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Ramanand joins casualty list TASHKENT, Oct 26 — India faced another disappointment at the Asian Boxing Championships when star pugilist Ramanand was defeated in the lightweight quarterfinals on the third day of competitions here today. Golfer Stewart dies in crash MINA (South Dakota), Oct 26 — A Learjet carrying US Open golf champion Payne Stewart and at least four others flew a ghostly journey halfway across the USA its windows iced over and its occupants apparently incapacitated, before crashing nose first into a grassy field. Everyone aboard was killed. |
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Punjab in sight of outright win Delhi
poised for innings win Khalsa
College champs Rehman
sacked; Altaf PCB chief
Randhawa, Jeev for Hero Honda golf Parnita
Garewal, Guneet share lead Haryana
schools to have games period Haryana
struggling at 203 for 8 |
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Ramanand joins casualty list TASHKENT, Oct 26 (PTI) — India faced another disappointment at the Asian Boxing Championships when star pugilist Ramanand was defeated in the lightweight quarterfinals on the third day of competitions here today. The seasoned Indian, adjudged the ‘best boxer’ in the recently held Shimla nationals, went down fighting 3-6 to Kazakhstan’s Bekzat Sattarkhanov to join three of his team-mates in the casualty list. Light welterweight Bhushan Saini, SAF Games champion and light featherweight Mohammed Ali Qamar and flyweight contender M. Suresh Singh were already out of the tournament after losing their first bouts in the tournament. The contest between Ramanand and the highly-rated Sattarkhanov was virtually decided in the first round as the Kazakh jumped to a solid four point lead. Ramanand appeared overwhelmed going in against a boxer who competed in the World Championships at Houston earlier in the year and the kazakh also used several lethal combinations in the initial few moments to put the Indian under pressure. Coach G.S. Sandhu felt that the crowd support for his opponent rattled Ramanand at the start. “He was also overawed by the reputation of the Kazakh boxer and that hampered him initially,” Sandhu said. Though Ramanand came back strongly in the next three rounds, the four point deficit he conceded in the opening round proved too much for the mild mannered Serviceman. Interestingly, the judges awarded the last three rounds to Ramanand but the points deficit proved too big a mountain to climb for the mild mannered Serviceman. After the bout, a dejected Ramanand said the loss was even more heartbreaking than the SAF Games defeat where he finished runner-up. He attributed his defeat to his weak first round performance. “I had thought of watching him in the first round but he came out firing and I couldn’t respond well,” he conceded. With one more opportunity to qualify for the Olympics in either of the next two qualifying tournaments, Ramanand expressed confidence of achieving the target. “I will make sure that I qualify,” he signed off confidently. Tomorrow will be a crucial day for the Indian contingent as both Narendra Rana and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Jitender Kumar enter the rings for their quarterfinal bouts. Rana will be fighting for the first time in the tournament having received a bye against Hatamov Donier of Tajikistan in the lightweight category. Rana is another boxer who has been in good form off late. He clinched gold at the Kathmandu SAF Games and also won the national crown at Shimla easily. But although the
Services pugilist has been cooling his heels here, not
having to throw a punch for four days, he admitted he
felt mentally tired. Rana said although his body was in
good shape, a few more days of rest after the recent
hectic schedule would have given him the mental edge
crucial for such a big event. |
