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Saturday,
August 30, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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Agassi, Kafelnikov to meet in third round
Capel hopes to lead US clean sweep Paris, August 29 Nothing has gone right for the US men’s sprinters at the world athletics championships in a sector of the sport they customarily dominate.
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SAI lab to get temporary accreditation Jubilation in
Saraswati’s village Pak fight back after Kapali’s hat-trick
Two UT cricketers for national camp SENIOR
NATIONAL HOCKEY MEET 1948 hockey team may be felicitated Emphatic win for
Rock Rovers BSF over power
Punjab Police Qamar, Ramanand in final
Ekta Club win
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Agassi, Kafelnikov to meet in third round
New York, August 29 Vinciguerra, ranked 92nd, was playing only his second hardcourt match since February. But he tested Agassi in the first set and duelled him through seven deuces in the seventh game of the final set before giving up a service break yesterday. “He was hitting his shots effectively,” Agassi said. “I was being solid with my game but it wasn’t good enough. I had to step up my game and pick up my shots. Once I settled down I hit my shots a lot cleaner.” Eight-time Grand Slam champion Agassi, at 33 the oldest man here and ever to be ranked number one, has only failed to reach the US Open’s fourth round once since 1993, but knows he will be tested on Saturday by the 28th-ranked Russian. Kafelnikov, who turns 30 in February, won the 1996 French Open and 1999 Australian Open but has struggled to a 26-21 record this season and has not gone past the third round of a Slam since a semi-final run here in 2001. Until ousting Kenneth Carlsen and rising to 6-0 against the Dane, Kafelnikov had not won back-to-back matches since May. He had considered retirement before a change of heart after helping Russia win the 2002 Davis Cup. “He’s very talented,” Agassi said. “I think he could have accomplished a lot more than he has. He’s still out here because of his game.” Agassi is 7-4 against Kafelnikov, having won the past five in a row. They have not played each other since the 2000 ATP Masters Cup. “We go back a long time. We have had a lot of battles,” Agassi said. “It’s going to be a good match. We’ve played some great matches in the past.” It will be the fifth Grand Slam meeting between the rivals and the earliest they have ever faced each other in a Slam. Agassi beat Kafelnikov in the 2000 Australian Open final, a 1999 US Open semifinal and a 1995 Australian Open quarter-final. The Russian’s lone Slam victory over Agassi came on French Open clay in a 1995 quarter-final. French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, the third seed from Spain, beat Austria’s Jurgen Melzer 1-6 7-6 (7/2) 6-2 6-4 and Argentina’s fifth-seeded Guillermo Coria, a French Open semi-finalist, bounced Czech Bohdan Ulihrach 6-2 6-1 6-4 Australian sixth seed Lleyton Hewitt rallied to oust South Korea’s Lee Hyung-Taik 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. Lee lost nine matches in a row entering the Open but made a valiant effort in his first match against the two-time Slam winner. On the women’s side, French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne, the second seed from Belgium, beat Croatia’s Silvija Talaja 6-1 6-2 in 51 min, while sixth seed Jennifer Capriati took 63 to down Slovakian Martina Sucha 6-1 6-1. Capriati, a three-time Slam champion, faces France’s Emilie Loit next. The American has yet to be tested. Thai 11th seed Paradorn Srichaphan advanced by ousting Slovakia’s Dominik Hrbaty 6-4 6-4 6-3. Todd Martin won his 400th ATP match, ousting Dutch 16th seed Martin Verkerk 6-3 6-4 6-7 (5/7) 7-6 (11/9). Verkerk, who fired 26 aces, led 5-2 in the final tie-breaker before the 33-year-old American made a final stand. — AFP
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Sharan
clinches doubles title New Delhi, August 29 Sharan and his New Zealand partner G.D. Jones clinched the title a day earlier than schedule as their opponents in the final — which was to be played later today — third seeds Andrew Murray of Great Britain and Daniel Vellverdu of Venezuela gave a walk over yesterday. Sharan and Jones defeated sixth seeds Alex Kuznetsov of the USA and Germany’s Mischa Zverev 7-5 6-4 in the semifinals after outlasting fourth seeds Jesse Huta Galung and Romano Tatuhey of the Netherlands 7-5 6-7 (4/7) 7-5 in the quarterfinals. In the girls’ section, Sania and Anna Tchakvetadze of Russia, the eighth seeds, defeated seventh seeded Mari Andersson of Sweden and China’s
Sheng-Nan Sun 6-1 6-1 in the semifinals. Sania, the Wimbledon girls doubles champion, and Anna will play the unseeded pair of Yugoslavia’s Ana Ivanovic and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia in the final.
