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BCCI earns ICC's ire Dalmiya has his way
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Brave fightback by South Africa Akram
“hungry for the game and success” Abhinn
knocked out of Paris Open
Sekac
claims title in ITF meet JCT go
down to HAL Servo
Motocross from March 29 14-member
team for wrestling Fed Cup NIS
website hacked 2
Haryana boxers triumph SBOP
sports meet
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Yuvraj, Kaif keep series alive
Hyderabad, March 16 Chasing 241 for victory, India were reeling at 132 for four in the 32nd over with all their top batsmen back in the pavilion. But Kaif and Yuvraj, who remained unbeaten on 80 off just 60 balls, put on 94 runs in 15 overs for the fifth wicket as India finally cruised past their target with 11 balls to spare. They paced their innings beautifully, pushing on the accelerator in the last ten overs when India required 70 runs for victory. Kaif, who played the sheet-anchor’s role to perfection, was unlucky not to survive till the end, getting run out in the 47th over for a well-made 68. Zimbabwe captain Stuart Carlisle won the toss for the first time on this tour and elected to bat but it was India who seized the initiative claiming two early wickets. A fourth-wicket partnership worth 96 runs between the two Flower brothers — Andy and Grant — steadied the Zimbabwe innings to 175 by the 40th over. The visitors lost wickets at regular intervals after that but did well to add 65 runs in the last 10 overs. Andy Flower top-scored with 89, his second half-century in this series, while his brother contributed 44. Skipper Stuart Carlisle scored 40 useful runs towards the end before being bowled out off the last ball of the innings by Ajit Agarkar who finished with four wickets for 32 runs. India, who are trailing the five-match series 1-2, made a good start with Agarkar striking twice in his second over. Opener Alistair Campbell snicked an outgoing delivery to Rahul Dravid at first slip after making just three runs and three balls later Travis Friend, who was once again promoted in the batting order, produced a top edge to wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra while trying to pull a short delivery. Veteran Andy Flower then put on 66 for the third wicket as Zimbabwe began the rebuilding exercise. With the preservation of their wickets being the top-most priority, the batsmen avoided any risks and scored at an easy pace. Ebrahim, who had failed in all the three earlier matches, got into awkward tangles due to the uneven bounce of the wicket but survived long enough to ward off any collapse. Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, who is nursing a knee injury, brought himself on as the second change bowler and sent down nine overs on the trot during which he broke the third wicket stand by dismissing Ebrahim, who holed out to Dravid at deep midwicket fence, for 38. After Zimbabwe crossed the 100-run mark in the 28th over, the Flower brothers started accelerating a bit and put on some quick runs. India, who had gone into the do-or-die match with two changes, bringing in left-arm spinner Murali Kartik and dashing batsman Yuvraj Singh in place of Sanjay Bangar and off-spinner Sarandeep Singh, were kept searching for a breakthrough for more than 17 overs before Harbhajan claimed his only wicket of the match. Scoreboard Zimbabwe: Campbell c Dravid b Agarkar 3 Ebrahim c Dravid b Ganguly 38 Friend c Ratra b Agarkar 0 A. Flower c Ratra b Zaheer 89 G. Flower c Mongia b Harbhajan 44 Carlisle b Agarkar 40 Streak b Zaheer 10 Marillier c Laxman b Agarkar 1 Taibu not out 3 Extras: (lb-3, w-7, nb-2) 12 Total: (for 8wkts, 50 overs) 240 Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-13, 3-79, 4-175, 5-190, 6-220, 7-223, 8-240. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 10-0-58-2, Agarkar 10-2-32-4, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-44-1, Ganguly 9-0-36-1, Kartik 8-0-47-0, Mongia 3-0-20-0. India: Mongia c Campbell b Friend 30 Ganguly c G Flower b Hondo 7 Laxman c Taibu b Friend 13 Dravid b G Flower 32 Kaif run out 68 Yuvraj Singh not out 80 Agarkar not out 5 Extras: (b-1, lb-2, w-6) 9 Total: (for 5 wkts, 48.1 overs) 244 Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-50, 3-56, 4-132, 5-226. Bowling: Streak 8-0-36-0, Hondo 8-0-48-1, Friend 8.1-1-42-2, Mbangwa 8-1-27-0, G Flower 8-0-41-1, Marillier 8-0-47-0.
