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August 27, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Saurav
Ganguly’s finest hour Chetan Sharma writes Don’t put pressure on team: Constantine
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US Open: easy wins for Henin, Davenport
Back from the USA with a better swing
Jeev finishes tied-41st Srichapan captures
maiden ATP crown Foreign coaches blamed for doping Bahadur, Beenamol attain qualifying mark Super league: BSF hold Punjab Police
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Innings
victory for India
Leeds, August 26 Kumble’s dismissal of Hussain for 110 on the final day of the third test sparked a collapse which saw six wickets fall for 44 as the touring side won by an innings and 46 runs on the brink of lunch. India’s players, after dismissing the home team for 309, ended the game hugging each other in jubilation after a contest in which they totally outclassed their opponents in every department. They will head for The Oval — for the last of the four-match-series — well placed to secure India’s first series-win outside the subcontinent since 1986. Hussain and Stewart had come together yesterday afternoon with England, following on 355 runs adrift, tottering on 148 for four and seemingly doomed to a quick death on a lively pitch. They dug in, however, to put on 117 for the fifth wicket, staying together for 46 attritional overs in all. But Hussain’s departure — he was so disappointed he did not look up as the crowd rose to him — in the seventh over of the morning and in Kumble’s first — saw the innings melt dramatically away. One-and-a-quarter hours later, the presentations were being made to victorious captain Saurav Ganguly as Kumble celebrated his seven wickets in the match. Hussain and Stewart had resumed with the score on 239 for four and Hussain, beaten twice by left-arm fast bowler Zaheer Khan, then drove him through the covers in the first over. In Khan’s second, he hooked him for four to get to 99, bringing up the hundred stand with Stewart, before a leg-side flick saw him to three figures, Hussain shaking hands with Stewart as the batsmen crossed for the second run. His joy at his 12th test century and fourth against India, the country of his birth, proved shortlived. Prodding at Kumble’s rearing leg-spin, he was caught high off the bat by Virender Sehwag at short leg after batting for almost four-and-a-half hours. That made it 265 for five. In 10 more balls, three wickets were to tumble for two runs. Big-hitting allrounder Andrew Flintoff had everything going against him. A man with an atrocious record at Headingley and more attuned to attack than defence, he faced one no-ball and was caught next delivery at slip off Khan to complete a match pair after departing first ball in the first innings.
The big Lancastrian has yet to score a run in four Test innings at the Yorkshire venue. Any lingering thoughts of divine intervention vanished with Stewart’s departure without a run being added. He was caught by Rahul Dravid again at first slip off Kumble. He had batted for three-and-a-quarter hours for his 47. Ashley Giles was then run out for 10 after a mix-up with Alex Tudor, who followed shortly after for 21 before Andrew Caddick was the last man out, appropriately caught by Ganguly in the gully off Kumble. Anything but an Indian win would have been a gross injustice after Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Ganguly all made centuries in their first innings of 628 for eight declared, their highest ever total overseas. England won the first Test and dominated the second only for India to steal a draw. That escape helped change the mood of the series. Headingley, and Kumble, transformed it, with the Indian tricolor now in the ascendancy. Scoreboard India (1st innings): 628 for 8 dec England (1st innings): 273 England 2nd innings: Key lbw b Kumble 34 Vaughan lbw b Agarkar 15 Butcher c Dravid b Bangar 42 Hussain c Sehwag b Kumble 110 Crawley c Sehwag b Bangar 12 Stewart c Dravid b Kumble 47 Flintoff c Dravid b Zaheer 0 Tudor c Sehwag b Harbhajan 21 Giles run out 10 Caddick c Ganguly b Kumble 3 Hoggard not out 1 Extras (b-3, lb-5, nb-6) 14 Total (all out, 110.5 overs) 309 Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-76, 3-116, 4-148, 5-265, 6-267, 7-267, 8-299, 9-307. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 22-7-63-1, Agarkar 18-5-59-1, Bangar 13-2-54-2, Kumble 29.5-12-66-4, Harbhajan Singh 27-7-56-1, Sehwag 1-0-3-0. PTI
