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Windies record series win Balaji fashions innings win for Tamil Nadu UP pile up 471
against Punjab Special Olympics draw to a close Kunjarani Devi disappoints Indian wrestlers excel Sangrur finish on top in rural games
Chandigarh boys win Signals, Railways advance
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Pathan, Salvi for tour Down Under
Hyderabad, November 16 The stress on pace means India will be travelling with just two spinners in Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh will there will be ample support for the two left-arm seamers Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan with Ajit Agarkar and the two uncapped youngsters in tow. A marathon six-hour meeting over two sessions yesterday saw the initial 20-member probables list being pruned to 16 and losing out on berths were left-arm spinner Murali Kartik, paceman Laxmipathy Balaji, middle-order bat Hemang Badani and the aggressive bat Yuvraj Singh. The selectors, who had deferred the selection by three days on Thursday to watch the performance of India in their last league match against New Zealand yesterday, had consultations at length with skipper Sourav Ganguly and coach John Wright before announcing past midnight the final list which included Bengal wicketkeeper-batsman Deep Dasgupta and batsmen Sadgoppan Ramesh and Aakash Chopra. Given the final composition of the squad, the only surprise decision was the inclusion of 19-year-old Baroda bowler Irfan Pathan who guided the under-19 team to Asia Cup triumph recently. Cricket board secretary S.K. Nair said the selectors deliberated considerably on whether to take three spinners or five pacemen before eventually deciding on the latter. Ganguly said he felt “sorry” for Kartik but the left-arm spinner had to left out as there would hardly be any role for a third spinner on Australian pitches. “I feel sorry for Kartik but then there is no role for a third spinner in Australia where wickets will suit seam bowling,” said Ganguly who joined in the meeting after India registered a 145-run victory over New Zealand for a ticket to the final of the tri-series against Australia on Tuesday. “We have two of world’s best slow bowlers in Harbhajan and Kumble and the five seam bowlers in the squad give us more options,” he said. With batting looking more or less in order, Ganguly would be hoping his bowlers deliver the goods and help the team pull off what would be India’s first Test victory on Australian soil in about two decades. India have failed to win a series in Australia since the first tour in 1947-48 and their last win in a Test match came in 1980-81 when they drew the series 1-1. India will be leaving on Friday for Australia where they are scheduled to play four Tests in Brisbane (December 4 to 8), Adelaide (December 12 to 16), Melbourne (December 26 to 30) and Sydney (January 2 to 6) followed by a triangular one-day series with Zimbabwe as the third team during their 82-day tour. The one-day team will be named later. Squad: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Sadagoppan Ramesh, Virender Sehwag, Aakash Chopra, Rahul Dravid (vice-captain), Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S. Laxman, Parthiv Patel, Deep Dasgupta, Zaheer Khan, Avishkar Salvi, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Ashish Nehra and Irfan Pathan. It was a sweet reward for Pathan junior who has been performing consistently at the junior level and played a stellar role in India’s title triumph in the under-19 Asia Cup in Pakistan this month. The left-arm speedster’s sterling performance in Pakistan capped by the record nine-wicket haul against Bangladesh and crucial three wickets in the final made him a hot contender for the fifth bowler’s spot. Mumbai right-arm quickie Avishkar Salvi, who played in the TVS Cup one-day series in Dhaka in April this year, is yet to play a Test and the 22-year-old would be looking forward to break into the playing eleven. By recalling wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta in the 16, the selectors have put on notice the young Parthiv Patel who had a forgettable outing during the Mohali Test against New Zealand last month. Dasgupta last played for India in the first Test in the West Indies in Guyana in May in 2001-02. “Since it is a long tour we opted to have two wicketkeepers,” Ganguly said. —PTI
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Ganguly fit to play, says doctor