Golfer Stewart dies in crash MINA (South Dakota), Oct 26 (AP) — A Learjet carrying US Open golf champion Payne Stewart and at least four others flew a ghostly journey halfway across the USA its windows iced over and its occupants apparently incapacitated, before crashing nose first into a grassy field. Everyone aboard was killed. The flight plan said two crew members and three passengers were on the jet, but there were reports a sixth person boarded the plane just before it took off yesterday from Orlando, Florida. The chartered, twin-engine Lear 35 might have suddenly lost cabin pressure soon after taking off for Dallas, government officials said. Air traffic controllers couldn’t contact anyone by radio. Fighter jets sent after the plane followed it for much of its flight but were unable to help. The pilots drew close and noticed no structural damage but were unable to see into the Learjet because its windows were frosted over, indicating the temperature inside was well below freezing. Apparently set on autopilot, the plane cruised 2,250 kilometres across six states. Authorities said the plane was "porpoising," fluctuating between 6,600 and 15,300 metres. It presumably ran out of fuel some four hours after it took off. Stewart, 42, was one of
the most recognisable players in golf with his
traditional plus fours and a tam-o’-shanter hat. |
Lillees bloom to put Pak in shade PERTH (Australia), Oct 26 (Reuters) — Australia’s greatest fast bowler Dennis Lillee and his son Adam today took three wickets each today to hand Pakistan a seven-wicket mauling in the opening match of their tour of Australia. Lillee senior, making his last competitive appearance at the age of 50, grabbed an unlikely three for eight for an Australian Cricket Board Chairman’s XI. Lillee junior, 25, a second grade player for a local Perth team, took two wickets in his first 12 deliveries and finished with three for 29. Pakistan were dismissed for 168 then a whirlwind 103 from opener Ryan Campbell took the hosts to 171 for three in reply. SCOREBOARD Pakistan G. Ali c A Lillee b D Lillee 2, W. Wasti c Campbell b A Lillee 6, I. Ahmed lbw b A Lillee 2, Y.Youhana c Dighton b A Lillee 3, M.Wasim c and b Atkinson 26, A. Razzaq c Langer b D Lillee 0, A. Mahmood c Langer b Karppinen 43, M. Khan not out 60, M. Ahmed st Dighton b Marsh 3, S. Mushtaq lbw b Hayden 9, S. Akhtar c Dighton b D Lillee 2, Extras (lb-2 w-10) 12. Total (all out, 44 overs) 168. Fall of wickets: 1/6, 2/9, 3/12, 4/20, 5/24, 6/69, 7/117, 8/128 9/165 Bowling: D.Lillee 8-4-8-3, A. Lillee 6-0-29-3 (7w), Atkinson 5-1-16-1 (1w), Angel 6-0-23-0, Marsh 10-0-60-1, Karppinen 6-1-20-1, Hayden 3-0-10-1 (2w). Australian board XI: M. Hayden bw b Razzaq 32, R. Campbell b Mushtaq 103, J. Langer not out 18, S. Katich c Saqlain b Mushtaq 10, M.Hussey not out 6. Extras (lb-1 w-1) 2. Total (for three wickets) 171. Fall of wicktets: 1/77, 2/149, 3/161 Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar
8-0-44-0 (1w), Mohammad Akram 14-0-34-0, Saqlain Mushtaq
5-0-25-0, Abdur Razzaq 3-0-23-1, Mushtaq Ahmed
3.3-0-44-2. |
J&K trailing by 222 runs FARIDABAD, Oct 26 (PTI) — A haul of four for 79 by Vineet Jain had Jammu and Kashmir all out for 242 runs in response to Haryana’s first innings total of 469 for eight declared on the third day of their four-day Ranji Trophy league match here today. The visitors had in their second knock, after being forced to follow on following the 227 run deficit, lost the wicket of opener Ranjeet Bali (0) being caught by Pankaj Thakur off the bowling of Vineet Jain. J and K were five for one at close. Amit Pal Singh (batting five) and Vijay Kumar (batting zero) were at the crease. Earlier resuming at the overnight score of 93 for one, J and K were bundled out following the addition of 149 runs. Overnight batsman skipper Kanwaljeet Singh added 48 runs to his yesterday’s score of 14 before being clean bowled by Manish Skalkar. His 62 included seven hits to the fence. Ranjit Bali, was the first visitors batsman to return to the pavilion with the addition of only one run to his over night score of 44. His 45 included six fours. Bali was clean bowled by Vineet Jain when the board read 94. Of the remaining eight batsmen only four — Vikrant Tagger (12), Dhruv Mahajan (16), Sanjay Sharma (20) and Vijay Sharma (17) — reached double figures. Haryana (first innings) 469 for 8 decl. Jammu and Kashmir (first innings) Ranjeet Bali b Vineet Jain 45, Amitpal Singh c S.Dalal b Manish Skalkar 26, Kanwaljit Singh b Manish Skalkar 62, Ashwani Gupta c Pankaj Thakur b Vineet Jain 9, Shashi Kumar b Pankaj Thakur 6, Vikrant Tagger lbw Vineet Jain 12, Dhruv Mahajan b Vineet Jain 16, Sanjay Sharma c Parender Sharma b Pankaj Thakur 20, Vijay Sharma b Sanjay Jakhar 17, Surender Singh not out 4, Jagtar Singh lbw Manish Skalkar 1. Extras(b-1,lb-13,nb-10) 24. Total 242 all out. Fall of wickets: 1/68, 2/94, 3/108,4/127, 5/167, 6/181, 7/193, 8/233, 9/233. Bowling: Vineet Jain 26-6-79-4, Manish Skalkar 26.2-5-58-3, Pankaj Thakur 37-18-49-2, Sanjay Jakhar 24-11-38-1, Sanjay Dalal 2-1-1-0, Parminder Sharma 4-2-3-0. Jammu and Kashmir (second innings): Ranjeet Bali c Pankaj Thakur b Vineet Jain 0, Amit Pal Singh batting 5, Vijay Sharma batting 0. Extras: 0. Total: five for one. Fall of wicket: 1/4. Bowling: Vineet Jain
