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India surrender lead to draw with France
ICC, FIFA express condolences
Australia seize the initiative against Pakistan
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Indian cricketers return
Bangladesh tour of
India shelved
3 benefit matches for Junior fund
Chandigarh men, women win
Punjab cops in semis, served warning
Netball standard not good, says Gurbir
Chandigarh win in softball
Jharkhand archers win 11 gold
Wrestling nationals from tomorrow
Amritsar
Coaching
Centre, PDCA enter final
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India surrender lead to draw with France
New Delhi, December 28 And then the slump began, as the French team mounted pressure and their brilliant penalty corner specialist Frederic Soyez hit the target with unfailing regularity to convert three of their five penalty corners to notch up a hat-trick and draw level. India were thus forced to split honours from a winning position, and the hosts bolted into the dressing room, with their heads bent, for the second day running. IHF secretary general Jyoti Kumaran also did not take the risk of coming down to the field to distribute the prizes. The captains of the teams were summoned to the VIP box to be presented with the trophies. France thus won five of the seven matches they played during their Indian tour. Their only defeat was against Indian Airlines in an exhibition match by 1-2 at the Shivaji Stadium before the Test series. There was indeed a marked improvement in the performance of the Indian players today. They dominated the show in the first half, and with Arjun Halappa and Tushar Khandkar making their moves fast and furious, France, for once, found themselves on the backfoot. They were forced to play second fiddle, and an Indian victory looked imminent. Arjun Halappa opened the floodgates in the ninth minute when his piercing shot ripped through the side netting and went out. French umpire Xavier Fenaert did not whistle for a goal instantaneously, thinking that the ball had gone wide. But the host players protested and the visiting umpire consulted his Indian counterpart Suresh Bhatia before awarding a goal (1-0). India earned their first penalty corner in the 13th minute, but wasted it. In the 27th minute, Deepak Thakur took possession of the ball in the middle and ran down to take a rasping shot which came of French custodian Julien Thamin. Arjun Halappa pounced on the rebound to blast it back into the goal (2-0). Halappa was unlucky to miss his hat-trick three minutes before the break as his poweful hit struck the post. On resumption, Tushar Khandkar capped a fine move with a blinding shot which gave no chance to the French custodian (3-0). And then the French got into their scoring act, with captain Antoine Moreau playing a stellar role to crack the defence of India and create openings. They had squandered a penalty corner in the 29th minute of the first half, and flunked the second too in the sixth minute after resumption. But the second was quickly followed by the third, and this time, Frederic Soyez’s carpet drive completely foxed Indian goalie G. Kuttappa. Frederic resorted to drag flicks off the fourth and fifth penalty corners to put the ball in the goal with remarkable ease and composure. Though India had a chance to get ahead five minutes before full time when they earned their second penalty corner, they failed in their task as Sandeep Singh was resting on the bench and others did not know how to score off a short corner. An interesting aspect of the match was that while the French made the most of the rolling substitions, India did not know how to make use of this facility. |
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ICC, FIFA express condolences
London, December 28 “On behalf of the ICC, I pass on our deepest sympathy to the people of the region whose lives have been devastated by the earthquake,” council President Ehsan Mani said. “The impact of the earthquake and tsunamis has been disastrous throughout the region and it will have a tragic impact on millions of lives,” he said. “Sport will be the last thing on the minds of those affected by the earthquake, but over the coming days, we will be speaking to the sporting authorities from India and Sri Lanka to find out how we can help the relief efforts,” he said. Sri Lanka had announced that there would be no competitive cricket in the island during the five-day period of national mourning. The Sri Lankan cricket team was currently touring New Zealand and its match scheduled for tomorrow had been postponed to January 11. The dates of the other fixtures in the series remained unchanged. ZURICH: The head of world soccer’s governing body sent his condolences to countries around the Indian Ocean devastated by tidal waves. “My thoughts and prayers are dwelling today on the men, women and children who perished in this disaster and the multitude of families who are suffering untold grief and bereavement,” FIFA President Joseph Blatter said on Monday. He said in letters to the presidents of the football associations of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, Maldives, Malaysia and Myanmar that he learned of the catastrophe “with deep shock and dismay.” “On behalf of the entire FIFA family, I would like to convey our deepest condolences to everyone affected by this tragedy and to wish your people much strength and courage at this harrowing time,” Blatter said. FIFA said all flags at its headquarters building in Zurich were being flown at half mast out of respect for the victims.
