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Friday,
July 11, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Indian cagers trounce Nepal Mishra, Pathan restrict Yorkshire 7-wicket win for South Africa Pak denies visa
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Klusener
sues UCB for ignoring him Bangladesh bowlers impress
Indian eves rout Russia
IWHF shortlists 31 probables Tyson reveals death wish Indifference marks Argentina 1978 show Accidental doping leaves ATP red-faced ASC thrash Mumbai XI 7-4 Sarkaria, Saha fastest athletes Athletics trials Volleyball team for Tunisia, Egypt
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Indian cagers trounce Nepal New Delhi, July 10 The day’s hero was Trideep Rai who topped the chart for the home team with 30 points. Riyazzudin scored 20 points and Desraj, who was the joint top-scorer yesterday with 21 points, had 19. India, who thrashed Bangladesh 109-53 in the opening match, once again proved their superiority outplaying Nepal in all the four quarters. At half time Nepal were trailing 20-60. “Bangladesh were better. Nepal is just an average team,” said India skipper Gagnesh Kumar looking forward to the important match against Uzbekistan on Saturday. Tomorrow India will take on Sri Lanka, who beat Nepal 92-76 earlier in the day. The revised schedule, which made them play three matches in the space of 24 hours, also went against Nepal as they struggled to keep pace with the speedy Indians. This was Nepal’s third straight defeat after last night’s loss to Uzbekistan. Unlike the slow start against Bangladesh, India went on the offensive straightaway with Gagnesh leading from the front. He scored twice as India opened the scoring 20 seconds into the match and soon raced to 33-15 lead by the end of the first quarter with Gagnesh accounting for 10 of them. 2nd victory for Uzbekistan Uzbekistan registered their second consecutive one-sided victory, ousting Bangladesh by a huge margin 106-22, while Sri Lanka won their opening encounter against Nepal 92-76. After drubbing Nepal 111-42 last night, Uzbek cagers showed their might thrashing Bangladesh in yet another one-sided match at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium this morning. At half-time Uzbekistan led 53-11. An average Bangladesh team, which lost to India 53-109 last evening, was no match for the tall and strong Uzbek side that dominated the tie from the very word go and scored at free will and took 28-7 lead in the first quarter. Nulivurt, Hurmatjon, who scored 25 points against Nepal last night, was the star performer again, netting in 27 points against the Bangladeshis. Shafenkov Mikhail, who scored 14 points last night, bettered his performance with an impressive 20 points while Demurin Sergey added 12 points. Sergey had scored 17 points against Nepal. The second quarter was no different as Uzbekistan poured in another 25 points while a hapless Bangladesh could reply with just four. After the lemon-break, Uzbek continued the mahyem garnering another 28 points in the third-quarter while Bangladesh could take its score to 18. The last quarter was no
different with the Uzbeks pumping in another 25 points to finish the match with a huge 94 points wiining margin. For the losing side, Mostafa Azad and Raseduzzaman scored six points each while skipper Sulip Barua managed just four. In the second match, Sri Lanka, trailing till the third quarter, bounced back in the final session to overtake Nepal 92-76 thanks to a superb display by their captain Channind de Alwis and Chanath Danawansa who pumped in 13 and 10 points respectively in the finalquarter of the match. Nepal, who lost the opening match against Uzbekistan 42-111 last night, took an early 22-17 lead and continued playing well, marking the Lankan cagers in the second quarter. At half time Nepal led 42-34. It was in the third quarter when the Lankans fought back through an aggressive game with Danawanse scoring 10 points to bridge the gap to only two points difference 55-57. The roller-coaster ride started in the fourth and final quarter as the Lankans swept away the tiring Nepalese team scoring as many as 37 points while their opponent managed just 19. For the losers, Dadabaey Ilham scored 24 points while Manish Lama and Rabindra Mahajan netted 19 and 16 points respectively. This was Nepal’s second consecutive defeat and along with Bangladesh, have very little chance to qualify for the next round.
