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Friday,
September 28, 2001, Chandigarh, India
  
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Dalmiya camp
confident Nehra to take tips from idol
Akram
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Dasgupta
gives injury scare
Indian eves thrash Kazakhstan Tyson accused of sexual
assault
RCF, Signals book berths in
last eight
Isha, Diana in semis Indian Jrs ready
for World Cup Bagan held; TFA carve out 2-1
win Pune varsity eves retain trophy DAV sports meet
results Punjab badminton
squads
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Dalmiya camp confident Kolkata, September 27 “I am confident and comfortable about the support of majority of members”, Dalmiya said just before leaving for Chennai for the board’s Annual General Meeting on September 29 and 30. Dalmiya’s assertion came only a day after reports that as many as 18 of the 31 affiliate units had pledged support to incumbent President A.C. Muthiah for re-election at a dinner in New Delhi. Dalmiya, however, refused to give weightage to such assertions by the ruling camp, saying: “In a democracy, I have never heard that attendance at dinners reflect the vote bank. I am rather amused at such calculations and would not like to comment further.” Refusing to be drawn into the numbers game, he said: “I do not believe in flaunting numbers before an election.” The former chief of International Cricket Council said he was urged to contest the presidential election as he felt the BCCI and cricket in the country were passing through a crisis. “I have occupied the highest office in the (cricket) world. Undoubtedly the board President’s post is prestigious and honourable, but I am not coming here for the sake of occupying a chair. I was approached by several players and administrators to volunteer my services,” Dalmiya said. He said representatives of various affiliated units, who form the vote bank, were “quite mature” and would exercise their franchise in favour of the right policy. “If the current policy, which has brought Indian cricket to the brink of collapse, is right, they will vote for them (Muthiah’s faction). If they feel that the deterioration has to stop, they will vote against them,” Dalmiya said. He said India’s ranking among cricket playing nations had gone down in the last few years and the board officials had not bothered to undertake any damage control exercise. “Instead of controlling the damage by going deep into the problems that plague Indian Cricket, BCCI bigwigs are hosting dinners to discuss how the secretary and treasurer could be stopped from attending the ensuing the AGM”, he said. PTI KR Wadhwaney adds from New Delhi: The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) representative, K.B. Pawar, for example, was not present in the meeting organised by Muthiah on Tuesday. In fact, he had a grouse as his invitation for dinner showed venue as Taj Palace while the dinner and held at Vasant Vihar, residence of Muthiah. “I have open mind as I belong to no group”, said Pawar on the eve of his departure for Mysore where he would be inaugurating the universities function today. Pawar bears a grudge against the North Zone representatives, who held the meeting last year without his presence. “I protested to the president Muthiah but he did not react”, said Pawar. “Despite all this, I will take the decision on arriving at Chennai”, said Pawar. The U.P. Cricket Association representative was present at the dinner meeting but UP is a staunch supporter of Dalmiya and his group. There are some other members, who say one thing and act differently. No one exactly knows where Raj Singh Dungarpur’s loyalties are. He is the president of the Cricket Club of India (CCI) which, as a founder-member of the board, has a vote. The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) President Arun Jaitley has declined to attend the meeting. The General Secretary S.P. Bansal will cast the vote while C.K. Khanna will be present as vice-president of the board. The contest is razor-sharp. The Dalmiya faction, underdogs so far, can cause
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Nehra to take tips from idol Akram New Delhi, September 27 “It is a matter of great pride for me that Akram bhai is willing to help me on my fitness and give some bowling tips to save myself from injuries. I must talk to my idol very soon,” Nehra told UNI in an interview here. A report from Lahore quoted the Pakistani paceman saying that he would be happy to help Nehra and medium-pacer Zaheer Khan, who have been declared unfit for the triangular one-day tournament in South Africa from October 5 and 26. Akram had asked them either to speak to him over phone or come to Pakistan as he would be glad to suggest a few tips on the fitness and bowling aspects. However, Nehra said he would talk to Akram over phone to get some “fitness fruits” as it was not the right time to go Pakistan following the terrorist attacks in the USA and subsequent changes in the fabric of international relations. “What could be better than to learn from one of the greatest bowlers of cricket history in person. I pray that my dream will come true sometime later,” Nehra said, adding that he had spoken to Akram couple of times earlier and those were the cherished memories and the