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HC allows BCCI to decide on Modi’s fate
SC to hear plea to restrain Srini from attending AGM
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Pujara-inspired India ready to take on West Indies A in Tests
CLT20
Changes in my technique paid off: Deepika
Archer Deepika Kumari won silver medal in archery World Cup in Paris. — File photo
PGTI Championship
‘Sushil’s words inspired me’
Thailand open
Back in Seoul, Ben hopes for ‘new chance’
WTA boss says women players ‘ready’ for five sets
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HC allows BCCI to decide on Modi’s fate
New Delhi, September 24 “So far as appeal of the BCCI is concerned, it is allowed,” the court said. The High Court also dismissed Modi’s cross-appeal against the decision of the lower court which had declined to pass an interim order on his petition challenging the appointment of Sanjay Patel and Jagmohan Dalmiya in the BCCI by N. Srinivasan. “Appeal of Lalit Modi is dismissed for the reasons that the relief claimed by him is the same relief which he had already claimed in the main suit before the trial court....it will tantamount to a decree passed by the High Court,” it said. Modi’s lawyers sought copy of the order on urgent basis saying they will file an appeal in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. While rejecting Modi’s arguments questioning the appointment of Dalmiya and Patel, the court said Srinivasan continues to be the president of BCCI and he is also vested with some power to appoint them as functionaries of the Board. The BCCI had moved the High Court challenging the trial court’s order restraining it from holding its SGM contending the lower court had no jurisdiction to pass such an order as the SGM is scheduled to be held in Chennai. Modi, in his cross-appeal, had challenged the appointments of Patel as Secretary and Dalmiya as the interim chief of the cricket board in Srinivasan’s place. On September 21, the trial court had in an ex-parte order restrained BCCI from holding its SGM on Modi’s plea challenging Patel’s authority as BCCI Secretary in issuing the September 2 notices to him for considering the report of a three-member disciplinary committee comprising Arun Jaitley, Chirayu Amin and Jyotiraditya Scindia on September 25. The trial court had also granted four days to BCCI, Patel and Dalmiya to file their responses on Modi’s plea and posted the matter for September 30. In his cross-appeal, Modi had contended the September 2 notice issued to him was without authority as Patel was not authorised and it was issued on the instructions of Srinivasan who, in the wake of IPL spot -fixing scam in which his son-in-law as an accused, has chosen not to perform the functions of BCCI President. Modi was the IPL Chairman-cum-Commissioner during the first three editions of the tournament but was suspended immediately after the closing ceremony in 2010 on charges of financial irregularities in running the league as well as improper practices during the auction of two new teams before the third edition. During the suspension, a three-member disciplinary committee, comprising Scindia and Jaitley along with president Srinivasan, was formed. But Srinivasan recused himself and the erstwhile IPL chairman Chirayu Amin was made a member. Subsequently, Amin also recused himself and it became a two-member committee. However by the time, Jaitley, who looked after the legal part, and Scindia, who looked into the charges of impropriety, submitted an exhaustive 400-page report, Srinivasan had stepped aside from discharging his functions as BCCI chief. The Charges In a 400-page report - prepared by senior BCCI functionaries Arun Jaitley, Chirayu Amin and Jyotiraditya Scindia—the committee found Modi guilty of:
Rigging bids during the franchise auction in 2010
Arm-twisting the Kochi franchise and threatening to terminate their franchise agreement in favour of another bidder
Showing interest in creating a rebel T20 league in England without the knowledge of the BCCI and the ECB
Dead end Special General Meeting (SGM) is convened to strictly discuss a pre-fixed agenda and require a three-quarter mandate for a decision to be ratified. This effectively means that 24 votes would be enough to get Modi banned in a house of 31 votes, including 27 full members, National Cricket Club in Kolkata, Cricket Club of India in Mumbai, All-India Universities and the president's vote. The charges, relating to irregularities in various financial and administrative matters of the IPL including the sale of franchise and media rights, were pressed in 2010 soon after Modi's swift and dramatic exit
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SC to hear plea to restrain Srini from attending AGM
New Delhi, September 24 “All right. We will hear it on Friday,” a bench headed by Justice AK Patnaik said when the counsel for CAB sought an urgent hearing of the plea on the issue. CAB, in its application, has sought “interim injunction retraining respondent number 2 (Srinivasan) from contesting for the post of President of respondent number 1 (BCCI) in the Annual General Meeting to be held on September 29 at Chennai.” It has also sought a directive to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that Srinivasan should not be inducted in any committee of the board till the matter pending in the apex court is decided. The court had earlier posted for October the hearing on cross appeals filed by BCCI and CAB against the Bombay High Court's verdict that declared the BCCI IPL spot-fixing probe panel as illegal. It had on August 30 heard the petition filed by Aditya Verma, Secretary, CAB, challenging the high court's order refusing to appoint a fresh committee to probe the scam. The court had also issued notices to the BCCI, Srinivasan, his company India Cements which owns IPL team Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals with regards to the plea. CAB had pleaded that when the high court declared the panel of two judges as unconstitutional, BCCI should have appointed a fresh committee to look into the issue. The apex court had on August 7 refused to grant interim stay on high court verdict, derailing Srinivasan's to return as chief of BCCI. The high court order had come on July 30 just two days after the panel, comprising two former judges of the Madras High Court Justices T Jayarama Chouta and R Balasubramanian, submitted its report giving a clean chit to all those against whom the probe was conducted. The panel had gone into the charges against India Cements Ltd, Meiyappan and Raj Kundra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals.
