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Boxers crash out in quarterfinal Indians keep hopes alive in tennis Archers put up poor show Susanthika aiming for sprint double
Expert comments: Ravi Shastri Chetan Sharma writes
Changes in Santosh Trophy rules Sports Acrobatics
Commission formed
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KM Binu adds silver to kitty Busan, October 9 After the rich harvest of six medals yesterday, the 22-year-old Binu, not really among the pre-Asian Games medal prospects, provided India a bonus by winning the silver in a tough field. It was the second medal from the Kalathumkuzhiyil family after Beenamol won the women’s 800m gold yesterday. It turned out to be India’s lone medal on a day which saw the Chinese scoop up the bulk of the gold medals on offer and three games records being re-written. Binu gave a fine exhibition of tactical running to take the second position with a timing of one minute, 47.57 seconds but he could not pose much of a challenge to Bahrain’s Rashid Mohammad, who took the gold medal clocking 1:47.12. The bronze went to China’s Huiquan Li (1:47.77). Binu was leading coming into the home stretch when he and Mohammad had a slight brush which both the athletes said was unintentional. “I always had the chance of winning a medal. I was eager to do well for the country. “I should have waited till the last 100m for the final burst, then may be I could have won the gold medal,” the Railways athlete said analysing the two-lap race. The youngster also said he was inspired by the deeds of his more famous sister, the lone Indian to reach the semifinal in 400m in the Sydney Olympics. “If I make any mistake she (Beenamol) corrects me. Last night also she was teaching me how to run,” he said. Binu’s superb effort on the track was not the only bright spot for India as Saraswati Saha and Vinitha Tripathi (women’s 200m) and Anuradha Biswal (100m hurdles) booked their places in tomorrow’s finals. Saha, who finished seventh in the 100m final yesterday, led the field clocking 23.51 seconds in the second heat. Vinitha Tripathi also qualified with a time of 23.94, which gave her the fifth place in heat one. In 100m hurdles, Biswal qualified for the final finishing second in heat two recording a time of 13.49 seconds. China’s Yun Peng was the leader finishing the distance in 13.06 seconds. Among the other Indians in the fray, P. Ramachandran finished fifth in the men’s 400m with a timing of 46.15 seconds while Anand Menezes failed to qualify in the in 200m heats. Ramachandran could never really recover from a poor start and despite a valiant burst in the home stretch he could not come anywhere near the top three finishers. “I had taken the track with a positive frame of mind although I knew that the competition will be very tough. I tried my best but it was not good enough to beat the others,” Ramachandran said. Kuwait’s Fawzi Al Shammari claimed the gold medal in the event with a timing of 44.93 and in the process equalled the games record established in the 1994 Hiroshima games by Ibrahim Ismail Mufta. The silver went to Saudi Arabia’s Hamdan Al Bishi (44.95) while the bronze was claimed by Sri Lanka’s Rohan Pradeep (45.67). Menezes finished a poor eighth in the 200m semifinal heats to bow out of the event. He clocked 21.77 seconds but the effort was not good enough to take him further as the first finisher in heat one Shingo Suetsugu of Japan timed 20.05 seconds. The first four finishers in the semifinal heats moved into the final. In other events of the day, Qatar’s Khamis Abdulla Saifeldin claimed the gold medal in 3000m steeplechase with a new Asian Games timing of eight minutes, 30.52 seconds while China’s Xiang Liu took the honour in the men’s 110m hurdles with a timing of 13.27 to set a new games record. The women’s pole vault also saw a new Asian Games record being established with China’s Shuying Gao taking the gold clearing a height of 4.35m. China’s Meiju Li also had a satisfying day winning the gold in the women’s shot put with a throw of 18.62m. In the men’s triple jump, Saudi Arabia’s Salem Al Mowallad won the gold medal with a leap of 16.60m.