major learning experiences. The former Pakistan skipper pointed out that there was nothing serious about their injuries as pace bowlers have been prone to them. “Both the bowlers are facing the fitness problem which is common to any young pacers whose bowling muscles — shoulder, back and groin — are not completely developed. So any weakness in these causes a problem,’’ he added. Suggesting abdominal strengthening exercises for Nehra, Akram, who has more than 800 international wickets to his credit, advised Zaheer and Nehra to do the right kind of training, besides a simple mantra of working hard on their fitness levels. The all-rounder lamented that there were not many people in both India and Pakistan who could recommend proper training to players. Nehra, who is recovering from the groin injury, said he was working hard on the fitness level and hoping to be fit well before the Test series starts in South Africa. Asked if he was doing any special drill, the 22-year-old lanky bowler said, “I am just following the regimen suggested by team physio Andrew Leipus.” Nehra was not too pleasant about his exclusion from the South Africa-bound one-day crew as the Delhi seamer felt that he had done well at the fitness session in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium and suffered no pain. However, Leipus believed though the Delhi bowler bowled freely, there was still a little stiffness indicating that the injury was not fully healed. Keeping in mind Nehra’s long-term career, the Australian-born South Africa-based Leipus rested him for the one-day tri-series and said the medium pacer still had two weeks to complete his rehabilitation programme. The team physio had given Nehra an eight-week programme in Sri Lanka on the advice of a leading Australian orthopaedic surgeon.
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Dasgupta gives injury scare Johannesburg, September 27 Dasgupta, the only wicketkeeper in the Indian team, was given ice-pack treatment by physiotherapist Andrew Leipus, but recovered well enough to allay fears within the team as it began preparing for the first match of the South African tour. “The last thing that the team needs now is more injuries,” said manager Mahendra Kumar Bhargava. He said the Indian team already had limited resources because of injuries to players in the build-up to the two-month-long South African tour. Bhargava said they did not want to take a chance on more players being injured and were therefore taking the practice sessions “very carefully.” He said all the Indian players were fit because they had been playing before arriving in South Africa on Monday and there was therefore no need to overwork them. “They just need to get used to the South African conditions,” Bhargava said, adding that the current hot weather in Johannesburg suited them fine as they often played under even hotter conditions back home. During the practice sessions the Indians were spotted doing what local commentators regarded as unusual manoeuvres, such as running between wickets on surfaces that most of the team members were setting foot on for the first time.
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Cronje is a self-confessed cheat, says UCB Pretoria, September 27 Opposing Cronje’s application for a reversal of the life ban imposed on him in the Pretoria High Court yesterday, United Cricket Board of South Africa’s counsel Wim Trengrove said, “It is extraordinary that Hansie Cronje, a self-confessed cheat, contends he’s entitled to a court order compelling the cricket establishment to associate with him.” “What he doesn’t understand is that cheats don’t belong in the cricket establishment, and that they are not entitled to participate in the activities of the UCB and its affiliates. There was a time when the game of cricket epitomised the values of honour and fair play. There is little doubt that he is guilty of corruption and of fraud,” Trengrove said. Cronje was banned for life by the UCB after he admitted to have received money from bookmakers for providing pitch and weather information. He, however, has consistently denied having ever indulged in match-fixing. Cronje has challenged the ban on him saying he was not allowed an opportunity to defend himself. In his application before the court, the former captain said he did not intend to resume his playing career but should be allowed to work as a television commentator and coach. However, the UCB refuses to give him any role in the game and does not even allow him inside a cricket ground. “He has also defrauded the UCB, his employer. He has defrauded everybody else who had committed money or time and effort to the game in the belief that it was honestly played,” Trengrove said. “The UCB, as owner or lessee of cricket grounds, or the promoter of events, has the right to decide whom to allow inside. Why does a cheat demand the right of access to the press box? “The UCB believes cheats should be punished, and not only have their contracts terminated. Besides, the ban was not only intended as punishment. The UCB also did not want to associate with Cronje. It is distasteful to associate with a fallen idol. It gives them (UCB) a bad name,” the counsel said. Cronje was not present
personally at the hearing yesterday. The application would be heard
today and tomorrow too.
