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January 23, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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BCCI decides to play the waiting game LG to move Supreme Court Move Sachin up the order: Sidhu Warne to quit ODIs after World Cup
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Roddick triumphs over exhausted El Aynaoui
Anand maintains slender lead
Punjab Police edge out BSF to lift title East Bengal retain
IFA Shield Haryana, Punjab settle for draw NZ cricket from Jan 31 Ludhiana
win sub-jr boxing Rajesh
declared best lifter
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BCCI opts to play the waiting game
New Delhi, January 22 BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya disclosed here today after the working committee meeting, that the board had not received any communication from the ICC regarding the acceptance or rejection of the player terms forwarded by the Indian board. Mr Dalmiya said the crucial tele-conference on Friday, featuring presidents of all the Test-playing countries and the ICC executive board members, would decide whether to accept or reject the Indian players’ conditional terms. He feigned ignorance about the restrictive clause imposed in the ICC contract regarding player sponsorship. “When we signed the contract, this clause was not there”, he asserted. The clause prohibits the players from endorsing the products of others than the official sponsors of the World Cup. Though Mr Dalmiya had refused to be drawn into a discussion on the decision
pounced by the Delhi High Court on a public interest litigation filed on the player contract, he said the information he had gathered from his lawyers was that the Government and the Reserve Bank of India would not be allowed to release foreign exchange to the ICC sponsors of the World Cup, based in India. (In such a scenario, the worst-hit will be Hero Honda). He made it clear that given an option, he would want the Indian team to participate in the World Cup with the conditional player terms in place, and after the World Cup, the parties concerned could go to the world Court of arbitration to sort out the commercial matters. The BCCI President said the Indian team were preparing to play in the World Cup though he conceded that the final decision was “not in our hands”. While Mr Dalmiya held forth the stage, BCCI secretary S.K. Nair kept a studious silence. The final outcome of the ICC tele-conference will depend on India’s clout among other Test-playing countries. That the BCCI was prepared to face the consequences of whatever may be the ICC decision became apparent when Mr Dalmiya announced that the working committee approved the proposal to introduce a “Corporate Cup” day-night cricket tournament, to fully utilise the flood-lighting facilities in various Test centres in the country. Each team would be allowed to field four foreign players, and the players could opt to play for whichever team they wanted to represent. This is a well-thought out move to tap the huge commercial potential of the game in the country, and keep the likes of the ICC on its toes. He said to begin with, the Corporate Cup will feature four to six teams. He disclosed that the working committee also took a “momentous” decision to distribute 26 per cent of its gross revenue among the players. This decision would mean that out of the Rs 90 to 100 crore income of the board, about Rs 25 to 26 crore would go to the players. He said this ratio would be the highest paid anywhere in the world, as even the Australian Cricket Board, the most liberal, was disbursing only 25 per cent of its gross income among the players. Out of the 26 per cent, 13 per cent would be distributed among the international players, and the other 13 per cent among the domestic players. And out of the 13 per cent earmarked for the domestic players, 80 per cent would go to the first class players and 20 per cent to the junior players. |
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LG to move Supreme Court New Delhi, January 22 “We are planning to move the Supreme Court to seek redressal of our grievances,” LG India General Manager (Marketing) Ganesh Mahalingam told PTI here. He termed the public interest litigation on the vexed contracts issue as “a private interest litigation” and said “we have been made victimised in a commercial battle between the BCCI and the ICC. He claimed that LG India’s sponsorship agreement with the ICC could not stand the scrutiny of Indian courts because “as per the agreement, any dispute with the ICC will be handled in British courts”. Mahalingam said the issue of the players participating in the World Cup was the job of the BCCI, who have contractual obligations with them. “The players must take the BCCI to court for not agreeing to their obligations. Unfortunately, that has not happened,” he said. The court, while admitting a public interest litigation, in an interim order also ruled that the advertisements of official World Cup sponsors- Pepsi, LG and Hero Honda- would not be allowed to be telecast in case of India’s non- participation.