Kolkata, November 16 "His injury is healing fast. From the medical point of view he is fit to play," attending doctor Mrinmoy Nandy told PTI. Nandy, who had earlier treated the abscess on the Indian skipper's left thigh, said Ganguly was given physiotherapy during the day by Indian team physio Andrew Leipus. He has also been prescribed some analgesics and given an exercise regime. Nandy said in medical parlance Ganguly's injury was called adductor muscle spasm, a common occurance in sportsmen. He said that Ganguly's abscess, which forced the batsman to miss the second Test against New Zealand at Mohali last month as also the opening four matches of the tri-series, had fully healed. Earlier, Ganguly had said that he was 90 per cent fit and hoping to play the final. Ganguly had pulled the muscle while batting against New Zealand in the crucial match at Hyderabad last night, and had to take a runner. Later, he skipped the evening session when India were fielding. Meanwhle, BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, who had spoken to Ganguly in the afternon, said that Ganguly would have to undergo a fitness test before the start of the match. — PTI
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India finally played a perfect game India finally played a perfect game yesterday. They batted without a fault, fielding was decent and the bowlers stuck to their job. New Zealand were unlucky to find India in such a mood. It just gives the final on Tuesday that touch of expectation. Once again, the match underlined how much openers mean in one-day cricket, especially in the subcontinent. Good starts are rarely wasted. Then there were quite a few famished batsmen in the Indian team. Once they had the taste of blood, they bayed for more! Sachin Tendulkar once again raised his own batting bar magnificently. I hope all those who criticise him for not doing well in crunch games will remember this innings. He came with a batting plan which was to play uninhibited cricket. He was more aggressive than he had been lately, lifting deliveries over the bowlers’ head, hitting inside out over extra cover and there were ferocious pulls off anything short. With all those brilliant batsmen making their marks in this tournament, Tendulkar again served notice that he remains master of them all. Cherish him as long as you can. Virender Sehwag prospered in his company. There is little doubt that the effect of Tendulkar rubbed off on him at the other end. He swished outside the off-stump at times but his square cuts disappeared like bullets and he left many in the crowd breathless with his lofted strokes on the onside. He does it with a flick of the wrist rather than straight-batted hits and that makes it more exciting and compelling. He has struck form at the right time and now has a good chance to gain psychological points over the Australians in the final which would serve him well on a taxing tour Down Under. Rahul Dravid played an innings which makes an utter nonsense of those who still find fault in him as a one-day batsman. He was so orthodox and yet so brilliant it would have pleased the Jayasuriyas and Gilchrists of this world. It just does not get much better than a half century from 22 balls. His creativity means the Indian team could maintain a faster tempo throughout their innings rather than worry the lower half is only good enough for grafting. Both the Indian spinners, Murali Kartik and Anil Kumble, gave away under 40 runs from their 10 overs which was excellent but then New Zealanders were already grievously hurt by Ajit Agarkar and Zaheer Khan at the start of the innings. Kartik makes the most of the opportunities he gets and it shows a tough mind. He has missed out on a berth to Australia and I can only recommend him to keep his focus going for he surely is man with the future. I was surprised at the ease with which New Zealand gave up under lights. It is not usually the team which gives up without putting up a fight. But they surely looked to get over with it and made the task of the Indians all that simpler. They had their moments in the tournament, though, and we would never know if choosing to bat first in Faridabad on a dew-moist morning at 9am or a few dropped catches which helped Australians slip away in Pune broke their will. They would look back at the triangular series with some disappointment. The Kiwis captain Stephen Fleming’s abdominal strain further hampered them. Chris Cairns, who missed most of the tournament because of fitness worry, would not look at this game with much affection. He could only put his hands on his waist and watch all those fours and sixes fly around him. New Zealand missed the experience of Fleming for he would surely have liked to disturb the rhythm of the Indian batsmen. The fielders too looked transfixed at times and did not look too comfortable once the lights came on. It surely gets difficult to spot the white ball once it gets dirty and is usually lost in the colourful background of the stands.