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Indian eves thrash Kazakhstan Abbeville (France), September 27 With their second successive big win, following a 5-0 rout of France, India finished their league engagements with 10 points (three wins, two defeats and a draw) to be placed third in pool A on better goal difference. England, with 18 points, topped the group followed by Ukraine on 11 points. Ireland too finished on 10 points. India will now figure in the playoffs for the 5 to 8 place. The top seven teams qualify for the World Cup to be held in Perth from November 26 to December 8 next year.
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Tyson accused of sexual assault Las Vegas, September 27 No charges have been filed against Tyson, but police searched his home for evidence related to a recent sexual assault in Nevada, police Lt Tom Monahan said. “He is the one identified by the accuser,” Monahan said. “This was only one step in a very lengthy investigation. No arrests are imminent.” No details about the allegation or Tyson’s accuser were available, Monahan said, because the investigation is ongoing. When the police finish their investigation, they will turn over any evidence they collect to the Clark County District Attorney’s office to determine whether charges will be filed, Monahan said. A police SWAT team surrounded Tyson’s home before the warrant was served around 1 pm as a precaution because of the high walls around the nearly two-acre estate, Monahan said. “It’s a pretty standard procedure,” he said. The 35-year-old Tyson was cooperative with police, Monahan said. Tyson’s $1.3 million home is on the city’s southeast side, next to the estate belonging to Las Vegas strip headliner Wayn Newton. It is the second sexual assault allegation involving Tyson this year. In August prosecutors said there wasn’t enough evidence to charge Tyson after a California woman accused him of rape. Arlene Moorman, (50), alleged Tyson sexually assaulted her July 16 in a home he was renting near Big Bear Lake. San Bernardino prosecutors said the case was given close scrutiny because of Tyson’s reputation for violence and a 1992 rape conviction in Indiana, for which he served three years in prison. The sixth-ranked heavyweight is training in Las Vegas for his October 13 fight in Copenhagen against Danish boxer Brian Nielsen. Tyson’s publicist said he was not aware of the police search and had no comment.
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RCF, Signals book berths in last
eight Chandigarh, September 27 It was the day of railway outfits as two, Central Railway and RCF, made further progress in the ‘A’ grade tournament along with the sole Army outfit in contention, Corps of Signals, who kept their banner aflutter with a solitary goal win over UP XI. Central Railway survived some anxious moments in the second half when former Olympian Rajinder Singh came from the benches to assist Punjab and Sind Bank Academy, who were under pressure early on. However, the academy boys only succeeded in reducing the margin late in the second half. Central Railway took an early lead when Umar Farooq made a neat deflection off Amit Sain’s hit from the ‘D’ top in the sixth minute (1-0). The match took an interesting turn when former hockey star and Olympian Rajinder Singh came to assist PSB Academy in the second
half. His inclusion had an immediate impact as Central Railway survived some close calls. In the 43rd minute Kishan Singh of PSB Academy almost scored the equaliser with a quick deflection but Haseebuddin of Central Railway made a goal-line save although custodian Arun Gurung was caught off guard. However, Central Railway took charge thereafter and scored the second goal off a penalty corner through Dhiraj after Jaspreet of PSB Academy carried in the 46th minute (2-0). The academy boys managed to reduce the deficit a minute later when Gaganpreet sounded the boards following a penalty corner (1-2). But that was all that they could achieve. RCF
