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June 13, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Prakash Amritraj gets past West Indies prevent Sri Lankan sweep Kaif leads
Derbyshire
to victory Germany prevail over Faroe Islands Punjab cagers enter semifinals of junior |
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9 disciplines
recognised Women’s hockey academy launched India set for clean
sweep Punjab in last 8 Inter-district badminton
results Delhi to host half marathon DFA Gurgaon beat Mandi XI PRSA welcomes govt decision
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Prakash Amritraj gets past Eliran Dooyev Chandigarh, June 12 Vijay Kannan, the No 3 seed, also won in straight sets to stay on course for a final showdown with Prakash Amritraj. Kannan easily got past sixth-seeded Vinod Sridhar 6-4, 6-1. In another quarterfinal Mustafa Ghouse came out on top in a tough match with fourth-seeded Ajay Ramaswami. Ghouse won in three sets 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3. He clashes with Prakash Amritraj in the semifinal tomorrow morning. Playing in the afternoon, Amritraj started strongly and quickly built up a 5-2 lead. Serving to stay in the match Dooyev found himself 0-40 down but served excellently to bring the game to deuce, saving all the three set-points. Amritraj wasted another set point before Dooyev netted a volley to hand Amritraj the first set. Dooyev picked up his game in the second set but Amritraj continued to put pressure on his serve. Dooyev, somehow, managed to hold and brought the score to 4-4. Serving to stay in the match, Dooyev was suddenly bitten by the double-fault bug. Serving two consecutive double faults, he was 0-30 down, and then 15-40. He saved both the match points and then had the advantage to hold serve. Suddenly the double-fault bug returned as he served two consecutive double faults to hand Amritraj the set and the match. Dooyev did not seem the same player today as yesterday when he had steamrolled Chatwinder Singh 6-2, 6-2. Amritraj served strongly and kept Dooyev on the back foot most of the time. As yet, Amritraj has not been stretched to the third set in the tournament. Ramaswami began well, hitting fluent strokes and breaking Ghouse’s serve to lead 4-3 and then taking the set on his opponents serve. He built a quick 2-0 lead before errors started creeping into his game Ghouse levelled at 2-2 and then 3-3. Ramaswami fell back at 3-5 but brought the scores at par, first at 5-5 then took the set into tie-breaker. He looked set to take the tie-breaker leading 2-4 but Ghouse refused to throw in the towel and reeled off four consecutive points and eventually took it 7/5. In the third set Ghouse broke the No. 4 seed in the seventh game and the ninth games and took the match with a beautiful down the line shot. There were no such problems for Kannan, who blasted Sridhar in the second set, letting him win a single game. Kannan next meets the winner of Febi Widhiyanto (Indonesia) and Takeshi Itoh (Japan) match. In the doubles matches yesterday fourth-seeded Ratiwatana twins of Thailand got the better of Kamala Kannan/Vinod Sridhar 6-3, 6-2 to enter the semifinals. Susilo Promono/ Febi Widhiyanto had two tough three-sets matches. They first played against Ashutosh Singh/Amod Wakalkar to script a thrilling win at 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 list ran out of steam against Vijay Kannan/Saurav Panja in three sets. Meanwhile, the top two seeded pairs had to fight their way to the semifinals. Top-seed Prakash Amritraj/Stephen Amritraj were stretched to three sets by Manoj Mahadevan/Rishi Sridhar 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (8/6) while Asian Games bronze medallists Vishal Uppal/Mustafa Ghouse rallied to defeat Jaco Mathew/Yew Ming Sl 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. In double semifinals today, Mustafa Ghouse and Vishal Uppal prevailed over Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana (INA) who conceeded the match after trailing 1-2. |
