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October 27, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Goud brightens up dull day Eden Gardens water
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Waqar retained skipper
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Santosh Trophy: Punjab go down to Karnataka Sridhar,
Lakhani lift DSCL Open titles Kucera meets Grosjean EME finish on top in Army hockey
Sangrur win handball titles Inter-varsity rowing Dasmesh Academy
finish second Jahangir elected president Haryana TT tourney inaugurated
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Goud brightens up dull day
Pune, October 26 Yere Goud cracked a fine 107 before Railways were all out for 402 in their first innings, 47 runs behind the West Indies score of 449 for eight declared. In the seven overs bowled before play was called off half an hour before the scheduled time, the West Indies knocked off 35 runs without any loss in their second innings. After Shreyas Khanolkar’s whirlwind knock of 102 yesterday, it was the turn of Yere Goud to show his batting prowess today. Yere Goud, who had an excellent season last year, faced 213 balls and hit 12 boundaries during his 278 minute stay at the crease before being the ninth man out. Yere Goud held the Railways innings together after Cameron Cuffy had forced them on the backfoot with three quick wickets in the morning session. He stitched small but useful partnerships with nearly all the lower order batsmen to enable the team cross the 400-run mark. Railways resumed at their overnight 179 for one and could add just 87 runs in the morning session which saw Cuffy dismiss Murali Kartik, Tejinderpal Singh and Jacob Martin in a fine spell of eight overs. Kartik, who rode on his luck to remain unbeaten on 72, failed to add anything to his score today and was clean bowled by the second ball from Cuffy this morning. His overnight partner Tejinderpal Singh progressed from two to 21 before being trapped leg before wicket by Cuffy. Tejinderpal Singh faced 31 balls in 42 minutes and hit three fours. Yere Goud, who was on three when Tejinderpal Singh got out, had to see his parners desert him at regular intervals after that but he stood his ground firm and easily negotiated the West Indian attack. Railways also lost Jacob Martin before lunch interval when they were placed at 266 for four. Martin played a rash shot and was caught by Wavell Hinds at short covers off Cuffy after scoring five runs. Railways regained their momentum after the lunch break and stepped up the gas with Yere Goud doing the bulk of the scoring. Between lunch and tea, Railways added 104 runs to their total and Yere Goud progressed from 34 to 89. Scoreboard West Indies (1st innings): 449-8 declared Railways (1st innings): Khanolkar c Powell b
Kartik b Cuffy 72 TP Singh lbw b Cuffy 21 Goud c Jacobs b
Martin c W Hinds b Cuffy 5 Sharma c Ganga b Breese 13 Ali lbw b Cuffy 16 Yadav lbw b Sarwan 15 Harvinder c Samuels
Zakir Hussain not out 7 Parida b Nagamootoo 2 Extras
(b-3, lb-19, nb-1,w-2) 25 Total (all out, 110.2 overs) 402 FoW:
1-167, 2-180, 3-205, 4-225, 5-280, 6-320, 7-345, 8-378, 9-400. Bowling: Cuffy 27-4-84-4, Powell 18-2-85-0, Nagamootoo 20.2-2-75-2, Breese 31-3-103-2, Gayle 4-1-15-0, R Hinds 3-0-3-1, W Hinds 3-1-6-0, Sarwan 3-0-9-1. West Indies (2nd innings): Gayle not out 9 Hinds not out 22 Extras
(lb-1, nb-3) 4 Total (for no loss, 7 overs) 35 Bowling:
Harvinder Singh 2-0-13-0, Zakir Hussain 2-1-8-0, J P Yadav 2-0-5-0, K Parida 1-0-8-0.
