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November 28, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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‘Ganguly’s strength lies in mind’
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E. Bengal beat JCT Punjab boys clinch gold in v’ball, football Punjab spikers enter quarterfinals
Rs 40 lakh okayed for Games A keen tussle on the cards WFI directive on National Games 43rd Jr National Gymnastics starts GTC defeat Hisar club Dhruv steals the show Campfire for participants
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| 6-wicket win for South Africa Johannesburg, November 27 Pollock took four for 18 and Ntini had figures of three for 22 as Sri Lanka struggled to 128 all out after being sent in on a lively pitch. South Africa in turn slipped to 56 for four before a solid unbeaten 73-run partnership between Jacques Kallis (38 not out) and Mark Boucher (45 not out) ensured a comfortable win in the opening game of a five-match series. The pitch was under-prepared as a result of the failure of the main roller at the ground and problems in transporting a substitute to Johannesburg. The match was used as a dress rehearsal for the 2003 World Cup to test ticketing and security systems but in cricketing terms it was not an ideal pitch for the venue where the World Cup final will be played on March 23. Pollock had no hesitation in sending Sri Lanka in. He and Ntini made full use of helpful conditions as Sri Lanka were reduced to 30 for five. Sri Lanka made a disastrous start, losing their first three wickets for 10 runs inside six overs. Marvan Atapattu was caught behind off the inside edge when a ball from Ntini cut back sharply and Jehan Mubarak, making his one-day international debut, was beaten for pace and trapped leg before by Pollock as he went back on his stumps. Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya tried to break the strangehold, hammering Ntini through the covers for four, but in the same over he top-edged a square cut and was caught on the third man boundary by Boeta Dippenaar. Kumar Sangakkara and Aravinda de Silva staged a brief recovery before both fell to Pollock. Sangakkara pushed an easy catch to Justin Ontong at cover, while the veteran de Silva, probably Sri Lanka’s best player of fast bowling, was caught off behind off an inside edge for 12. He was the only batsman in the top five to reach double figures. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka: Atapattu c Boucher b Ntini 1 Jayasuriya c Dippenaar b Ntini 7 Mubarak lbw b Pollock 2 Sangakkara c Ontong b Pollock 7 A de Silva c Boucher b Pollock 12 Jayawardene c Gibbs b Donald 31
Arnold c Hall b Ntini 28 Vaas not out 19 Fernando c Boucher
Nissanka run out (Boje) 5 Gunaratne b Pollock 2 Extras: (b-2, lb-5, w-7) 14 Total: (all out in 46.4 overs) 128 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-6, 3-10, 4-25, 5-30, 6-95, 7-104, 8-105, 9-125. Bowling:
Pollock 8.4-2-18-4, Ntini 10-1-22-3, Kallis 6-0-21-0, Donald 10-0-32-2, Hall 5-0-15-0, Boje 7-0-13-0. South Africa: Smith c Sangakkara
Gibbs c Sangakkara b Vaas 0 Dippenaar c Gunaratne
Kallis not out 38 Ontong c Sangakkara
Boucher not out 45 Extras: (lb-5 nb-4 w-5) 14 Total:
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Fall of wickets: 1-1 2-11 3-50 4-56 Bowling: Vaas 8-0-23-1, Gunaratne 6-0-25-1 (w-1), Nissanka 7-0-33-2 (w-2), Fernando 5.3-0-31-0 (nb-4 w-2), Jayasuriya 3-0-12-0.
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‘Ganguly’s strength lies in mind’ New Delhi, November 27 “His major strength is in his mind. He sets the bowler up, and before the bowler realises it, has already played a big shot,” the batting maestro said in ESPN’s “Sachin Speaks of World Cup Stars” programme to be telecast tomorrow. Tendulkar said the balance and the way Ganguly plays using the pace of the bowler were the reasons behind his high consistency rate. “It is the balance and the way he waits for the ball to come and uses the pace of the bowler which makes him special. When you start doing that, you are not committing...” Recounting his partnership with Ganguly during the tour of South Africa, Tendulkar said he enjoyed watching him bat from the other hand. “In the last tour of South Africa, he played some big shots and I was at the off-strike end. I really, really enjoyed it. We were cracking jokes in between the overs and it was really fun that time,” he said, according to the transcript made available here. He said the “hard-working” Ganguly thinks about his game and tries to improve upon his weaknesses at the nets. “He is a hard-working fellow not only in the nets but also mentally. He gets back in the game - and that is where his strength lies. He thinks about his game”. Terming the match-winning innings played by the southpaw against Pakistan in Bangladesh as “the best and most important innings”, Tendulkar said it was his big hundred which helped India come back into the match while chasing 318. Tendulkar said he always knew that Ganguly was very talented and was highly impressed with the way he batted in a practice match during the Australian tour in 1991-92. “In Brisbane he scored 75-80 runs and played some beautiful shots. I knew he is always going to land up here”. Stating that the Indian team’s “dream” was to win the World Cup in South Africa, he said the side had a very high chance of winning it since it “surely has the strongest batting line-up.”
