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India make winning start
Southampton, September 11
India showed signs of rediscovering their peak form as they launched their ICC Champions Trophy campaign with a resounding 98-run victory over minnows Kenya in a Pool C league match here today.
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly plays a shot as Kenya’s wicketkeeper Kennedy Otieno looks on during their opening match of the Champions Trophy in Southampton
Indian captain Sourav Ganguly plays a shot as Kenya’s wicketkeeper Kennedy Otieno looks on during their opening match of the Champions Trophy in Southampton on Saturday.
— Reuters photo

Sourav Ganguly Pak have no edge over us: Sourav 
Dubai, September 11
Denying that Pakistan, by virtue of its last two wins against India in recent times, have an edge when the teams meet in a crucial tie on September 19, skipper Sourav Ganguly said both the teams are well balanced and it would depend on who plays well on that day.

Sachin to undergo shockwave treatment
Sydney, September 11
Desperate to have a fit Sachin Tendulkar in the ranks before a visiting Australia side reaches the country, Indian cricket team think-tank has opted for revolutionary shockwave treatment on the batting maestro's tennis elbow.

England crush Zimbabwe
London, September 11
Paul Collingwood hit an unbeaten 80 before impressing in the field as England cruised to a 152-run win over Zimbabwe in their ICC Champions Trophy match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, today.

Fleming out to make Aussies squirm 
London, September 11
Stephen Fleming insists his New Zealand side can put world champions Australia on the rack when the two sides clash in the ICC Champions Trophy.

Dalmiya to be made BCCI patron-in-chief
Jagmohan Dalmiya Chennai: In an unprecedented move, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will install its president Jagmohan Dalmiya as its patron-in-chief at its one-day special general body meeting here tomorrow. Mr Dalmiya, whose three-year term as the president will ends this month, will be given the honour by a special resolution.




Mohammed Kaif plays a shot during his quickfire knock of 49 as wicket keeper Kennedy Otieno watches
Mohammed Kaif plays a shot during his quickfire knock of 49 as wicket keeper Kennedy Otieno watches during their opening match of the Champions Trophy in Southampton on Saturday. — Reuters


Today’s match

South Africa vs Bangladesh
2.45 pm IST



EARLIER STORIES
 

Dementieva, Kuznetsova enter final
New York, September 11
Elena Dementieva outlasted Jennifer Capriati 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5) and set up an all-Russian women’s final at the US Open. In today’s championship match, Dementieva will meet Svetlana Kuznetsova, who became the first Russian woman to reach the final when she beat a limping Lindsay Davenport 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 and ruined the American’s chance of regaining the Open title and world No. 1 ranking.

Elena Dementieva of Russia celebrates winning a point in her semifinal match against USA’s Jennifer Capriati Lindsay Davenport of the USA reacts after losing a point during her semifinal match against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia at the US Open on Friday Sevtlana Kuznetsova of Russia celebrates her victory over Lindsay Davenport of the USA
Elena Dementieva of Russia celebrates winning a point in her semifinal match against USA’s Jennifer Capriati at the US Open in New York on Friday. Dementieva won 6-0, 2-6, 7-6. Lindsay Davenport of the USA reacts after losing a point during her semifinal match against Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia at the US Open on Friday. Kuznetsova won 1-6,
6-2, 6-4.
Sevtlana Kuznetsova of Russia celebrates her victory over Lindsay Davenport of the USA in the semifinal of the US Open in New York on Friday. Kuznetsova won 1-6, 6-2, 6-4. — Reuters photos

Sania in final of Asian meet
New Delhi, September 11 
Tennis sensation Sania Mirza is just one win away from the title and an Australia Open wild card as the Indian trounced her Thai opponent Tongsalee Napaporn in straight sets in the semifinal of the Asian Tennis Championship at Tashkent, Russia. 

Johl tied at 13th place
Chandigarh, September 11
Chandigarh golfer Amandeep Johl was sharing the 13th position with eight players with an identical three-day total of 222, six over par in the US $ 4,00,000 Kolon Korean Open, an Asian Tour event, at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club.

Rohtak gymnasts lift trophy
Chandigarh, September 11
Rohtak Range lifted the gymnastic trophy with a tally of 119.70 points in the 36th Haryana Police Games at the Vaccher Stadium in Madhuban today. HAP Range (70.80 points) and Combined Range (40.70 points) finished second and third, respectively.

