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Sleepy Test crawls to tame draw
India retain same squad for 2nd Test
Ray pleads for Sourav today
No psychological edge, says Smith
One held with pistol inside stadium
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Punjab lock horns with Baroda today
Punjab cops to meet BSF in hockey final
Punjab crush Haryana by 10 wickets
Punjab enter basketball semis
Punjab dominate in PNB meet
Talent series tennis results
Football film fest Car rally reaches Myanmar
Rallyists begin last run in India
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Sleepy Test crawls to tame draw
Kanpur, November 24 The Indians suffered a shocking batting collapse in the morning session to concede a lead of 44 runs, but did manage to expose South African batsmen’s vulnerability to spin to some extent in the second innings on the fifth day track before play was called off. Unlike Mumbai, where the Test match against Australia ended in just over two days earlier this month, the Green Park track turned out to be a batsman’s paradise, with just 13 wickets falling on the first four days and as many as 10 wickets tumbling on the last day alone. For the record, South Africa scored 169 for four in their second innings in a dreary contest, which would be remembered for Virender Sehwag’s blistering 164. The two teams will now travel to Kolkata for the second match of the two-Test series beginning at the historic Eden Gardens on November 27. The slow pace of scoring by the tourists on the first two days after opting to bat first meant that a draw would be the only outcome of the match. The lifeless track might not have amused the Indians, who were looking to play on a pitch that favoured their famed spinners. After being all out for 466 in their first innings, the home team injected some life into the dreary proceedings by snaring four South African batsmen in the extended post-lunch session. The visitors lost three quick wickets, including captain Graeme Smith, in the span of nine overs to appear a little vulnerable, but with the experienced Jacques Kallis still holding fort, there was no real danger of a complete slide. Like in the first innings, Smith and Andrew Hall provided a solid start as they negotiated the Indian bowlers without much discomfort on a pitch which gave some assistance to the spinners in the latter half of the post-lunch session. The opening pair put on 67 runs before Harbhajan Singh provided the breakthrough by plotting the dismissal of Hall, who was caught behind by wicketkeeper Dinesh Kaarthick for 26. Martin van Jaarsveld, who had failed in the first innings, did not survive for long as he was trapped leg before wicket by Murali Kartik in his very first over, giving the left-arm spinner his first wicket in the match. Kartik struck again two overs later by evicting Smith with a ball that turned a little bit and Gautam Gambhir took a smart catch at forward short leg, reducing the tourists to 110 for three. Smith’s knock of 47 came in 141 minutes off 100 balls and included seven boundaries. Jacques Rudolph failed for the second time, falling prey to Harbhajan, who got the odd ball to jump and spin. Earlier, the Indians lost their last six wickets for just 65 runs to be bowled out for 466 in their first innings barely half an hour before the lunch break. Resuming at a healthy 401 for four, the Indians lost their way this morning, losing four wickets in the span of just five overs before Harbhajan Singh (17) and Zaheer Khan (30) added 36 runs for the ninth wicket. Play began half an hour late from the scheduled 9 am start because of heavy ovenight dew. The pre-lunch session clearly belonged to the visitors, who ripped through the lower order Indian batting line-up. Paceman Makhaya Ntini did the bulk of the damage as he first dismissed Rahul Dravid, inducing him to edge an away-going delivery to wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile in his second over of the morning. He then sent back the stylish V.V.S. Laxman (9) and Anil Kumble (9) in quick succession. Dravid could add just two runs to his overnight tally, his knock of 54 coming in 286 minutes and containing five hits to the boundary. Young wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Kaarthick joined the action after Dravid’s departure, but could not survive for long as he was trapped leg before by Shaun Pollock. Ntini removed Laxman and Kumble in the same over to inflict more damage to the Indian innings. While Laxman’s leg stump was knocked down with a superb delivery, Kumble paid the price for fishing outside the off stump and Tsolekile held on to a fine catch behind the stumps. Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan added 36 runs for the ninth wicket, which took the home team closer to the South African total. Zaheer was the more aggressive of the two batsmen as he smashed two boundaries off Pollock while Harbhajan also picked up spinner Robin Peterson for special treatment, lifting him for a six. But that turned out to be an eventful over as Harbhajan was first dropped by Martin van Jaarsveld in the point region before he was evicted with Dippenaar taking a catch in the second attempt at silly point to give Peterson his first wicket. Zaheer spanked Hall for two consecutive boundaries before being clean bowled, bringing an end to the Indian innings, which looked headed for a bigger total before the collapse. Ntini produced a fine spell of seam bowling to cut short the Indian run chase, having figures of 9-0-24-3 this morning and overall figures of 3-135. Hall was the other successful bowler with 3-93. Scoreboard
