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SPORTS

Saini School beat St George, annex Bro Mahony title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 31
In a nerve-wracking contest, Saini School, Rewari pipped St. George College, Mussoorie 5-4 via tie-breaker shoot-out to clinch the senior division title of the Bro Mahony Inter-School Football Tournament, which concluded at the Mount St. Mary’s School ground, Delhi Cantonment, in the Capital on Wednesday.

In a hard-fought match, in which no quarters were asked and none given, neither team could fruitfully utilise the chances that came their way. As a result, both the teams failed to score a goal in the first half. In the first half, Phool Preet of Saini School wasted an open chance. In the second session, it was the turn of Neeraj Tuladhar to miss a sitter of a chance.

In the tie-breaker shootout, Joginder, Phool Preet, Ravi Yadav, Suryakant and Inderjeet converted the penalty kicks for Saini School while Ayush Shah, Neeraj Tuladhar, Jaidin and Gaurav Thapa were the successful marksmen for St.

George College. Pranab Shrshtha missed the mark for the Mussoorie team to dash their title hopes.

Modern School, Barakhamba Road lifted the junior division title when they prevailed over St. Columba’s School, New Delhi 2-1. The first half produced no goal, but in the second half, Anubhav Jha put Modern School in the lead with a stunning goal in the 12th minute. But the lead lasted just two minutes as Prince pulled back the equaliser for St. Columba’s. However, Anubhav Rohatga scored the match-winner for Modern School just seconds before the final hooter.

Manish of Saini School was adjudged the “Best Player” in the senior division while Gaurav Thapa of St. George College was given the “Upcoming Promising Player” award. Ravi Yadav of Saini School was given the best goalkeeper award.

In the junior section, Edwin of St. Columba’s School was adjudged the best player while Shaun Andrady of Mount St. Mary’s School was presented with the “Upcoming Promising Player” award.

Former FIFA referee Melvin D’Souza, who was the chief guest at the finals, gave away the prizes. Referees A. K. Chadha, Henry, Vijay Kumar, D. S. Parmar, Man Singh, Jai Prakash, Rajender Barthwal and Naresh Kapoor competently supervised the month-long tournament, to make it a smooth affair.

Boris Becker show on Ten Sports
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 31
Boris Becker’s sparring match, in the company of Aamir “Bhuvan” Khan, against Vijay Amritraj and Kapil Dev, staged at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association courts in the Capital on Tuesday, will be telecast in all its glory and mood swings by Ten Sports on August 3 (Saturday) at 8 pm. The show will be repeated on August 6 at 5.30 pm.

The Laureus Sports for Good Foundation, the beneficiary of these matches, has donated the proceeds as scholarships to 15 underprivileged children from across India, who although are immensely talented, but without adequate means to pursue their interests further.

“Telecasting the Siyaram’s Tennis World with Boris Becker exclusively on Ten Sports is a great opportunity for us to help promote and provide a platform for aspiring sporting talent in India. Ten Sports is committed to promoting Indian talent in its own way and is proud to be associated with Siyaram’s Tennis World with Boris Becker and the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation”, said Mr Chris McDonald, chief executive of Taj Television.

Along with special events telecast such as this, Ten Sports programme line-up also features a fantastic array of cricket, including triangulars from Morocco, Classic India-Pakistan cricket, the Sharjah Cup and the Sharjah Champions Trophy as well as all international cricket from Sri Lanka.

Ten Sports will also broadcast other popular sporting events like the WWE, live action of the Formula I races, the English FA Cup, Manchester United Football, the WTA (Professional Women’s Tennis), ATP Dubai Tennis Open, the Ryder Cup, the British Open, Champions Trophy Hockey and Champions Challenge Hockey.

Soumik slams century for DAV School
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 31
A brilliant unbeaten hundred by Delhi Under-14 batsman Soumik Chattarji (101, 15x4) and a fierce bowling spell of 3 for 22 by Abhishek Sakuja helped DAV School, Shalimar Bagh defeat Delhi University Coaching Centre by eight wickets and entered the semi-final of the first Prabhu Dayal Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground.

