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Virender Sehwag acknowledges his century during the one-day match against New Zealand in Hyderabad on Saturday.
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Heath Streak celebrates after bowling out West Indies captain Brian Lara for one run on the fourth day of the second Test at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Saturday. Bahutule,
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Games bidding rules to be reviewed Randhir
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Olympics start with flourish Hockey star and full back Kanwalpreet Singh
and his fiancé are all smiles during their engagement ceremony in Jalandhar on Saturday. — Photo
by SS Chopra BBK DAV
College beat Amritsar XI With the help of hat-trick by Kamalpreet Kaur, BBK DAV College, Amritsar, trounced Amritsar XI 6-0 on the second day of the third Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Colleges Hockey Tournament being held at Guru Nanak Dev University here today. Sangrur, November 15 Gurdaspur won the overall championship today with 15 points in wrestling on the second day of the Punjab State Rural Games, which are in progress here.
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India keep final date with Aussies Hyderabad, November 15 After the Indian mauling through scintillating centuries by Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar which propelled the hosts to a huge 353 for five, New Zealand could never really recover from the early jolts to fold up for 208 in 47 overs with Scott Styris providing a semblance of resistance with a determined 54. The hosts, under enormous pressure to deliver in the do-or-die floodlit encounter, outplayed the Kiwis in all departments of the game in what turned out to be a rather lop-sided contest. The Indians, who finished their league engagements with 16 points from six outings, will now lock horns with world champions Australia in the final at the majestic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday. Australia had already qualified for the final with 23 points from their six matches while New Zealand, handicapped by the injury-induced absence of captain Stephen Fleming, bowed out of the tri-series managing just 10 points. Electing to bat, the Indians relied on a career-best 130 by Sehwag and Tendulkar's 91-ball 102 to pile up a mammoth 353 for five in their allotted 50 overs to leave the Kiwis in a daze. After Tendulkar and Sehwag's batting heroics, Rahul Dravid also produced a quickfire unbeaten 50 off just 22 balls to pile on the misery on the visitors who seemed totally out of sorts in the crucial encounter at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium. The New Zealand run chase began on a disastrous note losing opener Chris Nevin (1) with the score on eight with speedster Ajit Agarkar doing the damage much to the delight of a vociferous home crowd. Nevin was bowled by a gem of a delivery by Agarkar who reduced the Kiwis to 25 for two by the ninth over by evicting Chris Harris to give the Indians the upper hand. Harris was trapped leg before wicket with a vicious incoming ball to leave the visitors in a precarious position as the two Indian new ball operators Zaheer Khan and Agarkar worked up a fiery opening spell. The right-handed Lou Vincent, who was striking the ball well, also returned to the pavilion soon for 22 throwing the Kiwis run chase in disarray. Scott Styris and Craig Mcmillan, the two in-form batsmen, tried to salvage the situation for the Black Caps as the duo put on 62 runs for the fourth wicket, raising hopes of a spirited fightback. McMillan played some audacious shots to keep pace with the stiff asking rate but his aggression was shortlived as he fell prey to leg spinner Anil Kumble, who was introduced into the attack in the 14th over. McMillan attempted a sweep but mistimed the shot completely and Rahul Dravid ran a few yards to the left to latch on to a simple catch. Earlier, the formidable Indian batting line-up fired on all cylinders when it mattered most to tear the Kiwis bowling attack to shreds. Tendulkar and Sehwag provided the platform for the merciless assault by stitching a rollicking 182-run opening partnership much to the delight of a packed home crowd. Tendulkar set the packed Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium ablaze to notch up his 36th one-day international century before Sehwag took centrestage to record his highest one-day score of 130 