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July 29, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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MacGill powers Aussie win
Bangladesh finds an admirer
in Waugh England-SA Test ends in draw
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Hussain quits
as captain Birmingham: Nasser Hussain resigned the England captaincy Monday after the first Test against South Africa at Edgbaston ended in a draw. The decision was announced by England chairman of selectors David Graveney at a post-match news conference. India ‘A’ register
69-run win Asian teams eyeing East Bengal players
AI, Mahindra in last eight
Owen meets brothers who lost mother to SARS Sarkaria, Saha fastest in 100 m
PAP Academy score 3-0 victory Wrestler seeks security cover
Young weightlifter with a spark 2010
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
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MacGill powers Aussie win
Cairns, Australia, July 28 Bangladesh, who were sent in to bat and made 295, had resumed their second innings on their overnight score of 106 for four after Australia had declared on 556 for four in their first innings. Leg-spinner MacGill (5-56) and paceman Jason Gillespie (4-38) each took three wickets in the morning session as Bangladesh were bowled out for 163 in 58.4 overs. MacGill was named Player of the Match and the Series, in which he claimed 17 victims. It was a sweet moment for the New South Wales and Nottinghamshire bowler who grabbed his second 10-wicket haul in his 25-Test career to take his tally to 131 victims. Shane Warne’s 12-month doping ban which ends in February next year gives 32-year-old MacGill more opportunities to prove his ability. "This is a good 12 months in Test cricket that I’ve been given the opportunity to participate in and I’m going to cash in," MacGill told a news conference. Australia captain Steve Waugh said MacGill was not simply a substitute for Test cricket’s second-leading wicket-taker. "He’s taken over five wickets per test match. It’s probably about time that everybody realised that he is not in Shane’s shadow," Waugh said. Waugh (156 not out), Darren Lehmann (177) and Martin Love (100 not out) each made centuries in Australia’s innings. Top-ranked Australia won the first Test inside three days by an innings and 132 runs in Darwin while for Bangladesh, Monday’s series defeat extended their record to 20 losses and one draw in their 21-match history. Waugh said Bangladesh deserved Test-playing status. The game’s most-capped player, most successful captain and second-leading run-scorer backed the Asian nation’s continued improvement despite their poor record. "It’s easy to write off a side because they’ve lost by an innings again (15th time in 21 tests)," Waugh said. "I know as a player that they have improved a lot." Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore said: "Well we stretched the game out to a day longer than we did in Darwin. I thought there was definite improvement." Scoreboard Bangladesh (Ist innings): 295 Australia (Ist innings): 556 for four decl Bangladesh (2nd innings): (106-4 overnight) Sarkar c Hayden b MacGill 55 Omar lbw b Gillespie 8 Bashar c Langer b Lee 25 Ashraful c Ponting b
Hossain c Ponting b
Kopali c Langer b MacGill 17 Mashud lbw b Gillespie 14 Mahmud c Lee b MacGill 17 Baisya lbw b Gillespie 0 Mortaza not out 3 Hossain b Gillespie 4 Extras: (lb-2, nb-2) 4 Total: (all out, 58.4 overs) 163 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-87, 3-90, 4-90, 5-123, 6-136, 7-156, 8-156, 9-156. Bowling: McGrath 15-9-22-0, Gillespie 12.4-3-38-4, MacGill 20-3-56-5, Lee 11-2-45-1.
