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FEDERATION CUP
Pak B team ‘not
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India win by six wickets Bulawayo, June 30 Set to score 170 for victory, India achieved the target in 43.5 overs loosing only four wickets. Earlier, India made the West Indies resemble a schoolboy team restricting them to 169 for seven in their alloted 50 overs. The final score, which looked a remote possibility when the West Indies were reduced to 47 for five in the 25th over, was largely a result of the efforts of Ridley Jacobs (53 no) and Marlon Samuels (44) who were engaged in a 72-run partnership for the sixth wicket. India, who rested Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh and Ajit Agarkar, were well served by the new ball pair of Debasish Mohanty and Harvinder Singh both of whom were playing their first match in the series. Captain Saurav Ganguly won his third straight toss and his decision to put the opposition in to bat was once again justified by Mohanty and Harvinder who struck early to dismiss both openers, Darren Ganga and Chris Gayle, and leave the West Indies at two for two in the third over. Mohanty removed the No 3 batsman Wavell Hinds in the 11th over and the West Indies, 18 for three, could never recover from the early loss of wickets. They scored at a snail’s pace and by the half-way mark had lost their batting mainstays Shivnaraine Chanderpaul and captainl Carl Hooper too, with just 47 runs on the board. Mohanty finished with dream figures of three for 18 from his 10 overs while Harvinder and Zaheer Khan had figures of two for 25 and two for 27, respectively. So complete was India’s dominance that the West Indies could score just two boundaries in the first 25 overs, one each by Chanderpaul and Hooper. They hesitated to take runs and were lucky not to get run-out on a few ocassions. It was only when these three medium-pacers were withdrawn did the West Indies batsmen get some respite. Samuels and Jacobs found the gentle medium-pace of Reetinder Singh Sodhi and the off-spin of Virendra Sehwag easier to negotiate. They scored mainly through ones and twos though the ocassional boundary also did come. Samuels hit Sodhi through the covers and straight drove Zaheer for two fours immediately after the dismissal of Hooper to slightly ease the pressure. Jacobs went over the mid-on in the next over off Sodhi and, for the first time in the innings, the West Indies scoring rate went beyond two runs an over. The 100 of the innings came in the 36th over and the pair just looked to accelerate when Mohanty, playing his first international game in two years, effected the breakthrough by having Samuels caught by Harvinder at long-on. Samuels’ 44 came off 74 balls and contained five fours. Jacobs added another 37 runs for the seventh wicket with Mahendra Nagamootoo before Zaheer Khan took a fine return catch to send the latter back to pavillion. Nagamootoo made 17. Jacobs brought up his half-century off 69 balls which contained one four and a six off Sodhi. The West Indies could not make much use of the slog overs as Zaheer and Harvinder bolwed in the
blockhole. SCOREBOARD West Indies: Ganga c Sodhi b Mohanty 2 Gayle lbw b Harvinder 0 Hinds c Sodhi b Mohanty 9 Chanderpaul c Dighe b Harvinder 10 Hooper c Ganguly b Zaheer 14 Samuels c Harvinder b Jacobs not out 53 Nagamootoo c and b Zaheer 17 Dillon not out 5 Extras (lb-8, nb-4, w-3) 15 Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 169 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-2, 3-18, 4-26, 5-47, 6-119, 7-156. Bowling: Mohanty 10-1-18-3, Harvinder Singh 10-3-25-2, Z. Khan 10-2-27-2, Sodhi 10-0-38-0, Sehwag 8-0-39-0, Tendulkar 2-0-14-0. India: Ganguly c Jacobs b Cuffy 20 Tendulkar not out 81 Mongia c Jacobs b Hinds 8 Dravid st Jacobs b Nagamootoo 4 Badani c & b Dillon 27 Shewag not out 11 Extras: b-0, w-12, nb-1, lb-6, 19 Total: (in 43.5 overs, for
4 wicket)170 Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-58, 3-63, 4-137. Bowling: Cuffy 10-3-20-1, King 7-1-30-0, Dillon 10.5-1-37-1, Hinds 4-0-12-1, Nagamootoo 9-0-48-1, Hooper
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Davenport wins; Kafelnikov knocked out London, June 30 Third seed Davenport was 4-0 up within 12 minutes as Schnyder struggled with her serve. The Swiss left-hander fended off a break point to hold for 4-1 but could not shake Davenport, who finished off the set with an ace. Davenport, who signalled her comeback from injury with victory at Eastbourne last week, went 4-1 up in the second set before Schnyder pulled back to 4-3. But the American won the next two games. Davenport, a beaten finalist last year, will play either 14th seed Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia or No 21 seed Barbara Schett of Austria on Monday. Nadejda Petrova became the second unseeded Russian to reach the fourth round when she beat Silvia Farina Elia 6-3 6-3. Petrova was too powerful and accurate from the back of the court for the 16th-seeded Italian and the 19-year-old will now play either defending champion Venus Williams or fellow Russian Elena Likhovtseva in the last 16. Venus’s younger sister Serena beat Petrova in both the Australian Open and the French Open where she also reached the fourth round. Petrova broke Farina Elia’s serve in the fifth game of the first set, which she wrapped up in 27 minutes after a rain break. The Russian broke to love for 3-2 in the second set after a rare excursion to the net set up the break point, and won the match on her second match point in 57 minutes to join