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Assam bundle out Punjab for 177 Guwahati, November 27 SCOREBOARD Punjab: Manish Sharma b Mrigen Talukdar 16, Ravneet Ricky c Zakaria b Parag Das 18, Dinesh Mongia lbw b Parag Das 11, Pankaj Dharmani c Kiran b Parag Das 4, Harvinder Jugnu c Manoj b Parag Das 0, Ankur Kakkar c Kiran b Pankaj Tamuly 75, Navadip Singh c Sunil b Sukhvinder 19, Amit Uniyal c Mrigen b Pankaj Tamuly 0, Gagandeep Singh b Sukhvinder Singh 21, Vineet Sharma b Mrigen Talukdar 4, Rajesh Sharma not out 0.
Extras: (b-4, lb-3, w-2) 9. Total: 177. Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-34, 3-42, 4-47, 5-54, 6-152, 7-152, 8-155, 9-177.
Bowling: Mark Ingty 17-3-53-0, Mrigen Talukdar 18.1-7-30-2, Parag Das 13-7-30-4, Sukhvinder Singh 14-9-18-2, Saurabh Bhagawati 2-0-2-0, Arlem Knowar 5-0-16-0, Pankaj Tamuly 7-2-21-2. Assam: Parag Das c Harminder b Uniyal 15, S Vishwanathan c Dharmani b Uniyal 2, K Power not out 6, Pankaj Tamuly not out 0.
Extras: 0. Total: 23 for two wickets. FoW: 1/15, 2/19.
Bowling: Gagandeep 5-2-5-0, Uniyal 5-2-14-2, Rajesh 2-1-4-0. Himachal struggle New Delhi: Lanky pacer Amit Bhandari wreaked havoc claiming four crucial wickets as Himachal Pradesh slumped to 194 for seven on day one of their match against Delhi here today. Bhandari troubled most of the Himachal batsmen on an “under-prepared” pitch at Ferozeshah Kotla ground with his bounce and swing as the tourists, electing to bat,
struggled to cope with hostile conditions on a sunny and bright day. At stumps Virender Sharma was batting on 17 and Rahul Panta on 14. HP (1st innings) Gaur b Bhandari 17, Sandeep run out 24, Rathore c Dahiya b Bhandari 20, Nayyar run out 12, Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-53, 3-64, 4-81, 5-158, 6-160, 7-161. Bowling: Bhandari 20-4-57-4, Arun Singh 10-2-29-0, Sanghvi 10-2-29-0, Abhishek Sharma 15-5-27-0, Sarandeep Singh 25-13-37-1, Manhas 3-1-12-0. Railways score 246 Siliguri: Bengal spinners Utpal Chatterjee (5/89) and Sourasish Lahiri (4/87) bowled with venom to skittle out defending champions Railways for 246 in the first innings on the opening day of their four-day Ranji Trophy match at the Kanchenjungha Stadium here today. Brief scores: (Railways 1st innings): 246 all out (S Wankhade 84 not out; Chatterjee 5/89, Lahiri 4/87).