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MacGill
sets sights on India
Cairns (Australia), July 28 Named man-of-the-match and player-of-the-series for his 17 wickets after Australia wrapped up a 2-0 Test series victory over Bangladesh, MacGill said he was firmly focused on touring India late next year. “India is a place where we really want to win and I think the desire is as great as anything I’ve ever experienced,” he said. “I definitely want to be part of that tour,” said MacGill, grandson of late pace bowler Charlie MacGill, a first-class player who once dismissed the legendary Don Bradman. “Watching from the sidelines, when we were beaten in India in 2001, was frustrating when you don’t know how you’d perform in those conditions,” MacGill said. “I’d just want to know how I would bowl in India. I may not be any good, but I’d love to be given the opportunity to find out. “That’s certainly a tour I’m targeting and I hope to be part of a winning team over there.” Australian captain Steve Waugh said last year in Sri Lanka that it was important to adopt a “horses for courses” policy when picking teams to play in the subcontinent. MacGill said he could see no reason why he, leg-spinner Shane Warne and left-arm slow bowler Brad Hogg could not play in the same side. “With Warney in the side and Hoggy as well it could be a great spin battery, and I think we would have a red hot shot at winning in India,” he said. MacGill said that, with wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist averaging more than 60 in Test cricket, it would not be far-fetched for Australia to field five bowlers — two pacemen and three spinners — in India and relying on six batsmen. MacGill, previously an occasional Test player called up for duty when Warne was injured, has been given an extended run in the Australian side while Warne sits out a 12-month drug ban ending February. MacGill said he was improving all the time. “I’m a much better bowler now,” he said. “I have much more confidence about where the ball is going to go. “Now I’m actually working out how I want to dismiss each player, rather than saying to myself ‘If it comes out right, I’m going to get him out’.”
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Bangladesh
finds an admirer in Waugh Cairns (Australia), July 28 Bangladesh, while losing both Tests by an innings to Australia to take its record to 20 losses and a draw from 21 Tests, earned an admirer in Waugh after Australia completed a win by an innings and 98 runs today inside four days. "I think their batting was a lot better than some West Indies efforts in recent years and they were better than Pakistan in Sharjah last year," Waugh said after the match. Asked if Bangladesh needed to be reassessed after the Tigers made 295 and 163 to Australia’s 556 for 4 declared, Waugh said: "I think they (critics) need to be fair — it’s easy to write off a side because they lost by an innings but they will improve. They have got a lot of talent." Waugh said his side was surprised when Bangladesh progressed to 150 for 1 on the first day. "Day one was a good performance, we expected three or four wickets at least so to be one for 150 on a wicket that was doing a bit was quality batting. "They were positive, their body language was good, they took some balls on the body ... they’re on their way." Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore was pleased with the improvement shown by his side.
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England-SA Test ends in draw
Birmingham (England), July 28 Two stoppages killed off the game which finished with England on 110 for one in their second innings, Marcus Trescothick 52 not out and captain Nasser Hussain 23 not out. That left England 211 short of their victory target of 321 after South Africa declared their second innings on 134 for four. Opener Michael Vaughan was out to the last ball before tea for 22 when he edged left-arm spinner Robin Peterson to Shaun Pollock at first slip. Trescothick resumed after tea on 45 not out with Hussain promoting himself up the order to preserve the righthand- lefthand combination at the crease. England had advanced to 100 for one when an initial 26 minute stoppage for bad light steered the match towards stalemate. Scoreboard South Africa (1st innings)
England (1st innings): Trescothick b Ntini 31 Vaughan c Boucher
b Pretorius 156 Butcher lbw b Ntini 13 Hussain lbw b Pollock 1 McGrath c Rudolph
b Pretorius 34 Stewart b Pretorious 38 Flintoff lbw b Pretorius 40 Giles b Pollock 41 Gough c Rudolph b Ntini 1 Harmison b Ntini 0 Anderson not out 0 Extras
(b-19, lb-6,
Total (all out, 122.4 overs) 408 Fall of wickets:
1-66, 2-132, 3-133, 4-222, 5-306, 6-311, 7-374, 8-398, 9-398. Bowling:
Pollock 27.4-10-51-2, Ntini 28-8-114-4, Willoughby 20-7-46-0, Pretorius 25-2-115-4, Peterson 22-9-57-0. South Africa (2nd innings) Smith b Giles 85 Gibbs b Anderson 9 Kirsten c McGrath Dippenaar not out 28 Rudolph st Stewart b Giles 8 Extras:
(lb-2, nb-1) 3 Total: (for 4 wkts dec,
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-32, 3-114, 4-134. Bowling: Harmison 6-0-34-1, Anderson 10-1-37-1, Giles 8-0-45-2, Flintoff 2-0-16-0. England (2nd innings) Trescothick not out 52 Vaughan c Pollock b
Hussain not out 23 Extras (b-8, lb-5) 13 Total
(for 1 wkt,
Fall of wickets: 1-72 Bowling:
Pollock 7-3-6-0, Ntini 4-0-38-0, Peterson 13-3-33-1, Pretorius 10-6-20-0.
