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Indians
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Pritamrani Siwach India
take on Korea today
Expelled
athletes face public ire
Australian batsman Justin Langer hits a ball on the first day of the first
Test between Australia and Pakistan in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on
Thursday. Due to Australia's refusal to tour Pakistan for security reasons, Colombo is hosting the first
Test of the three-match series.
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India
need Kumble, Srinath: Ganguly Test
hopefuls keen to make a mark Aravinda
quits Test cricket Panchkula
in quarters Jasbir
helps NIS shock JCT Haryana
Games logo released
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Indians shoot trap silver
Busan, October 3 The trio of Manavjit Singh, Mansher Singh and Anwer Sultan brought some cheer for the country by securing the silver medal in the men’s trap team event with a total of 340 on a day which saw below par performances by the Indian shooters at the Changwon International shooting range. Though they failed to upset the applecart of the strong Chinese shooters, the Indian trio displayed superb skill and concentration to make it to the medal podium by winning the second medal from the shooting ranges. The coveted gold medal was expectedly claimed by the Chinese team comprising Yongiie Zhang, Hui Li and Lixin Huang who finished with 353 points while the Philipines team of Jethro Dionisio, Eric Ang and Jaime Recio took the bronze medal with a total of 331 points. But Jaspal Rana, one of the country’s main medal hopes, put up a rather lacklustre display in the men’s 10 m air pistol event finishing much too low on the final position list on day which saw the strong Chinese shooters rule the roost again. In the team event, the Indian quartet of Rana, Samaresh Jung and Ved Prakash had to be content with the eighth position finishing with a total of 1714 points falling well short of expectations. Mansher Singh and Manavjit Singh also did reasonably well in the men’s trap individual event finishing in the fourth and fifth position, respectively. While Mansher managed 137 points his partner Manavjit had one point less than him. In the women’s 10 m air pistol team event, the Indian trio of Shweta Choudhury, Shilpi Singh and Sheila Kanungo took the sixth position with an aggregate of 1198 and could have done slightly better had Kanungo been a little more consistent. Shiv Kapur in joint lead India’s brightest prospect for gold medal in golf Shiv Kapur played an outstanding game to be placed in joint lead with a first round score of two-under 70 in the individual championship. Kapur shared the lead with Chinese Taipei’s Chen Liang Cheng. However, erratic play by both Keshav Misra and G. Harendra Prasad affected India’s position in the team events being held concurrently. Chinese Taipei were leading in the team events too with an
aggregate of 218 points while India occupied the fifth position with a total of 226. Delhi-based Kapur started his campaign with a deserving birdie on the 382-yard first hole but dropped a shot in the very next. Yet another bogie in the fourth saw Kapur carry a one shot deficit. However, a birdie on the fifth hole helped him par his outward journey. Kapur was in excellent form on his return home with birdies on the 11th and 17th. He parred the remaining seven holes to emerge joint leader. Cheng had three birdies and a bogie in his two under 70 score. Among the other Indians in fray, Manav Das finished the day on sixth position with three others on with a two-over 74, performing way below his potential. Das had three birdies but rued faring poorly on the seventh hole. He bogied 3rd, 13th and 18th holes. Equestrian team fourth The Indian team improved its position in the on the second day of the team eventing in equestrian. Indrajit Lamba, Bhagirath Singh, Rajesh Pattu and Deep Ahlawat, who were fifth after the dressage section, went one spot ahead after the completion cross-country event with a total of 199.8. The Japanese team maintained the with 159.13 followed by the Thailand (168.26) and South Korea (180.87). The Indians improved their position in the individual eventing too with Rajesh Pattu, Indrajit Lamba and Bhagirath Singh placed 13th, 16th and 18th positions. Nitin Mongia leads Nitin Mongia was leading in the OK dingy section of the sailing events. Mongia had just a point each in the two of the 11 races that were held today. South Korea’s H.C. Jin had four points, Thailand’s V. Puangnak 6 and Singapore’s H.G.S. Chan had eight. In the enterprise Open, Aashim Mongia and Mahesh Ramachandran collected four points in the two of the nine races to be placed behind leaders JH Jun and G. Geong of South Korea (2). Rajesh Choudhary was third after two races with seven points. In the laser single-handed Olympic class (full rig) event India’s Sandeep Srikanth was lying in the fifth place with a nine point penalty. Sisters Riddhi Jani and Aditi Jani, finished sixth in the field of seven in the 420 women section, while in the 420 men’s event, which made its debut in the games, India’s Farook Tarapore and Vikas Kapila finished seventh. In the optimist class, India’s Salil Sabir was in eighth position with 15 penalty points, while in the girls section, Shilpa Oberoi finished in seventh spot with 14 points.