South Africa (1st innings): 510 for 9 dec India (1st innings) Sehwag lbw Hall 164 Gambhir c Tsolekile b Pollock 96 Dravid c Tsolekile b Ntini 54 Tendulkar b Hall 3 Ganguly c Peterson b de Bruyn 57 Laxman b Ntini 9 Kaarthick lbw Pollock 1 Kumble c Tsolekile b Ntini 9 Harbhajan c Dippenaar Zaheer b Hall 30 Kartik not out 0 Extras
(b 10, lb 9, nb 7) 26 Total (all out, 134.4 over 466) FoW: 1-218, 2-294, 3-298, 4-394, 5-407, 6-408, 7-419, 8-420, 9-456, 10-466. Bowling: Pollock 38-11-100-2, Ntini 39-0-135-3, Peterson 21-2-90-1, Hall 25.4-7-93-3, de Bruyn 11-3-29-1. South Africa (2nd innings): Smith c Gambhir b Kartik 47 Hall c Kaarthick b Harbhajan 26 van Jaarsveld lbw Kartik 13 Kallis not out 28 Rudolph c Kaarthick Dippenaar not out 31 Extras: (b 12, lb 5, nb 5) 22 Total: (4 wickets, 64 overs) 169 FoW: 1-67, 2-100, 3-110,4-115. Bowling: Zaheer 8-2-26-0, Kumble 21-8-52-0, Harbhajan Singh 16-5-39-2, Kartik 14-6-17-2, Tendulkar 5-0-18-0.
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India retain same squad for 2nd Test
Kanpur, November 24 Sourav Ganguly, who would hold a teleconference tomorrow with an ICC Appeals Commissioner regarding his two-match ban, was included in the team as captain. Should Ganguly be not available for the Test, a replacement would be announced at a later date, Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary S.K. Nair told reporters here. “We will wait for the decision of the Appeals Commissioner, if at all a change is required, we will take a decision later,” Nair said. Ganguly was slapped a two-match ban for India’s slow over rate during the platinum jubilee one-dayer against Pakistan in Kolkata on November 13. New Zealand’s Tim Castle would hear his appeal against the ban. He would hold a teleconference with the Indian captain tomorrow. The Indian team for the tour of Bangladesh, where they would play two Tests and three one-day internationals from December 9 to 27, would be announced during the Kolkata Test, Nair said. Indian Squad: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Kaarthick, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Murali Kartik, Mohd Kaif, Irfan Pathan and Ashish Nehra.
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Ray pleads for Sourav today
Kolkata, November 24 The question which is now being raised every-where, will be answered tomorrow after Mr Siddhartha Sankar Ray pleads on behalf of Sourav before the ICC’s appeals commissioner, Tim Castle, on the captain’s two-Test ban by the recent Indo-Pak ODI’s match referee, Clive Lloyd, at Eden Gardens. The hearing will be held via a teleconference. Mr Ray is of the opinion that Sourav has been penalised unnecessarily. During the past two days, Mr Ray had phone talks with Ganguly when he enquired from the captain about certain things relating to charges framed against him by Lloyd. Mr Ray also spoke to Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya and some cricket experts and match referees for better understanding of cricket match rules and match referee’s role. Mr Ray, who watched the India-Pakistan jubilee match on television at his Delhi residence on November 13, saw it again on video more than once, trying to calculate the exact time loss during the match and the part the part played by Ganguly in it. He says there are merits in the case in favour of Sourav, but at this stage he will not make any forecast about the outcome of the hearing. Mr Dalmiya is confident that Sourav will be exonerated and be available at the concluding match of the two Test series at the Eden Gardens against South Africa on Sunday. Sourav’s fans in Kolkata will organise ‘homa and jugga’ tomorrow to pray for his exoneration. Meanwhile, the BCCI and the CAB are in trouble about sale of tickets for Sunday’s match. So far, there has been not much demand for tickets. It is also uncertain if Sourav will get the ICC’s clearance and be available for the match. These uncertainties have made many of Sourav’s fans, coming out into the streets, which has been worrying the BCCI about the sale of tickets. The BCCI has slashed ticket prices from Rs 500, Rs 700 and Rs 1,200 to Rs 100, Rs 120 and Rs 240, respectively, in the wake of lesser demand of tickets. The BCCI still is doubtful if the entire 80,000 tickets at the Eden Gardens will be sold out on the day of the match. |
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No psychological edge, says Smith
