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September 8, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Dravid hits third ton in
row Chetan Sharma writes Pak, Aussies share trophy Sampras, Williams sisters in final
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Anand to spearhead world team China rout India
4-1 in u-17 soccer Karamjit sets new national record Beenamol to be torch-bearer HP to participate in Special Olympics Mukesh
wins golf title Satish pockets title
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Dravid hits third ton in
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London, September 7 Dravid, who scored 115 and 148 in his two previous knocks, played a familiar sheet-anchor role to perfection and was still unbeaten on 131 when bad light stopped play about seven overs before scheduled close. Sachin Tendulkar, playing his 100th Test, and captain Saurav Ganguly chipped in with a half-century each as India, resuming at their overnight 66 for one, scored 249 runs in the day for the loss of three wickets replying to England’s first innings score of 515. VVS Laxman, who missed out on big scores in the last couple of matches, was batting on 14 at stumps. Dravid became the fifth Indian to score successive centuries in three innings. Sunil Gavaskar, who has achieved the feat twice, Vijay Hazare, Polly Umrigar and Vinod Kambli are the other Indians in the distinguished list of 23 players to have scored three or more centuries in consecutive innings. Dravid batted throughout the day for his 13th Test hundred and is now just eight runs short of completing 1000 runs this calendar year. The disappointing end for Tendulkar came when he failed to read an Andrew Caddick delivery to be out plumb leg before for 54. But at the fall of Tendulkar, Dravid found an ally in Ganguly and both continued to flay the opposition attack to pile up runs at will. Dravid reached the three figure mark when he took a single off left-arm spinner Ashley Giles. Ganguly also crossed a milestone of his career when he passed the 4000 runs mark with a beautiful hook off Alex Tudor. Sanjay Bangar was the only wicket to fall in the morning, caught by Mark Butcher at slip off quick bowler Matthew Hoggard for 21. Tendulkar was looking particularly dangerous, with 28 of his first 30 runs coming off boundaries. SCOREBOARD England (1st innings): 515 India (1st innings): Bangar c Butcher b Hoggard 21 Sehwag c Cork b Caddick 12 Dravid batting 131 Tendulkar lbw b Caddick 54 Ganguly c Stewart b Cork 51 Laxman batting 14 Extras
(b-8, lb-1, nb-23) 32 Total (for 4 wkts, 105.2 overs) 315 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-87, 3-178, 4-283. Bowling: Hoggard 18-1-66-1, Caddick 21.2-7-51-2, Giles 30-8-69-0, Tudor 15-2-59-0, Cork 16-5-42-1, Vaughan 5-0-19-0.
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Rahul Dravid has come of age In a fitting batting response to the English target, the Indian strokeplayers showed positive intents on the third day of the Oval Test. Though even the most vocal of Indian supporter may have expected a watchful Indian batting, especially when England’s first-innings score of 515 was mammoth by all standards, the Indians exhibited wonderful shots to make a strong comeback in the game. India scored almost 300 runs during the day, despite the pressure and credit for it should go to Rahul Dravid. Dravid surely has come of age and this was his third century in as many innings! What more do you expect from a batsman who has often been at the receiving end from countless critics at home. I am sure, Dravid will come back a complete batsman, one who has the ability to go even higher. Like at Headingley, Dravid’s was a flawless innings. He is solid with his defence but the big difference in Dravid of today and the one of past, is his positive approach. He rarely lets a loose ball go by and the growth in his confidence must have helped him a great deal. I had prepared myself for another Sachin Tendulkar century which would have capped his feat of playing in his 100th Test match. I sensed the century was on its way as the little master scattered the English field with his accurate and fierce shots. Alas, it was not to be, as Tendulkar got a doubtful lbw decision. While Tendulkar was unlucky, it was Saurav Ganguly’s own mistake which denied him a very deserving century. This was the Ganguly of old, full of polished drives and steers when he attempted a hook shot off Dominic Cork to be caught behind. Had Ganguly batted for another hour, I am sure he would have got his second century of the series and maybe given India an outside chance of getting in a position where they could seriously think about going for a win here. This Test has the makings of a draw, though a decision cannot be ruled out altogether. England will have a better chance than India but India would ideally want to get as close as possible to the England total tomorrow and see whether the spin duo of Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble can come up with some miracle. It would be a perfect end to a season of good cricket. |