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1 silver, 2 bronze in sailing Busan, October 9 The medals were awarded on the basis of results after the penultimate round. Nitin Mongia won the silver in OK Dinghy class while the pair of Ashim Mongia and R Mahesh took the bronze in Enterprise class. The other bronze was claimed by Rajesh Chaudhury in Laser Radial Open class. Nitin Mongia, who was robbed off of a possible gold medal after being controversially disqualified from the eighth race, finished second with 14 net points behind South Korean H C Jin who accumulated 11 net points. The bronze medal in the event went to Thailand’s V Puangnak who had 18 net points. In the Enterprise class, Ashim Mongia and his crew Mahesh narrowly missed the silver. The Indian pair, who had discarded their third race, had 22 net points as compared to 21 by the Pakistani team of S Arshad and R Muhammad. The gold was won by Korean duo of J H Jun and K Jung. Rajesh Chaudhary, who maintained a steady performance throughout his event, finished with 22 net points after having discarded his first and sixth races.
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India meet Pak in hockey semis today Busan, October 9 India have defeated Pakistan just once in their 10 encounters in the Asian Games and recently lost to their arch-rivals in the third-place play-off in the Champions Trophy in Cologne. But Pakistan have not been able to make it to the final of the Asian Games since 1990 when they won the gold medal for the seventh time. So the stakes are high for the both the teams who know that each and every movement of theirs will be placed under the scanner back home. India’s star striker Dhanraj Pillay and Pakistan captain Mohammad Sarwar just stated the obvious when they said that tomorrow’s match was more significant for the two teams than even the final. “Tomorrow’s match against India is more important to us than any other match, even the final,” Sarwar said. Pillay echoed the feeling saying that the match was almost a final for the Indian team. Going by recent form, India, who surprised all with their performance in the Champions Trophy recently, come into the semis with a tough draw against last editions’ silver medallists South Korea who will meet Malaysia in the other semifinal tomorrow. Pakistan, despite being grouped in a relatively easy pool with Malaysia, Bangladesh and China, have conceded more goals than India in their three matches. The Indians, who know it would be foolhardy to judge Pakistan on the basis of their perfromance in the league matches, have utilised the two-day break after completing their league engagements, working on their weaknesses in the forward line. India has another incentive to win the match with the government announcing a reward of Rs ten lakh to each of the team members for defending their gold medal. However, India’s frontline has not risen to the level that it is capable of with Prabhjot Singh’s absence being felt acutely. Prabhjot has been ruled out of tomorrow’s match too. According to team officials, Prabhjot is recovering fast after sustaining a ligament tear but they do not want to risk him as any recurrence of the injury would affect the player’s career in the long run. Former world class striker and currently manager of the Pakistan side, Tahir Zaman, wants to end their long wait of 12 years for the Asian Games gold medal. “This is as good as a final. Now that we have got an opportunity to win a title after a long time, my boys will not let it go easily tomorrow.” An equally optimistic India’s coach and leading defender in the 1982 Asian Games, Rajinder Singh said “we are geared up to rewrite history. The past results of our matches against Pakistan will not have any bearing on the semi finals tomorrow”.
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Third successive defeat for Indian eves Busan, October 9 Despite the defeat, India will play Japan once again on Friday for the bronze medal in this four-cornered contest. In an earlier match, China defeated South Korea 2-0 which left Japan requiring to beat India by at least a two-goal margin to move into the final on a better goal difference. But with Japan unable to do so, China and South Korea will meet in the final on Friday. India, who won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester, once again failed to capitalise on the chances they got today. They showed a rare aggression after conceding a goal in the 19th minute, Japanese skipper Keiko Miura scoring through a penalty corner, but squandered the opportunities that they created. After being denied any space inside the Japanese circle for next 40 minutes, India struck through a penalty corner conversion by Suman Bala to equalise. But Japan took lead again five minutes later through a brilliant field goal by Akemi Kato in the 63rd minute as the Indians failed to keep the pressure on their opposition. India found the equaliser soon when Jyoti Kullu, after getting a pass from Sumani Tete from outside the circle, slammed the ball past the Japanese goalkeeper. However, India’s joy was shortlived as Japan, taking advantage of a defensive lapse, scored the winner just a minute before the hooter. Miura, who