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Kapil Modi emerges dressage champion

New Delhi, April 7
Kapil Modi, astride his Russian stallion ‘Domino’, has won the National Dressage Championship for the fourth consecutive time. The Kapil-Domino duo are the only pair in India to have won the championship four times consecutively.

This win is yet another plume on Kapil’s hat as dressage is one of the most demanding equestrian disciplines. The rider and the mount have to perform a series of very complicated and difficult gymnastic movements to accumulate winning points.

The judging in dressage is similar to that of figure skating, with the points awarded on the basis of accuracy, rhythm, technique and the art of movements. Kapil had a rather cakewalk victory as he was in perfect harmony with his mount. Kapil is trained by Dr Elena Petushkova, former World and Olympic champion.

Kapil, astride Domino, has won the FEI Dressage Championship title four times consecutively, to become the only team in Asia to do so. The young Kapil has now set his sights on qualifying for the Olympic Games in Athens, 2004. OSR

OCA to fund Olympic Bhavan

New Delhi, April 7
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has signed an agreement with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Daimler Chrysler for providing financial assistance to the tune of $ 100,000 under the “Olympasia Project” for the construction of the Olympic Bhavan at the Qutab Institutional Area in New Delhi.

The Bhavan will contain the offices of the IOA and multi-sports facilities, to meet the long-term aspirations of the IOA to have a permanent headquarters in Delhi. Presently, the IOA functions from a rented premises at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. OSR

Sonnet annex Devender Cricket Trophy
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, April 7
A dashing unbeaten 89 by Mayank Sidana and a deadly spell of 3 for 29 by Chetanya Nanda enabled Sonnet Club defeat Lal Bahadur Shastri Club by six wickets to annex the 12th Devender Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Tara Devi Mathur Trophy, at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium on Monday.

Put into bat, Shastri Club were restricted to 166 for 8 in the allotted 45 overs, thanks to the fierce bowling performance of Nanda. Shastri Club would have been in worse plight, but for the responsible knocks of Rajan Gupta, Sumit Dogra and Himanshu Mehta. In reply, Mayank Sidana and Shikhar Dhawan gave a blazing start to the Sonnet innings when they put on 76 runs for the opening wicket. Mayank’s 89 came off 115 balls, with seven boundaries while Shikhar scored 35, with four boundaries. Sonnet raced to 170 for the loss of four wickets in 42.2 overs.

President of the All-India Public Sector Control Board K Takchandani gave away the prizes. Shikhar Dawan was adjudged the best batsman, Amit Mishra the best bowler, Rajender Bisth the best all-rounder and Mayanak Sidana the man of the tournament.

Scores: Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 166 for 8 in 45 overs (Rajan Gupta 45, Sumit Dogra 41, Himanshu Mehta 30, Chetanya Nanda 3 for 29).

Sonnet Club: 170 for 4 in 42.2 overs (Mayank Sidana 89 n o, Shikhar Dhawan 35, Praveen Thapar 3 for 39).

Vikas bests Vijay in one-sided bout
Our Correspondent

New Delhi, April 7
Vikas of Bakner Akhara fought well to score a one-sided points verdict in his favour against team-mate Vijay in a 42kg Greco-Roman bout of the Delhi State Amateur Wrestling Championship at the Border Security Force campus at Chhawla in New Delhi on Monday.

Following are the results: 42 kg Greco-Roman: Vikas of Bakner Akhara beat Vijay, also of Bakner; Kamal of Bakner B Manish of Bakner.

46 kg wrestling greco roman: Satbir of Chandrup B Vinod of Bakner, Aditya of Subhash B Inderjit of Bakner.

50 kg wrestling greco roman: Praveen of Bakner B Vijender of Chandrup, Jitender of Nangal B Vinay of Dariyapur, Praveen of Bakner B Ravinder of Dariyapur.

54 kg wrestling greco roman: Rajbir of Bakner B Suraj of Nayabans, Vikram of Mohinder B Abhijeet of Chhatrasal.

58 kg wrestling greco roman: Jagat of Bakner B Mukesh of Bakner.

