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Martina Hingis of Switzerland stretches to hit a return to Clarisa Fernandez of
Argentina during the Canadian Open Tennis Championship in Montreal
on Thursday. Hingis beat Fernandez 6-4, 6-2.
— AP/PTI photo Agassi, Rusedski
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Real Madrid may tour India Rana swims to new
record Kartar in final Inter-college meet
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Harbhajan claims seven wickets
Chelmsford, August 16 After Shiv Sunder Das’ monumental double-century effort, it was the turn of the wily offie to grab attention as he finished with an impressive seven for 83 and helped bowl out the Essex side for 279. With a cushion of a huge 343-run lead behind them, the Indians decided not to impose a follow on and opted for some batting practice instead. Indians negotiated the two remaining overs before lunch without losing any wicket. Parthiv Patel and Sanjay Bangar opened the innings in place of first innings pair Virender Sehwag and Shiv Sunder Das. SCOREBOARD India (first innings): 516
(S.Das 250, S.Ganguly 74; J.Middlebrook 4-164) Essex (first innings): overnight 173-3 D.Robinson c Jaffer b H.Singh 59 R.Clinton b Yohannan 23 A.Flower c Ganguly b H.Singh 59 R.Bopara c Jaffer b H.Singh 29 T.Phillips c Laxman b Bangar 8 R.Irani c Ratra b H.Singh 20 J.Dakin c Patel b H.Singh 4 B.Hyam lbw b H.Singh 12 J.Middlebrook lbw b H.Singh 13 M.Ilott not out 3 Grant b Sehwag 30 Extras (b-1 lb-9 w-1 nb-8) 19 Total (all out, 75.4 overs) 279 Fall of wickets:
1-55 2-108 3-164 4-187 5-193 6-209 7-230 8-240 9-247. Bowling: Yohannan 9-2-28-1 (nb-3), Agarkar 9-1-50-0 (nb-1), Bangar 15-2-55-1 (w-1), Harbhajan 32-5-83-7, Sehwag 10.4-0-53-1 (nb-4). Indians (2nd innings): Bangar batting 73 Patel c Phillips b Ilott 1 Sehwag c & b Bopara 142 Laxman batting 9 Extras:
6 Total (2 wickets, 60 overs) 231 Fall of wickets:
1-8, 2-217. Bowling: Grant 14-6-33-0, Ilott 8-2-31-1, Dakin 12-2-43-0, Bopara 8-0-43-1, Phillips 13-1-57-0, Middlebrook
5-0-22-0.PTI
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Das confident of regaining Test berth Chelmsford, August 16 “Hoggard is the pick of England bowlers, there is no doubt about that,” said Das, almost certain that he will be recalled for the third Test after being left out in the first two. “But I have faced Glenn McGrath in the past and nobody gets better than him,” he said. Das was hailed as the answer to India’s opening blues not very long ago before he fumbled in the West Indies, scoring only 124 runs at 15.50 from five Tests. “I worked really hard to eliminate a few chinks which had appeared in my batting and it concerned my backlift,” said Das. The diminutive opener was repeatedly getting out clean bowled or leg before stumps either inside edging them on to his stumps or playing across and paying the penalty. “I realised my bat was coming from the gully position and I was not quite playing back and across,” commented Das, looking back at his horror patch which forced the team management to dump him and look for better options. Das recounted how he had slogged for hours at end in the six-eight weeks he had to himself between the West Indies and England tour in order to iron out his drawbacks. “I worked extremely hard to remove my drawbacks,” said Das. “Even in the 20 days here while the two Tests were being played, I used to spend hours in the nets under the guidance of coach John Wright. The lad from Orissa said hard work was nothing new to him as he belonged to a state which has produced only one other international cricketer in the past, seam bowler Debashish Mohanty. “It has not been an easy climb for me in international cricket. I am used to hard work and I was prepared to do whatever it took to get back into the side.” Having said that, Das was of the opinion that the increased competition for berths in the Indian team had made it difficult for players to stay in the team for long. “It is extremely tough these days for a cricketer to retain his place in the Indian team. There is so much cricket being played these days and you are always under microscope,” commented Das. This competition saw Das lose his place in the team to a middle-order batsman Virender Sehwag in the first two Tests of the present series after being the regular opener for more than two years and 23 Tests. Das was aware he was under scrutiny when he began the present tour but was still not prepared for his omission when it came after just one failure in the tour opener at Arundel, a three-day game against the West Indies ‘A’ team. “I knew the game was extremely important and I had done no good by scoring 29 and 0 in the two innings. But still it was a huge disappointment to lose out on the first two Tests, said Das. Das realised the game against Essex, which started on Wednesday, was a do-or-die affair for him, especially since Sehwag had done so well in the first two Tests. “I was extremely nervous in the initial phase. For the first half an hour, I really was tense for a big score,” commented Das. As it happened, Das stayed on and on, hour after hour, and compiled a masterpiece on a featherbed track, hitting 32 fours and four sixes in his 480-minute, 380-ball knock.
