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Gibbs fashions 7-wicket victory for S
Africa CBI made party in
match-fixing case Confident Indians leave for
Brunei Rahman to fight
Lewis again Sampras, Agassi make early exits on
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Ghouse, Kirtane in
q-finals Are Aussies speaking the
truth? ACB to have first
million-dollar player Tendulkar all the
way Olympic torch
to visit all continents No games village
for athletes
Pele in British
film Indian
spikers reach Pakistan Sports gradation
certificates AIBF founder’s day on May 13 Chandigarh beat
Haryana
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Gibbs fashions 7-wicket victory for S Africa
Bridgetown (Barbados), May 9 Gibbs, who was in superb knick, faced 132 deliveries and struck 11 fours and 3 sixes during the innings. Boeta Dippennar scored fluent 42 not out off 47 deliveries. Brian Lara scored a cultured innings of 92 from 125 balls to almost single-handedly keep the home side alive with a total of 199 all out. On a good batting wicket and a fast outfield not one of Lara’s team mates was able to stay long enough to form a meaningful partnership and the exasperated left-hander was last man out slogging across the line against Jacques Kallis in the final over of the innings. He had hit nine boundaries. South African captain Shaun Pollock appeared to have made the right decision to bowl first on a good batting pitch when the West Indies lost both openers in the first 10 overs and then slipped to 73 for four at the halfway point of the innings. A determined Lara batted at number three and showed understandable caution as wickets continued to tumble, reaching his half century from 83 balls with five boundaries but his attempts to accelerate were undermined as he was joined by the tailenders for the final seven overs. Kallis had a flat-footed Chris Gayle (6) caught by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher before Daren Ganga (15) top-edged a pull against the same bowler as the innings slipped to 24 for two. Carl Hooper threatened a substantial partnership with Lara but an unplayable yorker from Makhaya Ntini ripped the captain’s off stump out of the ground after an innings of 21 and a third-wicket stand of 44. Marlon Samuels (1) emulated Gayle’s lack of foot movement against Allan Donald to give Boucher his second catch while Shivnerine Chanderpaul (24) fell victim to South Africa’s fine in-fielding when Herschelle Gibbs ran him out with a direct hit from extra cover. Lara almost succeeded for a third time in building a decent partnership, this time with Ridley Jacobs for the sixth wicket, but the muscular wicketkeeper perished to an astonishing catch by Gibbs at extra cover. SCOREBOARD West Indies: Ganga c and b Kallis 15 Gayle c Boucher b Kallis 6 Lara b Kallis 92 Hooper b Ntini 21 Samuels c Boucher b Donald 1 Chanderpaul run out 24 Jacobs c Gibbs b Ntini 21 Dillon c Boucher b Donald 0 Ramnarine c Rhodes b Donald 2 Jeremy c Ntini b Kallis 5 Cuffy not out 0 Extras (lb-4, w-6, nb-2) 12 Total (49.2 overs) 199 Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-24, 3-68, 4-73, 5-116, 6-177, 7-180, 8-187, 9-199. Bowling: Pollock 10-2-23-0, Kallis 6.2-1-22-4, Ntini 10-1-47-2, Donald 10-0-41-3, Ontong 8-0-38-0, Kemp 5-0-24-0. South Africa: Kirsten c Lara b Samuels 18 Gibbs c Hooper b Ramnarine 107 Kallis run out 18 Dippennar not out 42 Rhodes not out 11 Extras: 6 Total (for 3 wickets in 41.4 overs): 202 Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-103, 3-182. Bowling:
C Cuffy 7.4-1-45-0, M Dillon 3-0-18-0, D Ramnarine 10-0-48-1, M Samuels 10-1-37-1, C Hooper 8-0-35-0, C Gayle 3-0-19-0.
