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Windies-Aussie match declared a
tie GEORGETOWN, (Guyana) April 22 — International Cricket Council match referee Raman Subba Rao declared the fifth one-day international between West Indies and Australia a tie yesterday after a crowd invasion disrupted the finish. Promoting goodwill through kabaddi CHANDIGARH: Indeed the hospitality through sports means much. It helps in creating a spirit of brotherhood. While India played host to the cricket team from Pakistan, the Indian kabaddi team is just back after taking all the above sporting goodwill gestures while participating in the Prime Minister of Pakistan third International Kabaddi Tournament held from March 19 to 23. |
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Lara struggles for fitness
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Baburin halts Ramesh’s run NIS
official's absence hits training camps Kurukshetra
dist champ India
win second kabaddi Test 5
selected for Bhim Award |
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Windies-Aussie match declared a tie GEORGETOWN, (Guyana) April 22 (Reuters) — International Cricket Council match referee Raman Subba Rao declared the fifth one-day international between West Indies and Australia a tie yesterday after a crowd invasion disrupted the finish. West Indies appeared to have eased home by one run after Australian captain Steve Waugh failed to hit a winning four off the final delivery but Subba Rao decided that the Australians were prevented from making a third run to tie the game by the crowd. Players from both teams were shoved and jostled when thousands of fans dashed on to the pitch. Waugh and his eighth wicket partner Shane Warne were able to scamper two runs before they were engulfed. An attempt at a third run was impossible. The tie left the seven-match series level at 2-2 with the final two games scheduled for Barbados at the weekend. The hosts, led by Jimmy Adams in the absence of injured captain Brian Lara, reached 173 for five after losing the toss to Australia for the ninth successive time. Openers Ridley Jacobs and Sherwin Campbell gave West Indies a solid start in a match reduced from 50 to 30 overs after 3.5 hours were lost to the weather. The pair cracked 83 for the first wicket before Jacobs fell for 33 and Campbell for 41, both victims of paceman Shane Lee. Lee finished with three for 39 off his six overs after adding Shivnarine Chanderpaul to his tally. Chanderpaul scored 27. Australia put a brake on the West Indies scoring when the openers departed but Stuart Williams boosted the total with an aggressive 30 not out and Phil Simmons smashed 15 not out in double quick time. Leg-spinner Shane Warne took two for 35, although his final delivery was cracked for six by Williams. Warne dismissed Adams for seven and then had Carl Hooper stumped by Adam Gilchrist for eight. Scoreboard Australia: |
Lara struggles for fitness GEORGETOWN (Guyana), April 22 (Reuters) — West Indian captain Brian Lara is struggling to get fit for the start of his team’s cricket World Cup campaign in England next month, hampered by a nagging injury to his right wrist. Lara was ruled out of yesterday’s fifth one-day international against Australia here because of the injury he first suffered when he was struck on the arm during the West Indies’ disastrous tour of South Africa earlier this year. He has received medical advice which suggested he was unwise to play in the first four games of the seven-match one-day tournament, which follows the series of four Tests, and seems unlikely to play in the two final one-day matches in Barbados as a result. From then it is only three weeks until the West Indies has its opening match of the 12-nation World Cup tournament against Pakistan in Bristol. Lara has been increasingly troubled by the wrist injury, which was originally diagnosed as a cracked bone. During the two one-day matches played in Port of Spain last weekend, he favoured his injured hand in the field and dropped himself down the batting order to number five in both matches. The champion batsman, who was named Man of the Series for his heroic efforts in the Test matches, has made just 49 runs from four innings in the one-day matches. Left-handed batsman
Jimmy Adams will captain the West Indies in Lara’s
absence today, even though fast bowler Courtney Walsh was
named vice-captain when the 15-man World Cup squad was
announced three weeks ago. |
