Sunday, December 19, 1999
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Tasmanian openers thwart India HOBART, Dec 18 — The Indian tail redeemed itself to help the visitors post a fighting total of 316 for nine, but was frustrated by Tasmania, who reached 166 without loss on an easy wicket on the second day of their four-day cricket match here today. Uphill
task for Dempo |
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 West Indies bowler Courtney Walsh (front) celebrates the wicket of New Zealand’s Nathan Astle (rear) for 48 on the third day of their first cricket Test in Hamilton, New Zealand on Saturday. — AP/PTI Cairns rides luck to lift Kiwis HAMILTON, Dec 18 — Chris Cairns made the most of his good fortune to hit New Zealand’s top score of 72 as they took a first innings lead of 28 over West Indies in the first Test today. |
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Gurpreet
Kaur bags gold Captain’s
knock by Yuvraj Katalin
lifts ITF circuit title Kabaddi
title for Haryana Police Chandigarh
eves surge ahead Mahindras
meet Bagan today Venues
for SA tour identified Ex-Brigadier
named Pak team manager |
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Tasmanian openers thwart India HOBART, Dec 18 (PTI) — The Indian tail redeemed itself to help the visitors post a fighting total of 316 for nine, but was frustrated by Tasmania, who reached 166 without loss on an easy wicket on the second day of their four-day cricket match here today. At the end of the day, captain Jamie Cox and Deane Hills were unseparated, batting on 88 and 67 respectively. The duo, who have been opening for Tasmania for seven years and are considered the best opening pair in Australian cricket outside Tests, were untroubled by the Indian bowlers on a wicket that offered the latter no assistance on a windy and chilly day at the Bellerive Oval. But for a couple of leg before appeals from Debashis Mohanty and one from Venkatesh Prasad, there was little to commend in the Indian bowlers’ performance as they seemed unable to even beat the openers’ defence. Cox reached his half century from 87 balls, while Hills’ 50 arrived off 120 deliveries. The duo raised the hosts’ 100 in 149 minutes from 202 balls, and took 88 balls more to reach 150. In the morning, the Indian tailenders had profited from the same wicket as they added 75 runs to the overnight score of 241 for six to help stand-in skipper Sourav Ganguly apply the closure at their lunch-time score. All of them, save for wicketkeeper Nayan Mongia, reached double figures. Overnight batsman Thiru Kumaran displayed sound technique and footwork against rising deliveries to make 15 before left-arm paceman Andrew Downton broke through a gap in his defence. Downton, who began the day by claiming Mongia’s wicket, emerged the most successful bowler for Tasmania, claiming five wickets for 90 runs. Number ten Harbhajan Singh played a lively knock of 15 off nine deliveries with three boundaries before he was caught by Deane Hills to become Downton’s fifth victim. Prasad and Mohanty then frustrated the home attack as they put on 47 runs for the last wicket. Prasad remained unbeaten on 17 made from 83 balls with four hits to the fence, while Mohanty was 22 not out after batting through 95 minutes and 88 balls, three of which he put away to the fence. Scoreboard India Ist (innings) Laxman c Atkinson b
Wright 0 Extras (b-2 lb-10 w-1 nb-11) 24 Total (for nine declared) 316 Fall of wickets: 1-5 2-55 3-169 4-227 5-233 6-235 7-250 8-253 9-269 Bowling: Wright 22-3-77-2 (nb-2), Downton 30-10-90-5 (w-1, nb-1), Miller 32-14-43-0 (nb-3), Young 13-5-23-0 (nb-3), Kremerskothen 17-2-52-1 (nb-2), Marsh 10-3-19-0 Tasmania Ist innings Hills not out 67 Extras (lb-4 nb-7) 11 Total (for no wicket) 166 Bowling: Prasad
12-2-30-0, Mohanty 13-1-49-0 (nb-5), Ganguly 6-0-15-0,
Kumaran 8-3-26-0 (nb-2), Singh 14-4-34-0, Bhardwaj
5-1-8-0. HOBART, Dec 18 (PTI) — Indian coach Kapil Dev was disappointed at his bowlers’ inability to break Tasmania’s opening wicket stand on the second day of their four-day cricket match here today. But the coach had a plausible explanation for the failure. “The wicket is so
easy, the ball is just not coming through. You only have
to look at how our tailenders negotiated the first two
hours of the day to understand the benign nature of the
wicket”, he said. The Indian tailenders added 75 to
the visitors’ overnight score of 241 for six to