in the do-or-die match. After Tendulkar and Sehwag had battered the hapless Kiwis, Rahul Dravid launched a savage assault to score a quickfire unbeaten 50 off just 22 balls to steer India beyond the 350 mark. Tendulkar, who appeared a trifle subdued in the early stages of his innings and took 33 balls to hit his first boundary, changed gears to unleash a barrage of boundaries. India: Sehwag c Vincent b Styris 130 Tendulkar c Oram b Harris 102 Ganguly c Tuffey b Styris 33 Yuvraj Singh c Harris b Mills 7 Dravid not out 50 Laxman b Tuffey 3 Kaif not out 15 Extras (lb-6, w-6, nb-1) 13 Total (5 wkts, 50 overs) 353 Fall of wickets: 1-182, 2-256, 3-283, 4-284, 5-303. Bowling: Tuffey 9-1-69-1, Mills 10—0-54-1, Oram 7-0-67-0, Cairns 7-0-47-0, Styris 6-0-46-2, Vettori 6-0-35-0, Harris 5-0-29-1. New Zealand Nevin b Agarkar 1 Vincent lbw b Zaheer 22 Harris lbw b Agarkar 1 Styris c Agarkar b Kartik 54 McMillan c Dravid b Kumble 20 Cairns c Zaheer b Kumble 23 Oram st Dravid b Kartik 11 McCullum lbw b Zaheer 31 Vettori run out 19 Mills not out 7 Tuffey lbw b Zaheer Khan 0 Extras (b-2, lb-9, w-7, nb-1) 19 Total (all out in 47 overs) 208 Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-25, 3-48, 4-110, 5-118, 6-136, 7-154, 8-187, 9-208. Bowling: Zaheer
Khan 8-1-30-3, Agarkar 6-0-28-2, Tendulkar 8-0-40-0, Kumble 10-1-36-2,
Kartik 10-0-38-2, Yuvraj Singh 5-0-25-0. — PTI |
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Pakistan threatens to cancel tour Karachi, November 15 “We will not play the two Tests and five one-day internationals in New Zealand if they don’t keep their commitment (here),’’ Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Tauqir Zia said. New Zealand Cricket
(NZC) said it would decide by Monday if its players would go to Pakistan for the five one-day internationals after receiving an e-mail threat from unknown sources. Four New Zealand players — Craig McMillan, Scott
Styris, Lou Vincent and Ian Butler — pulled out of the tour on
Thursday. NZC said it was looking into concerns about security and safety of its players in Pakistan. Mr Zia said Pakistan had given all assurances of security and safety to New Zealand. “Bangladesh and South Africa have completed successful tours of Pakistan without any problems. So we are not ready to accept any New Zealand cancellation,’’ he said.
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Bulawayo, November 15 Earlier, spinner Ray Price claimed his 19th wicket of the series as the tourists collapsed to 128 all out in their second innings, giving Zimbabwe real hopes of victory. But the home side subsided to the off spin of Omari Banks who took three for 35 in 15 overs. In all, 18 wickets fell on a day of poor batting on a deteriorating surface. Scoreboard West Indies (1st innings): 481 Zimbabwe (1st innings): 377 West Indies (2nd innings): Gayle lbw b Streak 0 Hinds c Wishart b Price 28 Ganga c Carlisle b Blignaut 8 Lara b Streak 1 Sarwan c Wishart b Blignaut 9 Chanderpaul lbw b Streak 15 Jacobs c Blignaut b Price 10 Banks c Vermeulen b Price 16 Dillon not out 27 Collymore b Price 0 Edwards b Blignaut 0 Extras (b-5, lb-3, nb-2, w-4) 14 Total (all out, 52.4 overs) 128 FoW: 1-0, 2-17, 3-21, 4-51, 5-51, 6-82, 7-82, 8-127, 9-127. Bowling: Streak 15-2-39-3, Blignaut 14.4-6-29-3, Price 21-7-36-4, Mahwire 2-0-16-0 Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Sibanda c Lara b Dillon 0 Gripper c Ganga b Banks 8 Vermeulen b Hinds 24 Carlisle c Jacobs b Banks 9 Wishart c Jacobs b Hinds 13 Blignaut lbw b Banks 3 Matsikenyeri run out 5 Taibu lbw b Collymore 1 Streak not out 19 Price b Collymore 4 Mahwire not out 4 Extras: 0 Total (9 wkts, 41 overs) 90 FoW: 1-0, 2-32, 3-33, 4-54, 5-56, 6-62, 7-63, 8-67, 9-75. Bowling:
Dillon 4-2-13-1, Collymore 11-5-19-2, Hinds 9-2-20-2, Banks 15-2-35-3,
Sarwan 2-1-3-0. — Reuters |
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Bahutule, Kulkarni bowl out Delhi for 199
New Delhi, November 15 Gautam Gambhir fell four runs short of his second successive century and Delhi's batting crumbled after the opener's dismissal in the post lunch session.
Scoreboard Delhi (1st innings): A Chopra c Samant b Kulkarni 6, G Gambhir c Kulkarni b Bahutule 96, S Oberoi b Patel 9, M Manhas c Samant b Bahutule 12, A Jadeja c Samant b Kulkarni 12, R Bhatia st Samant b Bahutule 27, V Dahiya c Samant b Kulkarni 16, Sarandeep Singh c and b Kulkarni 11, R Sanghvi lbw b Bahutule 1, A Nehra b Bahutule 4, A Bhandari not out 1,
Extras: (lb-3, nb-1) 4. Total: (all out in 79 overs) 199.