unseeded Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the last 16. Henman overcomes Schalken Britain’s Tim Henman reached the last 16 of the Wimbledon men’s singles here yesterday defeating Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 but not before giving the Centre Court faithful a few uncomfortable moments. He next plays Todd Martin of the USA for a place in the last eight where his likely opponent would be top seed and title-holder Pete Sampras, who has twice beaten him at the semifinal stage. The No 6 seed, seeking the first British men’s singles title at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, struggled for consistency in the overcast, gusty conditions against a towering opponent who is at his best on grass. “It was the ideal match for me,” said Henman. “I didn’t have to go five sets, but I knew I was in a battle and had to come up good in pressure situations. But that was plenty close enough. “For a set and a half I was uncomfortable out there. I had a clear understanding of the way I wanted to play, but he was making life very difficult.” The opening set of the two hours 51 minutes match went with serve until Schalken broke through in the 11th game and then converted in the next game on his fourth set point. With the crowd subdued and the Union Jacks folded away Henman continued to struggle in the second, but a break of serve in the sixth game provided the spark the 26-year-old British player needed to level the match. Henman warded off three break points from 0-40 in the fourth game of the third set as the tie hung in balance. Then in a crucial ninth game Henman, on his sixth break point of the set, joyously whipped a forehand down the line to edge ahead for the first time in the match. That shot set the crowd alight and Henman’s spirits rose with them closing out the set on his following serve with Schalken netting a backhand block. The 24-year-old Dutchman, who recorded the second-longest match ever at Wimbledon last year when he lost a third round match 18-20 in the fifth set to Mark Philippoussis, had his back to the wall and he needed some inspired play to save two break points in the third game for a 2-1 lead. But his serve was tightening and a further two double faults two games later gave Henman the opening he was looking for, the Dutchman netting a forehand off a rasping Henman return for the break. The Union Jacks were flying in the fading light and Henman gave his fans what they had come for by breaking Schalken again for a 5-2 lead and then serving out comfortably for the match. His reward was a standing ovation as hopes rose of an end to the 65-year-old British drought that began three years before World War II started. Turning to the match against Martin on Monday, Henman said: “ he’s a dangerous grass court player and has been in big match situations before, so at this stage it’s going to boil down to who plays best on the day and I hope that is going to be me.”
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Relaxed Sampras smiles London, June 30 Lying on his back while joking with a ballboy on court 1, he hardly looked like the king of Wimbledon chasing another piece of history on the All-England Club’s hallowed grass. The performance of the tournament’s seven-time champion proved otherwise. Sampras dominated Sargis Sargsian 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 yesterday and moved into the fourth round where he will meet 15th-seeded Roger Federer on Monday for a quarterfinal berth. “The athlete usually does well” on grass, a fast surface, the top-seeded Sampras said. “My movement, I think, is something that is under-rated. But when the game’s there and you’re clicking on all cylinders, it’s fun to play.” It wasn’t much fun on Wednesday when 265th-ranked Englishman Barry Cowan stretched him to five sets. But he enjoyed himself Friday when he turned an embarrassing moment into one of hilarity as smoothly as he returns a powerful serve for a winner. It happened in the ninth game of the second set when he tried to reach Sargsian’s return of service. Sampras slipped and the ball bounced up the right leg of his shorts. With a smile, he beckoned the ballboy, who stood tentatively over the fallen defending champion. “I said it was all his, he can pick up the ball if he wants,” Sampras said. “He declined.” The wise youngster returned to his position beside the net, the crowd laughed and Sampras went on to win the game. “It was a funny moment. Didn’t want to let it slip away,” he said, making light of his own serious image. “Take advantage of that, that personality that I have.” His focus on his task has worked well for him. His ability to control his emotions — in addition to his preference for grass over slower surfaces — helped him become nearly unbeatable at Wimbledon.
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Double delight for Capriati London, June 30 “It’s a moment we’ve waited for all our lives, always kind of talked about it, joked about it when we were little,” said Capriati of her sibling’s Wimbledon debut. But she admitted thinking about it had damaged her concentration for a while as she struggled to see off stubborn Russian Tatiana Panova 6-4 6-4 to reach the last 16. “Maybe that’s why I wasn’t concentrating on the court, she laughed somewhat guiltily as she looked forward to the wildcard pair’s first-round tie against ninth seeds Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Nicole Arendt of the USA. “For him to be out there on the court it makes me feel so good — I know it’s a great moment for him also.”