Basketball team for Asian meet
New Delhi, September 11
Four players from Punjab figure in the 12-member Indian team for the 18th FIBA-Asia Basketball Championship for juniors to be held in Bangalore from September 14 to 23. 

Clean sweep by Punjab discus throwers
Mumbai, September 11
B.L. Bharathi of Karnataka set a new meet record in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase event on the second day of the Standard Chartered Open National Athletics Championship at the Priyadarshini Park here today.

Jalandhar, Patiala record easy wins
Amritsar, September 11
A lethal spell of five for 32 by Varun Gautam fetched Jalandhar their first victory of the season against Minor Districts Zone B in the Inter-District Katoch Shield league match at Gandhi Grounds here today.

Skating meet in Kaleka’s name
Patiala, September 11
The Punjab Roller Skating Association, at its annual general body meeting held at Rajindra Gymkhana today, decided to start a skating championship in the name of the late G.S. Kaleka, a former secretary of the association.

Daniel Nestor  of Canada and Mark Knowles of Bahamas celebrate after winning the men’s doubles at the US Open in New York Daniel Nestor (left) of Canada and Mark Knowles of Bahamas celebrate after winning the men’s doubles at the US Open in New York on Friday. Nestor and Knowles defeated Leander Paes of India and David Riki of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3.
— Reuters

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India make winning start
Ashish Shukla

Southampton, September 11
India showed signs of rediscovering their peak form as they launched their ICC Champions Trophy campaign with a resounding 98-run victory over minnows Kenya in a Pool C league match here today.

The much-touted Indian batsmen shrugged off their indifferent form haunting them for the past few weeks to rattle up an imposing 290 for four before restricting the Kenyans to 192 for seven at the Rose Bowl to claim two points.

Captain Sourav Ganguly (90) and VVS Laxman (79) provided the foundation for the run feast with a 161-run second wicket association before Mohammad Kaif took centrestage with a whirlwind 49 off 29 balls in the slog overs to propel the joint title-holders to 290, the last 10 overs yielding as many as 90 runs.

Kaif found an able ally in Rahul Dravid, who produced a breezy 30 off 16 balls aided by three fours and a six.

The Indian out cricket was brilliant and the live wire Kaif shone once again with a brilliant run out of opener Kennedy Otieno. Harbhajan Singh seemed to get better and better with each match since his return from injury as he grabbed three for 33.

But Ganguly might be concerned that they could not bowl out the African team and that the extras column read 44 including 19 wides and 12 byes.

Maurice Ouma top scored with 49 and with Brijal Patel, 38 not out, added 93 runs for the seventh wicket, a Kenyan record.

The win would go a long way in boosting India’s confidence ahead of their key encounter against arch-rivals Pakistan at Edgbaston on September 19, which could very well decide the group topper.

Put into bat, the Indian batting did not exactly explode as it had done throughout last season, but the constant stutter saw their premier batsmen come good after a string of poor scores.

Leading from the front was captain Sourav Ganguly, who hit a well-paced 90 off 124 balls aided by eight fours.

Laxman, who had collided with Ganguly mid-pitch to run out his captain in the NatWest Challenge one-dayer against England prior to the series, played a perfect foil as he made 79 off 99 balls and hit eight fours.

The Indian total, however, owed much to the whirlwind knocks of Kaif and Dravid.

After Laxman fell while trying to improvise and Yuvraj Singh (9) had gone cheaply, Kaif and Dravid stitched 77 runs in less than seven overs to lift India from 213 for four in the 43rd over to the final scoreline.

Kaif was unbeaten on 49 off 29 balls and struck five fours while Dravid was 30 not out with three fours and a six.

Missing out on the party was Virender Sehwag (17) who was bowled by Thomas Odoyo after playing all over the delivery.

Ganguly did not hit his first boundary till the 12th over but from then on accelerated before medium-pacer Martin Suji got through his defences in the 39th over.

Laxman, who came in the 10th over, batted till the 43rd over before he was stumped off Steve Tikolo.

The two batsmen concentrated on building a stand in the early phase of their innings but once Ganguly reached his half century from 79 balls with six fours, the two batsmen flung their bats at everything.

Scoreboard

India

Ganguly b Suji 90

Sehwag b Odoyo 17

Laxman st Otieno b Tikolo 79

Yuvraj c Otieno b Odoyo 9

Kaif not out 49

Dravid not out 30

Extras: (b-4, lb-5, nb-4, w-3) 16

Total: (for four wickets in 50 overs) 290

Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-191, 3-204, 4-213.

