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Sri Lanka stutter to 4-wicket
Pak-Kenya match to be played today
Tennis elbow Sachin’s worst injury: Leipus
Court ruling in Dalmiya case today
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Zee to fight for cricket telecast rights
Rohan remains ‘periphery man’
Australians renew boycott threat
Ghouse, Ramaswami bow out
Costa bows out in first round
Ajeetesh leads in junior golf
No plan to retire: Nedved
Boxing champion awaits recognition
Amritsar rout Minor Districts
Punjab junior
fencing at Gurdaspur
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Sri Lanka stutter to 4-wicket win over Zimbabwe
London, September 14 Sri Lanka passed their target of 192 but failed to better England's net run rate in Group D meaning they will go out if their decisive match against the hosts on Friday and possibly Saturday is washed out. All rounder Elton Chigumbura took three wickets but Sri Lanka edged home with 37 balls to spare, Dilshan unbeaten on 25 after captain Marvan Atapattu had top scored with 43. Chigumbura had earlier struck an aggressive 57 as Zimbabwe, who lost by 152 runs to England on Saturday, posted a respectable 191 all out. The 18-year-old came in at 85 for six and with Prosper Utseya (31) put on an eighth-wicket stand of 64 before both perished late on trying to push the score past 200. Sri Lanka seamer Farveez Maharoof took three for 38 while Nuwan Zoysa bagged three for 19 as he became the eighth Sri Lankan to take 100 one-day wickets. Wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara and Upul Chandana at backward point took fine catches in a professional fielding performance from the joint-holders. A short shower at the blustery and almost deserted Oval drove the players from the field in the 21st over of the Zimbabwe innings and drizzle continued to hang in the air for most of the match. The weather has already caused problems in a tournament controversially staged in the English autumn with overnight rain in Birmingham forcing Tuesday's other game between Pakistan and Kenya in Group C to be postponed until Wednesday. Scoreboard Zimbabwe Taylor c Chandana Matsikenyeri c Sibanda c Jayawardena Ebrahim c Chandana Vermeulen c Sangakkara Taibu c Sangakkara Chigumbura lbw Panyangara c Atapattu Utseya c Jayawardene Hondo not out 0 Rainsford b Extras: Total: Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-43, 3-47, 4-61, 5-76, 6-85, 7-120, 8-184, 9-188. Bowling:
Vaas 10-0-42-1, Zoysa 10-2-19-3, Maharoof Sri Lanka: Gunawardene c Vermeulen Jayasuriya c Taibu Atapattu c Taibu Jayantha c Ebrahim Sangakkara c Chigumbura b Sibanda 28 Jayawardene lbw Dilshan not out 25 Chandana not out 20 Extras
(w-7 nb-2): 9 Total (for six wickets, Fall of wickets: 1-4 2-10 3-54 4-99 5-141 6-162 Bowling:
Panyangara 6-0-39-1 (nb-2 w-1), Hondo 9-0-27-1 (w-4), Rainsford 10-0-46-0, Chigumbura 9-1-27-3, Sibanda 5.5-0-34-1 (w-2), Utseya 4-0-22-0.
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Pak-Kenya match to be played today
Birmingham, September 14 The weather office said that there could be periods of light rain today with the intensity of the showers becoming less through the night. The forecast for tomorrow is better — intervals of cloud and sunshine but no rain — and the groundstaff are hopeful that the ground will be ready for the game tomorrow. Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq and his team will be praying that the forecast is right because a rained off match against rusty Kenya will leave it with no choice but to beat India in the climactic league game on Sunday to take the semifinal spot. India defeated Kenya by 98 runs in Southampton on Saturday.