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Hicham El Guerrouj, Marion Jones charge to victory Rome, June 30 American sprint queen Marion Jones charged to victory yesterday in the women’s 100m and while the pre-meeting rain slowed sprint times, the middle distance athletes set a host of world season’s best times. Moroccan El Guerrouj has suggested a record-breaking season is the only way to erase the memory of his shock defeat by Kenya’s Noah Ngeny in the 1,500m at last year’s Sydney Olympics. He looked capable of keeping that promise with a time of 3 minutes 44.95 seconds to easily win the mile from Bernard Lagat of Kenya. In what promises to be a regular occurrence this year, Stacy Dragila of the USA attempted 4.82 metres, 1 cm above her own pole vault world record. The Olympic champion failed, but won the event with 4.72m. Greene, wearing a black strip around his left knee, was level with the 100m field after an even start but came through powerfully to win in 10.01 seconds. Tim Montgomery, the US trials winner in the absence of Greene last week, was second in 10.11 and Francis Obikwelu of Nigeria was third in 10.19. World 100m record holder Greene set off on a victory lap but appeared to be troubled by the left knee, although he brushed off the injury afterwards. “I don’t think it is that big of a problem,” he said. I’ve always said if I am strong enough to get on the track I am strong enough to give it 100 per cent. “I was happy with the race. My body is asleep right now, I only got here Thursday.” In a thrilling finish to the men’s 800 metres, powerful Swiss athlete Andre Bucher lunged at the line to beat exciting Russian prospect Yuriy Borzakovskiy. Bucher was leading by 20m going into the final 200m but the 20-year-old Russian sprinted level and sensing victory, raised his arm but Bucher won in a season’s best 1 minute 44.01 seconds to the Russian’s 1:44.02. Stephanie Graf of Austria, the Olympic silver medallist, won the women’s 800m by 4 m with another season-leading time, 1:58.44. Graf faces her old nemesis, Olympic champion Maria Mutola of Mozambique, in the next Golden League event in Paris next Friday. Jones had eased cautiously out of her blocks in the 10m after having a false start awarded against her but strided through the field to win in 10.96 seconds. Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas was second in 11.10 seconds and US trials winner Chryste Gaines clocked 11.11 in third. “I was happy with the race and I’m glad to have got my first European race over with,” said Jones. “It wasn’t easy because I had that false start against me.” Jones (25) who recently announced she was divorcing her disgraced shot putter husband C.J.Hunter, will compete in the 100m and 200m at the world championships in Edmonton, Canada, in August. In the men’s 5,000 metres, Hailu Mekonnen of Ethiopia broke the 13-minute barrier for the first time in his career to beat a top-class field in 12:58.57. World record-holder Colin Jackson of Britain won the 110m hurdles in 13.37 seconds but said he was not fit enough to run in the world championships. “I haven’t really had a winter’s preparation so I’ve knocked the world championships on the head this year,” Jackson said. “I’m looking at late season events like the Goodwill Games.” Olga Yegorova of Russia signalled her rise by running the fastest time in the world this year in the women’s 3,000m with 8 minute 23.96 seconds. It was such a high-quality race that Paula Radcliffe of Britain finished fifth yet still set a British record of 8 minutes 26.97 seconds. Costas Gatsioudis of Greece underlined his fine form this season by winning the javelin in 87.49m, while Japan’s Koji Murofushi was a surprising winner of the hammer with a throw of 79.50 metres. Rome is the first of seven Golden League events, the highest-quality one-day meetings of the season. The winner of an event in five of the meetings gets a share of the jackpot of 50 kg of gold.
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FEDERATION CUP Panaji, June 30 Kolkata is kept reserved, if at the last minute the ground conditions at the original venue Chennai are found unfit for play. All-India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary Alberto Colaco, who released the draw today said in the 16-day championship, 20 leading teams will participate, who have been divided into two groups. Group one includes East Bengal, Indian VIH2, Sporting Club De Goa, Manaksia Tollygunge Agragami (MTA), Vasco Sports Club Goa, JCT, BSF, Dempo Sports Club and F.C. Kochi. Group two comprises Zee Churchill, State Bank of Travancore (SBT), Tata Football Academy, Mahindra United, Indian Telephone Industries (ITI), Salgoacar Sports Club, Punjab Police, Air India, Mohammedan Sporting and Mohun Bagan. East Bengal, F.C. Kochi, in group one and Zee Churchill and Mohun Bagan in group two have been given byes in the draw announced here today. The following is the draw: Group one: August 15: BSF vs Dempo; August 16: Indian Bank vs Sporting Club De Goa; August 18: Vasco Sports Club vs JCT, F.C. Kochin vs winner of BSF/Dempo . August 19: East Bengal vs winner of Indian Bank/Sporting Club De Goa; Tollygunge Agragami v/s HAL. Group two: August 17: State Bank of Travancore (SBT) vs Tata Football Academy; Air India vs Mohammedan Sporting; August 20: Mahindra United vs Indian Telephone Industries (ITI); Salgaocar vs Punjab Police; August 21: Zee Churchill vs winner of SBT/ Tata Football Academy; Mohan Bagan vs winner of Air India /Mohammedan Sporting. Quarterfinals of group one will be played on August 22 and 23 , while both the quarterfinals of group will be played on August 24. The semifinals are slated for August 26 and 27 and the final will be played on August 30. Doordarshan will telecast live all the matches of the Federation Cup, Mr Colaco added.
