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India’s opening pair under scrutiny Promised Indian revival a mirage Indians must go back to basics Bond among
top ten Aussies win but lose Warne |
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Olonga sends Kenya reeling
NATIONAL GAMES Punjab stun TN, enter final Chandigarh eves in semis; Punjab win Haryana bag two gold in judo Football: Bengal surprise Goa Chetan, Abhinn in semis Manavjit takes lead
NFL PU volleyball Football Olympian Abdurahiman dead
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India’s opening pair under scrutiny
Wellington, December 15 Instead the Indians were too shell-shocked by the humiliating defeat in the game to react and appeared a rag tag bunch of travellers waylaid on the highway and completely lost for direction. Coach John Wright, who usually gives everyone a piece of his mind, was unusually subdued. According to team sources his only advice came on these lines: Go back to your rooms and reflect on your performance and judge whether you have done justice to your country or millions of fans who want Indian cricket to do well. The opening pair of Sanjay Bangar and Virender Sehwag has come under close scrutiny after only one failure in the six Tests they have been together and it could suffer a temporary break in the second Test starting on Thursday at Hamilton. Sehwag is Indian cricket’s hottest new name but his technique was found wanting against Shane Bond and company in the first Test last week. Sehwag’s run-making was choked as a packed off-side field was employed and the New Zealand bowlers tried to keep him on the backfoot with short-pitched incoming deliveries. Sehwag, who has little footwork but relies on his hand-eye co-ordination, was caught in his crease in both the innings and now faces the first real test of his so-far brilliant international career. V.V.S. Laxman, who averages 42.22 in Test cricket and has four centuries in his 2,660 runs from 43 Tests, is also ill-equipped against moving or bouncing deliveries. Sehwag and Laxman could suffer long-standing damages to their career on what could be a nightmarish tour for them. Both are essential to India’s World Cup plans and they can expect further torture in the seven one-day international games which follow the present Test series. Wright was at pain to emphasise the importance of openers in Test match arena and gave the example of the series in England to highlight his point. “We desperately need to go through this new ball phase. It showed in the first innings and later in the second when runs came a lot more freely at a later phase of the innings. “You got to occupy the crease. That’s important. A lot of it is about crease occupation.” “You got to get through the first hour. It’s a matter of getting in, judging the line and letting the ball go and get the real feel of the wicket,” said Wright. “It’s unfair in a way to pick on Sehwag and Laxman because all the Indian batsmen showed poor technique against moving deliveries and were not prepared to let deliveries go outside the off stump.” PTI
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Promised
Indian revival a mirage In all India lasted 96.5 overs in their two innings in the Test and coming from a batting line-up which was being touted the best in the world, it is time to re-assess the quality of this team. By winning a Test each in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England in the past year and a half, the Indian team had promised a revival but now is looks as if it was only a mirage. The Indian team contains big names like Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Saurav Ganguly, plus the upcoming Virender Sehwag but against an average side like New Zealand they couldn’t even total 300 in the two innings. It was unbelievable and shocking but the writing is on the wall. Now their confidence has also gone and they will be most obviously fighting to save the second Test. What the New Zealand fast bowlers have done in the Test is to expose the myth around the Indian batsmen by sticking to a basic gameplan. Their bowlers didn’t bowl on the Indian batsmen’s pads and rather concentrated on the off-stump line, where the Indians are always vulnerable. The Indian batting lacked not only the skill to play swinging and rising deliveries, they were guilty on the discipline front too. Most of the players were caught slashing at deliveries wide off the stump, which could well have been left alone. I would excuse them because they had been playing too much one-day cricket and their preparations for this Test were inadequate but as world-class batsmen, with brilliant records, they should have been able to adapt to the situation. We have seen this so many times, I wonder, when the players will learn. Sachin Tendulkar stood out in batting but like most of his supporters, how I wish he could have scored the runs in the first innings. Had he managed to have a partnership with Dravid in the first innings, India would have scored more than the 161 runs they scored, but there is little point in cribbing about that. Tendulkar and Dravid are two batsmen India can bank on while playing in alien conditions and if the team wants to do well, both have to make an impression otherwise the results would be as disgraceful as this. Sehwag, Ganguly and Laxman were clueless in the Test. All three of them fell to identical shots, which means they didn’t learn from their first-innings failures. Another thing I could see was that most of the batsmen were playing away from their body using little footwork. Some part of the blame can be reserved for the flat pitches they play on in India and as I said earlier, only when the standard of pitches improves in India will our team be ranked alongside the big teams. |