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Pak, Aussies share trophy Nairobi, September 7 Australia, chasing a revised target of 210 off 42 overs, were 67 for one off 9.3 overs when a second interruption halted play for good. Earlier, Abdul Razzaq and Misbah-ul-Haq hit contrasting half centuries to lift Pakistan from early peril to a challenging total of 227 all out off 50 overs. Razzaq smashed three sixes and five fours in 59 off 43 balls as Pakistan collected 69 runs off the last six overs in a frantic finale. Misbah had earlier repaired the damage of 55 for four in the 22nd overs with 50 off 74 deliveries with six boundaries. Fast bowler Jason Gillespie took five wickets for the second time in the series, but his 10 overs were plundered for 70 runs. But clouds swept across the Nairobi Gymkhana during the interval and light rain eventually sent the umpires and players off with Australia’s reply at 46 for one off 6.1 overs. Play resumed briefly, but after a further 3.2 overs, rain returned to have the ultimate say. Inform Matthew Hayden and captain Ricky Ponting had laid a solid foundation for Australia after the early loss of Adam Gilchrist for a duck. Left-handed opener Hayden hit three boundaries in an unbeaten on 20 off 24 balls. Ponting lashed four fours and a six in 29 not out off 33 deliveries. Pakistan: Anwar c Gilchrist b Gillespie 28 Afridi c Warne b McGrath 6 Malik run out 37 Inzamam lbw b Gillespie 0 Younis c & b Lee 10 Misbah b Lee 50 Razzaq run out 59 Latif c Watson b Gillespie 12 Akram c Gilchrist b Gillespie 2 Younis b Gillespsie 1 Sami not out 0 Extras
(nb-6 w-12 lb-4) 22 Total (all out, 50 overs) 227 Fall of wickets: 1-15 2-37 3-37 4-55 5-116 6-158 7-196 8-226 9-227 Bowling:
McGrath 10-4-45-1, Gillespie 10-1-70-5, Lee 10-3-38-2, Watson 10-0-26-0, Warne 10-0-44-0. Australia: Gilchrist b Akram 0 Hayden not out 20 Ponting not out 29 Extras
(lb-3, w-12, nb-3) 18 Total (for 1 wkt, 9.3 overs) 67 Fall of wickets: 1-3. Bowling: Akram 5.3-0-39-1, Waqar 4-0-25-0. AP
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Sampras, Williams sisters in final
New York, September 7 The 31-year-old, a four-time US Open champion, will bid for his 14th Grand Slam title here tomorrow against the winner of a later semifinal between world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and seven-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi. “It’s a pretty tough turn around, emotionally and physically. But I feel like I can do it,” Sampras said.“Either way I’m going to play a great opponent. I’m looking forward to it.” Wimbledon winner Hewitt has a 5-4 edge in the career rivalry against Sampras, including a victory in last year’s US Open final. Sampras has a 19-14 lead over Agassi in the greatest men’s tennis rivalry of the 1990s. Sampras has not won a title since capturing his record 13th Grand Slam title in 2000 at Wimbledon to break Roy Emerson’s career record. Sampras was runner-up here the past two years, losing to Russia’s Marat Safin in 2000 and Hewitt last year. By reaching his eighth career US Open final, Sampras matched Ivan Lendl’s Open era record. Sampras is also the first man to reach the US Open final three years in a row since Lendl in 1989. In the women’s section the US Open title will stay in the Williams family. Serena and older sister Venus won their semifinals yesterday, setting up their third straight meeting in a Grand Slam final and fourth in the last five. Serena, the 1999 Open winner, beat Lindsay Davenport 6-3 7-5 after Venus, who won the tournament the last two years, beat Amelie Mauresmo 6-3 5-7 6-4. “Venus is playing well and I’m playing all right,” Serena said with a wide smile before admitting the obvious. “I’m playing well, too.” Very well. Down 5-2 in the second set, top-seeded Serena won her last five games against Davenport and took nine of the last 10 points. The fourth-seeded Davenport, coming back from knee surgery in January, had three set points in the 10th game, but Serena held on to her serve. Then Serena broke Davenport’s serve at love and took a 40-0 lead in the deciding game. But she followed with just her second double fault. Her final serve was a powerful one. Davenport did return it, but Serena smacked the ball back to the far corner of the court to Davenport’s right. Game, set, another all-Williams final. Serena beat Venus in the championship matches at the French Open and Wimbledon this year. Serena missed the Australian Open, the year’s first Grand Slam, with an ankle injury. Venus shook off a blister and spotty play to outlast Mauresmo. The harder-serving Venus had only three aces, the same as Mauresmo. And she had 10 double faults to four for the 10th-seeded Frenchwoman. AP