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BCCI earns ICC's ire Cape town, March 16 The 13-member all powerful Executive Board of ICC, during its two-day meeting here, discussed among other things the deadlocked cricketing relations between the two powers of the sub-continent and expressed its concern, ICC sources said. Some members of the board even suggested harsh punishment against the Indian cricket board for repeatedly refusing to play against Pakistan. The BCCI expressed helplessness in the matter saying that it had to depend on permission from the government of India for playing against Pakistan. The English Cricket Board even suggested that the BCCI should be boycotted by all the Test playing nations while New Zealand proposed a hefty financial penalty. Mr Dalmiya told PTI that he would not be able to say
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Dalmiya has his way
Cape Town, March 16 The three-man commission announced by the ICC in January was scrapped and a new disputes resolution committee was set up to review the procedures adopted by match referee Mike Denness, who took disciplinary action against six Indian players during a Test match in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, last November. The committee will be chaired by Michael Beloff, a leading English lawyer, and will include ICC executive board members Peter Chingoka of Zimbabwe, Bob Merriman of Australia and Wes Hall of the West Indies. Dalmiya, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, rejected the original commission which included former Test batsmen Majid Khan (Pakistan), Andrew Hilditch (Australia) and former judge Albie Sachs of South Africa. The ICC announced, however, that the board had accepted a detailed proposal by chief executive Malcolm Speed to revise the role of match referees. In future umpires will lay disciplinary charges which match referees will act upon. There will be a right of appeal against decisions about serious charges. Referees will be able to explain their decisions to the media, which they cannot do under existing regulations. Paul Condon, director of the ICC anti-corruption unit, told a media briefing that international cricket had been free of corruption for the past year. He said he was confident next year’s World Cup in South Africa would be played "entirely on merit". The board meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Cricket committee - playing, under the chairmanship of former Indian Test batting great Sunil Gavaskar. The most far-reaching outcome could be an extension of the use of technology to include an option for on-field umpires to refer any decisions to a television umpire for review.
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Astle’s fastest double century in vain
Christchurch, March 16 Astle’s astonishing knock saw him reach 200 off 153 balls and take the Kiwis to within sight of an amazing come-from-behind win. His performance smashed the previous record of 200 off 212 balls set by Australian Adam Gilchrist against South Africa in Johannesburg last month. The home-town hero ripped into the England bowlers, particularly first-innings destroyer Matthew Hoggard, with some of the biggest hitting seen at the Christchurch ground. Such was his prodigious striking that two balls were lost with mighty blows out of the ground. His batting pyrotechnics came to end when he flashed at a wide delivery and was caught behind by James Foster off Hoggard for 222. Astle was at the crease for 232 minutes and smashed 11 sixes and 28 boundaries off 168 balls. While Astle was blasting away an unthinkable victory chasing a formidable 550 runs was still a possibility as he and partner Chris Cairns (23 not out) put on 118 runs on for the last wicket. Cairns batted at No 11 because of knee ligament damage which has ruled him out of the remaining Tests in Wellington and Auckland. Astle brought up his hundred when on 97 substitute Craig White fumbled the ball over the boundary rope to gift-wrap a boundary. He earned a standing ovation from the crowd when he reached his 150 and then proceeded to launch into successive sixes off Caddick, the second which cleared the roof of a grandstand forcing a replacement ball to be found. He took the long handle to another Caddick over with three sixes off three balls animating the small crowd. Yet while Astle, and to a certain extent opener Mark Richardson (76) did themselves proud, the other New Zealand batsmen failed to rise to the considerable challenge. Caddick finished with 6-122 off 25 overs. England, who have dominated the opening Test since