Windies beat Lanka by four wickets
SHARJAH, Oct 14 — West Indies middle order batsman Jimmy Adams struck a patient unbeaten half century to guide his team to a three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring first match of the three-nation cricket series here today.

Amandeep Johl finishes 4th
BANGKOK,Oct 14 — Chandigarh professional Amandeep Johl shot four under par 68 while his city mate Jeev Milkha Singh carded three under 69 to finish fourth and eighth respectively on the opening of the $ 220,000 Lexus international golf here today.

Amanjot, Mathew sail into last four
NEW DELHI, Oct 14 — All the top four seeds today entered the boys under-16 semifinals at the DSCL National Hardcourt Tennis Championship.

Sahi Golf heading for close finish
CHANDIGARH, Oct 14 — Sandy Lehal played another round of 3 over par 75 to remain ahead on the penultimate day of the second Samarvir Sahi Chandigarh Open Amateur Championship at the Chandigarh Golf Club today.

Judo, boxing titles for Hisar
HISAR, Oct 14 — Hisar won the judo and boxing titles in the 34th Haryana State Schools Tournament which concluded here in Mahabir Stadium yesterday evening.

Saini causes a flutter
SHIMLA, Oct 14 — Kathmandu SAF Games champion K S Singh of Assam Rifles lost to B Saini of the Railway Sports Promotion Board(RSPB) in light welter category in the pre-quarterfinals of the 46th Senior National Boxing Championship held here today.

Mandi lift Kailash Mahajan Cup
CHAMBA, Oct 14 — Mandi won the Padamshree Kailash Chand Mahajan Memorial Silver Cup Cricket Tournament beating Una on the basis of the first innings lead here today.

Sita to play for World XI
PATIALA, Oct 14 — Mid-fielder Sita Gossain of the Railways has been selected to play for the World-XI against FIH President’s XI in an exhibition match scheduled to be played in Alexandria (Egypt) on October 26, according to Mr G.S. Bhangu, chief coach of the Indian women’s hockey team.

Roller skating results Badminton meet

New Zealand settle for draw
By Gopal Sharma
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, Oct 14 — New Zealand batsmen displayed tremendous tenacity and right temperament to salvage a draw on the concluding day of the first Test in the three-Test Pepsi Challenger Cup at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium here today.

A fair share of credit must go to the Kiwi skipper Stephen Fleming, who continued to hold on to one end till the last ball of the match. He was assisted appreciably by Matt Horne, Craig Spearman and Nathan Astle, who also complimented their skipper very well in keeping the Indian bowling attack at bay.

For the Indians, the sole consolation was that leg-spinner, who bowled a marathon spell of 41 overs conceding 42 runs for three wickets, became the third highest wicket taker for India in Tests behind Kapil Dev (434) and Bishan Singh Bedi (268). When Kumble took the wicket of McMillan, who tied with leg-spinner Bhagwat Chandershekar as the third highest wicket taker. But the wicket of Fleming which he took on the last ball of the match helped him surge ahead of the legendary leggie.

Fleming looked focussed on the job at hand and showed the right mix of sound defence and technique to thwart Indians from going one-up in the series. The left-handed batsman, who came in after the fall of Craig Spearman’s wicket roughly one hour after the start of the play today, defied the Indian bowling attack for 325 minutes before being finally dismissed after scoring valuable 73 runs— his 20th fifty in Tests.

The match looked set for a tame draw up to the tea break when the visitors were setting pretty at 188 for the loss of four wickets. Keeping Fleming’s company was promising 23-year-old Craig McMillan.

Artificial excitement was raised when the visitors lost the wickets of McMillan and wicketkeeper Adam Parore towards the fag end of the play. But the breakthroughs came India’s way far too late.And the determined rival skipper saw to it that the Sachin Tendulkar-Kapil Dev association did not get off to a winning start and was dismissed only after he had steered his side to safety.

Sachin Tendulkar rotated the strike repeatedly in his effort to unsettle the batsmen. Ace strike bowler Javagal Srinath, who finished the match with a creditable haul of eight wickets, was adjudged ‘man of the match’. He bowled his heart out allowing no respite to the rival batsmen batsmen during his long spell of 31 overs in the second innings.