Kanpur, November 24 “I am not the one who believes in psychological edge. The Eden Gardens will have a different wicket, the conditions will be different, the
atmosphere will be different,” Smith said after the drawn first Test at the Green Park here today. “We have to compete well on all the five days and hopefully we can put pressure on them (India),” he said. Smith said his young team would take many positives into the Kolkata Test and said he was quite impressed by the manner in which his players fought in this match. “It is the first time that many of our guys are playing in such conditions. I think it was a solid performance. I am impressed the way they handled the Indian spinners,” he said. “Unfortunately, there was no result. We are now looking forward to the Eden Gardens match,” he said. Smith praised his seamers for getting the reverse swing going, particularly on the final day today, which saw the Indians losing six wickets for the addition of just 65 runs. “I am quite impressed with the way we bowled the reverse swing. We dropped a few catches and missed some run-outs,” he said. Meanwhile, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly said India would have forced a result in the first cricket Test against South Africa on a lifeless track had they won the toss and batted first. “We lost a crucial toss. Things could have been different if the batting had been reversed. We would have tried to score fast and put the South Africans under pressure,” Ganguly said after the match ended in a tame draw here. “We lost some time because of the fog. If you lose time on such a flat track, it becomes very difficult to force a result. They also batted pretty slowly on the first two days,” he said. Ganguly did not agree with the suggestion that the South Africans had gone into the match with the mindset to draw the Test rather than force a result. “I do not think it will be right to say that they were playing for a draw. They put up a big total and tried to put pressure on us. They probably thought that the track will break up on the third or fourth day, but it did not happen,” he said. “Our spinners also bowled well to reduce their scoring rate. There was no real help for them, but they did a good job,” he said.
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One held with pistol inside stadium
Kanpur, November 24 Taslimuddin, alias Pasha, had come to the stadium to invite Mohd Saif, brother of Indian middle-order batsman Mohd Kaif, for a prize distribution ceremony of a social organisation of which he was the president. He was arrested with the pistol near the media centre of the stadium. Pasha told the police that he had a valid arms licence. He claimed that he was carrying the weapon for his safety as he had been receiving several threats. Pasha, who also owned a chemical factory in Kanpur, entered the stadium from gate 2 in his car, which had a car pass issued by the district police. He also had a special pass, allowing entry to all enclosures in the stadium. After arresting him, the police brought Pasha to the Kotwali police station, where a case was lodged against him. He would be produced in court tomorrow. The district administration had prohibited carrying of arms inside the ground during the match.
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Punjab lock horns with Baroda today
Mohali, November 24 Both teams are evenly balanced and will be meeting for the fifth time in the championship. Punjab had beaten Baroda in Mohali in 2002. Last year, Baroda had defeated Punjab on the basis of first-innings lead in the drawn match. Punjab lost to Baroda in semifinal in 2001. Their first encounter was in 1949-50. Baroda, led by Hemu Adhikari, had beaten Southern Punjab, skippered by Lala Amarnath, in Patiala by four runs. This time, the PCA has hired former Pakistan captain Intikhab Alam as coach-cum-manager of the Punjab Ranji team. After securing two points against Uttar Pradesh in the opening Elite Group B match in Mohali, Punjab got full five points against Assam in Amritsar in their second-round match. Punjab have so far collected seven points from two outings. On the other hand, Baroda have so far logged four points on the basis of their first-innings lead over Assam and Maharashtra. Their group matches had been drawn. Punjab have been reinforced with the inclusion of captain Dinesh Mongia. Vice-captain Yuvraj Singh, consistent scorer Pankaj Dharmani and opener Ravneet Ricky are in good form and have made good contributions in the last two matches. Medium-fast bowler Gagandeep Singh had captured 12 wickets, including a hat-trick, against Assam in Amritsar. Against Uttar Pradesh, the Punjab right-arm fast bowler had captured five wickets. Medium-pacers Amit Uniyal, V Sharma and Reetinder Sodhi gave full support to Gagandeep Singh. Spinner Navdeep Singh can spin a web against any team. Baroda’s opener Satyajit Sudhir Parab is in terrific form. He had slammed two centuries (120 and 100 not out) against Maharashtra in Pune. Jacob Joseph Martin’s brilliant 126 against Assam had strengthened the Baroda batting line-up.