Bowling: Martin Suji 10-2-42-1, Odoyo 10-0-43-2, Ogondo 5-0-27-0, Ragheeb 9-0-70-0, Tikolo 10-0-53-1, Patel 3-0-21-0, Tony Suji 3-0-25-0.

Kenya

Otieno run out 0

Shah c Kaarthik b Harbhajan 33

Tikolo lbw b Pathan 2 

Modi c Ganguly b Pathan 5

Odoyo c Kaarthik b Harbhajan 15

Aga c Ganguly b Harbhajan 0

Ouma c Kaarthik b Agarkar 49

Patel not out 38

Suji not out 6

Extras: (b-12, lb-9, w-19, nb-4) 44

Total: (for 7 wickets in 50 overs) 192

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-13, 3-21, 4-55, 5-62, 6-74,  7-166.

Bowling: Pathan 6-1-11-2, Nehra 7-1-17-0, Agarkar 10-0-42-1, Harbhajan 10-2-33-3, Ganguly 5-0-21-0, Yuvraj 4-0-17-0, Sehwag 8-1-30-0. — PTI

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Pak have no edge over us: Sourav 

Dubai, September 11
Denying that Pakistan, by virtue of its last two wins against India in recent times, have an edge when the teams meet in a crucial tie on September 19, Team India skipper Sourav Ganguly said both the teams are well balanced and it would depend on who plays well on that day.

Gulf News quotes the Indian skipper as saying that Pakistan have no edge over India.

''I strongly believe that whoever plays well on that particular day will win'', Sourav said.

He also refused to attach much importance to Pakistan's win over India in the rain-truncated tie in the Videocon Cup triangular series in Amsterdam saying '' The defeat in Holland should not be taken seriously as it was a 30-over game.''

Meanwhile, the Indian skipper said England had emerged as the most improved side and added,''...but their batting is still weak. Sri Lanka have to do well outside Colombo. I feel New Zealand is a good side.''

Making it clear that he and Sehwag would open in the ICC Champions Trophy matches, Sourav backed his out-of-form team-mate.

When asked if he was worried about Sehwag's poor form, the southpaw said, ''Not really. Sehwag is a natural stroke-maker and that is why we cannot tell him to curb his shots. He is a man who has done well in both forms of cricket. I am sure he will be back among the runs very soon.''

Talking about his personal form, Sourav said, '' I have been among the runs, but after the knock at Lord's last week, I feel more confident. It is very important that I score runs, especially when the team needs runs and batsmen need to score more.''

Talking about the team's rusty performance in the NatWest Challenge series, Sourav said,'' Look, any team coming from the sub-continent takes time to settle down here. We are not used to the seam and bounce of this region and only after a couple of matches can we get that rhythm... to click as a team it takes time here. All of them (younger team members) are not familiar with the conditions. I guess it takes about 10 years of constant cricket for a player to quickly adapt to any condition. Most of them in the team haven't played so much.'' — UNI

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Sachin to undergo shockwave treatment

Sydney, September 11
Desperate to have a fit Sachin Tendulkar in the ranks before a visiting Australia side reaches the country, Indian cricket team think-tank has opted for revolutionary shockwave treatment on the batting maestro's tennis elbow.

The injury has kept Sachin out of action since the triangular series in Holland and the Little Master had to skip the three-match NatWest Challenge series before he was ruled out of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy as well.

Sydney Morning Herald quotes team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus as saying that it had been decided to intensify Sachin’s treatment to have him fit before the four-match Test series against the Ricky Ponting-led side.

According to the daily, Sachin had been practising hard against a rotation of four quicks in the nets in Mumbai just before the triangular series in Holland and in Amsterdam, he had so much of pain in his left elbow that he could not raise the bat in a backswing.

The subsequent standard physiotherapy had little effect on the Little Master who had to sit out of action since then.

Saying that he would now order shockwave therapy, a treatment used for the first time at the Athens Olympic Games last month, Leipus said,“We’re going to try this new shockwave treatment out on the elbow. It’s the latest thing. It’s localised treatment which works a little like an ultrasound. It stimulates the tissues to heal, basically.”

Spelling out the plans to get Sachin fit for the series against Australia, Leipus said, “We’ve tried various approaches these last couple of weeks and it hasn’t really worked. It’s been two steps forward and one step back every time we try and push it. So we decided to give him two weeks’ rest and gradually reintroduce him to batting. We've had a little improvement with it, so we’re hopeful that with a bit more rest it should calm down. — UNI

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England crush Zimbabwe

London, September 11
Paul Collingwood hit an unbeaten 80 before impressing in the field as England cruised to a 152-run win over Zimbabwe in their ICC Champions Trophy match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, today.

