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Bangladesh win clash of minnows
West Indies clash with Lanka today
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Punjab take 29-run lead
PHL to have one tier, two venues
Purav ousts Sanam
Army bikers triumph
Steps taken to put Punjab on top: Pargat
Chandimandir to host golf tournament
Paragliding meet gets new name
Haryana win kabaddi titles
Jashandeep sets national swimming record
Delhi Half Marathon
HC summons NRAI chief
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Bangladesh win clash of minnows
Jaipur, October 13 Twenty-year-old Nafees hit an unbeaten 123, the highest ODI score by a Bangladesh batsman, to help his team post a competitive 231 for six before their bowlers skittled out Zimbabwe for 130 to give the Asian team a pride-salvaging win in the day-night encounter. Nafees became the first Bangladesh player to score two one-day hundreds, after his 118 not out against Zimbabwe in August. Both teams had gone out of reckoning even before the match, but the result helped Bangladesh prove a point or two. Habibul Bashar’s men went into the match on the back of a humiliating 10-wicket loss to the West Indies and they had also gone down 2-3 to the Zimbabweans in a recent one-day series. Wicketkeeper-opener Brendan Taylor’s 52 proved to be the lone bright spot in an otherwise gloomy evening for Zimbabwe. Scoreboard Saleh lbw Rainsford 6 Zimbabwe Chibhabha lbw Mortaza 16 Extras (b-1, lb-3) 4 Total (all out, 44.4 overs) 130 FoW: 1-26, 2-35, 3-61, 4-78, 5-88, 6-123, 7-123, 8-127, 9-130. Bowling: Mortaza 7-2-16-1, Reza 6-0-34-0, Razzak 6.4-2-12-2, Rafique 10-1-26-2, Hasan 10-1-18-3, Hossain 3-0-12-0, Saleh 2-0-8-0. — PTI
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West Indies clash with Lanka today
Mumbai, October 13 There’s very little to choose between the cricketers from the Emerald Island and those from the Caribbean and the tie, the first international outing in the splendid setting at the Cricket Club of India in more than a decade, promises to be thrilling contest. The victors in the match would qualify for Group B in the tournament proper, also comprising South Africa, Pakistan and New Zealand. The losers would be pooled together with World Cup champions Australia, India and England in Group A. Sri Lanka would be interested in making it 10 victories in a row in ODIs starting with a very creditable 5-0 whitewash of England in the latter’s backyard.
— PTI
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Patiala, October 13 Brief scores: J&K: 138 all out in 43 overs (Asif Rasool 34, Rohit Bhatt 24; Varun Sharma 3-11, Tarun Sharma 2-26, Hardevinder Singh 2-57). Punjab: 167 for 3 (Munish Bhatia 38, Harkishen Mandora 33, Gaurav Gupta 31 n.o., Uday Kaul 24 n.o.; Adil Miger 2-47, Sameer Ali 1-32). — UNI
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PHL to have one tier, two venues
New Delhi, October 13 The tournament, played so far at a single venue featuring 10 teams divided into two tiers, has been repackaged and will be held in Chennai and Chandigarh for over two months. The tournament will begin in Chennai on January 2 and will move over to Chandigarh after a month, the Indian Hockey Federation and ESPN Star Sports announced at a press conference here today. Chosen on the basis of their performance last year, the seven teams — Sher-e-Jalandhar, Chandigarh Dynamos, Maratha Warriors, Bangalore Lions, Hyderabad Sultans, Orissa Steelers and Chennai Veerans — will play 42 matches in a double round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify for the best of three finals. All matches will be played under lights. Indian Hockey Federation chief KPS Gill said the annual event had given talented players like Shivendra Singh to the country and hoped the tournament would become even a bigger success in future. “Shivendra Singh, who was the highest goal-scorer for us in the World Cup, has come from the PHL. Besides, many others are also emerging from the tournament which has been quite successful,” he said. Gill said they would try to get players from Australia and the Netherlands, the countries from where the flow of players for the PHL was almost non-existent. “We will try to make up for that deficiency in future,” he said. Leisure Sports Management chairman S.S. Dasgupta said many foreign players were showing interest to take part in the tournament. “In the first year, we had to run after the foreign players. But, now they are very keen to participate in the PHL,” he said. R.C. Venkateish, Managing Director of ESPN Star Sports, the broadcasters of the tournament, said a few more innovations were being worked out for the third edition of the PHL. “Some innovations are being worked out for the tournament and these will be known at a later date,” he said.