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-92, 3-111, 4-134, 5-138, 6-173, 8-188, 8-194, 9-194.
Bowling: Munaf Patel 12-1-38-1, Robin Morris 5-2-11-0, Nilesh Kulkarni 30-6-62-4, Ramesh Powar 11-2-40-0, Sairaj Bahutule 21-3-45-5. Mumbai (first innings):
V Mane batting 7, W Jaffer batting 7, Extras: (nb-1) 1. Total:
(for no loss in 6 overs) 15. Bowling: Ashish Nehra 3-1-3-0, Sarandeep Singh 3-0-12-0.
Baroda restricted VADODARA: Baroda were restricted to a modest 216 in their first innings on the opening day of the Elite Group 'A' match against Andhra Pradesh here. The highlight of the Baroda innings was the 68 scored by Shatrunjay Gaekwad, son of former Test player Anshuman Gaekwad. The young Gaekwad displayed an array of strokes in his 59-run seventh-wicket partnership with Rajesh Pawar and 41-run eighth wicket stand with Irfan Pathan (Jr).
Tamil Nadu on top JAIPUR: Tamil Nadu bowled out Rajasthan for a paltry 97 before reaching 113 for five in their first innings on an action-filled opening day of the Elite Group ‘B’ league match here. At stumps S Sarath was batting on 21 while his partner S R Ganeshkumar was yet to open his account as the visitors mustered a slender 16-run lead. Scoreboard Rajasthan (Ist innings): Vinit Sexena c L Balaji b S. Suresh 18, Gagan Khoda c P Raju b L Balaji 0, Rohit Jhalani c S Suresh b Ramkumar 21, Nikhil Doru c J.R. Madan Gopal b Ramkumar 4, P. Krishna Kumar R/O (Ganesh Kumar) 14, Anshu Jain c S Suresh b Ramkumar 0, Sanjiv Sharma LBW b L Balaji 5, Rahul Kanwat LBW b L Balaji 14, Shamsher Singh R/O 5, M Aslam not out 8, Sumit Mathur c Ganpati (Substitute) 2.
Extras: 6 (nb 5, wd 1). Total: All out for 97 runs (190 minutes) in 48.4 overs.
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-41, 3-43, 4-55, 5-55, 6-63, 7-74, 8-81, 9-92.
Bowling: L. Balaji - 19-3-26-3, M R Srinivas - 4-1-20-0, S Suresh - 8-1-10-1, R Ramkumar - 17.4-2-41-4. Tamil Nadu (Ist innings): S Suresh b Sumit Mathur 0, S Ramesh c Vinit Sexena b P Krishna Kumar 5, S Sriram c R Jhalani b Rahul Kanwat 24, S Badrinath c Anshu Jain b M Aslam 43, S Sarath Batting 21, J R Madan Gopal c Sanjiv Sharma b Shamsher 10, S R Ganesh Kumar Batting 0.
Extras: 10 (bye-8, nb 2). Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-5, 3-58, 4-86, 5-112.
Total: 113 for five wickets in 41 overs. Bowling: Sumit Mathur- 7-2-15-1, P Krishna Kumar- 4-1-15-1, Sanjiv Sharma- 7-0-20-2, M Aslam- 10-1-34-1, Rahul Kanwat- 12-3-21-1, Shamsher Singh-
1-1-0-1. — PTI, UNI |
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Commonwealth
Games bidding rules to
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Montego Bay, November 15 New Delhi was chosen by secret ballot on Thursday night, beating out rival Hamilton, Ontario, in a bid that included a last-minute offer of $ 7.2 million in training funds to all 72
Commonwealth nations. Hamilton, which had earlier announced its own training scholarship worth $ 3.8 million, cried foul and accused India of buying votes. Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell of Jamaica said he met with both delegations yesterday to discuss ways of avoiding future conflict in the bidding process. Mr Fennell said everyone agreed the rules should be clearer on the matter of updating bids just prior to the vote, but he denied India did anything wrong. “We will review the whole process to see how we can do it better,” Mr Fennell said yesterday. “Obviously there’s a lot of excitement and a lot of disappointment in the aftermath (of the vote) ... but I’m satisfied that we did things according to our rules and procedures.” Mr Fennell added that he told India’s Olympic Association that the distribution of the $ 7.2 million must be handled through the Commonwealth Games Federation to ensure transparency. “It has to be fair. It’s not going to be the open sending of cheques to countries,” Mr Fennell said. India was the front-runner because it never has staged the Games, and voters were sympathetic to complaints that wealthy countries are picked too often. New Delhi won 46 votes to Hamilton’s 22 in Thursday’s secret ballot. Asked whether New Delhi had the infrastructure to stage successful Commonwealth Games, Mr Fennell said there shouldn’t be any problems. “They have some excellent infrastructure for the Games and a good, solid plan,” said Mr Fennell, who recently toured the city. He cited New Delhi’s proposed construction of a new athlete’s village and the city’s many five-star hotels. New Delhi, home to 14 million people, is to spend $ 423 million and build two new venues for the Games in addition to upgrading existing sites.