Kapurthala, who derailed Western Railway, enjoyed an edge over their rivals throughout the stipulated period. RCF opened their account in the first minute itself when skipper John Tirkey shot home off a penalty corner (1-0). The second goal for RCF came rather late when Anil Ekka sounded the boards in the 41st
minute. The experienced Jagmohan Singh added the third off a penalty corner in the 60th minute to send the Mumbai outfit packing. Corps of Signals, who kept the Army banner flying high, displayed their superiority once again against UP XI. They held a complete sway over the proceedings and scored the all-important goal in the 10th minute. Following a penalty corner, a goalmouth melee ensued and Nabin Lakra taking full advantage, despatched the ball past UP custodian Harjeet Singh (1-0). But that was the only success for Signals although they did force penalty corners at regular intervals. On one occasion, a cross by S.K. Tigga to S. Naik saw the latter attempting a feeble hit which went abegging. Towards the end, Tarsem Singh’s defence splitting pass for Tigga went waste as the latter muffed the opportunity. Friday’s fixtures (quarterfinals): IHF Junior XI v Central Railway — 2.15 p.m.; CRPF v BSF —3.45 p.m. |
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Mumbai, September 27 Lakhani, 11th seeded city player executed some brilliant passing shots to leave the onrushing Thai player stranded. Laosiricion’s charges were nullified on the slow court and she could keep only one serve in the first set. Lakhani now meets Diana Julianto, seeded fourth from Indonesia, in the semi-finals. Diana swamped India’s seventh seeded Lata Assudani 6-1, 6-1. The other semi-final duel will be between unseeded left-hander Kartiki Bhat and third seeded Briton Rebecca Dandenyia. Bhat, in a another excellent show, beat eighth seeded compatriot Nivedita Chandrasekhar 6-3, 6-1 while Rebecca was too good for Indonesian sixth seed Rosa Maya 6-4, 6-2. In the boys section, the second and fourth seeded Indians Rohan Gajjar and Karan Rastogi produced easy quarter-final wins over fifth seeded Mathew Jaco 6-1, 6-0 and Rishi Behl 6-1, 6-1, respectively. Now one spot in the final for the hosts is certain as both meet in the semi-finals. The other semi-finals will be between unseeded, and on form probably the favourite, Dominic Stoecwer and Indonesian youth and third seed Daldom Anuwatf. The athletically built swiss today overran India’s eighth seeded Arun Prakash 6-2, 6-1. Daldom did not sweat much as his Indonesian rival seventh seeded S Saengsuwarn conceded the match after losing first set 6-4. Results of the doubles semi-finals: Boys: Vikrant Sane and Arun Prakash (India) b Rishi Behl (Ind) and S Saengsuwan (Tha) 6-2, 6-0; A Doldomand and K Pongkansub (Tha) b S Varman and J Mathew (Ind) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
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Indian Jrs ready for World Cup Hyderabad, September 27 Chief coach and Olympian Rajinder Singh said a buoyed up Indian team would leave for Australia well in advance to get acclimatised to the playing conditions. “The boys will play two matches in Sydney with Wales and a pre-tournament match on October 6 against Clile at Hobart in the run-up to the Junior World Cup,” Rajinder Singh revealed here. “We have been planning to land in Down Under a bit early to get used to the weather and have a couple of matches,” the coach said while watching the boys dribble at the Astro-turf police hockey stadium. The former full-back said he was satisfied with the amount of international exposure the team has had and the way it was going on with the preparations. “I am satisfied with the preparations. The boys had enough exposure. They played in Poland and Malaysia and have encountered some seven to eight teams in fray in the World Cup.” However, the coach admitted they were expecting stiff challenge from Germany, Australia, Korea, Holland and Spain. India, who are placed in Pool ‘C’ along with Scotland and Spain, take on Canada in the first match on October 9. Australia, Chile, England and Ireland are in Pool ‘A’. France, Korea, the Netherlands and South Africa are in ‘B’ while Argentina, Germany, Malaysia and New Zealand are in Pool ‘D’.