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Eden Gardens water
contaminated Kolkata, October 26 Kolkata Mayor Subrata Mukherjee said the CMC which took the water samples of the Eden Gardens, detected that water taps installed in seven different blocks, had been supplying highly contaminated water. Even the water at the Club house is contaminated,he added. The Mayor said the CMC water experts had advised the CAB to immediately seal all the taps in seven blocks and make alternative arrangements for supplying pure drinking water during the match. Incidentally, the CMC does not maintain water supply to Eden Gardens. The CAB has installed underground water taps on their own. Meanwhile, there has been less demand for tickets for the Test and the CAB authorities fear that many season tickets which are priced at Rs 500 and Rs 400 might remain unsold. |
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Gibbs, Kirsten put SA on top Potchefstroom, October 26 Herschelle Gibbs was run out 114 but Gary Kirsten was batting on 154 as South Africa ended the day in a strong position. Gibbs (114) and Kirsten put on 141 for the second wicket before Gibbs was run out, Bangladesh’s only success of the day. Kirsten and Jacques Kallis continued to deny the tourists’ bowlers, putting on an unbeaten 79 for the third wicket. The in-form Gibbs made batting look easy as he reached his seventh Test century off 161 balls when he swept the last ball before lunch from leg-spinner Alok Kapali for four. Kirsten had gone to his 50 when he pushed the previous ball for a single having faced 74 balls and hit seven fours and a six. Gibbs continued untroubled after lunch before he was run out while attempting a quick single to mid-off. The fielders showed no excitement when Tapash Baisya’s throw hit the stumps but television replays showed Gibbs had not grounded his bat. Gibbs hit 17 fours and two sixes in his 190-ball knock. The left-handed Kirsten, who made 150 in the first Test in East London to become the first man to score centuries against all other Test countries, played a typical innings, taking no chances but moving relentlessly towards his 16th Test century. Scoreboard Bangladesh (1st innings): 215 South Africa (1st innings): Smith c Mashud b Hossain 24 Gibbs run out 114 Kirsten batting 154 Kallis batting 107 Extras: (b-9, lb-2, nb-4) 15 Total: (for 2
wkts, Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-202. Bowling: Manjural Islam 26-7-80-0, Tapash Baisya 24-3-81-0, Talha Jubair 17-3-67-0, Alok Kapali 20-2-75-0, Sanwar Hossain 20-1-98-1, Bashar 1-0-2-0.
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Waqar retained skipper
Islamabad, October 26 Separate teams were announced for Test and one-day series in Lahore with Waqar appointed to lead both. Inzamam-ul Haq and Yousuf Youhana return to the national squad after missing the 0-3 thrashing by the Australians in the relocated Test series in Colombo and Sharjah due to injury. But former captain and star all-rounder Wasim Akram has been named only in the 16-member one-day team. Chief selector Wasim Bari said the teams were a judicious mix of experience and youth and the best possible combination was selected for the two-Test and five one-day international series in Zimbabwe, the first leg of Pakistan’s African Safari. Pakistan are scheduled to visit South Africa after Zimbabwe before playing in the World Cup in those two countries. The squads for the series in South Africa will be announced later. Waqar had earlier been named Pakistan’s captain till the 2003 World Cup but the team’s poor performance in the last few months had raised fears that he might be replaced. Teams: For Tests: Waqar Younis (captain), Inzamam-ul Haq (vice-captain), Taufiq Umer, Shahid Afridi, Salim Elahi, Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana, Faisal Iqbal, Hasan Raza, Rashid Latif, Kamran Akmal, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Zahid and Mohammad Sami. For one-dayers: Waqar Younis (captain), Inzamam-ul Haq (vice captain), Shahid Afridi, Taufiq Umer, Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana, Misbah-ul Haq, Salim Elahi, Rashid Latif, Saqlain Mushtaq, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Zahid, Faisal Iqbal, Azhar Mahmood and Kamran Akmal. PTI
