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Lara last hope for Windies
Centuries by
Mahela, Jayasuriya Devi Lal’s death mourned WORLD CUP QUALIFIER |
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East Bengal, Mohun Bagan split points Two golfers born in the wrong era Sports medicine to be part of medical curriculum Equestrian ace in
search of sponsors Wushu included in diploma course
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Lara last hope for Windies St John’s (Antigua), April 10 The West Indies were 101 for four at the close of play yesterday after being set to make 323 on a difficult pitch. Lara was five not out and it seemed it would need the world record holder to be at his dazzling best in order to stop South Africa taking a winning 2-0 lead in the series. Left—arm spinner Nicky Boje, bowling into a large patch of rough outside the left-handed batsmen’s offstump, dismissed three of the five left-handers in the top seven of the West Indian batting order. All-rounder Lance Klusener, bowling offcutters, claimed the other wicket, ending a promising innings of 21 by West Indian captain Carl Hooper. South African captain Shaun Pollock declared his team’s second innings midway through the afternoon, leaving his team with a minimum of 131 overs to bowl at the West Indians on a worn pitch with uneven bounce. The required run rate for the West Indies was 2.47 in a match in which the scoring rate has only once been above two runs an over, when South Africa made 247 in 122.2 overs in the first innings. By close of play they required another 222 in a minimum of 90 overs, with the required rate still at 2.47. South Africa laboured to 215 for seven before declaring after 123 overs in their second
innings. Pollock took his total of runs in the series to 275 for twice out when he made an unbeaten 41. Veteran West Indian fast bowler Courtney Walsh took three wickets for 13 runs in a 12-over spell before lunch as South Africa struggled to lift their scoring rate before Pollock and Kallis shared an unbeaten eighth wicket stand of 59. Walsh finished with four for 56 in 38 overs. Walsh (38) the only fit fast bowler in the West Indian team following an injury to Mervyn Dillon, took his world record haul of Test wickets to 513. The West Indies started their innings promisingly, with Wavell Hinds hammering three early boundaries. But the danger posed by Boje was obvious in the spin bowler’s first over when an appeal for a catch off pad and bat at silly point was turned down by Indian umpire Srinivas Venkataraghavan. Another big appeal went up four runs later, when Hinds was on 20, and television replays showed the ball had been edged onto the batsman’s pad before it bounced to Neil McKenzie at silly point. Hind’s partner, fellow left-hander Chris Gayle, was then caught in similar fashion when he tried to work the ball to leg and the ball was edged onto his pad and went to McKenzie at silly point. Having been lucky to survive, Hinds then was unlucky when he was given out caught at short leg off Boje when replays showed the ball had hit his pad only. Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul took the score to 86 before both fell in successive overs. Hooper mistimed a pull against Klusener and was caught at wide mid-on and Chanderpaul went back on his stumps and was lbw to a ball from Boje which skidded through.
Scoreboard South Africa (Ist innings): 247 West Indies (Ist innings): 140 South Africa (2nd innings): Gibbs c Gayle b Ramnarine 45 Kirsten c Sarwan b Walsh 9 McKenzie b Walsh 44 Boje c sub (Joseph)
Cullinan c Gayle b McGarrell 28 Kallis not out 30 Klusener c Hinds b Walsh 1 Boucher c Jacobs b Walsh 3 Pollock not out 41 Extras (b6, lb3, w4, nb1) 14 Total (7 wkts
dec,
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-95, 3-96, 4-123, 5-135, 6-146, 7-156. Bowling: Walsh 38-13-56-4, Dillon 0.3-0-3-0, Hinds 3.3-0-14-0, McGarrell 15-3-41-1, Hooper 24-7-37-1, Ramnarine 42-24-55-1. West Indies (2nd innings): Gayle c McKenzie b Boje 12 Hinds c Kirsten b Boje 29 Chanderpaul lbw b Boje 16 Hooper c McKenzie
Lara not out 5 Sarwan not out 4 Extras (b10, lb1, nb3) 14 Total (for 4 wkts in
Fall of wickets:
1-36, 2-56, 3-86, 4-89. Bowling: Pollock 7-2-13-0, Kallis 8-3-17-0, Boje 19-3-40-3, Kemp 5-3-5-0, Klusener 6-3-15-1. |
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CGA to honour