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Pujara-inspired India ready to take on West Indies A in Tests
Mysore, September 24 Saurashtra run-machine Pujara has had a good series with the bat against South Africa A and will look to carry his form into the Test series beginning at the Gangotri Glades. Pujara has been making headlines constantly with big scores at the international level and did not miss an opportunity to score a scintillating century in the previous unofficial Test series against South Africa A in their backyard. The Saurashtrian followed it up with 54 as an opener in the first innings of the second unofficial Test and showed he was ready for the upcoming West Indies series. Pujara, who has scored 1,180 runs from 13 Tests with an average of 65.55, will also have an opportunity to showcase his captaincy skills. He would go into the West Indies series with fond memories of squaring the series against South Africa A. Pujara had successfully led India A to victory defeating the hosts by an innings and 13 runs in the first unofficial Test, but lost the second by 121 runs as he did not field the winning combination and instead gave chance to other youngsters. ith the kind of form and fighting abilities the visitors displayed in the ODI series, Pujara and his men would be wary of their opponents. Manpreet Juneja, a right-handed batsman from Ahmedabad, would be itching to go against the West Indies, especially after he had a fruitful series against New Zealand A. He amassed 236 runs in two innings with a remarkable 193 in the second Test. Other youngsters such as Jiwanjot Singh, K L Rahul, Rajat Paliwal and Harshad Khadiwale, who have shown their potential in domestic matches, would like display their batting talent. — PTI
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Sunrisers’ Perera steals Bravo’s thunder Tribune News Service
The talented left-hander, who has modelled his game after his legendary cousin Brain Lara, put his silken yet aggressive touch and range on full display against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday. Up against the attack comprising Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma and Amit Mishra, he came up with one of the better knocks of the tournament, smashing 66 of 44 balls with five boundaries and four hits over the ropes. A couple of small but significant contributions from others ensured that Trinidad and Tobago finished for a challenging 160. However, the total proved inadequate as Thisara Perera hammered an unbeaten 32-ball 57, studded with four boundaries and four sixes, to eke out a thrilling four-wicket victory. Before Perera came up with the blitzkrieg, Shikhar Dhawan was the one who could have stolen Bravo’s thunder. And for a while he did look on the way to upstage Bravo. Dhawan began with a boundary off the very first ball. That was followed by another couple of boundaries and a fine six off Samuel Badri. But just when he appeared to have dug in for a long haul, he fell for a soft caught-and-bowled dismissal for 23. Once he was gone, the responsibility to keep the team in the hunt fell on fellow left-handers JP Duminy and Thisara Perera. While the South African fell cheaply, the Sri Lankan launched an astonishing attack, using long handle to great effect, to see the team home in last over. Titans win Titans registered a thrilling four-run win over Brisbane Heat to win their first match in the tournament. Out for mere 123, they showed remarkable resilience to restrict the opposition to 119 for a thrilling win. Marchant de Lange did the star turn with four wickets for just 14 runs. Brief Scores: (Match 1) Titans 123 (Davids 39, Gale 4/10); Heat 119 (Hopes 37, Marchant de Lange 3-13); (Match 2): Trinidad & Tobago 160/8 (Bravo 66, Lewis 22; Sammy 2/21, Perera 2/26); Sunrisers Hyderabad 164/6 in 19.3 ov (Perera 57*, Dhawan 23; Narine 4/9).