Kumble and left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi, who raised hopes of a close finish with the wickets of Matt Horne and Spearman in the pre-lunch session, lent admirable support to him. But this was not good enough for the team and in the ultimate analysis it was Fleming’s efforts which saw his team emerge unscathed.

New Zealanders, quite understandably, just concentrated on staying at the wicket without giving much thought to runs.They were content to defend as the pre-lunch as well the post-lunch sessions each produced 54 runs in 30 overs.

Joshi, who opened the bowling along with Srinath was miserly and effective in his first spell in which read 11-7-8-2. He accounted for Horne, who was drawn forward but succeeded in snicking the ball to alert Saurav Ganguly stationed at first slip, and Spearman, who miscued a sweep shot to be caught again by Ganguly. After these twin successes the day’s grind did not prove fruitful.The focus now shifts to Kanpur where the second Test will get under way on October 22.

India (1st innings) 83

New Zealand (1st innings) 215

India (2nd innings) 505 for 3 decl.

New Zealand (2nd innings)

Horne c Ganguly b Joshi 33

Bell lbw b Srinath 7

Spearman c Ganguly b Joshi 35

Fleming c Ganguly b Kumble 73

Astle c MSK Prasad b Srinath 34

McMillan c Ramesh b Kumble 18

Parore c Gandhi b Kumble 7

Cairns not out 0

Extras (b-24, lb-15, nb-5) 44

Total (for 7 wkts, 135 overs) 251

Fall of wickets: 1/24, 2/95, 3/108, 4/188, 5/227, 6/246, 7/251.

Bowling: Srinath 31-9-63-2, Prasad 16-7-24-0, Kumble 41-19-42-3, Joshi 28-12-38-2, Bharadwaj 13-3-34-0, Tendulkar 6-2-11-0.

Windies beat Lanka by four wickets

SHARJAH, Oct 14(PTI) — West Indies middle order batsman Jimmy Adams struck a patient unbeaten half century to guide his team to a three-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a low-scoring first match of the three-nation cricket series here today.

The seasoned left-hander from Jamaica played the sheet anchor’s role to perfection after the shocking dismissal of skipper Brian Lara (0) in the first over as West Indies, after bundling out Sri Lanka for 178 runs in 49.3 overs, reached 181 for seven in the same number of overs.

Adams, who came into the middle after Lara was caught behind by Romesh Kaluwitharana down the leg side off Chaminda Vaas with just one run on the board, struggled at the start but played right through the innings as West Indies made a good start to their campaign at the flood-lit Sharjah Stadium here.

The southpaw, who was declared the man-of-the match for his splendid effort, braved a bout of cramps towards the end of the innings and a fine spell by off-spinner Mutthiah Muralitharan (2/24), to keep one end up in the pursuit of his objective.

Adams, who claimed 1/23 off 10 overs after Jayasuriya chose to bat, steadied the West Indies innings with youngster Wavell Hinds (35) after the unlucky dismissal of Sherwin Campbell (1), out hit wicket when he stepped on the wicket trying a forceful shot off Vaas in the third over.

SCOREBOARD

Sri Lanka: (all out in 49.3 overs) 178

West Indies:

Campbell hit wkt b Vaas 1

Lara c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 0

Adams not out 74

Hinds c De Silva b Murlitharan 35

Chanderpaul c Atapattu b

De Silva 22

Powell b Murlitharan 15

Jacobs run out 0

Perry c Jayasuriya b Arnold 21

McLean not out 3

Extras: (b1, lb4, w4, nb1) 10

Total (for 7 wkts, 49.2 overs) 181

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-4, 3-52, 4-90, 5-114, 6-115, 7-164.

Bowling: Vaas 9-2-22-2, Zoysa 6.2-1-24-0, Wickremasinghe 6-0-26-0, Murlitharan 10-1-24-2, Arnold 10-1-36-1, De Silva 6-0-28-1, Jayasuriya 1-0-9-0, Jayawardena 1-0-7-0.