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Saurav Ganguly’s finest hour Chandigarh, August 26 Given the effort put by the Indians on the field at Leeds, on Monday, it should surprise no one if the visitors are able to wrap up the series. After today the demoralisation which has set in the English camp, will be difficult to overcome for the hosts. For the records this was India’s biggest win outside the country and the first Test win in England since 1986 when Kapil Dev led the country to a 2-0 victory. Ganguly’s previous wins abroad had come against Bangladesh at Dhaka, Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, Sri Lanka at Kandy (where against the skipper himself played a stellar knock of 98) and more recently at Port of Spain against the West Indies in India’s last tour of the island nations earlier this year. With this win the “prince of Kolkata”, as some cricket commentators describe him, the Indian captain has now joined Mohammad Azharuddin as the most successful Indian captain. And it must be remembered that Ganguly has quite some cricket still left in him. One cannot remember the last time that the “big three” — Saurav Ganguly himself, Sachin Tendulkar and the ever-dependable Rahul David — of the Indian team scoring centuries in the same innings. Then all the Indian bowlers bowled well within themselves as the hosts, after making 273 in the first innings in reply to India’s mammoth total of 628 for eight declared, were sent packing for 309 on the fifth day of play even before lunch could be taken. And in both the England innings the unlikely role of wreckers were taken over by the spinners who over the years had come to consider the strip at Leeds as something as a pace bolwer’s delight. If in England’s first innings it was Harbhajan Singh with three for 40 and Anil Kumble with three for 93 who did the maximum damage, in the second it was Kumble with four for 66 who broke the back of the English resistance. On Monday morning when he dismissed overnight batsmen, first the skipper Nasser Hussain and then the dogged Alec Stewart, the writing was on the wall for all to see. For quite some time the Indian fielding has made dramatic improvement and the effort put in by cricket coach John Wright and physio Andrew Leipes has paid off rich dividends. The Indian fielding was excellent and nothing was given away by the fielders. The way the Indian skipper himself put on a helmet and fielded at short leg and the pluck shown by wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, the baby of the team, who received a nasty blow on the knee but still refused to hand over the gloves to somebody else epitomised the “never say die” spirit of the Indians as yet another glorious chapter was written in Indian cricket. |
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Victory
a team effort: Saurav Leeds, August 26 “It was a very good team effort, all of us played really well,” an exultant Ganguly said after India defeated England by an innings and 46 runs to record their first Test victory in the country in 16 years. Overwhelmed by the enormous support from the crowd, the Indian skipper said, “I hope we have not disappointed them and I hope we do not disappoint them at the Oval also”. With the series tied at 1-1, India and England lock horns in the fourth and final cricket Test starting at The Oval on September 5.
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Chetan Sharma writes I still remember how we felt after winning the series in England 2-0, exactly 16 years ago. There we were, on the Headingley pavilion, after the second Test ended in a victory for us and there were hundreds of Indian supporters cheering us from downstairs. Today, Saurav Ganguly’s side brought back memories of that match. This time they still haven’t won the series but with their performance as a yardstick, it would not be a surprise if India go on to win the Oval Test and with it the series. I would rather say India should win the series from here. It was a fine team effort by the Indians and all the players played their best for the team. The spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh bowled oustandingly in the Test and were supported by the trio of Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan and Sanjay Bangar. Zaheer, in particular, has improved a lot and looks to me fitter than he was last year. For this credit must be given to coach John Wright, physio Andrwe Leipus and trainer Adrian le Roux. Our batting also outshone the English batting in the match. Scoring a total of above 600 in English conditions is not that easy but full marks to Rahul Dravid, Sanjay Bangar, Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly for the manner in which they batted. It was a pleasing sight to watch the Indian batsmen display their wristy elegance and solid strokeplay. This must be Dravid’s most important and best knock of his career. His defence on the opening day was a lesson in itself for budding batsmen because he put a price to his wicket, preferring instead to take body blows. His guts were remarkable that day. He was the most deserving man of the match though I must add, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Kumble and Bangar played no less role in India’s victory charge. Coming back to the final day’s play, as I wrote yesterday, it was a matter of only one wicket. Since our bowlers were tired last evening, they allowed Nasser Hussain and Alec Stewart to have a partnership but today morning they came out fresh and did not allow England any chance. Hussain fell to Kumble and after that two more wickets fell in the next two overs. England could not recover from such position as the Indian bowlers tightened the noose around their neck. India go to the Oval with confidence. I suppose the same team will play in the final Test so they should not relax. They have shown they can win in England so a series win is not out of their reach now. |