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Hussain
quits as captain
Birmingham: Nasser Hussain resigned the England captaincy Monday after the first Test against South Africa at Edgbaston ended in a draw. He will be replaced by Michael Vaughan, who led England to victory in the triangular one-day series against Zimbabwe and South Africa. Hussain, 35, stepped down as national one-day captain after the unsuccessful World Cup campaign in South Africa this year before leading England to a 2-0 series victory over Zimbabwe.
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India ‘A’ register 69-run win
London, July 28 Electing to bat, the visitors posted 262 for eight in 50 overs with valuable contributions from almost all the middle- order batsmen. They then come up with a superb bowling performance to restrict Gloucestershire to 193 all out in 44.2 overs to remain undefeated on the tour. For India ‘A’, S Sriram (50) and A.T. Rayudu (54) scored fine half-centuries while skipper Hemang Badani scored a brisk 48 off 52 balls and Rohan Gavaskar made 34. The tourists were also benefitted from some wayward bowling by the home side bowlers who conceded as many as 15 no balls and eight wides. Fast bowler Irfan Pathan and spinner Murali Karthik shared the honours in the bowling department for India ‘A’ with three wickets apiece. While Pathan’s three wickets cost 38 runs, Karthik gave away 44 runs in 10 overs. Avishkar Salvi, who opened the bowling with Pathan, also accounted for two scalps (2 for 20) with his disciplined bowling. For the home side, New Zealander Chris Harris was the lone batsman who could successfully negotiate the rampaging India ‘A’ bowlers with a fine 65. Harris had earlier also shone with the ball claiming two wickets for 32 runs in his quota of 10 overs. India ‘A’ will play their next match, a four-day affair, against Warwickshire at Edgbaston beginning Wednesday. Scoreboard
India ‘A’ Parab c Taylor b Sillence 5 Gambhir c Russell b Sillence 6 Sriram c Malik b Fisher 50 Badani c Harris b Fisher 48 Gavaskar run out 34 Rayudu c Sillence b Harris 54 Patel b Fisher 12 Kartik not out 12 Pathan c Fisher b Harris 8 Balaji not out 9 Extras
(lb-1, w-8, nb-15) 24 Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 262 Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-19, 3-116, 4-129, 5-188, 6-228, 7-232, 8-249. Bowling: Bressington 7-1-42-0, Sillence 4-0-26-2, Hardinges 9-0-78-0, Malik 10-0-38-0, Fisher 10-0-45-3, Harris 10-0-32-2.