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CBI made party in match-fixing case New Delhi, May 9 According to a report submitted by the CBI on October 31 last year, Jadeja is alleged to have established close contacts with bookies for fixing cricket matches. Justice Vijender Jain fixed July 11 for arguments and final disposal after CBI counsel Maninder Singh said Jadeja could easily have named the CBI as one of the respondents at the outset and wondered why he did not choose to do so. The players have been making all kinds of allegations, Mr Singh said. “They say we are not empowered to conduct the probe, that our report was not filed as per rules, that they have not been given a chance to cross-examine us, and so on. Now, the CBI has voluntarily made itself a party to the case so that we can defend our report.’’ In an affidavit filed before the court, Mr Singh also justified the CBI inquiry which he said was legal, valid and carried out on the instructions of Sports Ministry. Jadeja’s lawyer Vineet Malhotra was given the opportunity to file a counter application arguing why the CBI should not be admitted as a party to the case. He chose not to. A BCCI disciplinary committee headed by Mr Muthiah had also imposed life ban on former captain Azharuddin and a five-year ban on Manoj Prabhakar and Ajay Sharma. The cricketers are also barred from holding any positions in cricket governing bodies or their affiliates. Jadeja has also challenged the showcause notice issued by the Sports Ministry under rule 17 of the Arjuna Award conferment procedure. He and Azharuddin, who is fighting a separate case, had chosen to leave the CBI out of it, and named the BCCI and its individual office-bearers as the main respondents. Experts say what this implies is that the case as fought is not about the validity of the CBI’s probe and its findings but rather addresses merely the question of whether the BCCI has the right to ban players. With the CBI now entering the case as one of the respondents, the broader question of whether the agency’s report is correct and whether the players did in fact fix matches takes centre-stage.
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Confident Indians leave for Brunei Mumbai, May 9 “We are confident of doing well in the last two matches irrespective of whether we qualify or not,” Bhutia told reporters at the airport. “Mathmetically we can still qualify and we are all keeping our fingers crossed. We will put in 100 per cent on the field and hope for the best,” he added. Bhutia said the boys were very happy to get a pep talk from All-India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary Alberto Colaco, who came all the way from Goa to see off the team for the match against Brunei. “It was very nice of Colaco to come and meet the boys and give us a few tips,” Bhutia said. Bhutia said after the Brunei match the team would go back to Bangalore on May 13 or 14 and play the home match against the same rival on May 20. On his personal assignments, Bhutia said: “I will decide about playing in the Merdeka football tournament scheduled to be held in Malaysia from June 15 soon after I come back from Brunei”. The team for the Malaysia tourney would be picked on May 20 at Bangalore. Bhutia revealed he had got a couple of offers from foreign teams including his English team FC Bury but he was yet to decide which team he would sign. Bhutia, who would be playing against Brunei for the first time said, “I have never played against Brunei and I don’t know how many of my team-mates have played against them but I can assure you that it is going to be an interesting experience for both the teams and we are all looking forward to it”. Coach Sukhwinder Singh said the key to success against Brunei was to play an attacking game as “we know very little about Brunei team” but expressed confidence that India would come up with a solid performance.
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Rahman to fight
Lewis again New York, May 9 The Baltimore Sun, Rahman’s hometown newspaper, reported that “The Rock” will sign today with telecaster HBO, which has a deal with Britain’s Lewis, for a total package worth $17 million. Citing unnamed sources close to the talks which concluded here Tuesday, the report said the two-week bidding war ended with HBO’s total edging a similar deal from Showtime, which has a TV deal with Tyson. A spokesman for Cedric Kushner Productions told AFP an announcement was expected today after Rahman met with managers Stan Hoffman and Steve Nelson and promoter Kushner to discuss the multi-fight offers. “We believe that, ultimately, when we settle our deal, we will have given Hasim Rahman the best deal in boxing history,” Nelson told the Sun. “We expect to make the announcement as soon as the deal is signed.” Rahman, 28, knocked out Lewis on April 21 in South Africa to claim the World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation titles. No site or date has been determined for the Rahman-Lewis rematch but Las Vegas is expected to host the fight on August 18, the date the Lewis’ camp said it had planned for the matchup should Lewis get the nod. HBO’s offer brings $14 million to Rahman for fighting Lewis with two more fights guaranteed at three million dollars regardless of the Rahman-Lewis outcome.
