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June 3, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Sweden hold jittery England to 1-1 draw
Expert comments — Gary Linekar Argentina edge past Nigeria 1-0
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Spain break jinx, beat Slovenia Brazil not taking Turkey lightly Saudi defeat ‘blow to Asian soccer’
Windies cruise to 7-wicket victory
Tendulkar leads Indian charge Hoggard scripts England win
Haas humbled; Venus, Seles through India beat Korea
in hockey Rajwinder wins gold medal Punjab swimming postponed 
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Sweden hold jittery England to 1-1 draw
Saitama, June 2 Swedish midfielder Niclas Alexandersson’s second-half strike cancelled out a 24th-minute headed goal by England defender Sol Campbell at the Saitama Stadium. England finished the game on the back foot and only some fine goalkeeping from David Seaman kept
Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side in the match. Henrik Larsson squandered a chance to win the game in the dying moments when he hooked a shot across the face of goal. Sweden — unbeaten against England since 1968 — earned share of the group F points after a terrible blunder by Leeds defender Danny Mill on 58 minutes. A speculative long ball from Sweden’s Tobias Linderoth fell to Mills in the English penalty area, who tried to chest the ball back to keeper Seaman under pressure from Larsson. The ball was scrambled clear only as far as
Alexanderson, who took his chance with aplomb, curling a shot beyond Seaman from the edge of the area. Sweden almost took the lead straight afterwards but Teddy Lucic’s volley was superbly saved by Seaman, getting down smartly to save. A lovely through-ball from Larsson put Lucic clean through on goal, but Seaman came off his line swiftly and showed great reflexes to block the advancing Swede’s effort. The Swedish onslaught continued and England’s previously compact display looked in danger of
unravelling. In attack England were unable to unleash star striker Michael Owen, well shackled by the Swedish defence. England’s most effective attacker was Darius
Vassell, who troubled the Swedes with his pace until being substituted for Joe Cole midway through the second half. The first half’s only goal came after a promising build-up involving England fullback Ashley Cole ended with Sweden conceding a corner away on the left. From the resulting set-piece Beckham swung a perfectly flighted ball into the six-yard area and Campbell soared above the Swedish defence to power a firm header home.
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Expert comments
— Gary Linekar Why can’t England beat Sweden? It is a good question, and one we’ve been asking for 34 years. They are hardly one of the great powers of world football but they work hard and for some reason they have become our bogey team. When we lost to them in my final game in 1992, we didn’t have a very good side. There was no
Gazza, Barnes, Waddle or Beardsley so there was no flair. We were just workman-like and were never going to win the tournament. But, having finally ended our terrible run against the Germans, England must believe it is time to end another one. Like Geoff Hurst in 1996, Darius Vassell has come into the frame from nowhere. He has not even played in many Premiership games and he was a long shot to make the squad. But he has grabbed every chance; he is a livewire who makes things happen and he’s not afraid at international level, which is very important. I think he will start up front with Michael Owen, with Emile Heskey on the left, which worries me a bit. It’s hard enough playing in a World Cup in your own position, let alone one with which you struggle. Playing there seems to be draining Heskey’s confidence and that may eventually cost him his place. Owen against Johan Mjallby and Henrik Larrson against Rio Ferdinand will be the key match-ups. Mjallby is a strong, honest defender, but he’s not exactly Bobby Moore and I think Owen should get the better of him. My concern is that we get enough balls to Owen in the box because if he gets the chances he is cool enough and strong enough mentally to finish them off. But England must maintain a high tempo. Larsson is deadly, too, but I think Rio Ferdinand has the class to cope with him. If he can cut out those little mistakes, Ferdinand could emerge as one of the players of the tournament, even though I would prefer him to play alongside Gareth Southgate at centre-back. Sol Campbell is big and strong but he gets himself in some strange positions sometimes. Tactically,
Sven-Goran Eriksson is up against Tommy Soderberg and Lars Lagerback, but the game won’t be won by any of them — that’s for sure. However, managers can sometimes lose if for the team if they screw up the selection or the substitutions, although, obviously, I am not talking about any England managers I played for! I think Erikkson and the Swedish pair have a pretty clear idea how they want their sides to play — direct football at pace, with balls played over the top for strikers to run on to. There won’t be too many surprises. It will give England’s supporters and the players a huge boost to see David Beckham lead the team out this morning. I sometimes wonder whether it matters who wears the armband but Beckham has done remarkably well as captain and he leads by example, on occasions dragging England back into games with his attitude alone. We saw that in the game against Greece which got us to the World Cup. Barcelona’s Patrick Andersson seems a similar type of captain for Sweden and keeps his players under control, though not always on the training ground, it would seem. England will have Teddy Sheringham on the bench, who can change the system of play and I would always have him on from the start because he’s a class act. England also have Joe Cole, who can produce something out of nothing, while Sweden have Zlatan