Amandeep Johl finishes 4th

BANGKOK,Oct 14 (UNI) — Chandigarh professional Amandeep Johl shot four under par 68 while his city mate Jeev Milkha Singh carded three under 69 to finish fourth and eighth respectively on the opening of the $ 220,000 Lexus international golf here today.

South Africa’s Hendrik Buhrmann had a dream opening round as he fired six under par 66 to take the lead.

Apart from Amandeep and Jeev, seven other Indians in the fray had uneven first round.

Delhi-based professional Jyoti Randhawa, Gaurav Ghei and Calcutta’s Uttam Mundy returned identical cards of par 72 and were clubbed together at 39th slot.

Chandigarh’s Amritinder Singh and Calcutta’s Arjun Singh shot one over par 73 round and were at joint 55th place.

Delhi’s Vivek Bhandari shot poor four over 76 and was way down the leader board at 91st position.

Calcutta’s Indrajit Bhalotia had a dismal outing as he finished with 11 under par 83 and was at 142 place in the field of 144.

Buhrmann holed several long putts to take a one stroke lead over Singapore’s Mardan Mamat and Asian PGA debutant Sammy Daniels of South Africa.

Buhrmann overcame a bogey at the first hole to shot seven birdies on way to his 66.He had birdies at the 3rd,5th,9th,10th,12th,16th and 18th holes.

Taiwan’s Lu Chien-Soon, Pakistan’s Taimur Hussain and India’s Amandeep Johl are in joint fourth a further shot behind.

European Tour star Jeev Milkha Singh shot a hole in one and that helped him to a 69.

Jeev ,currently 48th on the European money list and in confident mood after his victory over world number 5 Lee Westwood of England in last week’s Alfred Dunhill Cup,was delighted by his ace at the 154 yard third hole,his 12th of the day.

“I hit a nine iron and it went in after just one bounce-I have had one other hole-in one but that was during a practice round in India said Jeev who missed out on a Lexus car which is on offer for the first ace at the 13th hole.

“I knew there was nothing at stake as there was not a car or a sign on the tee. My only reward was a handshake from playing partners Prayad Marksaeng and Gerry Norquist but I am happy with that Jeev said adding that he was unlucky on the greens and would have shot lower if a number of putts had not rimmed out.

Winner of 1997 Pryad Marksaeng of Thailand is amongst a group of 17 players on two under 70.

Amanjot, Mathew sail into last four

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (UNI) — All the top four seeds today entered the boys under-16 semifinals at the DSCL National Hardcourt Tennis Championship.

Leading the way was top-seeded Amanjot Singh of Chandigarh who ousted unseeded Gauryl Fernandes of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-2. Joining him was second-seeded Jaco T. Mathew of Tamil Nadu who moved past eighth-seeded A.R. Anandkumar (AP) 6-2, 6-3.

Amanjot now clashes with third-seeded Rohan Gajjar (Mah) in the last four stage while Mathew runs into fourth-seeded Pratim Parekh of Maharashtra.

Rohan today beat state-mate Vikrant Sane 6-2, 6-2. However, Pratim was a lucky winner as his opponent, Harshit Sharma of West Bengal, conceded the match due to cramp even after he had won the first set and was in a comfortable position in the second. Harshit lost 7-5, 5-5 (conceded).

Seeded players had an easy fairing in the the other sections, except in the girls under-14 where top-seeded Isha Lakhani of Maharashtra was upset by unseeded Priyanka Parekh of West Bengal. Priyanka, who had also beaten eighth-seeded Sharanya Pattabi in the first round, today prevailed over Isha 7-5, 6-0 in 62 minutes.

Isha also bowed in the girls under-16 section, losing to sixth-seeded Samrita Sekar of Tamil Nadu 4-6, 6-4, 4-6. Samrita now clashes with top-seeded Megha Vakaria of Maharashtra who today registered a hard-fought victory against fifth-seeded Sania Mirza (AP), winning 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-5.

Also winning in the category were fourth-seeded Liza Pereira of Maharashtra who beat eighth-seeded Priyanka Parekh 6-4, 7-5 and seventh-seeded Preeti Rao (TN) who registered a come-from-behind victory over second-seeded Nandita Chandrasekar 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in one hour, 55 minutes.

