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IA lift N N Mohan Cricket Trophy
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New Delhi, October 14
Indian Airlines defeated Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) by 15 runs in a thrilling title contest of the N N Mohan Memorial All-India Cricket Tournament at the Mohan Meakins ground, Ghaziabad.

Indian Airlines received a cash prize of Rs 50,000 while ONGC pocketed Rs 25,000. Mr Hemant Mohan, managing director of Mohan Meakins, gave away the prizes. Former Test player Madan Lal, who is the organising secretary of the tournament, Anil Mathur, Vijay Chopra, Rakesh Kaushal, Mukeem Khan and Rajender Madan were also present.

ONGC won the toss and elected to field. But their move back-fired as Ritender Singh Sodhi and R R Parida sent the

ONGC fielders on a leather hunt, and their 113-run fourth-wicket partnership helped Indian Airlines post a handsome total of 283 for 7 in the allotted 45 overs.

Ritender Singh Sodhi blasted a quicksilver century knock of 120 off 115 balls with five fours and five sixes while Parida hit 59 with five boundaries.

Though the ONGC batsmen tried to put up a fight with Sandeep Sharma, who hit 88, leading the way, Airlines bowlers Sonu Sharma, Gagandeep Sharma and Nikhil Chopra gave a fine account of themselves by claiming wickets at crucial intervals to stop ONGC just short of the Indian Airlines target. Ritender Sodhi was declared the man of the match as well as the man of the series while Sanjy Gill of ONGC was adjudged the best bowler.

Scores: Indian Airlines: 283 for 7 in 45 overs (Ritender Singh Sodhi 120, 115b, 5x4, 5x6; R R Parida 59, 5x4; Rajat Bhatia 39, 3x6; Sanjay Gill 4 for 40). ONGC: 268 all out in 44.5 overs (Sandeep Sharma 88, Gagan Khoda 49, Radhey Shyam 44, Sonu Sharma 3 for 33, Gagandeep

High-scoring matches in Nehru Girls hockey
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New Delhi, October 14
High-scoring matches were the order of the day in the ninth Nehru Girls Hockey Tournament when 32 goals materialised from three matches at the Shivaji Stadium on Monday.

Karamat Hussain Muslim Inter-College, Lucknow trounced the School Girls team of Sri Lanka 13-0 while Sanjay Gandhi Vidyapith, Motera (Gandhingar), Gujarat scored an identical victory against Maharaja Agarsain Girls Senior Secondary

School, Sirsa (Haryana). Govt. Bhoj Girls Higher Secondary School, Dhar (Madhya Pradesh) downed Kidwai Memorial Inter-College, Allahabad 4-2. The winners led by 2-1 at the break.

In a keenly-contested match, the Allahabad girls took the lead in the 13th minute while Reena equalised for the MP school.

Poonam put the MP School in the lead (2-1) while Kavita made it 3-1 and Shalini rounded off the tally (4-1).

Suman Bhakta got the second goal for the Allahabad team.

Sanjay Gandhi Vidyapith, Gujarat toyed with the Sirsa school girls, scoring at their sweet will. Anuradha Devi opened the Gujarat team's account in the very first minute. She also scored the third goal. Pinki Lakra struck the second, sixth, ninth and tenth goals while Prem Lata Singh scored the fourth, fifth, eighth, tenth, 11th and 12th goals. Asmita Gupta converted a penalty stroke for the seventh goal.

Rijuta Mullick scored six goals, including a hat trick, in the Lucknow team's facile victory against Sri Lanka.

Shradha Verma, Ranjana Gupta, Vartika Singh, Gunja Sonker (2) and Jigyasa Mishra were the other goal-scorers.

Tuesday's fixtures: Kidwai Memorial Inter-College, Allahabad vs Birsa Munda Vidyapitha, Rourkela (11 a m); SGNP Girls Senior Secondary School, Shahabad (Haryana) vs T H Memorial High School, Aizawal (Mizoram) (12.30 p.m)--Shivaji Stadium.

Supreme Court beat Indore Bench
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New Delhi, October 14
Supreme Court, Delhi won the argument against Indore Bench by eight wickets in the 14th All-India Advocates Cricket Tournament at the Siri Fort ground. The tournament was inaugurated by Justice V. N. Khare of the Supreme Court. Messers Ram Jethmalani, Kapil Sibal, K. T. S. Tulsi and P. N. Mishra, vice-president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, were also present.

Scores: Indore Bench: 120 all out in 28.2 overs (Rajneesh P R 35, Mohd Azeem 4 for 46, Rajneesh Kumar 3 for 23, Mrinal Bharti 2 for 23). Supreme Court: 123 for 2 in 13.5 overs (S Ghosh 72, Mrinal Bharti 34). S Ghosh was declared the man of the match.

In another match, Allahabad High Court beat Chandigarh High Court by seven runs at the Central Secretariat ground. Scores: Allahabad High Court: 169 for 6 in 30 overs (Vijay Singh 41, Shekhar Yadav 34, Virender Upadhayay 40, Sandeep Modgill 3 for 36).

Chandigarh High Court: 162 for 8 in 30 overs (V Soni 32, Sanjeev Kumar 25, Anurag Kumar 4 for 35, Aditya Shukla 3 for 21). Vijay Singh was adjudged the man of the match.