recovering from the loss of four wickets before lunch on the opening day, needed four wickets for victory at tea. Daniel Vettori lasted 32 minutes before he was out to a mid-wicket catch by Andy Flintoff off spinner Ashley Giles for 12 and then Chris Drum and Ian Butler followed setting up Astle and Cairns’ breathtaking final wicket stand. Before tea, Stephen Fleming, dropped by Nasser Hussain at first slip when on four, got an inside edge to Flintoff and was well caught low down by James Foster for 48. Craig McMillan lasted 52 minutes before he was caught and bowled by Caddick for 24 and Adam Parore became Caddick’s fifth wicket when he played on for one facing only four balls. Kiwi-born Caddick claimed three wickets before lunch to get England’s advance in full swing. He got a lifter which appeared to brush Mark Richardson’s arm guard and was caught behind by Foster. Sri Lankan umpire Asoka de Silva, who has made a number of controversial lbw decisions in this Test, gave Richardson out. SCOREBOARD England (1st innings): 228 New Zealand (1st innings): 147 England (2nd innings): 468 for 6 decl. New Zealand 2nd innings
(28 without loss overnight): Richardson c Foster b Caddick 76 Horne c Foster b Caddick 4 Vincent c Butcher b Caddick 0 Fleming c Foster b Flintoff 48 Astle c Foster b Hoggard 222 McMillan c and b Caddick 24 Parore b Caddick 1 Vettori c Flintoff b Giles 12 Drum lbw b Flintoff 0 Butler c Foster b Caddick 4 Cairns not out 23 Extras (b-9, lb-11, nb-16, w-1) 37 Total (all out, 93.3 overs) 451 Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-53, 3-119, 4-189, 5-242, 6-246, 7-300, 8-301, 9-333. Bowling: Caddick 25-8-122-6, Hoggard 24.3-5-142-1, Giles 28-6-73-1, Flintoff 16-1-94-2.
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Hussain
hails England win Christchurch, March 16 In a memorable match on an excellent drop-in pitch at Jade Stadium - 1,294 runs and 36 wickets in four days’ play - Hussain’s men triumphed by 98 runs after setting the Kiwis 550 runs to win. Nathan Astle’s explosive 222, the fastest double-century in Test history, gave the Kiwis a glimpse at an impossible victory, but it was a Test that England dominated despite losing two wickets in the opening over on Wednesday. Buttressed by Hussain’s fighting 106 England recovered from 89 for four to score 228 in their first innings, bowled out the Kiwis for 147 with Matthew Hoggard taking 7 for 63 and then won the match when Graham Thorpe scored 200 and Andrew Flintoff 137 in a second innings declaration of 468 for six. Hussain said there were a few great performances in the Test among his players, but it needed more performances from other team members.
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Brave fightback by South Africa
Durban, March 16 On an extraordinary day, during which 17 wickets fell for 278 runs, Australia were 159 for eight in their second innings, an overall lead of 307. Australia seemed well on the way to completing a six-victory home-and-away clean sweep against South Africa when they bowled out the home side for just 167 to claim a 148-run first innings lead. Fast bowler Brett Lee took four for 82 and leg-spinner Shane Warne four for 33. But then it was Australia’s turn to fold on what Australian vice-captain Adam Gilchrist said yesterday was a good pitch, with only embattled captain Steve Waugh standing firm as he ended the day 34 not out when bad light stopped play three overs early. SCOREBOARD Australia (Ist innings): 315 South Africa (Ist Innings): Gibbs c Gilchrist b Gillespie 51 Kirsten c Gillespie b Lee 21 Adams c Hayden b Lee 6 Smith c Gilchrist to McGrath 1 Kallis c and b Warne 16 McKenzie c Martyn b Lee 25 Prince c Lee b Warne 0 Boucher c and b Warne 0 Hall not out 27 Ntini c McGrath b Warne 14 Terbrugge c Gilchrist b Lee 0 Extras (LB-1, NB-4, W-1) 6 Total (all out, 55.2 overs) 167 Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-74, 3-75, 4-85, 5-109, 6-119, 7-119, 8-148, 9-167. Bowling: McGrath 11-4-26-1 (nb-1), Lee 17.2-1-82-4 (nb-1, w-4), Gillespie 14-6-25-1, Warne 13-4-33-4. Australia (2nd innings): Langer c Boucher b Terbrugge 18 Hayden c Prince b Terbrugge 0 Ponting c Terbrugge b Ntini 34 M. Waugh b Kallis 30 S. Waugh not out 34 Martyn c Boucher b Kallis 0 Gilchrist c Boucher b Kallis 16 Warne c McKenzie b Adams 13 Gillespie c Kallis b Adams 3 Lee not out 5 Extras: (lb-3 nb-2 w-1) 6 Total: (for 8 wickets, 42 overs) 159 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-19, 3-77, 4-90, 5-90, 6-114, 7-129, 8-150. Bowling: Ntini 13-2-50-1 (nb-2, w-1), Terbrugge 4-1-21-2, Hall 4-1-20-0, Adams 13-0-47-2, Kallis 8-2-18-3.
