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April 30, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Tamil Nadu
snatch dramatic victory Fleming a winner in drawn Test Indo-Pak cricket: BCCI for neutral venue
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Bopanna, Mankad ousted Lifters leave for
Commonwealth meet Airlines
lift hockey title Haryana
invites pension applications Roller
skating squads Punjab slips in school sports Third win for Amritsar
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Tamil
Nadu snatch dramatic victory New Delhi, April 29 Tamil Nadu snapped up the last five wickets of Delhi for 41 runs in 15.3 overs today to give a dramatic twist to the final day’s game, which lasted just 67 minutes. Delhi had raised visions of a victory — at least a close finish — when Virender Sehwag launched himself into a fierce assault on the Tamil Nadu bowling to remain unbeaten on 98 at the draw of stumps yesterday. But his knock turned out to a mere mirage as he could add only one run before he became the second victim of Balaji in the morning. N.S. Negi, who resumed on two not out, got out at the same score when Balaji trapped him plumb in front of the wicket, for the overnight total of 159. After the addition of four runs to the total, Sehwag too fell, when he was bowled neck and crop by Balaji. The Tamil Nadu medium pacer kept a steady line and length, with searing pace to match, to unsettle the Delhi batsmen who fell for his trap, and with the exit of Sehwag, it was all over bar shouting for Delhi. Captain S Suresh and left-arm spinner Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan mopped up the tail to dismiss Delhi for 200 in 53.3 overs. Sarandeep Singh was caught at mid on by Vidut off Suresh for ten while Rahul Sanghvi
edged Suresh into the gloves of wicket-keeper P Raju. Sanjay Gill was gobbled up by substitute Gokulkrishnan at mid-wicket off Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan while Amit Bhandari remained not out on four. The Delhi batsmen apparently took the field today with a defeatist attitude, and with Balaji producing a memorable bowling performance, it was just a matter of time before Tamil Nadu completed the formality of a quiet victory. The sudden capitulation of Delhi was totally unexpected as with the exit of Sehwag, they were rendered a rudderless ship, which floated around aimlessly for a while before hitting the bottom with a thud. Delhi needed to make 174 runs in 90 overs to pip the visitors, but they collapsed like a pack of cards to give an anti-climactic finish to the absorbing contest, which was played under blazing heat on the first two days, before a brief spell of rain and hail storm brought down the temperature to a tolerable level from the third day onwards. Tamil Nadu will take on Mumbai in Mumbai in the title clash from May 5. It was sweet revenge for Tamil Nadu as Delhi had crushed the visitors in the challenge round a few seasons at the very same ground, under the captaincy of Kirti Azad, who is now a national selector.
Scoreboard Tamil Nadu (Ist innings): 327 Delhi (1st innings): 256 Tamil Nadu (2nd innings): 261 Delhi (2nd innings):
(overnight 159 for five) A Chopra c Badani b Balaji 12 G Gambhir c sub (Badrinath) b Balaji 0 V Sehwag b Balaji 99 M Manhas c Raju b Balaji 4 V Kumar b Dhandapani 23 V Dahiya c Suresh b Shivramkrishnan 3 N S Negi lbw b Balaji 2 Sarandeep Singh c Shivramkrishnan b Suresh 10 R Sanghvi c Raju b Suresh 13 S Gill c sub (G’krishnan) b Shivramkrishnan 10 A Bhandari not out 4 Extras
(lb-6, b-5, w-5, nb-4): 20. Total
(all out, 53.3 overs): 200 FoW: 1-12, 2-22, 3-26, 4-96, 5-132, 6-159, 7-163, 8-178, 9-189. Bowling:
Balaji 16-4-49-5, Srinivas 8-3-22-0, Sarvanan 2-0-13-0, Suresh 9-3-40-2, Dhandapani 6-2-23-1, Sivaramakrishnan 12.3-1-42-2. |
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Fleming
a winner in drawn Test
Colombo, April 29 New Zealand, who made 515 for seven declared in their first innings before dismissing the home side for 483, declared again on 161 for five before both captain shook on a draw. The left-handed Fleming now averages 83 against the Sri Lankans, having scored one double century, one century and six fifties against them in eight Tests. His previous Test best score of 174 not out also came against them. There was some late consolations for the home side’s attack, as 20-year-old leg-spinner Kaushal Lokuarachchi, making his debut, took his first two Test wickets and Muttiah Muralitharan claimed three more to take his career tally to 442. Lokuarachchi trapped Matthew Horne (42) leg before for the first wicket and also dismissed Scott Styris. Off-spinner Muralitharan struck twice in four balls, with Jacob Oram caught by wicketkeeper Romesh Kaluwitharana on 19 and Robbie Hart caught by Sangakkara for a duck. Earlier he also had Mathew Sinclair caught for a single, to end with three for 41 off 30 overs. The other personal highlights came from Hashan Tillakaratne and Daniel Vettori. Sri Lanka’s new captain added 18 to reach 144 before he was bowled by strike bowler Shane Bond after Sri Lanka had resumed on 424 for six. Kiwi left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori then took three wickets, all lbw, in five balls to wrap up the innings. Vettori had a big lbw shout against Muralitharan turned down with his hat-trick ball. Only one New Zealander has ever claimed a Test hat-trick, off spinner Peter Petherick achieving the feat in 1976 against Pakistan. The second and final Test begins in Kandy on Saturday. New Zealand, third in the world Test rankings, have not won a series in Sri Lanka for 20 years. Scoreboard
New Zealand (Ist innings): 515-7 declared Sri Lanka (Ist innings :
overnight 424-6) Atapattu lbw Tuffey 0 Jayasuriya b Bond 50 Vaas c Fleming b Bond 4 Sangakkara c Oram
Jayawardene c Hart b Oram 58 Tillakaratne b Bond 144 Kaluwitharana c
Dharmasena lbw Vettori 31 Lokuarachchi not out 28 Nissanka lbw Vettori 0 Muralitharan lbw Vettori 0 Extras
(lb-21 nb-4): 25 Total (all out, 152 overs):
483 FoW:
1-0, 2-11, 3-114, 4-134, 5-267, 6-374, 7-444, 8-483, 9-483, 10-483. Bowling:
Tuffey 17-5-54-1 (nb-2), Bond 28-6-97-3 (nb-1), Oram 30-13-62-1 (nb-1), Vettori 33-8-94-3, Wiseman 41-13-127-2, Styris 3-0-28-0. New Zealand (IInd innings): Horne lbw Lokuarachchi 42 Fleming not out 69 Sinclair c sub
(Dilshan)
Styris lbw Lokuarachchi 16 Oram c Kaluwitharana
Hart c Sangakkara b
Richardson not out 6 Extras (lb-6 nb-1 b-1):
8 Total
(for five wickets, declared, 78 overs): 161 FoW:
1-71, 2-76, 3-108, 4-133, 5-133. Bowling: Vaas 7-2-27-0, Nissanka 6-1-18-0, Muralitharan 30-15-41-3 (nb-1), Lokuarachchi 19-2-47-2, Dharmasena 16-7-21-0.
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Indo-Pak cricket: BCCI for
neutral venue New Delhi, April 29 “Board president Jagmohan Dalmiya is of the view that we should abide by the government’s directives. But we will soon be requesting the Prime Minister to consider a proposal regarding staging of bilateral series in a neutral venue,” Rajiv Shukla, a board member and Rajya Sabha MP, told PTI here today. He said the board was taking whatever steps possible to revive the cricketing ties between the arch-rivals. “The BCCI is quite serious in reviving cricketing ties. But we are waiting for the Centre’s nod.” He declined to tell the date when he will be putting the request to the government. “You will come to know about it very soon.”
