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January 23, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Bichel destroys
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Seles shocks Venus Williams Kunjarani Devi deserves encouragement New-look Punjab face
Assam Mathew crashes
out 13 fencers selected for coaching camp Kila Raipur
meet SPS School lose to CRZ
Sonepat Haryana eves placed second SBP meet concludes
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England beat India Cuttack, January 22 Three important batsmen - Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Mongia and V.V.S. Laxman — fell to run-outs which were the result of spectacular fielding by the Englishmen and that took the steam out of the Indian chase. The valiant efforts of wicketkeeper batsman Ajay Ratra and Ajit Agarkar proved inadequate and India were bowled out for 234 in 48.4 overs in reply to England’s 250 for seven. The win helped England square the six-match series 1-1 after losing the first game at Kolkata by 22 runs. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly had put the opposition in to bat in a bid to exploit the early morning dew which had delayed the start of the game by 15 minutes. He seemed to have made a good decision even when England set up a fighting total considering the pitch was good for batting. Despite another batting failure of Ganguly, who was out for 14, India were going steady at one stage with Tendulkar and Mongia batting comfortably. But once Tendulkar was run out in an unfortunate fashion - Mongia’s shot hitting the non-striker’s end after brushing the fingers of the bowlers with the master batsman out of his crease - for 45, the Indian innings derailed. India lost five wickets in a space of 48 runs and at 147 for six, everything seemed lost for them. England: Trescothick c Mongia
b Agarkar 13 Knight c Harbhajan b Srinath 14 Hussain c Agarkar b Ganguly 46 Vaughan run out 63 Collingwood not out 71 Flintoff b Harbhajan 5 Hollioake b Kumble 0 Snape run out 22 Foster not out 3 Extras:
(lb-6, nb-6, w-1) 13 Total: (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-45, 3-114, 4-176, 5-190, 6-193, 7-244. Bowling:
Srinath 9-0-41-1, Agarkar 8-1-46-1, Kumble 10-0-47-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-35-1, Ganguly 5-0-29-1, Tendulkar 6-0-35-0, Sehwag 2-0-11-0. India: Ganguly c Knight b Hoggard 14 Tendulkar run out 45 Mongia run out 49 Laxman run out 3 Sehwag c Knight b Gough 5 Badani c Flintoff b Hollioake 13 Ratra lbw b Flintoff 30 Agarkar c Foster b Gough 29 Harbhajan lbw b Snape 6 Kumble c Collingwood b Gough 20 Srinath not out 7 Extras: (lb-3, w-7, nb-3) 13 Total: (all out, 48.4 overs) 234 Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-99, 3-110, 4-121, 5-130, 6-147, 7-179, 8-186, 9-224. Bowling: Gough 9.4-0-46-3, Hoggard 9-0-53-1, Flintoff 10-0-34-1, Hollioake 7-0-34-1, Snape 8-0-40-1, Collingwood 5-0-24-0.
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Gavaskar comments England levelled the series with an emphatic win in the second one-day international at Cuttack. Theirs was a truly professional display with both bat and ball and as at the Eden Gardens they were for superior to India in the field though they missed a couple of early chances. It was surprising to find India opting to chase for we have seen in recent times that if they do not get off to a good start they tend to panic a bit and make a hash of things. That is exactly what happened once Tendulkar was unluckily run-out off a deflection of the straight drive played by Mongia. Ganguly had fallen earlier to his old weakness outside the off-stump after playing a couple of his trademark cover-drives. Dinesh Mongia looked solid once again and not just in appearance but in his batting, underlining once again that its not physical size and age, but ability that should be the criteria. For far too long have we got carried away by the theory that the slim-waisted guys are the only ones who are physically fit, but does that slimness enable them to score runs and take wickets? If slimness is the criteria then why not pick models who are slim. Mongia has been a heavy scorer in domestic cricket but like Martin, another heavy scorer, has been ignored for the slim-wasted ones who have not scored runs even in Ranji Trophy matches. Now with the kind of standard that we have in Ranji Trophy, if a slim-waisted one is not going to score there, how is he going to score in the much tougher international arena? India may not be agile on the field but there is nobody who is that good a fielder in India that he deserves to be picked for that alone and if that is the case then it makes sense to pick heavier guys who at least know a thing or two about scoring runs and taking wickets. England may have been disappointed at scoring only 250 runs for they looked good for at least another twenty runs, but some careless batting cost them those runs. Hussain holed out when more than half the overs were to be bowled and the middle-order found Kumble and Harbhajan Singh too hot to handle. Vaughan and Collingwood again made a good impression with their approach and their running between the wickets. India’s running between the wickets was awful. VVS (very very slow) Laxman was caught napping in response to Mongia’s call and then Mongia himself looking for his fifteen run went for a non-existent second run. But more than that, it was the lack of judgement of a run that was the worrying factor. The other disappointing thing was the manner in which Sehwag and Badani threw their wicket away. If only they had shown the kind of defiant spirit that Agarkar and Kumble showed when the chips were down. Ajay Ratra too showed good cricketing sense and showed no signs of being pressured by the situation. That was the only plus for India. They have a lot of problems to overcome and most of them are in the head!
