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Monday,
May 6, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Windies register 10-wicket win
Pakistan recall Saeed Anwar Clijsters upsets Venus Williams
India-US play-off matches in Delhi |
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England’s hopes pinned on ‘three lions’ —Beckham, Gerrard and Owen Will Romario make
it to World Cup? India blank
Maldives 10-0 Saha clinches a double Anand annexes Eurotel title Kangra girls move into basketball final New stadium
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Windies register 10-wicket win Bridgetown, May 5 On a ground that has been historically troublesome for them, India just about managed to avert an innings defeat, and were shot out for 296 in their second innings thus setting a target of only five runs for the West Indies for a series- levelling win. Skipper Sourav Ganguly remained unbeaten on 60, the top-score of the innings. West Indies, who enjoyed a 292-run first innings lead, knocked off the required runs without any trouble, the winning shot coming from the bat of Stuart Williams who hit Harbhajan Singh for a four in the second over. India’s low total in the second innings followed their paltry 102 in the first innings to which West Indies replied with 394, thanks to centuries by skipper Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul. India have now lost seven of the eight matches they have contested at the Kensington Oval here, with only the history- making 1971 team under Ajit Wadekar managing to play out a draw. The inevitable was delayed by a defiant 74-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Ganguly and Zaheer Khan who dazzled in his career-best knock of 46 off just 45 balls after India had lost a few quick wickets in the morning. India
resumed at their overnight 169 for four and added 116 runs in the morning session for the loss of four wickets including that of overnight batsman V.V.S. Laxman who was dismissed for 43. Like in the first innings when India were shot out for a paltry 102, Ganguly waged a lonely battle as he stubbornly held on to his end while wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals at the other. However, it was Zaheer Khan who dazzled among the ruins after surviving a tentative start. He pulled Adam Sanford for a six over mid-wicket region after which he batted fluently. He smashed Sanford for another six in the same fashion in the bowler’s next over after Ganguly had hit him for a four. Sanford conceded 24 runs in the two overs and was promptly taken off. West Indies made rapid inroads into the Indian innings in the morning and claimed three wickets within a space of 29 runs. The sign of defeat for India was up in as early as the sixth over of the morning when overnight not out Batsman VVS Laxman drove an outgoing delivery from Pedro Collins only to be caught by Carl Hooper at second slip. Laxman had slashed and cut Collins for three fours before his dismissal on 43, having batted for 104 minutes and hitting seven fours from 88 balls. Ganguly, who had dreamt of batting the whole day and setting some sort of target for the West Indies on the final day, was left to approach his task with tailenders only. Wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra showed his best form of the tour to date but still could not go beyond 13 when he was ruled out leg before to Dillon in his first over with the second new ball. He batted for 45 minutes and hit two fours from 33 balls. Harbhajan (3) was bowled before he tried to play at a harmless delivery outside his off stump and dragged it on to his stumps. Ganguly batted with a lot of patience and hit his first four of the day, a square cut off Cuffy, only after an hour’s play. Ganguly once flicked and then square cut Mervyn Dillon ferociously to move into the 30s. He reached to his 50 with a cut to the point boundary. Ganguly remain unbeaten in both innings, having top scored with 48 not out in the first innings too. Fourth Test: St Johns, Antigua - May 10-14 Fifth Test: Sabina Park, Jamaica - May 18-22. PTI Scoreboard India (1st innings): 102 West Indies (1st innings): 394 India (2nd innings): Das c Sarwan b Dillon 35 Jaffer run out 51 Dravid c Jacobs b Sanford 14 Tendulkar lbw b Dillon 8 Ganguly not out 60 Laxman c Hooper b Collins 43 Ratra lbw b Dillon 1 3 Harbhajan b Cuffy 3 Zaheer c Jacobs b Sarwan 46 Srinath c Gayle b Sarwan 0 Nehra c Collins b Dillon 3 Extras (lb-6 nb-14): 20 Total (all out): 296 Fall of wickets : 1-80 2-101 3-117 4-118 5-183 6-208 7-211 8-285 9-285 Bowling: Dillon 31.2-8-82-4 (nb-1), Cuffy 24-16-26-1, Collins 22-1-78-1 (nb-4), Sanford 15-3-78-1 (nb-7), Hooper 5-0-11-0 (nb-1), Gayle 3-0-14-0, Sarwan 1-0-1-2 (nb-1). West Indies (2nd innings): Williams not out 4 Gayle not out 0 Extras (nb-1): 1 Total (for no wicket): 5 Bowling: Tendulkar 1-0-1-0, Harbhajan O.2-0-4-0.