In the boys under-14 section, top-seeded R. Arunprakash of Tamil Nadu set up a semifinal clash with third-seeded V. Vignesh (AP). While Arunprakash today breezed past eighth-seeded Tushar Liberhan of Chandigarh 6-1, 6-1, Vignesh beat seventh-seeded Saurabh Kohli of Maharashtra 6-1, 6-4.

Also proceeding to the last four stage were second-seeded Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra and sixth-seeded Vikramaditya Menon of Tamil Nadu. While Sane easily beat fifth-seeded Karan Rastogi of Chandigarh 6-1, 6-0, Menon had to win a three-set battle against fourth-seeded Chatwinder Singh of Tamil Nadu, coming through 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The loss of Tushar and Karan leaves Amanjot the lone Chandigarh lad in the boys section. The city has had a successful run at the nationals so far with Sunil Kumar and Akshay Vishal Rao winning the men’s and the boys u-18 titles respectively.

In the girls under-14, Priyanka who ousted Isha, now clashes with sixth-seeded Sasha Abraham (AP) in the semifinals. Sasha today defeated third-seeded Lata Assudani 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals.

Also winning their quarterfinal encounters today were second-seeded Sania Mirza and fourth-seeded Ankita Bhambri. While Sania prevailed over fifth-seeded Sanaa Bhambri of Delhi 6-1, 6-0, Ankita beat seventh-seeded Sandra Sasidharan (Ker) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Results (quarterfinals): Boys under-16: Amanjot Singh (1) bt Gauryl Fernandes 6-2, 6-2 Rohan Gajjar (3) bt Vikrant Sane 6-2, 6-2 Jaco T Mathew (2) bt A.R. Anandakumar (8) 6-2, 6-3 Pratim Parekh (4) bt Harshit Sharma (5) 5-7, 5-5 (Harshit conceded).

Girls under-16: Megha Vakaria (1) bt Sania Mirza (5) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 7-5 Samrita Sekar (6) bt Isha Lakhani (3) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Liza Pereira (4) bt Priyanka Parekh (8) 6-4, 7-5 Preeti Rao (7) bt Nandita Chandrasekar (2) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Boys under 14: A. Arunprakash (1) bt Tushar Liberhan (8) 6-1, 6-1 V. Vignesh (3) bt Saurabh Kohli (7) 6-1, 6-4 Vikramaditya Menon (6) bt Chatwinder Singh (4) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 Vikrant Sane (2) bt Karan Rastogi (5) 6-1, 6-0.

Girls under-14: Priyanka Parekh bt Isha Lakhani (1) 7-5, 6-0 Sasha Abraham (6) bt Lata Assudani (3) 6-2, 6-3 Ankita Bhambri (4) bt Sandra Sasidharan (7) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 Sania Mirza (2) bt Sanaa Bhambri (5) 6-1, 6-0.

Team for 2nd Test unchanged
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, Oct 14—Former skipper Mohammad Azharuddin and wicketkeeper Nayan Mongia failed to get the nod from the selectors when they announced the 14-member squad for the second Test slated to begin at Kanpur from October 22 to 26.

The new selection committee headed by Chandu Borde,which met during the first Test played here, looking satisfied besides allowing a longer run to the three debutant in the first Test—opener Debang Gandhi, wicketkeeper M S K Prasad and all rounder Vijay Bhardwaj —retained them in the squad announced for the Kanpur Test.

The team for the final Test scheduled to be played at Ahmedabad from October 29 to November 3 will be announced during the Kanpur Test, Mr Borde announced.

The squad: Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Debang Gandhi, Sadagopan Ramesh, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, MSK Prasad,Javagal Srinath, Vijay Bhardwaj, Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil Joshi, Anil Kumble, Ajay Jadeja, Debashish Mohanty and Harbhajan Singh.

Sahi Golf heading for close finish
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 14 — Sandy Lehal played another round of 3 over par 75 to remain ahead on the penultimate day of the second Samarvir Sahi Chandigarh Open Amateur Championship at the Chandigarh Golf Club today. Competition is snapping at his heels and the last day promises to be a cliff-hanger.