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Pakistan win Chittagong , January 22 Pakistan Afridi c Mashud b Sharif 7 N. Latif b Aziz Khan 17 Youhana c Aziz Khan b Islam 7 Haq c Sanwar Hossain b
Aziz Khan 20 Younis Khan b Mahmud 22 Latif b Sharif 79 Razzaq c Khaled Mashud b
Hoque 24 Mahmud c & b Hoque 1 Younis c Hossain b Aziz Khan 1 Saqlain not out 12 Akhtar c Mashud b Sharif 3 Extras: (b-2 lb-2 w-4 nb-1) 9 Total: (all out, 49.5 overs) 202 Fall of wickets: 1-12 2-27 3-35 4-67 5-88 6-168 7-172 8-175 9-194 Bowling: Manjural Islam 10-3-43-1, Mohammad Sharif 9.5-1-40-3, Tareq Aziz Khan 10-1-19-3, Khaled Mahmud 10-0-50-1, Enamul Hoque 10-0-46-2 Bangladesh Omar c Saqlain b Akhtar 6 Hossain b Akhtar 0 Al-Shahriar run out 6 Imran c Haq b Mushtaq 21 Hossain c Mahmud b Razzaq 2 Mahmud run out 5 Mashud not out 54 Hoque c Latif b Haq 32 Sharif not out 0 Extras: (b-1 lb-9 w-10 nb-7) 27 Total: (for seven wickets in 50 overs) 153 Fall of wickets: 1-1 2-14 3-24 4-32 5-54 6-68 7-153 Bowlings: Waqar Younis 10-2-33-0, Shoaib Akhtar 8-1-9-2, Abdur Razzaq 6-1-10-1, Azhar Mahmud 6-0-26-0, Saqlain Mushtaq 10-0-24-1, Shahid Afridi 7-0-28-0, Naveed Latif 2-0-13-0, Inzamam-ul-Haq 1-1-0-1.
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Bichel destroys South Africa Sydney, January 22 The South Africans were routed for 106 in 38.3 overs, their third-lowest score in one-day internationals. The home team romped to 107 for two wickets in the 19th over, gaining a bonus point on top of the four awarded for victory — and leaping into second place in the competition ladder, just three points behind leaders New Zealand. South Africa, who have lost three matches in the past four days, drop to bottom. They could now face a battle to re-group and re-discover their winning ways over their remaining three qualifying matches. The South Africans claimed a piece of unwanted history by equalling the world record for the most ducks in a one-dayer — six. Bichel’s career-best figures came from only 6.3 explosive overs as South Africa, playing their third match in four days, batted like a tired team. Scoreboard South Africa: Gibbs c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 Kirsten lbw b Warne 44 Dippenaar c Warne b McGrath 0 McKenzie b Bichel 18 Rhodes c Gilchrist b Bichel 0 Boucher lbw b Bichel 1 Pollock lbw b Bichel 0 Klusener lbw b Gillespie 0 Boje not out 13 Elworthy c S.Waugh b McGrath 18 Ntini c & b Bichel 0 Extras (lb-3, w-9) 12 Total (all out, 38.3 overs) 106 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-5, 3-42, 4-44, 5-49, 6-49, 7-50, 8-79, 9-103. Bowling: McGrath 10-1-29-3, Gillespie 9-1-27-1, Symonds 4-0-7-0, Bichel 6.3-0-19-5, Warne 6-1-13-1, M.Waugh 3-0-8-0. Australia: M.Waugh not out 55 Gilchrist b Pollock 8 Ponting b Klusener 33 Martyn not out 6 Extras (lb-1, w-1, nb-3) 5 Total (for two wickets, 18.4 overs) 107 Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-101. Bowling:
Pollock 7-0-36-1, Ntini 7-2-36-0, Klusener 2.4-0-28-1, Boje 2-0-6-0.
