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Tuesday,
July 22, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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ASEAN SOCCER Belgium, USA in Fed Cup semis Curtis surprise winner at British Open Indian hockey camp begins
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Thorpe, Popov share glory
India ‘A’ settle for draw with SA Gough hits back
at critics
Rahul Bakshi wins by 20 strokes in
junior golf Patiala golfer No.1 junior in India Indian archers miss bronze
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ASEAN SOCCER
Jakarta, July 21 It was a debatable decision by the referee after East Bengal goalkeeper Sandip Nandy dived forward inside the box to thwart an advancing rival forward. The referee straightaway pointed to the spot ignoring angry protests by the East Bengal players which saw Baichung Bhutia getting booked for arguing. The Sikkimese, who had earlier put his team in the lead in the 54th minute, just could not digest the referee’s decision and an opponent who came near got a feel of his anger as Bhutia slapped the Indonesian on the face. Even as it looked like the Kolkatans would allow themselves to be disturbed by the incident and Persita making some dangerous moves in the next 10 minutes, Bijen Singh who came in as a substitute in the 67th minute scored with a flying header in the 77th minute connecting a measured cross from Surkumar Singh who drove in through the right flank. The first half was goal-less which saw East Bengal medio Debjit Ghosh stretchered out to an ambulance and taken to hospital after colliding with Persita’s Zaenal Arif. The freak incident occurred in the 42nd minute of the match immediately after defender M. Suresh tested the Persita goalkeeper with a long ranger. Just inside the East Bengal half Debjit and Persita’s Zaenal Arif, who scored four goals against a Laos’ club, leaped to head a high ball and while coming down Arif crashed into the back of Debjit’s head who went down with a thud. The Indian immediately fell unconscious and before he was removed to an ambulance, which came to the ground side, on a trolley stretcher, the para-medics and players from both sides were trying to give him artificial respiration by pumping his heart. Shylo Malsawmtluanga came in for Debjit after the game was interrupted for seven minutes. The second half began with a flurry of raids by both the teams and the quick Persita forwards stretched the East Bengal defence with their silken skills. At the other end, Alvito D’Cunha and Bhutia came up with a quick one-two but in the end Alvito, in his shooting stride inside the rival box, was dispossessed. Soon the first goal came which was created by Douglas De Silva who ruled the midfield today. Speeding down the left flank, the Brazilian from Sao Paulo sent in a good cross which was converted by Bhutia with a classical header giving no chance to his marker, two other defenders and the goal keeper. It was Bhutia’s sixth goal in three matches after scoring five in the last match against Army FC, Philippines. Persita’s luck arrived in the form of the penalty and Ilham Jaya Kusuma deposited the ball in the right corner of the cage, to make it 1-1 in the 66th minute, just past a diving Nandy’s finger tips. A minute later East Bengal coach Subas Bhowmick introduced Bijen Singh in place of Alvito D’Cunha and the player from the north-east played his heart out. With Persita trying to make the most out of an agitated East Bengal, Surkumar Singh came up with a blistering run down the right flank and found Bijen Singh who ran to the middle of the box jumped high and headed in to make it 2-1. — PTI
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Belgium, USA in Fed Cup semis
Paris, July 21 With Belgium leading 2-0 overnight, Slovakia had a mathematical chance of going through but an emphatic display by world number two Clijsters closed the door completely. Belgium will now face the meet USA, which eliminated Italy 5-0 in Washington. Chanda Rubin rallied to defeat Francesca Schiavone 5-7 6-4 6-0 and give the Americans the clinching victory. France and Russia will meet in the other semi-final. Each qualified nation will submit a bid to host the Fed Cup finals by August 13 to the International Tennis Federation, which will decide by August 27 which nation will host the “final four” showdown on the week of November 17. The host will make the crucial decision of surface for the semi-finals and finals. Clijsters was simply too skilful, too athletic, and too quick for Husarova in front of 5,500 partisan Belgian fans at Charleroi. Rarely is a match so one-sided yet Clijsters kept her foot on the accelerator right till the end. Husarova tried to vary her tactics by putting in some slower and then faster shots but Clijsters doused any hopes that Husarova might turn the tables in her 40-minute win. In the two dead rubbers, Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Eva Fislova 6-2 6-1 and Els Callens and Caroline Maes won the doubles, proving too much for Jarmila Gajdosova and Lubomira Kurajcova 6-4 7-5. Late stand-in Elena Bovina, a replacement for Anastasia Myskina, was the darling of Russian tennis as she clinched the match-winning third rubber. Russia later extended its lead to 5-0. Bovina beat Slovenian number one Katarina Srebotnik 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 to book a semi-final against France, who won 4-1 in Oviedo, Spain. Russian captain Shamil Tarpischev made the surprising team change just before the start of the opening rubber. “I am very pleased with this win,” 20-year-old Bovina said. “We wanted to finish the match as soon as possible. But we dont forget that Anastasia Myskina and Elena Dementieva had two tough matches on Saturday and this success is a team effort.” France reached the semi-finals for the first time since 1998 when number one Amelie Mauresmo clinched the vital rubber with a 7-5 6-2 win over Spain’s top player Magui Serna. France’s non-playing captain Guy Forget said of the Russia match. “It will be a great tie. They are a bit stronger than we are and we will have to play at our best.”