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Montego Bay November 15 After his re-election at a meeting of CGF here, an elated Singh said “the federation always recognises and is appreciates the good work being done. India is respected by the members of the federation and its economic growth has been the key to such recognition.” On India’s successful bid to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, he said “the total solidarity exhibited by the regional delegates from Asia and Africa motivated the members of other regions like the Caribbean, Oceania and America, besides England in our bid”. Singh, who is also secretary-general of the Olympic Council of Asia and is popularly known as ‘Raja’ by sports administrators worldwide, said the successful hosting of the Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad was the key to India winning the right to host the Commonwealth Games. Thanking the members of the CGF for supporting India’s bid, Singh said the New Delhi Games would be “a massive success since we have total support of the Government of India and also enough time to create a benchmark in hosting the Games successfully.”
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Special Olympics start with flourish Faridkot, November 15 The two-day meet, which has attracted 354 children suffering from developmental disabilities from 17 special schools, is being jointly organised by the Faridkot chapter of the Indian Red Cross and the New Delhi based Special Olympic Bharat. The youthful exuberance and the soaring spirits of the participants took precedence over tactics and techniques of modern sport as the children engaged themselves in various track events. The oath was read out by 15-year-old Rajdeep Singh who had to be aided by two volunteers as he read out his lines from a prepared chart. The flame was lit by Kamalpreet Singh , Rajdeep’s colleague from Faridkot’s Umang Red Cross Special school. There was the customary march past with inmates of Ambuja Manovikas Kendra, Ropar, leading the contingents while Umang special school
children trooped in last. The games not only provided children suffering from mental disorders a chance to demonstrate what all they are capable of achieving but also provided a platform to compete in both sport and life. Yesterday, a torch rally, starting from the historic Quila Mubarik and ending at the Nehru stadium, was taken out by the participants and hundreds of children from government schools holding banners and placards spreading the message of the Special Olympic Movement. Results:
50m walk -A (lower ability with assistance): Manmeet Singh (RRI, Faridkot)-1, Piyush Kalia (Asha, Pathankot)-2, Amanpreet Singh (St Joseph’s Jalandhar)-3; 50m walk-B (lower ability with assistance): Sanjeev Kumar (Prayas, Jalandhar)-1, Sahil Arora (St Joseph’s, Jalandhar)-2, Sanjeev Kumar (St Joseph’s, Jalandhar)-3; 50m walk (without assistance): Vishal Kumar (Asha, Pathankot)-1, Langaun B (St Joseph’s, Jalandhar)-2, Vishal (Ek Prayas. Ludhiana)-3; 50m dash (boys, 8-11 years): Ramesh Singh (Asha, Pathankot)-1, Sanju Kalia (Prayas, Jalandhar)-2, Beant Singh (Navjivni, Patiala)-3; 50m walk
(girls, with assistance): Isha (St Joseph’s, Jalandhar)-1, Gunjot Kaur (Umang, Faridkot)-2, Bhavia Bharti (St Joseph’s, Jalandhar)-3 |
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Kanwalpreet finds his match Jalandhar, November 15 “We think we found him due to The Tribune. I mean to say it was his photograph, which appeared in The Tribune dated October 29, which made us see him as our would be son-in-law. We selected him from that photograph. I owe this to The Tribune,” said Mr Darshanjit Singh Dhindsa, the would be father-in-law of Kanwalpreet and an SP with the Punjab Police posted at Hoshiarpur. Kanwalpreet and Gultaz were engaged at a colourful ceremony at a local hotel today, which was attended by a large number of family friends and well wishers, including DIG R.P. Mittal and Mr Chander Shekher, IG, Police Training College, Phillaur. After doing her Masters in arts and MEd, Gultaz is now preparing for the UGC exam, while Kanwalpreet is an Inspector with the Punjab Police. “The day, I had seen his photograph, I and other members of our family selected him for our Gultaz. After our decision, I contacted his father through his uncle who is my old friend, said Mr Dhindsa. Kanwalpreet, who appeared happy, received guest with a broad smile. later, both Gultaz and Kanwalpreet danced to tunes of 'Bhangra’ with other family members. |