Harbhajan Chandigarh, April 10 This is in recognition of his outstanding contribution during the recently concluded Indo-Australian Cricket Test series. He became the first bowler in the history of Indian Test cricket to claim a hat-trick in a Test match. In the past too, the CGA has conferred similar membership to many outstanding sportspersons of the region like Milkha Singh and Ajmer Singh in athletics, Ajinder Kaur and Balkishan Singh in hockey, Kapil Dev, Ashok Malhotra and Chetan Sharma in cricket, Abhinav Bindra in shooting and Simran Singh, Jeev Milkha Singh, Harmeet Kahlon, Amandeep Johl and Amritinder Singh in golf. The CGA has also decided to offer its honorary membership to the city-based lady golfers Irina Brar and Parneeta Grewal for their sterling achievements. |
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SAIL move into
cricket final New Delhi, April 10 Brief scores: Dogra Academy: 165 (Mridul Gupta 37, Anshul Lamba 36, Rajkumar 26, Harender Chaudhary 3\31, Oneil Wilson 3\32). SAIL: 169\9 (Chetan Sharma 52, Anshul Lamba 2\33, Sumeet Dogra 2\25, V. Bist 2\22). |
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Centuries by Mahela, Jayasuriya
Sharjah, April 10 Sri Lanka, who lost their first two wickets for just one run, ended with 269 for nine from their 50 overs in the second match of the tournament which also features Pakistan. After Marvan Atapattu and Kumar Sangakkara were both out without scoring, captain Jayasuriya and Jayawardene fought back in style with a third wicket partnership of 184. Jayasuriya’s innings reached a peak in the 43rd over when he blasted a hapless Chris Harris for four successive sixes, one four and a two in that order to complete his 11th century in his 232nd one-day international. The Sri Lankan skipper, who also scored 30 in one over by Pakistan’s Aamir Sohail in a limited overs game in Singapore in 1996, was finally out trying to lift Andre Adams out of the ground. Jayasuriya’s 107 came from 116 balls, studded with six sixes and three fours, and virtually eclipsed Jayawardne’s equally-aggressive knock. Scoreboard
Sri Lanka Atapattu lbw b Tuffey 0 Jayasuriya c Bell b Adams 107 Sagakkara c Nevin b Tuffey 0 Jayawardene c Vencent b Tuffey 116 Arnold c and b Oram 1 De Saram run out 21 Dharmasena lbw b Oram 4 Vaas run out 6 Muralitharan b Oram 5 Zoysa not out 3 Extras: (w-4 nb-2) 6 Total:
(nine wickets, 50 overs) 269 Fall of wickets: 1/0, 2/1, 3/185, 4/188, 5/236, 6/240, 7/250, 8/264, 9/269. Bowling: Tuffey 8-0-49-3 (1w), Franklin 6-0-20-0 (1nb), Adams 7-0-39-1 (1w), Walker 6-0-30-0, Harris 10-0-66-0 (1nb), McMillan 4-0-25-0, Oram 9-0-40-3 (2w). Reuters |
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Devi Lal’s death mourned Chandigarh, April 10 He said Mr Devi Lal was not only a ‘messiah’ of the farming community, but also a crusader of sports, especially the rural sports. He said Mr Devi Lal was himself a well known wrestler when he was young. He had declared wrestling as a state game in 1978 when he was the Chief Minister of Haryana. He said Mr Devi Lal was the first Chief Minister to announce 3 per cent reservation for sportspersons in police recruitment. |
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WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Bangalore, April 10 The team went through a light training session on Monday after a victory dinner Sunday night. The 1-0 win against the UAE, who had beaten Yemen 5-0 on their home ground in a Group Eight qualifying match recently, has given the Indian team “tremendous confidence.” “The training will continue. After all, our team had just 15 days of training under (Indian coach) Sukhwinder Singh before facing the UAE. So we are not complacent,” A.R. Khaleel, president of the Karnataka State Football Association, told India Abroad News Service. Neither Sukhwinder Singh nor Indian captain Bhaichung Bhutia was available for comment. Officials said the coach and the captain had been authorised to take decisions on strategy to be adopted for the next match, scheduled for April 15. On Sunday, India secured three points from its 1-0 win against the UAE. Bhutia tapped that goal in after he received a remarkable right foot deflection from Jules Alberto who received a pass from veteran I.M. Vijayan after he intercepted a throw-in from UAE footballer Khalid Jamil. “The Indian team was actually playing for a draw by defending very well in their match against the UAE. Now that this morale booster has come after just 15 days of training, it should go aggressive against Yemen which is not as strong as UAE looked on paper after nine months of training under the French international, Henri Michel,” a football official, who did not want to identified, said.
