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April 20, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Tendulkar, Dravid steady India Pakistan “keen on reversing” losing
trend ICC introduces
new code Viswanath referee for England-Lanka
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Vijay Singh ‘disappointed’ DOWN MEMORY LANE — SOCCER WORLD CUP South Korean eves blank India Inter-polytechnic
meet results Gopichand to meet Ratti in final BPCL, CISF post
victories Beant sets new meet
record Preparations on for Special
Olympics Incentives for
sportspersons DAV-8 lads bow out in semis
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Tendulkar, Dravid steady India
Port of Spain, April 19 First Test centurion Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar added 118 runs for the unfinished third wicket partnership as India put on 86 in the post-lunch session without losing any wicket. Dravid was batting on 64 with 10 fours while Tendulkar was on 63, which included nine hits to the fence. Dravid batted confidently throughout but Tendulkar survived quite a few anxious moments before settling down to display his natural strokeplay. Earlier, India, who had been put in to bat by the West Indies captain Carl Hooper, lost both their openers with only 38 runs on board. Shiv Sunder Das got a new partner in Sanjay Bangar after India decided to replace wicketkeeper batsman Deep Dasgupta with Ajay Ratra. Das was his usual compact self before being trapped leg before wicket for 10 by a Mervyn Dillon delivery that came in sharply and found him plumb in front. Opening for the first time in international cricket, Bangar looked very nervous initially but did well to hang in for more than one hour. However, just when he was getting his rhythm right, he flashed at an Adam Sanford delivery outside the off-stump to be caught by wicketkeeper Junior Murray for nine. Dravid began from where he had left in the first Test and played attractive shots right from the start. He was particularly good on the off-side where he picked most of his runs and also a couple of sweetly-timed boundaries. But Tendulkar was uncharacteristically shaky in his start. He repeatedly played and missed, was rapped on the pads quite often and on one ocassion was really lucky to survive a caught behind appeal. It was only after he reached his 40s that Tendulkar started getting things right. He hit Sanford for a four to long-off followed by another in the bowler’s next over, after which he reached his 32nd Test half-century with a single. One over later, Tendulkar produced a crackling cover driven boundary off Sanford which brought up the 100-run partnership for the third wicket. He hit another boundary in the same over, an uppish cut through point to race into his 60s. Dravid, in the meanwhile, had already reached his fifty with his ninth boundary, a perfect straight drive off Mervyn Dillon. He looked calm and composed and handled the West Indies pace attack quite comfortably. India’s continued experiment at the top of the batting order resulted in yet another failure as they made a tentative start. All-rounder Sanjay Bangar became the new partner of Shiv Sunder Das after India decided to drop wicketkeeper batsman Deep Dasgupta. But both Das and Bangar were out with only 38 runs on the board after West Indies captain Carl Hooper won the toss and put India in to bat. It was the more experienced Das who was the first to return to pavilion. Das who looked solid during his 33-minute knock, was out to a beautiful delivery from Mervyn Dillon which cut in sharply and hit the batsman’s pads right in front of the wicket. Das scored 10. Earlier, India made three changes in their side and surprisingly excluded veteran leg-spinner Anil Kumble to
accommodate an extra fast bowler to suit pitch conditions. Left arm seamer Ashish Nehra joined Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath to form the three-pronged pace attack while Harbhajan Singh replaced fellow off-spinner Sarandeep Singh as the only slow bowler in the side. Wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra was given his Test cap with Dasgupta dropped.
