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Thursday,
November 14, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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BCCI monitoring situation
closely ICC may ban
venues Punters behind crowd trouble?
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Akhtar reprimanded Tendulkar goes horse riding GMS Jalandhar hockey champs PSB, BP move into
semifinal Kerala emerge overall
champs Rural sports meet
results Amritsar dominate Ranchi zone bag overall trophy HOA to organise coaching
camps Inter varsity hockey GGD SD College
win All-India volleyball at Chautala
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BCCI monitoring situation closely New Delhi, November 13 Although the board is maintaining that there is no question mark over the remainder of the series, it has asked the staging centres to take all possible precautionary measures to avoid crowd trouble which has marred all the three matches so far. The International Cricket Council’s threat to withdraw international status from venues which fail to meet security guidelines has put the board under more pressure as it made a desperate attempt to restore cricketing sanity. “We are optimistic that the remaining matches will be incident-free. We have taken all possible measures in this regard,” board secretary S.K. Nair told PTI today. “We have given special instructions to the venues on how to deal with such situations. We have taken a serious view of all that has happened and we want to stop it,” he said. While the board tried to shrug off the crowd trouble in Jamshedpur as an isolated case, the repeated acts of bottle-throwing by a section of the crowd in Nagpur and Rajkot have come as an embarrassament, raising a fresh debate on the security aspects of smaller venues. The crowd disturbance in Rajkot was all the more intriguing since it happened at a stage when India was cruising along comfortably towards victory. The match was abandoned in the 28th over and awarded to India under the Duckworth-Lewis system. The board described the Rajkot disturbances as the handiwork of hooligans but is taking no chances with the next two matches — at Ahmedebad and Baroda — being held in the strife-torn state of Gujarat. On his part, board President Jagmohan Dalmiya was quick to condemn the unruly crowd behaviour in Rajkot and has already spoken to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to take stringent measures to prevent recurrence of trouble during the Ahmedabad and Baroda matches. “We do appreciate that law and order are subject matters of the local police authorities and they are the best judge to handle unruly crowd behaviour. But the BCCI cannot certainly remain a silent spectator to such behaviour in cricket matches,” Dalmiya said. Match-referee Mike Procter has also been in touch with Board officials to ensure that the series is completed without any further problems. Procter, who has been kept quite busy with all these unwanted interruptions, will be sending his report to the ICC which is keenly looking at the possibility of expanding its powers to be able to ban troublesome venues in near future. Worried by the crowd behaviour in Indian venues, ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said in a statement in London that its Safety and Security Committee has been asked to consider appropriate penalties for venues which consistently fail to meet their obligations in meeting minimum standards of security. “This is likely to include the ultimate sanction of withdrawing international status from a ground, combined with a heavy financial penalty,” Speed said. To compound the problems for the BCCI, the West Indies Cricket Board has also expressed concern over the safety of their players and has asked the authorities to take all possible steps to avoid such untoward incidents.
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ICC may ban venues London, November 13 “We have asked this committee to consider appropriate enalties for venues which consistently fail to meet their obligations in meeting minimum standards of security. “This is likely to include the ultimate sanction of withdrawing international status from a ground, combined with a heavy financial penalty,” International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed said in a statement last night. The ICC’s attempt to expand its powers to remove international status from venues was prompted by the crowd-trouble during the third one-day international between India and West Indies at Rajkot yesterday. Though at present the ICC does not have any authority to remove the international status of a venue, Mr Speed said that the option will be considered by the imminent meeting of the safety and security committee. Mr Speed also said that the ICC is seeking urgent confirmation from the Indian cricket board concerning the adequacy of safety and security measures in place for the remaining four matches of the India-West Indies one-day series. He said following three consecutive games marred by crowd unrest and disturbances, the ICC was seeking reassurances about the safety of both sets of players and officials for the remainder of the series. “The ICC has been in contact with the BCCI after the disturbances in Jamshedpur and Nagpur and now in the process of seeking a full explanation of the unacceptable events in Rajkot. “In addition, we have asked for details of the ground stewarding and security plans for the next four matches. We will also request that BCCI officials meet with ICC match referee Mike Procter to discuss the matter and brief them fully of plans and contigency measures.” All ICC members subscribe to the principle that the safety and security of players and officials is paramount and that it is their responsibility to ensure that appropriate measures are in place for all international matches and series, the ICC note said. Meanwhile, BCCI president Jagmohan has expressed concern about the safety of players of both teams and said the board “cannot certainly remain a silent spectator to such behaviour in cricket matches.”