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Border replaces Buchanan Sydney, August 26 Border, the Australia ‘A’ coach and a national selector, was called up after Buchanan suffered a back injury during the team’s training camp in Brisbane at the weekend. The triangular series in Nairobi features hosts Kenya and Pakistan apart from Australia. Buchanan suffered an acute episode of lower back pain at the end of a net session during the team’s final practice at the Allan Border Field. He is expected to recover within 10 days and will rejoin the national one-day squad ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka starting September
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Don’t put pressure on team: Constantine
New Delhi, August 25 “Don’t expect miracles. It (Asiad) is an extremely tough assignment and my aim is to win the first match and let’s see what will happen after that,” Constantine, who took charge as India’s coach two-and-a-half months back, told PTI in an interview here today. At the Asian Games, India, placed in group C, will play its first match against Bangladesh in Ulsan on September 27 before taking on Turkmenistan (September 30) and China (October 3). Surprised by the sky-high expectations from the Indian under-23 team following the title triumph at the LG Cup 2002 earlier this month, Constantine said, “I have already done around 40 interviews for television”. “Our team has nine to 10 players who are playing international soccer for the first time. And it is wrong to put too much pressure on them and have extremely high hopes,” said the 39-year-old, who spurned an offer to coach Sudan before taking charge here in June. The Busan-bound squad left for England last night to play two matches against Jamaica, a team ranked 57 in the latest FIFA rankings, on August 29 and September 1. The Englishman is well aware of the strength of other teams and said: “It has been announced that World Cup star Qu Bo will be playing for China (ranked 51) plus there will be two more Cup stars and this Chinese U-23 squad has been together for the last four years.” “Also Turkmenistan (ranked 120) is a strong team and there is Bangladesh (ranked 152) too,” Constantine said. The new coach who loves hard working players, was really impressed with work load took by his wards. “All the players have worked very hard. They were coming from an off-season when I took over and we worked really hard to improve.” “The effort was to work on the technical, tactical and mental side of the players and we have improved in all these three areas,” said Constantine whose first coaching stint, at the age of 28, was with the Long Island University in the USA in 1990. On the camp in the city, Constantine said the idea was to get players, who were coming after a week’s rest following the triumph in Ho Chi Minh City, back in shape. Asked what was the criteria in choosing the three senior players — Baichung Bhutia, Joe Paul Ancheri and Debjit Ghosh — Constantine said: “The senior players form the spine of the team and I picked one for each position. If I could have one more player then I would pick a goalkeeper.” On formations, Constantine said he tried both 3-5-4 and 5-4-2. “You can’t be rigid with one formation or the other and you have to change and adopt tactics according to the opponent and requirement.” Constantine, who described himself as an average player during his playing days with clubs in Pennsylvania and New York as a midfielder and defender, has high regards for India captain Baichung Bhutia. “Bhutia is an excellent ambassador for Indian soccer. He doesn’t have any air of a star footballer and is a complete team man. He is a role model for the younger players. He is an excellent captain and plus he is strong on the ball.” Though he never saw Bhutia in action for Bury FC in English second division, Constantine said: “Baichung did well by my report especially with a very poor team. In English football, the lower (division) you go the harder it gets.” “Indian players have the ability (to play abroad) but are not exactly the biggest players. I think it would be better for them to try and play in France, Holland or Greece,” said the coach whose father is Greek and mother a Brit. “Quality” was how Constantine described Ancheri and said at 28 the lanky Kerala footballer was at his peak. “He had been burdened by some clubs (which aggravated his injury) but we have an understanding whereby he’ll report his fitness to me,” Constantine said of the player whose career was plagued by recurring knee injuries. PTI
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Parry winner; Woods fourth
