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Jeev finishes runner-up BANGKOK, Nov 15 — It was second time unlucky for India’s Jeev Milkha Singh in as many weeks as he lost to South Africa’s James Kingston in a tense sudden death play off to finish runners-up in the Omega Tour’s $ 200,000 Thailand Open Golf here today. Rovers Cup kicks off tomorrow MUMBAI, Nov 15 — The Iranian cultural sports organisation of Dubai will add flavour to this year’s Bristol Rovers Cup Football Tournament, that kicks off at Cooperage grounds here on November 17. Courtney Walsh injured KIMBERLEY (South Africa), Nov 15 — West Indies paceman Courtney Walsh sprained his ankle on the opening day of the four-day game against Griqualand West yesterday. |
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Jeev finishes runner-up BANGKOK, Nov 15 (UNI) — It was second time unlucky for India’s Jeev Milkha Singh in as many weeks as he lost to South Africa’s James Kingston in a tense sudden death play off to finish runners-up in the Omega Tour’s $ 200,000 Thailand Open Golf here today. Jeev, who lost to Jyoti Randhwa in the Hero Honda Masters in Delhi last week, carded six under 66 in the last round and totalled 16 under 272(69,67,70,66) and drew parity with James Kingston, who returned two under 70 for 272(65,64,69,70) and had to play an extra hole to decide the winner. After missing a three foot putt for victory at the last, Kingston wasted another straight forward birdie on the first extra hole but emerged winner when Jeev pushed his three foot effort just wide. Kingston collected a cheque of $ 32,300 while Jeev had to once again content with $ 22,260 cheque. First two round leader Jyoti Randhawa fired two under par 70 last round and slipped to fourth place with 14 under 274(65,66,73,70) to earn $ 9000. Arjun Atwal returned five under par 67 round to finish at the 8th slot with 12 under par 276 (74,65,70,67) to collect $ 6000. Atwal’s city mate Amritinder Singh fired his second successive three under par 69 round and ended 9th with 11 under par 277(71,68, 69,69) for $ 5000. Another Indian Amandeep Johl had three over par 75 to finish joint 45th with one over 289 (70,74,70,75). He earned $ 1,120. Delhi’s Vivek Bhandari had two over 74 round and was placed 51st with three over 291 (71,75,71,74). Kingston fired five birdies and three bogeys for a final round 70 and a 16 under par aggregate, while European Tour regular Jeev forced the play-off after carding a superb six under 66. South Africa’s Craig Kamps missed making it a three-way play-off after dropping a shot at the final hole, but still finished third on 15 under after matching Jeev’s 66. One ahead at the start of the day, Kingston extended his lead to three at the turn after touring the front half in 34. Jeev playing the flight ahead reduced the gap with consecutive birdies at 10 and 11, before drawing level with another birdie at the par five 16th. But Kingston gave himself a one shot cushion going into the last when he holed a 12 foot birdie at the par three 17th, only to drop back level with Jeev after his three-putt bogey at 18. "Although I felt calm on the 18th in regulation play, I’am sure I was very tense because I pushed it wide. I didn’t want to leave myself a downhill putt coming back," added the 32-year-old from Potchefstoom. "I’m playing well but it’s just not happening for me at the moment," said a disappointed Singh, who has now had three-top three finished in as many weeks. "I tried really hard but again it was a case of leaving too many putts in the jaws of the hole. But I’m happy with the way I’ve played since returning to Asia though obviously disappointed not to win after finishing third once and runner-up twice." Jeev said. Kamps secured his highest finish of the season after firing nine birdies and three bogeys, while India’s Jyoti Randhawa, finished fourth with Thailand’s Boonchu Runangkit. Thailand’s Putra Cup
Champion Thongchai Jaidee continued his run of form with
a three under 69 and finished tied for sixth place on 13
under with Simon Yates of Scotland. |
Rovers Cup kicks off tomorrow MUMBAI, Nov 15 (PTI) - The Iranian cultural sports organisation of Dubai will add flavour to this year’s Bristol Rovers Cup Football Tournament, that kicks off at Cooperage grounds here on November 17. The final of the tournament, offering Rs 3 lakh for champions, Rs 2 lakh for runners-up and Rs 1 lakh each for losing semi-finalists, will be held on December 5. According to the fixture for the tournament released by Western India Football Association, the organisers, here last night, of the total 16 teams participating, 10 are seeded directly to the quarter-final league. The remaining six teams will be divided into two groups and play in a round-robin pre-quarter-final league. The top teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-final league which would have four groups of three teams each. Other than the Dubai Club, the teams seeded directly into the quarter-final league are defending champions JCT Phagwara, Calcutta