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Chandigarh He shot a total of 596+102.9=698.9 to snatch the gold with a huge margin of 3.3 points. In the first leg of the competition Abhinav had won three silvers. The scores, while notching up the four medals in a row were 593, 594, 595 and now 596 — a consistent upward graph not seen with any other shooter of the tournament. Not even Dick Boshman (Holland), the world champion could match the consistency of the ace Indian shooter. Olaf Steingner of Germany gasped up to the silver spot with a score of 593+102.6=695.6 and Grisiste Klisner of Austria managed to take the bronze with a score of 590+103=693. Abhinav will now shoot at his next two circuit matches in Munich on January 24 and 25 where his team-mates would also be present to cheer him.
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Seles shocks Venus Williams
Melbourne, January 22 The veteran nine-time Grand Slam champion fought off a fever and a tenacious, but injured, Williams 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 6-3 to secure a first major semifinal appearance since the French Open in 1999. Hingis had a much easier time of it to make her 19th Grand Slam last four. Seles, 28, won on her second match point when Williams netted a forehand from the baseline after one hour 57 minutes. The elder Williams sister, troubled by tendinitis in left knee in her earlier matches, doubled her trouble by pulling a right hamstring against Seles. It hampered her movement and ultimately cost her the chance to avenge her beating by Hingis in the semis here last year. “Venus is such a great champion and I just got lucky at the end there and won a few points,” Seles conceded. Williams, the Wimbledon and US Open champion, was gracious in defeat. “She deserved to win,” said the 21-year-old. “She went out there and took it to me and she was the better player.” Hingis, 21, had a 73-minute workout but few worries as she brushed aside unseeded and petite Italian Adriana Serra-Zanetti 6-2, 6-3 to reach the last four here for the sixth straight year. Grand Slam titles once flowed regularly for the former World No.1 but since the onset of the powerful Williams sisters, along with the resurgence of Jennifer Capriati they have dried up. Hingis is chasing her sixth Grand Slam title but she hasn’t landed a major since her last Australian Open in 1999. Sweden’s Thomas Johansson, 26, saw off compartiot Jonas Bjorkman in the first men’s quarter-final, proving more consistent than his good friend to win 6-0, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. But do it he did, making his first ever Grand Slam last four where he will meet Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic, who brushed aside Austria’s Stefan Koubek 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in just one hour 25 minutes in a night quarter-final.
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Bhupathi wins;
Paes beaten Melbourne, January 22 Second seeded pair of Bhupathi and Russian Elena Likhovtseva hardly broke a sweat as they defeated Australian duo of Sandon Stolle and Annabel Ellwood in straight sets 6-3 6-2. Paes, who teamed up with Miriam Oremans of the Netherlands, rallied after losing the first set to take the second but eventually succumbed 4-6 7-6 (0/7) 6-7 (7/5) to Gaston Etlis and Paulo Suarez of Argentina.
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Kunjarani Devi deserves encouragement New Delhi, January 22 Kunjarani, like Karnam Melleshwari, is Indian women’s weightlifting precious treasure. Winner of as many as 21 medals in the world championships, she is a lifter who, like Malleshwari again, is a strong medal prospect for the forthcoming Asian and Olympic Games. Many coaches on the international circuit are of the firm belief that Kunjarani has the capability to achieve what no other Indian woman lifter has thus far achieved. She is a lifter who needs encouragement, exposure and guidance instead of insults and humiliation. Dispassionate and in-depth investigations reveal that even in testing positive for stimulant, Kunjarani was less to blame than some of the officials and coaches. They induced her taking the stimulant which, according to many established doctors, did not help lifters. It was not steroid, a banned substance. All this trouble in Indian weightlifting has surfaced as the parent body, Indian weightlifting Federation, has disintegrated in factional fight. The affairs of weightlifting have been handed over to the ad hoc body, which is ad hoc in concept, deeds and character. Had AVM C.L. Mehra been living, there would have been no trouble in the corridors of weightlifting nor there would have been this harsh treatment to the lifter of the calibre of Kunjarani. While suspending Kunjarani, the international authorities also levied