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Rajinder appointed new hockey coach Dhanraj Pillay’s new mission Indian Airlines beat Signals |
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Ratti stuns Gopi in final
Sports stipends and fellowships Naresh, Pariksha best athletes Cricket
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West Indies start with a flourish
Port of Spain, April 20 Replying to India’s first innings score of 339, the West Indies were off to a flying start, with openers Chris Gayle and Stuart Williams unleashing a flurry of boundaries before the Indian bowlers hit back. Javagal Srinath sent back Gayle for 13 and Harbhajan Singh
dismissed Williams off the last ball before tea for a well-made 43. At tea, the West Indies were 80 for two from 20 overs with Ramnaresh Sarwan batting on 13. Both Gayle and Williams traded in boundaries after surviving a few close leg before decisions in the initial overs. They brought up the 50 of the team in just the 10th over after which Gayle was out, caught by Das at short mid-on. The scoring dipped after the dismissal of Gayle though Williams looked in an attacking mood. Williams hit Zaheer Khan for two pulled boundaries in an over before perishing to Harbhajan Singh in the next over. His 43 contained eight hits to the fence. Earlier, the Indian first innings folded with the addition of 77 runs to their overnight total of 262 for four. Centurion Sachin Tendulkar could score only four runs this morning before being trapped leg before wicket by Cameron Cuffy for 117. His dismissal started a collapse and India slumped to 298 for eight within no time. The end came shortly after lunch when Marlon Black struck twice in one over. VVS Laxman remained unbeaten on 69. India were all out for 339 in their first innings shortly after lunch on the second day of the second cricket Test against the West Indies here today. V.V.S. Laxman remained unbeaten on 69. Indian innings deteriorated rapidly on the second morning today and the visitors looked to have wasted a sound platform built yesterday. Resuming at their overnight score of 262 for four, India lost four quick wickets including that of centurion Sachin Tendulkar to slump to 298 for eight before V V S Laxman and Javagal Srinath put up a small but useful partnership. Laxman and Srinath added 33 for the unfinished ninth wicket to take the score to 331 for eight when lunch break was taken. Laxman completed his second consecutive half-century and was batting on 61 while Srinath was on 18. India had a disastrous start to the day with Tendulkar being dismissed in the eighth over after adding only four runs to his yesterday’s score of 113. Tendulkar, who was hardly his usual fluent self yesterday too, was tentative this morning and was caught plumb in front of the wicket by Cameron Cuffy after surviving a strong leg-before appeal only the previous ball. India lost their fifth wicket at 276. Cuffy, who had toiled hard yesterday without any success, struck again in his next over by having debutant wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra caught behind for nought. Laxman too had a shaky start to the day and was beaten outside the off-stump a few times before playing some fine strokes. A century by Sachin Tendulkar put him on par with the legendary Sir Donald Bradman with 29 Test hundreds and saw his team close out day one of the second cricket Test against West Indies here in a position of strength at 262 for four. Tendulkar was hardly at his best during his more than five-hour long stay at the crease but completed his first century on the West Indian soil nonetheless, which left him joint second in the list of most number of Test hundred scorers, behind only another illustrious Indian, Sunil Gavaskar who has 34.
PTI Scoreboard India (1st innings): (overnight 262-4) Das lbw b Dillon 10 Bangar c Murray b Sanford 9 Dravid b Black 67 Tendulkar lbw b Cuffy 117 Ganguly c Dillon b Hooper 25 Laxman not out 69 Ratra c Murray b Cuffy 0 Harbhajan c Cuffy b Sanford 0 Zaheer b Sanford 5 Srinath lbw b Black 18 Nehra c Hooper b Black 0 Extras: (b-4, lb-13, nb-2) 19 Total: (all out, 115.5 overs) 339 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-38, 3-162, 4-218, 5-276, 6-282, 7-287, 8-298, 9-339. Bowling:
Dillon 28-7-82-1, Cuffy 30-12-49-2, Sanford 29-5-111-3, Black 17.5-7-53-3, Hooper 11-4-27-1. West Indies (1st innings): Gayle c Das b Srinath 13 Williams c Das b Singh 43 Sarwan not out 13 Extras:
(lb-5 nb-5 w-1) 11 Total: (for two wickets) 80 Fall of wickets:
1-50, 2-80 Bowling: Srinath 7-1-28-1, Nehra 7-2-22-0, Khan 3-1-14-0 (nb-1), Singh 3-0-11-1. |
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Sachin happy to be equated with Don Port of Spain, April 20 “I am just happy that, in the history books, my name will be in the same column as Sir Don’s,” said Tendulkar. “I am happy to have equalled Sir Donald Bradman’s tally but as the world knows it, nobody can equal him.” He dedicated his record equalling unbeaten 113, his first on West Indian soil, to his departed father, Ramesh Tendulkar, at the Queen’s Park Oval here yesterday.