allow stand-in captain Sourav Ganguly to declare their
innings at 316 for nine at lunch. |
Uphill task for Dempo CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — Lying at the bottom of the table without any point to their credit, Dempo Sports Club, Goa, face another formidable task against JCT Phagwara in their second away match of the National Football League at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, tomorrow. Two consecutive defeats against Churchill Brothers and BSF have rattled the Goan outfit, struggling to strike an effective combination under new coach Ahmad Sanzari. In the previous match against debutants BSF, coach Sanzari, who recently took charge following TK Chathunni’s resignation, did try out new faces. Among them were the two Iranian recruits — Soltanabadi Asadollah and Seied Ahmadi — but still the Goan outfit lacked coordination. The attacks were purposeless and the team hardly displayed a gameplan. A couple of substitutions late in the second half when Minguel Rodrigues, Jose D’Souza and Eusebio D’Souza replaced skipper Johnny D’Souza, Edwin Fernandes and Remus Gomes failed to achieve the desired result. Iranian striker Seied Ahmadi was also in poor form. The Dempo defence has also shown signs of nervousness in the two encounters. Defender Teotonio Fernandes, in fact earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first player in the league to score a suicidal goal in the tie against Churchill Brothers which they lost by a record 0-5 margin. Custodian Upendra Mansingh, formerly of Salgaocar, has also been shaky and so far he has conceded six goals in two matches. JCT Phagwara, on the other hand, are brimming with confidence after the morale-boosting 2-1 win over Mohun Bagan on December 13. The return of stopper-back Deepak Mondal, wing back Daljit Singh and medio Hardip Sangha from the Asia Cup qualifiers brought about a dramatic turnaround in the millmen’s fortunes after the setback in New Delhi. Besides a sturdy defence, JCT also have a strong midfield comprising the promising Hardip Saini, Harinder, Rampal and Hardip Sangha. New recruit Jaswant Singh, formerly of BSF whose father also played for JCT earlier, is also shaping up well as a medio. JCT’s attack is spearheaded by Sukhjit and Hardip Gill but Surjit Singh, who comes in as a substitute for Sukhjit, has proved to be a real threat. JCT are currently placed at the fifth position with three points from the victory against Mohun Bagan. They had lost the lung-opener against Salgaocar in New Delhi on December 9. In the previous edition of the National Football League, Dempo had beaten JCT 2-1 at Goa while at Ludhiana the honours were shared with a 1-1 draw. However, Dempo are no longer the same outfit as last year, as many players, including former skipper Christopher, quit the team at the end of the previous season. In fact, the Goa outfit will be plain lucky if they are able to snatch a point from the millmen tomorrow, but keeping in view the form of JCT, a draw or win for Dempo appears to be a remote possibility. The kick-off is at 2.30
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Rajasthan shock Punjab Blues CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — Unruffled by the initial lead, star studded Rajasthan fought back gallantly to shock Punjab Blues on the third day of the 4th All-India Nachhattar Singh Gill Memorial Basketball Tournament at Kot Kapura today. Trailing 20-27 at the breather, Rajasthan won 73-37. Punjab Blues, who started with a flourish taking a comfortable 17-2 lead in the first five minutes of the game. But once Rajasthan changed then strategy from zonal defence to man-to-man defence, Punjab boys were at a complete loss to understand this change in the gameplan. Rajasthan boys not only narrowed down the lead at the breather but maintained tremendous pressure in the second half to romp home comfortable winners. Mahipal (27), Kotari (18) and Gajinder Singh (10) were the chief architects of Rajasthan’s splendid win while for Punjab, Sarabjit (nine), Sunder and Lakhwinder (eight each) put up some fight. In the second match, Punjab Whites recorded a comfortable 80-43 win over Delhi and qualified for the semifinals. Punjab Whites lead 41-24 at the breather. Jaspreet (32), Gurpreet (12) and Paramdeep (13) were the main contributors to Punjab’s big win while for Delhi Uttam Singh (22) and Mandeep (10) played a splendid game. In the girl’s section, Punjab Red defeated Rajasthan 55-48 after leading 24-16 at the half time. Vanadan (15), Sushma (13) and Khushbir (10) were the main scorers for Punjab while Niqbala (15) and Deepti (14) played extremely well for Rajasthan. In the last game, Punjab