giants East Bengal, Churchill Brothers, Salgaocar and Dempo Sports Club of Goa, FC Kochin and Mumbai teams Air-India, Mahindra and Mahindra and Bengal Mumbai Club. The teams participating in the pre-quarter-final league are SBT, Thiruvananthapuram, Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), Chennai Customs, ITI Bangalore, Vasco Sports Club of Goa and Mumbai’s Central Railway. Besides cash awards to the teams, the player of the tournament would get a purse of Rs 50,000 and Akhtar Hussain Memorial Trophy, instituted by former member of Parliament and cine star Sunil Dutt. The quarter-final league would start from November 25, while the semi-finals would be held on December 2 and 3 followed by the finals on December 5. JCT Phagwara beat Churchill Brothers 1-0 in the final last year to win the cup. Fixtures: Group X: SBT, PSEB, Chennai Customs; Group Y: ITI, Vasco SC, Central Railway. 18.11.98 PSEB vs Chennai Customs 19.11.98 ITI vs Central Railway 20.11.98 SBT vs Chennai Customs 21.11.98 Vasco SC vs Central Railway 22.11.98 PSEB vs SBT 23-11.98 Vasco SC vs ITI Quarter-final league: Group-A: East Bengal Club, Air India SC, Salgaocar SC Group-B: Iranian Club (Dubai), F C Kochin, qualifier Group-C: Churchill Bros, Mahindras, qualifier Group-D: JCT, BMFC, Dempo SC 25/11/98 3.30 pm Mahindras vs qualifier 5.15 pm Iranian Club vs qualifier. 26/11/98 3.30 pm Salgaocar SC vs Air-India 5.15 pm BMFC vs Dempo SC. 27/11/98 3.30 pm F C Kochin vs qualifier. 5.15 pm Churchill Brothers vs qualifier. 28/11/98 3.30 pm JCT vs Dempo SC, 5.15 pm East Bengal vs Air-India 29/11/98 3.30 pm Churchill Brothers vs Mahindras, 5.15 pm Iranian Club vs F C Kochin. 30/11/98 3.30 pm JCT vs BMFC, 5.15 pm East Bengal vs Salgaocar SC. 01/12/98 Rest day. 02/12/98 3.00 pm first semi-final. 03/12/98 3.00 pm second semi-final. 04/12/98 Rest day 05/12/98 3.00 pm final |
Neelam, Sunita set new marks CALCUTTA, Nov 15 (PTI) — Punjab women Neelam J. Singh and Sunita Rani rewrote their own national records in discus and 5000 metres, four meet records tumbled, and hosts Bengal led with four golds on the exciting opening day of the three-day 38th Inter-State Athletic Championship at the Salt Lake Stadium here today. The 27-year old Neelam threw the discus to a distance of 59.44 m, eclipsing her own record of 59.18 m, set in the open athletics meet at the same venue earlier this month. Harjit Kaur of Bengal got the silver with a throw of 54.62 m and the bronze went to Tamil Nadu’s Subha (54.54 m). Sunita Rani became the first Indian woman to run 5000 m under 16 minutes, as she led from start to finish to win with a timing of 15:59.06 seconds, bettering her own national mark of 16:09.00 seconds achieved during the open meet. Madhuri Gurnule of Maharashtra won silver and L. Aruna Devi of West Bengal took bronze, at 17:37.92 and 18:00.90. Rachita Mistry of Maharashtra created a sensation in the women’s 100m, when she won the race in 11.55 seconds and broke the 14-year old meet record of sprint queen P.T. Usha of Kerala. Veteran Usha, who won the silver in 11.74 secs, had set up the old mark of 11.7 seconds (hand-timed) in 1984. Karnataka’s E.B. Shyla bagged the 100 m bronze in 11.79 seconds. Bengal woman hurdler Debi Bose set a new meet record in the 100m hurdles by winning in 13.93 seconds, which was 0.02 seconds better than the old mark of 13.95 seconds set by M.K. Asha of Karnataka in 1995. Anuradha Biswal of Orissa won silver in 14.07 seconds and Karnataka’s Poonam Beliappa the bronze at 14.38 seconds. Gurmeet Kaur of Delhi sent the other meet record aside in the women’s javelin, by hurling the spear to 53.40m and eclipsing the old mark of 52.20 m set by Sushma Behera of Orissa in 1995. Karnataka’s N.M. Hemalata and Pushpa took silver and bronze with throws of 47.72 m and 44.38 m, respectively. Anil Kumar of Haryana came up with a sterling performance by setting a new meet mark of 59.04 m in men’s discus, improving upon his own effort of 57.60 m achieved last year. Ajit Bhaduria of Bihar, who bagged the silver, also bettered the old meet record with a throw of 58.18 m. Kanwalpreet Singh won bronze at 55.12 m. The hosts led the medal table with a haul of four golds and three silvers, followed by Delhi which picked up three golds. The hosts also bagged gold in women’s 800m, with Jyotirmoyee Sikdar doing justice to her reputation by touching the finishing line in 2:01.32 seconds. Rosa Kutty (2:03.39) of Karnataka got the silver and Tamil Nadu’s C. Latha (2:12.84) the bronze. The men’s long jump was won by Bengal’s Sanjay Rai (7.76m), while his statemate Amit Saha (7.59m) bagged the silver. B.S. Vinod (7.56m) of Kerala got the bronze. Bengal also earned a gold in women’s hammerthrow as K. Jebeswari Devi hurled the metal to a distance of 48.36 m. In men’s 1500m, ace athlete Bahadur Prasad, donning the Uttar Pradesh colours, had little difficulty in picking up the gold with a timing of 3:42.78 seconds. Sanjoy Gonde (3:55.58) of Bihar won the silver and Sanjeev Nair (3:53.99) of Maharashtra the bronze.