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Indians
must go back to basics Chandigarh, December 15 Who should be blamed for this gutless show by the Indians? It is no use crying over split milk but one thing is sure — if this trend is not reversed, and reversed early, what will be India’s fate in World Cup 2003 is a question which everybody shudders to answer. The strips which India are likely to face in South Africa during the World Cup will be fairly similar to what they are encountering in New Zealand and doing well there will be a herculean task. One-day cricket and Test cricket are altogether different cups of tea, but the pointers are definitely in the wind which is flowing from distant Wellington. Prior to the commencement of the Test there was a big question mark over India’s bowling strength with the experienced Javagal Srinath being rested by the selectors and Anil Kumble also opting out of the Test matches. But the bowlers, specially Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh, both in New Zealand for the first time, played to expectations and beyond but the same cannot be said about the batsmen, barring Rahul Dravid in the first innings and Sachin Tendular in the second. The Indian skipper Saurav Ganguly, who failed in both innings, was bold and brash when he said in the post-match conference that India would come back in the second and last Test but the road would be tough and demanding. The Kiwis who are on a high after their emphatic 10-wicket win would be doubly difficult to handle at Hamilton, commencing on December 19. Cricket is played as much in the mind as on the field and the Indians need counselling more than coaching to take on the Kiwis. In John Wright they have a cricket coach who is totally familiar with the conditions in New Zealand which is his home, but more than his cricket coaching the team needs a pep talk from him and the earlier this is done the better it will be for Indian cricket. The Indians need to go to the basics if they hope to face the Kiwi bowlers with some amount of confidence. Their basics are all in place and what they need to do is play the game in the head which they have not done so far. |
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Bond among
top ten London, December 15 Bond moved up to eighth in the rankings, the first time he has entered the top 10. New Zealand opening batsman Mark Richardson, the man-of-the-match in Wellington moved up to 16th — his highest ever ranking — after he scored 89 in the first innings and hit the winning runs in the second. There were no changes in the top-10 of the batting ranks with India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid holding on to third and 10th spots respectively.
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Aussies
win but lose Warne
Melbourne, December 15 The freak injury followed a record Australia total against England in a one-day international when they smashed 318 for six from their 50 overs. Captain Ricky Ponting (119) and Adam Gilchrist (124) shared a record Australia partnership of 225 for the second wicket against any team. England opener Nick Knight, fresh from an unbeaten 111 in Friday’s loss to Australia in Sydney, made 70 on Sunday in England’s reply of 229 all out in 48 overs. Australia’s total was their highest against England, beating the previous mark of 283 for five in Brisbane in 1990-91. It was also Australia’s ninth consecutive win in one-day internationals against England and Nasser Hussain’s side have yet to record a win after 13 matches and eight weeks in Australia. Man-of-the-match Gilchrist smashed 124 from 104 balls and Ponting hit 119 from 123 balls, adding 225 for the second wicket from 206 balls after Australia opener Matthew Hayden was out to the bowling of James Kirtley for four in the third over. Scoreboard Australia: Gilchrist b Anderson 124 Hayden c Batty b Kirtley 4 Ponting c Shah b Blackwell 119 Bevan b Batty 3 Martyn c Batty b White 9 Lehmann not out 18 Watson c White
Warne not out 19 Extras: (6-lb, 7-w) 13 Total: (6 wkts, 50 overs) 318 Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-240, 3-247, 4-271, 5-271, 6-286. Bowling: Kirtley 9-0-62-1, James 6-0-46-1, White 10-1-56-1, Irani 5-0-29-0, Blackwell 10-0-54-2, Gareth Batty 10-0-65-1. England: Trescothick c Hayden
Knight c Warne b Watson 70 Irani run out 0 Hussain b Warne 19 Shah c McGrath b Warne 7 Stewart run out 3 Blackwell run out 43 White not out 57 Batty b Lehmann 3 Anderson b Lee 6 Kirtley b Lee 1 Extras: (b4, lb4, w5, nb1) 14 Total: (all out in 48 overs) 229 Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-16, 3-76, 4-87, 5-92, 6-131, 7-203, 8-208, 9-223. Bowling: McGrath 6-1-31-0, Gillespie 10-0-55-1, Lee 9-0-31-2, Warne 7.5-0-39-2, Watson 7-0-31-1, Martyn 2.1-0-13-0, Lehmann 6-0-21-1.