Psychologist helps Lankan team COLOMBO, April 22 — The World Cup-bound Sri Lankan cricket team, its morale low by recent setbacks and cricket board politicking, has had sessions with a Pakistani sports psychologist in a novel method aimed at boosting confidence and performance. Pakistani psychologist Omar Khan talked to the team members for three days earlier this week. "It was extremely useful," said Dhamika Ranatunga, chief executive of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL). "We thought the players needed to be better motivated before they go for the World Cup," he said. Apart from lack of motivation, the Sri Lankan cricket team unwittingly became victims of the BCCSL politics too. After a local court issued an order suspending the newly-elected BCCSL officials, Sport Minister S.B. Dissanayake formed an ad-hoc panel to help carry out urgent functions. Although in its order the court had granted permission to board officials to attend to routine matters, it was feared that the verdict could affect the departure of the team for England. A board official said members could not sign cheques to release funds for departure. "Even a letter to the British High Commission regarding visas for the team could not be sent," he said. With the constitution of the ad-hoc interim cricket board committee, it is hoped that the last-minute management and administrative problems connected with the team’s departure can be sorted out. Sri Lanka has lost 15 of the last 20 one-day internationals it played, dropping to the sixth rank among World Cup participants. The odds are 17 to 2 against Sri Lanka retaining the World Cup. The run of recent defeats seems to have affected even captain Arjuna Ranatunga, who was always known as ‘Mr. Cool’ for his confident demeanour and sober temperament both on and off the field. But last week Ranatunga was involved in an argument with the presidential candidate for the board elections and, irked by criticism, refused interviews to an independent newspaper. "I’ll not give interviews to the newspaper which attacked me," Ranatunga retorted. After the recent poor form of the team, Ranatunga’s captaincy has expectedly come under fire. The media is finding fault with everything that he does, including his "interference" in team selection. During the recent board election there were ugly incidents and the captain had a nasty brush with Clifford Ratwatte, President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s uncle, who fought unsuccessfully for the presidency of the board. Ratwatte later told the media that Ranatunga asked him to withdraw from the contest and he had replied that players should concentrate on the game instead of interfering in cricket administration. Ranatunga’s elder brother Dhammika Ranatunga, the board’s chief executive, described the incidents on the day of the election as "an attempt to tarnish the image of the board officials and specially a direct attempt to malign the Ranatungas". The Ranatunga brothers supported Thilanga Sumathipala, who was elected president. It was Ratwatte’s petition asking that the court declare the cricket board election null and void that resulted in the suspension of the newly-elected officials. What is worrying fans and experts of the game is not that the cricket administrators are involved in squabbles. The immediate problem is that most of the players have hit a trough. Dashing opener Sanath Jayasuriya has been having personal problems which he says have affected his game. Veteran batsman Aravinda de Silva and Ranatunga himself have not been in cracking batting form. "Sri Lankan players will have to improve their fielding," said cricket commentator George Mendis. "Sri Lankan fielding in 1996 was outstanding and that made the difference," Mendis said. Experts in Sri Lanka, including Mendis, agree that if recent performances are anything to go by, Sri Lanka is a write-off. But hope never dies in the heart of cricket fans. The BCCSL last week came out with a full-page advertisement to give an emotional fillip to the struggling team. "Some people look at things and ask why we dream of things that could be and ask why not?" the advertisement read. At the bottom of the page was the line, "Let’s do it again." If the recent form of
the team is any indication, Ranatunga and his boys will
need more than full-page ads to claw back to World Cup
winning form. — IANS |
