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India rout
Kenya India register 3-0
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Polo: 61 Cavalry demolish Army
club Cricket must put technology to full
use Dalash eves win
in kabaddi NATIONAL SUBJR RAPID CHESS Smooth sailing for top
seeds Sudhar, Chandigarh boys
win DAV Hoshiarpur win PU b’ball title Punjabi University
dominate State school gymnastics
championship DAV College
champs
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India rout Kenya Bloemfontein, October 12 After bowling out the Kenyans for a paltry 90 in 37.1 overs, the Indians raced to their target in only 11.3 overs. Earlier India ran through the batting order of the inexperienced Kenyans to bowl them out for their lowest one-day international total. Ajit Agarkar took four wickets for 27 runs while Anil Kumble claimed three for 14 as the Kenyans were bundled out for 90 runs in 37.1 overs. Kenya’s previous lowest was 103 against South Africa in Nairobi in 1996. The Kenyan total was also the second lowest by any team against India after the 87 by Pakistan in Sharjah in 1985. It was a pathetic display by the Kenyans whose troubles started in the second over of the innings when Agarkar uprooted the stumps of Ravindu Shah. That started a collapse none of the Kenyan batsman were able to avert. They were tottering at 50 for seven at the halfway stage and from that perspective the lower order batsmen did well to add 40 more runs. Tony Suji was the top-scorer for Kenya remaining unbeaten on 18. Other notable contributions came from Collins Otieno (Obuya) who made 16 and his brother Kennedy Oteino (Obuya) who was the fifth man out for 14. But, it was the Indian bowlers’ day as they totally outwitted the opposition and forced them into commiting mistakes. As many as five batsmen were trapped leg before wicket and another four were clean bowled. Agarkar started in an inspired burst claiming two wickets in his first two overs after the Kenyans elected to bat on what looked like a good batting track. He bowled Shah with an inswinger that went between the bat and pads and uprooted the stumps of David Oteino (Obuya) in his next over with a sharp yorker. Both the batsmen failed to open their account. But the biggest setback to the Kenyans came when their most experienced batsman Steve Tikolo was caught behind off Agarkar for just one. Tikolo attempted a wide slash but only managed to get a thin edge and wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta took a regulation catch. SCOREBOARD Kenya: K. Otieno lbw b Kumble 14 Shah b Agarkar 0 D. Otieno b Agarkar 0 Tikolo c Dasgupta b Agarkar 1 Odumbe lbw b Kumble 6 Odoyo lbw b Kumble 12 M. Suji lbw b Agarkar 1 T Suji not out 18 C. Otieno lbw b Harbhajan 16 Kamande b Srinath 5 Ochieng b Srinath 3 Extras: 14 Total: all out in 37.1 overs 90 FOW: 1/4, 2/5, 3/13, 4/25, 5/41, 6/44, 7/50, 8/73, 9/86, 10/90. Bowling: Srinath 7.1-1-13-2; Kumble 10-4-14-3; H. Singh 5-1-18-1; Agarkar 10-3-27-4; Ganguly 5-0-15-0. India: Sehwag not out 55 Dasgupta not out 24 Extras 12 Total 91 for no loss in 11.2 overs Bowling: ochieng 3-0-16-0, T. Suji: 1.2-0-19-0, M. Suji: 3-1-18-0, Odoyo: 4-0-34-0.
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India register 3-0 win over Spain Hobart, October 12 India dominated the early part of the game without looking dangerous but a penalty corner in the sixth minute for an obstruction gave India an early opportunity in the match. Jugraj Singh made no mistake as his shot found the left corner of the net. The early goal stung the Spanish team into action and they slowly started to gain more possession of the ball and move into the Indian circle constantly. The Indian defence was up to the task and admirable battle for supremacy in the mid-field was unfolding in the clearing rain with no team finding it easy to dominate. The Spanish team could not convert either of their two penalty corners in the first half and Indian’s went to half time with a 1-0 lead but with no team seeming to have an upper hand. Rain continued to fall lightly as the second half started with the Indians trying to force the pace. Once again the Indians made the most of their chances and prolific goal scorer Deepak Thakur scored with a firm hit into the right corner of the goal in the 41st minute. India’s skipper Gagan Ajit Singh finally got his first goal of the tournament in the 50th minute to put India 3-0 up. The Spanish team tried its best to come back into the game but the Indian defence held out gamely, even though Jugraj Singh was injured in the 53rd minute. In the dying minutes of the match, Spain forced two penalty corners — 60th minute and 65th minute, but could not beat the Indian defence. Umpires took control as the team got involved in several tackles — giving Esteban Alberto of Spain and Viren Rasquinha of India yellow cards for their play. India emerged 3-0 winners in their first real test at the seventh Junior men’s World Cup hockey in Hobart. India thus topped Pool C and will play a runner up team in their next round of matches. “We took most of our chances while the Spaniards fail to convert theirs,’’ said a relieved Indian coach Rajinder Singh after the match. “We have achieved our first aim of topping the pool and now we enter the tough stage of competing with the best teams,’’ said the Indian coach after the victory. Earlier Scotland beat Canada 3-1 to finish third in the group with Canada taking the last spot.
