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Vishal records upset win PUNE, Nov 3 — Wild carder Vishal Uppal of India created a flutter accounting for fifth seeded Per Thornadtson of Sweden in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 and along with his three other countrymen Prahlad Srinath, Kirtane cousins — Nitin and Sandeep — sailed into the last eight stage of the men’s singles of the ITF Satellite Tennis Circuit third leg being played at the synthetic courts of the Deccan Gymkhana here today.
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Alamgeet triumphs FIH okays Pak participation Punjab register innings win Punjab
cops move into semis Sport psychology conference Hooper
may stage comeback Punjab
cops overpower PSB for crown Ntini’s
acquittal sparks outcry England
notch up first win School
games at Moga, Patiala Rajiv
Nayyar notches up 271 |
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Vishal records upset win PUNE, Nov 3 (UNI) — Wild carder Vishal Uppal of India created a flutter accounting for fifth seeded Per Thornadtson of Sweden in straight sets 6-4, 7-5 and along with his three other countrymen Prahlad Srinath, Kirtane cousins — Nitin and Sandeep — sailed into the last eight stage of the men’s singles of the ITF Satellite Tennis Circuit third leg being played at the synthetic courts of the Deccan Gymkhana here today. Third seeded Srinath made a remarkable recovery and showed the exit door to Wild card holder Mustfa Ghouse of India also in straight sets 7-5, 6-2. Sixth seed Sandeep overcame a stiff resistence from Balazs Veress of Hungary in a tight match at 7-5, 5-7, 7-6, (7-3) while Nitin brought Vijay Kanan of India 7-6, (7-2) 6-4, into submission. The third leg being hosted by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) proved lucky for him as the 22-year-old Uppal could make the quarters for the first time. The lanky Delhi-based Uppal packed a lot of power in his first serve which clicked as he fired a total of 13 aces to outdone the strongly built Swede. Playing a tactical game the Indian did not allow Thonardtson to settle down.Besides serving well he produced excellent ground strokes and broke the rival in the third game to go up 2-1. The rivals then moved with Serve. Uppal then broke the swede in the sixth game and went on to wrap up the set 6-4, firing five aces. In the second set Thornadtson who was finding problems with his first serve as well has controlling his ground strokes dropped his serve in the very first game but managed to break the India in the second. The Swede tightened up his game to some extent but was broken in the sixth. He broke back in the seventh but was of no avail. Uppal broke Thornadtson in the 11th game to romp home 7-5 after a tussle lasting 90 minutes. The Delhi youngster had eight ace in the second set. Thornadtson double faulted on six occasion before bowling out. Uppal takes on Indian Davis Cupper and second leg victor Prahlad Srinath in the quarters tomorrow, Nitin meets Radim Zitko of Czech Repblic while Sandeep locks horns with Thomas Messer of Germany in the other quarterfinal ties. The Sandeep versus Veress was a gruelling tussle lasting two hours and 38 minutes. In a baseline duel the local hero Sandeep broke Veress in the second game to lead 2-1 and holding his serve went up 3-1. Sandeep dropped his serve as the rival were level at 5-all. He, however, broke the Hungarian in the 11th game with a forehand down the line pass to clinch the opening set 7-5. Veress a came back strongly in the second set and took a 3-0 lead breaking the Indian in the very first game. Sandeep, however, fought back and made it 4-4. Veress, who produced some fluent forehand cross court winners, broke Sandeep in the 12th game to bag the set 7-5 and restore parity. The third set went with serve till the 10th game as the rivals were level at 5-5. Sandeep broke in the 11th but was broken back in the 12th to force the tie breaker. Sandeep who exhibited confidence never relaxed and made the issue safe winning 7-3. Wild carder Mustafa Ghouse raised a vision of toppling the applecart of Indian Davis Cuper Srinath taking a 5-3 lead in the opening set. But that was as far he could go. Srinath reeled off four games in a row to claim the set 7-5. Srinath bounced back into the top gear broke the rival in the third and the fifth games to take a commanding 5-1 lead and polished off the set 6-2 in a tussle lasting for one hour 15 minutes. Ghouse could take only two points before bowing out. The following are the
results (men’s singles pre-quarters) Tom Chicoine
