HEALTH

PGIMS faculty pays tributes to lecturer
Our Correspondent

Rohtak, October 9
The faculty of Pt B. D. Sharma PGIMS paid tributes to Dr Gowhar Masood Drabu, lecturer in Oral Diagnosis and Radiology Department in the Dental College of the institute, who died in a road accident on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on October 5. Dr Drabu is survived by his wife and two sons.

Chief Editor of MDU journal Dr B. N. Singhal, Professor, Hindi Department, Maharshi Dayanand University, has been appointed Chief Editor of the MDU Research Journal (Arts) in place of Prof Ravinder Vinayak of the Commerce Department with immediate effect.

This will be in addition to his duties as professor.

SPORTS

Kutumb to host ‘Goal of Life’ soccer tourney
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 9
The Kutumb Foundation will organise the second edition of the Inter-NGO Football Tournament— Goal of Life Soccer with a Cause—at the Raghubir Singh Junior Modern School ground, Humayun Road, on October 12 (Sunday) from 11 am to 5 pm.

Sixteen NGOs will field their teams in the soccer competition while another 16 will put up their stalls to create awareness on their work on various issues of social relevance as well as to display their products. An on the spot drawing competition for children in the 9 to 17 years age group will also be held.

President of the Kutumb Foundation Kapil Pandey said former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev will be the chief guest at the tournament. He said the first edition of the tournament was held in August 2002 at the St. Columba’s School ground, which was graced by the Indian football team, led by Baichung Bhutia and coach Stephan Constantine.

Mr Kapil Pandey said the teams would be divided into two pools of eight teams each. He said the title winners would be awarded the “Golden Goal”. The participants would be provided t-shirts, shorts and shoes.

Lakhani will sponsor the shoes while Knight Queen will sponsor the shorts. The refreshments will be sponsored by Brindavan Health Foods, the American Soyabean Association and Pepsi.

Unicef’s programme officer (child protection) Gerry Pinto, appreciating Kutumb Foundation’s commendable work among under-privileged children, said the ‘Goal of Life’ Soccer Tournament was a “very good initiative to bring opportunities of recreation and sports to street children who are generally deprived of these”.

Mr Pinto said it was encouraging to note that Kutumb “through this event is also mobilising a network of NGOs who are concerned with street children”. He commended Kutumb’s decision to involve children of public schools, which is “indeed a good effort as these children could also be exposed to the situation and conditions of street children who are considerably deprived of even the basic needs of their development”.

Mr Pinto said it would be very appropriate to coin the slogan that “All children have a right to good quality education”. He said it was the duty of every concerned citizen to ensure that “all children go to school and this could contribute to progressive reduction of child labour”.

Mr Kapil Pandey said Kutumb’s “most basic aim is to give the city’s street and slum children a day out in which to play and foster the spirit of positive competition, share their experiences with each other and generally have a day of pure unadulterated fun”.

Manas hits ton

New Delhi, October 9
An unbeaten century by Manas Malhotra and deadly bowling of 4 for 28 by Subodh Raathi helped Gold Star Cricket Academy defeat West Delhi Cricket Academy by 101 runs to annex the title in the seventh Suba Gandha Singh Cup Cricket Tournament at the Capt. Dharampal ground.

Ramit Gill was adjudged the best all-rounder, Virat Kohli the best batsman and Naseem Ahmed the best bowler. Gyan Bharati South Delhi Cricket Academy will meet Salwan Boys in the boys final. Scores: Gold Star: 223 for 6 in 40 overs (Manas Malhotra 116 n o, 8x4, Dinesh Kaushik 25, Sarvpreet Singh 2 for 42). West Delhi Academy: 122 all out in 27 overs (Amit Sharma 44, Ramandeep Singh 34, Subodh Raathi 4 for 28, Gurpreet Singh 2 for 19).

Rosewood win

Rosewood Academy defeated Surmount by 78 runs and entered the semi-final of the second Friendship Cup Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Sports Stadium.

Scores: Rosewood: 212 for 7 in 35 overs (Ravi Santar 79, Gaurav Sareen 54, Pardeep Shokeen 3 for 28). Surmount Club: 134 all out in 32 overs (Anil Kumar 24, Pritam Katariya 26, Devender Kumar 2 for 26, Sandeep 2 for 15).