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BBK DAV College
beat Amritsar XI Amritsar, November 15 The other three goals for BBK DAV College were scored by Sandeep Kaur, Mandeep Kaur and Amandeep. The first match in the men’s category between Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, and Government College, Ropar, ended in a goal-less draw. Though Lyallpur and Ropar colleges managed to get six and three penalty corners, respectively, they were unable to convert any. In the last match of the day, Government College, Ludhiana, routed Barjindra College, Faridkot, 4-1. For Ludhiana, Bodh Raj scored two goals in the 14th and 34th minutes, respectively. The other two goals were scored by Roopinder Singh and Sandeep. |
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Wrestling title for Gurdaspur Sangrur, November 15 In athletics Rattandeep of Sangrur won the gold in long jump. She covered the distance of 4.74
mts. The second place went to Gurdip Kaur of Nawanshahr while Manpreet of Gurdaspur secured the third place. Results: Wrestling (finals): 38 kg: 1. Simranjit Singh (Gurdaspur); 2. Sunny Kumar (Kapurthala); 3. Surjit Singh (Nawanshahr). 40 kg: 1. Dharminder Singh, (Gurdaspur); 2. Sabi (Jalandhar); 3. Jagmeet Singh (Faridkot). 42 kg: 1. Gurjant Singh (Ropar); 2. Sehbaz (Sangrur); 3. Manpreet Singh (Faridkot). 45 kg: 1. Malkit Singh (Gurdaspur); 2. Paramjit Singh (Jalandhar); 3. Harish Kumar (Amritsar). 48 kg: 1. Jaswant Singh (Faridkot); 2.
Mohd. Illias (Sangrur); 3. Simranjit Singh (Ludhiana). 52 kg: 1. Harish Kumar (Hoshiarpur); 2. Barinder Singh (Ludhiana); 3. Gurjit Singh (Amritsar). Athletics:
High Jump (Boys) final: 1. Ajaypal Singh (Gurdaspur); 2. Harpreet Singh (Ludhiana); 3. Akhil Dadhwal (Hoshiarpur) 1.55
mts. Discus throw (Boys) Final: 1. Sanjeet Singh (Patiala); 2. Gurjot Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib); 3. Gurinder Singh (Ropar) 36.27
mts. Long Jump (Boys) Final: 1. Parminderjit Singh (Jalandhar); 2. Jaswinder Singh (Fatehgarh Sahib); 3. Amritpal Singh (Ludhiana). Long Jump
(Girls) Final: 1. Rattandeep (Sangrur); 2. Gurdip Kaur (Nawanshahr); 3. Manpreet Kaur (Gurdaspur). 200 mts
(Boys) Final: 1. Vikas Sharma (Hoshiarpur); 2. Gurpreet Singh (Jalandhar); 3. Malkeet Singh (Sangrur). 200
mts. (Girls) Final: 1. Rajwinder Kaur (Patiala); 2. Gurdeep Kaur (Nawanshahr); 3. Rajpreet Kaur (Jalandhar). Hockey
(Boys) Quarter-finals: Kapurthala b Jalandhar 1-0; Fatehgarh Sahib b Patiala 1-0; Ludhiana b Sangrur 1-0; Roopnagar b Gurdaspur 3-0. Hockey
(Girls) Quarter-finals: Bathinda b Patiala 3-0; Muktsar b Moga 1-0; Jalandhar b Gurdaspur 3-1; Amritsar b Ludhiana 3-0. Hockey
(Girls) Semi-final: Muktsar b Bathinda
2-0. Kabaddi (Boys) Quarter-finals: Ludhiana b Ferozepore 62/32; Jalandhar b Ropar 70/43; Sangrur b Gurdaspur 26/17; Moga got walkover against
Patiala. Kabaddi (Boys) Semi-finals: Ludhiana b Moga 38/29. Kabaddi
(Girls) Quarter-finals: Mansa b Sangrur 47/16; Jalandhar b Kapurthala 55/14; Faridkot b Amritsar 43/19; Ludhiana b Ferozepore
52/30. Kabaddi (Girls) Semi-finals: Jalandhar b Ludhiana 56/17; Mansa b Faridkot
40/34. Kho-Kho (Boys) Quarter-finals:: Sangrur b Kapurthala 5/4; Hoshiarpur b Fatehgarh Sahib 16/7; Patiala b Nawanshahr 15/5; Ludhiana b Jalandhar
9/8. Kho-Kho (Girls) Quarter-finals: Sangrur b Amritsar 18/2; Patiala b Ropar 13/2; Jalandhar b Hoshiarpur 15/10; Ludhiana b Faridkot 7/5. |
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