(USA) beat Zbyank Milyanarik (Aus) 6-2, 6-1, Kunj
Majmudar (USA) beat Akshay Vishal Rao (Ind) 6-0, 6-2,
Thomas Messmer (Ger) beat Rohan Bopanna (Ind) 6-3, 6-1,
Sandeep Kirtane (Ind) beat Balazs Veress (Hun) 7-5, 5-7,
7-6 (7-3) Vishal Uppal (Ind) beat Per Thornadtson (Swe)
6-4, 7-5. Prahlad Srinath (Ind) beat Mustafa Ghouse (Ind)
7-5, 6-2 Nitin Kirtane (Ind) beat Vijay Kanan (Ind) 7-6
(7-2) 6-4. Radim Zitki (Cze) beat Josef Nesticky (Cze)
6-2, 6-2. |
Sampras recovers to down Clavet PARIS, Nov 3 (DPA) — Pete Sampras made a return to tennis two months after a back injury, recovering to defeat Spain’s Francisco Clavet 4- 6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in a contest that concluded early this morning at the $ 2.55 million Paris Open. Sampras, seeded third, had to wait for much of the evening to play as an overly ambitious schedule fell farther and farther behind at the Bercy Arena. By 8 p.m., only half of six centre court matches had been completed. Sampras finally got on court around 11 p.m. And took more than two hours to secure victory into the third round after an opening bye given to all seeds at the last Mercedes Super 9 of the season. Sampras has not played since August 20, when he quit in Indianapolis with a hip flexor problem. Just over a week later, he was felled by a herniated disc in his back the day before the start of the US Open. The 28-year-old American stands fourth in the race to the year-end championships in Hanover, but will need a miracle to finish year-end number 1 for a seventh straight year. The 1999 top honours are all but certain to go to double 1999 Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi, playing in Paris for the first time since his triumph on clay at Roland Garros in June. “It was a question if I would play at all this year,’’ said Sampras. “But I felt better and wanted to play again. “I was rusty and unsure coming in. I’ve been practising well, but it’s different in a match. I tried not to worry that I’ve not played in a while.’’ In other night matches, two seeds advanced while one, number 5 Gustavo Kuerten, fell. Nicolas Lapentti, the number 11 from Ecuador defeated Fabrice Santoro of France, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). That result left 15th-seeded Cedric Pioline as the last home player standing after beating French Open finalist Andrei Medvedev of the Ukraine, 6-3, 6-4. Kuerten became the week’s first upset victim, losing to Russian Marat Safin 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 7-6 (7-4). Day 2 play at the Bercy Arena moved with the speed of the ice age as things backed up by two to three hours due to overly long three-set struggles. French ranks were reduced by two more players. Holland’s Sjeng Schalken knocked out Arnaud Clement 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) while unseeded Thomas Enqvist of Sweden accounted for Sebastien Grosjean 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). World number 9 Enqvist managed to avoid embarrassment 48 hours after taking the Mercedes Super 9 crown in Stuttgart. It was a narrow escape for the Swede, who was able to convert only one of nine break point chances. For the second week in succession, Sweden’s Magnus Larsson was forced to pull out. His exit with a stiff neck came just hours before his first round match. The Hanover participation of Nicolas Kiefer hung in the balance on Tuesday after the German seventh seed was forced to withdraw due to an ankle injury suffered a week ago. Kiefer, ranked a career-high seventh on the ATP Tour and the leading German contender for a finale place, flew home for more treatment. His participation in next week’s event in Moscow — the last week of the season — remains in doubt. “I’m very
excited by the thought of playing in Hanover because it
is in my hometown,’’ Kiefer said. “The
ankle (injured last week in Stuttgart) still hurts if I
run, it doesn’t make sense to play if I’m not
100 per cent fit.’’ |