The game was held over after rain disrupted play twice yesterday but England took little time in polishing off their opponents, bowling Zimbabwe out for 147 in 39 overs.

Steve Harmison picked up three for 29 and Andrew Flintoff three for 11, with only captain Tatenda Taibu (40) frustrating England for any amount of time.

Taibu“s dismissal was unfortunate, falling back and clattering into the stumps after playing a sweep shot off spinner Ashley Giles to be out hit wicket.

Dion Ebrahim was also unlucky, given out caught behind off Harmison though replays showed the ball had flicked his sleeve.

Collingwood had earlier showcased his skill in the field by taking an excellent catch at backward point to remove opener Stuart Matsikenyeri off Darren Gough.

The hosts had resumed the impromptu day two on 198 for five with 12 overs remaining. Wicketkeeper Geraint Jones fell early for 38 when he tried to dig out a Douglas Hondo yorker, only for the ball to run back onto the stumps.

However, Collingwood pushed England to 299 for seven, their highest one-day score against Zimbabwe, smashing three sixes and receiving good support from Giles who made 23 before he was run out in the final over.

Scoreboard

England

Trescothick c Taylor b Hondo 10

Solanki lbw Sibanda 62

Vaughan c Vermeulen b Rainsford 17

Strauss c Taibu b Rainsford 25

Flintoff c Hondo b Panyangara 6

Collingwood not out 80

Jones b Hondo 38

Giles run out 23

Wharf not out 4

Extras (lb-5, w-22, nb-7) 34

Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) 299

Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-54, 3-114, 4-123, 5-159, 6-220, 7-295.

Bowling: Panyangara 10-0-86-1; Hondo 9-0-66-2; Rainsford 10-0-43-2; Chigumbura 5-1-36-0; Utseya 10-0-35-0; Sibanda 3-0-12-1; Matsikenyeri 3-0-16-0.

Zimbabwe

Matsikenyeri c Collingwood b Gough 4

Taylor lbw Gough 6

Sibanda b Flintoff 28

Ebrahim c Jones b Harmison 3

Vermeulen c Jones b Harmison 0

Taibu hit wicket b Giles 40

Chigumbura not out 42

Panyangara b Harmison 1

Utseya c Gough b Flintoff 5

Hondo c Trescothick b Flintoff 0

Rainsford c Jones b Giles 4

Extras (lb-3, w-7, nb-4) 14

Total (all out in 39 overs) 147

Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-23, 3-26, 4-26, 5-64, 6-106, 7-120, 8-142, 9-142.

Bowling: Gough 8-2-24-2; Harmison 10-3-29-3; Wharf 7-0-45-0; Flintoff 6-1-11-3; Ashley Giles 8-1-35-2. — PTI

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Fleming out to make Aussies squirm 

London, September 11
Stephen Fleming insists his New Zealand side can put world champions Australia on the rack when the two sides clash in the ICC Champions Trophy. The Black Caps skipper will lead his team out against the favourites in the Pool A decider at The Oval here on Thursday when he reckons New Zealand can upset the odds.

Fleming's side handed out a humiliating lesson to the USA when they crushed their minnow opponents by 210 runs, smashing a tournament record 347 for five yesterday.

Australia face the rookies at Southampton's Rose Bowl on Monday before the pool's heavyweights battle for a semi-final spot.

"We're looking forward to it, we've been thinking about this one for quite some time," Fleming said.

"It's about being smart. One thing we do know, you've got to compete 100 overs. We've had them on the rack before but they've squirmed away. We know it's going to be a hundred-over affair if we're going to win it."

Despite pounding the USA, New Zealand looked a touch ruffled when the skipper and Hamish Marshall lost their wickets early and Fleming admitted he must fine-tune before facing the Aussies.

"We're not totally happy with our performance, our batting performance was fumbled. That's one area against Australia where you've got to be top drawer and turn half-chances into chances to win the match."

"We expect them to be at top form, anything less is a bonus," Fleming said.

"Their strength is their all-round qualities. Andrew Symonds is playing extremely well at the moment, but any one of their players can win the game hands down on their own."

But Fleming has a plan of attack to conquer the team considered by many as one of the greatest of all time in what promises to be the tie of the round.

"What your preparation does is give you an awareness of where to strike and what to strike at," Fleming revealed.