Soumik was declared the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock. Abhishek Sakuaja got the best bowler award while Raman Gujral received the best batsman award.

Scores: Delhi University Coaching Centre: 152 all out in 35 overs (Raman Gujral 43, Virat Kohli 29, Saurabh Pasi 25, Abhishek Sakuja 3 for 22, Vipin Malhotra 2 for 18).

DAV School, Shalimar Bagh: 154 for 2 in 23.1 overs (Soumik Chattarji 101 n o, Love Sahrawat 17, Shailej Sondhi 2 for 35, Vikas Kumar 1 for 38).

Delhi Club to tour UK
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 31
The Delhi Blues Cricket Club will embark on a three-week tour of the United Kingdom from August 5. The tour will conclude on August 31. This will be Delhi Blues Club’s eighth tour to the United Kingdom.

Senior cricket coach Gurcharan Singh said Delhi Blues have been visiting the United Kingdom, on a reciprocal basis, on alternate years, and the coming tour will be the Club’s eighth, after its first tour in 1985.

Gurcharan claimed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has accorded its approval for the Blues’ tour of the UK. He said the players for the tour, in the under-16 age group, were selected after a rigorous selection process.

Top teams for Ramjas Cricket Tournament
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 31
Sixteen top school teams of the National Capital Region of Delhi will participate in the first Ramjas Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament to be held from August 12 to September 20. The matches will be played on a league-cum-knock out basis. The matches will be of 40 overs a side, to be played on a turf wicket.

The entry forms can be collected from the office of the Ramjas Sports and Mountaineering Institute, 36/17, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi, from 10 am to 4 pm on working days.

Entries, with a fee of Rs 3000, close on August 3. The teams will be selected on a first-come-first-served basis. According to the organising secretary, all the rules and regulations will be followed in letter and spirit in the tournament. The winners will be given attractive prizes, besides the usual man of the match, best bowler, best batsman awards. With nothing much happening on the cricket front, the Ramjas Tournament is likely to evoke a lot of interest among school teams of Delhi.

ADMINISTRATION

UP largesse for SCs: Encroachments regularised
Parmindar Singh

Ghaziabad, July 31
The UP Government has come forth with another dose of generosity for members of the Scheduled Castes and other backward classes. They will not be dislodged from the illegal encroachments of gram (village) sabha land if it had been occupied before May 1, 2002. These encroachments will be deemed to have been legally made, according to rules.

The state government’s order is in keeping with an amended land management ordinance. The government had issued this ordinance on May 1 this year with a view to provide special benefits to members of the Scheduled Castes and other backward classes. According to the extant ordinance, the gram sabha lands occupied illegally up to June 3, 1995, were deemed to have been legally occupied.

The government has now issued an amendment to the UP Zamindari and Land Ordinance, 2002, extending this period up to May 1, 2002.

The Principal Secretary, Revenue, Mr Harish Chand, has issued this ordinance. This obviates the need for formally securing a title or filing a claim for securing the rights over such land. For this, an amendment has been introduced in the land management ordinance of 1950 vide which clauses 122-B, 122-B (4H) 123, 157, 157 (BB) 195, 197 and clause 198 stands amended.

Under clause 123 of the amended ordinance, if members of Scheduled Castes and Tribes have built houses on gram sabha land or have occupied any other land up to May 1, 2002, they cannot be evicted from such houses/lands.

Under section (1) of clause 157-A, if a member of the Scheduled Castes sells his land to another member of the SCs that buyer will be able to further sell that land only after the expiry of 10 years from that date. This, it is learnt, has been done to ensure that the Scheduled Caste landowners do not become landless again by selling their land quickly.

Under the new dispensation, under clause 195, the land owners will not be obliged to secure their title from the land management committee. assistant collectors can in future accept these titles under these circumstances.

Similarly, assistant collectors will be able to issue title claims in respect of such reserve lands under clauses 197 and 132 for a public cause and the approval of the land management committee will not be required for the purpose.

The government has asked all district magistrates and collectors to strictly follow the new guidelines. They have also been asked to apprise the administration about it by the seventh of each month.