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Under-19 World Cup: India, Australia in super league Assam skittled out for 170 runs HP 192 all out
Railways sitting pretty Chatwinder Singh, Tushar in semis JCT down Vasco for first win Hockey World Cup team on Jan 31 IWHF selects
18-member team Alok Kumar clinches
snooker title Punjab girls second, Haryana third in school gymnastics
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Capriati in semis
Melbourne, January 23 Defending women’s champion Jennifer Capriati, on the other hand, looks far from short circuiting. She cruised into a semi-final against Belgium’s Kim Clijsters as top French player Amelie Mauresmo self-destructed. Martina Hingis and Monica Seles are waiting in the wings for the winner.
Safin will play German seventh seed Tommy Haas, who beat former finalist Marcelo Rios of Chile 7-6 (7/2) 6-4 6-7 (2/7) 7-6 (7/5) in the night match. Ferreira warned Safin might be let down by his temperamental character. “I think he has a great chance to win,” said Ferreira who retired injured from their quarter-final with Safin leading 5-2 in the first set. “I thought if I had got through this one it would have got easier. “This guy is playing great. I watched him play Sampras the other night and he was very, very good.” The ninth seeded Safin knocked out 13-times Grand Slam champion Pete Sampras in the fourth round on Monday. “If he plays at his best, he’s almost unbeatable. His mental side is the weakest. You never know, he might come out his next match and play a horrible one, that’s the way he is,” Ferreira said. “But as far as his game goes, he’s got every shot and he’s a great competitor.” But he said Safin, who has run into trouble with umpires in his two previous matches, was not as combustible as Goran Ivanisevic who last year performed an amazing transformation to finally win Wimbledon. “I don’t think he’s as bad as Goran but he could get better,” Ferreira added. Safin felt his win over Sampras had strengthened his belief in himself and he said his disputes with officials were part of the game. “I’m growing up. You learn about everything,” he said. “Today was a present but against Pete I had to go out and work. And I did it,” he said. “When you are confident everything works much easier, your forehand, your serve.” Safin, 22 on Sunday’s finals day, is the only Grand Slam men’s champion left in a tournament which has lost seven of its top eight men’s seeds. “I didn’t have to spend too much energy on the court today. I can save my energy for the semi-finals,” he said. Haas, the highest remaining seed in the tournament, won his quarter-final over 1998 runner-up Rios in three hours 17 minutes to set up his Friday semi-final with Safin. It is the second Grand Slam semi-final for the 23-year-old German, who played against eventual champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the last four here in 1999. “I’ve tried to be consistent over the last couple of months and my serve was good tonight especially in the first two sets when Marcelo had a lot of break points but couldn’t convert them,” said Haas. AFP
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Tyson sparks brawl
London, January 23 The former undisputed world champion, who bit a chunk out of Evander Holyfield’s ear in a 1997 title fight, started an all-out brawl on the stage after clashing with the Britons’ bodyguards yesterday. “Mike actually bit his leg,” exclaimed Lewis’s business manager Adrian Ogun. Tyson was submerged and Lewis pulled off his podium as security staff and members of both fighters’ camps waded in to the melee. Lewis, his jacket ripped down the right hand side, left the arena but an agitated Tyson continued to scuffle and then began to abuse the media. “You b.. you coward, you faggot,’’ he screamed at one reporter. Now the Nevada State Athletic Commission will decide whether Tyson will be granted a licence for the fight scheduled for April 6 in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old American, who is also currently under investigation by the Las Vegas police for an alleged rape must convince at least three of the five members next Tuesday that he is mentally fit to fight. “It (the brawl) will be another factor the commission will have to take under consideration,’’ said Mr Marc Ratner, executive director of the commission. “They can certainly ask him questions about it at the licensing hearing next Tuesday. They can ask him all kinds of questions.’’ Lewis, holder of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) titles, will now consider whether it is worthwhile proceeding with the fight he believes will confirm he is the best heavyweight of his generation. The 36-year-old Briton has already indicated he would retire if he defeated Tyson. “I will evaluate my options when the relevant boxing commissions have ruled,” Lewis said. Reuters |
