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Morocco Cup begins at Tangiers New Delhi, August 12 The teams will compete in a 50 overs a side one-day triangular series, for the trophy and prize money. Organised by the Federation Royale Marocine de Cricket, the Morocco Cup 2002 will be telecast live exclusively on Ten Sports. The Tangiers Cricket Stadium is the first neutral venue to have been granted Test as well as ODI status at the same time. This is because the stadium at Tangiers offers modern cricketing facilities that are at par with or even above international standards—a must for any top side to consider visiting the venue. The square, outfield and playing areas all conform to the tough and exacting ICC standards. ICC-appointed match referee Mike Procter of South Africa inspected the venue in June, 2002. Thus, the ICC sanctioned stadium can now host events featuring full-member countries. The stadium offers modern facilities, which include five turf wickets for matches, five turf and two cement wickets in the practice areas, amenities for the players, umpires and referees, television room and facilities for both media and spectators. Initially restricted to foreign diplomatic communities, most players, especially the locals, were not tuned to the nuances of the game. But today, Morocco is an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council, which has officially approved the venue and supports the development of cricket in Morocco as part of its long-term strategy to globalise the game. The last three years have seen the birth of the Moroccan Cricket Association under the aegis and efforts of Abdulrahman Bukhatir, and others who share his vision. Now, the game is regularly played in Rabat, Tangiers and Casablanca. The FRMC has acquired the services of three professional Indian coaches—Mohinder Amarnath, assisted by Surinder Amarnath and Narayan Rao Satham. The trio has been assigned the responsibility of developing cricket in Morocco at all levels, training senior local cricketers as well as coaches to promote the game further in Morocco, in addition to coaching the national team. Nestling on the north-westernmost tip of Africa, Morocco is part of the North African countries known as the Maghreb. The country, separated from the rest of Africa by the towering Atlas Mountains, is a tantalising land steeped in mystique and culture. Strategically fringed by the Mediterranean on the north and the Atlantic on the west, Morocco remained independent while developing a rich culture blended from Arab, Berver, European and African influences. Climatic conditions, more Mediterranean than African, support a variety of flora and fauna. Snowy peaks, lush valleys, sunny beaches, scorching dunes and old cities—Morocco has it all. The port city of Tangiers, popularly called the “Gateway to Spain”, faces the southernmost point of Spain just across the Straight of Gibraltar. Azure waters of the Mediterranean, white sunny beaches and rugged highlands contribute to the landscape of the city. Its winding streets, bustling markets and rows of olive trees that dot the city imparts an aura of quaintness that blends unabashedly with the contemporary to make it a haven for both tourist and trader. Along with the live and exclusive telecast of the Morocco Cup direct from Tangiers, Ten Sports currently also has an exciting mix of sports programming. These include Formula One races, WWE, classic India-Pakistan cricket, Sharjah Cup, Sharjah Champions Trophy as well as all international cricket from Sri Lanka, the FA Cup soccer, Manchester United football, the Women’s Professional Tennis, ATP Dubai Tennis Open, the Ryder Cup golf, Champions Trophy hockey and the Champions Challenge Cup Hockey. |
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Varun Sethi adjudged
best swimmer New Delhi, August 12 The following swimmers topped in different age groups: Boys V: Rajneesh Kukrety of MSBR (35 points); Asad Mirza of JSTS (21 points). Boys VI: Vineet Kumar of JSTS and Aditya Kotia of SHK Club (25 points each); Mohit Rana of MAPS (18 points). Boys VII: Arsh Khan of B D Goenka School and Chankaya Sharma (24 points); Jasdeep Singh of JSTC (19 points). Women: Shruti Gupta of Delhi Public School and Meenakshi Tokas of Alisha (35 points each); Ritu Sejwai of Alisha (29 points). Girls V: Devyani Aggarwal of JSTS (32 points); Hemantika of PPS School (27 points). Girls VI: Ruhaab Khan of B D Goenka (35 points); Nitayapratap of JSTS (23 points). Girls VII: Shreya B of JSTS (31 points); Akansha of JSTS (25 points). JSTS won the team title for the 15th year in succession when the collected a staggering 684 points, which set a new record as the previous best was 528 points. The JSTS swimmers created four new meet records. Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, finished second with a tally of 187 points and one meet record. Modern School, Barakhamba Road finished third with a haul of 161 points and one meet record. |
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Asian Bench Press Championship in Delhi New Delhi, August 12 About 75 participants will compete in the Asian Championship. Sandeep Gosai of Food Corporation of India will lead the Indian team. This is the tenth international competition being organised by the Indian Powerlifting Federation of India. India had earlier hosted the World Powerlifting Championship in Calcutta in 1981, the Junior World Powerlifting Championship in Cochin in 1986, the Women’s World Powerlifting Championship in 1991, the Asian Men and Women Powerlifting Championship at Jamshedpur in 1992, the Junior World Men’s and Women’s Championship in Delhi in 1995, the Asian Men’s and Women’s Powerlifting Championship at Mangalore in 1995, the World Masters Men’s and Women’s Powerlifting Championship in Delhi in 1999 and the Asian Senior, Junior and Sub-Junior Men’s
and Women’s Championship in Delhi last year. Indian lifters hold many records in
powerlifting. E S Bhaskaran has been the holder of a world record in dead lift since 1993, Sarla Shetty holds the Asian squat, deadlift and total records since 1995 and Manju George is the current world record holder in squat created at
Sochi, Russia, in September 2001 and VSNL Renuka holds the Asian record in bench press created at Korea in 2002.
