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January 18, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Roddick tumbles out; Sampras through
Kiwis stun Aussies with encore
No respite for Bangladesh Ganguly brushes aside all criticism |
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ICC sticks to panel England thrash Bengal XI ITF Junior meet from January 28 IWHF tug of war intensifies Chandigarh umpire for World Cup Jalandhar school in final Bathinda outclass Nawanshahr Vasco defeat
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Roddick tumbles out; Sampras through
Melbourne, January 17 The American 13th seed withdrew after twisting his ankle in his second round match against Croatian Ivan Ljubicic when trailing 6-7,2-3. “It’s pretty crushing. It’s happened a little too much and it is just really disheartening,’’ Roddick said after joining an ever-expanding list of high-profile names to have exited the tournament in the first four days. The top five seeds have all failed to make the third round for the first time in the Australian Open’s 97-year history. Just 13 of the original 32 seeds are safely through to the third round. Today’s casualties included last year’s runner-up Arnaud Clement and former world No 1 Carlos Moya, who lost in the 1997 Melbourne final. Chasing a ball in the first set tie-break, Roddick turned his ankle heavily and fell to the ground grimacing in pain. He had twisted the same right ankle in his first match against Argentine Mariano Zabaleta on Tuesday, prompting fears he could withdraw then. Wincing when he put weight on the ankle, Roddick’s movement was severely hampered and he lost the tiebreak 13-11. Roddick’s exit further opened up the draw, with Russian ninth seed Marat Safin among players hoping to capitalise. He moved smoothly into round three, hammering Christophe Rochus 6-2,7-6,6-1. Safin and Pete Sampras are the only players left in the men’s draw who have won a Grand Slam title, but they are projected to meet in the fourth round. Moya, seeded 17th, was the latest Grand Slam winner to exit, the 1998 French Open champion blowing a two-set lead to lose 6-3, 7-6, 1-6, 6-7, 2-6 to German Rainer Schuettler. Sampras overcame a third-set lapse in concentration to beat Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Clement’s bid to go one better than last year was snuffed out in the second round when the 15th seed went down 4-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 to Argentine Gaston Gaudio. Olympic silver medallist Tommy Haas, who eased into the third round, is emerging as a dark horse. The German, a semifinalist here in 1999, overpowered French qualifier Jean-Francois Bachelot 6-1, 6-2, 6-3. In a shock-free women’s draw, defending champion and world No 1 Jennifer Capriati posted a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 win over fellow American Meilen Tu. Sixth seed Justine Henin overcame a second-set slip to move into the third round with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over Marta Marrero as fellow Belgian and fourth seed Kim Clijsters walloped Austria’s Barbara Schwartz 6-1, 6-1. Russian 12th seed Elena Dementieva comfortably beat fellow Russian Anastasia Myskina 6-4, 6-2, while seventh seed and former runner-up Amelie Mauresmo of France defeated Slovenia’s Katarina Srebotnik 7-5, 6-3. In other matches in the men’s section 11th-seeded Swiss Roger Federer beat Attila Savolt 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. Albert Costa beat Byron Black of Zimbabwe 6-1, 6-4, 6-4; Todd Martin of the USA defeated No 29 seed Xavier Malisse of Belgium 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 while Nicolas Escude of France overcame Alese Calatrana of Spain in five sets 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-7. Reuters
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Paes-Bhupathi move up Melbourne, January 17 The Indian pair, winners of the French Open doubles title last year, won the first set comfortably, conceded the second but came back strongly to prevail in the decider to etch out a 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 victory over unseeded Julian Knowle of Austria and Michael Kohlmann of Germany. In the second round tomorrow, they will meet the French pair of Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.
