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World Cup 2011 launched
Kambli denies making remarks against Sachin
WFI upbeat at juniors’ medal haul
Man City sign Tevez
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Pakistan Tour Of Sri Lanka
Colombo, July 14 Sri Lanka cruised home by seven wickets with two days to spare, skipper Kumar Sangakkara leading the way with a fluent 46 after opener Malinda Warnapura made 54. Of the previous five series between the two nations on Sri Lankan soil, Pakistan had won three and drawn two, but the tourists had only themselves to blame for allowing the hosts to re-write history. Pakistan’s meek surrender against the second new ball came after debutant opener Fawad Alam hit a superb 168 and shared a record stand of 200 for the second wicket with skipper Younus Khan. The partnership was Pakistan’s highest for the second wicket against Sri Lanka, surpassing the 151 by Mohsin Khan and Majid Khan at Lahore in 1982. The 23-year-old Alam batted for more than six hours to amass the highest score by a Pakistani batsman on Sri Lankan soil, surpassing the 151 by Salim Malik at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo in 1997. But Pakistan lost their last nine wickets for 35 runs, their third successive collapse in the series that highlighted their reputation as one of the most unpredictable sides in modern cricket. — AFP Scoreboard
Pakistan (1st innings) 90 Sri Lanka (1st innings) 240 Pakistan (2nd
innings) (overnight 178-1) Manzoor c Dilshan b Herath 38 Fawad c Warnapura b Herath 168 Younus c Dilshan b Paranavitana 82 Yousuf lbw b Herath 6 Misbah lbw b Kulasekera 3 Malik b Herath 6 Akmal lbw b Kulasekera 3 Rauf lbw b Kulasekera 0 Gul lbw b Herath 2 Aamer not out 1 Ajmal lbw b Kulasekera 0 Extras: (b8, lb1, nb1, w1) 11 Total (all out, 96.4 overs) 320 Fall of wickets: 1-85, 2-285, 3-294, 4-303, 5-303, 6-306, 7-312, 8-316, 9-319 Bowling: Kulasekera 19.4-6-37-4, Thushara 13-0-48-0, Mathews 6-0-20-0, Mendis 17-0-81-0, Herath 35-5-99-5, Paranavitana 6-0-26-1. Sri Lanka (2nd innings) Warnapura c Akmal b Rauf 54 Paranavitana b Ajmal 17 Sangakkara c Misbah b Malik 46 Jayawardene not out 37 Samaraweera not out 6 Extras (7-lb, 4-nb) 11 Total (three wickets, 31.5 overs) 171 Fall of wickets: 1-60 2-100 3-160 Bowling: Gul 6-0-38-0 (4nb), Aamer 6-0-33-0, Ajmal 12-1-56-1, Rauf 4-1-13-1, Khan 2-0-11-0, Malik 1.5-0-13-1. |
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Bangladesh Tour Of West Indies
Kingston, July 14 Shakib Al Hasan formalised Bangladesh’s second Test victory ever, when he trapped Tino Best plumb in front for nine with a dipping full toss, and ended with three wickets from 28.1 overs. The result means that Bangladesh lead the two-Test series 1-0 with the final match set to start on Friday at Grenada’s Queen’s Park Stadium Complex. Bangladesh’s victory which came about 4-1/2 years after their solitary Test win against Zimbabwe on home soil in Chittagong was made more remarkable because their new captain and primary fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza spent the entire West Indies innings off the field nursing a knee injury he aggravated earlier in the match.
