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Ashwini Kumar gets Olympic Order
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, December 23
Former member of the International Olympic Committee from India (IOC) Ashwini Kumar was recently conferred with the International Olympic Committee’s most prestigious Olympic Order. The award had been conferred on him by IOC President Jacques Rogge at the 104th Congress of the IOC held in Mexico City on November 28.

Ashwini Kumar was the IOC member in India since 1973 and became its honorary member in 2000. The decision to confer him the Olympic Order was taken during the Executive Board meeting of the IOC held at Salt Lake City in February 2002.

This year only three personalities had been chosen for the award. Besides Ashwini Kumar, French President Jaques Chirac and Flor Isava-Fonseca of Venezuela got the honour.

Ashwini Kumar was born on December 27, 1920 at Jalandhar in Punjab and did his post-graduation from Lahore in History. He is proficient in many languages and authored a book on music. He was the president of the Indian Hockey Federation for 16 years and was also former secretary general of the Indian Olympics Association. As director-general of the Border Security Force, Ashwani Kumar had played a prominent role in nurturing many a great hockey talent of the country.

Orient Craft book berth in final
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, December 23
Orient Craft, with the help of a rapid-fire unbeaten knock of 53 by Man of the Match Rohit Sharma, toppled defending champions Sar Group when they scored a 31-run victory to book a berth in the final of the sixth D G Phadkar Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval, Gurgaon.

In a thrilling match, Orient displayed exhuberant batsmanship to muster 176 in the stipulated overs and then got their rivals out rather cheaply with some accurate bowling performance.

Scores: Orient Craft: 176 for 6 in 25 overs (Rohit Sharma 53 n o, 5x4, 35b; Rajiv 40, 2x4, 44b; Mazid 30, 3x4, 29b; Manoj Sharma 20; Amresh Pradhan 1 for 32, Jitender Chaudhary 1 for 28).

Sar Group: 145 all out in 24.2 overs (Lalit Anand 48, 2x4, 48b; Rajiv Rana 19, 1x4; 29b; Manoj Sharma 5 for 10).

Salwan School beat Modern

Salwan Boys School (Rajinder Nagar) beat Modern School (Barakhamba Road) by 71 runs to win the title in the HT Pace Milo Young Cricket Tournament on Monday.

Scores: Salwan Boys: 201 for 9 in 35 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 69, Sandeep Yadav 54, Parvesh Chikara 20 n o, Karan Harit 4 for 40, Aviral 4 for 29).

Modern School: 130 for 8 in 35 overs (Deepak Rajput 36, Vartik Tihara 24, Narendra Singh 3 for 27, Vinay 3 for 13).

Aswat Kumar of Modern School was adjudged the best wicket-keeper while Narender Singh of Salwan Boys was named the best all-rounder of the tournament. Aviral of Modern School was given the best bowler award while Sandeep Yadav of Salwan Boys bagged the best batsman award.

British School sports

British School, Chanakyapuri, organised their inter-house sports and games competition at the school ground.

Competitions were held in basketball, badminton, chess, carrom, throwball, kickball, softball, soccer and kite flying. Some of the students who excelled in the competitions were Amrita, Deborah, Shivra, Marina, Jared, Abhay, Abdulla and Zorawar.

