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Anil shines in swimming
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Rohtak, September 20
Anil and Sunil of Government College, Bahadurgarh, swam their way to glory on the opening day of the M.D.University Swimming and Water Polo Championship at MDU swimming pool here today.

Anil finished first in 100m backstroke, 200m breaststroke, 400m individual medley relay and 100m butterfly, besides finishing second in the 200m freestyle. Whereas Sunil finished second in 100m backstroke, 200m breaststroke and 100m butterfly. Eight colleges are participating in the swimming events and five in the water polo.

Following are the final results of day of the championship:

1500m Freestyle:

Somdeep, UTD Rohtak (22m 53.38 sec), Vinod, GC Meham, (22m 59.19 sec), Rajesh Rathee, GC Bahadurgarh, (30m 59 sec)

100m Backstroke:

Anil, GC Bahadurgarh (1:12.25 Sec), Sunil, GC Bahadurgarh (1:14.16 sec), Jaivir, Jat College Rohtak (1:16.27).

200m Breaststroke:

Anil, GC Bahadurgarh, 2:48.4 sec, Sunil GC Bahadurgarh (3:20.00 sec), Yashvir, GC Dujana (3:26.84 sec).

400m Ind. Medley Relay:

Anil, GC Bahadurgarh (2:39.33 sec), Jaivir, Jat College Rohtak, (2:50.16 sec), Vinod, GC Meham (2:58.06 sec).

100m Butterfly:

Anil, GC Bahadurgarh (1:09.56 sec), Sunil, GC Bahadurgarh (1:26.09 sec), Atul UTD, (1:35.82 sec).

200m Freestyle:

Jairvir, Jat College, Rohtak (2:26.42 sec), Anil, GC Bahadurgarh (2:29.69), Vinod, GC Meham (2:34.38).

4x100m Relay race:

GC Bahadurgarh, (4:52.56), Jat College, Rohtak (5:07.57), UTD Rohtak (5:24.73).

50m Freestyle:

Vinod, GC Meham (30.06 sec), Jaivir, Jat College, Rohtak (30.28 sec), Sandeep, UTD Rohtak (30.97 sec).

Khanna picked as vice-chairman of NCA
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New Delhi, September 20
Mr C.K. Khanna, vice-president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), who recently completed his four-year term as the vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has been appointed the vice-chairman of the National Cricket Academy (NCA).

BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmia, who secured a second term in office as BCCI president during the Annual General Assembly in Kolkata, has said that the “Most important project of the BCCI at hand is restructuring of the existing National Cricket Academy into a state-of-the-art outfit.”

A high-profile cricket committee, under the chairmanship of Sunil Gavaskar, is being formed consisting of players and other technical persons as well as a few administrators. This would act as a think-tank to run the affairs of Indian cricket. “Sunil Gavaskar continues to be the chairman of NCA and C. K. Khanna is being shifted from the position of the BCCI vice-president to take over as vice-chairman of NCA in view of the importance of the new project”, informed Mr Dalmia.

Mr Dalmia said the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) had already purchased 30 acres of land from the Karnataka Government and the Board would purchase 12 acres of the allotted land from the KSCA to set up the “new look NCA”. Besides scientific training techniques, encouragement of athletic skills, performances and mental skills, the focus would also be to develop all-round ability of the players and to encourage them to pursue educational programmes side by side with cricket. “The BCCI has also acquired land near Maharani Bagh from the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi where it proposed to set up a cricket museum, an administrative complex and an academy,” Dalmia said. He said the total fund earmarked for the project is to the tune of Rs 17 crores.

Selection of Kirti hailed
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New Delhi, September 20
The NCT Cricket Association Delhi has hailed the appointment of former Indian player Kirti Azad, who is a Member of Parliament, as a member of the senior national cricket committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). 