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New Zealand are no push-overs: Waqar Karachi, Apr 20 “Sharjah’s triumph was remarkable and we hope that the winning form stays against New Zealand,” captain Waqar Younis said. Pakistan, who thumped Sri Lanka by 217 runs to lift the Sharjah Cup in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday, start the home series against the Black Caps as favourites. “One-day cricket is all about playing well on the particular day so we don’t believe in the favourite tag and do not consider New Zealand as push-overs,” Younis said. Organisers say they expect a full house with tickets sold out two days before the first game in Karachi since England beat Pakistan in October 2000. The tourists are under tight security following threat to Western interests in Pakistan by Islamic extremists angry over Islamabad’s cooperation with the US-led war in neighbouring Afghanistan. Paramilitary troops and police will patrol and guard the stadium during the day-night encounter, which was postponed from last year because of safety concerns after the September 11 terror attacks on the USA. New Zealand, beaten by Pakistan in both their Sharjah league games, have fitness worries over middle-order batsman Craig McMillan and wicketkeeper Chris Nevin with a decision on their participation expected late today. McMillan twisted an ankle while Nevin carries a hamstring injury from Sharjah. But captain Stephen Fleming said his team would put up a fight. “Ours is a young side but we hope to put up our best against a formidable Pakistan side who played really well in Sharjah,” Fleming said. Blistering heat in Pakistan is also a worry for the tourists but Fleming maintains that the 35 degree Celsius temperatures are bearable. “We are professionals and once we are in the ground we should combat everything including the heat,” he said. New Zealand beat Pakistan 3-2 when the two sides played in New Zealand last year. The second one-day game is scheduled for Rawalpindi on April 24 and the third in Lahore on April 27. Teams: New Zealand (from): Stephen Fleming (capt), Craig McMillan (vice capt), Nathan Astle, Chris Nevin, Chris Harris, Lou Vincent, Robbie Hart, Jacob Oram, Brooke Walker, Matt Horne, Andre Adams, Ian Butler, Daryl Tuffy, James Franklin and Scott Styris. Pakistan (from): Waqar Younis (capt), Inzamam-ul Haq (vice capt), Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, Misbahul Haq, Faisal Iqbal, Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana, Rashid Latif, Wasim Akram, Yasir Arafat, Abdur Razzaq, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik and Saqlain Mushtaq.
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Rajinder appointed new hockey coach New Delhi, April 20 The 30-player probables’ list, announced by Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) president K.P.S. Gill here today, contains the names of only nine of the 18-member World Cup team members. The players who have been axed are goalkeeper Jude Menezes, defender Lazarus Barla, midfielders S.S. Gill, S. Thirumanavalan, Arjun Halappa and Baljit Singh Saini and forwards Dhanraj Pillay, Sabu Varkey and Bipin Fernandez. The lucky nine from the World Cup squad who figure among the probables’ list are Devesh Chauhan, Dilip Tirkey, Kanwalpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh, Ignace Tirkey, Daljit Singh Dhillon, Deepak Thakur Sonkhla, Prabhjot Singh and Baljit Singh Dhillon. Goalkeeper Kamaldeep Singh, defender Dinesh Nayak and midfielder Viren Rasquina, who were in the World Cup squad as standbyes, also find places in the list. Junior World Cup-winning team captain Gagan Ajit Singh, whose exclusion from the senior World Cup final 18 had created a national furore, has been recalled. Punjab Police has got heavy representation as seven probables are from the police force. None of the coaches/trainers of the World Cup squad figures in this list. Junior World Cup team coach Rajinder Singh is back at the helm. He will be assisted by N.S. Sodhi, A.E. Brient and Sampath of Services (trainer). The team will assemble at the Maj Dhyan Chand National Stadium in Delhi on April 26 for a coaching camp. The following are the probables:
Goalkeepers: Bharat Chetri (Karnataka), Devesh Chauhan (IOC), Shanmugham Sundaram (TN), Kamaldeep Singh (ONGC) and Manpreet Singh (Punjab Police). Full Backs: Dilip Tirkey (IA), Kanwalpreet Singh (Punjab Police), Jugraj Singh (Punjab Police), Khalco (Army Services), Dinesh Nayak (TN) and Ronald Kiran (Karnataka). Half-backs:
Ignace Tirkey (Services), Prabhdeep Singh (Punjab Police), Vikram Pillay (AI), Arun Rawath (Karnataka), Sunil Yadav (IOC), Prabodh Tirkey (IA), Vimal Lakra (IA) and Viren Razquinha (IOC). Forwards: Tejbir Singh (Punjab Police), Iqbal Singh (Indian Railways), Anup Anthony (Karnataka), Ajinder Pal Singh (Railways), Gagan Ajit Singh (Punjab Police), Daljit Singh Dhillon (Punjab Police), Sameer Dad (IA), Baljeet Singh Chandi (PSB), Prabhjot Singh (IOC), Deepak Thakur (IOC) and Sunil Ekka (Services). Chief coach: Rajinder Singh. Coaches: N.S. Sodhi, A.E. Brient and Sampath (trainer). |
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Dhanraj Pillay’s new mission Chandigarh, April 20 Be it the Olympics or the World Cup, it was Pillay who remained the cynosure of all eyes. At Kuala Lumpur, where he incidentally made his last appearance in the World Cup recently, cries of ‘Pillay, Pillay’ from his diehard supporters rent the air at the National Hockey Stadium, Bukit Jalil. His remarkable speed and intelligent dribbles drew praise even from rivals. However, India’s poor showing in the World Cup left him rather frustrated. “I am sorry that I disappointed my fans in Malaysia, India and elsewhere. There are times when performances are weakened by conditions contrived by human force,” he had remarked after India had finished a poor tenth in the 16-team championship in an obvious reference to coach Cedric D’Souza’s ‘mishandling’ of the team. Born on July 16, 1968, at Pune, Dhanraj Pillay is one of the four sons of Mr Nagalingam Pillay, an employee of Mahindras. He also has one sister. However, besides Dhanraj, it was only his brother Ramesh Pillay who made a mark as a hockey player having represented India in the BMW Seven-Nation Hockey Tournament in 1985. Dhanraj Pillay’s debut in international hockey dates back to 1989 when he represented India in the Allwyn Asia Cup in New Delhi. Thereafter, there was no looking back. Ever since he remained a regular member of the national team, except for some brief spells when he was rested after tough engagements like the Bangkok Asian Games. Although he has played in the Olympics, World Cup, Champions Trophy, Asian Games, India-Pakistan series, besides numerous. Test series at home and abroad, the most satisfying moment, according to him, was the gold medal victory in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games. Dhanraj Pillay is not only a familiar name in India but also in countries like Malaysia, France and Germany. He played in the French League from 1993 to 1998 after having represented the Indian Gymkhana in London in 1992. Thereafter he played in the German League followed by the Malaysian League where he is currently busy once again. With age catching up, the versatile forward may soon be among the legends whose mere presence serves as a motivating factor for future generations. Having earned worldwide fame through hockey, Dhanraj Pillay wants to give something back to the game. It is primarily with this objective that he set up a hockey academy at Mumbai seven months back. The non-residential academy for children in the age group of 14-20 years currently has children from Mumbai only. “If all goes well, I plan to make it residential and select children from all over the country,” he added. |
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Indian Airlines beat Signals Mumbai, Apr 20 In the pre-quarter-finals, Indian Airlines, who led 3-0 at half time, beat Corps of Signals, Jalandhar 5-1 while Tata Sports Club, who lead by a solitary goal at the breather, sidelined Central Bank of India, Mumbai 3-0. Indian Airlines with a number of internationals in their ranks outplayed their rivals in all departments of the game. Skipper Dilip Tirkey converted the first two penalty corners that his team got in the tenth and 27th minutes. Five minutes before the interval their forward Y.S. Rawat was bang on the target and in the 43rd minute centre half Altaf-ur-Rehman made it 4-0 with a field goal. In the 56th minute, Sameer Dad scored off a Lazarus Barla pass to make it 5-0 and Signals forward Suresh Kumar scored the consolation goal for the losers with just three minutes to go for the hooter. Tata forward Naved Ali drew first blood for his team in the 34th minute off defender B.N. Madan’s pass following a penalty corner. Raju Bagade made it 2-0 in the 51st minute off a Madan pass and forward Asad Khan rounded off the tally four minutes later off Claes Fereira pass. Asad also made two good moves in the later part of the match. In the 57th minute Khan’s try was well punched over by bank’s custodian Kynan Sequeira and three minutes later Khan’s stinging shot hit the cross bar and went out. In the Signals-IA match, the former’s centre half G.C. Prasad was shown the yellow card and was sent out for five minutes. Tomorrow Punjab and Sind Bank, Jalandhar will take on Bombay Customs, Mumbai while Air India will play ONGC, Delhi in the second match.
