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DULEEP TROPHY Asiad
gold medallist Shivnath dead 3 Indian
grapplers move into final Kolkata
football rivalry hots up Footballers
seek greener pastures Abhinn,
Meenakshi clinch titles ‘Abundant
basketball talent in Punjab’ Junior
national basketball from today Haryana,
Chandigarh lads advance Amanpreet
excels ‘Stop age-limit cricket
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Ferrero, unseeded Verkerk in title clash
Paris, June 6 The 23-year-old third seed will play unseeded Dutchman Martin Verkerk in Sunday's final at Roland Garros after a display of cool-headed panache on a baking centre court. Costa, seeded nine, had recovered from two sets down to win three times already in the tournament but another comeback proved beyond him. Ferrero dominated the first set, recovered from 5-3 down in the second to snatch it on a tiebreak and outmanoeuvred Costa in the third to move to within one victory of his maiden grand slam triumph. French Open revelation Martin Verkerk became only the third Dutchman to reach a grand slam final today when he beat Guillermo Coria 7-6, 6-4, 7-6 at Roland Garros. Without a single grand slam match win coming into the tournament, unseeded Verkerk’s showing here has been little short of miraculous. "I don’t know what happened. It is a dream for me, it is unbelievable," the 24-year-old said, eyes watering and lips quivering with emotion. "To reach the final of Roland Garros is the dream of any kid starting to play tennis. It is unbelievable." "I wasn’t cool, I was really nervous and my whole life went through me...I have no words for this." Not since Richard Krajicek won Wimbledon in 1996 had a Dutch player reached the final of a grand slam. The only other was Tom Okker who was runner-up at the US Open in 1968. The last unseeded male player to reach the final here was Andrei Medvedev in 1999. Ranked 46th in the world, Verkerk will face either champion Albert Costa or third seed Juan Carlos Ferrero in Sunday’s final. Verkerk finished off Coria in two hours 40 minutes but the match could have been over after just a set when the Argentine narrowly avoided disqualification at the end of the first set. The seventh seed had just lost the opening set tiebreak when he slung his racket in disgust to the back of the court. It flew several metres at head height and grazed a ballgirl, named by organisers only as Perinne. Coria, who could have been disqualified over the incident, recognised the enormity of the situation and immediately threw his hands in the air and looked to French chair umpire Cedric Mourier as the French crowd jeered and whistled. The player took off his shirt and handed it to the 16-year-old before holding his hands together at chest height, touching his heart and asking if she was okay.
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Record bodes well for Henin-Hardenne
Paris, June 6 Both 21-year-old Henin-Hardenne, who comes from the French-speaking Walloon region, and Clijsters, from the majority Dutch-speaking Flanders region, will be bidding to become the first Belgian Grand Slam champion. It is the second Grand Slam final for both, with Clijsters reaching the 2001 French Open final, and Henin-Hardenne runner-up in Wimbledon the same year. But as she eliminated world number one Serena Williams yesterday, Henin-Hardenne must have remembered the heartache of her first Grand Slam defeat to the powerful American’s elder sister Venus two years ago just hours after her grandfather suffered a massive heart attack and died. That tragedy happened only a few months after Henin-Hardenne, whose mother died of cancer when she was 12, also lost a three-month-old nephew to cot death syndrome. Henin-Hardenne was taken straight back to Belgium by Crown Prince Philippe and his wife, Princess Mathilde, who had watched the match from the Royal Box. This time out the Belgian, who married boyfriend Pierre-Yves Hardenne last November and was the 1997 French Open junior champion, wants to fulfil her vow to her mother when she attended Roland Garros as a child, that one day she too would be holding the trophy. “I used to say ‘mum, one day that will be me’,” recalls the player, who standing 5ft 5in and weighing 57kg has proved that she is more than a match for her larger opponents. “I’ll fight every point for sure to try and win my first Grand Slam title,” said Henin-Hardenne, who believes that clay is her best chance of a Grand Slam win. “Power is not the same as that on a hard court. So I believe maybe a little bit more in my chances on a clay court for sure.” Her record this season bodes well for the fourth-seeded Henin-Hardenne, winning three of her nine titles, and becoming only the fourth woman in tennis history to win the clay court titles in Charleston and Berlin successively. “I’m feeling much stronger than last year - physically and mentally. I’m feeling confident,” said Henin-Hardenne, who has won three of her last four meetings on clay against world number two Clijsters, including the Berlin final. “Kim is a great player. It’s going to be difficult to win this match tomorrow. We just have to think that I’m in the final. That’s what’s the most important for me.” “It’s going to be a very special day for everyone in Belgium and for us too.” Clijsters, daughter of former Belgium soccer international Leo, was relishing the opportunity of meeting compatriot Henin-Hardenne in the final, and giving herself an early present for her 20th birthday Sunday. She too has been rapidly improving, also winning three of her 13 WTA titles this year including recently on clay in Rome. And their friendship will not stand in the way of their determination to win.