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Good to see Sehwag
stay at the wicket When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. It may be an exaggerated statement to use consistently on the Indian cricket team but at least this Saturday achievement deserves a compliment. Over the past couple of weeks our cricketers looked in deep slumber but thankfully, they regained their touch in the nick of time and reserved their berths for final in Kolkata. Sometimes it irritates me why this team manages to do well when it confronts a sticky position but finds it difficult to get into a habit of winning. It’s only when this happens that we will have the privilege of calling ourselves the best in business. So far, it’s being a prerogative of the Australians but things can change. And one man who can change it real fast is Virender Sehwag. It was good to see Sehwag realise the importance of staying in the middle for longer period. If this realisation dawns on Sehwag, then trust me, India has great times ahead. He has instinctive flashiness in his batting and some gifted brutality in his shots. If he can borrow some consistency, Sehwag will match his opening partner Tendulkar in every aspect, and not just for modelling his batting on his idol. The first 15 overs in an innings can practically decide which way the match is slated to go and the Indian openers left no one in doubt about the menu later on in the evening. A great run feast, with some heavy dose of boundaries and sixes, served hot to the Kiwis, who unfortunately didn’t quite savour the taste. Rahul Dravid came up unexpectedly with a quick 50 towards the end and left New Zealanders high and dry. He will be delighted with the effort, particularly because it proved Dravid is not only about singles and nudges but does have hardcore hitting abilities as well. But what about Sachin? Wasn’t he just superb? Well, frankly speaking, Sachin has climbed such heights with his batting that centuries from this genius is taken for granted. And more often he gets that in scintillating fashion. I have always maintained that a target of above 300 to chase is difficult, but 354 was next to impossible, especially when you have an Agarkar in the opposition, swinging the ball to lethal effect and a Kartik imparting turn on the ball. That New Zealand didn’t rectify their two basic flaws on the tour — their last 10 overs of bowling and top order batting — made matters worse for them. Still, the Kiwis would be pretty happy with their effort on the tour and their cumulative performance against the Indians.
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Bulawayo, November 16 Captain Heath Streak and Blessing Mahwire survived seven overs before Mahwire was bowled by Mervyn Dillon. When the West Indies scored 481 runs in their first innings the match was effectively put out of Zimbabwe’s reach, even though they managed to get 377 in reply, a deficit of 104. Brian Lara’s 191 runs won him the “man of the match” and it also made him, with 8,625 runs to his name, the highest scoring West Indies batsman, surpassing Viv Richards. Zimbabwe’s Mark Vermeulen and Craig Wishart scored 118 and 96, respectively. But it was all not quite enough. Even though the West Indies surprisingly slumped to 128 all out in their second innings, it left Zimbabwe with far much to do. Scoreboard Windies (1st innings): 481 Zimbabwe (1st innings):
Windies(2nd innings): 128 Zimbabwe (2nd innings): Sibanda c Lara b Dillon 0 Gripper c Ganga b Banks 8 Vermeulen b Hinds 24 Wishart c Jacobs b Hinds 13 Carlisle c Jacobs b Banks 9 Blignaut lbw b Banks 3 Matsikenyere run out 5 Taibu lbw b Collymore 1 Streak not out 33 Price b Collymore 4 Mahwire b Dillon 4 Extras
0 Total (all out in 49 overs) 104 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-32, 3-33, 4-54, 5-56, 6-62, 7-63, 8-67, 9-75. Bowling:
Dillon 8-2-17-2, Collymore 15-6-29-2, Hinds 9-2-20-2, Banks 15-3-35-3, Sarwan 2-1-3-0.