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Mishra, Pathan restrict Yorkshire London, July 10 In reply, India ‘A’ were 29 for one with skipper Shiv Sunder Das back in the pavilion for just two runs. Wasim Jaffer and Gautam Gambhir were in the middle on 22 and 5, respectively, at the close of play. Earlier, Yorkshire captain Matthew Wood won the toss and elected to bat. Wood, who opened the innings, was the first to go when he was bowled by seamer Amit Bhandari for a score of five runs. Yorkshire were 10 for one. The other opener Chris Taylor also fell cheaply. He made 13 and became Pathan’s first victim, who finally finished the match with four wickets for 60 runs from 15.2 overs. Micheal Lumb then came to Yorkshire’s rescue with a timely 65 and putting on two fruitful partnerships of 49 runs and 52 runs with G. Fellow’s and Craig White, respectively. Lumb was the fifth wicket to fall at the team score of 161 and was spinner Amit Mishra’s first victim. He finished with figures with four for 42 from 21 overs. Yorkshira then lost two quick wickets to slump to 178 for seven. Scoreboard Yorkshire (Ist innings): Taylor lbw b Pathan 13 Wood b Bhandari 5 Craven c Kartik b Pathan 27 Lumb c Badani b Mishra 65 Fellows lbw b Pathan 17 White c Gavaskar b Mishra 31 Blakey c & b Balaji 1 Gray c Badani b Mishra 15 Bresnan c Patel b Pathan 52 Swanepoel lbw b Mishra 1 Thornicroft not out 1 Extras: (b 6, lb 7, w 2, nb 3) 18 Total: (all out in 77.2 overs) 246 FoW: 1/10, 2/41, 3/60, 4/109, 5/161, 6/162, 7/178, 8/223, 9/244, 10/246. Bowling: Balaji: 16-4-52-1;
Bhandari: 16-5-51-1; Pathan: 15.2-3-60-4; Mishra: 21-5-42-4; Kartik: 9-2-28-0. India ‘A’
(Ist innings): Das c Blakey b Bresnan 2 Jaffer batting 22 Gambhir batting 5 Extras: 0 Total: (for one wicket FoW: 1-7. Bowling:
Thornicroft: 4-1-11-0; Brosnan: 6-2-15-1; Swanepoel: 3-2-3-0. — UNI |
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7-wicket win for South Africa
Southampton (England),
July 10 Seamer Douglas Hondo gave South Africa an early scare by removing Herschelle Gibbs (2) and Martin van Jaarsveld (5) with eight on the board but the two left-handers then took control. Earlier strike bowler Makhaya Ntini took four wickets, including three with his first 10 balls, as Zimbabwe struggled to 173 for eight. Scoreboard Zimbabwe Flower c Boucher b Ntini 1 Ebrahim c Boucher b Nel 27 Friend c van Jaarsveld
b Ntini 4 Taibu b Ntini 0 Ervine c Pollock b Ntini 17 Matsikenyeri c Boucher b Nel 7 Sims c Boucher b Pollock 24 Streak not out 50 Blignaut b Adams 1 Price not out 17 Extras: (w-22 nb-3) 25 Total: (for eight wickets,
50 overs) 173 Fall of wickets: 1-11 2-18 3-18 4-49 5-68 6-74 7-128 8-129 Bowling: Pollock 10-0-40-1, Ntini 10-1-45-4, Nel 10-3-33-2, Hall 10-2-25-0, Adams 10-1-30-1. South Africa: Smith c Ebrahim b Friend 69 Gibbs b Hondom 2 Jaarsveld c Taibu b Hondo 5 Rudolph not out 69
Boucher not out 13 Extras: (b-3 lb-4 w-6 nb-3) 16 Total: (for three wickets, 35.2 overs) 174 Fall of wickets: 1-2 2-8 3-145 Bowling: Streak 7-1-27-0 (w-1), Hondo 7-2-25-2 (w-1), Blignaut 6-0-31-0 (nb-2 w-2), Price 7.2-0-33-0, Sims 3-0-18-0, Friend 5-0-33-1 (nb-1 w-2). —
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Pak denies visa
to TV company
Islamabad, July 10 The Indian cricketers and officials have been granted 20-day visa which bars them from travelling to any city other than Karachi, English daily “The News” reported today. However, an Indian TV company, Third Eye, which produces a programme for Doordarshan has been denied visa, it said. Pakistan Cricket Board is organising the 10-nation tournament after it had to be shifted out of Singapore due to SARS outbreak. The top two teams from this tournament would qualify for the Youth World Cup to be held in Dhaka next year. |
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Dravid fails as Scots suffer defeat London, July 10 In a match reduced by rain to 39-overs-a-side, the Scots could score only 168 for 7 wickets, Chris Wright top scoring with 46 not out. Lancashire overwhelmed the target in just 29 overs in the National League division two match with half-centuries from Mal Loye (88 not out) and Mark Chiltone (69 not out). Brief scores: Scotland 168 for 7 in 39 overs (C Wright 46 not out, C Smith 28, R Dravid 26; Wood 4/22) lost to Lancashire 170 for no loss in 29 overs (M Loye 88 not out, M Chilton 69 not out). — PTI |