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Soccer World Cup loses insurance cover Cologne, October 12 “The reason (for cancelling the contract) is that the dangers for security are much higher since the attacks on September 11,” said Mr Ingo Koch, spokesman for the main insurers for the finals AXA-Colonia. Mr Koch said that his company wanted to meet with the governing body of world football FIFA to re-evaluate the security risks for the finals which will involve 32 teams next June. FIFA president Sepp Blatter speaking on the sidelines of a
meeting in Prague said he had been informed of the AXA decision yesterday. “The company involved (AXA) is no longer in a position to insure security at the World Cup finals,” he said. “We have one month to find new insurance cover, which of course is going to be more expensive. It’s a new challenge for us,” he added.
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RAID-DE-HIMALAYA Basantpur, October 12 The first car was driven by Along Aier from Nagaland at 7.42 p.m. The famous stretch from Kingal to Basantpur, allows very fast motoring. It provided a good spectacle for the local Himachali crowds who lined up along the roadside to see the event that has become an annual fixture on their calendars for the last three years. This was Day 8 of the Raid-de-Himalaya, on which there were 12 four-wheeled vehicles and 17 motor cycles left. The first stage of today’s event was cancelled, making the competitors run about 100 km. The vehicles then proceeded on a transport stage to Shimla. Yesterday a 470 km run over tarmac road over the Taglang La at 5,328 meters above sea level, the second highest motorable pass in the world was the highlight as the Raid de Himalaya made a run from Manali from Leh. The competitive stage started at Upshi and closed at Pang. The competitive stage of Sarchu to Darcha, was cancelled and from Pang came the long transport back to Manali. Most competitors and others arrived near midnight at Manali. Raid-de-Himalaya arrived back at Shimla from Manali after traversing a new route from the Pandoh Dam and up into areas never run before by any motor sport event. |
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Arjun sets sights on Hero golf
title Chandigarh, October 12 Local golfer Rajiv Kumar retained his overnight second position with a tally off five-under 211. Rajiv’s city-mate Harmeet Kahlon was tied-third with Kolkata’s Basad Ali and amateur golfer, Chandigarh’s Gurbaaz Mann, at four-under 212. K.S. Sibia, yet another local pro, was placed fifth at three under 213 while the Tour’s top-ranked golfer Mhow’s Mukesh Kumar occupied the sixth position at two-under 214. Thrice winner and defending champion Amritinder singh saw his dreams of returning a fourth straight win suffer a severe blow when he slipped to tied-22nd spot with a tally of 221. Amritinder played to 75 today. There was not one occasion today when Arjun Singh looked out of control. The Delhi Golf Club pro played sensible yet aggressive golf finishing the day with a not too jazzy but a very effective one under 71. “I decided at the start of the day that I would carry on with my game plan. So I used the driver a lot and attacked the course pretty much like I did on the first two days,” he said. “However, though I made a lot of regulations like yesterday, I didn’t hit it as close. This affected my putting. Else I would have played to four or five under,” he said. Arjun started the day steadily paring all the holes on his front-nine. Birdies on the 11th and 13th sandwiched the first of two bogeys on the 12th. “I hit a bad tee shot,” he said with reference to his first bogey. Another bogey on the16th preceded his third birdie on the 17th. Rajiv Kumar, who along with KS Sibia was more responsible for the large crowd following the leader-group than Arjun’s presence, had a rather inauspicious start to his round. I three-putted the very first hole of the day and that put me off,” he said. “However, the bogey on the 6th was even more demoralising,” added the golfer who missed a simple two feet putt on that hole. Two-over at the half-way stage, the 22-year old recovered well with birdies on the 10th, 11th and 13th. he then missed a five feet birdie on the 14th which was followed by a bogey on the following hole where he found the green-side bunker. The 14th was the turning point. Had I birdied that hole, the deficit between Arjun and me would have reduced to two-strokes. Finishing his round pretty much as he started it, with a bogey contributed to his returning a card of one-over 73. “This is golf. Anything can happen here. I am still