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February 10, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Unassailable lead for India in Davis Cup
Venus Williams triumphs Wright wants to learn from mistakes
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Pak 130 for one in second knock Punjab in semis of Ranji Trophy Dravid
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Railways in last four Bengal in semis Mahindras beat BSF in Durand Cup Punjab spikers move into final Abhinav assured of bronze Boxing title for Services National
Child Award for Patiala girl
Delhi college win Feroz Ali wins golf title
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Unassailable lead for India in Davis Cup Beirut, February 9 The Indian pair was never threatened in its 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 demolition of the Lebanese team of Ali Hamadeh and Patrick Chucri in a one hour 23 minute match. India will take on the winner of ongoing match between New Zealand and Indonesia in the next round of the zonal qualifiers. “We had come here to win and we are obviously happy to get the job done,” said India’s non-playing captain Ramesh Krishnan. “We are now keenly following the match between New Zealand and Indonesia.” The Indian pair’s domination of the match was expected though the Lebanese did try to hang in for some time in the first and third sets. The first four games of the opening set went with serve before the Indians broke Hamadeh in the fifth and Churcri in the seventh to take a 5-2 lead. Paes then served out the set at love to take it 6-2. Displaying some blistering returns, the Indians broke Hamadeh again in the very first game of the second set which saw the Lebanese pair crack under
pressure. Hamadeh and Chucri were broken once each later and the Indians comfortably took the set 6-1 in 22 minutes. The only semblance of fight from the Lebanese pair came in the third set which saw some long and interesting rallies at the net. Each game was keenly contested and the Indians were forced to fight even on their serves. The first seven games went with serves before the Indian pair gathered all their experience to break Chucri who double-faulted on the break point to give a 5-3 lead to Paes-Bhupathi. With Paes serving for the match and the tie, in the ninth game, India were 0-30 down before the former world number one pair stepped up their game and took four points in a row to finish the affair. India had comfortably won the first two singles yesterday with Paes defeating Karim Alayli 6-3 6-0 6-0 and Harsh Mankad beating Hamadeh 6-3 6-1 6-1.
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Venus Williams triumphs Paris, February 9 Only 13 ranking places separate the two players on the WTA computer, but on yesterday’s evidence they were worlds apart. “It may have looked easy but players are always trying to beat you - they have nothing to lose,” said Williams. “There are never easy points — if it looks easy then I am happy because it means that I am playing well and serving well. |
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Wright wants to learn from mistakes Kolkata, February 9 “We are obviously very disappointed with the 3-3 result in the one-day series. We have to learn from the mistakes and improve. The players need to be more patient,” Wright told reporters here. The former New Zealand captain, who met cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya to “discuss and review’ the Test and one-day series against England, said the team was going through a transition phase and the youngsters have to prove their worth by consistent performances. On why the team was failing in crucial matches for such a long time, Wright said the players had to learn to handle pressure and it was an area which needed to be addressed immediately. He said there was a lot of inexperience in the middle order and they allowed the pressure to mount in the one-day series. “(Dinesh) Mongia, (Hemang) Badani and (Mohd) Kaif have not played too many one-dayers. They should learn to relieve the pressure by taking singles and rotating the strike,” he said. Asked whether the Indians were a little complacent against the relatively inexperienced England team, Wright said “It is not complacency. In fact, in some cases we tried a little too hard and brought pressure on ourselves. We have to learn from the mistakes”. In Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag, Wright