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Pak B team ‘not
acceptable’ New Delhi, June 30 “We cannot accept B teams because a win over those would be meaningless,” Ms Uma Bharti Sports Minister said today. Ms Bharti also revealed that she had initiated a unique sports exchange programme with France to boost the prospects of football, the third most popular game in India. “After speaking to the French Ambassador on the issue, I sent a proposal to the French Sports Ministry suggesting that they send football coaches to India in exchange of hockey coaches from here,” she said. Former International Olympic Committee Vice-President Ashwini Kumar, a key player in organisation of the 1982 Delhi Asian Games, Mr Arun Singh, and Indian Hockey Federation chief K.P.S. Gill will be advisers to Sports Minister Uma Bharati, chairperson of the organising committee of the November 3 -11 Afro-Asian Games.
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‘Top athletes for Afro-Asian Games’ New Delhi, June 30 Mr Wei Jizhong disclosed that at a meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia and the African National Olympic Committees at Mombasa (Kenya) recently, it was decided that only the best athletes of Asia and Africa would be fielded for the Afro-Asian Games. Mr Wei Jizhong said all the sports facilities in Delhi, designated to host the Afro-Asian Games, had been approved by all the sports federations of Asia and Africa and he was personally happy to note that all the stadiums fullfilled the criteria laid down for hosting such a major international event. He was particularly impressed with the Karni Singh Shooting Ranges, and the tennis stadium of the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association, which, he felt were of truly international class. He said Asia and Africa constituted 50 per cent of the IOC members, and therefore the Afro-Asian Games held a lot of significance.. Mr Wei Jizhong was accompanied by Indian Olympic Association secretary-general Randhir Singh, Rowing Federation of India president K P Singh Deo, Sports Authority of India Executive Director, Maj. O P Bhatia and Cycling Federation of India president Yashwant Singh of Alwar. Mr Wei Jizhong had been to the Nehru Stadium before, but he was stunned by the vastness of the massive Indira Gandhi indoor stadium. “It’s fantastic. In China, we don’t have a stadium as big as this” observed Mr Wei Jizhong, who, as head of the Chinese Olympic Association for two terms, uptil 1997, had played a major role in taking Chinese sports to dizzy heights. He said China’s annual sports budget was more than $ 200 million out of which 50 per cent came from sports lottery, 30 per cent from the Central Budget, and 20 per cent from the provincial governments. Mr Wei Jizhong revealed that China also imported coaches from the USA, Russia, Yugoslavia, Korea and Brazil, but their salaries were jointly borne by the government and the national federations. Mr Wei said the 2002 Asian Games in Pusan (South Korea) will be held from September 29 to October 14 , and there will be a record 411 events in 38 sports disciplines. Bodybuilding will be introduced at Pusan as a new event, besides a couple of demonstration events, including a popular martial art from Indonesia. Olympic Council of India secretary-general Randhir Singh said all the cue events in the billiards family would be medal events at Pusan, which is spending $ 150 million for the construction of the main stadium alone. |
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IAF hockey: MC win title Chandigarh, June 30 In the run-up to the final, Maintenance Command beat Air Headquarters 7-1, CAC 3-2 and drew with WAC 1-1. In the semifinals Maintenance Command beat Eastern Air Command 3-0. Cpl Rajbir scored four goals, including a hat-trick in the final while Sgt Balbir Singh scored two goals. Sgt Balbir Singh was declared the best player of the championship. The victorious team was felicitated by Air Commodore Ambrish Kumar, VSM, AOC 3 BRD, Air Force, here yesterday. Amritsar win
title Patiala, June
30 Cycle polo meet Government Mohindra College won the title in the senior section in the Patiala district cycle polo championships, which concluded at the Multipurpose School grounds here today. White Hawks garnered the second spot in the same event. The other results: junior section: Multipurpose School-1, Panthers Club-2, sub-junior section:
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