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Sampras, Agassi make early exits on clay Rome, May 9 Fourth seed Sampras lost 5-7, 6-2, 4-6 to Israel’s Harel Levy yesterday in a first round match held over from Monday because of rain. The defeat left Sampras short of match practice on clay courts before this month’s French Open, the only Grand Slam title still to elude him. Sampras, 29-year-old holder of a record 13 Grand Slam titles, was not the only big name to perish on the clay of the Foro Italico on Tuesday. Fellow American Andre Agassi, the French Open favourite, endured a miserable start to his European clay-court season as he was knocked out by Spain’s Alex Calatrava. Third seed Agassi made 35 unforced errors and lost 3-6 3-6. Frenchman Arnaud Clement, 11th seed and runner-up to Agassi in the Australian Open final in January, succumbed to Federico Luzzi, an Italian wildcard entrant. Clement saved three match points but eventually lost 2-6, 6-1, 3-6 and, after refusing to shake hands with Luzzi, was booed off court by a partisan crowd. Top seed and world No 1 Gustavo Kuerten, second seed Marat Safin, seventh seed Lleyton Hewitt and ninth-seeded Briton Tim Henman halted the decline of the seeds. Brazil’s Kuerten, the reigning French Open Champion and winner of the Rome title in 1999, endured a torrid time against Croatian qualifier Ivan Ljubicic before prevailing 6-7, 7-5, 6-4. Kuerten’s next match is an intriguing contest with 1989 French Open champion Michael Chang. American Chang beat Spain’s Fernando Vicente 6-4, 7-5. Safin toiled to overcome Swede Jonas Bjorkman 6-2 3-6 7-5. Australian Hewitt also showed inconsistencies but called on his reserves of determination at the perfect time to triumph 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 over the Czech Republic’s Bohdan Ulihrach. Henman said he could “not have executed the first set any better’’ against Spanish clay-court specialist Albert Costa. Costa capitalised on typical negligence from Henman in the second set but the world No. 10, who is showing signs of competence on clay, regrouped in the decider to claim a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory. Sampras has been planning his clay-court season for months. He said rigorous preparation was required if he was to triumph at Roland Garros and become only the sixth man in history to claim all four major titles. However, his best-laid plans have already been disrupted. In April, he withdrew from the Monte Carlo Masters Series event suffering from a viral infection. Ironically, he says, it was brought on by the intensity of his training. The rustiness was evident as he was tamed by 22-year-old Levy, ranked 46 in the world. It was Sampras’s first match on clay this year and his first on any surface since the Ericsson Open in Miami in March. When the match resumed with Sampras trailing 5-7, 3-1 overnight, the world No.4 began confidently and soon took the contest into a deciding set. But Levy refused to wilt in the face of Sampras’s aggression and when Levy broke serve to lead 1-0 in the third set, the American’s ability to adapt on the clay was conspicious by its absence. He had to stave off further break points in the fifth and ninth games before Levy closed out the match — and the biggest win of his short career — on his first match point. Sampras said: “He played very well but it is disappointing for me. I felt good coming in to the tournament and now I have to start again. “There are still things I have to work on, like being patient on certain points. But I still feel I can hold my own against anyone out there.’’ Sampras said he would play in the Hamburg Masters Series event and the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf later this month to try to gain more practice on clay before the French Open, which begins in Paris on May 28. Levy, who plays Francisco Clavet of Spain in the second round, said: “It was the best win of my career. I was playing against one of my idols, which is not easy. But I think I did a good job.’’ Agassi looked ill at ease on the clay. It was his first competitive appearance of the year in Europe on the surface, although his exciting partnership with Hewitt in the doubles here should help his preparation for the French Open. It wasn’t a good day but I felt comfortable out there,’’ Agassi said. “I am playing in the Hamburg event and I’m happy with my schedule before the French. “One extra week will make a huge difference.’’ Calatrava, playing in his first Masters Series event at the age of 27, faces fellow Spaniard Felix Mantilla in the second round. Mantilla beat Italy’s Mose Navarra 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