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Dingko crashes out in 1st round Dingko Singh’s hopes of retaining the gold medal in bantam weight category were shattered as he suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of his North Korean opponent in the very first round. Billed as a gold medal prospect before the team set out for Busan, Dingko seemed totally clueless against his North Korean challenger Phyong chol Choe, who registered an emphatic 26-6 victory. Dingko’s first round exit has come as a big setback for the five-member Indian team which was hoping to return home with a couple of medals from this event. The North Korean turned on the heat straightaway with a flurry of punches to unsettle Dingko and the Indian could never really recover from the early assaults conceding one point after another till the very end. With Dingko’s premature exit, the task of collecting medals for the country will rest on Commonwealth Games gold winner Mohammad Ali Qamar, Som Bahadur Pun, Jitender Kumar and Harpal Singh who will feature in their preliminary bouts from Friday. Pratima finished fifth The Indian weightlifters continued to disappoint as Pratima Kumari finished fifth in the women’s 63kg category. With three of the lifters already having crashed out after the fist three days of
competitions, Pratima joined them with a no-medal show on another dismal day in the
weightlifting arena. Pratima managed a total lift of 205kg which was the same as Kazakhstan’s Olga Sablina. However the Kazakhstan lifter edged her out for the fourth place by virtue of lighter body weight. Pratima managed to lift 90kg in snatch and 115kg in clean and jerk but the effort was not good enough for a podium finish. With four of the five-member weightlifting team having completed their engagements, only Shailaja Pujari remained to join the action in the women’s 75kg category.
Rowers fail to make impact After winning a bronze medal on Wednesday Indian rowers failed to make much of an impact as rowing concluded at the Nakdong river rowing course. The Indian quartet of Mujeeb Rehman Kolakkodan, Ratheesh Kumar, Saji Thomas and Kasam Khan came close to a bronze medal but eventually had to be content with the fourth position in the final of the men’s lightweight four-oars without coxswain event with a timing of six minutes 20.05 seconds. China won the gold while the silver and bronze medals went to Japan and Indonesia. The Indian duo of Julee Varghese and Sobhni Rajan finished fifth in the women’s pair-oars with coxswain final with a timing of 9:29.07 seconds on a day which saw the strong Chinese rowing team maintain their dominance by picking up six of the last seven gold medals at stake. In the final of the men’s eight-oars with coxswain event, India took the fith place with a disappointing time of 7:00.70 on yet another frustrating day for the rowers who have not been able to match the strength and skill of the Chinese and Japanese.
Spikers crash out India showed some resistance after trailing by two sets but could not maintain their tempo, losing to Iran 20-25, 23-25, 39-37, 28-26, 12-15 in their second volleyball league match. This was India’s second defeat in a row after they went down to South Korea 25-22, 25-17, 27-25 on Wednesday. India’s weakness at the net came to the fore once again when they missed scoring points off smashes and could not control the blocks.