Jasjeet Singh of Noida leads the charge. He had a scintillating level par 72 round that lifted him from the sixth to the second position, overtaking his brother Simmerjit Singh on the way, to lie two shots behind the leader.

Saurab Bahuguna who unfortunately pulled his 18th drive into the hole-side bunker of the 17th hole, to drop a shot, lies two strokes further behind. Gurbaaz Mann’s is another greatly improved position — making it fifth from the 10th overnight.

Sandy Lehal despite running a fever made a better start today but dropped shots on the second and fifth in the front nine. A Birdie on the par three 11th was nullified by bogeys on the 14th and 15th. Sandy displayed grit and cool determination to overcome his poor health and finish creditably with a three over par 75 and retain his lead coming into the final day of the championship.

The best round of the day belonged to Jasjeet Singh, a young assistant trainee with Gas Authority of India, who with a judicious mixture of verve and maturity carded an excellent level par 72. Firing birdies on the third, fifth and 10th holes to balance dropped shots on the first, four and 15th holes. Jasjeet’s round would have been far better but for very closely missed birdies on the eight, 13th and 16th.

Jasjeet expressed his delight with his game and his putting in particular. He feels the greens here are far better than those at Delhi and that the course is playing exceedingly well. He also laid to rest the myth that the Chandigarh course is unduly long. he never used his driver but for two holes in the entire round.

Saurabh Bahaguna played another solid round of three over par 75. He would have done better but for unfortunately lost strokes on the birdie-making 13th and the 18th.

Saurabh has been hitting it long and straight throughout the tournament and his three wood is the envy of his compatriots. it was a delight to see him land near the green with his second shot on the par-5 16th and then birdie with a great chip and tap in putt.

Gurbaaz Mann had his first good round of the tournament and but for an out of bounds on the ninth and consequent double bogey, he would have played a level par round stringing pars together without a break. He now lies fifth, seven strokes behind the leader and very much in the hunt.

The scores: Sandy Lehal 222, Jasjeet Singh 224, Saurabh Bahugana 226, Simmerjit Singh 228, Gurbaaz Mann 229, Harinder Kang 229, Anitya Chand230, Suleiman Ali 231, Jaideep patwardhan 232, Sheebax Kalra 233, Manav Dass 234, Lakshman Singh 234, A N Gopal 235, Suman Puri 236.

Mandi lift Kailash Mahajan Cup
From Our Correspondent

CHAMBA, Oct 14 — Mandi won the Padamshree Kailash Chand Mahajan Memorial Silver Cup Cricket Tournament beating Una on the basis of the first innings lead here today.

Mandi won the toss and elected to bat and scored 206 runs. Daba scored 36, Jaswant Rai, a Ranji player, got 7 wickets for 60 runs.

Una were all out for 178. Rajeev Nayyar scored 48, Nishchal got five wickets for 20 runs. Shakti Singh took 3 for 28.

In the second innings, Mandi scored 203 for 9. Nishchal scored 69, Shakti Singh 40, Rahul Panta took 4 for 22, and Jaswant 4 for 23.

In the second innings, Una were 90 for 3 in just 10 overs at close. Rajeev once again scored 48 and Rahul Panta 38.

Later in the evening while presiding over the prize distribution ceremony, Mr Kishori Lal, Himachal Industries Minister, gave away the Padamshree Kailash Chand Mahajan Memorial Silver Cup to the winning team and also gave away the prizes to the participants. Speaking on this occasion he underlined the need to foster sportsman spirit among youth.

The minister appreciated the role of the organisers. Ms Parveen Mahajan, daughter of the late Padamshree Kailash Chand Mahajan, Mr K.K. Mahajan, retired Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation) a brother of Kailash Chand Mahajan, and other family members, including the widow of Kailash Chand Mahajan were present besides Mr Raghubir Singh, president and Major S.C. Nayyar honorary secretary of the Himachal Pradesh State Cricket Association (HPCA).

CHANDIGARH (TNS): This inter-district tournament, which is an annual affair, is being sponsored by the family of Padamshree Kailash Chand Mahajan for the past three years and it provides the main basis for the selection of the HP State Ranji Trophy team, according to Deepak Garg, Deputy Commissioner, Customs.

