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Dravid’s century rescues
India HOBART, Dec 17 — Rahul Dravid regained his form in good time for India with a fine century to take the visitors to 241 for six on the opening day of their four-day cricket match against Tasmania here today.
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Captain’s knock by Rathore CALCUTTA, Dec 17 — A captain’s knock of 74 by skipper Vikram Rathore and a strokeful 67 by Reetinder Singh Sodhi enabled North Zone to pile up a comfortable 263 for four against West Zone on the opening day of the 39th Duleep Trophy Cricket Championship final at the Eden Gardens here today. Exciting win for Canadians 11
records established
Santos’ strike helps
Salgaocar win Salgaocar consistent, Churchill
superb Haryana
reign supreme Kulbir
pedals to gold medal Stage
set for 6-nation gymnastics meet Richie
Kapoor to play in Australia Punjab
subjunior team finishes 3rd |
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Dravid’s century rescues India HOBART, Dec 17 (PTI) — Rahul Dravid regained his form in good time for India with a fine century to take the visitors to 241 for six on the opening day of their four-day cricket match against Tasmania here today. Walking in at five for one in the third over, Dravid batted for all but three of the remaining overs in the day, raising 114 runs for the third wicket with left-hander Hrishikesh Kanitkar, who made a responsible 58, before a slump saw the tourists losing three wickets for 66 runs. On a wicket which offered more pace in the first two hours than the Adelaide track, Dravid rarely flexed his shoulders till the tea session, and found the gaps at will to post his century at the stroke of the fifth hour of play. Resuming on 69 after tea, the stylish batsman took a heavy toll of medium pacer-cum-spinner Collin Miller to reach his century, which should be a source of comfort for the Indian team looking to level the three-Test series in the boxing day game at Melbourne. Dravid hit ten fours in his 324-minute innings off 257 balls. However, the Indian openers’ failure continued in this match as both V.V.S. Laxman (0) and S Ramesh (34) failed to provide a solid platform for the team to build on. Laxman, promoted to the opening spot after Devang Gandhi was dropped, fell in the third over itself, edging the seventh delivery he faced to the wicketkeeper without scoring. Ramesh looked good and had plenty of time to spare against pacemen before he casually pushed at a delivery from left-arm seamer Andrew Downton and was beautifully caught low at first slip by Dan Marsh. Kanitkar, eyeing the number six spot in the line-up for the Melbourne Test, was very circumspect in his stay till lunch, but straightaway shifted to top gear on resumption, hitting a flurry of fours square of the wicket. With Kanitkar batting solidly, the innings looked set on the road to a big total. The bowling was reshuffled quite often, with pace and spin combinations tried alike, but without success. Dravid quickly went for his hundred after the tea break. He first pulled medium-pacer Scott Kramerskothen to the midwicket fence and then straight drove him for three. His hundred arrived when he pulled a short delivery from Miller to the midwicket boundary. He had batted for 280 minutes during which he faced 225 balls and hit 10 fours at this stage. With the pitch playing easier by the minute and the attack looking increasingly modest, the Indians did not lose a wicket in the afternoon session. Kanitkar fell after tea when he was adjudged leg before wicket to Kremerskothen. He had batted for 176 minutes, facing 140 balls, six of which he despatched to the fence. Vijay Bharadwaj’s poor run continued. He could rarely put a ball beyond square and was finally run out going for a two to backward square leg. He made 14 and India were four down for 227. Indians (1st innings) Laxman c Atkinson b Wright 0 Ramesh c Dan Marsh b Downton 34 Dravid c Atkinson b Wright 107 Kanitkar lbw b Kremerskothen 58 Bharadwaj run out 14 Ganguly c Atkinson b Downton 5 Mongia not out 4 Kumaran not out 4 Extras: (b2, lb5, nb7, w1) 15 Total: (for 6 wkts, 92 overs) 241 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-55, 3-169, 4-227, 5-233, 6-235 Bowling: Wright