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Delhi Audit crush Central Secretariat New Delhi, August 12 Delhi Audit opened the account through Naresh Mann and striker Hitender Rawat struch the second goal, in the 30th and 35th minutes respectively. In the second half, inside-right Sameer Jung increased the lead when he scored a brace of goals in the 40th and 48th minutes. Mid-fielder Subhash Negi made it 5-0 in the 57th minute
while Hitender Rawat scored another goal to make it 6-0 in the 58th minute. Former Mohun Bagan player Rishi Kapoor rounded off the tally in the 68th minute (7-0). The match was marred by skirmishes and referee S Saha had to flash the yellow card to Central Secretariat’s T K
Biswas, Dalip Bhandari and Ravindra Waldia, and Delhi Audit defender
Avneet, to bring order. Delhi Audit have collected six points from two matches while Central Secretariat have logged just one point from two matches. Earlier, in A Group B match, Delhi Administration scored a 3-1 victory against Railway Board to collect full points. Delhi Administration have collected four points from two matches while Railway Board have not opened their account even after two matches. The Delhi Administration led by three goals to nil at half time. J S Rawat, Jag Mohan and Rajeev Bhalla scored the goals in the 22nd, 27th and 29th minutes. Railway Board’s H S Bisht got the consolation goal for his team. Tuesday’s matches: Urban Development Ministry vs Bank of India (3.15 p m); Oriental Bank of Commerce vs Northern Railway (4.30 p m)—Ambedkar Stadium. |
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Warm farewell for Rakesh Kapila Rohtak, August 12 Mr Kapila, a popular person among the sports fraternity, holds the distinction of being the first and so far the only executive for broadcasting sports programmes from AIR, Rohtak, since its inception in 1976. A keen sports enthusiast, Mr Kapila is also a former record holder of Inter University Athletic Championships held at Ujjain in 1978. He was selected for the camps of the world university games held at Patiala in 1974, 1977 and 1978. He holds a NIS diploma in athletics coaching besides holding a Master’s degree in physical education. A diploma holder in physiotherapy, Mr Kapila joined AIR at Jhalawar in Rajasthan. He was transferred to Rohtak in 1995 and since then, he was looking after the sports broadcasts from AIR, Rohtak. |
Two SOs suspended in Noida Noida, August 12 According to information, an evaluation exercise was held at Surajpur police station in which it was found that SO incharge of Rabupura, Mr N. P. Singh and Jarcha incharge G.S. Rohtela had been found wanting in their sense of responsibility and did not act as per administration’s instructions. This action has been taken in keeping with public complaints and lack of action against criminals. Both the SOs have been placed under suspension, as a punishment. SO Sector-39, Mr R.D. Nigam, was made incharge of Noida’s main Sector-20 police station while Mr Sunil Pichauri was shifted from Sector-20 to Sector-49 police station. Kasana police station incharge, Mr Mahesh Chander was posted to Phase-II and Phase-II police station incharge Mr B.B.D. Jugal has been sent to Kasna. SOG incharge Mr D. K. Sharma was posted at Jarcha while Javer police station incharge Mr Sanjeev Kumar was made incharge of Jarcha police station. Mr Sanjeev Kumar was transferred from Javer to Rabupura police station. The message sent out through these suspensions and transfers is that people’s complaints should be quickly attended to and incidents of crimes worked out speedily. Irresponsible and lax cops will have to face the music, SSP said. |
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L-G reviews Delhi-Gurgaon highway New Delhi, August 12 The NHAI has taken up the conversion of Delhi-Gurgaon section of NH8 into Access Controlled Eight/Six lane Highway from Km 14.30 (Junction of Rao Tula Ram Marg on NH-8 in Delhi) to km 2 (Haryana). This project is being executed on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis by private parties. |
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