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Balaji fashions innings win for Tamil Nadu
Jaipur, November 16 Scoreboard Rajasthan (1st inngs): 97 Tamil Nadu (1st inngs): Suresh lbw Mathur 0 Ramesh c Saxena b Krishnakumar 5 Sriram c Jhalani b Kanwat 24 Badrinath c Anshu b Aslam 43 Sarath c Saxena b Sanjeev 44 Nadanagopal c Sanjeev b Shamsher 10 Ganeshkumar c Khoda b Sanjeev 11 Ramkumar c Saxena b Kanwat 9 Balaji b Kanwat 25 Srinivas b Aslam 23 Raju not out 4. Extras (b-12, nb-2, wd-1) 15. Total (all out, 76.2 overs) 213. Fall of wickets- 1-0, 2-8, 3-58, 4-86, 5-112, 6-139, 7-154, 8-156 9-197. Bowling: Sumit Mathur 11-2-25-1, P Krishnakumar 4-1-15-1, Sanjeev Sharma 15-0-44-2, M Aslam 22-4-59-2, Rahul Kanwat 16.2-3-40-3, Shamsher Singh 8-4-18-1. Rajasthan (2nd inngs): Saxena b Balaji 43 Doru b Balaji 5 Jhalani c Madan Gopal b Balaji 2 Khoda c Raju b Srinivas 2 Krishna Kumar c Ganesh b Balaji 3 Jain c Raju b Suresh 6 Kanwat c Raju b Suresh 0 Sanjeev not out 31 Shamsher c Raju b Balaji 2 Mathur c Badrinath b Balaji 0 Aslam b Balaji 1. Extras (lb-1, nb-11) 12 Total (all out in 52.5 overs) 107 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-22, 3-26, 4-29, 5-43, 6-44, 7-75, 8-98, 9-98. Bowling: Balaji 18.5-9-42-7, Srinivas 11-6-10-1, Suresh 9-4-12-2, Ramkumar 9-2-17-0, Ganeshkumar 5-0-25-0. Mumbai struggling NEW DELHI: It was Mumbai’s turn to face the music on a turning track as they were struggling for the first innings honours against Delhi on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘A’ cricket league match here today. Delhi (1st innings): 199 Mumbai (1st innings) Mane c Gambhir b Sanghvi 52, Jaffer c Manhas b Srandeep 24, Morris c sub b Sanghvi 2, Muzumdar c LBW b Srandeep 12, Kambli b Srandeep 9, Thakker batting 33, Bahutule c sub b Srandeep 1, Powar c Manhas b Sanghvi 9, Samant LBW b Nehra 29, Kulkarni batting 0. Extras (lb-4, nb-8) 12. Total (for 8 wickets in 86 overs) 183. Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-56, 3-79, 4-93, 5-110, 6-115, 7-128, 8-182. Bowling: Ashish Nehra 16-8-23-1, Sarandeep Singh 37-6-79-4, Rajat Bhatia 2-1-4-0, Rahul Sanghvi 28-4-64-3, Mithun Manhas 2-1-5-0, Gautam Gambhir 1-0-4-0.
Barrington hits ton MANDYA (KARNATAKA): A fine century by opener Rowland Barrington (151) helped Karnataka to a commanding first-innings score of 411 on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Bengal here today. Karnataka (1st Innings): Arun Kumar c Deep Dasgupta b Pal 63, Barrington LBW Pal 151, Shinde Run Out 0, Bharadwaj c Deep Dasgupta b Pal 02, Thilak Naidu c Chakraborty b Pal 71, Chougule b Sanyal 26, Binny LBW Sanyal 0, Joshi Not out 33, Ganesh c sub b Ali 01, Prasad LBW b Pal 07, Patel b Pal 08. Extras: (B 8, LBs 7, NB 27, W 7) 49. Total: (All out in 136.5 overs) 411. Fall of wickets:
1-146, 2-146, 3-157, 4-282, 5-342, 6-342, 7-377, 8-378, 9-401. Bowling:
S.S. Paul 38.5-13-90-6, Sabir Ali 13-0-51-1, L.R. Shukla 16-4-50-0, W. Chatterjee 29-9-66-0, S. Sanyal 07-2-31-2, S. Lahiri 24-5-82-0, R. Gavaskar 09-0-26-0. Bengal (1st Innings) Deep Dasgupta not out 03, A. Chakraborthy not out 03. Extras: (NB 1) 01. Total: (For no loss in 5.3 overs) 07. Bowling:
B.K. Venkatesh Prasad 3-1-3-0, D. Ganesh 2.3-0-4-0.