16-3-48-2, Downton 21-7-63-2, Miller 25-10-36-0, Young
10-3-22-0, Kremerskothen 13-1-47-1, Marsh 7-1-18-0. |
Hair to officiate in third Test HOBART, Dec 17 (Reuters) — Australian umpire Darrell Hair, who clashed with India’s Sourav Ganguly in a recent tour match, was named today to officiate in their third and final Test against Australia. The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) announced that Hair and Zimbabwe’s Ian Robinson would be the umpires in the third Test, starting in Sydney on January 2. Hair officiated in India’s ill-tempered match against New South Wales earlier this month, in which he and acting Indian captain Ganguly clashed. India were warned for dissent for disputing decisions, with Hair and Ganguly exchanging words. Englishman David Shepherd will officiate in the second Test starting in Melbourne on December 26, alongside Australia’s Steve Davis. Missing from the list was Australian umpire Daryl Harper, who gave India’s captain Sachin Tendulkar out in controversial circumstances in the first Test in Adelaide. Tendulkar was given out
without scoring after ducking into an attempted bouncer
from Australian paceman Glenn McGrath. The ball did not
bounce as high as expected, skidding through and striking
Tendulkar on the shoulder as he was crouching down. |
| Vettori leads Kiwi comeback HAMILTON, New Zealand, Dec 17 (AP) — New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori sparked a remarkable comeback as the hosts bowled their way back into the first cricket Test against the West Indies here today. At stumps on day two, New Zealand was 113 for three in its first innings after bowling the tourists out for 365 after they resumed on 282 for one. Vettori removed century-maker Adrian Griffith for 114 and dangerman Brian Lara for 24 to grab 4 for 83 as the Windies lost nine wickets for 83 runs today. Chris Cairns also bowled impressively to take 3-73 off 31 overs, while Dion Nash took 2-63. Nightwatchman Dinanth Ramnarine was first out today, edging Chris Cairns to wicketkeeper Adam Parore to fall for five with the total on 289. Shivnarine Chanderpaul was out for 14 with the score on 311 and then captain Brian Lara was the first of three wickets to go at 336. After taking lunch at 338 for six the visitors lost four more wickets for 27, leaving Jimmy Adams unbeaten on 17. New Zealand openers Matthew Horne and Gary Stead made a bright start but both fell within six runs. Horne was first out for 32, caught off Reon King with the total on 61, while Courtney Walsh removed Stead for 22 with the score on 67. SCOREBOARD (West Indies Ist innings) Campbell c Parore b Nash 170 Griffith c Parore b Vettori 114 Ramnarine c Parore b Cairns 8 Chanderpaul c Fleming b Astle 14 Lara c Nash b Vettori 24 Powell c Wiseman b Cairns 0 Adams not out 17 Jacobs c Spearman b Vettori 5 Rose c Wiseman b Cairns 4 King b Nash 1 Walsh b Vettori 0 Extras (lb-6, nb-2) 8 Total (135.1 overs) 365 Fall of wickets: 1-276 2-289 3-311 4-336 5-336 6-336 7-345 8-352 9-362. Bowling: Cairns 31-11-73-3 (nb-2), Nash 28-12-63-2, Vettori 34.1-9-83-4, Astle 16-2-67-1, Wiseman 22-10-51-0, McMillan 4-1-22-0. (New Zealand Ist innings): Stead b Walsh 22 Horne c Rose b King 32 Spearman b Ramnarine 27 Fleming not out 18 Vettori not out 5 Extras (nb-5, b-4) 9 Total (for 3 wickets, 44 overs) 113. Fall of wickets: 1-61 2-67 3-107. Bowling: Walsh 14-2-38-1
(nb-2), Rose 13-3-29-0 (nb-3), Ramnarine 10-3-22-1, King
7-0-20-1. |