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Windies 'A' squad arrives MUMBAI, Nov 15 (PTI) — The West Indies "A" squad, led by Trinidadian fast bowler Ian Bishop, landed here last night from Dhaka sans visas and had to undergo a harrowing time at Sahar international airport. The 16-member team with former West Indies Test star Joel Garner as manager and Roger Harper as coach was given entry into the city only after a written undertaking was given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar. The team is to play two 4-day 'Tests' and 3 one-day internationals against their Indian counterparts, besides playing two other 3-day tour matches. The tourists would commence their campaign with a 3-day fixture against the Indian cricket board President XI led by Harishikesh Kanitkar at the Brabourne Stadium here from November 18. The visitors are to play one more three-day fixture at Pune against Indian Youth XI led by Sairaj Bahutule from November 23 to 25 before going into the two "Tests" series at Bangalore (Nov 28 to Dec 1) and Chennai (Dec 4 to Dec 7). The West Indians are scheduled to play a one-day practice match at Hyderabad on December 9 before playing against India "A" in the 3 one-day internationals to be held at Hyderabad (Dec 11). Ahmedabad (Dec 13) and Mumbai (Dec 15).
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Services hold edge over Himachal NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (PTI) — Services held a slender edge over Himachal Pradesh, needing 55 runs for victory with six second innings wickets in hand on the penultimate day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match at Harbaksh Stadium here today. On a day which saw 17 wickets falling for just 121 runs, Services, who made 226 runs in reply to the visitor’s 267, were 79 for 4 after bowling out Himachal for a paltry 92 in their second innings. At stumps, Pankaj Maitrey (18) was batting along with C.D. Thompson (6). Services captain Chinmaya Sharma (3) again fell early to Jaswant Rai after openers Sarabjit Singh and Narender Singh gave the hosts a solid start of 48 runs. Sanjay Verma (2) was bowled by Praveen Sharma. Earlier, Services, resuming at overnight 197 for 7, were bundled out for 226 — conceding a 41-run lead to Himachal. The hosts then came back strongly to pack the visitors off for just 92 runs in 43.4 overs with spinners Arun Sharma (6/34) and Sanjay Sirshat (3/17) ripping through the Himachal batting. Only Arun Varma (25-4x4) could manage a decent score for Himachal Pradesh as the Services bowlers bowled a tight line. SCOREBOARD: Extras: (B-11, LB 8, NB-11) 30. Total: (in 102 overs) 226. Fall of wickets: 1/39, 2/50, 3/75, 4/117, 5/118, 6/170, 7/182, 8/213, 9/223. Bowling: Rahul Panta 19-5-51-2, Praveen Sharma 14-3-42-4, Sangram Singh 6-2-13-0, Jaswant Rai 35-17-48-1, Nischal Gaur 27-8-49-3, Rajeev Nayyar 1-0-4-0. Himachal (2nd innings): Extras: (NB-1) 1. Total: (all out in 43.4 overs) 92. Fall of wickets: 1/12, 2/32, 3/40, 4/47, 5/50, 6/50, 7/60 8/68, 9/72. Bowling: M.V. Rao 6-1-18-0, J.P. Pandey 11-3-23-1, A. Sharma 16-7-34-6, S. Sirsat 10.4-3-17-3. Services (2nd innings): Extras: (B-4, LB-1, NB-5) 10. Total: (for 4 wkts, 25 overs) 79. Fall of wickets: 1/45, 2/48, 3/53, 4/56. Bowling: Praveen
Sharma 10-2-41-3, Rahul Panta 3-0-13-0, Jaswant Rai
8-5-10-1, Nischal Gaur 4-1-10-0. |
Courtney Walsh injured KIMBERLEY (South Africa), Nov 15 (Reuters) — West Indies paceman Courtney Walsh sprained his ankle on the opening day of the four-day game against Griqualand West yesterday. Walsh left the field after two deliveries of his 15th over his condition will be known today after physiotherapy and ice treatment. Curtly Ambrose was already missing from the line-up after he had a toenail removed following an injury caused by bowling in new boots. Ambrose is expected to recover before the first Test in Johannesburg, starting on November 26. West Indies dismissed Griquas for 271 and were five without loss when bad light ended play early. Griquas began solidly and reached 83 for one but then lost their next five for 79 against disciplined pace bowling. Piet Barnard, dropped on 13 and 30, made the best score of 58. Mervyn Dillon was the pick
of the bowling. |