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Indian girls lose
New Delhi, June 6 The Indian pair lost in straight sets 0-6 2-6 to Katerina Bohmova of the Czech Republic and Michaela Krajicek of Holland, according to information received here.
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Pillay, Gaganajit to play today
Sydney, June 6 The Indians need only a draw to cruise into the final for the second time in the competition and the pressure will be squarely on Pakistan in what promises to be a classic duel of skill and nerves. The Pakistanis, handicapped by the absence of three senior players, have been struggling to make a mark in the four-team tournament but will be determined to avenge the first-leg defeat at the hands of their traditional rivals. The team, which went without a win in the first leg, broke the sequence with a solitary goal victory against Australia ‘A’ but the 3-4 loss against Australia yesterday has left them with no option but to get the better of the Indians to keep their hopes of making it to the final alive. Though the Indians appear quite confident of beating the Pakistanis, coach Rajinder Singh has warned his boys not to get too complacent as their rivals were quite capable of turning the tables on any fancied team. “We will have to play really well to beat a vastly improved Pakistani side, who have played superbly in their last two matches. They are limping back to their usual form and we will go all out to beat them tomorrow,” Rajinder Singh said. “A match between the two sides is always special for not only the players but also people worldwide. Tomorrow’s match will be fiercer than what Perth saw last week,” Rajinder Singh said. After making several changes to the team for the match against Australia ‘A’, which the visitors won 4-3, India are likely to bring back regular goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan in place of Kamaldeep Singh, who fully utilised the first opportunity he got on the tour by coming up with at least three brilliant saves. Mercurial striker Dhanraj Pillay who was rested yesterday will be back to lead the side against Pakistan. Despite the youngsters performing well against Australia ‘A’, seniors Gaganajit Singh and Baljit Saini, who were also rested, are likely to return to the side for the match. Rajinder Singh said India would be continue to play attacking hockey and the high scoring rate in the last two matches had vindicated the faith he put on his strikers. “After the Perth leg, where almost all the matches were low scoring, we have started well here scoring seven goals in two matches. This shows the improvement in our game and the strikers are playing really well which is a good sign.” Pakistan, on the other hand, are trying hard to cope with the pressure after missing three key players, who were dropped on disciplinary ground. In the absence of former captain Mohammad Nadeem, short corner expert Sohail Abbas and Mohammad Wasim, the Pakistani team has clearly struggled to play to their potential in the competition. The Pakistanis, however, have put up an improved performance in the second leg which has raised hopes of a keenly contested encounter between the two arch-rivals. With the team undergoing a rebuilding process after its Azlan Shah tournament title win in Malaysia in March, a victory against India tomorrow would give them the perfect tonic to look for a brighter future.