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Klusener sues UCB for ignoring him Durban, July 10 Klusener is taking legal action against the United Cricket Board of South Africa and pursuing the matter with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the BBC reported. The
31-year-old cricketer claimed the UCB had told him he was being “rested”
for the tour to Bangladesh and was promised a contract in time for
South Africa's Test series against England. Klusener is now claiming for loss of earnings as he did not seek any county contracts under the impression he would be re-employed by South Africa only to find himself omitted from the squad. Klusener's
agent, Andrew Shedlock, said: “Although Lance just wants to play for
South Africa again, he is also looking for compensation.” Shedlock said his omission did not have anything to do with cricketing reasons. “Lance
has been South Africa's best one-day cricketer since the 1999 World
Cup, so he couldn't have been dropped for cricketing reasons. Your
guess is as good as mine as to what the real reasons are.” “But
both the convenor of selectors, Omar Henry, who told him personally,
and selector Hugh Page, on a television magazine show, said Lance was
just being rested for the Bangladesh trip, so he was given
expectations.” “To then just dump him was a terrible thing to do
and, even if it was because of what he's supposedly like in the
dressing room, why didn't he have a disciplinary hearing?” Shedlock
said. —
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Bangladesh bowlers impress Darwin (Australia), July 10 The Clarke-led selection side was bowled out for 189 just on stumps on day one of the tourists' final warm-up match before their historic Test match against Australia here next week. Clarke hit 79 off 152 balls, including nine fours, on a slow wicket and sluggish outfield at the Test venue. Khaled Mahmud and young fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza took three wickets each. The Bangladeshis kept a tight lid on the scoring in the morning session, taking three wickets as the Chief Minister's XI struggled for runs at 42 for three at lunch. Clarke attempted to quicken the pace with the arrival of wicketkeeper Darren Treumer to the crease. The pair put on a 51-run partnership before Treumer fell to leg-spinner Mohammad Ashraful. Clarke followed five overs later, caught by Ashraful in the first over after the new ball was taken, with the Bangladeshis making light work of the tail, claiming the final four wickets for 14 runs. Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore said he was pleased with the pressure his team applied during the morning session. "It's hard to continue with that (pressure) but to get them out for 189 is good. (But) it's going to be difficult to get those runs," Whatmore said. —
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Pillay welcomes Sahara move Mumbai, July 10 Pillay, who was felicitated at here yesterday along with two other Mumbai boys, Viren Rasquinha and Vikaram Pillay, for winning two back-to-back tournaments recently, said “it is a fantastic gesture on part of Sahara to sponsor our team. This will only benefit the game in the country”. Pillay, who broke down while receiving mementos and a cash prize of Rs 25,000 from his friend and film star Jackie Shroff, said “it is now up to the players in the team to perform to their potential in the Champions Trophy next month and the Athens Olympics next year as we have a very good understanding among us”. “I am sure we will do very well in the near future and with a sponsor to back us, we will have to give 100 per cent whenever we step on the ground,” he added. A seminar on ‘Is cricket the only sport’ was also held on the occasion, addressed by reputed sportspersons like former World billiards champions Michael Ferriera and Geeth Sethi (also the chief guest of the evening), badminton legend Nandu Natekar, table tennis legend Kamlesh Mehta, former Mumbai Ranji team captain Milind Rege and Director of Mumbai Doordarshan Kendra Mukesh Sharma and Shiv Sena MP (Rajya Sabha) Sanjay Nirupam. Pillay said “it is great to know that there are people who acknowledge our efforts but even more touching is the spectrum of people gathered here”. “To hear words of praise from the galaxy of sportstars has indeed been a great experience. I am truly honoured as I am still in the learning process”, Pillay added. |