Captain’s knock by Rathore CALCUTTA, Dec 17 (UNI) — A captain’s knock of 74 by skipper Vikram Rathore and a strokeful 67 by Reetinder Singh Sodhi enabled North Zone to pile up a comfortable 263 for four against West Zone on the opening day of the 39th Duleep Trophy Cricket Championship final at the Eden Gardens here today. At stumps Rajiv Nayyar and night watchman Navdeep Singh remained not out at the crease with five and six runs respectively. For North Zone, right arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni and medium pacer Iqbal Siddique claimed two wickets each. Earlier, electing to bat after winning the toss of the five day event both the North Zone openers — Ashu Dani and Vikram Rathore —started the day with a bang and looked all settled to pile up a big total and throwing a big challenge to their more illustrious opponents. Taking full advantage of the placid wicket which refused to respond to any of the West Zone medium pace attacks, both Dani and Rathore started hitting all round the wickets at will almost from the beginning showing scant respect to either Paras Mhambrey or Iqbal Siddique who opened the morning spells for the West Zone from the two ends. SCOREBOARD North Zone (first innings): A. Dani b Kulkarni 43, V. Rathore c Kale b Kulkarni 74, R.S. Sodhi c Patel b Siddique 67, P. Harmani c Jaffer b Siddique 39, R. Nayyar batting 5, Navdip Singh batting 6. Extras: (B-3, LB-12, W-3, NB-11) 29. Total: (for 4 wkts in 88 overs) 263. Fall of wickets: 1-87, 2-175, 3-250, 4-255. Bowling: Mhambrey
15-2-59-0, Zaheer Khan 11-1-58-0, Siddique 15-4-48-2,
Kulkarni 35-13-51-2, Mehta 12-1-32-0. |
Gavaskar, Sachin above Don MUMBAI, Dec 17 (PTI) — India’s former and current cricket skippers Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar were placed above Sir Don Bradman in the top-six list of the “greatest sportsmen of the century” telephone poll conducted by the BBC in England earlier this week. According to the December 14 edition of the Sun Herald of Melbourne, Gavaskar stood third in the all-time list behind American heavyweight boxing legend Mohammad Ali who was declared the sports personality of the century ahead of Brazilian football great Pele who was second as per the poll. Master batsman Tendulkar
was placed fifth, a step ahead of Australian icon Bradman
and one behind American hoop legend Michael Jordan, the
Melbourne paper had reported. |
Exciting win for Canadians CHANDIGARH, Dec 17— Indian Canadians from Vancouver snatched an exciting 62-54 win over fancied Rajasthan in the fourth All-India Nachhattar Singh Gill Basketball Tournament being played at Kot Kapura on the second day today. Rajasthan, comprising three junior internationals — Mahipal, Gajinder and Narendar Hooda —- looked in complete command even until the middle of the second half after taking a convincing 35-29 lead at the breather. The Canadians, who changed their defensive tactics in the second half and switched from zone defence to man-to-man marking made their opponents miss scoring chances. The Canadians, on the other hand, excelled in long range shooting. The full court man-to-man defence in the last two minutes did not help Rajasthan much. Jas Sahota (31) was the toast of Canadian’s win while he got good support from Gurjeet (14) , Pardeep Gill (seven) and Navdeep Brar (five). Andhra Pradesh, playing two junior internationals — S. Prasad and Vinoy Yadav — recorded a 65-54 win over Punjab Whites in the second match after leading 39-25 in the first half. Vinoy (18), Pankaj (16), Prasad (14) and Naveen (eight) were the main scorers for Andhra while for Punjab Whites, Mark (14), Santosh (13), Jaspreet (eight) and Sandeep (nine) were the scorers. In yet another match, Delhi defeated Rest of Punjab 69-59 after leading 31-23 at the half time. Uttam Singh (16) and Yogesh (18) were the chief scorers for winners while for losers, Jaspal Singh (15) was the top scorer. In the girls section,
Rajasthan defeated Kot Kapura 28-13 after leading 18-7 at