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Kale hits century Rohtak, November 27 Earlier, Maharashtra made a disastrous start after winning the toss and electing to bat first. Left arm medium pacer Amit Suman struck in the sixth over of the match to get rid of debutant Yogesh Pawar when the batsman had made only 9 runs. It was followed by a 65-run partnership for the second wicket between Kanitkar and Jadhav in 102 minutes off 146 balls. Jhadhav was dismissed for 22. In the process Kanitkar went on to complete his half century in 147 minutes off 107 balls with the help of seven fours. However, the knock of the day came from the blade of Abhijit Kale who completed his 24th first class century in his career. He batted with authority and executed shots all over the ground in his knock of 108 runs. He hit 17 boundaries during his 239 minutes stay at the crease, facing 192 balls. Joginder Sharma took three wickets for 86 runs whereas Amit Mishra accounted for the dismissal of two Maharashtra batsmen. Maharashtra (Ist innings): Yogesh Pawar c Sumit b Suman 9, D.Jhadav lbw Vashishta 22, H.Kanitkar c Aparajit b Mishra 50, A. Kale lbw Joginder 108, K. Aphale lbw Mishra 1, R.Khiarad b Joginder 1, K. Khadkikar b Joginder 23, S.Aradhye run out 0, S. Satbhai batting 6, M. Sane batting 0.
Extras (b-10, lb-11, nb-9) 30, Total 250 for 8. FoW: 1-17, 2-82, 3-110, 4-118, 5-128, 6-193, 7-204, 8-249.
Bowling: Joginder 25-4-86-3, Suman 16-3-36-1, Bisla 6-2-12-0, Vashista 13-6-24-1, Mishra 25-9-54-2, Aparajit 5-2-17-0. |
Karnataka 295 for 2 vs J & K Bangalore, November 27 Rowland was batting on 111 (366m, 275b, 12x4) and Vijay Bharadwaj on 11 at stumps. Rowland was dropped by Fayaz Ahmed Harari at mid-on off Ashwani Gupta when his individual score was 22. Karnataka (Ist innings) Arun Kumar c Gupta b J Singh 73, Rowland batting 111, Chougule lbw b Bagow 80, Bharadwaj batting 11.
Extras (b-9, lb-4, nb-2, w-5) 20. Total (for 2 wkts, in 90 overs) 295
FoW: 1-130, 2-277. Bowling: Abdul Qayoom Bagow 20-3-77-1, S S Bagal 6-0-18-0, V Sharma 14-2-44-0, Jugtar Singh 27-4-72-1, Ashwani Gupta 17-4-52-0, Dhruv Mahajan 4-0-14-0, Kawaljit Singh 2-0-5-0.
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E. Bengal beat JCT Kolkata, November 27 The all-important goal was netted by host’s African striker Mike Okoro in the 15th minute of the second half. East Bengal, which posted their third successive victory today, thus moved to the top of the league table with nine points from three matches, while JCT were yet to earn a point after two outings so far as they also lost their first match against Salgaonkar earlier in this league. The millmen today displayed better form than what they showed against Salgaonkar. Though East Bengal had more control of the ball, specially after the goal, the visitors could have snatched a point from the red and yellow brigade, if their two main
forces, striker I M Vijayan and medio Joe Paul Ancheri could have been a little more active. While Viajayan became slow and was a shadow of his past, Ancheri was lacking in his usual skill to feed the frontliners. JCT were also unlucky not to get a goal early in the first half as a piledriver from Harbinder Singh hit the crosspiece after beating East Bengal
custodian Sandeep Nundy hands down. East Bengal midfield of Subhas Chakrabarty, Aneet Ghosh and Venkatesh, the main strength of the home side, was also comparatively sluggish. While the JCT defenders concentrated more on keeping a strict vigil on Alberto D’’Cunha, the main force in East Bengal front, the other home striker got enough room to move freely resulting in the goal. Eager to maintain their winning spree East Bengal started on a whirlwind fashion and came near scoring in the very fourth minute. But a nice pass by D’Cunha went abegging as there was no East Bengal player to lend him support near the rival goalmouth. The match went into high pace as JCT also made countermoves soon after and could have gone one up in the 17th minute but a Harbinder Singh
attempt hit the crosspiece to the dismay of all his teammates.
