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India go down to Kiwis
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Anand suffers shock
defeat Japan looking for
more medals
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India pull out of Aussie
tour Zimbabwe all out for
155 England make slow
progress Agarkar, Mohanty left
out Patel, caught Patel, bowled Patel Denilson’s tactics save Brazil
IHF to recall Dhanraj
Pillay ‘Exposure’ objective of
Afro-Asian Games Lifters call on
Uma Bharati
North Central Zone triumph Camp for women
swimmers
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India go down to Kiwis Edinburgh, July 19 India, who had a clear nine chances in front of the Kiwi goal, were shocked in the 33rd minute of the first half when off the second penalty corner Archibald deflected the ball into the Indian goal.
Pathetic is the only word that one can use for the Indian team as it repeatedly missed chances with only the goalkeeper in front. Once they even shot over the bar with the New Zealand goalkeeper out of position. A confident Indian management had said “the team will be a different bunch at the qualifiers”. It was not different. They were the same, missing goal after goal as the New Zealanders rushed to clear the ball with the Kiwi midfield constantly falling back to defend. Coach Cedric D’Souza was distraught. After the 2-1 win over Wales he said the team would improve but it just seemed to slide further. Gagan Ajit Singh, if not missing goals, was trying to show off his dribbling skills and playing straight into the hands of the Kiwis. The others were no better with Daljit Dhillon missing two sharp chances. When there was time to take a direct hit, Daljit and Baljit Dhillon dribbled un-necessarily, giving time to the Kiwi defence to fall back. D’Souza didn’t say much except that he had to hurry for a team meeting. India earned four penalty corners in the first half, all of them ill-directed with Dilip Tirkey missing the first two. New Zealand earned three and it was off the third when Leaver dragged the ball to the right corner where Archibald threw his stick and deflected it into goal. Just after the break, Daljit Dhillon had a beautiful chance but his reverse shot went wide off the post. New Zealand earned their fourth penalty corner in the 45th minute but Jude Menezes, who had a patchy game, charged out to effect a superb save. India’s fifth penalty corner hit off Dilip Tirkey was deflected wide by a defender’s stick. But Gagan had a great chance in the 59th minute when he was face to face with the ‘keeper but instead of trying an angular shot, he shot straight to the custodian’s pads. With 10 minutes left, India were getting frustrated and it showed in the errors in the midfield. The urgency seemed a little late in coming as they charged with five forwards and even Dilip Tirkey was seen moving upfront. With just a minute left and the Kiwis defending like devils, Prabhjot Singh dribbled into the circle and was in a one-to-one situation with the ‘keeper but he still somehow managed to shoot wide. New Zealand now top pool A with six points from two wins while India are in second position with three. The Kiwis are through to the next round and a possible berth in the World Cup. India now have to beat Egypt to enter the next round. The top seven finishers in the qualifying competition out of the 16 teams participating will qualify for the World Cup in Kuala Lumpur in February 2002.
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Anand suffers shock defeat
BrainGames champion GM Vladimir Kramnik of Russia remained atop the table with a hard fought draw against GM Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. Kramnik has 4 points from his six games and is half a point adrift of nearest rival Topalov and GM Peter Leko of Hungary. The fourth place is held by Morozevich on 3 points while Anand and GM Michael Adams of England share the last two positions on 2 points each. Morozevich who turned 24 yesterday, scored a victory he will cherish for a very long time. Beating Anand in just 28 moves from the black pieces could be anyone’s dream! Having seen Morozevich struggle against Kramnik earlier in the tournament in the Slav defence, Anand opened with queen pawn but was surprised by an early opening deviation by his opponent. The game took shape in less trodden territories of the Chelyabinsk variation and sensing his advantage after getting better control over the board, Anand decided to go for the kill by castling on the queen side. It soon became a kind of race against time as both went for the king. Morozevich, with a cool demeanour, started doing the demo-lition work on the queen side after Anand erroneously exchang-ed the queens. Anand was soon reeling under pressure in trying to contain the black monarch from making a decisive foray. To make matters worse, Anand’s usually perfect defence failed to come to his rescue and the blunder on the 28th move sealed the fate of the match. The tournament has so far maintained a rather characteristic rhythm. Barring the first round when there were two decisive results, each round has produced only one decisive game. And last night was no exception with Morozevich fulfilling the day’s quota of victory. Kramnik was yet again pressing but this time found Topalov striking upon the right defensive chord and had to be content with a draw after battling it out in the modern Benoni opening. Playing white, Kramnik came up with a relatively new plan that gave him a miniscule advantage after the opening.
