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Chennai are IPL kings
‘Reserved our worst for the last’
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MS Gill inaugurates wrestling stadium
Chandigarh Golf Club Elections
Dull draw ends Arsenal’s chances
Jobs after Cabinet nod, Badal tells kabaddi players
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Mumbai, April 25
For Chennai, who have been playing in their second final after finishing runners-up to Rajasthan Royals in 2008, it has been a roller coaster ride having made it to the semifinal in their last league match. Mumbai, who were playing in an IPL final for the first time, were the most consistent side in the tournament having won 10 of their 14 league matches, but they faltered at the final hurdle. For Mumbai, captain Sachin Tendulkar, who declared himself fit for the grand finale after sustaining a right hand webbing split in first semifinal, top-scored with a 45-ball 48 which was studded with seven fours but he did not get enough support from his batting colleagues. Tendulkar's 66-run stand from 58 balls for the second wicket with Abhishek Nayar was the only substantial partnership for Mumbai. Left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati emerged the most successful Chennai bowler with two for 26 while Doug Bollinger, Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan and Suresh Raina took a wicket apiece. Mumbai began their run chase of 169 on a shaky note with opener Shikhar Dhawan failing to score the opening over from Ravichandran Ashwin and was out in the second over bowled by Bollinger for an eight-ball duck. Mumbai struggled for runs before Tendulkar and Nayar took 10 runs from the fifth over by hitting a four each off Ashwin. Tendulkar, who celebrated his 37th birthday yesterday, then smote Albie Morkel for two fours to take Mumbai to 33 for one after the first power-play. With off-spinner Muralitharan introduced in the seventh over, runs came in trickles and he was unlucky not to have got Nayar with Matthew Hayden dropping the batsman when on eight. — PTI Scoreboard Chennai Super Kings:
Hayden c Rayudu b Pollard 17 (31) Raina not out 57 (35) Badri c Malinga b Fernando 14 (11) Dhoni c Fernando b Zaheer 22 (15) A Morkel run out 15 (6) Anirudha not out 6 (3) Extras (lb 3, w 8) 11 Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 168 Bowling: Harbhajan 4-0-30-0, Malinga 4-0-33-0, Zaheer 4-0-34-1, Fernando 4-0-23-2, Pollard 4-0-45-1. Mumbai Indians: Dhawan c Dhoni b Bollinger 0 (8) Tendulkar c Vijay b Jakati 48 (45) Nayar run out 27 (26) Harbhajan lbw b Raina 1 (2) Rayudu run out 21 (14) Tiwary c Raina b Jakati 0 (2) Duminy c Jakati b Murali 6 (7) Pollard c Hayden b Morkel 27 (10) Zaheer run out 1 (3) Malinga not out 1 (1) Fernando not out 2 (2) Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 5) 12 Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 146 Bowling: Ashwin 4-1-24-0, Bollinger 4-0-31-1, A Morkel 3-0-20-1, Muralitharan 4-0-17-1, Jakati 3-0-26-2, Raina 2-0-21-1.
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‘Reserved our worst for the last’
Mumbai, April 25 Gilchrist said the day totally belonged to their Bangalore rivals whom they had beaten in the summit clash of 2009 IPL in South Africa. "We were outplayed. We should have batted out our overs. Unfortunately we reserved our worst for the last match," he said. Gilchrist said he spoke to the players after the match and told the youngsters they had a lot to look forward ahead in their cricket career. "I spoke to my players after the match. They need to forget this performance. A lot of cricket is left in their careers. I have enjoyed the first segment of the IPL. I am carrying a lot of wonderful memories. I want to be back next year," the former Australian wicket-keeper batsman said. Asked about the swirling scandal surrounding IPL and the damage that's happening to the league off the playing area, Gilchrist said he was not sure what would come out of the washing and tidying process that was on. "There are a lot of speculations there. It does not look good at the moment," were his telling remarks. About IPL 4 and the process of fresh auctions, Gilchrist said, "I suppose those are the last things on the administrators' mind at the moment." Happy to finish on a high note: Kumble
Kumble, however, rued the fact that the Bangalore outfit had failed to reach tomorrow's final and said his talented team was inconsistent through the tournament, especially against Mumbai Indians in the semifinals on April 22. "We played pretty inconsistently in the tournament. We had quality and experience in the line up but did not do consistently well. Today we showed we are a good side. "Had we played consistently over 40 overs the other day I would not be addressing you today but tomorrow," said Kumble. The highest Indian Test wicket-taker said that the team had some good individual performances to speak of. "But we were not as consistent as we should have been. It was nice to go out with a victory but not making the final will remain a disappointment," he reiterated. Kumble conceded it was difficult to get motivated for the tie after the semi-final loss despite the fact that the Champions League Twenty20 spot was at stake. The leg spin ace said the wicket was a difficult one to bat on and it was probably a good toss to lose today. "The wicket was a bit sticky and not dry with the ball not coming on. And we bowled in the right areas to get the wickets. We got the wickets of the big three – Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Rohit (Sharma) cheaply and could put pressure on the rest," he said. "We bowled them out for 80-odd and could chase it well. Probably in that sense it was a good toss to lose," Kumble said. —
PTI
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MS Gill inaugurates wrestling stadium
New Delhi, April 25 The 6,000-seater state-of-the-art venue has been built at a cost of Rs 120 crore and has a built-up area of 22,350 square metre. "This is an occasion to witness the inauguration of a world-class venue, one of the best wrestling centre in the country. This is an outstanding and a remarkable engineering marvel equipped with all the modern facilities," said Gill. "All we need now is the wrestlers to win their matches and bring laurels to the nation. If someone loses in this stadium, then it would be his fault as looking at the venue, it's so easy to win the medal. Look at the arena, it's so inspiring," Gill quipped. The stadium is equipped with green building features like thermal insulation of the entire roof, gypsum board partitions and wall panellings, external glazing with low energy tinted glasses and energy efficient lighting fixtures. The arena is fully covered and air-conditioned and will include 2200 lux sports lighting system. "All the parties concerned have worked hard and all other stadiums built are also no less. With the pace of the preparations, we are now assured of delivering the best games ever," the minister said. To ensure proper maintenance of all the stadiums after the Games, Gill said the Sports ministry in association with the IOA will organise regular national level school competitions. "We need to preserve these heritages. By organising such tournaments, we would be able to utilise these stadiums even after the Commonwealth Games.” — PTI
