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Was offered to fix T20 match: Nixon
Former English wicketkeeper Paul Nixon has claimed that he was offered 'millions of pounds' to fix a Twenty20 match in England. The 41-year-old, however, did not elaborate on his claim but said he had spoken to ICC's anti-corruption unit when the incident happened.
University fields overage lifters
Chandgi Ram wrestling meet
Sameer lone Indian at World Junior C’ship Modest start by Jeev, Chowrasia
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Ranji Trophy
Mohali, November 3 After R.P. Singh had jolted the home team with two quick wickets, Mandeep and Karan steadied the innings and also kept the run flow intact. Mandeep was the man to watch as he played copybook shots all around the wicket and made batting look quite easy on this wicket. This was Mandeep’s third first-class century in his eighth match. He made his Ranji debut last year against Himachal Pradesh at Dharamsala. Mandeep recently also played for India Blue in the Challenger Trophy and played an attractive knock of 60 versus Rajasthan in the Irani Trophy at Jaipur last month. In all, Mandeep batted for 300 minutes and faced 264 balls in his marathon unbeaten knock. “When I went in, the wicket wasn’t easy and the ball was doing a bit. I just decided to stay calm and slowly the strokes began to flow,” Mandeep said after his knock. Mandeep was lucky when he was on 34. He was beaten by a delivery from Sudeep Tyagi and the ball brushed the off-stump but the bails did not come off. The youngster made the most of that break and carried the entire batting on his shoulders. R.P. Singh was the most effective bowler claiming four wickets for 60 runs. Punjab will be looking to Mandeep to carry on in the same vein tomorrow and take his team to a big first innings score. Haryana 256 for 7
Pradeep Sangwan and Parvinder Awana shared five wickets between them, helping Delhi reduce Haryana to 256 for seven on the opening day of their Group A Ranji Trophy Elite division match here today. For most part of the day, Haryana were in command with Sachin Rana (80), Abhimanyu Khod (68) and Sunny Singh (51) contributing with fine half-centuries each but a mini collapse just before the stumps helped Delhi gain the upperhand. While Sangwan finished with impressive figures of three for 54, Parvinder Awana chipped in with two for 72. From 241 for four at one stage, Haryana ended the day on 256 for seven, losing three wickets for just 15 runs. Scoreboard Punjab 1st innings Kanwar c Dwivedi b RP 38 Ravi Inder c Raina b RP 5 Goel c Parvinder b RP 68 Mandeep batting 158 Sidhana b RP 37 Khera lbw b Kumar 1 Sandeep batting 5 Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 10) 17 Total (5 wkts; 91 ovrs) 329 Bowling: RP 20-5-60-4, Kumar 20-4-76-1, Tyagi 11-1-49-0, Chawla 18-2-72-0, Raina 3-0-11-0, Gupta 19-1-55-0.
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Pawan lifts Karnataka
Udaipur, November 3 Jadeja scores 141
Cuttack: An unbeaten century by Ravindra Jadeja catapulted Saurashtra's to a formidable 305 for five on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy match against hosts Orissa at the Barabati Stadium here today. Put in to bat, the visitors put up an impressive show as Jadeja came up with a majestic 141-run knock that came off 213 balls. Bengal 261/4
Kolkata: Captain Manoj Tiwary's unbeaten 120 guided West Bengal to 261 for 4 on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy super league group B match against Gujarat at the Eden gardens here today. Tiwary shared a yet-to-be-broken 105-run partnership with Wriddhiman Saha (41 not out) while former India captain Sourav Ganguly also chipped in with 34 off 63 - packed with seven bouderies — as Bengal started strongly. TN vs Baroda
Day 1 washed out
Chennai: The opening day's play of the Super League Group B Ranji Trophy match between hosts Tamil Nadu and last year's finalist Baroda was washed out today without a ball being bowled.