200 Test wkts next target: McGrath SYDNEY, Nov 15 (AFP) — Rejuvenated Australian pace spearhead Glenn McGrath has set himself a target of reaching 200 test wickets in this summer’s Ashes series against England, starting this week. McGrath has also stressed the importance of Australia starting well in the two back-to-back Tests against Alec Stewart’s tourists in Brisbane and Perth, which open a hectic schedule of five matches in seven weeks. Just back from Australia’s successful tour of Pakistan, McGrath said he was fit and very happy with his bowling. McGrath claimed 12 wickets at 28.67 in the three-Test series in Pakistan after a string of injuries had curtailed his recent appearances. He had hoped to reach the 200-wicket mark last summer but only managed three tests due to injury. His series haul in Pakistan lifted his Test tally to 178. "I guess 200 is the next major goal. I set myself five wickets a Test, so we’ve got five tests (against England)... 25 wickets," McGrath said today. "Hopefully, I’ll knock that off well and truly this summer." McGrath said he thought Australia would do well in the Ashes if they could maintain the standard of the past two years. "The first two Tests
will be important... whoever gets the early ascendancy
should go well. We had a great tour of Pakistan and if we
can continue our form there we’re going to be real
tough to beat. |
India to host 3 TT international meets THANE, Nov 15 (PTI) — India would host three international table tennis tournaments including the Asia Cup at Mumbai next year. The Secretary of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), Moolchand Chauhan, told reporters here yesterday that 25 countries are expected to participate in the junior Asian championship to be held at Bangalore in September next. The third international tournament to be held in the country would be the Asian veteran championship to be held at Goa in the last week of September 1999 while the exact dates for all the three tournaments would be fixed later. The annual general body, which met here, also decided to ban players for a minimum of one year and a maximum of three years if found over-aged, he said. All the players who participated in the ongoing Western India Table Tennis Tournament at Thane went through a medical check-up and the TTFI would soon announce the names of the over-aged players, he added. The TTFI also decided to give the next year's senior men's and women's nationals to Orissa while the junior nationals would be held at Chandigarh and the sub-junior nations would be conducted by Kerala State Table Tennis Association, Mr Chauhan said. The Bhilai Steel Plant at Madhya Pradesh will host the inter-institution table tennis tournament. However, the dates and the exact venue of all the tournaments would be fixed later. The 1998 sub-junior
nationals to be held at Surat in December have been
postponed and will now be held at Surat from February 1
to 8 next year, Mr Chauhan added. |
East Bengal rout Jurong 3-0 SILIGURI, Nov 15 (PTI) — Calcutta giant East Bengal sealed the fate of Jurong F C (Singapore) with a 3-0 win in a group-A match of the Tata Tea 104th IFA Shield Football Tournament at the Kanchenjungha Stadium here today. Bengal’s Nizerian forward Opoku scored two goals for his club while another Nizerian Sulle Musha struck the third just before the long whistle. All the three goals came in the second half. After the barren first half Opoku converted a free kick in the 53rd minute for the first goal. The Nizerian then put the ball into the net for the second time off a Sreekanta centre. Sulley Musha’s power-packed shot from 30 yards in the 88th minute gave no chance to Jurong’s custodian Keman who was left stranded. Jurong lost to JCT (Phagwara) 1-2 in their first match here on November 13. Today’s match which saw a better turnout of football lovers was stopped twice — for three minutes in the first half and for two minutes after lemon break following a series of rough tacklings and scuffles between players. In the 24th minute players of both sides started exchanging fisticuffs in the mid field with Opoku and Jurong’s defender Bharooch lying on the ground following a rough tackle. Both were shown yellow card. The match was stopped for three minutes. The situation turned worse in the second half. The referee, P K Bose had to seek his assistant’s help to identify the Jurong player who had kicked an East Bengal player. This incensed players of the Singapore team who attacked the assistant referee. Altogether seven yellow cards — three to East Bengal and four to Jurong players — were shown in today’s match. East Bengal’s striker Dipendu Biswas left the ground after being injured 10 minutes before the final whistle as he was hit by Jurong’s custodian Keman. Keman was also shown the yellow card. Jurong F C would take on