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Pakistan recall Saeed Anwar
Karachi, May 5 The Pakistan Cricket Board last week ruled out Anwar’s return in the series, saying he needed four to six weeks practice before being considered for selection. However, after Shahid Afridi failed in Pakistan’s massive innings and 324-run victory over New Zealand in Lahore last week, the board decided to recall Anwar, a veteran of 55 Tests, into the 16-strong squad announced today. The 33-year-old, who now sports a long beard after becoming a devout Muslim, injured his right wrist during the Sharjah Cup in November last year and has since missed series against Bangladesh and the West Indies as well as the first Test against New Zealand. Pakistan squad: Waqar Younis (captain), Inzamam-ul Haq (vice- captain), Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, Yousuf Youhana, Younis Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Rashid Latif, Saqlain Mushtaq, Danish Kaneria, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Sami and Misbahul Haq.
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Clijsters upsets Venus Williams
Hamburg, Germany, May 5 The second-seeded Belgian recovered after being overwhelmed in the first set to win the tournament at her first attempt. Clijsters began sluggishly, earning just four points in the first three games as her American opponent’s powerful forehand gave her little chance to settle into the match. Even though Williams began to make more errors after establishing a 3-0 lead, Clijsters still found it difficult to make an impression. The match did not become a contest until the second set, when the Australian Open semifinalist recovered from losing her serve in the first game to break Williams for 1-1 and then again to lead 4-2 after Williams had been 40-0 up. Although Williams broke back in the next game, Clijsters earned a further break for 5-3 and held off two break points as she served out for the set. Moving much more impressively than at the beginning of the match, Clijsters always held the upper hand in the deciding set. She broke twice to lead 4-1, but Williams offered stiff resistance as the 18-year-old tried to close out the match. Clijsters held a point to lead 5-1 but double-faulted and then dropped her serve. Williams also held two break points to level at 4-4, but Clijsters held off the challenge to win her first title of the year. Reuters
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India-US play-off matches in Delhi Chandigarh, May 5 According to the
FIH, the play-off matches will be played on June 3, 4 and 6, beginning each day at 5
p.m. June 5 will be rest day. The technical officials appointed for the play-off series are: FIH representative: Annabel Dillon; Tournament Director: Ms Merle Sterley (South Africa) Technical Officer: Di Spinks (England). Umpires: Marelize De Klerk (South Africa), Lyn Farrell (New Zealand) and Gina Spitaleri (Italy). Meanwhile, the US women’s hockey team is currently on a tour of Japan playing in a six-nation tournament there in preparation for the World Cup play-off tie. The six-nation international tournament in Gifu, Japan, from April 29 to May 6 features Australia, Germany, Korea, Russia and hosts Japan. In the first match, Japan had defeated the USA 3-1 after conceding 0-1 lead. After Gifu, the US girls will travel to New Zealand from may 8 to 19 for training and a four-game series with the host country. From New Zealand the US team will travel to India where its tour culminates with the best-of-three series against India. The series with India became necessary as the U.S. team was unable to compete in last September’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament in France following the terrorist attacks against the USA on September 11. At that time, the International Hockey Federation
(FIH) allowed the US team to qualify for the World Cup through a three-game series with the qualifier’s 7th place team. India eventually were awarded the seventh place finish at the qualifier. But protests at the tournament and the political climate in India delayed the scheduling of the series. The defending World Cup champions, Australia defeated the USA 5-1 in the last meeting between the two teams at the 2001 Korea Telecom Cup. Also at the Telecom Cup, the USA split two games with Japan (a 1-0 win and a loss in penalty strokes). The USA last met Korea and Japan at February’s Champions Challenge where the USA swept a pair of matches against Russia (2-1 and 1-0) and lost to Korea (1-0). The USA have not met Germany in an official match since a 4-1 loss at the 2000 Olympic qualifier. The U.S. team for the World Cup play-off match is Kate Barber, Jill Dedman, Jenny Everett, Tracey Fuchs, Kelli Gannon, Katie Kauffman, Robyn Kenney, Tracey Larson, Carrie Lingo, Antoinette Lucas, Kristen McCann, Melanie Meerschwam, Kim Miller, Keli Smith, Mimi Smith and Peggy Storrar. |