Whites defeated Kot Kapura 49-22. The half time score was
24-9. Kamaljit (10) and Suman (12) were the main scorers
for winners while Kanchan Devi (nine) was the highest
scorer for the home team. |
Cairns rides luck to lift Kiwis HAMILTON, Dec 18 (Reuters) — Chris Cairns made the most of his good fortune to hit New Zealand’s top score of 72 as they took a first innings lead of 28 over West Indies in the first Test today. New Zealand were dismissed for 393 just before the close on the third day in response to West Indies’ 365. The touring team were nought without loss in their second innings after facing just one over from left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori before the end of the day’s play. New Zealand, 113 for three overnight, batted steadily until a dramatic afternoon session during which all-rounder Cairns was given the benefit of the doubt after appearing to have been run out on the first ball he faced. Cairns played a Courtney Walsh delivery into the covers where Shivnarine Chanderpaul scooped up the ball and threw down the stumps at the bowler’s end. Cairns looked to have been just short of his ground but there was no clear side-on view available on television replays. On the footage that was available, a fieldsman obscured view at the crucial moment. With his score on 15, Cairns was caught off a no-ball by paceman Franklyn Rose, and he and rubbed salt into the bowler’s wound by pulling his next delivery to the mid-wicket boundary. Cairns played the dominant role in a seventh-wicket partnership of 116 with Craig McMillan before he lofted a catch to Sherwin Campbell at long-off from the bowling of leg-spinner Dinanath Ramnarine. “I had a bit of luck today,’’ Cairns told reporters. “But I felt good out there and was very disappointed to get out the way I did because I didn’t really attempt to hit it too hard.” Nathan Astle, who scored successive centuries the last time he played against West Indies in the Caribbean in 1996, earlier looked in good form again until he fell with his score on 48. Astle misjudged a short ball from Walsh to become the veteran fast bowler’s 425th Test victim. He needs 435 to beat Kapil Dev’s world Test record. New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming reached his 22nd Test 50 just before lunch but fell in the middle session when he got a top edge to Ramnarine and was caught behind by Ridley Jacobs for 66. Reon King was the best of the West Indies bowlers and finished with four for 81 from 26.2 overs. SCOREBOARD West Indies (1st innings): 365 New Zealand (1st innings): Stead b Walsh 22 Extras (4b, 9lb, 16nb, 3w) 32 Total (all out in 130.2 overs) 393 Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-67, 3-107, 4-162, 5-215, 6-258, 7-374, 8-379, 9-388 Bowling: Courtney Walsh 29-4-81-2, Franklyn Rose 27-4-103-0, Dinanth Ramnarine 36-10-82-3, Reon King 26.2-2-81-4, Ricardo Powell 5-2-13-0, Jimmy Sdams 7-1-20-0. West Indies (2nd innings): Campbell batting 0 Bowling:
Daniel Vettori 1-1-0-0. |
Nayyar’s ton puts North on top CALCUTTA, Dec 18 (PTI) — Middle order batsman Rajiv Nayyar slammed a responsible, unbeaten 105 to guide North Zone to a respectable 469 all out in their first innings on the second day of their Duleep Trophy final against West Zone at the Eden Gardens here today. Resuming at the overnight score of 263 for four, the dependable Nayyar took upon the responsibility of building up the innings after their main batsmen had returned to the pavilion on a good batting track before the innings folded up half an hour before the scheduled close of play. The diminutive Nayyar played a cautious knock as wickets kept tumbling at the other end and managed to complete his century before running out of partners. Nayyar, who has a world record of sorts for occupying the crease for the longest duration in a Ranji Trophy match, got good support from the tailenders Amit Bhandari (20) and last man Robin Singh (jr), (24), which helped the side to cross the 450 milestone. He struck 15 boundaries during his marathon 352-minute tenure at the crease capitalising on a dropped catch by Nilesh Kulkarni at gully when he was on 16. West Zone were eight for no loss in their first