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Sampras ousted; Agassi
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Wright looking for fast bowlers,
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Musharraf to discuss
cricket SA team to play in black
township Norman elected to Hall of Fame
Punjab and National Games — one India end
campaign on winning note Dekel, Doran in title clash No
diploma courses in squash, shooting Swimming meet Poor show by
shooters Diplomas given to 239 sportspersons Fine knock by Sodhi,
Dharmani
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Sampras ousted; Agassi through Paris, May 31 The winner of a record 13 Grand Slam titles again struggled to come to grips with the slow Parisian clay and failed to put together back-to-back wins at Roland Garros for the fourth successive year. “It’s very frustrating, I knew what I had to do in that match and I just have to give him credit,” the fifth-seeded American said. “He came out with some clean passing shots. He had me on my heels and dictated all the baseline points. He just played better than I did - plain and simple.” Women’s top seed Martina Hingis, who also needs a French title to complete her Grand Slam collection, fared better, dropping only her second game of the tournament as she crushed Catalina Castano 6-1 6-0 to move into the third round of the $9.6 million tournament. The Swiss was joined in the last 32 by sixth seed Serena Williams, who eased through with a confident 6-0 7-5 victory over Slovenian qualifier Katarina Srebotnik. Sampras needed five sets to beat little-known Frenchman Cedric Kauffmann in the first round and looked weary on an overcast Centre Court. Blanco, who himself has never achieved much success in Paris, bowing out in the opening round in four of his five previous visits, was never troubled by the man many rank as the best to play the game as he brushed Sampras aside in just a little over two hours. One of only two players to beat Spanish number four seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, one of the tournament favourites, on clay this season, Blanco will take on Germany’s Lars Burgsmuller in the third round. Third seed Andre Agassi overwhelmed Frenchman Julien Boutter 6-3 6-2 6-2 to ease into the third round. The 1999 champion, who has yet to drop a set in the tournament, made light work of his 73rd-ranked opponent on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Boutter beat Spaniard Albert Costa in the first round but he had no answer to the American’s fierce service returns and groundstrokes.. Agassi, who was cheered on by his girlfriend Steffi Graf in the stands, will play either Fernando Meligeni of Brazil or Ecuador’s Nicolas Lapentti in round three. Hingis was once again in imperious form. She marched through the first set in just 25 minutes, clinching it with a deft backhand drop shot. The second set, which lasted just 17 minutes, was even more of a procession as Hingis hardly gave her bemused opponent a chance. “I just love this court,” she said of the Suzanne Lenglen arena. “I have never lost on it. I wish they would let me play the final here.” Hingis, runner-up in 1997 and 1999, will meet Rachel McQuillan or Jill Craybass next. Serena Williams, younger sister of world number two Venus, was never tested in the opening set by her 20-year-old opponent, who is ranked 138th in the world. Srebotnik improved markedly in the second set and led 5-4 before succumbing to the American’s power from the baseline. Williams, who is concentrating on the singles after pulling out of the doubles with her sister following Venus’s surprise first-round singles exit, will next face Germany’s Barbara Rittner or Hungarian qualifier Zsofia Gubacsi. The American was critical of her performance, though, and is demanding improvement. “I couldn’t stop making mistakes, it was actually disappointing, upsetting,” she said. “I think I got too confident and I let my opponent back into the match. I’m going to work on that in the next round.” Last year’s runner-up and eighth seed Conchita Martinez also advanced, the experienced Spaniard overcoming Slovakia’s Daniela Hantuchova 7-6 6-4. In early men’s action, 10th seed Sebastien Grosjean of France eased through to the third round by crushing Norway’s Jan Frode Andersen 6-2 6-2 6-2. Number 16 seed Franco Squillari of Argentina also won, overcoming a slow start to beat Swede Andreas Vinciguerra 2-6 6-3 6-3 6-1.
