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Srinath joins squad for the final NEW DELHI, Nov 16 — In spite of Sachin Tendulkar’s denial that India did not miss its front-line bowlers after the 48-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand at Guwahati on Sunday last, the national selectors have recalled the rested Javagal Srinath to bolster the home squad for the fifth and deciding one-day tie against New Zealand. Punjab Police finish on top PATIALA, Nov 16 — Tirlochan Singh, Amandeep and Devi Dayal enabled Punjab Police to win the overall trophy in the men’s section of the Punjab Triathlon Championships which concluded here today. |
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Pradeep stars in big Haryana win From A. Anil Gulati ROHTAK, Nov 16 — Haryana registered a massive 248-run victory over Himachal Pradesh on the fourth and final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Vishwakarma Stadium here today. Vandana sets DGC course ablaze NEW DELHI, Nov 16 — Calcutta’s Vandana Agarwal set Delhi Golf Club (DGC) course ablaze in the opening round of the four-round 32nd Ladies Northern India Open Amateur Golf Championship here today. Amritinder tipped to
retain Hero Golf title Punjab-Delhi
tie ends in draw Batala
cops steal the show 30-run
victory for J & K Amritsar,
Ropar dominate Tamil
Nadu shock Pondicherry BSF
retain title Vikas
emerges champion Rohit,
Anita champs Indian
eves crash out
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Srinath joins squad for the
final NEW DELHI, Nov 16 — In spite of Sachin Tendulkar’s denial that India did not miss its front-line bowlers after the 48-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand at Guwahati on Sunday last, the national selectors have recalled the rested Javagal Srinath to bolster the home squad for the fifth and deciding one-day tie against New Zealand, to be played at the Ferozeshah Kotla here tomorrow. To add to the problems of the home team, already short of quality bowlers after Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad and Anil Kumble were rested ahead of the 76-day tour of Australia with the Indian squad scheduled to leave on November 22, key batsman Ajay Jadeja was ruled out of tomorrow’s match with a sore shoulder. It is then that the national selectors accepted Sachin’s suggestion that Srinath should be drafted to join the squad. Jadeja, a key component of India’s one-day squad, had a X-ray done on his troublesome right shoulder before it was decided that he would not be available for tomorrow’s game. The 30-year old Srinath flew in from Bangalore this morning and took part in the nets of the Indian squad, which were conducted at the Palam ground to save the players from crowd disturbance as is the case at the Ferozeshah Kotla with hundreds of fans milling the ground and practice area for no apparent reason. That India owe a lot to three batsman — skipper Sachin himself, Saurav Ganguly as also Rahul Dravid, who has shown in no uncertain terms that he is equally proficient in the shorter version of the game — was apparent the way the hosts lost the last match at Guwahati after recording two resounding back-to-back wins at Hyderabad and Gwalior after losing the first one-dayer at Rajkot. If the heroes of India’s 174-run win at Hyderabad were Sachin Tendulkar (186 not out) and Rahul Dravid (153), who together shared a record 331-run partnership for the second wicket, then the star of the Gwalior win was Saurav Ganguly (153 off 150 balls) after the Indian skipper and Dravid were out cheaply. But in the fourth match of the series the three Indian stars failed to get going and the hosts made a hash of chasing a modest New Zealand score of 236 and found themselves 48 runs short of target. Having brought in a bowler in place of a batsman, the Indian team “think tank” might include Devang Gandhi in the playing squad with either Ajit Agarkar or rookie medium pacer T.Kumaran making way for the seasoned Karnataka star. While Chandigarh Pace Academy trainee Kumaran had pleased the pundits with his bowling, Agarkar has been rusty and looked totally out of form. Agarkar was quite expensive and erratic at Guwahati in spite of the fact that the 22-year-old Mumbai lad was the fastest in the world to take 50 one-day wickets. His return to form is of paramount importance to the national squad, given the fact that the team coach Kapil Dev has pinned a lot of hope on him to do well in the tour of Australia. The visitors can certainly take hope after their Guwahati win which helped them to square the series at 2-2. And to add to this is the fact that Chris Cairns has fully recovered from a hamstring strain. But the problem for the visitors has been the roller-coaster form of their batsmen with Nathan Astle scoring 120 in the first match and Cairns scoring an invaluable 80 at Guwahati. Skipper Stephen Fleming will look up to his top order for runs if the visitors hope to upset the applecart of the hosts. The matches of the series have been decided by batsmen and tomorrow’s encounter will