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Japan looking for
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Fukuoka (Japan), July 19 Thorpe, who has set 13 world records and won three gold medals at the Sydney Olympics, started his international career at the 1997 Pan-Pacific championships in Fukuoka, has a huge following in Japan. But all the attention being heaped on the 18-year-old “Thorpedo” doesn’t seem to faze Japan’s highest profile swimmers. “It doesn’t really bother me and, if anything, I think it gives us a little extra motivation,” Olympic silver medallist Mai Nakamura told reporters today.
Nakamura, who turned 22 on Monday, placed second in the 100-metre backstroke in Sydney is hoping to go one better after the swimming programme at the world championships starts on Sunday.
With a total of 39 swimmers competing, 18 more than they sent to Sydney, Japan have high expectations and are looking to provide the local fans with a few thrills. Along with Nakamura, Japan will pin their hopes on Kosuke
Kitajima, who finished fourth in the 100-metre breaststroke at the Sydney Olympics, and butterfly specialist Takashi Yamamoto. While Japan’s female swimmers won four medals at the Olympics, the men were kept off the podium and are eager to erase the bitter memories of Sydney with strong performances here. “Sydney was a big disappointment for us,” said Yamamoto. “But we’ve been training hard since then and I think we have a good shot at winning some medals.” Yamamoto, fifth in the 100-metre butterfly in Sydney, faces the daunting task of going up against Olympic gold medallist Tom Malchow and world record holder Michael Phelps. The 16-year-old Phelps broke the world mark for the 200-metre butterfly in March with a time of 1 minute, 54.92 seconds.
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India pull out of Aussie tour Melbourne, July 19 The ACB only finalised the series last month after lengthy negotiations. Two of the matches were to be played under a closed roof at Melbourne’s Colonial Stadium on September 21 and 23 after the success of three games against South Africa at the stadium last year. The third match against India was to be played in Brisbane on September 26. The ACB said in a statement that it had received advice from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that India were no longer able to take part in the series. “The president of the BCCI, Dr A.C. Mutiah, confirmed that India can no longer meet its commitments to the three-match tour after holding recent discussions with the Indian players and hearing their concerns about the team’s heavy workload,” the ACB said. ACB chief executive James Sutherland said: “Although we are disappointed at India’s final decision, I would hope that the ACB can continue to work with the BCCI to identify a suitable time in the future for India to come and take part in this series.” Australia’s captain Steve Waugh had expressed reservations about the tournament, particularly because the wives of three players — himself, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne — were expecting babies around the time of the series. Australia are currently on a five-Test Ashes tour of England. The trip ends in late August. Australia will host New Zealand for a three-Test series starting in November, followed by a three-Test series against South Africa and a triangular one-day tournament.
