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Hitesh bowls K G Colts to victory in DDCA Under-15 Cricket 
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New Delhi, July 1
A devastating 4 for 55 bowling performance by Hitesh Tyagi helped K G Colts beat Chand Khanna Club by 14 runs and entered the semi-final of the DDCA Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the East Point School ground.

Though Tarun Astha also put on a brilliant bowling display for Chand Khanna, claiming four wickets for 45 runs, his efforts were not backed up by the batsmen, and therefore, went in vain.

Scores: K G Colts: 186 for 7 in 45 overs (Aditya Aima 46, Piyush Negi 32, Balinder Singh 27, Tarun Astha 4 for 45).

Chand Khanna Club: 172 in 44.1 overs (Tarun Astha 56, Vijay Kumar 42, Mohd. Azhar 29, Hitesh Tyagi 4 for 55, Ritesh Sinha 2 for 30).

Sonnet beat Golden Academy

Sonnet Club beat Golden Academy by 145 runs and entered the semi-final of the first R C Sharma Memorial Under-15 Cricket Tournament.

Scores: Sonnet Club: 207 for 2 in 30 overs (Sahil Kher 54, Yogesh Nagar 45, Shobhit Kaushik 43 n.o, Karan Khanna 42, Bhooshan Kumar 1 for 37).

Golden Academy: 62 in 20.3 overs (Gaurav Gindal 14, Rushil Bhaskar 2 for 22, Rohan Sharma 2 for 7).

Vipin shines for Shastri Club

An all-round performance by Vipin Malhotra (40 and 2 for 25) and deadly bowling by Anshul Goyal helped Lal Bahadur Shastri Club beat L.Com Public School by four wickets in the Madhu Vihar Under-15 Cricket Tournament.

Scores: L.Com Public School: 112 in 25 overs (Paras 21, Shatham 20, Anshul Goyal 4 for 17, Vipin Malhotra 2 for 25).

Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 113 for 6 in 19.2 overs (Vipin Malhotra 40, Lov Sherawat 26).

Sonnet sail into final

An all-round display by Manan Sharma (55 n o and 2 for 10) helped Sonnet Club beat United Cricket Academy by six wickets in a semi-final match of the fifth Little Masters Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the Dhyan Chand Sports Complex, Ashok Vihar. Manan Sharma was declared the man of the match.

Scores: United Cricket Academy: 103 for 8 wickets in 35 overs (Varun Anand 35, 4x6; Gaurav Dahiya 3 for 14, Manan Sharma 2 for 10).

Sonnet Club: 106 for 4 in 30 overs (Manan Sharma 55 n o, 4x8, Ankush Panwar 20, 4x3).

Chandravati Bhatnagar TT

The 31st Chandravati Bhatnagar Memorial Open Table Tennis Tournament for juniors will be held at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium from July 19 to 24. Boys singles event for under-19 will be an added attraction in the tournament.

Entries close on July 12 with organising secretary Hukam Singh, DTTA, 6/2543, Beadon Pura, Karol Bagh, New Delhi (Tel. No: 5815040/5728763).

New Friends record big victory
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New Delhi, July 1
New Friends Club rallied to crush Ajmal Club by 4-1 in a Group II match of the Delhi Soccer Association Open Clubs Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday. Reiku and Kali scored a brace each for New Friends, after Paras Kumar Rane had put Ajmal in the lead with a fifth-minute goal.

In a Group III match played at the Ambedkar Stadium, Nivia toyed with Golden Stars 6-0. The highlight of the match was three goals by Jagpal (no hattrick). Virender Singh slotted in two goals while Yashpal accounted for the other goal.

South India edged past Union Club by a solitary goal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium East ground. Pankaj Soren struck home the all-important goal. South India have collected six points from two matches while Union Club are yet to open their account.

In another match played at the Nehru Stadium ground, Paschim Heroes prevailed over Punjab Heroes 3-0. Dinesh put

Paschim Heroes in the lead in the 17th minute while Parveen Shokeen and Shyam Kumar scored the second and third goal in the 45th and 59th minutes, respectively.

Wednesday’s fixtures: Goodwill vs Young Sports (4 p m);

Royal Bengal vs Columba’s (5.15 p m)—Ambedkar Stadium.

Delhi Students vs Gulabi Bagh (4 p m); Shakti vs Delhi Tigers (5.15 p m)—Nehru Stadium East ground.. 

Dhampur Squash Academy gives the game a popular touch 
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New Delhi, July 1
Squash cannot be termed a mass sport in India. Still, certain individuals and institutions have been making pioneering efforts to popularise the game in the country, to give it a “popular touch”. The Dhampur business house in Bijnore is one such company, which has been doing yeoman service for the promotion of the game of squash. The Squash Academy in Dhampur is second only to Squash Academy in Chennai.

Talent search to enroll players to the academy is done in Dhampur itself and youngsters are selected and then their skills are honed by the coach and the physio.

When the squash season is on, the boys shift base to Delhi, and train at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, under coach Shyamlal and physio Sharad Sharma.

The players of the academy like Ravi Dikshit, Imran Khan, Naresh Kumar and Amjad Khan have made their marks in the sub-junior, junior and under-19 tournaments all over the country.

The Dhampur team recently participated in the Indian Oil Servo Squash Tournament at Mumbai.

The Squash Racket Federation of India, under its dynamic general-secretary Ramachandran, has also given a new impetus to the game as a top class Squash Academy is being run in Chennai, under the able guidance of coach Cyrus, who himself was a reputed player.

Vijay Kapoor meets Athens Olympics official
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New Delhi, July 1
The Lt. Governor of Delhi, Vijay Kapoor, met Mr James Page, a representative of the organising committee of the Athens Olympic Games Torch Relay, at the Raj Niwas along with the Director-General of the Sports Authority of India and representatives of the Indian Olympic Association to discuss the relay of the Olympic torch in Delhi.

The meeting was arranged in pursuant of the request made by the organising committee of the Olympic Games to the Lieutenant Governor for facilitating the relay of the Olympic torch in Delhi.

The Olympic Torch Relay has been proposed as an event by the Olympic Games Organising Committee to celebrate the games’ return to Athens. The torch is a powerful symbol, carrying the message of athletic achievement and international peace to all the five continents, symbolised by the Olympic rings.

After the lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece, the torch will pass through more than 25 nations and 30 cities. In Asia, the torch will travel to Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Delhi. The torch is expected to arrive in Delhi on June 10, 2004, and from here it will travel to Cairo.

This is the first time that the Olympic torch would be coming to India.

In Delhi, the torch relay function is expected to last six to eight hours, involving about 100 individual torch bearers, and sports runners, and would culminate in a major get-together. 

Harpreet, Sourav star for Pelicans
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New Delhi, July 1
An all-round performance by Harpreet Singh (55 and 3 for 21) and a brisk knock of 45, studded with five boundaries, by Rahul Choudhary helped Pelican Club beat Masonick Cricket Academy by five wickets and entered the final of the second Maharaja Ranjit Singhji Cricket Tournament at the Airport Authority of India ground.

Harpreet was named the man of the match. Pelican will take on Subhania Club in the final. Scores: Masonic Academy: 167 for 9 in 30 overs (Satender Malik 44, Sonu Pawar 46, Rajender Singh 40, Rahul Choudhary 5 for 24, Harpreet Singh 3 for 21).

Pelican Club: 168 for 5 in 28.4 overs (Harpreet Singh 55, Manish 35, Soura Bali 45, Kapil Malik 3 for 31, Yogesh 2 for 24).