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Tennis elbow Sachin’s worst injury: Leipus
Birmingham, September 14 ''I was not around with the team when he faced a problem with his back but since this has not allowed him to even lift a bat, I reckon this is the worst of his injuries,'' Leipus told reporters. ''The back injury only curtailed his shot selection but this one has kept him away from all cricket -- he can't even pick his bat up in his room.'' Leipus said Tendulkar was undergoing specialist treatment -- shockwave therapy, in layman's terms -- in London and was expected to get back to nets in about 10 days. ''He has responded well to the treatment method, something that has not been in use in India. Dr Chris Bradshaw, an Australian Sports Medicine Specialist, is treating him.'' Leipus said the probable reason for the tendonitis to set in was the intensive workload that Tendulkar took upon himself before leaving India for the Videocon Cup in Amsterdam. ''We treated the elbow in Amsterdam and it responded well the first couple of days. ''When he went to bat at the nets for the first time in a while, he was comfortable in playing the spinners but a short ball from (Ajit) Agarkar put enormous load on his elbow as he played a defensive shot,'' Leipus said. The physio, who has been with the Indian team for four years now, said it was possible that like in most tissues injuries, Tendulkar's elbow would heal but would never be 100 per cent. ''The important thing is that we should not repeat the mistakes and be careful about the amount of workload placed on the elbow.'' Tendulkar's problems include the back injury that first surfaced during the last home Test series against Pakistan, a toe injury and a finger injury with which he played all of the World Cup 2003 in Africa. Tendulkar has not played a game since the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka in Colombo on August 1 and has dropped out of the team in the Videocon Cup in Amsterdam, the three-match NatWest Challenge against England before the ICC Champions Trophy. —UNI
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Court ruling in Dalmiya case today
Bhopal, September 14 On September 10, Civil Judge (Second Class) PK Nigam imposed a stay on a move to make Mr Dalmiya the Patron-in-Chief and directed issuance of notices to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association and the BDCA. The application, filed by Bhopal Division Cricket Association member Yogesh Khattar through his counsel Ajay Gupta in the court of Civil Judge P.K. Nigam, alleged that Mr Dalmiya’s appointment to the new post till 2007, at BCCI meeting in Chennai on September 12, amounted to contempt of court. Gupta prayed for “attachment of property of the BCCI, its agents, servants and office-bearers,” apart from seeking their “detainment in civil prison for three months.” He contended that the respondents had “acted in violation of the order” passed by this court on September 10, and made “themselves liable to be punished under Order 39, rule 2-A of the Civil Code Procedure for disobedience and breach of injunction order passed by the court.” The application filed yesterday was withdrawn as it named the office-bearers seeking action against them and the court had pointed it out, Gupta said, adding that it was withdrawn and a fresh one filed today. The court had earlier accepted a petition by Khattar alleging that the move to appoint Dalmiya as Patron-in-Chief was outside BCCI’s rulebook. The next date of hearing was fixed for September 20.
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Zee to fight for cricket telecast rights
Mumbai, September 14 The company has filed an affidavit before the Bombay High Court to this effect, sources said. ESPN-Star Sports which filed the case challenging the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s award to the ZTL agreed for a re-bid. Following Zee’s decision, the Bombay High Court will begin hearing arguments in the matter from Thursday. Meanwhile the Union Sports Ministry filed an affidavit before the court in support of the BCCI’s status as the country’s apex body in matters relating to cricket. ESPN-STAR had also challenged the BCCI’s credentials over its decision to call for bids to telecast rights for matches to be played in the country. The winner in the battle will get to telecast national and international matches to be played between October 2004 and September 2008 in the country. However observers say, Doordarshan as the country’s public service broadcaster may step in and telecast the matches to be played in October even as Zee and Star-ESPN fight it out in court. |
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Rohan remains ‘periphery man’