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Ghouse, Kirtane in q-finals Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 Twenty-year-old Ghouse ranked 955 in the ITF list staged a brilliant come back to upset second seeded German Ivo Klec 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-3) to storm into the last eight. Nitin Kirtane defeated Colin Bennet of Britain 6-2 5-7 6-2 who had yesterday upset fourth seeded Syed Fazaluddin. In the Klec-Ghouse duel, that lasted 167 minutes, it was the German who took the first set easily at 6-2. But Ghouse changed gears and took the second set tie-break 9-7 showing remarkable grit to force the decider. Both players succeeded in warding off a break in the third set and in the tie-break, the Indian champion again showed his class clinching the thriller 7-3. Ghouse will meet seventh seed Harboe Philip of Chile, who beat Rohan Bopanna (India) 6-2 7-5. In another upset, qualifier Daniel Lesske of Germany notched up a hard fought 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 victory over eighth seeded Ur Dekel of Israel for a place in the quarterfinals. In other matches, Kamala Kannan lost 5-7 1-6 to third seed German Lars Ubel and wild card Shivang Mishra was consumed by James Auckland of Britain 6-2 6-1 in just 50 minutes. Ghedina Giunior of Germany, who ousted top seed John Doran of Ireland in a first round match, faced stiff challenge from qualifier David Sherwood before overcoming him 6-3 3-6 6-3. Anton Kokurin of Uzbekistan also advanced to the last eight stage after the hot weather forced his rival Brudermann of Austria to retire in the first set with the former leading 5-4. Results
(prequarter finals): Philip Harboe (Ger) b Tohan Bopanna (Ind) 6-2 7-5; Nitin Kirtane
(Ind) b Bennet Colin (Bri) 6-2 5-7 6-2; Lars Uebel (Ger) b Kamala Kannan
(Ind) 7-5 6-1; Daniel Lesske (Ger) b Ur Dekel (Isr) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2; James Auckland
(Bri) b Shivang Mishra (Ind) 6-2 6-1; Mustafa Ghouse (Ind) b Ivo Klec (Ger) 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-3); Giunior Ghedina (Ger) b Sherwood David
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Are Aussies speaking the
truth? Chandigarh, May 9 Is the Australian Cricket Board trying to prove that bookies and fixers still have a role in Indian cricket? Or is it that the recent enquiries by the ICC anti-corruption panel headed by Paul Condon making things too hot for the Australian players? Whatever be the reason for the Australians keeping things close to their chest, the fact remains that the Australian touring party had so far not revealed anything to officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) which has taken a number of steps to clean Indian cricket after the issue of betting and match-fixing became public. It must be remembered that after the Hansie Cronje affair became public the BCCI not only conducted a thorough enquiry but also the Indian Government and a number of senior players of the national squad were handed out suspension of varying durations. This is in sharp contrast to the action of the Australian board of keeping under tight wraps the fact that in the 1994-95 series against Sri Lanka in the island nation Mark Waugh and Shane Warne did have a deal with Indian bookies. And it was only in 1998 that the Australian board admitted to this affair and said that the two Australian players had been fined and ‘‘warned’’. What prevented the Australian players, in this case vice-captain and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, off spinner Colin Miller and coach John Buchanan, from walking across to the press box at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai where hundreds of mediapersons from across the world were present the day after the telephone calls were made and revealing all? If the Australians had done such a thing then only could they have moralised to the world. By keeping things under wraps for so long the accusing finger only point towards them specially due to the fact that underdogs India not only won that Test but also the series breaking Australia’s dream run of 17 Test wins in a row. Tuesday’s revelation by the Australian Cricket Board has thrown up a number of questions which demand immediate answers. The first and primary one is: Are the Australian players speaking the whole truth? Did the visitors really lose the match or was Indian tailender Harbhajan Singh gifted the runs so that India could win the Test and the series? It must be remembered that bookies and match-fixers will only approach the stronger team since if the stronger team loses then only they stand to make a killing. And in this case the stronger team was Australia as they had arrived in India after already being crowned as the unofficial world champions. The way the Indians lost the first Test of the three-match series at Mumbai in less than three days gave indications that the series would be a cakewalk for the visitors. By winning the second Test at Kolkata the home team kept the series alive but the moot questions is: did the visitors throw the last Test at Chennai to pick up some easy money without making it very obvious! The issue definitely demands a probe by the ICC anti-corruption panel because the holier than thou attitude of the Australians is doing immense harm to international cricket. |
