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Why are they flocking to ICL
Twenty20 World Cup
Karachi club’s
offer to ICL
BCCI advertises for coach’s post
Indian display enthralls fans
Premier League
Sr National Boxing
Fencing practice claims boy’s life
Punjab sports day tomorrow
Atwal finishes tied 16th
Sanjay to lead
Powell admits giving up in 100m final
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India go down by 42 runs
Edgbaston, August 27 Set a challenging target of 283 to win, India, in diminishing light, were dismissed for 239, consequently losing by 42 runs. India 's last hope, Yuvraj Singh was run out after a valiant 45, which included a belter of a six to midwicket off Monty Panesar. Warwickshire, which houses this ground in the bustling city of Birmingham, is the county of William Shakespeare. "All that glisters is not gold" is the lesson of this unpredictable venue. The apparently attractive conditions for faster bowlers are often deceptive. Dravid's decision to insert England, therefore, boomeranged. Despite the loss of Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik, Sourav Ganguly batted fluently, cracking four fours in an over from Anderson. But it was really Dravid who continued from where he left off in the 2nd one-dayer to post 56 in 61 balls. He exploded into a scintillating array of shots, including a thundering six to long on off Paul Collingwood.
Having greeted Chris Tremlett with two boundaries in his first over, he smudged Broad's analysis with three more in the next. Tremlett was, in fact, withdrawn after he conceded 20 in his first two overs. But in his second spell, Dravid played a bit casually to be bowled off an inside edge, following which Ganguly steered him straight into the gloves of wicket-keeper Matt Prior. The elegant left-hander's 72 surfaced off 104 balls and was embellished by a blazing six to the sightscreen at the expense of Panesar. Judging by the plethora of Indian flags in the stands and the decibel level in support of India, the setting could well have been Mohali rather than the Midlands of England. Associations of 76 and 75 for the first and fourth wickets respectively were the principal pillars of the England innings of 281 for eight. Ian Bell, to the delight of his home crowd, with an 89 ball 79, top scored for three ODIs running. He despatched Piyush Chawla for two sixes - the second of these straight back over the bowler's head. Munaf Patel bled 20 runs in his first two overs before Prior played one shot too many to hole out at point. Ramesh Powar was, thus, introduced in the 16 th over. This Mumbai off-spinner not only applied the brakes, but had Alastair Cook top-edging a sweep to long leg. This Essex left-hander had earlier been floored by Rudra Pratap Singh at fine leg off Zaheer Khan. Dravid summoned Chawla in a rare unveiling of spin at both ends within power plays. And the little leg spinner struck, as well, collecting the prized wicket of Kevin Pietersen. As in the last game, the latter failed to pick a googly to play outside the line and be stranded. Mahendra Dhoni, however, failed to stump Owais Shah off Yuvraj. Shah, next, clobbered a Yuvraj full toss to midwicket for six. But the Punjab lad exacted revenge off the very next delivery by disfiguring his stumps. Yuvraj was previously rather unfortunate not to be awarded an lbw decision against Collingwood. Of course, by this juncture, the England skipper in the company of Bell had largely steadied England from a wobbly 118 for three. He, too, once effortlessly waltzed down the wicket to hoist young Chawla to long on for six. Scoreboard England: Cook c Yuvraj b Powar 40 Prior c Chawla b Patel 34 Bell c Karthik b RP Singh 79 Pietersen st Dhoni b Chawla 9 Collingwood c sub b Powar 44Shah b Yuvraj 19 Bopara c Dravid b RP Singh 10 Broad c Yuvraj b RP Singh 10Tremlett not out 19 J Anderson not out 0 Extras (B-1, LB-5, NB-5, W-6) 17 Total (For 8 wickets in 50 overs) 281 Fall of wickets: 1-76, 2-92, 3-118, 4-193, 5-226, 6-246, 7-255, 8-273 Bowling: Zaheer 10-0-49-0; RP Singh 9-0-55-3; Munaf 5-0-37-1; Powar 10-0-45-2; Chawla 9-0-50-1; Yuvraj 7-0-39-1. India: Ganguly c Prior b Tremlett 72 Tendulkar c Collingwood b Anderson 8Karthik c Cook b Broad 0 Dravid b Tremlett 56 Yuvraj run out 45 Dhoni c Collingwood b Anderson 13Powar c Bell b Collingwood 5 Chawla c Bell b Collingwood 1 Zaheer b Panesar 11 RP Singh not out 12 Patel b Anderson 1 Extras (LB-10, NB-2, W-3) 15 Total (all out in 48.1 overs) 239 Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-36, 3-140, 4-149, 5-190, 6-210, 7-213, 8-214, 9-234 Bowling: Broad 9-1-34-1; Anderson 9.1-3-32-3; Tremlett 8-0-57-2; Panesar 10-0-49-1; Collingwood 10-0-45-2; Bopara 2-0-12-0.