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Andy Roddick rocks Paris on debut Paris, May 31 It was the 18-year-old Roddick’s 12th straight win on clay following two tournament victories in the USA earlier this month, but none came harder than against the evergreen Chang. In a match that lasted 3hr 50mins it all came down to a dramatic and incident-filled fifth set in which Roddick fought off the effects of debilitating attacks of cramp to run out a 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-7 (5/7) 7-5 winner. “I was just hoping that I could hold on long enough and not end up on my back,” said Roddick, playing in only his second Grand Slam event after a first round exit at last year’s US Open. His reward for the win was an enticing third round tie against sixth-seeded Australian dynamo Lleyton Hewitt and a place as the new American folk-hero in the hearts of the Parisian public. Roddick dropped a close 49-minute first set to Chang, who won the French Open in 1989 as a 17-year-old, a match that Roddick said had inspired him to play tennis as a youngster. But then he started to unleash the thunderbolt serves and searing groundstrokes that have made him the great American hope to take over from ageing Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. Two sets to one up, he came within two points of the match in a fourth set tiebreaker only for a untimely double fault to open the door for Chang to level the tie. The final set went with serve, but it was clear that all was not well with Roddick as he started grabbing his leg. It got worse as he doubled over after serving to go 5-4 up and in the game that followed he looked several times on the point of collapsing, at one stage leaning theatrically on a line-judge. But by unleashing the full force of his shots he got to match point on the Chang serve, only to miss it by netting a backhand at full stretch. He received courtside massage to his legs to carry on at 5-5, served to go ahead again and in the following game on the Chang serve he went all out for victory to avoid the agony of a tie-break. A magnificent forehand down the line set up match point and he went for the jugular on the next point forcing Chang to hit a forehand wide. “I felt relief, joy...I almost wanted to cry, but I wanted to scream and yell at the same time,” said Roddick. Asked if had ever considered quitting as the pain hit him in the fifth set, Roddick replied: “You don’t play 3 hours and 30 minutes to lay down and die. Folding never entered my mind.” Roddick’s unbeaten run was still alive and Paris had found a new American idol possibly to follow in the footsteps of Jimmy Connors and Andre Agassi. But first there is the match against Hewitt who beat him easily 6-2 6-3 in Miami in March in their only meeting to date.
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Inzaman helps Pak pile up 370 Manachester, England, May 31 Inzamam, who came in with Pakistan struggling on 39 for two, played an innings more reminiscent of one-day cricket to transform the mood at Old Trafford. His fifth-wicket partnership of 141 with Younis Khan turned the game on its head after the touring team, who won the toss, had slipped to 92 for four just after lunch on a batting pitch. Inzamam, who passed 5,000 Test runs near the start of his innings, scored 70 of his first 100 in boundaries before he failed to get to the pitch of the ball and was caught at point while driving at pace bowler Matthew Hoggard. He batted for just over three-and-a-half hours and faced 153 balls. Pakistan, beaten by an innings and nine runs in the first test at Lord’s, finished the day with useful partnerships of 53 for the seventh wicket and 49 for the eighth. Rashid Latif was unbeaten on 64 at the end of the day. Earlier, England missed a glorious chance to dismiss Inzamam. In the first full over after lunch, Inzamam on 31 was caught’ behind by England stand-in captain and wicket-keeper Alec Stewart off Dominic Cork, only for West Indian umpire Eddie Nicholls to correctly signal no-ball. The Derbyshire captain repeatedly pitched too short as did the rest of an attack that badly missed the presence of injured Yorkshire all rounder Craig White. Scoreboard Pakistan (Ist innings) Anwar c Atherton b Caddick 29 Razzaq b Caddick 1 Iqbal c Vaughan b Gough 16 Inzamam c Ward b Hoggard 114 Youhana c Knight b Caddick 4 Younis Khan lbw b Hoggard 65 Mahmood c Knight b Hoggard 37 Rashid Latif not out 64 Akram c Stewart b Gough 16 Saqlain not out 2 Extras: (lb-8 nb-14) 22 Total: (for eight wickets) 370 Fall of wickets: 1-6 2-39 3-86 4-92 5-233 6-255 7-308 8-357 Bowling: Gough 20-1-80-2, Caddick 25-2-93-3, Hoggard 19-4-79-3, Cork 21-2-75-0, Trescothick 3-0-14-0, Vaughan 2-0-21-0.
