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Mount St Mary’s hold Tagore International New Delhi, July 24 In the second match, Shri Ram School, Gurgaon, defeated Mont Fort School 2-0. Both the goals were scored by Varun Sudan, once in each half. Delhi Public School, R K Puram, edged past Don Bosco School by a solitary goal scored by Aditya Shukla. Hosts Mount St Mary’s School came from behind to beat Mont Fort School by 5-0. They led by a goal at the interval. Aditya Singh and Shawn Andrady scored a brace each and Alistair Cruz hit home one goal. Modern School, Barakhamba Road, crushed Shri Ram School, Gurgaon, 5-0. This was the second consecutive victory for Modern School. Modern School took a 3-0 lead at half time and two goals came in the second half. Anubhav Jha scored three goals (no hat trick) while Mohit Rohatgi accounted for one goal. Shri Ram School put the ball into their own goal to give Modern School an emphatic 5-0 victory. Thursday’s fixtures: Modern School, Barakhamba Road, vs Gyan Bharti School (9 am); Vasant Valley vs St Columba’s (10.15 am); Shri Ram School vs Mount St Mary’s (11.30 am); Modern School (BK) vs Vasant Valley (12.15 pm); Saini School vs Mont Fort (1.30 pm); Modern School (Vasant Vihar) vs Tagore International (2.45 pm). |
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Chandrashekhar a match-winner: Goel
Rohtak, July 24 Giving his reaction to NCR Tribune on Wisden nominations here today, ‘Mr Accurate’ described him as a ‘real match-winner’. He said that Chandra was instrumental in scripting several Indian victories at home and abroad. “He could bowl with the speed of a pacer. Googly and full toss were his main weapons, which consumed the bulk of opponents’ wickets in Test cricket during the 70s,” said Goel. He said spinners in those days did not get adequate support from the fielders and fielding standards were not so high in those days. Had Chandra played in today’s era, he would have claimed an unbelievable number of wickets. He also expressed satisfaction on the nomination of G.R. Vishwanath. Goel said, “Vishy always supported the sportsman spirit”. In the meantime, cricket enthusiasts in this city spent a busy day here today discussing Wisden’s declarations made on Tuesday night. People were seen discussing the achievements of Kapil Dev who, incidentally, made his Ranji Trophy debut in 1976-77 playing here at Vishwarma Stadium against Punjab while representing Haryana in domestic cricket. When NCR Tribune tried to know the reaction of a cross- section of society, it was observed that the choice of the younger generation was Sachin and not Kapil as Indian Cricketer of the Century. Sandhya Juneja, a BCA student, described Sachin as a big run getter and entertainer. She said Sachin should have been a better choice. In the local Kath Mandi area, where people are considered cricket crazy, the declaration of Kapil Dev as Indian Cricketer of the Century was well received. The elders having adequate knowledge of cricket seemed emotionally attached to Kapil.
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In fine fettle, Karun Chandhok closes in on third place New Delhi, July 24 In testing, Chandhok was very impressive and was in second place just two tenths of a second behind first place winner Adam Carroll, despite having only three hours to learn the track. He was very happy with the balance in the car and was confident of challenging the top slot this week-end. On Saturday morning, for the first qualifying session, the track started off very wet and was drying, which basically meant that whoever did the last lap of the session would have the best track conditions. Unfortunately for Karun, sponsored by J K Tyres, he was the first person to finish the session and so the people behind him were able to make better use of the conditions and that bumped him down to sixth. In the second qualifying session, the T-Sport driver earned the reputation of being the “cone-king of F3” when on his third lap of qualifying, he went wide at the 180kmh first chicane and knocked down six cones by the side of the circuit, breaking not only the front wing, but this also bent the suspension causing the car’s alignment to change. Still, he went back out with just three minutes to go and on the very last lap of the session put in a blinder to take third place on the grid. “The first qualifying was a bit of a lottery and unfortunately I was the first to get the flag so we ended up being further down than where we should’ve been. The second qualifying was also not as good as it could’ve been, but still I’m happy with a top three position. When I knocked those cones down I thought there was too much damage to go back out and set a time but the team were just amazing and got the car out in time for me to set a laptime. The tyres weren’t fully