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Zimbabwe all out for 155
Bulawayo, July 19 Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga started confidently as the West Indies began their reply, with Gayle unbeaten on 10 and Ganga 16. After reaching tea at 151 for seven, the Zimbabwean tail crumbled to the West Indian pace attack, the last three wickets falling with the score on 155. Eighteen-year-old debutant wicketkeeper Tatenda Taibu went first, caught in two minds as he blocked Colin Stuart straight to Ramnaresh Sarwan at short extra cover for six. Andy Blignaut followed, slashing Reon King to Neil McGarrell in the gully, and number Raymond Price was lbw to King for a second ball duck. Earlier, surprise selection Pedro Collins, who had not played first-class cricket for over a year, made the early breakthrough after Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat. The left-arm paceman trapped Dion Ebrahim lbw for a duck in his second over. Collins struck again to remove Stuart Carlisle for 10, while Alistair Campbell had made 21 before edging a simple catch to wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs off King as Zimbabwe struggled to 31 for three. Craig Wishart then took the attack to the West Indies, striking five fours and a straight six before driving Stuart straight to Chanderpaul at point for 36. Zimbabwe (first innings): Ebrahim lbw b Colins 0 Campbell c Jacobs b King 21 Carlise c Hopper b Collins 10 Wishart c Chanderpaul b Stuart 36 Whittall c Gayle b Stuart 42 G. Flower c Jacobs b King 6 Streak c Chanderpaul b McGarrell 5 Blignaut c McGarrell b King 21 Taibu c Sarwan b Stuart 6 Strang not out 0 Price lbw b King 0 Extras: 8 (nb-5, lb-3) Total: 155 in 59 overs. Fow: 1-1, 2-31, 3-31, 4-80, 5-105, 6-119, 7-139, 8-155, 9-155, 10-155. Bowling: R. King 17-4-51-4, M. McGarrell 12-5-22-1, P. Collins 13.3-4-29-2, C. Stuart 15.3-3-45-3, C. Hooper 1-0-5-0. West Indies (Ist innings): D. Ganga batting 44 C. Gayle batting 52 Extras: 4 Total: 100 in 29 overs. Bowling: R. Price 8-0-17-0, B Strang 3-0-15-0, A. Blignaut 9-0-30-0, H. Streak
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England make slow progress
London, July 19 Marcus Trescothick and Mark Butcher were the two casualties as England’s progress, after losing the toss for the ninth Test in succession, was delayed by 90 minutes at the start following rain and a further 60-minute break for bad light and rain after lunch. The players were forced off the Lord’s pitch again just before tea by the heaviest downpour of the day. The first passage of play had lasted a mere 20 minutes and 20 deliveries, Michael Atherton and Trescothick sharing two meaningful shots and one fortunate escape between them as they struggled to 11 without loss. Atherton, standing in for injured captain Nasser Hussain, played and missed twice in Glenn McGrath’s first over before hooking the pace bowler for four. Marcus Trescothick then cut Jason Gillespie for a further boundary only to be dropped moments later at second slip by Mark Waugh off a Gillespie no-ball. The Somerset left-hander continued to lead a charmed life when play resumed after an early lunch. First he drove Gillespie just short of Steve Waugh in the gully, then, on nine, he shaped to cut the same bowler and sent the ball flying through the six-man slip cordon. Atherton, meanwhile, mixed some fine shots off McGrath, driving him twice to the extra-cover fence, with some optimistic fencing against Gillespie’s swing and seam movement, one ball squaring him up before flying past the outside edge. Trescothick’s luck ran out when, on 15 and with the total on 33, he drove at Gillespie without moving his feet and was caught behind. Television replays suggested the bowler had overstepped. Mark Butcher, another left-hander, joined Atherton and square cut Gillespie for four before Shane Warne, who dominated him in the first Test, was brought on. Australia lead the five-match series 1-0 after winning at Edgbaston by an innings and 118 runs. ENGLAND (Ist innings): Atherton batting 37 Trescothick c Gilchrist b Gillespie 15 Butcher c M Waugh b McGrath 21 Thorpe batting 9 Extras: 13 Total: 95 for 2 in 29.2 overs. FOW: 1-33, 2-75. Bowling: McGrath: 10-3-22-1, Gillespie: 12-3-43-1, Brett Lee: 5.2-0-16-0, Warne: 2-0-6-0.