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Wright looking for fast bowlers, all-rounders Mutare (Zimbabwe), May 31 This is the kind of an advertisement Indian cricket coach John Wright would love to put in newspapers as his search for a genuine all-rounder continues. But he knows all-rounders can not be located that easily. The genial New Zealander, now with the Indian team here, says: “We are desperately needing someone who is an all-rounder... Or someone who can be a genuine No 6. We do need a balance”. Wright believes a couple of players in the team could turn the course of a match but the need was to have more of them. “I think the captain (Saurav Ganguly), he is in a better position in this area. He probably has to bowl a bit more, he is a very capable bowler. We need people like that. Even Sachin (Tendulkar). These two players, the main batsmen on their day, can turn a cricket game. If they can expand their roles, they can help us to become a better cricket team,” the coach said . In fact, Wright believes the present players have got it all in them and he was trying to extract more out of them. “Zaheer Khan can become a better batsman. Harbhajan can become a better batsman. Ajit Agarkar is capable of lot more with the bat. And that’s my objective — to get more out of them,” the former New Zealand opener and captain said. Juggling the batting order to suit various situations can also bring about good results, feels the coach, as happened in the Kolkata Test against Australia when VVS Laxman was sent in to bat at No 3. “You have to be a bit flexible. I think we have learnt that from the last series. Changing Laxman to No 3 made all the difference. We may have to look at moving Dravid or one of them up again if we find the team needs it. “I know psychologically Laxman doesn’t want to open. I think that is the question you always ask yourself as a captain or a coach — what is the best people have to do which don’t really suit them but is in the interest of the team. You have got to do that,” the coach said. To work out a strategy for India, eyeing an elusive away win since last decade and a half, is what keeps the coach pre-occupied in this African country. Having guided the Indians to a historic Test series win against Australia, he knows expectations from him have increased to break the jinx this time. Wright is hoping for a lot from the seamers, who he feels, have a “a good opportunity to keep the ball up, make the batsmen come on front foot when the ball is moving around a bit”. The seamers’ inability to bowl longer spells, of course, is a point of worry. “At present stamina is quite a problem. They probably need a bit more strength. They need to be fit after bowling long spells or coming back after lunch or tea. That’s the area we need to develop.” Wright knows that to do well in international cricket India needs at least two quality strike bowlers. “We can’t expect Harbhajan knocking over the sides on the first day of a Test when we are touring abroad. So we got to work hard on that”. The coach expects the cricket academies would help spot fast bowlers “who are different from batsmen in the sense that while batsmen take time to mature, fast bowlers just turn up one fine day.” So, next on Wright’s priority list, after all-rounders, are fast bowlers. “There is some promise but we need performance. We need to be on the look out for fast bowlers. Javagal Srinath at the moment is looking sharp. And then there is quite a bit of battle for the other two medium pacers’ slot”. No team is perfect but Wright asserts the team he handles comprises a bunch of players who are “hungry” and willing to work very hard. “They are great boys to work with. They want to work hard I don’t think they are afraid of hard work. Sometimes, with some of the blokes, you have to use a word or two but they work hard and they want to learn, that’s the big thing. If we can learn, we will be a formidable team,” he said. A lot also depends on hunger of the boys to excel, said Wright. “Away from home a lot depends on hunger. I have this funny feeling that their best is yet to come..I hope their best is yet to come”. The gruelling international schedule ahead for India will also work in favour of the team in that it will help it develop as one family and unit. “The coming six months will be good for us because we will be away from home and will develop as a unit. We have to keep it tight together in victory or defeat,” Wright said. “It is a young side. And I can tell one or two older players that if they want to be great individual players, they would become one. But also, wouldn’t it be great if they could be a part of the great Indian team,” he said. On suggestions that players tend to group on regional lines, Wright said, “It is natural for players to move with those they know but if these barriers are broken down, it would be better. I don’t believe in distinction. I am not too big on seniors and juniors and where you come from. The team is a team. There is no ‘I’ in the word ‘team’”. This should be a big boost for a side that has never seen a coach unaffected by regional affiliations and dogged by no prejudice. All said about the team, does the coach himself get weighed down by the heat, dust, expectations and criss-cross travelling? “I don’t feel weighed down. I believe in the process of working. Win or loss does not matter. As long as you keep doing things you believe in, hopefully things would go your way.”
