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Dalmiya keen to regain
control US Open: Andre Agassi, Safin avoid upsets; Pete Sampras moves
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Jeev Milkha, Atwal finish
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IOA, Uma Bharati sink differences Rohtas, Kipgen share
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Sports
meet at Punjabi University Good response to Rajiv Marathon
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India battling for survival Colombo, August 31 As many as four Sri Lankan batsmen scored centuries and Sri Lanka took a commanding 376 run lead over India’s first innings score of 234. India had wiped out 28 of those by the end of third’s day play with all their wickets intact. Shiv Sunder Das was on 22 and Sadgopan Ramesh on four when the stumps were drawn for the day with a herculean task remaining on the next two days. It was a frustrating day for the Indians who saw one Sri Lankan batsman after another scoring centuries and could do nothing about it. Overnight batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Marvan Atapattu went on to score big hundreds and off-spinner Tilan Samaraweera followed suit to become only the third Sri Lankan to score a century on debut. The Indians managed just one wicket in the entire day when Jayawardene was adjudged leg before wicket to Sairaj Bahutule for 139 before Sri Lanka put an end to their agony by declaring the innings midway through the final session. Hashan Tillekaratne remained unbeaten on 136 and his undefeated seventh wicket partnership with Samaraweera fetched 194 runs. Sri Lanka’s declaration came immediately after Samaraweera reached his century with a four to the third man boundary. Unlike yesterday, India had no chances today and the bowlers were totally clueless. Runs flowed freely for Sri Lanka with all the three century makers today dominating a session each. Sri Lanka started the day at their overnight 323 for five and both Jayawardene and Tillekaratne scored fluently. Jayawardene, who was on 95 yesterday, brought up his seventh Test century in style, his first two scoring shots being boundaries off Venkatesh Prasad and Harbhajan Singh. Having crossed the milestone, Jayawardene cut loose and hit Prasad through the covers and lofted Harbhajan over mid-on for another couple of fours. Indian captain Saurav Ganguly opened the bowling with Prasad, the most effective bowler yesterday, but both were unimpressive. Zaheer Khan, who replaced Prasad after six overs, has not been fully fit in this Test and once again was wayward. Tillekaratne, who started tentatively, settled down slowly, helped by some inept bowling by the Indians. The duo scored at a brisk pace and brought Sri Lanka’s 400 in the 117th over. Jayawardene was dismissed just 10 minutes before lunch when he came forward to play a defensive shot against Bahutule. Only the bowler went in appeal when the ball hit the pads but umpire David Orchard of South Africa upheld the appeal and Jayawardene had to walk back. His 139 came off 216 balls and contained 14 fours and a six. That was the only success in the entire day for the Indians who toiled hard for another three hours without any luck. Ganguly seemed to have run out of ideas and even bowled Ramesh in desperation but Tillekaratne and Samaraweera held the fort. Tillekaratne, in the meanwhile, had reached his half-century with a straight driven boundary off Ganguly. He hit another four in the same over to take ten runs off the bowler. Ganguly was left cursing himself and the frustration clearly showed in the body language of the Indians who looked to have given up. PTI Scoreboard India (1st innings): 234 Sri Lanka (1st innings): Atapattu c Das b Harbhajan 108 Jayasuriya b Prasad 30 Sangakkara c Badani
b Prasad 47 Jayawardena lbw b Bahutule 139 Arnold b Prasad 31 Liyanage c Dighe b Harbhajan 3 Tillekeratne not out 136 Samaraweera not out 103 Extras: (lb-4, nb-5, w-4) 13 Total:
(for 6 wkts, 171 overs) 610 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-119, 3-252, 4-310, 5-321, 6-416. Bowling: Zaheer 27-3-134-0, Prasad 34-8-101-3, Harbhajan 53.3-6-185-2, Ganguly 12.3-3-44-0, Bahutule 31-5-101-1, Badani 8-2-17-0, Ramesh 5-0-24-0. India (2nd innings): Das batting 22 Ramesh batting 4 Extras:
(nb1, w1) 2 Total: (for no loss, 13 overs) 28 Bowling: Vaas 4-2-6-0, Fernando 4-0-15-0, Muralitharan 3-1-3-0, Jayasuriya 2-1-4-0. |
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Pak beat Bangladesh Multan, August 31 Test newcomers Bangladesh were dismissed for 148 some 40 minutes before lunch on the third day, with 20-year-old leg-spinner Danish Kaneria taking his second six-wicket haul of the match. Pakistan earlier scored a world record equalling five centuries in their first innings of 546 for three declared in the first ever Test between the two sides. Habibul Bashar today provided Bangladesh’s only resistance with a pugnacious 56 not out, but wickets tumbled from the other end and even a courageous eighth wicket stand of 45 between Bashar and Hasibul Hossain just prolonged the inevitable. SCOREBOARD Bangladesh (1st innings): 134 Pakistan (1st innings): dec 546-3 Bangladesh (2nd innings): Omer c Razzaq b Waqar 4 M. Hossain c Latif b Waqa 9 Bashar not out 56 A. Islam c sub (Y. Khan) b Kaneria 18 A. Khan c sub (Y. Khan) b Kaneria 8 Rehman c sub (Y. Khan) b Kaneria 4 Masud c b Kaneria 0 Haque c Youhana b Kaneria 7 H. Hossain c sub (Y. Khan) b Kaneria 31 Sharif c Latif b Waqar 3 M. Islam b Waqar 2 Extras: (lb 3, nb 3) 6 Total: (41.1 overs) 148 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-22, 3-52, 4-72, 5-84, 6-84, 7-96, 8-141, 9-144, 10-148 Bowling: Akram 9-1-32-0, Waqar 7.1-1-19-4, Razzaq 8-0-34-0, Kaneria 15-3-52-6, Malik 2-0-8-0.