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Curtis surprise winner at British Open
Sandwich, England, July 21 The 26-year-old from Ohio, a 300-1 outsider, had played just two rounds of links course golf before the start of the week and was ranked a lowly 396th in the world. But he got in more practice than anyone else by being the first player to arrive at Sandwich, the move paying off as he held on to win the world’s oldest championship by a shot. “We are absolutely delighted that somebody can come out of the blue and win the championship,’’ tournament committee chairman David Pepper told a news conference on Monday. “Ben Curtis was the first person to arrive at the golf course on the Saturday morning, and he wondered whether he was allowed to play the course on that day, and wondered where it might be possible for him to stay. “He took the time to arrive early played more practice rounds than anyone else, and he had never played links course golf before.’’ Royal and Ancient secretary Peter Dawson was one of the first people to speak with Curtis on that Saturday morning, five days before the tournament’s opening round. Curtis had qualified for Royal St George’s as one of the top eight finishers at last month’s Western Open who were not already exempt, and was hardly known by the 12 American journalists covering that tournament. But the PGA Tour rookie became one of the most unlikely major winners in history yesterday, holding off the likes of Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Davis Love III and Thomas Bjorn down the stretch, despite dropping five shots in the last six holes. His closing 69 proved to be too good for the stumbling finish by Denmark’s Bjorn, who threw away a three-shot lead over the last four holes to end up with a one-over-par 72. Singh, with a 70, tied for second with Bjorn while Woods failed to make his expected charge over the treacherous second nine at Sandwich, returning a final-round 71. “That was a remarkable thing,’’ said Dawson. ‘’Ben Curtis got ahead over the first nine but, when he started leaking shots on the back nine, I thought the more experienced players would come through. Curtis, who became the first player to win on his British Open debut since compatriot Tom Watson at Carnoustie in 1975, will have a clearer idea of his staggering achievement after waking up this morning as the world’s 35th-ranked golfer.
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Indian hockey camp begins
at Lucknow Lucknow, July 21 Chief coach Rajinder Singh told UNI here that the players were in good shape after rest for a couple of days. ‘’There would be two sessions daily for the players, one in the morning and another in the evening,’’ he said. The team will practise at the Astroturf field of Dhyan Chand stadium at the Sports College and will stay at the Sahara Shahar. Incidentally, Sahara is the official sponsor of the Indian hockey team. In the morning session, the players will concentrate on skills and warm up while most of the evening sessions would be governed by dividing the players into two teams for practice matches. The chief coach said he would train the players according to the requirements of the coming Champions Trophy in Holland from August 16. The team before the present training camp had undergone a five-day camp at Barog in Himachal Pradesh. Claiming that the training camp at Barog had given a good opportunity to the players to relax after two tension-filled
tournaments, Singh said the camp at the high terrain was to accustom the players with similar conditions to be encountered in the Champions trophy.
