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Delhi bag three golds in taekwondo
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New Delhi, December 8
Delhi bagged three more gold medals on the concluding day of the 17th National Taekwondo Championship at the Talkatora indoor stadium on Sunday. Delhi also annexed two silver and five bronze medals.

Abhimanyu Chandra lifted the gold in the 54-63kg category while Kuljeet struck gold in the 63-71kg category. Brijesh walked away with the gold in the 71-80kg category.

Haryana also put up a fine show when taekwondoists from the State bagged one gold, three silver and one bronze medal.

Following are the results: Girls below 13 years: 34-40 kg: Poonam Malik (Haryana), Sonak (Jammu and Kashmir), Roshni Patel (Gujarat). 40kg and above: Swati S Chauhan (UP), Kewsuilg Zeliang (Maharashtra), Namita Chakravarty (Delhi). 18 years and above: Below 52kg (Manjiri Pandey (Maharashtra), Taruna Sharma (Delhi), Monika Arora (Punjab). 58-64kg: Sunanda Jena (Orissa), Santosh Gaikwad (Maharashtra).

Boys above 18 years: Below 54kg: Ratnesh Kumar (UP), Om Bahadur (Haryana), Mukesh Kumar (Delhi). 54-63 kg: Abhimanyu Chandra (Delhi), Harish Kumar (Haryana), Santosh

Kumar (Delhi). 63-71kg: Kuljeet (Delhi), Sandeep Sagar (Delhi), Sunil Dutt (Haryana). 71-80kg: Brijesh (Delhi), Parveen Kumar (Haryana) and Inderpreet Singh (Delhi). 80kg and above: Manjeet (Punjab), Ranjeet (Punjab) and Udayan Raj (Delhi).

New Stars record big victory
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New Delhi, December 8
New Stars defeated Delhi Stars 6-1, after leading by 2-1 at half time, to enter the quarter-final of the fifth DDA Invitational Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Sunday. New Stars will take on Northern Railway in the quarter-final.

Rakesh opened the account for New Stars in the 23rd minute. He completed a brace by getting another goal in the 56th minute. Jitender Chauhan also scored a brace while Jaspreet Singh and Kuldeep Rana accounted for the other two goals. Sanjay Baxla scored the consolation goal for Delhi Stars.

Food Corporation of India (FCI), North Zone defeated Academy Club 5-2, after taking a 3-2 lead at half time, to sail into the semi-final. Prabhakar (2), Vipul, Navbir Singh and Gajinder Singh were the marksmen of FCI. Imran Ansari and Surinder found the mark for Academy Club.

Monday’s fixtures: PNB Academy vs Young Fighters (11 am); Northern Railway vs New Stars (1 pm); Indian Airlines vs Rajput Club (3 pm)— Shivaji Stadium.

India-New Zealand series on Star Sports

New Delhi: India, after their recent success in away series in England, Sri Lanka and at home against West Indies, now look forward to a series victory in New Zealand when they take on the Kiwis in a two-Test and seven one-day international series. If India manage to upstage the Kiwis in their own backyard, India would be recording a Test series victory abroad after a gap of 16 years. The Test series will be live on Star Sports while the ODI series will be telecast live on ESPN. The Test matches will be played at Wellington from December 12 to 16 and at Hamilton from December 19 to 23. The matches will start at 3.25 am IST.

The one-day matches will be played at Auckland (Dec. 26), Napier (Dec 29), Christchurch (Jan. 1), Queenstown (Jan. 4), Wellington (Jan.8), Auckland (Jan.11) and Hamilton (Jan. 14). Following their professional performances in the NatWest Triangular Series in England and later in Sri Lanka, the Indian team have evolved into a well-coordinated and professional combination. They have come together as a fine unit with great success even in the absence of Sachin Tendulkar. Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Sanjay Bangar have all rallied around Sourav Ganguly when the situation demanded. Zaheer, Agarkar, Yohannan and Harbhajan will lead the bowling charge in the absence of Srinath and Kumble. OSR

G E Capital trounce Aviva
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New Delhi, December 8
G E Capital trounced Aviva Life Insurance by 41 runs in the fourth quarter-final match of the second Eventus Cup Cricket Tournament at the Airport Authority ground. Arjit and Ashok put on a 67-run fourth-wicket partnership to star in G E Capital’s knock.