the break. Nirmala (14) and Indu(11) masterminded
Rajasthan’s win. |
11 records established CHANDIGARH, Dec 17 — Eleven new meet records were established in the track events on the second day of 15th Haryana State Sports Festival being held at Bhim Stadium, Bhiwani today. International athlete of Bhiwani Shakti Singh set a new record in shot put and discus while Sunita Dhaiya of Sonepat made three new records in 100 metres, 200 metres and 800 metres. Poonam Sahu of Hisar set a new record in 400 metres hurdles and 100 metres hurdles. Kuldeep of Jhajjar established new record in 20 km walk. Gurpreet of Sirsa in Javelin, Surender of Bhiwani in 1500 metres and Saroj of Hisar set a new meet record in discus throw. Results: Athletics — (400m hurdle men) Govind 1 (Bhiwani) 55.3 Sec, Naseb Singh 2 (Hisar), Mukesh Kumar 3 (Hisar). (400m hurdles women) — Poonam Sahu 1 (Hisar) 1.07.50 (new record), Sunita 2 (Jhajhar), Sarita Gahlon 3 (Raj). High jump (women) — Seema 1 (Sonepat) 1.5m, Sharda 2 (Kurukshetra), Pankti 3 (Ambala). 20 km walk (men) — Kuldeep (Jhajhar) 1hr 31min 24.0 sec (new record), Manbeer 2 (Bhiwani), Rajesh 3 (Rohtak). Javelin (women) — Gurpreet 1 (Sirsa) 44.54m (new record), Poonam Sahu 2, Bahita 3 (Sonepat), (100m hurdles women) — Poonam Sahu 1 (Hisar) 15.10 sec (new record), Pankti 2 (Ambala), Sukhjinder Bajwa 3 (Panchkula). 1500m men — Surinder 1 (Bhiwani) 3:53.3, Satish 2 (Sonepat), Devinder 3 (Sonepat) (1500m women) — Sunita Dahiya 1 (Sonepat) 5:00.9, Sunil Joon 2 (Jhajhar), Sunita Sharma 3 (Sonepat). Discus throw (women) — Saroj 1 (Hisar) 54.52m (new record), Sugan Yadav 2 (Bhiwani), Seema Antil 3 (Sonepat). Triple jump (men) Rajesh Kumar 1 (Hisar) 14.49m, Rambeer 2 (Bhiwani), Jaidev 3 (Hisar). High jump (men) — Ombir 1 (Hisar) 1.98m, Ajit 2 (Gurgaon), Sandeep 3 (Bhiwani). Pole vault (men) — Shamsher Singh 1 (Sonepat) 4.52m, Rajesh Kumar 2 (Bhiwani), Parveen Kumar 3 (Bhiwani). 200m (women) — Sunita Dahiya 1 (Sonepat) 25.03 sec (new record), Mamlesh 2 (Ambala) 27.03 sec, Parmeeta 3 (Rohtak) 28.21 sec, 200m (men) — Rajpal 1 (Bhiwani) 21.9 sec, Ram Mehar 2 (Bhiwani), Sunil 3 (Jind). Archery (women 70m) — Manju 1 (Narnaul), Monica 2 (Narnaul), Gurpreet Kaur 3 (Sirsa). Archery (women 60m) — Gurpreet 1 (Sirsa). Volleyball (women) — Bhiwani b Mohindergarh 16-25, 14-25, 26-14, 25-19, 15-8. Football (women) — Jind b Sonepat by 2-1; Karnal b Kurukshetra 4-0. (Men) — Gurgaon b Rohtak 3-1. Hockey (women) — Rohtak b Bhiwani 2-0; Jind b Gurgaon 2-0, Kurukshetra b Sirsa 6-0, Sonepat b Fatehabad 2-0. Handball (men) — Kurukshetra b HAU by 22-15, Rohtak b Hisar 16-13, (women) — Kaithal b Amabala by 13-8, Bhiwani b Sirsa by 19-8. Gymnastics (women) — Vaulting horse — Chetna (Ambala) and Pinki (Rohtak) 1 8.30 points, Sujita 2 (Rohtak), Amrita 3 (Ambala). Weightlifting (men 56 kg) — Nand Kishore 1 (Sonepat), Jakir Hussain 2 (HAP), Narinder Kumar 3 (Yamunanagar). (Men 62 kg) — Prem Singh 1 (Rohtak), Parveen Kumar 2 (Y. Nagar), Pramod Kumar 3 (Bhiwani). Boxing (pre-qr-final) — Fly wt up to 48 kg — Satpal (Hisar) b Sunil (Ambala), Ashok (Y.Nagar) b Ved Prakash (jind). Bantumweight (51 to 54 kg) — Sumit (Panchkula) b Satish (Hisar), Krishan (Gurgaon) b Satish (Kaithal), Vikas Dahiya (Sonepat) b Sohan Lal (Fatehabad), Jai Prakash (Bhiwani) b Kuldeep (Panipat). Featherweight (54 to 57 kg)— Sudhir (Hisar) b Kirpal (Sonepat), Navin (Rohtak b Ranjeet (Sirsa). Lightweight (57 to 60) — Ravinder (Bhiwani) b Manoj (Y.Nagar). Lightwelter weight (62
to 63 kg) — Amarjeet (Hisar) b Sanjeev (Karnal),
Sultan (Fatehabad) b Kulwant (Sirsa). |