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Olonga sends Kenya reeling Bulawayo, December 15 Kenya began badly, losing Ravindu Shah caught behind for a duck. When Brijal Patel was dismissed for eight and Kennedy Otiendo for 11, the tourists were 23-3 and reeling from the Andy Blignaut and Douglas Hondo opening spells. Zimbabwe took an early grip on the match thanks to much improved bowling from Blignaut, back in following an ankle injury, and Hondo on an excellent batting pitch. But fast bowler Henry Olonga was the main destroyer with six wickets as Kenya failed to handle accurate bowling. Olonga, held back until the middle stages of the Kenya innings, took six wickets for 28 with a spell of accurate bowling which brought him back to form after an erratic period. It was not quite his best in internationals. He took 6-19 against England three years ago. Kenya’s meagre total on a good wicket after winning the toss would have been much lower had it not been for Tikolo’s 34 and Odumbe’s 48. SCOREBOARD Kenya Otieno c Taibu b Hondo 11 Shah c Taibu b Blignaut 0 Patel c Wishart b Blignau 8 Tikolo run out (Blignaut) 34 Odumbe c Campbell b Olonga 48 Modi c Taibu b Olonga 0 Odoyo b Olonga 4 Obuya not out 8 Suji lbw b Olonga 4 Ongondo c Vermeulen b Angara lbw b Olonga 2 Extras
(4b, 2lb, 5w, 3nb) 14 Total ( all out, 28.5 overs) 133 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-17, 3-23, 4-105, 5-106, 6-116, 7-122, 8-129, 9-129. Bowling: Blignaut 6-0-30-2, Hondo 7-1-37-1, Olonga 8.5-1-28-6, Murphy 7-0-32-0. Zimbabwe: Campbell c Obuya b Suji 5 Vermeulen not out 62 Blignaut not out 63 Extras
(w-2, nb-4) 6 Total (for 1 wkt, 16 overs) 136 Fall of wickets: 1-6. Bowling: Suji 7-0-50-1, Ongondo 4-0-34-0, Angara 2-0-21-0, Patel, 1-0-17-0, Obuya 1-0-5-0, Modi 1-0-9-0.
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NATIONAL GAMES
Hyderabad, December 15 Kulbir timed 1 minute 09.671 seconds, breaking his own previous National Games record (1 min 10.650) and national record (1 min 10.460). In a tightly contested 500 metre time trial for women, Kerala’s V Rajani pipped Manipur’s Rameswari Devi by a fraction of second for the gold while Geetanjali, also of Manipur, took the bronze. Kulbir Singh, who had won gold in the National Cycling Championship at the same venue last month, was in excellent form and took the turns with alacrity as he zoomed towards the finishing line. Kulbir’s statemate Hitraj Singh, who clocked 1.12.680, collected silver medal while Manipur’s Bikram Singh (1.13.564) took bronze. In the 500m time trial for women, favourite V Rajani of Kerala faced stiff competition from the Manipur girls Rameswari Devi and Geetanjali Devi. However, Rajani’s sudden surge in the last round took her past the Manipuris. Rajani timed 39.663 seconds followed by Rameswari (39.800) and Geetanjali (42.859). PTI
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Punjab stun TN, enter final
Hyderabad, December 15 Punjab, bronze medallists in the last edition, won 22-25, 25-17, 25-22, 21-25, 15-13 to progress into the finals, which would be played tomorrow. It was sweet revenge victory for the Punjab men, who were beaten by the Tamil Nadu men in the semifinal in the last National Games in Punjab. The chief architect of Punjab win was none other than captain Jagbir Singh, who excelled both in attacking and defence much to the delight of their supporters. An elated Punjab coach Surinder Singh said “I am happy with my boys performance. It was a team effort and specially the first pass and blocking clicked today”. “I am excited by the win. We are looking for the title clash” said a jubiliant Jagbir Singh. Tamil Nadu, who had an excellent run in the league phase, got off to a flying start in the first set and forged ahead to an 11-8 lead. With spiker Sayee Krishnan in full flow they further extended their lead to 20-16 and successfully held on to the lead to wrap the set 25-22. However, the second and third sets saw a completely changed punjab. Libero Manoj kumar played his heart out and fine setting by Gurpreet Singh helped Punjab to clinch the second set in under 20 minutes at 25-17. Though Tamil Nadu took an initial lead, Jagbir, combining well with Gurpeet, managed to neutralise to 7-all and thereafter the lead changed several times before a fumble by Tamil Nadu’s Selvarasu enabled Punjab to take lead (18-17). Punjab then went from strength to strength and never allowed their