Sammamish, August 26 Parry had a simple plan yesterday as he entered the final round of the tournament in a tie for the lead with Allenby: make no bogeys. It was a plan he executed perfectly as he started with a flourish, birdying three of the first four holes and was never really threatened thereafter. Three-time defending champion Tiger Woods, the world’s number one player, shot a final-round 68 to finish fourth, five strokes behind Parry’s 16-under total. Twenty-two-year old Justin Rose from England shot a 68 to finish alone in fifth place at 10-under-par. “I’m very, very happy,’’ Parry said. “It’s been a long time and I’ve been knocking on the door for 10 or 12 years, even longer playing events in America. “Today I probably used a lot of experience, a lot of the setbacks over my career, especially in America. “I stuck to my game plan as far as playing the golf course. And I hit the ball pretty good,’’ he added. “Pretty good” is an understatement for Parry’s play, particularly in the final three rounds. He did not record a bogey after his sixth hole on Friday for a run of 48 consecutive bogey-free holes. Over his final 54 holes, he had 18 birdies and just one bogey. After running off birdies on the second, third and fourth holes to take a three-stroke advantage over the field, he birdied the ninth to make the turn in four-under 31. For the entire round, Parry focused on hitting fairways and the middle of the greens. “Previously, I played too far ahead of where I was on the golf course, as far as worrying about holes in a couple of holes time, or a flag I knew I couldn’t get to and things like that,’’ Parry said. “Whereas today, if I couldn’t get to that flag, I just aimed in the middle of the green.’’ If any lingering doubts remained as to the eventual winner of the tournament, it was all but eliminated at the 12th hole. Parry parred, while Allenby recorded a sloppy double bogey six and Funk took a five when he failed to get out of the greenside bunker at his first attempt. Woods birdied the 13th while Parry was playing the 12th, but the anticipated charge from the player who won the first two majors of the season never materialised. Reuters
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US Open: easy wins for Henin, Davenport
New York, August 26 Fourth seed Davenport took just 41 minutes to demolish Denmark’s Eva Dryberg 6-2, 6-1 in a performance of power and precision on Arthur Ashe Court. Her whirlwind victory followed Belgian eighth seed Henin’s 67-minute 6-1, 6-2 walloping of America’s Samantha Reeves. Henin shrugged aside her recent indifferent form to thrash Reeves, showing little sign of the finger fracture which hampered her build-up. Aiming to progress beyond the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the first time, Henin’s magical backhand was in full flow as Reeves struggled to come up with the shots to put up any form of challenge. “Yeah, I’m pretty happy,” smiled the Belgian after the moderate workout on a sun-baked court. “It is important to be fresh mentally and physically for the rest of the tournament.” Davenport will certainly be fresh after her lop-sided win. “I feel really, really good to be honest and I was really wanting the tournament to start,” she said afterwards. “I have been waiting to play a Grand Slam all year long.” Champion here in 1998, Davenport is playing only her fifth tour event of 2002 having undergone right knee surgery in January. “This is certainly the freshest I have been entering a US Open,” she laughed. “I was really excited to get going.” Other seeds to advance included 15th seed Anastasia Myskina of Russia who beat Spain’s Marta Marrero 4-6, 6-4, 6-0; Russian 12th seed Elena Dementieva who strolled past Japan’s Saori Obata 6-2, 6-4 and Tamarine Tanasugarn, 27th, of Thailand who beat Germany’s Barbara Rittner 6-4, 6-7, 6-2. Reuters
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Back from the USA with a better swing Irina was happy the way Sam Frost, an international teaching professional from South Africa, explained to her how to plug the leaks in her initial swing. “The follow-through also must be complete”, he told her. She was with him for a week as he and his fiancee, Zoe, toured Illinois playing at different golf courses. Zoe , being a dietician, also chipped in with her suggestions on what to eat to keep fit. Minor leaks which were overlooked by many, were spotted by Sam Frost. “The more you practice to plug those leaks the more smooth and powerful will be your swing. And don’t forget, the follow-through must be complete”, were the words of Sam Frost on the concluding day of the week-long coaching stint. Armed with these tips from the leading golf teacher, Irina has set her pace at the Chandigarh Golf Club, although she is still recovering from the bout of diarrhoea which she suffered in Delhi during the national trials. Irina has got a new putter (a Titleist Scotty Cameron) and she is eager to learn more. “And what better person than Jessie uncle (Jessie Grewal, Director of the Hero Honda Academy) to hone the skills that I have learnt from Sam Frost”, said Irina. Jessie was described as the best teaching professional by Donato Di Ponziano of Italy, who held a camp at the CGA Golf Range last week. But the new-found confidence of Irina will be on test when she takes part in the Sri Lanka Open along with her team members, Parnita Garewal and Anjali. The team will fly out on August 30. Will Irina retain the trophy she won last year? “Yes I will”, said the golf icon who is the sports officer with Indian Oil . She is happy about the stint with Sam Frost. And that came about because of the help extended by the Chandigarh Golf Club and the Punjab Golf Association. She would love to go in for another coaching assignment with Sam Frost. But the prohibitive cost will definitely come in her way. Can’t the Sports Authority of India come to her help? SAI has a scheme under which it can dole out up to Rs 5 lakh for training abroad on the number one player in any discipline. Irina wrote her name in the record books of Ladies Golf when she won all the major golf titles of the country culminating in the Calcutta title in January this year. Sam Frost has suggested anytime between September and February for the assignment. She is ready to go. SAI must retain this Chandigarh golfer before it is too late. Two American universities have already written to her offering her a 100 per cent golf
