did not fancy his chances much with the black pieces in the blindfold game. Topalov achieved a slightly superior position against the French defence in the middlegame and routinely exchanged a few minor pieces. The queens got traded on the 23rd move and Topalov proposed a draw after seizing the seventh rank with his rook. Anand decided against any desperate tries. Kramnik made short work of Ljubojevic in both games. Playing his favourite semi-Slav in the rapid variant, Kramnik got an easy equality with the black pieces and slowly exerted pressure in the centre. Ljubojevic miscalculated a simple manoeuvre on the 29th move and lost a pawn. The game soon transposed into a knight and pawns endgame where Kramnik netted himself another pawn to romp home. The blindfold too was pretty much one-sided. The classical variation against the king’s Indian defence has served Kramnik well in the past and this day was not an exception. Ljubojevic appeared all at sea as Kramnik unleashed a queenside attack early in the middlegame. By the time Ljubojevic got his share of counterplay on the other flank, Kramnik had already gobbled a couple of pawns. The game lasted 27 moves. Defending champion GM Alexei Shirov of Spain seems to be getting his magical touch back, albeit a little too late. The Latvia-born Spaniard outsmarted GM Peter Leko of Hungary 1.5-0.5 and took the fourth spot on the 10 points table.
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Bowyer guilty, says prosecutor Hull (England), March 28 Bowyer, (24) and defender Jonathan Woodgate, 21, deny causing grievous bodily harm and affray with intent against Sarfraz Najeib, (20). Two other men, Neale Caveney and Paul Clifford, face the same charges. Another Leeds United player Michael Duberry, (25) Woodgate Clifford and Caveney deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice after the attack. Prosecutor Nicholas Campbell, in his summing up, said Bowyer - who said he didn’t strike Najeib - “gave assistance” to others who struck the blows. He said Bowyer was guilty because he had kept the victim’s older brother -Shahzad - from helping his younger sibling. “Shahzad was attacked as he went to the aid of his brother,” Campbell said. “We submit that the attack on Shahzad was in order to prevent him from interfering with the attack on Sarfraz. “Anyone who took part in the attack on Shahzad was also taking part in the attack of Sarfraz by keeping away the enemy who might interfere.” A forensic scientist testified there was a one in a billion chance of the blood on Bowyer’s leather jacket not having come from Shahzad. Shahzad Najeib suffered facial injuries during the attack in Mill Hill, Leeds, in January last year. Sarfraz Najeib suffered multiple fractures to his cheekbones, nose and leg. “The evidence of the blood on the right cuff of Lee Bowyer’s jacket is consistent with the explanation that he was involved in that attack on Shahzad,” Campbell told the jury. “Therefore even if you are not satisfied on the identification evidence that he was in the group attacking Sarfraz, you can be satisfied that he was lending assistance to those who were attacking Sarfraz by punching and otherwise assaulting Shahzad.”
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Peru defeat old rivals Chile Lima March 28 Peru created more than 20 clearcut openings yesterday but their old failing in front of goal kept them waiting until the last 20 minutes for victory in an enthralling clash between the two neighbours. Goals by Flavio Maestri, Andres Mendoza and Claudio Pizarro eventually won the match and virtually ended Chile’s hopes of reaching the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Chile dropped to eighth place in the South American group with 10 points from 11 games. Peru went above Chile and Bolivia with 11 points, but their own chances remained very faint after poor earlier results. Peru, whose poor marksmanship has cost them dearly in the competition, dominated from the start, but the 45,000 crowd at the National Stadium must have thought they were watching an old film as the ball again refused to enter the net. German-based Pizarro was the biggest culprit. The Werder Bremen striker missed three clearcut chances shortly before half time, the best coming in the 43rd minute when he fired high and wide from close range with ample time at his disposal. Half time substitute Flavio Maestri finally broke through in the 54th minute with a header from a long cross from the right after so many well-constructed moves had produced nothing. Chile, who complained their bus was stoned on the way from the airport to their hotel when they arrived in Lima, equaliced eight minutes later through Reinaldo Navia after a move in which he and Ivan Zamorano sliced through the Peru defence. Peru kept wasting chances, including an extraordinary miss by striker Maestri who headed wide from three metres with the goal at his mercy after a shot rebounded to him. But the home side went back in front when Mendoza scored with another header following a corner in the 73rd minute. Six minutes from the end, Pizarro, who had missed three more excellent chances in the second half, finally got it right at the seventh attempt when he tapped in a cross by Martin Hidalgo. There was still time for another glaring Pizarro miss and for Chile goalkeeper Nelson Tapia to deny Pizarro and then Mendoza with two extraordinary saves.