FIH okays Pak participation CHANDIGARH, Oct 3 — In effort to support the promotion of hockey in the subcontinent and Asia, the FIH Council has agreed in principle to include both the Pakistan men’s team and the Korean women’s team in the 2000 editions of the Champions Trophy being staged in May/June in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, making for a seven-team field for both events. Both Pakistan and Korea finished sixth in the 1999 Champions Trophy held in Brisbane, Australia, and had therefore not qualified for the 2000 event. However, whether the decision can actually be implemented remains to be seen. The FIH Council has acknowledged that it could only be accomplished if the move did not place undue financial and administrative hardships on the host country, the Netherlands, and on the participating teams. The implications of the seven-team field include increased playing days, increased financial burden, revamping of the match schedule and possible difficulties with ticketing. Meanwhile, Eric Donegani of Canada and Annabel Ess of Singapore have been named as the technical delegates, respectively, for the men’s and women’s hockey tournaments of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. It is expected that a number of technical officials will be named by January, with the remainder, mainly umpires, to be named once the qualifying tournaments are complete and the full field of Olympic participants is known. The pools for the men’s and women’s qualifying tournaments for the Olympic Games, taking place respectively in Osaka (Japan) and Milton keynes (England) in March 2000, were also approved by the FIH council during its meeting on October 29. The pools are: Men’s qualifying tournament (Osaka March 9-20, 2000). Pool A: Belgium, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Poland Pool B: Argentina, Belarus, Malaysia, Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland. Women’s qualifying tournament (Milton Keynes, England, March 24 to April 2000). Pool A: Germany, India, Ireland, Spain, USA. Pool B: China, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Russia. Six men’s teams and five women’s teams from the qualifying events will earn a spot at the Sydney Olympic Games. They will join the six men’s teams and five women’s teams already qualified for Sydney. The teams that have already qualified for the Sydney Olympic Games are: Men’s: South Africa (winners at the men’s hockey tournament in the 7th All-Africa Games); Australia (host country and also winner at the 2nd Oceania Cup); Canada (winners at the men’s hockey tournament in the 13th Pan American Games); Germany (winners at the eighth European National Cup); India (winners at the men’s hockey tournament in the 13th Asian Games) and the Netherlands (Olympic champions in Atlanta - 1996). Women’s South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Korea, and the Netherlands. The FIH council also
confirmed the following host countries for upcoming FIH
world-level events the Netherlands -9th women’s
Champions Trophy, 2001; England -25th men’s
Champions Trophy and 11th Women’s Champions Trophy,
2003 (joint event); Zimbabwe - 2nd men’s and
women’s Champions Challenge (joint event). A host
for the 2001 women’s World Cup qualifier is yet to
be determined. |
Dalal slams unbeaten ton in drawn match NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (UNI) — Haryana star Sanjay Dalal (107) cracked unbeaten century and his unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 115-run with Ajay Ratra (61) earned a fighting draw against Delhi on the last day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy four-day match at the Ferozshah Kotla ground here today. With no result in sight, Delhi skipper Ajay Sharma folded the game well before completing the 20-mandatory over quota as his bowlers failed to skittle the visitors out within the 304-run first innings lead. Delhi got five points while Haryana had to be content with three points. When the stumps were drawn, Haryana were 346 for five in the second innings with Dalal and Ratra remained unseparated. Earlier, resuming at 90 for two in the morning, the visiting team received a jolt when medium-pacer Amit Bhandari trapped seasoned campaigner Amarjeet Kaypee(18) leg before wicket in a total of 97. Ten runs later, Jasvir Singh (47) was caught by Vijay Dahiya off Ashish Nehra. With the team score reading 107 for four, Haryana once looked to surrender the game but new batsmen Rajesh Puri and Sanjay Dalal with their dogged approach stayed on the wicket to undo further damage. They put up 124 for the fifth wicket before Puri was declared lbw off Nehra with his individual 66. Dalal along with Ajay Ratra continued to fight the battle with firm resolution and they never allowed bowlers to dominate them. Dalal hit his century with the help of ten boundaries whereas Ratra completed his half-century in style, hitting a boundary off Sharma. With their cricketing intelligence and composure, both frustrated the Delhi attack and forced the draw. Bhandari and Nehra claimed two scalps while Chopra took one wicket. SCOREBOARD Haryana (first innings): 166 Delhi (first innings): 470 for eight declared. Haryana (2nd innings): Jitender Singh c Dahiya b Bhandari 1 Jasvir Singh c Dahiya b Nehra 47 Parinder Singh c Dani b Chopra 32 Amarjeet Kaypee lbw b Bhandari 18 Rajesh Puri lbw b Nehra 66 Sanjay Dalal not out 107 Ajay Ratra not out 61 Extras 14 Total 346 for five Fall of wickets: 1/1, 2/52, 3/97, 4/107, 5/231. Bowling: Nehra