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Akram “hungry for the game and success”
Islamabad, March 16 “If anything, I have come to expect such setbacks. It only makes me stronger and motivates me to do well again,” The News, quoting the legendary all-rounder, reported yesterday. The 35-year-old paceman was dropped controversially from last week’s Asian Test Championship final against Sri Lanka. However, chief selector Wasim Bari and captain Waqar Younis claimed the decision had been taken as they were not sure about his fitness for the five-day match. “I have no problems with my fitness and I am bowling well. The more I play I think I can prove my fitness. Most importantly, I am enjoying myself,” Akram retorted. However, Akram expressed disappointment that no selector was present at the National Stadium during the PIA and Karachi match yesterday to watch him or off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq. “When our fitness is in doubt then I think the selectors should be watching us in these conditions. They can judge our fitness, form and interest by watching us bowl, field and do things generally in the match conditions,” he contended. The Pakistan’s highest
wicket-taker in Tests and one-dayers also insisted that he had no plans to choose between playing Tests or just One-dayers in the near future. “I am feeling okay and confident. The day I break down again with an injury in a match or let the team down, then I will seriously think about my future and take a decision on whether I should restrict myself to one form of the game,” Akram added. The former captain declined to acknowledge any similarity between him and some recent cases where senior international players had either been dropped or retired due to injuries. “I do not look at a similar fate for myself as the way the Australian selectors have sacked Steve Waugh and Mark Waugh from their one-day squad or the manner in which South African fast bowler Allan Donald announced his retirement from Test cricket due to injuries,” he added. He said, “I do not think my situation compares with them. I do not have major fitness problems and I am bowling well. I am hungry for the game and success.” On future programmes of the Pakistan cricket team, he stated that his team’s showing against New Zealand and Australia this year will influence its performance in the 2003 World Cup. “It is still far off. Before that we play some very important Tests and one-dayers against New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. If we do well against them, we can be confident of doing well in the World Cup,” the paceman explained. Describing New Zealand as a “good side”, Akram said the Kiwis would prove to be tough opposition in the coming home series. “I have been saying that for the last three months, we cannot take them lightly.” He noted, “As far as Australia are concerned, the series against them in September to me is the high point of this season. If we can beat them and also in the three one-dayers we play against them in June, then we can confidently say we can challenge for the World Cup.” He said Australia’s string of successes was because of their mental strength and shrewd planning before every series and match and the way it was executed. “They play a psychological battle with you. They target key opposition players. We must adopt a similar aggressive approach. But to do this, we have to have a pool of 25 players who are assured of their places in the team no matter what happens. A player needs to be given a run of at least three Tests to prove his worth.” Insisting that he had no personal ego clash with Waqar, Akram said: “I am comfortable playing under him. What is most important is that we all sit down and put our heads together and devise a plan to stop our run of defeats at home.” “The defeat to Sri Lanka has had a demoralising effect on us,” he added. Pakistan has had a very poor record at home since 1995 having lost series to Sri Lanka (twice), South Africa, Australia, Zimbabwe and England. Akram asserted, “We must reverse this trend of losing at home. I am confident I can go through all the series and stand the strain of hard cricket.”