not be different in spite of the fact that the Ferozeshah Kotla strip is fresh, relaid recently and used in only one Ranji Trophy tie this season. With the weather turning a bit nippy pace bowlers might get some help in the morning and the toss might prove important. But given India’s poor form in chasing, Sachin would be wise to opt to bat first in case he is lucky with the coin since the New Zealand bowlers, though accurate, might not pose too many problems for the Indian batsmen specially with Dion Nash missing from the action. But much will depend how Sachin marshals his resources. What is needed is application and commitment from both the batsmen and the bowlers backed up by good fielding on the small ground, if the hosts want to wrap up the series ahead of the gruelling tour of Australia. The hosts will also be wary of the ground where they have lost the last two one-dayers, first to Sri Lanka in the 1996 World Cup and later to Australia in the final of the three-nation cup after reaching the final with an all-win record. Teams: India: (from): Sachin Tendulkar (Captain), Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Javagal Srinath, Vijay Bharadwaj, Robin Singh, M.S.K. Prasad, Nikhil Chopra, Gyanendra Pandey, Debashish Mohanty, Sunil Joshi, Devang Gandhi, Ajit Agarkar and T. Kumaran. New Zealand (from): Stephen Fleming (Captain), Craig Spearman, Nathan Astle, Roger Twose, Chris Cairns, Adam Parore, Chris Harris, Scott Styris, Danil Vetteori, Shayne O’Connor, Chris Drum, Gary Stead, Alex Tait and Matthew Horne. Umpires: V.M. Gupte and S.K. Sharma. Third Umpire: Umesh Kumar Match Referee: Ranjan
Madugulle (Sri Lanka) |
Punjab Police finish on top PATIALA, Nov 16 — Tirlochan Singh, Amandeep and Devi Dayal enabled Punjab Police to win the overall trophy in the men’s section of the Punjab Triathlon Championships which concluded here today. Punjab Police were followed closely by Patiala (Harnamdeep Bawa, Dhanwant Singh and Prem Singh) while Amritsar (Puneet Pal Singh, Bikramjit Singh and Didar Singh) finished third. In the women’s section, Savita Panadov, Harpreet Kaur and Banu enabled Gurdaspur to clinch the top spot while Patiala and Amritsar were placed second and third respectively. In the junior boys event Punjab Police again topped with Sangrur and Patiala clinching the second and third spots respectively. In the junior girls section Jalandhar, Gurdaspur and Sangrur were placed first, second and third respectively. The subjunior event for boys saw Sangrur stealing the show by winning the event while Ropar and Patiala were placed second and third respectively. In the subjunior girls event Patiala stood first, Hoshiarpur second and Amritsar third. In the team
championships Punjab Police and Sangrur bagged the first
and second places in the men’s section while in the
women’s section Patiala and Gurdaspur bagged the
first and second positions. |
Pradeep stars in big Haryana win ROHTAK, Nov 16 — Haryana registered a massive 248-run victory over Himachal Pradesh on the fourth and final day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match at Vishwakarma Stadium here today. Haryana bowlers bagged the remaining five wickets today giving away 85 runs. Himachal Pradesh’s second innings folded before first session of the final day’s play at 183. The decks for Haryana’s victory were cleared as soon as yesterday’s not out batsman Rajiv Nayyar was removed by Pradeep Jain for 33. The wicket fell at 109. Pradeep Jain struck again on the very next ball to dismiss new batsman Arun Verma for a duck. The tailenders showed some resistance but they were overpowered by Haryana bowlers without putting in much effort. Shakti Singh made an aggressive 22 on 13 balls before being caught by Sanjay Dalal off Pankaj Thakur. Before his dismissal Shakti lashed Pankaj Thakur for two sixes and a four on successive balls in his 6th over. Sandeep Moudgil scored 30 in 87 minutes off 57 balls with four boundaries. He was bowled by Pankaj Thakur. Pradeep Jain was the most successful Haryana bowler with a haul of 4 wickets for 29 runs whereas Pankaj Thakur accounted for the dismissal of 3 Himachal batsmen. Vineet Jain bagged two wickets. Haryana gained 8 points from today’s victory. They now have 24 points from four matches. Haryana is scheduled to play against Punjab in their last league encounter to be played at Gurgaon on November 19. SCORES Haryana: 222 and 361 for 9 declared. Himachal Pradesh (Ist innings) 152 Himachal pradesh (2nd innings): Rahul c sub (Shan) b Vineet 4, Nischal b Feroze 0, Rajeev b Pradeep 33, Satya Prakash c Pankaj b Pradeep 37, Yashwinder st Ajay Ratra b Pradeep 4, Jaswani lbw Vineet 4, Sangram c Sanjay b Pankaj 26, Arun b Pradeep 0, Sandeep b Pankaj 30, Shakti c Sanjay b Pankaj 22, Praveen not out 2. Extras (b-12, lb-3, nb-6) 21. Total (all out in 51.4 overs) 183. Full of wickets: 1/4, 2/4, 3/76, 4/80, 5/86, 6/109, 7/109, 8/146, 9/178. Bowling: Vineet
Jain 14-2-50-2, Feroze Ghyas 12-2-42-1, Pankaj Thakur
8.4-2-32-3, Pradeep Jain 13-4-29-4, Sanjay Balwan
4-0-15-0. |