Judo challenge ends Indian judokas challenge ended tonight with Akram Shah failing to make a mark in the 60 kg weight category. Shah, however managed to enter the final round of the repechage defeating Khaled Aldhafeeri of Kuwait, but could not progress further. India put up a dismal performance in the event yesterday also with Bhupinder Singh losing to Mir Esmaelli Arash of Iran in the second round in the 66 kg category.
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India pay price for lapses Busan, October 3 However, the Indians are still contention for a place in the quarterfinal provided they finish among the two best second-placed teams from the six groups. Despite putting up a spirited display, the Indians could not counter their speedy Chinese opponents and conceded both the goals in the opening session itself to suffer their first defeat in three matches. They had earlier defeated Bangladesh and Turkmenistan. Both the goals were scored by Yu Tyu. While the first goal came off a penalty in the 17th minute of the contest, Tyu displayed superb opportunism to slam in the second goal just one minute before the lemon break to the delight of his team-mates who got vociferous support from a sizeable group of Chinese spectators. With this victory, China have romped into the quarterfinals as the top team from group C, having won all their three league matches. India will have to wait for all the other group matches to end to know their fate in the 24-team championship. Apart from the top teams from all the six groups, the two best second placed teams will qualify to the quarterfinals and the Indians will be hoping to make it to the last eight stage on that ticket. Stephen Constantine’s boys today looked a pale shadow of the team that came back brilliantly to beat Turkmenistan. The wily Chinese also closely marked the two Indian strikers Baichung Bhutia and Avishek Yadav. Just as the match was heading towards the half time break, India had a good chance to restore parity with Bhutia finding S. Venkatesh inside the rival box. But Venkatesh’s powerful shot angled towards the far post was brilliantly saved by the Chinese ‘keeper. South Korea and Thailand also moved comfortably into the quarterfinals. Korea finished on top of group A and confirmed their favourites’ tag with a 4-0 thrashing of Malaysia as they took their goals tally to 13 from three games. A spectacular individual effort in the 22nd minute by the attacking midfielder Kim Eun-jung paved the way for victory before Choi Tae-uk increased the lead eight minutes
before the interval. Kim Eun-song grabbed his second of the night on 68 minutes with Lee Dong-gook adding the fourth just before the end. In the group B battle of British coaches it was Peter Withe’s Thailand who came out on top 3-1 against Roy Hodgson’s the UAE who were eliminated. Manit Noyvach, Kiatisuk Senamuang and Narongchai Vachiraban were all on target as Thailand kept up their perfect record of three wins from three games and they now face either one of the two best runners-up in the next stage.
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Another weightlifting record tumbles Busan, October 3 Liu (21) lifted 135.5 kg, beating the record of 135.0 set by Nataliya Skakun of Ukraine on April 24, and then missed at 137.5 kg. Under weightlifting rules, the ½ kg did not count in her total. She won with a total of 240, including a snatch of 105 kg. Her aggregate is also an Asian Games record, surpassing the earlier mark of 232.5 kg. Myanmar’s Khin Moe Nwe won the silver with an aggregate of 220 kg, with 100 kg in snatch and 120 kg in clean and jerk. Taiwan’s Kuo Ping Chun got the bronze with 217.5 kg, raising 97.5 kg in snatch and 120 kg in clean and jerk. Chinese athletes dominated the early action as all eyes switched to the intriguing basketball duel between North and South Korea. China, who picked up 21 golds yesterday, carried on where they left off, dominating rowing and shooting to add 10 more golds. But the Chinese were denied a clean sweep of the rowing golds as the competition reached its climax. Japanese scullers Daisaku Takeda and Kazushige Ura powered to victory in the men’s lightweight doubles, thwarting China’s hopes of taking all 13 gold medals on offer. Instead they had to settle for 12 after adding six more to the tally. The medal haul means that since rowing was introduced into the games in New Delhi in 1982, China have won 57 of the 60 gold medals contested. China also dominated back on the shooting range, picking up four golds in
individual and team events. Veteran marksman Wang Yifu, who won two golds yesterday, added a third to his tally in the 10m air pistol team event. South pip North Moon Kyung-Eun scored 28 points and South Korea defeated North Korea 101-85 in the first men’s basketball showdown between the political rivals since 1993. South Korea continued a perfect mastery of the Communist North on the court, rising to 6-0 all-time against their neighbours in the first-ever matchup of the Koreas played in either nation. The teams had not played since South Korea won 77-68 at the 1993 East Asian Games in Shanghai. South Korea also won at the 1978 Bangkok, 1982 Delhi and 1990 Beijing Asian Games as well as the 1991 Asian Championships in Kobe. The victory enhanced South Korea’s chances of winning quarter-final group II, while dimming North Korea’s chances of advancing to the final four. Korea has been divided since the Korean War in 1953, although no peace treaty has ever been signed. Calls for reunification have grown in recent months and Communist North Korea’s delegation here is a move to support that cause.