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BSNL cricket Patiala, October 26 In a spot for the final, Uttar Pradesh (east) will cross swords with Tamil Nadu while NTR, Delhi take on Himachal Pradesh. Scores (all quarterfinals): Madhya Pradesh 135 all out (Rakesh Talwar 68, Vinod Dogra 2 for 17) beat HP: 136 for 8 (Ashwani Kumar 35, Ramesh Kumar 25) by 2 wickets. NTR,
Delhi: 176 for 2 (Rajinder Aheer 78, Mohit Biswani 2 for 17) beat UP (west): 97 all out by 99 runs. UP (east): 150 all out (R.S Pawar 58, C.S Paul 4 for 29) beat MTNL, Mumbai: 120 all out (Sanket Kumar 41) by 30 runs.aTN 146 all out (Satyanaryan Rao 57, Radhakrishnan 4 for 19) beat MTNL, Delhi : 125 all out (Rajeev Khanna 38) by 21 runs. |
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Santosh
Trophy: Punjab go down to Karnataka
Imphal, October 26 Mahendra Mani (22nd minute) and S Sunil (30th minute) scored for Karnataka in a fast-paced Group C encounter at the Khuman Lempak Stadium here to help their team win full points against Punjab. In group D, Manipur led Orissa 2-1 at the half-time of the second game at the same venue which saw an overall dominance by the local team with only ocassional counter-attack by the visitors. M Bijen Singh scored the first goal for Manipur in the 10th minute through a neat placement past the hapless Orissa custodian after he got a measured through pass from Tiken Singh. Orissa drew parity in the 36th minute when substitute Mahesh Raudia produced a stunning long ranger which went in as Manipur goalkeeper Noren Singh failed to react in time. Stung by the reverse, the Manipur boys attacked with ferocity and went into the lead again just two minutes after the equaliser when Tiken Singh scored from an excellent pass by W Tomba Singh. Manipur strengthened their position through the third goal in the 60th minute when Tomba Singh netted the ball from a centre pass by Rennedy Singh. Bijen Singh completed the tally in the 85th minute. Bijen, who scored two goals today, is now the highest scorer of the tournament so far with 10 goals and is followed by Bengal’s Dipendu Biswas who has eight goals. In the first match of the day, Karnataka forwards made a greater impact with their better ball possession even though both the teams started attacking right from the word go. Skipper S K Dayananda, who displayed some good soccer, could have scored the first goal in the 15th minute but his powerful right-footer was brilliantly saved by the Punjab custodian. Seven minutes later, Mani got a measured pass from Dayananda and drove home from close to make it one up for Karnataka. Sunil made the scoreline 2-0 by latching on to a loose ball from the left flank. Karnataka could have won by a bigger margin had their forwards not missed a number of chances, particularly in the second half. Although the Punjab forwards came close to scoring a couple of times, lack of coordination and planning proved to be their undoing.
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Sridhar,
Lakhani lift DSCL Open titles New Delhi, October 26 Vinod Sridhar, the 22-year-old left-hander from Tamil Nadu, realised a long-cherished dream when he outslugged Mustafa Ghouse of Maharashtra 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 to lift the men’s singles title in his maiden entry into a senior final. The title-win was a vindication of his tenacious efforts, as in the previous two editions of the tournament, he had the heart-breaking experience of crashing out in the semifinal to Sunil Kumar Sipaeya and Vijay Kannan, respectively. He exacted his revenge for the loss to Vijay Kannan when he toppled the defending champion in their quarterfinal clash this time. Isha Lakhani of Maharashtra too came of age when she beat fellow-Maharashtrian Sonal Phadke 6-3,7-6 to annex the women’s singles title. Like Sridhar, Isha too was making her maiden entry into a women’s singles final. Isha later made it a “treble” when she beat Sasa Abraham, also of Maharashtra, 6-1,6-3 to garner the girls under-18 title. Isha and Sonal Phadke had won the women’s doubles title yesterday, beating Ankita Bhambri and Radhika Tulpule. The top-seeded Isha rushed past Sasa to lift the girls title, a couple of hours after she won the women’s singles crown. The title aspirations