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Murali narrowly missed tsunami
Sydney, December 28 Muralitharan, recovering from shoulder surgery in Sri Lanka while his team-mates tour New Zealand, told the newspaper that he had spent the weekend in the southern coastal city of Galle handing out cricket bats to underprivileged children with his manager Kushil Gunasekera. Just minutes after Muralitharan drove out of the city, Galle was devastated by tidal waves triggered by a massive undersea earthquake thousands of kilometres away in Indonesia. Sri Lanka was the worst hit of several nations stricken by the waves, with nearly 11,000 dead, many missing and hundreds of thousands left homeless. “I missed the wave by 20 minutes,” Muralitharan was quoted as telling the newspaper. “I had only just left Galle, so I am very lucky to be alive,” he said. “The wave was over 20 feet high and it went two kilometres inland (more than a mile)”, he said. “A lot of our cricketers are from there and we do not know how their families are. My manager barely survived. His house is gone,” he said. “Galle is totally under water and a lot of people are missing or dead. There are people everywhere screaming,” he said. Team manager Brendan Kuruppu, speaking in Napier, New Zealand, said one player had lost a relative in the disaster.
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Australia seize the initiative against Pakistan
Melbourne, December 28 The Australians seized control of the match after Damien Martyn’s second consecutive century, a spirited 93-run eighth wicket stand with Jason Gillespie and a clatter of Pakistan wickets in the final session. Pakistan, from having the world-beaters under pressure for the first two days, were fighting for every run against a resurgent home bowling attack and trying to avoid another heavy loss after their humiliating 491-run defeat in the first Test. At stumps with two days to play, Pakistan were 85 for five, an overall lead of 47 with Shoaib Malik on 11 and Mohammad Sami on eight. Martyn was Australia’s hero, batting for over six hours for 142 and the senior partner in a near-century stand with fast bowler Gillespie, which steered the home side past Pakistan’s first innings 341 for a pyschological 38-run lead. Pakistan seemingly realised they had lost the initiative and both openers, Salman Butt (0) and Imran Farhat (5), were guilty of indisciplined shots while Shane Warne claimed the key wicket of first-innings centurion Yousuf Youhana for 12. Youhana may have been unlucky with television replays suggesting the ball came off the Pakistan skipper’s pad to Ricky Ponting at silly mid-point leaving the tourists in strife at 60 for four. Younis Khan, who scored 87 in a 192-run partnership with Youhana in the first innings, then played an miscued pull shot to Michael Kasprowicz and was caught by a diving Matthew Hayden in the gully for 23 leaving them at 68 for five. Martyn scored his first Test century at the MCG, his 11th Test hundred, to symbolically take the initiative away from Pakistan, who also had injury and illness concerns to all-rounders Shoaib Malik and Abdul Razzaq. Once again Pakistan could not finish off the Australians after they had them at 171 for five at one stage. In the Perth Test, Pakistan had Australia flailing at 78 for five in the first innings only for the home side to wriggle away to 381 and then go on and humiliate the tourists by 491 runs before lunch on the fourth day. Gillespie underlined his growing batting status at number nine by remaining undefeated on 50, his second Test half-century, off 108 balls with four fours and a six. Express bowler Shoaib Akhtar bowled his heart out to take 5-109 and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria claimed 5-125. Martyn refused to be goaded by Shoaib’s theatric attempts to draw him into a verbal exchange and often deliberately turned his back to avoid eye contact with the ‘Rawalpindi Express’. Martyn was out leg before wicket to Kaneria shortly before tea. He batted for 370 minutes and hit 12 fours off 245 balls. It looked so much better for Pakistan in the morning