"What we will be looking to do is get the game into a scenario that fits our side. And then just try to take them in areas where they aren't as comfortable as when they're playing well."

New Zealand won the tournament in 2000 and Fleming is aware Australia, the reigning world champions, are desperate to lift a first Champions Trophy. — AFP

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Dalmiya to be made BCCI patron-in-chief

Chennai: In an unprecedented move, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will install its president Jagmohan Dalmiya as its patron-in-chief at its one-day special general body meeting here tomorrow.

Mr Dalmiya, whose three-year term as the president will ends this month, will be given the honour by a special resolution. There is a provision in the BCCI’s constitution for appointing a patron-in- chief.

The agenda also includes some amendments to the constitution and granting affiliation to three new state associations—Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Chhattisgarh. —UNI

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Dementieva, Kuznetsova enter final

New York, September 11
Elena Dementieva outlasted Jennifer Capriati 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5) and set up an all-Russian women’s final at the US Open. In today’s championship match, Dementieva will meet Svetlana Kuznetsova, who became the first Russian woman to reach the final when she beat a limping Lindsay Davenport 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 and ruined the American’s chance of regaining the Open title and world No. 1 ranking.

“Russians are here,” Kuznetsova said.

It will be the second all-Russian final at a major this year. Dementieva lost to Anastasia Myskina at the French Open, then Russian Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon.

“I guess they’re just hungry to play. They’ve got some pretty good ones,” Capriati said. “You’re bound to have one of them.”

The men’s semis also will be today, with No. 28 Joachim Johansson of Sweden against 2001 champion Lleyton Hewitt, and top-seeded Roger Federer taking on Tim Henman.

This marks the first time since 1988 that no Americans will be in the finals at this tournament.

After Davenport’s demise on a strained hip, fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium clearly cheered for the New York-born Capriati to make the final for the first time.

“It’s not easy to play Jennifer in New York,” Dementieva said.

Dementieva hung on with 93 kph serves and will get a chance to win her first major title. Capriati, winner of three Grand Slam events, fell to 0-4 in semifinals at the Open and sobbed in the locker room, comforted by her mother.

“In this wind, those kind of serves work pretty well, I guess. You can’t really hit it,” Capriati said. “I didn’t really know what she was going to do.”

After the match, it was announced Dementieva pulled out of her doubles semifinal yesterday because of exhaustion. She played with her aching left thigh taped, and needed IV fluids after her three-set, tiebreaker victory over Amelie Mauresmo on Tuesday.

Both players did their best to psyche themselves up.

The sixth-seeded Dementieva shouted “Nyet!” after netting one of her shots, and later glared with ice-blue eyes at the chair umpire after a close — but accurate — call went against her.

Unlike in the quarters against Serena Williams, the eighth-seeded Capriati did not get the benefit of any blown calls. Still, she had sharp words for chair umpire Leanne White.

Early in the third set, White mistakenly announced the score at 30-all. When she corrected herself to say Dementieva led 40-15, Capriati approached and shouted, “You can’t change it now!”

Assured by White that she could fix it, Capriati fired off a comeback that she punctuated with an expletive.

Capriati said the ongoing debate about the bad calls in her previous match affected her. “I couldn’t sleep,” she said.

Wiped out in only 17 minutes in the opening set, Capriati fought back in the second set. She was still down 2-1 and seated during a changeover when a fan began shouting at her, perhaps offering advice.

“Shut up, I know what to do!” Capriati snapped back.

While Capriati walked off after her defeat, Davenport hobbled her way out of the Open, losing a big lead and able to do little but watch Kuznetsova win.

She came back on the court with tape high on her thigh, yet wore down after taking a 3-0 lead. Wincing and grimacing, she barely moved as the No. 9 Kuznetsova hit shots past her. The final point was an ace, and Davenport was caught standing still. — AP 

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Sania in final of Asian meet

New Delhi, September 11 
Tennis sensation Sania Mirza is just one win away from the title and an Australia Open wild card as the Indian trounced her Thai opponent Tongsalee Napaporn in straight sets in the semifinal of the Asian Tennis Championship at Tashkent, Russia. 

Continuing her dream run in the tournament, Sania, seeded seventh in the tournament, beat eighth seed Napaporn 6-2, 6-4 in a one-sided affair to sail into the final of the event at the Tashkent Tennis Centre yesterday. Earlier, Sania caused an upset by defeating top seed Korean Mia-Ra Jeon 7-6 (7/2), 6-0 in the quarterfinal. — UNI

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Johl tied at 13th place
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
Chandigarh golfer Amandeep Johl was sharing the 13th position with eight players with an identical three-day total of 222, six over par in the US $ 4,00,000 Kolon Korean Open, an Asian Tour event, at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club.

