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September 15, 2003, Chandigarh, India  
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India ‘A’ are champs Argyle, Smith to the fore in Rally Hokkaido
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PCA hikes cash incentives Two wrestlers earn Olympic berths Uzbekistan down
India TFA Blue Jyoti makes history European Nations Cup for Germany
Prayer for Jugraj’s recovery
PSB Academy in semis Patiala 260 for 7
Rest of Punjab third
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India ‘A’ are champs Bangalore, September 14 Sairaj Bahutule top-scored for India “B” with an unbeaten 54 in 45 balls with five fours and two sixes but eventually ran out of partners. Ramesh Powar was the most successful bowler for India “A”, taking three wickets for 29 runs. Yuvraj Singh, who hit an unbeaten 111 against the same side yesterday, made 47 off 50 balls, hitting six fours. Dravid made 27 (34 balls, two fours) before being bowled by Sachin Tendulkar, as India “B” went down without a whimper. Once Dravid was out, India “B” were out of the hunt. India “B” were without the services of Dinesh Mongia, when they batted, as he was taken to a hospital for x-ray after injuring his hand during fielding. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar scored a cautious 88 while Sridharan Sriram made a quickfire 70 as India ‘A’ posted an imposing 314 for six. Sriram teamed up with Rohan Gavaskar (49) to take the total beyond the 300 mark at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here. The duo put on 113 runs for the fifth wicket after India ‘A’ were 199 for four in the 36th over. Scoreboard India “A”: Gambhir c Sarandeep Tendulkar c Yadav Jaffer c Bhandari b Yadav 11 Kaif lbw b Bahutule 38 Sriram b Bhandari 70 Gavaskar c Bahutule Powar not out 1 Extras:
(lb-8, nb-2, w-12) 22. Total: (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 314 Fall of wickets:
1-71, 2-95, 3-178, 4-199, 5-312, 6-314. Bowling: Agarkar 10-0-64-0, Bhandari 8-1-48-2, Mongia 9-0-50-1, Yadav 7-1-33-1, Bahutule 8-0-50-1, Sarandeep 6-0-45-1, Bharadwaj 2-0-16-0. India ‘B’: S S DAS run out 18 J P Yadav c Tendulkar b Salvi 23 V Bharadwaj b Pathan Jr. 2 R Dravid b Tendulkar 27 Yuvraj c Pathan Jr. b Powar 47 V S Thilak Naidu run out 1 A Agarkar lbw b Kumble 1 S Bahutule not out 54 Sarandeep Singh b Powar 11 A Bhandari c Gavaskar b Powar 8 Extras:
(lb-9, nb-2, w-12) 23 Total: (for nine 41.1 overs) 215. FoW:
1-31, 2-42, 3-58, 4-123, 5-125, 6-130, 7-147, 8-198, 9-215. Bowling:
Salvi 9-0-41-1, Pathan Jr. 7-1-47-1, Sriram 4-0-26-0, Kumble 8-1-41-1, Tendulkar 6-0-22-1, Powar 7.1-0-29-3.
— PTI
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BCCI AGM to discuss 15 items New Delhi, September 14 The AGM will also elect the working committee, standing committee and other sub-committee members for the year 2003-2004. The agenda for the meeting also includes selection of the manager and other officials for the Indian team’s tour of Australia in 2003-2004. Sources indicated that there was likely to be a keen contest for the joint secretary’s post, which will fall vacant as the present incumbent, Mr Jyoti Bajpayee of Uttar Pradesh, was all set to step into the shoes of treasurer Kishore Rungta of Rajasthan, who would be demitting office after being the custodian of the BCCI cash for the last five years. The other items listed in the agenda for deliberation include confirmation of the minutes of the 73rd AGM held on September 19 and 20, 2002 in Kolkata; matters arising out of the minutes of the 73rd AGM; adoption of the report of the secretaries for the year 2002-2003; adoption of the treasurer’s report and the audited accounts for the year ending March 31, 2003; adoption of the annual budget for the year 2003-2004; appointment of the auditors for the year 2003-2004 and to fix their remuneration; consideration of the report and the recommendations of the all-India senior selection committee, all-India junior selection committee, umpires’ committee and senior tournaments’ committee. |