— PTI
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Asian teams eyeing East Bengal players
Kolkata, July 28 According to reports here, the East Bengal players have already generated interest among Asian teams and offers are pouring in for hiring the players. The city giants, if they get a good bargain, will consider the deal, it was learnt. However, nothing has been finalised as the team now wants to win the Federation Cup first, according to an official here. Of course Baichung Bhutia is target number one. Among others in demand are Alvito D’Cunha, Surkumar Singh, Mahesh Gawli, M Suresh and goalkeeper Sandip Nandy. The clubs interested are from Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. In the meantime, Vijay Mallya has announced a bonus of $ 500 each to the players and said more prizes awaited them when they returned. Mr Mallya had reportedly said East Bengal’s victory in Indonesia helped him forget the grief of India losing the cricket World Cup finals. The city itself seems to be gearing up to greet East Bengal with huge banners and flags put up at several places. There seems to be a picnic mood in several clubs even on the first day of the week in eager expectation of the team’s return. Coaches of top teams playing the Federation Cup here were all praise for coach Subhas Bhowmik. Salgaocar coach Savio Madeira said Bhowmik’s biggest credit was that he made players believe that they had it in them to be at the top on foreign soil. “It of course helped having the right kind of players. But still full marks to him,” he said and former Mohun Bagan and current Tollygunge coach Subrata Bhattacharjee was equivocal. “East Bengal has the nucleus of the Indian team. They are a very balanced side. But this side needed two things in the form of direction and motivation. Subhas provided that and turned this side inside out with killer instinct,” he said. Subrata lauded Subhas Bhowmik’s pep talk before the finals. “He never pressurised the team saying they have to win. He said you are good players if you feel you can teach them a lesson in football do so. I feel that is the best tonic,” Subrata added. — UNI
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Bhutia signs contract
New Delhi, July 28 Bhutia told ‘Sahara Samay’ that his club East Bengal would give him on loan to the Malaysian outfit. “I have got an offer from Perek and I will be going there next month on loan from East Bengal,” the Sikkimese said. The talented footballer will be seen in action at the Malaysia Cup, the most prestigious of the three competitions in the annual Malaysian football calendar. Bhutia will join the club on August 16. This would be Bhutia’s second association with a foreign club. He has earlier played in the English second division league with Bury FC. Bhutia was the star of East Bengal’s historic triumph at the ASEAN Club Tournament where he emerged the top-scorer with nine goals. — PTI
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AI, Mahindra in last eight
Kolkata, July 28 Vinay Kuruvilla and Anthony Fernandes scored one apiece for Air India, while Jose Colaco found the target for Dempo in an exciting encounter at flood-lit Salt Lake
stadium. Dempo took the lead through a penalty in the 22nd minute. Latching on to a loose ball, striker Alex Ambrose found himself in the clear and cut into the rival box. In desperation, Air India right back Santosh Koli tripped Ambrose and referee N Mohan pointed to the dreaded spot. Jose Colaco converted the set-piece. Air India, though having the lion’s share of exchanges in the first half, missed a number of chances and Dempo led 1-0 at half time. But the Mumbai outfit seemed a rejuvenated lot after the breather and drew parity in the 48th minute when a Binoop M K long throw was fisted by Dempo custodian Satish Kumar before Vinay Kuruvilla netted in with a snap right footer. Buoyed by the goal, Air India kept up the momentum and went ahead five minutes later as Koli’s power-packed 35 yarder saw Kumar fumble with the collection. As the ball slipped out of his hand, Anthony Fernandes, lurking close by, pushed in. In an earlier match, Abhishek Yadav scored the solitary goal for Mahindra with a fine header in the 76th minute to send Hayward crashing out of the tournament. With the exit of Dempo and Hayward, three of the four Goan teams were out of the tourney with Salgaocar being the lone representative remaining in the
fray. Mahindra United staved off a spirited display from Goa outfit Hayward Sporing to fashion a 1-0 victory and moved into the quarter-final. Promising striker Abhishek Yadav found the target for the fancied Mumbai side with a fine header in the 76th minute to send Hayward, who threatened the Mahindra citadel for the better part of the second session, crashing out of the tournament in the well contested game at the slushy Salt Lake stadium. Following a James Singh cross from the right, Yadav outjumped two Haywards defenders to head home in a flash only 14 minutes after he was brought on as a replacement for Jules Alberto by coach David Booth. Well-served by their strong midfield and the two African recruits — Ghanaian defender Odartey Lawson and upfronter from Togo Raphael Patron Akapko — Mahindra dominated the exchange in the first half, though both sides got even number of chances till the breather. — PTI |
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Real’s style makes China see red
