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I was not insulted: Pawar
CA to probe team’s behaviour
Yuvraj’s injury to be
re-assessed on Nov 13
Duleep Trophy
Butt to lead Pak challenge at Asiad
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Surjit Hockey
India one up against Pak
Jeev paired with Tiger Woods
World Cup final ball sells for $2.4 million
Durand Cup
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I was not insulted: Pawar
New Delhi, November 7 However, Pawar, himself, sought to downplay the incident though, saying the entire thing had been blown out of proportion. “I do not think it is an issue. I was not insulted or embarrassed. The Australians were just excited about winning,” he said. "It is true that all the Australian players had crowded the stage and that I felt a jolt but that was not intentional. I have seen the footage myself. I feel such a small issue should not be hyped this much," Pawar said. Gavaskar condemned the entire incident and said he was not amused when an Australian player greeted Pawar as “hiya buddy.” “I am not amused by one of the Australian players who said ‘hiya buddy’ when he went up to receive his medallion from Mr Pawar,” he was quoted as saying by a Mumbai eveninger. “Just receive it quietly. You are not in your country. In India, we respect our elders. Certain decorum has to be maintained, you have to show respect. Would they have done such a thing to their prime minister?” he said. At the presentation ceremony, Gavaskar gave away the Player of the Series award to Chris Gayle. “I did that and walked to my original position and was then told to go towards the left. It is possible that Mr Pawar forgot his way too. Australia waited all these years to win the Champions Trophy. Surely, they could have waited for Pawar to be escorted by the lady from the ICC rather than nudge him away,” he told Mid-Day. Former cricketer Yashpal Sharma said the BCCI should lodge a complaint with the ICC, the game’s world governing body. “I think that this should be made an issue because it is not an issue concerning a person but the entire nation. Sharad Pawar is a reputed person not only as a leader but also as a good human being,” he said. “I think the entire country should unite on the issue and we should lodge a written complain to the ICC because it is not a small issue. “If Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn say it has happened inadvertently then the ICC should take action otherwise such an incident will recur in future also.” The country’s top politicians also joined the cricketers in condemning the incident. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh criticised the behaviour of the Aussies towards Pawar, who is also the Union Agriculture Minister and President of the Nationalist Congress Party. “Whatever I saw on television was not a good thing. He (Pawar) is a great leader and the BCCI President. They did not show proper behaviour to him while he was handing over the Trophy. This is very bad,” Deshmukh said. NCP Vice-President Chhagan Bhujbal termed the Australians’ victory antics as shameful. “I think this is a matter of shame. We have loved Australians like Sir Don Bradman, Harvey and others. But the way they behaved, that should be condemned,” Bhujbal said. “Pawar saheb has forgotten (the incident), he will not say anything, but it (is not that) nobody will condemn it,” he added. Sachin Tendulkar and the NCP have also lambasted the Australians for their “uncalled for” behaviour. Some NCP supporters even staged protests in Mumbai today.
— PTI
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Melbourne:
Cricket Australia today said it would investigate into the team’s reported rude nudging of BCCI President Sharad Pawar during the Champions Trophy presentation ceremony in Mumbai.
“The players have only just arrived back in Australia and over the course of the next few days we will be finding out what, if anything, did or did not happen,” CA Spokesman Peter Young said today. Young said the players were very thrilled to have won the mini World Cup and had now dispersed to their respective states.
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Yuvraj’s injury to be re-assessed on Nov 13
“Yuvraj will be re-examined by Dr Joshi in the presence of team physiotherapist John Gloster and only then can a correct picture emerge about the progress he has made. A media statement would be issued only then,” BCCI’s Chief Administrative Officer Ratnkar Shetty said today. Shetty rubbished television reports today based on quotes from physio Andrew Leipus, a former support staff in the board and said only on November 13 could anything certain be said on the issue. Leipus had indicated to a few mediapersons on the sidelines of the Taylormade-Adidas Corporate Golf event in suburban Chembur today that the nature of injury sustained by Yuvraj indicated that he might not be fit in time for the next year’s World Cup in South Africa. “These types of injuries took four to five months to heal,” according to Leipus who has settled down in Mumbai. Yuvraj has been provisionally included in the Indian one-day squad announced for the South Africa tour, pending his re-assessment before the players’ departure. Yuvraj had injured his left knee on the eve of their crucial Champions Trophy group A match against Australia at Mohali on October 29 while playing kho-kho as a warm-up exercise prior to the net session. The left-hander was advised to follow some exercises and use crutches to take the load off the injured knee by Joshi who examined the player here on October 30.