Ibrahimovic, who can dribble like Maradona. Well almost. A lot of people are saying that if we lose this one we are out, but the certainty about the opening game of the World Cup is that you’re still in the competition after it, no matter what the result. It really isn’t do-or-die. We lost to Portugal in the first game in Mexico in 1986 and in 1990 we started with that dreadful goalless draw against Ireland. But we got through both groups and in 1990 were only a penalty shoot-out from the final. Of course, we didn’t have Argentina and Nigeria waiting for us after those opening group games. I think people are getting carried away by the apparent conditions. I have played Japan and it was not too bad. It will not be like Mexico or America where, to suit the European schedules, they were kicking off at midday in 100 degrees. This is an evening kick-off in Japan, when it will be warn but quite bearable, especially as all the players have had time to
acclimatise. It is impossible to predict. England are the stronger team on paper and also have more strength in depth. I think a goal either way will win it and I would be amazed if there were more than three in the game. I’ll play safe, as the teams might say a 1-1 draw — although I hope England prove me wrong.
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Argentina edge past Nigeria 1-0
Ibaraki (Japan), June 2 Batistuta rose above team-mate Mauricio Pochettino at the far post to glance in a corner from Juan Sebastian Veron. The ball just eluded a desperate lunge on the line from Nigeria’s Efetobore Sodje. The goal came after Nigeria - and in particular goalkeeper Ike Shorunmu - had stubbornly frustrated the South Americans, heavily backed to win their third World Cup title. “We’ve lost, but the standard of our game was good,” said Nigeria coach Adegboye Onigbinde. It was Batistuta’s 56th goal in 76 appearances for Argentina, and his 10th goal in three World Cups. Coach Marcelo Bielsa yesterday chose ‘Batigol’ ahead of rival Hernan Crespo. Batistuta joined an exclusive club of only 10 players who have scored 10 or more goals in World Cup history. The result leaves Argentina in firm control of its World Cup destiny, top of group F - the Group of Death - which also includes England and Sweden. Argentina’s next match is the much-awaited clash with England in Sapporo on June 7. “Our first aim was to beat Nigeria and we did it,” said Veron. “Now comes England. It’ll surely be a tough game, a classic.” Argentina suffered a blow minutes before kickoff when captain Roberto Ayala was injured in the warmpup. He was replaced in defence by Diego Placente. In an open first half, both sides cancelled each other out. Argentina shaded Nigeria in terms of possession but there were chances at both ends. Claudio Lopez was Argentina’s main early threat, twice marauding down the left wing in search of Batistuta, whose every move was closely watched by Nigeria’s back four. Ariel Ortega’s twisting runs down the right wing had the Nigerian defence resorting to shirt-pulling and bodychecks. Veteran Diego Simeone dropped deep, playing just ahead of a back three shorn of Ayala’s commanding presence. Nigeria’s Nwankwo Kanu, who picked up a back injury and went off early in the second half, played in the middle of the field, with Julius Aghahowa and Bartholomew Ogbeche up front. An early chance went to Nigeria’s Sodje who sent a spectacular volley over the bar from a corner. Minutes later, Batistuta broke free only to send a powerful shot wide. After 21 minutes, Batistuta was played through by stand-in captain Veron and Lopez, but Nigeria’s ‘keeper Ike Shorunmu was alert to the danger and cleared with his feet. Shorunmu again came to the rescue after 30 minutes, tipping over a rasping drive from outside the area by Ortega, after Veron had robbed Nigeria of possession in midfield. Two minutes later, Jay-Jay Okocha wriggled through the Argentine midfield and let fly a powerful shot from more than 20 metres, which was similarly tipped over the bar by Argentina’s Cavallero, at full-stretch. Argentina’s attacks were mostly coming from Ortega on the right and Lopez on the left. Overlapping left midfielder Juan Pablo Sorin also got in on the action. Nigeria appeared happy to soak up the pressure and pump the ball deep into the Argentina half for Aghahowa to chase. In the second half, Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa replaced Lopez with Kily Gonzalez on the left. Within minutes, Kanu was replaced by Pius Ikedia. Argentina immediately piled on the pressure and Batistuta came close with a powerful free kick. Sorin then won a corner, but Batistuta skewed his shot wide from barely a metre. Sorin then came close with a header from another corner and had a smart volley tipped over the bar. After Batistuta’s goal, Nigeria responded with more urgency, but failed to break down the Argentine defence. Veron was brought off after 78 minutes, replaced by Pablo Aimar. For Nigeria, Justice Christopher replaced Sodje and Pius Ikedia replaced Kanu. Crespo came in for Batistuta — who won the acclaim of an almost full stadium — with 10 minutes remaining.