27-6-66-2, Bhandari 23-4-90-2, Sanghvi 37-12-74-0, Chopra
24-3-50-1, Shewag 7-0-44-0, Sharma 4-0-19-0, Dani
1-0-7-0. |
Alamgeet triumphs PATIALA, Nov 3 — Alamgeet Singh of Patiala won the Rink Race in the 12 to 14-year section in the 11th Punjab Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior Roller Skating Championship which commenced at the local rink hall here today. Alamgeer was followed by Punargeet Singh who clinched the second spot while Talwinder and Naginder Nagi were placed third and fourth, respectively. The other results: (All rink races) 12-14 years (girls): Amola Tandon 1, Kanchan Mahajan 2, Heena Sandhu 3, Sukhman Aulakh 4. Above 14 (boys): Deepak Kumar 1, Gautam Kamboj 2, Ramesh Kumar 3, Sarbjit Singh 4. 8-10 years (boys): Sukhjit Pal 1, Harmandeep 2, Sehajpreet 3, Ishpinder 4. 8-10 years (girls): Shipra Nayar 1, Mehak 2, Jasmine Puri 3, Archana 4. 10-12 years (boys): Ankit Vij 1, Simranjit Singh 2, Amandeep 3, Kanwar Yuvraj 4. 10-12 years (girls): Heena Bharti 1, Gurpreet Kaur 2, Pallavi 3, Puneet Kaur 4. Earlier the meet was
inaugurated by Mr J.S. Bir, Deputy Commissioner, Patiala. |
Punjab register innings win MOHALI, Nov 3 (UNI) — Punjab defeated Services by an innings and 173 runs in their second North Zone Ranji league match at the pca Stadium here today. The spin attack of Punjab restricted the Services to 189 in the second innings at the end of the game. Before playing the follow on, the visitors could compile 171 runs against Punjab’s huge 533 for six wickets. Punjab spinners Sandeep Rawal and Sarandeep Singh wrecked the remaining batting line of Services who started their second innings from yesterday’s 112 for five wickets. Services captain Sanjay Verma was the highest scorer of the team with 67 runs who stayed at the crease for 237 minutes. He was caught and bold by Navdeep Singh. Another Punjab bowler Reetinder Sodhi, who got one wicket in the only over he bowled yesterday, joined the winning spree by taking the wicket of Sarabjeet Singh of the Services. Punjab (1st innings): 533 for six declared Services (1st innings) 171 Services (2nd innings): Sapan Dutta b S. Singh 14, Narender Singh c D. Mongia b S. Singh 11, Abu Eric c S. Sharma b S. Singh 14, C.D. Thomas lbw b S. Sharma 10, Sanjay Verma c and b N. Singh 67, Sarabjit Singh c V. Rathore b R. Sodhi 15, Pankaj Maitrey c P. Dharmani b R. Sodhi 1, G.S. Thapa not out 26, M.V. Rao c P. Dharmani b S. Sawal 0, S. Javeed c V. Rathore b S. Sawal 6, Sachin Kulkarni lbw b S. Singh 7. Extras (nb-3, w-7, b-8) 18. Total 189. Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-41, 3-42, 4-66, 5-106, 6-119, 7-173, 8-174, 9-180. Bowling: Sandeep Sharma
13-2-38-1, R.P. Singh 13-3-41-0, Sarandeep Singh
22-8-50-4, Navdeep Singh 11-3-15-1, Sandeep Sawal
12-4-19-2, Reetinder Sodhi 8-3-18-2. |
Akhtar’s chucking row ends BRISBANE, Nov 3 (AFP) — Australian Cricket Board (ACB) chief executive Malcolm Speed ended the Shoaib Akhtar chucking affair with a brief telephone call to Pakistani manager Yawar Saeed today. A 20-minute video tape of Akhtar’s action sent by umpires Ross Emerson and Terry Prue arrived in the ACB’s morning mail but Speed told Yawar the matter could go no further. The match in question, Western Australia versus Pakistan at Perth last Wednesday, was not sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) so there was no official referee. The fact that Emerson and Prue failed to query Akhtar’s action in their match report, only becoming suspicious while watching television highlights the next day, meant the ACB was unable to involve the ICC’s nine-man throwing committee. “Malcolm Speed told me he had received the tape and he had watched it,” Yawar said. “He told me the tape had no official status and as far as he and I are concerned, it is all over now and we can look forward to a great Test series.” Australia’s new coach John Buchanan was unhappy the issue had been raised. “I think it does more of a disservice to cricket than anything else,” he said. “It certainly
disturbs the individual no matter who it is, I’m
sure (Muttiah) Muralitharan would say the same
thing,” he said referring to the Sri Lankan spinner,
whose action has been under intense scrutiny for a number