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comments: Pritamrani Siwach It feels so good to be in a beautiful place like Busan for such a big event. The scenery is lovely with the hills on one side and the seaface on the other, the weather is good, and our team’s raring to go in what I’d call the most competitive tournament that I’ve ever figured in. A four-team league format may give the impression that a medal is easy to win in women’s hockey. But it’s quite the opposite. There’s no respite for any team when the other outfits are China, South Korea and Japan. The odd easy match gives you the chance to try out new strategies, to iron out problems. But that’s not possible here. How I wish it were the usual six-team tourney ! China are fresh from their Champions Trophy triumph at Macau, South Korea are the defending champions and Japan are not the ones to be counted out either. To top it all, our opening match is against China. The Chinese are one team Indians are not comfortable against. They play tough and tight. We’re not used to body play and they leave no chance to have a go at their opponents. Somehow, I never enjoy playing them. It’s not the fear of defeat, rather the frustration of not being able to play the kind of game you want to. I’d put it like this — we play with our hands and they with their legs. It’s a contest between artistry and power. The Koreans are much better that way. They create moves and don’t resort to body tactics to stop you. It’s good clean hockey when India and South Korea are playing, and that’s the way it should be. See China, they scored just seven goals and conceded two in their Champions Trophy campaign. That’s not what you expect from a top team and that’s not what the crowds want. But we have the satisfaction of having beaten them 2-1 at the Asia Cup two years back. India and China drew 1-1 in the last Asian Games at Bangkok. So, the records certainly don’t upset me. Our disadvantage is that we have not played too many Asian teams in the past few years. The Commonwealth Games at Manchester, England, were different. It was one of our finest victories and that’s how we’re psychologically pepped up. When you win a tournament like that with teams like England and Australia in the fray, you’ve got to be a good team. The tense moments that we went though at Manchester, including the golden-goal in the final, gives us the confidence of going through tense moments in this tournament. Since all teams are more or less equal, the team that puts in that extra bit is likely to win. And we hope to do just that. We’ve played four practice matches with local teams here, including one against a boys team. Our team is doing well, though in practice, you can’t really put in your everything with other teams’ officials there to record your every move. So, in practice, the penalty-corner conversions are not like they will be at the Games. They are simple during these matches, but I promise things will be much different during the tournament. The stadium is quite far from the athletes village, but after enduring a one-hour drive, you get a fine turf to play on. The cheering squads that the organisers have managed, too are good for the game, especially when there are no crowds to watch. Things are more or less in place and the D-day is round the corner. The four-team league format is followed by the knock-out in which the top two teams play for the gold and silver and the bottom two fight it out for the bronze. Every match is a final in such a tough tournament, but at the same time it gives the chance for revenge. India have not won a gold since 1982 and the silver at Bangkok last time has been the women’s hockey team’s second best effort thus far. I was a member of that team and also the one that finished fourth at Hiroshima (1994). I just hope my third time proves lucky and we take home a gold from Busan.