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Announcement of Indian team put off Mumbai, August 16 Cricket Board secretary Niranjan Shah told PTI from Rajkot that the stalemate over the issue of sponsorship of players was still to be resolved and hence BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya had asked him not to announce the team today. The team was to have been announced after the selectors met here on August 12, but later August 16 was given as deadline for the announcement. “Mr Dalmiya is in touch with the Indian players in England and I can announce the team only after he says so and there is no deadline as of now,” Mr Shah said. Top players from different countries, including India’s Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid are yet to sign the mandatory players’ terms form.
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Zimbabwe, Windies Lanka name squads New Delhi, August 16 The tournament marks the start of Streak’s second stint as captain after the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) confirmed him as the skipper for the 2002-03 season. Zimbabwe, who are in pool 2, will play their first match against India on September 14, which is a day and night encounter. The other team in this pool is England. England and Zimbabwe meet in another day and night match at the Premadasa Stadium on September 18. The Zimbabwe: Heath Streak (captain) Alistair Campbell, Stuart Carlisle, Dion Ebrahim, Andy Flower, Grant Flower, Travis Friend, Douglas Hondo, Stuart Irvine, Douglas Marillier, Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Henry Olonga, Tatenda Taibu and Guy Whittall. The West Indies squad: Carl Hooper (captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Cameron Cuffy, Mervyn Dillon, Chris Gayle, Ryan Hinds, Wavell Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Brian Lara, Runako Morton, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Ramnaresh Sarwan. COLOMBO: Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka squad for ICC Champions Trophy was announced here today. The squad is: Sanath Jayasuriya (captain), Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Aravinda de Silva, Russel Arnold, Hasantha Fernando, Chaminda Vaas, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Upul Chandana, T.M. Dilshan, Pulasthi Guneratne, Kumar Dharmasena.
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Indian women fight back London, August 16 England who were 280 for seven overnight added 49 valuable runs before the innings was terminated at 329 yesterday. In reply, Indian women started shakily losing opener Paranjpe with only 2 runs on the board followed by giving up two more wickets. M. Raj (43 not out) and H. Kala (31 not out) added 56 runs in their unbeaten fourth wicket partnership. Earlier A Chopra scored 52 runs, including five fours. Brief scores: England women: 1st innings 329 (L. K. Newton 98, M. C. Godlqsiman 65, C. J. Connor 48, S. C. Taylor 27, N. Shaw 27; David 4/71, Goswami 3/51). India women (1st innings) 156 for three (A. Chopra 52, M. Raj 43 not out, H. Kala 31 not out). PTI |
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Woods struggles to fire one-under par 71
Masters and US Open champion Woods fired a one-under par 71 here yesterday to stand three strokes behind pace-setters Fred Funk and Jim Furyk, then went to the driving range for repeated swings with his driver to try and solve his troubles. “It wasn’t very good,” Woods said. “It was frustrating because I felt good over the shots. I know what I’m doing wrong in the swing. It’s just a matter of trusting it and getting the reps in. I should be all right.” Woods, whose Grand Slam hopes were dashed with Ernie Els’ triumph in July’s British Open, was only two-for-seven in hitting fairways with his driver while playing alongside Els, who fired a 72, and defending champion David Toms, who soared to 77. “I hit my driver awful,” Woods said. “Everything else was pretty good. I had some good iron play and made a few putts. I hit the ball solid. “No matter what I tried to do with that club, I just seemed to get out of rhythm. That was frustrating. I got the club stuck behind me and I would flip it left or hang on and hit it right.” Blustery conditions at Hazeltine National Golf Club also kept Woods guessing about what club to hit much of the day. “It’s changing intensity but also its direction,” Woods said of the brutal breezes. “It’s just tough to figure out. “You have to play the wind on putts. On greens this fast, that’s something you don’t want to have to do. “To end up one-under par with these conditions, I’ll take that.” Woods is among 98 of the top 100 players competing here, the toughest field in major golf history. He could become the first man to win three majors in a year twice and the first to capture all three US-based events in the same year. Woods began his round at the 10th tee, fired into the fairway and waited nearly three hours to hit his next stroke after a thunderstorm delay. “I didn’t see it coming,” Woods said. I was focused on going down 10. I had not looked to see how the weather was. It did surprise me.” Woods, who refused to blame the break for his driver woes, ate breakfast in the clubhouse and waited out the delay. “It was like starting out basically,” Woods said. “It’s a lot more difficult if you are deep into the round and you have to come back.” Woods birdied the par-five 11th and par-four 12th to quickly seize a share of the lead. His driver obeyed at 11, where a three-wood and pitch left him a tap-in birdie. He followed with an eight-foot birdie putt at 12. The eight-time major champion gave back the strokes with back-to-back bogeys at the turn. After salvaging several approaches over greens, he failed to get up and down on 18, a poor chip setting up a 12-ft par miss.