penalty of $ 1200. The fine is on the Indian Weightlifting Federation and not an Individual. This is, in fact, third time that an Indian lifter has tested positive. In 1986 Asian Games, three lifters — Tere Singh, Naidu and Balwinder Singh — were banned for two years for taking steroid by the International Weightlifting Federation. In the 1990 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, Subreto Paul tested positive and was banned for two years. All these lifters in the scandal of 1986 and 1990 were not harassed. But then why is Kunjarani being harassed to pay the fine of $ 1200. She is being told by the one-man ad hoc committee that she will be penalised for one more year if she does not pay the fine. Kunjarani Devi is a lifter, who deserves sympathy. She should not be hounded. She is as important a lifter as Malleshwari. Despite harsh action by the ad hoc committee, what is most remarkable about her is that she is continuing strenuous training while undergoing officers’ training at Pinjore. When anyone discusses with her on the harassment caused to her by the ad hoc committee, she merely says: “I have faith in God and happy days will return”. She refuses to complain about any one. Owing to split in the IWF, the lifters are the sufferers. On the recommendation of the ad hoc committee, which made many tall claims, a 10-member team was sent to Turky. The ad hoc committee’s claim was that Indians would bring laurels to the country from this international meet as many well known countries like the USA and North Korea, had pulled out of the competition. On this assurance, the Minister for Sports Uma Bharti cleared the team, which performed pathetically. The team was chosen without holding selection trials. In the side were lifters, who had not won gold medals even on domestic circuit. While lifters with no achievements were chosen, a lifter of the calibre of Dalvir Singh was left out. |
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New-look Punjab face
Assam SAS Nagar, January 22 Seasoned Patiala batsman Pankaj Dharmani has been appointed skipper as regular skipper Vikram Rathore is yet to recover from the injury he suffered recently. In-form batsman Dinesh Mongia and ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh are currently in India’s squad playing against the visiting England in the one-day series. Young allrounder Reetinder Sodhi has been forced on the sidelines due to similar reason. Vineet Sharma, who gave a good account of himself as a pacer in the league phase, and Gagandeep Singh the other medium pacer, have been ruled out due to injuries. Mr Sushil Kapoor, manager of the squad, confirmed today that Hari Krishan Kali and Ishan Malhotra, who would be making their debut tomorrow, would share the new ball with left-arm pacer Amit Uniyal, who also made his Ranji debut recently. Squads: Punjab: Pankaj Dharmani, Munish Sharma, Ravneet Ricky, Yuvraj Singh, Ankur Kakkar, Vivek Mahajan, Hari Krishan Kali, Navdeep Singh, Kailash Chander, Amit Uniyal, Ishan Gandha and Sandeep Sanwal (12th man). Assam: Parag Kumar Das, Sukhwinder Singh, Sabhrajit Saikia, Syed Zakaria Zuffri, J. Gokulkrishnan, P.K. Dutta, Gautam D Dutta, Mark Ingty, R.M. Gohin, Arnold Konwar, Nishanta Bordoloi and Utpal Medhi. |
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Mathew crashes
out New Delhi, January 22 Mathew, despite his brave attempt to keep himself afloat in the second set, could do precious little to stop the all-round play of Wetheimer who looked a winner from the very outset. Second-seeded Rishi Behl was knoked out by Pongkusab Naiapong of Thailand in the first round at 6-4, 7-6 (7-4). Later in the day, Naiapong went on to beat Cohen Asaf of Israel 6-4, 6-3 in the second round. Chandigarh boys Chatwinder Singh scalped seventh seeded Nihal Advani 6-3, 6-3 while Tushar Liberhan stunned fourth seeded Ivan Kokurin of Uzbekistan 6-1, 6-4. However, sixth seeded Somdev K Devvarman downed Arka Mondal 6-0, 6-1, third-seeded Saurabh Singh beat M V Jayaprakash 6-3, 6-4, qualifier Barbash Lior of Israel beat Edwin Gerard of the USA 6-3, 6-3 and fifth seeded Prabowo Imanuel of Indonesia crushed Nandkumar Karankumar of India 6-2, 6-1 to give some semblance of respect to the seedings. In the girls section, Lakhani beat Ankita Bhambri 6-2, 6-3 while Sanaa Bhambri beat Swetha Devraj 6-3, 6-3. However, third-seeded Krushmi Chedda got whipped at the hands of Vandana Murali 6-2, 7-5 while fourth-seeded Nidhi Shah was scalped by Sandri Gangotri 6-3, 7-5. In other matches, Hsin Wen Hsu of Taipei beat Saranya Pattabi 6-3, 6-2; Yung Jan Chan of Taipei beat Isha Toor 6-0, 6-1; Kartiki Bhat beat Olexandra Verkhniatska 6-3, 6-1 and fifth-seeded H-suan Hwang beat Punam Reddy 6-2, 6-3. |