Vandana sets DGC course ablaze NEW DELHI, Nov 16 — Calcutta’s Vandana Agarwal set Delhi Golf Club (DGC) course ablaze in the opening round of the four-round 32nd Ladies Northern India Open Amateur Golf Championship here today. Playing virtually faultless round, Vandana fired four under 68. This was her personal best so far and it equalled Nonita Lal Qureshi’s record several years ago. Chandigarh’s promising Irina Brar gave ample evidence of her talent and skill as pitted against many renowned players, she showed her temperament firing one over 73. Placed on second spot, she was five strokes behind the leader. Lalitha Balasubramaniam, an experienced player, occupied the third position with the score of five over 77. Defending champion Shruti Khanna and former champion Parnita Garewal were not in their elements. Both played much below their potential and expectations. Shruti fired nine over 81 while Parnita shot 10 over 82. Vandana’s display was admirable throughout. She caused a major surprise as she managed an eagle on the 15th. She had as many as six birdies and four bogeys. Vandana’s first nine were a mixture of good and indifferent play. She got birdies on the 2nd and the 4th but earned bogeys on the 3rd and the 5th. Both these bogeys came because of her wavering concentration. Three pars before she got another bogey on the 9th. Now Vandana was at her best. She had three birdies on the 11th, 12th and 13th before she got an eagle on par-4. It was a grand display. She had another birdie on the 17th. She achieved her back nine in 31 after getting first nine in 37 (total 68). “I am mighty pleased at my performance” said Vandana, adding: “Hopefully, I continue to play with the same determination”. Irina’s display was praiseworthy. She played 15 pars, one birdie and two bogeys to snatch the total of one over 73. It was a remarkable play for a youngster who seems on the high road to causing surprises as she gains in experience. Lalitha was out in two over 38 and back come in three over 39 to get the score of five over 77. A seasoned campaigner, she played as well as she could. The performance of two
favourites, Shruti and Parnita was disappointing. After
getting 36 in the first nine, Shruti was a bundle of
nerves. Double-bogey on the 10th, she had another bogeys
on the 11th and the 12th before she plunged head-on
trouble on the 13th where she had triple bogey. |
Amritinder tipped to retain Hero
Golf title CHANDIGARH, Nov 16 — Leading golfers of the country, barring the top star, Jeev Milkha Singh, will be seen in action in the Hero Golf Chandigarh Open Golf Championship which gets under way on the lush course of the Chandigarh Golf Club here tomorrow. The tournament will feature a full field of 100 professionals, including Jyoti Randhawa, who defended his Hero Honda Masters title last month, and the defending champion, Amritinder Singh of Chandigarh. Adding to the depth of the field will be Arjun Atwal, the 1999 Wills Indian Open champion, who recently finished third in the Sabah Masters in Malaysia. Also present will be the two hottest players on the Wills Sport Golf Tour this season, Feroz Ali of Calcutta and Mukesh Kumar of Mhow, the number one and two in the Order of Merit, respectively. Feroz has had one win (Color Plus Open) and three runner-up finishes, while Mukesh has won the Wills Northern Open and Tiger Sports Marketing Open. Added challenges will be provided by Lucknow’s Vijay Kumar, the twice Mahindra Player of the Year who is a major contender during any tournament. Amritinder will start as the favourite considering that he is in good form and will be enjoying home course advantage. “I have been playing very well this season but have not been able to put every thing together in one single tournament. I finished runner-up thrice this year and am looking forward to go one step better during the Hero Golf Chandigarh Open,” said Amritinder. The 7,202-yard, par-72 course of Chandigarh Golf Club looks in prime condition for this prestigious event. “We have made seven sand-based Bermuda grass greens with more contours and they are playing very well. I think the course will play a little longer as the fairways are softer but the pros will love the conditions,” said B.S. Sandhawalia, Captain, Chandigarh Golf Club. The seventh hole here is one of the longest par-5s in the country, measuring 613 yards. The main event will be played from November 17 to 20 and the pro-am on November 21. The tournament will feature increased prize money this year. The total purse will be Rs 9 lakh, up by Rs one lakh from last year. The winner will take home a cheque of Rs 1,45,800 and the runner-up will be richer by Rs 1,00,800. The Hero Group was also behind the highly successful $200,000 Hero Honda Masters and sponsor ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh. The event is being sponsored by Hero Cycles, Hero Puch and Hero Honda Motors, and will be managed by Delhi-based Tiger Sports Marketing. Mr Sunil Kant Munjal,
Managing Director, Hero Cycles, said: “As a group,
we are committed to the development of sports in India.