hopeful of causing an upset”, added the youngster with a touch of optimism. Gurbaaz Mann, considered one of the longest hitters in the country today, brought in the day’s best card with his five-under 67 placing him at four-under 212, three strokes ahead of second placed Girish Virk. Vikramjit Singh was placed third at 224. Scores (after 52 holes): 205 Arjun Singh (65, 69, 71); 211 Rajiv Kumar (71, 67, 73); 212 Harmeet kahlon (70, 72, 70) and Basad Ali (74,67, 71); 213 K.S. Sibia (67, 72, 74); 214 Mukesh Kumar (72, 72, 70); 215 Ranjit Singh (74, 72, 69) and Amandeep Johl (72, 70, 73); 216 Gaurav Ghei (75, 73, 68) and Yusuf Ali (73, 70, 73); 217 Rohtas Singh (72, 74, 71), Vinod Kumar (70, 75, 72), Rahil Gangjee (72, 70, 75) and pappan (69, 71, 77). Amateurs: 212 Gurbaaz Mann (73, 72, 67); 215 Girish Virk (70, 73, 72); 223 Vikramjit Singh (77, 69, 77). |
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Polo: 61 Cavalry demolish Army
club Chandigarh, October 12 With four of five players with highest handicap of plus five here, the proceedings today provided exciting moments with Maj Manoj Dewan (61 Cavalry) and Dhruvpal Godara stealing the limelight with some brilliant individual performances. True, 61 Cavalry, which started with a 0-2 deficit as Army Polo 7 Riding Club with a total team handicap of plus 5 was pitted against plus 8 handicap of their opponents . According to rules, difference in the team handicap multiplied by number of chakras — four in case of this tournament— and divided by six gives the goal handicap to the weaker team or team with a smaller handicap. But 61 Cavalry not only cleared this deficit but drew level at 3-3 before the end of the second chakra. And in the third, 61 Cavalry, who are playing without their star Commanding officer, Col Bhawani Singh (with an individual handicap of plus 5), went on a scoring spree, getting across the goal bars at either end at almost minute a goal speed to race to a comfortable 8-4 lead in the penultimate chakra. Conserving their mounts for tomorrow’s semifinal, the Cavalry men, understandably took the things easy in the last chakra but not before taking their score to double figures. In fact, Lieut-Col J.S. (Pinka) Virk, who displayed his brilliance in patches, led his team — Samir Chaudhary, Ajay Ahlawat and Manoj Dewan — extremely well though he had the misfortune of breaking his stick once. The Army Polo and Riding Club led by international stalwart Angad Kalam (plus 5 handicap) drew ample support from K.S. Gill, young AS Bathh and Dafedar Bhawani Singh but failed to contain the Cavalry men. Maj SS Kashyap and Samir Sahag were the umpires. Col Harpartap (Horsey) Grewal was the third umpire for both the games. Though RVC started with a half goal handicap against Thunderbolts, yet it could not break the impregnable defence of its opponents. Thunderbolts were served well by Dhruvpal Godara, AS Randhawa, Ajit Singh and Shailendra Singh while Maj Shailendra Singh, Maj S.S. Kashyap, Dafedar Bajrang Singh and Maj Atul Gupta represented RVC. Vishal Singh and Vikram Sodhi supervised this game. |
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Cricket must put technology to full
use Chandigarh, October 12 At the moment the third umpire is asked to adjudicate matters relating to runouts, stumping and also to declare whether a ball has crossed the ropes or whether a fielder has touched the ropes while fielding a ball. In all other matters it is the field umpires who have the final say. What Saurav wants is the issue of close-in catches or where there are doubts whether the ball has touched the ground should be referred to the third umpires so that the replays can be watched closely before a final decision can be given. On more than one occasion, and very recently in the second one-day match against South Africa at Pretoria, the Indian skipper himself has had a raw deal at the hands of the umpire. There was a time when cricket was a game for gentlemen. There were no neutral umpires, no false appeals, batsmen walked when they were out and there was no sledging on the grounds. And there have been instances in the past when batsmen have been recalled by the fielding captain even when they had been declared out by the umpire. But that is a thing of the past. Now the game has become so professional that no team is willing to give any quarters. But one thing has not changed in the law books of the game: the benefit of doubt is still with the batsman. But modern-day umpires, not even the neutral ones, are not willing, at least in most cases, to give this benefit of the doubt to the batsmen as per rules. Under such circumstances it would be worthwhile for the ICC to consider whether technology could be put to more extensive use to help the umpires on the ground. With a former chief of the ICC, Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya, now at the helm of affairs of the BCCI, the plea of the Indian captain can be followed up by the Indian board at the next meeting of the international body. Cricket is becoming more and more a spectator game with lights, coloured clothing, white balls , extensive TV coverage et al. The international body must give a thought how to give the players a fairer deal at the hands of the umpires as they combat it out like the gladiators of old. |
