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India to open 2011 WC campaign against B’desh
Terry heads Blues to the top
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Pranav hops on to CWG shuttle
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India to open 2011 WC campaign against B’desh
Mumbai, November 9 Placed in Group B, alongside South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands, India will host 29 matches of the quadrennial tournament, including the final and a semifinal. The first match on Indian soil will have New Zealand and Kenya locking horns in Chennai on February 20. Denied hosting rights owing to security concerns, Pakistan will play all their group A matches in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, set to host the second biggest chunk of 12 matches in the event, will have their first game on February 20 with the hosts taking on Canada. The Lankans are in group A, which also has defending champions Australia, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Bangladesh, which will host two quarterfinals, will have just eight matches in all to organise. India's commercial capital Mumbai will host the final of the event on April 2. Mohali will host one of the semi-finals along with two other matches, while Ahmedabad will host a quarter-final and two other games. Kolkata and Delhi will host one India and three other matches each. Jaipur has been left out of the list of venues with Nagpur, Chennai and Bangalore getting one India game each. The 2011 event will be a week shorter than the 2007 edition, which was held in West Indies. "The announcement of the match schedule for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is an exciting development as not only does it allow all our stakeholders to start planning their tours but it will also remind everyone that we are getting closer to the staging of the biggest event in world cricket, where the leading cricketers from all over the globe will battle it out for the top prize in the game," ICC Vice-President Sharad Pawar said.
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Terry heads Blues to the top
Chelsea had been frustrated by United for 76 minutes, but then profited from a contentiously awarded free kick when United midfielder Darren Fletcher was judged to have fouled defender Ashley Cole yesterday. Frank Lampard whipped the ball into the penalty area and Terry connected with a glancing header to clinch Chelsea’s 11th consecutive win in all competitions at Stamford Bridge. “It was a bad decision, but there’s nothing we can do about it. You lose faith in refereeing sometimes,” said United manager Alex Ferguson, who is already facing a Football Association punishment for criticising match officials. “The referee’s position to make the decision was absolutely ridiculous, he can’t see anything. He’s got a Chelsea player (Joe Cole) standing right in front of him and he doesn’t even move.” Chelsea’s victory leaves it top of the table with 30 points, ahead of a two-week break for international matches. Second-place Arsenal, which has a game in hand, and Man United both have 25 points, while Tottenham is fourth with 22. United pressed hard and packed its midfield to subdue a Chelsea side that had scored 19 goals in its five previous matches. Wayne Rooney was deployed as a lone striker for United, which was missing Dimitar Berbatov through injury and had Michael Owen on the substitutes’ bench as England coach Fabio Capello watched. While hardworking, Rooney was isolated at times and starved of support, although after 10 minutes he turned Ricardo Carvalho but could only hit the side netting from a tight angle. Teammate Michael Carrick tried his luck from distance in the first half, but Chelsea keeper Petr Cech easily collected and saw the next effort from the United midfielder fly high into the stands. United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar had little do, but the Dutchman denied Branislav Ivanovic in the opening minutes and produced a one-handed diving save to push Nicolas Anelka’s shot wide before the break.
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Surjit Hockey
Jalandhar, November 9 BSF started the game on a fast note with a penalty corner conversion by Varinderjit Singh in the 19 th minute. In the 24th minute Sharanjit Singh sounded the board to make it 2-0. IAF men failed to capitalise on some good opportunities and BSF lead 2-0 at the lemon break. In the second half of the match Mukhjinder Singh posted a beautiful field goal in the 60th minute to make it 3-0. Nine minutes later Mandeep Singh scored a field goal taking the score to a comprehensive 4-0. In another one-sided match of the day Indian Oil thrashed the hopes of EME, Jalandhar, 5-0. Hamza Muzitaba opened the scoring in the 15th minute 1-0. The winners were leading by 1-0 at half time. Deedar Singh posted a field goal in the 42nd minute to make it 2-0, followed by another goal in the 55th minute by Arjun Antil (3-0). In the 58th minute Vikram Kainth scored a field goal from the left flank, which was followed by another goal by Nitin Thimmaiah in the 67th minute to make the scoreline a resounding 5-0. |
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Pbi varsity pedal into record books
Patiala, November 9 Earlier, while inaugurating the meet, Dr Sukhdarshan Singh Khehra, Registrar, Punjabi University, Patiala said that Punjabi University is now known as best sports university in the country by winning Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Trophy twice in a row. He said that university administration is trying to provide all ultra modern sports facilities to its players and coaches to produce medal winning sportsperson for the country. Director Sports, Punjabi University Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma at this function said that more than 200 participants and Coaches/Managers of 18 teams from all over the country are participating in this 5 days championship which is being held at university campus. Principal Dr. D.K. Maan, President Punjabi University Sports Committee and Principal Dr. Darshana Sharma were the Guest of Honour at the occasion. Punjabi University Bhangra team also gave a special performance at this inagural function. First Day’s Final Results are as follows: 1500 Mts. Team Time Trial (Men) 1. Punjabi University Patiala 01:46:295 Sec, 2 PU, Chandigarh 2nd 01:50:893 Sec, 3 M.G.S.Univ., Bikaner 0:51:612 Sec 1500 Mts. Team Time Trial (Women) 1. Punjabi University, Patiala 02:08:485 Sec, 2. Kerala University 02:11:950 Sec, 3. PU, Chandigarh 02:13:110 Sec. Elimination Race (Men) 1. Arvind Panwar GNDU, Amritsar, 2. Jasvir Singh Sarao Pbi University Patiala, 3 R Rathore Kranataka Univ,
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Building Blocks
Rewari, November 9 He was awarded a cash prize of $3000 for this achievement by the organising committee. The championship was held under the auspices of Emirates Bodybuilding Federation (EBBF). Besides Ankush Sharma, another athlete Dheeraj Jaiswal of Haryana also bagged fifth position in the 80kg category at the championship. Both Ankush and Dheeraj are residents of Yamunanagar. This information was released to the press here today by Amit Swami, assistant general secretary of Asian Bodybuilding Federation as well as executive director of Indian Bodybuilding Federation, who attended the championship in Dubai as a distinguished guest of EBBF. Hailing Ankush Sharma’s achievement as outstanding, which has made the state proud and which has come after a
long gap of 21 years, Amit Swami said that no Haryanvi athlete had won a medal in any international bodybuilding championship since 1988. |
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Pranav hops on to CWG shuttle
Ludhiana, November 9 Pranav, teaming up with Sai Praneet, defeated B Sumeeth Reddy and H S Prannoy by 21-15, 21-18. In mixed doubles teaming up with Prajakta Sawant, Pranav defeated K Nandagopal and Mega Marin Ninan by 21-12, 21-13. In the team event Pranav, who was representing Air India,
defeated Andhra Pradesh 2-1 in the finals. Badminton Association of India
(BAI) has selected Pranav in elite group of players for preparation of Commonwealth Games 2010
and he is the youngest among selected players. National Junior coach Sanjeev Sachdeva and India coach P
Gopi Chand has congratulated Pranav on his success. |
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