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Doping: tough task at hand for IOA today
New Delhi, April 29 The doping controversy that has cropped up with charges and counter charges being traded by athletes and federations promises to make this hearing a difficult one. The IOA’s Medical Commission and Anti-Doping Commission, after its meeting last week said it favoured giving the sportspersons, tested positive for banned substances, a personal hearing according to the rules of the International Olympic Committee and the IOA. But how much of the truth will come out in the open is a matter of debate. Prior to this doping scandal rocking the Indian sports scene, 19 athletes from the 31st National Games in Punjab had tested positive for dope. The IOA, however, has till date not furnished the names or details of the action taken against these sportspersons. IOA secretary-general Randhir Singh had on April 8 said that the names of all the 22 dope-tainted athletes will be announced after the IOA Medical Commission’s meeting on April 23. He had not made the names public earlier saying that he wanted the respective federations, which had been notified about the athletes, to give their reports on the sportsperons’ preference of laboratories, whether in India or abroad, for their ‘B’ sample tests in a bid to give them a fair chance. However, only two federations — the Rowing Federation of India (RFI) and the Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) — have till now come out with the names and the suspensions handed down to the athletes reported to them. IOA Medical Commission chairman Dr Manmohan Singh said on Sunday in Patiala that the body was committed to take action against the tainted athletes in consultation with the federations. The explanation of their circumstances and how they consumed the banned drug will also be examined in the hearing, Dr Singh had said. And it is this question of circumstances of taking the drugs that is bound to stir up a hornet’s nest with one banned athlete already going on record stating she was forced to take performance-enhancing drugs by a state federation. It is a well-known fact that athletes alone are not responsible for taking dope. They are administered by coaches and managers and sometimes even by the federations. Added to that is the role monetary incentives play in forcing an athlete to participate for a certain team and win — a view that has even been endorsed by the All India Council of Sports (AICS) in its meeting in New Delhi more than a fortnight ago. So even as the IOA Medical and Anti-Doping Commission finalises the procedures of handing out suspensions and bans to the athletes as per the guidelines of the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Council of Asia, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code, one may not even get close enough to the real culprits. UNI
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
New Delhi, April 29 In two matches played simultaneously at different venues, Sporting and Haywards registered thumping victories in similar fashion. While Sporting rallying from a 0-1 deficit pulled off a 2-1 victory Haywards swamped their opponents by a 3-0 margin. Both Haywards and Mohammedan have gathered seven points from three matches. Both of them will be in the NFL first division though the Goa club has a better goal difference. There will be five clubs from Goa and four from Kolkata in the big league next year. SBT could get only three points and are the third placed team. Air India losing all their matches finished at the bottom. Sporting went down one goal in the first half against SBT when in the 41st minute a corner-kick by A B Kabir found a waiting M Abdul Basheer free. Basheer headed in making the score 1-0. In the next half, the Kolkata side came back with vengeance. After a couple of moves were warded off, SBT defender Vinu Jose handed the ball in the box. The referee pointed towards the spot. Dipendu Biswas made no mistake converting the spot-kick making it 1-1. In the 63rd minute, Syed Nabi scored a brilliant goal from a solo run. He dodged Basheer in the box and placed the ball nicely into the goal. It was 2-1. For Haywards it was the same old story. Their game upfront revolved around the African recruits — Dudu Omagbemi and Amaechi Tochokwu as has been the case throughout the tournament. Amaechi Tochokwu scored a brace. In the 24th minute, a Omagbemi chip saw Tochokwu running free and flicking the ball over a diving AI goalie Rajat Guha. Haywards shot into a 2-0 lead even as the second half could roll on. In the box, a powerful shot by Omagbemi was saved by Guha and the Tochokwu scored off the rebound. The Goan side consolidated the lead in the 78th minute when Vincent Pires taking a floater from Omagbemi beat a diving Guha to register the third goal. UNI
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Bopanna, Mankad ousted