of years, particularly in Australia. |
Punjab cops move into semis NABHA (Patiala), Nov 3 — Punjab Police humbled last year’s runners up Fine Switchgear, Phagwara, 2-0 to become the first team to make the last four grade in the All-India Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament played at the Ripudaman College grounds here today. In the second match Patiala, Police managed to overcome some anxious moments to upset the applecart of Youngsters Club, Chandigarh, 1-0 to enter the quarterfinals. Punjab Police could easily have been a goal up in the opening minutes of the match but for the brilliance of the Phagwara goalkeeper Sukhraj Singh who dived full length to his left to punch out a stinging shot taken from close range by the cops medio Kamaljit Singh. The cops had enough weapons in their armoury, not only to keep in check the marauding Phagwara forwards, but also to make repeated forays into the rival territory. A change in the cops strategy after the breather ensured that their attack carried more sting in which Paramjit and linkman Jatinder stood out. Minutes into the second half cops forward Balbir found himself in front of an empty goal mouth but in his anxiety to score before a defender closes on him made him kick the ball high and wide. Minutes later he was in action again when he weaved his way past two defenders to give a defence splitting pass to substitute Parmajit Singh who elbowed his way past another defender to slot the ball home making it 1-0 for the cops. At the fag end of regulation time Phagwara defender Mohan Pal handled the ball in the penalty area and the resultant spot kick was neatly converted by Satnam Singh who sent the rival goalkeeper the wrong way to make it a comfortable 2-0 for Punjab Police. In the second match of
the day, once the midfield duo of Bahadur and Rajesh
Kumar of Patiala Police settled into a groove it was
almost a hapless situation for the Chandigarh youngsters.
Half back Rajesh of the cops team bulldozed his way in
the danger area and unleashed a powerful grounder which
beat the Chandigarh goal tender all ends up. This
solitary goal lead proved to be enough for Patiala Police
to cruise into the last eight. |
Sport psychology conference CHANDIGARH, Nov 3 — The Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education, Trivandrum, will host the XII National Conference of Sport Psychology from December 28 to 30 under the auspices of the Sports Psychology Association of India with partial financial assistance from the University Grants Commission. The major theme of the conference is “Psychology for pursuit of sports excellence” The expected 250 delegates from all over the country and abroad are likely to deliberate on such burning topics as psychological criteria of talent identification, psycho-physiological variables crucial to elite performance, coach-athlete relationship, sport-specific performance variables, sports psychometry, psychological intervention etc. The conference is open to physical educators, coaches, sports psychologists, educationists and sports administrators genuinely interested in the development of sport. Approximately 65
research paper abstracts have been received and about 100
delegates have already confirmed their participation. The
star attraction of the three-day conference will be Prof
Steven Christensen from Queensland University, Australia
and Miss Grethe Nordhelle from Norway. Prof Christensen
will make presentation on scientific rigor in sport
psychology, and the forms of knowledge and wisdom in
sport psychology practice. He will also organise the
workshop that trains sports psychologist to train
coaches, and also trains sports coaches about using
information, excuses, and accounts for winning and losing
to increase and decrease motivation |
Hooper may stage comeback SYDNEY, Nov 3 (AFP) — Former West Indies Test allrounder Carl Hooper says he has itchy feet and is considering an international comeback. “I’ve been retired now for six months and I’m slowly finding out I’ve still got itchy feet,” he told the Sydney Daily Telegraph today. “I think I’m still capable of playing international cricket but I’ll just see how it goes.” Hooper said he would reserve judgement on the possibility of a comeback until the end of the domestic Australian cricket season. Hooper lives in Adelaide after marrying an Australian and plays for Carlton in the Victorian Cricket Association’s Premier League. The 32-year-old remained in Adelaide when his son was ill during the West Indies home four-Test series against Australia in March-April this year. He played the final two Tests against Australia before announcing his retirement from international cricket at the end of the series. Hooper played 75 Tests