when they picked up the wickets of Adam Gilchrist and Warne. Gilchrist looked in menacing form as he charged from an overnight 26 to 48 before he holed out to Mohammad Sami at deep mid-wicket off Keneria. The outstanding number seven batsman, with a Test average of almost 52, batted for 66 minutes with four fours and a six off Kaneria. In the last over before lunch, Shoaib caught and bowled Warne for 10 to leave the home side faltering at 254 for seven before Martyn and Gillespie’s restorative partnership. Pakistan were a bowler short today after Abdul Razzaq was taken to hospital complaining of dizziness and shortness of breath. Razzaq fell ill at the team’s hotel before the start of play and was to be kept in hospital overnight for observation. Shoaib Malik, unable to bowl in the Test because of ICC concerns over his bowling action, was called to the crease late in the day after he didn’t field in Australia’s innings with split webbing. Scoreboard Pakistan (1st Innings): 341 Australia (1st Innings): Langer c Farhat b Kaneria 50 Hayden c Malik b Akhtar 9 Ponting c Malik b Akhtar 7 Martyn lbw Kaneria 142 Lehmann c Yasir b Akhtar 11 Clarke c Akhtar b Kaneria 20 Gilchrist c Sami b Kaneria 48 Warne c & b Akhtar 10 Gillespie not out 50 Kasprowicz c sub b Akhtar 4 McGrath lbw Kaneria 1 Extras:
(1-b,2-lb,5-w,19-nb) 27 Total: (all out, 99.3 overs) 379 Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-32, 3-122, 4-135, 5-171, 6-230, 7-254, 8-347, 9-368. Bowling:
Shoaib 27-4-109-5, Sami 23-2-102-0, Razzaq 7-0-27-0, Kaneria 39.3-5-125-5, Farhat 3-0-13-0. Pakistan (2nd innings): Butt c Kasprowicz b McGrath 0 Farhat c Martyn b Gillespie 5 Hameed c Gilchrist b McGrath 23 Younis c Hayden b Kasprowicz 23 Youhana c Ponting b Warne 12 Malik batting 11 Sami batting 8 Extras:
(2-b,1-lb) 3 Total: (5 wickets, 34 overs) 85 Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-13, 3-35, 4-60, 5-68. Bowling: McGrath 9-1-25-2, Gillespie 5-2-10-1, Kasprowicz 10-2-30-1, Warne 10-4-17-1.
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Strauss, Trescothick lead fightback
Durban, December 28 England, trailing by 193 on the first innings, were 137 for no wicket in their second innings at lunch. The batting of the two left-handers was in dramatic contrast to England’s effort in the first innings when they were all out for 139 after being sent in. With the Kingsmead pitch maintaining a reputation for playing more easily in the middle stages of a match, both batsmen went for their strokes and 107 runs were added in 29 overs before lunch. Trescothick was unbeaten on 59 and Strauss had 68. There was a high proportion of boundaries for both batsmen. Trescothick hit 10 fours and a six, while Strauss struck 11 fours. After a quiet start on an overcast morning, Trescothick and Strauss picked up the scoring rate when left-arm spinner Nicky Boje and inexperienced fast bowler Dale Steyn came into the attack. With Trescothick sweeping Boje for six and then hammering Steyn for three successive boundaries, at one stage 52 runs were added in five overs. The burst of scoring forced South African captain Graeme Smith to bring back the steady Shaun Pollock. Steyn conceded 31 runs in three overs while Boje, whose first over of the day was a maiden, went for 39 runs off his next five overs. There were no signs of the uneven and sometimes steep bounce that made batting more difficult in the first innings, while the South African bowlers did not achieve the accuracy and control which put England under pressure on the opening day. Strauss was first to his fifty, reaching the mark off 78 balls as he continued to thrive on the South African bowling. Strauss made 126 and 94 not out during England’s win in the first Test in Port Elizabeth and 25 in the first innings of the current Test. Trescothick took 92 balls to reach his half-century. Scoreboard England (first innings): 139 South Africa (first innings): 332 England (second innings) Trescothick batting 59 Strauss batting 68 Extras:
(lb-2, nb-8) 10 Total: (for no loss, 40 overs) 137 Bowling:
Pollock 13-4-32-0, Ntini 12-4-24-0, Steyn 4-0-35-0, Boje 7-1-40-0, Kallis 4-1-4-0.