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Indian eves rout Russia New Delhi, July 10 Annarita Kerketta scored twice while Suman
Bala, Neha Singh, Adline Kerketta, Jyoti Sunita Kullu and Sanggai Ibemhal Chanu scored one goal each as the Indians annihilated Russia in the opening game of the tournament yesterday, a press release said here
today. India will take on Ukraine in their next match. —
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IWHF shortlists 31 probables New Delhi, July 10 IWHF secretary Amrit Bose said here that the camp will be held here from July 20 to August 25. The tournament is slated to be held at Tenri, Japan from August 26 to 30. The probables: Goalkeepers: Marita Tirkey (Jharkhand), Vanessa Netto (Mumbai), Rajni Bala (Haryana), Jyotsana Kujur (Orissa). Defenders: Nilma Kujur, Anjana Barla, Sumitra Tirkey, Annamary Bara, Subhadra Pradhan (Orissa), Ramneek Kaur, Balwinder Kaur, Gaganeep Kaur (Haryana), Manju, Anita Saini, (Delhi), Sushila Lakra, Fulmani Soy, Asunta Lakra, Anora Tikey (Jharkhand). Forwards: Jasjeet Kaur, Sarbjeet Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur (Haryana) Surinder Kaur, Annarita Kerketta, Anita Eka, Nishi Chauhan (Rlys) Premshiela Kaur, Amrita Minj, Guddi Kumari (Jharkhand) Sarita Lakra, Anjana Barla (Orissa), Neelam (Delhi). Coaches: B.K. Subramani, N.S.Saini, Ms Sudha Choudhary and G.B.Dangwal. —
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Tyson reveals death wish New York, July 10 “Maybe in my next life, I’ll have a better life,” Tyson says in Fox Sports Net’s “Beyond the Glory” programme, to be aired next Wednesday. And the pugilist added darkly, “That’s why I’m just looking forward to go to the other world.” Later in the show he says, “I’m gonna live my life. I understand this scoiety that I live in hates me” and “I’m gonna live it till they kill me.” Fox released a transcript of the show to media yesterday. Tyson ruminates about the turbulent life that has taken him on a rollercoaster ride from abject poverty to the top of the sports world to prison as a rapist. He says his fate was cast in the colour of his skin. “I’m a nigger. I’m a big strong nigger that knocks out people and rapes people and rips off people and bullies people,” Tyson says. Tyson says he liked robberies growing up in Brooklyn and described himself as being a monster as a kid. Locked up at age 13, Tyson’s life took a turn when a corrections officer rang boxing coach Cus D’Amato in upstate New York and asked if he would take in Tyson. He flourished as a fighter, channeling his anger into knockouts under the indulgent care of D’Amato, who protected him from complaints about how the young bruiser treated the local girls, according to his then-trainer, Teddy Atlas. Atlas said he drew the line when Tyson grabbed the backside of his 11-year-old sister-in-law, holding a loaded gun to Tyson’s ear as a warning. The ferocious Tyson went on the become heavyweight champion at age 20 and earned hundreds of millions of dollars in a career he says has brought him little satisfaction. “I haven’t received any dignity from it. I received a lot of pain from it. It made me not like Mike Tyson no more.” Tyson says he was undone by lust when he was lost his first bout to 42-1 underdog Buster Douglas in Tokyo in 1990. “I was (censored) those Japanese girls like it was, like it was eating grapes,” he said in the documentary, which repeatedly bleeped out his colourful language. “You’d (have) thought I was Caligula... .” From current girlfriend Luz Whitney to former wives, actress Robin Givens and Monica Turner, the women closest to Tyson agreed his lust for women was often his undoing. “I probably cheated on every woman I ever been with,” says Tyson, “I want to, but I just don’t have love for anybody.” Givens recalled one telling incident. “I remember... picking him up one time and actually, he had on a white sweatsuit. And he had lipstick stains on his crotch,” she said, able to laugh about it years later. —