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Hockey: India keen to finish on high note
Cologne, September 7 Nobody would have predicted such a wonderful outing for India after a disastrous 2002 World Cup at Kuala Lumpur. But they played well as a team and registered couple of fine victories over Pakistan and Australia to finish third after the league matches with two wins, two defeats and a draw. Though India lost the last league match to Korea 2-4 yesterday, the Indian coach Rajinder Singh admitted that the performance of the team members had improved considerably. “I think the boys have improved with every match. But there is still a lot to achieve. There are areas where we need to drastically improve which would then lead to consistency in a tournament,” he said. India’s performance in the Champions Trophy indicates that the team had certainly achieved a degree of consistency. India started the campaign here with a 3-3 draw with Olympic champions Holland and then lost a very close match 2-3 to Germany. They outplayed both Australia and Pakistan with identical margin 3-2 before going down to Korea in an inconsequential match yesterday. “Consistency is what we were looking for as our primary objective,” said manager Aslam Sher Khan. “We have achieved that to some level though there is a lot more to be done.” The victory against Pakistan came as a shot in the arm for India, looking for lost glory after winning the last of their eight Olympic gold medals way back in 1980. Though both the teams played well in their last match, the side ready to take chances tomorrow is likely to have the upper hand. India would like to repeat the feat of the Marshalls tournament in Nairobi in 1998 where they beat Pakistan twice, first in the league encounter and then in the final to take the title. In tomorrow’s match, the focus will be on Pakistan’s penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas apart from the Indian goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan and mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay. The other aspect from India’s point of view would be its frontline which played such a major role in the last match against Pakistan. “We always need to score three-four goals to make the issue safe,” says Aslam Sher Khan. “And that’s how we need to do it. One can’t keep conceding and hope to equalise always. As a team we need to ensure that the frontline delivers the goods and the defence stands up and gives the support.” Pakistan coach Tahir Zaman will have to make plans to tackle the Indian forwards, Pillay, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh and Gagan Ajit Singh, who in the league match demolished the opposition defence. With the crowds all set to witness another exciting contest, the organisers are fully prepared to thwart any untoward incident during the match. In the fight for the title, hosts Germany would be making an allout effort to revenge their 2-5 loss to Holland in the last league match yesterday. Expecting a big score-line for either team is not on the cards as both would be ultra-defensive, not giving much space, especially the Germans as they would close the gaps and look for counter-attacks through Oliver Domke, Timo Wess, Bjorn Michel and Christian Wein and also rely on the penalty corner expertise of captain Florian Kunz. For the Dutch, it is their flair upfront which will again play a decisive role along with their penalty corner specialists Bram Lomans and Taeke Taekema who have been in splendid form throughout the tournament. The battle for the 5th-6th play-off will also be intense as the loser will go out of the 2003 Champions Trophy making way for Argentina who finished sixth in the 2002 World Cup. In all it should be a day of high-voltage action with, most of the eyes trained on the India-Pakistan clash which promises to be a thriller. PTI
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Anand to spearhead world team