of Chandigarh boy Amanjot Singh was shattered by Arun Prakash of Tamil Nadu with a 6-2,7-6 (7-5) victory. After losing the first set tamely, Amanjot put up a doughty fight in the second set, but Arun Prakash had too many guns blazing, and his panther-like movement and smashing returns only compounded the problems of Amanjot. The five-set men’s singles final began on the wrong foot, literally, for fourth-seeded Mustafa Ghouse, who committed three double faults to drop serve in the very first game of the first set. This was a pointer to the events to unfold as the six-seeded Vinod Sridhar fully capitalised the earratic serves and wayward returns of Mustafa Ghouse to coast home rather comfortably as Ghouse proved to be easy fodder. In the second set, Mustafa Ghouse served, vollyed and returned like he normally does, and quite comfortably pocketed the set. But it turned out to be a flash in the pan as in the third and fourth sets, he simply caved in, without offering any fight. When Ghouse hit deep and out to give Sridhar the match point, the Tamil Nadu youngster let out a big shriek, to heave a sigh of relief. Ghouse admitted that his poor service game did him in. But he also praised Vinod Sridhar for his determined display. “He’s a tough opponent to beat”, Ghouse said. But Ghouse had had the upper hand when the two met in two recent tournaments. But that’s history, as the reigning grass court champion simply fell into the trap setup by Sridhar to lose out this day. Sridhar, who had won the National Games gold at Imphal a couple of years ago to notch up his first big victory, however, felt that today’s was his best-ever victory. “This is the best win of my career. This win will make a lot of difference to my game”, Sridhar, a trainee of the Krishnan Tennis Centre in Chennai, said. He said his game plan was to make Ghouse miss his shots, and he succeeded in that. Sridhar received a cash prize of Rs 44,000 while Ghouse received Rs 22,000. Lt.Governor Vijay Kapoor gave away the prizes. The All-India Tennis Association secretary said DSCL would continue to be the sponsors of the event in the coming years. |
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Kucera meets Grosjean
Moscow, October 26 Mikhail Youzhny, the only Russian to survive in the tournament, upset Romania’s Andrei Pavel, seed No 9, in straight sets 6-1, 6-3. In his fourth semifinal this season, Youzhny will take on wildcard Vladimir Votchkov of Belarus, who downed Germany’s Nicolas Kiefer 7-5, 7-5. The 28-year-old Kucera, who stunned top-seeded Andre Agassi in straight sets in the second round, will face Sebastien Grosjean of France in the semifinals. Grosjean, seeded third, also came back from one set down to beat Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. The Frenchman hadn’t dropped a set in his two previous matches here. He lost to Agassi in the semifinals at Madrid last weekend. Gaudio, who won his first two ATP titles this summer, broke Kucera twice early in the first set. AP
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EME finish on top in Army hockey Jalandhar, October 26 Signals earned four penalty corners, but the EME defence proved too strong. The first half ended goal-less. During the second half, the match was played on a fast note and both the teams failed to convert two penalty corners each. Even as EME made several hostile attempts near the box, they missed the target. The match was extended by 15 minutes, but both the teams failed to score. Finally, EME defeated Signals 5-3 in the tie-breaker. Avtar Singh (Sr), Avtar Singh (Jr), M.C. Pooncha, M.S. Murum and John Kindoh converted the strokes for EME, while Suresh Kumar, G. Dass and Prem Singh were the scorers for Signals. Earlier, a picquant situation arose when the military personnel on duty outside the stadium did not allow entry to mediapersons, who had gone to cover the event. The security officials even misbehaved with a reporter of an English daily. “No civilian is allowed entry inside the stadium without declaring his identity,” security officials told reporters even as the scribes showed their identity cards. The matter was resolved with the intervention of the PRO of 11 Corps, Mr Naresh Vig, who pacified the reporters and allowed their entry into the stadium.
