McDowell’s win in Northern India Polo
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 19
Team McDowell’s beat Jindal Steel/Royal Kashmir 10-6 in the first match of the Northern India Polo Championship at the Jaipur Polo Ground in the Capital on Tuesday.

Roddy Williams opened the account for McDowell’s, which was equalised by Augustine Gracia for Jindal. Williams converted a 60-yard penalty to put McDowell’s in the lead again. Samir Suhag converted a 30-yard penalty for Jindal.

Then Roddy Williams scored three goals in a row to tilt the game in favour of the winners.

Naveen Jindal and Samir Suhag scored a goal each while Williams converted a 60-yard penalty. Augustine Graci scored for Jindal while Shamsheer Ali struck a brace for McDowell’s. Shamseer Ali and Sameer Suhag scored in that order and Roddy Williams scored the last goal in the action packed match.

Kapil opens golf clinic 
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 19
It was an altogether different ball game, not an unfamiliar one though, for former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev as he swung the ball deep into the greens to open the six-day NIKE-CGR Golf Clinic for school kids in the age group of 11 to 17 years at the Vasant Valley School ground in the Capital. The golf clinic offers an excellent opportunity to young hopefuls to learn the basics of the game from a USPGA-certified A class professional golfer, John D. Volz. “It is heartening to see exclusive sports like golf being given broader access. Efforts such as the Nike-CGR Golf Clinic will help grow the appeal of the game, allowing kids not only to dream big, but also try their best to make it happen”, observed Kapil Dev, as he set the ball rolling.

The clinic is an ongoing initiative that hopes to make available the expertise of its team of professionals as well as its training facilities to school children at marginal fee structures.

RBI rout Bank of India in soccer
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 19
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) trounced Bank of India 5-0 in the Inter-Bank (Northern Region) Football Tournament at the Thyagraj ground in the Capital on Tuesday. Rajesh Kanojia scored a brace, while Shailender Rawat, Danzeil Sunny and Rakesh Rawat scored a goal each for RBI. In another match, Jammu and Kashmir Bank defeated Oriental Bank of Commerce 1-0. Manjoor Ahmed scored the lone goal for the Jammu and Kashmir Bank.

In the carrom tournament held at the Karnail Singh Stadium, RBI beat State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur (SBBJ) 3-0. Vijay Sharma of RBI beat S.D Sharma of SBBJ 25-1, 23-5; V.K Rajput of RBI beat A. Jetley (SBBJ) 25-0, 21-3; C.P. Mohanpuria (RBI) beat Suryanarayan (SBBJ) 25-5, 19-13. In the semi-final, RBI beat SBBJ by 3-0 to clash against

Punjab National Bank (PNB)in the final. PNB beat Bank of Baroda 3-0 to reach the final.

Results: Vijay Sharma (RBI) b S.D. Sharma 25-1, 23-5 (SBBJ); Harender Singh b Mukesh Bansal 25-0, 25-5; R Virmani b Om Prakash 25-22, 20-14.

PNB beat Bank of Baroda 3-0. Results: O.R Madan (PNB) b C.P. Mohanpuria (BOB) 20-6, 20-7; T.K. Sarkar b R. Bhatt 17-5, 25-1. In chess, Moti Ram of State Bank of Patiala and V.M Rajeev of Corporation Bank were leading the table with three points each at the end of the third round in the 7-round Swiss League Tournament.

Results (3rd round): Pawan Gupta (PNB) lost to Moti Ram, M.D. Kaushik (RBI) lost to V.M. Rajeev; Kapil Kumar of Union Bank lost to A.K. Mandal of RBI; Raminderbir Singh of SBOP beat Ashwani Kumar Nagpal of CBI.

In cricket, Punjab National Bank beat Corporation Bank by six wickets at the Khalsa College ground.

Scores: Corporation Bank: 72. PNB: 74/4.

Hindustan win in DSA League

New Delhi, February 19
Last year’s runners-up Hindustan Club scored a solitary goal victory against Shahdara Club in a Group A Super League match to earn three full points in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Senior Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital on Tuesday. In a Group B match, former league champions Moonlight were held to a goalless draw by Tarun Sangha. Hindustan, consisting of many Delhi State players and outstation players on loan, including Lawrence Enti Sore of Mohammedan Sporting, Kolkata could not create much of an impression against a spirited Shahdara, and were lucky to scrape past by a lone goal. Hindustran’s match-winner was scored by Satinder Singh Rawat in the second half, off a pass from Lawrence. Shahdara had missed an opportunity to score when Neeraj Chowdhry fumbled with a Deepak Thakur pass.

Wednesday’s fixtures: IAF, New Delhi vs Mughals (1 pm); City Club vs Frontiers (3 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium. OSR

Rajinder, Satinder shine

New Delhi, February 19
Blistering batting performances by Satinder Yadav (52, 4x2, 74b) and Rajinder Bisht (67, 4x9, 68b) enabled Collage Group beat Lal Bahadur Shastri Coaching Centre by four wickets in the All-India Davinder Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament, organised by Young Friends Cricket Club, in the Capital on Tuesday.

Judges to take on lawyers cricket match
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 19
It will be a different court, and a sporting case to be argued, when judges clash against lawyers in a cricket match to be played at the Karnail Singh Stadium in the Capital on February 23. The match between Justice XI (consisting of judges of Supreme Court and Delhi High Court) and Legal XI (consisting of Supreme Court and High Court lawyers) will be organised by the Bar Association of India (BAI).

The Justice XI team will be led by Hon’ble Mr Justice B.N. Kirpal and the Legal XI will be led by Mr Kapil Sibal, president, Supreme Court Bar Association. Chief Justice of India, Hon’ble Justice S.P. Barucha, Union Minister of Law Justice and Company Affairs, Mr Arun Jaitley and Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Hon’ble Chief Justice S.B. Sinha will also grace the match. General secretary of the Bar Association of India (BAI) Lalit Bhasin said this was the first-ever initiative taken by the BAI to highlight the association of judges and lawyers to join hands together for such an event. He said this will create ripples in the field of law as each participant from all age groups will be a part of “this building good relations among each other”.

Ashok Kumar stars for Delphi India

New Delhi
Ashok Kumar cracked a stroke-filled 66 to power Delphi India to a facile 95 runs victory against IBM India in the ninth Teri Cup Cricket Tournament organised by Teri, at the Teri Oval, Gurgaon. Ashok Kumar was adjudged the man of the match.

IBM India: 87 all out in 18.4 overs (S. Batra 18, 3x4; Wilson 2/9; Hitender 2/13). OC

Sarpanch gets stay order on suspension from HC
Our Correspondent

Jhajjar, February 19
The district police have cancelled a case of rape charges on Ranbir Singh, sarpanch of Dulhera village, following the inquiries in this regard, while the Deputy Commissioner issued orders of his suspension taking cognisance of the rape charges levelled against the sarpanch. The sarpanch, however, claimed to have got a stay order against his suspension from the Panjab and Haryana High Court, yesterday.

A woman of the same village had lodged a written complaint with the district police on January 27, accusing the sarpanch and his elder brother of raping her when she went to their shop situated in the village following which the police registered a case under section 376,342 and 34 of IPC against both the accused.

However, after the medical examination of the woman and further investigations into the case, which suggested the case as fabricated, the case against the sarpanch and his brother were cancelled. In the meantime, Mr Ashok Khemka, the DC, decided to suspend the sarpanch, using his powers under article 51 (1)-A of the Panchayati Raj act 1994.

But the sarpanch claimed to have got the stay orders issued on his suspension from the High Court.