Moscow, September 7 Being held after a gap of 16 years since the second such match between the erstwhile USSR and the rest of the world, this match promises more excitement then its previous editions with a galaxy of the top chess stars of the world battling it out for supremacy against the mighty Russians. World’s highest rated player Garry Kasparov will obviously be the kingpin in the Russian team and their lineup, if anything, is impressive. Braingames match winner Vladimir Kramnik, former world champions Anatoly Karpov and Alexander Khalifman, a demolition squad in the shape of Alexander Morozevich and Alexander Grishchuk and vast experience of Evgeny Barrev, Alexei Dreev make Russians once again, to train their guns to win this unique competition that started at Belgrade in 1970 and continued in London in 1984. In both the previous editions, the USSR dominated the world side and won the 40 games matches by 20.5-19.5 and 21-19 respectively. However this time around, the world team is likely to pose a threat to the Russians and youngest ever world champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine will be the cynosure of all eyes in the world team. The presence of Anand, Alexei Shirov of Spain, Hungarian Peter Leko and Judit Polgar (the first women player in the history to make an appearance in such match) and Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine certainly makes it a real challenge for the Russians to prove their world-beating abilities for the third time. The competition will be stiffer and the victory margin for either team is not likely to be a minimal one this time as there will be a total of hundred games in the match. PTI
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China rout India
4-1 in u-17 soccer
Abu Dhabi, September 7 Lanky striker Mao Jianqing dominated the match with two goals even as China lived upto their favourites tag in style. Malsawma scored India’s lone goal, a stunning 35-yarder to equalise Mao’s first strike, but the match was virtually over when the Indians conceded two more goals in the first half through poor defending. A baffled Indian coach Akhmedov Islam blamed the defenders and poor finishing for his side’s defeat. “They hardly performed up to 5 per cent of their ability. They did not show their real game and they totally seemed to lack confidence,” Islam said. “The second and third goals were of our own making and our forwards also let us down with some poor finishing,” said the Uzbek national, promising a much better brand of football from his team in the next match. The Chinese made full use of their speed and height with Mao’s header off a Li Benjian free kick giving them the lead in the third minute. But even before the cheers from a small group of Chinese fans had died down, Malsawma unleashed a classy shot to the right of Tian Xu for the equaliser. The Indians, despite the equaliser, seemed hesitant to carry on with their attacks which slowed down the game. However, the speedy Chinese kept surging forward with the Indian defence which showed signs of cracking. India launched another good move with Malsawma providing a long ball to Ralte Lalmuankima, but the latter’s shot at the goal was weak and wide. At the other end Indian goalkeeper Subrata Pal, who had a good game, came out to foil Mao in a one-to-one situation in the 22nd minute.
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Karamjit
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New Delhi, September 7 The opening day of the three-day meet inaugurated by Delhi Lt Governor Vijay Kapoor also saw K M Beenamol bettering her own meet record in women’s 400m and Saraswati Saha erasing Rachita Mistry’s meet record in women’s 100m. Karamjit who was assured of the gold medal when she easily cleared 3.20m on her first try then cleared 3.30m and 3.40m before raising the bar to the new national mark eclipsing the earlier mark set last year in Ludhiana. She then went for 3.50m but failed. However, the Punjab girl’s effort is unlikely to earn her a berth in the Asian Games squad with the third place in the last Asian Games clearing 4.00m. Chetna Solanki (Bihar, 3.10m) and V.S. Sureka (Tamil Nadu, 3.00m) finished second and third. In the men’s 100m, Services’ Sanjay Ghosh clocked 10.46 seconds to beat Piyush Kumar (Railways, 10.54) and Ganesh Satpute (Maharashtra, 10.62). National champion Anil Kumar didn’t start the final after he pulled out with a thigh injury. In the women’s short sprint, Saraswati continued her domination clocking 11.43 erasing the old meet mark of 11.58 set in Kolkata in 1998. Poonam Tomar (Railways) and Vinitha Tripathy (LIC), with a superb late burst, recorded identical timings of 11.70 second but Tomar took the second spot in photo finish. Earlier in the day, Aruna Devi improved Nanda Jadhav’s 12-year-old mark of 35:27.0 set in Delhi to 34:57.32 in the women’s 10,000m. However, the Railway girls’ timing was slower than her own National mark of 34:30.20 set in Chennai in 2000. Pushpa Devi (Railways, 36:08.18s) took the silver and Mahduri Gunule
(LIC, 36:21.61s) bronze. PTI
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Beenamol