Tollygunj Agragami on Tuesday while East Bengal would
lock horns with JCT (Phagwara) on same day. The
semi-final was scheduled for November 19. |
Meeta clinches a double PANCHKULA, Nov 15 — Spirited Meeta Bhandari of Punjab won top honours by winning women singles and doubles titles on the concluding day of the 4th Tara Chand Memorial Prize Money Badminton Tournament here today. Opinder Pal Singh of Railways bagged the men's singles title. Vidhu Vatrana of Punjab gave her state the girls singles title while in doubles, Shehnaz and Aarti of Punjab were declared the winners. Dilpreet Singh of Punjab had to face a tough time before winning the boys singles under 16 title. The masters doubles above 35 title went to Virinder Mehta and MP Dogra of Chandigarh. The women's singles final was a cliff-hanger tie with Meeta clinching the first game at 11-1 from Yogeeta Sharma of Punjab. But in the beginning of second game, at 2-4 Meeta twisted her right feet but that did not deter this determined girl from Patiala to right and in second game Yogita managed to restrict Meeta at 11-9. The third game was eventually a see saw affair and Meeta and Yogita tied at 10-10 but Meeta wrapped up the game and match at 13-10. In under 16 boys, Dilpreet Singh of Punjab had to face a stiff resistance from plucky Aakash Singh of Chandigarh and later went down fighting at 10-15, 10-15. Opinder Pal, the top seed of Railways, was too extended to three games by Harish Chander who also represents Railways but the experienced Opinder managed to down Harish at 15-7, 4-15, 15-10. Vidhu Vatrana, the daughter of former international Vinod Vatrana, dethroned Romi of Haryana 11-3, 11-7 to became the girls under 16 champion. Results: Final; Boys under 13: (Single; Sumit Dahiya (Har) b Sachin Garg (Har) 15-1, 15-2. Doubles: Sumit and Saurahb (Har) b Sachin and Gurinder (Har) 15-2, 15-4. Results final; Boys single; Under 16 (final): Dilpreet Singh (Pb) b Aakash Singh (Chd) 15-10, 15-10. Girls single (under 16); Vidhuvatrana (Pb) b Romi (Har) 11-3, 11-7. Doubles; Shahnaz and Aarti (Pb) b Nidhi and Gauri (Har) 15-5, 15-8. Women singles; Meeta Bhandari (Pb) b Yogita Sharma (Pb) 11-1, 9-11, 13-10. Doubles; Meeta Bhandari and Yogita (Pb) b Geeta Aggarwal & Nazma (Chd) 15-6, 15-3. Men's singles; Opinder Pal Singh (Rly) b Harish Chander (Rly) 15-7, 4-15, 15-10. Masters doubles (Above 35); Virinder Mehta & MP Dogra (Chd) b Anil Mittal & Jatinder Mahajan (Har), 15-5, 8-18, 15-7. Boys doubles; U-16;
Dilpreet Singh and Ramneek (Pb) b Arvind & Umesh
(Har) 10-15, 15-10, 15-3. |
Punjab boys, girls win in hockey CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 — Punjab boys and girls trounced Gujarat by 3-0 and 5-0 respectively, in hockey in the National School Games being held here at different venues today. In basketball boys Punjab first defeated Uttar Pradesh 100-47 and then Haryana by 73-13 in pool matches. Haryana prevailed over Punjab 28-19 in the girls section in basketball. The host Chandigarh won their boys hockey matches by blanking Goa at 8-0, and J & K by 17-0, and in girls they got the better of Goa by 5-0. In Handball Chandigarh girls drew with Assam at 5-5, while Haryana beat Andhra Pradesh by 3-6. Results: Basketball: Boys: Punjab b Uttar Pradesh 100-47; Delhi b Assam 71-57; Chandigarh got w/o from Bihar; Rajasthan b AP 59-39; M.P. b Tamil Nadu 47-24; H.P. b J & K 35-19; Kerala b Karnataka 44-21; Maharashtra b Haryana 42-22; Delhi b Rajasthan 53-25; H.P. b Bihar 73-17. Girls: M.P. b Chandigarh 44-12; Haryana b Punjab (28-19; Kerala b U.P. 44-14; Kerala b Delhi 55-20; M.P. b H.P. 64-30. Handball (Boys): Haryana b A.P. 26-21; M.P. b Maharashtra 22-11' U.P. w/o Bihar; J & K b Kerala 18-14. Girls: Chandigarh drew Assam 45-5; Kerala b U.P. 10-4; Haryana b A.P. 21-6; Hockey (Boys): UP b Karnataka 15-1, Punjab b Gujarat 3-0; HP b West Bangal 4-0; M.P. b Kerala 4-2; Delhi b Haryana 3-2; Rajasthan b A.P. 3-1; Delhi b Maharashtra 3-1; MP b Tamil Nadu 2-1; Assam b Pondicherry 2-2- Chandigarh b Goa 8-0. Chandigarh b J & K 17-0. Girls: H.P. b Maharashtra
