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No life after death
New guidelines for MAKA Trophy
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3rd Test: Day 3 Complete Controll
Mumbai, December 4 Although Virender Sehwag (293) narrowly missed becoming the first cricketer to score three triple hundreds in Test history, there was no respite for the visitors as the Indians rattled up their highest-ever total before declaring at 726 for nine at the fag end of the third
day. After Sehwag's carnage on the second day, the runs came at a much slower pace but Dhoni stole the thunder with some lusty hits to notch up his third Test ton and put India firmly in the driver's
seat. Dravid, Laxman (62) and Tendulkar (53) chipped in with useful contributions for the Indians who need to win this match to climb to the number one spot in the ICC Test
rankings. Required to face three overs, the Sri Lankans reached 11 for no loss with the two openers Tillakaratne Dilshan (3) and Tharanga Paranavitana (8) remaining unseparated at stumps on the third day which again belonged to the home team. The islanders trailed India by 322 runs.
There's always a next time, says Sehwag
Far from being disappointed at missing a record third triple hundred in Test cricket, dashing Indian opener Virender Sehwag today said there is always a next time and he is happy to have at least come within seven runs of the
milestone. "I'm very happy I scored at least 293 runs. I think I made a record, by getting 290 after two triple centuries, which no one (other Indian) has done. It was a missed opportunity, but there will always be a next time," said Sehwag after the third day in the third and final Test at the Brabourne
Stadium. "My family was happy, they wanted me to cross 300 and 400 but they are still very happy. My son kissed me on the television," he said to the mirth of the
reporters.
We needed 20 fielders to stop Viru: Lanka coach
Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss today made a candid confession that his team would have required 20 fielders to stop Virender Sehwag when the India opener went hammer and tongs after their
bowlers. Sehwag dominated day two of the third and final Test with an unbeaten 284 off 239 balls and nearly became the first cricketer to score three triple hundreds before falling seven-run shy of the mark this
morning. "Today Sehwag was out probably through exhaustion. In this innings it didn't matter what we
did. “We changed plans, we changed the length we bowled, but he was still about to hit the ball wherever he wanted," Bayliss
said. “It was one of those days where we wanted 20 fielders because he hit the ball so well," said the astounded coach. —
PTI
Scoreboard
Sri Lanka (1st Innings): 393 Vijay lbw b Herath 87 Sehwag c & b Murali 293 Dravid c Prasanna b Welegedara
74 Tendulkar b Kulasekara 53 Laxman c Kulasekara b Murali 62 Yuvraj c Mathews b Herath
23 Dhoni not out 100 Harbhajan b Murali 1 Zaheer c Kulasekara b Murali
7 Sreesanth lbw b Herath 8 Ojha not out 5 Extras (lb-3, nb-10)
13 Total (9 wickets dec; 163.3 overs) 726 Fall of
wickets: 1-221, 2-458, 3-487, 4-558, 5-591, 6-610, 7-615, 8-647,
9-670. Bowling: Welegedara 30-3-131-1, Kulasekara 20-1-105-1, Herath 53.3-2-240-3, Murali 51-4-195-4, Mathews 6-0-36-0, Dilshan 3-0-16-0.
Sri Lanka (2nd innings): Dilshan batting
3 Extras 0 Total (0 wickets; 3 overs) 11 Bowling: Harbhajan 2-0-7-0, Ojha 1-0-4-0.
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IWF bans Punjab unit
Ravi Dhaliwal
Bathinda, December 4 Earlier, the Federation had banned the Andhra Pradesh Weightlifting Association (APWFA) and the All India Police Sports Control Board (AIPSCB) as a number of their lifters had tested positive for IOC banned drugs. PWA has been banned because two of its lifters-Vicky Batta and Sunita Rani-have returned positive dope tests in the past. Actually, Vicky Batta is an employee of the Punjab Police and turns out for the AIPSCB in the national championships. However, since the IWF has already banned AIPSCB, Vicky Batta took part in the National championship with his entry being shown from Punjab. Batta was caught by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) during out of competition tests in October. The lifter had done India proud by winning a silver medal in the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth games in the 53 kgs weight category. This time too he was in line for a medal in the same weight category for the New Delhi Commonwealth games. With the ban on Punjab, its lifters will not be able to take part in the senior National championship slated to commence in Udaipur from January 10 next year. Next in line for some punishment is the Services Sports Control Board since four of its lifters have also tested positive for banned drugs. An IOA official remarked, “This is just a clean-up act on the part of the IWF. The federation, after all has to show the international body that it is taking doping in the sport seriously. Its just that the federation is trying to set its house in order before the Commonwealth games. However, whatever the federation may do, a long ban on Indian weightlifting is imminent. It can be announced anytime now.”