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Move Sachin up the order: Sidhu
New Delhi, January 22 Tendulkar has been batting at No 4 since the West Indies tour in April-May last year to lend solidity to the middle order, but Sidhu is convinced that it was imperative for the star batsman to bat up the order to be more effective. “I think that he (Tendulkar) should open the innings again because he can take advantage of the field restrictions in the first 15 overs. If he is not opening, he should definitely bat at No 3,” Sidhu told PTI in an interview today. “I strongly believe that (Saurav) Ganguly, (Virender) Sehwag and Sachin (Tendulkar) should be given the use of first 15 overs,” the cricketer-turned-commentator said. “We are wasting a batsman with 30 odd centuries. What we are getting from Dinesh Mongia and others are ones and twos when there are no field restrictions, but Sachin can get you fours and sixes,” the former Test batsman pointed out. Sidhu refused to buy the argument that Tendulkar batting at No 4 would strengthen the middle order. “To me that’s a load of crap. Why can’t we ask him to come in at No 7 then because the lower order is not getting enough runs,” he quipped. Sidhu said India had the potential to win the upcoming World Cup but he would not rate them as favourites. “The potential is there but they could be categorised as dark horses, not the favourites,” said Sidhu, who played 51 Tests and scored 3202 runs for an average of 42.13. “To win the World Cup you need the mental strength to impose yourself on the opposition and the ability to adapt to conditions like Australia and South Africa have done. “Success is about helping yourself, and the Indians have plenty of hard work ahead,” he said. Sidhu, who has become more famous for his catchy expressions from behind the microphone than he did with his exploits on the field, said since India does not have genuine all-rounders, they should play the specialist bowlers. “Ajit Agarkar is at best a weather cock, he does not have a direction. Sanjay Bangar has proved himself to be a batsman but not as a bowler. PTI
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Warne to quit ODIs after World Cup
Warne, 33, made the announcement when he arrived in Sydney with the Australian team for Thursday’s first final of the tri-nations series one-day clash against England. Warne is recovering from surgery after dislocating his right bowling shoulder last month. He said he would give up one-day cricket to further his Test career. Warne said the shoulder injury, suffered in a one-day game December 15, proved to him how easily injury could occur and cut short his days with the Australian Test team. Warne, to play in the World Cup one-day contest before standing down from the national side, admitted he wanted to leave the abbreviated form of the game on his own terms. “It hasn’t been a decision, I suppose, that has come lightly,” said Warne. “I love playing cricket for Australia, but the Number one priority for me is to play Test cricket for as long as I can. “I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I didn’t come to the conclusion until I was carried off on a stretcher in Melbourne. “That sort of brought my thinking home about how hard it is on your body in one-day cricket.” Warne said he had the support of one-day captain Ricky Ponting, Australia coach John Buchanan, his team-mates and the Australian Cricket Board. “Everyone I’ve spoken to thinks it’s a pretty positive and smart decision - and a pretty gutsy one,” he said. Warne is expected to make his international comeback from his shoulder problem in
Thursday's first tri-nations series final against England at the Sydney cricket Ground. He has taken 288 wickets from 191 one-day internationals and was man of the match in the 1999 World Cup final won by Australia. In the Test arena, Warne has 491 wickets from 107 matches at an amazing average of 25.71.
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Roddick
triumphs over exhausted El Aynaoui
Melbourne, January 22 The 20-year-old American saved a match point and twice came back from a set down to win the longest match at the Australian Open since tie-breaks were introduced to the event in 1971. Roddick saved a match point on serve in the 10th game but failed to serve out the match in the 22nd game when he broke the Moroccan for the first time. He broke his exhausted opponent for the second time in the 39th game then finally served it out to seal victory one minute short of five hours. Roddick plays Rainer Schuettler in Friday’s second semifinal after the German beat David Nalbandian 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 earlier in the day. Serena Williams said revenge was not on her mind after setting up a semifinal collision with Kim Clijsters today. World No 1 Williams bludgeoned American 25th seed Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-2 to book her place in a keenly-anticipated last-four date with Belgian fourth seed Clijsters. Clijsters, who has been in scintillating form this year and is unbeaten in tournament play since last October, advanced to the semifinals after swatting aside Russia’s Anastasia Myskina 6-2, 6-4. The Belgian was the last player to beat Williams in a tournament when she upset her at the season-ending WTA Tour championships in Los Angeles last November. Clijsters also claimed the scalp of Venus Williams in the same event, making her the only woman to beat both sisters in 2002. Williams said revenge would not be on her mind when she meets the in-form Belgian on Thursday. “Vengeance belongs to God,” the 21-year-old said. “I’m just here to play tennis.” But there is little doubt defeat still bothers Williams, who refused to elaborate on reasons for the loss when pressed on Wednesday. “She played really well,” Williams said. “You know, I don’t like to live in the past. You can feel free to look up the last transcripts and see why I lost that match,” she told a questioner. Williams then could not hide her irritation when asked about comments by Clijsters that the gap between the Williams sisters and the rest of the field was closing. Rainer Schuettler’s routine five- week off-season preparation paid big dividends when he overpowered Argentine 10th seed David Nalbandian to reach his first Grand Slam tennis semifinal. “Of course, I’m surprised, but I have so far played a pretty good tournament and I deserve to be in the semifinal,” Schuettler said. Schuettler’s five weeks slaving away under a Taekwondo fitness coach had him in superb physical condition when he arrived in Australia early in the new year.