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Anju George creates history, enters final
New Delhi, August 29 George cleared 6.59 metres on her first attempt, 6 cm less than the qualifying mark of 6.65 m and 15 cm than her personal best, and fouled her second and third attempts, but still went through as one of the 12 best jumpers, according to information received here. George is also only the second Indian to qualify for the final of any event at the World Athletics Championships, after Neelam Jaswant Singh, who qualified for the final of the women’s discus throw last Saturday. Singh, however, managed only the twelfth place in the final. But heptathlon silver medallist Eunice Barber of France underlined why she is one of the favourites for this event, qualifying quite easily in George’s group B with a single jump of 6.78m. Barber’s personal best is 7.01m. The next best qualifier, also from group B, was Lyudmila Galkina of Russia, world champion at Athens in 1997. She cleared 6.72m on her second attempt, after a rather poor 6.25m on her first. Galkina’s personal best is 7.05m. George was the third best jumper in this group. Close behind her was Olympic silver medallist Fiona May of Italy with 6.57m. Valentina Gotovska of Latvia (6.56m), Tatyana Kotova of Russia (6.56m) and Grace Upshaw of the USA (6.55m) were the other three athletes to qualify from group B. In the other group A, Olga Rublyova of Russia and Bronwyn Thompson of Australia were the only two to meet the qualifying mark, with the Russian exceeding it by a mere 2cm. The others to qualify from this group were Jade Johnson of Great Britain (6.62m), Tnde Vaszi of Hungary (6.55m) and Concepcisn Montaner of Spain (6.53m). Veteran Inessa Kravets, 37, of the Ukraine, triple jump gold medallist at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and triple jump world champion at Goteborg in 1995, forfeited her attempts on account of injury. — UNI
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Capel hopes to lead
US clean sweep
Paris, August 29 Then in the final world record holder Tim Montgomery, who has already flown home, was fifth followed by US champion Bernard Williams. Today the 200 metres men get the chance to avenge their team mates. After winning his semifinal easily on Thursday, former US champion John Capel said a clean sweep was on the cards, with himself, current American champion Darvis Patton and J.J. Johnson all in the final. “It’s very possible,’’ he said. “I’m going to just bop J.J. Johnson on the head a couple of times and get the system working. I hope we can make a sweep. It will be fun.’’ Capel said Greene had provided great support. “He was, like, ‘let’s go Capel, I’m down, you have got to take care of it’. I respect him for that. “I respect him and Michael Johnson, both. I just hope I can be as good as they were for the sport.’’ In the only other track event of a low-key evening, Felix Sanchez, born in New York and brought up in California, defends his 400 metres hurdles title for the Dominican Republic in the final event. Two years ago, Sanchez was given a reception at the airport, a police escort and met his country’s president after winning the Dominican Republic’s first major title in Edmonton. Sanchez has been toying with the concept of running both the 400 hurdles and the 400 flat but the Paris programme did not permit such an ambitious double. He is the only person to break 48 seconds this year. The third title to be decided is the men’s long jump, where the 1999 world silver medallist Yago Lamela starts as favourite. Lamela topped the qualifying list with 8.19 metres and has a season’s best of 8.53. Four times champion, Ivan Pedroso of Cuba, pulled out of qualifying on Wednesday after injuring his foot during his first attempt. — Reuters
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SAI lab to get temporary accreditation New Delhi, August 29 Indian Olympic Association (IOA) secretary-general Randhir Singh, who is also the secretary-general of the Afro-Asian Games Council, said a team of technicians from the International Olympic Committee (IOC)-accredited laboratory in Tokyo (Japan) will arrive in Delhi on September 8 to install the new equipment for the upgradation of the SAI lab, which will entitle the lab for IOC accreditation. Mr Randhir Singh said the chairman of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) medical commission Dr Yoshio Kurada had visited the Delhi lab sometime back and after the upgradation, the OCA would accord temporary accreditation for conducting dope testing of the Afro-Asian Games competitors. Mr Randhir Singh said if any problem cropped up at the SAI lab, alternate