IOC member rejects pleas for reports SYDNEY, April 22 (AP) — International Olympic Committee board member Kevan Gosper has rejected calls for monthly updates on reform prompted by the Olympics bribery scandal and says the US Congress should leave the IOC to make its own changes. US Senator John McCain told IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch in a letter this week that "significant skepticism’’ remains in Congress and among the public that the Olympic committee will enact "comprehensive and meaningful reform.’’ Mr McCain called for monthly updates to be provided to the Senate commerce committee, which examined the Salt Lake City Olympic bribery scandal. But Mr Gosper said today the IOC board would not consider it appropriate to provide any government with monthly reports on reform. "I don’t think we have any responsibility to report to the senate committee on an ongoing basis,’’ Mr Gosper told a Foreign Correspondents Association luncheon. "I don’t know any international corporations doing (that), I don’t know any US Corporations doing it and don’t know why we should be asked to do it.’’ Ten IOC members have resigned or been expelled in the scandal, which involved a million-dollar scheme to buy votes in Salt Lake’s successful quest for the 2002 winter games. Mr Gosper said the IOC’s response, including the creation of an IOC ethics commission of which he is a member, demonstrated that it was serious about reform. The US Congress had made some useful recommendations on reform, but the IOC was an international organisation which is accountable to the government of no one country, Mr Gosper said. "I am surprised he (McCain) didn’t give us more credit and I am surprised that some of his members suggested that putting in place the ethics commission... is not seen as more than a public relations exercise.’’ Mr McCain told Mr Samaranch he was dismayed that the IOC had failed to embrace the recommendations of a special ethics panel headed by former Senate majority leader Mr George Mitchell. He said he also was concerned that the IOC was dragging its feet on restructuring and other internal changes, and that the whole process still answered to Mr Samaranch. Mr Gosper said IOC members had strongly endorsed Mr Samaranch to remain and take responsibility for the crisis and oversee reform. "When the ship gets into trouble, you don’t rush up to the captain’s cabin and throw him overboard," Mr Gosper said. "In fact, you rush up to make sure he doesn’t jump overboard." It was understandable that the USA would seek to help solve the problem, but just because it was a powerful nation was not a reason to adopt all its reforms, Mr Gosper said. It is a simple oversight to say that because a high proportion of the corporates that sponsor and work as partners are from the USA then all the money comes from the USA and the USA must have a key say in all events," he said. The ethics committee, which has a majority of members from outside the IOC, will meet for the first time on May 3. A one-day meeting of the IOC board will follow the day after, Mr Gosper said. He said an ongoing investigation into Australian IOC member Phil Coles would likely be handed from the board to the ethics commission. Mr Coles, who was given a severe reprimand after the Salt Lake investigation, has since been accused of accepting some 6,300 dollars worth of jewellery from someone associated with Athens’ failed bid for the 1996 games. Mr Gosper said if the board had completed its investigation of Mr Coles by the time of the first ethics commission meeting, it would hand over the investigation. "At this stage we
haven’t come up with a decision and my judgement is
that probably the Phil Coles file will go to the ethics
commission,’’ said Mr Gosper. |
Promoting goodwill through kabaddi CHANDIGARH: Indeed the hospitality through sports means much. It helps in creating a spirit of brotherhood. While India played host to the cricket team from Pakistan, the Indian kabaddi team is just back after taking all the above sporting goodwill gestures while participating in the Prime Minister of Pakistan third International Kabaddi Tournament held from March 19 to 23. The 16-member team along with the manager, Mr J.P. Sharma, participated in this national tournament in circle style. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif personally greeted the Indian guests. The Pakistan Kabaddi Federation President, Mr Parvez Ilahi, who is Speaker of Punjab (Pakistan), his elder brother, Mr Sujat Hussain, Interior (Home) Minister and former President of this federation, left no stone unturned in extending a warm welcome, uttered Prof Sharma who is the secretary of the Amateur Circle Kabaddi Federation of India (ACKFI). Prof Sharma said the Jinnah Stadium at Islamabad had a crowd of 30,000 watching this traditional game. Sponsorships in Pakistan have come up. And now after cricket, hockey and squash, kabaddi is high on the minds of sponsors. And this time, Allied Bank of Pakistan spent lakhs for staging this meet. Ali Muhammad Khwaja, President of the Asian Kabaddi Federation and now Adviser to the PM on Sports, Tourism and Cultural Affairs, had been the guiding force for the uplift of kabaddi in the country. In 1983, Indian kabaddi players paid their maiden visit to Pakistan for the Zahoor Elahi Memorial International Gold Cup Circle Kabaddi Tournament, in 1985 they toured Pakistan for the Mian Obaidullah Memorial Gold Cup Circle Kabaddi Tournament, three years later for the Zaheer Elahi Memorial meet, and in 1989 for the Gold Cup at Lahore. Even the Punjab team had played five exhibition matches at various places of Pakistan in 1997. Last year the Indian team took part in the PM Second International Kabaddi Tournament. The players were lodged in the best of hotels, given cash prizes and other mementoes, said Prof J.P. Sharma who has announced the holding of first World Cup Kabaddi Championship (circle style) in Chandigarh in November this year. The six teams expected to participate in this meet include Australia, Canada, England, Pakistan, USA besides the hosts, India. Mr Sharma said in