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Kiwis stun Aussies with encore
Sydney, January 17 New Zealand recovered to make a competitive 235 for nine wickets before dismissing Australia for 212 to win by 23 runs — coincidentally the same margin as when the countries met last Friday in Melbourne in the opening match of the series. The New Zealanders have joined South Africa at the top of the table, each side having won two matches. The hosts languish at the bottom, without a point, and face the real possibility of missing out on a place in the best-of-three finals. It is the first time Australia have lost their first three matches in the annual triangular series. A feature of the game was the ineffectiveness of Australia’s champion leg-spin bowler Shane Warne, who was clobbered for 65 runs off his nine overs — the most he has conceded in 170 one-day internationals. That, in the end, was just about the difference between the teams. Warne’s expensive spell allowed New Zealand to climb out of a hole and post a competitive score. Australia were in the hunt for much of their innings, but suffered a late batting collapse. Warne, who took two wickets, conceded 7.22 runs per over. His uncharacteristically poor display came in the match in which he regained Australian vice-captaincy for the first time in 18 months after being stripped of it for his off-field behaviour. In contrast to Warne, Chris Cairns enjoyed a dramatic day in his first game as captain of New Zealand. He was elevated to the job when regular skipper Stephen Fleming was ruled out 30 minutes before the start after being struck on the forearm in the warm-up. AFP Scoreboard New Zealand: Richardson st Campbell b
Warne 26 McCullum run out 5 Vincent c Ponting b Harvey 24 McMillan c Campbell b Martyn 39 Cairns c S. Waugh b Gillespie 31 Styris c Bevan b Harvey 20 Harris not out 42 Parore c M. Waugh b Warne 18 Vettori c Campbell b Lee 2 Franklin run out 5 Extras
(b-2, lb-18, w-3) 23 Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 235 FOW: 1-13, 2-54, 3-74, 4-135, 5-137, 6-182, 7-210, 8-216, 9-235. Bowling: McGrath 10-2-22-0, Gillespie 10-0-28-1, Harvey 10-0-40-2, Lee 8-1-40-1, Warne 9-0-65-2, Martyn 3-0-20-1. Australia: M. Waugh run out 0 Campbell c Harris b Vettori 38 Ponting c Parore b Bond 11 Bevan c Styris b Cairns 66 S. Waugh c Harris b Bond 9 Martyn run out 24 Harvey c Vincent b Harris 6 Warne c Richardson b Harris 14 Lee lbw b Franklin 1 Gillespie not out 13 McGrath c Vincent b Harris 1 Extras (lb-7, w-18, nb-4) 29 Total (all out, 47.2 overs) 212 FOW: 1-1, 2-29, 3-98, 4-118, 5-174, 6-178, 7-181, 8-188, 9-203. Bowling: Bond 8-1-28-2, Franklin 9-0-46-1, Cairns 9-2-32-1, Vettori 10-0-45-1, Harris 8.2-0-37-3, Styris 3-0-17-0. |
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No respite for Bangladesh Chittagong, January 17 Youhana was unbeaten on 174 and Younis made 119 as Pakistan, replying to Bangladesh’s meagre 148, ran up 429 for seven in their first innings at stumps on the second day. Nightwatchman Saqlain Mushtaq was keeping Youhana company on seven when stumps were drawn at the M.A. Aziz Stadium here. Pakistan, leading by 281 runs with three wickets in hand, are set to wrap up the match in quick time and sweep the short series 2-0. While Younis’s fourth test century helped Pakistan consolidate at the start, Youhana ensured the tourists ended the day in total control. Younis, 47 overnight, went on to strike 20 fours during his four-hour stay at the crease. He was joined in two useful partnerships of 87 for the second wicket by opener Taufeeq Umar and 67 for the third by Inzamam-ul Haq. Younis was caught at mid-wicket by Mehrab Hossain off Fahim Muntasir when he failed to keep a drive down. But there was no respite for Bangladesh as Youhana batted more than two sessions untroubled by pace or spin. The versatile middle-order batsman has so far hit 31 fours and a six in his 203-ball innings. Seamer Mohammad Sharif and off-spinner Fahim Muntasir were the only bowlers to make an impression, sharing six wickets. Muntasir, playing only his second Test, claimed his first Test victim when he had Inzamam caught in slips by Aminul Islam for 30. Aminul had also caught Taufeeq for 47 off Sharif, who later bowled Abdur Razzaq with a fine yorker. Pakistan won both their previous Tests against Bangladesh by massive margins. Bangladesh (Ist innings): 148. Pakistan (Ist innings): (overnight 99-1). Umar c Islam b Sharif 47 Kabir c Mashud b Sharif 4 Khan c Hossain b Muntasir 119 Haq c Islam b Muntasir 30 Youhana not out 174 Razzaq b Sharif 18 Latif lbw b Islam 15 Waqar c Hossain b Muntasir 10 Saqlain not out 7 Extras (w-1 nb-4) 5 Total (for 7 wkts, 123 overs) 429 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-99, 3-166, 4-236, 5-274, 6-315, 7-339. Bowling: M. Islam 29-7-83-1, Sharif 30-10-74-3, Haque 33-6-114-0, Muntasir 27-3-131-3, Islam 4-0-27-0. AFP
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Ganguly brushes aside all criticism Kolkata, January 17 Saurav fears his adversaries are citing repeatedly only his ‘bad performance’ in the Challenge Trophy. “It’s pitty they are only citing failure in two matches and that too in the challenger”, Saurav regrets. “Anyway I don’t bother what my critics say about me. I am now preparing myself both mentally and physically to make an outstanding performance in the home field, which has been all through very much favourable for us,” he says. Kolkata’s “Maharaja”, is now in high spirits. He has been spending most of the time with his ‘boys’ in the net and the hotel, even ignoring the privilege to be by the side of his newly born daughter and his family at his home at Behala, in discussing and finalising the strategy against England at Kolkata and the rest of the six one-day series. Coach John Wright yesterday spent over four hours with the team players and was present all through at the three-hour long net practice at Eden. Today also, the Indian players did practice on the strategy of attack to be followed against England team. Though neither captain Saurav nor the coach officially disclosed the team’s batting arrangement, but it was hinted by both that after the Saurav-Sachin pair, will come Laxman, Dinesh Mongia and Badani, while Ajay Ratra (who replaces wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta), will be at the seventh place followed by two spinners and two pacers. But who these spinners and pacers? Both Saurav and Wright would prefer Srinath and Agarkar - both pacers. Of the two spinners, Anil Kumble is a must and the remaining one will be either Harbhajan or Sarandeep. But left to the captain and the coach, they will certainly recommend Harbhajan. Meanwhile, England captain Nasser Hussain has no complaint against either the CAB or the BCCI. He is now convinced that Eden Gardens could not be spared to them for practicing since the pitch and ground were ‘cordoned off for their final stage of preparations.’ We are happy that we can now practice at Eden”, says Nasser. “Eden is like paradise to us and we are unfortunate we have the opportunity to play here, remarked Nasser after their first net-practice at Eden. Nasser admits India have an advantage of a 1-0 Test series lead at Ahmedabad and Bangalore but they too have the one-day 5-0 victory in Zimbabwe and ‘with that victory spirit in mind our players will be at the Eden on Saturday to strike at the Indian team, the optimist Nasser declares. |
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ICC sticks to panel
London, January 17 “Despite objections from the BCCI, the ICC has, after due consideration, decided to move forward with its original nominations,” ICC President Malcolm Gray said in a statement. “There is a growing urgency for this commission to meet to discuss the detailed and complex issues involved and to produce its report in time for the ICC executive board meeting in mid-March,” he said while fixing February 23 as the meeting day for the panel. India had taken exception to constitution of the panel with Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa as Chairman and Majid Khan of Pakistan and Andrew Hilditch as the two members, saying it was not consulted in the appointments. Objecting to the appointment of the panel members, Indian cricket board had said that the commission should have been an independent one with no involvement from India, South Africa or England. The BCCI said Hilditch, a former Australian vice-captain, was no longer actively involved with the game while Majid Khan, though “a perfect gentleman”, had created some controversy with his recent remarks on match-fixing. PTI
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England thrash Bengal XI Kolkata, January 17 Chasing a modest target of 151 for victory, the England batsmen rattled up the required runs in just 25.1 overs to prove that they had acclimatised well to the conditions ahead of the six-match limited over series against India. The visitors were in no discomfort at all as they clobbered the hapless young Bengal bowlers all over the park to complete the match quickly. England scored 154 without losing a wicket but were allowed to carry on batting till the 34th over in a bid to get as much batting practice as possible. The Englishmen scored 219 for two in 34 overs before the umpires decided to call off the 45-over game. England openers Michael Vaughan and Nick Knight began the run chase on a brisk note putting on the 50 partnership in just six overs.
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ITF Junior meet from January 28 Chandigarh, January 17 The qualifying rounds will be held on January 26 and 27 while the main draw will begin from January 28. This tournament has been accorded Grade IV level. The first leg of the ITF Juniors will begin at Delhi on January 21. City lad Amanjot Singh, ranked 43rd in the junior section in the world, will spearhead city’s challenge in the boys section. He is to be the top seed. Last year Amanjot had bagged the ITF Junior title at Chandigarh. Current national under-16 champion, Tushar Liberhan will also be in the fray along with Chhattwinder Singh. Megha Vakharia will be the top seed in the girls reaction followed by Isha Lakhani, Sanaa Bhambri. Later in the year, CLTA will also hold the ITF Women tennis meet in the senior section from May 23 and ITF Men Futures tennis meet carrying a prize money of $10,000 will to be conducted from October 21. The ATP challenger meet, which was scheduled to be held in February this year will now be held on December 23. |
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IWHF tug of war intensifies Patiala, January 17 The trials were held to select the team which will participate in the Champions Challenger Trophy scheduled to be held at Johannesburg South Africa, from February 9 to 17. The winners will automatically qualify for the Champions Trophy. The selection committee headed by Amrit Bose went ahead and ‘selected’ an 18-member team that will be announced at a later date at New Delhi. At present the squad is attending a training-cum-preparatory camp at the NIS here. Sources disclosed that Amrit Bose was peeved at the way the chief coach of the squad was being constantly changed, disrupting the rhythm of the training of the team. After the Indian team put up a dismal performance in the World Cup pre-qualifying tournament held in France in September last year, Vidya Stokes sacked the chief coach A.K Bansal and his assistant N.S Saini and replaced them with P.P Anthony and P.Madhukaran, respectively. This was not to the liking of Amrit Bose, who wanted Dronacharya awardee G.S Bhangu to fill the post of the chief coach. Bhangu was the chief coach of the squad which won the silver medal in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games but fell out of favour when the team failed to qualify for Sydney Olympics due to a player revolt that considerably weakened the team when it took part in the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament held at Milton Keynes, prior to Sydney Olympics. The sacking of A.K Bansal did not go well within a section of the IWHF as he did well to guide the Indian team to square a four Test match series against New Zealand last year. He also piloted Indian Oil to a well-deserved title victory in the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Tournament and was also the assistant coach to V.Baskaran in the Sultan Azlan Shah tourney. Sources disclosed that the ‘hire and fire’ policy adopted by the IWHF is proving to be detrimental to the larger interest of the team in a year when the squad is slated to take part in the Pusan Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games. To make matters worse the rift between Amrit Bose and Vidya Stokes, both of whom are working at cross purposes, is hampering the performance of the team as several imbalances creep in during the selection of the national squads.