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India take on Korea today Busan, October 3 India need a victory against the Sydney Olympic silver medallists to top their pool to avoid a clash against seven time Asiad champions Pakistan in the last four. Though India have an incredibly superior Asian Games record against the new continental superpower, it is the resurgence of the South Koreans in the last decade that has forced the hockey fraternity to acknowledge them as amongst the best in the business today. South Korea, unlike India, took full advantage against minnows Hong Kong yesterday to register their second biggest win in the Asian Games. Their 14-1 demolition, as against India’s 5-1 victory scoreline, was just short of their 14-0 record win over Bangladesh four years ago. The hosts who won the Asiad title at Seoul and Hiroshima in 1986 and 1994, respectively, are considered favourites to annex the gold here, even though they finished in the last slot which forced them to relegation at the recently concluded Champions Trophy at Cologne. A top finish here would automatically entitle them to a berth for the Athens Olympics two years hence. However, Indian coach Rajinder Singh is hopeful that his boys will repeat the Bangkok spectacle of 1998 where India had scored back-to-back wins against the Koreans both in the preliminary league match and in the final which was decided by the tie-breaker.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s athletes at South Korea’s Busan Asian Games got a pasting at home on Thursday following the expulsion of three of the squad for alleged drug taking. Newspapers lamented that with 66 gold medals already handed out, the only top spot Malaysia has secured was the dubious honour of being the first to send home contestants for failing drug tests. Three Malaysian sepak takraw players were kicked out on Wednesday after testing positive for morphine, sparking anger at home. Sepak takraw is a 1,000-year-old Southeast Asian game that has evolved into a highly competitive sport requiring acrobatic skills and a wicker ball. ‘’Takraw disgrace!’’ a New Straits Times’ headline read. The major English-language daily printed its main sports page in black and white instead of colour to mourn what it called a ‘’black day for Malaysian sport’’. The daily called for the immediate resignation of top officials at Malaysia’s national sepak takraw association and demanded the government root out what it alleged was regular use of drugs such as cannabis by takraw players. ‘’The widespread use of ganja (cannabis) among players was a well-known secret,’’ it wrote. ‘’Ganja and Malaysian sepak takraw have been ‘pot mates’ for as long as we can remember,’’ it said. The sport was officially named ‘’sepak takraw’’ in 1965. ‘’Sepak’’ means kick in Malaysia, and the word ‘’takraw’’ is Thai for ball or any object made of woven cane.
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Ponting’s century lifts Aussies
Colombo, October 3 Ponting’s 11th Test century and his 183-run partnership with Justin Langer (72) for the second wicket lifted Australia to a commanding 330 for five before bad light ended play 12.4 overs early. Pakistan, missing a second spinner after surprisingly leaving out leggie Danish Kaneria at the last minute, hit back with three wickets in the final session. At stumps, Damien Martyn was unbeaten on six while Adam Gilchrist was on one. Mark Waugh roared back into form with 55, joining twin brother Steve and Allan Border as the only Australians to score 8,000 Test runs when he reached 51. The elegant right-hander, battling to keep his Test career afloat, took 17 balls to get off the mark after surviving a confident leg-before appeal by Shoaib Akhtar. He then settled down to hit nine boundaries before mistiming a drive to give off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq an easy return catch towards the end of play. Saqlain claimed another wicket just before close when Steve Waugh, who won the toss and elected to bat, gloved a catch to short-leg after making 31. Pakistan stood down Kaneria before the toss, preferring to go in with an extra seamer in Mohammad Sami. Kaneria’s omission was felt as the slow wicket at Tamil Union ground, home of Sri Lanka’s famed off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, gave no assistance to the seam bowlers.