Pakistan, the newspapers highlighted the growing
popularity of this style of kabaddi unlike the Asian
Games style, where it is one versus the whole team. Once
considered a rural game it has now made inroads into
urban sector. And with prize money offered at
national/international meets, the response to this game
is tremendous. At present the ACKFI is headed by Mr
Manpreet S. Badal. Recently Chief Minister Prakash Singh
Badal, became the chief patron of this association. Prof
Sharma feels proud that the body, registered in 1978 with
16 affiliated units all over India has so far organised
12 senior nationals, one junior national, three
Federation Cup meets and one international meet. The
proposed World Cup this year will give a further boost to
this game. |
Baburin halts Ramesh’s run BIKANER, April 21 (PTI) — Grandmaster Alexander Baburin yesterday put a spanner into IM R.B. Ramesh’s run at the Commonwealth Chess Championship when the second seeded Irishman beat the hitherto unbeaten Indian in the sixth round here. The result allowed Baburin to catch-up with the over-night sole leader Ramesh and from the other board promising Indian Atanu Lahiri also joined them to throw the 6th edition of the tournament wide open. Ramesh with five points from five wins and a loss, shares the lead with Baburin and Lahiri, who scored a comfortable victory over IWM Bhagyashree Sathe. Indian GMS Dibyendu Barua and Pravin Thipsay and IM D.V. Prasad moved up to second position after having garnered 4.5 points each. Baburin with black pieces played the alekhine defence to Ramesh’s king pawn opening. The Irish GM tried the opening phase in a very unusual fashion. It seemed white was having a huge advantage due to the presence of his passed pawn on the central d5 square which further advanced to the d6 square. Black’s pieces seemed to lack mobility, but it was all part of Baburin’s home preparation. He methodically pushed back white’s pieces and then encircled capturing the advanced pawn to score a commanding victory in 43 moves. GM Pravin Thipsay, Bhagyashree’s husband, however, was in his elements. He outclassed compatriot IM K. Murugan in sicilian paulsen game where the latter was black. In a middle game position with all the heavy pieces on board, the players had bishops of opposite colours with equal pawns on both the sides. Thipsay’s bishop cracked through the black f7 pawn to catch the rival king in a mating net. Indian IM V. Koshy let go a good opportunity to score against top seed GM Anthony Miles of England. Koshy with white pieces opted for his favourite English opening and gained space advantage on the queenside and a central outpost for his knight. He won a pawn and exchanged pieces to enter a rook ending which should have been a simple win. But in time-trouble Koshy allowed miles to escape with a draw by exchanging two pawns. Barua playing black was in some trouble against Anup Deshmukh. He had given up a piece for two pawns without sufficient compensation. But Deshmukh who was in extreme time-trouble made several mistakes to finally lose in an ending which was a sure draw. Prasad played ruy lopez with white against Mahmood Lodhi of Pakistan. Black sacrificed a knight for two central pawns to create enough counterplay to draw the game. Today is the rest day. Results of round six:
R.B. Ramesh (5) lost to Alexander Baburin (5); Atanu
Lahiri (5) beat Bhagyashree Thipsay (4); D.V. Prasad
(4.5) drew Mahmood Lodhi (4); V. Koshy (4) drew Anthony
Miles (4); Anup Deshmukh (3.5) lost to Dibyendu Barua
(4.5); Pravin Thipsay (4.5) beat K. Murugan (3.5); Roy
Phillips (3.5) dres S. Kidambi (3.5); S.S. Ganguly (4)
beat Vedant Goswami (3); G.P. Singh (3.5) drew P.
Harikrishna (3.5); Koneru Humpy (3) drew Rahul Shetty
(3); Dilip Pagay (3.5) drew K. Visweswaran (3.5);
Sandipan Chanda (4) beat Mohammed Waqar (2.5); Andrew
Webster (3.5) beat S. Vijayalakshmi (2.5); H. Mas (3.5)
beat D.K. Sharma (2.5); N.K. Mishra (2.5) lost to Swati
Ghate (3.5); Sriram Jha (3.5) beat Swayan Baran De (2.5);
J.M. Utarid (2.5) lost to P.D.S. Girinath (3.5); K.
Gopalakrishna (2.5) lost to R.M. Dongre (3.5); P.