Birmingham, September 14 The Bengal captain and son of legendary Sunil Gavaskar, Rohan immediately caught attention in Australia last season with his compact methods but two seasons down the line, he remains the "periphery man" of Indian cricket. Chosen as the 15th player of Indian squad for the tri-series in Holland and the NatWest Challenge in England, Rohan has been further accommodated in the Champions Trophy in the absence of an injured Sachin Tendulkar but he remains an "extra player" as far as the playing eleven is concerned. His 10 matches have produced only 138 runs at 19.71 and his solitary wicket has come at an embarrassing average of 74.00 but here is a clear case of figures not telling the entire picture. He played in six league games in Australia and had a high of 54 in the Adelaide game against the world champions. He was also extremely impressive with his left-arm spin and conceded only 56 against the power-packed bats of the Aussies. Yet, he was ignored when India toured Pakistan earlier this year and then the rain and the combination of poor luck has dogged his progress on this European tour. He has batted in only three of the four games he has played on this European tour and has either been hemmed in by an abnormally high asking rate or been out to a freak dismissal in the field. "When I came in against Pakistan (in Holland), we were chasing an asking rate of eight an over which soon climbed to 10 an over," said Rohan. "Then against England (in Trent Bridge), I had settled in nicely for my 20 runs before (Paul) Collingwood at point took that astonishing catch." Rohan again got that little start against England at the Oval before he hit a return catch to Ashley Giles -- again a case of impossibly high climbing rate which overwhelmed his innings. Since then, he has cooled his heels -- first in the Lord's game and then against Kenya in the Champions Trophy as young wicketkeeper Dinesh Kaarthick was preferred ahead of him. Clearly, Rohan has not been able to stake his claims as the seventh batsman of the team nor his left-arm spin is seen as an essential ingredient for the team. Is he incapable of hitting those big shots which are required to play in the final overs and which could justify his presence in the team as the seventh batsman? "I think I can play big shots and have shown such ability in the past," said Rohan. "I am also willing to bat at any order I am asked to." This includes opening the innings, a hypothetical assumption, since he is filling in the big shoes of Sachin Tendulkar in the squad. "I have never opened in my career and it requires a different mindset but I would do whatever my team asks me to do," said Rohan. The team at the moment, though cannot think of any role for the left-hander. He also has hardly bowled in his limited appearance for India despite captain Sourav Ganguly rating him as a left-arm spinner difficult to hit. "When I faced him in the nets, I found he was not easy to hit because he bowls a flatter trajectory and the ball skids on to your bat," Ganguly had said in Australia, an ultimate tribute from a player who possibly is the most destructive batsman in international cricket against left-arm spin. Rohan at best can hope for three more one-day internationals before this season gets over for him. It is then back to the grind of domestic cricket where he has toiled for nine seasons and produced 5213 runs and grabbed 30 first class wickets from 86 matches. However, with Kaarthik holding his ground nicely behind the stumps and a relieved Rahul Dravid flourishing with the bat, it might appear to many that the present season for Rohan is already over.
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Australians renew boycott threat
Sydney, September 14 Their concerns intensified after a suicide car bombing outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta last Thursday killed nine people and injured 182. There were also unconfirmed reports this week that two Australians had been taken hostage in Iraq and threatened with execution. ‘’These acts clearly point to the fact that Australia is the target of extremists,’’ Hockey Australia chief executive Linden Adamson told reporters today. ‘’If it’s not safe, we won’t go. It’s as simple as that.’’ Adamson said he had asked tournament organisers in Pakistan for details about their security plans but was still waiting for a reply. ‘’If that information is not forthcoming, there is no way Australia will take part,’’ Adamson said. ‘’We must be doubly certain that we are taking athletes and support staff into areas that are safe.’’ Australia have not missed the tournament in the 27-year history of the Champions Trophy and were favourites to win the title after taking gold in Athens. New Zealand, who finished sixth in the Olympic tournament to earn their place in the Champions Trophy, were also considering pulling out. New Zealand’s cricketers cut short a tour of Pakistan in May 2002 after a bomb exploded outside their hotel in Karachi, killing 14 people. The six-nation competition is due to be played from December 4-12.