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India need Kumble, Srinath: Ganguly Kolkata, October 3 “We need them both as otherwise our bowling is weak and inexperienced,” Ganguly told reporters when asked about Gavaskar’s remarks that the two bowlers needed to make way for younger and fitter players. “With his record in both versions of the game, Kumble is our best bowler. He is a match-winner. So, I think there is no reason why I should not have him in my side,” he said. In contrast, Harbhajan Singh was still young and Ganguly said the seasoned Kumble would be a perfect foil to him. On Srinath, who was flown to Colombo before India’s Champions Trophy final against Sri Lanka to replace an injured Ashish Nehra, Ganguly said one should not judge the speedster’s form on the basis of his performance in the rain-aborted match on September 29. “He had landed in Colombo after a tiresome 10-hour flight. So, one should not judge him on the basis of his performance that day,” he said. Srinath had come in for harsh treatment from the Lanka batsmen, conceding 55 runs from eight overs, and India left him out while including Kumble in the replayed final next day to exploit the spin-friendly track. Ganguly answered in the affirmative when asked if Srinath had given him his word to turn out for the country in the longer variation of the game. “Yes. He will again play in Tests. He is also good enough for the one-dayers. The team requires him. Moreover, his record is a testimony to his bowling prowess,” he said. Ganguly said the Indians, who finished joint winners in the Champions Trophy, were in peak form for the last year or so and would do well in the coming three Tests and seven-match one-day series against the Caribbeans. The first Test begins in Mumbai on October 9. “If we can keep up our current form, we will do well against them,” he said. On the absence of indisposed star batsman Brian Lara from the visiting West Indies team, Ganguly said, “He is a huge name in the Caribbeans. But more than the advantage to my side, I feel for the fans”. Ganguly said his team’s present success was largely due to the improvement achieved in key areas like fielding and fitness. Praising physio Andrew Leipus and physical trainer Adrian Le Roux, he said, “We play a lot of cricket nowadays and so these areas are crucial. The two of them have done a good job”.
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Test hopefuls keen to make a mark BANGALORE: A bunch of Test hopefuls in Board President’s XI will vie with each other to impress the selectors in the three-day game starting here tomorrow against the West Indian side which is keen on starting its two-month tour of India on a positive note. Nearly the entire Board President’s XI squad comprises players who have been in and out of the national team or those who are knocking on its doors. With not many slots up for grabs in the Indian Test team, there is likely to be a fierce competition among the players. Especially under watch would be openers like Gautam Gambhir and all-rounders like Sanjay Bangar, not to speak of utility players like captain Mohammad Kaif, who is waiting for his chance in the Test sqaud after sealing a permanent slot in one-dayers. In fact the Board President’s XI can qualify to be called the national B team and West Indian coach Roger Harper was happy that his side would be playing against such a competitive team ahead of a tough Test series. Harper said since more warm-up games could not be
accommodated, it was good for the young members of his team to play such a competitive side and prepare themselves for the tougher battle ahead.
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Aravinda
quits Test cricket
New Delhi, October 3 Aravinda, who was the architect behind their World Cup triumph in 1996, will, however be available for one-dayers and is expected to retire after next year’s World Cup Sri Lanka captain and close buddy Sanath Jayasuriya and coach Dav Whatmore had already pleaded with Aravinda to postpone his retirement plan but in vain. Aravinda’s career went through ups and downs as he continued to have frequent arguments with the national board over his fitness. To top it all, he was mentioned in match-fixing inquiries but not charged due to lack of evidence. The short, stocky right-hand batsman played in four World Cups. In the 1996 World Cup, he won four man-of-match awards including one for a century in the final against Australia.