Santos’ strike helps Salgaocar win THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Dec 17 (PTI) — A 82nd-minute goal by Brazilian striker Joao Dos Santos helped defending champions Salgaocar register a 1-0 win over local outfit State Bank of Travancore in the National Football League here last evening. With this win, the Goan team has six points from two matches. They won their opener against former champion JCT, Phagwara, 1-0. After receiving an unexpected pass from the midfield eight minutes before close, Santos scored the match-winner from the top of the box. SBT strikers Ignatious and Ashif Saheef launched some unfruitful attacks on the Goan’s goal as both teams missed chances in the first half. In the very first minute, Dennis Cabral of Salgaocar connected a mispass from SBT mid-fielder Shabir Ali, but his shot blew over the goal post. In their second home match, SBT will take on Tollygunge Agragami on Sunday. The match seemed to be heading for a goalless draw with the SBT, who defeated the Goan outfit by a last minute goal in the Federation Cup last year, giving a good fight till the 70th minute. Salgaocar, despite enjoying overwhelming superiority in the midfield, could not convert chances. In the 16th minute, a long range shot from Alvito D’Cunha landed in the safe hands of SBT custodian Feroze Sharief. Luck eluded the bankmen as strikers Ignatious and Saheer saw a few of their shorts rebound off the post in the second half. Moreover, the Goa custodian Juje Siddi was in peak form and made some superb saves to deny the hosts any chance. Salgaocar on seven
occasions and bankmen on four failed to utilise corner
kicks. |
Silveira leads list of scorers NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (PTI) — Following are the goal scorers in the opening two rounds of the National Football League: Francis Silveira (Chur) - 5 Denis Cabral (Sal), Stephen Abrowei (MB), Chandan Das (MTA), Mario Soares (Chur), Kasif Jamal (MB), Hardeep Sangha (JCT), Hardip Saini (JCT), Moses Oria (MTA), Willie Brown (EB), Renedy Singh (EB), Bijen Singh (EB), R.C. Prakash (ITI), Gurjit Atwal (BSF) Joao Dos Santos (Sal) - all one each. Own goals: Teotonio
Fernandes (Dempo) and Biswanath Mondal (MTA) - one each. |
Salgaocar consistent, Churchill superb NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (PTI) — Goa rivals Salgaocar and Churchill Brothers extended their hostilities to the national stage as they registered two straight wins while first timers Tollygunge Agragami proved the darkhorses after the opening two rounds of the National Football League, with a stunning victory against East Bengal. While defending champions Salgaocar did enough to beat their first two rivals — JCT, Phagwara and State Bank of Travancore — by a lone goal, Churchill looked the most impressive side after handing a 5-0 drubbing to another Goan side dempo at home. Salgaocar, who won four titles this year — the third NFL in January, Rovers, Durand and Super Cups in November, maintained their consistent form but did not look in top form managing to win by a one goal margin against weak opponents. Denis Cabral saved the day for the defending champions against former champions JCT in the league lung-opener at the Ambedkar Stadium here on December 9 while Brazilian striker Joao Dos Santos rescued them against SBT by scoring the all important goal two minutes before the final whistle yesterday. Churchill, who edged out Salgaocar for the Goa League title a couple of months ago, on the other hand made a blazing start as they rode on a brilliant hat-trick by Francis Silveira to thrash Dempo 5-0. The nippy winger then added two more goals to his tally and emerged top scorer with five goals as the Goan side defeated Mahindra and Mahindra 2-0 in Mumbai yesterday and emerged the early leader on goal difference after tying with Salgaocar at six points from two wins. The Amal Dutta-trained Manaksia Tollygunge Agragami made the best start, stunning glamour outfit East Bengal by a lone goal in the opener at the Rabindra Sarobar and then held another strong team FC Kochin 1-1 to take the third position with four points. Tollygunge, who also beat East Bengal to win the season opener McDowells’ Cup, could have joined the two Goan sides at six points but were