rivals to recover and took the set 25-22. Effecting double blocking by Sayee krishnan-Manoharan combination and some intelligent placements by setter Tulsi Reddy helped Tamil Nadu to take an initial 4-2 lead. Though Punjab managed to catch up with Tamil Nadu on several occasion and even tied 17-all, let their rivals to wrest back the initiative by conceding some easy points to take the set 25-21 and level the set two-all. The decider saw Punjab moving ahead to a 4-2 lead, though Tamil Nadu managed to draw level several times, the sturdy Punjab outfit held on to their nerves to steadily move to 14-13 and spiker Gurvinder Singh sealed the fate of the match in their favour with a mid-court smash and Haroon failed to retrieve the ball. PTI
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Chandigarh eves in semis; Punjab win
Hyderabad, December 15 Earlier, Orissa and Delhi kept some hopes alive for themselves earning a semifinal berth by playing out a 2-2 draw, while Punjab handed Andhra Pradesh their second consecutive defeat to stay in contention for a semi final berth. Defending champions Haryana showed their class by totally outplaying Jharkhand to register a 2-0 victory. Haryana dominated the proceedings from the word go and forced two penalty corners in the first two minutes. In the seventh minute, star forward Mamta Kharab latched on to a mistake by Pushpa, but her shot was just wide of the mark. Haryana were finally successful in the 25th minute when a move down the right flank saw Jasjeet Kaur pass on to Balwinder Kaur who relayed it to Mamta Kharab. Mamta’s shot was padded away by the goalkeeper Marita but the rebound landed straight to her and this time she made no mistake. In the second half, a penalty corner in the 40th minute saw Haryana increase their lead when the shot taken by Suman Bala found the net. Haryana now have six points from two games, while Jharkhand and Punjab both have three each from two matches and play Andhra Pradesh and Haryana in the last match respectively. The match between Maharashtra and Chandigarh was much more evenly balanced and saw both the teams missing some easy chances early on. Maharashtra felt that they were cheated of a goal when just before half time a shot taken by Papki Devi off a penalty corner rose sharply and went into the goal which the umpire disallowed for lifting. In the dying minutes, Prakash Chaudhary of Chandigarh was stick-checked inside the box resulting in a penalty stroke. Ashrita Toppo did the needful to give Chandigarh victory. Manjinder Kaur and Mohandavinder Kaur scored once in each half as Punjab beat Andhra Pradesh in a group A women’s hockey match. The match between Punjab and the hosts saw the former taking the lead in the fifth minute through a solo effort by Manjinder Kaur. Though the winners dominated the proceedings throughout the first half, their second goal came in the 11th minute into the second half when Mohandavinder Kaur sounded the board. The second match saw the Orissa girls taking the lead in the 4th minute when Anima converted a penalty corner. Delhi had to wait till the 21st minute for the equaliser which was scored by Pratima off a penalty stroke. Though Delhi made it 2-1 in the 43rd minute, their opponents neutralised the score immediately through Sarita. PTI, UNI
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Haryana bag two gold in judo Visakhapatnam, December 15 Arnuna and Janita of Haryana and Akram Shah of Uttar Pradesh won the goldmedals in the competitions. In the under 48kg category, Asian junior silver medallist Arnuna defeated Kamala Rawat of Madhya Pradesh for the gold. Nirmarta of Punjab, who defeated Sangeetha of Uttar Pradesh, and Gumatichanu of Manipur, who defeated Sapna of Andhra Pradesh, finished with bronze madals. In the under 52kg category, Janita accounted for Anita Chanu of Maharashtra to secure the gold. Anuradha of Andhra Pradesh, who beat Sharbjit Kaur of Punjab, and Sunita S Patil of Maharashtra, who flattened Uma Chowhan of Delhi, picked bronze medals. In the mens under 60kg category, Akram Shah of Uttar Pradesh prevented a clean sweep by Haryana and won the first gold for his state pipping Arvind of Haryana. Kal Bahadur Thapa of Maharashtra, who trounced Kamaljeet Singh of Punjab, and Jitendra of Delhi, who defeated Sanjay Raikwar of Madhya Pradesh, had to be content with bronze medals. Punjab head the medals tally in the event with five gold, one silver and one bronze followed by Haryana with two golds, three silver and two bronze. UNI