3-1; Haryana b Kerala 19-0; U.P. b A.P. 12-0; Chandigarh
b Goa 5-0; Punjab b Gujarat 5-0; Rajasthan b Karnataka
1-0; M.P. b Goa 3-0; Delhi b Kerala 6-1; HP drew UP 0-0. |
PSEB eves record impressive win LUDHIANA, Nov 15 — Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala, recorded an impressive 3-1 victory against North Eastern Railway, Gorakhpur, while South Eastern Railway, Calcutta, drew 1-1 with Starch Mill, Phagwara, on the second day of the 3rd All India Mohinder Partap Singh Grewal Memorial Women Hockey Tournament being played at the Punjab Agricultural University grounds here today. In the first match, Patiala eves gave an outstanding performance and went into an early lead through centre-forward Charanjit Kaur in the 5th minute but their joy was short lived as Gorakhpur girls restored parity in the 11th minute through Neenu. PSEB earned two penalty corners in the 27th and 34th minutes which proved abortive. In the second half, left out Bhupinder Kaur of PSEB sounded the board in the 38th minute to put her side ahead again 2-1. Charanjit Kaur struck again in the 44th minute to make it 3-1. NER, Gorakhpur, players tried their best to reduce the margin but failed. In the second match, Starch Mill, Phagwara, consisting of young players combined well to hold title contenders South Eastern Railway, Calcutta, to a 1-1- draw. SER, Calcutta, surged ahead in the 20th minute through leftout P. Lakra. The equaliser came eight minutes later when Harvinder Pal of Phagwara found the target. Earlier, in the inaugural match yesterday, Sports Authority of India, Chandigarh, forced Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala to 2-2 draw. For RCF, Satinder Kaur scored a brace while Mamta and Ashrita struck for SAI. Mr Mahesh Inder Singh
Grewal, Minister for Medical Education, Technology and
Environment, inaugurated this six-day tournament in which
eight top women hockey outfits of the country were taking
part. The minister also announced a grant of Rs 35000 for
the organising committee of this tournament. |
India win transplant games
trophy AMRITSAR, Nov 15 — The first SAARC transplant sports trophy was won by Indian contingent winning 317 points, while Sri-Lanka with 25 points were runnersup and Nepal with 16 points were declared third on the concluding day of the SAARC and all India sports competition dedicated to the recipients of the organs, who had been benefited with life. The Governor of Punjab Lt. General B.K.N. Chhibber (retd) while presiding over the prize distribution function of the two-day games complimented, the organisers for arranging these games to create awareness about the noble cause of donating organs. He pointed out that the age-old superstition about these organs should be dispelled as with the advancement in the medical sciences the organs could give a new lease of life to crippled persons. General Chhibber made a fervent appeal to the social and voluntary organisations to come forward to the cause of saving a precious life saying that the medical specialists were there to do the needful. He stressed that there was need to educate people about pledging their organs. Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University Dr. H.S. Soch inaugurated the games at the GNDU sports complex. The organising secretary
of the games Dr P.K. Sareen told newsmen that over 300
athletes from India, 20 from Nepal and six from Sri Lanka
participated in various events to prove their fitness. |
Ramesh, Jyoti lift titles CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 — Ramesh Kumar and Jyoti of Faridabad clinched the title in sub junior boys and girls championship scoring 85.05 and 76.05 points, respectively, in the 14th Haryana State Yoga Championship at Panchayat Bhawan at Hisar today. Last year’s champion (boys) sub junior Deepak of Hisar was pushed to the second place with 82.0 points while Bhupender of Bhiwani remained third scoring 80.0 points. Hisar girl Gazal won second place scoring 73.5 points and Vandana (Rohtak) got third position with 71.0 points in the sub junior age group. Earlier, in the first round competition in sub junior (boys) section Sumit Ahlawat (KVS), Kuldeep, (Yamunanagar), Deepak (Hisar), Bhupinder (Bhiwani), Partik (Rohtak), Kuldeep (Bhiwani) and Ramesh (Faridabad) qualified for the final round. In girls (sub junior) first round, Geeta (Yamunanagar), Gazal (Hisar), Anupama (Hisar), Seema (Bhiwani), Neha (Yamunanagar), Vandana (Rohtak), Jyoti (Bhiwani) and Pratima (Hisar) entered in the final round. In junior (boys) first round competitions Neeraj Kaushik (Bhiwani), Sohan Dev (Faridabad) Parveen (Hisar), Suresh (Jajjar), Raj Kumar (Jind), Surender (Rohtak), Budh Dev (Yamunanagar), Ramesh (Faridabad) and Anil (Yamunanagar) scored for the final round. In girls junior age group