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East Bengal, Mohun Bagan split points Kolkata, April 10 The draw placed the teams in the position as they held before this match but reduced their gap with F.C. Kochin, the present third placed team in the league. After the end of 19 rounds East Bengal continued to lead the league table with 39 points and are followed by Bagan and F.C. Kochin who have collected 36 and 33 points respectively. With only three more matches to be played to complete the gruelling league, East Bengal, with a lead of three points against nearest rivals Bagan, looked better placed to win their maiden title this year. The red and yellow brigade would now have to play two away matches against Vasco, Goa and sbt Travancore and one against
F.C. Kochin at home. Bagan on the other hand would have to take on Salgaocar of Goa at home and
ITI Bangalore and Vasco also from Goa in away matches.
Mahindras meet SBT MUMBAI: Local outfit Mahindra United will be once again without their experienced custodian Virender Singh when they take on lowly placed State Bank of Travancore (SBT) in the fifth edition of National Football League to be played at the Cooperage here tomorrow. Young S. Rajan will once again be under the bar as Virender Singh is doing duty for the country in the pre-World Cup qualifying tournament being played at Bangalore. Mahindra coach Shabbir Ali will be relying heavily on his strikers Mohammed Naieeb and Raman Vieyan while Shamsy Raza will back them up from behind. He also has a striker in Manjit Singh on the bench and his midfield will be manned by foreign recruit Habib Adenkunle and captain Ageel Ansari. Mahindras also have two experienced defenders in Christopher and Bernard, the latter will be playing subject to his recovery from injury. The bankmen, who are lowly placed in the league table, will mainly bank on their two strikers Abdul Hakkim and Sylvester Ignitious with Jiiu Jacob to back them up for goals. Shabbir Ali and Vinu are the other two to watch while their stopper backs Abdul Noushad and T. Ignatious have played well in patches. Their goalkeeper is Feroz Shariff who has not been impressive at all so far.
Vasco face Salgaocar Margao: Vasco, with a consistent performance so far, look confident when they take on depleted Salgaocar in the fifth National Football League here tomorrow. Former national champion Salgaocar, in the sixth position with 23 points from 17 matches, have been overtaken by Vasco who have logged 24 from 16 matches and are placed fifth. Salgaocar, who lost to Zee Churchill in their last match 1-2 in the absence of Jules Alberto and Robert Fernandes, will have to raise their game and play more cohesively in the midfield and
upfront if they are to win tomorrow. Vasco are in an upbeat mood after having not lost any match so far in the second phase. In the first phase they have beaten Salgaocar 2-1. The nine days rest will also do good for the team as coach Derrick Pereira has lot of options to choose from as all the players are fit and rearing to go. Although defender Sanjay Parte will not be able to play tomorrow due to two yellow cards, coach Derrick has a choice as Seby Dias who has recovered from his injury will take his place. With Riston back in the side after his long injury, the upfront will look more sharper which lacked teeth in the first phase and the coach has a choice to choose between Riston, Edson, Vishant and Peter in the upfront. Vasco coach said his boys were all fit and raring to go. “Hopefully they maintain the same form they have performed in the away match and win tomorrow which will enable us to find ourselves in the first four”, he said.
