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Jayawardena hits double century COLOMBO, Feb 27 — Mahela Jayawardena hit a classy double century to give Sri Lanka full batting bonus points before Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble struck with a burst of four wickets to end the hosts’ first essay at 485 as the second Asian Test championship match headed for a draw on the fourth day here today. Kirsten’s ton puts SA in control AUCKLAND, Feb 27 — Gary Kirsten and Daryll Cullinan punished New Zealand for deciding to bowl first by guiding South Africa to a formidable 245 for two wickets at close of play on the first day of the opening Test at Eden Park today.
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 PARIS: French tennis player Amelie Mauresmo, celebrates after winning against Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis, in 6-1, 2-6, 3-6, during the quarter finals of the Open Gaz de France tennis tournament in Paris on Friday. AP/PTI |
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Mauresmo avenges Aussie Open defeat Kafelnikov beaten LONDON, Feb 27 — Yevgeny Kafelnikov, just one win away from dethroning Pete Sampras as world number one, succumbed with barely a struggle 6-2, 7-6 to Thomas Johansson in the Indoor Tennis Tournament quarterfinals here on Friday. Anand,
Kramnik settle for draw
Waqar
dropped for Test versus Lanka Sri
Lanka colts 211 for 7 Vijay
Kumar surges way ahead Saroj,
Sri Devi sail into final Tyson's
isolation over Indo-Japan
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Jayawardena hits double century COLOMBO, Feb 27 (PTI) — Mahela Jayawardena hit a classy double century to give Sri Lanka full batting bonus points before Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble struck with a burst of four wickets to end the hosts’ first essay at 485 as the second Asian Test championship match headed for a draw on the fourth day here today. India’s second innings was interrupted twice due to intermittent drizzle before umpires called off play with the visitors on 59 for 1. Openers S Ramesh and V V S Laxman gave a good start to India after leggie Kumble had provided them a slender lead of 33 runs in the first innings. Ramesh stuck to his work and went after every bad ball specially punishing wayward Suresh Parera for four boundaries. Laxman, who struggled against Lankan speedster Chaminda Vaas, held one end up before the first rain interruption came with India on 24 without loss. Left-hander Ramesh, who struck his maiden century in the first innings, was at ease against the Lankan bowlers who could hardly gain anything out of the four-day old pitch. However, trying to cover drive debutante Eric Upashantha, Ramesh failed to keep the ball low and Hashan Tillakeratne completed a well judged catch at short extra cover when India’s score was 50. Laxman (batting 17) and Ganguly (batting 7) played cautiously before rain stopped play for the second and final time today. Earlier, Jayawardena (242) played a marathon 11-hour long innings before falling to a return catch by Kumble but belied the Indians’ victory hopes. Indian fielders, who provided Jayawardena "lives" yesterday before he completed his ton, again let him off when at 196. The Lankan batsman hit an uppish shot at wide mid-wicket and Venkatesh Prasad, who ran in from third man, managed to reach the ball only to drop and let it roll over the ropes for Jayawardena’s double century. A delighted Jayawardena kissed the bat to cheers from the sparse crowd. India continued with its poor fielding for two full sessions today but Kumble came on with new vigour after tea break to finish off the Lankan tail. The leggie, who got his first wicket only in his 53rd over, was soon poised for a hattrick scalping Vaas and skipper Arjuna Ranatunga with successive deliveries. Sri Lanka, from 466 for six, crashed to 466 for eight, but Upashantha successfully defended his wicket to deny Kumble any honours. The Indian, however, claimed his fourth wicket in the form of Upashantha, trapped leg before wicket for six. Kumble’s four wicket burst came in just 19 balls and he gave away mere five runs in the bargain to finish with figures of 54.1-10-134-4. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who toiled along with Kumble for two days, finished with three wickets while new ball bowlers Venkatesh Prasad and Ashish Nehra took one apiece. India, with five points from Calcutta match, now have an aggregate of 10 points while Sri Lanka has four. Sri Lanka has to earn six bonus points from its match against Pakistan in Lahore beginning on March 4 to compete for a place in the final scheduled in Dhaka. Scoreboard India (1st innings): 518-7 decl Sri Lanka (1st