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Fortune earns SA 2-2 draw Pusan, South Korea, June 2 Four years ago, appearing in their first World Cup, the African side were thumped 3-0 by France in the first game and limped out of the tournament with barely a whimper. Today, excellent goals by Paraguay’s Roque Santa Cruz and Francisco Arce put them on the ropes again and left the South Americans already looking forward to a second successive second round appearance. However, lifted by a 63rd minute own goal by Estanislao Struway, the former African champions laid siege to the Paraguay goal, earning their just rewards when Sibusiso Zuma was brought down by goalkeeper Ricardo Taverelli and Fortune blasted in the penalty. ‘’We never stopped believing,’’ South Africa coach Jomo Sono said. ‘’We kept pressuring and pressuring and pressuring. If we had lost it would have been a real dent to our confidence but now this feels like a win and we can go on from here.’’ Paraguay looked in total control, particularly in the first half, but appeared to run out of steam in the face of the physical South African onslaught. Coach Cesare Maldini said he was not disappointed but the body language of the team as they trooped off the pitch told a different story. Maldini refused to blame the absence of suspended goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert for the turnaround but the inspirational 36-year-old will now, more than ever, rue his decision to spit at Brazilian Roberto Carlos in a qualifier. It all looked to be going so well for the South Americans, as they dominated the first half. Santa Cruz, who plays for Bayern Munich, had a penalty claim turned down after just 25 seconds and South African keeper Andre Arendse made three good saves in the first half. However, he was at fault for the opening goal after 39 minutes when he came for an Arce free kick and missed it, allowing Santa Cruz to head into an empty net. Arce got the second 10 minutes after the break with a clever free kick that surprised Arendse at his near post and flew into the top corner. Paraguay, who beat Brazil and drew twice with Argentina in qualifying, looked on course for a well-deserved win but the South African’s showed admirable spirit in fighting back. South Africa now face Slovenia and Zuma thinks they can secure a second round berth before facing Spain in their final game.
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Spain break jinx, beat Slovenia Kwangju, June 2 Raul scored the opening goal on the stroke of halftime, selling his marker with a brilliant dummy just inside the box before stabbing the ball past goalkeeper Marko Simeunovic for his 26th international goal. Spanish midfielder Juan Carlos Valeron added a second in the 74th minute, stealing in at the back post to slide a diagonal shot past the wrong-footed keeper. Substitute Sebastjan Cimirotic scored a consolation for Slovenia on 82 minutes before defender Fernando Hierro secured the win from the penalty spot five minutes later after Fernando Morientes was brought down by substitute Sasa
Gajser. The match was by no means a classic — Spain seemed to labour under the weight off their dismal World Cup history while the Slovenians, appearing in the competition for the first time, rarely pushed men forward in large numbers. But the Spaniards will not care about that. They have finally broken a jinx dating back to 1950, when they beat Chile in their opening match of the tournament in Brazil. Since then they have failed to win eight World Cup openers, and have been held by the likes of Honduras and South Korea. In France four years ago they lost to Nigeria in their opening first round tie. In the early stages of the match, Slovenia looked capable of extending the Spaniards’ unwanted record. Midfielder Miran Pavlin forced a point-blank save from Iker Casillas as early as the third minute and Zlatko Zahovic forced another save with a stinging left foot shot. Spain’s best efforts came from a pair of long range Javi de Pedro free kicks that dipped just over the Slovenian crossbar. The Spaniards grew in confidence in the second half and Morientes came close to scoring a minute after coming on as substitute.
