SPORTS

Wrestlers arrive in the Capital to noisy welcome
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 15
The Indian wrestling squad, which participated in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championship in Canada, returned to Delhi to a noisy welcome when they arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday night.

Palwinder Singh Cheema, who won a gold medal and Kripa Shankar, another gold medallist, were the focus of attention as an unruly crowd received them with the deafening sound of drumbeats.

The drum-beaters just would not leave the wrestlers in peace till they forked out “bakshish” from their wallets. The media persons were denied access to the wrestlers when they arrived at the departure lounge of the airport. The 28-member Indian contingent for the Commonwealth Championship made a huge haul of eight golds, nine silver and one bronze medal.

India also annexed the overall championship title in the men’s free style event. But some of the medal winners disclosed that the competitions were not very tough and most of the weights had only three or four competitors..

As a result, one victory was enough for the Indian wrestlers to ensure a medal. Yet, it was indeed a commendable performance by the grapplers, who called on Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Vikram Verma in New Delhi on Tuesday morning.

Youngmen, Garhwal Heroes garner full points
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New Delhi, July 15
Youngmen Club and Garhwal Heroes scored fluent victories in the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) A Division League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday. The tournament was inaugurated by a founder-member of the DSA M. S. Batra.

Youngmen crushed Youngsters 5-0 in a totally lop-sided match. A brilliant hattrick by inside-right Faiz Alam was the highlight of the match. He struck in the second, third and fourth goals in an eight-minute scoring blitz after Lalit Kumar had opened the account in the ninth minute. Suresh completed the tally in the 48th minute.

In a Group III match, Garhwal Heroes trounced Victory Club 8-0. Striker Pushpender Dhondiyal knocked in five goals (no hattrick) to emerge the toast of the match.

Ganga School annex cricket title
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New Delhi, July 15
A dashing knock of 88, studded with ten fours, by Vikram and deadly bowling by Krishan (4 for 11) and Sagar (3 for 15) helped Ganga School, Hiran Kudna, beat Adarsh Model School, Vikaspuri, by 30 runs to annex the Hans Cricket Tournament at the Uttam Nagar ground, Hastal.

Vikram was named the man of the match. The prizes were distributed by manager of Ganga School Sushil Kumar Gupta. Vice-chairman of the school P K Chandla and principal H Srow were also present. Vikram was adjudged the best batsman of the tournament while Krishan was declared the best bowler. Sachil Yadav got the best all-rounder award.

Scores: Ganga School: 190 for 7 in 30 overs (Vikram 88, Puneet Lakra 44, Parteek Dhoundiyal 4 for 21).

Adarsh School: 160 all out in 27.3 overs (Parteek Dhoundiyal 52, Krishan 4 for 11, Sagar 3 for 15).

Sarojini Nagar score second successive win
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New Delhi, July 15
Sarojini Nagar Gymkhana scored their second successive victory when they beat Ravindra Public School, Pitampura, by 69 runs in the SPM Under-13 Summer League Cricket Tournament on the SPM College ground, Punjabi Bagh.

Scores: Sarojini Nagar: 158 for 6 in 30 overs (Taran Gupta 67, Karanpreet Singh 38, Parnav 28, Ankit 2 for 22). Ravindra School: 96 all out in 27.2 overs (Gourav 33, Sidhath 3 for 7, Kanchan 3 for 18).

Ernst and Young win title

Earnst and Young beat Nestle 1-0 to win the gold plate in the Delhi Merchants Cup Football final. Dennis Austrio, who scored 11 goals, was named the best footballer while Jayant Bhargava was named the best goal-keeper. Anoop Rawat scored the all important goal for the winners.

Orient Craft beat HCL Technologies 2-1 to win the silver plate. Aneesh Kaushal scored both the goals for the winners while Mukund S Nair reduced the margin for HCL. Aneesh, who scored 11 goals, was adjudged the best footballer. Rahul Jha got the best goal-keeper award.