	Delhi Police garner full points Our Sports Reporter New Delhi, December 23 Delhi Police scored a narrow 1-0 victory against Simla Youngs to garner full points in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Open Clubs Senior Division Football League Championship at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium East ground on Monday. In an evenly-fought match, Delhi Police knocked in the match-winner in the 29th minute through inside-right Jagyaram Boro, who dodged past rival custodian Anil Dhaiya to shoot the ball home. The Group B match between Garhwal Heroes and Moonlight was cancelled as the former expressed their inability to field a full team due to injury to some of their key players. The League Sub-Committee later awarded the match to Moonlight. Tuesday’s fixtures: Hindustan vs Frontiers (1.30 pm); Mughals vs Tarun Sangha (3 pm) — Nehru Stadium East ground.
	Jeev, Hrithik open golf clinic Tribune News Service New Delhi, December 23 A special golf clinic was organised today with two Hero Honda Brand ambassadors golfer Jeev Milkha Singh and Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan inaugurated the clinic. The clinic was organised to further boost the popularity of the sport, and encourage more people to take up golf in the country. The event follows the very recent appointment of Pawan Munjal, Asian Professional Golfers Association (APGA). In the golf clinic, Jeev familiarised Hrithik with the basics of golf, like gripping, correct stance, swing, putting, shot game, the different clubs and their applications, and the golfing terminology. Munjal has been promoting golf in the country in various capacities by organising and sponsoring golf tournaments, golf clinics, sponsoring emerging players.
	Young Friends enter cricket final Our Sports Reporter New Delhi, December 23 A fine knock of 49 by Abhishek Kapoor and deadly bowling of 4 for 32 by Varun Kumar helped Young Friends beat St Giri School by 80 runs and entered the final of the St Giri Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Paschim Vihar sports complex ground. Scores: Young Friends Club: 236 for 9 in 40 overs (Abhishek Kapoor 19, Jayant Yadav 36, Avirat Gupta 35, Ashish Mittal 4 for 32, Sanjay Aggarwal 3 for 43). St Giri School: 156 all out in 31.2 overs (Gaurav Saini 48, Aman Preet 32, Varun Kumar 4 for 33). Delhi down Kerala An unbeaten 51 by skipper Soumik Chatterji and an all-round display of 2 for 12 and 43 not out by Priyank Tehlan helped Delhi beat Kerala by nine wickets in the 48th National Schools Vinoo Mankad Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground. Scores: Kerala: 99 all out in 25 overs (Jackson 22, Ashutosh Sharma 3 for 23, Priyank Tehlan 2 for 12). Delhi: 101 for one in 14.3 overs (Soumik Chatterji 51 n o, Priyank Tehlan 43 n o). In the second match, Chhattisgarh beat Daman and Diu by 62 runs at the Khalsa College ground. Rajdhani beat Rohtak Heroes Devastating bowling performance by off-spinner Ravi Yadav and a blistering 41 by Man of the Match Pramod Bhati helped Rajdhani Sports beat Rohtak Heroes by five wickets in the second Devender Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Government School ground. Scores: Rohtak Heroes: 149 all out in 30 overs (Naresh Kumar 42, Sandeep More 41, Ravi Yadav 3 for 23, Avinash Kumar 3 for 32). Rajdhani Sports: 150 for 5 in 20.2 overs (Pramod Bhati 41, Gaurav Mehta 36, J B Dahiya 2 for 30). Raj Gautam slams century Raj Gautam slammed a strokeful century and Rajesh Rana hit 59 as Three Star Club beat Maulana Azad Club by 112 runs in the DDCA B Division League at the Ferozeshah Kotla No. 2 ground. Scores: Three Star Club: 345 for 7 in 40 overs (Raj Gautam 103, Rajesh Rana 59, Sunil Kumar 43, Prayag Raj 39, Mohd Hasmi 2 for 56, Mohd. Naved 2 or 51). Maulana Azad Club: 233 all out in 35.2 overs (Abdul Rehman 59, Nadeem Ahmad 45, Mohd Rehman 36, Kuldeep 3 for 35, F. Balkishan 3 for 65).
	Mohit Vadhera hits ton Our Sports Reporter New Delhi, December 23 Mohit Vadhera hit an unbeaten 118, studded with 12 boundaries and three sixes, to guide Pan Business List to a 104-run victory against Ansal Sports in the final of the fifth Suntan Cricket Cup-2002 at the Palam ground. Scores: Pan Business List: 241 for 5 in 28 overs (Mohit Vadhera 118 n o, 4x12, 6x3; Harinder Rawat 43, 4x6; Rajesh Rana 2 for 35). Ansal Sports: 137 all out in 25 overs (Ankit 32, 4x5; Vaibhav 29, 4x4; Subodh Badola 2 for 20, Nitin Punia 2 for 19). Mohit Vadhera was named the best batsman while the best bowler and Man of the Tournament awards were presented to Ajay Pandita and Amarjeet Singh, both of Ansal Sports.
	Deendayal Table Tennis New Delhi, December 23 All India Pt Deendayal Upadhya Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament, conducted by Delhi Table Tennis Association and organised by Polioun Moolan Sports Committee, will be held from December 31 to January 4, 2003 at Talkatora Indoor Stadium in the Capital. Entries close on December 25, with Hukam Singh, organising secretary, DTTA, 6/2543, Beadon Pura, Karol Bagh, New Delhi, or R K Sharma, manager, Talkatora Indoor Stadium, New Delhi . OSR