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Indian shooters bang on target
Sri Lanka beat India in football
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Speed may step in to end impasse
BCCI to hold AGM from September 27
Sandeep responding to treatment
Sania enters second round
ICC condoles Raja’s death
Punjab Police hold RCF
UP cricket team to play
in Guyana
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Indian shooters bang on target
Colombo, August 24 Apart from the triple gold, the Indian marksmen also gleaned two silver medals and a bronze to inflate their kitty at the Sri Lankan naval base. The men won the gold in both the team and individual events of 10m air pistol. In the team event, Amanpreet Singh, Bapo Vanjare and Om Prakash fetched India the gold with an aggregate of 1722. Sri Lanka picked up the silver, the team of E M Senanayake, NA Hemantha and Nelson Nishshanka Pedige shooting 1688. The bronze was taken by Pakistan's Muhammad Boota, Irshad Ali and Tariq Manzoor with a tally of 1684. The Indians enjoyed a 1-2 finish in the individual contest with Amanpreet Singh bagging the gold and Om Prakash clinching the silver. Amanpreet shot 577 (95+97+96+97+97+95) in the preliminaries and 96.7 in the final for a winning aggregate of 673.7. Spikers win
Indian men and women spikers scripted convincing victories to launch their title campaign here today. Indian men, the defending champions, played an attacking game to decimate Afghanistan 25-11, 25-16, 25-7 in their opening league match. The Indian women made short work of Nepal 25-9, 25-17, 25-1 in another one-sided encounter at the Sugathadasa indoor stadium. Indian men will take on Bangladesh in their second league match tomorrow. Meanwhile, India bagged two bronze medals in individual kata category of karatedo here today. In men’s individual event, D Syngkon of India finished third, while the gold and silver went to Pakistan’s Ghulam Ali and Sri Lankan KVS V Kumara, respectively. In women’s individual event, S Ratangatu brought India a bronze. Nepal’s S Sijekhawa showed fine reflexes to claim the gold, while the host nation’s RPS Lakmali clinched the silver.
— PTI
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Athletes make golden start Colombo, August 24 Saroj Sihag won the women’s shot put gold with a heave of 14.96m. S. Shanti clocked 4:14.26 to win the women’s 1500m event. Hamsa Chatholi won the gold in men’s 1500m with a timing of 3:44.50. In men’s 10,000m, the Indian duo of Surender Singh (29:41.30) and Reghunath Sadasivam (29:43.09) grabbed the gold and silver, respectively. After a luckless day, Indian shooters resumed their tryst with victory, winning three events. Shooters won the gold in both the men’s team and individual events of 10m air pistol. In the team event, Amanpreet Singh, Bapo Vanjare and Om Prakash fetched India the gold with an aggregate of 1722. The Indians enjoyed a 1-2 finish in the individual contest with Amanpreet Singh bagging the gold and Om Prakash clinching the silver. In the men’s 50m rifle prone event, the Indian team comprising Imran Khan (589), SS Rathod (586) and Manoj Kumar (582) aggregated 1,757 for the gold. India bagged two bronze medals in individual kata category of karatedo. In the men’s individual event, D Syngkon of India finished third, while S Ratangatu brought India a bronze in the women’s event. Indian men and women spikers scripted convincing victories to launch their title campaign. Indian men, the defending champions, played an attacking game to decimate Afghanistan 25-11, 25-16, 25-7. The Indian women outplayed Nepal 25-9, 25-17, 25-1. India bagged four gold medals in wushu. In the sanshou category for men, Bimoljit Singh claimed the gold in the 60 kg class, while Sandeep Yadav won top honours in the 70 kg category. In the women’s taolu taijiquan combined, N Premitha Devi won the gold, while Toshibala Agangon stood first in the taolu changquan combined event. — PTI, UNI
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Sri Lanka beat India in football
Colombo, August 24 The two teams were tied 1-1 after extra time. With regulation time failing to yield any goal, India grabbed the lead in extra time when Lalramluaha “bent it like Beckham” from a freekick and the curling left-footer caught the entire Lankan defence napping, before finding the far post. Sri Lanka, however, equalised when Sadlan Perera converted a spot kick. It was a goalmouth melee in the Indian box and the referee upheld the Lankan appeal that one of the Indian defenders had handled the ball. For Lanka, reduced to a 10-member after Ras Locha received his second yellow card of the match, Sadlan Perera converted the spot kick to equalise. In the penalty shootout, Th Naoba Singh, Lal Kamal Bhowmik, Zaidinmawia Hmar, Sushil Singh and Baldeep Singh scored for India, while Lalramluaha, Rakesh Masih and Reisangmi Vashum failed with their shots. For Sri Lanka, Sudara Madusanka, Nadeeka Handi, BG Sivanka, Rohana Ruwantillake, Nimal Fernando and Nuwantha Charaka converted, while Sadlin Perera and Dumindu Hettiarachchi wasted their chances.