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Ghouse, Ramaswami bow out
New Delhi, September 14 Qualifier and local lad Gurmeher Singh rallied superbly to sent Ramaswami packing, 1-6 6-4 6-3, before Vijay Kannan piled on the miseries on Ghouse with a 6-3 6-4 upset at the DLTA courts here. Top seed Norikazu Sugiyama of Japan, second seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeye and fourth seed Aqeel Khan of Pakistan were streched till the decider by relatively unknown players before moving into the second round. Sugiyama needed two hours to overcome the challenge of qualifier Yew Ming Si 6-3 5-7 6-3, Aqeel defeated wild card Arindam Datta 6-2 4-6 6-1 while Sipaeya won by default as Dominik Stoeckler of Switzerland left the match due to cramps with the Indian leading 5-7 7-6 (7/3) 4-2. But the day belonged to Gurmeher, who showed that he was steadily improving and had the mental toughness to carry on when the chips were down. Gurmeher looked down and out when he lost his serve in the first, fifth and seventh games of the first set and was found struggling to get into any sort of rhythm. He, however, worked hard on his serves in the second set and the efforts paid off as he broke Ramaswami in the ninth game to take the tie to the decider. Though Ramaswami did all he could in the final set to stop the aggressive Gurmeher but lost his serve in the fifth and ninth game to go down in one hour 42 minutes. Gurumeher will now face Jaco Mathews in the next round. The second casuality of the day, Ghouse looked completely out of sorts against his crafty opponent. Vijay slowed down the pace of the game tremendously keeping in mind his opponents preference to hit the ball hard and raced to a 4-1 lead in the opening set. Ghouse, who had also lost in the first round at Hyderabad last week, looked like coming back in the match as he broke Vijay in the second game of the second set and took a 3-0 lead. But that was not to happen as Vijay won the next five games in a row to win the match in one hour 26 minutes to set up a second round clash with Kamala Kannan. Sipaeye also looked like joining the other two Indians in the casuality list but Stoeckler was troubled by cramps in his left leg in the second and third set and finally decided to come off after three medical attentions. In fact, the doctor was kept busy throughout the day as the heat took toll on most of the players who needed medical attention during matches. In other matches, third seed Vishal Uppal thrashed Takeshi Itoh of Japan 6-3 6-4 while fifth seed Vinod Sridhar defeated Shivang Mishra 6-3 6-3.
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Costa bows out in first round
Bucharest, September 14 No. 4 Igor Andreev of Russia beat Kristof Vliegen of Belgium 6-2, 6-3. Frenchman Arnaud Di Pasquale advanced when German Daniel Elsner retired due to a severe cold while trailing 4-0, state news agency Rompres reported. DELRAY BEACH (USA): Britain’s Greg Rusedski eliminated Belgium’s fourth-seeded Xavier Malisse 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 here on the opening day of the $ 380,000 ATP International Championships. Malisse was not the only seed defeated on the first day of the event. American Paul Goldstein ousted fifth seed Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4). Another Croatian seed, number three Mario Ancic, fared better. Ancic ousted American Jan-Michael Gambill 6-3, 6-4. The only other opening-day match saw France’s Jerome Golmard oust Belgian Dick Norman 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. The hardcourt event spans the gap between Sunday’s conclusion of the US Open and next week’s US Davis Cup home semifinal tie against Belarus. American Vince Spadea is the top seed while compatriot Mardy Fish, the Olympic runner-up, is the second seed. BEIJING: American Taylor Dent got lucky on a day of pelting rain, squeezing in an opening-round victory on Tuesday to reach the second round of the $ 500,000 China Open. The world number 28 needed only 64 minutes to score a 6-3, 6-2 win over Australian Peter Luczak, a qualifier ranked 139th. Thanks to morning scheduling, his match was completed before heavy rain moved wrecked the rest of a full schedule of 13 singles matches featuring top seed Carlos Moya, number two Juan Carlos Ferrero and popular Russian Marat Safin. Dent, holder of four career titles, moved into a second-round encounter here against Finn Jarkko Nieminen, rebuilding his game after missing several months with a wrist injury and returning in time for the Olympics.
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Ajeetesh leads in junior golf
Chandigarh, September 14 Ajeetesh who fired bridies on the fifth, seventh, 16th and 17th holes also had a bogey on the 15th hole for a card of 69. He was seven strokes ahead of his nearest rival, Karan Vasudeva of the Delhi Golf Club. In Category B it was Fatehbir Dhaliwal’s day who returned a one-under card of 71. His nearest rival, Rahul Bakshi, was eight strokes behind with a card 79. Akash Vats, Anish Gupta and Raghav Bhandari had identical 18-over cards of 90 to
occupy the top spot in Category C. Madhav Verma shot a hole-in-one on the eighth hole. The President of the Chandigarh Golf Club, Col A.P. Singh, set the ball rolling by hitting the inaugural tee-shot. Sixtysix players, boys and girls, in three categories (A, B and C) with handicaps ranging from zero to 18 were in action today. The three-day competition for the D category
(under 10) will be starting tomorrow. The cut for the A, B and C categories will be
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No plan to retire: Nedved
Prague (Czech Republic), September 14 Nedved suffered the injury during the Czech Republic’s Euro 2004 quarterfinal match against Denmark in June and has since been able to play only a limited number of matches for his Serie A club Juventus. In a statement sent to the CTK news agency, Nedved said media reports from July that said he no longer wanted to play for the Czech Republic were “seriously distorted” and “damaging to my reputation.”