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Chandigarh Golf Club Elections
Chandigarh, April 25 The members, which includes bureaucrats, politicians, police officers and many renowned sportspersons like Milkha Singh, DP Azad and Jeev Milkha Singh, turned up to use their voting right. Returning officer Brig JS Phoolka said out of 1,800 voters, about 1070 members today turned up here to cast their vote. “It was a nice and clean election as it witnessed no untoward incident”, said Brig Phoolka after the culmination of the election. The counting of the votes would be conducted tomorrow and the result for the president’s seat is expected to come out by 12 noon, added Brig Phoolka. The names of the other members, who were contesting the election are as follow: APS Kahai, BS Brar, Capt GS Ghuman, Col BS Rangi, Col SS Gill, Dr BR Jain, Dr Pramila Chari, Harjinder Singh Kang, Gursharan Singh Sandhu, Jasbir Singh, JS Randhawa, Lt Col JS Pannu, Lt Col Joginder Singh, Lt Col KS Thandi, Manpreet Waraich, Parvinder Singh Takkar, Sandeep Singh Sandhu, Sanjit Singh Bala, Sucha Singh Buttar, TL Verma, Vijay Wadhawan and Virendra Sharma. For more reports see Chandigarh Tribune
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Dull draw ends Arsenal’s chances
London, April 25 Captain Ryan Giggs slotted home two penalties at Old Trafford to pile the pressure on Chelsea, who have three games left, but United may have to play their last two matches without striker Wayne Rooney, who was sidelined with a groin injury. United, who close out the season with games at Sunderland and home to Stoke City, are chasing an unprecedented fourth successive championship. They have 79 points while Chelsea, who must also play Liverpool and Wigan Athletic, are on 77 with Arsenal cut adrift on 72. "I think we played well... the most important thing was we kept our nerve," said smiling United manager Alex Ferguson after what was on paper their toughest remaining fixture against fourth-placed Spurs. "There were no signs of nerves whatsoever throughout the game, it was great to see that at this vital time of the season," he added. "We beat the in-form team of the week today, that says a lot for us." Ferguson also told Sky Sports television that Rooney was likely to be out for two to three weeks. — Reuters
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Jobs after Cabinet nod, Badal tells kabaddi players
Chandigarh, April 25 While addressing the players here at Punjab Bhawan, the Chief Minister complimented them for their superb performance in the final match of World Kabaddi Tournament-2010 against Pakistan and said that the lesser qualification was a hurdle in the way of giving jobs to them which would soon sorted out after getting Cabinet’s approval. It may be recalled that the Chief Minister had already announced to give jobs to all the players of Kabaddi in the Mandi Board. The Chief Minister further said the state government was committed to provide basic infrastructure in the villages to further popularize the Kabaddi amongst our rural youth. The Chief Minister said that the state government would soon give its nod for the upgradation of eight stadiums in different cities of Punjab at par with international standards well equipped with state-of-the-art sports infrastructure to organize international matches in the State. He also asked the sports department to chalk out a detailed programme for the revival of the glory of the hockey on international fora by organizing such international tournaments to give global exposure to the hockey players. Later, the Chief Minister honoured the players with the gift hampers from Milkfed as a token of love and affection on behalf of the people of Punjab.
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Chennai Super Kings were crowned Indian Premier League III champions after thumping Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in a thrilling summit clash here tonight.
Mumbai, April 25
The newly-constructed Wrestling stadium in the Indira Gandhi Sports complex, one of the venues for this year's Commonwealth Games, was inaugurated by Union Sports minister M S Gill here today.
Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 on Saturday to surge two points clear of sole title rivals Chelsea in the Premier League. While Chelsea can return to the top with a home win over Stoke City on Sunday, third-placed Arsenal's championship hopes mathematically ended with a 0-0 stalemate against Manchester City, who are fifth, at the Emirates Stadium. 
Chennai though had to spend some anxious moments towards the close of Mumbai run chase with big-hitting Kieron Pollard threatening to almost singlehandedly win the match before he was out in the penultimate over for a 10-ball 27 which was studded with three fours and two sixes.
Vijay c Tiwary b Fernando 26 (19)
Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist conceded that his team's poor display against Royal Challengers Bangalore here today was pathetic and ascribed it to the Hyderabad outfit's inability to overcome mental and physical fatigue. "Yes, it's very disappointing. It was pathetic, I agree. We came to this position with seven games to go. We were unable to lift ourselves up from losing in the semi-finals. It was fatigue – mentally we were tired and physically too. We were not able to switch on,” said Gilchrist after the nine-wicket loss against RCB in the third-fourth place play off match of
IPL.
Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Anil Kumble expressed his happiness for having finished the IPL engagement with a thumping nine-wicket victory over Deccan Chargers in the third place play-off match "It's always good to go out on a happy note and it has given a great opportunity to feature again in the Champions League Twenty20 in September in South Africa. Our game today was exceptional," said the former India captain.
IHF holds AGM