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Katich, Watson hit tons on tour opener
Reverse swing will test Aussies, says Gambhir
NADA hearing on tainted athletes postponed
Indians back to winning ways in Chess Olympiad
Basketball C’ship
Indo-Pak Kabaddi tie cancelled
JCT salvage pride in Federation Cup
Dhoni’s men to lock horns
with Warriors in final Indians back to winning ways in Chess Olympiad
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I accept responsibility: Kalmadi
New Delhi, September 25
He also admitted that Organising Committee Secretary General Lalit Bhanot's comments about hygienic standards between Indians and others were avoidable. Kalmadi, who was seated along with Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell and CEO Mike Hooper, said still some work to be done but was "confident" that it would be done before the opening ceremony on October 3. He also sidestepped the issue when he was questioned whether he felt that Fennell and CGF bosses were squarely putting the blame on the organising committee. “I don't think he has pointed fingers at the OC. The developer has to hand the venues over to OC and then it is our responsibility. As far as the Games Village is concerned, 18 towers were handed to us and we completed the work on time. The rest 18 were handed over late and that what the problem is," he said. Kalmadi sought to blame various agencies who were handed the rights for construction and renovation of the stadiums and Games village. “Contrary to popular belief that the OC had the right to spend Rs 30-40,000 crore on the organisation, we only had Rs 1,600 crore allotted. The rest was taken care by the government and Indian Olympic Association.” On security, he said they had been having meetings for the last couple of years. The Home Ministry and Delhi Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna have been holding constant meetings. “We have had a CGF advisor who has been monitoring the progress of the work every second month,” he said. “The international chefs de mission have also found the security to be fine," Kalmadi said adding there were deficiencies but in another couple of days, all work will be completed. “We have some issues in the Games Village but I think it is a fine Village. Only that some blocks have to be cleaned up. But all the infrastructure is good...I can assure you that our aim is to host a good Games. Our aim is to do as good as Melbourne did in 2006,” he said. — PTI Pawar has a dig
Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has criticised CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi for his poor management, saying the Games has become a laughing stock. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee spokesman Anant Gadgil has demanded that Kalmadi quit all posts on moral grounds. — TNS Akhil’s bed collapses
The shoddy state of the Games' Village stood exposed on Saturday when the Indian boxing team checked in at their residential block there only to find defending CWG gold medallist Akhil Kumar's bed collapsing. "When I sat down on my bed, it collapsed," he said. "I checked the bed and part of it has no plywood on it. —
PTI Vuvuzelas at Games
We are going to have lots of fun," Harris Mbulelo Majeke, High Commissioner to South Africa, said here. —
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Katich, Watson hit tons on tour opener
Chandigarh, September 25 On the first day of the three-day practice match, Katich and Watson punished the Indian attack spearheaded by S Sreesanth making a comeback to the Test squad, at will to help the team pile up 319 for 1 in 90 overs. Skipper Ricky Ponting and vice-captain Michael Clarke were playing at 42 and 43 respectively at the draw of stumps. Earlier, Ponting decided to bat first on a Sunny day after winning the toss. The decision proved right, as Katich and Watson took no time in getting used to the conditions and put their side in command with a 207-run partnership off 353 balls. The southpaw , who was dropped twice, completed his century with a boundary in the 33rd over of the match. He faced 160 balls and hit 15 fours during his stay at the crease. At lunch, the Australians were 88 without loss in 27 overs. The next 31overs between lunch and tea intervals, witnessed 119 more runs without a wicket. After tea, Katich did not come out to resume his innings. Watson, who was joined by Ponting, lost his wicket in a bid to play big shots. His wicket was claimed by Piyush Chawla after the leggie was hit thrice to the fence in one over. Watson’s sojourn at the crease was for 257 minutes facing 203 balls in his 115-run knock, studded with 16 fours. The 207-run opening stand between Katich and Watson is the highest on this ground in a first-class match. The earlier record stood against the names of Chetan Chauhan and Venkat Sundaram, who had a 71-run partnership during a match played between Delhi and Punjab in 1975. Meanwhile, all bowlers from Board XI including speedster Sreesanth failed to leave an impression in today’s outing witnessed by the Indian selectors including K Srikanth and Yashpal Sharma. Coming back from an injury, the pacer looked rusty, conceding 41 runs in 13 overs without a wicket. The leg-spinner Piyush Chawla finally succeeded in claiming Watson’s scalp. Scoreboard Australia Katich retired out 104 Watson b Chawla 115 Ponting not out 42 Clarke not out 43 Extras (nb 8, wd 2, lbs 5) 15 Total: (for 1 in 90 overs) 319 Bowling: Sreesanth 13-3-41-0, Jaidev 15-2-65- 0, Yadav 15-2-65-0, Chawla 26-1-120-1, Ojha 21-8-23-0
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Reverse swing will test Aussies, says Gambhir
Chandigarh, September 25 “With quality bowlers like Zak (Zaheer Khan) and Ishant Sharma, the Indian bowling attack would be very effective,” said Gambhir, adding that both the bowlers are capable of exploiting the conditions for reverse swing in the two-Test and three-ODI series against Australia starting next month at Mohali. “In fact, Zak would be a big threat for the visitors,” felt Gambhir. Gambhir was talking to the media following culmination of first day’s play of the three-day practice match between Board President’s (BP)XI and Australia at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today. The BPXI skipper blamed the nature of the wicket for the lacklustre performance of his bowlers today. Defending Sreesanth, who is making a comeback to the Test squad, Gambhir said, “He (Sreesanth) took the field after a three-month injury layoff. He should be given some leverage.” He, however, felt the match would do a world of good for the youngsters in the side.“When you play against a quality team like Australia, obviously you get a chance to learn a lot as a young player,” the southpaw said. Gambhir, who is also coming back after an injury, felt the practice match would allow him to get his rhythm back before the first Test.