up to working conditions, yet I think we could’ve gone faster for sure”, observed Karun. At the end of lap one, Karun had moved up from sixth to second and over the next two laps, places were interchanged at every corner. On lap 4, Billy Asaro moved ahead of Karun, only to go wide at the very next corner and when Chandhok moved to pass him, Asaro came across and hit him, causing the alignment to go out of shape once again. This incident caused Karun to drop down to sixth. After a safety-car period of four laps, Karun charged back past Robert Dahlgren, Gavin Smith and Stephen Colbert up to second place before dropping a place to Dahlgren. He stayed in third place till the flag to score 12 precious points. In race 2, Karun made a blinding start to pass Dahlgren into the first corner. Going into the final hairpin, Chandhok was T-boned by Dahlgren who tried an overambitious move down the inside. This dropped Chandhok down the order and he finished a very angry sixth place. Karun said, “There was no reason for Robert to try that. He knew there was no place and it just ruined my race. I spoke to him afterwards and he said that the brake bias was not right on his car so he couldn’t stop and he apologised but still I think that it was an avoidable incident which I am really upset about. There’s nothing I can do about it now anyway. In the last few races, I’ve been consistent in the top three and I’m beginning to put some pressure on them and I’m sure guys like Robert, who aren’t used to being beaten by me, are not happy when I’m ahead. Still, the only way for me to establish myself as one of the front-runners is to continue progressing the way I have so far this season in qualifying and in the races”. There is now a four-week break in the championship, which gives Karun his first well-deserved trip back to India since the start of the season. “We have one test at the end of this month and after I get back home for some good warm weather and Indian food it’ll be good for me to recharge my batteries and come back fresh for Oulton Park on August 18”, Karun added. |
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Junior spikers train in Thailand New Delhi, July 24 The team comprises 12 players and three officials. The players are: Kishore Kumar (Kerala), S A Rahul (Karnataka), G Pradeep (Andhra Pradesh), Sivabalan (Tamilnadu), Mukesh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Kasi Viswanatha Raju (Andhra Pradesh), Balwan Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Arun Jakhmole (Himachal Pradesh), Nadarajan (Tamilnadu), M N
Vikram (Karnataka), Sunil Kumar (Haryana) and Vikas Thomar (Delhi). The Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) M H Kumara is the chief coach while another SAI coach, P S Chouhan, will be his deputy. Manager: Gopichand Gehlot (Haryana). |
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NCR BRIEFS New Delhi, July 24 Though Priyank Tehlan struck a wonderful century, it went in vain as Luv and Ankit Maini ripped through St Marks batting order. Ishan Bakshi was named the man of the match. Priyank Tehlan was declared the best batsman while Luv Shorey got the best bowler award. Scores: Young Friends: 231 for 3 in 35 overs (Ishan Bakshi 101 n o, Karan Rai 35, Sumit Kumar 31, Luv Thapar 2 or 25).
St Marks School: 220 for 9 in 35 overs (Priyank Tehlan 135, 12x4, 4x6; Aditya Sharma 28, Luv Shorey 4 for 28, Ankit Maini 2 for 37).
Ajay Chautala hails Kapil Dev The President of the Youth Wing of the Indian National Lok Dal, Mr Ajay Singh Chautala, MP, congratulated Kapil Dev for winning the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century Award. In a message to Kapil Dev, popularly known as the “Haryana Hurricane”, Mr Ajay Singh Chautala said “by winning this award, Kapil Dev has brought glory to Haryana as well as the country”.
R P Cricket Academy beat Sumit Academy R P Cricket Academy beat Sumit Dogra Academy by 19 runs in a three-match series at the Gargi College ground. A fine half century, off 33 balls studded with eight fours, by Afrosh Massi and equally good batting performances by Abhimanu Vasu (40, 6x4) and Mukul Dagar (40, 5x4) were the highlights of R P Academy’s victory. Scores: R P Cricket Academy: 170 for 4 in 30 overs (Afrosh Massi 51, Mukul Dagar 40, Abhimanyu 40, Aditya 3 for 19). Sumit Dogra Academy: 151 all out in 28.4 overs (Piush 84, Aditya 31, Harsh 4 for 11, Parteek Shika 3 for 10).
Alaf Khan is no more Nawab Alaf Khan, a former vice-president of the All-India Football Federation (AIFF),passed away in Hyderabad after a brief illness. The 70-year-old Alaf Khan was president of the Andhra Pradesh Football Association till recently. The AIFF president and secretary Alberto Colaco expressed their shock at the unexpected demise of Alaf Khan.
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