We have taken to golf recently and are extremely pleased
with the way Indian golf has progressed in this time. The
players have been performing extremely well and that
gives us a lot of satisfaction”. |
Punjab-Delhi tie ends in draw LUDHIANA, Nov 16 — Despite a strokeful 187 by Virender Sehwag and a sedate 32 by Harinder Chaudhary, Delhi (527 all out) fell short by three runs against Punjab’s first innings score of 530 for seven declared as the four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy league match ended in a draw at the Punjab Agricultural University grounds here today. Needing 126 more runs to surpass Punjab’s total of 530, Delhi resumed the fourth day’s proceedings at 405 for 6 with V. Sehwag and Harinder Chaudhary batting on 96 and 21 runs respectively. The pair scored 153 runs for the seventh wicket before Chaudhary was plumbed leg before wicket off pace bowler Sandeep Sharma. Virender in his innings of 187 runs hit nine sixes and 20 boundaries. Delhi’s first innings folded 527 runs. Harbhajan Singh chipped in with five wickets off 37 overs conceeding 156 runs. Punjab, in their second essay were 227 for 3 off 59 overs at draw of stumps with Dinesh Mongia (101) and Sanjay Kumar (12) remaining unseparated. Punjab got five points, boosting their tally to 29 points while Delhi had to content with three points taking their tally to 24 points. Scoreboard Punjab (Ist innings): 530 for 7 declared. Delhi (Ist innings): Devinder c and b Harbhajan 28, Ashu c and b Navdeep 140, Akash c Sandeep Sawal b Harbhajan 0, Ajay c Sandeep Sawal b Harbhajan 36, Mithun c Vikram b Sarandeep 22, Vijay c Sanjay b Navdeep 42, Virender c Sandeep b Harbhajan 187, H. Choudhary lbw b Sundeep 32, Sandeep Angurala c Dinesh b Harbhajan 0, Ashish lbw b Navdeep 5, Robin (jr) not out 11. Extras 24 Total 527 all out Fall of wickets 1-83, 2-87, 3-203, 4-235, 5-241, 6-340, 7-493, 8-494, 9-516, 10-527. Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 16-0-71-1, Reetinder Sodhi 7-0-31-0, Harbhajan Singh 37-8-156-5, Navdeep Singh 45.1-8-120-3, Yuvraj Singh 2-0-11-2, Sarandeep Singh 19-0-108-1, Dinesh Mongia 2-0-17-0. Punjab (2nd innings): Vikram c Mithun b Robin (jr) 8, Reetinder lbw b H. Chaudhary 29, Yuvraj Singh lbw b H. Chaudhary 60, Dinesh not out 101, Sanjay not out 12. Extras 17, total 227 for 3. FAll of wickets 1-17, 2-82, 3-159. Bowling: Ashish
Nehra 5-3-6-0, Robin Singh Jr 7-1-33-1, Akash Malhotra
5-0-20-0, H. Chaudhary 22-1-85-2, Sandeep Angurala
16-2-54-0, Mithun Minhas 3-0-17-0, Ashu Dani 1-1-0-0. |
Batala cops steal the show GURDASPUR, Nov 16 — Police district of Batala was declared winners in kabaddi, hockey and football defeating Majitha, Tarn Taran and Gurdaspur respectively, in the 8th Border Range Inter-District Police Sports and Athletic Championship held here from November 12 to 15. Mr J.P. Virdi, Inspector General of Police, Border range, gave away the prizes. Gurdaspur Police district won double drown winning finals of basketball and handball by defeating Majitha and Majitha respectively. Majitha police district won the championship in volleyball by defeating Batala. The following are the results of athletics both for men and women held during the meet. Men: Javelin throw: Kulwant Singh (Gurd) 1, Kuldeep Kumar (Asr) 2, and Sukhdev Singh (Tarn Taran) 3, 100 mtrs: Raj Kumar Majitha 1, Harpinder Singh (Gurd) 2 and Dilbari Lal (Batala) 3. 5000 mtrs: Manjit Singh (Majitha) 1, Avtar Singh (Asr), 2 and Sukhwinder Singh (Asr) 3. 400 mtrs: Sulakhan Singh (Batala) 1, Sukhdev Raj (Majitha) 2 and Lakhwinder Singh (Asr) 3. 110 mtrs: Hurdles: Jagbir Singh (Asr) 1, Khushpal Singh (Majitha) 2 and Bhupinder Singh (Batala) 3. Shot put: Nachhatar Singh (Batala) 1, Ranjit Singh (Asr) 2 and Sukhdev Singh (Tarn Taran) 3. Hammer Throw: Jagroop Singh (Asr) 1, Pargat Singh (Majitha) 2 and Surinder Singh (Gurd) 3. Tripple Jump: Gurdeep Singh (Batala) 1, Jasbir Singh (Tarn Taran) 2, Satnam Singh (Majitha) 3. 1500 mtrs: Manjit Singh (Majitha) 1, Avtar Singh (Asr) 2 and Bachittar Singh (Asr) 3. Women: 100 mtrs:
Nirmaljit (Majitha) 1, Parveen Sharma 2 and Bimaljit Kour
(Gurd) 3. Discuss throw: Harprit Kaur (Majitha) 1,
Lakhbir Kour (Tarn Taran) 2 Pushpa (Gurd) 3. |
30-run victory for J & K NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (PTI) — Fine bowling spells by Surinder Singh and Ashwani Gupta helped Jammu and Kashmir beat Services by 30 runs on the final day of their North Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match here today. Chasing a modest victory target of 159, Services, resuming on 24 for two, were skittled out for 128 half an hour before tea with left-arm medium pacer Singh (3/18) and off-spinner Gupta (3/29) doing most damage. The morning session saw just 43 runs coming for the loss of three wickets and at lunch, the hosts were struggling at 67 for five. In the second session, wickets fell at regular intervals, with the seventh and eighth falling on 114 before the hosts’ innings folded up. Barring a patient 49 by skipper Sanjay Verma, which took Services past the 100 mark, none of the other batsmen made any significant contribution. Jammu and Kashmir now have 14 points from four matches and next play Delhi on November 19, while Services meet Himachal Pradesh in Una. SCOREBOARD: Jammu and Kashmir 221 and 220 Services (1st innings) 263 Services (2nd innings): Sarabjeet Singh c Shashi Kumar b P Bali 13, Narinder Singh c P Bali b Vijay Sharma 11, S Javed lbw b Bali 0, C D Thomson b Ashwani Gupta 6, P Maitrey run out (K Singh) 4, Sanjay Verma c Amitpal b Singh 49, G S Thapa lbw A Gupta 10, Amit Nadkarni lbw b Surinder Singh 5, M V Rao c & b Surinder Singh 0, S V Ghag not out 9, S V Kulkarni b A Gupta 4. Extras (b-7, lb-4, nb-6) 17 Total (all out in 65.5 overs) 128 Fall of wickets: 1/21, 2/21, 3/28, 4/47, 5/58, 6/102, 7/114, 8/114, 9/119. Bowling: Vijay
Sharma 22-7-48-1, Surinder Singh 15-7-18-3, Ashwani Gupta
20.5-9-29-3, Pradeep Bali 5-1-17-2, Kanwaljeet Singh
2-2-0-0, Sanjay Verma 1-0-5-0. |
Amritsar, Ropar dominate AMRITSAR, Nov 16 — The hosts dominated the opening day’s proceedings in the 40th inter-district and Punjab Open Table Tennis Championships at Goal Bagh Indoor stadium. The local players entered the super league stage in all the eight events played while Ropar boys were close on heels with wins in 7 events here last evening. The tournament was inaugurated by the district Food and Supply Controller Dr Bhupinder Singh. Results (team events) Cadet boys quarterfinals: Amritsar b Ludhiana 3-0, Ropar b Mansa 3-1, Jalandhar b Faridkot 3-0, Patiala b Ferozepur 3-0. Sub junior boys (league matches): Ropar beat Jalandhar 3-1, Hoshiarpur 3-0, Patiala b Fatehgarh Sahib 3-0, Amritsar b Ludhiana 3-0. Boys (league matches): Jalandhar b Ferozepore 3-1, Ropar b Fatehgarh Sahib 3-1, Ludhiana b Patiala 3-1, Amritsar b Sangrur 3-0. Men (league matches): PSEB b Ropar 3-1, Patiala b Ludhiana 3-1, Patiala b Ludhiana 3-1. Jalandhar b Fatehgarh Sahib 3-1, Amritsar b Hoshiapur 3-0, Cadet girls (quarterfinals): Jalandhar b Khanna 2-0, Amritsar b Sangrur 2-0, Ropar b Ferozepore 2-0 Sub junior girls (league matches): Ropar b Ferozepore 3-1, Patiala b Jalandhar 3-0, Amritsar b Faridkot 3-1. Girls (league matches): Amritsar b Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar b Patiala 3-0, Ropar b Fatehgarh Sahib 3-0, Women (league matches):
Amritsar b Ferozepur 3-0, Jalandhar b Fatehgarh 3-0,
Ropar b Hoshiarpur 3-0. |