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Agarkar, Mohanty left out Colombo, July 19 India have of late built up a rather dubious reputation -that of doing exceptionally well in the league matches but stumbling in the final. This time around, without Tendulkar to fall back upon during the entire tournament, the going may be tougher in the run up to the final as well and the pressure will be greater on the batsmen. The Indian team, which was expecting the maestro to join it before the final, received a rude jolt when Tendulkar yesterday ruled himself out of the tri-series due to a hairline fracture in the right big toe. Ganguly, thankfully back in form with a couple of half centuries in the one-dayers in Zimbabwe and in full flow in yesterday’s warm-up game against Sri Lanka ‘A’ with an unbeaten 74 off 58 balls peppered with five sixes, will be expected to lead by example. Support for Ganguly must come from V.V.S. Laxman, who has not been able to get big scores after the series against Australia, and Rahul Dravid. The latter was also in good nick in the practice game with a well-struck 59 but the other batsmen, especially Virendra Sehwag and Hemang Badani need to bridge a widening gap between potential and performance. India’s bowling will have to revolve around left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan and off-spin sensation Harbhajan Singh. The team management may opt for a second spinner by inducting Rahul Sanghvi, given the sluggish nature of the wicket here. All-rounder Reetinder Singh Sodhi, who shared an 84-run partnership with his skipper yesterday and impressed with the bat in Zimbabwe, and wicketkeeper Sameer Dighe can be expected to provide solidity to the late middle-order which often appears fragile once the top four batsmen are out. India will be without medium pacer Ajit Agarkar, who has suffered sun stroke, for their first match. Agarkar skipped practice today and has been left out for Friday’s game along with swing bowler Debasish Mohanty. “Ajit has not been feeling well since yesterday. He won’t be able to play tomorrow. We have also decided to leave out Mohanty,’’ Ganguly said. Batsman Rahul Dravid also missed practice due to an ankle injury but Ganguly said he would be fit to play on Friday. But the captain said India were still not decided on what their opening option would be in Tendulkar’s absence. “It’s between Yuvraj Singh and Amay Khurasiya at the moment. One of them will open with me, but we are still not certain who it will be,’’ Ganguly said. He said a decision would be made on the morning of the match. Ganguly and Tendulkar have opened together in more than 100 one-day matches and have been one of the most successful opening pairs in the world for the last four years. Khurasiya, 29, is a big-hitting batsman who is making a comeback into the team after nearly two years. PTI, Reuters |
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Patel, caught Patel, bowled Patel London, July 19 As wickets started to fall, Patel was caught by Patel off the bowling of Patel, the Mirror newspaper reported today. Then Patel was run out by Patel and another Patel was out leg before wicket, bowled by Patel. The assembled Patels had turned out for two clubs in northern England, Yorkshire LPS and Amarmilan. “At one point there was a bit of banter and I said ‘can Patel please be quiet’ — and they all shut up,’’ said Higgins. Yorkshire LPS secretary Ishy Patel explained: “The Patels come from Gujarat in India and we’ve settled in Bradford, Leeds and Keighley.’’
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IHF to recall Dhanraj
Pillay Patiala, July 19 The highly experienced Dhanraj Pillay, who has represented the country in the Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney Olympics, had refused to join the ongoing senior national hockey camp at Jammu citing security reasons. It may be recalled that the versatile forward, who turns out for Mahindra and Mahindra in the domestic circuit, had allegedly received threats from a Kashmir based militant outfit- Lashkar-e-Toiba. The militant outfit had threatened to kidnap Pillay along with cricketers Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. The threats had come to light when some members of the outfit were apprehended by the Mumbai police last month. Following Pillay’s stand of not attending the camp the IHF president, Mr K.P.S. Gill, had toughened his stand and had even gone to the extent of saying that the ace forward, who on numerous occasions had single handedly scripted many a win for the country, would not be considered for the Sultan Azlan Shah tourney if he failed to attend the Jammu camp which commenced on July 9. However, the IHF president has reportedly softened his stand and indications are that Pillay may be exempted from making an appearance at the camp and would be joining the squad directly at New Delhi on the eve of its departure to the Malaysian capital either on July 28 or 29. This has been necessitated keeping in view the fact that the team