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Under-19 World Cup: India, Australia in super league
Christchurch, January 23 Australia’s 42-run victory over the West Indies means they will almost certainly top group D, while India’s convincing 71-run drubbing of South Africa in Auckland put the title favourites at the head of group A. Propelled by a sparkling unbeaten 105 by wicketkeeper-batsman Chandan Madan, the Indians posted a modest 227 for eight in their 50 overs. The elegant right-hander struck eight fours and two sixes as the South African attack struggled to find consistency. South Africa got off to a solid start with Steven Cook and David Jacobs putting on 44 for the first wicket. But 16-year-old off spinner Rakesh Mohanty took two for 24 and later Irfan Pathan (2-18) and Stuart Binny (2-31) chipped in to dismiss South Africa for 156 in 42.3 overs. Meanwhile, hosts New Zealand finished their group C commitments with a six-wicket win over Namibia, who were unable to repeat their heroics of the previous day when they caused a major upset by beating Sri Lanka. Kiwis now head the group, leaving Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka to fight it out tomorrow for the second spot and qualification for the super league. England have almost certainly sewn up a place in the next round after a convincing win over Papua New Guinea. They now have nine points with Pakistan and Nepal contesting the last qualification spot. To qualify Pakistan need to beat England on Friday and hope that Nepal either lose to Papua New guinea or fail to pick up a bonus point. Australia’s victory in Dunedin came after West Indies dismissed their opponents for 200 with fast bowler Ryan Nurse taking five for 28 and Narsingh Deonarine 3-28. The Australian innings was given substance by a 59-run eighth wicket partnership between Beau Casson (28) and Xavier Docherty (23). Needing just four an over for a win that would have taken them atop the group, West Indies failed to combat Australia’s spin attack with Doherty taking 3-24 and left-armer Casson 3-48. Tonito Willett hit five fours but his 34 was the top score in the innings as West Indies were dismissed for 158. New Zealand’s bowlers failed to get into their groove against Namibia at Hagley Oval with Barton Can Rooi, man of the match in Namibia’s win over Sri Lanka, continuing his good form with a 76-ball 62, which included seven fours and a six. Namibia’s hopes of a second successive win were boosted as New Zealand lost two wickets with the score on 101 but Neil Broom hit eight fours and two sixes on his way to a match winning 85. Captain Ross Taylor offered valuable support making an unbeaten 58 as the pair added 84 for the fourth wicket. Papua New Guinea made a respectable 222 for six against England with opener Frank Joseph falling eight runs short of a deserved century. Papua New Guinea rarely play 50 overs matches and their inexperience came to the fore at the end of their innings as they added just 52 in the final 10 overs despite having eight wickets in hand. England’s strength is their batting and openers Kadeer Ali and Nick Compton, grandson of former England great Denis, got them off to a flier. Ali took 22 off one over from Kohu Dai as he played some wonderful cover drives and timed the ball with aplomb. Ali brought up his 50 off just 22 deliveries but he was eventually dismissed for a fine 73 from 43 balls that included 14 fours. Compton went on to make 58 and captain Nicky Peng scored 41 as England reached their target with 22 overs to spare to earn a bonus point. Tomorrow, India play their final group match against Bangladesh in Auckland, Sri Lanka meet Zimbabwe at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, and the West Indies take on Kenya at the Carisbrook Stadium in Dunedin.