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Dalash eves win
in kabaddi Manali, October 12 In khokho Government High School, Bharain, were declared first. In badminton Government Senior Secondary School, Sainj, were the winner. In basketball Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sultanpur, (Kulu) were first. Mr Maheshwer Singh, MP, presided over the closing function of the tournament. |
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NATIONAL SUBJR RAPID CHESS
Chandigarh, October 12 In under 12 boys section: Narender and Gopal were both leading at four points each followed by Revanth CG at 3.5 points, Adithya B. at three points. The points position of other players in this section was, Vineeth-3, Jain Shrenhik-3.5, Shubham 3, Karthikeyan 3, Naveen Kanna 3, Souparna Ghosh 3, Dasari Sai 2.5, Premnath-2.5, Saravanakrishnan-2.5, Kush Mukesh kumar-2.5, Phanindra-2, Sankalp-2, Sumit Suhas-2, Prateek-2, Neeraj-2, Tejdeep-2, Abhyudaya-2,Mohit-2, Ravi-2, Karan-2, Sandeep V-2, Namra-2. In below 12 girls section, the point position at the end of today’s round was: Raghavi-4, Sivasankari-3.5, Meenu-3, Rajdarshani-3, Anjanaa-3, Kiran Monisha-3, Bhakti-2.5, Sudharshana-2, Nayna.K-2, Dhara Gupta-2.5, Shradha Mohanan-2, Irol Melisa-2, Pallavi Dutta-2, Pallavi Maiya-2, Sandhya G-2, Fajra PA-2. The under-14 girls section point position was: Iswarya Shobhna-3, Vennela Tata-3, Madana Sree-2, B. Latha-2, Raja Surya-2, Suchandra Chakrapadh-2, Swati Raj Purohit-2, P Uthra-1.5. In the under-14 boys section, the point position was: Rohit G. -4, Akshay Raj Kore-3 plus, Sidharth-3, Deepan Chakarvorthy-3, Nisam KM-3, Kunche Nikhlesh Kum-3, Debayan Majumdar-2 plus, Sunil Rangarajan-2 plus, S.Yashwas-2 plus, Varun Ramakanth Yada-2 plus, Praveen Prasad, Samarth, Kunal, Chevli, Nikhil Batra, Akshay G, Shravan Shrikanth and Akshay G. and Rahul Manohar (all two points each). A total of eight rounds will be played in
under 12 boys section , seven each in under 12 girls and under 14 boys event while five rounds in under 14 girls section. |
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Smooth sailing for top
seeds Ludhiana, October 12 In the girl’s section, top seed Shruti Bansal of Ropar made mince meat of Shaveta from Sangrur 7-0,7-0 and 7-1. Second seed Sanya Sareen from Amritsar faced no challange from Dapleen Kaur of Ropar 7-2,7-0 and 7-0 . In the boy’s u-13, fourth seeded Abhishek of Amritsar scored an easy victory over Mohit of Nawanshahr 7-1,7-1and 7-4. Earlier, Mr Raminder Singh, Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, inaugurated this four-day championship in which more than 150 shuttlers were participating . First day’s results: Boys U-13:-
Aslam of Sangrur b Gautam of Jalandhar 7-1,6-8,7-3,7-0. Gurdeep of Sangrur b Navjot of Amritsar 7-2,0-7,7-4,7-3 . Kaushal of Jalandhar b Seerat of Ludhiana 7-1,7-5,8-6. Avish of Jalandhar b Tarun of Ropar 7-5,7-5,7-4. R. Bhanot of Nawanshahr b Abhinav 7-2,7-0,7-1. Anand of Jalandhar b Pritpal 7-2,7-0,7-0 . Jagvir of Hoshiarpur b Love of Jalandhar 7-3,7-2,7-1. Rahul of Jalandhar b Sagar of Hoshiarpur 7-3,7-2,7-3. Sukhpreet of Ludhiana b Nitin of Moga 7-1,7-2,7-2. Abhishek of Amritsar b Mohit of Nawanshahr 7-1,7-1,7-4. Ashutosh of Ludhiana b Rahul of Jalandhar 7-0,7-0,7-2. Mahip of Ropar b Kanav of Jalanhdar 7-0,7-0, 7-0. and Tarun of Nawanshahar b Puneet of Patiala 7-4,7-4,7-4. Girls U-13 :- Sanya of Amritsar b Dapleen Kaur of Ropar 7-2,7-0,7-0. Komalpreet of Patiala b Neha of Amritsar 7-0,7-3,7-1. |
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Sudhar, Chandigarh boys