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England’s hopes pinned on ‘three lions’ —Beckham, Gerrard and Owen London, May 5 Their contributions will be pivotal to coach Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side’s chances of overcoming the threat of Group F opponents Argentina, Sweden and Nigeria and progressing to the second phase. All three England stars played significant roles in securing automatic qualification for the finals in Japan and South Korea, most dramatically in a must-win group match away to Germany last September. Manchester United midfielder and England captain Beckham prompted all his side’s best moves, while Liverpool marksman Owen left with the match ball after grabbing a hat-trick in a stunning 5-1 victory. Gerrard’s part in Germany’s downfall was less dramatic but just as critical to the outcome of the match. With the sides tied at 1-1 and the clock fast approaching half-time, the tenacious Liverpool midfielder lashed home an unstoppable shot from 18 yards which rocked the hosts and gave England a crucial lead at the interval. Beckham saved his best efforts of the campaign till last, almost single-handedly resurrecting England’s World Cup dream in their final qualifying match against Greece at Old Trafford. England, needing a better result than group nine rivals Germany who were at home to Finland, were poor on the day with one exception — their captain. Beckham was outstanding, appearing all over the pitch as he tried to lift his weary side, who trailed 1-2 with time running out. Three minutes into injury-time and looking as if they would concede automatic qualification to Germany, England were awarded a free-kick 25 yards from goal. As the nation held its breath Beckham curled a delicious right-footer into the top right-hand corner to level the scores and send the home crowd into delirium. With Germany held 0-0 by the Finns in Munich, a scoring draw was enough to take England through. Owen, who missed that match because of a pulled hamstring, led the plaudits for Beckham. “If you’re that good a player you’ll always come out at the end of the day as the hero,” Owen said of his captain, who also crossed for striker Teddy Sheringham to head home England’s first goal. “You always know what a world-class player he is and that one of these days he is going to take us to, or maybe even win us, a World Cup,” he added. Whether Beckham will win his battle to recover from a broken bone in his left foot in time to make the finals remains to be seen; should he fail to make his second World Cup appearance he will be sorely missed. But it needn’t be all doom and gloom, as Newcastle’s talented midfielder Kieron Dyer is ready to step into Beckham’s boots despite a Premiership season blighted by a shin injury. Former England hero Paul Gascoigne is tipping the 23-year-old to take the World Cup by storm — just as ‘Gazza’ himself did 12 years ago. Capturing the imagination of the nation with his superb individual skill and commitment at Italia 90, Gascoigne is confident that a player who shares many of the same traits can have a similar impact in the Far East this summer. “Kieron’s got all the qualities to be a huge star,” he said. “If he’s given the opportunity, he will be discovered by world football because that’s the sort of ability he has. “I can see a lot of similarities to me when I first made an impression — he’s a kid who lives for playing football and it shines through in his game.” With England veteran Gary Neville suffering an almost identical injury to that of his Manchester United team-mate Beckham, Eriksson may have to consider playing Liverpool’s Jamie Carragher alongside Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell and Ashley Cole in defence. Gerrard and Beckham, if fit, are likely to be joined in midfield by Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt, with Dyer pushing for a place on the left, while Owen looks set to be partnered up front by Liverpool team-mate Emil Heskey. England, who won the World Cup for the first and only time in 1966 when they hosted the tournament, can ill afford a slow start in what is arguably the most difficult group of the competition. Argentina have proved England’s nemesis on more than one occasion in the past, having knocked them out on penalties in the quarter-finals at France ’98 and in the semis at Mexico in 1986. History also bodes well for Sweden, who have not lost to England for 34 years, while Nigeria, unpredictable but on their day capable of beating anybody, cannot be underestimated. The battle for first place in the group will be made even more tense by the fact that a likely second round tie against France awaits the runner-up. AFP
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Will Romario make it to
World Cup? Rio De Janeiro, May 5 For close to a year, Brazil has been gripped by a daily guessing game over whether strict disciplinarian Scolari will include the famously fast-living veteran striker Romario in his 23 for Japan and South Korea. The 36-year-old Vasco da Gama player has been overlooked by Scolari ever since captaining Brazil in the 1-0 qualifying defeat against Uruguay in Montevideo last July. Although sidelined from the national team, Romario remains one of Brazil’s most reliable finishers, and his ageing legs have not stopped him from regularly banging in the goals at club level. Until last week, all the signs were that Scolari had not been impressed and had no plans for a rethink in the face of massive media and public pressure. In the past few days, however, he has sent the rumour mill into overdrive following an interview where he said one player was causing him a
selectrial headache.
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India blank Maldives 10-0 Margao, May 5 India, who started at full steam right from the kick-off, moved ahead in the 9th minute through Jerry
Zirsanga. Three minute later Malsawma made it 2-0. India further consolidated their lead in the 18th minute through Marbaniang
Francise, whose 30 yard shot found the net. In the 27th minute Suting Marlangki made it 4-0 after receiving a pass from
Francise. Francise scored his second goal in the 35th minute. His header found the net of a pass from
Ralte. During the injury minute of the first half Malsawma scored his second goal off a cross from Ralte and India were leading by 6-0 at the breather.