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Punters behind crowd trouble? Chandigarh, November 13 There is one school of thought which is of the view that it is the “match fixers” and punters who are provoking the crowd to turn unruly so that they do not have to shell out money from their pockets when things don’t go “according to the script”. This could well have been the case in the first two one-day matches as the visitors, after their comprehensive defeats in the Tests, must have started as rank outsiders in the one-day matches. And when they started winning it must have sent alarm bells ringing in the camps of the punters. In this connection one is reminded of the crowd behaviour in the Wills World Cup semi-final match between India and Sri Lanka at the famous Eden Garden of Kolkata where the spectators over the years have come to be known as very knowledgeable about the game. But on that infamous day it was the punter who provoked the crowd to behave the way it did and the match was awarded to Sri Lanka who went on to win the tournament. How does one control the crowd and how does one ensure that matches are not disrupted by crowd behaviour? With thousands of spectators packed into every venue it is next to impossible to prevent one madcap spectator from disrupting the proceedings, even for a while. Even the tightest of security arrangements cannot stop such persons. And one must remember that on Tuesday at Rajkot visiting captain Carl Hooper was not willing to continue even when things had cooled down since it was his players who were attacked. And he cannot be faulted on this count. The one thing the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which allots the matches to various units, is to issue a stern warning to all staging associations that in case matches are disrupted by the crowd then the association will not be allotted any international match for say a period of three years. But to take such a step the BCCI will have to be bold and upright. With the politics of vote and numbers having such a major say in the running of the BCCI which board president or secretary can afford to annoy even one voter, read association, by taking such a drastic step? And as long as the politics of vote continues in the board crowds will continue to disrupt matches and nothing can be done about it, at least by the board! |
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Akhtar reprimanded Harare, November 13 Following a disciplinary hearing at the Harare Sports Club yesterday, Akhtar was found guilty of ball-tampering in the first Test against Zimbabwe. The match ended in a 119-run victory for Pakistan yesterday with a day to spare, with Akhtar taking seven wickets in the match. Lloyd said in a statement today that Akhtar had contravened “level two” of the International Cricket Conference regulations on fair play after he was found to have deliberately altered the normal playing condition of the ball. The hearing was attended by Akhtar in the company of his manager Brigadier Khawaja Nasir and his captain Waqar Younis. The two umpires, S Venkatraghavan and David Orchard gave evidence. It was noted that just after lunch yesterday, when Zimbabwe were batting, Orchard examined the ball closely and was in discussion with Akhtar. It was seen from TV closeups that the ball was badly scuffed on one side but in good condition on the other. At this stage in the innings Akhtar was getting what is known as “reverse swing” on the ball, but this is not unusual when it gets older and softer. Akhtar is generally accepted as being the fastest bowler in the world. One of his deliveries against Zimbabwe was timed at more than 156 kmh. The fact that Akhtar has only being reprimanded means that he will not lose any of his match fee and will be able to play in the second Test against Zimbabwe which begins in Bulawayo on Saturday and the five one-day internationals which follow.
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Tendulkar goes horse riding Shimla, November 13 “He was very unsure and tense as he mounted the horse, and would dismount as soon as the horse walked up or down the slope, despite my assurances,” said Gulam Ali, the owner of the horse that Tendulkar rode. Ali held on proudly to the reins of his tall and graceful steed, as Tendulkar rode. The sunrays gleamed through the deodar branches as he paused to gaze at the snow-covered peaks beyond. On a bright day preceded by a stormy evening, Tendulkar slipped out of bed with his wife and child for an early morning walk among the pines in the isolated woods on the outskirts of Shimla where few would pass the cricket icon’s path. The most isolated pocket in and around this tourist haven was the Retreat forest, which remains out of bounds for most people due to security reasons as the summerhouse of the Indian president and prime minister, “The Retreat”, is located there.
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GMS Jalandhar hockey champs New Delhi, November 13 The tie breaker was resorted to as the teams failed to score in the stipulated period. This was the maiden victory for the Model School, which fetched them a prize money Rs 1,12,000. Khalsa School took home a cheque of Rs 80,000. Model School dominated the match most of the time but failed to convert chances that came their way and the match went into tie breaker. Model School earned four penalty corners while their rivals earned only one but none of them could convert them into goals. For the winners, Kulwant Singh took the first penalty stroke put the ball to the left of the opponent’s goalie Harish Kumar to take a 1-0 lead. Model School’s goalie Harish Kumar emerged as hero of the match saving the first penalty stroke taken by Khalsa’s Ravinder Pal Singh. Model’s skipper Mandeep Singh converted the second goal to put his team take a 2-0 lead. Khalsa team’s captain also successfully converted his stroke to put his team at 1-2. Model School earned two green cards while the Khalsa school received a yellow card during the match. Malkiat Singh, the coach of Model School received Rs 8,000 as prize money while Khlasa School’s coach Ripu Daman K. Singh had to be content with Rs 5,000. Baba Farid Public School, Faridkot, got Rs 25,000 as prize money for being the most promising team of the tournament.