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Football: Bengal surprise Goa
Hyderabad, December 15 In the encounter that came alive in the second half for a brief period, the all-important goal was scored by Pradeep Indu in the 49th minute off a pass from former Indian skipper Dibeyendu Biswas. Earlier, Andhra Pradesh men downed Orissa to advance to the semifinals while Bihar kept their hopes alive with a 3-1 victory over Kerala. Bengal now lead the table with four points from two matches and would be playing Maharashtra in the last league match on December 17. Goa have three points from two matches and would be playing Services the same day. Four minutes after resumption, Bengal drew first blood thanks to fine opportunism by Pradeep, who was playing his first match of the games. Despite the reverse, the Goans mounted pressure on the rival area and nearly got an equaliser five minutes later. But striker Sukhdev Arwades curling right footer from a good 35 yards was blocked by experienced Bengal custodian Prashanta Dora. But for this chance, there was hardly any worthwhile move throughout the game though action switched ends frequently and Bengal held on to the lead. UNI
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Chetan, Abhinn in semis Hyderabad, December 15 In two other quarterfinals of the day, Thomas Kurien of Kerala trounced a spirited J B S Vidyadhar (AP) while C M Sasidhar, also of Andhra, made up for the loss of Vidyadhar by defeating Rupesh Kumar (Ker) in a thrilling encounter to make it to the last four stage. Abhinn Shyam Gupta faced his toughest opponent of the tournament so far in K Srinivasan (AP), who made a valiant attempt and stunned the seasoned player by a 15-4 victory in the second game after losing the opening one with an identical margin. PTI
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Manavjit takes lead
Hyderabad, December 15 Almost five hours of shooting by top champions, Manavjit had a healthy score of 49 out of a possible 50. Holder Anwar Sultan from Uttar Pradesh was second with just one point separating the two. Delhi’s Mansher Singh finished third with 46 points, with another four rounds of shooting to go in the trap event tomorrow. Mansher had won the individual silver and the team bronze in this event at the last edition of the Games in Punjab. The trap event, which is the main attraction of any shooting competition and makes for a spectacle as the moving clay pigeons are shot down by the marksmen in a cavlier fashion, is being contested this time by 20 shooters in four groups consisting of five people each. UNI
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Hyderabad, December 15 Results: Men: 10,000 M: 1 Gulab Chand (Andhra) 30:25.21 sec, 2 Shivanand (Andhra) 30:25.21sec, 3 Aman Saini (Himachal Pradesh) 30:25.72sec. 1,500 M : 1 Gulab Chand (Andhra) 3:51.32sec, 2 Dharam Veer (Haryana), 3:51.81sec, 3 T.M. Sanjeev (Kerala) 3:52.87sec. Triple jump: 1 Amarjeet Singh (Punjab) 16.38m — new Games record, 2 Pritipal Singh (Punjab) 15.56m, 3 Sukhjinder Singh (Chandigarh) 15.50m. Javelin: 1 Jagdis Bisnoi(Punjab) 72.96m, 2 S. Ramandeep (Chandigarh) 72.04m, 3 Md Fazal Ansari (Services) 71.95m. 110 M hurdles: 1 P.T. Yesudas (Andhra) 14.60 sec, 2 Gurvinder Singh (Punjab) 14.92 sec, 3 Chisty Basa (Andhra) 15.49 sec. Women: 1500 M: 1 Madhuri A Singh 4:26.27 sec, 2 Harjeet Kaur (Punjab) 4:26.38 sec, 3 Sunita (Delhi) 4:26.42 sec. Long jump: 1 Anju B George (Tamil Nadu) 6.59m, 2 Jetty C Joseph (Kerala) 6.27m, 3 J J Shobha (Andhra) 6.16m. Pole vault: 1 Chetna Solanki (Gujarat) 3.35m new Games record, 2 Karamjeet Kaur (Punjab) 3.30m, 3 V.S. Surekha (Tamil Nadu) 3.25m. 110 M hurdles: 1 Anuradha Biswal (Orissa) 13.95 sec, 2 Poonam Bojanna (Karnataka) 14.29 sec, 3 Soma Biswas (Bengal) 14.30 sec. UNI
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Vicky smashes snatch record
Visakhapatnam, December 15 Vicky had a snatch of 115 kg to eclipse the mark of 112.5 kg held by T Muthu of Tamil Nadu. The Punjab lifter also collected gold in jerk and total lifting 130 kg and 245 kg respectively. While hosts Andhra Pradesh’s V Srinivasa Rao clinched the silver by lifting 237.5 kg (105kg snatch and 132.5kg clean and jerk) and was followed by V Murugan of the Services (102.5kg snatch and 132.5kg clean and jerk and total 235 kg).