said India had three of the best players in the world but the inexperienced middle order batsmen had not been able to capitalise on the starts. “We have to get the middle order to click. There is a lot of talent but the batsmen have to deliver. We have to also improve our ground fielding,” the coach pointed out. On whether he was concerned that maestro Tendulkar was not delivering goods in important matches for a long time, “He is a class player, but obviously there is a lot more pressure on him in these big matches. I’m sure he can make his mark again, particularly with the World Cup round the corner”. Asked what discussions he had with the BCCI president, Wright said it was a routine meeting held after every series. “We reviewed the performance of the team in the Test and one-day series against England. We had a similar meeting after the South African series. The president is a little upset with the 3-3 result. I gave him the team’s as well as my own analysis of the problems”. Wright, who will not be returning to New Zealand before the series against Zimbabwe, said that he would “sit down and have a look at the new players” in the next few days. On India’s prospects in the forthcoming home series against Zimbabwe, the New Zealander said “I’m always optimistic. I am confident we will do well. We have a number of talented young players and they should look to grab these
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Aussies win U-19 World Cup Lincoln, February 9 South Africa scored 206 for nine in 50 overs after winning the toss, but the confident Australians eased to 209 for three in 45.1 overs, opener Jarrad Burke top-scoring with an unbeaten 100. Burke was on 96 with just two runs needed for victory but the elegant left-hander guided his side home in style with the 11th boundary of his innings, an edged four wide of South African wicketkeeper Zwelibanzi Homani. Australia had earned the favourite’s tag for the title after progressing easily through their group games and also in the super league stage of the competition. Chasing 207 to win today, they were always comfortably up with the required rate until Burke and skipper Cameron White (22) increased the tempo with victory in sight. “We decided before the tournament that we would give it a fair dinkum crack and try our best and, if we could do that, there was every chance we would win,” said White, who finished as the tournament’s top run scorer. South Africa lost wickets at regular intervals, and an unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 33 between Homani (52 not out) and number 11 Ian Postman (13 not out) was the third biggest partnership of the innings. Opener Greg Smith made 51 before being undone by the left-arm spin of Xavier Doherty but the hero of the Australian attack was medium pacer Aaron Bird, who took four for 47 in 10 overs. South Africa 206-9 (Zwelibanzi Homani 52 not out, Greg Smith 51; Aaron Bird 4-47), Australia 209-3 in 45.1 overs (Jarrad Burke 100 not out).
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Pak 130 for one in second knock Sharjah, February 9 SCOREBOARD Pakistan (1st innings) 472 West Indies (1st innings): Ganga b Afridi 65 Gayle b Shoaib 6 Hinds b Saqlain 25 Hooper not out 84 Chanderpaul c Youhana Dillon c Umer b Shoaib 0 Hinds lbw b Razzaq 11 Jacobs b Saqlain 31 Ramnarine b Shoaib 0 Cuffy b Shoaib 4 Collins c Inzamam Extras: (b-6, lb-9, nb-6) 21 Total: (all out, 84.5 overs) 264 Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-88, 3-116, 4-159, 5-170, 6-189, 7-236, 8-237, 9-247. Bowling: Waqar 9-1-24-0, Shoaib 18-4-63-4, Kaneria 13-2-34-1, Saqlain 21.5-4-75-3, Afridi 15-0-34-1, Razzaq 8-1-19-1. Pakistan (IInd innings): Afridi c Jacobs b Dillon 0 Umer not out 64 Younis Khan not out 61 Extras: (lb4, nb1) 5 Total: (for 1 wkt, 48 overs) 130 Fall of wicket: 1-0 Bowling: Dillon 9-2-32-1, Cuffy 10-3-19-0, Collins 5-0-21-0, R. Hinds 12-3-15-0, Ramnarine 12-1-39-0.
