Chandigarh, September 1 
Showing a top class game, local favourite Chandigarh Football Academy (CFA) outclassed Orissa Football Association (OFA) 6-1 in the opening match of the 5th Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for u-17 at the Football Stadium, Sector 17, here today. 

Striker Gagandeep stole the show with his hat trick, netting goals in the 42nd, 65th and 77th minutes. Undoubtedly, the local team could have won by a very handsome margin. 

Earlier, Punjab governor and UT administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) inaugurated the tournament. 

Meanwhile, the medical panel suspected 26 players of being over-aged. They were then sent to General Hospital, Sector 16, for advanced tests. However, only two players were over aged.. 

Tomorrow's fixtures: Group A: Orissa vs Delhi FA (4 pm), Rajasthan FA vs APFA (8 am); Group B: Punjab Football Association vs DAI Team (10 am) at the Sector 42 Stadium; Group C: New Public School FA Chandigarh vs Mizoram FA (3 pm); Group D: Sanjay Public School Academy Chandigarh vs Services Sports Control Board (5 pm) at the Sector 17 Football Stadium. 

Chandigarh, September 1
Tarun, with his deadly bowling spell, captured five wickets for 14 runs, thus enabling St Anne’s Cricket Academy, Sector 32, to beat Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy in the WWICS Under-14 Cricket Tournament at St Stephen's School Stadium in Togan, near here, today. 

St Anne’s team won the match by seven wickets. Azad Academy, soon after winning the toss, lost three wickets for nine runs. Only Udit Hari Mehta was able to reach a double figure with his score of 10 runs. 

Anirud and Harshit gave Tarun full support as they got two wickets each for 17 and 10 runs, respectively. Azad Academy were dismissed for 75 runs in 25 overs. 

St Anne School easily achieved their target as they made 76 for three in 24 overs. While Anirudh scored the highest with 28 runs, Krishan and Pukhraj contributed 13 and 10 runs, respectively. Talwinder Jit Singh was the most successful bowler as he bagged 2 for 12. 

Earlier, Vivek Atray, director, Chandigarh tourism and public relations, inaugurated the tournament. 

Brief scores: DP Azad Academy: 75 all out in 25 overs (Udit Hari Mehta 10, Tarun 5 for 14, Anirudh 2 for 17, Harshit 2 for 10); St Anne’s School, Sector 32: 76 for 3 in 24 overs (Anirudh 28, Krishan 13, Pukhraj 10, Talwinderjit Singh 2 for 12, Udit Harwi Mehta 1 for 24). 

Chandigarh, September 1 
Jatin Arora gave a clean sweep to Suminder Singh 24-0, 22-0 in the boys’ junior category, while Tanya Mahajan beat Gurkiran 25-3, 25-0 on the opening day of the 10th edition of the Rajkumar Babuta Memorial Prize Money Carrom Ranking Tournament. The Chandigarh Carrom Association is organising the tournament at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here. 

A total of around 170 players are taking part in this three-day meet, which includes 69 female players in four different events. Vinod Bagai of CMD Summer Hills Pvt Ltd was the chief guest. He announced a cash prize of Rs 5,100 for the winners, in addition to the already announced. However, the top eight position holders in each event will be awarded ranking points for their selection in national and zonal championships.The results (first round): 

Boys’ junior singles: Jatin Arora bt Suminder Singh 24-0, 22-0; Md Sahil bt Ishleen Singh 25-0, 23-07; Sachin Bhatt bt Arshjot Pandher 25-6, 25-0; Hari Bhanot bt Ashu Kumar 25-0, 25-0; Wasim Kram bt Dhruva Chawla 25-0, 25-10; Akush bt Rajeev Sharma 25-6, 25-8; Sidhant Uppal bt Rahul Thakur 25-0, 25-0; Chira Singla bt Amrinder Singh 25-0, 25-0; Manoj Thakur bt Inamul Haque 25-0, 25-15; Bhupinder Nath bt Vishal Kapoor 19-10, 19-10; Rahul bt Akash Rajput 23-22, 20-7; Saksham Dhawan bt Sanjay Kumar 25-0, 25-0.

Men singles: Dhruva bt Ekansh Goel 25-0, 25-0; Arjun Kumar Yadav bt Md Yusuf 25-11, 17-10; Ojal Anand bt Manoj Thakur 25-15, 25-0; Amjad Khan bt Abhinav 25-1, 25-0; Sayyed Taslim bt S.K. Dhawan 25-0, 25-0; Jaffar Khan bt Tanvir Baweja 24-25, 25-0, 25-7; D.S. Aithani bt Atul 25-0, 25-0; Md Furkan Ansari bt Mukesh Piplani 25-21, 11-25, 20-11; Sidhant Uppal bt Himanshu Saxena 25-15, 25-9; Pradeep bt Gaurav 25-0, 25-0. Girls’ junior singles: Vishakha bt Jaslee Kaur 25-0; Bhatia Gurkiran bt Gul 8-5, Harnoor bt Simranjit Kaur 25-0; Amanjot bt Anshu Sharma 25-3; Sugandha bt Tanya Mahajan 23-4; Gursheen bt Geetan 24-3.
Women’s singles: Tanya Mahajan bt Gurkiran 25-3, 25-0; Tanvi Gakhar bt Anushta Sharma 25-20, 25-0; Jyoti bt Geetan 25-0, 25-0; Amanjot bt Anshu 25-0, 25-4; Harshpreet bt Tuba 25-4, 16-11; Vishakha bt Kriti 19-15, 25-6.

Chandigarh, September 1 
The Panjab University sports department is likely to have a new director soon. According to sources, vice-chancellor Prof R.C. Sobti may make the announcement regarding the appointment of a new director for the sports department in an executive meeting scheduled to take place on Tuesday. 

Earlier, the meeting was scheduled to held on August 31 but was postponed because of the VC’s visit to Kuala Lumpur. 

When contacted, the existing sports director, Dr D.N. Jauhar, said, “I have given a written request to the VC to relieve me from this additional charge from September 1. He has assured me that he will do something about it in the forthcoming executive meeting.”

He further said looking after the department was a “full-time job” and needed someone, who would be there all the time. “As my academic as well as other obligations are getting affected, I find myself unable to do justice to this duty,” reasoned Dr Jauhar. 

Besides discussing the normal agenda, the VC would interact with the members of the executive on the issue, added Dr Jauhar. 

After the retirement of Ajmer Singh in 2000, the university could not appoint a regular director despite holding interviews for the post many a time.

“May be this time also someone will be given an additional charge but the department will get a regular director very soon,” said Dr Jauhar.