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Zimbabwe
dismissed for 94
Chester-le-Street (England), June 6 Debutant paceman Richards Johnson took six wickets as Zimbabwe were skittled out for 94 runs in the first innings. At one stage the visitors were tottering at 48 for eight, but tailender R Price made 17 as Zimbabwe could get close to the hundred-run mark. At tea Zimbabwe were 35 for seven in reply to England’s 416, a deficit of 381 and still 182 short of avoiding the follow-on. Johnson, first selected by England for the 1995 tour of South Africa before a back injury meant he never boarded the plane, had five for 18 in eight overs and James Anderson, in only his second Test, two for 13 in seven. Somerset seamer Johnson, 28, took two wickets in two balls in his first over in Test cricket when, bowling the second over of the innings, he had opener Mark Vermeulen lbw for nought off his third ball. Scoreboard England (Ist innings) (overnight 298-5) Trescothick c Taibu b Price 43 Vaughan c Ervine b Streak 20 Butcher b Hondo 47 Hussain c Taibu b Hondo 18 Key c Flower b Hondo 4 Stewart lbw b Streak 68 McGrath c Taibu b Blignaut 81 Giles c Ervine b Streak 50 Johnson c Streak b Blignaut 24 Harmison c Vermeulen b Streak 11 Anderson not out 12 Extras (b-1 lb-5 w-7 nb-25) 38 Total 416 Fall of wickets: 1-49 2-109 3-146 4-152 5-156 6-305 7-324 8-356 9-390. Bowling: Streak 34.1-11-64-4, Blignaut 23-4-95-2, Hondo 22-1-98-3, Ervine 3-0-17-0, Price 40-9-105-1, Friend 4-0-26-0, Flower 1-0-5-0. Zimbabwe (1st innings): Ebrahim lbw b Anderson 6 Vermeulen lbw b Johnson 0 Carlisle lbw b Johnson 0 Flower c Trescothick b Anderson 8 Taibu lbw b Johnson 31 Ervine c Stewart b Johnson 0 Friend lbw b Johnson 0 Streak lbw b Johnson 4 Blignaut c Anderson b Harmison 13 Price lbw b Harmison 17 Hondo not out 5 Extras: (b-5, lb-3, nb-2) 10 Total: (all out, 32.1 overs) 94 Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-3, 3-11, 4-18, 5-23, 6-31, 7-35, 8-48, 9-73. Bowling:
Anderson 10-2-30-2, Johnson 12-4-33-6, Harmison 9.1-3-22-2, Giles 1-0-1-0.
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Tendulkar
back after surgery Mumbai, June 6 Tendulkar had gone to the USA to undergo the surgery following an injury he suffered during India’s tour to New Zealand in December last. He had thereafter played the World Cup in South Africa nursing the injury. Hordes of fans who had gathered at the Chhatrapai Shivaji International Airport here to get a glimpse of the star, had to go back dejected as security personnel formed a wall around him and whisked him away to a waiting car. Tendulkar had undergone surgery at a hospital in Baltimore in the month of April. He arrived along with his wife and two children.