for the Azlan Shah tourney would be considerably depleted as key players of the senior Indian team are playing in the World Cup qualifying tournament at present being held at Edinburg (Scotland). For the Azlan Shah tournament the only players having some experience are Olympians Mukesh Kumar, Sabu Varkey, Deepak Thakur and custodian A.B. Subbaiah. The rest of the squad is inexperienced and this is where the services of the indispensible Dhanraj Pillay will come in handy. Sources reveal that Pillay has already been sounded about his inclusion in the Kuala Lumpur-bound squad to which the player has readily agreed. However, there are clear indications that ace custodian Ashish Ballal, who was the star at the Bangkok Asian Games and since then has remained in hibernation, is unlikely to get the nod of the IHF president. For a brief while, the federation had recalled Ballal as a coach and the Indian Airlines player had even worked as an understudy to chief coach Cedric D’ Souza. He was one of the six players unceremoniously dropped by the IHF immediately after the Bangkok victory where Ballal came up with some stunning saves in the dreaded tie-breaker to outclass arch rivals Pakistan 5-4. Sources reveal that Ballal may not be recalled for the Azlan Shah tourney primarily due to two reasons. One is that the line of thinking among the IHF top brass is that the team has already a safe and steady goalkeeper in A.B Subbaiah. The second and most important reason why the IHF officialdom is disinclined to recall Ballal is that his outburst against Mr K.P.S. Gill and Mr Jyotikumaran, secretary of the IHF, in the aftermath of the Bangkok Asiad, still rankles among the powers-that-be. At present, both Ballal and Pillay are engaged in opening hockey academies at Mumbai and Bangalore. The academies, which are the brainchild of both the players, will be run on funds generated by the sale of used cartridges to an Amsterdam based firm-Lestrop BV. |
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Denilson’s tactics save Brazil Cali (Colombia), July 19 Betis striker Denilson was the hero, scoring a goal and setting up the other two as Brazil finished first in group B, ahead of Mexico and Peru. The Brazilians survived an early goal by Paraguay and another night of sloppy play, getting two goals in the final minutes. A win would have qualified Paraguay, who now are eliminated. Earlier, Peru pulled off a heart-stopper of their own, beating favoured Mexico 1-0 to earn a quarterfinal berth. It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. Brazil were coming off a 2-0 win over Peru and apparently had turned the corner after a four-game losing streak, their longest since 1921. Meanwhile, Paraguay were missing their top stars and had played poorly in a 3-3 tie with Peru and a 0-0 tie with Mexico. But Brazil’s confidence lasted just 10 minutes. Midfielder Gustavo Morinigo dribbled into Brazil’s penalty area and was levelled by two defenders. Guido Alvarenga powered the penalty shot high into the left corner to make it 1-0. The goal rattled the Brazilians, who pressed confusedly on to the attack but couldn’t solve the Paraguayan defence while exposing their own goal to counter-strikes. Paraguayan defender Denis Caniza tested goalie Marcos with a shot from the left, and the crowd began to shout a derisive “Ole” as the Paraguayans exchanged passes. Brazil didn’t get a shot on goal until the 32nd minute. Guilherme fed Ewerthon up the middle, and his shot exploded off the crossbar and out. A minute later it was Emerson who charged in on the left for a shot that was smothered by a diving goalie Ricardo Tavarelli, and the jeers turned to cheers for the Brazilians. Denilson replaced an injured Ewerthon in the 44th minute, and in his first play found Alex for a header that screamed just wide. Brazil came out pressing in the second half, and Guilherme nearly converted a rebound on a thunderous shot by Junior. A minute later, Paraguay’s Julio Enciso deflected the ball with his arm in the penalty area, but there was no whistle from Argentine referee Angel Sanchez. When Junior complained, he was shown the yellow card. The Brazilians swarmed the goal and tested Tavarelli from in close. Juninho Pernambucamo, who came in for Eduardo Costa, sent a free kick caroming off the crossbar in the 56th minute. Things looked bleaker when Junior was expelled for a violent foul on Aristedes Masi in the 58th minute, and Brazil were down to 10 men. But a minute later, Denilson found Alex free in the area, and the midfielder sent a rocket into the upper left corner to even the score 1-1. Denilson tested Tavarelli himself from 20 metres out, and the goalie made a diving save. In the 80th minute, Caniza was red-carded for slapping Belletti, his second explosion in three games. With one minute left, Denilson escaped up the right side and crossed to Belletti, who slid in with his left leg for the tap-in and a 2-1 lead. In injury time, Denilson finally got his on a deflected shot from outside the penalty area to make it 3-1.