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Boxing champion awaits recognition
Dehradun, September 14 Known today as one of the best boxing coaches in the country, he was given the Arjuna Award the same year. Today, 67-year-old Bahadur Mall continues to draw a daily wage of Rs 50 for his services as an ad hoc coach from the Uttaranchal Government. Even though a block at the Asian Games Village in New Delhi and a road in the sports institute at Patiala are named after him, his home state has yet to recognise Capt Mall’s achievement. The trophy and the medals he has been awarded now hold little meaning for Captain Mall, who retired from Gorkha Rifles in 1984. Even as the case of revision of his salary has been pending for a long time, he is sustaining himself thanks to the Army pension. He laments that the government has no clear-cut policy for former players like me who have won international titles, besides the Arjuna Award. “My state has yet to award me a certificate, let alone revise my salary,” he says. However, government apathy has not deterred him from grooming young boxing talent in Uttaranchal. He goes to the Parade Ground here on a regular basis to coach young boxers. When asked about giving recognition to Captain Mall, Sports Secretary NN Prasad, said, “We do not know if he was honoured when he won the award since the state was then a part of Uttar Pradesh. Now the state government has a sports policy, which includes honouring such sportspersons.” |
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Amritsar rout Minor Districts
Amritsar, September 14 Chasing 154, Amritsar scored 296 for four off 58 overs. Nightwatchman Manish Sharma, along with Vipan Chohan (49) and Chandan Madan (92), put the team into a strong position. Minor Districts Zone B were dismissed in the second innings for 78. For the winners, Tarun and Jatinder scalped three wickets each while Charanjit Singh and SP Singh claimed two wickets each. Brief Scores : Minor Districts Zone B (Ist innings):
154. Amritsar (1st innings): 296 for 4 (Manish 100, Vipan Chohan 49, Chandan Madan 92). Minor Districts Zone B (2nd innings):
78 all out (Sumit 10, Jagatjeet 17, Vinay 15; Tarun 3 for 8, Jatinder 3 for 14, Charanjeet 2 for 33). Patiala:
Patiala got two vital points by virtue of their 106-run first innings lead against Mohali in a Katoch Shield league match which concluded at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium here on Tuesday. Chasing 327 to take first innings lead, the visitors started off well and at one stage were 78 for one. However, Sunny Sohal uppishly drove left-arm spinner Gautam Mandora to mid-on, where Reetinder Sodhi dived full length to take the catch. After his dismissal, the visitors’ batting started disintegrating and wound up at 220. Patiala are now at the top with five points, including the two from this game. Brief scores: Patiala (1st innings):
326 for 5 Mohali (1st innings): 220 all out (Harpreet 76, Gauravjit 42, Sunny 32, Kamal Walia 20; Hardavinder 4 for 53, Kakria 3 for 33, Babloo Kumar 1 for 28, Mandora 1 for 57). Ludhiana: Hosts Ludhiana failed to defend the total of 320 runs as Jalandhar made 352 for 9 in the second match of the Katoch Shield at the Satish Chander Dhawan Government College for Boys ground here on Tuesday. Jalandhar surpassed Ludhiana’s score thanks to Samrat Sharma (87) and Jatinder Cherry (71). Brief scores: Ludhiana (1st innings):
320 for 9 Jalandhar (1st innings): 352 for 9 (Ishan Malhotra 64, Samrat Sharma 87, Gaurav Sharma 52, Jatinder Cherry 71; Ankur Kakkar 2 for 104, Tarun Kanish 2 for 41, Karan Goel 4 for 76). |
Punjab junior
fencing at Gurdaspur
Patiala, September 14 Players desirous of taking part in the championship in the cadet section should be born on or after January 1, 1987 while fencers taking part in the junior category should have been born on or after January 1, 1984. |
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