first round competitions, Sarika (Bhiwani), Nidhi
(Yamunanagar), Geeta (Hisar), Yashoda (Jind), Priti Garg
(Kurukshetra), Geetika (Panchkula), Suman (Rohtak) and
Seema (Yamunanagar) ensured their places in the final
round competition. |
Sehwag hits ton NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (PTI) — Virender Sehwag struck a strokeful 114 as Delhi batted itself into strength after taking a 76-run first innings by stretching it to 321 with just one day remaining in the four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy match against Punjab here today. Delhi bowlers took just four overs and 16 minutes to separate the last wicket pair of Harbhajan Singh (19) and Bharat Bhushan (5 not out) as Punjab, overnight 217 for nine were bowled out for 239. But Delhi batsmen wasted a lot of overs before ending the third day on 245 for four. Mithun Manhas (25 batting) and skipper Vijay Dahiya (5 batting) were together at close. Sehwag (114 - 163 b, 13 x 4, 2 x 6), who has been very consistent during this season, batted positively and with Aakash Malhotra (62) added 125 runs for the third wicket in 227 balls after Delhi had lost Ashu Dani (9), century-maker in the first innings, cheaply. Scoreboard: Punjab: (overnight 217 for nine) Rathore c Dahiya b Nehra 23, Sodhi lbw b Robin Singh 36, Navjot Sidhu lbw b Nehra 34, Dharmani c Manhas b Sehwag 48, Sandeep c Dahiya b Nehra 9, Mongia c Chopra b Sehwag 15, Jugnu lbw b Angurala 13, Navdeep c Dahiya b Angurala 10, Harvinder b Sehwag 2, Harbhajan c Manhas b Robin Singh 19, Bhushan not out 5. Extras (b-12, lb-9, nb-4): 25. Total (all out in 75.5 overs): 239 Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-90, 3-129, 4-139, 5-172, 6-189, 7-207, 8-207, 9-209. Bowling: Ashish Nehra 15-2-52-3, Robin Singh 21.5-5-61-2, Amit Bhandari 16-4-53-0, Sandeep Angurala 8-3-13-2, Virender Sehwag 10-5-15-3, Rahul Sanghvi 5-0-24-0. Delhi (2nd innings): Chopra lbw b Harvinder 13, Dani c Rathore b Harvinder 9, Sehwag c Haminder b Harvinder 114, Malhotra c and b Reetinder Sodhi 62, Manhas batting 25, Dahiya batting 2. Extras (b-7, lb-6, w-1, nb-6): 20 Total: (for four wickets in 75 overs): 245 Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-66, 3-191, 4-232. Bowling: Harvinder
Singh 14-2-57-3, Bharat Bhushan 13-3-34-0, Sandeep Sharma
8-2-27-0, Harbhajan Singh 16-2-51-0, Reetinder Sodhi
13-2-23-1, Navdeep Singh 11-1-40-0. |
Ladies golf from tomorrow NEW DELHI, Nov 15 — Defending Champion Parnita Garewal and upcoming Irani Brar, will fight it out for top honours in the Ladies Northern India Open Amateur Golf Championship at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) course from November 17. While Parnita, in a dazzling form at present, will endeavour to retain the title, there are quite a few, like Urvashi Sethi Sodhi, Anjali Chopra, Shruti Khanna and Vandana Agarwal who are staking their claims for the title. The 72-hole four-day competition will be a fitting occasion for the 14-year-old Irani and also 15-year-old Avesha Kapur to display their potential, skill and form. Nine-time champion Nonita Lal Qureshi will be seen in action while her colleague, Simi Mehra, the first Indian woman pro engaged in playing in the USA, will be present to watch the women amateurs in action. There are several prizes to build up the morale of the amateur players. The best is award of the Honda City car for any player achieving a hole-in-one on the third day of the competition. The hole to get the car is the 5th one. The DGC captain Rajeev Puri said that the course continued to be in excellent condition but the greens might not be a fast they were last week during the tournament. The tournament, one of the
six categorised competitions, is highly important because