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West Indies prevent Sri Lankan sweep Arnos Vale, June 12 The West Indies, chasing a revised target for 160 off 42 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis system after the second interruption due to rain, won with 31 balls to spare. Free-stroking Marlon Samuels remained unbeaten with a 38-ball 45, which included three sixes and a four. The win also prevented Sri Lanka from a making a clean sweep after winning the back-to-back matches at Bridgetown in Barbados. The West Indies owed their consolation win to their inexperienced bowlers, especially debutant Taylor and off-spinner Ryan Hurley who kept the Sri Lankan batsmen silent during their tidy spells. Mahela Jayawardene top-scored with 51 in Sri Lanka’s modest total of 191 after his team had been put in to bat. He, however, could never dominate the West Indies attack during his 18th half-century. Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu, playing his 200th one-dayer, said he was not worried over his team’s batting performance. "Conditions here were different for batting," he said, referring to the second match at Bridgetown where his team successfully chased a 313-run target on Sunday. "We’re still confident going into the Test series." Sri Lanka’s hopes of posting a big total were dashed by Taylor, 18, who removed well-set Atapattu (25) and Upul Chandana (33) to finish with 2 for 39. Hurley, playing only his fourth match, was pressed into the attack in the 10th over itself in order to contain runs. He did not let his captain down as he conceded just 25 off 10 overs, removing Kumar Sangakkara in the process. Fast bowler Corey Collymore built on the successes of Taylor and Hurley as he grabbed three wickets, including two late in the innings. The West Indies looked in trouble for a brief period when Wavell Hinds (19) and Lara (14) fell playing shots in a space of 18 runs. Lara hoisted off-spinner Kumar Dharmasena for a six but was caught in the deep off the next ball while trying to repeat the shot to leave his team struggling at 54 for 2. Samuels and Ramnaresh Sarwan steadied the innings with a 45-run stand for the fourth wicket before off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan struck to give a scare to the West Indies. Muralitharan had Sarwan (25) caught by Sanath Jayasuriya to reduce the hosts to 126 for 4. Scoreboard Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya run out 8 Kaluwitharana c Lara
b Collymore 14 Atapattu c Hurley b Taylor 25 Sangakkara c Lara b Hurley 11 Chandana lbw b Taylor 33 Jayawardene b Collymore 51 Dilshan c and b Samuels 0 Dharmasena c Samuels
b Collymore 21 Vaas run out 6 Muralitharan b Gayle 4 Gamage not out 2 Extras (lb-4, nb-1, w-11) 16 Total (all out in 50 overs) 191 FoW: 1-10, 2-28, 3-55, 4-63, 5-130, 6-134, 7-176, 8-184, 9-185. Bowling: Powell 9-0-37-0, Collymore 10-0-28-3, Hurley 10-1-25-1, Taylor 10-0-39-2, Gayle 6-0-29-1, Samuels 5-0-29-1. West Indies: Gayle b Chandana 21 Hinds c Dilshan b Vaas 19 Lara c Gamage
b Dharmasena 14 Larwan c Jayasuriya Samuels not out 45 Powell not out 16 Extras (lb-4, nb-6, w-10) 20 Total (4 wkts, 36.5 overs) 160 FoW: 1-36, 2-54, 3-81, 4-126. Bowling: Vaas 8-1-25-1, Gamage 3.5-0-27-0, Muralitharan 9-1-26-1, Dharmasena 7-0-27-1, Chandana 4-0-25-1, Dilshan 1-0-6-0, Jayasuriya 4-0-20-0.