scholarship. But Irina wants to remain in India. Irina who had gone to the USA to attend a family wedding in Memphis (Tennessee) tried her hand at the Fernando Hill golf course. It was her maternal uncle who took her to the golf courses. And all along her mother, Madhu Brar , was with her. The courses at Memphis were tight and challenging. It was while
shopping in Memphis, that Irina got the good news from her dad in Chandigarh that she had got 84 per cent marks in the plus II examinations. She had been a student of Vivek Higher Secondary School. She returned to Memphis after the coaching assignment in Illinois. And then it was pure relaxation as she toured Paris and the Netherlands for about 10 days. Back in Delhi she had a bout of diarrhoea and backache. Pain killers gave temporary relief. Her mother asked her to withdraw from the trials. But Irina was adamant. The end result was her selection in the team for the Sri Lanka Open. |
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Jeev finishes tied-41st New Delhi, August 26 The Indian’s first three rounds had brought him scores of 71, 71 and 70, respectively, according to reports received here on Monday. Tag Ridings beat Mark Hens with a brilliant eagle in the first play-off hole to bag the winner’s cheque of $76,500. Jeev began with a series of pars before sinking a superb eagle on the fourth. A bogey on the sixth saw him make the turn at one-under. Starting his outward journey with his second bogey of the day, Jeev went on to birdie the 11th and dropped a shot on the 16th before closing his round with back-to-back birdies on the 17th and 18th.
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Srichapan captures maiden ATP crown
Commack, August 26 Thailand’s top player beat the seventh seeded Argentinian 5-7 6-2 6-2 in 1hr 46min in this final tuneup for the US Open, which starts later today at Flushing Meadow. He picked up a 51,500-dollar winner’s check. With his victory Srichaphan became the first Asian ATP singles title winner since Leander Paes of India in 1998 at Newport. “It feels great,” he said. “People at home have been waiting for me to win and were saying “When is Paradorn going to win his title? “I dedicate this title to the Thai people and to all the people in Asia”. This was Srichaphan’s second consecutive ATP Tour final of the season and third overall. He fell short in Washington last week against American James Blake and in Chennai last January. Chela was also playing in his third ATP final of the season, having won the Amersfoort title on clay and finished runner-up in Sydney. The 22-year-old from Argentina secured the first set with a break in the 11th game. But Srichaphan started to pick up steam in the second and broke Chela in the sixth and eighth games to level the match at a set apiece. The Thai, who has now won 11 of his last 12 matches, grew in confidence, breaking Chela twice again, in the fourth and eighth games of the third set, winning the match when Chela double-faulted. The victory was a confidence-booster going into the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of the year. “I’m really confident going into the Open,” said Srichphan, who will play Prakash Amritraj in the opening round. “But I don’t want to look past the first round. “Every match will be tough. You’ll have to gut it out.” AFP
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Foreign
coaches blamed for doping Shimla, August 26 He suggested setting up of anti doping cells at all the coaching centres with NIS Patiala and NIS Bangalore as nodal agencies. The two centres should tie up with the top medical institutions to put in place a drug testing laboratory and other required facilities to check menace before it was too late. Besides, test for doping should be made mandatory for all state and national championship and selection trials. Cases of doping, if any, should be investigated and strict action be taken against those responsible for it. Mr Negi demanded disbanding of the SAI (Sports Authority of India), which was allocated 70 per cent of the sports budget out of which 80 per cent was spent on salaries. The SAI should be made a part of the Union Sports Ministry for the upkeep of infrastructure. Similarly, the All India Council of Sports should also be disbanded as national sports federations and Indian Olympic Association were well equipped to assist the Sports Ministry. Further to bring uniformity in sports activities across the country, sports should be put in the concurrent list instead of the state list. A comprehensive national sports policy be formulated to bring professionalism in the field of sports. Referring to the Himachal government decision to appoint the Arjun Award winner Samresh Jung as a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr Negi said it was not a great idea as what the talented shooter needed was ammunition shooting range to practice and not a job in which he would rust. Instead government should sponsor him for training and participation in various tournaments. A job could be offered to him after he has finished his active career as shooter. |