Y.K. Pathan, C.C. Williams, Y.K. Pathan and Kiran Raja Ram Powar have also made useful contributions with the bat. With good conditions, both teams are likely to play three medium-pacers. Both camps will decide their final 11 tomorrow morning.
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Punjab cops to meet BSF in hockey final
New Delhi, November 24 Six-time champions Punjab Police have been winning the title for the past two years and this will be their 12th entry into the final. BSF, who dominated the tournament a few years ago, will be making an all-out effort to regain the title after a long gap. BSF stroked out Indian Oil 4-3 via the tie-breaker after the regulation play ended in a goalless deadlock. Two superlative saves in succession by custodian K. M. Subbaiah, who baulked Deepak Thakur and Salaria, put BSF in the final as the scores were tied 3-3 after Marius Lakhra shot over BSF’s penultimate stroke. The scorers for BSF were Harbhajan Singh, Devinder Kumar, Majinder Singh and Raj Singh. Prabhjot Singh, Lakhwinder Singh and Vikramjeet Singh hit the mark for Bharat Petroleum. Punjab Police, packed with a number of Olympians, had to weather some shoddy umpiring, several hold-ups and a cantakerous, but fighting Bharat Petroleum, before coasting to a 2-1 victory. Daljit Singh Dhillon put Punjab Police in the lead when he flicked the ball in, following their first penalty corner. Daljit swept the ball from the corner and Baljit Singh Dhillon’s drive struck goalkeeper P. U. Boppanna’s pads and kicked up. Daljit Dhillon dashed in to flick the ball over the fallen goalie into the goal (1-0). The Petroleum players protested against the goal, and umpire V. B. Singh, a former player himself, instead of sticking to his ruling, started arguing with the Petroleum players. Encouraged by former Olympian and coach-cum-manager Romeo James, the Bharat Petroleum players got into a huddle and refused to continue with the game. The umpires and the tournament director tried to reason with them, but in vain. But after a ten-minute delay, they returned to the field to carry on with the match. Though Bharat Petroleum, consisting of a few internationals, went all out to get a goal, Punjab Police clung on to their lead till the interval. However, the Mumbai oilmen pulled off the equaliser when M. K. Prakash converted a penalty stroke four minutes into the second session (1-1). Off their fourth penalty corner, Len Aiyappa took a rising shot, but ironically, the ball crashed on the temple of another penalty corner exponent Jugraj Singh, who had come on the field only in the second half. The umpire whistled for a stroke, and Prakash scooped the ball in. Prakash was the most vocal of the Petroleum players who argued with the umpires and got away with his tantrums. Jugraj Singh made a valiant effort to make his presence felt, and came up with a few tackles to break the tempo of the rival raids. With the scores level, the Petroleum men got more aggressive and put the Punjab Police goal under strain. Amar Aiyamma and Olympian Sabu Varkey impressed with their speed and penetration, but their dangerous crosses met with no response as Deepak Sharma and others failed to
connect them from close. Punjab Police also mounted fast counter-attacks, with Baljit Dhillon and Gagan Ajit Singh featuring very prominently in their moves. As the match was heading for extra time, Baljit Dhillon scored a peach of a goal, neat and bang on target, just two minutes before the final hooter, off their fourth and last penalty corner (2-1). His scoop was so and straight that it gave no time for the rival players to react. |
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Punjab crush Haryana by 10 wickets