PTI SCOREBOARD India (1st innings): Das lbw b Dillon 10 Bangar c Murray b Sanford 9 Dravid not out 64 Tendulkar not out 63 Extras (b-4 lb-5 nb-1) 10 Total (for two wickets) 156 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-38 Bowling: Dillon 14-3-29-1, Cuffy 12-3-27-0, Sanford 14-3-59-1, Black 9-5-20-0, Hooper 5-1-12-0. |
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Pakistan “keen on reversing” losing trend Karachi, April 19 New Zealand’s leading all-rounders Chris Cairns and Dion Nash as well as fast bowler Shane Bond will miss the Pakistan tour through injury while experienced wicketkeeper Adam Parore has retired. “New Zealand has always been a side without star players. But their greatest strength has been their ability to support each other on the field,” Nazar told Reuters today. “They are a very cohesive unit and this is reflected in the results they have achieved in the last six months in Australia and against England.” The Pakistan team are preparing for the first one-day international against New Zealand on Sunday after reaching the port city of Karachi late on Thursday evening from Sharjah where they humbled Sri Lanka in the Sharjah Cup final. “I am happy with the way my boys responded in the last two matches including the final in Sharjah. But I would not like to take it easy in the coming series because we beat New Zealand twice in the pool matches,” Nazar said. “New Zealand are at a disadvantage having lost their key bowlers for this tour. But they have always had injury problems but still played competitive cricket in the recent months.” Nazar said he did not expect to make any changes to the side that beat Sri Lanka in the Sharjah final by 217 runs on Wednesday, although young all-rounder Yasir Arafat has been added to the squad to replace Azhar Mahmood who has left for England to take up a short term contract with Surrey. Nazar said the three one-dayers and two Tests against New Zealand would be tough as Pakistan had lost six series at home in the last six years. Their latest defeat came in the Asian Test Championship final against Sri Lanka at Lahore. “We would like to reverse this trend of losing at home and I think we can do it. As we have several advantages on our side. But we can’t take anything for granted,” he said. New Zealand coach Denis Aberhart said that his team was capable of playing competitive cricket. “Injuries have been a setback to our plans for the last 12 months. But we see this as an opportunity for the fringe players to make their places,” he said.
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ICC introduces
new code London, April 19 The code, approved at last month’s ICC executive board meeting in Cape Town, is designed to provide a clearer and more consistent code for the players as well as match officials with four levels of offences, each with a set range of penalties that can be imposed by the ICC match referee. “This new code provides a tougher, but fairer framework for the international game. There are far more stringent maximum penalties than previously, but it is also more transparent and will be applied more consistently than in the past. All players will be fully aware of the punishments they can expect if they flout the laws in future,” said ICC Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed.
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Viswanath referee for England-Lanka series London, April 19 Viswanath, veteran of 91 Test matches, will be in charge of the three-Test series between England and Sri Lanka at the Lord’s (May 16-20), Edgbaston (May 30-June 6) and Old Trafford (June 13-17). Elite panel umpires S. Venkatraghavan and Daryl Harper will also work the matches at the Lord’s and Edgbaston. Steve Bucknor and David Orchard will assist at Old Trafford. Bucknor and Orchard will stay on for the triangular series, which also marks Mike Procter’s first appearance in England as a member of the new five-man ICC referees panel. Lloyd handles England’ Test series with India. England play India at the Lord’s from July 25 to 29, at Trent Bridge from August 8 to 12, at Headingley from August 22 to 26 and at The Oval from September 5 to 9. Rudi Koertzen and Russell Tiffin are elite panel umpires for the first meetings, with Asoka De Silva and David Orchard in the last two. Lloyd is also in charge of the one-day international series between Australia and Pakistan in June.