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Anand maintains slender lead
Wijk Aan Zee, January 22 After a few exciting previous rounds, most of the players preferred an extended rest day ahead of the final one scheduled for Thursday. Six out of seven games ended in draws leaving Anand (6 points) half a point ahead of nearest rivals GM Loek Van Wely of the Netherlands and world’s highest rated woman player Judit Polgar of Hungary. The lone big beneficiary of this round was defending champion Evgeny Bareev of Russia, who scored over compatriot Alexander Grischuk in an exciting game. As a result, Grischuk fell down to joint fourth in the standing list where he was joined by Bareev and Spaniard Alexei Shirov. In the grandmaster B tournament however, it was a different story altogether with as many as six decisive games. The spectators’ interest was naturally shifted to this section and even the best game prize of the day was given to Friso Nijboer, who outsmarted woman world championship finalist Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia. Chinese top seed Zhang Zhong expanded his lead to a huge two points and looks a certain winner having tallied eight points out of nine so far. Former world junior girls’ champion Koneru Humpy also fought back in the event and scored over GM Peter Acs of Hungary. Anand was up against the Berlin defence by Krasenkow, who shifted from his pet Sicilian Sveshnikov with the black pieces. The queens were traded quite early and Anand could not really make any decisive headway at any point of time. After a mere 19 moves the Indian ace decided that there was nothing left to play for and the peace was immediately signed. “I might have gone wrong somewhere,” said Anand after the game adding that his 17th move was probably a mistake.
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Punjab Police edge out BSF to lift title Mahilpur, January 22 For Punjab Police coach Kuljit Singh, himself a former international, the victory was sweet revenge for the earlier defeat at the hands of BSF in the All- India Police Games when his team lost in similar fashion in Assam. Both the Jalandhar outfits braved chilly weather for 120 minutes before settling the issue. The two teams were more or less evenly matched and not many moves were generated except for occasional long-range attempts. While BSF were present in full strength, Punjab Police were comparatively a younger side with only two players — international Parveen Kumar, and striker Sher Singh having some experience behind them. The first half, though fast paced, failed to yield any result. The match gained momentum in the second session with Shiraz Hassan of Punjab Police
dispatching a long ranger from 25 yards only to see it sail over. BSF effected a substitution soon after with Jaswant Singh, formerly of JCT, coming in to bolster the midfield. A free kick by Jaswant brought out the best in BSF goalie Kameshwar Singh who dived to punch the ball away. Punjab Police had a good chance off a counter attack but Sher Singh, despite being fed a tailor-made pass, found himself sandwitched between rival defenders. As neither team succeeded in scoring, the match went into extra time but the golden goal again eluded the two outfits, who incidentally played in the National Football League some years back. In the first session of extra time, Jaswant again had a good chance but his powerful volley from the left flank landed straight in the hands of Kameshwar Singh. And then followed the dramatic penalty shootout. Of the five spot kicks, both Punjab Police and BSF converted four each. While Sher Singh, Shiraz Hassan, Ranjit Singh and Gurvinder Singh were on target for Punjab Police, Raghuvir Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Gurjit Atwal and Souvik Ganguly successfully converted the spot kicks for BSF. In sudden death, Harish Sharma converted the seventh spot kick for Punjab Police while Vijay Kumar’s shot was blocked by Paramjit Singh to seal the fate of the more experienced outfit. Parveen Kumar of Punjab Police was adjudged the best player in the club category. Earlier, in the college category, hosts Sri Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa College, Mahilpur, prevailed over Sikh National College, Banga, 2-0 with Parminder Singh, incidentally adjudged the best player in this category, accounting for both goals. The first was the result of a brilliant header after Narinder had centred while the second in the last minute came off a rebound after Amarjit’s shot struck the upright. Mr Kulwant Singh Sangha, an industrialist from England who himself played football here many years back and was the chief guest today, gave away the prizes. He also gave a grant of Rs 51,000 to the organising committee. Mr Daljit Singh Bains, Raghubir Singh Gill, Col Surinder Singh Bains and Dr Chanan Singh Bains, were also present. Arjuna awardees Inder Singh and Gurdev Singh were among those honoured on the occasion.
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East Bengal retain
IFA Shield Kolkata, January 22 Mukherjee brought off a fine diving save to thwart the sixth penalty shot taken by Churchill’s Tikken Singh and pint-sized midfield dynamo Shashthi Duley converted the next kick for East Bengal to take his side to the season’s fourth title at the modestly attended Salt Lake Stadium. The summit clash of the tournament’s 108th edition rolled into the tie-break after the two sides failed to break the goal-less deadlock in the scheduled 90 minutes and the half an hour of extra time. In the penalty shoot-out, Chandan Das, Kulothungon, Koustov Ghosh, Douglas de Silva and Shashthi Duley found the mark for the winners. Kasif Jamal, Rajesh Mitai, Noel Wilson and Yakubu successfully converted the set pieces for Churchill, who failed to break their final hurdle jinx, having to remain
satisfied with yet another runners-up trophy.