win Ludhiana, October 12 In the first match, Guru Hargobind Khalsa College, Gurusar Sudhar, Ludhiana blanked Government Barjindra College, Faridkot 3-0. After a barren first half, Hanspal Singh put Ludhiana college ahead in the 47th minute through a superb field goal. In the very next minute they earned a penalty corner which was successfully converted by full-back Sukhdeep Singh. With just three minutes to go for the long hooter, Gurvinder Singh scored a field goal (3-0) to seal Faridkot college’s fate. The second match (women) was played between Government College for Women, Ludhiana and Government Physical College of Education, Patiala in which the latter proved their supremacy by emerging victorious 5-1. Local girls went into the lead in the second half (39th minute) through Harpinder Kaur. Five minutes later, Raj Rani of Patiala restored parity. Monica Rani struck in the 52nd minute to make it 2-1 and immediately Bharti Prashar found the target to enhance the lead to 3-1. In the 62nd minute, Gurinder Kaur sounded the board to make it 4-1 and a few seconds before the long whistle Manjit Kaur struck a blow to wrap up the issue 5-1. In another girls’ section encounter, Government College , Sector 11, Chandigarh, proved too good for Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, whom they drubbed 7-0 after leading by 3-0 at half time. Beant and Sunita scored a brace each. The other scorers were Jyoti, Mandeep and Rama. In the last match (boys) Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, defeated Government Mohindra College, Patiala 3-0. Chandigarh lads established 2-0 lead at lemon break. The scorers were Manmohan Singh (3rd minute), Vikramjit Singh (13th minute) and Gurpreet Singh (62nd minute). |
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DAV Hoshiarpur win PU b’ball title Chandigarh, October 12 The second place in this section went to Panjab University Campus, while Government College for Women, Ludhiana finished third. The fourth position went to Government College for Girls, Sector 42. In the league matches played today, PU Campus, Chandigarh, outplayed GCG-42 57-40 and DAV College, Hoshiarpur beat
GCW, Ludhiana 70-35. |
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Punjabi University
dominate Ludhiana, October 12 In the 4000 mt individual pursuit, Harjot Singh took 5:37.91 secs to win a gold. Jadhav Swapnil of Pune University and Harsimran Singh of Panjab University, Chandigarh, finished second and third respectively. Harjot Singh timed 13:34 secs to win his second gold in 1000 mts sprint. Calicut University’s Asif Ahmed and Inderpreet Singh of Panjab University bagged silver and bronze respectively. Defending champions (men’s section), Punjabi University, Patiala continued their dominance sweeping all three golds which were at stake today. In the 4000 mt team pursuit, the quartet of Paramvir Singh, Jatishmahodeep Singh, Jarnail Singh and Harjot Singh took 5:22.05 secs to finish ahead of teams from Pune University and Kerala University. In the women’s section, Punjabi University won two gold while the third one went to Pune University. In 3000 mt individual pursuit, Patil Sonali of Pune University with timings of 4:54.37 secs took the gold. The team of Rasan Billing, Jaswinder Kaur, Nisha Rajput and Ashpreet Kaur representing Punjabi University, Patiala took 4:49.27 secs to clinch the gold, silver went to Panjab University, Chandigarh and bronze to Kerala University. |
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State school gymnastics
championship Ambala, October 12 Speaking on the occasion, Mr Gautam said that sports equipment of international standard worth Rs 50 lakh would be set up at the gymnasium hall in the next two months. He said the district administration was making efforts at providing sports opportunities, specially to the school and college students. Mr Gautam said that in the past two months, state-level table tennis, Haryana junior hockey and Haryana swimming competitions were held in Ambala. He said that in December, the national school gymnastic championship would be held here. The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mr Mahinder Kumar, said that to encourage sports, the state government had prepared a new sports policy so that players could achieve national and international standards. He said that gymnasts from Ambala had achieved success in various sports meet. About 500 gymnasts from Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Kurukshetra,
Mahendragarh, Rohtak, Rai, Sonepat and Yamunanagar were participating in this gymnastics meet.
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DAV College
champs Amritsar, October 12 Mr Gulzar Singh Ranike, State Minister for Agriculture, gave away the prizes. Mr Ranike announced a grant of Rs 1 lakh to the club from his discretionary quota. |
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Kangra Badminton
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