— AFP Scoreboard
Bangladesh (1st innings) 238 West Indies (1st innings) 307 Bangladesh (2nd innings) 345 West Indies (2nd innings)
Richards run out 14 Phillips lbw b Shakib 14 Dowlin c Imrul b Mahmudullah 19 Reifer lbw b Mahmudullah 19 Bernard not out 52 Walton lbw b Mahmudullah 10 Sammy c Hossain b Shakib 19 Miller c Rahim b Ashraful 5 Austin lbw b Mahmudullah 0 Roach c Mushfiqur b Mahmudullah 3 Best lbw b Shakib 9 Extras (b-5, lb-5, w-2, nb-5) 17 Total: (all out in 70.1 overs) 181 Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-33, 3-69, 4-72, 5-82, 6-119, 7-151, 8-164, 9-172, 10-181. Bowling: Shahadat 12-2-32-0, Rubel 10-1-45-0, Shakib 28.1-11-39-3, Mahmudullah 15-4-51-5, Ashraful 5-1-4-1. |
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Mumbai, July 14 Clive Lloyd, the captain of the West Indies sides that won in 1975 and 1979 in England, India’s 1983 winning-team members Balwinder Sandhu and Dilip Vengsarkar, Sri Lanka’s Aravinda D’Silva who played a major role in the 1996 Cup winning squad and Michael Bevan of Australia who was part of the team that won the crown in 1999 and 2003 were those present. The sound and laser show that showcased the key moments of all the previous World Cups was a breathtaking affair. Lorgat sought to dispel fears of one-day format being overtaken by the huge popularity of the Twenty20 version saying that the limited overs World Cup continued to be ICC’s showpiece event. “The (50-over) World Cup is the flagship event of the ICC. What we have will hold up in the future,” he announced to the audience which had several former Mumbai-based Test cricketers including Ajit Wadekar, Bapu Nadkarni and Umesh Kulkarni. Lorgat also said that the 2011 World Cup would be over in 40-plus dates and would involve 14 teams. Pawar, the chairman of the 2011 World Cup Organising Committee, announced that the Indian board has decided to keep the ticket prices at affordable rates to encourage the student community to witness the matches and reiterated that Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium would host the final. “The Indian board has decided to keep the rates of the tickets low to encourage the student community. We don’t want to make too much money out of gates. This has come after what we saw in the West Indies,” he added. — PTI India to host Pak’s eight matches The Central Organising Committee (COC) of the 2011 World Cup on Tuesday recommended that India should host eight of the 14 cricket matches that were scheduled to take place in Pakistan. The COC met here to provide the ICC Board with a recommendation as to where, within Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, the 14 matches originally allocated to Pakistan should be staged. — IANS
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Kambli denies making remarks against Sachin
Kambli, who studied with Tendulkar in the 'Shardashram' school, said he had never spoken anything against Tendulkar in a reality TV show and termed the report as "completely baseless". "I have never said anything against Tendulkar. He is my friend for 26 years, people should know that I will never say such a thing against my friend. He is currently in London and I will meet him soon," Kambli told reporters here. The 37-year-old former batsman apologised to Tendulkar for the inconvenience cause to him and his family by the report. "We share a very good family relationship and I and a lot of my friends are shattered by this. My family is also shattered by this," he said. Asked from where such a report emanated, Kambli said "I don't know but its is completely baseless. I condemn it. I don't do anything for publicity. I know people love me and I have fans who love me. I will not do anything for cheap publicity. Kambli is reported to have said that Tendulkar did not help him when he was on decline. "We are very close... We were very close. He could have done a little more, but he didn't," Kambli is quoted as saying by a newspaper. Charges baseless: BCCI
New Delhi: The Cricket Board today dismissed as “baseless” former Indian player Vinod Kambli’s charge that he was a victim of racial discrimination on selection matters. Kambli is reported to have made these allegations against the BCCI in a TV reality show. “It is completely a baseless and uncalled for charge. BCCI does not believe in getting into all this. In fact, BCCI is one body which is fighting against racism at the international level,” BCCI’s Finance and Media Committee Chairman Rajiv Shukla said.