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Thorpe, Popov share glory
Barcelona, July 21 The world record holder pushed compatriot Grant Hackett into the silver medal spot for the third time yesterday with the bronze going to Dragos Coman of Romania. But the 20-year-old Thorpedo’s dream of going one better than his six golds in Japan two years ago was over before it begun when the defending champions lost their 4x100m relay title to Russia. As a result Thorpe shared the opening day limelight with veterans Alexander Popov and Jenny Thompson who anchored Russia and the USA to respective victory in the relays. Sprint legend Popov had to wait 12 years but finally won the 4x100m freestyle gold with the Russian team as Thompson equalled the most medals won at world championships with a total of ten — six gold, three silver and a bronze. The 30-year-old Thompson covered her 100m leg in a world record time of 53.44 seconds, way inside Inge de Bruijn’s world mark of 53.77, but it does not go count as a record unless it is the first leg of the relay. “I don’t know what it is but I just got very excited,” said Thompson, who took two years off the sport after the Sydney Olympics to begin medical school. Popov, the 50m world record holder, achieved his first world title since 1998, and the first during his 12 years with the relay team. Popov raced the final leg after teammates Andrei Kapralov, Ivan Usov and Denis Pimankov to clock a new championship record of 3min 14.06sec, ahead of the USA in 3:14.80. “It’s a nice sort of forgotten feeling,” said the 30-year-old. “I’ve never been on the top of the podium for the 4x100m relay, so this is a pleasure. I’ve been dreaming about it since 1991.” And the four-time Olympic champion, who is competing in the 50m and 100m this week, warned his rivals: “This is only the beginning for me.” Thorpe took the first gold of the championships when he clocked 3min 42.58sec, way outside his world record of 3:40:08 set at last year’s Commonwealth Games in Manchester, but enough to ease past Hackett. If had to race all over again he would do it differently, said Thorpe. “I was quite comfortable in the earlier part of the race,” he explained. “I now realise why it was so comfortable, because it was a little bit slow. If I had to do it over again I probably would do it different and have gotten a better time if the swim had been better.” And creating history is far from his mind at the moment. — AFP
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India ‘A’ settle for draw with SA
Arundel (England), July 21 The draw was a foregone conclusion after South Africa continued their first innings well into the second session until they were all out for 463, a lead of 144 over India 'A' first innings score of 319. Jaffer, whose first innings 90 remained the top score of the match, compiled another fine half-century, making 54 off 93 balls with nine fours before being caught and bowled by Robin Peterson. Badani remained unbeaten on a 85-ball 58 that contained eight fours and a six. The two put on 101 runs for the third wicket after India 'A' had lost captain Shiv Sunder Das (15) and Gautam Gambhir (18) with just 36 runs on the board. Earlier, South Africa, who resumed at their overnight 342 for five, made full use of the opportunity to give their batsmen some practice ahead of the first Test against England and decided not to declare their innings. Shaun Pollock (36) and Peterson (32) helped themselves to useful scores after the entire top order had come up with fine performances. Avishkar Salvi was the pick of the Indian bowlers, claiming four wickets for 92 runs while Irfan Pathan scalped three victims. Scoreboard
India 'A' (1st innings) 319 South Africa (1st innings) Smith lbw b Pathan 79, Gibbs c Patel b Kartik 79, Kirsten run out 75, Rudolph c Patel b Salvi 83, Dippenaar c sub b Salvi 37, Boucher b Salvi 0, Pollock b Bhandari 36, Peterson c Das b Pathan 32, Pretorious c Patel b Salvi 0, Zondeki not out 12, Ntini c and b Pathan 5. Extras:
(b-1, lb-11, nb-13) 25 Total: (all out, 121.4 overs) 463. Fall of wickets: 1-150, 2-164, 3-335, 4-341, 5-341, 6-394, 7-445, 8-445, 9-445. Bowling:
Salvi 29-7-92-4, Bhandari 18-3-65-1, Kartik 29-5-120-1, Pathan 28.4-3-83-3, Mishra 16-0-88-0, Rayudu 1-0-3-0. India (2nd innings) Das b Pollock 15, Gambhir c Boucher b Zondeki 18, Jaffer c & b Peterson 54, Badani not out 58, Rayudu not out 4. Extras:
(b-4, lb-3, nb-4) 11. Total (for 3 wickets, 43 overs) 160. Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-36, 3-137. Bowling:
Pollock 6-2-14-1, Ntini 7-1-26-0, Zondeki 8-2-31-1, Peterson 14-4-45-1, Pretorius 6-2-22-0, Rudolph 2-0-15-0.