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DULEEP TROPHY
Mumbai, June 6 “There is a likelihood of inviting a foreign team for next year’s Duleep Trophy cricket tournament, to be played on league-cum-knock-out basis”, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar said today. Speaking to reporters after chairing the Ranji Trophy captains and coaches meeting here, Gavaskar said “as the English county season ends by September there is a strong likelihood of the winning county or the Bangladesh national team participating in the Duleep Trophy next season”. “We are planning to have the sixth team to the zonal championship so as to make the tournament more competitive though nothing has been finalised so far”, Gavaskar, who is the chairman of BCCI’s Technical Committee, said. Describing today’s meeting as “a very good interaction with captains and coaches”, Gavaskar said “everybody present during the meeting has contributed in a bid to improve the domestic structure with discussions on pitches, format of tournaments, umpires and match observers. Now the technical committee will take a final decision on these matters”. The former India opener also stressed that top players in the country like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid should participate in the domestic tournaments to make them more competitive. “However, it (top players’ participation) is going to be difficult due to their heavy international
commitments at the moment”, he added. The cricket board president, Jagmohan Dalmiya said “the board has decided to have such meetings annually.” “In fact, most of the captains and coaches were satisfied with the double-tier Ranji Trophy format, which was introduced last year, but felt there has to be some adjustments regarding points system which the technical committee will change in their meeting”, he added. “Likewise the Duleep Trophy is likely to be reverted back to the zonal basis with a foreign team being added to make it more
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Asiad gold medallist Shivnath dead
New Delhi, June 6 Fifty seven-year-old Shivnath Singh, who was infected with Hepatitis ‘B’ succumbed to his illness after battling the disease, according to Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) secretary Lalit Bhanot. Shivnath Singh had finished 11th with a timing of 2:16.22.0 in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games Marathon. He displayed extra-ordinary stamina to win a marathon in 1978 at Jalandhar in 2:11:59.4 secs and his timing is still the national record in this event. Soft-spoken and genteel in his behaviour, Shivnath won a gold and a silver medal also set up a Asian record in 5000m in the 7th Asian Games at Tehran in 1974. He won gold in 5000 metres setting a new Asian record with a time of 14:20.5 secs and took a silver in 10,000 m clocking 30:51.6 sec. Earlier in the 1973 Asian Track and Field meet, Shivnath won silver medals in 5000 and 10,000 metres. In the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games, Shivnath had secured fifth position in marathon with a time of 2:18.00.5 sec.
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3 Indian grapplers move into final New Delhi, June 6 Gurbinder Singh got a walkover in the semi-finals of the 66 kg Greco Roman event against Y S Abdul of Syria to move into the finals without having to sweat it out, while Geetika Jhakar won her third round match against Rasulova Mursawa of Kyrgystan to book her place in the title clash in the 63 kg Free Style event. The third finalist was Kiran Sihag, who by virtue of having just another competitor in the 67 kg Free Style event, moved into the finals that will be played tomorrow. Palwinder Singh Cheema, also got off to an impressive start in the 120kg free style bout. Palwinder Singh, the Commonwealth Games gold medallist and a bronze winner in the Asian Games at Busan, proved too much to handle for Gankhuyag Dorjpalam of Mongolia and won on points at 5-3. It was a tough encounter, and Cheema had to bring out all his
strength and apply his skills to subdue the Mongolian. On the organisational front too, it was smooth-sailing for the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) as the federation is learnt to have got the daily rent of the mammoth stadium waived, through Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Vikram Verma. Mr Verma was furious when he found the air-conditioner non-functional when he came to inaugurate the championship yesterday afternoon. He took stadium administrator Shyam Sundar to task, and is