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13 fencers selected for coaching camp Chandigarh, January 22 The selected fencers are: epee: M. Pratibha (Karnataka), E.Gita Devi (Manipur), Riyo Rita (Manipur), Sarbjeet Kaur (Punjab), Yashoda (Karnataka), Karamjit Kaur (Punjab) and Shruti (Maharashtra). Foil: E. Gita Devi (Manipur), Usha Rani (Manipur), Rukmini (Karnataka), Sarbhjeet Kaur (Punjab), Monica (Haryana) and Gurdeep Kaur (Punjab). The selection of the fencers has been made on the basis of their performance in the women’s competitions held at Patiala to commemorate the Women’s Empowerment Year organised by the Sports Authority of India under the auspices of the Union Minister of Women and Child Development. The fencers will undergo training at the NIS Patiala for about a month and subsequently proceed to Pune to participate in the National Senior Fencing Championships scheduled to be held at Pune from March 9 to 12. The probables in the men’s section will be selected at the nationals to be held at Pune. This preliminary camp is being organised in preparation for the national fencing team to participate in the forthcoming Asian Games to be held at Pusan (South Korea) in September- October, 2002. Subject to approval of the government, the Indian fencing team will be participating in the Asian Games for the first time. |
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Kila Raipur
meet Ludhiana, January 22 During this three-day sports-cum- cultural extravaganza, traditional rural disciplines such as bullock cart races, camel races, equestrian events, kabadi, tug-of-war, sack lifting, dare devil performance by Nihangs, super human feats, tractor races, tent pegging, feats of strength by ruralites, feats by ‘bazigars’ and loading, offloading of trollies of paddy, besides competitions in modern games, including track and field events, shooting, archery, aero-modeling show and hockey championship for the Bhagwant Memorial Gold Cup will be held, Mr Grewal said. He further informed that the organisers were trying to invite participants from newly constituted states of Chhatisgarh, Uttaranchal and Jharkhand. Mr Paramjit Singh Grewal, general secretary, Grewal Sports Association, informed that the spectators would be entertained by folk dancers and singers. |
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SPS School lose to CRZ
Sonepat New Delhi, January 22 In the second half, both the teams fought tooth and nail to get the match-winner. While Shivalik failed to cash in on their chances, Sonepat made use of a penalty corner they earned in the 58th minute, when Sanjeev Ajmani made a clean hit to power the ball into the net. |
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Haryana eves placed second Ambala, January 22 While West Bengal was first, Maharashtra girls in the under-17 age group stood third in the team championship. In boys under-14 team championship, artistic gymnastics, Maharashtra was first, West Bengal second and Uttar Pradesh third. In all-round individual, artistic gymnastics, Hunny Kohli was first, Sandesh Atkari second and M.Vijay Kumar third. In rhythmic gymnastics, rope, Jasmit Mhatre was first, Pooja second and Rashmi third. In floor
exercises, Hunny Kohli was first, Vinarma Singh second and Partha Mandal third. In pommel horse, Partha Mandal was first, M.Vijay Kumar second and Aseesh Chatterjee third. In Roman rings, Hunny Kohli was first, Iqrar Hasan second and Anurag Singh third. In vaulting horse, Anand Kelkar was first, Nitin Mishra second and Sonu third. In parallel bars, Hunny Kohli was first, Partha Mandal second and Sandesh Atkari third. In horizontal bars, Hunny Kohli was first, Sandesh Atkari second, M.Vijay Kumar third. In all-round individual, girls under-17, artistic gymnastics, Rupali Halder was first, Asmita Chitale second and Hena Samanta third. In floor exercises, Rupali Halder was first, Hena Samanta second and Apoorva Gadgil third. In vaulting horse, Hena Samanta was first, Rupali Halder second and Asmita Chitale third.
SBP meet concludes Patiala, January 22 Other results: (all finals) carrom (men): Harjit Singh 1, Gian Sethi 2, Kamal Sharma 3; badminton (men): Vikas Dhingra 1, Ashok Rana 2, Rakesh Rehni 3; table tennis (men):
G.P.S. Narang 1, Kailash Chander 2, Sandeep Kalia 3; 100m (men): Jatinder Pandey 1, Laxman Singh 2, Hoshiar Chand 3; hammer throw (men): Malkiat Singh 1, Gurjant Singh 2, Jagat Singh 3; carrom (women): Amarpreet Kaur 1, Madhu 2, Neelima 3; chess (men): Parmod Kumar 1, Avinash Chander 2, S.S. Pashupati 3.
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Makhan’s death mourned Chandigarh, January 22 The association in a condolence message, said his death was a big loss for Punjab sports. |
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LANKA, PAK LOSE GUPTA, MAHAL TO OFFICIATE LET ELEMENTS DECIDE SAFIN FINED FREEMAN STRUGGLES |
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