— PTI
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Lanka ‘A’ in final
Kolkata, November 7 Set a target of 273 for an outright victory, the Lankans seemed headed for doom at 131/6 before Warnapura (111 not out) and Kaushal Silva (65) added 137 for the seventh wicket to pave the way for a victory. A. Ganegama was at the crease with Warnapura as Sri lanka A reached 273/7 in 76.4 overs on the fourth and last day of the Eden Gardens outing. The result made a mockery of South Zone skipper V.V.S Laxman’s decision to declare his team’s second innings at the overnight score of 334/4 to infuse life into the match. Spinner Pragyan Ojha got the first breakthrough in the Lankan essay by sending back Michael Vandort (14) after the openers had put on 51 runs. This triggered a collapse as the Sri Lankans lost three more wickets within a space of 32 runs to be reduced to 83/4. V. Yo Mahesh followed up his three-wicket haul in the opening essay to pluck out Mahela Udawatte (40), skipper T. Samaraweera (4) and Jehan Mubarak (6) to set the alarm bells ringing in the visitors’ camp. Warnapura and Chamara Silva (15) saw their side to lunch without any more damage, but the partnership was over immediately after lunch after the duo was involved in a 48-run stand for the fifth wicket. Mahesh again stole the limelight by sending back Chamara, who was caught behind the stumps. Sri Lanka ‘A’ suffered another setback on the same score as Mahesh struck again two balls later to dismiss Upul Chandana. — PTI North get two points in drawn tie Guwahati: North Zone notched up two points against East Zone by virtue of their first innings lead in the Group-B Duleep Trophy league match which ended in a draw at the Nehru Stadium here today. East Zone resumed their innings at the overnight score of 215 for four, but lost skipper Sourav Ganguly early. Ganguly, who scored a scintillating 118 yesterday, was caught behind off Joginder Sharma before being able to make any progress today. After their skipper's exit, East Zone batsmen fell in quick succession and were all out for 295 runs. For North Zone, Ashish Nehra and Sharma claimed three wickets each. North Zone began their second innings on a promising note with openers Ravneet Ricky and Akash Chopra putting up 62 runs. The match was called off at tea when bad light stopped play. — PTI
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Butt to lead Pak challenge at Asiad
Lahore, November 7 Announcing the team after a selection trial, PHF President Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, flanked by selectors Khalid Mahmood, Samiullah and Manzoorul Hasan, lashed out at Sohail Abbas, Muhammad Saqlain, Waseem Ahmed, Sohail Abbas, Ghazanfar Ali and Dilwar Hussain for ignoring the Asiad trial and playing in lucrative league hockey. ''I wish them luck but as long as I'm at the PHF helm, those six players would not be allowed to play for Pakistan,'' he said. ''These players have caused a lot of harm to hockey in Pakistan,'' said Mr Jamali, a former Prime Minister. Commenting on the squad, he said, ''The team is a blend of youth and experience and we expect it to deliver positive results in the Asian Games.'' Shakeel Abbasi would be Rehan's deputy in Doha, he added. Talented forward Tariq Aziz staged a comeback in the team after serving a six-month ban for injuring an Australian player in Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Former Olympian Shahnaz Shaikh is manager-cum-chief coach of the side. Squad: Goalkeepers: Salman Akber and Nasir Ahmed. Fullbacks: Imran Warsi, Ehsanullah and Zeeshan Ashraf. Halfbacks: Imran Khan, Adnan Maqsood, Sajjad Anwar, and Muhammad Imran. Forwards: Rehan Butt (captain), Rashid Imran, Shakeel Abbasi (vice-captain), Tariq Aziz, M Zubair, Waqas Sharif and Mudassar Khan. Standbys: Farhan Ahmed (goalkeeper), M Atif, Kashif Ali (fullbacks), Muhammad Zaheer, Muhammad Javed, Rana Asif (halfbacks), Muhammad Ishtiaq, Haseem Khan, Mustansar Shaikh and Kashif Yaqoob (forwards).