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US Open: Andre Agassi, Safin avoid upsets; Pete Sampras moves up New York, August 31 Seven-time Grand Slam champion Agassi needed three hours and 20 minutes here yesterday to dispatch Chile’s flag-bearer from the Sydney Olympics 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (7/1) in a second-round affair. “That was a great one to sneak through there,” Agassi said. “It was just a great match start to finish. I did break him down. For the most part, I earned that tie-breaker in the fourth for the last three hours.”
“He was playing well, executing a great game, especially on the big points, moving well, competing hard. It was one of those days.” Second seed Agassi was ousted by France’s Arnaud Clement in the second round here last year, but his thoughts then were more on his mother and sister, who were battling breast cancer. Both are in remission now. “They are both doing great,” Agassi said. ”It has been challenging but an incredible time.” Agassi reached triple match point on Massu’s serve in the 10th game of the fourth set but could not put his foe away until dominating the final tie-breaker. Massu scored his only point with his 18th ace, twice Agassi’s total, just before sending a forehand long to end the endurance test.
Reigning champion Marat Safin, the third seed from Russia, battled for three hours and 27 minutes before beating Croatia’s 48th-ranked Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/5). Another marathon man was Britain’s 30th-seeded Greg Rusedski, who went three hours and 20 minutes to beat Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman 7-5, 7-5, 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (8/6) in a rematch of their 1997 semifinal here. Tenth seed Pete Sampras took only an hour and 55 minute to eliminate Brazil’s Andre Sa 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 6-3. From the moment he was pushed into a tie-breaker, Sampras raised his level of play. Sampras, winner of a record 13 Grand Slam titles, faces Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny next but the following two foes could be two-time US Open winner Patrick Rafter of Australia and seven-time Grand Slam winner Agassi. Women’s favourites breezed into the third round, as Wimbledon winner and defending US Open champion Venus Williams stayed on a path to a semifinal showdown with French and Australian Open champion Jennifer Capriati. “Since the French Open, I haven’t won a tournament,” Capriati said. “I think I’m eager now. At the Grand Slams is where I want to play my best tennis anyway. It’s where I get fired up.” Fourth seed Williams dispatched fellow American Meilen Tu 6-2, 6-2 and second seed Capriati eliminated Australia’s Evie Dominikovic 6-2, 6-0. Earlier, ninth-seeded Tim Henman shrugged off a peculiar odd-year Open jinx, defeating Fernando Meligeni 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 while Kim Clijsters continued her early day excellence with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Allison Bradshaw, then withdrew from doubles because of a strained quad muscle. After winning the first-set tie-break, Safin was up 3-0 in the second when Ljubicic took an injury timeout. ATP trainer Juergen Dess massaged his lower back as the Croatian player lay face down on centre court at Arthur Ashe Stadium. The treatment worked. Ljubicic recovered and the two men traded serves of over 208 kph. Each player managed just one break and their huge serves produced a combined 37 aces, 21 for Ljubicic and 16 for Safin. Ljubicic made 65 unforced errors to 38 for Safin. The end of the marathon match came on Safin’s third match point after he had often been frustrated by mistakes that left him with his head hanging.