Giving an improved performance, Johl today carded a par-72 round. On the opening day, he played four over and on the first Johl brought a card of two over par 74.

Another Chandigarh professional golfer, Harmeet Kahlon was sharing the 14th position with a total of 223. In the penultimate round, Harmeet played one over three over pars, the same card which he carded on the first day. Yesterday’s display was his best so far in this edition of the tournament as he played one over par 73.

Arjun Singh (72, 78, 84) was lying at the joint 57th position.

Australian Terry Pilkadaris kept his nose ahead of Ernie Els of South Africa after scrambling to a three-over-par 75 on a day of survival in the third round. As scores soared due to rain and strong winds, the 30-year-old Aussie, the overnight leader, had a mixed fortune with five birdies, three bogeys, one double bogey and a triple bogey.

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Rohtak gymnasts lift trophy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 11
Rohtak Range lifted the gymnastic trophy with a tally of 119.70 points in the 36th Haryana Police Games at the Vaccher Stadium in Madhuban today. HAP Range (70.80 points) and Combined Range (40.70 points) finished second and third, respectively.

Ct Akash Deep of HAP Range prevailed over Ct Gaurav to be adjudged the best gymnast. Akash collected 36.40 points while Gaurav received 34.80 points in a close contest. Head Constable Ram Saran of Rohtak Range secured 31 points for the third place.

HAP Range were poised to retain the overall trophy as they bagged titles in basketball, football, volleyball, kabaddi and hockey. Special Range denied HAP Range the handball title by recording a 30-23 verdict.

Director-General of Police Dr Mahinder Singh Malik accepted the request of Inspector General of Police HAP Range V.N. Rai and Additional Director General, Armed Police and Training K. Koshy to hike the cash incentives to police sportspersons who win medals in the state and national tournaments.

Meanwhile, Mrs Susan Koshy inaugurated the newly constructed weightlifting hall.

The results:

Gymnastics: Vaulting horse — 1 Ct Akash Deep (HAP Range), 2 Ct Gaurav (HAP Range), 3 HC Ram Saran (Rtk Range); Roman Rings — 1Ct Gaurav (HAP Range), 2 Ct Brij Bhushan (Amb Range), 3 Ct Akash Deep (HAP Range); Horizontal Bar — 1 Ct Gaurav (HAP Range), 2 Ct Sri Niwas (Rtk Range), 3 HC Madan Lal (Rtk Range); Parallel Bars — 1 Akash Deep (HAP Range), 2 Ct Ram Saran (Rtk Range), 3 Ct Krishan (Comb Range); Floor Exercise — 1 HC Ram Saran (Rtk Range), 2 Ct Akash Deep (HAP Range), 3 Ct Gaurav (HAP Range); Pommelled Horse — 1 Ct Akash Deep (HAP Range), 2 Ct Vinod Kumar (Comb Range), 3 Ct Gaurav (HAP Range); Individual championship — 1 Ct Akash Deep (HAP Range) 36.60 pts, 2 Ct Gaurav (HAP Range) 34.80 pts, 3 HC Ram Saran (Rtk Range) 31.00 pts; Team championship — 1 Rohtak Range 119.70 pts, 2 HAP Range 70.80 pts, 3 Combined Range 40.70 pts,.

Swimming: 200m freestyle — 1 Ct Satish (Amb Range) 3:02.10, 2 Ct Devinder (HAP Range) 3:04.13, 3 Ct Vikas (HAP Range) 3:06.14; 50m backstroke — 1 Ct Vikas (HAP Range) 46.00, 2 Ct Paramjeet (HAP Range) 54.00, 3 HC Jitender (Rtk Range) 56.0; 50m freestyle — 1 Ct Anil Kumar (Rtk Range) 31.10, 2 Ct Vikas (HAP Range) 33.15, 3 Ct Vijay (HAP Range) 33.40; 4x100 metres medley relay — 1 HAP Range (Ct Paramjeet, Ct Vikas, Ct Devender, Ct Kamaljee)) 6:20.10, 2 Rohtak Range (Ct Satish, Ct Anil, Ct Joginder, Ct Jitender) 8:15.10, 3 Combined Range (Ct Anil, Ct Shelinder, Ct Verinder) 9:20.15.