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Argyle, Smith to the fore in Rally Hokkaido Obihiro (Japan), September 15 Nutahara is second with 32 points while Kremer follows closely behind with 31 points. Kremer’s steady showing also fetched him the group N(unmodified cars) standings lead. He has accumulated 47 points while Nutahara only has 40 points in the group. The day today dawned bright and clear after continuous rain yesterday though the drivers had problems in the morning due to wet and soggy tracks. By during later stages the tracks did dry up a little, making it easier for the drivers and the spectators alike. The spectators flocked to the rally routes in large numbers today, cheering the home drivers. Most were disappointed to see Fumio Nutahara go out of the title race yesterday. Armin Kremer and Fred Berssen finished first in group N despite an average showing. A total of five legs were held today and Kremer’s best showing was in stage 18th were he finished fifth. Geoff Argyle drove steadily for most stages but finished by winning the last and 19th stage. Australia’s Christopher Atkinson and co-driver Benjamin Atkinson, driving for Monster Sport Australia finished third in the title race for Rally Hokkaido and were second in group A, behind Argyle and Smith. Hoping to win some leg points to make up for going out of the title race, Malaysia’s Karamjit Singh and Allen OH Siew Sein of Petronas EON Racing Team won two stages - 15th and 17th -as a consolation. In fact, Karamjit posted a fast time of 12. 29. 4 in the first stage of the day, the 15th stage. Inspite of the rain turning the tracks soggy and slippery he had more than a 15-second lead over
Nutahara, who also had some good results today. Even in stage 17 Karamjit had a five-second lead over the next driver. He also finished second behind Fumio Nutahara in stage 18. In all it was a good day for
Karamjit, making up a little bit for the disappointment of going out of the title race on the first day itself. There was a difference of a few micro seconds between Karamjit and Nutahara in this stage. Karamjit is a distant fourth in the overall Asia-Pacific Championship standings with 16 points. MRF Tyres’ other driver David Doppelreiter also tried to make up for lost
opportunities and gain experience for the coming Asia-Pacific rallies in Thailand and India. He finished third in the last stage. In group N he is quite behind the leaders and is fourth with 16 points while in the overall Asia-Pacific standings he is only ninth with six points. |
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PCA hikes cash incentives Chandigarh, September 14 A substantial hike has been made in expenditure on running regional coaching centres and the PCA centre besides funds on coaching-cum-equipment subsidy to the district associations. A provision of Rs 15 lakh has been made as against Rs 5.67 lakh last year. Similarly, the PCA proposes to spend Rs 2.5 lakh on coaching camps, up from Rs 1.59 lakh last year. Hike has also been made on the expenditure on holding or participation in Punjab state championships as well as senior and junior tournaments organised by the BCCI. Mr I.S. Bindra, honorary president of the PCA, while releasing the list of executive members, sub-committees and the budget proposals for the year 2003-04, said that seating capacity of the south pavilion, which was a major sources of income, would be increased while a couple of dormitories would be constructed for the benefit of players visiting here from various districts. Mr Bindra said that the PCA would work for creating better avenues for due promotion of cricket as well as for revenue generation. Various sub-committees as well as the list of executive members are as under: Executive members: Mr JP Shoor (Amritsar), Mr Surjit Rai (Jalandhar city), Mr Vinod Chitkara (Ludhiana), Mr R P Pandove (Patiala), Mr Mohinder Singh (Mohali), Mr O D Sharma (Bathinda), Dr A G S Bawa (Faridkot), Mr Prag Jain (Mohali), Mr Rakesh Rathore (Jalandhar City), Mr Rajiv Bali (Chandigarh), Mr R P Singla (Chandigarh), Mr Justice S S Saron (Chandigarh), Mr Rajiv Mittal (Jalandhar), Mr Vishwajit Khanna (Patiala), Mr Justice S S Sodhi (Chandigarh) and Panjab University (Chandigarh). Selection committee (senior):
Mr Chaman Lal Malhotra (chairman), Mr Joginder Singh, Mr Sameer Mehra, Mr Balbir Singh, Mr R P Singla. Selection committee (junior): Mr Umesh Kumar (chairman), Chaman Lal, Rajinder Dhawan, Rakesh Sharma, Mr Monish Aggarwal. Mr S K Kakkar and Mr Vishwajit Khanna have been appointed chairmen of the technical and fixture committee for senior district and minor districts, respectively. Mr I S Bindra will be president of the administrative committee, while Mr Rajan Kashyap is chairman of the finance committee. Mr Daljit Singh and Mr B K Mehta are chairmen of the ground maintenance committee and committee for minor districts. |
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Two wrestlers earn Olympic berths
