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SPORTS

Patiala, Jalandhar move up in Colleges Hockey
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 16
Khalsa College, Patiala edged past College of Arts and Education, Annamali 4-2 and DAV College, Jalandhar crushed Loyola College, Chennai 6-0 and moved into the quarter-finals of the Nehru Champion Colleges Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Monday. Though Annamalai lost, they have qualified for the quarter-final.

Khalsa College, in a Pool C match, ran up a 3-0 lead, with the goals coming from Jatin Kumar in the very first minute, Harinder Singh in the 13th minute and Gurvinder Singh in the 22nd minute, the last two goals off penalty corners. Annamali pulled back a goal in the 31st minute through Sudarshan to make the score 1-3 at half time. But Khalsa knocked in their fourth goal immediately on resumption through Gurvinder Singh. Sudharshan scored Annamalai’s second goal in the 47th minute.

In Pool B, DAV College started their goal-glut in the third minute when he converted a penalty stroke in the third minute. Roop Singh scored the second goal in the 19th minute. The second half produced four goals with Vadhwinder Singh scoring a brace, and Rupinder Singh and Damandeep Singh accounting for the other two goals.

Tuesday’s fixtures (quarter-finals): Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Aligarh) vs Guru Nanak Khalsa College (11.30 am); Khalsa College vs St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore (1.30 pm); NAS College vs College of Arts and Education (3.30 pm)— Shivaji Stadium.

Tapan’s ton helps DAV defeat Ganga
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 16
A strokeful century by Tapan Jain (104, 15x4, 2x6) and fine half century by Jalad Dua (67, 8x4) helped DAV Shalimarbagh defeat hosts Ganga International School, Hiran Kudna by 60 runs to enter the final of the third Ganga Under-17 Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Ganga School ground.

Scores: DAV School: 204 for 8 in 30 overs (Tapan Jain 104, Jalad Dua 64, Neeraj Mahajan 4 for 21, Akhil Yadav 3 for 16).

Ganga School: 144 for 9 in 30 overs (Mahinder Babodiya 44, Akhil Yadav 48, Manjeet Singh Dabas 33, Abhishek Sakuja 3 ffor 21, Danesh Kambli 2 for 17, Nilesh Aggarwal 2 for 14).

Mayur Bora hits century

An unbeaten century by Mayur Bora (102 n o, 15x4) and deadly bowling by Bhaskar Ganguly (3 for 13) helped Daks-BFI beat India Today by 92 runs in the 8th Suntan Cup Cricket Tournamet at the Siri Fort ground.

Scores: Daks-BFI: 196 for 6 in 25 overs (Mayur Bora 102 n o, Anil Nayar 26, Sumit 2 for 30, Rohit 2 for 39).

India Today: 104 for 9 in 25 overs (Rohit 23, Sailesh 23, Bhaskar Ganguli 2 for 13, Kunal 2 for 21).

U K World in final

U K Cricket World defeated Shanti Gyan Niketan School by 39 runs and entered the final of the third Shanti Gyan Niketan Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh ground.

Scores: U K Cricket World: 149 all out in 29 overs (Tejeswani Yadav 71 n o, Sachin Aggarwal 42, Harshit Vishvakarma 3 for 15, Vineet Dhaka 3 for 31).

Shanti Gyan Niketan: 110 for 9 in 35 overs (Kunal Dalal 55, Harsh Yadav 41, Gagan Preet Singh 3 for 14, Tejeswani Yadav 3 for 17).

E-Fund beat Ericsson

E-Fund defeated Ericsson by seven wickets in the Reebok Cup at the Palam ground. Scores: Ericsson: 78 all out in 18 overs (Rajesh Khanna 28, Bhupender Singh 4 for 4, Sandeep Toshkani 3 for 12).

E-Fund: 79 for 3 in 16 overs (Parminder Negi 25 n o, Mahender Singh 26 n o, Rajesh Mahendilata 3 for 13).

IMA annex Thimayya Cup
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 16
Indian Military Academy (IMA) defeated National Defence Academy 4-2 to annex the General Thimayya Cup Polo Championship at the Jaipur Polo ground on Monday.

Lt. Gen. Shantonu Choudhry, vice-chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen V G Patankar, quartermaster-general and Maj. Gen Balbir Singh, vice-president of the Army Polo and Riding Club, gave away the prizes. The teams comprised of upcoming players from IMA and NDA.

Vishal Chauhan opened the account for IMA and G C Amit Sinisiwar and G. C. Ismail Ibrahim added one goal each in the first chukker while NDA were unable to score any. The second chukker produced one-goal each by either team. R Rawat converted a 40-yard penalty in the fourth chukker to reduce margin. P. Mishra scored the other goal for NDA.

Teams: IMA: Amti Sinsiwar, Kunal Lonari, Vishal Chauhan and Ismail Ibrahim.

NDA: R Shisodia, A Sangma, P Mishra and R Rawat.

Tuesday’s fixtures: ADDL DG RVS Cup: NDA vs Sailors; 10 am — Army Equestrian Centre ground..

Northern India Polo: Thunderbolt/Jodhpur vs Black Dog; 3 pm—Jaipur Polo ground.

Om Nath Sood Cricket tourney from April 3
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 16
The 14th All-India Om Nath Sood Memorial Cricket Tournament will be held from April 3 at the Sant Harchand Singh Longowal Sports Complex ground, Khalsa College, Maurice Nagar. Organising secretary Pramod Sood said the tournament will carry a cash prize of Rs 25,000 for the winners and Rs 15,000 for the runners-up.