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Indian cricketers return
Kolkata, December 28 Skipper Sourav Ganguly was the most inconvenienced. As a large number of lensmen, electronic media personnel and onlookers jammed the exit, security personnel had to take Ganguly back to the terminal building before leading him out through a separate door. The security personnel literally shoved the scribes away before bundling Ganguly into his car, which immediately headed for his residence in South Kolkata. The other team members took connecting domestic flights to their respective destinations. India whitewashed Bangladesh in the two-Test series and defeated the hosts 2-1 in the shorter version of the game.
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Bangladesh tour of
India shelved
Dhaka, December 28 He said time constraint was the reason for shelving what would have been Bangladesh cricket team’s first-ever visit to India. “It is mainly because both sides pressed for time,” he said. “But the BCCI has assured me that they will host us later next year,” he added.
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3 benefit matches for Junior fund
New Delhi, December 28 “The money generated from two matches — home and away — between Mohun Bagan A C and Dempo SC and another between Bagan and East Bengal in Kolkata will go to the Junior fund. It remains to be decided whether the match will be a home match for which of the Kolkata giants, because it will be an NFL match,” said Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi, who was re-elected today for yet another stint as AIFF president today. Junior died just after scoring his second goal in the Federation Cup final in Bangalore on December 5 owing to an on-field collision with Bagan keeper Subrata Paul. Paul was banned for two months by an AIFF disciplinary committee yesterday in the aftermath of the incident. “I do not think anyone should question the decision,” Mr Dasmunshi said on the sidelines of a press conference today, “The committee had evaluated all aspects of the matter and it should be acceptable to all concerned”, he said. The AIFF scrapped the customary dinner after its meeting today as a mark of respect to Junior.
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Chandigarh men, women win
Ludhiana, December 28 In a Pool ‘C’ match, the hosts looked determined from the word go and gave no chance to their opponents to settle down. Punjab eves established a comfortable lead of 27 points at half time. Ashana and Manpreet Kaur with 27 and 17 points, respectively, scripted Punjab’s win while skipper Kamaljit Kaur and Mandeep were the other notable scorers, chipping in with 14 and 16 points, respectively. Parmajit Kaur accounted for 13 points. For Karnataka, the dependable duo of Rashmi and Chanderlekha fouhgt valiantly, contributing 12 and 15 points, respectively, but could not save their team from an inevitable defeat at the hands of their spirited rivals. Chandigarh had a fruitful day today as their men’s as well as women’ teams won their respective encounters without being challenged. In the men’s section, in a pool ‘F’ encounter Chandigarh trounced Manipur 62-24 after leading 31-8 at half time. Chandigarh’s Mandeep and Rajinder Pal scored 17 and 8 points, respectively, besides assisting once in netting the ball and also made attempts twice while Amit netted 7 points. For Manipur, Lemba Singh waged a lone battle and scored 16 points. In a pool ‘F’ (women), match, Chandigarh proved their supremacy over Uttaranchal, whom they drubbed 60-26. The winnes led 28-15 at the breather. In a pool ‘B’ match, last year’s runners-up Delhi scored an authentic victory (107-48) against Madhya Pradesh, who were pale shadow of themselves. They failed to come up to their potential and lost without putting any resistence. Delhi were leading 58-25 at