arrangements would be made to conduct dope testing at the IOC-accredited labs either in Bangkok or in Malaysia. Mr Randhir Singh said Dr Yoshio Kurada will also head the Afro-Asian Games Medical Commission. Mr Randhir Singh observed that India’s bid for the 2010 Commonwealth Games would depend on “how well we organise the Afro-Asian Games” as members of the Commonwealth Games Federation would be present in Hyderabad during the Afro-Asiad. “As of now we stand a 60-40 chance of bagging the Commonwealth Games bid”, Mr Randhir Singh noted. India and Canada are in the fray to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and the bid will be finalised at a meeting of the Commonwealth Games Federation in Jamaica in November this year. Mr Randhir Singh said if India succeeded in winning the Commonwealth Games bid, then the IOA would also bid for the 2014 Asian Games. The IOA secretary-general asserted that the best teams and sportspersons would compete in the Afro-Asian Games, and entries had started coming in from the Asian countries. He said entries from Africa would be finalised only after the African Games slated to be held in Abuja (Nigeria) on October 17 and 18. He said the IOA would be sending a team to Abuja to complete the accreditation formalities of over 1,000 sportspersons who are expected to participate in the Afro-Asian Games to expedite the process. The games will have eight disciplines—athletics, boxing, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting, hockey (men and women) and football. Mr Randhir Singh said a brand new hockey stadium was being built in Hyderabad which would have two synthetic turfs, with flood-lighting facilities. He said hockey would be one discipline in which the giants of Asia and Africa like India, Pakistan, Korea, Japan, South Africa, Kenya and Egypt would be vying for honours. Mr Randhir Singh disclosed that the “navratna” companies like the oil majors would be sponsoring the Afro-Asian Games and the budget of Rs 103 crore sanctioned by the Union Government would suffice for the successful conduct of the Games in the city of pearls. Mr Randhir Singh also disclosed that the famous landmark in Hyderabad, “Charminar” would replace “India Gate” as the logo of the Games. “The Afro-Asian Games will provide us with an opportunity to showcase our sporting ethos to give the rest of the world an insight into Indian sports”, Mr Randhir added. He said the IOA would shift base to Hyderabad in the second week of September to ensure that the Games were conducted without any hitch. He said all the records set in the Afro-Asiad would be properly ratified as the Games would be held under the direct supervision of the Asian and African Games Federations. |
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Jubilation
in Saraswati’s village Agartala, August 29 Saraswati is the third Tripura-born
sportsperson to receive the award for excellence in sports. Earlier,
Mantu Debnath and Kalpana Debnath received India’s top sports awards
for gymnastics. Saraswati Saha (Dey), who won two gold medals in the
women’s short distance run at the 14th Asian Games in Busan last
October, was born to a poor family at Bharat Chandra Nagar. She was
later selected by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in the national
talent search contest in 1989 and settled at Bandel near Kolkata. Her
father Shakti Ranjan Dey still struggles to make both ends meet for
his nine-member family. Saraswati is fourth among six sisters and one
brother. Her fifth sister Prajapati had also participated in the
athletics’ national meet. — UNI |
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Pak fight back after Kapali’s hat-trick
Peshawar, August 29 Kapali’s feat, the first Test hat-trick by a Bangladesh player, left Pakistan 66 runs behind the touring side’s total of 361. But the hosts snapped up four quick wickets to leave Bangladesh struggling on 52 for four at the close, just 118 runs ahead with six wickets in hand. It was the first time Bangladesh, who lost the first Test in Karachi by seven wickets, had taken a first-innings lead in 23 Tests. Shoaib Akhtar removed first-innings centurion Javed Omar for a golden duck and snapped up in-form Hannan Sarkar in his third over to leave Bangladesh struggling on 20 for two. Scoreboard Bangladesh
(Ist innings):361 Pakistan (Ist innings): Hafeez c Mashud b Mahmud 21 Umar c Mashud b Rafique 75 Hameed b Rafique 23 Inzamam b Rafique 43 Youhana not out 64 Latif st Mashud b Rafique 40 Malik lbw b Rafique 0 Akhtar b Mahmud 15 Ahmed c Mortaza b Kapali 8 Kaneria lbw Kapali 0 Gul lbw Kapali 0 Extras:
(lb-1 nb-5) 6 Total: (all out, 108.1 overs) 295 FoW:
1-51, 2-84, 3-159, 4-178, 5-242, 6-250, 7-265, 8-289, 9-289. Bowling:
Mashrafe Mortaza 18-6-48-0, Alamgir Kabir 13-3-61-0 (nb-4), Khaled Mahmud 21-6-42-2 (nb-1), Mohammad Rafique 45-13-118-5, Rajin Saleh 7-2-13-0, Mohammad Ashraful 2-0-9-0, Alok Kapali 2.1-1-3-3. Bangladesh (IInd innings): Sarkar c Umar b Akhtar 7 Omar c Latif b Akhtar 0 Bashar lbw b Gul 28 Ashraful c Umar b Kaneria 7 Saleh not out 5 Kapali not out 4 Extras:
(lb-1) 1 Total: (4 wkts, 18.4 overs) 52. FoW:
1-7, 2-20, 3-43, 4-43. Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 6.4-1-25-2, Shabbir Ahmed 5-2-14-0, Umar Gul 3-1-3-1, Danish Kaneria 4-1-9-1. —
Reuters
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Two UT cricketers for national camp Chandigarh, August 29 According to a communication received from Mr S.K. Nair, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Amit Uniyal and V.R.V. Singh, two promising local medium pacers, have been told to join the Indian probables on September 1. Though the camp will conclude on September 6, both of them have been directed to stay upto September 9. This was disclosed by Sukhwinder Bawa, their coach, here today. Amit Uniyal, a budding pace bowling allrounder, has already established himself as a key member of the Punjab Ranji Trophy squad. He also fared well in the Duleep Trophy matches last year. In the KSCA and the Buchi Babu tournaments, both key domestic meets, Uniyal did well as a bowler, besides notching up a fine half century. V.R.V. Singh was part of the India under-19 squad that toured Nepal in April this year. The 18-year-old pacer has also attended the National Cricket Academy camp at Bangalore. It was due to his bowling for NCA North in the match against NCA South that he was spotted by national coach John Wright. Key Indian seamer Aashish Nehra is yet to gain top fitness, while there is some speculation regarding the fitness of Zaheer Khan. In the event of either of them not being fully fit, someone from among Uniyal, V.R.V. Singh, Tinu Youhannan and Rakesh Patel, who have also been told to join the camp, can get a chance to play in the Challenger Trophy. All the pacers besides training with the India probables would also get valuable tips from Wright and bowling coach Madan Lal. |
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NATIONAL HOCKEY MEET Lucknow, August 29 Railways, who led 2-0 at the half-time, dominated the game from the beginning though the Haryana eves did try to make inroad into the opposition defence at the fag end of the match. In the second
semifinal, Rajnish scored the solitary goal for Indian Universities in the 45th minute.
— PTI
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1948
hockey team may be felicitated New Delhi, August 29
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Emphatic
win for Rock Rovers Chandigarh, August 29 Manpreet Singh of the Rock Rovers club was adjudged the Man of the Match. He scored three goals while Parul, Jagmeet, PreetInder, Amrit Pal and Jagdev scored one goal each. For YPS, Harsimranjot scored the lone goal. In the second match of the day, Hawks Academy blanked Friends Academy, Doraha by six goals. Gurpreet Singh of the Hawks Academy was the man of the match. Jaspreet, Rajinder, Satwant, Gurpreet, Harmandeep and Jaswinder Singh each scored one goal. In the third match of the day, Sukhchain Academy, Faridkot defeated PAP Academy, Jalandhar by 4-1. Half time score was 2-0. Rajneesh Kumar of the Sukhchain Academy was declared the Man of the Match.
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BSF over power
Punjab Police Chandigarh, August 29 In the 43rd minute, Santosh Kumar made it 2-0 in favour of BSF following a well-measured cross by forward J. Oseph. Punjab Police had to wait till the 85th minute for reducing the margin when Gurvinder Singh found the net. Tomorrow, JCT will meet PSEB at Phagwara at 4.30 pm.
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Qamar, Ramanand in final New Delhi, August 29 While Qamar rached the final in the light flyweight category, Ramanand made it to the gold medal match in light weight, according to information received here. However, two other Indians Akhil Kumar (flyweight) and Diwakar Prasad
(bantomweight) had to content with bronze medals as they lost their respective semifinal bouts.
— PTI
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Ekta
Club win Hamirpur, August 29 Earlier, Ekta Club blanked Hamirpur Blue by 5-0 and Vijay Club defeated Hamirpur Hawkers by 5-3. In his address, Deputy Commissioner paid rich tributes to Dhyan Chand and urged the youngsters to follow the footpaths shown by the great players like Dhyan Chand.
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