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ACB to have first
million-dollar player Melbourne, May 9 “In the course of this agreement we will have our first million-dollar cricketer,’’ ACB Chief Executive Malcolm Speed told a news conference. “The Australian cricket team will become the best-paid sporting team in Australia, the best-paid cricket team in the world. “The cricket pie has grown significantly. There’s more money there to be spread across the players, there’s more money to be spread across the state associations...and the business of running Australian cricket.” Mr Speed said an ACB-contracted player could have earned a maximum of 625,000 Australian dollars during the 2000-01 season, but this was projected to rise to 1.162 million Australian dollar in 2004-05 under the new memorandum of understanding (MoU). Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) Chief Executive Tim May said it was just reward for the best team in the world. “There are significant restrictions placed upon the players,” May said. “We think 1 million Australian dollars per annum for a player is just reward for their efforts and their sacrifices. “At the moment in world cricket, it’s a global sport and these guys are the best in the world.” One of the key restrictions is that players who accept overseas contracts will be required to forego 12.5 per cent of their retainer. Australia’s Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, both boasting more than 300 Test wickets, played English county cricket last year. The ACB announced a 25-man list of contracted players for the 2001-02 season on May 1.The players are ranked from 1 to 25 and it is the No. 1 ranked player who stands the best chance of topping the million-dollar mark. Mr Speed said Chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns would speak to the players next week about their rankings. “The selectors rank the guys from 1 to 25. That’s not the business of the ACA to know who’s No. 1 and who’s No. 2, May said. Mr Speed added: “I’m not going to guess who the first 1-million dollar player will be. I think you’re familiar with the process of ranking the players. “There’s an additional allowance for captain and vice-captain. It’s now a reasonably significant sum. “There are four selectors. They work very hard at this ranking process.”
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Tendulkar all the way New Delhi, May 9 “The two-day conference attended by over 4000 coaches from 17 countries virtually revolved around Sachin’s batting” disclosed former India captain Bishen Singh Bedi here today. Bedi who attended the conference said apart from Sachin, the other Indian to figure prominently was V.V.S. Laxman.” There was lot of interest about Laxman, people wanted to know more about him”. The legendary spinner said the conference was a huge success and added that “it was a great experience to listen to some of the great players”. He was of the view that former South African star Barry Richards may have said that Sachin has scored more runs in the sub continent but he considers him (Sachin) as cricket’s god. There was so much talk on Sachin’s batting technique that it looked that as if the conference was organised for this very purpose only. Bedi said England coach Duncan Fletcher started his presentation by showing clipping of Sachin Tendulkar’s batting. Fletcher was amazed that how could a short statured player like Sachin could hit the ball so hard and so effectively. The former captain was of the view that such type of conference should also be organised in India. Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai are the good venues which can host such meets, he added. Bedi said the conference’s theme was “Developing cricket from playground to Test arena” and it was conducted very professionally. Bedi who also addressed the conference spoke on spin bowling- as an art- “I told the organisers that I will speak only if they thought that spin bowling is an art and not an effort”. He said it was a pleasant surprise for him to see Barry Richards — a renowned opener of his time — talking on how to play spin. Bedi said the it was interesting to note that most of the coaches wanted to know more about Sachin Tendulkar in a scientific manner.