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Don’t sack players who join ICL: HC
New Delhi, August 27 The court said that the players' interest must be protected in the fight between two "giants", involving the BCCI and the ICL. "In this fight between two giants, I don't want players to suffer. Why should players have swords hanging over their heads?" Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said when it was brought to his notice that Indian Oil Corporation and Air India have threatened employees to terminate their services if they join the ICL. "The Public Sector Corporation governed by various ministries will not terminate services or take any punitive action by the reason of its employees (registered with BCCI) seeking to affiliate themselves to Indian Cricket League," Justice Kaul said while passing an interim order. The interim order will come as a big relief for players like JP Yadav and Dheeraj Jadhav who hold jobs with PSUs but have joined the breakaway league. The players are employed by the PSUs through their sports quota but the BCCI's decision not to recognise the ICL and ban the players taking part in it had put these companies in a fix. It is mandatory for the PSU players to play for their office teams in BCCI recognised tournaments. But since these players are no longer eligible to play in such tournaments, it prompted the leading PSUs to think of terminating their services. The Court also refused to pass any direction on the plea of BCCI counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi who contended that it should be allowed to take proper action against the players who join ICL in violation of their contract with it. "You take individual action whatever you want. But at the moment we are concerned whether corporations can take action against players at the behest of private body (BCCI)," the Court said, adding that BCCI should wait as the matter will be decided by it on priority basis. The court passed the interim order on a suit filed by Essel Sports Pvt Ltd, the promoter of ICL, seeking a direction to BCCI not to intimidate players who join ICL. The BCCI submitted that it had the right to take punitive action against the players registered with it but were joining the ICL. Appearing for ICL, senior advocate Harish Salve accused the BCCI of misusing its monopoly power against it. "The BCCI is taking steps to ensure that cricket stadia are not available for ICL matches," Salve said while pointing out two cases in which the Board refused to provide venue for its matches. "Chinnaswamy stadium is used for political purposes, marriage ceremony, beauty pageants (Miss World Contest of 1996) but we are not allowed to use the ground," Salve said. The BCCI Secretary Nirnjan Shah, reacting to the interim order, said that the Board would fight the case in the
court. — PTI
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Why are they flocking to ICL
Chandigarh, August 27 Ask Munish Sharma, the Punjab opener. Despite being in form he was being overlooked for selection. And he bases his arguments of figures. “I have an ODI batting average of 46 plus. My batting average in the Deodhar Trophy is 70 plus. Despite having an impressive track record, I was being overlooked for selection for the past two years.” Munish, who played a key role in India winning the 2001 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif, revealed that despite that his game was more suitable to the shorter version of the game, I was overlooked for the Twenty20 squad. “Playing for my employers Indian Airlines in the first-class tournament, I got nearly 1000 runs in 12 games this year. Even after that I found out that chances for selection to the state squad were dim,” Munish revealed. “The ICL provided me a good opportunity to play with some of the biggest stars. Besides, they are offering me good money. There is no reason for me not to jump at the offer.” Though the Amritsar player thanked the PCA for reaching the level he has achieved as a cricketer, the flamboyant batsman said there was no question of looking back since he was getting a good opportunity to play. “I was not getting enough opportunities to play, whereas after joining the ICL there will no paucity of opportunities to play cricket,” 26-year-old Reetinder Sodhi said. The all rounder and a veteran of 18 ODIs, who last represented India against the West Indies in 2002, said: “I still desire to play for the country. By joining the ICL and getting more games to play, I will not lose my touch and, maybe, I realise my dream one day.” Reetinder, however, ruled out any possibility of reversing his decision. The joining of highly successful off-spinner Rajesh Sharma was the nothing short of a revelation since he had been taking wickets by the bagful virtually wherever he played. However, his non-selection for the just concluded India A tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya left him convinced that he was shabbily treated and hence the decision to jump the ICL bandwagon. “Two left-arm spinners Rajesh Pawar and Pragyan Ojha were selected for the India A, whereas my claim, despite performing so well was completely overlooked,” Rajesh lamented. Elaborating further, he stated that last year North Zone won the Duleep Trophy final defeating Sri Lanka A, he had a match haul of nine wickets. “In three Duleep Trophy matches, I took 18 wickets.” “Three Ranji Trophy matches out of five were played on the green top at the PCA at Mohali, where spinners do not get to bowl much. But I got five-wicket hauls in both the next away matches Punjab played. If after doing this much I am denied opportunity at the higher grade, should I not jump at the offer?” he asked. Rajesh said it was a conscious decision and there was no chance of any re-consideration. “I am happy, my family is happy. I did not have a job. I am getting proper opportunity to play along with some big players besides good money. I don’t want anything more.”