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Changes in my technique paid off: Deepika
New Delhi, September 24 Barely a month before last Sunday’s triumph, the Indian trio of Deepika, Bombayala Devi and Rimil Buriuly had won back-to-back World Cup titles — beating formidable South Korea in the women’s recurve team final in Wroclaw, Poland and trouncing China to claim the World Cup Women’s team gold in Medallin, Columbia. “I have made a few changes in my shooting technique and they are paying off. Next event is the World Championships in Turkey and I am hoping to do well there,” the 19-year-old Deepika said. World No. 3 Deepika said she was working hard and trying to get better with each outing. “I have been consistent this year and I am trying to get better. Paris was a good experience and everytime I get to learn something new from the Koreans. I am trying to get better with each outing,” she said here on Tuesday. In Paris on Sunday Deepika settled for her third successive silver after being pipped by Korean Olympic champion Ok-Hee Yun. Deepika started wonderfully with three perfect 10s and led 3-1 but a shocking time lapse in the third set enabled the Korean rally past the Indian for a 6-4 win in the showpiece annual fixture held after four stages of World Cup. For Deepika the one in Paris was her second loss to Yun as the Indian once again could not overcome the Korean jinx. In the final of the Shanghai World Cup in May, a judging error by the Ranchi girl had led to a shocking defeat. Archery Association of India President VK Malhotra was praised Deepika. “She has been doing the country proud and we hope she does well in Asian Games and then the Olympics,” Mr. Malhotra said.
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Baisoya thrills with eight-under
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Chandigarh, September 24 PGTI Tour rookie, Baisoya started his day with a bang, making a birdie on the first hole and followed it up with another on the sixth. He dropped the only stroke of the day, on the par-four seventh but picked up birdies on the eighth and ninth holes to make the turn at four-under-par. Five more birdies on the back nine — on the 10th, 11th and 15th, 16th and 17th holes saw him end the day two strokes ahead of the pack with a 64. “I hit the ball straight and that gave me a lot of confidence today,” said seventeen-year-old Baisoya who is playing his first professional season. “I did not miss any chances on the greens and had a tremendous run of four successive birdies on the eighth, ninth, 10th and 11th holes that spurred me on further. I also converted some good chip-putts today and feel that this is the ideal start to the week. I have not had a very good season so far and would like to change that. However, I have had two top-three finishes on the Feeder Tour this year and gained a lot confidence from that,” he added. Rajiv Niranjan Datar, S Chikkarangappa and Manav Jaini tied for second place in the early stages of the tournament, with identical scores of six-under-par, 66. “I have not played too much golf this year as I have been recovering from a knee injury that I suffered in the first half of the season so I am quite pleased with my first round effort as it will help me get back in the groove. I putted well today and made a great par-save on the first hole where I missed the fairway but converted a 20-footer for par,” said Datar. Jaini, already a winner on the PGTI Tour this year, said, “My iron-play was good today, unlike last week when I was struggling with the irons. I hit the ball consistently and kept it in play, hitting 16 greens in regulation.”