learnt to have asked Sports Authority of India (SAI) director-general Shekhar Dutt to transfer the official. Shyam Sunder was reportedly served a memo today, though the non-functioning of the airconditioning plant was not the fault of this upright administrator—one of the handful of efficient administrators in the SAI fold. The airconditioning plant at the stadium is as old as the stadium itself, and it was due for repair when the Asian championship came around, though there was no clear demand from the WFI that it wanted the airconditioner to be functional during the championship. In the women’s free style events, three of the Indian girls ended up on the losing side. Renu Bala was pinned down in 43 seconds by Nimako Hattor of Japan in the 51kg while Alka Tomar lost to Rena Iwamo of Japan on points at 0-11 in the 59kg. Kang Min Jeong of Korea had to sweat it out to overpower Gursharan Preet on points at 3-2 in the 72kg category. Sushil Kumar showed panther-like agility in overpowering an unrelenting Jung Hung Ho of Korea in the 60kg free style bout. But another of India’s medal hope, Jagdish Kali Raman, lost to Koo Hak Ja of Korea in the 96kg first round bout. Pawan Kumar of India kindled hopes of a medal when he downed Marebn Kool Mani of Syria on points at 3-1 to move into the challenge round in the 66kg event. Anuj Kumar brightened his medal hopes in the 84kg event by beating Takjao Isokawa of Japan on points at 5-1. |
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Kolkata football rivalry hots up
Kolkata, June 6 Remaining jobless over six weeks, Asia’s best coach for April, 2002, Bhattacharjee accepted the offer to train DTDC Tollygunge Agragami with a vow to guide his new club to triumph in every tournament they play this season. Tollygunge are known for their opposition to Mohun Bagan, especially in the Kolkata maidan, next to the traditional enemy of East Bengal. Bagan, after sacking Bhattacharjee for “anti-club activities’’ on April 15, successfully broke the Tolly home by appointing its coach Aloke Mukherjee with a lucrative salary. As posts of coaches in the major clubs were already full, Bhattacharjee had no choice but to accept the National Football League’s lower ranked club’s offer. Tollygunge had secured the ninth place in the 12-team NFL championship under Mukherjee. While Bhattacharjee’s former playing rival Subash Bhowmick has cemented his position to train East Bengal with a better salary for winning five trophies the club played last season including the NFL, Mohammed Habib renewed his footholds with Mohammedan Sporting Club after lifting the side to the NFL’s first division, the fourth club from the city to play the elite group of the country’s premiere football league. Another Super Division outfit of the city Eveready have already made an agreement with Amal Dutta to coach the club for the next six months. While East Bengal have already made their home intact by keeping most of the high-paid players who had helped the club win five trophies — Super League, IFA shield, Independence Cup of Assam, Durand and NFL, Mohun Bagan, too, made some good recruitments with Tollygunge’s striker Ashim Biswas being a good catch. Among the domestic players, Biswas had made his mark in the NFL, scoring 11 goals and the match-winner in Bengal’s triumph in the under-21 competition. Knowing all about his new club, Bhattacharjee agreed to train Tollygunge this season as a challenge to his rivals in the maidan. Bhattacharjee said the season would be a challenging one both in the domestic tournaments and the NFL. Accusing squarely his former playing partner Aloke Mukherjee for “poor’’ ranking of Tollygunge in the NFL, Bhattacharjee said, “I do not consider a coach successful when his club fights relegation.’’ Mukherjee and Bhattacharjee for several years had helped Mohun Bagan win trophies as they guarded the defence. Now they are poles apart because of their new professional assignments. “I will give cent per cent effort to guide my new club to win trophies in domestic as well as national tournament,’’ Bhattacharjee had told reporters when he was introduced by club secretary Mantu
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seek greener pastures Patiala, June 6 The names of Harninder Singh, Amarinder Singh, Anil Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Deepak Kumar and Vipan Kumar have been cleared by the All India Football Federation in its first list of 82 players who have sought transfers from different clubs to new ones. Harninder, Amarinder, Anil Kumar, Ajay Kumar and Deepak, who till now had turned out for the Patiala District Football Association (PDFA) in various tournaments, would now play for the National Club in the Delhi league. Vipan Kumar has changed his priorities from PDFA and will be representing Western Railway in future. The National club will be doling out anything between Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000 per annum to each of these players to play in the league while Vipan will get a monthly stipend of Rs 7,500. All of these players used to practise at the local Polo grounds under the tutelage of senior football coach Mr S.S Gill. They comprised the nucleus of the Patiala district team which won the previous edition of the senior