innings): Extras (b-1, lb-19, w-4, nb-9) 33 Total (all out in 159.1 overs) 485 Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-93, 3-128, 4-178, 5-354, 6-390, 7-466, 8-466, 9-484. Bowling: Prasad 31-6-94-1, Nehra 28-4-94-1, Kumble 54.1-10-134-4, Harbhajan Singh 40-9-127-3, Tendulkar 5-0-16-0, Ganguly 1-1-0-0. India (2nd
innings): Extras (w-1, nb-4) 5 Total (for one wicket, 13.3 over) 59 Fall of wickets: 1-50. Bowling: Chaminda
Vaas 7-1-23-0, Suresh Parera 4-0-31-0, Eric Upashantha
2.3-2-5-1. |
Kirsten’s ton puts SA in control AUCKLAND, Feb 27 (Reuters) — Gary Kirsten and Daryll Cullinan punished New Zealand for deciding to bowl first by guiding South Africa to a formidable 245 for two wickets at close of play on the first day of the opening Test at Eden Park today. Kirsten made light work of an awkward, rain interrupted day to equal Dudley Nourse’s South African record of nine Test centuries. He shared an unbroken third wicket stand of 148 with Cullinan and finished the day on 109 from 240 balls in five hours and nine minutes. Cullinan, always a stylist, overcame a predictably slow surface to reach 50 from just 79 balls with eight fours. He maintained an aggressive approach to finish on 85 not out from 148 balls with 11 fours and a pulled six off left arm spinner Daniel Vettori. The tourists had reached 71 without loss in the 90 minutes possible before lunch but opener Herschelle Gibbs was dismissed three overs after the restart thanks to a fine delivery from Vettori, the best bowler on the day. Initially beaten in the flight, Gibbs left the ball only to discover to his horror that it was an arm ball that drifted far enough into his pads to clip off stump. Gibbs made 34 out of an opening stand of 76 with Kirsten. Jacques Kallis (7) was trapped lbw by a deserving Simon Doull. New Zealand captain Dion Nash’s decision to bowl, controversial to say the least, was prompted by grey and overcast skies in the morning but the expected swing never materialised and there was precious little seam movement. Left arm seamer Geoff Allott came closest to a dismissal when a full-blooded off drive from Kirsten flew over the head of third slip to the boundary but his eight overs before lunch cost 38 runs and reflected his waywardness. Intermittent squalls interrupted play five times throughout the day but the time lost was limited to 49 minutes, 10 overs, after play was extended by an hour. (Scoreboard) South Africa (Ist
innings): Total (for two wickets, 80 overs) 245 Fall of wickets: 1-76, 2-97. Bowling: Doull
18-4-40-1, Allott 13-1-64-0, Nash 13-4-43-0, Vettori
24-5-58-1, Harris 9-3-12-0, McMillan 3-0-19-0. |
Anand, Kramnik settle for draw LINARES (Spain), Feb 27 (PTI) — World champion Gary Kasparov jumped into lead with a superb victory over overnight leader Michael Adams while the two top contenders for his crown, defending champion Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik settled for a 19-move draw in the fifth round of the Linares Chess Tournament. Kasparov, fresh from his comprehensive triumph at Hoogovens last month, moved into top gear with a splendid victory over Adams, with black pieces in a sicilian defence game, to emerge sole leader with 3.5 points from five rounds in the strong eight-man field here yesterday. Anand, playing with black against Kramnik, played his fifth draw in as many matches and was sharing the third place with Kramnik and Vaselin Topolov with 2.5 points. Adams (3) was sharing the second place with Svidler, who was held to a draw by Topolov. Kramnik, despite having the advantage of playing white, did not seem willing to take the initiative and allowed the game to drift to a dead draw and the Indian grandmaster was also not ready to take any risk either. This was the fifth draw in a row for both Kramnik and considering Anand did not have too many wins at Hoogovens, the Indian GM must be concerned. In other games, Vassily Ivanchuk (1), for the second day in a row, was in trouble with the clock and lost on time to Peter Leko (2). But unlike in the fourth round game against Adams, this time Ivanchuk was quite poorly off and a pawn down in a rook and pawn ending when the flag fell. In the fourth game of the day, Peter Svidler and Vaselin Topolov drew in 35 moves. Adams seemed to have a very slight advantage from the opening but then was gradually outplayed. Kasparov slowly but steadily ground his opponent after eking out a slight advantage in the middle game. The game lasted 59 moves and at the end, Kasparov’s queen looked dominating and his "A" pawn was about to queen. In the sixth round, Anand has white against Russian Svidler while Kasparov too has white against Leko. Ivanchuk meets Topolov and Kramnik with white takes on Adams. The eight players play each other twice in the three-week long event and will have white once and black once in the two games against each player. Results: Adams lost to Kasparov; Topolov drew with Svidler; Kramnik drew with Anand; Leko beat Ivanchuk. Standings:
1. Kasparov (Rus) 3.5; 2-3. Svidler (Rus) and Adams (Eng)
3.0; 4-6. Anand (Ind), Topolov (Bul) and Kramnik (Rus)
2.5 Each; 7 Leko 2.0; 8. Ivanchuk 1.0. |
Mauresmo avenges Aussie Open defeat LONDON, Feb 27 (Reuters) — Yevgeny Kafelnikov, just one win away from dethroning Pete Sampras as world number one, succumbed with barely a struggle 6-2, 7-6 to Thomas Johansson in the Indoor Tennis Tournament quarterfinals here on Friday. From the opening game, when the top seed served two double faults to lose his serve, it was clear Kafelnikov’s hot streak that took him to the Australian Open and Rotterdam titles in the past four weeks was cooling off rapidly. He needed to reach the semifinal against Richard Krajicek to get past Sampras but Johansson, the eighth seed from Sweden played tight, controlled games to force a string of errors from the nervous Russian champion. "It was one of those days. I felt very flat and had that pressure on my shoulders," said Kafelnikov. "To be honest I feared it would happen." The crowd who had come to acclaim the first Russian to lead the world rankings were silent but Kafelnikov, who looked tired after playing doubles here, managed to stabilise his game in the second set. But Johansson, who beat Kafelnikov in their last meeting, the 1998 US Open, was serving so well that there was little doubt he would emerge victorious. "In every department he dominated me but if I had won the second set it could have been different," Kafelnikov said. He will have other chances to leapfrog Sampras, number one now for 261 weeks. The American returns to competition at Scottsdale next week after taking this week off while the Russian rests himself after the best six weeks of his career. Earlier, Britain’s Greg Rusedski played one of the best matches of his life to beat Thomas Enqvist 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. He will play unseeded Hicham Arazi in the semifinal after the Moroccan beat Slovakia’s Dominic Hrbaty 6-4, 6-2. Fourth seed Krajicek swept aside Karol Kucera 6-1, 6-3 and will attend the funeral of fellow Dutchman Menno Oosting, killed in a car crash this week, before playing Johansson. However, Arazi will provide tough opposition in only his second semifinal. PARIS (AP): Storming back from a nervous start, Amelie Mauresmo avenged her defeat by Martina Hingis in the Australian Open final with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 triumph over the world No. 1 at the $ 520,000 Gaz de France Open on Friday. Serena Williams, Dominique Van Roost and Nathalie Dechy also advanced to the semifinals. Roared on by a passionate French crowd, Mauresmo used her greater physical power to overrun Hingis in one hour, 30 minutes. "It was like a soccer match, it could have been France against Brazil," a despondent and visibly shaken Hingis said of the crowd. The spectators gave a hostile reception to the world No. 1, hissing her name as it was announced and booing whenever Hingis hit the ball in the warmup. Throughout the match, the crowd cheered Mauresmo noisily, drawing repeated requests from the umpire for calm. Some fans waved French flags and banners, saying "We love you Amelie," and "We’re behind you Amelie." It was her first win over Hingis in four attempts. "It is really wonderful to beat the world No. 1," said Mauresmo. "In my other matches against Hingis I wasn’t as strong as I am today. I have more confidence now." "It was the best win of my career. The atmosphere was very special," Mauresmo said. Williams continued her good run here, beating No. 7 seed Julie Halard-Decugis of France, 6-2, 6-3, in 63 minutes. In the semifinals, she will face France’s unseeded Nathalie Dechy, who outwitted her close friend and doubles partner Amelie Cocheteux, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 in another quarterfinal match. Belgium’s Dominique Van Roost showed stunning second set form to beat Elena Likhovtseva 7-5, 6-0. In the semifinals, Van Roost will now play Mauresmo. OKLAHOMA CITY: Anna Kournikova benefited from a couple of close calls on Friday to beat Chanda Rubin 7-5, 0-6, 6-3 and advance to the semifinals of the IGA Superthrift Tennis Classic. Kournikova, the No. 2 seed, will play third seed Amanda Coetzer in the semifinals. Coetzer advanced with a 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3 victory against Cara Black. Rubin appeared to take a 5-3 lead in the first set, but her shot was ruled out along the baseline, putting the game at deuce. Rubin argued with chair umpire Carole Cox to no avail. Kournikova then won the next two points to even things at 4-all and went on to win the set. At 3-all in the third set, Rubin hit a shot along the baseline that was called out, then overruled as good, which would have given her the game. Kournikova argued that she