Mr Sood said the president of the tournament committee is S Sarabjeet Singh Bedi while Mr Sunil Khanna will be the chairman.

The following members occupy other key posts: Vice-presidents: Harish Makhija, J S Rana and Anil Sood; joint-secretaries: Dharmesh Bhardwaj, Mahesh Sharma and Balram Tanwar; treasurer: Pradeep Bhola. Technical Committee: Rajan Seth and Kamal Juneja (umpires), Vineet Kumar, Himmat Saini and Joginder Sharma. Patrons: Maninder Singh, Surinder Khanna, Puneet Chandok, Vikram Jain, Kimati Lal Gorkey, Darshan Khurana and V P Sharma.

Metro South lift trophy

Deadly bowling by Ravi Pathak (4 for 27) and a half century by Vijay Kumar (64) helped Metro South defeat Metro East by five wickets and lift the Focus Trophy Cricket Tournament title at the Jamia Millia ground.

Ravi Pathak was adjudged the man of the match. Lalit Rawat got the best batsman award while Vijay Kumar was named the man of the tournament.

Scores: Metro East: 181 for 8 in 40 overs (Abhishek Nag 45, Lalit Rawat 41, Tarun Astha 33, Ravi Pathak 4 for 27, Farman Ahmad 3 for 41).

Metro South: 185 for 5 in 39.4 overs (Vijay Kumar 64, Rajat Sharma 43, Harpreet Renu 30, Tony Singh 3 for 33).

Rehman rout EIL

Rehman trounced Engineers India Limited (EIL) by 146 runs in an A-I Division match of the DDCA League at the Yamuna Sports Complex ground. EIL thus lost their fifth match.

Scores: Rehman Club: 286 for 4 in 35 overs (Adnan Ali 151, 15x4; Mohd Furqan 50, Haider Ali 39). EIL: 140 all out in 25 overs (C Singh 71, V Sharma 28, Haider Ali 5 for 18).

National Stadium Cricket Centre (NSCC) defeated Inborn Cricketers by 12 runs in a Super A Division match at the Mohan Meakins ground.

Scores: NSCC: 176 for 8 in 40 overs (Randeep Singh 65, Nitin Thareja 37, Ratan Rawat 2 for 36).

Inborn: 164 all out in 39.5 overs (Rohit Sharma 43, Nitin Sahni 3 for 28, Sudhanshu Kumar 3 for 32).

Pusa Youngsters defeated Telefunken by four wickets in an A-I Division match at RSC.

Scores: Telefunken: 163 all out in 38.2 overs (Sunil Kumar 36, Lalit Anand 4 for 30, Rahut Ghatak 3 for 19). Pusa Youngsters: 166 for 6 in 28.5 overs (Damanjeet Singh 65, Rajesh Brown 40, Shoaib Prasad 3 for 36).

Delhi Wanderors defeated Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) by four wickets in an A-II Division at the Yamuna complex. Scores: LIC: 172 for 7 in 35 overs (Raghubir Singh 42, Ganpat 3 for 20).

Delhi Wanderors: 175 for 6 in 33 overs (Sushil Kumar 39, Surender Kumar 33, R K Soni 2 for 36).

Raymond races to trophy triumph
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 16
Raymond Bannajee emerged victorious in the senior category of the JK Tyre National Carting Championship held at India Gate. He drove away with an Opel Corsa Sail while runner-up Jigar Mini pocketed a cash prize of Rs 20,000. Ameya P Walavalkar, who finished third, got Rs 10,000.

K. Ajay Kini took the first position and won a cash prize of Rs 20,000 in the junior class. Saahil Shelar and Akshay took the second and third place, to win Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.

Partho Ghorpade, who emerged the winner in the cadet class, won a cash prize of Rs 10,000. Chittesh Mandody and Nikhil Kashyap took home Rs 7500 and Rs 5000 respectively.

Before the senior finals, a CEO race was held in which Vikram Singhania, Gautam Singhania, Sameer Thapar, Arjun Oberoi, Rajan Mittal, Vineet Jain and Rajeev Khanna competed.

ADMINISTRATION

Mandatory license for public carriers welcomed
by IFTRT
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, February 16
The Indian Foundation of Transport Research and Training (IFTRT) has welcomed the decision of the Government of NCT of Delhi to make it mandatory for public carrier goods agents to obtain licence. Mr S. P. Singh, Senior Fellow and Co-ordinator of the IFTRT, said the companies were indulging in malpractices to avoid taxes.

By carrying goods unaccounted for, the companies had inflicted losses on the Government of NCT of Delhi.

The new guidelines say all persons/agents, engaged directly or indirectly in the business of collecting, forwarding and/or distributing goods carried through the goods carriages, are required to obtain a public carrier goods agent licence.

By bringing the companies under the purview of the Central Motor Vehicle Act and the Delhi Motor Vehicle Rules, the companies become punishable for the first offence with fine, which may extend to Rs 1000.

For any second/subsequent offence, the companies shall attract suitable provisions under the Act and can be punished with imprisonment, which may extend to six months or fine, which may extend to Rs 2,000 or both.

Mr Singh said the IFTRT had carried out a survey on the activities of goods booking companies and their adverse impact on trade and commerce of the region and related malpractices being indulged in by a majority of the transporters.

He said the IFTRT had submitted to the government an update on May 24, 2002, detailing the loss of revenue and risk to the consignors or consignees. “This is a bold initiative..…it is a long awaited welcome action,” Mr Singh said.

“Similar attempts to discipline the road transport sector have been thwarted by the lobby of transport companies/agents and their association in the last decade. The government should carry out this important reform to regulate the transporters,” he added.