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Assam skittled out for 170 runs
Mohali, January 23 Assam’s plight came about due to some fine bowling by Ishan Malhotra who returned figures of seven for 59. Punjab won the toss and elected to field. The visitors kept losing wickets at regular intervals with the opening batsman Parag Das (8) returning to the pavilion at the total of eight, being caught behind by Pankaj Dharmani off a delivery from Malhotra. After the addition of six runs new batsman Dinesh Mohanta (0) was out to a delivery from Malhotra. The other five wickets claimed by Malhotra were Subhrajit Saikia (19), Polashjyoti Das (0), Sumit Ranjan Das (15), Sukhvinder Singh (5) and Gautam Dutta (13). The wickets of Zakaria Zuffi (44) , who was the top scorer for Assam, and D.J. Gokulkrishnan ( 33 ), the second highest scorer, were claimed by Harish Puri while Navdeep Singh claimed the wicket of Mark Ingly (7). Punjab started their innings on a confident note with Ravneet Rickey (batting 46) and Munish Sharma (50) adding 64 runs for the opening wicket. Rickey and Kailash (batting 3) were at the crease at close. SCOREBOARD Assam: Parag c Dharmani b Ishan Malhotra 8, S. Saikia lbw b Ishan 19, Dinesh Mohanta b Ishan 0, Zakaria lbw Harish Puri 44, A. Das c Kailash b Ishan 0, Sumit Ranjan Das c Yuvraj b Ishan 15, Sukhvinder c Yuvraj b Ishan 5, D.J. Gokulkrishanan c Vivek b Ishan 33, Gautam Dutta c Vivek b Ishan 13. Mark lbw Navdeep 7, Arlan Kanwar not out 4. Extras: (b-0 lb-7 nb-15 w-0) 22 Total: (all out, 46.3 overs) 170 Fall of Wickets: 1-8, 2-14, 3-53, 4-61, 5-96, 6-109, 7-111, 8-130, 9-154, 10-170. Bowling: Ishan 17-3-59-7, Harish Puri 11.3-2-44-2, Harikrishan Kalli 14-5-41-0, Ravneet Ricky 1-1-0-0, Navdeep 3-1-19-1. Punjab (Ist innings): Ravneet Ricky not out 46, Munish Sharma c Babu Ram (sub) b Mark Ingly 50, Yuvraj Singh c Zuffari b Gokul Krishnan 16, Pankaj Dharmani lbw Gokul Krishnan 10, Kailash not out 3. Extras: (b-1, lb-4) 5. Total: (for 3) 130. Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-108, 3-126. Bowling: Gautam Dutta 8-0-27-0, Mark Ingly 13-2-51-1, Gokul Krishnan 11-4-21-2, Arlan Kanwar 3-0-15-0, Sukhvinder 6-2-11-0.
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HP 192 all out
Hyderabad, January 23 Himachal (first innings): Nischal Gaur lbw V. Raju 99, Sandeep Sharma run out 12, Rajeev Nayyar c Nandakishore b N.P. Singh 4, Sangramsingh c Raju b N.P. Singh 0, Veerender Sharma c Nanndkishore b Raju 2, Amit Sharma lbw b N.P. Singh14, Rajeev Nayyar c Rayudu b Shivaji Yadav 1, Ravikanth b Vishnu Vardhan 5, Shakti Singh c Rohit b N.P. Singh 16, Vishal Bhatia c Shivaji b N.P. Singh 3, Ashok Thakur not out 0. Extras: (b-5, lb-7, nb-2) 14 Total:
(all out in 67.1 overs) 192 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-21, 3-21, 4-69, 5-114, 6-121, 7-138,8-182, 9-188. Bowling: N.P. Singh 21.1-8-27-5, Vishnu Vardhan 13-2-49-1, Daniel Manohar 9-2-25-0, Vinay Kumar 3-1-12-0, Venkatapathi Raju 10-3-22-2, Shivaji Yadav 12-3-45-1. Hyderabad (first innings): Daniel Manohar (batting) 28, Nanda Kishore (batting) 39. Extras: (nb-2) 2 Total: (no loss in 20 overs) 69 Bowling: Shakti Singh 8-2-17-0, Ashok Thakur 3.3-0-17-0, Sandeep Sharma 2.3-0-16-0, Amit Sharma 4-2-12-0, Vishal Bhatia 2-0-7-0.