Punjab football championship held at Bassi Pathana in March this year. Says Mr Gill about this development, “ it’s going to be a big loss for Patiala football. We will have to hunt for fresh talent if the district is to fare well in future state level tournaments. However, I would like to see these boys playing in at least the second division of the National Football League (NFL). If they play in the Delhi league and prefer to remain there for the rest of their career’s, then this move will prove to be counter-productive.” Adds Mr Gill, “ winning a couple of state-level tourneys creates an illusion of sorts. On the contrary, consistency is a better yardstick. Viewed from this standpoint, it is indisputable that these boys should perform at an exemplary level to meet the hopes of the new club they have adopted to play in.” Earlier too, two city boys, Jaspal Singh and Inderjeet Singh, had left the PDFA to play in the Delhi soccer league. They gave a good account of themselves and after a year both of them found a regular place in teams playing in the second division of the NFL. Indisputably, the PDFA collective loss on the soccer field may turn out to be beneficial to the individual career’s of these six youngsters who have bid adieu to the city’s soccer fraternity in their endeavour to seek better opportunities elsewhere. |
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Abhinn, Meenakshi clinch titles
Mumbai, June 6 India No. 1 Abhinn Shyam of Petroleum Sports Control Board, staved off a determined challenge from Karnataka’s Anup Sridhar in a thrilling second game, to triumph 15-7, 17-16 in a contest that lasted 50 minutes. In similar fashion, Meenakshi ignored the loss of the opening game to overcome second seed Shruti Kurien for a 9-11, 11-6, 11-6 victory. Sridhar took a little longer than usual to settle down before striking a rhythm. But once he discovered the form that helped him beat the formidable Nikhil Kanetkar in Thursday’s semi-finals, he fought his way back into the match in brilliant fashion. Sridhar stretched a cautious Abhinn Shyam in a riveting second game that went neck-and-neck, as the match was poised to go into the third and final game. Trailing early in the game, Sridhar pulled back and drew level at 10-all to set the stage for an absorbing contest. A thriller it was, as Sridhar reached 14-12 and threatened to take the match into the decider.
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‘Abundant basketball talent in Punjab’ Ludhiana, June 6 This was observed by Mr Zoran Radovic, Chief of International Relations and Development, Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) at a press conference here last evening. Mr Radovic, who represented Yugoslavia in two World Cups and was a member of the team for nine years and was former President of the Yugoslavia Basketball Federation and is at present incharge of Asia, Europe and the Oceania, was in the city during his four-day visit to the country. He went around the indoor basketball stadium, constructed in 2001 on the eve of the 31st National Games in Punjab and the venue of the 54th Junior National Basketball Championship which begins on June 7. He suggested that such stadia should be constructed in the rural areas and the junior players should accompany the seniors during the tournaments so that the young promising cagers could get exposure and improve their game after watching the seniors. Before coming to the city, Mr Radovic visited the capital where he met the officials of the Ministry of Sports and Youth affairs, Sports Authority of India and the Sports Council of India. He said after, China, Japan and Korea, India, along with the Phillipines and Iran, had the potential to become a major force in basketball. He said he would advise the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) to spread the game to the rural areas and also prepare young promising players. He said basketball should be played on the synthetic mat as the wooden and hard surface was not good for this game. He would submit his
assessment report on the ‘current position’ and advice for the upliftment of the game to the FIBA and the BFI by the end of this month. He was of the opinion that the coaches should not be under the control of the
government, their services should rather be at the disposal of the associations. Mr Rajdeep Singh Gill, President, BFI, who was also present on this occasion, said the federation would take up the issue with the international body governing the game regarding recruiting the foreign coaches. He said the visting official, earlier in the day, met former national and international players of different games at Jalandhar. Arjuna awardee Sajjan Singh Cheema, Teja Singh Dhaliwal, honorary general secretary, PBA, and SL Lotey, District Sports Officer, were among others who attended the function. |