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Abhinn knocked out of Paris Open
Paris, March 16 Abhinn, who defeated dangerous Englishman Aamir Ghaffar in the first round 6-8, 7-5, 7-3, 7-0, ran into upcoming Chinese sensation Wu
Yugang, a right hand player. But all credit must go to the Indian who, as usual, started off slowly, losing the first two games. However, he came roaring back with a sensational defensive game to win the next. He then saved three matchpoints and equalled at 7-7, only to see a dead-tired Chinese walk away with the match 7-2,7-1,3-7,8-7 in a 47 minute thriller, the likes of which have hardly been seen in this tournament, into its 16th edition. It was real heartbreak for
Abhinn, who has moved up to 42 in the rankings, with a good performance at the All-England last week. In the exciting encounter, Abhinn did everything possible in the last game, which went on for 23 minutes, as service after service changed hands with Abhinn diving all over the court to retrieve bullet smashes. "I badly wanted to defend my title. A win here would have put me in the top 35 rankings and then I could have gone on from there. I played well and am happy with my result at the All-England and my first match here,’’ said
Abhinn. But there was good news for the Indian squad here as Nikhil Kanitker and Aparna Popat moved into the singles
quarter-finals. Popat, a champion here in 1999, beat Kate Riddler of Wales easily in first round and then accounted for Russian shuttler Anastassia 7-1, 4-7, 7-4, 7-0 in regal style. She now plays Chinese shuttler Xia
Xinfeng. Kanitker beat Mathew Shuker of England in three easy games and then played brilliantly to down German Mike Joppien 7-2, 7-0, 6-8,
7-4. Kanitkar, who reached the Scottish Open finals last December, had served two matchpoints in the third game at 6-4 but did not exploit the lead. He now plays the second seeded Bobby Millroy of Canada, a player he has defeated in the
past. Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde lost their main draw first round matches but the doubles pairs of
Diju/Sanave in the men’s and Jwalla Gutta/Shruti Kurien in the women’s did well to move into the second rounds.
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Sampras, Hewitt enter semis
Indian Wells, March 16 Hewitt, the top seed, downed unseeded Swede Thomas Enqvist 6-4 6-4, while 10th-seeded Sampras beat unseeded German Rainer Schuttler 6-2 6-4 yesterday. Wildcard Todd Martin upset second seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7-6 (7/5) 6-3 to line up a semi-final clash with ninth-seeded Briton Tim Henman, a 6-3 6-2 winner over Argentina’s Gaston Gaudio. “You can never write Pete off,” Hewitt said of Sampras, even though American is seeking his first tournament title since capturing his 13th Grand Slam singles crown at Wimbledon in 2000. Hewitt’s victory over Sampras in the US Open final last September ensured 2001 was the first year Sampras went without a Grand Slam title since 1992. “He’ll probably be looking to get some revenge,” Hewitt said. “I just go out there and play my game, basically not worry about his game too much. I’m going to have to return extremely well, make a lot of balls back.” “You can’t walk out there thinking of last year,” Sampras said, adding that Hewitt’s form in this tournament would be enough to think about. “He’s pretty much breezed through the tournament,” Sampras said. “He’s oozing with confidence right now.” Sampras and Hewitt will figure in the first match on stadium court at noon. It gave Sampras a quick turnaround, but at least meant he should be spared the cold, windy conditions he battled through on both Thursday and last evening. “It was pretty nasty out there. It was very cold, my back was geting pretty tight,” said Sampras, who was clearly angry with himself when he gave back a break in the second set to let Schuttler level the score at 4-4 . His frustration mounted in the next game, when he led 0-40 but didn’t get the break until his sixth break point. “I was getting pretty frustrated at the end,” admitted Sampras. “I was pretty much pissed off. But I rebounded and broke him the next game. Thinking of the early start tomorrow, maybe I was rushing a little.” While Sampras and Schuttler had to contend with the cold, windy night conditions, Henman was hindered by the cool morning weather in his match.
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Sekac claims title
in ITF meet Chennai, March 16 Sekac, who claimed his second Futures title, ranked higher on the
ATP 709 to his 681, could not find the length of his shots till midway in the first set. Broken in the second game and down 0-3, he settled down to play some delectable drop volleys and slammed down a few aces on the crucial points, to break Sherwood in the fifth game. Sekac forced a tie-break after levelling 3-3 and 4-4, 5-5 and 6-6 as it went on serves, each relying on the forced errors of the other. In the tie-break, Sekac blasted his way to a 7-3 win easily after Sherwood managed to level 3-3 but caved in under pressure. Sherwood seemed to regain his composure in the second set but erred on his returns with Sekac not giving him many balls on his strong backhand. Sherwood began in great style breaking Sekac in the very first game but Sekac broke back (1-1), held for a 2-1 lead and broke Sherwood again in the fourth game to be up 3-1. Sherwood broke back in the fifth game (2-3) and held serve to level 3-3. But from then on the young Slovak pulled out some brilliant stuff. He held serve for a 4-3 lead, broke Sherwood again to be up 5-3 and held serve to wrap up the contest with a sharp backhand drop volley which eluded a lunging Sherwood.