Mr Kailash Chand Mahajan was himself a sportsman and engineer and repute. Born on March 7, 1922, in the family of Mr Gurdittamal Mahajan, former Chief Engineer of the erstwhile Chamba state, he did his schooling from Chamba. He graduated from Government College, Lahore and did his civil engineering from the prestigious Melagan Engineering College, Lahore, in 1945. Mr Mahajan joined as Assistant Engineer in Punjab and rose to the rank of Chief Engineer in Punjab. He retired in 1980.

Mr Mahajan had the distinction of being the only Padamshree awardee in Himachal Pradesh. This honour was bestowed upon him in recognition of his contribution during 1971 India-Pakistan war while serving as Superintending Engineer in the Punjab Irrigation Department.

Mr Mahajan always laid great emphasis on physical fitness and was fond of lawn tennis and cricket. He was associated with many sports organisations in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. He was the president of Punjab Lawn Tennis Association and founder president of Himachal Pradesh Lawn Tennis Association, as well as the vice-president of the All India Tennis Association.

Judo, boxing titles for Hisar
From Our Sports Reporter

HISAR, Oct 14 — Hisar won the judo and boxing titles in the 34th Haryana State Schools Tournament which concluded here in Mahabir Stadium yesterday evening.

Hisar collected 25 and 24 points respectively followed by Bhiwani with 20 and 23 points.

Bhiwani also won the yoga championship by securing 467.5 points, whereas Faridabad were second securing 443.5 points and Mohindergarh were placed third with 439 points.

Sonepat district annexed the badminton title in the under-19 group. Ambala and Panchkula remained second and third, respectively. The under-14 title was captured by Panchkula while Sonepat and Kaithal secured the second and third place.

In kabaddi (under-19) Jhajjar, Sonepat and Jind finished first, second and third respectively. In under-14, the title was won by Jind. Sonepat and Rohtak remained second and third.

Rewari won the under-14 title in table tennis. Rohtak and Sonepat bagged the second and third position, respectively. The under-19 title was won by Ambala. Rewari and Panipat finished second and third, respectively.

Dr Krishan Chander Banger, Vice-Chancellor of Guru Jambheshwar University gave away the prizes. Over 2200 participants from all over the state took part in this three- day tournament.

Saini causes a flutter

SHIMLA, Oct 14 (UNI) — Kathmandu SAF Games champion K S Singh of Assam Rifles lost to B Saini of the Railway Sports Promotion Board(RSPB) in light welter category in the pre-quarterfinals of the 46th Senior National Boxing Championship held here today.

B Saini, also the 1977 Madras SAF Game champion, won on points.

D Singh from Haryana, another international boxer also qualified for the quarterfinals and outclassed K R Sukhinder of Punjab when the referee stopped the contest in the second round. A Kumar (CISF) defeated D Chauhan (Himachal) on the basis of RSC-OC.

P Kumar of All-India Police and S K Hela of Bengal won on points respectively trouncing P Agaikwad (Maharashtra)and B Chetry(Assam).

H Singh of Chandigarh and T D Meeitel of Manipur also entered the quarterfinals routing A Jpse of Tamil Nadu and K S Kumar of Karnataka respectively when the referee stopped contests during the bouts.

T C Nunga of Mizoram knocked out R K Mohapatra of Orissa in the first round and qualified for the quarterfinals.

In welter category, international boxer Z V Jollyson (SPSB) knocked out R Rattan of Haryana in the third round.R Kumar(CISF) and K Kumar (Punjab) won on points, respectively, beating N Dabra of Himachal Pradesh and K Singh of AIEB.

Junior international boxer B Singh of Uttar Pradesh and S M Rasheed of Tamil Nadu won against W Ahmed (Bengal) and D Majhi (Bihar) when the referee stopped contests.

In the light weight division, G Singh of All India Police, another international boxer, qualified for the quarterfinals when he knocked out K Kumar of Bihar in the second round.