returned to the field after receiving a treatment for an injury on her head in the first half, scored the winner off a penalty corner. After the match, Indian team coach Gurdial Singh Bhangu expressed his disappointment over the results and blamed poor finishing for the defeat. “Twice we were looking for victory but the forward line did not work at all today. They also lacked finish whenever there were chances. “We missed plenty of scoring chances in a match where our opposition played well.” Earlier, goals from striker Zhou Wan-feng and captain Chen Zhao Xia helped Champions Trophy winners China to pip South Korea 2-0 and romp into the final. Striker Zhou Wan-feng’s open field goal and a penalty corner conversion by captain Chen Zhao Xia clinched China’s 2-0 victory over South Korea, who are assured of a place in the final despite losing their last round-robin match. Both South Korea and China rounded off their preliminary matches with six points from three games. South Korea’s five-goal win over India on Monday ensured them a place in the final. The hosts, seeking their fifth successive gold, finished with nine goals and conceded only three in the four-nation league. “I’m not satisfied with my team’s performance. We should have scored more goals,” said China’s coach Kim Chang-back, a former South Korean coach who is originally from Busan. “The girls knew we needed more goals, but we managed to score just twice,” he said. PTI, AP |
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Boxers crash out in quarterfinal Busan, October 9 In the light fly weight (60kg), medal aspirant Ramamand lost his quarterfinal bout to Ruslan Mussinov of Kazakhstan 24-37 on points. The Indian was overpowered by his much superior and agile rival. Ruslan attacked from the start and Ramanand found it difficult to defend. The Kazakh unleashed a flurry of punches which rattled the Indian. Ruslan kept pounding the Indian, who tried to counter-attack only in the late stages. Ramanand managed to win some quick points but the Kazakh had built up such a big lead that it was not possible for Ramanand to recover. The other Indian in the quarterfinals, Sanjay Kumar, in the welterweight category, was thrashed by Kim Jung-joo of South Korea 0-15 before referee stopped the contest. Sanjay just did not know how to counter the ruthless Korean. The Indian ran around to avoid the punishment and his agony ended when the referee came to his rescue and stopped the fight. In other one-sided contests, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Jitender Kumar lost to Baurzhan Kairmenov of Kazakhstan 7-28 on points in the middleweight category quarterfinal and in the heavyweight class V Johnson bowed out to Syria’s Naser Alshami when referee stopped the contest in the third round . Jitender was a big
disappointment. He was expected to put up a good fight but his fight was an embarrassment and about Johnson’s bout the less said the better. Coach GS Sandhu had no comments to offer saying, ‘’the rivals were far tougher and superior.”
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Indians keep hopes alive in tennis Busan, October 9 The other Indian duo in fray also did not disappoint with Vishal Uppal and Mustafa Ghouse too moving into the semis. Re-uniting for the Asian Games after setting aside personal differences that saw them split for the second time early this year, Paes and Bhupathi combined well to prevail over the Chinese pair of Ran Xu and Shaoxuan Zeng with a comfortable 6-4 6-3 victory. The Indians wrapped up the contest within an hour though China showed signs of a spirited fightback in the first set. The Indians will now clash with the South Korean pair of Dong Hyun Kim and Oh Hee Kwon in the semi-finals tomorrow. The Koreans defeated the Indonesian duo of Peter Handoyo and Suwandi Suwandi with a 6-2 6-7 (7/9) 8-6 verdict in a keenly contested quarter final encounter. Uppal and Ghouse moved into the semi-finals with a hard-fought victory over the Uzbekistan duo of Dmitriy Tomashevich and Vadim Kutsenko in a tussle which saw fortune fluctuate from one team to the other in the first two sets before the Indians came from behind to record a stiff 6-7 (5/7) 7-6 (7/1) 6-2 victory. They will now take on the South Korean pair of Hyung Taik Lee and Hee Seok Chung in the semi-finals. The Indians conceded the first set 6-7, but staged a brilliant comeback in the next two sets to eventually turn the table on their opponents who had themselves to blame for the debacle, committing a number of unforced errors in the later stages. The Indians also kept themselves in the reckoning in the mixed doubles with Leander Paes and Sania Mirza overwhelming Vittaya Samrej and Tamarine Tanasugarn with a 2-6 6-2 6-1 verdict. The other Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Manisha Malhotra have already reached the semi-finals. In the women’s doubles, the Indian pair of Manisha Malhotra and Nirupama Vaidyanathan were shown the door in the very first round by the fancied Japanese duo of Akiko Morigami and Saori Obata who registered a facile 6-4 6-4 victory. In men’s singles section, India’s Rohan Bopanna lost in the third round to Japan’s Takao Suzuki 5-7 2-6 to bow out of the championship.