Anurag Tyagi stars for GMCA
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New Delhi, April 7
An all-round performance by Anurag Tyagi (3 for 34 and 46) and deadly bowling of 3 for 7 by Sidhant Kaushik and 3 for 37 by Tarun Chauhan helped Ghaziabad Mahanagar Cricket Academy (GMCA) defeat Delhi Public School (DPS), Ghaziabad by 28 runs in the All-India GMCA Under-14 Cricket Tournament at the Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad. Anurag received the man of the match award.

Scores: GMCA: 148 for 8 in 40 overs (Anurag Tyagi 46, Tarun Chauhan 34, Jasmeet Singh 3 for 23, Gahal Gaddi 2 for 22).

DPS: 120 all out in 23.4 overs (Amideep Singh 28, Arpit Chawla 31, Anurag Tyagi 3 for 34, Siddhant Kaushik 3 for 7, Tarun Chauhan 3 for 37).

Sehrawat, Sawant shine

A swashbuckling knock of 91 by Love Sehrawat and a devastating 7 for 20 bowling performance by leg-spinner Sawant Saini enabled Salwan Boys School beat Bharat National Academy by 109 runs in the Dr Hedgewar Cup Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the RSKP ground. Sehrawat was named the man of the match.

Scores: Salwan Boys: 241 for 3 in 40 overs (Lov Sehrawat 91, Tarun Chaudhary 65, Rajeev Sharma 34 n o, Yogesh Nagar 20, Saurabh Nischal 3 for 42.

Bharat Academy: 132 in 29.5 overs (Sameer Khurana 43, Varun Bali 32, Sahil Kher 31, Sawant Saini 7 for 20, Anant Marichi 3 for 25).

Gyan Bharti Academy win

A useful knock of 57 by Ankur Julka and deadly bowling by Naman Khanna (3 for 46) helped Gyan Bharti South Delhi Academy defeat Sambaran Cricket Academy by two wickets in an under-16 match played in Kolkata.

Scores: Sambaran Academy: 274 for 9 in 40 overs (Hirak Sen Gupta 63, Aritek Basu 37, Saiket Paul 47, Naman Khanna 3 for 46, Manav Sharma 2 for 31).

Gyan Bharti Academy: 278 for 8 in 39.3 overs (Ankur Julka 59, Aftab Lal 49, Manav Sharma 48, Arindam Basu 2 for 43, S Das 2 for 46).

Jatin spins Rajdhani to victory
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New Delhi, April 7
A crafty 4 for 3 bowling feat by left-arm spinner Jatin Khanna and a quickfire 40, studded with six fours, off 35 balls by Padamjeet Sehrawat helped Rajdhani Sports beat Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) by two wickets to enter the pre-quarter-final of the 13th Om Nath Sood Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Harchand Singh Longowal Sports Complex, Khalsa College ground. Electing to bat, Rajdhani Sports made 188 for 8 in 38.5 overs.

Jatin Khanna was adjudged the man of the match.

Scores: CWC: 185 in 40 overs (Amrish Gautam 64, Shalinder 24, Jatin Khanna 4 for 37, Joginder Singh 2 for 14, Rajesh Chander 2 for 43).

Rajdhani Sports: 188 for 8 in 38.5 overs (Padamjeet Sehrawat 40, Pramod Bhatti 32, Gaurav Mehta 31, Harish Kumar 28, Kuldeep Rawat 3 for 38, Surjit Verma 2 for 23, Rakesh Raman Jha 2 for 39).

MCC beat G M Academy

MCC Club, Vikaspuri defeated G M Academy by six wickets in the second Rajdhani Cup Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Sports Club ground.

Scores: G M Academy: 153 for 8 in 35 overs (Praveen Tehlan 42, Vikrant Yadav 32 n o, Binny Kumar 3 for 27, Narender Kumar 2 for 33, Sushil Kwatra 3 for 25).

MCC: 154 for 4 in 30 overs (Raghubeer Singh 52 n o, Binny Kumar 49, S. Kumar 3 for 6).

Lucent beat McKinsey

Lucent Technologies beat McKinsey by six wickets in the Reebok Cricket Tournament. Rajesh Singh was named the man of the match.

Scores: McKinsey: 115 all out in 23.3 overs (Hiten Dhruv 30, 41b, 6x1; Rohit Kapoor 17, 4x1, 14b; Sandeep Gambhir 3 for 7, Rajesh Singh 3 for 20, Gaurav 3 for 29).

Lucent Technologies: 117 for 4 in 16.4 overs .