Mumbai High Court beat Andhra Pradesh High Court by 59 runs at the Central Secretariat ground.

Scores: Mumbai High Court: 218 for 5 in 30 overs (Rajesh Singh 65, T Singhal 59, Nagraj 1 for 28). A P High Court: 159 all out in 29.2 overs (Gangadhar 59, Vijay Singh 33, Milind Godbole 2 for 16). Rajesh Singh was adjudged the man of the match.

GAIL wins

Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) beat Teri-Haryana by nine wickets in the sixth DG Phadkar Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval. Scores: Teri-Haryana: 49 all out in 14.3 overs (Shiv Kumar 19, 1x4; Arshad 2 for 0, R Joshi 1 for 10).

GAIL: 50 for 1 in 7.3 overs (Shiv Purusarthi 29 n.o, 2x4, 1x6; Raman Sharma 14 n.o, Trilok Singh 1 for 13). Shiv Purusharthi was adjudged the man of the match.

Jasjeet Singh wins Jaypee Open Golf
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New Delhi, October 14
India No 7 Jasjeet Singh of Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) won the Indian Golf Union categorised Jaypee Open Amateurs Golf Tournament at the Jaypee Greens golf resort in Noida. Jasjeet putted brilliantly to ward off the challenge of leader Keshav Misra of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).

He shot two under in the final round and charged the last holes by making birdies on 9,11,15, 17 and 18. This was Jasjeet Singh's second big victory in the amateur circuit, having earlier won the tournament in Chandigarh. However, it was not a fault-free game with bogeys on 7,13 and 14. Jasjeet shot a total of one over 289 in four rounds to leave Vikrant Chopra at the second spot. The final day was a disappointing one for Keshav Misra, who played three over 75 and with a gross score of 294 slipped to the third position. Keshav made birdies on holes 2,4 and 17, but a bogey on hole 5 and a double bogey on holes 1 and 14 sealed any possible victory chance for him.

Umpires under tremendous pressure: Mahendra
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Rohtak, October 14
Dominance of technology has put the umpires under “tremendous pressure”, feels the vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Mr Ranbir Singh Mahendra, who is also the chairman of the Umpires Committee of the BCCI.

Talking exclusively to the 'NCR Tribune', Mr Mahendra said that the task of the umpires has become tough by the induction of technology in recent years and has enhanced the expectations from the umpires.

He said that the Umpires' Committee of the BCCI will ensure that the umpires are able to perform their task with optimum accuracy and confidence. When asked about the standard of umpiring in domestic cricket and BCCI's strategy towards improvement in this sphere, the former BCCI Secretary said that there were a number of efficient umpires in India but efficient umpires with good record need to be deployed in matches.

However, he said, that the umpires' committee of the BCCI will ensure that the knowledge of the umpires was updated before he was chosen for an assignment.

It may be recalled that Mr Ranbir Singh Mahendra has recently taken over as the vice-president of the BCCI.

Cosmos prevail over SBI
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New Delhi, October 14
Cosmos Club prevailed over State Bank of India (SBI) 4-2 in the last A Division preliminary league match of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Open Clubs Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital on Monday.

State Bank took the lead in the 25th minute through Dhirender Rawat. Chandan equalised for Cosmos in the 41st minute while Varinder made it 2-1 in the 47th minute for Cosmos. Chandan struck again to put Cosmos in the lead (3-1) while Varinder scored the fourth goal for Cosmos. Abhijoy Basu slammed home the second goal for SBI.

St Columba's enter Parle Cup semis
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New Delhi, October 14
A fine unbeaten knock of 94 runs with ten fours and one six by Joel Trinidad and an unbeaten 70 by Wilkins Victor helped St. Columba's School beat Modern School, Barakhamba Road, by 88 runs and entered the semi-final of the Parle Cup Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground.

Joel Trinidad was named the man of the match. St.Columba's will take on defending champions Salwan Boys School in the semi-final.

Scores: St. Columba's School: 202 for 3 in 25 overs (Joel Trinidad 94 n.o, Wilkins Victor 70 n.o, Kanwarjeet Singh 2 for 28). Modern School, Barakhamba Road: 114 all out in 18.5 overs (Deepak Rajput 41, Mayank Sidana 30, Wilkins Victor 2 for 27).

Haryana outclass Delhi in Cooch Behar cricket
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Rohtak, October 14
Haryana registered an outright victory of 169 runs over Delhi in the three-day Cooch Behar Trophy Cricket encounter at Maharaja Agarsain Stadium here today. After having gained a first innings lead of 75 runs, Haryana resumed their second innings today at the score of 125 for 5.

Haryana declared their second innings at 209 for six and gave a target of 285 runs for victory to the Delhi team.

Vikram Dhaliwal top scored with 69 and Sabi Kukreja contributed an unbeaten 31 in Haryana’s second innings. In reply, Delhi batsmen played carelessly to be dismissed for 115. Only Shikhar Dhawan (16 runs), Kuldeep Rawat (18 runs), Vivek Khurana (12 runs), Abhinav Bali (16 runs) and Abhishek Sharma (12 runs) managed to reach double figures.