2-2-0-1, Manish Skalkar 1-0-4-0, Pankaj Thakur 1-0-1-0. |
Punjab in sight of outright win SAS Nagar, Oct 26 -- Barring a last-minute miracle or disruption by weather, chances of which look minimal at the moment, Punjab are poised for an outright victory in their North Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Himachal Pradesh at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here. Set a seemingly impossible target of 402 runs for victory, the visitors were 127 for the loss of five wickets.Himachal skipper Rajiv Nayyar showed creditable determination and application to remain undefeated at 38 when stumps were drawn after his nearly two-and-a-half hour vigil at the wicket. Middle order batsman Ajay Rai looked assured in 50-minute stay at the wicket before he was consumed lbw by offie Sarandeep Singh on the second last ball of the day when the day's play came to an end. Punjab resuming from their overnight score of 38 for two batted up to the lunch break and added 138 runs more in 37 overs before declaring their innings closed.Credit for setting an extremely stiff target goes to Dinesh Mongia who was in fine nick and played a breezy innings of 100 runs. Mongia stroked the ball well and hit three exquisite boundaries off medium pacer Shakti Singh in the same over. Mongia, in the process notched up his fifth century in 28th match in the championship facing 110 balls and hitting 10 fours and two sixes. The left-handed batsman in the company of Amit Sharma added 133 runs for the third- wicket partnership, before the latter fell to left-arm spinner Jaswant Rai after making 33.None of other Punjab batsmen was able to make any impression. In their second essay, the visitors suffered an early jolt losing opener Rahul Panta in the first over. Panta tried to be enterprising too early in the innings and was caught at square leg off medium pacer Sandeep Sharma, after he had been despatched twice to the boundary in the same over. Rajiv, who came in to bat next, dropped anchor at one end and concentrated on preserving his wicket. Nischal Gaur, the other opener, batted sensibly and both the batsmen took the score past the 50-run mark before mediumpacer Reetinder Sodhi struck, trapping Gaur on the pads. The umpire had no hesitation in raising the finger as Gaur, not pleased with the verdict, started for the pavilion.Gaur's 37-run knock contained six boundaries. Sangram and Rajiv survived some anxious moments, particularly facing spinners, but doggedly defied the rival bowling attack. They added 40 runs to the total in 20-odd overs before twin strikes by left-arm spinner Navdeep Singh which saw the backs of Sangram and Yashwinder Pal Singh, who batted confidentially in the first innings, put paid to Himachal's already faint hopes of salvaging pride in the inaugural match of the championship. SCOREBOARD Punjab (1st innings): 354 HP (1st innings): 129 Punjab (IInd innings): Rathore c Shakti b Parveen 3, Sidhu c Sangram b Shakt 2, Mongia c Rajiv b Gaur 100, Amit c Sangram b Jaswant 33, Reetinder c Rajiv b Jaswant 12, Sandeep c Rajiv b Gaur 0, Sarandeep not out 9, Navdeep not out 9. Extras (nb 1 w5, b2) 8. Total (declared after 49 over for loss of six wkts) 176 Fall of wickets: 1-5,2-5, 3-138, 4-158, 5-158, 6-158. Bowling: Shakti 10-0-45-1, Parveen 10-1-26-1,Panta 2-0-20-0, Jaswant 14-3-47-2,Gaur 13-2-36-2. HP (IInd innings): Panta c sub b Sandeep 8, Gaur lbw Reetinder 37, Rajiv not out 38, Sangram c Mongia b Navdeep 21, Yashwinder c Amit b Navdeep 0, Ajay lbw Sarandeep 15. Extras (nb 6, w1, lb 1) 8. Total (for five wickets in 52.5 overs) 127. Fall of wickets: 1-9,2-55,3-95, 4-95, 5-127. Bowling: Sandeep
12-1-40-1, Reetinder 8-3-15-1, Sarandeep 11.5-7-22-2,
Navdeep 15-7-22-2, Sandeep 6-0-23-0. |
Parnita Garewal, Guneet share