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PSB, BP move into
semifinal Jalandhar, November 13 Punjab XI easily knocked out RCF 1-0 in a league match in the women section today. In a crucial match between Air-India and PSB, the former scored a surprise victory over the latter 4-2 even as both the teams qualified for the semifinals from pool B. Air-India failed to grab the opportunity as Roshan Tete scooped the ball high while trying to convert a penalty corner. Davinder Kumar of Air India scored a field goal in the 12th minute. The lead was further increased to 2-0 as striker Sandeep Micheal passed the ball to Roshan Tete, who scored a beautiful field goal in 19th minute. PSB earned three short corners in the first half. Air India’s Sandeep Micheal scored a deflecting field goal in the 33rd minute. PSB’s Rajinder Singh converted a shot corner to reduce the lead to 1-3 in the 40th minute. Air-India, struck again in the 58th minute, when Roshan Tete scored another field goal. PSB managed a berth in the semis on better goal average when Baljeet Singh Chandi scored a field goal. Bharat Petroleum (BP) defeated PSB Academy 4-2 to enter semifinals. Saurab Bishnoi converted a penalty corner in the fourth minute. The lead was consolidated in the 24th minute through a field goal by S.S. Gill. In the second half, BP scored another field goal through K.T. Mohan in the 47th minute PSB Academy’s Rajwinder Singh scored a field goal in the 53rd
minute while captain Harpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in the 57th minute (3-2). BP’s S.S. Gill scored a field goal in the 63rd minute to put his team on the victory path. |
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Kerala emerge overall
champs Chandigarh, November 13 Mr Ashok Arora, Transport Minister, Haryana, gave away the prizes. Padma Shri Milkha Singh was also present on the occasion. Punjab (149) and Haryana(102) finished second and third, respectively. The men’s championship was won by Punjab with 108 points. Haryana (71) and Kerala (58) were placed second and third. The women’s championship was won by Kerala (97), West Bengal and Punjab with 70 and 41 points were placed second and third. Rohine PJ (Kerala) with 12 points was crowned the best athlete. Results: Decathlon: 1 Dhanraj Rai (UP) 6497 (NMR), 2 Rajesh Singh (Har) 6259, 3 PJ Victor (TN)6199. 4x400m relay :-
1 TN 42.61, 2. Haryana 42.64, 3. Kerala 42.80. Triple Jump: 1 Bhupinder Singh (Pun) 15.50 (NMR), 2 S. Lakshminarayanan (TN) 15.31, 3 B. Mathew (Ker) 14.93. 400MH: 1 J.H.Abrahan (Ker) 53.30, 2 Kuldip Singh (UP) 54.41, 3 P.S. Pahi (Jar) 54.60. 200 M: 1 Jaspreet (Pun) 21.84 (NMR), 2 Surinder Singh (Har) 22.18, 3 Trivikram Kamat (Kar) 22.47. Hammer throw: 1 Birkiran Singh (Pun) 67.10m (NMR), 2 Kulwinder Singh (Pun) 62.02, 3 G.P. Singh (Chd) 55.85. Pole vault: 1 Birju KK (Ker) 4.20, 2 Hemanta Kaleta (Assam) 4.20, 3 Faujdar Singh (Del) 4m and Jai Kumar (TN) 4m. High jump : 1 T.U. Anil (kar) 2m, 2 Randhir Singh (Har) 1.95 and B. Singh (Pun) 1.95. 5,000m : 1 Pritam Bind (Uttaranchal) 15:11.73, 2 Sunil Kumar (Har) 15:12.46, 3 Brij Lal (UP) 15:14.63. 4x100m women’s relay: 1 Kerala 48.46, 2 WB 50.68, 3 AP 60.71. Pole vault : 1 Deepa Chaudhary (Del) 1m (NR), 2 Shal Tewari (UP) 2.80m, 3 Seema Singh (Del) 2.40m. Hammer throw: 1 Ritu Rani (Del) 53.19, 2 Archana Bara (Bhi) 49.68, 3 Phool Phti (Har) 46.38. Triple jump: 1 Kunhumol EC (Ker) 12.56 (NMR), 2 Shananas Suleman (Ker) 12.49, 3 Kalpana Dass (WB) 11.88. 20,000m walk: 1 Asha (Ker) 2::00.21, 2 Meena Chikara (Har) 2::8.23, 3 Sandeep Kaur (Pun) 2::21.29. 10,000m: 1 Pampa Chanda (WB) 35:49.0, 2 Swati Gurnule (Mah) 36.18.3, 3 Sarabjit Kaur (Pun) 36:26.1. 1500m:
1 Preeja Shreedharan (Ker) 4:42.14, 2 S. Shanti (TN) 4:44.80, 3 Pampa chanda(WB) 4:46.17. Heptathlon: 1 Manju (Ker) 5064, 2 Sushmita (WB) 4513, 3 Jyothi K.S. (Ker) 4473. 400MH:
1 Supinder Kaur (Pun) 1:02.01, 2 Abon E. Kujuar (Raj) 1.07.38, K. Aruna Kumar (AP) 1:10.14. Shot put : 1 Reena (Kar) 12.50, Aplesh (Har) 11.28, 3 Sakshi (Chd) 11.26. Discus throw: 1 Mili Sinha (Bhi) 43.31, 2 Baljeet Kaur (Pun) 39.63, 3 Rachana Mandal (WB) 38.65. 200m: 1 Pinki Parmanik (WB) 25.66, 2 Smithamol Josepi (Ker) 26.03, 3 Rama Devi (AP) 26.12. 4x400m relay women: 1 AP 4:03.45, 2 Pun 4:05.49, 3 Kerala 4:06.58. |
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Rural sports meet
results Sangrur, November 13 Gagandeep Kaur of Hoshiarpur secured gold in 800m race by clocking 2:31.79 sec. In both the events Amritsar’s Amervir Singh clocked (4:18.95 sec) and Amandeep Kaur (2:33.16 sec) finished runners up. Earlier the meet was declared open by the Minister for Sports and Youth Services Jagmohan Singh Kang. He announced a grant of Rs 51,000 for the meet. The ceremony started amidst a lot of fanfare under the supervision of the Director Sports Punjab Kartar Singh. He was accompanied by the Deputy Commissioner Sarvjit Singh and the SSP Amandeep Singh Rai. Results: Athletics: 1500 m (Boys):
Ravinder Singh (Sgr), Amervir Singh (Asr), Parminder Singh (Pat). 800 m (Girls):
Gagandeep Kaur (Hpr), Amandeep Kaur (Asr), Parminder Kaur (Bathinda). Football (Boys):
Bathinda beat Moga (tie-breaker), Fatehgarh beat Patiala by 5-1, Amritsar beat Jalandhar by 3-1. Hockey (Girls): Muktsar beat Sangrur by 7-0. Hockey (Boys): Ferozepore b Amritsar by 2-0, Jalandhar b Moga by 2-0. Kho-Kho (Boys): Ropar b Amritsar, Ludhiana b Mansa, Hoshiarpur b Kapurthala, Moga b Gurdaspur. Kho-Kho (Girls): Hoshiarpur b Gurdaspur, Ludhiana b Kapurthala, Bathinda b Ropar. Volleyball: Jalandhar b Gurdaspur (girls) 25-3, 17-25, 25-22, Faridkot b Nawanshahr (boys) 25-14, 25-17, Hoshiarpur b Ferozepore (boys) 25-15, 25-12, Bathinda b Mansa (girls) 25-14, 25-11, Amritsar b Mansa (boys) 25-5, 28-26, Amritsar b Ferozepore (girls) 25-8, 25-9. |
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Amritsar dominate Ludhiana, November 13 Results: (Boys u-19): 5000 m 1 Mohd Naushad (LDH), 2 Hardeep Singh (JAL), 3 Harminder Singh (PTA). 3000 m (u-17)- 1 Charanjit Singh (ASR), 2 Gurinder Singh (PTA), 3 Kuldip Singh (SNG). High jump (u-19): 1 Sukhwinder Singh (ASR), 2 Baljit Singh (ASR), 3 Jaspal Singh (LDH); Boys- hammer throw (u-19)- 1 Sukhdev Singh (LDH), 2 Varinder Singh (JAL), 3 Gurinder Singh (LDH); Boys hammer throw (u-17)- 1 Harinder Singh (RPR), 2 Tajinder Singh (ASR), 3 Harpreet Singh (JAL). Girls U-19:
5000 m1 Amandeep Kaur (JAL), 2 Isha Rani (ASR), 3 Kirandeep Kaur (LDH); 3000 m (u-17): 1 Manpreet Kaur (ASR), 2 Rajwinder Kaur (ASR), 3 Savita (GDP). Long jump (u-19): 1 Jameela (SNG), 2 Kulvinder Kaur (ASR), 3 Daizy Rani (LDH); 3000 m- 1 Iqbal Kaur (HSP), 2 Rajdeep Kaur (SNG), 3 Paramjit Kaur (SNG). Discus throw (u-19):
1 Gurinder Kaur (ASR), 2 Harinder Kaur (RPR), 3 Hardeep Kaur (SNG); Discus throw (u-17) 1 Harjinder Kaur (ASR), 2 Mandeep Kaur (LDH), 3 Harsangeet Kaur (RPR). Long jump (u-17): 1 Paramjit Kaur (SNG), 2 Gurpreet Kaur (SNG), 3 Ramaneet Kaur (LDH). |