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Twenty20 World Cup
Karachi, August 27 Lawson also said any team, which wished to win the tournament, would have to excel in all departments of the game. "Since this is the first time the Twenty20 World Cup is being organised, it is premature to nominate any team as a favourite to win the title. As far as Pakistan is concerned the guys have worked hard and I have passed on some winning tips to them," he said. "I am hopeful that the Pakistani players will not disappoint their countrymen in the coming tournament," the Australian added. Lawson said Pakistan's pace department was pretty strong and balanced with the presence of Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul and he also expected a good show from flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi. "He (Afridi)is a very talented player and it is natural to have high hopes from him as the format of the game was suited to his style of play," he said. Lawson also justified the hard training of the players in the scorching weather of Lahore and said it was necessary to build up the physical resilience and mental toughness of the players. "It is good we are preparing in such hot conditions. Winning comes from the mind and when you are mentally strong than you can adjust in any condition," he said. Lawson, who has Australian accent, has also started to learn some important Urdu words to communicate better with the players. Having joined the Pakistan team just a week ago, Lawson has already started spelling out words like "Inshallah", "Shukriya" and "Mehnat Karo". Pakistan's batting coach Haroon Rasheed said the Australian had started to settle down well with the players. "It took a couple of days for the players to get used to his way of speaking but they are more comfortable now with him. He keeps to himself after the practice sessions but is available for discussions with any player at any time of the day," Rasheed said.
— PTI
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Inzy threatens legal action if banned
Lahore, August 27 “If Pakistan Cricket Board slaps a ban on me under the excuse of playing the Indian league, it should go for it, but in that case, I would challenge the ban in the court,” the 37-year-old told a local television channel. Cricket boards of Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka have threatened life time bans on players, who play in the Essel Group promoted ICL which has already roped a few foreign players including Inzamam, Mohammed Yousuf and Imran Farhat from Pakistan. Inzamam sees nothing wrong in playing in a private tournament. “Many international players are playing festival matches, including Bangladesh league, which were not recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). “Despite joining Indian League, I am still playing county cricket and English board has not raised any objection, then why the PCB is talking to impose ban on the players who would play the Indian league,” he said.