New York, September 14 Another Indian grappler Sujeet Maan also made it to the Athens Olympics 2004 although he lost in the quarterfinal in 70kg category to Hadi Habibi of Iran in 3 minutes and 41 seconds, according to information received here. Sushil Kumar will take on Azerbaijan’s Abdullaev Arif Yadulla for a place in the final in the 60kg category while in the other semi-Cuban Yandro M Qunitana Ribalta will challenge Jae-Myug Song of South Korea. Kumar beat Georgia’s David Pogosian 6-3 in the quarterfinals to advance into the medal round. The Indian touched peak form in the elite event overpowering his opponents with ease starting with the racy win over Aliaksandr Karnitski of Belarus in the first round. The Indian pinned his opponent to the mat in less than three minutes. Kumar then beat Aram Margaryan of Armenia by technical fall in the third round 12-0 again in less than three minutes before overpowering Kamal Ustarkhanov of Russia 6-0 in pre-quarterfinals. Maan also had a creditable performance beating Chi-Wen Hung of Taipei, Zaza Zozirov of Ukraine and Leonardo E Gonzalez of Panama in the preliminary rounds to reach the last eight. The top 10 men and five women in each division qualify for the Athens Olympics which will be first Games to feature women’s wrestling. The other members of the Indian contingent also put up a decent show before bowing out. In the 120-kg class, Jagdish Kaliraman lost to Aleksi Modebadze of Georgia 0-7 in the third round. In the women’s section, Kamini Yadav gave a tough fight to Fani Psatha of Greece before going down 5-8 in the third round of 48-kg class. — PTI
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Uzbekistan
down India TFA Blue Jamshedpur, September 14 Uzbekistan surged ahead in the 77th minute when mid-fielder Abbos Abdullahyev, after receiving a pass from the right flank, forwarded it to an unmarked Umarov who tapped the ball into the net. After leading 1-0, the visitors upped the ante and made another foray in the 88th minute when Umarov chipped the ball to Abbos who faced no problem in increasing the margin. Abbos was again left unmarked by the home side, comprised mostly of upcoming players. Though the ITB dominated major part of the game, they failed to capitalise on the opportunities in each half of the match.
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Jyoti makes history New Delhi, September 14 Jeev Milkha Singh, the other Indian in the fray, finished tied for the 45th place at seven-over 291 at the event which also featured world No 5 Phil Mickelson, who finished tied 18th at two-over 286.
— PTI
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European
Nations Cup for Germany Barcelona, September 14 Earlier the Netherlands won the women’s tournament for the fifth time in six attempts with a comprehensive 5-0 defeat of Spain in the final. The victory ensured that the Dutch gained an automatic place for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and will not have to go through next year’s qualifying tournament in New Zealand. In the men’s final it was Spain who took the lead with a well-taken field goal from Santi Freixa on 19 minutes, but Germany levelled the game 14 minutes later when skipper Florian Kunz scored from a penalty corner.
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Prayer for Jugraj’s recovery Phagwara, September 14 Punjab Social Welfare Minister Joginder Singh Mann and SP Harmanbir Singh Gill presented a “siropa” to Mr Harjinder Singh, father and young Harmeek Singh, brother of Jugraj Singh, who had specially come to join the “ardas” at the “bhog” of Akhand Path held by the police. An additional “siropa” was handed over to Harjinder Singh to be carried to the hospitalised Jugraj Singh. Addressing the congregation, Joginder Singh Mann, Social Welfare Minister, Jagat Singh
Palahi, President, local Guru Nanak College, Jaspal Singh DSP and Kuldip
Sardana, President, Environment Association, praised Jugraj Singh as “dharuv tara” (pole star) of the Indian hockey and prayed for his speedy recovery so that he could bring further laurels for the country. It was really a different atmosphere at Sadar Police Station with banners of “Get well
soon-Jugraj” adoring the walls, hymns being chanted from the scripture, “langar” being served and cops in civil doing “sewa” all around. A large number of people from Rayya and Fazalpur, the native village of Jugraj, had also come to attend the concluding ceremony of the bhog of Akhand Path. Mr Harjinder Singh, father of Jugraj Singh, was satisfied with the treatment and recovery of his son and said he was overwhelmed by the public goodwill shown to his son, him and his family in wake of the road accident. Mr Harjinder Singh informed that Jugraj was responding well to the treatment. He admitted that plans were afoot to send Jugraj abroad for specialised medical treatment. When asked which country would Jugraj be flown to, he said that it was for the Union Ministry of Sports and Indian Hockey Federation to decide. |