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WFI upbeat at juniors’ medal haul
New Delhi, July 14 WFI president G.S.Mander, who felicitated the grapplers at his office here today, was elated that the future of Indian wrestling was in safe hands as the juniors put up a remarkable display to capture five gold, four silver and five bronze medals in the Asian championship. He said it was remarkable that the seniors also did very well in the Gran Premio Wrestling Tournament in Madrid (Spain), held on July 11 and 12, when they bagged a gold and two bronze medals. Anil Kumar Bharia clinched the gold in the 60kg Greco-Roman bout while Hari Krishan (55kg) and Devender Singh (120kg) lifted the bronze medals. In the Asian Championship, India won three gold medals and one silver in the free style event through Rahul Aware (55kg), Surender (50kg) and Joginder Kumar (120kg) - all gold - and Rahul Mann (60kg). In Greco Roman,the tally was one gold (Suresh Yadav-60kg) and four bronze medals - Manoj (55kg), Manjit (50kg), Rupender (96kg) and Rakesh Hooda (120kg). The girls squad also did the country proud in free style when they fetched one gold, three silver and one bronze medals. Navjot Kaur of Punjab won gold in 67kg, Gargi Yadav (56kg), Anmol (72kg) and Sakshi Malik (59kg) lifted silvers while Anju Chaudhary (51kg) accounted for the bronze. Mander said with three foreign coaches from Georgia - Vladimir Mestvirishvili (free style, men), Emzar Makharadze (Greco Roman) and Robin Doborjginidze (women) - heading the coaching department, the Indian grapplers were shaping up very well for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, followed by the Asian Games. He said the ultimate target, however, was the 2012 London Olympics. The WFI president said the wrestlers were now getting enough foreign exposure and better facilities as the Government had budgeted over Rs 350 crore for the training of the sports persons for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Mander made special mention about the nippy Rahul Aware who has now clinched three golds from as many international events - Junior Asian Championship at Manila, Grand Prix tournament in Germany and the Asian Cadet Championship at Tashket (Uzbekistan). He said most of the promising junior wrestlers came from Delhi, Haryana and Punjab because of the facilities for the sports in these States. He said in the run up to the Commonwealth Games, the WFI will host three international events. The Asian Cadet Championship will be held at Pune from July 21 to August 2, in which 19 countries have confirmed their participation; a Rs 30 lakh prize money invitation tournament will be held at Jalandhar from October 31 and the Commonwealth Championship from December 17, also at Jalandhar. |
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Pbi varsity rewards its finest
Patiala, July 14 Addressing the gathering, the VC said he was delighted that the university won the prestigious MAKA Trophy for the first time under him. In All-India Inter-University Championships, the university had bagged first place in 12 games, second place in 8 games, third place in 5 games and fourth place in 1 game. Individually, the players had won 54 gold, 31 silver and 33 bronze medals. In national competitions, the university players bagged 30 gold, 22 silver and 31 bronze medals. Archer Kapil Kumar got a cash prize of Rs 80,000 which was this year’s highest for a player and SAI gymnastics coach Kalpana Devnath was declared best coach of the year. In inter-college championships, MM Modi College, Patiala, won Maharaja Yadvindra Singh Trophy for maximum winners’ trophies in men’s section. In the women’s section, SKR College of Physical Education, Bhagu Majra, was adjudged winner and was awarded Rajkumari Amrit Kaur Trophy. Other players who had represented the country at international-level and won various medals were Ankur Sharma and Amanpreet Singh of weightlifting, Saurav Kapoor and Om Prakash of powerlifting, Surinder and Amarinder of archery, Meenakshi (gymnastics), Sarpreet Singh (cycling), Manjeet Kaur (powerlifting) and Sunita Rani (weightlifting). |
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Man City sign Tevez
On a day when Sir Alex Ferguson introduced Michael Owen, the striker who effectively cost him nothing, and told Manchester United supporters he would “placate fans in one way... by not being stupid” with big-money purchases, City were putting the failure to hire Samuel Eto’o immediately behind them. They offered a five-year deal worth (pounds sterling)130,000 a week to Adebayor, a player effectively put up for sale by ArsEne Wenger, for whom his career prevarications have proved too much. City were surprised by how receptive Arsenal were when they made their approach at the weekend, within 24 hours of failing in their attempt to sign Eto’o. Arsenal are believed to want £25m for the Togo international, a fee comfortably within City’s range. There is also still confidence that John Terry is receptive to a move to City, with suggestions yesterday that the player is keen that any such move should be a smooth rather than a poisonous
one. — By arrangement with The Independent |
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Mumbai, July 14
Manchester City’s attempts to load their squad with stellar players continued apace last night, as talks progressed rapidly with Arsenal on a possible deal for Emmanuel Adebayor partnering Carlos Tevez, whose move to the club was sealed yesterday.