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Indifference marks Argentina 1978 show Buenos Aires, July 10 A paltry crowd of just over 6,000 watched a match between a current Argentine side and a team that included three members of the team who achieved the first of the country’s two World Cup wins 25 years ago. Argentina also hosted the competition — the last World Cup to be staged in South America — and many of the spectators attracted attention with banners protesting at the military dictatorship which ruled the country at the time. The game was played at the same River Plate Stadium that staged the final in which Argentina defeated Netherlands 3-1 on June 25, 1978. Goalkeeper Ubaldo Fillol, defender Alberto Taratini and midfielder Daniel Valencia were the only members of the 1978 team to turn up. —
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Accidental doping leaves ATP red-faced Paris, July 10 The governing body yesterday gave Czech player Bohdan Ulihrach the go-ahead to resume his career after he was cleared of doping after deciding the 28-year-old had been supplied with an electrolyte tablet by a tour trainer which contained traces of the substance. Ulihrach, ranked 68 in the world in 2000, was suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in May after testing positive on October 3 at a tournament in Moscow. “Under the new distribution policies, ATP trainers no longer will dispense electrolyte tablets or other vitamin and mineral products,” the organisation said in a statement yesterday. “The ATP learned in May that ATP trainers were dispensing an electrolyte replacement health product to players. “An investigation confirmed that despite repeated warnings to players about the potential risk of contamination of supplements, ATP trainers had been dispensing several vitamin and nutritional products, including electrolyte replacement tablets used to offset excessive and potentially dangerous loss of electrolytes such as sodium and chloride through sweat.” “The trainers erroneously had not considered these tablets to be supplements or products that presented a risk for contamination, as the tablets had been used without incident by ATP trainers for more than 20 years. “In the 10-year history of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme, there had only been one positive case involving low levels of nandrolone metabolites. During the period between late August 2002 and mid-May 2003, however, seven samples, including one supplied by Bohdan Ulihrach, who was suspended on May 2 for a nandrolone, were positive.” The ATP also said that 36 additional samples also showed traces of nandrolone but were so low as not to return a positive test. “The independent Tennis Anti-Doping Programme tribunal that suspended and fined Ulihrach in May reconvened on July 2 to consider these new facts,” added the statement. “The tribunal previously had determined that Ulihrach had committed a doping offence after his urine sample, provided on October 3, 2002 at the Moscow tournament, tested positive for metabolites of nandrolone. “At his April tribunal hearing, Ulihrach denied the consumption of any prohibited substance but was not able to identify the source of the nandrolone. Subsequently, the ATP learned that Ulihrach had taken electrolyte tablets during and just preceding the Moscow tournament. “In their ruling, the Ulihrach tribunal determined that it would be contrary to law for the ATP to enforce its anti-doping rules if it appeared ATP trainers were the sources of the ingested substance.” “The ATP could not rule out the possibility of contamination from an electrolyte replacement product dispensed by its trainers. “Therefore, Ulihrach’s two-year suspension, fine and loss of ranking points have been dismissed, and Ulihrach is immediately eligible to play professional tournaments.” —
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ASC thrash Mumbai XI 7-4 Chennai, July 10 After trailing 2-4 at the break, Mumbai forwards played like men possessed in the second half but the armymen could not be contained by the defence, which often wilted under pressure. Harpreet Singh and Ashif Ali scored two goals each, while Pradeep Singh, Suresh and Rova Bhengara sounded the boards once for ASC. Rajiv Bhatkar, Asad Khan, Rajnish Chaturvedi and Savio Nayak scored for Mumbai. For Karnataka, Amar Aiyanna opened the account in the 2nd minute before Aiyappa struck hat-trick, all from penalty corner conversions. D Felix netted both the goals for the bank which attacked fiercely