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Railways sitting pretty
New Delhi, January 23 Electing to bat, Railway openers J.P. Yadav and Amit Pagnis struggled against Delhi seamers Ashish Nehra and Amit Bhandari, who utilised the early morning dew to bowl a nagging off-stump line. Bhandari, bowling a lively opening spell drew first blood as he dismissed Yadav in the fifth over of the match when the Railway opener edged him to Akash Chopra at second slip. SCOREBOARD Railways (Ist innings) J.P. Yadav c A. Chopra b A. Bhandari 4, A. Pagnis c H. Choudhry b M. Manhas 132, T.P. Singh b H. Choudhry 84, Y. Goud c S. Rauf b R. Sanghvi 34, R. Ali c G. Gambhir b A. Bhandari 10, A. Sharma batting 15, M. Kartik batting 5. Extras: (lb-4, b-2, nb-1) 7. Total: (for 5 wkts) 291. Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-158, 3-256, 4-258, 5-279. Bowling: Nehra 21-8-35-0, Bhandari 14-4-54-2, Negi 7-1-36-0, Sanghvi 22-3-87-1, Choudhry 19-3-59-1, Manhas 7-3-14-1. PTI
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Chatwinder Singh, Tushar in semis New Delhi, January 23 Unseeded Chatwinder Singh posted a quick 6-1, 6-4 victory against giant-killer Natapong Pongkunsab of Thailand 6-1, 6-4, Tushar Liberhan packed off the talented Indonesian colt, Prabowo Imanuel 6-1, 6-0, while the third-seeded Saurabh Singh got the better of Lior Barbash of Israel 6-4, 6-1. The big-serving, gangling Dor Werthemier of Israel claimed another seeded scalp when he ousted sixth-seeded Somdev Devvarman of India 6-3, 6-4. However, Devvarman had some consolation as he and Mathew T. Jaco moved up in the doubles, beating Natapong and Eduard Khan of Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-2. In the girls singles too, three Indian girls managed to sneak into the semi-finals, though top-seeded Isha Lakhani had to sweat it out for quite long in sunny conditions to outgun the unseeded Hsin-Wen Hsu of Taipei at 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Kartiki Bhatt recorded the easiest victory when she swept aside Sandi Gangotri 6-0, 6-0 while second-seeded Sanaa Bhambri beat fifth-seeded I-Hsuan Hwang of Taipei 6-4, 6-2. Yung Jan Chan of Taipei completed the semi-final lineup when she beat Vandana Murali of India 6-3, 6-4.
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JCT down Vasco for first win Margao, January 23 JCT, who played an attacking game from the start, dominated the first half and scored a brace through Hardip Singh Gill (9th, 36th) to have them leading 2-0 at half time. Vasco were a disjointed lot in the first session but came back strongly in the second half to reduce the margin in the 48th minute through defender Agnelo Colaco. JCT, who won their first match, have collected five points from this win in nine matches, while Vasco, who suffered their second defeat remained on 15 points from as many matches. Jct’s Hardip Sangha and Hardip Gill could have increased the lead but Vasco’s keeper Ramos, who did not play in the last match against Salgaocar on account of two bookings came to his side’s rescue when he left his charge thrice to block Sangha and Gill shots. Referee Krishan Avtar from Delhi showed yellow card to JCT substitute Taranjit Singh. PTI
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Hockey World Cup team on Jan 31
Chennai, January 23 The 25 probables led by Baljit Singh Dhillon have been undergoing a preparatory camp at the astro turf stadium here since January 5. Even as the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) is gearing up for the election of office-bearers again on January 27 at Guwahati, the president, Mr K.P.S. Gill, who is also the chairman of the selection committee, along with secretary K. Jyothikumar an and a few former Olympians, had a preliminary assessment of the probables who they saw in action. The final squad will be announced in New Delhi on January 31, according to Mr Jyothikumaran. The preparatory camp will go on till January 29. The World Cup team will not be undergoing a final camp as announced earlier. The team will leave for Kuala Lumpur in the first week of February. UNI
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IWHF selects
18-member team New Delhi, January 23 IWHF secretary Amrit Bose announced here today that the winners of the first Women’s Champions Challenge Trophy would qualify for the Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held at Macau (China) from August 23 to September 1. The squad: Tingongleima Chanu, Amandeep Kaur, Suman Bala, Suraj Lata Devi, Sita Gussain, Sumari Tete, Nidhi Mukesh Kumar, Surinder Kaur, Pritam Siwach, Mamta Kharab, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, Helen Mary, Pushpa Pradhan, Masira Surin, Agnecia Lugun, Pakpi Devi, Shahina Kispotta and Sanggai Ibembhal Chanu. Officials: Dr (Mrs) Rupa Saini (manager), P Madhukaran (coach), Ashok Ahuja (doctor), M V Mathai (physical trainer), Ms Bula Ganguly (technical officer), Ms Davinder Bhatia (judge) and Ms Madhu Yadav (umpire).