lead CHANDIGARH, Oct. 26 — The seventh Punjab Open Amateur Ladies Golf Championship got off to a colourful start this morning with Col H.I.S. Dhaliwal, Vice-President of the Chandigarh Golf Club, doing the ceremonial tee-off. Parnita Garewal and Guneet Raikhy shared the lead in the gold division with cards of 5 over par 77. Irina Brar was 3 strokes behind. Guneet Raikhy however did exceedingly well to play a better back nine than Parnita Garewal to share the day’s best gross score. Starting with a bogey Parnita birdied the second but then made bogeys on the fourth, fifth and seventh. Another birdie on the eighth saw her playing 2 over at the turn, Guneet kept abreast by making only three bogeys in the front nine. Irina Brar in the meantime had dropped six shots. Parnita played her back nine like Guneet’s front nine with three bogeys and no birdie, whilst Guneet birdied the par-five 16th after making bogeys on the 11th, 12th and 15th to share the lead. Irina played better in the back nine and a birdie on the final 18th saw her finish close behind. The championship promises to be an interesting battle between these three young stars of the Chandigarh Golf Club Ladies Section. In the silver division Sheena Sekhon (94) was leading by a stroke over Harinder Sandu ( 95) and Taran Simran singh (96) lay another stroke behind, forecasting another tight tussle for supremacy. In the bronze division Vijay Wadhawan shot a 99 and led by 2 strokes over Ritu Lumba (101) of Delhi. Nirmal Milkha Singh and Aruna Sharma were another 2 strokes behind at 103. The scores of day: Gold division: Best gross — Guneet Raikhy and Parnita Garewal (77), Irina Brar (80); Best nett — Guneet Raikhy (72), Parnita Garewal (75), Irina Brar (77). Silver Division: Best gross — Sheena Sekhon (94), Harinder Sandhu (95), Taran Simran Singh (96); Best nett — Ritu Lumba (74), Harinder Sandhu (76), Sheena Sekhon (77). Bronze Division: Best gross — Vijay Wadhawan (99), Ritu Lumba (101), Nirmal Milkha Singh and Aruna Sharma (103); Best nett — Aruna Sharma and Kirat Garewal (73), Vijay Wadhawan (74). Seniors (above 50 yrs): Best gross — Harinder Sandhu (95), Taran Simran Singh (96), Vijay Wadhawan (99); Best nett — Aruna Sharma (73), Vijay Wadhawan (74), Ritu Lumba (74). Juniors (below 18): Best gross — Guneet Raikhy (77), Irina Brar (80), Kirat Grewal (109); Best nett — Guneet Raikhy (72), Kiran Grewal (73), Mina Johl (76). Sub juniors (below 14):
Best gross — Kirat Grewal (109), Harsharan Kaur
(114), Guneet Saraon (119); Best nett — Kirat Grewal
(73), Harsharan Kaur (78), Guneet Saraon (83). |
Delhi poised for innings win NEW DELHI, Oct 26 (PTI) — Despite a valuable 60-run stand between Abu Eric and Sarabjit Singh, Services were struggling to avoid an innings defeat against Delhi on the third day of four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match here today. Services, trailing by 303 runs after Delhi declared their first innings at 444 for eight, were reeling at 140 for five in their second innings, at close with Sarabjit Singh, batting on 42, waging a lone battle at the Harbaksh Stadium here. The hosts, who were shot out for a paltry 141 in their first essay, still needed 163 runs to make Delhi bat again with only five wickets intact. Earlier, middle-order batsman Mithun Manhas struck an unbeaten 125 as Delhi, overnight 359 for seven, added 85 more runs before declaring their first innings, Medium pacer Amit Bhandari then claimed two quick wickets to rip through the Services top order to raise hopes for an innings defeat. Abu Eric (39) and Sarabjit Singh then got together to save Services from acute embarrassment before Bhandari added Eric to his victim’s list to push Services closer to a defeat. Eric struck six fours
during his 214-minute stay at the crease. Sarabjit
continued with his disciplined vigil at the wicket and
found an able partner in G. S. Thapa (batting 7). |
Khalsa College champs PHAGWARA, Oct 26 — Khalsa College, Amritsar today dethroned five time champions Guru Nanak College Phagwara in the GND University Inter-College Wrestling Championship (freestyle) which concluded here this afternoon. The Amritsar team secured 22 points while the hosts got 12 points and finished runners-up. SSM College, Dinanagar, got the third position by scoring 11 points. Khalsa College Amritsar had double success as they also won the Greco-Roman style championship. They scored 25 points. GNN Nakodar stood second while Lyallpur Khalsa College finished third. The Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Mr Charanjit Singh Atwal, distributed the prizes. Results (free-style):- 54 Kg: Ajay Kumar 1, Kashmir Singh 2, Darshan Kumar 3. 58 kg: Kulwant Rai 1, Sunil Dutt 2, Ravinder Kumar 3. 63 Kg: Ajay Kumar 1, Kuldeep Sharma 2, Sarabjit Singh 3. 69 Kg: Kashin Din 1, Sukhjit Singh 2, Harwinder Singh 3. 76 Kg: Varinder Singh 1, Sarabjit Singh 2, Mukesh Kumar 3. 85 Kg: Ravi Kumar 1, Parveen Singh 2, Jaswinder Singh 3. 97 Kg: Amandeep Sondhi 1, Sulakhan Singh 2, Rupinder Singh 3, + 97 Kg: Sukhwinder Singh 1, Inderjit Singh 2, Sandeep Singh 3. Greco-Roman: 54 Kg:
Rajesh Kumar 1, Rajeev Kumar 2, 58 Kg: Karam Chand 1,
Janak Raj 2, Ashu Vishal 3. 63 Kg: Jaswinder Singh 1,
Gulsharan Singh 2, Jagtar Singh 3. 69 Kg: Gurinderpal
Singh 1, Paramjit Singh 2, Charanjit Singh 3. 76 Kg:
Ravel Singh 1, Mehtab Singh 2, Prabhjit Singh 3. 85 Kg:
Premvir Singh 1, Amritpal Singh 2, Gurpreet Singh 3. 97
Kg: Pinderjit Singh 1, Rajwinder Singh 2, Boota Singh 3.
+97 Kg: Pritpal Singh (Champion). |
Rehman sacked; Altaf PCB chief ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (PTI) — Pakistani military authorities today sacked Mr Mujeebur Rehman as the ad-hoc chairman of the country’s cricket board and appointed former Test player and national selector Zafar Altaf as the new chief. President Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, patron-in-chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board, issued the orders appointing Mr Altaf as the new PCB chairman and asking him to add at least three members to the new set-up to run the affairs of cricket in the country. Altaf, a member of the Pakistani team which toured India in the 1950s and recently a national selector and manager of the national side in the 199 World Cup, has been asked to select his own team by the President. The appointment of Mr Altaf as the new PCB chief was very much on the cards after the board became virtually rudderless following the sudden disappearance of Mr Rehman in the wake of the army coup on October 12. Mr Rehman, who was close
to deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is either under
custody of the army authorities or has gone underground,
according to media reports. |
Golfers to help quake victims NEW DELHI, Oct 26 — Twentynine top Asian players will join the World No 1, Tiger Woods and superstars Ernie Els from South Africa, Fijian Vijay Singh, England’s Nick Faldo and Jim Furyk from the USA, in the 1999 Johnnie Walker Classic at the Westin Ta Shee Resort in Taipei, Taiwan, for November 11-14. Johnnie Walker and event
organisers, IMG will donate the proceeds from ticket and
souvenir merchandise sales to the fund for Taiwan
earthquake victims. Tiger Woods and the other star
players are donating items of equipment and memorabilia
which will be auctioned at a special televised auction on
November 11. It is hoped that this and other initiatives
being put in place by Johnnie Walker will raise $ 10
million for the fund. |
Haryana schools to have games period SIRSA, Oct 26 (UNI) — Haryana Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala has said that a period for games would be included in the school curriculum in the state to groom promising players from an early age. Speaking at the valedictory function of the rural invitational sports function at Chautala village, near here, last evening, Mr Chautala said that a sports hostel would be set up at the Sahib Ram Stadium complex at Chautala. The Chief Minister said games which were popular in rural areas should be promoted in a big way as there was no dearth of talent in these areas. He expressed serious concern over political interference in sports and added that the selection of the players for international meets should be on merit only. Like the Kila Raipur meet of Punjab, Chautala in Haryana was another potential area for promotion of rural sports, Mr Chautala said. Mr Chautala took keen interest in watching the tug-of-war played between Chawa (Punjab) and Mirzapur Ther (Sirsa), which was won by Chawa. He honoured the winners and the promoters of the sports festival by presenting mementoes and trophies. Virender of Bhiwani, who won the wrestling bout in 68 kg group by defeating Jagdish of Kaliraman, Delhi, was awarded Rs 11,000 and a trophy. Jagdish, the runner-up, got Rs 8,000. Sonika also of Kaliraman won the women’s wrestling title by defeating Deepika of Hisar in plus 55 category. Sonika was given an award of Rs 5,000 and Deepika won an award of Rs 3,000. Manoj Kumar of Railways was awarded Rs 1300 in under-68 kg wrestling whereas Naresh Kumar of Bhiwani hostel was declared runner-up and given Rs 700. Kiran Jangra of Hisar was awarded Rs 900 after she won the under-55 kg women’s wrestling title by defeating Seru of Hisar who was given Rs 600. The Jalandhar team won the voleyball match in the women’s section and were awarded Rs 7,000. Hisar were runners-up in the festival in volleyball and got Rs 4,000. The women’s team of Rohtak won the kabaddi title and were awarded Rs 7,000 whereas Ambala remained runners-up and got Rs 4,000. In the men’s section, Hisar won the kabaddi title and got Rs 7,000, whereas Rohtak remained runners-up and bagged Rs 4,000. Bhiwani won the athletics title in the men’s section. The Minister of State