half time. For the winners, Divya was the top scorer with 35 points, who also took two rebounds with three steals and two assists. She was closely followed by Sheeba, who accounted for 32 points, which included one rebound, two steals and an equal number of assists. Prabhot Kaur added 14 points to the winners’ tally while Kiran Dey (20) and Nanda (9) were the main scorers for the losers. Third day’s results: (women)-Haryana beat Rajasthan 61-30, Chhattisgarh beat Maharashtra 78-38, Pondicherry beat West Bengal 47-34, Tamil Nadu beat Kerala 70-55, Punjab beat Karnataka 91-42 and Chandigarh beat Uttaranchal 60-26; (men)-Gujarat beat Himachal Pradesh 53-43, Chandigarh beat Manipur 62-24, Kerala beat Rajasthan 89-72, Uttar Pradesh beat West Bengal 64-57, Orissa beat Pondicherry 68-25, Railways beat Kerala 104-89 and Uttaranchal beat Karnataka 93-70. |
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Punjab cops in semis, served warning
Nabha, December 28 In the semifinals, Corps of Signals, Jalandhar, who downed Northern Railway 2-0, would square off with Punjab Police while EME would take on PSB Academy, who beat SC Railway, Secunderabad, 2-1. Punjab Police, well known to pick up a fight at the drop of a hat when the chips are down, demonstrated the other side of their character when they verbally assaulted umpire P.S. Bhandari in their quarterfinal match which, however, they managed to win by the skin of their teeth. Trouble started brewing in the first half when the Friends Club striker Jugraj Singh deflected the ball home to notch up the equaliser after Kulbir Singh had put the cops ahead off a penalty corner. The goal, which was clean as a slate, was vehemently protested by the cops, who took no time to lay siege to the umpires. As is their wont, the cops started showering the choicest of Punjabi expletives on P.S. Bhandari. Sensing that things could snowball into a major confrontation, both umpires walked out of the ground, leading to the match being suspended for nearly 10 minutes. The other umpire, Satinder Sharma, an international, could be seen packing his bags, but was later persuaded by the organisers and tournament director S.A. Khan to return to the field. Earlier, Punjab Police coach Surjit Singh could be seen venting his ire from the sidelines at Satinder Sharma when the umpire, in an effort to placate ruffled feathers, flashed the green card to a couple of Punjab Police players. Taking strict note of the happenings on the field and taking into view the cops’ not-so-good reputation of playing spoilsport when things fail to go their way, the tournament director shot of an angry missive to the Punjab Police manager, with a copy sent to the president of the tournament organising committee. In his letter, Mr Khan warned that if the cops indulged in similar behaviour in their semifinal clash tomorrow, he would be left with no option except to scratch the team from the tournament. On their part, the Punjab Police coach wrote to the tournament director, asking him to debar Satinder Sharma from doing duty in their semifinal clash tomorrow. For the record, Kulbir Singh, Harnek Singh and Parveen Kumar netted for Punjab Police while Jugraj Singh and Gurpreet Singh scored for the losers. |
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Netball standard not good, says Gurbir