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Ratti stuns Gopi in final Kanpur, April 20 In a thrilling final, Ratti beat an off-colour Gopichand 8-6, 0-7, 7-4, 8-6 to record perhaps his biggest victory to date. Ratti took the hard-fought first game 8-6 and then crashed in the second to lose it 0-7. He, however, got his act together and took the third game 7-4. Veteran of many a battle, Gopichand made a spirited last-ditch effort in the fourth game but Ratti held on to his nerves to carve out an 8-6 verdict in it and claimed the title and a cash prize of Rs 40,000. Earlier in the day today, PSCB’s B.R. Meenakshi won the women’s crown defeating Neelima Choudhary of Andhra Pradesh. Meenakshi rallied after conceding the first game to win 6-8 7-2 7-5 8-6.
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Schnyder upsets Serena Charleston, April 20 “Not my day today,” said Williams, playing her first tournament on clay this season. “I missed too many shots. I hurried too much, and I just didn’t win, basically.” The 30th-ranked Schnyder has an equally daunting task in the semi-finals, where she’ll face defending champion and top-seeded Jennifer Capriati, who had too much firepower for Anastasia Myskina of Russia in a 6-0 7-5 quarter-final win. “I’m going into the match with very high respect for Patty — beating Serena, getting to the semi-finals,” Capriati said.
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PAP Zone clinch overall
trophy Jalandhar, April 20 PAP Zone dominated the week-long meet by winning trophies in the disciplines of hockey, football, volleyball, basket ball, handball, kabaddi, boxing, judo, gymnastic, weight lifting, Wrestling greeco and free style and equestrian. Earlier in the morning PAP Zone established supremacy in 400 m run (men) clinching all the three positions. Long jump (men) title also went to PAP Zone, who outclassed rivals by cornering first three positions in the event. While Gurjinder Singh of PAP Zone clocked 50.17 seconds to win gold medal in 400 m run (men), Jagpreet Singh (51.33 seconds) and Jasbir Singh (51.75 seconds) secured silver and bronze medals, respectively. In 400 m run (women), Patiala Zone outshone the rivals to clinch all the three positions. Manjit Kaur covered the distance in a record 57.28 seconds, thus setting a new meet record to win the gold medal. Sagardeep Kaur and Kanwaljit Kaur, both of Patiala Zone, won silver and bronze medals, respectively. Sukhjinder Singh of PAP Zone covered 6.84 metres in long jump (men) event to get the first position, followed by Kamaljit Singh (6.78 m) and Harinder Singh (6.62 m), who contended with second and third positions, respectively. Kulwinder Singh of PAP Zone got the first place with a throw of 61.63 m in hammer throw (men) event, while Harpal Singh of Border Zone with 58.56 m was the second. Harinder Singh also from PAP Zone secured the third position with a throw of 56.56 m. In marathon, Border Zone won gold as Jagdev Singh covered the distance of 42 kms in 2 hours 51 minutes 13 seconds. Raj Kumar of PAP Zone got the second place with 3H, 3 Min 5 seconds and Border Zone’s Dalbir Singh (3 H 17 min 50 sec) secured the third place. In 3000 m steeple chase (men) event, Jalandhar Zone outclassed rivals to clinch the gold medal as its Balwinder Singh covered the distance in 10:13:68 seconds. Amarjit Singh of PAP Zone clocked 10:15:46 seconds to secure the second place followed by Francis Shallo of PAP Zone (10:17: 53 seconds), who ended third. PAP Zone players covered the distance in 43.85 seconds to clinch the first position in 4X100 m relay (men) event. Border Zone (45.98 seconds) and Jalandhar Zone (46.66 seconds) lifted silver and bronze medals, respectively. In 4X100 m relay (women) event, Patiala Zone (53. 68 seconds) maintained their supremacy to win the gold medal. Border Zone (55. 41 seconds) and Jalandhar Zone (1:00:70 seconds) secured the second and third places, respectively. Other Results: Triple Jump (Women): 1. Rupinder Kaur Patiala Zone, 2. Pankati Lakkra Patiala Zone, 3. Bhupinder Kaur Jalandhar Zone. Pole Vault (Women): 1. Jaswant Kaur (Border Zone), 2. Anupam Prashar (Patiala Zone), Hammer Throw (Women): 1. Rajwinder Kaur (Patiala Zone), 2. Gursharanpreet Kaur (Border Zone) 39.32 metres, 3. Manjit Kaur (Border Zone) 23.58 metres. 800 m run (women): 1. Ramla Devi (Patiala Zone), 2. Harjit Kaur (Patiala Zone), 3. Kanwaljit Kaur (Patiala Zone). |