innings when play was called off without the completion of the stipulated 90 overs due to poor light. Wasim Jaffer on four and the left handed Connor Williams on two were at the crease at stumps. North Zone, who were cruising along comfortably, lost the wickets of night watchman Navdip Singh (23) and the hard-hitting Virender Sehwag (13) in quick succession just before the lunch break with pace spearhead Paras Mhambrey scapling both the wickets. Night watchman Navdip Singh frustrated the West Zone bowlers as he hung around for about 120 minutes during the two and half hour pre-lunch session before Mhambrey eventually got rid of him. The Mumbai speedster, who had toiled hard on the opening day without much success, evicted Singh with an outgoing delivery with wicket keeper Patheek Patel bringing off a smart catch. Virender Sehwag, who had scored a career-best 274 in the quarter final match against South Zone in Agartala, made his intentions clear by clobbering three boundaries but his beligerence was shortlived as he succumbed to Mhambrey playing a rather rash stroke. Sehwag slashed at a rising delivery without being in position and Wasim Jaffer held on to the catch at second slip much to the delight of his teammates. SCOREBOARD North Zone (1st innings) overnight 263 for 4: A. Dani b Kulkarni 43, V. Rathore c Kale b Kulkarni 74, R.S. Sodhi c Patel b Siddique 67, P. Dharmani c Jaffer b Siddique 39, R. Nayyar not out 105, Navdip Singh c Patel b Mhambrey 23, V. Sehwag c Jaffer b Mhambrey 13, V. Dahiya c Williams b Kulkarni 10 N. Chopra b Khan 2, A. Bhandari c Kale b Kulkarni 20, Robin Singh Jr c sub (Bhat) b Kulkarni 24. Extras: (B-4, LB-21, W-5, NB-19) 49. Total: (all out in 161.5 overs) 469. Fall of wickets: 1/87, 2/175, 3/250, 4/255, 5/319, 6/337, 7/372, 8/383, 9/428. Bowling: Mhambrey
28-4-103-2, Zaheer Khan 25-4-110-1, Siddique 32-9-102-2,
Kulkarni 64.5-23-97-5, Mehta 12-1-32-0. |
Year of scandals and tragedies for boxing PARIS, Dec 18 (AFP) — A year that loomed as full of promise ended with boxing once again bloodied and against the ropes after a series of scandals and tragedies. The start of the year promised at least two superbouts and the return of Mike Tyson. But by the end of 1999 boxing was again tainted by the stench of corruption and a fine fighter had died after the sport failed to follow its own safety guidelines. Lennox Lewis was finally crowned the undisputed heavyweight champion after being robbed of a fight he clearly won and then being given the decison in a re-match with Evander Holyfield that many ringsiders felt he had lost. The big fights of 1999, including two Lewis-Holyfield bouts, both contests involving the comebacking Mike Tyson and the Oscar de la Hoya-Felix Trinidad showdown, were stinkers. Roy Jones, arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, was almost invisible and failed to reach agreement for a bout with the one fighter capable of giving him a serious argument: Germany’s Graciano Rocchigiani. Prince Naseem Hamed, the pride and joy of Britain, continued to avoid the men who could seriously challenge him — and was booed from the ring after his latest debacle, while talented IBF junior-middleweight champion Fernando Vargas is awaiting a court verdict on changes stemming from a brawl. The International Boxing Federation is being investigated for corruption and manipulating its rankings and American junior-middleweight Stefan Johnson died after being knocked out — one of four ring fatalities over the year. Johnson’s death after a November 20 bout with Paul Vaden in Atlantic City need never have happened. Ontario boxing commissioner Ken Hayashi claimed Johnson was still under suspension after being knocked out by Fitz Vanderpool earlier in the year. Johnson, however, had fought — and won — in Georgia and South Carolina after his loss to Vanderpool and prior to his bout with Vaden. Johnson somehow evaded taking tests ordered by the Canadian authorities and fought on in the USA. His recklessness, and the lack of safeguards, cost him his life. Four officials of the New Jersey-based IBF, one of the three main international organisations, were indicted in November on charges of taking bribes to manipulate rankings. The 32-count indictment included charges of conspiracy and racketeering. In June, federal agents raided the headquarters of flamboyant promoter Don King, who has long been a controversial figure. The controversial March 13 draw