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Haryana, Punjab settle for draw Patiala, January 22 By virtue of their 76-run first innings lead, Haryana garnered five points while the hosts managed three points from the three-day match. Irrespective of today’s result, Punjab made it to the knock-out state of the tournament. The high point of Haryana’s second innings was a flamboyant 84 by Prashant Ahlawat. Brief scores: Haryana: (1st innings):
213 all out Punjab: (1st innings): 137 all out Haryana: (2nd innings): 215 for 6 ( Prashant Ahlawat 84, Sumit Sharma 42, Jitendra Gulia 22, Joginder Sharma 20; Babloo Kumar 3 for 60, Sandeep Sanwal 3 for
70).
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NZ cricket from Jan 31 The North Zone Inter-state Junior Women Cricket Championships will be held at Sangrur from January 31 to February 4, according to D.P.
Bhasin, honorary secretary, Punjab State Women Cricket Association. Besides hosts Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh will take part in the championships which will be played on league basis. Two teams will qualify for the Junior National Women Cricket Championships to be held at Panchkula from February 5. |
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Ludhiana
win sub-jr boxing Sangrur, January 22 Results all finals: A-6: Surinder
Singh (Mastuana) b Vipan (Pta), A-7: Mohd Khan (Mastuana) b Bikramjit
(Pta), A-8: Meva Ram (Mastuana) b Surinder Kumar (Sang), A-9:
Gagandeep (Sang) b Sandip (Asra), A-10: Gurdip Singh (Ldh) b Amandeep
Singh (Fzr), A-11: Harjit Singh (Asra) b Deepak Kumar (Ldh), A-12:
Gurjaswinder Singh (Sang) b Kamlesh (Kpt), A-13: Gurpreet Singh (Ldh)
b Amandeep Singh (Fzr), B-5: Sahil (Hsp) b Dheeraj (Pta), B-6:
Narinder Singh (Ldh) b Iqbir Singh (Mastuana), B-7: Gurdit Singh
(Sang) b Iqbal Singh (Mastuana), B-8: Amandeep Singh (Mastuana) b
Varinder Singh (Pta), B-9: Harcharan Singh (Ldh) b Amandeep Singh
(Fgs), B-10: Avinash Saini (Hsp) b Surinder Singh (Muktsar), B-11:
Anil Aggarwal (Kpt) b Parminder Singh (Pta), C-5: Deepak Kumar (Kpt) b
Paramjit Singh (Bth), C-6: Gurbachan Singh (Ldh) b Pankaj (Kpt), C-7:
Arvinder Singh (Moga) b Sangeet Bedi (Sang), D-2: Prabhdip Singh
(Sang) b Mohit Kumar (Fkt), D-3: Rohin Kumar (NS) b Punit Kumar (Pta),
D-4: Munish Yadav (Ldh) b Inderjit Singh (Sang), D-5: Baghel Singh
(Ldh) b Balkar Singh (Fkt), D-6: Amit Sharma b Deepak Sharma (Pta),
E-1: Ravinder Singh (Ldh) b Keshap (Hsp), E-2: Ravi Kumar (Pta) b
Vinod Kumar (Ropar), E-3: Jagdip Kumar (Jal) b Isat Khosla (Asra),
E-5: Sukhmit Singh (Muktsar) b Bhagat Singh (Bth). |
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Rajesh
declared best lifter Sangrur, January 22 Results (all finals): 52kg: 1 Jagsir Singh (Sang), 2
Karamjit Singh (Rampura), 3 Sushil (Rampura); 56kg: 1 Gopal (Sang),
Tarsem (Rampura), 3 Amandeep (Rampura); 60 kg: 4 Rajesh Kumar (Sang),
2 Vikas (Bhawanigarh), 3 Kasim (Sang); 67.5kg: 1 Amrinder Singh
(Rampura), 2 Naib Singh (Sang), 3 Malkiat (Dhuri); 75kg: 1 Sandeep
(Sang), 2 Ravinder Singh (Sang), 3 Trilok Singh (Bhawanigarh); 82kg: 1
Ram Gopal (Bhawanigarh), 2 Navin (Rampura); 90kg: 1 Rakesh Kumar
(Sang), 2 Harvinder Singh (Sang), 3 Rashpreet (Dhawanigarh), 100kg: 1
Jagtar Singh (Amargarh), 2 Tajinderjit Singh (Bhawanigarh), 3 Narinder
Singh (Sang). |
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