New Delhi, April 29 Bopanna simply “had an off day” as he went down to Thailand’s Danai Udomchoke 5-7, 2-6 while Dmitry Vlasov packed more ammunition to oust Mankad 6-4, 6-2 in the first round matches at the DLTA Courts. Vishal Uppal, the third of the four wild cards, held no hopes against a 105th ranked player and went down 1-6 3-6 to top seed John Van Lottum of the Netherlands. The desi challenge, however, was sustained with some American help as Prakash Amritraj, son of Vijay Amritraj based in the USA, moved into the second round with 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 victory over Noam Behr of Israel. It remains to be seen how far Amritraj, the only Indian left in the draw now, progresses this week. He had entered the second round of a $50,000 tournament in Texas last season, and will derive inspiration from the fact that Mankad reached the semifinal last week in Bangalore. The second seed and champion in Bangalore, Gregory Carraz of France, had to sweat little as his opponent Bulgarian Radoslav Lukaev complained of stomach upset and retired after only two games. The scores were level 1-1. Gouichi Motomura had tasted defeat in these courts two months ago when he played as part of the Japanese team in the Davis Cup tie. His luck here, however, seems to have changed little as he went out to Jonathan Erlich of Israel 5-7, 7-5, 4-6. For Bopanna, the last two weeks had been disappointing. He had lost in the second round in Bangalore, and here it was even worse. PTI
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Lifters leave for
Commonwealth meet Patiala, April 29 The focus will primarily be on Sydney Olympic bronze medallist, Karnam Malleswari and veteran Kunjarani Devi. While the former has her sights firmly fixed on the 2004 Athens olympics and has termed the Commonwealth championships as a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the same, the meet will also decide the future plans of Kunjarani Devi who is now in the twilight of an illustrious career spanning over a decade and a half. K. Malleswari had a five-month long stint at Minsk with her former coach Leonid Taranenko and had joined the national camp here only in the middle of March. She will be eyeing a medal in her favourite 69 kg weight class, the same in which she landed a medal in Sydney. Prior to her departure, Malleswari had told this reporter that she was confident of winning a medal and that she had a highly successful training stint at Minsk. She also confided that once the Athens Olympics were over, she would be concentrating on starting a weightlifting academy at Hyderabad for which the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister had already granted her approval. Interestingly, the squad has left without the highly talented Pujari Shelja whose name was abruptly withdrawn by the Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) midway through the camp. Although the IWF assigned no particular reason for Shelja’s withdrawal, yet their were enough indications that her sudden `removal’ from the camp might have had something to do with the dope results of the junior national championships held at Chennai recently. The lifter, on whose request the federation had provided her a personal coach, K.Amarnath, to train at the NIS here, had earlier tested positive for a banned substance during the 2001 edition of the junior national championships. P.Shelja had won a gold medal in the Hyderabad National Games in the 75 kg weight class and her omission has paved the way for Sumanthi Devi for the Tonga meet. The IWF think tank has also changed the weight class of another talented lifter, Sanamacha Chanu for the Commonwealth championships. Earlier in the Busan Asiad, where the lifter had failed to make an impact, Chanu had taken part in the 48 kg class. However, now she has been shifted to the upper 53 kg class where she will have to prove her credentials. The 48 kg category is considered to be the `domain’ of Kunjarani Devi in Indian weightlifting as the lifter has been competing in this category throughout her career. In the men’s section, the spotlight will be on Satheesha Rai, who will be competing in an international meet for the first time ever since he was suspended in the aftermath of the Manchester Commonwealth games. The lifter had turned out a positive dope result at Manchester and the IWF had slapped a six month ban on him. Meanwhile, the urine samples of all the lifters were collected from the NIS on April 29 and the squad was announced only after the `all clear’ signal was given by the New Delhi based SAI lab. The teams:
Vicky Batta (56 kg), A.Kaliram (62 kg), Sudhir Kumar (69 kg), Satheesha Rai (77 kg), Sushil Kumar (85 kg). (Women): Kunjarani Devi (48 kg), Sanamacha Chanu (53 kg), Pratima Kumari (63 kg), K. Malleswari ( 69 kg), Sumanthi Devi (75 kg), Simple (75 kg plus). Chief coach: P.S. Sandhu. Assistant coaches: Ranjan Singh, Ramesh Malhotra. |
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Airlines
lift hockey title
Mumbai, April 29 In fact, the first 25 minutes of the match were confined to mid-field tussle. In the 27th minute Indian Oil’s centre half Inderjeet Singh’s attempt beat international goalkeeper Ashish Ballal but IA’s defender V S
Vinay, who won the ‘most promising player’ of the tournament award later, cleared the ball in time. Two minutes later Dhanraj Pillay’s try following the third penalty corner was well saved by Indian Oil’s international goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan. With a minute to go for half time IA’s Ballal came up with a good save when Lakwinder Singh tried to score off defender Inder Salaria pass In the 60th minute Dhanraj Pillay had a gilt edged chance but failed to trap Prabodh Tirkey’s pass. In the fag end of extra time Ballal came up with the best save of the day when he stopped a stinging shot from Indian Oil defender Bikramjeet Singh following the sixth penalty corner.