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Sangrur
win handball titles Ludhiana, October 26 The handball final (girls U-19), between Sangrur and Ludhiana was a keenly contested affair in which the former prevailed over their opponents 10-9. Rajinder Kaur was the main architect of Sangrur’s hard-fought victory. In the boy’s section, hosts Ludhiana failed to match their rivals from Sangrur who emerged as champions with two-point margin 10-8. In the boy’s final (U-17), Sangrur quelled a strong challenge from Patiala before romping home victorious 27-23. Faridkot lads finished at third spot, while in the girl’s section, Sangrur proved their supremacy over Ropar 9-7 to clinch the title. In tug-of war (U-19), Amritsar girls proved too strong for their opponents from Ropar while Ludhiana got the third position. In the boy’s section, Fatehgarh Sahib outclassed Ferozepore to bag the title. Mr Bachhittar Singh, District Education Officer (secondary) distributed the prizes. |
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Inter-varsity rowing Chandigarh, October 26 Jagjit Singh, Arjuna awardee in rowing, will inaugurate the championship and Mr K.S. Sidhu, Secretary-General, Punjab Olympic Association, will be the chief guest on the concluding day. Following boys and girls will represent Panjab University in the championship. Men: Nirmal Singh (captain), Himmat Singh, Parveen Kumar, (PU campus), Sandeep Singh, Karaj Singh, Jasnoor (DAV College, Chandigarh), Jatinderjit Singh, Shami, Sukhpal Singh, Vipan Kamboj (SGGS College, Chd), Amit Malik (Govt College, Sector 11), Chd, Naveen Kumar Kadian (Pb Engg College, Chd). Women: Kirandeep Kaur (captain PU campus), Gurpreet Kaur (MCM DAV College for Women, Chd), Pooja, Anju, Ramanpreet Kaur (GCG, Sector 11). Amanendra Mann: manager, Gurjinder Singh: coach.
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Dasmesh
Academy finish second Ropar, October 26 In the final match, Sri Dasmesh Academy played a goal-less draw against Tashi Namgyal Academy, Gangtok. However, it lost to the Tashi Namgyal team in the penalty shootout 2-4. In this tournament, 10 IPSC school’s from Indore, Gangtok, Gwalior, Raipur, Dehra Dun, Anandpur Sahib, Pilani, Rajkot, Nainital and New Delhi participated. Tirath Singh Brar, a class 12 student of Dasmesh Academy, was adjudged “Best goalkeeper” of the tournament. In other matches, Dasmesh Academy defeated Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital: 2-1, Birla Public School, Pilani 2-0; Raj Kumar College, Rajkot, 2-1; and Daly College, Indore, 3-1. But the football match between Dasmesh Academy and Sawan Public School, Delhi, ended in a draw.
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Jahangir elected president
Karachi, October 26 “I am delighted to be elected president of the WSF and will continue the WSF’s efforts to include the sport in Olympics because the circuit is not complete without an Olympic place,” Khan told AFP from Kuala Lumpur. The 38-year-old won a world record 10 British Open crowns and six world titles during his illustrious career between 1981 to 1993. Khan outscored Britain’s Mike Corby in the vote during the WSF annual meeting, and becomes only the second Pakistani to head an international sport federation after Anwar Chowdhry who has fronted the International Amateur Boxing Association for the last 16 years. New Zealand’s Sussie Simcock held the WSF top post for the past six years. Khan hoped his world renowned stature would help him lift the sport. AFP
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Haryana
TT tourney inaugurated Yamunanagar, October 26 As many as 250 participants from the 16 districts of Haryana are participating in the meet. Mr Rajesh Sharma, Deputy Chairman, Planning Board, Haryana, said the new sports policy of the state had benefited sports policy of the state had benefited sportspersons. Mr Vijayendra Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Yamunanagar, said since long the district had produced outstanding players. The state-level rural sports meet will also be organised in Yamunanagar in November, he announced. |
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Football tourney Fatehgarh Sahib,
October 26
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Chhatwinder bows out CHANDIGARH: The qualifying rounds of the $10000 ITF Tennis tournament began today at the tennis stadium, Sector 10, here on Saturday which saw local star Chhatwinder Singh bowing out after a tough fight with A.Kokurin of Uzbekistan in three sets. Saturday’s winners include, Rishi Sridhar, D Bajaj, J Pinto, J Ondriyas, Rishi Behl, S Nugent, V Pronov, S Sudhakar ,S Mishra, Vikas Punna, A Krishnamachari, B Lodha, J Huber, Narender Singh, Vishal Punna, V.Chhetri, Saurav Panja, K Tambe, A Chowpalli, S Sacheti, N Gupta, J Kovacs and VM Ranjeet. The qualifying rounds will conclude tomorrow and draws for the main rounds will be held tomorrow evening. OSR
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