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When MS Dhoni remembered his old cricket club
New Delhi, November 3 He used to often come to the National Stadium cricket centre to take coaching from senior coach Maninder Singh and he kept that habit even when he became a big cricket star. Dhoni did not forget his old coaching centre when he came to receive his honorary Lt. Colonel rank from the Territorial Army on Tuesday. Despite being pressed for time, he willingly met a group of players from the NSCC next door, along with Maninder Singh. Though Dhoni could not walk across to see the new nets (the coaching centre was displaced during renovation at the National Stadium for the Commonwealth Games began), he spared time to meet the boys, who patiently waited for the investiture ceremony to be over to meet the Indian captain. Dhoni promised the boys and Maninder that he would come calling to the centre before the first Test against the West Indies, starting here on November 6. Maninder recalled that Dhoni’s association with the NSCC began when the club team went to Bhagalpur to play in a prize-money tournament in 2003. NSCC were short of a few players, including wicket-keeper, and they asked the tournament organisers to get a keeper for the tournament. The Bihar team had then gone to play in the Ranji Trophy and Dhoni was not part of it. But the official in Bihar assured NSCC captain Vivek Razdan, a former Test bowler, that the boy picked to don the gloves was a talented colt, who was sure to go places. But NSCC took him on board with a measure of skepticism, though Dhoni not only did a good job behind the wickets, but also smashed an unbeaten 130, to start his association with NSCC, formed by Dronacharya Award-winning coach Gurcharan Singh. Ever since, Dhoni has kept his touch with the centre and whenever he comes to Delhi, he makes it a point to visit it, often incognito. Blast from the past Dhoni did not forget his old coaching centre when he came to receive his honorary rank from the Territorial Army on Tuesday. Despite being pressed for time, he willingly met a group of players from the NSCC next door, along with Maninder Singh.
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Was offered to fix T20 match: Nixon
London, November 3 "I was offered enormous money, millions of pounds, to fix a Twenty20 game in England," Nixon, who retired at the end of last season, was quoted as saying in the 'Daily Mail'. "I had to speak to the anti-corruption guys and they then went to work but people have to be caught doing it and that's tough. This has all done terrible damage to the game," he added. Nixon was quoted in 2007 as saying that he had never been approached by bookmakers and hence, the game in question is believed to have taken place since then. His claims comes on a day when three Pakistani cricketers — Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir — and their agent Majhar Majeed, convicted in the spot-fixing scandal, are awaiting their fate in the Southwark Crown Court. The spot-fixing scandals came to light last year when now-defunct British tabloid 'News of the World' did a sting operation to expose that the three Pakistani cricketers were involved in bowling deliberate no-balls during a Lord' Test against England. Nixon emphasised the corruption scandal could easily stretch to England when he made his claim on a radio station in his native Cumbria, the paper reported.
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World Cup for Indians only?
Faridkot, November 3 Teams like Australia, Germany and Canada consist of Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) or NRIs. But that is not the surprising part. The big question is how these guys get the hang of a traditionally Asian sport in lands as far off as Germany and Australia. Parampal, who plays for Australia, is originally from Amritsar. He has been living in Melbourne for a while and says that kabaddi is not unknown Down Under. “I have seen many Australians cheer teams playing kabaddi. It is a contact sport, somewhat like rugby. They end up enjoying the action so much that at times you see people throwing money on the field. There is certainly awareness towards the sport.” Parampal, who is an Olympic style wrestler as well, admits that kabaddi is played predominantly by Indians, but he feels that endeavours like the World Cup will definitely go a long way in widening the sport’s reach. For Kapurthala’s Paramjit Singh Dhamju, life in Vancouver has not changed much. The burly raider, has always been fond of kabaddi and has continued to do so even after moving to Canada. “People do get a little surprised, but actually wherever there is a sizeable population of Indians, the sport does find its feet. It is not the biggest sport in Canada, but it is not like people have no idea about it either. “There are also so many occasions when the locals come and join us in a game. Now with events such as these, where there is massive prize-money on offer, I think the interest will grow. The future for us and our sport, looks bright,” he says. With the announcement that the number of teams participating is set to increase to 21 from next year, we can expect many more stories of such men coming back to their roots. Sport is showing the different roles it can play in men’s lives, as it helps them bridge the gaps that they themselves had created. |
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Gurmeet scripts Norway win
Gurdaspur, November 3 In the first match of the evening, Norway comprehensively beat Spain 49-35 with the winner’s raider Gurmeet Singh playing a pivotal role in the Scandinavian team’s victory. The Norwegians, having as many as 13 ‘Singhs’ in their ranks, stepped on the ground as the favourites and the squad lived up to its top billing in style as it outclassed a hapless looking Spain by 24 points. Had there been a man of the match award, it surely would have been bagged by Gurmeet. He played his heart out and demonstrated that he was the fulcrum around which his team’s attack revolved. He proved beyond doubt that offence is the sum total of technique and tactics in which footwork plays a big role. Gurmeet, with his pyrotechnics, was the crowd’s darling and since points are scored only through raids it was this ability of his which caught the fancy of the spectators. A raider is always a scorer and that was precisely why Gurmeet and to some extent, Paramvir Singh, stole the limelight. Like all good raiders, Gurmeet and Paramvir had all the factors - tactics, counter-action, ability to extricate themselves from difficult situations and above all, good footwork - working for them. The Spaniards were never really in the reckoning and when their rivals jumped to a 10-point lead they simply ran out of steam. The Norwegian raiders sensing the dull show being put up by their opponents started attacking a bit more vigorously to notch up a comfortable 49-35 win. In the second match of the night, Italy beat Argentina 68-8, while in the last match, USA beat Pakistan 43-39. |