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NFL
Kolkata, December 15 The city giants took the lead through a classic long ranger by Brazilian recruit Gilmar da Silva before Dudu Omagbemi restored parity for the visitors in a close encounter at the Salt Lake Stadium. With both the teams raising their ambitions and becoming more aggressive, the fate of the match looked open till the
last. Okoro, who earlier missed an easy chance to score a winner, got a measured pass from youngster S. Malsawtluanga inside the opponents’ box. Unmarked as he was, the Nigerian had time enough to jab the ball into the net with a right footer, a minute before the long whistle. The real surprise, however, was a dazzling 25 yarder from
Gilmar, who left the field spellbound as his powerfull left footer kept Salgaocar shotstopper Juje Siddi guessing before the ball rammed into the net, giving East Bengal the much-sought after lead in the 21st minute. Trailing by a goal at the breather, Salgaocar stepped up their attack in the second half and restored parity through substitute Dudu Omagbemi in the 72nd minute. With this win, East Bengal now have 16 points from six matches while Salgaocar have only seven from six outings.
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PU volleyball Ludhiana, December 15 In the final, Hoshiarpur spikers won the first set at 25-18 but went down fighting in the next 24-26. The third set witnessed a see-saw battle as both the teams set up a spirited fight but eventually Hoshiarpur managed to win 25-21 and in the fourth put, after a ding-dong battle, Hoshiarpur boys came out winners at 25-20 to wrap up the issue and bag the title. Earlier, DAV Education College, Abohar prevailed over D M Education College, Moga, while DAV Education College, Hoshiarpur scored an emphatic victory over hosts S D Government College, Ludhiana to set up the title clash. In the first semi final, DAV Education College, Abohar faced stiff resistance from D M Education College, Moga whom they downed 26-24, 25-22 and 26-24 to secure a berth in the final. In the second semifinal, hosts Government College boys lost without putting up any challenge against their rivals, DAV Education College, Hoshiarpur, 11-25, 8-25 and 12-25. Yesterday, in the super-league the Abohar lads beat Guru Hargobind Khalsa Education College, Sudhar 22-25, 25-6, 25-11 and 25-16. Government Evening College, Ludhiana got the better of
Government Education College, Sector 20, Chandigarh 25-14, 25-16, 27-25, 25-23 and 16-14 while DAV Education College, Hoshiarpur toiled hard to outclass Government Evening Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh 25-15, 22-25, 25-15 and 25-23.
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Football
Olympian Abdurahiman dead Kozhikode, December 15 Known as ‘Olympian’ Abdurahiman, he had donned the jersy of many leading teams, including Mohun Bagan in 1950s besides playing for West Bengal in Santosh Trophy for nine years. A nightmare of a striker, Abdurahiman excelled also as a powerful defender in national and international events.
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Kho-kho nationals
at Rohtak Chandigarh, December 15 A meeting regarding the preparation of the championship was organised under the chairmanship of Mr Surinder Barwala, president of Haryana Kho-Kho Association yesterday. A number of committees have been constituted for smooth conduct of the championship. |
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RCF defeat BSF Pathankot, December 15 Both the teams tried hard but could not score in the stipulated time. The match was then decided by the tie-breaker, which RCF won 4-3. Mr Puneet Goel, SDM, Pathankot, distributed the prizes.
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