Rohtak, November 24 Hosts Haryana, who were facing a challenging task of avoiding an innings defeat when play began today, succeeded in their bid, but their efforts were inadequate to save the match. Haryana needed 172 runs today to make Punjab bat again with eight second wickets in hand. Their efforts got a severe setback when they lost their third wicket without adding any run to their overnight total of 37. But Prem Prateek (45 runs, 94 balls, 95 minutes, 6x4) and Himanshu Sharma (49 runs, 139 balls, 161 minutes, 6x4) became the anchors of middle order batting to add 84 runs in 95 minutes off 155 balls. Once this pair was separated, Haryana lost four quick wickets. They were 138 for 8 when Amit Parashar and Deepak Choudhary added 71 runs for the ninth wicket. Deepak played a supporting role as he scored only 8 runs in 72 minutes, but he helped Amit Parashar to record the highest individual score of the innings. Amit fell short of partners at the other end and remained unbeaten on 71, scored off 80 balls in 110 minutes with the help of 14 fours. Finally Haryana’s second innings folded at 214. Amanpreet Singh was the most successful Punjab bowler, claiming 4 wickets for 58 runs, whereas Sumit Kalia took 3 for 39. Punjab reached the victory target of 6 runs without losing any wicket. Brief scores: Haryana 131 and 214, Punjab 340 and 6 for no loss. |
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Punjab enter basketball semis
Chandigarh, November 24 Punjab defeated India Youth (Red) 69-30 in a one-sided game after leading 24-11 at the end of first quarter and making it 37-19 at the breather. Snehpal (19), Prabhjot (11), Sukhbir Dhillon (10) and Rajinder (17) were the chief scorers for the home team. The Delhi-Chhattisgarh encounter witnessed some exciting moments. At the end of the first quarter, the two teams were tied at 14 points each. Chhattisgarh men, however, resorted to aggressive play to take a comfortable 39-30 lead at the breather. After changing ends, Delhi players reversed the trend and after wiping out the lead, went ahead to emerge winners at 76-63. Vinod (21), Birender (21) and Surinder (10) were the chief architects of their splendid win while K. Singh (18), Srinivas (14) and Murli (13) were the main scorers for Chhattisgarh. Inspite of this defeat, Chhattisgarh men made to the semifinal so. In the women’s section, India Youth defeated Punjab Red 48-32. Earlier, Punjab Blue beat Punjab Red 48-11. |
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Punjab dominate in PNB meet
New Delhi, November 24 J.P. Saroya of Punjab, who was beaten in the 800m yesterday, made up for his defeat when he picked up two gold medals today. He clocked 18:48.0 minutes to lift the 5000m gold and later added the 1500m title, with a time of 4:52.8 seconds. Som Dutt of Himachal Zone finished second in the 5000m and third in the 1500m. In high jump, S.K. Dogra of Punjab cleared 1.40 metres to bag the gold while Satya of Punjab annexed the women’s shot put title, with a heave of 6.95 metres. In the men’s section, Sohan Singh of Punjab won the hammer throw title, by posting a distance of 30.99 metres. Sudha Sharma of MP Zone bagged a ‘treble’ in the women’s track events, winning the 1500m, 800m and 3000m races. Jaswinder of Delhi won the men’s long jump event while Gurvinder Singh won the 400m race. Kusum Lata of Delhi emerged the fastest among women, winning the 200m race, and later added the long jump gold to her collection. R.P. Bhalla of Delhi won the javelin throw title. Debyendu Dass of Eastern Zone was leading the table with 4.5 points in chess. He was followed by Anjan Basu, Ravinder Kumar and C.B.S. Ahirwal on 4 points each. |
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Talent series tennis results
Amritsar, November 24 In boys (u-18) main draw: Manav Dhawan (Pb) beat Inderjot Singh (Pb) 6-0, 6-1, Sagar Sharma (Hry) beat Tanmay Arora (Pb) 6-1, 6-0, Ketan Gupta (Pb) beat Harry Singh (Chd) 7-6 (3), 6-2, Varun Sharma (Pb) beat Shubam Kamboj (Hry) 6-2, 6-0, Tanuj Keshwani (Dli) beat Ankit Badoni (Pb) 6-3, 6-1, Gursimran Brar (Chd) beat Baljinder Singh (Pb) 7-6 (6), 6-3, Ujjwal Khanna (Pb) beat Ramit Kapoor (Pb) 6-2, 6-3, Gurmohit Singh (Chd) beat Surinder Kumar (Pb) 7-6, 6-2, Anmol Ladhar (Chd) beat Aditya Gurwara (Dli) 6-1, 6-2, Jay Vinod (Pb) beat Amrinder Singh Mann (Chd) 7-5, 6-0, Parveen Arora (Pjb) beat Artim Gupta (Pjb) 7-5, 6-4, Sunil Kumar (Pb) beat Ashwani Kumar (Chd) 6-0, 6-0, Bharat Bhardwaj (UP) beat Gauravinder Toor (Chd) 6-2, 6-3, Khalindra Kadian (Chd) bt Vijay Bhardwaj (UP) 7-5, 6-3, Gaurav Sharma (Pb) bt Kuldeep Chugh (Pb) 6-3, 6-1, Keshav Mahajan (Pb) bt Harmanbir Singh (Pb) 7-5, 6-4. In boys (u-14) main draw: Bharat Bhardwaj (UP) bt Arjun Sehgal (Pb) 6-2, 6-1, Abheyraj Singh (Chd) bt Ankit Badoni (Pb) 6-2, 7-5, Ashwani Kumar (Chd) bt Ramit Kapoor (Pb) 7-5, 6-0, Amit Chauhan (Chd) bt Sukhjot Singh (Pb) 6-4, 6-0, Mandeep Singh Gill (Chd) bt Akshat Joshi (Joshi) 6-3, 7-6 (3), Anmol Ladhar (Chd) bt Sunny Dahiya (Hry) 6-1, 6-0, Saurabh Sharma (Pb) bt Harry Singh (Chd) 6-1, 6-2, Vijay Bhardwaj (UP) bt Raman Kumar (Pb) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, Palash Tiwari (Dli) bt Jasjit Singh (Pb) 6-1, 5-7, 7-5, Ketan Gupta (Pb) bt Amarinder Singh (Chd) 6-, 6-2, Kshitij Kamal (Dli) bt Raghav Singal (Chd) 6-3, 6-2, Ujjwal Khanna (Pb) bt Arnav Kishore (Dli) 6-0, 6-3, Digvijay Singh (Chd) bt Karanvir Singh (Chd) 6-1, 6-0, Fateh Ldhar (Chd) bt Garry Singh 7-6 (4), 6-3, Gauravinder Toor (Chd) bt Kanav (Pb) 6-4, 6-4 and Surinder Kumar (Pb) bt Gurmohit Singh (Chd) 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-4. |
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Kolkata, November 24 The package of 11 short films from Great Britain on one of the most popular games of the world includes two Oscar-winning ventures, ‘See you at Wembly, Frankie Walsh’ and ‘This Boy’s Story’, both of which received accolades for Best Student Film. Inaugurated by football star Baichung Bhutia last evening, the 162-minute festival concentrates largely on fans, their rivalries and loyalties, family tensions, and the darker side, represented by football hooligans. The influence that the game has on younger fans, who dream of FA Cup glory or of meeting their idol in person, have also been depicted in some of the films. Christened ‘Moving the Goalposts’, the festival began in Jamshedpur before moving to Kolkata. From here, the caravan will roll on to Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi. The package, which includes the four-minute ‘The do-it-yourself football club kit’ to the 50-minute celluloid effort ‘This boy’s Story’, underlines British Council’s fledgling steps into matters related to sports. “In future, we will hold debates on football, conduct games for the disabled and organise touch rugby competitions for schools,” a council spokesman said. — PTI
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Car rally reaches Myanmar
Kohima, November 24 Nagaland Governor Shyamal Datta flagged off the rally as nearly 250 rallyists from 10 countries left for Manipur. Braving the chill, hundreds of people cheered the rally, which had evoked unprecedented enthusiasm among the people. Lakhs of people waited on roadsides amid tight security as the 60 cars drove from Guwahati to here to wish the rally a safe journey to its final destination of Batam Island in Indonesia. Thousands of schoolchildren lined up on the rally route, waving the Tricolour. The Indo-ASEAN car rally later embarked on its eastward journey after entering Myanmar via the Moreh-Tamu border. The caravan of cars was accompanied by an Army convoy and helicopters throughout the route from Kohima to the Moreh-Tamu border. The rally arrived in Nagaland via Manipur, where Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh flagged it off at Khunam Lampak main stadium in Imphal.
— UNI, PTI
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Rallyists begin last run in India
Kohima, November 24 Nagaland Governor Shyamal Datta flagged off the rally as nearly 250 rallyists from 10 countries left for Manipur. Braving the chill, hundreds of people cheered the rally, which had evoked unprecedented enthusiasm among the people. “I wish you to carry the message of goodwill and friendship of the Nagas to the South East Asians,” said Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, who underlined the need for an express highway between the North-East and Asean countries to provide the much-needed connectivity. Lakhs of people waited on roadsides amid tight security as the 60 cars drove from Guwahati to here to wish the rally a safe journey to its final destination of Batam Island in Indonesia. Thousands of schoolchildren lined up on the rally route, waving the tricolour.
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Rural games
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