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JCT go down to HAL Bangalore, March 16 Though the JCT men put all their might in their bid to surge ahead from the existing tenth position in the National Football League, the gritty HAL players refused to oblige them. Forwards Mulisa Jimmy and Raja Baliev Narlan scored for HAL in the 31st and 38th minutes, while Harvinder (Jr) came up with the consolation goal for JCT in the 61st minute. With this victory, HAL took their points tally to 25 from 16 outings and JCT remained at 11 points. JCT, coached by Sukhvinder Singh, who called the tunes initially. Harvinder (Jr) took a close look at the HAL’s goal mouth in the fourth minute itself. But, he shot off a pass from J. Randhawa over the bar. JCT wasted another good scoring chance when Harvinder Junior, missed the target in the 41st minute. HAL, who had the home crowd support, went on an attacking spree. The second half was dominated by JCT. JCT made repeated raids on the HAL goal, but missed scoring chances in the 55th, 56th and 60th minutes. After JCT finally found the target, HAL became more alert and concentrated much on defending their lead, which they did successfully.
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Servo Motocross from March 29 Chandigarh, March 16 The events will be held in four section — Open class (foreign made bikes of more than 250CC), expert class (Foreign bikes of more than 250CC with a little Indian modifications), Clubman-Novice and Clubman for local boys only. He said the first day (March 29) of the motocross will be devoted to pre- event submission of entries and other formalities, while on March 30 participants will practice throughout the day to have feel of the track. The competitions will be held on March 31. The track, six to eight km long, will be laid by March 25. He said rules and regulations will be followed as per the International Moto sport guidelines. He said the Sector 32 and the Sector16 hospitals and the PGI have been sounded in case of any emergency during the event and a medical officer will be there at the venue. He said that unfortunately no permanent land has yet been allotted for this sport which is gaining immense popularity. |
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14-member team for wrestling Fed Cup Chandigarh, March 16 Mr M.S. Malik, President, Wrestling Federation of India, would grace the veledictory function to be held on March 21, where the winners would be honoured with the medals. The Sports Authority of India has informed that the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports will honour the winners of various recognised international competitions of various sports disciplines held during 2001. The sportspersons and their coaches will be awarded with cash prizes function for which would be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on March 18. Indian wrestlers had excelled in various Asian and international championship held at Allanbatar (Mangolia), Tashkent (Russia) and Teheran (Iran) during 2001. As many as 12 wrestlers won 3 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals in these events. Out of which Sunita, Somvir, Ramesh Kumar and Sandeep Dahiya hail from Haryana. |
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NIS website
hacked Patiala, March 16 Mr Rajesh Kumar, Investigation Officer (IO) at the Civil Lines police station, said that the police was investigating the case on priority basis. However, he said that due to lack of awareness of cyber laws, the investigations could take some time to be completed although the police was working on various theories including the one that the hacking could have been the handiwork of some insiders in an attempt to defame the
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2 Haryana boxers
triumph Chennai, March 16 Srinivasan won on points 5-0 with the referee stopping his bout against Kamaljeet Singh of Chandigarh. In the other bouts, in the feather weight category, Services’s Benjamin Siddi defeated Delhi’s K. Ravikumar, Ajitpal Singh of Haryana scored a narrow 3-2 win over Bengal’s P.K. Nair. In the light welter class, Thyagarajan outpunched 5-0 Rajiv Singh of Chandigarh, while Deepak Mahajan of Haryana prevailed 3-2 over Deepak Tamang of Army. In the light middle category, Goa’s Paramanand Gaonkar beat Ajay Singh of Chandigarh.
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SBOP sports meet Chandigarh, March 16 Mr Amitabha Guha, Chief General Manager of the bank, will inaugurate the meet while Mr AK Purwar, managing Director, State Bank of Patiala, will preside over the prize distribution function, according to a press note. |
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