in the Evander Holyfield-Lennox Lewis heavyweight unification title fight sparked outrage and allegations of corruption. The bizarre verdict of the IBF-appointed Judge Eugenia Williams favouring Holyfield created a draw in a bout which Lewis had clearly won In Las Vegas in November, Lewis won the re-match with a unanimous but far from impressive victory. There are hopes that he might eventually fight Tyson, but the American continued to be surrounded by fiasco and controversy. Twice-jailed Tyson, (33), the youngest boxer ever to win the world title in 1987, failed in his bid to re-establish his credibility after his bout against Orlin Norris in Las Vegas was declared a no contest when Norris claimed an injured knee after the first round after being hit by Tyson well after the bell had sounded. Tyson’s only other fight of the year was in January, when he knocked out Frans Botha in the fifth round after being outboxed in the first four. That was Tyson’s first fight since his exile for biting Holyfield in 1997. Aiming to ensure he keeps winning, Tyson’s next bout is against a 35-year-old Briton of moderate quality — Julius Francis. In a bout that was just as lacking in sparkle as the two Lewis-Holyfield bouts, Felix Trinidad won a narrow 12-round majority decision over Oscar de la Hoya in a long-awaited welterweight battle of unbeatens in Las Vegas in September. Two judges awarded the fight to Puerto Rican Trinidad and the third scored it a draw, even though many ringsiders — and the American himself — felt de la Hoya had won easily. Trinidad, who rose to 36-0, kept his International Boxing Federation title and added the World Boxing Council crown of de la Hoya, who fell to 31-1. The star of Hamed, meanwhile, continued to dull after the latest in a series of yawn-inducing title bouts. The Prince easily handled Mexican veteran Cesar Soto and captured the World Boxing Council featherweight title only to be forced to give up the title after the WBC objected to him also holding the WBO title. After a bout that resembled a wrestling match, Hamed posted a unanimous decision and remained unbeaten in 33 fights — but he badly needs a win over a marquee name to restore his lustre. The proliferation of organising bodies — all anxious for sanctioning fees — continued apace. In addition to the the WBC, the WBA, the IBF and the WBO, the WBF, the IBO, the WBU, the NABF, the WAA, the IBA and the IBC all continued to confer “world” titles on undeserving fighters. In the meantime, fighters who have long passed their best — including the once-great Julio Cesar Chavez and Roberto Duran continued to ply their trade long after they should have retired. Three-weight champion Chavez, beaten by journeyman Willie Wise in his last bout, is still talking of a title challenge to Australian Kostya Tszyu in a bid to regain his WBC junior-welter title. If it comes about, such a contest would appear to be inviting tragedy. Nonetheless, 2000 looms with plenty to look forward to. Lewis may defend against a young, live challenger: maybe David Tua or Michael Grant. And unbeaten WBC junior-feather champion Erik Morales is to tangle with WBO champ Marco Antonion Barrera in a potential thriller. Whatever happens, it has
to be a better year than 1999. |
Gurpreet Kaur bags gold PATIALA, Dec 18 (UNI) — Gurpreet Kaur of Punjab bagged the gold in the 1,000 mt individual pursuit final for girls under 14 while Gurbeet Singh of Chandigarh won the same race for boys under-18 today in the 52nd Senior, 29th Junior and 15th Sub-Junior National Cycling Championship in progress at the Punjabi University velodrome here. In the devil race for 22 riders, Premjit Singh of Railways topped followed by Raminder Singh of Punjab Police and Jagbir Singh of Services respectively. The 1000 mt individual pursuit (girls under-14) final was the best race of the day. Gurpreet Kaur took the lead right from the start and finished well ahead of her nearest rival L. Sonya Devi of Manipur by 8.27 secs. Results: 1000mt Ind Pursuit (under 18) final: Gurbir Singh (Chandigarh) 1m-25.71 sec, L. Budha Singh (Manipur) 1m-25.82 sec, Prince H.S. (Kerala) 1m-28.15 sec. 1000 mt Ind Pursuit (girls under 14) final: Gurpreet Kaur (Punjab) 1m-31.00 sec, B. Soniya Deve (Manipur) 1m-39.27 sec, Saritha S. (Kerala) 1m-39.30 sec. 1000 mt sprint (men) - Ranbir Singh (PP), Tejinderjit Singh (Punjab), Vishnu Chand (Kerala), Inder Kumar (Manipur). 1000 mt sprint (women): Chitra T. (Kerala), Kamaldeep K. Walia (Railway), G. Geetanjali (Manipur), Sangeeta Khan (Bihar). 1000 mt sprint boys
