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MAKA Trophy: Govt on a sticky wicket
Clarify stand on hockey teams by Friday: SC
Saina in third round of World Championship
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India-Lanka-NZ Tri-Series
Tailender Kyle Mills provided some late entertainment with a rollicking 52 but none of the other New Zealand batsman could provide much resistance as the Indians exploited the bowling-friendly conditions to the hilt to set up a summit showdown with Sri Lanka on Saturday. The Indians, who desperately needed to win the floodlit contest to stay afloat, owed their victory to the brilliance of Sehwag who gave them enough runs on the board to push for a win on a tricky pitch at the Rangiri international stadium. Chasing 224 for win, The Kiwis found the going tough under lights as the Indian speedsters extracted a lot of swing to virtually rip through the top-order. Praveen Kumar struck the first blow for the Indians by dismissing opener Martin Guptill for a first ball duck, trapping him leg before with a gem of a delivery. Ashish Nehra then removed the other opener Bradley-John Watling with a big inswinger. Watling plays it onto the stumps as he looked to steer clear of the delivery. The Kiwis suffered a big jolt when their captain Ross Taylor was dismissed by Kumar, who really looked impressive as he troubled all the batsmen with swing. Taylor fell prey to a lovely outswinger as he hung his bat out and edged the ball to Dhoni behind the stumps, leaving New Zealand tottering at 14 for three. Kumar added another wicket to his kitty soon when he bowled Scot Styris while Ishant Sharma evicted Kane Williamson to compound the misery for the Kiwis. Reduced to a precarious 42 for six by the 17th over, it was only a matter of time before the innings folded up, though Mills hit some lusty shots in the fag end to reduce the margin of defeat. Earlier, barring Sehwag, none of the other Indian batsmen could really get going though captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (38) played a good supporting role. — PTI Scoreboard India: Karthik c Hopkins b Mills 0 (3) Sehwag c Watling b McCullum 110 (93) Kohli c Hopkins b Southee 8 (16) Yuvraj c Hopkins b McKay 6 (19) Raina c Williamson b Southee 1 (3) Dhoni c Hopkins b McCullum 38 (75) Jadeja c Taylor b Southee 17 (26) Praveen c Mills b Southee 6 (12) Nehra c & b McCullum 0 (12) Ishant not out 8 (12) Munaf c McKay b Mills 7 (10) Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 14, nb 2) 22 Total (all out; 46.3 overs) 223 Bowling: Mills 8.3-1-42-2, Southee 10-2-49-4, McKay 8-1-31-1, Styris 6-0-37-0, McCullum 10-0-35-3, Williamson 4-0-23-0. New Zealand: Watling b Nehra 2 (11) Guptill lbw Praveen 0 (1) Taylor c Dhoni b Praveen 8 (14) Elliott lbw b Munaf 11 (38) Styris b Praveen 1 (15) Williamson b Ishant 13 (27) Hopkins lbw Munaf 0 (5) McCullum c Karthik b Munaf 5 (18) Mills c Praveen b Nehra 52 (35) Southee c Praveen b Jadeja 10 (5) McKay not out 3 (12) Extras (lb 5, w 8) 13 Total (10 wickets; 30.1 overs) 118 Bowling: Praveen 8-2-34-3, Nehra 6.1-1-10-2, Munaf 7-1-21-3, Ishant 6-1-27-1, Jadeja 3-0-21-1.
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CWG: Boxing’s Core Group or sore group?