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Bagan held; TFA carve out 2-1 win Kolkata, September 27 Bagan had themselves to blame for the setback as they muffed a penalty and a few other scoring opportunities against the Kerala outfit in a fast-paced group-B encounter at the Salt Lake stadium here. The hard-working Niaz Rahman put FC Kochin in the lead early in the contest but star Brazilian recruit Jose Ramirez Barreto restored honour in the second session much to the relief of the Bagan supporters. Leaving behind their inaugural match drubbing from fancied Palmeiras Club of Brazil, a determined TFA bounced back into contention for a quarterfinal berth with a stunning 2-1 victory over Bhratri Sangha in a group-D match. The young TFA players, who suffered a humiliating 0-4 defeat against Palmeiras in their opening match, put up a far more inspired show to tame Bhratri who could not find their bearing right through the contest. Talented striker Syed Rahim Nabi and fellow striker Krishna Tudu struck the goals for TFA while medio Palash Karmakar reduced the margin for Bhratri. F.C. Kochin, playing their first match of the tournament, did reasonably well to keep the formidable Mohun Bagan strikers on a tight leash for most part of the contest and managed to keep their opponents under pressure by unleashing well-orchaestrated counter-attacks.
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Pune varsity eves retain trophy Solan, September 27 Helped by their star international Anuradha, Pune wriggled out of the vice-like grip of the Mumbai squad who matched them in every department of the game till the interval. The score was tied at 9-9 at that time. However, Mumbai seemed to have suddenly become disjointed after that when they conceded 21 points while managing to add only six more to their half time tally. Earlier, in the first semifinal, Pune defeated Punjabi University 18-10, while Mumbai beat Himachal Pradesh University in the other semifinal 33-14. In the play-off for the third and fourth positions Punjabi varsity defeated Himachal Pradesh University 21-19 in a well contested tie. Dr Rajiv Bindal, the local MLA, distributed prizes. |
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DAV sports meet
results Patiala, September 27 More than 1900 sportspersons from 45 DAV affiliated schools are participating in the meet which was inaugurated by Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University. Other results: Badminton-(boys): DAV Public School, Bathinda beat DAV Public School ,Guru Harsahai 2-0. DAV Public School, Rajpura beat DAV Public School, Jalandhar 2-0. DAV Public School, Pathankot beat DAV Public School, Patiala 2-0. DAV Public School, Talwara beat DAV Public School, Jalandhar 2-0 (Girls): DAV Public School, Amritsar beat DAV Public School, Rama Mandi 2-0. Cricket:
DAV Public School, Guru Harsahai beat, DAV Public School, Moonak by 7 wickets. Vice-Chancellor Dr J.S. Ahluwalia honoured sportspersons of DAV Public School Patiala, including cricketer Hardevinder Singh, boxer Sandeep Dutta, fencers Ashish Chopra and Lovneet Dhillon and swimmer Amarinder Singh for excelling in various state and national level tournaments. Manpreet Attri, who took part in the NCC parade held on the occasion of Republic day at New Delhi, was also honoured. |
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Punjab badminton
squads Jalandhar, September 27 Men: Chanderdeep Randhawa (Capt), Rohan Kapoor, Jaideep Kohli, Gurmukh Singh, Harish Chander, Navdeep Singh, Mohd. Saleem, Yogesh Chauhan (reserve). Women:
Nazma Parveen, Meeta Bhandari, Arti Verma, Sumit Kalra, Saloni Kundra, (reserve). Jr boys: Yogesh Chauhan, Rohit Kapoor, Mayank Behl, Akshay Bhanot, Varun Gulati (reserve). Jr girls: Arti Verma, Navita Thakur, Shehnaz, Navneet Kaur, Heena Kapoor (reserve). |
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