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Chandigarh umpire for World Cup Chandigarh, January 17 Satinder, who
first excelled as a player and later took to coaching, is now a recognised international
umpire. He has already officiated in the Four-Nation International Hockey Tournaments at Sydney and Perth last
year. He also officiated in the junior World Cup at Hobart and thereafter in the Champions Challenge Trophy in Malaysia. Employed in the State Bank of India
here, Satinder made his debut as a player in the junior nationals at Kohlapur in 1981.Two years
later, he made his debut in the senior nationals at Meerut. Till 1997,he continuously represented Chandigarh in the senior
nationals. In the 1994 National Games held at Bombay, Satinder was in the Chandigarh team who won the bronze. He was also umpire for the Imphal National Games. Satinder was also the reserve umpire for the
India-Pakistan Test in Delhi and was also selected to officiate in the Akbar-el-Yom International Hockey Tournament at
Cairo. He is an active member of the Rock Rovers hockey club. |
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Jalandhar school in final New Delhi, January 17 In the semi-finals on Thursday, St Soldier Divine Public School, Jalandhar laid low another Jalandhar outfit, Government Senior Secondary Model School 4-2, with Varinder Kumar scoring a brilliant hat-trick, while BRC, Danapur edged past M.G. Inter-College, Rae Bareli 1-0. St Soldier were off to a blistering start when they forged ahead in the 12th minute through a penalty corner goal converted by Suresh Kumar. Then two goals materialised in a span of three minutes when Varinder Kumar pierced through the rival defence to blast in field goals in the 16th and 18th minutes. The facile 3-0 lead gained so early in the match made the St Soldier boys a little complacent, and Model School made use of the gaps in the St Soldier defence to pull a goal back in the 28th minute through Navdeep Singh to make the scoreline 3-1 at half time. A minute after resumption, Varinder Kumar scored St Soldier’s fourth goal to complete his hat-trick. But 10 minutes later, Surinder Singh converted a penalty corner to reduce Model School’s margin of defeat to 2-4. In the first semifinal, BRC, Danapur clung precariously to a goal scored by Wilson Lakra in the tenth minute to knock out M.G Inter College. MG Inter-College will meet Model School, Jalandhar in the fight for the third place while Danapur and Jalandhar will fight it out for the top honours at 3 p.m. |
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Bathinda outclass Nawanshahr Jalandhar, January 17 The inaugural match in the men’s section between Bathinda and Nawanshahr was well fought but Bathinda finally came out the better defeating Nawanshahr 18-10. Gurjant Singh was the highest scorer for Bathinda with eight goals with Suraj Singh scoring three. For Nawanshahr Guriqbal Singh scored three and Kulwant Singh two. In another match Gurdaspur defeated Kapurthala. In the women’s section, Hoshiarpur won by a wide margin against Bathinda (17-9). Till half time the score read 10-5 in favour of Hoshiarpur. Seema and Baljit each scored four goals. In the other match, hosts Jalandhar defeated Nawanshahr 9-2 with Ranjit Kaur scoring three goals. The last match in the women’s section was between Ludhiana and Gurdaspur. Harvinder Kaur was the main scorer for Ludhiana with five goals.
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Vasco defeat
Salgaocar Margao, January 17 The all-important goal for Vasco came in the 37th minute of the first half through defender Denzil Coutinho, which ultimately turned out to be the match winner. With this win Vasco gained three points and are at par with Mohan Bagan with 15 points but finished second below table topper’s Bagan, who have better goal difference. Salgaocar were relegated to third place with 12 points, followed by Zee Churchill and Mahindra United also with 12 points.
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Kabaddi meet Chandigarh, January 17
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Chandigarh lose Shillong, January 17 A defenceless Chandigarh could not create any scoring opportunity and virtually accepted defeat in the first half with their frontliners continuing to shoot
aimlessley. UNI
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