Chandigarh, August 25 The startling revelation has been that out of the 41 boxers, many have been plagued by injuries, some have recovered to a certain extent, but many others have not been so lucky. Big names like Akhil Kumar, Vijender Singh, Jeetinder Kumar and Nanao Singh, have all missed big chunks of training and tournaments in the past few months due to injuries, but a few like Olympian AL Lakra and former national champion Arun Kumar and Saurav Verma have paid an even bigger price. Arun (+91 kg), a former national champion, was part of the Core Group, till he hurt his back during a weight-training regime. “I was bed-ridden for a while and had the Core Group’s physician Dr Karanjeet looking after me. But even after a prolonged period of medication, I did not get any relief. When I suggested that maybe I should consult someone from outside, Karanjeet only increased my dose of painkillers. This went on for some time, before I realised that I had no chance of stepping back into the ring, and backed out of the Core Group. “I still find it hard to come to terms with the fact that one man’s (Dr Karanjeet) incompetence and negligence cost me my career. I, till date, am looking for an answer as to why he didn’t let me go for a second opinion?” says a hurt and brooding Arun as he gets used to life outside boxing. Meanwhile, refuting the accusations Dr Karanjeet said, “It has never happened that a player was asked to get medicine on his own from outside. I personally take care of these things and, moreover, my field is sports medicine, which happens to be a very specific field. I am a specialist and not a super specialist. But I have never been careless when it comes to an injury to any player”. Arun’s story is not an exception and the truth is that if not for the aid of foundations like Mittal Champions Trust and Gold Quest, such cases would become the rule. Also former Youth World champion Nanao Singh would not have been able to recover in time had it not been the timely aid of Mumbai-based Gold Quest foundation. The question is not why these boxers are getting injured, the real shocker is what the medical staff attached with them are doing? The trials to select the final squad got underway in Patiala on Thursday and while we wait for the results and the champions to emerge, the boxers, it seems, have a ‘bitter pill’ to swallow! |
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MAKA Trophy: Govt on a sticky wicket
New Delhi, August 25 However, the ministry was reluctant to disclose the winners of the MAKA Trophy, primarily on account of a lawyer notice sent by Punjabi University, Patiala, to joint secretary in the Sports Ministry Injeti Srinivas, threatening legal action if the trophy was not awarded to the deserving winners. A source in the ministry told The Tribune that this year the MAKA Trophy would be awarded to the champion universities for the year 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 as from next year, the award winners would be decided on current year basis. Though the source said the award winners for the last two years had been decided and the file had been put up to Sports Minister MS Gill for his final approval, he refused to disclose the names of the award-winning universities. However, Gill said he was not aware whether the champion universities had been decided. Later, the ministry sources confirmed that the minister had approved the file and the names of the champion universities would be announced the next day. It was also not clear which committee picked the award winners, as the Sports Ministry had not announced the names of the members of the selection panel. Another bone of contention is the points earned for fencing. "The game of fencing has been part of the All-India competitions since 2004-2005. The said game has been included by the All-India Universities (Board) as a regular game w.e.f 2009-2010. Hence, the winner of the game gets the benefit of the marks for the said event, which are included and considered for the MAKA Trophy. The inclusion of the game cannot be challenged at this stage when the same was notified on June 15, 2009, in pursuant thereto, universities participated in the competition,” noted Neeraj Choudhary, advocate of Punjabi University. The lawyer notice further said, “Guru Nanak University, having lost the trophy on merit, started a vilification campaign against Punjabi University, Patiala, by falsely alleging that GS Randhawa, a former Olympian and the first recipient of the Arjuna Award, was adviser of Punjabi University, Patiala. This palpably is false and contrary to record. Randhawa was sports adviser to Punjabi University only till 2006 and the fact is known to one and all. A former Olympian is being maligned in this manner". |
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Clarify stand on hockey teams by Friday: SC
New Delhi, August 25 Rejecting the Centre’s plea for allowing time till August 30, a Bench comprising Justice RV Raveendran and HL Gokhale pointed out that despite the fact that the Games were being held in Delhi, the Indian hockey team would not be able to play as a “cohesive unit” unless the team selection was done on August 28 as scheduled. The Bench also agreed that there was a possibility of India being unable to take part in the hockey event unless the issue of who should field the team - IHF headed by KPS Gill or Hockey India (HI) - was resolved in time. The Centre has derecognised the HI and wants the IHF to sponsor the team at the CWG, but the FIH under whose aegis the hockey event will be held has given affiliation only to the HI. Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium said the government would not allow the game to suffer due to the litigation. “If the world body does not recognises IHF, India should not be in a default position,” he said. Subramanium said the government was hopeful that the FIH would recognise the IHF. This was, however, countered by senior counsel Ashok Desai, who appeared for the HI. The government had acknowledged that the legal process for completing the merger of the IHF and IWHF (women’s), announced on August 6, would take eight to 12 weeks. Only after this the government could approach the FIH seeking affiliation for the IHF, Desai argued. |
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Saina in third round of World Championship
Paris, August 25 Saina was clearly not in her elements in the first game as she blew a 20-18 lead while Chen, playing controlled shots at the nets, won her way through to 22-20. "I know I was a little tight in the first game and it normally happens when you play your first match in a World Cup," said Saina.
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