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Punjab in semis of Ranji Trophy SAS Nagar, February 9 And the things turned out along the expected lines. Navdeep made things easy for the hosts as the left-arm spinner mesmerised the rival batsmen with a controlled spell. For all the hard work that he did Navdeep was richly rewarded for his efforts finishing the day with a gratifying haul of five wickets as Orissa were skittled out for 219 in the second innings, a shade better than what they did in the first innings. With the exception of No. five batsman Pravanjan Mullick, who had emerged the best Orissa batsman in the first innings but was unlucky to miss out on a well-deserved century having been dismissed on 99, none of the batsmen was able to put up a fight despite some good batsmen in their ranks. Mullick today also emerged as the best batsman from among the visitors. Playing with authority, Mullick notched up an entertaining 72 before falling to Navdeep. His 115-ball knock included five fours and three sixes. For his excellent efforts in this as well as earlier matches the doughty batsman was today selected in the Board President’s XI squad scheduled to play against the visiting Zimbabweans at Vijayawada from February 15 to 17. Opener B.B.C.C. Mahapatra, Rashmi Ranjan Parida and wicketkeeper Gautam Gopal, who made 44, 40 and 31 runs, respectively, were the other batsmen to do anything of note. For India Test opener Shiv Sunder Das, who was castled by seamer Vineet Sharma for a measly 10 runs in the first innings, it turned out to be a largely forgettable outing as he fared no better in the second before he was dismissed by India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh having him caught by Ravneet Ricky at short leg. Das even failed to reach the double-digit mark scoring just nine. Others like Sanjay Raul and P Jayachandra, supposed to be good batsmen, fell in a heap making the task of the hosts easier. This was Navdeep’s fourth five-wicket haul in his 23rd Ranji Trophy match. Vineet, the hero of the first innings for the hosts with a haul of six wickets, though claimed the key scalps of Mahapatra and P Jayachandra, was a trifle expensive conceding 42 runs in his eight overs. Punjab will now clash with Baroda in an away match in the semifinal from February 13 to 17. Punjab (1st innings): 207 Orissa (1st innings) : 200 Punjab (2nd innings): 460 Orissa (2nd innings): Mahapatra c Dharmani b Vineet 44, Das c Ricky b Harbhajan 9, Parida c Dharmani b Puri 40, Jayachandra c Ishan b Vineet 5, Mullick c Sawal b Navdeep 72, Raul lbw Navdep 4, Gopal lbw Navdeep 31, Satpathy c Harbhajan b Navdeep 0, Bipin c Vineet b Navdeep 0, Mohanty c Sawal b Navdeep 0, Barik not out 1 Extras (nb 8, lb 4, w 1): 13 Total (all out in 50.1 overs): 219 Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-65, 3-79, 4-129, 5-135, 6-202, 7-202, 8-208, 9-216, 10-219 Bowling: Vineet Sharma 8-1-42-2, Ishan Malhotra 2-0-23-0, Harbhajan Singh 18-4-67-2, Harish Puri 10-1-47-1, Navdeep Singh 12.1-3-36-5. |
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Dravid to lead
Mumbai, February 9 The selectors, who met here today to pick the team, have named left arm medium pacer Ashish Nehra and opening batsman Gautam Gambhir (both from Delhi) in the 14-member squad. The team: Rahul Dravid (capt-Karnataka), Abhijit kale (Maharashtra), Wasim Jaffer (Mumbai), M. S.K. Prasad (wk-Andhra), Tinu Yohannan (Kerala), Prasanjan Mullick (Orissa), Sarandeep Singh (Delhi), L. Balaji (Tamil Nadu), Asish Nehra (Delhi), Amit Mishra (Haryana), Venugopal Rao (Andhra), Gagan Khoda (Rajasthan), Gautam Gambhir (Delhi) and Sitanshu Kotak (Saurashtra).
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Railways in last four New Delhi, February 9 Tamil Nadu, who had conceded a 147-run first innings lead, declared their second knock at 326 for six after lunch today to give their bowlers a chance to force a result in their favour. However, the 180-run target did not pose much problems for Railways who romped home in 57.2 overs losing just two wickets in the process. Tamil Nadu (Ist innings): 276 Railways (Ist innings): 423 Tamil Nadu (2nd innings): Ramesh lbw b Parida 22, Sriram c Ali b Parida 121, Madangopal c Parida b Harvinder 56, Sarath run out 5, Arasu c Tejinder b Harvinder 26, Badani not out 56, Kapoor c Bangar b Kartik 8, Ramkumar not out 8. Extras (b-12, lb-7, nb-4, w-1) 24. Total (for 6 wkts decl in 79 overs) 326. FOW: 1-68, 2-201, 3-217, 4-225, 5-293, 6-308. Bowling: Harvinder 17-1-82-2, Yadav 10-2-27-0, Parida 21-4-89-2, Bangar 8-0-40-0, Kartik 23-4-69-1. Railways (2nd innings): Bangar not out 52, Pagnis c Badani b Kapoor 42, T.P. Singh c sub b Badani 43, Goud not out 25.Extras (b-7, nb-11) 18. Total (for 2 wkts in 57.2 overs) 180. FOW: 1-71, 2-139. Bowling: Balaji 10-4-11-0, Shrinivas 10-0-44-0, Kapoor 17-3-56-1, Ramkumar 10.2-5-20-0, Sriram 2-1-10-0, Bandani 8-1-32-1.