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Kaif leads Derbyshire
to victory London, June12 Playing an innings of sublime placement, 22-year-old Kaif stole the show and the man-of-the-match award as he put Derbyshire on course for a winning total of 271 in 50 overs. In reply, Surrey who fielded nine internationals despite leaving out Alec Stewart and Mark Butcher, were shot out for 134 in 33.4 overs with Graeme Welch capturing four wickets. This was Surrey's first defeat in 21 matches since August 2002. Kaif, who rose to stardom last summer when he helped India to a stunning win at Lord's in the final of the NatWest Series, played yet another impressive
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Germany prevail over Faroe Islands Berlin, June 12 The three-times world and European champions thought they had emerged from their worst crisis after their run to the final of the 2002 Korea/Japan tournament and were already setting their minds on the next World Cup on home soil in 2006. After watching the team he once graced need 89 minutes to score against the mostly-amateur north Atlantic side in their Euro 2004 qualifier on Wednesday in Torshavn, Franz Beckenbauer was clearly worried. "We are back to where we were before the World Cup,’’ said the World Cup-winning captain and coach, remembering Germany’s struggle to qualify for last year’s finals. Germany top group five, two points ahead of Iceland, and are well placed to avoid a playoff for a spot in next year’s European championship finals in Portugal. But the way they played all season, and particularly yesterday, clearly indicated that they were no longer an intimidating force. Looking short of ideas in midfield and clumsy in front of goal, Germany squandered chance after chance against opponents ranked 114th in the world. They had to wait for a headed goal by Miroslav Klose with one minute left followed by a Fredi Bobic effort in added time to escape one of the most humiliating results in their history. "I really doubt that we can make it in 2006,’’ Beckenbauer told Thursday’s issue of soccer magazine Kicker. Before the game, the president of Germany’s 2006 World Cup organising committee had said the team could not play football and for most of Wednesday’s game, they proved him right. Playmaker Michael Ballack, already bothered by a calf injury during Saturday’s dull 1-1 draw with Scotland in Glasgow, did not play in Torshavn and his absence was sorely felt. "When Michael is not there or has a bad day, we show very little,’’ said Germany coach Rudi Voeller. ‘’We have to do something about that.’’ German media poured scorn on the team on Thursday, top-selling daily Bild calling their performance ‘’shameful’’ and speaking of Germany’s "luckiest win ever.’’ Voeller, still extremely popular, was given much of the credit for last year’s World Cup adventure, which restored the soccer-mad nation’s pride. Now he can take a holiday, but after that he will have to find ways to prove to Beckenbauer and the fans that Germany can indeed still play football.
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Punjab cagers enter semifinals of junior Ludhiana, June 12 In the second quarter-final, Maharashtra girls proved their supremacy over Chandigarh (57-28) who looked like minnows. In the boy’s section, holders Punjab were made to fight by their spirited opponents Tamil Nadu before the current champions came out triumphant 107-87 to secure a berth in the semifinals. The reigning champions (girls) Kerala beat Karnataka 62-45 to assure themselves a place in the last four stage. Punjab cagers (girls) dictated terms throughout and gave no chance to their opponents to settle down. The hosts exhibited better ball control and their defence, too, co-ordinated well. Aashna was at the centre-stage, collecting as many as 36 points which included 8 three point shots. Others who contributed to Punjab’s comfortable victory were Paramjit Kaur (15), Taranjit Kaur (12) and Satinder (10). For Madhya Pradesh, the main scorers were Ritu (10), Kirandeep and Nidhi who accounted for 14 points each. Earlier in morning, Chandigarh eves appeared as beginners against Maharashtra who
piped them 57-28 after leading by 30 points (39-09) at half time. The architects of Madhya Pradesh's easy win were Meghna Menon (17) and Alka Khare (13). Gurpreet Kaur and Prabhjot Kaur of Chandigarh reduced the margin with 15 and 7 points