stopped playing after the call. After discussion with the
WTA tour supervisor Donna Butler, Cox ordered the point
replayed from 30-40. Kournikova went on to hold serve to
take the 4-3 lead and won the next two games. |
Quebec City gave favours to IOC members QUEBEC CITY, Feb 27 (Reuters) — The Quebec City 2002 Winter Olympic Bid committee helped International Olympic Committee members obtain a legal adoption, Canadian immigrant status and Canadian visas as it sought to win votes in its bid for the Winter Games, a document obtained by Reuters showed yesterday. Quebec Mayor Jean-Paul L 'Allier reacted angrily to news of the internal document, denying the committee did anything wrong in its bid for the games, which were eventually awarded to Salt Lake City. "We have done nothing against law and the rules of ethics of IOC. We were not dishonest," he told a hastily called news conference. "Today's report has to be put into context." The bid committee document was written several years ago and its existence was first revealed by the Quebec daily newspaper Le Soleil. It said that an IOC member demanded immigrant status in Canada and obtained it with the committee's help. An IOC member obtained and extended a multi-entry visa and a member was helped in legally adopting his niece, who was living in Canada. A final report on the city's 2002 bid committee — sent to IOC on Tuesday — stated that no wrongdoing, influence-peddling, cash bribes, unauthorised gifts or favours were made to IOC members by Quebec officials. Mayor L'Allier yesterday
did not deny that the incidents had occurred in Quebec
City but said they paled in comparison with what went on
in Salt Lake City. |
Waqar dropped for Test versus Lanka KARACHI, Feb 27 (AFP) — Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram today insisted Waqar Younis's international career was not over after the pace bowler was dropped from a 20 strong training squad ahead of next week's Asian Test championship match against Sri Lanka. The camp for the match, which starts in Lahore from March 4, will commence from tomorrow. "We still need his experience but selectors wanted to test a few youngsters in the Test against Sri Lanka. Waqar is surely in our scheme of things for the future", Wasim said. Waqar, 27, was dropped from the Pakistan team for the first Asian Test against India in Calcutta earlier in the month. Pakistan beat India by 46 runs. Pacer Shoaib Akhtar who replaced Waqar in Calcutta took eight wickets in the match and is likely to retain his place in the Lahore Test. Leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed was also left out due to injury. Waqar has been struggling with his deadly rhythm that earned him 227 Test wickets. He could take only two wickets in the first two Tests in India. Waqar was also hampered by injury and lack of form in the 1998 English season for Glamorgan and the county did not renew his contract for 1999. Pakistan coach Javed Miandad, however, showed his disappointment over announcement of the probables by the selectors without consulting him. "I was not consulted
and they seem to have created a sort of confusion. A
player who doesn't come in 20-25 players is bound to get
disappointment", Miandad said. |
Sri Lanka colts 211 for 7 MUMBAI, Feb 27 (PTI) — Opener Ian Daniels’ lucky 59 and left hander Thilina Kandambi’s attractive 68 helped Sri Lanka under-19 reach 211 for seven on the opening day of the one-of four-day cricket "Test" against India under-19 here today. Skipper Reetinder Sodhi won the toss in the morning and put the visitors into bat. Poor work by the Indian close in fielders, particularly Neeraj Patel who dropped Daniels twice in the first slip (once on 0 and then on 8) off medium pacer Swapnil Hazare helped Lankans put on 32 runs. However, first change bowler Sodhi struck a vital blow by clean bowling the other opener and skipper Upeka Fernando for 15 and then caught new man Malintha Gajanayake at square-leg off leg spinner Wrichik Mujumdar for three. Daniels got another reprieve when on 22 with Sunil Vishwanath dropping a skier at square-leg off Sodhi, and Kandambi added 50 runs off 21.4 overs for the third wicket to stem the rot. Daniels, who hit nine fours in his stay of 198 minutes, was the next man to go edging a drive for wicket-keeper Pallav Vora to do the rest off Sodhi for 59. The next man in, Chamara
Silva, did not last long flicking off spinner Mohammed
Kaif straight to Sodhi for 12. |