Kunming (China), July 28 In the three days since the team touched down in the southwestern city of Kunming, the Spanish League champions have managed to offend just about everyone involved in this first leg of their sweep through Asia. They got off on the wrong foot when the players astounded Chinese officials by snubbing the ancient Chinese rite of passage for first-time guests, leaving a meticulously prepared banquet in their honour a mere 15 minutes after its start. “It was chaos. They had a quick drink and left without eating,” said a Kunming official present at the dinner. “Everyone was shocked. I was shocked,” he said. Real later explained that the team was under a strict dietary regime. Fans were next to get a taste of life, Real Madrid-style. Hundreds of eager ticket-holding spectators awaiting the arrival of David Beckham, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and the rest of the superstar squad for their first official practice session Saturday were left stranded when the team failed to show up. Real blamed that debacle on a misunderstanding on the part of local organisers, saying they had never intended to practice that morning. Then Sunday, the nine-time champions of Europe decided to practise on a neighbouring field that offered no view to ticket-holding Chinese fans sitting in the stands of the original pitch. Real said the field was rain-soaked and chewed up through use, which proved little consolation for those who had braved pouring rain for an hour to see their heroes. Confusion about scheduling and strict regulations, including no access to Real’s newest superstar David Beckham, meanwhile, have angered the Chinese media. “All the Chinese media are dissatisfied because there is so little to write about,” said Henry Yu, a reporter from Beijing. One Real Madrid official defended the club, saying: “We haven’t received any complaints so far.” He may not be aware that it is also part of Chinese custom to give face by not criticising guests’ cultural gaffes or rude behaviour. Real Madrid are on a three-week promotional stint through Asia that includes Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Marketing officials have said the club will pocket eight million euros ($ 9.1 million) from the jaunt. Last week, Asian Football Confederation chief Peter Velappan described Real Madrid as “bloodsuckers” and “mercenaries”, accusing them of demanding three times more than other clubs in appearance fees. Real said they were disappointed in the comments and defended their actions. “We know what we are, we know what we are doing, we have nothing to hide,” said Stephan Attia, chief executive of Asia Sports Development, Real’s Asia marketing group. — AFP
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Owen meets brothers who lost mother to SARS
Hong Kong, July 28 The England star handed the boys an autographed Liverpool shirt in a meeting that was fixed up after government officials responsible for the boys’ welfare learnt Tommy was an avid Liverpool fan, according to the match’s promoters. The brothers earlier acted as match escorts, leading out Liverpool captain Sammi Hyypia and midfielder Danny Murphy onto the pitch before Sunday’s game kicked off. — DPA
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Sarkaria, Saha fastest in 100 m
Hyderabad, July 28 Sarkaria, who got off to a good start, maintained a clear lead over his opponents till the halfline but in the last stage he got a stiff challenge from Sanjay Ghosh (Army), who despite coming up with a spirited performance, fell to grab the gold medal by a whisker. Ghosh finished 0.01 sec behind Sarkaria. While the Delhi runner clocked 10.51 secs, Ghosh took 10.52 secs to breast the finish line with Piyush Kumar (Del) finishing third with a timing of 10.61 seconds. Starting off on a promising note, Rakhi too took an early lead but her statemate Mukti put up a good fight as the dash shaped into a neck-and-neck race at the finish line with Rakhi clocking 12.06 secs to clinch the yellow metal ahead of Mukti who clocked 12.12 sec. K.M. Greeshma of Kerala took the bronze. Uttar Pradesh’s Kuldip Kumar had an easy outing in the men’s 1500m as he went ahead of the pack from the start and took a good lead at half way mark to win in 3:50.63. Pritam Bind (Uttaranchal) timed 3:52.73 to win the silver medal while Sunil Kumar (Har) had to be content with the bronze with a timing of 3:52.96. Busan Games 800m silver medallist, Madhuri A. Singh (AIESCB), recorded a comfortable win in the women’s 1500 metres. She took the gold by clocking 4:26.18, ahead of Hemalatha of Karnataka (4:32.98) and S Santhi of Tamil Nadu. Jayaveer Singh’s (Army) 18.30m effort in shot put proved too good for other competitors as he won the gold pushing Kulwinder Singh of Punjab Police (17.69m) to the second place. Malkhan Singh (Har) took the bronze at 17.62m. In the women’s discus, favourite Neelam J. Singh lived upto her reputation as she hurled the disc to a distance of 58.95m to clinch the top place. Harwant Kaur of Punajb Police (56.22) and Seema Antil of CRPF (54.59) took the silver and bronze medals, respectively. In the gruelling men’s 10,000m race, Sivanand of Andhra Pradesh took the top honour with a timing of 32:31.32 while L. Aruana Devi of West Bengal won the gold in 36:32.66 in the women’s section. Sivanand, who won the gold in the first edition of the Asian Grand Prix in 3,000 metres though had a confident start, Baliram Disale (Maha) overtook him with six laps to go. — PTI
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Roddick
wins Indianapolis title Indianapolis (USA), July 28 The sixth-ranked Roddick claimed his third title of the year after starting the week off in trouble against France's Cyril Saulnier, who led their second-round match by a set and a service break. By yesterday, however, Roddick was playing top quality tennis. "I never like saying I'm playing my best because, hopefully, two days from now I'll be playing better," said Roddick, who has now won six of his eight career titles in the USA. "I think at Queen's and Wimbledon, I was playing close to my best. It's definitely exciting these past couple of months." Roddick has now beaten Paradorn in three of their four meetings.