— PTI
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Gough hits back at critics
London, July 21 Gough’s inclusion in the England squad for the Test, which starts on Thursday, came two years after his last five-day match. After battling 18 months of injuries which have seen Gough’s right knee operated on three times, medical experts advised the Yorkshireman to retire this year rather than continue to pound his troublesome knee. But fast bowler Gough, 32, who has defied advice to prosper in England’s recent one-day triangular tournament against South Africa and Zimbabwe before being picked for the Test squad, said: “To all those people who doubted me, bad luck. Proving them wrong has been my inspiration. “I have proved that with determination and pride you can come back whatever the difficulties you face. “I have always wanted to go my way, not to be told by others that it’s time to pack it in. “I’m totally confident that I am ready for Test cricket again and the encouraging thing is that the general public in England want me to play. — AFP
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Track interloper heralds Barrichello win Silverstone, (England), July 21 The Brazilian did not see the kilted Irishman, who ran on to the Hangar Straight on the 12th lap and continued jogging towards the oncoming traffic as cars approached at speeds in excess of 200 kph. But the Ferrari driver had a sense of history repeating itself afterwards, as the images flashed up on a television screen during a post-race news conference. The most emotional win of Barrichello’s career came in strikingly similar circumstances, the Ferrari driver celebrating his first grand prix
victory at Hockenheim in the 2000 German Grand Prix after another interloper caused havoc. That time it was a French former Mercedes employee with a grievance against the German carmaker who made a sudden incursion on to the track, shrouded in a slogan-covered cape. "I just saw that somebody said ‘Safety car, safety car’ and I was so concentrated I never saw anyone, to be honest,’’ said Barrichello, fifth in a championship led by team mate Michael Schumacher.
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Rahul Bakshi wins by 20 strokes in
junior golf Chandigarh, July 21 This tournament was held at the par-72 Army Golf Course, New Delhi, and 117 from all over the country participated. On the first day, Rahul made a steady start and finished the day with a lead of four strokes over his nearest rival, Madhav Soi of Delhi Golf Club. The second day Rahul played flawless golf for a round of 76 which extended his lead to 13 strokes. In the meanwhile Kanishk Madan caught up with Madhav Soi for the joint second position. Rahul’s round of 76 later proved to be the best round in this category. On the third day Rahul would have again matched his best round but for a unplayable lie in a greenside bunker on the 18th hole which cost him two strokes and he finished with a round of 78. This extended his lead to 20 strokes over the second-placed Kanishk Madan with Madhav Soi finishing a close third, just one stroke behind Kanishk. The final day’s play was delayed by three hours due to torrential rain which flooded the fairways and the bunkers. With great effort play was started under extremely heavy conditions with large pools of water on the fairways which made for very tough playing conditions. Rahul played cautiously and completed his round in six hours with his lead of 20 strokes intact over second-placed Madhav Soi. Kanishk in the meanwhile slipped to third position and was left 32 strokes behind Rahul Bakshi. |
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Patiala golfer No.1 junior in India Patiala, July 21 After winning the Northern India junior golf championship which concluded at the Army Golf Club in New Delhi on Saturday evening, the Patiala golfer has managed to garner a total of 116 points, 21 points more than his nearest rival. Jaskeerat, who is the son of a senior engineer working in the Punjab Irrigation department, has also won the South India junior championship which was played at the Bangalore Golf Course (BCG) in June. In fact, it was this triumph of the Patiala golfer which catapulted him to the top ranking. In terms of points accumulated on the junior circuit, Jaskeerat managed to enhance the lead between him and other golfers in the Northern India meet in New Delhi. In the New Delhi championship, Jaskeerat ended up with a superb 4 under 68 on the first day. He birdied on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th and 12th hole and bogeyed on the 10th and 16th holes. He managed a commendable 8-stroke lead at the end of day one and all this despite the hazardous tree-lined course. A unique feature of Jaskeerat’s play on the last day was the tactical brilliance with which he managed a 7 under par 65. This round of 7 under is a record as it is the lowest on the junior circuit. Earlier, this record was jointly held by Busan Asian games gold
medalist, Shiv Kapur and Gurbaz Mann, a Chandigarh-based golfer. Playing impeccable golf and keeping his concentration, Jaskeerat played a bogeyless last round in the process having 7 birdies to his name. This performance on the final day was acclaimed by one and all. Earlier, the Patiala lad finished fifth in the Jaypee Greens Amateur tournament played in Gurgaon. Jaskeerat, whose favourite golfer is Vijay Singh because of the physical resemblance he bears with the Fiji star, now has his sights firmly fixed on the Eastern India, Western India and the All India Junior tournaments slated to be held later this year. He is working hard in tandem with his coaches Jassi Grewal of Chandigarh and National coach Ajay Gupta of Delhi. His aim right now is to break in among the top five golfers of the country in the Amateur section.
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Indian archers miss bronze
New Delhi, July 21 Korea won the gold beating Sweden 238-234 in the final. Overall, it was a successful outing for the Indians as the men’s team qualified for the Athens Olympics 2004.
— PTI
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