— PTI
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Purav ousts Sanam
New Delhi, October 13 Sanam, who looked in tremendous control of the match, making Raja run helter-skelter to run up a 5-2 lead, suddenly lost his rhythm and control as Raja changed gear to take his game to a higher level and won the next five games in a row to win the first set. But Sanam Singh made a comeback in the second set winning it 6-3. In the third set, Sanam was back in his wonted form, retrieving returns from impossible angles and smashing winners with amazing control and accuracy. He looked very well on way to a well-merited victory when he ran up a 4-1 lead, but Raja once again displayed his fighting spirits to stage a remarkable rally to reel off the next five games to turn the match around and sniff out the title hopes of Sanam, who had progressed into the last four stage with some mesmerising tennis. The lilting contest, under blazing sun, consumed two hours and 35 minutes to put on show a classy display. Purav Raja will take on J. Vishnu Vardhan of Andhra Pradesh in the title clash tomorrow. Vishnu Vardhan, another exciting new tennis kid on the block, put paid to the hopes of fifth-seeded Ashutosh Singh with a ruthless 6-2, 6-1 victory. Breaks in the sixth and eighth games of the first set and the second and the sixth games of the second set gave Vishnu Vardhan the openings he needed to wrap up the match in style. In the women’s singles semifinals, defending champion and top seed Isha Lakhani and second seed Sandhaya Nagaraj expectedly set-up the title clash with easy wins. Isha Lakhani nosed out fourth seed Sonal Phadke 6-3, 6-1 while Sandhya Nagraj of Tamilnadu ended the dream run of Delhi girl Vishaka Sheoran with a 6-0, 6-4 victory. Other results: Boys under-18 semifinals: N Sri Ram Balaji (TN) beat Sumit Prakash (UP) 6-3, 6-4; Feroz Mohammad b Arnav Jain 6-2, 6-2. Girls under-18 semis: Kyra Shroff b Parija Maloo 5-7, 7-6, 6-3 (three hours and 25 minutes); Kelsey Dunderam b Madura Ranganathan 7-6, 3-6, 6-4.
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Army bikers triumph
Shimla, October 13 Dalip, along with team-mate Ramesh Chand, had been trailing Norbert for most part of the 656-km rally. They overtook him only in the final leg to bag the first and second positions, respectively. Norbert had to be content with the third place. In the men’s open category, Dibeen Meetei of the Army won the title, while Kalyan Singh, also from the Army, was the runners-up. Norbert ended up third. In the women’s open category, Karen Ruth of New Zealand won the title, with Kulbeer Kaur of Chandigarh and Shubha Mehrotra of Pune bagging the second and third positions, respectively. In the team category, the Army were the winners, bagging the first two positions followed by Firefox of Chandigarh. Rakesh Mahindra of Chandigarh won the masters category title, while Stephan Polle of Australia was second. Hercules MTB Himachal is the world’s only third Mountain Terrain Biking Championship after Trans Apls in Europe and Trans Rockies in Canada.