in the second half, but failed to convert the chances. In another match, ASC Centre, Bangalore, crushed a fighting Mumbai XI 7-4 in Pool B. The young ASC XI started off with a bang dominating the exchanges straightaway with Pradeep Singh, Harpreet Singh and Captain Asif Ali harassing the Mumbai defence. They forced penalty corners in the second and fifth minutes and Pradeep and Harpreet converted them in tandem. But Mumbai XI, who took time to settle down and came back strongly in the second session, reduced the margin (1-2) in the sixth minute when Rajiv Bhatkar caught the ASC defence off guard in a goal mouth melee, tapping the ball in. But ASC struck again in the 25th minute through Asif Ali (3-1) and Harpreet who found the target again a minute later to see the Bangalore team up 4-2. By now the Mumbai boys, missing a few internationals, were pressing hard. Rajneesh Chaturvedi converted the team’s third penalty corner in the 29th minute. One expected the ASC team to wrap up the contest without much ado, going by their domination in the first session. But that was not to be when the second half unfolded. The Mumbai XI, mounting a few spirited moves, reduced the margin when Asad Khan tapped a lose ball past ASC goalkeeper A R Peter in the 40th minute (3-4). —
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Sarkaria, Saha fastest athletes
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, July 10 Sandeep finished the 100 M in 10.89 seconds, while Rakhee took 11.80 seconds in the distaff
category. Abhishek Pandey of Uttar Pradesh finished first in the 200 M with a timing of 22.02 seconds, while Bhupender Singh of Punjab bagged clocking 48.35 sec in 400 m. P S Primesh of Kerala and Madhuri A Singh of Punjab claimed the title in the 800 M for men and women categories respectively. The meet turned out to be a major disappointment with the athletes putting up a below par performance and failing to set any new marks. The meet was shorn of stars like Sunita Rani and K M Beenamol who chose to skip the meet while Neelam J Singh, who set a new mark in discus throw here two years ago with a heave of 61.37 m, was a shadow of herself, struggling to achieve the 58-metre mark. Neelam threw the discus to a distance of 57.6 m in the first attempt and could not better it in her subsequent
attempts. Neelam said she hoped to improve her performance in the Bangalore and Chennai meets later this month. She has already qualified for the forthcoming international meets. In men’s 800m, Kerala’s P S Premish came first clocking 1:54:91s. Premish said he timed 1:48:00 at the recent Asian Grand Prix meet, and attributed his poor performance and that of other athletes to lack of proper training after the Asian Games. Earlier, State Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Inbatthamizhan inaugurated the meet. Cash awards were distributed to the winners in all the events. The cash prize for the first place was Rs 10,000, while those who finished second and third were given Rs 5,000 and Rs 3,000, respectively. —
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Athletics trials Ludhiana, July 10 Trials were held in the 100m, 400m, 800m, 5000, discus sthrow, triple jump, shot put, and walk for boys while in the girls section- javelin throw, high jump, 100m, 400m, 800m, 400m hurdles and 20 kms walk. The coaches who supervised the trials were Prem Singh, Kanwaljit Singh, P.S. Pannu, Sanjay Kumar, Swaroop Singh and Santokh Singh. |
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Volleyball team for Tunisia, Egypt New Delhi, July 10 The team: Kasi Viswanatha Raju, Balwan Singh, Kishore Kumar EK, S. Vinod, Rahul SA, P. Sivabalan, Natarajan J, Vikram MN, Gurubinder Singh, Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Ravikanth Thakur, Sandeep Kumar, MH Kumara (chief coach) and AV Prasada Rao (asst. coach). The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), which announced the team here today, was in an upbeat mood after the Indian youth boys team qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Youth Boys Championship at Supanburi. The Indian team will play against Puerto Rico. A VFI official said systematic training, and periodic international exposure of the team, is responsible for the youth team’s fine show. |
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