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Sports stipends and fellowships Chandigarh, April 20 According to Dr Baljeet Singh Goyat, Director Sports of the university, there has been a fillip in the sports activities this year due to the new sports policy in nurturing talent at the rural, urban and college-university levels by providing incentives in cash amounts, 75 per cent concessions in bus travelling and reservation in government jobs. Mr Goyat said that KU sports council will give a monthly sports stipend of Rs 251 to Rs 300 to those who won any of the first three positions in the senior national games, while the winners of any of the first three positions in the all-India inter university level category will get Rs 201 to Rs 250 per month. Those who won any of the three positions at the junior national level or the all India inter university competition, the amount of fellowship would be Rs 160 to Rs 200 per month. The outstanding sportspersons of the university will be entitled to Rs 100 per month out of the university sports budget fund in addition to their entitlement for the achievements. There are 41 such students in this category in the campus. The Director Sports said 13 teams of the university lifted titles in the nationals and the all-India interuniversity championships in cross country race, boxing, best physique, power lifting, yoga (men and women both), gymnastic, wrestling, rythematic gymnastic, volleyball, basketball and judo. Over a dozen sportspersons of the university excelled in their individual events all the all-India level competitions. |
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Naresh, Pariksha best athletes Kangra, April 20 Sandeep Bhatia of Polytechnic College, Ambota, and Deepika of Polytechnic College, Hamirpur, were adjudged second best athletes in the men’s and women’s sections. On the third day today in 800 m (boys) Akashdeep of Polytechnic College, Hamipur bagged the gold, while Sandeep of Polytechnic College, Ambota, got the silver. Vijay Kumar of Sundernagar Polytechnic College bagged the bronze medal. Navdeep Rana of Sundernagar Polytechnic College bagged the gold in high jump for men and Ankush and Anil Kumar, both of Polytechnic College, Kangra, bagged the silver and bronze respectively. In the same event for women Deepika of Polytechnic College, Hamirpur, Pariksha and Suman, both of Polytechnic College Kandaghat, bagged the gold, silver and bronze respectively. In 100 m for boys Rajeev and Lalit, both of Polytechnic College Hamirpur, bagged the gold and bronze. Sandeep of Polytechnic College, Ambota, got the silver. In the same event for girls Deepika of Hamirpur Polytechnic, Aksheta of Kandaghat Polytechnic and Vandna of Kangra won the gold, silver and bronze respectively. In 400x4 relay Polytechnic Colleges of Hamirpur, Ambota and Sudernagar bagged the gold, silver and bronze respectively. Akashdeep of Hamirpur Polytechnic got the gold in 5000 m while Rajesh and Bajroo Prasad of Rohru Polytechnic got the silver and bronze respectively. In boys triple jump Naresh of Ambota Polytechnic, Lalit Kumar of Hamirpur and Avinas of Rohru Polytechnic bagged the gold, silver and bronze respectively. In 200 m for boys Sandeep of Ambota Polytechnic, Naresh of Ambota Polytechnic and Lalit Kumar of Hamirpur Polytechnic won the gold, silver and bronze respectively. |
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tourney Ropar, April 20 He informed that six teams including Food Corporation of India. New Delhi, Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala, AG Punjab, Valmik Club Jalandhar, LIC and Ropar Cricket Club having some Ranji Trophy players are participating in the tournament. He said winners of the tournament would be given a cash prize of Rs 31,000 along with glittering trophy while runners-up would be given a cash prize of Rs 11,000. |
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