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Punjab boys clinch gold in v’ball, football Anandpur Sahib, November 27 Though unable to cap their brilliant performance in the earlier stages in similar fashion, Punjab’s girls’ volleyball team made up for the semifinal loss by clinching the hardline match rather comfortably against Karnataka while the boys and girls archers with 1656 and 1052 points finished second and third, respectively, in the team championship. The Punjab boys volleyball team edged out Haryana to ensure another gold for the hosts. Putting up yet another sterling performance, Punjab’s football team under the watchful eyes of coaches Mohammed Salim Bakshi and Jhalman Singh, brushed aside stiff resistance from Uttaranchal before emerging victorious by a 2-0 margin. Punjab held complete sway over the proceedings and it was in the 12th minute that a curling right-footer by Inderpal Singh from the corner landed in the net as goalkeeper Azharuddin fumbled in collecting. Striker Navtej Singh provided the icing on the cake when he connected a cross by Ali Iqbal following a bounce in the goalmouth. Goa clinched the third spot with a 2-0 win over Orissa with goals through Anthony D’ Souza and John Gomendes. Earlier, in the semifinals, Punjab edged out Orissa 4-2 via the tie-breaker to set up the title clash with Uttaranchal, who beat Goa 2-0. For Punjab, Mumtaz Akhtar, Sandeep Sangha, Navtej Singh, and Rajinder Kumar converted the spot kicks while only Javedad and Khirdar tasted success for Orissa. In the hardline match to determine the third position in girls’ volleyball, Punjab routed Karnataka 25-10, 25-11. The brilliant smashing by Punjab’s Navjot Inder Kaur, a student of Government Senior Secondary School, Bhaini Barring in Ludhiana district, Sandeep Kaur of Government High School, Jouhlan, and Rajwant Kaur of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Mall Road, Amritsar, left the Karnataka players gasping for breath. The Punjab Governor, Lt-Gen(Retd) JFR Jacob, who was the chief guest, gave away the prizes. Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Minister for Agriculture, Rural Development and Panchayats, who was also present, announced a grant of Rs 75,000 for the organisers. Prof Manjit Singh, Jathedar, Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib, also graced the occasion. Results: Football (final):
Punjab b Uttaranchal 2-0; third/fourth position: Goa b Orissa 2-0. Semifinals: Punjab b Orissa 4-2 (tie-breaker); Uttaranchal b Goa 2-0. Kho-kho (boys) final:
Punjab b Karnataka 17-9; third/fourth position: Maharashtra b Haryana 10-5. Girls(final): Punjab b Karnataka by one turn and seven points; third/fourth positions: Maharashtra b Haryana 12-7. Volleyball (boys) final: Punjab b Haryana 20-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-17. Third/fourth position : MP b TN 19-25; 25-19; 25-15. Girls (final): Haryana b TN 32-34, 25-9, 25-11, 24-26, 16-14. Third/fourth position : Punjab b Karnataka 25-20, 25-11. Archery (boys 40 mt): 1. Bhagat Ram Naik (Orissa) 308 points; 2. Sandeep Kamboj (Pun) 293; 3. Ganashawar (Orissa) 290. 30 metres: Vikas Sehrawat (Del) 313; BR Naik (Orissa) 304; Ganashawar Munda (Orissa) 297. Best archer: BR Naik (Orissa) 612; Vikas Sehrawat (Del) 588; Ganashawar Munda (Orissa) 587. Team championship (boys): 1. Orissa (1746 points); 2. Punjab (1656); 3. Haryana (1417). Girls: 1. Assam (1220); 2. Uttar Pradesh (1129); 3. Punjab ( 1052). Weightlifting: 94 kg (boys): 1. Jatinder (Delhi) 107.5 kg; 2. Kalsiria Amit (Guj) 100 kg; 3. Swapnil Girami (Mah) 97.5 kg. 105 kg: 1. Rakesh Kumar (Har) 155kg (only one competitor). Team championship: 1. Tamil Nadu (167 points); 2. Delhi (137 points); 3. Punjab (128 points). |
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Punjab spikers enter quarterfinals Chautala (Sirsa), November 27 With today’s win, Punjab have assured themselves of a place in the quarterfinals, irrespective of the results they achieve in the remaining league matches. In a pool ‘A’ duel Railways overcame Haryana, 24-26, 20-25, 26-24, 25-18, 15-10. Tamil Nadu, too, have gained a spot in the last eight stage. Casting aside yesterday’s upset loss to Punjab men, last year’s runners up Tamil Nadu today came out with all guns blazing to thwart the designs of Uttar Pradesh 25-18, 25-11, 25-22 in a pool ‘B’ match. On the distaff, holders Railways showed ample experience and expertise to smother the challenge of minnows Madhya Pradesh 25-5, 25-10, 25-11. On a