Mithrakanth (2.5) lost to R.M. Dongre (3.5); P. Konguvel
(4) beat C.S. Gokhale (3.5). |
NIS official's absence hits PATIALA, April 22 — Mystery shrouds the disappearance of a leading sport scientist, Dr H.A. Khan, from the National Institute of Sports (NIS) here, even as various national camps being held at the NIS, in preparation for the Sydney Olympics and other international tournaments, are suffering for want of scientific support due to his absence. Dr Khan, employed at the NIS as a Scientific Officer (sport psychology) in the sport science faculty, is widely perceived to be one of the leading experts in the field of sport psychology. Besides having attended numerous international seminars and symposiums, Dr Khan is also the personal psychologist of ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh. Dr Khan had applied for 15 days, leave in mid-February. After the leave elapsed, Dr Khan applied for another 15-days leave to accompany his father on the Haj pilgrimage. For this Dr Khan applied for a no-objection certificate (NOC), which was sanctioned by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) head office at New Delhi. However, after the expiry of the leave Dr Khan did not return. In the first week of April, Dr Khan sent an application through fax, in which the scientist asked for six months extension of leave so that he could accompany his relatives to Canada. The leave application was rejected by the authorities as various national camps were in progress at the NIS and his services were required. Dr Khan's wife, Dr Manoranjani Khan, who is working as a Junior Scientific Officer (sport psychology) in the sport science faculty, when contacted at her office, admitted to having received the letter in which Dr Khan's application for six months leave has been rejected and said that she had forwarded the letter to him. However, she refused to disclose the destination where she had forwarded the letter to Dr Khan. When asked as to how Dr Khan, a gold medalist in sport psychology from Jabalpur University, could proceed abroad without procuring an NOC, she said that her husband would talk to the Director General of SAI in a few days. However, Mrs Khan confirmed that her husband had a multiple visa for the USA. While proceeding on leave, Dr Khan had written to the authorities, that in his absence his wife would be the incharge of the sport psychology department. What has irked the authorities is that Dr Khan, being a leading sport psychologist of India, has left them in the lurch, even as several national camps are in progress. The camps going on, at present, at the NIS are the national men's hockey camp, the national senior women's hockey camp, the national women's weightlifting camp and the senior national athletics camp. The Director NIS, Mr
G.S. Anand, confirmed the developments and said that they
were awaiting a reply from Dr Khan. The NIS authorities
have referred the case to the SAI head office at New
Delhi to initiate action against Dr Khan. |
Kurukshetra dist champ KURUKSHETRA, April 22 — Kurukshetra district emerged as winner in the 22nd Haryana State Cycling Championship which concluded at Karnal, 35 km from here, yesterday. Karnal district was declared runners-up. Manjit Singh and Gurpreet Kaur, both of Kurukshetra, were declared best cyclists among men and women sections, respectively. Mr Chander Mohan, president, Haryana Olympic Association, gave away prizes to the winners. The results: Men: 1000 m time trial: Manjeet Singh 1, Iqbal Singh 2, Gurvinder Singh 3; 4000 m: team Pursuit: Mandeep, Manjeet, Gurvinder and Gurmukh 1, Iqbal, Arvind, Dalbir and Manmohan 2 and Ramandeep, Tejinderpal, Anil and Karamjot 3; 4000 m individual: Manjeet Singh 1, Gurvinder Singh 2, Iqbal Singh 3; 4800 m (O. cycle): Ashok Kumar 1, Dinesh Kumar 2, Rajesh Kumar 3; 1600 m team time trial: Kurukshetra 1, Kurukshetra cycling and Biking Club (KCBC) 2; 1600 m massed start (O. cycle): Vinod Kumar 1, Dinesh Kumar 2, Pardeep Kumar 3; 1000 m massed start: Mandeep Singh 1, Prem Singh 2, Gurvinder Singh 3; 10 k.m. point race: Manjeet Singh 1, Gurvinder Singh 2, Mandeep Singh 3; 4800 m massed start above 40 years: Gurnam Singh 1, Ram Rattan 2, Sukhvinder Singh 3. Boys: 1600 m massed start 18 years: Iqbal Singh 1, Ashok Kumar 2, Manmohan Singh 3; 2000 m team pursuit 16 years: Kurukshetra 1, Karnal 2, Kurukshetra 3; 4000 m team pursuit 18 years: Kurukshetra 1, Karnal 2, Kurukshetra 3; 1000 m time trial 18 years: Gurvinder Singh 1, Iqbal Singh 2, Arvind 3; 1600 m massed start 16 years: Mandeep Singh 1, Karamjot Singh 2, Satnam Singh 3; 2000 m individual pursuit 16 years: Karamjot Singh 1, Tejinder Singh 2, Karminder Singh 3; 1000 m massed start under 14 years: Sarbjeet Singh 1, Rajesh Kumar 2, Mukesh Kumar 3; 500 m time trial under 12: Surjeet Singh 1, Vikram Singh 2, Mohinder Singh 3; 1000 m massed start under 12: Vikramjeet Singh 1, Gurvinder Singh 2, Gurdeep Singh 3 and 500 m time trial under 10: Gurvinder Singh 1, Harjeet Singh 2, Jagdeep Singh 3. Women: 1600 m massed start: Jagdeep Kaur 1, Jaspreet Kaur 2, Aarti 3; 3000 m individual pursuit: Gurpreet Kaur 1, Jagdeep Kaur 2, Harpreet Kaur 3. Girls: 1600 m massed start under 18 years: Gurpreet Kaur 1, Jagdeep Kaur 2, Manjeet Kaur 3; 500 m time trial under 16: Harpreet Kaur 1, Gurpreet Kaur 2, Kriti 3. 500 m time trial under