Tamil Nadu shock Pondicherry CHANDIGARH, Nov 16 — Tamil Nadu sprang a major surprise by shocking defending champions Pondicherry 33-24 in the boys section in the 26th national Subjunior Basketball Championship at Sri Anandpur Sahib Indoor Stadium today. In all 17 league encounters were decided on the third day today, including nine in boys section and the remaining in girls section. Both Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry were tied 15-15 at the breather. Jithendaran (six) and Karthikeyan (six) did some intelligent scoring to pave way for Tamil Nadu’s exciting win. Amit (10) was the top scorer for Pondicherry. In the morning, UP managed to beat Tripura by a difference of a solitary point in a nail biting finish. UP won 34-33 after leading 19-11 at the half time. Tough and sturdy Tripura boys came back strongly in the second half and levelled the score at 33. A free throw conversion by Sahni in the last second gave UP the win. Otherwise Deshman (nine) was the top scorer for UP while SA Haq (13) was the top scorer for Tripura. Hosts Punjab maintained their unbeaten record with a deserving 54-48 win over Manipur. With this win, Punjab emerged at the top of the pool to qualify directly for quarterfinals. At one stage in the second half, Manipur were reduced to four players due to technical reasons as they had already availed substitution facilities and no fifth player was eligible to play. Mandip (18), Gurpreet (six), Sweetpal (six) were the main scorers for Punjab while Limba Singh (10) and NGM Singh (8) did the main scoring for Manipur. In the girls section, hosts Punjab defeated Bengal 33-7 to earn direct entry into the quarterfinals. Tina and Rina (six each) and Minal (5) were the mai scorers for the winners. The following are the other results: Boys section: Tamil Nadu b Pondicherry 33-24 (15-15); UP b Tripura 34-33 (19-11); Punjab b Manipur 54-48 (28-26); Bengal b Chandigarh 35-15 (13-0); Bihar b Gujarat 37-16(19-4); AP b Bihar 56-18 (34-14); AP b Gujarat 52-11 (26-5); Kerala b Delhi 46-38 (22-20); Rajasthan b Haryana 48-12 (23-7); Karnataka b HP 49-16 (34-10); MP b Maharashtra 51-39 (27-29). Girls section: MP b UP
58-15 (36-6); Punjab b Bengal 33-7(18-7); Pondicherry b
Bengal 22-10; Punjab b Chandigarh 30-9 (23-6); Kerala b
Delhi 41-16 (27-12); Maharashtra b Assam 30-11(18-7);
Manipur b Gujarat 27-14 (18-14); Maharashtra b Manipur
62-40 (28-25); Assam b Gujarat 33-2 (26-2); Tamil Nadu b
Karnataka 32-6 (17-6); and Haryana b HP 40-4 (20-2). |
BSF retain title JALANDHAR, Nov 16 — Border Security Force, Jalandhar beat Punjab and Sind Bank, Delhi 4-3 in the tie-breaker to retain the title in the Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament here today. Border Security Force had entered the final for the fifth time. Earlier they won the championship in 1998 while they remained runners-up in 1986, 1988 and 1989. In the first half the BSF wingers and forwards moved swiftly. They often cut through the rival defence with effortless ease. Their tackling trapping and distribution was brilliant. The bankmen used their left flank and also played much below their expected form. BSF took the lead in the ninth minute when Peter Tirkey gave a nice pass to his Shinu Herenz. He cut to his right, and then with a sudden swift movement veered right again into the circle and despite being tackled by another defender, sent a sizzler, much to the amazement of the rival defence. They would have added another goal in the next five minutes had they not wasted two penalty corners in succession. At half time BSF were leading by 1-0. In the 40th minute PSB nearly equalised when Bhupinder Hayer entered the circle out BSF custodian Jasjit Singh dived to his left to clear the ball. In the 50th minute Sanjiv Kumar gave a through pass to Sarvjit Singh but the shot missed the target. The bankmen got the equaliser in the 58th minute when Rajinder Singh converted the fourth penalty corner. In the tie-breaker the scorers for the winners were Shinu Herenz Mirnus Lakra, and Harbhajan Singh while Rajbir Sarkaria and Prabhdeep Singh were the scorers for losers. The winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs 60,000 besides the trophy. The runners-up pocketed Rs 40,000 and the trophy. Vikas emerges champion LUDHIANA, Nov 16 — Vikas Sharma defeated Arvinder Preet Singh