Weightlifting: 85 kg — 1 Ct Ram Chander (HAP Range) snatch 95 kg, jerk 125 kg, total 220 kg; 2 Ct Ravinder Singh (HAP Range) S90 kg, J 117 kg, T 207.5kg; 3 HC Gurdarshan (Amb Range) S 87.5 kg, J 100kg, T 187.5 kg; 94 kg — 1 Ct Radhay Shyam (HAP Range) S 105 kg, J 130kg, T 235 kg; 2 Ct Niranjan Singh (Amb Range) S 105 kg, J 120 kg, T 120 kg; 3 Ct Naseeb Singh (Spl Range) S 90 kg, J 117.5 kg, T 207.5 kg; 105 kg — 1 Ct Gurdev Singh (Amb Range) S 92.5 kg, J 100 kg, T 192.5 kg; 2 HC Shiv Kumar (Amb Range) S 60kg, J 60 kg, T120 kg; 3 SI Harnam Singh (Rtk Range) S 35 kg, J 50kg, T 85 kg; Plus 105 kg — 1 ASI Balvinder Singh (Amb Range) S 85 kg, J 105 kg, T 190 kg; 2 Ct Jagjeet Singh (Amb Range) S 85 kg, J 90 kg, T 175 kg; 3 HC Jagir Singh (Amb Range) S 65 kg, J 75 kg, T 140 kg.

Golf: 1 Dr RC Mishra 82, 2VN Rai 95, 3 AS Ahlawat 102.

Football: HAP Range bt Rohtak Range 2-0.

Basketball: HAP Range bt Rohtak Range 76-66.

Hockey: HAP Range bt Gurgaon Range 4-0.

Kabaddi: HAP Range bt Rohtak Range 54-22.

Volleyball: HAP Range bt Special Range 27-25, 25-23, 25-21.

Handball: Special Range bt HAP Range 30-23.

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Basketball team for Asian meet
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, September 11
Four players from Punjab figure in the 12-member Indian team for the 18th FIBA-Asia Basketball Championship for juniors to be held in Bangalore from September 14 to 23.
 

The team, announced here today by Basketball Federation of India secretary-general Harish Sharma, is: B Sandeep Yadav (Andhra Pradesh), Sanjay and Vinod (Delhi), Indervijay Singh (Gujarat), Srinivas Naik and Kaushal R. (Karnataka), Vijabi Vakkachan and Anoop M. (Kerala), Yadurinder Singh, Jagdeep Singh, Talvinderjeet Singh and Mandeep Singh (all Punjab). Rakesh Kumar Singh (UP) and V Arunchandra Doss of Tamil Nadu will be the standbyes. The officials are: B.S. Hooda (coach, Delhi), P.C. Anthony (assistant coach, Kerala), Rajan (manager, Karnataka) and Vipin Mahendroo (physiotherapist, Punjab).

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Clean sweep by Punjab discus throwers

Mumbai, September 11
B.L. Bharathi of Karnataka set a new meet record in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase event on the second day of the Standard Chartered Open National Athletics Championship at the Priyadarshini Park here today.

The Karnataka lass clocked 11:07.13 minutes to win the gold on a day where the Indian Railways athletes cornered glory winning as many as eight gold medals, including the men’s 4x100 metres relay.

Vinita Thakur of Punjab, who clocked 11:18.98 minutes, finished second while S. Shanthi of Tamil Nadu, with a timing of 11:19.67, had to be content with third place.

Reigning champion Arun D’Souza of Indian Railways won the men’s 3000 metres steeplechase gold with a timing of 9:10.57 while Ranjeeth Kumar of Services and C.D. Basuraj of Maharashtra won the silver and bronze, respectively.

Jincy Philip of Kerala won the women’s triple jump gold with a leap of 12.68 metres while Tessymol Joseph of Indian Railways and Lekha Roy of Life Insurance Corporation had to be content with silver and bronze, respectively.

Sukhveer Singh of Punjab won the men’s discus throw gold when he hurled the discus to a distance of 55.14 metres. Gursewak Singh and Amrithpal Singh (senior) made it a clean sweep for Punjab winning the silver and bronze medal as well.

Krishna Mohan and Sarish Paul brought some cheer to the Services’ athletes by winning the gold medals in the men’s 110 metres hurdles and 400 metres run respectively.

Mohan clocked 14.83 seconds while Paul’s timing in the 400 metres run was 47.82 seconds. The Railways’ team won the 4x100m with a timing of 40.63 seconds. — PTI

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Jalandhar, Patiala record easy wins
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Amritsar, September 11
A lethal spell of five for 32 by Varun Gautam fetched Jalandhar their first victory of the season against Minor Districts Zone B in the Inter-District Katoch Shield league match at Gandhi Grounds here today.