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Steps taken to put Punjab on top: Pargat
Chandigarh, October 13 Pargat, who completed one year in office as Director, Sports, Punjab, last month, told mediapersons that the major steps taken in the past year included sanctioning of sports budget for projects, revival of shelved plan, hiking of cash rewards, reintroduction of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award, and the employment of foreign coaches. Invitation to foreign coaches in track and field, hockey and other priority disciplines are in the pipeline. Physical trainers and psychologists would also be involved in the training programme of Punjab sportspersons in future, he said. “The Sports Department is focusing on broad-basing sports culture, specialisation and upgradation of coaches’ knowledge, providing improved and competitive environment and upgradation of infrastructure,” he said. Two world-renowned trainers were invited to Punjab. NBA coach Robert Reid was the first foreign coach to visit Punjab during the Junior National Basketball Championship in Ludhiana to interact with players and the coaches. Italian boxing coach Febrizio Petrino also conducted a 15-day coaching camp for players as well as trainers in Chandigarh,” Pargat said. “When I joined the Punjab Sports Department on September 22, 2005, I had a clear vision in my mind about what steps I have to take for the betterment of Punjab sportspersons. I am satisfied with my work but there are many more things which have to be done to pave the way for the Punjab players to dominate Indian sports,” Pargat said. — UNI
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Punjab cops steal the show
Jalandhar, October 13 Chief Minister Amarinder Singh presided over the closing ceremony. CRPF won the women’s weightlifting title with five lifters creating meet records. In the men’s section, Punjab Police took the overall honours, followed by CRPF. Punjab Police also emerged on top in boxing, winning the overall title with 60 points, followed by Assam Rifles and CRPF. Ashwani Sharma was declared the best boxer. The hosts also won both the freestyle and Greco-Roman sections to take the wrestling title. Speaking on the occasion, Capt Amarinder Singh said the government would restore the ranks of sportspersons according to the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The case had been cleared by the Departments of Home and Finance and it now needed an approval by the Cabinet. He asked the Sports Department to work out the modalities for the implementation of 5 per cent quota under the sports category without further delay. The Chief Minister announced a grant of Rs 50 lakh for the upgradation of infrastructure at the PAP Sports Complex. He also announced a prize of Rs 1 crore for any player from Punjab who would win a gold medal at the Olympics.
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Chandimandir to host golf tournament
Chandigarh, October 13 About 100 players are expected to participate in the event, the entries of which were received till yesterday. The tournament is being organised by the Indian Golf Union (IGU), the apex body for golf in the country. The Chief of Army Staff, Gen J.J. Singh is the IGU’s present president. Golfers between the ages of 30 years to 50 years and having a handicap of 12 or below would be allowed to participate in the tournament. It would consist of four rounds of 18 holes each. The tournament would be played in accordance with the “stroke play system”, abiding with rules of golf as approved by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. This is for the first time that a tournament organised by the IGU is being held at Chandimandir. The Shivalik Golf Course is considered one of the finest courses in this part of the country and has in the past played host to various service events as well as some civilian tournaments. Spread over 300 acres, the course also doubles up as an environmental park with plenty of wildlife and ecological features like water harvesting, nature conservation and wildlife protection.
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Paragliding meet gets new name
Palampur, October 13 Even though regular Pre-World Cups have been held in Bir-Billing and it is considered among the best paragliding sites, it would now witness only a local event and the dream of the pilots from the area to participate in a World Cup here may not be realised, at least in the near future. Sources said more than 60 applications have been received from pilots, many of them international pilots, for the event scheduled to be held from October 17. The organisers, however, insist that changing the name of the event, which has been done in view of the terrain of the site, would not affect its popularity and rules would be almost the same. The government would also continue to support the event. The take-off site at Billing, situated at a height of 2,290 m, is 14 km away from Bir and offers an opportunity for high-altitude and cross-country flying for more than 200 km. The landing site at Bir, at a height of 1,480 m, is sheltered by mountains and surrounded by tea gardens, said a local pilot.
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Haryana win kabaddi titles
Chandigarh, October 13 In the men’s final, Haryana defeated Punjab 40-28. The Haryana women’s team beat Punjab 44-34. Mr GS Grewal, president of the Amateur Circle Kabaddi Federation of India, who was the chief guest on the occasion, distributed prizes among the winners.
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Jashandeep sets national swimming record
Ropar, October 13 This information was given by the president of the Punjab Swimming Association, Dr R.S Parmar, here today. Jashandeep won three gold in under–17 swimming events while Neha Saini of the association also won three gold medals in under-19 events. He said the boys of the Ropar swimming association had won second position while girls won the third position in the overall swimming events in the PSSG. TNS
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Delhi Half Marathon
New Delhi, October 13 Milkha Singh, Dhanraj Pillay, women’s world boxing champion MC Mary Kom, KM Beenamol, Juhi Chawla and Gulshan Grover will lead the celebrity band, who will be joined by over 20,000 runners. The marathon will include celebrity runs, senior citizens’ race and the competitive half marathon event in which the best of runners from India, Asia and Africa will take part.
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New Delhi, October 13 Mr Justice P Anil Kumar sought Sethi’s personal appearance after shooter Syed Zafaryab Ali Zaidi moved a contempt petition in which he complained that despite giving an undertaking in the court, Sethi ignored its directives due to which he could not participate in the recent GV Mavalankar tournament. — PTI
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