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national basketball from today Ludhiana, June 6 The teams have been divided into five groups. During the first four days of this meet as many as 64 matches will be played on league basis. Thereafter, the knock-out matches will be conducted from the pre-quarter finals onwards. Sixteen matches, seven in the morning session while nine in the evening session will be played daily. Hosts Punjab (boys) who have been the champions for the last three years (2000 at Sarkaghat, 2001 at Bhilai and 2002 at Bhilai) are placed in group ‘A’ with Haryana, Uttaranchal, Orissa and Pondicherry. The group ‘B’ consist of last year’s losing finalists Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chandigarh and Maharashtra while the group ‘C’ has Delhi, West Bengal, Goa and Kerala. Other groups have teams from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka in group ‘D’ while group ‘E’ has Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand. The Punjab girls team has been
placed in ‘A’ group along with Kerala, Delhi and West Bengal while the current champions, Chhattisgarh are in the group ‘B’ with Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh and Rajasthan; Group ‘C’ has Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Gujarat and Pondicherry, group ‘D’ has teams from Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Orissa while group ‘E’ consists of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand. On the opening day of the meet, Punjab boys begin their campaign with match against Haryana while girls in their inaugural match will take on Delhi. The matches will start at 6 am. However, the championship will be
formally declared open by Mr Gurcharan Singh Ghalib, member of Parliament from Ludhiana at 5 pm. A cultural programme, tent pegging and a dare-devil show on motorcycles by the jawans of the Punjab Police will be the main attraction of the opening ceremony. |
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Haryana, Chandigarh
lads advance Chandigarh, June 6 In the girls matches played this evening, Uttar Pradesh got the better of Gujarat 29-05 followed by Uttranchal who defeated Dadra Nagar Haveli 15-0, Assam beat Jammu and Kashmir 10-3 while Andhra Pradesh trounced Maharashtra 13-4. In the other boys matches of the day, Uttar Pradesh defeated Himachal Pradesh 37-01, Rajasthan beat Manipur 26-10, Chhatisgarh downed Gujarat 24-08, Andhra Pradesh whipped J & K 23-04, Delhi beat Karnataka 31-05, Jharkhand defeated Dadra Nagar Haveli 15-01, Haryana thrashed Gujarat 19-06, Rajasthan defeated Andhra Pradesh 22-14 and Orissa beat Himachal Pradesh 25-03. Uttar Pradesh lads got the better of Tamil Nadu 23-11, Jharkhand defeated J&K 20-06, Andhra Pradesh beat Manipur 18-09, Delhi routed Assam 31-05, Gujarat pipped West Bengal 15-13 while Tamil Nadu subdued Maharashtra 10-04. |
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Amanpreet excels Chandigarh, June 6 In the small bore free rifle prone (ISSF) men individual section, Dhanbir Singh of Patiala shot 554 to remain in lead. In the open sight standard rifle prone men individual — Babbir Masih of Muktsar was leading with 496, while in women section of the same event, Shanti Gurung of Patiala was ahead of open with 411. In the .177 open sight Air Rifle men individual and team championship, Gaurav Singla of Ludhiana was in lead, while in women section, Samheet Kaur was leader. In the .177 Peep Sight Air Rifle men individual section, Rahul Verma of Ludhiana was in lead, while Simran of Sangrur took the lead in women’s section. In the Air Pistol sub-junior women section, Preeti Tomar of Muktsar shot 331/400 to remain in lead, while in sub-junior men section, Raghav of Ropar was leader. In the Air Pistol, men’s section, Raman was in lead, while in women’s section, Kamaljeet was in command. In the junior men section, Narinder Pal of Muktsar remained in lead. |
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‘Stop age-limit cricket
tournaments’ Patiala, June 6 One of the reasons being given to do away with under-13 and under-15 tourneys is that the organisers neither instruct the players to undergo age determination medical tests, nor are their birth certificates submitted. This enables teams to field overage cricketers, against which protests are lodged by rival teams. Age determination medical tests have been made mandatory by the Punjab Cricket Association
(PCA). This practice is followed by the PCA in numerous age-limit tournaments. Another reason being advocated by some former Ranji players and other senior cricketers is that in any under-17 tournament, the basics are thrown to the winds. The spinner’s panel set up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India has recommended that no
limited-overs matches should be conducted at the under-17 level. Another school of thought is that age-limit tournaments have a 20 or 30 over-a-side format. |
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