points gained are counted for the selection of the
national team. |
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Balvar adjudged best batsman CHANDIGARH, Nov 15 (TNS) — St John's High School won the Edmund Rice Cricket Under-16 Trophy defeating Government Model High School, Sector 35, by four wickets here today. The best bowler award was given to Sahil, best batsman award was won by Balvar Pooni (both Government Model-35) while Akshay was adjudged the best all-rounder (St Kabir-26). Brief scores: Government Model 35: 145 all out in 27 overs (Rosha 25, Balvar Pooni 22, Vinay 20, Jasdeep 16, Harjot Sidhu 5-7, Sikander Jaitley 2-33). St John's 26: 146 for 6 in 24.4 overs. (Kanu Sarin 41, Varun Sethia 22, Ajay Paul 16, Sikander Jaitley 16, Sahil 2-25). Trials today AMRITSAR, Nov 15 (FOSR)— Amritsar Games Association will hold trial of under 14 players born on or after September 1, 1984, on 16 November 2 p.m. at Gandhi Ground for the Punjab under 14 district cricket championship, according to JP Shoor, secretary, and chairman selection committee. Roller skating results PATIALA, Nov 15 (FOSR) — Gautam Kamboj showed tremendous speed and skill winning the final of the boys (above 16) road race while Simranjeet Singh's late burst ensured he was placed second in the 10th Punjab State Roller Skating Championships which began amidst a carnival atmosphere at the rink halls here today: Results: 12-16: Deepak Kumar 1, Sandeep Kapoor 2, Sukhminder Singh 3. 9-12: Shamsher Singh 1, Gurwinder Singh 2, Simranjeet Singh 3. 6-9: Sehajpreet Singh 1, Chetanpreet Singh 2, Aarshdeep Singh and Govindeep 3. Under 6: Tajeshwal Singh 1, Vineet 2, Ujjwal Mehra 3. Girls: 12-16: Elmapreet Kaur 1, Navneet Kaur 2, Divya Dhanda 3. 9-12: Heena Bharti 1, Gurpreet Kaur 2, Sukhman Aulakh 3. 6-9: Navneet Kaur 1, Kamaljeet Kaur, Bhavneet Kaur 3. Under 6: Liza Malhotra 1, Sargun Handa 2. Rink race-I final: Boys: Under 6: Jajeshwal Singh 1, Vineet 2, Ujjwal Mehra 3. 6-9: Sehajpreet Singh 1, Ajaypal Singh, Janpreet Sharma 3. 9-12: Shamsher Singh 1, Arvinder Singh 2, Gurvinder Singh 3. 12-16: Deepak Kumar 1, Mandeep Singh 2, Sukhminder Singh 3. Girls: 6-9: Navneet Kaur 1, Haatisha 2, Bhavneet Kaur 3. 9-12: Heena Bharti 1, Gurpreet Kaur 2, Sukhman Aulakh 3. 12-16: Elmapreet Kaur 1, Divya Dhanda 2, Roli Rajwanshi 3. Riat XI triumph LUDHIANA, Nov 15 (FOSR) — Riat XI defeated Vishkarma Club by 36 runs and Friends Club thrashed FTI Club by 77 runs in the league matches of the 6th Veera Devi Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Focal Point, Chandigarh Road ground, here today. Chasing a target of 147 runs set by Rait XI, Vishkarma Club scored 110 for 9 in the stipulated 20 overs. Brief scores: In the second match batting first Friends Club made 142 for 9. In reply, FTI Club's innings folded at 65 runs in 14.2 overs. Brief scores: Friends Club 142 for 9 (Raja 33, Mohit Khanna 2 for 22, Ashwani 2 for 20. FTI Club 65 all out (Ashwani 17, Baldev 2 for 17, Harbhajan Kala 3 for 22). Manisha shines PATIALA, Nov 15 (FOSR) — Young Manisha Sharma reached the finals in the sub junior girls and cadet girls singles events while Sher Bahadur will cross swords with Randeep Singh in final in the Patiala district open table tennis championships played at the NIS table tennis hall today. Results: Cadet girls singles (semifinals): Manisha beat Yashpreet 21-16, 21-16, Sairka beat Neha 21-14, 21-17. Cadet boys semifinals (singles): Sher Bahadur beat Gaurav 21-9, 21-17. Randeep Singh beat Pawan Saini 21-19, 21-16. Sub junior girls (semifinals): Manisha Sharma beat Yashpreet Gulati 21-19, 21-17. Sarika Sharma beat Tanya Jain 21-16, 21-17. Patiala annex Markan Trophy PATIALA, Nov 15 (FOSR) — Heroic unbeaten knock of 80 by Nagesh Gupta went in vain as Patiala cruised to a thrilling 21-run win over Chandigarh to clinch the M L Markan Cricket Tournament played at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium here today. Chasing 329 for an
outright win, Chandigarh at one stage were going strong
but later medium pacer Harikrishan Kali and Gaganinder
Dhindsa put the brakes Patiala skipper Harikrishan Kali
finished the tournament with an amazing run with both the
bat and the ball, having captured 25 wickets and scoring
267 runs at an average of 67. |
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