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Panchkula
in quarters Chandigarh, October 3 Panchkula skipper Girish Bhanot elected to bat first after winning the toss. After early departure of Ravi, Inderjeet Saini joined Vishal Sahni and both played some beautiful strokes as team reached 100-run mark in just 16.4 overs. Vishal Sahni registered second consecutive half-century of the tournament as both were involved in 106-run partnership. Next batsman Munish Arora contributed valuable 24 runs as Panchkula district set a target of 202 runs to win in the allotted 35 overs. Sachin was the most successful bowler with 3 wickets for 39 runs. Panipat were off to a shaky start as they lost both the openers cheaply at the total of 11 runs in 7 overs. Medium pacer Gaurav Sood was bowler responsible to cause initial damage. Introduction of double spin attack pushed the hosts back as the required run rate climbed over 7 per overs. Sidharth made valiant efforts on his way to magnificant century but that was not enough as the innings folded at 187 for 9 in the allotted 35 overs. Mayur Sharma claimed 3 for 38 and Umesh Kaira took 2 for 31. Now Panchkula will take on Faridabad at Faridabad on October 14 in the quarterfinal. Brief scores: Panipat 187 for 9 in 35 overs. Sidharth 101 n.o. Girish Bhanot 2 for 24, Mayur Sharma 3 for 38, Gaurav Sood 2 for 28, Umesh Kaira 2 for 31. |
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helps NIS shock JCT Patiala, October 3 The match played between IAF and
DFA, Kapurthala started on a fast note with both teams raiding the rival territory repeatedly. Kalyan Pal of IAF nearly scored but found his shot being saved by a diving DFA custodian. The second half was played at a sluggish pace with neither of the team’s taking any undue chances. For the NIS team medio Jasbir Singh turned out to be their key players as apart from keeping the rival defence at bay, he was also instrumental in scoring both his teams goals. In the very first minute of the match, Jasbir stunned the defence by dodging his way in before unleashing a powerful right-footer that brushed the horizontal before the ball slowly rolled in the netting. Minutes later Jasbir received a cross from the left flank and after hoodwinking his way past two defenders he drove the ball hard and firm which, however, ricocheted off the woodwork. Quick on the rebound the NIs medio sent the JCT custodian Sandeep Kumar the wrong way before sending in a crisp shot to make it 2-0 for his team. In the last match of the day, Gorkha Club, Lucknow, scrapped past a jaded looking
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Haryana
Games logo released Chandigarh, October 3 Mr M.S. Malik, Secretary-General, HOA said over 4000 sportspersons would compete in 23 disciplines during the four-day games. Competitions in swimming, triathlon and cycling would be held at Kurukshetra, while competitions in the rest of the events would be conducted at Hisar. Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala will declare the games open, while Babu Parmanand, Governor of Haryana, will be the chief guest on the closing ceremony. He said the teams for representing Haryana in the 16th National Games to be held in December this year would be selected on the performance of sportspersons at Hisar. Director HOA H.S. Bhadu said Bhim Awards will be given on the occasion, while the winners of the Commonwealth Games would also be given cash awards. |
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JP Atray semis rescheduled Chandigarh, October 3 As per minor changes effected in the schedule, the second semifinal between Bishnoi Club vs ONGC, which as slated to be played the PCA Stadium tomorrow would be played a day later i.e. on October 5 at the same venue. The matches will begin at 9 a.m. The winners would get Rs 75,000, the runners-up Rs 45,000, while the losing semifinalists would get a Rs 15,000 each, he added. |
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fencing Patiala, October 3 Stating this, Mr Brahm Mohindera, former Cabinet Minister and president of the Punjab Fencing Association (PFA), said that foil, epee and sabre (individual and team) events will be held during the meet. The championship is open to fencers who are under the age of 14 years in the sub-junior category and under the age of 18 years in junior category as on December 31, 2002. Fencers may send their entries to Mr Arun Vij, secretary of the PFA, at 42/2, Mohalla Sui Gran here on or before October 6. |
Punjab triathlon Patiala, October 3 This was disclosed by Mr M.S. Sidhu, secretary of the Punjab Triathlon Association, in a press release. |
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defeat Solan in final Kulu, October 3 Maheshwar Singh, member of Parliament, who was the chief guest at the valedictory function announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh for levelling of the ground and hoped that national level games would also be organised here. |
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