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Vijay Singh ‘disappointed’ New Delhi, April 19 “Tell him (Kapil) I am really disappointed,” Vijay Singh said. “Definitely I’ll have a game of golf with him,” Vijay Singh told reporters here last night via video-conferencing from Jacksonville, USA. He hoped the tee-off would materialise some time towards the end of the year. Fijian Vijay Singh, who is of Indian origin, proudly said he can speak Hindi the Indian way. He, however, was sad he could watch little cricket. “Here in the USA it’s difficult to watch cricket on TV. It’s very little, so I am not able to follow the Indian team in action,” he said. Vijay Singh, who finished 7th in the Augusta Masters last Sunday, was to arrive here to play in the BILT Skins Golf event with Kapil, Arjun Atwal and Harmeet Kahlon. “It’s just a heel spur,” Vijay said about the foot injury. “It hurts when you walk and some times the pain is really great and at Augusta the walking took its toll,” he said adding he was on pain killers and advised rest for three weeks. Vijay Singh, who won the Augusta Masters in 2000, said Indian golfers had a lot of potential. “They have to travel. They can’t improve without playing in Europe or USA.” “Jeev (Milkha Singh) achieved success in Japan, but for Asians to come up, they have to play in the USA or Europe. I am happy to see many new youngsters coming up from Asia. It’s just a matter of time,” he said. Admitting his love for India, Vijay said: “I am an Indian though I don’t travel to India much. My connection to India is through Fiji. So you can call me a Fijian Indian,” he said. “I have played in Delhi and Calcutta in the Indian Open. But I don’t remember whether it was in 1983-84 or 84-85, Vijay Singh said adding “absolutely I have no idea where I finished.” Reviewing the Augusta Masters where he finished seventh after leading at one stage, Vijay Singh said the new layout of the course didn’t make much of a difference. “Monday and Tuesday, the course was different. It was hard, instead of six shots we were hitting 8 to 9 shots. And then rains softened it,” he said. He also replied in the negative when asked whether other strong contenders just let go Tiger Woods to win the title. “I don’t think we let him away in the final round. He played really well and led,” he said. “I don’t really worry playing Woods or (Phil) Mickelson, may be the younger guys have that feeling,” Vijay Singh said when asked about the pressure created by Woods. “Golf is a very difficult game. And you worry about your own game (more) than about others,” Vijay Singh said. “It was a tough finish. I bogeyed in the eighth hole and then had one in water in the 13th and two more in the pond on the 15th. You don’t push it straight from the third hole because you know you have a lot more to play, Vijay Singh said adding it was a Masters and one of the hardest tournaments. Acknowledging that his wife was the most influential person in his life, Vijay Singh also saw a bright future for his 11-year-old son.
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DOWN MEMORY LANE — SOCCER WORLD CUP Paris, April 19 Because of travel difficulties, just 13 nations accepted an invitation to take part. Only four nations from Europe — France, Belgium, Romania and Yugoslavia — said yes, and all except the Yugoslavs boarded the Italian liner Conte Verde at Villefranche-sur-Mer in France for the long voyage across the Atlantic. The teams trained on the boat during the two-week trip before joining Yugoslavia and the nine other South American teams in
Monteviedo. The 13 competitors were split into four groups with the winners contesting the semifinals. Yugoslavia did best of the Europeans nations by reaching the last four when they were soundly beaten 1-6 by Uruguay. In the other semi-final Argentina overhwhelmed the USA by an identical
scoreline. Uruguay, backed by a partisan crowd of 90,000 in the Centenario Stadium, beat the Argentines 4-2 in the final after being 1-2 down at half-time. A public holiday was declared in Uruguay, but in Buenos Aires hostile fans attacked the Uruguayan embassy. 1934, Italy:
The political situation in Europe had become more and more tense, with fascism, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler in Germany, taking a hold. Italy, too, was under the spell, with Benito Mussolini hoping to use the 1934 World Cup to further the glory of his own fascist regime. Sixteen teams — 12 from Europe, three South Americans (though not the holders Uruguay) and one African nation, Egypt — lined up for the finals, which were this time conducted purely on a knockout basis. For the second successive time, the host country took the spoils. Under the approving gaze of Mussolini, the Italians saw off Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the final, though only after extra time. The Czechs silenced the partisan 50,000 crowd when Antonin Puc scored with just 20 minutes of the match remaining. They almost added a second when the ball struck a post before Argentine-born Raimundo Orsi scored a late equaliser for Italy with a brilliant goal. Italy clinched their first World Cup title when Angelo Schiavo scored the match-winner in the seventh minute of extra-time. Unlike 1930, when all games were played in one centre, Montevideo, eight venues were used in Italy: Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin, Florence, Bologna, Genoa and Trieste. The first African nation to compete in the World Cup finals were Egypt. Fawzi scored both their goals in their 4-2 defeat by Hungary in Naples. The first World Cup-tie to go into extra-time was between Austria and France when they drew 1-1. Austria’s so-called