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Olympic torch
to visit all continents United Nations, May 8 “There are whole continents where the Olympic flame has never arrived — Africa and South America,” said Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of the organising committee of the Athens games yesterday. “Our aim is to connect all five continents in a symbolic movement,” she told reporters. “It can bring with it all the symbolism that is incorporated in this symbol, peace through sport.” Angelopoulos-Daskalaki was speaking after a meeting of the Board of Directors of the International Olympic Truce Foundation. She said the torch would be carried through about 60 countries, some of them at war. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the board meeting that the truce had practical as well as symbolic value, offering “a pause to provide relief for the suffering of the population.” “There is remarkable support worldwide for the concept of the truce, which calls for warring parties to lay down their arms while athletes from the whole community of nations meet under the noble flame of the Olympic torch,” he said. The meeting was chaired by the President of the International Olympic Committee, Juan Antonio Samaranch.
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No games village for athletes New Delhi, May 9 “The athletes and team officials will stay in five-star hotels downwards,” a senior official of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which will stage the event from November 3 to 11, told IANS. “Even the Indian athletes and coaches will get the same facilities.” About 2,700-odd athletes from 93 countries will vie for honors in eight disciplines — athletics, boxing, football, hockey (men and women), shooting, swimming, tennis and weightlifting. The organisers picked on hotels as there just isn’t time to construct a village — nor is a conveniently located plot of land available here — in the short time available. Then, there is the burgeoning cost of the event, which currently stands at Rs 750 million. “We have already reserved rooms in various hotels in the city and we only have to confirm the bookings,” the official said. “Since the Prime Minister himself has sanctioned the games, the hotel people now know that the money will be there and they will be paid.” The official was confident the IOA would get enough rooms for the participants. Normally two athletes are put up in one room at top international events, while some top athletes get single-bed rooms. According to this estimate, about 1,500 rooms will be required, but officials say this should pose no problem. The athletes will be transported in special vehicles from their hotels to various stadiums.
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Sanchez’s double helps Valencia into final Valencia, May 9 The home victory for Valencia yesterday, who lost to compatriots Real Madrid in last year’s final, was more than enough to make up for the 0-0 draw in last week’s first leg at Elland Road. Valencia have to wait until Wednesday night to find out who their opponent will be in the Champions League final in Milan on May 23. In the other semifinal tie, holders Real Madrid will play at 1999 runners-up Bayern Munich, who won the first leg at the Bernabeu 1-0. In front of a record crowd of 53,000 fans at Mestalla Stadium, Valencia were without the suspended duo of Amedeo Carboni and Ruben Baraja. But the hosts slowly built their attack in the first quarter hour. The patience paid off in the 16th minute. Captain Gaizka Mendieta curled a cross to a streaking Sanchez, who apparently blocked the ball past Leeds keeper Nigel Martyn with his upper left arm. Leeds players urged Swiss referee Urs Meier to reverse the call, but the goal stood - 1-0. After some fancy work on the left side, Leeds striker Marko Viduka found David Batty from 10 m out, but Batty couldn’t get enough power on the chip by the Australian on 35 minutes. Norwegian striker John Carew nearly doubled Valencia’s lead in the 39th minute but his header off an Pablo Aimar cross was deflected off Rio Ferdinand and just over Martyn’s goal. Valencia came out firing in the second half, as Sanchez left no doubt with the 2-0 tally in the 47th minute. Sanchez was given a run-up before unleashing a left-foot blast from 22 m which beat Martyn to his right. Mendieta put the game away 3-0 five minutes later when he was left alone from 20 m and his left-foot blast beat Martyn again to his lower right corner. Sanchez nearly notched a hat-trick in the 67th minute but his lob over martyn struck the post. Leeds had to wait until the 79th minute for their first real chance of the second half - a free kick for the edge of the area -which Ian Harte blasted over the goal. Martyn batted away Carew’s close range attempt in the 85th minute to preserve the 3-0 result.