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Durban, September 25 The IPL champions then came out with a disciplined bowling performance and restricted Bangalore to 123 in 16.2 overs as Manish Pandey's fighting 52 off 44 balls went in vain. Paceman Doug Bollinger scalped three wickets for 27 runs, while Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan bagged two for 38. Chennai, thus, became the first IPL side to enter the summit stage of the show-piece event. Chasing 175, Bangalore were off to a wobbly start as they lost two quick wickets in the form of experienced Dravid (0) and Uthappa (4) in the second and third over respectively. Dravid's mistimed drive off left-arm pacer Bollinger went aloft and Albie Morkel tumbled forward to pouch a nice catch. — PTI Scoreboard Chennai Super Kings Hussey c Steyn b Vinay 6 Vijay c Kohli b Vinay 41 Raina not out 94 Dhoni b du Preez 11 Morkel c Kohli b White 5 Anirudha not out 0 Extras (b4, lb8, w2, nb3) 17 Total (for 4 wkts in 17 overs) 174 Bowling:PKumar 3-0-23-0, Vinay 4-0-28-2, Kohli 1-0-15-0, Kumble 4-0-38-0, du Preez 3-0-32-1, White 2-0-26-1. Royal Challengers Bangalore Pandey b Bollinger 52 Dravid c Morkel b Bollinger 0 Uthappa c Vijay b Morkel 4 Taylor c Vijay b Bollinger 4 Kohli c Ashwin b Balaji 1 4 White c Anirudha b M’tharan 13 du Preez run out 1 P Kumar c Morkel b M’haran 15 Vinay c Anirudha b Ashwin 9 Kumble not out 1 Extras (w10) 10 Total (all out in 16.2 overs) 123 Bowling: Morkel 3-0-13-1, D Bollinger 3-0-27-3, Balaji 3-0-13-1, R Ashwin 3.2-0-32-1, Muralitharan 4-0-38-2.
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NADA hearing on tainted athletes postponed
New Delhi, September 25 The cases of 12 athletes, including Arjuna awardee wrestler Rajiv Tomar, could not be heard today as head of the panel and retired additional district judge Dinesh Dayal was indisposed. The 'B' samples of all the 12 athletes had tested positive for banned stimulant methylhexanemaine. The panel on Wednesday lifted the provisional suspension handed to them after WADA shifted methylhexanemaine from 'non-specified' to 'specified' substance in the 2011 list of prohibited substances but reserved decision on the punishment which could range from a mere warning to a two-year ban. Wrestlers Tomar, Sumit, Mausam Khatri and Gursharanpreet Kaur, swimmers Richa Misra and Jyotsana Pansare and shot putter Saurabh Vij were hoping that they would be let off with a warning by the panel today and that would put them in contention for the Commonwealth Games. Wrestling Federation of India and Swimming Federation of India have named replacements for the Commonwealth Games but the dope-tainted athletes are still hoping that they have a chance to compete in the mega event if they are let off by the NADA panel. —
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ONGC lift JP Atray Trophy
Panchkula, September 25 ONGC won the coveted trophy along with a cash prize of Rs. 1.75 lakh while Air India had to contend with Runners up trophy and a cash prize of Rs. 70,000. After winning the toss Air India elected to bat and added 37 runs for the first wicket before opener Sachin Rana was run out for 19. The other opener Chandan Madan was also run out for 20. Then a fruitful partnership of 84 runs between Skipper Mohd. Kaif and Naman Sharma took the team’s total to 125 when Naman was cleaned up by Parveen Gupta for 46. Replying, ONGC were rocked in the first over when their opener M.Mudgil was castled by Rajat Bhatia without troubling the scorer. Then inform Sandeep Sharma and Tanmay Srivastava cobbled up 67 