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Bahadur, Beenamol attain qualifying mark New Delhi, August 26 The Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) had announced that the Bhalendra Singh meet and the national circuit meet, to be held at Ludhiana on August 28, would be considered as the final selection trials for the Asian Games, as the AAFI would be finalising the list of the athletic contingent for the Asian Games on August 29. The consistently good performances of Bahadur Singh and Beenamol were some consolation on a day — night rather — when most of the Asiad berth aspirants dished out pedestrian fare, far below their own personal best. The performance of the athletes were disappointing more so because many of them were training at Belarus and Ukraine for the past few weeks. Bahadur Singh heaved the iron ball to a distance of 19.46 metres on his third attempt to surpass the qualifying norm of 19 metres set by the AAFI. In fact, the other two shot putters, Shakti Singh of Railways and Navpreet Singh of Punjab Police, who finished second and third at 18.08 and 17.60 metres respectively, have also qualified for the Asian Games as they had attained the qualifying standard in the Federation Cup and the circuit meets. KM Beenamol, India’s medal hope in 800m, came up with a stunning performance to clock 2:02.01, which bettered the qualifying norm of 2:04.45, which is slightly lower than the fourth-place timing of the Bangkok Asian Games in 1998. Madhuri Singh of PSEB and Latha C of Railways also attained the qualifying mark, clocking 2:03.46 and 2:04.15, respectively. Harjit Kaur of Punjab also came under the qualifying norm, with a time of 2:04.27, though only two athletes would be fielded for the Asian Games. Gulab Chand made a winning comeback, after a two-year lay- off, when he posted a time of 8:17.13 minutes to win the 3000m gold, though the event is not part of the Asian Games items, and Gulab Chand’s only consolation was the Rs 20,000 prize money he received for his effort. His Railways colleague Shivanand lifted the silver (Rs 10,000 prize money) while Aman Saini of Himachal Pradesh (Rs 5,000 prize money) ran away with the bronze. In the 800m men’s final, Binu KM of Railways overtook the rest the field on the home stretch to annex the gold with a time of 1:48.38, which came pretty close to the qualifying norm of 1:47.40. Primesh Kumar of Steel Plants and Sanjeev TM of Police took the silver and bronze medal, respectively. The sprinters posted rather depressing timings as neither the men nor the women could come anywhere near the qualifying norm. Saraswati Dey of Railways clocked 11.47 seconds to win the gold, though she could not overtake the qualifying norm of 11.40 seconds. Vinita Tripathi of LIC and Rachita Mistry of Maharashtra finished second and third. In the men’s 100m, Sanjay Ghosh of Services emerged a surprise winner, pipping the fancied Anil Kumar to the second place. But Sanjay’s time of 10.50 seconds did not meet the qualifying norm of 10.30 seconds. But it was better than his personal best of 10.56 seconds. Anil Kumar, who has a personal best of 10.33 seconds, posted a poor timing of 10.54 seconds. Clifford Joshua of Karnataka took the bronze medal. Sunita Rani of Railways ran away with the gold in the 3000m with a timing of 9:12.06, followed by Aruna Devi, also of Railways, and Beant Kaur of Punjab. The hammer throw for men produced poor results as gold winner Pramod Tiwari’s effort of 66.32 metres in his third attempt was far below the qualifying norm of 68.50m. UP throwers made a clean sweep of the event as Rakesh Kumar and Laiq Ahmed accounted for the silver and bronze.
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Super league: BSF hold Punjab Police Chandigarh, August 26 It was indeed an unlucky day for the Punjab cops who were leading through Harish Sharmas' first-half goal till the 89th minute. BSF's Deepak Kumar beat the Punjab Police custodian with header off a throw-in with only one minute remaining giving his side a valuable point. Punjab Police started calling the shots early on and off a flag kick, Harish Sharma found the target in the 30th minute. The policemen kept up the pressure with BSF hitting back occasionally. Ultimately BSF managed to restore parity through Deepak in the 89th minute who provided some relief to his team-mates. Tomorrow is rest day. On August 28, PSEB will meet Punjab Police at Hoshiarpur. |
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Chandigarh, August 26