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Brazil not taking Turkey lightly Ulsan (South Korea), June 2 The three R’s — Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho — lead Brazil against Turkey’s stalwart defence tomorrow in the first and probably decisive game of group C. The winner is all but assured a berth in the second round with modest Costa Rica and World Cup newcomer China completing the group. Brazil are heavily favoured against Turkey, which is making its first Cup appearance in 48 years. But the four-time Cup champions lately have fallen on hard times, while the Turks are demanding a seat at the table of the world’s soccer powers. The Brazilians stumbled through the Cup qualifying and nearly missed the tournament altogether for the first time in history. With six losses to South American rivals and a humiliating defeat by Honduras in the Copa America, Brazil lost the No. 1 ranking for the first time since 1994 and currently is tied for second with Argentina, behind defending Cup champion France. Meanwhile, the Turks served notice on Europe’s traditional soccer powers, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2000 European Championship while the Turkish side Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup crown the same year. Now they aspire to the Cup quarterfinals, or better. Brazil are not taking the newcomers lightly. They studied game film, consulted Brazilians playing in the Turkish league and even sent a spy to the team’s practice. “We know Brazil have superior technique, but we can be beaten by a determined, cohesive team,” Brazil’s coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said after practice last night. “We must play the first game as if it were our last. We can’t make the same mistakes we made in the qualifying.” Adding to Brazil’s concern is the health of star strikers Ronaldo and Rivaldo. Both are returning from injuries to their right knee ligaments and are admittedly below par. Barcelona star Rivaldo was out for nearly two months and is still trying to get into top physical shape, although he says the knee feels fine. Ronaldo’s injury was more serious, requiring two operations and nearly two years of convalescence. Even Scolari admits he won’t be the same as before, at least not during the Cup. “Ronaldo is better physically and technically, but he still has problems with his rhythm and marking,” said Scolari.
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Emerson is out Ulsan, June 2 “The shoulder is dislocated,” said
Runco. “This injury takes four weeks to recover so he will not be able to play any more in this World Cup.” He said Brazil had sent a request to football’s world govering body FIFA for authorisation to call another player. The inspirational AS Roma midfielder hurt his right shoulder as he took a turn as a goalkeeper at the Ulsan Munsu Stadium in training today. He was playing in goal during a two-touch training session when he dived to the right and remained on the ground. He stayed down for a full five minutes, surrounded by his team-mates, before he was helped up. He took no further part in the session. Emerson later left for the team hotel with his arm in a sling. “When Emerson fell we didn’t immediately think it was serious, but he stayed on the floor and we knew something had happened,” said defender Roberto Carlos. Brazil’s star midfielder
Rivaldo, who supplied the shot that Emerson dived for, said Emerson’s inexperience as a goalkeeper contributed to the injury.
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Saudi defeat ‘blow to Asian soccer’ Seoul, June 2 Velappan, general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), said he was dismayed to see the Saudis collapse so spectacularly in Sapporo, Japan yesterday, describing the game as a total mismatch. “I watched Germany’s 8-0 thrashing of Saudi Arabia and, quite honestly, it was a big embarrassment,” Mr Velappan told the AFC’s official website footballasia.com.
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Windies cruise to 7-wicket victory Port of Spain, June 2 In a match reduced to 25-overs a side, after rains washed out half the day’s play, India could manage just 123 runs and were all out off the last ball of their quota of overs. West Indies raced to 117 without loss, seven runs within victory, before three quick wickets brought a bit of drama into the game. But the task was duly completed in the 23rd over, the winning runs coming off a wide from Virender Sehwag. The hero of West Indies victory was opener Chris Gayle who smashed 84 runs off just 67 balls with nine fours and a six. The win saw West Indies levelling the rain-truncated five-match series at 1-1. India had won the third one-dayer at Bridgetown by seven wickets after the first two matches at Jamaica were washed out. The fifth match will be played here later today.