to be torch-bearer New Delhi, September 7 First Union was promoted only in 1997, and within a short span, the company has carved out a niche for itself in event management. Mr Kalmadi said India nursed great hopes in the Busan Asian Games as the “games are yet another opportunity for us to showcase our sports talent, which has done us proud at the recently-concluded Commonwealth Games at Manchester.” India had struck 70 medals of different hues at Manchester and had claimed 35 medals—seven gold, 11 silver and 17 bronze medals—in the 1998 Asian Games at Bangkok. India hope to increase the medals tally by a considerable number this time around. Mr Kalmadi also announced that quarter-miler Beenamol would be India’s torch-bearer at the Busan Asian Games. For the second time in recent months, the honour of leading the Indian contingent at the Games has been given to a woman. Shooter Anjali Ved Pathak was the flag-bearer at the Commonwealth Games. Surprisingly, Beena Mol has been given the honour bypassing many senior members in the Indian contingent like weightlifter Kunjarani Devi and others. |
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HP to participate in Special Olympics Shimla, September 7 While Special Olympics for mentally disabled are being held in the country since 1988, the state had not been participating because of absence of any agency to organise sports for the disabled. The various non-government agencies managing various institutions for the mentally retarded persons recently joined hand to form the Special Olympics Trust for the purpose. Dr Malika Nadda, chairperson of the trust, told newsmen that 24 special athletes from the state, selected on the basis of the first State Olympics held at Bilaspur, would participate. The selected athletes would be trained at Mandi before leaving for Delhi. She said the trust had also decided to train coaches so that hundreds of mentally disabled sportspersons could get proper coaching. The national torch run, which would commence from Delhi on September 7, would reach Shimla on October 9. It would be received at the Ridge. |
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Mukesh wins golf title Chennai, September 7 For the first time in five rounds of the season, Kumar remained the first professional golfer to win an event being the leader for all four rounds. Incidentally, the Mhow pro also holds the course record at nine under par set last year in the TNGF Open. Kumar ended the final round today with a five under par 67 and received a cash prize of Rs 1,13,400 and the trophy. Feroz Ali of Kolkata became the runner up with a tally of 275, followed by Digvijay Singh of Meerut for the third spot with 278.
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Satish
pockets title New Delhi, September 7 Pradeep of Rohtak after winning the second and the third game, was placed in a better situation but Satish showed nerves to bounce back, keeping the ball low over the net and to the corners to limit the free flowing score in favour of Pradeep. Satish took the last games and the match, the final score reading 11-2, 7-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8. Sub-junior boys: Final:
Satish (Sirsa) Pradeep (Rohtak) 11-2, 7-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8; 3 Prateek (Pkl) Puneet Yadav (Ggn) 11—4, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8; semifinals Satish Puneet Yadav 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6; Pradeep Prateek Gupta 8-11,11-6, 1-12, 11-8, 11-7; Sub-junior girls: Nadia (Sirsa) Sidhi (Sirsa) 11-8,6-11,12-10,2-11,11-5;Neha (Sirsa) bt Steffi (Sirsa) 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 4-11, 11-2; semifinals Sidhi Steffi 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; Nadia b Neha 9-11, 3-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-5; Men’s single: Vikash Saini (Rht) b Anoop (Fbd) 11-13, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9; Sunil Ahuja (Srs) b Prateek Gupta (Pkl) 11-8,11-6,11-9; Chandra (Fbd) b Atul (Kkr) 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 9-11,12-10; Prashant Yadav (Ggn) b Ankit (Fbd) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; Naveen Kohli (Fbd) b Gaurav (Ggn) 11-1,11-4, 11-8; Parvesh (Srs) b Manuj (Ggn) 11-7, 11-6,12-10; Nalin (HPSG) b Yogesh (Yng) 11-1, 11-4, 11-4; Neeraj (Pkl) b Rahul (Ppt) 11-3, 11-7, 11-6; Garesh (Srs) b Vikram (Rht) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5; Vinay (Ggn) b Sandeep (Srs) 12-10,11-9,4-11,13-15, 16-14; Aneep (UNG) b Satish (SRS) 11-3,11-5,11-4; Neeraj (Knl) b Prashant (Pkl) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5; Manikant (Pkl) b Deepak (Yng) 11-4, 11-8, 7-11,12-10; Gaurav Jain (Srs) b Surbhi (Sirsa) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8.
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