to emerge as the Ludhiana champion in the Big-Ben Chess Championship which concluded at the Christian Medical College here today. At the end of the stipulated five-round tournament both the players finished with five points each. The issue was resolved through tie-break sixth round. Earlier in the fifth round, Vikas Sharma faced a tough fight from Harminder Singh and miscalculated a technical move to loose a bishop in the middle game. The final standings are: Vikas Sharma (5), Arvinder Singh Preet (5), Harminder Singh (4.14), Harkamal Singh (4.13), Sanjeev Sood (4.12), Jaipreet Singh (4.12), Harminder Jassal (4.10), Sunil Sharma (3.5:9.5), Jatinder Singh (3.9). In the junior category,
under 12, Punjab champion Gursher Singh emerged as winner
remaining undefeated in the tournament. Akhil finished
second while third place went to Piyush Kalra. |
Rohit, Anita champs YAMUNANAGAR, Nov 16 — Rohit (Sirsa) and Anita (Rewari) emerged champions in the cadet boys and girls sections respectively in the second Haryana State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament here today. The following are the results: Cadet boys: Kuldeep (Knl) b Hirnanshu (Pkl) 21-12, 21-5; Vikas (Spt) b Ravi (Bhn) 21-8, 21-16; Sandeep Dangi (Rhl) b Ravi (Bhn) 21-8, 21-16; Hitesh (Srs) b Vinit (Yng) 21-11, 21-12; Pankaj (Knl) b Rajat (Srs) 19-21, 21-5, 21-14; Ashish (Spt) b Dinesh (Pkl) 21-7, 21-11; Divya (Knl) b Sourabh (Srs) 21-8, 21-4; Satish (Srs) b Yudhish Jain (Bhn) 21-9, 21-11; Rahul (Knl) b Prateek Gupta (Pkl) 21-11, 21-16. Pre-quarters: Rahul Dahiya (Rtk) b Abhishek (Pkl) 21-10, 21-16; Divya (Knl) b Satish Kumar (Srs) 21-14, 21-18, Rahul (Knl) b Aridaman (Srs) 21-15, 21-10; Rohil (Knl) b Pankaj (Knl) 21-10, 18-21, 21-14; Sandeep (Rtk) b Hitesh (Srs) 21-19, 21-17; Lenin (Rtk) b Ashish (Spt) 21-18, 21-8; Mohit Verma (Srs) b Vikas (Spt) 21-17, 21-15; Rohit Verma (Srs) b Kuldeep (Knl) 21-12, 21-16. Quarterfinals: Rahul Dahiya (Rtk) b Rahul (Knl) 21-16, 13-21, 21-11; Lenin (Rtk) b Divya (Knl) 21-15, 21-18; Rohit (Knl) b Sandeep (Rtk) 21-16, 21-16; Rohit (Srs) b Mohit Verma (Srs) 21-16, 21-18. Semifinals: Rohit Verma (Srs) b Rohit (Knl) 21-9, 21-8; Rahul Dahiya (Rtk) b Lenin (Rtk) 21-17, 21-19. Final: Rohit Verma (Srs) b Rahul Dahiya (Rtk) 21-9, 21-18; Third place: Lenin (Rtk) b Rohit (Knl) 16-21, 21-17, 21-17. Cadet girls singles: Tapsi Kapoor (Yng) lost to Kavita (Bhn) 12-21, 16-21; Surabhi (Srs) b Garima (Spt) 21-9, 21-14; Sheetal (Srs) b Aditi (Yng) 18-21, 21-19, 21-13; Anushree (Srs) b Pooja (Spt) 21-10, 21-8; Suman Solani (Bhn) b Payal (Yng) 22-20, 21-19; Maya (Bhn) b Solani (Yng) 21-18, 21-15; Anita (Rwr) b Arti (Srs) 21-8, 21-9. Prequarters: Neha (Srs) b Kavita (Bhn) 21-10, 21-9; Anushree (Srs) b Renu (Bhn) 22-20, 21-19; Richa Khanna (Srs) b Suman (Bhn) 24-22, 22-20; Meenakshi (Srs) b Maya (Bhn) 21-9, 21-15; Anita (Rwr) b Reema (Bhn) 21-12, 21-18; Sidhi (Srs) b Sheetal (Srs) 21-14, 21-19; Staffi (Srs) b Surbhi (Srs) 21-19, 21-10; Poonam (Rtk) b Rashu (Srs) 21-16, 21-11. Quarterfinals: Anita Yaday (Rwr) b Minakshee (Srs) 21-16, 21-16; Richa Khanna (Srs) b Anushree (Srs) 21-8, 21-14; Poonam (Rtk) b Neha (Srs) 21-17, 17-21, 21-17; Staffi (Srs) b Sidhi (Srs) 21-16, 21-14. Semifinals: Anita Yadav (Rwr) b Richa Khanna (Srs) 21-16, 21-12; Staffi (Srs) b Poonam (Rtk) 21-16, 21-14. Final: Anita Yadav (Rwr) b Staffi (Srs) 16-21, 21-15, 21-15; third and fourth positions: Poonam (Rtk) b Richa Khanna (Srs) 21-23, 21-16, 21-19. Sub junior boys singles: Kuldeep (Knl) b Lalit (Yng) 21-18, 21-18; Rahul (Knl) b Piyus (Pkl) 21-8, 21-8; Deepak Dahiya (Rtk) b Shobit (Yng) 21-12, 21-18; Abishek (Pkl) b Yudish Jain (Bhn) 21-16, 21-14; Saurabh Yadav (Rwr) b Deepak (Yng) 21-14, 21-16; Hitesh (Srs) b Lokesh (Bhn) 21-16, 21-14; Bharat (Yng) b Dinesh (Pkl) 21-5, 21-9; Vikas (Yng) b Sahil (Knl) 21-16, 21-9; Aridaman (Srs) b Nitin (Pkl) 21-18, 17-21, 21-16; Sandeep Dangi (Rtk) b Kishore (Yng) 21-13, 