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PAP Academy score 3-0 victory Jalandhar, July 27 The PAP lads started the victory charge in the 3rd minute when Jasjit Kullar scored a field goal (1-0). In the 20th minute, Harjinder Singh of PAP Academy was shown a green card. PAP further consolidated the lead in the 24th minute, when Jasjit Kullar again shot home (2-0). The score board stood at 2-0 till the lemon break. The PAP players increased the lead in the 30th minute when Jasjit Singh converted a penalty corner. Even though Randhir Academy were awarded two penalty corners, they could not score. Surjit Academy defeated Border Hawks, Amritsar 3-0. The Academy started the scoring in the 16th minute, when dashing forward Ranjoth Singh struck a field goal 1-0. Ranjodh Singh of Surjit Academy and Malkit Singh of Border Hawks were shown yellow cards. The score-board stood at 1-0 at the half time. The second half witnessed good hockey while Sapoor Singh of Academy converted a penalty corner making it 2-0 in the 41st minute. The Border Hawks opting for defensive hockey throughout the game failed to make an impact. Ranjoth Singh increased the lead when he converted a penalty corner (3-0). In another keenly contested match, Ropar Hawks defeated Divine Public School 2-0. In the last match of the day, Chandigarh Hockey Academy defeated Baba Farid Academy Faridkot 2-1. Baba Farid Academy got their only goal in the 26th minute through Aminder Singh. The Chandigarh players emerged winners as Sandeep Singh and Dharamvir Singh scored in the 36th and 47th minutes, respectively. |
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Wrestler
seeks security cover Jammu, July 28 The wrestler has been under constant threat from the militants. Two years ago militants engineered a blast in his house killing his wife on the spot. Ayub Khan, who moves about with a gun on his shoulder, fought single handedly with the attackers and saved himself and his 14 children. There have been many attempts on his life. Finding himself in trouble he had left the Congress and joined the National Conference two years ago. As a member of the then ruling party two security guards were given to him. These guards were recalled soon after the PDP-Congress coalition government took over. And out of scare he has been shifting his family members from one place to the other. But he stays put in his village. He has been moving from pillar to post to secure a security cover. |
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Young weightlifter with a spark Patiala, July 28 She won a silver medal in the Punjab Junior Weightlifting Championship held here in December, 2002. She went on to bag the second position in the Punjab State Rural Games (u-16) held at Sangrur early this year. In the All-India Rural Games held at Anandpur Sahib, Neha won the silver medal in the 48 kg category. The life of this talented lifter revolves around two constants — a body that must endure pain if it has to triumph and her coach Jaspal, whose word is command for her. With morning devoted to rigorous physical workout, evenings are reserved for training stints at the local Polo Ground centre of the Punjab Sports Department. Jaspal is optimistic of Neha’s rise in the domestic circuit. The young lifter has made a good beginning but she knows that she has to go a long way in her endeavour to be a successful lifter.
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2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES Lucknow, July 28 However, for the venue of Commonwealth Games, much depends on success of the Afro-Asian Games to be held at Hyderabad from October 24 to November 1.
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