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Agassi, Rusedski advance Washington, August 16 Agassi had little trouble early but needed a second-set tie-breaker to defeat fellow American Brian Vahaly 6-1, 7-6 (7/3) yesterday and move within three victories of a record sixth Washington title. Agassi will meet seventh-seeded Thomas Enqvist of Sweden in the quarterfinals. Enqvist downed Lars Burgsmuller of Germany 6-3, 7-5. Nieminen rebounded from a rough start to defeat American Alex Kim 0-6, 6-3, 6-4 while Srichaphan upset No 3 seed Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Second seed Andy Roddick, who has more match wins this season than any other player, was upset by No 16 seed Fernando Meligeni of Brazil 4-6, 4-6. Meligeni will take on fifth seed and wild card Marcelo Rios of Chile in the round of eight. Rios had no trouble with Jerome Golmard of France, beating him 6-3, 6-1. Fourth-seeded Alex Corretja of Spain defeated Karol Kucera of Slovakia 6-1, 6-1 and will meet American James Blake in the quarterfinals. Blake edged Guillermo Coria of Argentina 6-4, 7-5. Indianapolis (Indiana):
Greg Rusedski unleashed his big game, pounding Lleyton Hewitt with 10 aces on Thursday for a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 win in the third round of the $800,000 ATP event. The 14th seed scored his best victory since a defeat of then-world No 1 Pete Sampras in the final at Paris Bercy four years ago. The Briton added the current Wimbledon champion to a victim’s list this summer which included second-ranked Russian Marat Safin in the first round at Cincinnati last week.
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Hingis, Capriati enter q-finals Montreal, August 16 The former world No. 1 from Switzerland had surgery on May 20 to repair a torn ligament and three loose ligaments in her left ankle. She was expected to be sidelined for about four months, but made a rapid return from the surgery and also will play next week. In today’s quarter-finals, Hingis will face No.3 seed Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia, who overcame a slow start to oust American Alexandra Stevenson, 1-6 7-5 6-1. Despite an injury-filled year, the 19-year-old Dokic won titles at Sarasota and Birmingham, England, where she dropped just one set in the tournament. No. 2 seed Jennifer Capriati reached the round of eight with a 6-1 7-5 conquest of Japan’s Ai Sugiyama. She next plays No.5 seed Justine Henin of Belgium, a 6-3 7-6 (7/2) winner over Francesca Schiavone of Italy. When top seed and defending champion Serena Williams pulled out Tuesday with a knee injury, Capriati became the favourite in this hardcourt event, which is a warm-up for the US Open. Making her ninth appearance at the tournament, Capriati was a champion here in 1991 as a 15-year-old and lost in the 1993 final to Steffi Graf and the 2001 final to Williams — both in three sets. Austria’s Barbara Schett pulled off the day’s biggest upset, surprising No.4 seed Kim Clijsters of Belgium, 6-4 6-4.
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Real Madrid may tour India Kolkata, August 16 “Though we have no plans right now to bring in Real Madrid to play a few matches in Kolkata or in India, we will examine in future the possibility of doing an event in the country involving the club,” Pepsi Foods vice-president (Corporate Communications) Dipak Jolly told PTI. “The effort would be basically aimed at providing football fans in India an opportunity so that they could meet their favourite international players,” Mr Jolly said. He, however, said everything would depend on how things moved. “A lot of things have to be considered before making the final move,” Mr Jolly said. PepsiCo Beverages International (PBI) today said it has signed a global marketing pact with Real Madrid.