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Japan in semis, India win
Pradeep Tewari Tribune News Service
Pune, December 4
With this win today, the Japenese topped their pool and will face the runner up from Pool A in their semifinal tomorrow. In a crucial match today, the Koreans were expected to put up a tough fight but fell away meekly. The India-Singapore match went on expected lines, with the hosts scoring a 94-45 win to be placed third in Pool A. With this win today, India will now fight for fifth-sixth position with Thailand, who had earlier defeated Malaysia 68-66. In the match today, India gained a massive lead of 42-21 at the break. At the end of the third quarter, with India leading 77-42, it was certain that Singapore will not catch up in the remaining period of the game. Earlier, in the day, the match between Thailand and Malaysia turned out to be nail-biting contest, with Thailand scoring a 68-66 win. After trailing by four points (7-11), the eventual winners fought back to take a four-point lead at the break (30-26). Sustained efforts in the next two quarters enabled the Thais to constantly add up points. With 23 points Thidapom Maihom was star performer for the Thai team. In another match, Kazakhstan scored their first win of the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka 70-42. Both the teams are out of reckoning for the top six slot in the competition, but will fight for positions down the ladder. Philippines also beat Hong Kong to add points to its tally, but are not in the race for the semis.
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No life after death
Amritsar, December 4 Dejected by this “careless attitude”, Ashok Kumar, the son of late Dhyan Chand and himself a veteran hockey player said, “My father lives in hockey. If you want to remember him in real sense of word, try to survive the game only”.
But for a change, it was only the DAV college ground in Amritsar where the college hockey team alongwith their mentor and coach Paramjeet Singh Randhawa commemorated the hockey legend Dharam
Chand. Pargat Singh, Director, Sports, Punjab, when asked about any function or sports events organised on this day said, “But it does not mean that we do not remember him. We do celebrate his birth anniversary throughout as Sports Day.”
When questioned about justifying not to celebrate Dhyan Chand’s death anniversary, Pargat Singh, himself a Hockey Olympian retorted, “Yes, I admit it to be a big goofup and from the next year, I would make it a point to organise events on this day too.”
It is pertinent to mention that if India is remembered within the Olympic community today, it is still on account of eight gold medals in hockey and the contribution of this ace centre forward cannot be ignored.
Nevertheless, this has invited ire of local hockey lovers too. Paramjeet Singh Randhawa, a former hockey player who has authored many books on Hockey said, “It is really pathetic that no one bothered to remember the great hockey legend when the whole Nation cries for the revival of hockey which incidentally happens to be our National game. How can we expect Olympics gold medal in Hockey when the governing bodies of our country have such an attitude towards its players. The government never miss a chance to remember political or religious leaders but seldom made efforts to remember those sports persons who have brought India on global map,” he said.
Balwinder Singh Shammi, a 1975-hockey Olympian viewed that though the birth anniversary of Dhyan Chand is celebrated, but due importance should also be on the agenda of the government. Born on August 29, 1979, Dhyan Chand died of lever failure on this day in 1979. He was instrumental in bringing home three gold medals in Olympics (1928 Amsterdam; 1932 Los Angeles and 1936 Berlin). |
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New guidelines for MAKA Trophy
New Delhi, December 4 Accordingly, there will be rationalisation of the marking system, giving due weightage to marks for international sports events; negative marks for wrong claims and false complaints; enforcement of NADA (National Anti-Doping Authority) Code and penalty of marks for the number of athletes found positive for doping; inclusion of only those disciplines whose National Sports Federations (NSFs) have the recognition of either the Indian Olympic Association or the Sports Ministry; scrutiny of applications for the MAKA Trophy by the scrutiny committee of the All India Universities (AIU) well in time, and putting the marks online; the constitution of the selection committee for the MAKA Trophy by the Sports Ministry as in the case of other national sports awards like Arjuna, Dronacharya, Khel Ratna
etc. And the MAKA Trophy will be received by the winning university's vice-chancellor and director of sports along with the best male and female athletes of the university. The Ministry has released an ad-hoc grant of Rs 1.5 crore to the AIU for holding and participation in national and international varsities' tournaments and also for organising coaching camps/training of university teams. The Government had discontinued financial assistance to the AIU from April 1, 2005.
Sports Minister Dr M.S.Gill said that with a view to broad base and integrate sports and physical fitness in colleges and universities, the Ministry has brought the AIU under the scheme of "Assistance to National Sports
Federations". The Government had instituted the MAKA Trophy in 1956-57 as a vehicle for promoting sports at the University level and reward the champion university with a trophy and a cash prize, which has been enhanced to Rs 10 lakh after Dr Gill took over as the Sports Minister. The second and third position winners get Rs 5 lakh and Rs 3
lakh, respectively. The existing guidelines for selection of the champion university for the MAKA Trophy were framed long back, which had outlived its utility. And when disputes mounted in the calculation of marks for selection of the champion university, Dr Gill constituted a committee to streamline the selection procedures, under the chairmanship of the secretary-general of the
AIU. The recommendations of the committee were further examined by the Ministry with the help of experts, before arriving at the revised guidelines. |
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Govt fails to remember Dhayan Chand’s death anniversary
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has revised the guidelines for the selection of the champion university of the country for the award of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy, in a definite move to inject absolute transparency and accountability, and for creating a dope-free sports culture at the university
level.
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