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Bengal in semis Kolkata, February 9 Resuming at the overnight score of 279 for three, Bengal batsmen continued their onslaught as youngsters Subhomoy Das (107; 258 mins, 196 b, 12x4) and Sanjib Sanyal (92) piled up runs with ease before skipper Rohan Gavaskar declared the second innings at 483 for six an hour after lunch. Gujarat scored 69 for five in their second knock before play was called off after the seventh mandatory over. Bengal, reaching the last four stage of the championship after a fairly long gap, will now meet Railways in the semi-final to be played in New Delhi from February 13 to 17. Bengal (1st innings): 353 Gujrat (1st innings): 321 Bengal (2nd innings): Chakraborty cVora b Bhatt 10, Dasgupta lbw b Parmar 84, Gandhi c sub (Yadav) b Mehta 82, Gavaskar c sub (Yadav) b Bhatt 78, Das run out 107, Sanyal run out 92, R. Shukla not out 16. Extras (b-6, lb-4, nb-4) 14 Total (for 6 wkts decl. 134.4 overs) 483. FOW: 1-16, 2-165, 3-208, 4-286, 5-448, 6-483. Bowling: L. Patel 22.4-4-51-0, B. Mehta 44-11-146-1, S. Bhatt 22-4-72-2, K. Patel 32-5-131-0, K. Damani 10-2-42-0, M. Parmar 4-1-26-1. Gujrat (2nd innings): Modi c Gandhi b Chakraborty 29, Jasipura lbw b Sanyal 0, Patel c Dasgupta b Sanyal 6, Vora lbw b Gavaskar 5,Damani b Chakraborty 16, Varsani not out 9, S. Bhatt not out 1. Extras (b-1, lb-1, w-1) 3. Total (for 5 wkts, 29 overs) 69 FOW: 1-10, 2-20, 3-29, 4-57, 5-64. Bowling: S. Ali 4-1-15-0, S. Sanyal 6-3-8-2, R. Gavaskar 10-4-19-1, S. Lahiri 4-0-15-0, A. Chakraborty 4-1-10-2, S. Das 1-1-0-0.
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Mahindras beat BSF in Durand Cup New Delhi, February 9 In the group
C match, Mahindra, who pounded BSF defence for most of the game, got down to business in the very second minute of play. Following a combined move near the goalmouth, Dias opened the scoring for the Mumbai side. He placed the ball into the far corner of the net off a beautiful pass from Usman with goalkeeper Kameshwar Singh looking on. Kameshwar Singh produced some good saves today to deprive Mahindra more goals. After the custodian fisted over a powerful shot from Usman, Mahindra’s ace striker Raman Vijayan gave the side a 2-0 lead with a neat header from close range. In a counter-attack, BSF’s Kazoor, who was fed with a pass by skipper D.S. Negi, sped down through the middle to score the lone goal for his side. Mahindra increased their margin a minute before the breather through usman. After, a faulty clearance by BSF defender Tapan Bhattacherjee, an unmarked Usman outside the box surged towards the goalmouth with the ball. The goalkeeper charged out but could not prevent the ball from going inside the net. Keeping up the tempo in the second half, Mahindra missed an opportunity when Usman’s uppish shot was brilliantly saved by the rival goallie. BSF, who were locked in a goal-less draw against FC Kochin in their earlier match, made close calls on the Mahindra defence for a while after 15
minutes of the second session. Poor finish by BSF’s forward PhBoy Singh
following a counter move saw the player sending the ball into the safe hands of the agile goalkeeper Virender Singh. Mahindra rounded off the tally in the 38th minute of second half when Venkatesh, who replaced Okolo, netted off an
accurate pass from Khalid. In the other rather one-sided match, Thirunavkarsu (a penalty goal), Anish Sharma, Joney F. Gangmel, Saroj Gurung and L. Sangliana were the scorers for Army XI while Rahim Nabi, Joiful Houzel and James Singh struck for under-19. P.K. Banerjee,
technical adviser to the Indian under-19 and under-16 sides, said he was not happy with the performance of the under-19 team today.
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Patriotism pervades Games opening Salt Lake City, February 9 Like others at Rice-Eccles Stadium, President George W. Bush blinked away tears at the sight of the “Ground Zero” flag being carried into the ceremony in the first minutes, its torn fabric a symbol of a nation in shock since September 11. No loud cries of “U-S-A, U-S-A” could be heard until the very last moments of the ceremony, and few hijinks were seen during the procession of athletes into the stadium.
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Punjab spikers move into final Payyanur, Kerala, February 9 Tom Joseph, the ace striker of Kerala stood helpless before the Punjab defenders, as his strikes were well blocked by Rattan Lal, Manoj Kumar and Narinder Singh at the net. Punjab was today at its best form. The telling smashes of Roy Joseph, Pritpal Singh, Guruvinder Singh and Rattan Lal found no reply from Kerala. Punjab did not face any threat from the hosts. Though Kerala levelled the score at 26, the
experienced Punjab team bagged the set with extra points (28-26). In the second and third sets, Tom Joseph made futile attempts. But Punjab finished the day’s proceedings at 25-19 and 25-13.