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Two golfers born in the wrong era Augusta (Georgia), April 10 Unfortunately, they came along at the same time as Tiger Woods. What a tortuous curse for a golfer, one that was endured by the players who chased Jones, Hogan and Nicklaus. Once again, Woods was holding the trophy, collecting his fourth straight major championship by two strokes over Duval and three over Mickelson in a stirring final round at the Masters. Woods is only 25 — still a few years away from the usual prime for a golfer. Yet he already holds six major titles and the implausible distinction of being the first player ever to be champion of the Masters, US Open, British Open and PGA Championship at the same time. A Tiger Slam, if you will. “I would imagine it was the same way when people were competing against Jack Nicklaus, and they beat him,” Duval said, managing a bit of bravado amid the obvious anguish. “That’s kind of where we are. We’ve got a player who is certainly the best player in the game right now. I think what it will do is make my victories in these majors that much more special.” He’s got to win one first. Ditto for Mickelson. “Some people can compete with (Woods) over like a five-year span,” Rocco Mediate said. “But over a career? It’s a waste of time.” Duval and Mickelson have combined for 30 PGA Tour victories, but they’ve never reached the promised land of a major championship. “If I’m going to win with Tiger in the field, I cannot make the mistakes I’ve been making,” said Mickelson, who missed four putts inside 3m on a warm, sunny afternoon at August National. “I just can’t afford to keep throwing shot after shot away. All in all, I don’t feel as though I’m that far off. I just think that mentally, I’m not there for all 72 holes.” Duval is only 29, Mickelson a year older. Neither has reached an age where they’ll concede to the very real possibility that their physical skills and mental acumen will never be quite good enough for this generation. “No, not really,” Mickelson said, when asked if he feels cursed to come along at this point in history. “Not yet.” Duval, who began the day three shots behind Woods, briefly held the lead after birdies on seven of the first 10 holes. But he couldn’t carry the momentum through Amen Corner and played even par through the final eight holes. There was a devastating bogey at the par-3 16th, when his tee shot flew over the green, and a 1.5-metre birdie putt at No. 18 that slid by the hole. By making that putt, Duval would have tied for the lead at 15 under and turned up the heat on Woods, who was playing two groups behind with Mickelson in the final twosome of the day. A close friend of Woods’ who sometimes flies with him to tournaments, Duval is becoming a tragic figure at the Masters. Certainly, he can relate to the agony felt so many times over the years by Greg Norman. In the last four years, Duval has finished second twice, plus third-and sixth-place showings. Each time, there was a major mistake on the back nine that cost him a chance to wear the green
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Sports medicine to be part of medical curriculum New Delhi, April 10 Ms Uma Bharati was so impressed by the turnout and the concept of sports medicine that she promised that sports medicine would be included in the medical curriculum. She said she would immediately take up the matter with the Health Ministry and the Medical Council of India for the inclusion of sports medicine in the medical curriculum. More than 300 doctors, including some from foreign countries, led by President of the International Federation of Sports Medicine, Prof. Eduardo De Rose of Brazil, are attending the conference. President of Asian Federation of Sports Medicine Prof. Nishat Mallik and delegates from Pakistan, Germany, Malaysia, Oman, Fiji, Sri Lanka and Canada will also present papers on the theme of “India’s sports performance — challenges in sports medicine”. Delivering his key-note address “Sports medicine — perspectives of the new millennium,” Dr Edwardo De Rose said in ancient times, that is 17 centuries before Christ, India, China and Egypt had clearly enunciated and practised the importance of exercise for good health and it was, in fact, an Indian apothecary named Sushruta who had first propagated the concept of physical exercises for good health and well-being. Dr Edwardo Rose said the changing values in society has made people lead a sedentary lifestyle. He warned that “we should at least make people aware of the importance of physical exercises”. In an interactive session, which was moderated by president of the Indian Association of Sports Medicine Dr PSM Chandran, former hockey Olympian R.S. Bhola emphasised the need to closely integrate sports medicine with the training methods of the national hockey team to keep in tune with the changing situations. He said during his playing days, sports medicine was an unknown concept, but there were players with natural flair and talent like K.D. Singh Babu “who could run like Carl Lewis and finish like Dhyan Chand!”. Bhola equated Dhanraj Pillai in Babu’s class, but asserted that the need now was to have “multi-purpose players as the days of positional hockey are over.” But he lamented that in India “we still function in compartments. What we need is skilful, total players, who can play in adverse conditions. If we want to produce heroes, future, we should start working at the sub-junior and junior level. And here, sports medicine can play a very vital role in preventing injuries, firming up the physical fitness and provide vital inputs to churn out champion stuff”. The former Olympian said in modern hockey “penalty corners give you a lot of goals, and medals. If you can perfect the art of penalty corner conversion, you have a gold medal in your pocket. Holland is the finest example of this”. Indian Olympic Association secretary-general Randhir Singh said Indian sports can come of age “only if our athletes are provided with world class infrastructure, top class coaches, top class medical support and sufficient foreign exposure. You take one of these things out and you cannot produce champions”. Randhir said people should be made aware of sports injuries as a “fracture suffered in a bathroom is
different from a fracture suffered on the sports field”. Randhir said high priority should be given to sports medicine as there is rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs these days.