undone by a self goal by Biswanath mondal against Kochin before Moses Oria saved the day for the Calcutta outfit. A total of 11 matches were played in the two rounds of the 11-round first leg of the league being played in round-robin format on home and away basis. All teams except FC Kochin and SBT played two matches each. Calcutta giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, JCT Phagwara, winners of the inaugural NFL in 1996-97, and first timers Border Security Force (BSF) were following next all with three points with one win and one defeat each to their credit. Bagan struggled to beat BSF by a lone goal in their first clash but then slumped 1-2 to JCT at the same Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana while East Bengal recovered well from their upset loss to Tollygunge to hand Indian Telephone Industries, Bangalore, a 3-1 defeat at Calcutta. BSF and JCT also recovered well from defeats in the first outings to win their second matches. The securitymen defeated Dempo via a Gurjit Atwal goal yesterday at Ludhiana while JCT edged past Bagan thanks to Hardeep Sangha and Hardip Saini who struck for the millmen after Kasif Jamal had put the Calcutta outfit ahead early in the first session. FC Kochin, Mahindra and Mahindra and ITI also managed to open their account by drawing their games. ITI held the jeepmen in a goal-less draw at the Cooperage, Mumbai, on December 12. SBT and Dempo were plumbing the bottom in the 12-team league with no points to their credit. While Dempo lost both their matches, SBT have one match to play. The third round will
start on Sunday with three matches. JCT will take on
Dempo in a home-match at Ludhiana, SBT meet Tollygunge
Agragami at Thiruvananthapuram and Mohun Bagan will lock
horns with Mahindra and Mahindra in Calcutta. |
Haryana reign supreme Chandigarh, Dec 17 — Haryana proved their supremacy by winning the senior girls (above-14) roller hockey title on the penultimate day of the 37th National Skating Championship here today. Haryana routed Chandigarh 13-0. Meenakshi Kohli, who bagged the best fighter award in the recent Asian Skating Championship in China, was in her best form and took control of the game accompanied by Amrita, Shreya and Priyanka. In the artistic event (free skating), skaters from Andhra Pradesh stole the show by winning four gold medals out of eight decided in this event whereas the gold medals were shared by Gujarat and Maharashtra skaters. Angasi Patel of Gujarat gave a fine performance in the below six years age group while Avani Panchal of Andhra Pradesh was another young girl skater in the six to eight years section whose movements were in tune. Mr Sudhakar Reddy, president of the AP State Skating Association, who are the hosts for the next year’s World Skating Championships at Visakhapatnam, was a happy man seeing the skaters performing according to expectations. In the speed events held at DAV Senior Seconadry School, Sector 8, confusion prevailed and the events were going behind schedule and results were not compiled in time. Tomorrow, the closing ceremony will be held at the Skating rink, Sector 10. Results: artistic (free skating) -below six yrs (boys) Kareenakar P (AP) 1, Manoj Kumar (AP) 2, Ishaan Vyas (Guj) 3. girls: Angasi Patel( Guj) 1, Krupa Chhadva (Guj) 2, DVVSP Sushma (AP) 3. Six to eight yrs (boys) Manne Ashesh (AP) 1, Tanmay Shah (Mah) 2, Poojan Bedi (Guj) 3. Girls: Avani B. Panchal (AP) 1, Rajvi Mehta (Mah) 2, Anshini Bhatt( Guj) 3. Eight to 10 yrs (boys) Bhaskar Varun Prasad (AP) 1, Abhishek Munhaw (Guj) 2, Mahesh Varma (AP) 3. Girls: Chandani Samdariya (Mah) 1, C.H. Neelima (AP) 2, Mitali Gala (Guj) 3. 10-12 yrs: Jeet Shroff (Mah) 1, Karan Dave (Guj) 2, Jeet Desai (Mah) 3. Girls: Pooja Rathod (Guj) 1, Ishita Desai (Mah) 2, Maithali Parikh (Guj) 3. Roller Hockey: senior
girls: Haryana b Chandigarh 13-0; junior boys: Punjab b
Delhi 6-0; Haryana b Chandigarh 12-2; senior boys:
Haryana b Delhi 7-1; junior girls: Haryana b MP 18-0 ;
senior girls: Chandigarh b J&K 2-0; Subjunior girls :
J & K b Maharashtra 6-1. |
Kulbir pedals to gold medal PATIALA, Dec 17 — Ace cyclist Kulbir Singh of Punjab Police pedalled his way to glory as he garnered a well-deserved gold medal in the gruelling 1000m time trial event clocking 1m-11.93 seconds in the National Cycling Championships (track) being held at the Punjabi University Velodrome here today. However Kulbir Singh failed to improve upon his own national record which he had set at the National Games held in Imphal earlier this year. In the 1500m team time trial for men, the Punjab quartet of Pavittar Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Hitraj Singh and Tejinder Singh warded off a stiff challenge from the Railways foursome to clinch the gold. The Punjab Police quartet came third. Incidentally, the cops team did not include Kulbir Singh. However, there were no thrills in the same event for women, where the Manipur girls did have to go all out to claim the gold. The other results are:
(all finals): 1500m team time trial (for men): Punjab-1,
Railways-2, Punjab Police-3. 1500m team time trial (for
women): Manipur-1, Kerala-2, Railways-3. 1000m team (for
men): Kulbir Singh (Punjab Police)-1, Prejit Singh
(Railways)-2, Hitraj Singh (Punjab)-3. 1000m team trial
(for women): Rameshwari Devi (Manipur)-1, K.K. Walia
(Railways)-2, O. Binakumari Devi (Manipur)-3. 500m time
trial (for subjunior boys): Parminder Singh (Punjab)-1,
Karanjot Singh (Haryana)-2, Sukhjinder Singh (Punjab)-3.
500m time trial (for subjunior girls): Rajeni V
(Kerala)-1, Gurpreet Kaur (Punjab)-2, P. Anita Devi
(Manipur)-3. 1000 time trial (for junior boys):
Vikrampartap Singh (Punjab)-1, Parminder Singh
(Punjab)-2, Amandeep Singh (Delhi)-3. 1000m time trial
(for junior girls): Sunheli Chugh (Punjab)-1, Rajani V
(Kerala)-2, M. Usharani (Manipur)-3. 500m time trial (for
subjunior boys): Gurbir Singh (Chandigarh)-1, Parmod
Kumar (Kerala)-2, U. Clarke (Andhra Pradesh)-3, 500 m
time trial (for subjunior girls): Gurpreet Kaur
(Punjab)-1, P. Anita Devi (Manipur)-2, Saritha S
(Kerala)-3. |
Stage set for 6-nation
gymnastics meet PATIALA, Dec 17 — The stage is set for the inaugural edition of the South-Central Asian Gymnastic Championships slated to be held at the local polo grounds from December 23 to 25. An event of this magnitude in gymnastics is being held in the city for the first time. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday evening, Mr Sudhir Mittal, president of the organising committee, said that six teams — Uzbekistan, who have produced many Olympians in gymnastics, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka besides the hosts India — have confirmed participation in the championships. The infrastructure and expertise will be provided by both the NIS and the Punjab Sports Department. Mr Mittal disclosed that an expenditure of nearly Rs 20 to 25 lakh would be incurred on organising the event. The meet is being co-sponsored by Pepsi and Coca-Cola. The Anandpur Sahib Foundation has chipping in with some funds since the meet also coincides with the 300th year of the birth of the Khalsa. Mr Mittal said that an international gymnastic meet was being held in the country after 17 years. Nepal gymnasts reached the city yesterday, while the Indian gymnasts are already practising at the NIS here. On the first day of the meet the team championship events would be held, while on the second day the best all round gymnast will be declared. The last day of the three-day meet has been reserved for apparatus championships. While both Pakistan and Nepal will field only their men’s squads, the other four countries will be fielding both their men and women teams. The Chief Minister, Mr
P.S. Badal, will inaugurate the event. |
Richie Kapoor to play in