21-14; Parshant (Knl) b Ravi (Bhn) 21-8, 21-8; Vikas (Spt) b Vinit (Yng) 21-12, 21-19; Deepak Dahiya (Rtk) b Rajat (Srs) 21-17, 21-6; Rahul (Knl) b Ashish (Spt) 21-9, 21-6; Kuldeep (Knl) b Saurabh (Srs) 21-7, 21-9; Himanshu (Knl) b Parteek Gupta (Pkl) 21-13, 21-9; Shri Vaos (Knl) b Deepak (Bhn) 21-13, 21-7; Lenin (Rtk) b Sumit (Knl) 21-9, 21-15; Deepak Malik (Rtk) b Abhishek (Pkl) 22-20, 10-21, 21-18; Pankaj (Knl) b Hitesh (Srs) 21-19, 21-11; Parmod (Rwr) b Bharat (Yng) 22-20, 21-18; Divya (Knl) b Himanshu (Bhn) 21-9, 21-19; Rahul Dhiya (Rtk) b Saurabh Yadav (Rwr) 21-19, 20-22, 21-14; Raman Deep Singh (Yng) b Aridaman (Srs) 21-10, 21-9; Vikas (Yng) b Mohit Verma (Srs) 26-24, 22-20; Rohit (Knl) b Sandeep (Rtk) 21-17, 21-16; Rohit Verma (Srs) b Divya (Knl) 21-13, 21-19; Rahul (Pkl) b Vikas (Spt) 21-12, 21-16; Shryens (Knl) b Himanshu (Pkl) 21-11, 21-7; Parshant (Knl) b Satish (Srs) 21-11, 21-18. Sub junior girls
singles: Minakshee (Srs) b Rashmi (Srs) 13-21, 21-14,
21-18; Anita (Rwr) b Arti (Srs) 21-9, 21-6; Renu (Bhn) b
Staffi (Srs) 21-11, 21-11; Rinki (Rwr) b Reema (Bhn)
21-12, 21-10; Arti (Yng) b Richa (Srs) 18-21, 21-10,
21-17; Nishta (Yng) b Rashim (Srs) 21-11, 21-14; Poonam
(Rtk) b Neha (Srs) 21-16, 21-15; Sidhi (Srs) b Vidhi
(Bhn) 21-15, 23-21; Gitanjli (Knl) b Surbhi (Srs) 21-8,
21-13; Renu (Bhn) b Rashu (Srs) 21-10, 21-16; Harpreet
(Srs) b Rajni (Bhn) 21-18, 21-17; Charu (Rtk) b Sheetal
(Srs) 21-6, 21-6. |
Indian eves crash out NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (PTI) — India lost their final league tie to Chinese Taipei 0-2 to finish a dismal fourth with three points in their group and crash out of the Asian Women’s Football Championships in the Philippines. The defeat to Chinese Taipei yesterday followed a 0-3 loss to Vietnam on November 13 and a 0-7 drubbing at the hands of North Korea in the opening encounter on November 7, a press note from the All-India Football Federation said here today. The Indian eves notched
up their only success when they beat last-placed Malaysia
3-0 on November 9, with Manipur’s Tababi scoring a
brace and Bengal’s Sujata Kar netting a goal. |
HPU beat Calicut University SHIMLA, Nov 16 — Hosts Himachal Pradesh University defeated Calicut University in a keen encounter on the opening day of the All-India Inter-University Women’s Volleyball Championship here today. The home team won the first game 25-19 but the Calicut girls came back strongly to clinch the next two games with an identical margin of 25-15. However, showing better stamina, the Himachal girls won the fourth game 25-18 and wrapped up the match winning the one sided last game 15-6. Madras University beat
Punjabi University 25-13, 25-12, 17-25 and 25-13, while
MGU Kottayam, outplayed GND University, Amritsar, 25-9,
25-8 and 25-22. |
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Haryana sports
fest at Bhiwani Mr Abhay Singh also announced that the HOA would send sports contingent of about 400 sportspersons for participation in National Games to be held in Punjab in 2000. The HOA would make a formal bid to Indian Olympic Association for holding 2002 National Games in Haryana. He said that it was also decided in the meeting to grant affiliation to the district olympic association (DOAs) of Fatehabad and Jhajjar and the newly-affiliated DOAs would also participate in the forthcoming state sports festival. Mr Abhay Singh has convened a meeting of all presidents and secretaries of state sports associations on November 27 at Bhiwani for finalising the detailed programme for the successful conduct of state sports festival which had not been held since 1995. Farm
varsities’ meet HP badminton
squad The selected players are: Yogesh, Manish Kapoor, Rakesh Verma, Kamini, Anamika, Navita and Poonam. Mr O.P. Sharma and Mr Romesh Thakur will accompany the team as manager and coach, respectively. GND varsity
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