Harvinder scalps 5 Palakkad, (Kerala): A 161-run fifth-wicket partnership between Hemant Kumar (87 no) and Sreekumar Nair (69) helped Kerala finish at 195 for seven after tottering at 32 for four on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘A’ cricket match today. For the hosts, Harvinder Singh was the chief wrecker with a five-wicket haul. Railways (Ist innings): Bangar c Kudua b Anantha 45, Pagnis c Kudua b Cheruvathoor 42, Tejinderpal c Sreekumar b Suresh 40, Goud c Sreekumar b Anantha 11, J.P. Yadav c Oasis b Anantha 9, Siddarth c Kudua b Anantha 1, Abhay run out 1, Khanolkar lbw Suresh 72, Harvinder c Hemath b Cheuvathoor 23, Parida b Yohannan 17, Yadav n.o. 0. Extras: (B-03, LB-02, W-01, NB-28) 34 Total: for ten wickets 295 FoW: 1-80, 2-138, 3-163, 4-164, 5-166, 5-173, 6-177, 8-226, 9-293, 10-295. Bowling: Tinu Yohannan 20-2-60-1, Soney Cheruva-thoor 27-3-100-2, Sunil Oasis 3-2-12-0, Sreekumar Nair 8-2-14-0, Suresh Kumar 23.1-6-58-2, Ananthapadmanabhan 20-6-46-4. Kerala (Ist Innings): Somasundar b Harvinder 9, Nathani lbw J.P. Yadav 5, Vipin b Harvinder 0, Hemanth n.o. 87, Oasis lbw Harvinder 0, Sreekumar c Abhay b Harvinder 69, Kundua b Harvinder 0, Cheruvathoor c Abhay b J.P. Yadav 0, Anathapad-manabhan n.o. 1. Extras: (B-09, LB-10, NB-05) 24 Total: for seven wickets 195 FoW: 1-19, 2-19, 3-19, 4-32, 5-193, 5-193, 6-194, 7-194 Bowling: Harvinder Singh 19-6-42-5, J.P. Yadav 22-9-45-2, Sanjay Bangar 7-3-21-0, Parida 13-2-38-0, Madan Yadav 8-0-29-0, S. Khanolkar 7-2-11-0. — UNI, PTI
Gujarat 213 for 6 Guwahati:
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UP pile up 471 against Punjab
Meerut, November 16 Prakash, who had added 197 for the opening stand with Jyoti Yadav yesterday, shared 116 runs for the fourth wicket with Shamshad. Shamshad made 65 from 169 balls and hit nine fours during his 229 minute stay at the crease. Scoreboard
Uttar Pradesh (1st innings): Prakash lbw Gagandeep 186 J.Yadav c Madanb Rajesh 72 Anshul lbw b Navdeep 0 Elahi b Rajesh 7 Shamshad st Madan Pandey not out 65 Chopra c Sawal b Rajesh 7 Malviya lbw Gagandeep 13 Praveen lbw Gagandeep 1 Mishra lbw Gagandeep 21 Zaidi run out 1 Extras
(b-5, lb-26, nb-2) 33 Total (all out in 171.1 overs) 471 Fall of wickets:
1-197, 2-202, 3-211, 4-327, 5-357, 6-371, 7-400, 8-402, 9-466. Bowling:
Gagandeep Singh 29.1-3-97-4, Vineet Sharma 30-4-123-0, Rajneesh Sharma 15-1-37-0, Navdeep Singh 30-13-49-1, Rajesh Sharma 51-14-97-4, Dinesh Mongia 4-0-15-0, Sandeep Sawal 12-2-22-0. Punjab (1st innings) Ricky batting 1 Samrat c Malvia b Zaidi 0 Total
(for 1 wicket in 0.4 overs) 1 Fall of wicket: 1-1. Bowling: Ashish Winston Zaidi
0.4-0-1-1.— PTI