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Madhu Brar returns best
card Chandigarh, March 28 The 54-hole competition was teed-off by the President of the Golf Club, Mr GS Sandhu. In the Bronze Division Miss Kanika Minocha surprised her fellow players by returning a card of 94, also a nett 68, from her handicap. The results: Garewal Salver (Gross): Madhu Brar (87), P Indumati (89). Chandigarh Challenge (Nett): Madhu Brar (68), Kanika Minocha (68). Bawa Gill Trophy (Gross 0-24): Madhu Brar (87), P. Indumati (89). Meters & Instruments Trophy (Gross 25-36): Kanika Minocha (94), Kirat Grewal (101). Rani Jagdish Kaur Trophy (Nett 0-24): Madhu Brar (68), P Indumati (74). Ell Ess Trophy (Nett 25-36): Kanika Minocha (68), Darshi Narang (72), Mina Johl (72). Lady Governor’s Cup (Senior ladies above 50 years): Deepu Dhanoa (93), Taran Simran Singh (96). Senior Nett: Darshi Naran (72), Aruna Sharma ( 75). Super Senior (Above 60 Nett): Darshi Narang (72), Nirmal M. Singh (76). Juniors (below 18 years gross): Kanika Minocha (94), Mina Johl (96). Junior Nett: Kanika Minocha (68), Mina Johl (72). Sub juniors (below 14 years): Kanika Minocha (68).
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Sportspersons await scholarships Jalandhar, March 28 More than 50 per cent of the sports scholarship holders belong to poor families of rural areas. “When we approach the Sports Department officials, they advise us to approach the treasury officials. But when we go there we only get hollow promises,” lamented a number of scholarship holders. According to existing norms, any sportsperson who wins the first position in any senior national championship gets an annual scholarship of Rs 4800 and the one who bags the first position in the junior national championship gets an annual scholarship of Rs 2400, while a sportsman who wins the top position in the National School Games gets a scholarship of Rs 1800. The top position holder in state-level games becomes eligible for an annual scholarship of Rs 600. In Jalandhar district alone, there are 293 students who have been waiting for their scholarships since 1998, even as the district Sports Department authorities claim that the bills amounting to Rs 6 lakh against these scholarships have been cleared recently and have been forwarded to the district treasury, which has to pay the amount to the deserving student and non-student scholarship holders. Mahindra blank Kochin 4-0 Kochi, March 28 The depleted home side, playing without the services of five mainstay players, thus crashed to their third successive defeat of the league to remain at 29 points from 16 matches while the Mumbai side increased their tally to 17 with today’s win. Nigerian recruit Bernad moved the net in the 32nd and 66 minutes, while Shamsy Raza (24) and substitute S Hussain (88) completed the humiliation for the Kochin side. The FC, who had a dream run till the 13th round, looked clueless all through the game, except for hardly 10 minutes in between, while the Mumbai side played like champions to register a memorable win over the better rated rivals.
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Trainees honoured Patiala, March 28 At a glittering function held here today, the versatile Karamjit Kaur, who is credited with record-breaking feats in pole vault, was given a cash award of Rs 50,000 and a citation by Fuel Instruments and Engineers (FIE), a Maharastra-based industrial conglomerate. Another trainee of this Centre of Excellence judoka Kulbahadur Thapa has been nominated by the Government of Maharastra for the prestigious Chhatarpati Shivaji Award. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 25,000. |
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Madhu Brar returns best
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