runs for the 2nd wicket before Sandeep was snapped by Kaif off Sanjay Badhwar for 34. Tanmay made 28. Chief Guest on the occasion Naresh Gulati, IS Bindra and MP Pandove, president and honorary secretary PCA, respectively, gave away the prizes to the players. Sandeep Sharma won best batsman of the tournament award, Parminder Awana won the best bowlers award and S.Suresh Kumar won the player of the tournament award. Brief scores Air India: 230 for 8 in 50 overs. Naman Sharma 46, Mohd. Kaif 54, Deepak Joon 52, Chandan Madan 20 and Shafiq Khan 20, Praveen Gupta 2 for 38 ONGC: 233 for 4 in 46.5 overs. Sandeep Sharma 34, Tanmay Srivastava 28, Mayank Tehlan 69 not out and Punit Mehra 49, Sanjay Badhwar 2 for 34
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Indians back to winning ways in Chess Olympiad
Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), September 25 Surya Shekhar Ganguly, also known as second Viswanathan Anand, scored a sparkling victory over Alexander Delchev while G N Gopal proved too good for Kiprian Berbatov to pave the way for a much needed win after a loss against Russia in the previous round. Mainstay Krishnan Sasikiran earlier played out a draw with former world champion Veselin Topalov while P Harikrishna also achieved the same result against Ivan Cheparinov on the second board. In women's section being held simultaneously, Dronavalli Harika beat Atousa Pourkashiyan on the top board. Eesha Karavade was the other Indian winner on the third board at the expense of Mitra Hejazapour. Tania Sachdev was held to a draw by Shadi Paridar and Nisha Mohota remained win-less after signing another peace deal with Ghazal Hakimifard. Meanwhile, at the top of the tables in the open section, hosts Russia suffered major setback when both Russia one and two lost by an identical 1.5-2.5 margin against Hungary and Armenia respectively. Arman Pashikian scored for Armenia on the fourth board against Artyom Timofeev while Peter Leko starred in Hungarian victory by defeating Alexander Grischuk on the top board. Hungary, Armenia and Georgia emerged as the new leaders with 10 points apiece while the Netherlands and Ukraine follow them a full point behind. India is currently joint sixth in the open section with six rounds still remaining in the biggest spectacle of the chess world. In the women's section Russia one and Ukraine continued with their fine form to emerge as joint leaders on 10 points each. — PTI
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Basketball C’ship
Kangra, September 25 Kerala boys dominated the game from the first minute till the last basket with best passing of the ball and wonderful coordination left the host Himachal in a lurch. In other matches West Bengal defeated Karnatka by 62:21 Soumyedip bagged 27 baskets for West Bengal. Tamil Nadu beat Andra Pradesh girls by 29:13 with Omna of Tamil Nadu with 6 points. Chhatisgarh beat Delhi by 59:29 and Ria verma of Chhatisgarh scored 20. Chandigarh lost to Manipur by 24:22 in a well contested match. Tamil Nadu Boys beat Goa Boys by 42:11 with Harish of Tamil Nadu scoring 12 points. Maharashtra beat Utter Pradesh by 56 :11 with Krishena of maharashtra scoring 15 points. Andra Pradesh Defeated Manipur by 68:35 with Chander Kant of Andra Pradesh with 12 points. Gujarat Boys defeated Pandichuri boys by 41:33 and Gujarat Girls beat West Bengal girls by 17:15 in a well contested match Meghna of Gujrat score 7 and Pratyusha of W.B scored 9 points. Rajasthan defeated Jammu and Kashmir Girls in a one side game with 63:0 and Priyansu of Rajasthan scored 14 points.