Chandigarh, December 28 Mr Gurbir Singh said in the Commonwealth Games, top 12 countries of the world would take part and for the past many years, India could never qualify for these games. The reason was that our netball standard was not good and we needed to work very hard to prove our worth. He said netball had origin in the Commonwealth countries and it had been basically a women’s sport, though we had men’s competitions at various levels. He said it was a daunting task to compete with top countries like Australia, New Zealand and England. He said the first thing would be to get it included as Category A sports discipline, which would help getting government grants, sending teams abroad for exposure, inviting foreign coaches and spending money on infrastructure. At present, netball falls in Category C of the government list. The Indian Olympic Association, under whose banner the Commonwealth Games would be held, had strongly recommended our case to the Government of India and to the International Federation of Netball Association for more exposure, said Mr Gurbir Singh. He said at present, NFI had 26 affiliated units and for the past many years, we had been conducting the under-15, under-18, under-21 and senior championships. Delhi was playing host to the Senior National Netball Meet in men and women. He said during the various national meets, they had been scouting talent, but the gigantic task lied ahead when they would prepare the Indian team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. He said NFI planned to target the under-21, under-17 and under-15 national meets so as to select a cream of 50 girls in the age group 14 to 20 years, who could be trained, polished and given specialised coaching to be ready by 2010. When asked which were the regions they would lay stress on, he said girls hailing from Punjab, Manipur, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh,Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh would be given preference. He said they had also submitted a long-term plan to the Government of India on their training plans. |
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Chandigarh win in softball
Chandigarh, December 28 In men’s Pool A, Rajasthan registered their first run, defeating Orissa 3-1 in a well-contested match. Kamlesh scored two home runs for Rajasthan. Himachal Pradesh prevailed over Pondicherry in a ‘Pool C’ league match 6-3, registering their second successive victory. In Pool D, Andhra Pradesh routed Bihar 5-0 Indian Oil Corporation outplayed Maharashtra in ‘Pool F’ 22-14 in a tough match. Sanjay and Sidharth scored four home runs each while Hariom made three home runs for IOC. Sachin scored three home runs while Abhijit and Bikram made home runs each for Maharastra. In another match in this pool, Delhi defeated IOC 13-2. Bhopesh scored three home runs while Amit and Anubhabh contributed two home runs each for Delhi. In men’s ‘Pool G’, Goa registered their first win, defeating Gujarat 14-3. Sipeesh, Swapnil, Ceroy, Sunil, Santosh and Phresh contributed two home runs each for Goa. Punjab also recorded their first victory in ‘Pool H’, beating Tamil Nadu 14-1. Gurjeet and Harpreet contributed three home runs each while Ravimandeep and Deepak scored two home runs each. In women’s league matches, in ‘Pool A’, Punjab emerged winners defeating West Bengal 12-1. Satinder scored four have runs and Rupinder and Sandeep made three home runs each for Punjab. In ‘Pool F’, Andhra Pradesh routed Tamil Nadu 11-0. Bimla, Ranalia and Mansha scored two home runs Andhra Paresh. In another match in this pool, Andhra Pradesh outclassed Goa 15-0. Results: men’s section: Chandigarh beat Haryana 17-0, Rajasthan beat Orissa 3-1. Himachal Pradesh beat Pondicherry 6-3, Goa beat Gujarat 14-3, Delhi beat IOC 13-2, Punjab beat Tamil Nadu 14-1, Andhra Pradesh beat Bihar 5-0, IOC beat Maharashtra 22-14; women’s section: Gujarat beat Uttar Pradesh 23-9, Andhra Pradesh beat Goa 15-0, Andhra Pradesh beat Tamil Nadu 11-0, Chandigarh beat Bihar 10-0, Punjab beat West Bengal 12-1, Madhya Pradesh beat Haryana 11-0, Himachal Pradesh beat Gujarat 13-1. |
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Jharkhand archers win 11 gold