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Alok Kumar clinches
snooker title Ahmedabad, January 23 In the first frame, Alok cracked a break of 71 and then breaks of 37 and 68 in the second. Manan was not at all in a position to score points in the second frame. He, however, was able to notch a break of 34 in the sixth, winning the frame. Alok then notched up a break of 80 in the ninth frame to win the title. Former champion Yasin Merchant also lauded Alok Kumar’s shots, saying he had never seen Alok in such a cracking form. Alok won a cash prize of Rs 15,000 and a trophy along with gift hampers. Manan bagged a cash prize of Rs 7500 along with a package from the Taj group at the prize distribution ceremony. Senior biliards championship is starting tomorrow at the sports club, where world champion Geet Sethi, along with stalwarts like Ashok Shandilya, Devendra Joshi, Alok Kumar, Yasin Merchant and Manoj Kothari, would be seen in action. Final result: Alok Kumar (Pun) bt Manan Chandra (Del) 7/2 score with breaks:71/37 (break-71), 105/00 (break-37,68), 01/66 (break-41 by Manan), 75/04 (break-66), 81/00 (break-81), 42/54 (break-34), 69/18 (break-23,16), 79/06 (break-46,28), 84/00 (break-80).
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Punjab
girls second, Haryana third in school gymnastics Ambala, January 23 In floor exercise, Chanchala Chakraborthy was first, Gita Das was second and Samita Sharma and Geeta were declared third. In uneven bars, Chanchala Chakraborthy was first, Gita Das was second and Neha Gohad was third. In balancing beam, Chanchala Chakrarborthy was first, Suparna Das was second and Samita Sharma was third. In vaulting horse, Gita Das was first, Chanchala Chakraborthy was second while Mikita Patel was placed third. In rhythmic gymnastics, rope, Jasmita Mhatre was first, Pooja was second and Rashmi was third. In hoop, Amrita was first, Sonika was second and Surekha was third. In ball, Amrita was first, Jasmita Mhatre was second and Harleen Singh was third. In ribbon, Amrita was first, Pooja was second and Harleen Singh was third. In all-round individual event Amrita was first, Jasmita Mhatre was second and Pooja was declared third. |
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Punjab Police Basketball
champs Jalandhar, January 23 In the women’s section, Jalandhar were the winners while Hoshiarpur were second. Earlier Hoshiarpur defeated Ludhiana 60-29.
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Olympic champ Gong retires Beijing, January 23 Gong, the 24-year-old Olympic gold-medallist had said she was feeling exhausted after winning the women’s singles title at the 9th National Games last November in the south Chinese city Guangzhou. Gong later expressed her desire to quit the national team for a good rest and pursuing academic degrees, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the head coach, Li Yongbo as saying yesterday.
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Calendar released Chandigarh, January 23 The multi-coloured calendar depicts various activities for 2002, besides administrative, sports and welfare activities of the police force. |
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