It was a disappointing batting performance that let the Indians down in yesterday’s game. Skipper Sourav Ganguly had decided to bat first after winning the toss in the morning before it started raining. But the decision proved disastrous in a shortened innings as most of the batsmen perished while trying to go for the big hits. Scoreboard India: Ganguly lbw b Collymore 39 Sehwag c Lara b Dillon 0 Mongia b Cuffy 13 Laxman run out 2 Yuvraj c Jacobs b Collins 1 Dravid b Hooper 28 Kaif c Gayle b Collymore 12 Agarkar c Jacobs b
Collymore 0 Zaheer b Hooper 7 Harbhajan c Jacobs b Collins 6 Yohannan not out 2 Extras: (lb-5, nb-4, w-4) 13 Total: (all out, 25 overs) 123 FoW:
1-1, 2-45, 3-53, 4-56, 5-66, 6-86, 7-86, 8-110, 9-118. Bowling: Dillon 5-0-24-1, Cuffy 5-0-40-1, Collins 5-0-21-2, Collymore 5-1-14-3, Hooper 5-0-19-2. West Indies: Gayle c Ganguly b Zaheer 84 W. Hinds b Yohannan 30 Sarwan b Yohannan 1 Lara not out 4 C. Hooper not out 1 Extras:
(nb-3, w-1) 4 Total: (for 3 wkts, 22.1 overs) 124 FoF: 1-117, 2-117, 3-118. Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 5-0-14-1, Yohannan 5-0-50-2, Agarkar 4-1-14-0, Harbhajan Singh 5-1-22-0, Sehwag 3.1-0-24-0.
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Tendulkar leads Indian charge Port Of Spain, Trinidad, June 2 Sachin Tendulkar was the highest scorer, making 65. Ganguly scored 56. Tendulkar fell trying to up the run rate in the dying overs playing the ball late on to his stumps. Dillon scored his second 5-wicket haul against India. He gave away 52 runs. India looked set for a big total after being 136 for two off 27 overs. The 29-year-old Ganguly struck five fours as he raised 43 for the first wicket with Virender Sehwag and added 62 for the second with fellow left-hander Dinesh Mongia (28). Sachin Tendulkar, back after missing the last game due to a shoulder injury, was on 14. Sehwag started aggressively for India, driving paceman Cameron Cuffy to extra cover for four in the second over. The 23-year-old then drove him for two straight boundaries before hitting his fellow paceman Mervyn Dillon though the off-side for consecutive fours. He was out for a run-a-ball 32, flicking Dillon to short mid-wicket, where Gayle held a leaping two-handed catch over his head to reduce India to 43 for one. Ganguly took over after Sehwag's departure, driving Cuffy over extra cover for four and pulling medium-pacer Corey Collymore to the mid-wicket fence. The Indian skipper then charged down the track and smashed left-arm paceman Pedro Collins over his head for two boundaries. Mongia, who struck 74 in India's seven-wicket win in Barbados on Wednesday, received a life on 15 when he steered Collins uppishly to point, where Shivnarine Chanderpaul failed to hold the forward-diving catch. He lofted Collymore over long-off for six, Cuffy managing to catch the ball but also stepping over the boundary rope. Mongia, however, fell later in the same over when Gayle took his second catch. Scoreboard India: Ganguly c Sarwan b Dillon 56 Sehwag c Gayle b Dillon 32 Mongia c Gayle b Collymore 28 Tendulkar b Dillon 65 Dravid c Sarwab b Hooper 20 Yuvraj b Gayle 10 Kaif b Gayle1 7 Agarkar c Hooper b Dillon 3 Harbhajan not out 5 Zaheer c Collins b Dillon 4 Nehra b Gayle 0 Extras (lb-8, nb-4, w-8): 20 Total: (all out, 50 overs) 260 FoW: 1-43, 2-105, 3-141, 4-187, 5-212, 6-239, 7-248, 8-248, 9-254. Bowling:
Collins 10-1-46-0, Collymore 8-0-42-1, Cuffy 9-0-45-0, Dillon 10-1-52-5, Hooper 8-0-41-1, Gayle 5-0-26-3.
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Hoggard scripts England win Birmingham, England, June 2 Hoggard finished with five for 92 and Caddick took three for 67. The touring team, who started the day on 132 for two, soon lost overnight pair Marvan Atapattu (56) and Mahela Jayawardene (59), who had put on 105, but England were then held up as Aravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillekeratne added 77 for the fifth wicket. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka (1st innings): 162 England (1st innings): 545 Sri Lanka (2nd innings): Atapattu b Hoggard 56 Jayasuriya b Hoggard 12 Sangakkara lbw b Hoggard 1 Jayawardene c Thorpe b
Caddick 59 De Silva c Thorpe b Caddick 47 Tillakaratne b Caddick 39 Arnold c Giles b Hoggard 4 Vaas st Stewart b Giles 28 Fernando b Hoggard 0 Zoysa not out 1 Muralitharan absent injured 0 Extras: (b-4 lb-4 nb-17) 25 Total: 272 FoW:
1-28 2-30 3-135 4-156 5-233 6-238 7-247 8-247 9-272 Bowling:
Caddick 25-4-67-3 (nb-2), Hoggard 23-2-92-5 (nb-11), Flintoff 6-0-23-0 (nb-3), Giles 26.1-3-57-1, Tudor 9-1-25-0 (nb-1).