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‘Exposure’ objective of
Afro-Asian Games Chandigarh, July 19 Commenting on the Afro-Asian Games, he said the idea was to provide more exposure to the sportsperson of the two continents. Select disciplines had been chosen to suit both the continents. Some disciplines were popular in one continent while some in the other. So the Afro-Asian Sports Council arrived at a mutual consensus.
Sandhu’s son Manavjit Sandhu, a trap event shooter, was a medallist in Asian Games-1998 and Commonwealth Games-98. He said Manavjit was getting good support from National Rifle Association of India. An Italian coach had been hired by the
Government of India for the training of top class trap, skeet shooters. Manavjit finished 17th in the World Trap and Skeet Shooting meet held at Italy. Sandhu, who is also the president of the Netball Federation of India, said in the forthcoming National Games, top eight men and women teams have qualified to take part in
competitions at PAP Complex, Jalandhar. He said the committee had fixed October (first week) as the deadline for new stadia work. The synthetic turfs for hockey, renovation of shooting range at
Tughlakabad, near Delhi were high on their priority. It had been decided to hire electronic score board proposed to be installed at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, Delhi from approved foreign firms. Sandhu said that he was also involved in the construction of the Sector 25 shooting range about 25 years back. |
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Lifters call on
Uma Bharati New Delhi, July 19 It may be recalled that the women weightlifters could make the trip to Jeonju only due to the personal intervention of Ms Bharati, as the controversy and faction-ridden WFI had been disallowed in meddling with the affairs of the lifters. |
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North Central Zone triumph Shimla, July 19 In the other semifinal last year’s runners-up East Zone beat Central Zone. In the women’s section last year’s winners Eastern Zone outplayed last year’s runner-up Central Zone 3-2 to enter the final. While top seed A. Sinha of the East Zone lost to Deepali Purina (Central Zone) in a well fought contest, her team-mate C. Ganguly led the team to victory by winning both her matches. In second semifinal North Central Zone beat Western Zone 3-2. The results: Women’s team championship (semifinals): (A Sinha b Manju Shah 21-16, 21-15; C. Ganguly b Deepali 21-19, 21-17; A. Bramchari lost to Kalawati 16-21, 17-21; A. Sinha lost to Deepali 18-21, 16-21; C. Ganguly b Manju Shah 21-18, 19-21, 21-12); North Central Zone b West Zone 3-2 (Sarjoini b S. Mauskar 21-17, 21-19; Deepali b Anita 21-19, 21-19; Prem Kumari lost to S. Thade 10-21, 12-21; Deepali lost to S. Mauskar 9-21, 13-21; Sarjoini b Anita 21-15, 22-20). Men’s team championship (semifinal): East Zone b Central Zone 3-1 (G. Sett lost to Vinay 16-21, 17-21; R. Chakarborty b D. Ghish 21-12, 21-12; P. Dutta b B. Ghosh 21-13, 21-14; R. Chakarborty b Vinay 21-16, 13-21, 21-14), North Central Zone b West Zone 3-1 (Zabarjeet b R. Rokade 21-12, 21-16; Parag Aggarwal lost to M. Thakkar 15-21, 21-19, 10-21; Dilip Sen b P. Thakur 21-18, 21-14; Zabarjeet Singh b . Thakkar 23-21, 10-21, 21-16). |
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Camp for women
swimmers Ludhiana, July 19 The women swimmers in the camp are:
Sukhmandeep, Vibha Babbar, Anisha Maheshwari, Monika Vaid, Isha Sood, Abhipsha Thakur and Bhawna Maheshwari (Ludhiana), Harpreet Kaur, Savita Randev, Anu Verma and Sunita (Gurdaspur), Meetinder, Geetinder and Mridumai (Jalandhar), Harminder Kaur, Himani Puri and Neha Bector (Patiala), Kirandeep Kaur, Prabhdeep Kaur, Gurnoor Kang and Sukhman Ghuman (Ropar), Deepti Kanwar (Hoshiarpur) and Puneet Mukker (Faridkot). |
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