— UNI
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Karachi club’s
offer to ICL
Karachi, August 27 An official offer has been made by the Arabian Country Club, located out on the outskirts of Pakistan's southern port city with a private cricket ground and five-star accommodation, gymnasium and other facilities for its members. "We just want to promote cricket wherever it is played. We see nothing wrong with the ICL," Arif Ali Abbasi, chief executive of the club, said. Abbasi, who has held several influential positions in Pakistan cricket, said the ICL people had been "overjoyed" at the offer but nothing was final as yet. "If they want to come and play some matches, we will welcome them and then the mechanics of how the teams will gather in Karachi can be worked out properly," said Abbasi. He said the club had all the facilities required for matches of top level. "My opinion is there is no use trying to stop anyone from organizing cricket if it means promotion of the game and good money for the players," he said "What is wrong if the players get an opportunity to earn some extra money. It would be best if the Indian and other boards sorted out things amicably with the ICL organizers and let players enjoy the best of both worlds," Abbasi said. He said any resistance from the establishment to the ICL could lead to a situation developing similar to the one when Kerry Packer launched his cricket circus. — PTI
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BCCI advertises for coach’s post
Mumbai, August 27 The contract will be for two years starting October 1, 2007, though the terms and conditions are "negotiable", Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said here. The coach's post fell vacant following the completion of former Australia captain Greg Chappell's two-year term in March. Initially, the board was against advertising for the post. Only those who have a minimum of Level III coaching accreditation from Cricket Australia, England or India can apply. But, interestingly, there is no bar on Indian coaches. Those interested can send their CVs to the board headquarters at the Wankhede Stadium by September 15. "We have requested other cricket boards to post this on their website," said Shah in a statement. The board has listed 11 conditions in the 'knowledge, skills and expertise' column and eight stipulations in the 'key responsibilities' that the applicant is supposed to bear. The Indian team toured Bangladesh in May with stand-in cricket manager Ravi Shastri. The BCCI then interviewed former England spinner John Emburey and Graham Ford, Kent county's director of cricket, in June. It selected Ford but he surprisingly declined the offer after initially agreeing to take up the job. Later, Emburey also turned down the offer. Currently, the Indian side in England is being managed by 73-year-old Chandu Borde after BCCI's talks with Dav Whatmore, a former Sri Lanka and Bangladesh coach, also did not fructify.
— IANS
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World Athletics Championships
Osaka, August 27 Anju managed a best effort of 6.60m in the qualifying round and made it to the medal round in 11th place out of the 12 jumpers who got through. The qualifying mark was set at 6.75m but with only seven athletes managed to achieve that, the next five best performers made it to the finals. In women's discus throw, Krishna Poonia failed to make it to the final after managing a best of 57.17m in qualifying, way below her personal best of 61.53m or her season's best of 58.80m. Anju's efforts were far below her personal best of 6.83m she did at the 2004 Athens Olympics and her season's best of 6.65m, but she would be aiming to improve her performance in the final tomorrow. Anju's best effort came in her first attempt while she managed 6.59m in her second jump. Her hopes of improving on them did not materialise as her third attempt was a foul jump. Portugal's Naide Gomes and Russian Lyudmila Kolchanova were the best jumpers on show with marks of 6.96m each, just ahead of Brazilian Maurren Higa Maggi's season's best effort of 6.95m. For Krishna, it was all the more disappointing for her since four of the finalists had qualifying jumps measuring below Krishna's personal best. The qualifying mark was set at 61.50m. German Franka Dietzsch (65.17m) led the qualifiers ahead of Roania's Nicoleta Grasu (64.26m) and Yarelis Barrios of Cuba (63.44m). Krishna started with a disappointing mark of 50.52m but improved to 54.38m in her second. Krishna's best effort came in her final attempt and could only finish 11th out of 14 throwers in Heat B and 23rd overall among 28 contestants.
— PTI
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Indian display enthralls fans
New Delhi, August 27 There was all-round appreciation of the way India progressed into the final, and even the All-India Football Federation (AIFF), was highly elated by the performance of the hosts. So much so, AIFF president Priyaranjan Dasmunsi first announced after India triumphed over Kyrgyzstan by 3-0 yesterday that the federation would award Rs 6.5 lakh to the winners, and a few minutes later, he raised the amount to Rs 7.5 lakh, which would over and above around Rs 20 lakh the title winners are slated to receive as prize money from the total cash prize of $40,000. British coach Bob Houghton, guiding the destiny of the Indian, seems to have succeeded in instilling the killer punch to the Indian players by forcing them to play attacking football, instead of going on the defensive. Though India needed only a draw against Kyrgyzstan to move into the final, to set up the title clash against Syria, they went for goals, and got three in spectacular fashion. The bane of Indian soccer has been the inability of the forwards to score goals. But captain and lead striker Baichung Bhutia and fellow striker Sunil Chetri addressed this problem with panache, by hitting the target when it mattered the most. They were ably backed by N.P.Pradeep, Steven Dias, Renedy Singh and Ajayan Nair to pack the Indian attack with solid punch. The defence and the midfield have also played their parts well, even against a far superior Syria, to whom the hosts lost a cliff-hanger by 2-3, to paint a new, rosy image of the Indian team. Even the Syrians conceded that they had quite a tough time coming to grips with India's short-passing, fast game. Bob Houghton indicated here today that the visitors would find it still stiffer to tame the hosts as he once again emphasised his philosophy of making the team play aggressive soccer so that they learn to match step with the Syrians, with the ball and off the ball. For, Houghton believes that off-the-ball running was as vital as moving with the ball. A very pleasing aspect of the Indian game in the four league matches of the Nehru Cup has been the way they made quick passes to put the player at the most vantage position with the possession of the ball to enable him go for the strike. And the goals scored by Bhutia has been due to the timely passes he received from his colleagues. Almost 15,000 spectators packed the Ambedkar Stadium for the India-Kyrgyzstan match, and it is likely to be a sell out crowd for the final.