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Pele in British film Rio de Janeiro, May 9 Pele, known as “The King’’ of football, shot his small part on Monday. The movie, starring Ricky Tomlinson, is about England winning a second world cup, which has never occurred. Barron, who directed the children’s film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’’, praised Pele’s performance. “I’ve directed many personalities, among them Michael Jackson, but Pele fascinated me, and his acting surprised me,’’ he said. “I thought it would take four hours to shoot his scene, but I did it in a little over an hour,’’ he added. Pele’s acting debut took place in 1972 in a Brazilian flick called “La Marcha’’ in which he played a slave. In 1979, the retired football star, whose real name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, wrote the screenplay and acted in a movie by Anselmo Duarte about Brazil’s street urchins. In 1981, Pele (60) portrayed Luis Fernandez, the best player in a football team made up of prisoners of war in the movie “victory’’, directed by John Houston. Pele acted alongside British actor Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone, Max Von Sydow and former football players Bobbie Moore, from England and Osvaldo Ardiles of Argentina.
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Indian
spikers reach Pakistan Islamabad, May 9 After the initial uncertainty, a 12-member Indian team led by Y. Subba Rao arrived here late last night to take part in the tournament. S B. Sridharan is the team coach. Other teams including the top-seed Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Iran, Japan and Kazhakastan have already arrived. Hosts Pakistan will take on Australia in the opening match starting immediately after the inaugural ceremony tomorrow. Top three teams of the eight participating teams would qualify for final round of the Junior World Cup to be played in Poland in August this year. China, by virtue of being the champion of
Asia-Ociana region has already qualified for the World Cup finals in Poland.
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Sports gradation certificates Chandigarh, May 9 Stating this here, Dr
B.K Sinha, Director, Sports, Haryana, said that the applicants for sports gradation certificates would be called personally on May 21 and 22 in the Directorate of Sports at Chandigarh for interview. They would be given the certificates the same day as per the criteria determined by the department. Dr Sinha said that to further streamline the system and to check bogus certificates, it had been decided to issue the gradation certificates just after their competitions were over. The coach of the team would be assigned the responsibility of submitting the applications of the players for gradation at the head office and collect the certificates on the spot. |
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AIBF founder’s day on May 13 Chandigarh, May 9 A decision to this effect was taken by the president of the India Amateur Boxing Federation, Mr Abhey Singh Chautala. The Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal will be the chief guest at the founder’s day celebrations whereas Mr Abhey Singh Chautala will preside over the workshop. Apart from the national camp to be held at Shimla, two more camps would be conducted at the SAI complex, Shilaroo, near Shimla. Trials will also be held to select a team to participate in the World Cup Boxing Tournament being held at Belfast in Ireland from June 3 to 11. Prominent
boxers and administrators of the boxing fraternity will discuss the shortcomings affecting the game and also suggest ways and means to improve the performance of boxers at the workshop.
Chandigarh beat Haryana Chandigarh, May 9 In other match of the day, Uttar Pradesh trounced Himachal Pradesh by seven goals to nil and to enter the semi-final. Punjab have already made it to the last four. Sukhvinder Singh of Chandigarh scored the first goal in very Ist minute of the match. Jagmohan scored in 20th minute and the scoreboard read at 2-0 in the first half. In second half, Jagmohan scored a field goal in 57 th minute and in 71 st minute it was Jagmohan again who made it 4-0. Earlier in the morning, Uttar Pradesh prevailed over Himachal Pradesh by 7-0. Karan Singh scored four goals. Other scorers for winner side were: Sadap Raju (32nd minute), Gynashwar (66th minute) and R. Yadav (78th minute)
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