14: Harpreet 1, Vandana 2, Richa 3; 500 m time trial
under 12 years: Gurpreet Kaur 1, Jaspreet Kaur 2,
Gursharan Kaur 3; 500 m time trial under 10 years:
Jaspreet Kaur 1, Gurjeet Kaur 2, and Ramanjeet Kaur 3. |
India win second kabaddi Test SANGRUR, April 22 — India won the second kabaddi Test 62-38 against Pakistan played at Malerkotla today. India now lead 2-0 in the five Test series. India took an early lead and maintained it throughout. India led 31-20 at half time. Mr Nusrat Ali Khan, Punjab Sports Minister, gave away the mementoes and cash awards to the players. The Indian team received Rs 50,000 while Pakistan got Rs 40,000. The two referees, announcer from Pakistan alongwith Mr Mander, who is the coordinator, were given Rs 5,000 each. Earlier the team was received at the local guest house by the Sports Minister and Col Raminder Singh, Director Punjab Sports. The Punjab Sports
Department had made all the arrangements with the help of
local administration for the smooth conduct of the match. |
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selected
for Bhim Award HISAR, April 22 — Haryana Sports Department has selected five international players for Bhim award for the sessions 1996-97 and 1997-98. The awards will be given to them at a state level function to be held on April 29 at Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh. A spokesman of the Sports department disclosed here today that they will be given cash award of Rs 50,000 and a plaque each. The players selected are Aarti Kohli (judo) of Hisar, Sanjay Kumar (wrestling) of Sonepat, Poonam Chhabra (gymnastics) of Ambala, Virender Yadav (judo) of Hisar and Karambir Singh (wrestling) of Hisar. The department also selected 205 players, coaches and sports promoters to be honoured in the function. The spokesman said that the international sportsmen and sportswomen were selected for the cash awards on the basis of their performance in the international competitions. The players will be given cash awards ranging from Rs 10,000 and Rs 30,000. Thirteen players from Haryana who represented India in the 13th Asian Games this year will also be honoured. They are Ram Mehar Singh (Bhiwani), Ranbir Singh (Bhiwani), Shamsher Singh (Karnal), Pritam Thakran (Gurgaon), Kamla Dalal and Sunita Dalal (Rohtak), Sandeep Kaur and Surinder Kaur (Kurukshetra), Shakti Singh, Anil Kumar and Asann Kumar (Bhiwani), Jatta Shanker Mishra (Mohindergarh) and M.K. Kaushik (Gurgaon). They will receive cash awards ranging from Rs 25,000 and Rs 50,000 each. The department has also
selected 68 sportspersons who will be honoured for
winning modals in the national level competitions. They
will be given Rs 8000 each. |
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Gymnastics Fed Cup from April 26 CHANDIGARH, April 22 (BOSR) — The fifth Gymnastics Federation Cup will be held at the Indira Gandhi indoor stadium, New Delhi, from April 26 to 28. In men's section, teams from Delhi, Indian Railways, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan Services and Uttar Pradesh will take part while in women's section, teams from Delhi, Indian Railways, Maharashtra, Punjab and West Bengal would vie for top honours. Manas Pal and Sandeep Jana will participate as individuals. The cash awards in all categories will be given. The first Central South Asian Gymnastics Championship is scheduled to be held at Patiala in December this year. The Indian team for the same will also be selected during this meet. Basketball trials ROPAR, April 22 (TNS) — Trials to select Ropar district junior boys and basketball teams will be held on April 23 at 4.00 p.m. at the local Nehru Stadium. Players born on or after January 1, 1981, are eligible for trial. Giving this information
here today, Mr R.D. Singh, District Sports Officer,
Ropar, said the selected teams would participate in the
Punjab State Junior Basketball Championship to be held at
Pathankot from April 27 to 29. |
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