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‘Sushil’s words inspired me’
Few encouraging words from the double Olympic medallist ensured that the 25-year-old Yadav stood on the podium with the bronze medal around his neck. “Before coming back from the championships, Sushil ‘bhai’ dropped into my room to advise me on how to go about it. He told me I had a genuine chance of winning a medal and asked me not to think about the opponents. His words spurred me to give my 100 percent,” Yadav said. Yadav delivered India its first medal in the Greco Roman category when he defeated Serbia’s Aleksandar Maksimovic in the 66kg division on Sunday. “It was a dream come true. There were expectations from me and I am happy that I delivered. I hope my medal will motivate others to pursue this ancient form of wrestling,” he said. After being sidelined in the Asian Championships in April due to a shoulder injury, Yadav vowed to make an impact at the Worlds and was happy to rise to the occasion. “I injured my right shoulder in Gonda nationals last year, which kept me out of action for a few months and unfortunately I could not take part in the Asian event in Delhi. I knew I had to do well in Budapest as everyone felt I had it in me to achieve big at the international level.” “I thank my coaches for believing in me and helping me. The 15-day training camp ahead of the championship was also very helpful,” he said. It was in the 2009 Nationals that Yadav caught the eye of the senior coaches and was given a year-long stint at the national camp in Sonepat. The experience transformed Yadav into a much confident grappler. “I got to learn every minute detail about Greco Roman wrestling. I went onto win the 2010 Nationals. It made me a better fighter,” said Yadav, who is a gold medalist in sub-junior and bronze medalist in junior nationals. Like other Greco Roman wrestlers, Yadav too began with the freestyle until he was asked to switch to the traditional form, looking at his superior throwing techniques. Coach Kuldip Singh, who was on his maiden tour with the team, said the medal was long overdue in this style, which is very popular and keenly pursued in Europe. “I am very proud of my team, especially Sandeep. We knew we could bag a medal at big events. We needed role models in our style and I am sure this bronze medal will open the gates for a promising future,” Singh said. “We have to popularise this format. Coaches spot wrestlers at national competitions and advise them to go for Greco Roman. But by that time they are already 16-17 years old and have imbibed freestyle techniques. We have to start grooming wrestlers for Greco-Roman at early age, so that they can excel,” he added.
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Hesh-Lindstedt out in Rd 1
Bangkok, September 24
Paes and his Italian partner Daniele Bracciali have been seeded second and they will open their campaign against James Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin. Somdev bows out of Malaysian Open Somdev Devvarman lost his first round match to fellow qualifier Matteo Viola in straight sets to crash out of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. The Indian lost 3-6 3-6 to his lower-ranked Italian rival after one hour and 15 minutes. While Somdev is ranked 98, Viola is 140 on the ATP ranking charts. It was first meeting between the two players. Somdev's fifth double fault of the match handed Viola two match points. The Indian saved first but Viola converted second to set up a second round clash with world number four Spaniard David Ferrer. — PTI
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Back in Seoul, Ben hopes for ‘new chance’
Seoul, September 24 Twenty-five years to the day since he blasted down lane six of Seoul’s Olympic Stadium, leaving arch-enemy Carl Lewis wide-eyed in his wake, Johnson returned to the South Korean capital on Tuesday with a warning for the next generation of athletes: stay clear of performance-enhancing drugs. Now 51 and, he says, “older and wiser”, Johnson said no mother should have to watch her son or daughter experience what he has lived through for the last 25 years. “I broke the rules and I got punished. Twenty-five years later I’m still being punished for something I did. There’s people who murder and rape people, go to jail and get out. I just break the rules in sport and I’ve been nailed to the cross.” Johnson, however, said ordinary people in Canada were not baying for his blood as had been reported. “Maybe people in the government were upset. But the general public, two months, three months after it happened I had a lot of fans, a lot of support.” On the final leg of a campaign that calls for radical improvement of the anti-doping system, Johnson talked of a “second chance at life”, of moving on, of a future helping young athletes to “choose the right track”.
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WTA boss says women players ‘ready’ for five sets
Singapore, September 24 Allaster, chairman and CEO of the Women’s Tennis Association, said female competitors would be quite happy to play for as long as the men if asked by the Grand Slam tournaments. “Ready, willing and able — all you have to do is ask us,” she said. She add that the major stumbling block was the length of time it would take at Grand Slams. “It’s already challenging (scheduling) the Grand Slams with (men’s) five-set matches. For us, we think three sets works well for our fans, and as we look at the consumption of sport, it’s being done in shorter form.” The debate over match length has increased with women now earning equal prize money to the men at the four Grand Slams. Murray on the mend after back operation
The 26-year-old Scot gave the thumbs up sign lying in his hospital bed in a picture he posted on his Twitter account to show he was in good spirits after the operation. On Monday night, Murray posted on Twitter: “Thanks for all the well wishes, means a lot to me... First thing I said when I came round was ‘did I win?’” The world number three announced last week that he had decided to have a minor operation to sort out a disc problem in his lower back that has been bothering him for most of this year.
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It was Bhupathi's first tournament after US Open, where he was knocked in the first round along with German partner Philipp Petzschner. The Indian challenge is still alive in the tournament as Leander Paes is also playing in the doubles event.
London: Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is on the mend after undergoing minor surgery on his back.