Wunderteam, under coach Hugo Meisl, finally emerged winners at 3-2, though they later went down 0-1 to Italy in the semi-finals. In the final between Italy and the Czechs both captains were the goalkeepers — Giampiero Combi for Italy and Frantisek Planick for Czechoslovakia. 1938, France: By now Europe was teetering on the brink of major conflict, and, two years after Hitler had used the Berlin Olympics to glorify Nazism, France was chosen to stage the 1938 World Cup. Austria’s Wunderteam was a notable absentee - Austria had been invaded by Germany - while Spain were also missing, preoccupied with civil war. England were in conflict with FIFA, and South America, peeved at not being chosen as host after Italy 1934, sent only one representative, Brazil. Asia was represented for the first time, by the Dutch East Indies, though they were quickly on their way home after losing 0-6 to Hungary in the first round. Having edged Brazil 2-1 in the semis, Italy, under tough coach Vittorio
Pozzo, lifted the trophy for the second year in succession, defeating Hungary 4-2 in the final at
Colombes. The Hungarians had reached the final by demolishing Sweden 5-1, despite conceding a goal after only 30 seconds. France became the first hosts to lose a match when Italy beat them 3-1 in the quarter-finals. Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini sent a telegramme to coach Vittorio Pozzo before the final saying: “Win or die.” Luckily Italy won, and Pozzo became the first coach to win the trophy twice following the 1934 success. Giuseppe Meazza and Giovanni Ferrari became the first players to win consecutive winners’ medals. There was not another tournament for 12 years because of World War II. The Jules Rimet Trophy survived the hostilities, hidden under the bed of an official of the Italian Football Association. 1950, Brazil:
World War II was still fresh in the memory for the 1950 finals. Europe, devastated by the fighting, was licking its wounds while Asia was enveloped in new conflicts in Indo-China. After an enforced break of 12 years, South America, left relatively unscathed by the War, was chosen to host the 1950 event, with Brazil welcoming the continent’s first tournament since the inaugural one in 1930 in Uruguay. Brazil immediately set about building the 200,000-capacity Maracana Stadium in Rio, while England prepared for their first World Cup appearance. It wasn’t a success. Humiliation came in the form of an early exit after a shock 0-1 defeat to the USA. The decisive match also provided a surprise as Uruguay surprised Brazil, who had thrashed Sweden 7-1 and Spain 6-1, before a world record crowd of 193,850 at the
Maracana. Albino Cardosa Friaca put Brazil ahead two minutes after half-time, but goals by Alc ides Ghiggia and top scorer Juan Schiaffino maintained Uruguay’s unbeaten record and crowned them world champions for the second time. For the first time since 1930 four qualifying groups were used instead of knockout stages. Uruguay at last decided to play in the competition and they along with Bolivia, Chile and Paraguay reached the finals without playing a match.
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South Korean eves blank India Margao, April 19 The visitors’ cause was helped by a hat-trick from Han Song I (22nd, 23rd, 52nd) on their way to the emphatic victory. The other goal for the Koreans, who led 2-0 at half time, came from Lee Jong Mi (48th). Korea, who held sway throughout the match, played an attacking game but found stiff resistance from the rivals, who packed the defence with more players. The Koreans finally used the long ball from the flanks to get the breakthrough in the 22nd minute. Park Young, from the right, lobbed the ball over the rival defence to Han Song I, who sent an angular drive that beat keeper Wangkhem Thabal Devi completely. Han Sing again found the net a minute later when she headed in off a flag kick taken by Park Hyun Hu from the left to have Korea leading 2-0 at half time. The Indians, who were busy defending their citadel, could hardly get a clear look at the rival goal. On the other hand the keeper had her hands full keeping off the maurading upfront. The Koreans would have won by a bigger margin had not India’s keeper thwarted Lee Jang Mi twice. Lee Jang Mi was unlucky once when her try from the top of the box hit the post. The Koreans, who had the advantage of height compared to the hosts, made it 3-0 in the 48th minute when Lee Jang Mi nodded home from close off a flag kick by Lee Shin Jeong from the right.