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Harbhajan, Srinath will be trump cards WE landed in Zimbabwe on the May 20. The weather here is absolutely fantastic. Temperature is around 18-19°C and perfect for playing cricket. I have always enjoyed touring abroad because it is more peaceful. You have time on your own and there is a lot of freedom. Coming to Zimbabwe was a much-needed respite after a hectic home series. This is a very important tour for us considering the way we have been playing in the last nine months. We have not won a series abroad in the last 15 years, which I think is long enough to hurt all our egos. Considering the side we have and the way we have blended as a team in the last nine months it has not only created a hope among the boys but also the
thousands of cricket fans back home. Our training sessions have been very good with whatever facilities we have got. We are not here to complain but to take everything in our stride because we knew about the hazards touring teams face these days and also that this country is going through ,one of its worst economic crisis. We have just played our first tour match against Zimbabwe A, not a very strong side but enough to give us practice before the Test matches. They have a few players who are trying to get a Test spot so they were eager to make and mark. For us it was a good practice match, getting us used to the conditions and getting our feet moving. Our seam bowlers were happy to see the green on the wicket after those flat wickets back home. We won the toss and decided to bat on a damp wicket in order to get two hits in three days. It is also important for batsman to get a hit in the centre. Rahul Dravid made a good hundred after we were 70 for five. I was very satisfied with the knock of Sameer Dighe. He once again scored runs under crisis and looked very comfortable with the moving ball. After declaring at 336 for nine we were unlucky to miss the second day due to rain. I was very happy with the way Mohanty, Nehra, Zaheer bowled. Nehra looked the best of all three and did a lot with the ball at decent pace. Harbhajan spun the ball on the green surface, which was a great sight and he is going to be our trump card along with Srinath. There were quiet a few spectators to watch the game especially after our win over Australia. One could make out the respect they had for our team. On the whole it was a good start to the tour, one that I am really looking forward to.
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Musharraf to discuss cricket Islamabad, May 31 “Although the issue of Kashmir will top the agenda, the Chief Executive will also talk about the cricket relations between the two countries,” Mr Tressler told local media here last night. The immediate issue, according Mr Tressler, would be the much talked about India-Pakistan Test match to be held in Pakistan in September this year as part of the Asian Championship. Last week, the Indian board agreed to play the Test in Pakistan after a gap of 12 years. The commitment to play the match was given in writing by BCCI chief A.C. Muthiah at an ACC meeting in Lahore. Mr Muthiah’s commitment was explained to be part of the Indian Government’s policy not to restrain its team from playing against Pakistan except in bilateral series and at non-regular venues. Doubts have arisen now about the match to be played in Karachi from September 13 to 17 after Sports Minister Uma Bharati publicly pulled up the BCCI for agreeing to play in Pakistan without taking the consent of the government. General Musharraf, an ardent lover of cricket and who time and again expressed his wish to see normalisation of cricket relations between the two countries, was expected to take up the issue with the Indian leaders during his forthcoming talks in New Delhi. The military ruler has said a number of times in the past that cricket between the two countries provided great entertainment to people on both sides of the border and offered the best way out for normalisation of relations between the two nations. Earlier this year, cricketing relations between the two countries appeared heading for a complete breakdown, when reports of the Indian Government’s decision not to play Pakistan in Sharjah last April evoked strong reactions from the Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Lt-Gen Tauqir Zia. The army official threatened to severe all cricket links with India in retaliation.