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Ranchi zone bag overall trophy Patiala, November 13 Divesh Raj Singh of Ranchi zone was declared the best athlete. Other results (all finals): basketball: Faridabad-1, Chandigarh-2. Hockey: Chandigarh beat Ranchi 1-0. Kho-kho: Punjab-1, Ranchi -2. Kabaddi: Punjab-1, Ranchi-2. Badminton: Chandigarh-1, Faridabad-2. Volleyball: Ranchi-1, Punjab-2. Cricket: Chandigarh-1, Ranchi-2. Table tennis: Delhi-1, Faridabad-2. Athletics-long jump:Sri Niwas (MP)-1, Arvind (Ranchi)-2, Pardeep Kumar (Ranchi)-3. Shot put: Satya Bharti (Ranchi)-1, Ankur Jain (UP)-2, Pardeep Kumar (Ranchi)-3. 800m : Naveen Chitkar (Panchkula)-1, Varun Rawat (Delhi)-2, Sri Niwas (Patna)-3. 200m: Divesh Raj (Ranchi)-1, Jitendra (Punjab)-2, Pardeep Kumar (Ranchi)-3. 4 X 400m relay: Ranchi-1, MP-2, UP-3. 400m: Ujwal Singh (UP)-1, Umesh Sharma (Rajasthan)-2, Lovlesh (Ranchi)-3. |
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HOA to organise coaching
camps Chandigarh, November 13 While stating this here today, that President of the association, Mr Abhey Singh Chautala, said the nine coaching camps would be organised at nine different places in various disciplines in the state. He said that coaching camp for gymnastics would be held at Ambala, weightlifting at Yamunanagar, fencing at Karnal, netball and wrestling at Sonipat, volleyball at Chautala in Sirsa district, swimming, triathlon and cycling at Kurukshetra, hockey (women) at Shahabad in Kurukshetra district, boxing at Gurgaon and athletics, rifle shooting and judo at Hisar. The camps would continue till the departure for the National Games being held at Hyderabad from December 13 to 22. |
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Inter varsity hockey Ludhiana, November 13 Giving this information today, Mr Sukhwinder Singh, general secretary of LSWA said six teams of north zone would vie for top honours in this meet which are divided in two pools. Panjab University, Chandigarh along with Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut and Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana have been placed in pool ‘A’ while group ‘B’ comprises Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Jamia Islamia University, Delhi and Punjabi University, Patiala. |
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GGD SD College
win Chandigarh, November 13 GGD SD College, Chandigarh beat Govt College, Sector 11, Chandigarh by 59-25. Scorers for SD Chandigarh were:
Sandeep Chandel (16), Narinder (19) and Amandeep Singh (10) while for GC-11, Chandigarh : Tejvir Singh (08), Vikram (08) scored. DAV college, Hoshiarpur beat JC DAV College, Dasuya by 49-46. Scorers for DAV Hoshiarpur were Rakesh (09), Deepak (18), Gurvinder (09) and Gursharan (07) while for JC DAV, Dasuya : Manjinder (18), Harnek (07), Salil (11) and Guramneet (10) played well. Khalsa College, Garhdiwala defeated Govt College, Hoshiarpur by 51-16. Scorers for Kh Garhdiwala were Hardeep Singh(11), Lalit Kumar (17), Kamalpreet (10) and Jorawar Singh (07) while scorers for Hoshiarpur were : Gurveer Singh (07) and Sanjeev Kumar (05). GNN College, Doraha beat MG Khalsa College for women Kottan by one turn and three points in the Panjab University Inter College Kho Kho (Women) A. Division match played at PU grounds, Chandigarh. |
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All-India volleyball at Chautala Chandigarh, November 13 While stating this here today, the president of Haryana Volleyball Association, Mr Gopi Chand Gahlot, who is also Deputy Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha, said that the Haryana Chief Minister Mr Om Prakash Chautala would preside over the function. Mr Gahlot said about 1,000 players were likely to participate in the championship. |
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