for the West Indies, scoring 3,916 runs at an average of
about 33. He also took 85 Test wickets with his offspin. |
Punjab cops overpower PSB for
crown JALANDHAR, Nov 3 — Giving yet another scintillating display of stickwork, star-studded Punjab Police overpowered Punjab and Sind Bank 2-1 to lift the title of the 3rd All India Dr Sadhu Singh Hamdard Memorial Hockey Tournament which concluded at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium, Burlton Park, here today. The winning team was trailing by one goal till the lemon break. For Punjab Police this was the third title win in a row, while Punjab and Sind Bank remain runners-up in this tournament for the second time. The action-packed encounter was watched among others, by the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal. In this final, punch and proficiency were the hallmarks in the bankmen’s play in the opening minutes. They outplayed Punjab Police in all departments. The bankman attacked the Punjab Police citadel right from the start. They pierced the rival defence but failed to score in their opening attacks. Sandeep Singh of Punjab and Sindh Bank opened the account of the team in the sixth minute. He scored after he received a brilliant pass from his team mate Olympian Sanjeev Kumar. The Sind Bank team was leading by 1-0 till the lemon break. After the first half, the bankmen became slow. The Punjab cops made some fine moves and continued attacking the PSB citadel in search of an equaliser, which they found in the 46th minute when Sarabjit Singh scored a superb field goal 1-1. Sarabjit Singh increased
the lead for the Punjab Police in the 54th minutes
sounding the board with a powerful hit 2-1. The Punjab
Police wasted seven penalty corners and Punjab and Sind
Bank wasted six. |
Ntini’s acquittal sparks outcry JOHANNESBURG, Nov 3 (PTI) — The acquittal of South Africa’s first black Test cricketer, Makhaya Ntini, on rape charges has sparked an outcry in the country, with women’s organisations calling for a civil case against him. Anti-rape and women’s groups say they are “outraged” and shocked at the decision of the appeals court in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, setting aside Ntini’s rape conviction by an East London Regional Court. “We have no
alternative but to seek other means of trying to obtain
justice and relief for the woman”, said Gabrielle le
Roux, a spokesperson for the Women’s Media
Organisation. |
England notch up first win JOHANNESBURG, Nov 3 (AFP) — Nasser Hussain’s England chalked up the first win of their tour of South Africa when they beat Easterns by 19 runs in a 50-over friendly match at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, east of Johannesburg, yesterday. Sent in to bat, the tourists posted a reasonable 234-9 and were able to restrict the inexperienced local line-up to 215-7. But beating the likes of first class fledglings Easterns by such a narrow margin was hardly impressive. Most of the England
batsmen looked more at ease than they had when they lost
to a Nicky Oppenheimer XI on Monday, but in the end their
collective harvest of 234 was somewhat flattering. |
School games at Moga, Patiala CHANDIGARH , Nov 3 — Punjab will host national school games at Moga and Patiala simultaneously from November 16 to 21, according to the School Games Federation of India secretary general Pritam Singh Chhabra, who took over recently. He said efforts were on to conduct the games in all disciplines. Punjab would also host Asian school hockey championship in September, 2000. The SGFI will hold the Asian hockey championship next September in Punjab, Mr Chhabra talking to mediapersons said despite hurdles like absence of the previous relevant record, and the financial crunch, the association had been striving hard to keep the school sports alive. He said the Indian school tennis team for the Asian school tennis championship hosted by Asian School Sports Federation at Jakarta in September this year got clearance in a short period of time. The players gave a superb performance and Sunil Kumar won the title in individual event. The camps for the same were arranged at NIS Patiala and RK Tennis Stadium, Delhi, before the team’s departure. A few sport disciplines were not organised last year as no state came forward to host the same. But this year all these games would be conducted, said Mr Chhabra, adding that the under-17 age group, discontinued last year, had been restarted. Mr Chhabra said a few new games such as the under 11 event in skating had been started. Skating is getting popular in many parts of the country. He further told the