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SA team to play in black township Johannesburg, May 31 Dr Bacher said the “Proteas” will play provincial Western Province team in one of several townships surrounding Cape Town, but did not state which one, in the run-up to the World Cup — to be held from February 7 to March 19, 2003. For several years now, it has been a policy in South African cricket for visiting international teams to play matches in townships as part of their tour itineraries. But United Cricket Board of South Africa spokeswoman Bronwyn Wilkinson confirmed it would be the first time a South African team plays a game in a previously disadvantaged area. “Yes, this is the first time, but why it has taken the such a long time is a good question”, she said. Dr Bacher invited South Africa’s other affiliated provinces to give lists of possible grounds in townships where other warm-up games could also be played. “We suggested that each affiliate hosts one World Cup warm-up game in a disadvantage area within their boundaries”, he said. He said the grounds would be allocated provided the pitches and outfield were of good quality for important games of this nature and that adequate security be provided for the matches. World Cup organisers have come under fire in the local media for not including cricket grounds in former black areas in the list where World Cup games will be played. Dr Bacher defended the decision, saying costs would be too high to upgrade these venues. He emphasised that the competing nations could expect to enjoy first-class competition in the warm-up games from the senior provincial teams.
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Norman elected to Hall of Fame Dublin (Ohio), May 31 Norman was named on 80.1 per cent of the ballots and Stewart on 67.5 per cent of votes cast by a 214-member body which includes national golf media, PGA Tour Hall of Fame member and golf dignitaries. Earlier on Wednesday, The World Golf Foundation Board of Directors announced in St Augustine, Florida, the selection of former USGA President Judy Bell and pioneer club manufacturer Karsten Solheim through the lifetime achievement category. Allan Robertson, regarded as the first golf professional in the game’s history, was selected through the veterans category. Earlier this year, Germany’s Bernhard Langer, a double Masters champion, was elected through the international ballot and Donna Caponi was selected to the LPGA Hall of Fame through the LPGA veteran’s category. The new honourees, except for Langer who has requested induction in 2002, will be inducted on November 11 at the World Golf village. Norman, (46), has more than 70 victories worldwide, including 18 on the PGA tour. Among his titles are the 1986 and 1993 British Opens and the 1994 Players Championship. The Australian, who has had numerous near misses in other major championships — losing in playoffs in all four of golf’s majors — has led the PGA Tour in scoring average five times and in earnings three times. He also has represented the international team in the President’s Cup four times. Stewart, who died at age 42 in a plane crash on October 25, 1999, won 11 PGA Tour events, including the 1991 and 1999 US Opens and 1989 PGA Championship. He also played in five Ryder Cup matches and led the PGA Tour in scoring average in 1989. “Greg has established himself as one of the most recognisable international stars in golf history with a remarkable record that includes more than 70 victories throughout the world,” Finchem said.