day when nothing went right for Haryana , their eves tamely caved in to Karnataka 17-25, 21-25, 14-25 to complete and agonizing day for the hosts. In the match against holders Railways, Haryana made the most of the home advantage. Haryana, who had almost pulled off an upset win before going down in five sets against Kerala on the opening day, carried their form in to the match today. Amir Singh, former India captain, played a key role for Haryana as the hosts took a two-set lead. Amir’s spiking was terrific and for a moment it looked as if the champions’ applecart was about to be upset. But things changed in the third set when a line call went in favour of the hosts. At 12-12, a Ravikanth dab went in while the umpire ruled it out which led to a dispute. Railways staged a walk-out in protest of what they considered was a “biased
decision of home umpires” - both the linesmen were from Haryana. The umpire had to give in and changed the linesmen before the match resumed. The point was replayed and Railways won it this time. Still, it was evenly balanced as Amir Singh was firing from all cylinders. One such sharp spike from Amir gave Haryana the match point at 24-23 and Railways were just a point away from an embarrassing defeat. It was then when international star Ravikanth rose to the occasion. The 25-year-old from Andhra Pradesh came up with a well-deceived soft push and the ball fell in the rival vacant court, much to the excitement of Railways supporters. Ravikanth followed it up with two perfect setters for Kapil Dev to smash through Haryana defence and the set was over. With that the momentum swung decisively in Railways’ favour. The third and fourth sets were a near demolition for Haryana as Railways were ruthless in their attack. Punjab eves chalked out an easy victory over Jammu and Kashmir 25-9, 25-9, 25-10 in a group C match to enter the quarterfinals. In group B Delhi beat Bihar 25-19, 25-12, 13-25, 25-15, while in a group C Uttaranchal got the better of Rajasthan 25-19, 25-13, 25-16. Strong contenders Tamil Nadu girls downed Himachal Pradesh 25-14, 25-17, 26-27. Other results: (men): Uttaranchal b Maharashtra 25-19, 25-20, 25-15; TN b UP 25-18, 25-11, 25-22; Services b Chhattisgarh 25-16, 25-19, 25-20; Kerala b MP 25-18, 25-20, 25-22. Women: AP b Jharkhand 25-9, 25-10, 25-8; Chhattisgarh b Orissa 25-23, 25-13, 25-21; Chandigarh w/o Goa; Kerala beat Maharashtra 25-20, 25-18, 25-14. |
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Rs 40 lakh okayed for Games Chandigarh, November 27 In order to prepare various Punjab teams for participation in the National Games, the first coaching camp/selection trials for various disciplines were conducted from November 8 to 23 by every state sports association. The second camp for the selected sportsmen and women started from November 24 and it will proceed up to December 8 . Raja K.S. Sidhu, Secretary-General, POA will accompany the Punjab team and also participate in the shooting events in the National Games. Mr R.S. Gill will be the Chef de-Mission and former Olympian Surinder Singh Sodhi will be the Deputy Chef-de-Mission of the Punjab contingent. Punjab has qualified to participate in archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, canoeing and kayaking, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kho-kho, netball, rifle shooting, rowing, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, yachting and beach volleyball. The contingent will comprise 300 men, 200 women and 100 official. In the 31th National Games, Punjab had topped the table by winning 163 medals. Teams of various State Sports Associations will depart to and from Hyderabad in stages as the host state has intimated they will host the teams only two days prior to and one day after the completion day of competition in a particular discipline. |