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PSB Academy in semis Amritsar, September 14 In today’s matches, Bhopal Academy trounced Madras Academy by 2-1 Centre-forward of Bhopal Shahbaj Khan struck the first goal through penalty corner in the 14th minute. Left-in Osaf-ur-Rahman made it 2-0 just a minute before the conclusion of the first half. Bhopal Academy received six penalty corners of which they converted two. Madras Academy too could not convert any of six penalty corners they Ist. The solitary goal of Madras Academy came from right-in Monty, who scored a field goal in 40th minute. In another match Punjab and Sink Bank (PSB) Academy, Jalandhar, defeated Saint Soldier Academy, Jalandhar by 2-1. Left-half Gaganpreet Singh converted a penalty corner in 22nd minute to make 1-0. Centre-forward Major Singh completed the tally in the 27th minute scoring from a field goal. Saint Soldier Academy remained goal less till the first half. Left-in Amit scored the loan goal in 43rd minute through a field goal. SAint Soldier got three penalty corners but failed to convert any. In the third match, Bengal Academy vanquished favourite Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar by 6-2. Till the end of the first half Bengal Academy had scored four goals while Surjit Academy had yet to start scoring. For Bengal, right-in Roop Lal scored a field goal in seventh minute. Centre-forward Sebian Jojo converted a penalty corner in 12th minute. Three minutes later left-in Thomas Nag scored a field goal. Roop Lal made it 4-0 in 31st minute. In the second half left-out Gagandeep Singh scored the goal for Surjit Academy in 37th minute, Gagandeep Singh struck again in 51st minute. However, six minutes later, Bengal striker Thomas Nag struck the fifth goal for his team. Sebial Jojo scored the sixth goal in 69th minute through a field goal. In the last match Sukhchain Academy, Faridkot defeated Punjab National Bank (PNB) Academy by 2-0. Till the completion of the first half no team was able to score a goal. PNB Academy wasted seven penalty corners while Faridkot team failed to convert two. In the 60th minute of the game, Avtar Singh of Faridkot scored the first goal through a penalty stroke, Centre-forward Joga Singh scored the last goal in the 69th minute.
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Patiala
260 for 7 Patiala, September 14 At stumps, the hosts recovered from their lunch time score of 62 for 5 to end up the day at a comfortable 260 for 7. Opting to bat after winning the toss on a docile wicket, the hosts soon found themselves staring down the barrel with the top layer of the batting order being jilted by medium pacer V.R.V Singh. The well-built Chandigarh bowler bowled with fire and at 62 for 5 he single handedly had the hosts on the mat. Once V.R.V Singh was taken off by his skipper after his first spell in which he captured three important wickets, the hosts slowly crawled their way back into contention with the experienced Lakhbir Singh and Anup Kumar combining well to add 90 runs for the sixth wicket. Lakhbir Singh played an innings full of steely resolve while Anup played the role of a sheet anchor to hold the innings together till the end. The hosts were sailing comfortably at 152 for 6 when in a sudden rush of blood Lakhbir tried to cart the bowler over mid wicket but found the ball hitting the stumps. Rajiv Sirhindi joined the diminutive Anup at the fall of Lakhbir’s wicket and played a breezy knock of 30 studded with five boundaries and one six. At draw of stumps, the hosts had scored 260 for 7 in their stipulated 90 overs with young Gautam Mandora remaining unbeaten on 24. Brief scores:
Patiala:1st innings: 260 for 7 (Lakhbir Singh 67, Anup Kumar 70, Rupeetinder Singh 20, Rajiv Sirhindi 30, Gautam Mandora 24 n.o, V.R.V Singh 3 for 49, Amandeep Singh 1 for 40, Sandeep 1 for 67)
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Rest of Punjab third Chandigarh, September 14 The men’s section was reduced to five teams as PSEB failed to report till the third day of the tournament. Though RCF took a two-point lead at the end of first quarter, Rest of Punjab boys rallied and consolidated their position by the end of third quarter. For Rest of Punjab Fatejit (28), pawan (22), Amritpal (14), Akash Kumar (12) and for RCF, Dildar (22), Rajinder (16) and Satbir (12) were the main scorers. Today RCF tasted another defeat at the hands of Punjab Junior and finished fifth and Punjab Junior with three losses and one victory finished fourth. Punjab Junior beat RCF by 86-65 points. For Punjab Junior, Jagdeep (25), Lakhwinder (18), Deepak (15), Talwinder (10) and for RCF, Rajinder (15) Balbir (14), Sukdev (10) and Dildar (9) were the main scorers. In the girls section yesterday, Kapurthala beat Faridkot 42-34 and Jalandhar defeated Hoshiarpur 68-38. Today Hoshiarpur women defeated Kapurthala 48-41. |
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