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Cronje’s body airlifted Johannesburg, , June 2 “The three bodies have been airlifted off the mountain and taken to a mortuary,’’ Civil Aviation Authority spokesman Trevor Davids told Reuters. An autopsy is expected to be conducted tomorrow. No date has been set for the funeral.
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Haas humbled; Venus, Seles through
Paris, June 2 Women’s favourites Venus Williams and Monica Seles made no mistake though, breezing past Chanda Rubin and Daniela Hantuchova while Mary Pierce reduced a 121-point ranking difference to dust as she belted ninth seed Silvia Farina Elia 6-1, 6-2. Haas took a considerable time to get going and by the time he did Pavel proved too strong to allow him back into the contest. After racing through the first set, the Romanian sneaked a tense and tight tiebreak 11-9 for a two-set lead. Junior champion here in 1992, Pavel had until this year endured an abysmal record in the French capital of three first-round defeats and one second-round finish. Venus’s 6-3, 6-2 victory stretched her supremacy over Rubin to 7-1. “I like playing her,” she grinned afterwards. Next up for Venus is Seles. The three-times champion out-battled 11th seed Hantuchova 6-4, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals for the 10th time in as many appearances. Seles won the last of her Paris crowns aged 19 - the age of Slovakia’s Hantuchova now - and the sixth seed’s experience told when it mattered, as she sealed victory in 93 minutes. Anger not serenity powered Serena Williams into the quarterfinals after she fought back from a set down to beat Vera Zvonareva 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. The American third seed was furious with herself after dropping her first set of the tournament to the Russian qualifier, and she hit back with vengence. Seventh seed Jelena Dokic powered into the last eight with a controlled 7-6, 6-2 win over Slovakia’s Katarina Srebotnik. The win for the Yugoslav, who had never progressed after the third round in her three previous appearances in Paris, sets up a possible showdown with top seed Jennifer Capriati for a place in the semifinals.
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India beat Korea
in hockey Chennai, June 2 India, till yesterday placed second on the points table with three points each with South Korea today put up a superlative performance in their last round robin league match to claim the second slot. Hosts Australia came at the top. According to information received by Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) Secretary K. Jyothikumaran, Indians, who were lagging 1-3 till the end of first half, came back strongly after the lemon break. Daljit Singh Dhillon struck twice in the second session to level the score. Gagan Ajit Singh, who had scored once in the first half, found the nets in the 62nd minute to complete the scoreline 4-3. Korea finished third and Malaysia fourth.
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Rajwinder wins gold medal Bangalore, June 2 Singh cleared 2.12 metres to equal Tamil Nadu’s Neeluswamy Annavi’s record, who achieved the mark more than a decade back. Punjab’s Rajwinder Kaur annexed the women’s hammer throw gold, recording a distance 53.34 metres, leaving the pack far behind. With an effort of 48.81 metres, Uttar Pradesh’s Alka Pandey got the silver, pushing Bihar’s Archana Bara to the third spot (45.53). West Bengal’s Y Baladevi reigned supreme in women’s 20 km walk, coming home in one hour, 47 minutes and 18.4 seconds. Punjab’s Jasmine Kaur (1:50:55.5) and Manipur’s L Deepmala Devi (1:57:56.0) took the silver and bronze, respectively.
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Punjab swimming postponed Ludhiana, June 2 Meanwhile, trials to select the Punjab junior boys and girls swimming and waterpolo teams will be held at the Municipal Corporation pool, Ludhiana, on June 7 at 10 am. |
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The bodies of former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje and two pilots have been airlifted from the site of the plane crash that killed them, a civil aviation official said today.
“The three bodies have been airlifted off the mountain and
taken to a mortuary,’’ Civil Aviation Authority spokesman
Trevor Davids told Reuters.