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Dalmiya keen to regain
control New Delhi, August 31 The income-tax authorities and intelligence agencies are said to have finalised findings against some board officials and they are likely to be released sometime in September. The former board President and also the president of the Cricket Club of India (CCI) Raj Singh Dungarpur was here from Mumbai. He was on a ‘social visit’ but he also contacted ‘voting officials’ to feel their ‘pulse’. Raj Singh is reported to have said that it would be nice if Mr A C Muthiah continued for another term, third year, as he did. But does he mean it? The tenure of the board President was originally for three years. But it was reduced to two years to interrupt the meaningful innings of (late) S.K. Wankhede. Mr N.K.P. Salve became the new President with the help of I.J.S. Bindra and Dalmiya, who were then great friends. Mr Salve also continued for the third year. The third term, according to the board constitution, is discretionary. In another week or about, it will be known whether contest between Muthiah and Dalmiya will take place or not. As of now, Muthiah seems well placed because he has the support of part of the North Zone, which is a very sharply divided area. The North Zone has the maximum (eight) votes. They are Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Services, Railways (it plays in Central Zone) and the Association of Indian Universities. Last year, prior to the elections, the North Zone officials had held the meeting when the AIU representative was unavailable. The AIU official had made it clear to the convener that he would not be able to attend the meeting on a particular day and time. Yet the meeting was held in his absence, to the dissatisfaction of the official. The meeting at Chennai on September 29 is expected to be very stormy as many far-reaching changes will take place. Maybe, there will be changes among vice-presidents. Chandu Borde is unlikely to be re-elected as Chairman of the selection committee. Similarly, one or two selectors will be dropped. The performance of the committee has been far from satisfactory. The board’s healthy finance do not portray satisfactory comment from many
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Jeev Milkha, Atwal finish
joint ninth Taipei, August 31 Also in 9th spot was Arjun Atwal who after a superb seven-under-65 in the first round could manage only a par-round today. American Andrew Pitts opened up a five-stroke lead and regained some much-needed confidence after a poor season in Japan. Pitts added a seven-under-par 65 to his first round 64 to lead the Davidoff tour event on 15-under-par 129, ahead of Sweden’s Daniel Chopra and Korea’s Ted Oh. Chopra, winner of this event in 1995, matched the course record at Sunrise Golf and Country Club with a blistering 63 while Oh carded a 66. Davidoff Tour Order of Merit leader Charlie Wi of Korea and first round leader Hsieh Yu-Shu were a shot further back. Pitts has played well on the Davidoff Tour since joining the Asian PGA-run circuit in 1998 but he has not won a title with three second placings his best results.
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IOA, Uma Bharati sink differences New Delhi, August 31 “All the contentious issues between the IOA and the chairperson (Uma Bharati is the chairperson of the organising committee of the Afro-Asian Games) have been sorted out. Happy ending. Sixty days to go (for the games)”, a beaming Suresh Kalmadi, president of the IOA, said. The emergency meeting of the IOA executive, which was attended by “90 per cent of the members”, was called to primarily discuss an Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) “Aomori resolution”, according to which, “it has come to the notice of the OCA that of late aggressive interference is being made in the autonomy of many member NOCs by the government bodies of their countries, and the general assembly of the OCA, therefore, reaffirms that in keeping with the spirit of the Olympic Charter, all the NOCs must preserve their autonomy as envisaged in Rules 31.5 of the said charter. Any violation of the rules of the Olympic Charter shall result in withdrawal of recognition by the OCA. It is, therefore, resolved that this decision of the general assembly be brought to the notice of all the member NOCs of OCA”. The IOA was perhaps the first NOC to take cognisance of the OCA resolution as its grouse was that the government guidelines for sports federations issued on August 16 infringed upon the autonomy of not only the sports federations, but also the apex body, the IOA itself. Ms Uma Bharati is learnt to have assured the IOA house that the operation of the government guidelines would be stayed till the conclusion of the Afro-Asian Games, and new guidelines would be framed only after having a full-scale discussion on all the contentious points threadbare with the federations and the IOA. According to Mr Kalmadi, the government guidelines would have put a spoke in the functioning of the federations and the IOA. If the guidelines were made
operational in toto, the government would have had a decisive say in the functioning of the IOA and the federations, as it wanted to depute a government observer for the federation elections, and fix a limited tenure for the office bearers. The government also wanted some accountability on the part of the federations for the spending of the
government grant. All these issues have been put on hold for the present, so that the Afro-Asian Games could be held without any hitch. More than the “draconian