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Rana swims to new
record Ludhiana, August 16 In the 200 metres breaststroke (men), Puneet took 2.32.01 seconds to put to shade the previous record of 2.46.25 seconds set by Dinesh Rajoria of Patiala in 1995. Harpeet Bhullar of Ferozepore with timings of 2.48.55 seconds finished second while Punjab Police swimmer Manraj Singh clocked 2.53.22 seconds to finish third. Puneet Rana bagged his second individual gold when he clocked 2.29.79 seconds in the 200 m. Dalbir Singh and Jaspreet Singh, both of Sangrur, took 2.36.52 seconds and 2.38.97 seconds to lift silver and bronze, respectively. Three other gold medals winners from Ropar were in the women’s section — Gurnur Kang in the 200 m breaststroke, Prabhjot Kaur in the 200 m backstroke and Sukhman Ghuman in the 200 m freestyle. For Ludhiana, Vibha Babbar clinched two gold (200 m medlay and 100 m butterfly) while Madhav Sund, student of local S. D. Government College for Boys, won a gold in 100 m butterfly event. Results: (men 200 m backstroke): 1 Dalbir Singh (Sangrur) 2.34.76 sec, 2 Rajesh Punia (Punjab Police) 2.35.50 sec, 3 Abhimanyu Tiwari (Patiala ) 2.36.17 sec. 200 m breaststroke: 1 Puneet Rana (Ropar) 2.32.01 sec, 2 Harpreet Bhullar (Ferozepore) 2.48.55 sec, 3 Manraj Singh (Punjab Police) 2.53.22 sec. 200 m medley: 1 Puneet Rana (Ropar ) 2.29.79 sec, 2 Dalvir Singh (Sangrur) 2.36.52 Sec, 3 Jaspreet Singh (Sangrur) 2.38.97 sec. 200 m freestyle: 1 Manraj Singh (Punjab Police) 2.19.70 sec, 2 Dalvir Singh (Sangrur) 2.19.95 sec, 3 Sikander Pal Singh (Patiala) 2.20.93 sec. 100 m butterfly:
1 Madhav Sund (Ludhiana), 1.08.24 sec, 2 Davinder Pal Singh (Ropar) 1.09.25 sec, 3 Kuldeep Singh (Punjab Police) 1.10.13 sec. Women: 200 m backstroke: 1 Prabhjot Kaur (Ropar) 3.00.28 sec, 2 Gurvinder Kaur (Hoshiarpur) 3.04.75 sec, 3 Rupinderjit Kaur (Sangrur) 3.10.23 sec. 200 m breaststroke: 1 Gurnur Kang (Ropar) 3.24.50 sec, 2 Prabhdeep Kaur (Ropar) 3.36.05 sec, 3 Kamal Preet Kaur (Hoshiarpur) 3.53.47 sec. 200 m medley: 1 Vibha Babbar (Ludhiana) 3.01.07 sec, 2 Prabhjot Kaur (Ropar) 3.03.62 sec, 3 Resham Chauhan (Jalandhar) 3.20.46 sec. 200 m freestyle: 1 Sukhman Ghuman (Ropar) 2.34.22 sec, 2 Rupinderjit Kaur (Sangrur) 2.47.10 sec, 3 Bavneet Kaur (Ropar) 2.48.02 sec. 100 m butterfly:
1 Vibha Babbar (Ludhiana) 1.21.18 sec, 2 Prabhjot Kaur (Ropar) 1.27.59 sec, 3 Neha Bector (Patiala) 1.40.97 sec. |
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Kartar in final Chandigarh, August 16 The Government of India has already honoured him with Padma Shree and Arjuna awards. Kartar has represented the country in Olympic games in 1980, 1984, 1988. He won gold medal in Asian Games in 1978, 1976. He has been a champion in a Commonwealth Games and a veteran world champion. Kartar Singh is president of Punjab Wrestling Association. |
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Inter-college meet Amritsar, August 16 A spokesperson of the university said the requisite eligibility performa and detailed entry forms must reach the Director, sports, of the university on or before August 28. The selection trials for university teams will be held after the competition on September 6. |
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