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London, August 24 Woolmer is believed to be angry at team manager Zaheer Abbas’ lack of focussed leadership in the fall-out to Sunday’s controversial forfeiture of the fourth Test against England. A report in The Daily Telegraph, quoting a team source, said Woolmer was “reaching the end of his tether” and it would be no surprise if he resigned at the end of the one-day series against England. “Woolmer’s relations with Zaheer and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq have descended into acrimony,” the report said. Inzamam, on his part, felt that he could no longer trust his coach and suspected Woolmer of briefing the Pakistan Cricket Board behind his back. The realisation that they have forfeited a Test has slowly dawned on the Pakistan cricket authorities and there will be a major investigation into what exactly happened in the Oval dressing room on Sunday. “For the first time, details of what happened in the dressing room can be revealed. A picture has emerged of a confused and angry place where there was a lot of shouting and different advice being thrown at Inzamam,” it said. It is thought that Inzamam did not quite realise what his team had been accused of until he reached the dressing room. “His comprehension of the English language is limited and he may not have understood what Darrell Hair was saying to him when he changed the ball. It was only when he returned to the dressing room, and the penny dropped, that thoughts of refusing to take the field again began to form,” the report said. Woolmer, the paper also claimed, had listed two or three options to the team, none of which involved refusing to take the field when play restarted. “I am not sure how much of what Woolmer said was understood by Inzamam. Inzi decided the team would not go out,” a team source was quoted as saying. At tea break, the Pakistan dressing room was in chaos with PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan, Dr Nasim, a member of the ad hoc cricket committee which runs Pakistan cricket, and England and Wales Cricket Board Chairman David Morgan giving advise to captain Inzamam. “Curiously enough, one man who should have played a decisive role, but did not, was Abbas. In fact, such was his detachment that at one stage on Sunday, while the debate raged in the dressing room, he was spotted on the balcony talking on his mobile phone,” the report said. — PTI
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Speed may step in to end impasse
London, August 24 “We have an indication from our lawyers that Speed will come,” said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan at the team’s hotel here yesterday after meetings ended with no definitive statement about whether the upcoming one-day series against England would go ahead as planned. Officials from both boards met before Pakistan’s players held a meeting amongst themselves. Meanwhile, the PCB wants the ICC to conduct the disclipinary hearing against Inzamam-ul Haq before Monday, adding that it would have no objection if Clive Lloyd is appointed to deal with the matter in place of Ranjan Madugalle. “The board will have no objection if ICC appoints Lloyd for the case hearing,” a PCB spokesperson was quoted as saying on Geo TV. Pakistan had threatened to boycott the five-match one-day series if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was banned as a result of charges of ball tampering and bringing cricket into disrepute following their forfeiture of the fourth Test against England at The Oval. A disciplinary hearing was due to take place tomorrow in London but was postponed yesterday because of the unavailabity of ICC chief match referee Ranjan Madugalle, who had been due to hear the case. In a statement, Speed said the fact that the one-dayers were taking place from August 30 to September 10 meant it would be “extremely difficult” for a hearing to take place during that period. Later in the day, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman David Morgan met with Pakistan counterpart Shaharyar and Inzamam for more than 30 minutes. Pakistan are to play a Twenty20 international in Bristol on Monday before the first ODI is held at Cardiff on Wednesday. — Agencies
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BCCI to hold AGM from September 27
Mumbai, August 24 Board Secretary Niranjan Shah said the venue for the AGM would be the Cricket Club of India (CCI). The AGM will be the first one in which Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, who defeated beleaguered former BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya’s candidate Ranbir Singh Mahendra in the elections last year in Kolkata, will preside over. It will also be the first instance that the office-bearers would be elected for a two-year term, as per amendments of the BCCI constitution, carried out through a special general meeting earlier this year. The selection committee will also have a two-year term without the need to be re-appointed, as is the case at present. Meanwhile, the Indian teams for the next month’s tri-series in Kuala Lumpur and the subsequent ICC Champions Trophy in October-November would be chosen in Mumbai on September 3.