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Special Olympics draw to a close Faridkot, November 16 In certain events today, rules were amended to suit the requirements of those taking part thus enabling the children to complete their events comfortably. Success at any level deserves celebrations and participants could be seen savouring their success by kneeling in front of the crowd and waving both their hands frantically, as if they were sending a message in their own language. The spotlight today day was on 14 year old Hunny Saini, an inmate of Ambuja Special school, Ropar. She was honoured by the Punjab chapter of Special Olympics Bharat (SOB) for winning a bronze medal in the badminton event of the International Special Olympics held in Dublin (Ireland) in June this year. The significance of holding these games regularly was put in perspective by Ms Nishat, a teacher associated with Navjivni school, Patiala. Doing a Diploma in Special Education from the New Delhi based National Institute for Mentally Handicapped, Nishat said “ These games allow participants to try out new activities in a warm and loving environment where they do not have to worry about success and failure.” In the traditional Olympic style, the games flag was lowered and handed over ceremonially to Prof Surjit Singh of Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) which will be hosting next edition of the games. Today’s results: 100m:
(boys, 16-21 years): Abhishek (Koshish, Asr)-1, Deepak (Koshish, Asr)-2, Shenky (Prayas, Jal)-3. 100m: Gurpreet (Nirdosh, Ldh), 1 Pankaj Sharma (St Joseph’s, Jal)-2, Navnish (St Joseph’s, Jal)-3. Bocce -Team championship: Navjivni, (boys) Pta-1, Navjivni (girls), Pta-2, Asha Kiran, Hoshiarpur-3. Handball: Umang, Fdk-1, Navjivni, Pta-2. Bocce -Individual, girls: Ramandeep Kaur (Navjivni, Pta)-1, Harjot (Navjivni, Pta)-2, Puja Ghai (Navjivni, Pta )-3.Shot put, girls (12-15 years): Reeta Kumari (Asha, Pathankot)-1, Rani Kaur (Navjivni, Pta)-2, Renu (Bhagat Singh, Asr)-3. Shot put boys (8-11 years): Romesh (Asha, Pathankot)-1, Jagjit Singh (RRI, Fdk)-2, Rakesh (Asha, Pathankot)-3. Wheel chair (boys): Onkardeep (St Joseph’s, Jal)-1, Amandeep Singh (Umang, Fdk)-2, Yagwinder Singh (Umang,
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Kunjarani Devi disappoints
New Delhi, November 16 Kunjarani lifted an overall 182.5kg (80kg+102.5kg) which was far below than the gold winner in women's 48 kg category at 200kg, according to information received here today. The Manipuri lifter, who has to her credit 17 silver and a bronze from various world championships, finished sixth in snatch with an effort of 80kg (75, 77.5, 80) but improved her score in clean and jerk to 102.5kg (97.5, 102.5, 105) for a fourth place finish. China's Mingjuan Wang claimed the gold with an overall score of 200 (90kg+110kg) followed by Thai Wiratthaworn Aree with 190 (82.5kg+107.5kg). Nurcan Taylan of Turkey was placed third with 187.5kg (85kg+102.5). On day-one of the championship in the men's section, Vicky Batta failed to finish even in the list of top ten. Batta lifted overall 242.5 (115kg+137.5) in 56kg category to finish 20th.