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Inter-polytechnic
meet results Kangra, April 19 In the same event (men) Rajan and Ganesh of the Polytechnic College Hamirpur won gold and bronze, respectively while Sanjeev of Polytechnic College, Ambota, bagged silver. In 400 m race for girls, Akshita of Polytechnic College Kandaghat, Bhawana of Polytechnic College Kangra and Shilpa of Polytechnic College Sundernagar won gold, silver and bronze, respectively. In the same event in men Sandeep and Naresh of Polytechnic College Ambota bagged gold and silver respectively and Dinesh of Polytechnic College Hamirpur won bronze. In long jump event for men Naresh, Lalit Kumar and Avinash of Polytechnic Colleges of Ambota, Hamirpur and Rohru bagged gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. In the same event in girls Vandna of Polytechnic College of Kangra won gold and Pariksha and Suman of Polytechnic College Kandaghat bagged silver and bronze respectively. In the relay race events for men of 200x4 and 100x4 Polytechnic College Hamirpur bagged gold in both the events and Polytechnic College Sundernagar won bronze in both. Silver in 200x4 was bagged by Polytechnic College Ambota and in 100x4 silver went to Polytechnic College Rohru. Last evening in discus throw for men Ishar Dass of Polytechnic College Kangra won gold and Sanjay and Rajmal, both of Polytechnic College Rohru bagged silver and bronze respectively. In the same event for girls Pariksha and Tanu both of Polytechnic College Kandaghat bagged gold and bronze, respectively and Shalija of Sundernagar Polytechnic bagged silver. |
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Gopichand to meet Ratti in final
Kanpur, April 19 In a thrilling semifinal, the 2001 All-England champion rallied from a mid-match slump to post a 7-2, 7-0, 7-8, 4-7, 8-7 victory in an hour and 15 minutes. While Gopichand hardly broke sweat as he took the first two games, he was made to work hard for his points thereafter. Bhatt fought back into the match as he took the third and fourth games to set a thrilling final game, which was also keenly contested with the players displaying some fine shots. Earlier in a women’s singles semifinal, B R Meenakshi upset top seed PVV Laxmi in straight games 7-1, 7-1, 7-3 in just 26 minutes. The second semifinal also saw an upset when second-seeded Tripti Murugunde (Air-India) was shown the door by Neelima Choudhary of Andhra Pradesh. Neelima beat Tripti 7-2, 7-5, 4-7 7-1 in 40 minutes. In the second men’s singles semifinal, Sachin Ratti defeated Siddharth Jain 7-3, 6-8, 7-4 to set up a summit clash with Gopichand. Meanwhile, the men’s doubles final will see Jaiseel P. Ismail and Jaison Xavier clashing against Sanav Thomas and V. Diju. Ismail and Xavier beat Marcos Bristow/Rupesh Kumar 4-7, 7-2, 7-5, 2-7, 7-1 in a thrilling one-and-a-half-hour encounter while Thomas and Diju accounted for Vijay Deep Singh and Utsav Mishra 7-4, 8-6, 7-1. In the mixed doubles final, Bristow teamed up with B.R. Meenakshi to win the title defeating Neelima Choudhry and Chetan Anand 7-1, 8-6, 7-5 in 27 minutes.
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BPCL, CISF post victories Mumbai, April 19 BPCL, who led 3-2 at the breather, totally outplayed their rivals in all departments of the game in the second half while the CISF-WR tie was closely fought till the last minute. Defender Bishnoi got all three goals through penalty corner conversion in the eighth, 16th and 39th minutes while another international and skipper Sabu Varkey scored a field goal in the 44th minute. Centre forward Amar Aiyamma, who opened his team’s account in the second minute of the match, pumped in two more goals in 46th and 52nd minutes while centre half Deepak Sharma scored one in the 45th minute of the match. RCF who suddenly found staring at a 3-0 lead with the first 16 minutes of the match scored two quick goals through their defender Shakti Singh just before half time off Nilesh Mane and Anil Sawant passes respectively. For CISF forward G V Xaxa drew first blood in the 18th minute through a field goal while Western’s Gursev Singh converted a penalty stroke to make it one all. The Delhi outfit again took the lead in the 55th minute when their forward Jai Paul sounded the board. Western Railway centre forward Deepak Gupta equalised in the 62nd minute with a field goal. However, the Delhi outfit managed the all important goal with just a minute to go for the hooter when their left half Cyril Ekka converted the fifth penalty corner to take his team to the pre-quarter-finals.