u/18: Gagandeep Sawahney (Punjab), Harsimranjit Singh
(Punjab), Naseer Baquer (Maharashtra), Phenial (Andaman
and Nicobar). |
Captain’s knock by Yuvraj JAMSHEDPUR, Dec 18 (UNI) — A captain’s knock of 232 by Yuvraj Singh helped holders Punjab to pile up a huge total of 431 for two in their first innings against Bihar on the penultimate day of their four-day Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) final at the Keenan Stadium here today. Punjab established a crucial 74-run first innings lead, sealing the fate of Bihar. Resuming at 108 for one, Punjab made the feast of run against the mediocre Bihar bowling. Yuvraj, who hit a century against Madhya Pradesh, scored 232 with the help of 26 boundaries and two over boundaries. Yuvraj’s previous best was 278 against Railways in Cooch Behar Trophy last season. The other overnight not out batsman Munish Sharma (95), however, missed the ton by five runs when Ajay Yadav took the day’s lone wicket in the form of Sharma, who hit 15 funds in his innings. At stumps, Yuvraj and Vivek Mahajan were batting on 232 and 59 respectively. Scoreboard Bihar (first innings): 357 all out. Punjab (first innings): Munish Sharma c Hashmi b Yadav 95. Ravnit Ricky b Satendra 33, Yuvraj Singh batting 232, Vivek Mahajan batting 59, Extras: 12. Total (in 139 overs for two) 431. Fall of wickets: 1-60, 2-267. Bowling: M. Diwakar:
18-3-81-0, Tej Pratap: 2-0-09-0, V. Kumar: 26-13- 44-0,
S. Mishra: 28-3-101-1, A. Yadav: 44-9-144-1, Amir Hashmi:
21-1-42-0. |
Katalin lifts ITF circuit title NEW DELHI, Dec 18 (PTI) — Hungary’s Katalin Marosi clinched the ITF Women’s Circuit Tennis trophy beating top seed Tathiana Garbin the easy way when the Italian conceded the match after thigh injury forced her out of action. Second-seeded Marosi was leading 6-2 1-1 when Garbin decided to call it a day and not aggravate the muscle pull she suffered in yesterday’s semifinal against Japan’s Rika Hiraki. It was an anti-climatic end to the tournament which had generated much interest with the Italian vying for her second straight ITF title following her win in Manila last week. Marosi, who yesterday disposed of India’s Nirupama Vaidyanathan in a tough three-set encounter, was confident from the start as she knew of her opponent’s injury. “I knew it (muscle pull) was troubling her but I did not rely on that handicap and I wanted to play my own game,” Marosi said after winning the glittering trophy. Marosi, who was never really challenged in the initial rounds, winning her three matches in straight sets, said: “Yesterday’s match against Nirupama was a tough one, but that helped me a lot to prepare for the final.” The Hungarian, despite committing two double faults, broke Garbin in the fifth game and held her serve in the next to take 4-2 lead in the first set. The triumph gave Marosi her second title of the year following her Georgia (Atlanta) win earlier this year. “To win a championship is a great confidence booster,” Marosi said, adding that she would take a week off before starting practice for the qualifying tournaments of the year’s first Grand Slam - Australian Open. The Italian yesterday stretched herself going for a difficult one from Hiraki, and slipped pulling her thigh muscle. Garbin, who travels the globe without a trainer, found it hard to recover within 24 hours. “I had no trainer available here and doctors could not give me proper treatment,” Garbin said after the match. “I was unable to play with pads on my thighs,” the Italian said. Garbin is leaving for Bangkok to get immediate treatment for her injury to be ready for the next season. Garbin, who paired with Nirupama in the doubles tournament but conceded the final clash following injury, said she planned to continue playing with the Indian next season. “We have a good
combination and we have decided to give it a try and play
the women’s tour together as doubles team,”
Garbin said. |