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Abhinav assured of bronze Chandigarh, February 9 He has now won four gold, five silver and three bronze medals in the circuit. It was probably the toughest battle of the European circuit in the men’s 10M rifle last night with the world’s best shooters moving into the finals with very high scores. P. Thuesen of Denmark shot an incredible 599 out of 600, World Cup winner L. Rolland of Norway shot 597, Abhinav shot 597 and R. Debevec of Slovenia shot 596. M. Akerholm of Sweden, M. Jensen of Denmark, Christophe Hector of England and T. Olsen of Denmark also moved into the finals with scores of 593, 594, 591 and 593 respectively. In the finals it was a photofinisher with Abhinav hitting 101.3 (597+101.3= 698.3) finishing just 0.2 points behind Rolland who shot 101.5 (597+101.5=698.5). Abhinav’s score of 597 also ensured the team’s bronze for India along with Charan Singh (588) and Ashok Kumar Shahi (585) with a team total of 1770. Denmark took the team Gold and Norway had the team silver with scores of 1786 and 1774 respectively. In the women’s 10M air rifle, Anjali Vedpathak shot a bronze with 397+102.6=499.6 just .3 points behind Kang-Cho Hyun of Korea(396+103.9=499.9) and Kim-Hyung Mi of Korea took the gold with 399+102.4=501.4. |
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Boxing title for Services New Delhi, February 9 Railways were in the second position followed by All India Police (AIP). In a lacklustre performance, Dingko was a shadow of his former self. All the dazzling footwork and blurring punches were not for the disappointed onlookers to see. On the other hand his little known rival H. Raju of Andhra Pradesh managed to crack the celebrated Navy boxer’s rival. Only in round four did Dingko uncoil to unleash some combinations when the referee gave a standing count to Raju. Most of the time Dingko failed to connect and Raju was simply shuffling out of range forcing the referee to urge the boxers to fight. International Jitender Kumar of Railways short upper cut to the solar plexus of Services Boxer, Harvinder Singh had the Army man reeling on the canvass as the referee counted him out in the heavy weight division. It was the shortest bout of the day which lasted only 30 seconds. The light welter weight bout was marked with fireworks with both the pugilists evenly matched. International Sanjit Singh of Assam Rifles experience and technique did little to save him from the onrushing Sum Bahadur Pun of Services whose relentless punches took toll on Sanjit Singh. Singh lost 21-27 ina closely fought four rounds.
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National Child Award for Patiala girl Patiala, February 9 The award was conferred on the young roller-skater by the Vice President of India, Mr Krishan Kant, at a ceremony held in New Delhi recently. Heena Bharti was a member of the Indian contingent that took part in the Asian Roller Skating Championships held at Taiwan last year where the Indian's won a bronze medal in the team event.
Heena Bharti, who won 2 gold and 1 bronze medal in the 39th National Roller Skating Championships held at Vishakhapatnam last month, has also been hounored by the Roller Skating Federation of India and the Punjab Roller Skating Association. She is the first girl form Patiala to have been bestowed upon with the award. Army
School wins Army school carved out an emphatic 6-wicket victory over MES Cricket Club to clinch the title in the Triangular Cricket Tournament, which concluded at the MES grounds here today. Brief scores: MES Cricket Club: 170 for 9 (Rajeev Sharma 57, Jagrup 23, Bunty 15, Varun Arora 10, Sunil 2 for 10, Sanjeev Kumar 1 for 13, Jhujhar Singh 1 for 50, Sunny 1 for 18) Army School: 171 for 4 ( Jagdish Kumar 56
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Delhi college win New Delhi, February 9 After the goal-less first half, the Delhi college scored two goals in the late stages of the match to record victory. Amrik Singh scored in the 51st minute and a minute before the final whistle Lalit Kumar made it 2-0. Earlier in an inconsequential match, M.M.S. Mahavidyalaya, Gwalior, routed T.U.K. Arts College, Thanjavur (T.N.) 15-2 after leading 5-1 at breather.
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Feroz Ali wins golf title Dhaka, February 9 Feroz Ali aggregated a winning score of nine-under 279 for the title. Mukesh Kumar undone by a splurge of bogeys at the start of his round missed out narrowly to settle for second spot at eight-under 280.
Kolkata’s Rafiq Ali and second-round joint-leader Lucknow’s Sanjay Kumar, were tied-third at four-under 284, while promising Chandigarh golfer Ranjit Singh occupied the fifth position at three-under
285. Digvijay Singh, placed second overnight slid to a tied-12th finish courtesy a final round score of 79.His tally stood at level-par 288.
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