Chasing the target of 295, Minor Districts were dismissed for 136. Jalandhar secured five points from this win.

Brief scores:

Jalandhar: 295 all out

Minor Districts: 136 all out (Sumit 33, Lalit 26, Jagatjeet 16, Gagan 17; Varun 5 for 32, Sumit 2 for 26, Vikram 3 for 37).

Patiala: Patiala crushed Minor Districts Zone A by an innings and 26 runs in a Katoch Shield league match at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium here on Saturday.

Resuming at their overnight score of 179 for 1, the hosts lost Reetinder Sodhi, who fell in the nervous nineties. Binwant Singh mixed caution with aggression to score a well-deserved century.

Brief scores:

Patiala: 329 for 3 (Binwant Singh 125, Reetinder Sodhi 96, Pankaj Dharmani 27 n.o.).

Minors Districts Zone A (1st innings): 157

Minors Districts Zone A (2nd innings): 146 all out (Neeraj 27, Sukhwinder 34, Saida Khan 25; Hardavinder 3 for 64, Babloo 4 for 23, Amit Kakria 2 for 13).

Ludhiana: Ludhiana were declared winners on the basis of the first innings lead of 137 runs against last years’ champions Amritsar in their Katoch Shield match at the Satish Chander Dhawan Government College for Boys ground here on Saturday.

With this victory, the hosts opened their account with two points.

Brief scores:

Amritsar (1st innings): 151 all out in 65 overs

Ludhiana (1st innings): 288 for 9 in 95 overs (Gaurav Marwaha 51, Ankur Kakkar 51, Karan Goel 59, Ashish Vinayak 30, Deepak Kapoor 34 n.o; Sandeep Sanwal 2 for 94, Charanjit Singh 3 for 56, SP Singh 2 for 27).

Amritsar (2nd innings): 65 for no loss in 23 overs (Ravneet Ricky 24 n.o., Munish Sharma 37 n.o.).

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Skating meet in Kaleka’s name
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Patiala, September 11
The Punjab Roller Skating Association, at its annual general body meeting held at Rajindra Gymkhana today, decided to start a skating championship in the name of the late G.S. Kaleka, a former secretary of the association.

It was also decided to hold the 16th sub-junior, junior and senior Punjab Roller Skating Championship in Ludhiana in November. The dates will be announced later.

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 BRIEFLY

Gurbaaz team wins
CHENNAI:
Gurbaaz Mann led his team to victory in the pro-am event of the Amby Valley-Madras Gymkhana Club open golf at the par 70 Guindy Golf Club here on Saturday.
The Chandigarh-based professional returned a card of four under 66 (40 Stableford points) and also grabbed the best individual pro prize. His team also included Chummar Varghese, Vivek Varma and Surya Kumar, the amateurs. The quartet logged 118 Stableford points and edged out the second placed winner Ali Sher, the pro, K V Balachander, Paul Raj and Sukumar Raja by eight points. — UNI

Haryana junior judo
Sirsa:
In the boys’ 45 kg weight category (14-17 years), Sandeep from Sirsa stood first position in the two-day state-level junior and sub-junior judo competition which started here on Saturday.
Bansi Lal from Hisar bagged the first position in the boys 56 kg category in the 17-20 age group. In the 14-17 age-group among girls in 40 kg section, Sapna from Ambala stood first while Rajni from Gurgaon was first in 44 kg of 17-20 age-group. Archna from Hisar, Mamta from Sirsa and Suman from Bhiwani were in leading in their respective categories. As many as 550 sportspersons are participating in the competition from different parts of the state. Mr Bhagi Ram, an MLA from Ellnabad, inaugurated the competition and announced a grant of Rs 11,000. — TNS

ITF title
Hyderabad:
Ajay Ramaswamy and Mustafa Ghouse did India proud by winning the Men’s ITF doubles title while Pakistan’s Aqeel Khan defeated Liu Tai-Wei of Chinese Taipei to claim the $ 10,000 men’s singles title at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here on Saturday.
Ramaswamy and Ghouse did well to defeat Chris Kwon (USA) and Liu Tai-Wen (Tpe) 6-3, 7-6(3) in a well fought out match while Aqeel Khan came from behind to defeat Liu Tai-Wen 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-1 to bag the singles crown. — PTI

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