Chandigarh, December 28 TAA trainees outshone competitors from other teams by winning Olympic round team titles for boys and girls as well individual gold medals. Laxmi Rani Manjhi and Prabhat Kandir accounted for five and four gold each. Manipur finished with one gold and one bronze while Uttar Pradesh got three silver medals and four bronze medals. Hosts Chandigarh won one silver medal and two bronze medals. In the Indian round, Manipur bagged five gold and two silver medals. Punjab finished runners-up with three gold medals and one bronze medals. Silver medalist of World Junior Championship 2004 Prabhat Kandir and Laxmi Rani Manjhi won two gold medals each in the FITA round competitions. Prabhat won the gold medal in 50 metres with 320 points out of 360 points in FITA round. In the 30 metres FITA round, she amassed 347 points out of 360 to emerge champion. In the girls’ FITA round, the day belonged to Laxmi Rani Manjhi.Winner of gold in 70 metres, Laxmi today went on to grab gold medals in 50 metres and 30 metres. In 50 metres, she did not face any resistance as she walked away with gold with 330 points out of 360. Sushma of Uttar Pradesh finished second with 319 points. Results: FITA round (boys): 50 m: Prabhat Kandir (Jharkhand) 1, 320/360; Amardeep Kerketta (Jharkhand) 2, 317, Anand (UP) 3, 317; 30 m: Prabhat Kandir (Jharkhand) 1, 347/360; Amardeep Kerketta (Jharkhand) 2, 342; Kapil (Chandigarh) 3, 340; girls: 50 m: Laxmi Rani Manjhi (Jharkhand) 1, 330/360; Sushma (UP) 2, 319; Runu Swargiery (Jharkhand) 3, 319; 30 m: Laxmi Rani Manjhi (Jharkhand) 1, 242/360; Naohmi Laloo (Jharkhand) 2,342; Runu Swargiery (Jharkhand) 3, 341; Olympic round: team events: girls: Jharkhand (Laxmi, Naohmi, Runu, Rosie) 1,230 pts; Uttar Pradesh (Sushma, Purnima, Punya Probha, Renu) 2, 221; Manipur (Lydia, Suni Devi, Lucy Devi, Eirika) 3, 212; boys: Jharkhand (Amardeep, Prabhat, Chandrasekhar, Ranjit Hembrom) 1, 247; Chandigarh (Gourav, Vikash, Kapil, Prabha) 2, 229; Uttar Pradesh (Abhay, Anand, Jyotikant, Umesh) 3, 211; individual: girls: Laxmi Rani Manjhi (Jharkhand) 1, Catherine (Jharkhand) 2, Runu Swargiery (Jharkhand) 3; boys: Prabhat Kandir (Jharkhand) 1, Ranjeet Hembrom (Jharkhand) 2, Amardeep Kerketta (Jharkhand) 3.
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Wrestling nationals from tomorrow
Chandigarh, December 28 Special catering arrangements have been made keeping in view the participation from every nook and corner of the country. Special cooks have been arranged for South Indian and North Indian dishes. A sports village has been set up with ultra-modern facilities. Special hoardings indicting the distance have also been installed throughout the way. Reception centres will be made functional from December 29. A media centre with computer, fax and e-mail facilities has been set up. Competitions will be held in both freestyle and Greeco-Roman categories. The weight categories are 50 kg, 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg, 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg and 120 kg. Over 750 wrestlers and technical officials from all 31 affiliated wrestling units from all over India are likely to participate in this event. |
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Amritsar
Coaching
Centre, PDCA enter final Patiala, December 28 Brief scores: Amritsar Coaching Centre XI: 177 for 8 (Suraj 54, Vinay 42, Rohan 20, Vikram 19, Gaurav Joshi 4 for 25, Sukwinder Singh 1 for 16, Amay Sood 1 for 30) MES Coaching Centre: 73 for 7 (Sukhwinder Singh 11, Vinay 3 for 22, Jagdeep Singh 2 for 1, Nishan 1 for 5, Vikram 1 for 30) In the other semi-final played at the Diesel Locomotive Modernisation (DMW) ground, the Panchkula District Cricket Association (PDCA) beat DCF, New Delhi, by 101 runs. Scores: PDCA: 204 for 9 (Karan 27, Gaurav 17, Aman 16, Naman 16, Parnav 15, Shivam 3 for 21) DCF, New Delhi: 103 all out (Suwansh 30, Prince 11, Ashish Kumar 3 for 10, Karan 2 for 16, Naman 1 for 26, Gurdeep Singh 1 for 6)
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