guidelines” issue, what apparently irked the IOA was the government’s bid to monopolise the Afro-Asian Games. But with Ms Uma Bharati smoothening the ruffled feathers of the IOA, Mr Kalmadi declared confidently that “it has been understood that the Games belong to the IOA”. Mr Kalmadi said from now onwards, every Monday, a meeting of the Afro-Asian Games Organising Committee would be held at the Nehru Stadium. “This is the final run-in for the Games”, Mr Kalmadi noted. The IOA president also disclosed that the Association of Tennis Professionals had agreed to postpone the World Doubles Championship scheduled to be held on the same dates as the Afro-Asian Games. Now the championship will be held from November 14 to 18 in Bangalore. Mr Kalmadi said many World Cup players will be seen in action in the Afro-Asian Games football competition. Mr Kalmadi said the executive council agreed to give new dates for the National Games in Punjab, which will now be held from November 19 to December 1. He said the house also ratified a decision to hold strict dope testing during the National Games. Other important decisions taken were to give Rs 2 lakh to All-England Badminton champion Pullela Gopichand, and appoint leading lawyer and member of Parliament R.K. Anand as the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent for the South Asian Federation Games to be held in Pakistan in October. The EC meeting also authorised Mr Kalmadi, IOA secretary-general Randhir Singh and senior vice-president Vijay Kumar Malhotra to deal with any issue concerning the organisation of the Afro-Asian Games. |
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Rohtas, Kipgen share lead Chennai, August 31 The competitive skill of the professionals was on view on a tough course with cross winds but Rohtas remained a cut above the rest to be the lone golfer to maintain his consistency. However, as the tournament heads for a close finish, the title could be up for grabs by any of the top six on the leader board. Asian star Amritinder Singh of Chandigarh and champion golfer Mukesh Kumar of Mhow have aggregated an indentical 205 after three rounds. Kanpur’s Shiv Prakash was placed fifth with a 207 followed by SSP Chaurasia of Calcutta with 208. The 45-year-old Rohtas, winner of over 100 tournaments so far in the domestic circuit, showed how to keep mind over matter.
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Abhinav to skip SAF Games Chandigarh, August 31 The young star of Chandigarh running into nineteenth year said he was happy at his performance. The reason he cited for not scoring more than what he scored in last World Cup in June was, that it was not the peak time. He just practised for few minutes at Munich before the actual start of the World Cup when others had already finished their practice. Abhinav who had taken useful tips from the then Hungarian coach on contract with National Rifle Association of India, Lazslo Szavask, said he had a valuable exposure with him. Abhinav said he would be exploring the possibility of more rigorous training in Germany which is the hub of air rifle event, by trying to practice with star shooters of the world. His father, Mr A.S. Bindra, who is managing trustee of the recently formed Abhinav Sporting Trust said they had tied up with a leading German coach U. Reisterer who will be basically a personal coach of his son. He said the coach would be paid a handsome amount apart from whatever he achieved in the various international tournaments. The amount would be more on the basis of the actual
performance achieved by Abhinav. Next year the all important Commonwealth Games and Asian Games are scheduled to be held so winning a gold medal was the main aim for Abhinav. The contract with the coach will be till 2004 Athens (Greece) Olympics. Mr A.S. Bindra said in foreign countries, most of the top shooters had personal coaches who normally manage their trainees, but the concept was gradually coming to India, so Abhinav rightly fits into that scheme. Abhinav said it was his father who had to shell out a large amount of money for his equipment
and training but he expected such help from the Centre. On recent complaints of excessive use of drugs by sportspersons, Abhinav said this was not a healthy practice. On the forthcoming events, Abhinav said winning the gold in Afro-Asian Games to be hosted in India was his target although he would be skipping the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games to be held in Islamabad (Pakistan) this October. When asked about his chances of participating in the National Games in Punjab, Abhinav surprisingly asked, “When will these be held?. However, he hoped to represent Punjab in these games whenever conducted. He was happy over the performance of other Indian shooters in Commonwealth shooting meet. Patiala, August 31 Stating this, Dr Bhupinder Singh, Joint Director, Sports, said the
competitions and trials in cycling (men and women) and football (men)
would be held on the university campus on September 3, while the
competitions of kabaddi (women) would be held on September 13. He added the competitions and trials in volleyball (women) and
swimming (men and women) would be held on September 19, 21 and 26,
respectively.
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Good response to Rajiv Marathon New Delhi, August 31 More than 15,000 school children will participate in the Rs 80,000 prize money marathon, organised by the NSCI under the aegis of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. NSCI president Subhash Chopra said here today the races would be held in four age groups — 6 to 10 and 10-14 in both the boys and girls section. He said besides giving cash awards to the winners, 400 best runners will be given scholarships till they completed their school education. Mr Subhash Chopra said the NSCI-Rajiv Gandhi Marathon was started to
offer a chance to the school children, particularly from the weaker sections of the society, to exhibit their prowess in sports, and the ever-increasing response to the marathon has vindicated the NSCI’s decision to organise the popular marathon
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