for Public Health, Mr Jaswant Singh Bawal, who presided
over the function, said the state government was
promoting sports in a big way. |
Haryana struggling at 203 for 8 PATIALA, Oct 26 — Haryana were 203 for 8, still needing 47 runs to avoid the follow-on on the second day of the North Zone Inter State Cooch Behar Cricket Tournament here today. Earlier Ravneet Ricky scored a brilliant double century to power Punjab to 400 for 7 declared. He scored 48 runs in 32 balls to complete a well-deserved double century. What really helped the host bowlers was the wicket which had something for everyone. The host bowlers restricted their rivals to 203 for 8 at draw of stumps on the penultimate day. As Punjab were slowly gaining control, there came a seventh wicket partnership to 74 runs between Ishan Ganda, who was still at the crease waging a lone battle and Sukhbir Chowdhury. Brife scores: Punjab: (First innings): 400 for 7 declared (R. Ricky 201, Manav Dupper 75, Ankur Sondhi 45, Sumit Sharma 2 for 51, Joginder 2 for 75, Rajnesh 1 for 96) Haryana: (First
innings): 203 for 8 (Ishan Ganda 58 n.o., Sumit Sharma
38, S. Chowdhury 33, Amit Unniyal 3 for 34, Sanjay Dhul 2
for 42, Yuvraj 1 for 36, Gautam Mandora 1 for 17). |
Randhawa, Jeev for Hero Honda
golf NEW DELHI, Oct 26 — Will the Hero Honda Masters golf title stay in India or travel abroad? It is difficult to predict at this point of time but the result will be known on October 31 when the third edition of competition ends at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) course. Defending champion Jyoti Randhawa and Lexus champion Jeev Milkha Singh are among 143 contestants for the title , which carries total prize money of $ 200,000. The winner will get $ 33,200. Two Indians, Randhawa and Jeev, have struck ‘Derby’ form for the prestigious event held annually on this course. Randhawa has been a centre-figure on the Asian PGA Davidoff, while Jeev, the only Indian on the European Tour, has been displaying his prowess in no uncertain measure. He is ranked 51st on the EPGA Order of Merit. Jeev, who is yet to win a major title on this course, wears an optimistic look of performing superbly. “I am enjoying my game immensely”, said Jeev, adding: “I am determined to achieve better results than I have so far achieved on this course”. Randhawa, richer in his experience after participation in the Alfred Dunhill Cup, feels confident of retaining the title. Fourteenth on the Davidoff Tour, Randhawa said he was hitting the ball well. “Golf is as unpredictable as cricket, said Randhawa, adding: “But I am going to try earnestly to retain the title’. Despite flight problems, many foreigners have already arrived here. Among them are quite a few known faces. Among them is Gerry Norquist (USA), who loves to play on the course. Winner of third place last year, he is a player of exceptional skill. He hits a long ball and he should be able to translate his desire of winning a title into reality, if luck smiles on him. He is a type of player who is moderate both in win and defeat. Thirteen among 75 Indian pros are regulars. Feroz Ali, last year’s Indian Open champion, and Vijay Kumar are capable of causing surprises. They have in them to rise to the occasion provided they are able to stay cool and calm on the course. The performance of Harmeet Kahlon, Amit Dube and Digvijay Singh will be watched with more than casual interest. Among Indian veterans will be Ali Sher. He won the Indian Open title in 1991 and 1993. Will he be able to bring about another surprise this year? It is not beyond him if he gets into his belligerent mood. The course is in a superb condition. Greens are fast and true. The championship begins with Pro-Am tomorrow. Kapil Dev, India’s
cricket manager, and Roger Binny had a round today.