respectively. In the boy’s section, Maharashtra who had overcome last year’s losing finalists Rajasthan in the group league, defeated Madhya Pradesh 78-56 to enter the last four stage. The winners were leading by 16 points (47-31) at the end of the first half. Karma Mehta (23), Rahul (14), Sidharth (16) and Suraj (15) excelled for Maharashtra while Rahul (26) and Kailash (14) fought well for Madhya Pradesh. In another quarter final, Delhi lads faced a little
resistance from Haryana whom they outclassed 74-51 after leading by a big margin of 30 points (55-25) at half time. Delhi's Sunder top scored with 16 points while Satwinder and Vinod chipped in with 10 points each. For Haryana, Jagvir, Amit and Sunil played well basking scoring ten points each. In a high scoring match, Punjab boys toiled hard to outplay Tamil Nadu. Punjab cagers established a slender two-point lead (22-20) at the end of the first quarter and enhanced it to 14 points (53-39) at the breather. TN lads fought back valiantly in the third quarter by reducing the margin but the hosts, sinking points at vital moments, clinched the issue 107-87. Punjab captain Snehpal Singh led from the front, scoring 26 points, followed by Talwinder Singh (23), Lakhwinder
Singh (19), Mandeep Singh (17) and Jagdeep Singh (9). For Tamil Nadu, Faizal Khan and Thangardurai contributed 23 and 16 points respectively while Dwarkesh and Javed Khan scored 12 and 11 points respectively. Tomorrow, in the semifinals,
Kerala (girls) meet Maharashtra while Punjab (boys) meet Maharashtra and Delhi (boys) clash with the winners in the match between Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh slated for today late in the evening. Punjab girls will take on the winners in the match between Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu. |
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9 disciplines
recognised Patiala, June 12 Earlier, there were 22 disciplines which were recognised by the state government and now, with the latest decision, the number has risen to 31. The new games which will now fall under the gradation policy as envisaged by the Punjab Sports Department are golf, rowing, roller hockey, netball, softball, canoeing, powerlifting, bodybuilding and yachting. According gradation to these disciplines had become a contentious issue for the government and various sports associations which control these games had been applying intense pressure on the state sports department for the past more than one decade. Renowned sportspersons were left with no option except to seek admissions to professional colleges out of Punjab. On the persistent demand of these sports associations, the government had constituted an eight member committee to study the feasibility of bringing these games under it’s gradation policy. The chairman and convener of the this committee were Mr R.S. Gill, ADGP and president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and Mr Kartar Singh, Director, Punjab Sports Department, respectively. The other members were Regional Director, SAI (northern centre), Mr P.C. Kashyap, former Director of the Panjab University Sports Department, Mr S.K.Gupta, former president of the Punjab Judo Association, Mr T.C. Gupta, secretary of the Punjab Olympic Association (POA), Mr Raja K.S. Sidhu, Olympic shooter Mr Gurbir Singh and Mrs Nirmal Milkha Singh. |
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Women’s hockey academy launched Jalandhar, June 12 Former Indian captain and Arjuna awardee Rajbir Kaur will be the chief coach who will be assisted by a panel of coaches. There will be three age groups — 14-17, 17-19, 19-21 years. In all 54 players, 18 in each group have been selected after intensive trials in Jalandhar recently. The hockey academy is expected to become a feeder to the Indian team. The girls in the junior group will graduate to the higher age group. The three groups would be stationed at different venues. The 14-17 age group will be stationed at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Nehru Garden, Jalandhar. The middle group (17-19) will be at Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women, Jalandhar and the “Elite” group will be at H.M.V. College, Jalandhar. The girls of the academy will be provided free board, lodging, kit, training, and medical facilities besides free education. Mr Dhanoa has promised that finance would not be a problem. The academy team will be fielded in all major tournaments after selection from these three centres. International exposure will also be provided to the players. Mr Dhanoa will chalk out details after discussions with English clubs. Mr Harjinder Singh Dhanoa will be the chairman and Mr Kartar Singh, Director Sports, Punjab will be chief patron. Padma Shri Pargat Singh will be the Director while the patrons include Mrs P.P. Sharma, Principal H.M.V. College, Jalandhar, Mrs Manjeet Garewal, Principal, Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women, Jalandhar, Mrs Harjeet Kaur Gill, Principal, Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Nehru Garden, Jalandhar. |