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Saha clinches a double
Bangalore, May 5 Saha clocked 11.44 seconds in 100m and 23.68 seconds in 200m to emerge as star-of-the-day. She pushed Delhi’s Poonam Tomar (11.61) to the second spot, avenging her defeat at the first meet at Delhi, where she had finished second. But her victory in the 200 metres event was more significant as she finished ahead of Kerala’s K.M. Beenamol, the only Indian to reach the semi-finals in the Sydney Olympics. Beenamol came home at 24.07 seconds. Army’s Anil Kumar again stamped his supremacy in the men’s 100m with a timing of 10.46 sec. but a quadriceps-groin strain during the race forced him to pull out of the 200m. Kumar, who equalled his own national record clocking 10.33 seconds at Delhi on May 1, developed cramps after 80 metres of the race but still managed to win. Karnataka’s Clifford Joshua was a close second with 10.47 seconds. Seasoned campaigner Neelam J. Singh, as expected, won the women’s discus throw with an effort of 61.93 metres, while Tamil Nadu’s Anju B George took top honours in the women’s long jump, touching 6.30 metres, much below 6.79 metres, the national record which stands in her name. In the men’s javelin throw, Police’s Jagadish Bishnoi cleared a distance of 75.75 metres to beat Sunil Goswami (74.66) and B.S. Dubey (73.88), both from LIC. With Anil Kumar out of action, Joshua won the men’s 200 metres event with ease, coming home in 21.02 seconds, while Railways’ Anand Menezes (21.10) and Tamil Nadu’s P. Ramachandran (21.42) finished second and third respectively. Tamil Nadu’s Gojan Singh (8:37.32) and Kerala’s P.S. Primesh (1:51.0) won the men’s 3000 metres and 800 metres events respectively. Railways’ Shakti Singh won the discus throw event with an effort of 56.56 metres. He came second in the shot-put, clearing a distance of 18.65 metres, while Bahadur Singh of Police came first with 19.48 metres. PTI
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Anand annexes Eurotel title
Prague, May 5 Having won first of the two games played under Classical time control yesterday, Anand settled for a comfortable draw after 34 moves today to clinch the clash of two former world champions by 1.5-0.5 margin. Needing a victory to force the tiebreak shootouts, Karpov played with the white pieces and was up against Anand’s Semi Slav defence. It was routine deployment of pieces in the opening that gave Anand’s pieces ample room to carve a niche and he equalised quite comfortably in the ensuing middlegame. Karpov went for an attack against the king but his pieces could hardly make an impact against a near impregnable position of Anand. Going for a completely level position, the Indian stalwart exchanged the Knights pair and occupied important central file to initiate his counter attack on the queenside. By the 20th move itself the dye was cast in Anand’s favour. Karpov tried to make a headway along the kingside with a rook lift but Anand was upto the task in matching move for move. Another exchange of a pair of rooks followed on the 31st move and Karpov knew he was fighting a lost battle. After playing for another three moves, the draw was agreed to on Karpov’s proposal. PTI
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Kangra girls move into basketball final Kangra, May 5 Kangra boys entered the semifinals defeating Hamirpur by 69-39 with Vivek being the highest scorer. Kangra boys controlled the game till end and played an impressive game. Solan boys entered the semifinals last evening defeating Chamba 58-29. Solan and Kangra will clash here in the semifinals. Sports Hostel Paprola defeated Sirmour 53-12 and entered the semifinals in another pool and Mandi boys defeated Chamba 58-29. Earlier Kangra girls defeated Shimla 37-16 to enter the semifinals. Kangra girls played a good game and Monika and Varsha impressed the crowd by their coordinated game before winning 37-16. Sirmour defeated Kangra boys 22-10 in a one sided game with Raj Kumar of Sirmour being the highest scorer. Chamba boys defeated Shimla by 39-32 in a well-contested match. Dharampal of Chamba controlled the game and scored 20 baskets. Solan defeated Kulu in a one-sided game by 37-9. Eighteen teams from all over the state are participating in the championship, which include six girls teams. |
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New stadium Nawanshahr, May 5 Speaking on the occasion, he assured the authorities that coaches would be provided to the college for promoting sports. Two soccer exhibition matches between BSF and Punjab Police and SSS Academy and Mohan Lal Uppal DAV College, Phagwara, besides a kabbaddi match were organised on the occasion, according to Dr Surjit Singh Bhatia, Principal of the college. |
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