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Premier League
London, August 27 Nani's 68th-minute goal came after a frantic period where Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov had two shots saved. It was only the second goal scored this season by defending champion United. The Red Devils have drawn two and lost one of its previous games. Also, Julio Arca scored a late goal to earn Middlesbrough a 2-2 draw against Newcastle. Shortly before Nani's goal, Berbatov's attempt went through the legs of United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and defender Rio Ferdinand beat the Bulgarian to clear it off the line. Soon after, Berbatov was in another position to score, but United defender Wes Brown stopped the ball by his chest. Berbatov and Tottenham manager Martin Jol believed the infraction was a penalty. United striker Carlos Tevez also had an attempt cleared off the line before Nani curled a long-range shot - that deflected off the head of Tevez- into the top of the net that Robinson struggled to get a hand to. Tottenham had the first chance in the first minute, with Robbie Keane hitting the crossbar after taking a pass from Berbatov, who has been linked with United. Spurs also had early chances when Pascal Chimbonda headed a corner wide and Ricardo Rocha had a shot over the bar. Manchester United soon took control of the first half. Ferdinand had a volley saved by goalkeeper Paul Robinson, former Tottenham midfielder Michael Carrick sent a long-range shot wide of the post, and Paul Scholes had an attempt over the bar. The Red Devils have been hurt up front by the absence of striker Wayne Rooney, who broke his foot on the opening day of the season, and winger Cristiano Ronaldo, who is suspended until after next Saturday's game against Sunderland. Tottenham has never won at Old Trafford in the Premier League. Its last win at United was a 1-0 victory in December 1989 in the former first division. Middlesbrough leveled for the second time in its match when Arca controlled a clearance on his chest before scoring with a volley in the 80th minute. Mark Viduka had scored his first goal for Newcastle since joining from Middlesbrough in the offseason in the 77th. Newcastle substitute Michael Owen missed the chance to win the match when he sent a free kick from Charles N'Zogbia into the arms of Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer.
— AP
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Sr National Boxing
New Delhi, August 27 Balbir’s outscored Chandigarh’s Paramjeet in a one-sided contest which was stopped by the referee, when the Railway man had taken a 23-3 lead in the third round. Balbir straightaway landed a couple of left jabs on Paramjeet as soon as the bout began and was leading 12-1 at the end of the first round. Balbir went for the kill in the second round and went ahead 21-3, but then the referee stopped the contest just a couple of seconds after the start of the third round with the score reading 23-3 in Balbir’s favour. Asian Cadet champion Sanjay Kolte of the Services Sports Promotion Board (SSPB) also won a low-scoring light-flyweight bout over Dilip of Jharkhand 17-6. In the other 48kg bouts before rain interrupted the third day’s proceedings, Salman of Maharashtra defeated Yelam of Manipur 34-16, Venkataraman of Karnataka outpunched Vikrant of Delhi 27-16, Amit of Haryana won a one-sided bout over Naresh of Himachal Pradesh 20-4 and Bishwajeet of Assam Rifles got the better of Krishna of Meghalaya 39-25. Meanwhile, the third day’s proceedings were interrupted after heavy downpour caused water running into the judges’ sitting area and drops of rainwater leaking over the ring. Contest at the ring number one between Prem Prakash of Madhya Pradesh and K. Chiranjivi of Andhra Pradesh was stopped in the first round after water leaked the ring, but the bout between Mohammed Hanif of Goa and Shankar of Assam at the ring number two continued till the end.