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India set for clean sweep Kozhikode, June 12 G. Rohit (u-14 boys), Lakshmi Praneetha (u-12 girls) and Lakshmi Sahiti (u-10 girls) were the three youngsters who proved their class and assured themselves of a gold each. While Sahiti took an unassailable 1.5 point lead over her nearest rival with her sixth straight victory, second seed Rohit and Praneetha will claim the top position on account of a better progressive score even if they lose their last round matches tomorrow and allow their opponents to catch them on points. In the u-12 (rpt U-12) boys’ section, Y. Sandeep was sharing the lead at five points with top seed Le Quang Liem who is the sole foreign contender for a gold medal. Six Indians are locked for title honours in u-10 boys’ category. In today’s matches, Rohit played out a draw with Abhijeet Gupta to move to 5.5 points. Rohit employed king’s Indian defence and chose the Spanish variation. The game lasted 23 moves. Gupta is among three players at the joint second spot with 4.5 points. Seventh seed Sahiti maintained her all-win record, beating sixth seed Kiruba H Arasu in a sicilian defence against king-pawn opening to win in 50 moves. On the second spot was Rucha S Pujari on 4.5 points. In girl’s u-12 section, Praneetha defeated Bhakti Kulkarni in a benoni defence for her sixth straight victory to assure herself of the title. Top seed I Ramya Krishna was placed second with five points after she defeated Ngo Dieh Hoa of Vietnam today.
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Punjab in last 8 Chennai, June 12 Punjab walloped a listless Chandigarh 12-0 for their second win in Group C to enter the last eight stage, while Kerala and Haryana played out an entertaining one-all draw to share points.
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Inter-district badminton
results Sangrur, June 12 Results (all semifinals): Men: Amritsar beat Sangrur 3-1. Sandeep beat Touseef 8-15, 15-5, 15-2; Kunal lost to Salim 6-15, 7-15; Varun and Sandeep beat Nasir and Aslam 15-2, 15-3; Varun beat Aslam 15-6, 16-17, 15-6. Jalandhar beat Patiala 3-0. Rohan beat Rajinder Singh 15-1, 15-1; Sahil beat Raj Kumar 15-0, 15-7; Rohan and Ram Lakhan beat Narinder and Navdeep 11-15, 15-3, 15-11. Women: Jalandhar beat Sangrur 2-0. Navita beat Shahnaaz 11-2, 4-11, 13-10; Heena and Navita beat Shahnaaz and Lubna 15-4, 15-7. Patiala beat Ludhiana 2-0. Jaspreet beat Sukhpreet 11-2, 11-2; Jaspreet and Komalpreet beat Sukhpreet and Parsena 15-6, 15-5. |
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Delhi to host half marathon New Delhi, June 12 The IAAF delegation was learnt to have been impressed with the facilities for the championships in Delhi. IAAF general-director Pierre Weiss, along the Amateur Athletics Federation of India president Suresh Kalmadi, visited the likely route of the marathon run |
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DFA Gurgaon beat Mandi XI Mandi, June 12 Both the teams played fast and excellent soccer in the first half and the score remained goalless. Twentysix minutes after the interval the Gurgaon lads took the lead through a long range shot by Ranbir. The teams were level 1-1 at the end of the regulation period. In the tie-breaker Gurgaon’s Ravi Chauhan, Deepak, Sanjeev and Ravi converted four kicks but only Mohit Mehta, Love Kishore and Puneet Saini managed to convert the penalty kicks for the Mandi team. |
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PRSA welcomes govt decision Patiala, June 12 Punjab skaters won the gold in the senior (men) and the sub-junior (boys) categories in the last edition of the National Roller Hockey Championships held in Kolkata. In a press release, Mr S.S. Tiwana said that this step of the government would go a long way in providing a big boost to the sport in the region. Mr Tiwana added that the Rink Hall, located in the Baradari Gardens, was constructed in 1878 by Maharaja Rajinder Singh and was one of the oldest in the country. In recent years, the Rink Hall had been renovated and provided with all the facilities needed for the sport.
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The West Indies salvaged some of their pride with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the rain-hit third and final one-day international here yesterday. 