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SAI edge out EME; BSF beat RCF
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, November 7 The match was played on a fast note with both teams making counter attacks. SAI boys took the first penalty corner in the third minute of the play but failed to convert it. The other team too missed their first penalty corner. SAI team took the lead with penalty corner conversion in the 22nd minute when Kulbushan cracked a shot on the board. Two minutes later, Armymen mounted pressure when Mandeep Singh scored a field goal. In the 29th minute, SAI boys took the lead again. Consolidating the lead, Jai Karan from struck. By half time, SAI boys were leading 3-1. In the second half, EME bounced back. In the 59th minute, Tara Singh of EME reduced the margin with a penalty corner conversion and Avtar Singh scored the equaliser for the EME in the 64th minute. Even after the extra-time, the scoreline remained unchanged and the game went into tie-breaker where SAI men prevailed over their rivals. Yudhvir Singh, Alok Vishi, Jai Karan and Hardev Singh scored for SAI whereas EME scorers were Avtar Singh, Rajinder Singh and Tara Singh. With this win, SAI Delhi entered the super league and reserved their berth in Pool D. The second match was played in super league of Pool A between BSF and RCF Kapurthala in which BSF outplayed RCF 3-0. Meanwhile, a team of Shadman Hockey Club, Pakistan, arrived here today. The team will take on SAI on November 9. The team is led by Muhammad Usman, an Olympian. The 19-member team includes another Olympian, Babar Abdullah, and nine international players.
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India one up against Pak
Islamabad, November 7 Bopanna and Ghouse got the better of the Pakistani duo 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in an evenly contested match at the Islamabad Club clay court. Earlier yesterday, Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna lost a three-set thriller against Pakistan captain Aisam-ul-Haq but Karan Rastogi swept away Aqeel in straight sets to share honours 1-1. Today’s deciding rubber saw intense fight with each side refusing to lose serve. However, the Indians came well when it mattered most and went one up winning the first set with 6-4 scoreline. The Pakistanis came back strongly in the second set and was on the verge of taking it, earning three set points in the 12th game when they were 6-5 up and Bopanna serving. Down 0-40, the Indians executed a remarkable recovery, winning five successive points to level 6-6 and went for the tie-break which they won 7-4 with Aqeel Khan hitting a service return into the net to set up India’s win in the first ever tennis series between the two countries. Yesterday, Aisam-ul-Haq beat Bopanna 6-3, 5-7 (5), 7-5 in a see-saw match. But, Rastogi was irresistible against Aqeel as the Indian chalked out a facile 6-0, 6-4 win to draw parity. Both the teams will now move to Lahore to play the second Test of the four-match series on grass on November 8-9.
— UNI
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Jeev paired with Tiger Woods
Shanghai, November 7 Jeev will play first two rounds with Tiger Woods, as the World No. 1 and Asia No. 1 go out together in the featured group. The Indian ace, who leads the UBS Asian Tour Order of Merit, won the Volvo Masters of Europe and came within a whisker of notching back-to-back wins with as finished second in Japan Tour event last week. “Playing with Tiger is always an honour and I will enjoy it,” said Jeev. “I know I am in good form and am striking the ball well. The Japan finish was a disappointment after having been so close. I missed a short three-foot putt on 17th and then a four-footer on 18th for a three-put and lost by one.” Twice winner this season, Jeev, who began the year at 376 in world rankings has climbed more than 300 spots and is now 73rd in the world. “My goal is to get into the top-50 which will get me into the Majors,” he said. Also in the field are Shiv Kapur, winner of Volvo Masters of Asia 2005, Gaurav Ghei, winner of Mercuries Masters 2006, Jyoti Randhawa, winner of Hero Honda Indian Open. The elite event is open to winners of events on eligible tours and top-50 of the world plus some invited players. — PTI
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World Cup final ball sells for $2.4 million
Doha, November 7 “I was at the World Cup final myself so it has sentimental value for me. I have supported Italy since I was young,” he was quoted as saying by local media. The ball was donated by Asian Football Confederation president Mohammed bin Hammam, who is himself a Qatari.
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Navy, Air Force move up
Our Sports Reporter
New Delhi, November 7 The Naval boys, playing with short passes, caught the Garhwal Heroes in a knot and slotted home their first goal in the 21st minute when striker Sajid D’Silva made a solo move down the flank and blasted the ball in from an acute angle, which gave no chance to rival custodian Pronoy Roy. A minute into the second session, Navy could have struck again but D’Silva’s fine cross was blazed over by Raju Gurung with the goalkeeper at his mercy. But the tightly-moving Navy boys did not have to wait too long to get their second goal as G.J Sajith neatly headed home a lob from Anand Bhandari in the 21st minute. Indian Air Force flew past Amity United on the strength of a brace from medio V.P. Singh, who hit the target in the 10th and 52nd minutes. Amity salvaged some pride when Tushar intercepted a back pass to shoot past Air Force goalie Bandopadhya for the consolation goal.
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