E Bookers beat Avon

E Bookers defeated Avon by nine wickets in the third Turf Twenty20 Cup Cricket Tournament at the Jamia Milia ground. Divaya, who claimed 3 for 15, was named the man of the match. Scores: Avon: 67 all out in 14.3 overs (Surender Shandy 15, Divaya 3 for 15, Sam 2 for 16, Gagan 2 for 2). E Bookers: 70 for 1 in 12 overs (Parsanu 19, Gaurav Arora 18 n o, Neeraj 1 for 20).

Chess players donate money to Prayas
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 9
Some of the leading chess players of the world, who have assembled in Delhi to participate in the Parsvnath International Chess Tournament, donated Rs 15,000 to the children of Prayas, an NGO working among the uplift of street children. The Delhi Chess Association gave chess sets for the under privileged children.

Those who attended the function held at the premises of Prayas, near Delhi Gate, were director of NDMC Rashmi Singh, chairman of Parsvnath Pradeep Jain, Jt. Commissioner of Delhi Police Amod Kanth, Grandmasters Dmitry Svetushkin, Alexander Fominyh, Jonathan Rowson, Marat Dzhumaev, Saidaly Iuldachev, Grandmasters S S Ganguly, Abhijit Kunte, P. Harikrishna, Koneru Humpy, Aarthie Ramaswamy, International Masters R. B. Ramesh, V. Saravanan, N. K. Mishra, N. Sudhakar Babu, V. Koshy and woman International Master Tania Sachdev. The street children tried their hands at chess with the grand masters and made a game fight.

Modern School thrash Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in SPV tourney

New Delhi, October 9
Modern School, Barakhamba Road trounced Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (SPV) by ten wickets in the SPV Under-15 Cricket Tournament for the M. L. Sharma Cup at the Sardar Patel school ground.

Modern School: 100 for no loss in 12 overs (Abhishek Kapoor 79, Samarth Singh 15).

Mayank Sidana hits ton

A strokeful 115 by Mayank Sidana was the highlight of Modern School’s 52-run victory against Pelican Club in the DDCA Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground.

Scores: Modern School: 267 (Mayank Sidana 115, 15x4, 3x6; Surya Vardhan Azad 41, Harpreet Singh 3 for 74).

Pelican Club: 215 for 9 (Harpreet Singh 91 n o, Abhishek Sharma 47, Karan Harit 2 for 53).

The match between Anand Sports and Salwan Public School ended in a tie.

Scores: Salwan Public: 184 all out in 42 overs (Amit Bhola 55, Mohit Negi 40, Saurabh Nischal 3 for 51). Anand

Sports: 184 (Gagan Preet Singh 43, Kuldeep Singh 30, Mohit Negi 4 for 50, Raman Sadhdeva 2 for 56).

Nivia Academy win

Nivia Academy beat St. Xavier’s 3-0 and Zakir Hussain beat Vasant Valley 1-0 in the Nivia Schools Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium on Thursday.

R K Puram rout Kanpur in DPS Cricket
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, October 9
Delhi Public School (DPS), R K Puram trounced DPS, Kanpur by six wickets and entered the quarter-final of the All-India DPS Cricket Tournament at the R K Puram ground.

Scores: Kanpur: 116 all out in 36.4 overs (Aman Singh 42, 5x4, 1x6; Anuj Prasad 3 for 13, Arjun Suri 2 for 12, Hemant Chugh 2 for 11).

R K Puram: 118 for 4 in 14.1 overs (Diwakar Jha 34, 3x4, 3x6; Bharat Suri 31, 4x4, 1x6.

In another match, played at the Dwarka ground, Jodhpur defeated Rohini by 91 runs.

Scores: Jodhpur: 202 for 8 in 40 overs (Adidtya Purohit 45 n o, 5x4, 1x6; Aditya Lodha 39, 4x4, 1x6; Saket Singh 29, Akshay Nand 2 for 35, Nishant Mishra 3 for 41).

Rohini: 111 all out in 27.1 (Nitish Kumar 26, Aditya Purohit 3 for 22, Saket Sanghvi 3 for 35).

In other matches, Ranchi defeated Bopal Square by six wickets, Vasant Kunj defeated Greater Noida by 217 runs, Nigahi defeated Noida by three wickets, Mathura Road beat Jammu by 96 runs, Angul (Orissa) beat Mewat by seven wickets and Vindhya Nagar defeated Dadri by three wickets.