Maybe, Binny will play in the Pro-Am tomorrow. |
Punjabi University beaten MARGAO, Oct 26 (UNI) — Madras University trounced Devi Ahilya (Indore) 5-1 (half time 2-0) in the All-India Inter-Zonal Inter-University Football Championship here today. In the second match,
Ravindra Bharatiya Vidyapeeth, down by two goals, came up
strongly to overpower Punjabi University, Patiala 4-3. |
Players honoured PATIALA, Oct 26 — The Punjab Government honoured 426 players at a state-level function here today. The players were given
awards at a function by the State Education Secretary,
Mrs Surjit Kaur. The function was organised by the Punjab
Education Department. |
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SD College win CHANDIGARH, Oct 26 (BOSR) — GGD SD College, Chandigarh, got the better of DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh by 29-24 in the Panjab University Inter-College Handball (men) Tournament being played here at the PU grounds today. The half-time score was 13-11 in favour of GGD SD College, Davinder Singh Negi scored the maximum number of 13 goals for the winning team while for the losers the main scorer was Raj Kumar (eight goals). HP polytechnic meet begins KANGRA, Oct 26 (FOC) — The five-day Himachal Pradesh Polytechnic Sports Meet started here last evening in which 28 teams from all over the state are participating. The meet is being organised at the local Government Polytechnic College here. Competitions are being held in football, volleyball, kabaddi, basketball and table tennis for both boys and girls. Last evening in boys volleyball Sundernagar defeated Rohru 3-0, Polytechnic Hamirpur defeated Polytechnic Kangra 3-0, and Polytechnic Rohru defeated the Polytechnic Kangra 3-0. In the girls volleyball, hosts Polytechnic Kangra defeated Polytechnic Sundernagar 3-0. In basketball Polytechnic College Hamirpur defeated Polytechnic College, Sundernagar, in a one-sided game by 100-19. Pawan Kumar of Hamirpur dominated the game and scored 46 points followed by Brinder Tanwar by 14 points. In table tennis for girls hosts Kangra defeated Hamirpur 3-0. In table tennis (boys) Rohru defeated Hamirpur by 3-1 and Sundernagar in a well contested match defeated Kangra by 3-2. This morning in basketball Kangra defeated Rohru by 29-8. Punjab b’ball LUDHIANA, Oct 26 (FOSR) — The Punjab State Basketball Championship for subjunior boys and girls will be held at Nakodar from October 28 to 30, according to Mr R.S. Gill, president, Punjab Basketball Association (PBA). Players born on or after January 1, 1986 are eligible to take part. Teams are advised to report to Mr P.S. Noorpuri, joint secretary, PBA, and Mr Mander Singh Sandhu, DSP, Nakodar at 10 a.m. on October 28 at the venue. Elected FEROZEPORE (FOC): The
Deputy Commissioner, Mr Gurdev Singh Sidhu, and the
coordinator of the local DC Model Senior Secondary
School, Mr Anirudh Gupta, have been elected president and
general secretary, respectively, of the Ferozepore
District Table Tennis Association. |
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