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Archers put up poor show Busan, October 9 Kailash won the first match against his Mongolian rival Erdene-Gombodorj Gan but lost in the quarterfinals to China’s Hong Yuan Chen. The second Indian in the fray, Satya Dev Prasad lost in the first round to Myanmar’s Aung Soe Yan. Kailash beat the Mongolian 161-152 in a tie in which both the archers had six 10 pointers each. The Indian, however, managed to overpower his rival with some accurate hits. In the quarterfinals, Kailash gave a tough fight to Hong Yuan Chen before going down 159-162. The winner hit eight 10 pointers while Kailash had seven 10 pointers and that made all the difference. Satya Dev Prasad also gave a good display but that was not good enough to win. The Indian bowed out to his rival by a four-point margin with the score reading 157-161.
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Susanthika aiming for sprint double Busan, October 9 The 27-year-old Sri Lankan, a 200m bronze medallist at the Sydney Olympics and second in the 1997 World Championships, sees the 200m is her forte and will make the longer distance her main focus in future. “I can run under 22 (seconds),” she confidently said after winning the women’s 100m gold medal in a Games record time yesterday.
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Mumbai, October 9 Sehwag hit a career-best 147 with 24 fours and three sixes and put on 201 runs for the first wicket with Sanjay Bangar who made a solid 55 after India had elected to bat on a newly-laid pitch at the Wankhede Stadium. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar carried forward the good work of the two
youngsters, adding 65 for their unfinished third-wicket after both the openers were dismissed in quick succession in the final session of play. When stumps were drawn, Dravid was batting on 28 off 71 balls while Tendulkar was on 35 off 82 deliveries. Sehwag and Bangar, who were discovered as India’s latest opening pair on the tour of England, once again staked a claim for a permanent status as Test openers as they complimented each other well on their way to a record partnership. While Sehwag demolished the West Indian attack in his characteristic flamboyant manner, Bangar played the ideal foil and ensured that India did not lose any early wicket. Together they frustrated the West Indian attack for more than four and half hours before falling within 12 runs of each other. But that was not before they had registered India’s best opening wicket stand against West Indies, improving upon the 153 by Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan in the 1978-79 series against the Alvin Kallicharan-led side at the same venue. Sehwag and Bangar also posted India’s first double century opening-wicket stand after the pair of Gavaskar and Chauhan had done so against Pakistan in 1986-87. Sehwag, whose earlier two Test centuries had come outside the country, did the bulk of the scoring in that partnership, leaving Bangar far behind. In India’s lunch score of 75 without loss, Sehwag’s contribution was 53. He had
already crossed his third Test century and was batting on 124 when India took tea at 175 without loss. Sehwag started a bit shakily but soon took control of the proceedings as he sent the West Indian bowlers on a leatherhunt. In company of his partner, he completely frustrated the three-pronged West Indian pace attack of which only Mervyn Dillon was impressive. Dillon, who sent down an opening spell of six overs for seven runs, dismissed both Sehwag and Bangar to finish with two for 30 from his 16 overs. But that was all that West Indian captain Carl Hooper got on the first day of his 100th Test. The other bowlers were far from impressive and were tore apart by a rampaging Sehwag who completed his hundred off 138 balls with 19 fours and a six. Bangar also opened up a bit after lunch and cut Dillon for a four before lofting Ryan Hinds for a six over long-on. He reached his half-century shortly after the tea-break and was let off on 53 once before being caught by Ramnaresh Sarwan off Dillon. Sehwag, in the meanwhile, hit two more sixes, one each off Mahendra Nagamootoo and Ryan Hinds. He was on 137 when Bangar was dismissed and added 10 more runs before being caught by a diving Ridley Jacobs off Dillon. The spotlight then shifted to the Dravid and Tendulkar, who have been India’s highest run-scorers in Test cricket this year. Dravid had become the first batsman to cross 1,000 runs this year during the tour of England last month. Today it was Tendulkar’s turn to reach the milestone. He completed 1000 runs when he reached 14. Earlier, Hooper and Tendulkar were felicitated by Indian Cricket Board President Jagmohan Dalmiya and Mumbai Cricket Association chief Sharad Pawar for playing 100 Tests. Hooper is playing in his 100th Test here while Tendulkar featured in his 100th in the fourth and final Test against England at the Oval last month. India (1st innings) Bangar c Sarwan b Dillon 55 Sehwag c Jacobs b Dillon 147 Dravid batting 28 Tendulkar batting 35 Extras: (lb-5, w-1, nb-7) 13 Total: (2 wkts, 90 overs) 278 Fall of wickets: 1-201, 2-213. Bowling: Dillon 16-6-30-2, Collins 15-6-38-0, Cuffy 15-3-42-0, Nagamootoo 21-4-70-0, Hooper 7-2-34-0, W Hinds 4-0-11-0, R Hinds 9-0-39-0, Gayle 2-1-3-0, Sarwan 1-0-6-0.