Kabaddi title for Haryana Police CHANDIGARH, Dec 18 — The Kurukshetra hockey team today proved their supremacy routing Sonepat 8-0 in a one-sided final on the penultimate day of the 15th. Haryana State Sports Festival being held here at Bhim Stadium Bhiwani. In athletics, three more new records were established. Sunita Dahiya of Sonepat established a new record in 400 metres clocking 57.56 sec. The previous record was 58-87 sec. Manju of Bhiwani set a new record in 10 km walk while Rai Singh of Bhiwani set a new record in javelin throw. Haryana Police clinched the kabbadi title for men defeating Rohtak 54-33 points. Results: Archery (men): 90 m - Dushyant 1 (Gurgaon), Kapil 3 (Gurgaon), Shyam Sunder 3 (Gurgaon). 70 m - Dushyant 1 (Gurgaon), Kapil 2 (Gurgaon), Shyam Sunder 3 (Gurgaon). (Women): 70m -Manju 1 (Narnaul), Monica 2 (Narnaul), Gurpreet 3 (Sirsa). 60m -Gurpreet 1 (Sirsa), Anita 2 (FBD), Parmita 3 (FBD). 50m- Gurpreet 1 (Sirsa), Sandeep 2 (Narnaul), Anita 3 (FBD). 30m- Gurpreet 1 (Sirsa), Minni Nehra 2 (Sirsa), Parmeeta 3 (FBD). Team Championship- Gurgaon 1, Faridabad 2, Sirsa 3. Athletics (men): 110m hurdles - Jai Singh 1 (Bhiwani) 14.8 sec, Surat 2 (M.Garh) 15.00 sec, Dharampal 3 (Bhiwani) 15.49 sec. 5000m- Satish 1 (Sonepat) 15:12.31 min, Davender 2 (Sonepat) Kuldeep 3 (Jhajjar) Hammer throw-Ramesh 1 (Bhiwani) 57.20m Somveer 2 (Gurgaon) Vijay 3 (Jhajjar). Women:- 400m- Sunita Dahiya 1 (Sonepat) 57.56 sec, (new record), Sunil Joon 2 (Jhajjar) Suman 3 (Hisar), 5000m - Sarla Arya 1 (Rewari) 19.05.09 sec, Savita 2 (Rohtak) Tinu 3 (Rohtak). Triple jump- Seema Anil 1 (Sonepat) 10.72 mtr. Boxing (semifinal): Light fly weight up-to 48 kg Akhil (Bhiwani) b Mandeep (Jind), Sohan (Panchkula) b Rakesh Negi (Ambala). Fly-weight 48 kg 51 kg Prem Singh (Panchkula) b Surender Singh (Bhiwani), Vijay Sonepat b Satpal (Hissar). Football (women): Semifinal Jhajjar b Jind 3-1, Karnal b Y. Nagar 6-0. Football (men semifinal): Gurgaon b HAP 5-4 (tie breaker). Ambala b HVPN 2-0. Gymnastics (women): Vaulting horse- Chetna 1 (Ambala), and Pinki 1 (Rohtak) 8.30 points, Sujita 2 (Rohtak) 7 Amrita 3 (Ambala). Uneven bars- Chetna 1 (Ambala) 7.65 points, Renu 2 (Bhiwani) Amrita 3 (Ambala). Balance beam - Renu 1 (Bhiwani) 7.95 pts, Chetna 2 (Ambala) Vinay 3 (Rohtak). Floor exercise: Chetna 1 (Ambala) 8.20 pts, Tandeep and Pinki 2 (Rohtak), Amrita 3 (Ambala). Gymnastics (men): Floor exercise: Krishan 1 (Gurgaon) 7.50 pts Pardeep 2 (Gurgaon) 7 Naresh Saini 3 (Gurgaon). Pommelled horse- Vikram Yadav 1 (Gurgaon) 8.20 pts, Pardeep 2 (Gurgaon) Naresh 3 (Ambala). Roman rings: Pardeep 1 (Gurgaon) 6.60 pts, Sanjeev 2 (Ambala) Avdesh 3 (Faridabad). Vaulting horse- Krishan (Gurgaon) 8.80 pts, Pardeep 2 (Gurgaon) Naresh 3 (Gurgaon) 8.30 pts. Handball (semifinal) men- Bhiwani b Kurukshetra 28-7, Jhajjar b Rohtak 17-4. Handball (semifinal) women: Kaithal b Hisar 18-8, Bhiwani b Jind 10-6. Kabbadi (semifinal) national style (men) - Rohtak b Jhajjar 43-19, HAP b Kaithal 50-17. Kabbadi (National style-semifinal (Women): Panipat b Sonepat b 63-32, Rohtak b Jhajjar 62-16. Weightlifting (men): 56 kg Nand Kishore 1 (Sonepat), Zakir Hussain 2 (HAP). Narender Kumar 3 (Y.Nagar). 62 kg-Prem Singh 1 (Rohtak), Parveen 2 (Y. Nagar), Pramod Kumar 3 (Bhiwani). 69 kg-Anil Kumar 1 (Rohtak), Chamkaur Singh 2 (HAP) Sanjay Kumar 3 (Bhiwani). 77kg-Vijay Kumar 1 (Rohtak), Narender Saini 2 (Sonepat), Nishant Singh 3 (HAP). Table tennis team championship final (Men) Faridabad b HVPN 3-2. Women b team championship was won by Rewari who defeated Faridabad 3-2. Wrestling (final) women:
40 kg Neetu 1 (Hisar), Meena 2 (Bhiwani), Rachna 3
(Fatehabad) 43 kg Meena 1 (Bhiwani) Archna 2 (Fatehabad),
Beena 3 (Hisar). |
Chandigarh eves surge ahead Chandigarh, Dec 18 — Chandigarh women moved ahead on the opening day of the XXVth National Women Sports Festival which began here today at different venues of the city. Chandigarh women, however, lost to Punjab in badminton by 0-2. In tennis Chandigarh scraped past Gujarat by 2-0 with Neha Singh and Satvika easily winning their singles. In table tennis Chandigarh again faced Gujarat and the former had little difficulty in ousting the latter 3-0. Barkha, Shikha and Ruchi won their respective singles. In badminton, Punjab women shuttlers were given a tough fight by Chandigarh and Nazma and Meeta Bhandari won the singles and doubles matches, Ms Vineeta Rai, Adviser to the Adminsitrator, Chandigarh inaugurated the four-day festival in which 200 participants drawn from various states are taking part. Delhi won the best march past trophy. Results: badminton: Karnataka b MP 2-0 (BR Kakila b Uma Singh 11-6, 13-12; BR Kakila & Amritha b Uma & Reena 15-6, 6-15, 15-4) Punjab b Chandigarh 2-0 (Nazma b Mala Gaba 11-8, 9-11, 11-2; Nazma & Meeta Bhandari b Bhawna & Isha 15-5,15-3). Goa b Tamil Nadu 2-0 (Leena Padnekar b D valentina 11-1, 11-2; Leena & Sonali b D. Valentina & Kavitha 15-4,15-4). UP b Gujarat 2-0 (Poonam b Hamali Damor 11-1, 11-0; Poonam & Juhi b Hamali & Urvashi 15-2,15-0). Lawn tennis: Karnataka b Punjab 2-0( Anupama b Gitanjali 6-2,6-1; Puja Chopra b Sarjot 7-6 ( 7-3), 7-6( 7-5). Chandigarh b Gujarat 2-0 (Neha Singh b Miloni 6-1, 6-4; Satvika Saboo b Hirangi 6-2, 6-2). Haryana b UP 2-0 (Isha Chopra b Neha Gyupta 6-0, 6-0; Bhawna b Sanjana 4-6, 6-4, 6-4). Table tennis: Group A:
Delhi b Goa 3-0 (P. Syal b Ratna 21-9, 21-9; Pooja b Tina
21-9, 21-9; Chaoba b Flaxjundra 21-12, 21-8). Group B: UP
b HP 3-0 (Parvati b Rupal 21-6, 21-9; Sarojini b Bhawna
21-13, 21-3; Divya b Manisha 21-11, 21-9). Group D:
Chandigarh b Gujarat 3-0 (Barkha KC b Sonal 21-6, 14-21,
22-20; Shikha b Priti 21-11, 21-10; Ruchi b Purvi 21-18,
21-19. |
Mahindras meet Bagan today CALCUTTA, Dec 18 (PTI) — Mohun Bagan would strive to exploit the home advantage as they lock horns with Mahindra and Mahindra, Mumbai, in a National Football League exchange here tomorrow. Mahindras, who finished in the lower end of the pecking order in the last edition of the tournament, have Gleaned one point from two home matches so far. They drew goal-less with ITI, Bangalore, and lost 0-2 to Churchill Brothers, Goa. IFA Shield winners Bagan, on the other hand, have secured three points by virtue of a solitary goal win over BSF, Jalandhar, and a 1-2 loss to JCT, Phagwara. The match at the Salt Lake Stadium would also see the debut of Bagan’s new Thai recruit Duship, a member of the Asian all-Star team and a regular in the Thai national squad. “Duship is a good defender. He is an effective tackler with a strong left foot,’’ Bagan coach Subrata Bhattacharjee said. The Bagan coach, himself
a renowned defender in the 70s and 80s, indicated the
Thai would be used as a left back. |
Venues for SA tour identified CHENNAI, Dec 18 (PTI) — Test and one-day venues for the coming South Africa tour to India in February have been identified, according to K. Srikkanth, chairman, pitches committee of the cricket board. Bangalore and Mumbai would play host to the Test matches, while Baroda, Jamshedpur, Faridabad, Nagpur and either Goa or Kochi would be the venues for the one-day internationals, Srikkanth told reporters here after the committee’s meeting which was presided over by BCCI President A.C. Muthiah. Asked if board’s working committee, meeting here tomorrow to discuss the venues, had made up its mind, Srikkanth said: “I can only say the pitches committee members have been informed of these centres as venues. The members would be inspecting the venues.” The meeting was attended
by Dhiraj Parsanna (West), Surinder Khanna (North), Vinod
Mathur (Central) and Gopal Bose (East) and Jaywant Lele
(Convenor). Kasturi Rangan of Bangalore and another
representative from the South did not attend the meeting. |
Ex-Brigadier named Pak team manager ISLAMABAD, Dec 18 (UNI) — A retired army Brigadier has been appointed manager of the Pakistan cricket, team as it prepares to join India and hosts Australia in a tri-nation one-day cricket tournament down under. Brig (Retd) Khawaja Muhammad Nasir replaces Yawar Saeed whose tenure lasted just three months. Brigadier Nasir has been
appointed only for the triangular series. |
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wrestling begins Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by the Mayor, Mr Subhash Sharma while the Chief General Manager, Mr R.N. Sharma, presided over the opening ceremony. Results: 63 kg category: Ashok Kumar (Punjab) b Nam Chand (Madhya Pradesh), Mannu Ram (UP) b Shivaji Shindia (Maharashtra). PSEB hold SAIL
in hockey In another league match, Indian Railways defeated Uttar Pradesh XI 3-1. In the women’s section GND University, Amritsar beat SAIL. Burlton Park to
have new Astroturf Stating this after inaugurating the third Sarb Hind Ramesh Chander Memorial Hockey Tournament at the stadium yesterday, the Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, said an amount of Rs 1.5 crore will be spent on the replacement of the turf. He said it was a matter of great concern that Punjab had been lagging behind in the field of sports, which had once been a forte of Punjabis. Mr Badal gave Rs 2 lakh to the Ramesh Chander Memorial Society. Tennis courts The funds for the courts
had been given by Henna Exports Corporation of Faridabad. |
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