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Beant sets new meet
record Jalandhar, April 19 In 10000 metres run (men) PAP Zone established supremacy clinching all the three
positions and in high jump (men) title PAP Zone, who outclassed rivals by cornering first three
positions in the event. While Beant Kaur who ran the race in 17:03:43 seconds set a new meet record. Asha Rani of Jalandhar Zone secured the second place with 21:32:54 seconds. In 10000 metres run (men), Managt Ram of PAP Zone clocked 34:16:06 seconds to win the gold medal, while Kulbir Singh (35:6:78 ) and Jasbir Singh (36:40:03), both of them of PAP Zone clinched the silver and bronze, respectively. Deepinder Kaur of Combined Zone jumped to win gold in Long Jump (Women) with 5.29 metres. DeepMala Gupta of Patiala Zone got the second place with 4.87 metres and Manjit Kaur of Combined Zone won the bronze medal with 4.72 metre long jump. In high jump (men) event, PAP Zone maintained their supermacy by cornering all the three positions as its Baljit Singh with 1.90 metres distance got the first position while Ajit Singh (1.85 metres) and Gurpreet Singh (1.80 metres) secured silver and bronze, respectively. Sukhjinder Singh of PAP Zone took the first position in triple jump (men) a distance of 14.74 metres. Baldev Singh of PAP Zone secured second place with 14.34 metres and Gurmeet Singh was placed at third position with 14.00 metres. Other Results: 400 m Low hurdles (Women): 1 Rajinderpal Kaur (Border Zone) 1:11:30 seconds, 2 Sukhbir Kaur (Jalandhar Zone) 1:24:38 seconds, 400 m Low hurdles (men): 1 Surinder Kumar (PAP Zone) 57:72 seconds, 2 Gurinderpal Singh (Patiala Zone) 57:74 seconds, 3 Avtar Singh (PAP Zone) 59.80 seconds. Equestrian: Show Jumping Junior: 1 Gurpreet Singh (PAP Zone), 2 Prabhjot Singh (PAP Zone) and Prabhdarshan Singh (PAP Zone), 3 Jaswinder Singh (Combined Zone) and Jasbir Singh (PAP Zone) Show Jumping (Senior):
1 Jaswinder Singh (Combined Zone), 2 Talwinder Singh (PAP Zone), 3 Ram Lal and Kamaljit Singh (PAP Zone). |
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Preparations on for Special Olympics Kochi, April 19 About 7000 persons will be participating in 17 different sports disciplines, Songster told reporters here. Over 100 participants from India are expected, he said, adding 150 nations would be represented in the Special Olympics. The Special Olympics national football tournament will be held in Kochi from September 21 to 25 this year. The national football team for the Olympics will be selected during this tourney, he said. There are also plans to bring one or two international teams to play friendly football matches in India, though no concrete decisions on the teams have been taken yet. Songster, who is working in Special Olympics India programme, has travelled to northern states and is in Kerala for the first time to see the opportunities for the mentally challenged. The Indian athletic team for the Special Olympics will be selected at the Delhi meet to be held in October this year, he said. Replying to a question, Songster said China was bidding for the 2007 Special Olympics and may have a chance to host the event, while India could have an opportunity to host the 2011 games. He hoped cricket would in the next four years become an official sport in Special Olympics. Afghanistan could also be one of the participants in the next year’s Special Olympics, he said.
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Incentives for
sportspersons Amritsar, April 19 In a press note issued here the university will give cash prize of Rs 1500 to the toppers of all-India inter-varsity meets, the runners up would get Rs 1100, while Rs 1000 will be given to third position holder. Dr
S.P. Singh said that for the international participation a sum of Rs 5000 would be given. For the teams events, the top team would get Rs 1000, second and third position holder would be given Rs 700 and Rs 500, respectively. Diet monet have also been raised to Rs 120 besides refreshment charge on match days. |
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DAV-8 lads bow out in semis Chandigarh, April 19 In the second semi-finals today, Mumbai scored 171 runs and were all out in 49.1 overs. P. Nerkar with 50 runs was the highest scorer. Asim Gupta took three wickets while Narinder and Karanveer bagged two wickets each. In reply, DAV School boys after a good start by scoring 86 runs in just 18 overs — could not withstand the fine bowling of A Pandey and Abdul Qadir of Mumbai and the team was all out for 151 runs. The Man of the Match award was given to A. Pandey. The final tie will be a day-and-night affair. The match will begin at 2.30 pm. There would be free entry from Gate 5 in the stadium. |
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