— UNI
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Fencing practice claims boy’s life
Chennai, August 27 Baburaj, a school student from here, had gone to Namakkal in central Tamil nadu, to participate in a state level fencing competition. During an informal practice session with Nagaraj, aged 15, the sword pierced his eye and hit the base of his skull puncturing blood vessels. Namakkal police said that none of the boys were wearing mandatory masks though they wore heavy leather jackets. Though the police described it as an unusual incident they have charged Nagaraj with culpable homicide and he would be tried under the juvenile law. Boys from all over Tamil Nadu had gone to Namakkal and accommodated at the hostel of the Science College there. On Saturday evening the two teenagers were being cheered by their friends as they were spurring in absence of the coach. The boy’s parents reached Namakkal on Sunday and refused to take the body suspecting some foul play. However, a senior police official explained the situation to them and convinced them that it was an accident as they were not wearing the protective gear. The police is investigating the fact how could the sword could in four centimeters since the metal ball on its tip is still intact.
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Punjab sports day tomorrow
Jalandhar, August 27 Talking to mediapersons here today, Punjab sports director Pargat Singh informed that the Sports Department was going to start a Punjab Hockey League in the age group (boys) of under-14, under-17, under-19 and (girls) under-15 and above 15 for the promotion of the
hockey. Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal would inaugurate the Hockey League on the National Sports Day, while sports minister Gulzar Singh Ranike would preside over the function. On the occasion, the CM would distribute sports equipments to nearly 5000 players of the state. An exhibition hockey match would also be played between Olympian Prithpal Singh XI and Olympian Udham Singh XI, he added. He said nearly 110 teams would be participating the league, which would be completed in five months period as all the teams would play each other on every Saturday and
Sunday. The girls’ matches girls would be played in Jalandhar only, whereas for the boys, matches would be played at Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Amritsar, he said adding that the idea behind the league was to promote hockey on the national
and the international level. — UNI
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Atwal finishes tied 16th
Bridgeport, August 27 Atwal had bogeys from the seventh to the ninth holes besides another one on the 15th taking his total to eight-under 280. Jimmy Walker pulled off one of the biggest comebacks. Starting seven shots behind the leader at the start of the final round, he fired a five-under 67 to wipe out the deficit and prevail by one stroke over hard-charging Justin Hicks (64) and Matthew Jones (68). Leader for three rounds, Parker McLachlin (77) struggled on the opening nine holes and finished in a disappointing tied fourth place with Tom Carter (67). Atwal moved up somewhat in the Money List to the 41st from the 47th, but needs much more to get into the top 25. Walker moved from 62 to the 16th and close to a PGA Tour card, which is available to the top 25 in the Nationwide Money List. Kapur tied 37th
Zandvoort: Shiv Kapur dropped two late bogeys on the back nine to shot a one-over 71 and finish tied 37th at the KLM Open golf tournament. Kapur bogeyed third hole, birdied the ninth and then again birdied the 12th only to drop shots on 13th and 15th holes for total score of two-under
278. — PTI
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Sanjay to lead
New Delhi, August 27 The team will aim to build upon the title triumph at the Asian Central Zone championship in Pakistan and the second place finish at the Commonwealth championship in Kolkata. G. E. Sridharan, who guided the team in those two tournaments, will be the coach for this event too. The squad: Sanjay Kumar (captain), P. S. Srikanth, Guruchand Singh, Vibin M. George, Jitendra Singh, Sube Singh, G. Pradeep, Shelton Mosses, Mandeep Singh, Kapil Dev, Ukkra Pandian and
Sivarajan. India are in Pool D and will face Australia, Kazakhstan and Kuwait in the group phase.
— PTI
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Powell admits giving up in 100m final
Osaka, Japan, August 27 ''I said to myself there was no coming back from this.'' The loss was a major disappointment since Powell has never won a global title despite having run a world record 9.77 seconds three times.
— Reuters
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New Delhi, August 27