”We have to educate our children and see to it that drug is out of sports. Sports medicine plays an important role in preventing drug abuse in sports”, he added. Former national basketball coach, and at present director of the Indore-based National Basketball Academy Col M. Rajan said basketball being a demanding sport required total fitness. Many players suffer from heel injuries. He sought the help of sports medicine in “finding a solution” to this serious injury problem among hoopsters. Many former and current sports stars like Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, Zafar Iqbal, Sriram Singh, Indu Puri, Khazan Singh, Balbir Sigh Bhatia, P K Mahandand and Sunita Godara were among those who attended the opening day’s deliberations. Dr Chandran said 70 scientific papers on sports medicine will be read at the conference. |
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Equestrian ace in
search of sponsors Patiala, April 10 Even the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has identified Varun Sharma, current national champion in the showjumping event, as a medal contender for the 2002 Pusan Asian Games. However, Varun needs highly scientific training to fulfil his dream of a medal in the Asiad. And that high tech training is available only in Australia. The Patiala lad, brimming with youthful exuberance till a few days ago, is a totally disillusioned man these days, as no sponsor seems to be interested in Varun’s cause. Varun had a stint in the New South Wales equestrian centre last year and the man who imparted training to the young horse rider was none other Mr Heath Ryan, who coached the Australian Olympic squad for the Sydney Olympics. It is pertinent to mention here that the Aussies picked up both the team and
individual golds in the Olympics. Varun’s trip Down Under was sponsored by SAI, but not before the rider pulled a few strings to get things moving. The youngster came back from Australia a much improved rider, a fact acknowledged by Mr Heath Ryan himself who wrote in his (Varun’s) progress report that ‘Varun is an outstanding rider. If he is given more time and opportunity, there is no doubt in my mind that he can ride in the next Olympics competitively’. Leave alone the Olympics, his dream of competing even in the Pusan Asian Games seems to be disappearing into thin air. These days Varun is a busy man. Busy not with his training, but in knocking the doors of sponsors. |
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Wushu included in diploma course Chandigarh, April 10 According to reliable sources, another martial art karate which was last year started at Calcutta Eastern centre was being shifted to South SAI centre, Bangalore, from this year. The above one-year sports programme enables a
sportsperson to apply for becoming a qualified coach and thousands of coaches were now employed with the Sports Authority of India and other state sports and Education Departments and various universities. At Patiala, the disciplines included in the one-year course are, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, cycling, cricket, football, fencing, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, squash, table tennis, lawn tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and wushu. At
Bangalore they are athletics, hockey, kho-kho/kabaddi, softball, shooting, swimming, taekwondo, lawn tennis, volleyball and karate. A Calcutta, these are archery, athletics, canoeing and kayaking, football, rowing and
sepak takraw. At Patiala, two years masters courses in sports coaching are also conducted in the disciplines of athletics, basketball, football, gymnastics, hockey, swimming, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling. SAI will also have trials for the Centre of Excellence scheme in the disciplines of athletics, cycling, judo and hockey exclusively for boys which will be held in the first week of May this year. |
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