Kirti Azad replaced former Test player Madan Lal as the India selector from North Zone. Kirti Azad is also the president of the NCT Cricket Association Delhi. NCT Cricket Association Delhi secretary Parmod Jain said Kirti's selection "will go a long way in improving the cricket standard in India".

Panchkuian Club down South India
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New Delhi, September 20
Panchkuian Club defeated South India Club 3-1 in the opening match of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL B Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Friday. Mid-fielder Surinder Singh Bisht put Panchkuian in the lead in the 25th minute while Sumesh Gusain scored the second goal in the 29th minute.

After the interval, Sumesh Gusain completed the winners' tally while Inder pulled the consolation goal for South India Club in 48th minute. In the second match played at the Ambedkar Stadium, Paschim Heroes scored a 4-1 victory against Shakti Club. The highlight of the match was a brilliant hattrick by Parveen Shokeen, who struck in the 15th, 24th and 34th minutes. Aditya scored the lone goal for Shakti Club.

Nivia Club trounced Ajmal Club 9-0 in a lop-sided match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

A hattrick by Trilok Singh was th high point of the match. The other goal-getters were Rehmat (three goals, no hattrick), Naseem, Sahid and Gaurav.

Bangadarshan, New Friends Club and Venus Club got walkovers from their respective opponents Young Bengal Association, Gulabi Bagh and Young Heroes, who failed to turn up.

Saturday's fixtures: Lochi Club vs Young Sports (1 pm); Uttrakhan vs Royal Club (2.30 pm); Young Boys vs Raisina (4 pm)--Ambedkar Stadium.

Dena Bank enter quarters
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New Delhi, September 20
A fine half-century by Vishal Sharma (51, 5x4) and deadly bowling by Vikas Vij (3 for 24) helped Dena Bank beat A R Gymkhana by two wickets to enter the quarter-final of the second C L Gupta Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Prem Lata Trophy at the Mohan Meakins ground.

Scores: A R Gymkhana: 147 for 9 wickets in 40 overs (Kamal Nigam 57, 4x4; Harish Bhaskar 28, Vikas Vij 3 for 24, Mahesh Sood 2 for 30, Satish Salwan 2 for 29).

Dena Bank: 148 for 8 in 38.4 overs (Vishal Sharma 51, 5x4; Pradeep Gupta 20, Mahesh Sood 25, Karamveer 2 for 23).

Ramjas win in b'ball

Ramjas School, Anand Parbat carved out a one-sided 21-8 victory against CRPF School, Rohini in the Ramjas Inter-School Basketball Tournament played at the St. Michael School court. Rishab (8) and Madur (6) were their leading scorers.

In the second match, Frank Anthony were outplayed Montford School, Ashok Vihar by 45-10. Kuldeep scored 16 points for Montford. J D Tytler got walkover from Don Bosco, Alakhnanda.

St. Michael beat Naval Public School 38-20 in another match. Puneet (9) and Sumit (7) were the leading scorers for St. Michael. Rohit (11) top-scored for Naval School.

Preet slams century as Scindia Club win
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New Delhi, September 20
A fine century by Preet Pal Singh (133, 6x6, 11x4) and deadly bowling by India Under-15 player Sushil Kumar (4 for 22) helped Scindia Club India beat Mont Fort School by 51 runs in a Group C league match of the Shaheed Smriti Under-19 Cricket Tournament at the Ashok Vihar ground. Scindia Club India skipper Sushil Kumar won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 226 for 9 in 35 overs. Mont Fort were bundled out for 175 in 32.3 overs in reply.

Scores: Scindia Club India: 226 for 9 in 35 overs (Preet Pal Singh 133, 11x4, 6x6; Sobers Joban 25, 2x4, Davinder 5 for 35, Prajapati Gaurav Sareen 2 for 22).

Mont Fort School: 175 all out in 32.3 overs (Digvijay 71, 9x4, 3x6; Abhishek 32, Saurav 30, Sushil Kumar 4 for 22, Abhishek Sharma 2 for 25, Vivek Khurana 2 for 28).