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A keen tussle on the cards Ludhiana, November 27 1-Indian Railways B (130 VPs), 2-Formadibles (115 VPs), 3- Mamaji (112 VPs), 4- Monotona (110 VPs), 5-India Blues (109 VPs), 6-Hema Deoras IV (103 VPs), 7-C V Rao’s Vizag (102 VPs) and 8-GBA I (102 VPs). In the Categorised Pairs ( having less than 400 master points), a total 88 pairs took part and the following 12 pairs established lead over others. 1-B N Batra and S C Bhandari (986.00), 2-U Y Bedrkar (IOC) and M N Helkar (930.50), 3-M Datta and A P Khan (925.00), 4- M Kantha and M Dutta (904.00), 5- Dr V N Vaidya and Kailash Agarwal (903.00), 6-Samir Kumar Biswa and Rabin Chaudhari (893.00), 7-P Bera and M Saha (892.00), 8-Alauddin and M Rahaman (888.50), 9-Virendra Singh and M H Israili (882.00), 10-Alok Kumar and Rajesh Tiwari (865.00), 11/12-Dr Sanghi and P Sudhakara (863.00), 11/12- Samir Roy and R K Jain (863.00). In the Holkar Pairs event, out of 200 pairs and after 44 boards, the following ten gained lead. 1-Bimla Sicka and Surjit Bhattacharjee (874.50), 2- D N Rao and R Bhaskra Rao (854.00), 3-P Roy and H Hasan (819.50), 4-P K Bera and N P Kabiraj (808.50), 5-Amod Rele and Dr Kher (807.00), 6-Harbhajan Singh and Shashi Jain (803.50), 7-Uday K Khot and Umesh V Athavale (800.50), 8-V J Puranik and A J Puranik (800.00), 9-N R K Murthy and B Prabhakar (798.00) and 10-T Mukherjit and K Nandi (795.00). |
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WFI directive on National Games Chandigarh, November 27 While stating this here today, the President of the WFI, Mr M S Malik, said only the wrestlers who fulfilled this condition would be eligible for participation in the National Games. He informed that the ranking of the States or union territories Wrestling teams had been made on the basis of this championship for participation in National Games. He further said those wrestling units, which did not adhere to this directive by the WFI as per laid down criteria, would be declared ineligible for participation in the National Games and invoke strict disciplinary action. They might even be disqualified for participating in all future National Games, he added. |
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43rd Jr National Gymnastics starts Gurdaspur, November 27 Citizens of Gurdaspur have some more reasons to cheer as the seven girl gymnast of Punjab in the event are from Gurdaspur while in boys out of seven players three are from the host. Mr Sudhir Mittal President, Punjab Gymnastics Association said this town was given the opportunity to hold a national event due to the consistent outstanding performance of its players on national and International arenas. |
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GTC defeat Hisar club Chandigarh, November 27 Gorkhas went ahead in the 30th minute through right half Rajinder who scored a flag kick. Hisar equalised just two minute after the breather. Gorkhas soon collected themselves and through their short and well-connected passes clinched three more goals to make it 4-1. In an evenly contested match, Chandigarh Football Club scored twice against City Football Club, Yamunanagar, after a barren first half and moved ahead. The goals were netted through right out Rattan and stopper Sanjiv in the 45th and 70th minute of the match. In a thrilling and hard fought match , Friends Club, Solan, outplayed Diamond Football Club , Kalka, 5-4 in tie-breaker. In the first half dominated by Solan boys, Deepak took the lead but Kalka boys equalised it in the second half through Hemant. In the tie-breaker Solan made it 5-4 in their favour. |
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Dhruv steals the show Ludhiana, November 27 In the junior section, Dhruv along with Vicky Vig, Rajeev Ricky and Rajat Kaura all form Ludhiana reached semi final. In the quarterfinals, Vicky Vig toiled hard to outplay Manu of Ludhiana by three frames to two (43-67, 3-79, 56-34, 70-30 and 88-40) while Dhruv Verma faced no resistence from Vaibhav Sood who he drubbed 100-6, 101 and 74-14. In the third quarterfinal, Rajeev Ricky too found his opponent S. Sunny a weak contender whom he overpowered 67-40, 72-39 and 53-32. Rajat Kaura fought tooth and nail to overcome Rommy Malik by three frames to two (22-44, 38-40, 52-30, 51-42 and 51-33.aIn the senior section, Dhruve Verma, after initial hiccups, defeated Gaurav Joshi also of Ludhiana 3-1 (49-67, 125-8, 55-15 and 70-19). |
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Campfire for participants Anandpur Sahib, November 27 Besides Gujarat’s ‘garba’ dance, the spectators were treated to well-rehearsed choreography on dance sequences but the loudest cheers were reserved for “Main niklaa, gaddi leke” based on the song from Hindi film ‘Gadar’. This was followed by ‘giddha’, ‘bhangra’ and other Punjabi songs. The programme was organised with active support and participation of the youth services wing under the charge of Ms Hirdaypal Grewal. Among those present were Mr Vikas Garg, IAS, Mrs Seema Jain, Deputy
Commissioner, Ropar, and the Director Sports, Mr Kartar Singh. |
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