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Punjab and National Games — one Chandigarh, May 31 The Games, which have already been postponed twice, are now due to commence in the middle of September this year. The Union Ministry of Sports is yet to take a decision on allowing the Punjab Sports Department to go ahead with the procurement of the equipment on its own by making available its share of funds. Under the rules, the equipment is to be imported by the National Sports Federations (NSFs). The seriousness of preparations can be judged from the fact that the first meeting of the Games Technical Conduct Committee was held only a few weeks back. Any further delay in decision making may make things difficult even for the Punjab Sports Department to get the equipment at the venues in time. Most of the items on the equipment list are to be imported from various manufacturers and suppliers scattered all over the globe. Airlifting of equipment would add to the cost as the Organising Committee was already reeling under “cuts” imposed by various departments and boards on the original budget of the Games. Even after arrival of equipment, it has to be cleared by the Customs Department, which again has a long and cumbersome procedure. Example of delay in getting the synthetic track for Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, the main venue for both the opening and closing ceremonies, released from the Customs at Mumbai may still be weighing heavy on the minds of the officials. It took more than four months for the material to be cleared “conditionally” subject to payment of penalty. The Punjab Olympic Association, it may be mentioned, took long to get the list of items required by various state associations. The first list submitted by the POA was rejected outrightly on the plea that it was unrealistic. It was after a while that the new list submitted by the Sports Associations has been accepted and approved by the Union Ministry of Sports. As per understanding, 75 per cent of the cost of the procurement of the equipment is to be borne by the Union Minister of Sports and the remaining by the Punjab Sports Department. Though the Sports Department has already floated global tenders for the procurement of equipment, the actual process of placing firm orders with the suppliers or manufacturers would start only once funds are released and Letters of Credit are
opened. This has been done in anticipation that procurement of equipment would be left to the state sports department as was done in case of Manipur during the last games. This would also avoid unnecessary delays and redtapism as hardly any time is left for the games to be held. The equipment to be imported includes synthetic mats, including mats for wrestling, weighlifting, judo, equipment for track and field, gymnastics and other sports. Though the Organising Committee of National Games has decided to take on lease technical equipment, including scoreboards and photo finish cameras, yet no firm orders have been placed.
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campaign on winning note Seville, (Spain) May 31 In the last edition in Copenhagen India had finished in 16th place. The India-Russia match went to the wire with both teams tied 2-2 going into the crucial doubles match. The Indian duo of Markose Bristow and Jaseel P. Ismail delivered the knockout punch winning 15-6 15-13 over Alexandr Nikolaenko and Alexander Russkikh as India won 3-2. India went into the lead winning the mixed doubles but Russia levelled the score through Ella Karachkova who defeated B.R. Meenakhshi in the women’s singles. Gopichand then recorded his fourth straight win in the championship defeating Pavel Uvarov ranked 127, 15-7 15-1 and India went 2-1 ahead. But the Russians came back again winning the women’s doubles. In the crucial last match, Bristow especially, was brilliant and Ismail gave him great support as the pair swept through the opening game in style. The second though was a struggle and only some fine play at the end from the Indians enabled them to scrape through to victory.
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Dekel, Doran in title clash Chandigarh, May 31 In the doubles final, Rohan Bopanna and Nitin Kirtane got a walk over form British pair of James Auckland and David Sherwood. The first semi-finals between third seed Dekel of Israel and Auckland went for 121 minutes with Israeli playing superb baseline volleys. The first set began on an even note with both repeatedly levelling till 6-6 when forehand slices helped Dekel take games at crucial juncture. In the tie-breaker, he wrapped the set. The British player, however, kept hopes alive when he came back from behind securing an early 3-0 lead. The lead was maintained and finally he won at 6-1. In the third set, Auckland first took 2-0 lead. Then he led at 4-2. But then the gritty Israeli won four games in a row to become the winner at 6-4 in book a berth in the final. Second semi-final saw fourth seed Doran of Ireland in a devastating form against unseeded Daniel of Germany. Results: Semi-finals: Or Dekel (Isr) b James Auckland (GBR) 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-4; John Doran (Irl) b Daniel (Ger) 7-5, 6-0. Doubles final: Nitin Kirtane and Rohan Bopanna (Ind) get walk over from James Auckland and David Sherwood