— UNI
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Sapporo, August 24 China squeezed into the last 16 after a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Wang Shipeng gave them a dramatic 78-77 win over Slovenia. Chris Bosh led the USA with 20 points as the tournament favourites overpowered Senegal 103-58 despite giving significant rest to their big-name starters in Sapporo. Olympic silver medallists Italy finished runners-up behind the USA in Group D with a 4-1 record after a 73-72 victory over Puerto Rico. China’s qualification for the last 16 owed much to Houston Rockets centre Yao Ming’s 36 points. Luis Scola led Argentina with 22 points as the Olympic gold medallists edged out Serbia & Montenegro 83-79 to preserve their unblemished record. Serbia & Montenegro, the defending champions, crept into the knockout stage despite suffering their third loss of the tournament. France cruised to a 81-61 over Venezuela (1-4) to finish behind Argentina on three wins while the South Americans missed the cut along with Lebanon. Lebanon’s brave battle against the odds came to an end following a 95-72 defeat by Nigeria, despite both teams finishing with a 2-3 record. Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki exploded for a tournament-high 47 points to lead Germany to a 108-103 triple overtime win over Angola in Group B. Germany clinched the second spot at 4-1 behind unbeaten Spain with African champions Angola third on 3-2. Spain destroyed Japan 104-55 to stay perfect, while the tournament hosts bowed out with a 1-4 record. New Zealand clinched a place in the knockout phase with an 86-75 win over a Panama team who failed to win a single game. The Tall Blacks finished on 2-3. European champions Greece held off a determined challenge from Turkey in a 76-69 victory that left them top of Group C with a 5-0 record. Turkey finished runners-up on 4-1 while Australia and Lithuania also survived at the expense of Brazil (1-4) and Qatar (0-5). The knockout stage begins in Saitama on Saturday with the final on September 3. — Reuters
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Sandeep responding to treatment
Chandigarh, August 24 After a review of his medical condition, doctors were of the opinion that he would be kept in the ICU for two or three more days since he was still not past the stage of acquiring infection, his brother Bikramjit Singh said. Maintaining that family members, too, were not allowed in to visit Sandeep frequently, Bikramjit said that he had been retained in the ICU for constant monitoring of his vital organs. “Also, the doctors have warned him against exercising strain on his mind or talking too much. We are following their advice to the letter,” he maintained. While his mother, Daljit Kaur, was allowed to see Sandeep in the wee hours today, his father spent the better part of the day attending to villagers from his native place. Family members of the victim added, “Sandeep is likely to be fit as a fiddle in seven to 12 weeks. The doctors were satisfied with the way his recovery was progressing.”
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Sania enters second round
New York, August 24 The Indian hardly broke a sweat against the local favourite and outplayed her to move into the second round of the tier IV event. Sania, who crashed out of the first round in last week’s Rogers Cup, dominated throughout and an improved serve saw the Indian easily overcome the challenge put forth by the American. Meanwhile, Shikha Uberoi entered the second round of US Open qualifiers after a 7-6 (3), 6-2 win over Italian Sara Errani. Meanwhile, Sania Mirza will take on Croatian Karolina Sprem in the first round of the US Open starting August 28. — UNI
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Dubai, August 24 “This news has left me deeply shocked and saddened and I would like to express my sincere condolences to Wasim’s wife and family,” Mr Sonn said in a statement here. Wasim passed away after reportedly suffering a heart attack during a match he was playing in Marlow in the United Kingdom. He made his international debut in 1973 and went on to play at the highest level for 12 years, appearing in 57 Tests and 54 ODIs, including matches in each of the first three Cricket World Cups, in 1975, 1979 and 1983. The pinnacle of his career was undoubtedly his performances in Pakistan's 1977 tour of the West Indies where, against the home side’s legendary pace battery, he scored 517 runs, including an unbeaten 117 in Barbados, and took eight wickets at minimal cost. His highest Test score was achieved against India in Jalandhar in September 1983 when he scored 125 and in the same match he took 4-50, also his best innings analysis. In total, Wasim scored 2821 Test runs and took 51 wickets, while in ODIs he scored 782 runs and took 21 wickets. — UNI
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Punjab Police hold RCF
Chandigarh, August 24 Both the teams displayed fine understanding and Punjab Police enjoyed a slight edge in the second half when they missed a couple of good chances. The two teams had to remain content with a point each in the end. In the second division, Mahilpur FC beat International Football Club, Phagwara, 2-0 at Mahilpur today. Both the goals were scored by Aman. At Banga, Sikh National FC routed Harcharan SC, Hoshiarpur, 6-0.
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UP cricket team to play
in Guyana
Kanpur, August 24 The stadium is being constructed with the assistance of the Indian Government for the World Cup to be held for the first time in the Caribbean next year. “This is for the first time when a cricket board of another country has invited the Ranji Trophy champions to play an official match in their country,” said Jyoti Bajpai, director of the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association. The match at Guyana was likely to be played on November 7 or 8.
— PTI
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