Australia NAHAN, Dec 17 — A brilliant budding cricketer of this town, Richie Kapoor, has bagged a coveted contract with Australian cricket club Victoria. The 22-year-old Himachal Ranji player’s dazzling display over the past three seasons in England in the Yorkshire league for Bransley Cricket Club was widely highlighted by the English media. His performance in England enabled him to bag the contract. Kapoor has already left for Australia where he will play his first match tomorrow. It may be recalled that among other youngsters Richie Kapoor is one of the strongest contenders for a berth in the Indian cricket team. Richie Kapoor hit five
centuries and claimed 20 wickets in 1998. He hit five
centuries and took 22 wickets in the 1999 season while
playing in the Yorkshire league. |
Punjab subjunior team finishes
3rd MANSA, Dec 17 — The Punjab subjunior cricket team got the third position in the 45th National School Games held in Madhya Pradesh from December 10 to 15. Official sources said 21 teams from the country participated in the championship. The Punjab team defeated Karnataka, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal in the championship. The following were the
members of the team: Harmanjit Bajwa (Captain), Sumit,
Rajeev, Sumit Sharma, Abhinish, Rahul, Sumeet Inder
Singh, Naveen, Vivektaas Singh, Navdeep Singh, Daman,
Hardevinder, Sonu, Gagandeep, Opinder and Taranjit. |
Tathiana, Katalin in final NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (PTI) — Top seeded Italian Tathiana Garbin fought off thigh cramps and a resilient Japanese Rika Hiraki 6-3 6-3 while Nirupama Vaidyanathan was ousted by second seed Katalin Marosi of Hungary to set up an all-European final in the ITF women’s Circuit Tennis Tournament here today. India No 1 Nirupama,
started sluggishly despite winning a break in the opening
game, and the Hungarian cashed in on too many unforced
errors by Nirupama for a 7-6 (7/4) 4-6, 6-3 win in 2
hours 15 minutes. |
Waqar Younis faces temporary ban KARACHI, Dec 17 (ANI) — Out of favour Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis may face a temporary ban from the game after criticising and accusing his long-time new-ball partner and now captain Wasim Akram of ruining his career. Waqar was quoted in the
local media as saying that Akram was victimising him and
settling old scores by dropping him from the squad for
the forthcoming triangular one-day series in Australia
starting on January 9. |
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Lalit corners glory CHANDIGARH, Dec 17 (BOSR) — Lalit of Ambala cornered glory by winning two matches in the open snooker event in the Haryana State Billiards and Snooker Championships in progress here at YMCA, Sector 11 today.In the first match, Lalit outplayed VK Sachdeva in three frames at 63-26, 69-21, 63-27 and in second match, Lalit got the better of BK Arora at 59-12, 55-34, 57-13 in the senior section of open snooker event. In another open snooker match, Vikas was extended to five frames by Deepak Goel before the former could win at 89-13, 58-65, 50-39, 22-65, 70-56. In last match of the day, Raghav Baweja of Panipat went down fighting to Amit Swami at 36-56, 18-65, 38-58. Junga SA triumph SHIMLA, Dec 17 (TNS) — Junga Sports Association beat Bihar by 6-0 in the inaugural match of the Tikka Joginder Sen Memorial Football Tournament at Junga, near here today. The three-day tournament was inaugurated by Mrs Pratibha Kumari. Eight teams from various states are participating in the tournament. The second match between HP Police and Rohru Club ended in a 2-2 draw. The match between
Chandigarh XI and Junga Association was a treat to watch.
Junga got a penalty in the first half and led 1-0 through
Anil. Chandigarh gave a harrowing time to the local team
and Harvinder of Chandigarh scored the equaliser in the
23rd minute. They added two more goals through Pawan. |
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