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Gurdaspur revels in kabaddi spirit
Gurdaspur, November 3 Thousands of fans and fanatics wearing passion and enthusiasm of the highest order swarmed the venue to have a glimpse of the proceedings. Nothing is more exciting in the contact sport of kabaddi - aptly termed as the game of the masses - than the sight of champions meeting in a circular ground. The naked struggle begins after the ringing of a bell and the crowd hoots and howls, like they did today in the Norway-Spain match. The scene looked like a straight lift from a film depicting Roman times in which the contestants smell blood and sweat even as the sound of clashing bodies reminds all of the primitive origins of the sport. People from adjoining villages made a beeline since afternoon to get a seat in the stadium boasting of new floodlights. Last year, when the matches were played at the same venue, the lights were yet to be set up. It was for the first time today that the locals had a taste of a sporting extravaganza under artificial lights. Two giant screens were set up inside the ground while one was provided in the media centre. The adage ‘the early bird catches the worm’ was proved to the hilt as only those spectators who had come early in the forenoon were allowed into enter the stadium. Those who reached the venue late had to cool their heels outside. In this sport, a cross between wrestling and rugby, stoutly-built players know that the game has nothing to do with the cerebral cells and it all depends on the power of the body. This is what precisely happened as one heroic man tried to outdo the other. Security was tight and the ground was divided into seven zones, each being supervised by a DSP rank officer. SSP Varinder Pal Singh could be seen supervising the operations since early morning. |
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University fields overage lifters
Patiala, November 3 Documents available with The Tribune show that though Gurpreet Singh, Triptpal Singh and Jagdeep Singh did not meet the participation criteria laid down by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) 2009-10 and 2010-11, they not only represented Guru Nanak but also won medals. The MAKA Trophy for 2009-10 had been awarded to Guru Nanak but Punjabi University had filed a case claiming their stake on the trophy. The case is still pending in Delhi High Court and the trophy for year 2010-11 has not yet been awarded. The incident came to light when these athletes came for trials for the post of powerlifting instructor in Punjabi University, Patiala, a few months back. They attached various merit certificates of the AIIU Powerlifting Championships and when they were asked to produce academic certificates for graduation, they were unable to do so. Talking to The Tribune, Director Sports of Punjabi University Dr. Rajkumar Sharma, said, “When these players were unable to provide academic certificates in accordance with their performance, we asked them to provide notary affivadits about their academic qualifications in which they admitted that they had been playing for four years in the same class BA-I. But the university had filled different classes in their proforma so that no one doubted their participation. Based on such proofs, we have filed a complaint with the MAKA Trophy scrutiny committee in this regard,” he added. Officiating Director Sports of Guru Nanak University, Kanwaljit Singh, said he was unaware of any such incident. |
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Focus, commitment for Olympic success
New Delhi, November 3 “They are all champions in their own right (the other athletes headed for London),” Bindra said during a function held here for mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Samsung India Electronics and the Indian Olympic Association. “The trick is to be able to detach yourself from the surrounding ‘hangama’ and focus on your target. There is really no time to enjoy,” Bindra said. The function was attended by, apart from Bindra, by fellow-shooters Gagan Narang and Ronjan Sodhi, archer Deepika Kumari and boxer Vikas Krishan. Also present were IOA acting president Vijay Kumar Malhotra and secretary-general Randhir Singh. The MoU makes Samsung the ‘Olympic Partner’ for the Indian contingent to the London Games. All the athletes present stressed on their focus for the coming events. Young Deepika impressed with her commitment while Vikas Krishan was surprisingly eloquent in calling Bindra his ‘hero’ and humour, as when asked why he had jumped nine kilos to 69-kg class. “They say, in boxing, you will die whether you win or lose. I just don’t want to die hungry…” Narang’s ambition to come up with good displays in three events - the 10-metre air rifle, three-position and 50-metre prone is a little bit of a surprise, but the shooter thinks he can do it. “The 10-metre is obviously my top event but I think I am a fairly decent multi-event shooter so I have a chance.” |
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Chandgi Ram wrestling meet
New Delhi, November 3 The most impressive feat of his international career was the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok. Competing in the 100-kg class, he defeated then world champion Anwari Abulfazi of Iran to claim the gold. Two years later, he represented India in the Munich Olympics. Around 15 teams from different States will participate in 10 weight categories. Each category will have cash awards. The main attraction of the tournament will be competition for school and college students and men and women. The competitions will be held according to FILA rules. |
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