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diploma courses in squash, shooting Chandigarh, May 31 These sports along with canoeing, kayaking, rowing and sepak takraw are mentioned in the advertisement of admission notice published in some of the leading newspapers in the third week of April, 2001. Confirming this, Col Baljit Singh Ahluwalia, Executive Director at NIS, said the courses which would not be introduced in this session would be squash at Patiala, shooting and karate at Bangalore and Canoeing, kayaking, rowing and sepak takraw at Kolkata. Non-availability of coaches, poor response from applicants and lack of clearance from the Government of India as the major reasons being cited for these sports being non-starters this session. Wushu is the only discipline which find acceptance in the course. |
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Swimming meet Chandigarh, May 31 Meanwhile, a senior advocate, Mr S.D. Sharma was nominated the Chairman of the body, at the meeting. The other office-bearers, who were chosen at the meeting, are as follows: Mr Harold Carver — President; Mr P.S. Gill — Senior Vice-President; Mr S.N. Singla — Vice-President; Mr Ashok Sharma — General Secretary; Mr I.P. Singh — Joint Secretary; Mr Subhash Tekchandani — Treasurer; and Mr P.S. Grewal — Technical Adviser. |
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shooters New Delhi, May 31 According to information received here the two other Indians — A. Subbiah and Ashok Kumar Shahi — finished 70th and 75th with a score of 578 and 572, respectively. Eighteen-year-old Abhinav Bindra had a total score of 696.2 in the 10 m rifle event which was won by Solvakia’s Jozef Goenci (699.8), Thailand’s T. Majchacheeap took the silver with a total of 699.5 while Holland’s Dick Boschaman with 698.8 claimed the bronze. In the women rifle shooting, India Anjali Ved Pathak finished 21st scoring 392 and her compatriot Anuja Tere was 22nd with 391 points. The third Indian in the fray Suma Shirur was placed 37th with 390 points. Germany’s Sonja Pfeilschifter won the gold (500.7 pts), followed by Korea’s Young Choi Dae (499.1) and USA’s Emily Caruso (499.0).
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Diplomas given to 239 sportspersons Patiala, May
31 The diplomas were given away jointly by the Inspector-General of Police, Mr R.S Gill, and a former hockey Olympian, Balkishen Singh. The function was attended by officers of all ranks of the
NIS, including the Executive Director, Col B.S.Ahluwalia, sportspersons attending national camps at the
NIS, SAI coaches, officials of the Punjab Sports Department and other national and international level sportspersons. The other toppers in individual subjects include Charanjit Kaur and Smita Kumar in sports physiology, Mathew C. Cheria in sports medicine, Namita
Sinha, Rakesh Sharma in sports psychology, Namita Sinha in general theory and methodics of training, Swati A.Patil in biomechanics and kinsiology and Anuj Bishnoi in sports
anthropometry. The diplomas, which are a pre-requisite in applying for the job of a coach, were awarded to 239 students in 18 sports disciplines. Fine knock by Sodhi,
Dharmani Patiala, May
31 Both Reetinder Sodhi and
Pankaj Dharmani sent the friendly rival attack on a leatherhunt for
the second successive day. After batting under a scorching sun for
nearly seven hours, spread over two days, both were out to
indiscretion born out of boredom rather than falling prey to any
penetrative bowling. In their second essay, the leg weary Sangrur
batsmen managed to score a meagre 105 with young left arm spinner
Gautam Mandora weaving a web around the leaden footed batsmen to
finish with fine figures of 7 for 35. Brief Scores: Sangrur :Ist
innings —52 all out Patiala: Ist innings — 513 for 5 declared (R.
Sodhi 233, P. Dharmani 191, Lakhbir Singh 29, Munish Bali 17 and
Sikandar 2 for 99) Sangrur : IInd innings —105 all out (Sikandar
30, G.Mandora 7 for 35, Rajeev Sirhindi 1 for 14 and Babloo Kumar 1
for 12) Under-16 cricket Patiala carved out a impressive 116 run win
against Ludhiana in the Punjab Inter-District Cricket Tournament match
for the M.L Markan Trophy played at the Budha Dal school grounds, here
today. Brief scores : Patiala: Ist innings — 273 all out;
Ludhiana: 157 all out ( Chetan Sehgal 57, Ashish Vinayak 36, Sanjeev
Behl 26, Tavish Gupta 14, Bhupinder Singh 3 for 38, Shiv Kumar 4 for
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Amritsar in last 8 Amritsar, May 31 Opening this morning with overnight 107 for seven, Gurdaspur were bowled out for 121 giving Amritsar 39-run victory. Harvinder Singh picked up four wickets while Varinder Singh scalped three. Brief scores: Amritsar : 160 all out. Gurdaspur: 121 all out. |
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