Vijay Kumar surges way ahead NOIDA, Feb 27 — In an amazing display of consistent and aggressive golf, Vijay Kumar surged way ahead of his rivals after shooting a stunning five-under 67 on the third day of the on-going Sir Padampat Singhania Open being played at the Noida Golf Course today. Vijay’s 54-hole aggregate was eight-under 208, nine strokes better than the second-placed Vivek Bhandari (Delhi) and Uttam Singh Mundy (Cal). Bhandari shot 74, while Mundy hit two-under to tally one-over 217 after three rounds. Another Calcutta, Indrajit Bhalotia, was fourth with an aggregate of three over 219, while Gaurav Ghei was fifth a further stroke behind. Amandeep Johl and Hero Honda Masters winner Jyoti Randhawa played par rounds today to occupy the sixth and seventh positions at 221 and 222 respectively. Vijay Kumar started and ended his day with bogies, but sandwiched in between were birdies on the 2nd, 6th, 12th, 14th and 17th and an eagle on the 8th. The eagle coming through a driver-2-iron set up, which left him with a nine-feet putt. It could have been much better for Vijay, but he missed a two-footer birdie putt on the 16th, as well as three-footer par putts on the 1st and 18th. Vijay had a birdie chance on the 5th hole as well, but again missed a three-footer. Bhandari, who has a lot of catching up to do, had bogies on the 2nd, 3rd and 5th holes, followed by a lone birdie on the 8th before making the turn. An eight-feet putt on the 10th, followed by a fifteen-feet putt on the very next hole consolidated his position somewhat before bogies on the 15th and 16th had him finishing at two over 74. Uttam Singh Mundy turned in a two under card with a steady round. On a day when everything went just fine for him, a double bogey on the 4th prevented him from turning in an even better card than he managed to. Starting off with a birdie on the 1st Mundy added two more on the 7th and 8th during his outward journey. His back nine had another on the 12th. Bhalotia stuck to pars during his front nine except for a birdie on the 8th. He later made a bogey when he entered the water hazard on the 11th, but a birdie on the 14th saw his end of the day card display a one-under 71. Gaurav Ghei’s run, could not have begun better. He made a hat-trick of birdies on his first three holes, followed by another on the 5th to be four-under at that stage. A bogey on the 8th placed him at three-under at the half-way stage. The second half was a nightmare with two bogies on the 11th and 16th and the card was completely ruined with quadruple bogey on the 18th when he had a bad lie on the greenside bunker from where he went to the bunker on the other side, duffed his bunker shot twice before failing to make his up-and-down. Defending Indian Open champion Feroz Ali shot a two-under 70. In the amateur section,
Rakesh Sharma, a golf consultant to the Noida Golf
Course, further consolidated his position with
accreditable score of one over 73, placing his overall
tally at 229, 15 strokes better than Jasjit Singh. |
Saroj, Sri Devi sail into final AMBALA, Feb 27 — Saroj Chauhan and Sri Devi from Regional Sports Board, Chandigarh, defeated Amarjeet and Renu from Delhi 15-6, 15-11 in the first semi-finals of the All India Civil Services Badminton Tournament being held at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium in cantonment here. In the doubles final, Saroj and Sri Devi will meet Vandana and Sangeeta from M.P. Vandana and Sangeeta defeated S. Gogte and K. Ghosh from Bihar 15-9, 15-4. It is for the first time that any player from R.S.B., Chandigarh, has reached final. In the women's singles also, Saroj Chauhan of RSB Chandigarh reached the semi-final. She defeated Amarjeet from Delhi 11-2, 11-3 in the quarterfinal. Top seed Sri Devi from Bangalore defeated Tressa Rajan (Kerala) 11-1, 11-1 in a one-sided match and entered the semi-final. Results Women Singles
(Quarterfinals): Doubles (Q. final): Saroj Chauhan and Sri Devi (RSB) Chandigarh and Bangalore b Ritu Pathak and Geeta Sexana (UP) 15-0, 15-0, Vandana and Sangeeta (MP) b T.R. Parmar and Beena Kumari (Vadodora) 15-2, 15-0, Amarjeet and Renu Bala (Delhi) b P. Sarkola and V. Shantha Kumari 15-3, 15-2, S. Gogte and Kaveri Ghosh (Bihar) b Rakhi and Neera (C.S. Delhi) 15-10, 15-12. Doubles
(semifinal): Men singles (first
round): Veteran Women
Singles (Semifinals): |