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Haryana
invites pension applications Chandigarh, April 29 Stating this here today, a spokesman of the department said that the sportsperson should be over 60 years and his income should be up to Rs 25,000 per annum from all sources. The applicants should send their applications along with copies of their certificates in support of their participation in Olympic, Asian and other international games. Besides, the copies of certificates for achieving first, second or third position in various national level games should also be sent. |
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Roller
skating squads Patiala, April 29 The squads were announced after the PRSA held a 21-day training camp at the Rink Hall here and at Ludhiana, according to Mr S.S Tiwana, secretary, PRSA. The teams: Sub-junior boys: Harsimran Singh, Tajeshwar Singh, Divya Pal, Charanpreet (all Patiala), Parminder Singh, Shamsher Singh, Bikramjit Siingh, Lohit Goyal (all Sangrur), Parminder Singh (Amritsar), Eshaan Bhardwaj (Jalandhar).
Junior boys: Jaspreet Singh, Simran Ghai, Vikram Singh, Sukhjit Pal Singh (all Patiala), Pushpinder Singh, Yadvinder Singh, Kanwaljit Singh (all Sangrur), Manavpreet Singh, Navdeep Singh (Amritsar), Jodh Singh
(Ludhiana).Senior boys: Gurinder Singh, Gautam Kamboj, Sarabjit Singh, Tejpal Singh, Ankit Vij (all Patiala), Narinder Nagi, Harkirat Bhatia (both Ludhiana), Jaspreet Singh, Harkanwal Singh (both Amritsar), Ramesh Kumar (Sangrur).
Senior girls: Samriti Bhushan, Rekha, Savita, Yogpreet, Harpreet Kaur, Ritu Mattu, Palvi Singh, Daljit Kaur, Yogita Sharma (all Amritsar), Jasneerath Sekhon (Patiala).
Speed skaters: 6-8 years: boys: Kanwaldeep Singh (Ludhiana), Harshdeep Singh (Sangrur); girls: Alisha Puri (Ludhiana), Navpreet Kaur (Sangrur),
8-10 years (boys): Bandhul Hans (Ludhiana), 10-12 years: boys: Gurashish Pal Singh (Ludhiana);
girls: Roopan Dhillon, Suranshi, Jasmine Puri (Ludhiana). 12-14 years: boys: Chakshu Jain (Amritsar), Nirbhai Singh (Ludhiana);
girls: Puneet Kaur (Ludhiana), Aastha (Patiala). 14 and above: boys:
Balwinder Singh (Amritsar), Gurwinder Singh (Patiala), Ramanpreet Singh (Patiala). |
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Punjab
slips in school sports Chandigarh, April 29 In the year 1997-98, Punjab won 54 medals, in 1998-99, 40 medals; in 1999-2000, 93 medals and in 2001-02 97 medals; last year, the state bagged 110 medals. As per the list released by the Punjab Education Department this year, Punjab secured eight gold, 12 silver, and six bronze medals. In the 47th National School Games, Punjab won the overall championship in athletics (under-19), archery (under-14), basketball (under-19), boxing, kabaddi-boys under 17, handball (boys) and girls (under-19). |
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Third
win for Amritsar Amritsar, April 29 Amritsar have garnered 24 points. Amritsar have already conquered Ludhiana and Minor Districts (pool-B). Resuming their second innings at yesterday’s score of 54 for four, the entire team of Jalandhar collapsed for 160. The credit for Amritsar’s success went to Charanjit Singh who claimed five scalps after giving 45 runs while Gaurav Bhandari managed to get two wickets during his spell. The highest scorers for Jalandhar were Asim Tulsi (47) and Robin Singh (30). Chasing the target, Amritsar in the second innings scored 154 for four in 46 overs. The major contributors for the hosts were Rahul Khosla 62 and Saransh Thakur 34.
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