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Indo-Pak Kabaddi tie cancelled
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JCT salvage pride in Federation Cup
Ludhiana, September 25 Earlier in the match played between ONGC Delhi and AIFF XI, the former came out triumphant 2-1 to secure their berth in the semis. After wasting a couple of scoring opportunities ONGC, found the back of the net in the 21st minute Kailash M Patil. ONGC pressed hard to increase the lead but fumbled at crucial moments. However, they continued to exert pressure on the rival territory and these tactics yielded desired result in 46th minute when Kailash again found the target (2-0). Down by two goals, AIFF tried their best to neutralise but all their efforts were nullified by the alert defense of ONGC. AIFF XI soon found an opportunity to bounce back in the match when striker, Lalpekhula scored a brilliant field goal in the 55th minute to reduce the margin to 2-1. Sandeep Sanga of ONGC earned the wrath of the referee for obstructing the AIFF players near the striking zone and was shown red card. The depleted ONGC was down to 10 men, but still managed to hold their fort till the long whistle. |
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Dhoni’s men to lock horns with Warriors in final Centurion, September 25 Riding on captain Davy Jacobs' blistering 61 and his 105-run second-wicket stand with Colin Ingram (46), Warriors posted a challenging 175 for six and then restricted South Australia to 145 for seven to register a comfortable win in the second semifinal at the SuperSport Park. Warriors will take on Chennai Super Kings in the final at the Wanderers tomorrow. The Indian Premier League champions had earlier beaten fellow IPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore by 52 runs via Duckworth Lewis method in the rain-marred first semifinal last night. Earlier, opting to bat, Jacobs led from the front with the quicKfire half century and together with Ingram set the tone for the competitive score with the century plus second-wicket partnership that came off just 72 balls. —
PTI Scoreboard Warriors Jacobs c & b Harris 61 Prince c Harris b Tait 0 Ingram c Christian b Bailey 46 Boucher c Christian b Harris 25 Thyssen c Manou b Harris 1 Botha c Putland b Tait 6 Kreusch not out 7 Boje not out 22 Extras: (b 2, lb 3, w 2) 7 Total: (for 6 wkts) 175 Bowling: Tait 4-0-38-2, O'Brien 3-0-22-0, Putland 2-0-19-0, Christian 3-0-45-0, Bailey 4-0-28-1, Harris 4-0-18-3. South Australia Harris c Boucher b Tsotsobe 8 Klinger c Botha b Tsotsobe 13 Manou c & b Boje 8 Ferguson lbw b Botha 71 Borgas c Jacobs b Botha 10 Christian b Theron 19 Cooper run out (Tsotsobe) 6 O'Brien not out 1 Extras: (lb 3, w 6) 9 Total: (for 7 wkts) 145 Bowling: Theron 4-0-21-1, Tsotsobe 4-0-16-2, Ntini 2-0-22-0, Boje 4-0-32-1, Botha 4-0-34-2, Kreusch 2-0-17-0.
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Indians back to winning ways in Chess Olympiad Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), September 25 Mainstay Krishnan Sasikiran earlier played out a draw with former world champion Veselin Topalov while P Harikrishna also achieved the same result against Ivan Cheparinov on the second board. In women's section being held simultaneously, Dronavalli Harika beat Atousa Pourkashiyan on the top board. Eesha Karavade was the other Indian winner on the third board at the expense of Mitra Hejazapour. Tania Sachdev was held to a draw by Shadi Paridar and Nisha Mohota remained win-less after signing another peace deal with Ghazal Hakimifard. Meanwhile, at the top of the tables in the open section, hosts Russia suffered major setback when both Russia one and two lost by an identical 1.5-2.5 margin against Hungary and Armenia respectively. Arman Pashikian scored for Armenia on the fourth board against Artyom Timofeev while Peter Leko starred in Hungarian victory by defeating Alexander Grischuk on the top board. Hungary, Armenia and Georgia emerged as the new leaders with 10 points apiece while the Netherlands and Ukraine follow them a full point behind. India is currently joint sixth in the open section with six rounds still remaining in the biggest spectacle of the chess world. In the women's section Russia one and Ukraine continued with their fine form to emerge as joint leaders on 10 points each. — PTI
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Coach of the Year award for Sushil’s trainer Serena pulls out of China Open PCB gears up for legal battle Murtuza replaces injured Salvi
The Malaysian, winner here in 2007, pulled off a 21-13, 21-18 win in his semi, while Lin, China's Beijing Olympic gold medallist, powereds his way through to a 21-11, 21-19 over European champion Peter Gade of Denmark. It will be a re-match of the 2008 Olympic Games, when the Chinese defeated Lee 21-12, 21-8 in the final. — AFP Bhullar slips to tied 25th Security of CRPF shooting range
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New Delhi, September 25
Warriors produced a clinical display and defeated South Australia Redbacks comprehensively by 40 runs to storm into the final of the Champions League Twenty20 here today.Riding on captain Davy Jacobs' blistering 61 and his 105-run second-wicket stand with Colin Ingram (46), Warriors posted a challenging 175 for six and then restricted South Australia to 145 for seven to register a comfortable win in the second semifinal at the SuperSport Park.
“I am the chairman of the Organising Committee and I will take all the responsibility. There is no issue. But I wish the venues were handed to us a little earlier,” he told a press conference here.
After becoming a rage during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, vuvuzelas are now set to make their presence felt in the Games. “We are going to make a lot of noise. 
Japan Open final