Tyson's isolation over ROCKVILLE, Feb 27 (Reuters) — Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got out of solitary confinement on Friday, just two days after being ordered to spend nearly a month there for throwing a television set at guards, his lawyer said. Tyson, in jail for assaulting two motorists last August, appealed the ruling of a disciplinary panel at Montgomery County Detention Centre and had his initial penalty of 25 days in solitary confinement reduced to time served. "They modified it so that his disciplinary status ended today," said his attorney Paul Kemp. The 32-year-old fighter had been in an isolation cell since late last Friday, when he became enraged after talking on the phone and threw a prison day room television set at guards from behind a set of bars. At least one guard said he had been injured by flying shards of plastic. He was cited for assaulting Corrections officers, disorderly conduct and destroying county property. The disciplinary panel that met on Wednesday not only had ordered him to remain in isolation but had also removed his phone, visitation and television privileges. Tyson also was placed on
30-days probation in the jail and any further violations
will send him back to solitary confinement. |
Indo-Japan golf competition NEW DELHI, Feb 27 — Haryana Tourism is working to hold the 2nd Indo-Japan Invitation Golf Competition on February 28 at its popular Aravalli Golf Course, Faridabad. The event will witness 13 four balls played in 18 holes 52 members with 26 each from the competing teams of India and Japan will arrive for the play. The first competition of the event was held on January 20 last year, in which the honours were won by the Indian team. Mr Madhavrao Scindia, member of Parliament and ex-minister of Tourism, will tee off the event in the presence of Mr S.K. Misra, chief patron, Aravalli Golf Course, Faridabad, and chairman state tourism promotion board, Haryana. The Japanese team will be
led by Mr Hiroshi Hirahayashi, the Ambassador of Japan,
who will be accompanied by keen golfers from Japan. |
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ITBP, PSB Academy
move into final In the first semifinal ITBP beat Harpal XI, Qila Raipur, by 2-0 after leading 1-0 at half-time. In the second semifinal Punjab and Sind Bank Academy beat Ludhiana Range 1-0. The final will be played tomorrow at 3 p.m. Rajesh sparkles Electing to field, the Godrej Club were in dire strait as Devinder Matoo and Munish Sharma amassed 99 runs in first 11 overs Left arm spinners, Girish Bhanot and Arun Tuli bowled well in tandem as besides reducing the run rate they claimed two wickets each. Girish Bhanot was pick of the bowlers as his Bank of India were 192 all out. The bankmen were back in game soon as they claimed two quick wickets. Rajesh Patha stood undeterred at the other end. He slammed a quickfire 56 off 54 balls including one six and 6 boundaries. He was ably supported by Arun Tuli who scored 28 runs of 26 balls. The team achieved the target easily in the penultimate over of the innings. 80-member squad
for veterans meet A few former international and Asian championship medallists like Y.P. Malik, Ram Kishore, Kashi Ram will be seen in action. In Women's section, Raj Bala hammer thrower who made a new record in the 10th Asian Veterans Athletic Championship at Japan last year will also vie for top honours. Amritsar win FCI
cricket crown Amarjit K.P. was adjudged the best batsman, Sonam Wongial best bowler, Bharat Bhushan best wicketkeeper, Mafan Lal best fielder and Gurdip Rai best all rounder of the tournament. Brief scores: |
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Singh triumphs From Our Correspondent KURUKSHETRA, Feb 27 — To boost sports activities in Haryana, the Haryana Government has started various important plans in the state, said Dr (Mrs) Kamla Verma, Minister of Local Bodies and Social Welfare, Haryana after inaugurating a two-day Haryana Warehousing Corporation Sports Meet-99 at Dronacharya Stadium here today. Dr Verma said that 25 schemes were being launched in Haryana to boost the sports activities and for the welfare of the youth. Under one of such schemes, an international level sports complex costing Rs 8.43 crore would be constructed at Faridabad. It would have all the modern facilities. She said that the Haryana Government had already spent Rs 60.61 lakh on the construction of a sports complex at Tejali village in Yamunanagar district. Another sports stadium was being constructed with the cost of Rs 73.78 lakh at Hisar. She said that a gymnasium hall was being constructed at Sirsa while a stadium costing Rs 88 lakh was being constructed at Narnaul. Another stadium costing Rs 12 lakh was being constructed at Ratia and Rs 4 lakh had already been spent on it. Earlier, Haryana Warehousing Corporation chairman, Mr R.L. Kataria said that about 350 players drawn from eight circles of the corporation, were participating in the meet. On the opening day today, M.D. XI team defeated Chairman XI team in the Tug-of-War competition while in 1000 metre race, Shyam Singh of Kurukshetra won first position. Ramesh of Rohtak and Satbir of Rewari secured, second and third positions, respectively. Soccer trials |
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