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Expert comments: Ravi Shastri India’s opening gambit in the Test series will have Carl Hooper worried about what lies ahead of him on this tour. On the first day of the first Test, the Indian team did not put a foot wrong, and the West Indies team was reduced to huffing, puffing and sweating for minor solace. The weather is likely to improve as the tour progresses, but if the form of the Indian batsmen is any indication, there is a huge amount of work ahead for Hooper and his boys. Saurav Ganguly won an important toss and took the sensible decision to bat first. When in doubt about the nature of the wicket, ask your openers to pad up if you call correctly, goes an old dictum, and Ganguly did just that. For almost 300 minutes thereafter, he sat back to savour this decision as Virender Sehwag and Sanjay Bangar put on a double hundred partnership for the first wicket that set the stage for a mammoth score. The first two sessions belonged to Sehwag, who batted magnificently to reach his third Test century. He appears an outstanding talent to me, not the least because he trusts his instincts, and backs himself when playing aggressive shots. His footwork may not be the best in the world, but he has a tremendous eye and loves a challenge. His audacity makes the Indian batting more colourful and dangerous. Given the way he bats, he may not always click, but when he does India are more than likely to get a big score. Sehwag showed maturity too in the way he batted in the first hour, coming to terms with the wicket, establishing a sound start before launching into his shots. He has obviously been helped by the tour to England for he looks far more in control of his strokes. In Bangar, Sehwag had a wonderful foil. It is not easy to curb yourself when your partner is attacking away from the other end. But Bangar’s self-discipline is exemplary. The West Indies had an uphill battle once it became clear that there was nothing in the wicket for the fast bowlers even on the first morning. There was no lateral movement available from the wicket, and the bowlers failed to get any movement in the air either. Merv Dillon was the pick of the attack, and bowled some sharp deliveries. But this West Indies side lacks the firepower of the sides of yore. There is no Malcolm Marshall or Michael Holding to look dangerous in any condition. By the time play ended, India were firmly in control, the two best bats — Tendulkar and Dravid — in the middle and stroking well. It looks ominous for the West Indies unless they can make the second new ball count on Thursday. The wicket looks like it will deteriorate pretty quickly. Hooper will not have missed that, seeing how the odd ball turned on the first day itself, and India have the spin bowlers who revel in such conditions. (Gameplan) |
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Chetan Sharma writes I was appalled to see the West Indians play today. This was the first day of the Test series and normally teams are on their toes, fresh and raring to go but the West Indian approach was nothing like this. Their fast bowlers struggled on a pitch, which was docile, admittedly not to their liking, but we at least expected their fielders to catch whatever came their way. As many as three catches were put down and a simple run out was muffed and teams like India will never waste such magnanimity, especially on their home soil. India are nearing the 300-runmark with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman with their wickets intact. The best the West Indians can hope is to pick up two or three quick wickets when they take the second new ball tomorrow morning, otherwise they will be in line for the worst. The hero of the day was Virender Sehwag. My God, I can’t believe Sehwag has become so mature! His batting is simple but effective and he has taken to opening as duck to water, batting without any pressure. This was his third century in Tests and the rate at which he is going, he will be a terror for the bowlers worldwide. Sehwag played exquisite shots around the wicket and it was his batting that did not allow the West Indian bowlers to settle down. The best part of his batting is that Sehwag doesn’t allow loose balls to go unpunished. By hitting so many fours and sixers Sehwag takes the pressure off his partner, like he did today when Sanjay Bangar settled down nicely while Sehwag murdered the bowling. Had the West Indians accepted the catch or the run out chance Sehwag gave them, maybe India’s position would not have been so impregnable. But in Test cricket you have to make things happen which was not the case with West Indies. Let us see if they can their game from tomorrow