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Indian wrestlers excel Chandigarh, November 16 Mr M.S. Malik, president, Wrestling Federation of India, complimented the budding wrestlers for their fine performance. Krishan (54 kg), Ravinder (58 kg), and Naveen (100 kg) won gold, while Yogesh (40 kg) took silver and Mandeep (58 kg) and Somveer (69 kg) won bronze medals in free style. Anurag (54 kg) and Hari Krishan (58 kg) won bronze medals in Greco Roman category. |
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Sangrur finish on
top in rural games Sangrur, November 16 Jagmohan Singh Kang, Minister of Sports and Youth Services was the chief guest. Results” Kabaddi (finals): (Boys): Sangrur b Ludhiana 52-41; Girls: Jalandhar b Mansa 84-20 Kho-kho (final): Boys: Patiala b Sangrur 6-5; Girls: Sangrur b Patiala 6-3. Hockey (final): Boys: Ludhiana b Fatehgarh Sahib 4-0; Girls: Amritsar b Muktsar 2-1. Athletics: Javelin throw): Girls:
1. Ramandeep Kaur Kapurthala, 2. Rajinder Kaur Patiala, 3. Jasdeep Kaur Ludhiana. Boys:
1. Antarjit Singh Patiala, 2. Jatinder Singh Jalandhar, 3. Vipan Kumar Amritsar. Athletics (Overall): Boys: 1. Hoshiarpur, 2. Sangrur & Patiala; Girls: 1 Sangrur, 2. Patiala. |
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Balbir’s condition improving Chandigarh, November 16 Mr Balbir Singh was admitted to the PGI on November 13 following a severe attack of asthma. Mr Balbir Singh, who flew to India from Canada on November 7, had initially complained of flu. Because of his sickness he could not accompany Vancouver-based India Club to Sansarpur for participation in the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Sansarpur Hockey Association. Mr Balbir Singh, a triple Olympic gold medalist, now lives with his son in Vancouver and visits India every winter. Talking to The Tribune from his hospital bed, Mr Balbir Singh said that he was feeling better and would be back on his computer soon to resume work on his second book on hockey. His first book “The Golden Hat-trick” was published in early 80s. JALANDHAR:
Mr K.S. Bains, a former IAS officer and Secretary, Sports, Punjab, called upon Olympian Balbir Singh, who has been admitted to the PGI Chandigarh after an asthmatic attack. Mr Bains, who at present is chairman of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Trust, said the condition of Balbir was stable. |
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Chandigarh boys win Amritsar, November 16 Lakhbir Singh of Chandigarh scored the first goal in the 16th minute. For Ropar, Gurpreet Singh scored the equaliser in the 39th minute. Thereafter, two goals were scored for Chandigarh by Jatinder Singh and Rajinder Singh. The most interesting match of the day was between DAV College, Jalandhar, and Government College, Ludhiana, which ended in draw (3-3). Harjit Singh of Ludhiana sounded the boards twice. While Bodhraj scored the third goal. For Jalandhar, Roop Singh scored the equaliser. Major Singh scored two goals. In the women's category, Border Hawks Hockey Club, Amritsar, trounced Amritsar XI 7-0. Mohini of Border Hawks got a hat-trick, striking in the 14th, 17th and 19th minutes. Sandeep and Amandeep scored two goals within a gap of three minutes. Sukhjit Kaur and Lovejinder Kaur scored the sixth and seventh goals, respectively. In the last match, BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar, thrashed Sports Wingh (Women), Kairon, 3-0. Praveen of DAV scored two goals and Meena one. |
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New Delhi, November 16 While the Corps thrashed MEG, Bangalore 4-0, IR overcame a stiff challenge from Pioneer Corps, Bangalore 3-2, and Indian Navy, Mumbai beat FCI (North Zone) 3-1. — UNI
Pbi
varsity wins cycling meet Patiala, November 16 Panjab University, Chandigarh, and Manipur University, Manipur,
bagged second and third positions, respectively. Abhisekh Rana of
Punjabi University, Patiala, was declared the best cyclist in men’s
section while Gautamani Devi of Manipur University as the best cyclist
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