Scores: G E Capital: 163 for 9 in 25 overs (Arjit Chaudhary 60, 4x7, 6x1; Ashok Bhattacharya 26, Ajay Bhandari 3 for 23, Puneet Dayal 3 for 34).

Aviva Life Insurance: 122 for 9 in 25 overs (Manish Gupta 47 n o, 4x7, Raghav Khanna 22, Karthik S 4 for 11, Gaurav Verma 2 for 26). Karthik was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Automotive win

Delhi Automotive defeated Royal Sundaram by 53 runs in a league match of the first Luminous Cup Cricket Tournament at the Ramjas Sports Complex.

Scores: Delhi Automotive: 129 all out in 20.4 overs (Neeraj Mathur 42, 4x3; Abraham Joseph 35, 4x4; Jagmohan Batra 4 for 26, Manu Mehta 2 for 12). Royal Sundaram: 76 all out in 20.3 overs (Naveen Sharma 14, Hitender Hans 3 for 4, Amit Sareen 2 for 3). Hitender Hans was named the Man of the Match.

Hindustan, Goans collect full points
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New Delhi, December 8
Defending champions Hindustan Club and Goans recorded narrow victories in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Open Clubs Senior Division Football League Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium East ground on Sunday.

In a Group A match, Hindustan Club edged past Simla Youngs with a solitary goal victory. The victory enabled Hindustan raise their points tally to six from two matches while Simla Youngs are tottering at one point from two matches. Striker Sameer Jung, after a solo run, gave the slip to custodian Irshad Khan, and pushed the ball home.

In a Group B match, Goans beat Garhwal Heroes 2-1. K P Dumy put Goans in the lead while P H James equalised for Garhwal Heroes. Medio Rinkesh Goel shot in a long-ranger to get Goans’ match-winner.

Monday’s fixtures: Moonlight vs Shahdara (1.30 pm); Tarun Sangha vs N D Heroes (3 pm) — Nehru Stadium East.

Shastri Club beat Central Bank
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New Delhi, December 8
Lal Bahadur Shastri Club defeated Central Bank by 25 runs in an A-I Division match in the DDCA League at the Ramjas Sports Complex.

Scores: Shastri Club: 265 for 8 in 40 overs (Dileep T T 90, Rajan Gupta 54, Sanjay Rawat 45, Bantoo Singh 3 for 56, Pururaj Singh 2 for 65).

Central Bank: 240 for 7 in 40 overs (Pururaj Singh 64, Nitin Goel 65, Parvesh Chikara 3 for 26, Dileep T T 2/21).

Little Master beat South Delhi by nine wickets in a Super A Division match at the Yamuna Sports Complex II ground.

Scores: South Delhi Club: 99 all out in 29.3 overs (Rodney Charles 23, Vikas Chandan 4 for 9, Amit Yadav 4 for 13). Little Master: 100 for 1 in 20.2 overs (Amit Yadav 35 n o, Rajender Singh 25 n o).

Patel Nagar beat Paragon by 120 runs in an A-II Division match at the Kotla II ground.

Scores: Patel Nagar: 300 all out in 38.4 overs (Dushyant Sharma 69, Sachin Hooda 46, Nand Kishore 43, Baljinder Singh 3 for 48, Amit Kanojia 3 for 54).

Paragon: 180 all out in 31 overs (Rajesh Mahajan 39, M P Narang 37, Karambir Bhati 4 for 35).

Three Star beat Sarojini Nagar by 195 runs in a B Division match.

Scores: Three Star: 305 for 8 in 40 overs (Rajesh Rana 100, Raj Gautam 53, Pushpinder 41, Kartik Bhatia 3 for 62).

Sarojini Nagar: 110 all out in 23.3 overs (Prateek Vadera 42, Rajesh Rana 4 for 16, Manoj Kumar 3 for 30).

Kurash championship

New Delhi: The second Asian Kurash Championship will be held at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium on December 10. Over 100 participants from 15 Asian countries are expected to participate in the championship. Kurash is the traditional sport of Uzbekistan, which is held on the mats. It is a combination of boxing and wrestling. The championship assumes significance as Kurash is in the running for inclusion in the 15th Asian Games to be held in Doha, Qatar and representatives of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) would be observing the championship. OSR