onwards, otherwise the going will not be easy for them. One thing I would like to stress on is the standard of Wankhede Stadium pitch. It usually helps pacers with extra bounce and movement but today’s pitch was a flop. I wonder what the board’s pitches committee has been doing with the entire budget because from what we saw today and at Bangalore in the three-day match, the pitches are actually becoming poorer by the day! I think the board should ask members of the pitches committee what they have been doing. I have been reading in papers the praises they have heaped on all the ground they have visited recently. Now if they gave full marks to pitches at Wankhede Stadium and Chinnaswamy Stadium (Bangalore) it would be really sad. Such wickets will only kill the game. If it doesn’t break this pitch will not allow even the Indian spinners to bowl at their best. |
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Changes in Santosh Trophy rules New Delhi, October 9 The new rule ensures that those players who have migrated to other states to play club football, return to their home States, to turn out for the Santosh Trophy. This new rule will also defeat the strategy adopted by some leading clubs to “purchase” star players from around the country, and then make them play for their adopted states. But a player whose services are not required by the State Association of which he is a permanent resident or in which he is born, may play for the state association for which he is registered at the time of the tournament. But Railways and Services have been exempted from this rule, for the reason that these two organisations have raised football teams to give employment to the footballers, and excluding them from the Santosh Trophy would defeat the very purpose of raising football teams by them. The 58th edition of the Senior National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy will be held in Imphal (Manipur) from October 17 to November 5. AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco said defending champions Kerala, runners-up Goa, and semi-finalists Railways and Tamil Nadu, have been seeded directly into the quarter-final league. Mr Colaco said the holding of the Santosh Trophy Championship in Imphal would ensure the participation of all the North-Eastern states in this premier soccer event. In the past, very few teams from the North-East, otherwise flush with soccer talent, took the botheration to participate in the Santosh Trophy because of the long distances they had to travel to play. Mr Colaco said all the 32 affiliated units of the AIFF will participate in the Santosh Trophy. Of the 32 units, 28 teams, excluding the semi-finalists of last year, will be divided into eight clusters and the matches will be played on a round-robin league basis. Twelve teams will figure in the quarter-finals, which will be played on a league basis. Four groups have three teams each while the other four groups have four teams each. Punjab have been put in Group III along with Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh while Chandigarh figure in Group II, in the company of Maharashtra and Meghalaya. Group I comprises Bengal, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir while Group IV includes hosts Manipur, Pondicherry and Himachal Pradesh. Group V: Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Daman and Diu; Group VI: Services, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim; Group VII: Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat and Tripura. Group VIII: Orissa, Delhi, Nagaland and Andaman Nicobar. Manipur will take on Himachal Pradesh in the opening match on October 17 while Chandigarh play their first match against Meghalaya on October 18. Haryana take on Gujarat in their first match on October 19 while Punjab play their opening match against Madhya Pradesh on October 20. |
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Sports Acrobatics
Commission formed Chandigarh, October 9 The commission under the aegis of the Gymnastic Federation of India is formed on the pattern of FIG, which monitors sports acrobatic activities at the international level. The following are members of the commission: Mr R.K. Rishi, Punjab, Mr M.A. Chemburkar, Maharashtra, Mr D.R. Ganguly, West Bengal and Mr Nirbhaya Singh Verma (Patiala). The fifth member of the commission is to be nominated by the GFI. According to Mr R.K. Rishi, secretary of the commission, all four members are reaching Hyderabad to conduct the Sports Acrobatics Championship going to be held from October 21 to 25 along with the Sub-Junior National Gymnastics Championship for boys and girls. |
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Busan,
October 9