national school games for the primary children was high
on the agenda of the SGFI which was aiming at grooming
the budding youngsters. |
Rajiv Nayyar notches up 271 CHAMBA, Nov 3 — A record knock of 271 by Himachal skipper Rajiv Nayyar was the highlight of the day in the drawn four-day Ranji Trophy match here today. Resuming the play at the overnight score of 407 for six, Himachal lost the wicket of Jaswant who was bowled for 28 after adding one hundred runs to the total. Rajiv completed his double century with a four to the fence. Jaswant was dismissed for 28. Shakti joined Rajiv but was unfortunate when he was run out for 10. Rahul and Rajiv kept the scoreboard moving but Rahul was also out soon. For his 271 runs Rajiv played 628 balls and remained on the wicket for 1015 minutes which is also a record. Himachal were all out for 567 which is also the highest score of Himachal Ranji team since they have started playing from 1985. The previous highest score was 465. J & K started their
second innings and at the close of the stump they were 16
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Mohansinghrai ‘best athlete’ LUDHIANA, Nov 3 (FOSR) — Mohansinghrai of Jandiali branch was declared the “best athlete” in the Punjab and Sind Bank zonal office, Ludhiana, annual sports meet at the Guru Nanak Dev stadium here today. Mr H.S. Lamba, zonal manager, PSB, Ludhiana, gave away prizes. Results: Table tennis: T.S. Monga 1, Atamjit Singh 2. Badminton (singles): G.S. Sandhu 1, M.S. Pardesi 2. doubles G.S. Sandhu and Surindervir Singh 1, Atamjit Singh and Arun Kumar 2. Athletics: 100 m: M.S. Rai 1, Dangal Singh 2, Gurcharan Singh 3. 200 m: M.S. Rai 1, Dangal Singh 2, S.P. Singh 3, 400 m: M.S. Rai 1, Dangal Singh 2, Gurcharan Singh 3. 800 m: Gurcharan Singh 1, M.S. Rai 2, S.P. Singh 3. 1500 m: Dangal Singh 1, M.S. Rai 2, Gurcharan Singh 3; high jump: Dangal Singh 1, M.S. Rai 2, Gurcharan Singh 3; long jump: M.S. Rai 1, Dangal Singh 2, Gurcharan Singh 3; discuss throw: Dangal Singh 1, R.P. Singh 2, A.S. Walia 3; shot put: Gurmit Singh 1, A.S. Walia 2, Gurcharan Singh 3; hammer throw: Dangal Singh 1, Gurmail Singh 2. Ludhiana 238 for 5 PATIALA, Nov 3 (FOSR) — Ludhiana amassed 238 for five in reply to Gurdaspur’s first innings total of 63 all out in the M.L. Markan Memorial Inter-District Cricket Tournament (u-16) at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium here today. Scores: Gurdaspur (Ist innings): 63 all out (Sunil Kumar 21, Amit Sharma 5 for 21, Tarun Kanish 3 for 12) Ludhiana (Ist innings: 238 for 5 Amit sharma 61, Varun Gupta 39, Tavish Gupta 30, Abhinav Malhotra 3 for 51). Inter-varsity TT results Chandigarh, Nov 3 (BOSR) — Panjab University, Chandigarh and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, advanced into both women’s and men’s semifinals of the North Zone Inter University Table Tennis Tournament today. The other teams to reach semifinal in men’s section include CCS University, Meerut, and CSJM University, Kanpur, and among women Delhi University, Delhi and HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, entered last four. Results: Quarterfinal - PU Chd b Kumaon Univ, Nainital 3-0(Tarun Akku b Sudhakar 21-10, 21-11: Anoop KC b Vikas 21-12, 21-14: Deepak b Devesh 21-15, 21-11). GND varsity Asr b Jammu Univ , Jammu 3-0(Munish b Vikram 21-15, 21-18: Dheeraj b Sanal Gupta 22-20, 21-13: Vikram b Naresh Gupta 21-14, 21-10.) CCS Univ , Meerut b Jamia Milia Islamia 3-2: CSJM Univ, Kanpur b Delhi Univ , Delhi 3-2. Women; PU Chd b PAU, Ldh 3-0(Barkha KC b Surinder 21-11, 21-2:Shikha b Harpreet 21-7, 21-5:Neeru Bhambri b Ravneet 21-2, 21-7) GND varsity, Asr b Punjabi Univ, Patiala 3-0(Shikha Ghai b Bhawna 21-11, 21-14: Kuldeep Kaur b Navneet 21-8, 21-9: Anu b Sunita 21-19, 10-21, 21-17) Delhi Univ b MD varsity, Rohtak 3-0: HNB, Garhwal Univ, Srinagar b Kurukshetra Univ, Kurukshetra 3-1). AIR commentary ROHTAK, Nov 3 (FOSR)
— All India Radio-Rohtak, will broadcast running
commentary of the North Zone one-day Ranji Trophy cricket
match between Haryana and Services to be played at
Gurgaon on November 5, according to AIR sources. The
commentary can be heard on 262.47 meters corresponding to
1143 khz from 8.55 am to 12.35 pm, 1.10 pm to 2.00 and
2.20 pm up to close of the play on Friday. |
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