However, another international boxer M Panwar from Delhi lost on points to M S Singh (Assam Rifles). S Misra of Uttar Pradesh knocked out C Prakash( RSPB) in the second round of the bout.

B Singh, a boxer from Himachal Pradesh, and C Gopinath (Tamil Nadu) respectively lost to K Vir (AIEB) and N Rana( SSCB) when the referee stopped the contests.

S D Singh of Manipur and V More of Maharashtra won on points defeating B Gurung (Sikkim) and A Khan (SPSB) respectively.

In the feather weight category, international boxer Ramanand (SSCB) outclassed Y Rishikanta (Assam Rifles) when the referee stopped contest.

Similarly the referee stopped the contest in the fourth round in a bout between Bajrang Mahatu of Bihar and Naresh Dalal of All-India Police who qualified for quarterfinals.

Also on the basis of RSC-OC A Sandil (SPSB) defeated Rakesh Kumar of Punjab while V Bhaskaran (RSPB) routed S Singh (AIEB). M D Tarque (Bengal), D S Bisht (Delhi), P K Mohanty (Orissa) and P Sreenath (Andhra Pradesh) respectively defeated Nazir (Madhya Pradesh), G Vishwanath (Goa), B Thapa (Assam) and Y Yadav of Maharashtra on points.

Sita to play for World XI
From Our Sports Reporter

PATIALA, Oct 14 — Mid-fielder Sita Gossain of the Railways has been selected to play for the World-XI against FIH President’s XI in an exhibition match scheduled to be played in Alexandria (Egypt) on October 26, according to Mr G.S. Bhangu, chief coach of the Indian women’s hockey team.

Gossain has been selected by the FIH purely on the basis of her dashing performances in the Bangkok Asian Games.

Meanwhile, the Indian Women’s Hockey Federation (IWHF) has forwarded the name of Asian Games silver medal team winning skipper Pritam Rani Thakran to the FIH which will select the best woman player of the year at the FIH’s general house meeting to be held in Alexandria (Egypt) on October 26. In the men’s section, the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) recommended the name of Asian Games gold medal winning team skipper and twice Olympian, Dhanraj Pillay to the FIH, which will select the best men player of the year award.

Badminton meet
From Our Correspondent

FATEHGARH SAHIB, Oct 14 — The Punjab State Senior Badminton Championship will be held from October 21 to 23 at the Indoor Stadium, Mandi Gobindgarh, in the district.

According to Mr K.S. Mehta, organising secretary of the tournament, it is for the first time that this championship is being organised in the district. In this tournament teams from all the districts participate. He said the state team for the national championship would also be selected here. Mr V.K. Janjuja, Deputy Commissioner, will inaugurate the tournament while Mr A.K. Luthra, Commissioner, Income Tax, will give away the prizes.

Roller skating results
From Our Sports Reporter

PATIALA, Oct 14 — Patiala, Moga and Ludhiana clinched the first, second and third places, respectively, in the boys (U-19) roller hockey event in the Punjab State School Roller Hockey Skating Championships which concluded at the Rink hall here today.

The other results are:- Boys (U-14): Roller hockey: Patiala-1, Amritsar-2, Sangrur-3. Boys (U-17): Amritsar-1, Ludhiana-2, Muktsar-3, Boys (U-19): Patiala-1, Moga-2, Ludhiana-3.

Girls: Roller hockey: (U-14): Muktsar-1, Amritsar-2. (U-17): Patiala-1, Muktsar-2. (U-19): Ludhiana-1, Muktsar-2. Rink race for Boys (U-14): final: Punargeet Singh-1, Manav-2, Gurpinder-3. Rink race for Girls: (U-14): final: Heena Bhart-1, Gurpreet-2, Hargurbir-3. Rink race for Boys (U-19) final: Sarwinder-1, Amandeep-2, Damanpreet-3. Rink race for Girls (U-19): Taranpreet Hind-1, Navneet-2, Baljit Kaur-3. Rink race for Boys (U-17): Munish-1, Saurab Beri-2, Harkirat-3. Rink race for Girls (U-17): Sanya Dhaliwal-1, Ishwinder-2, Simran Kaur-3.

Jyoti club eves record win

JALANDHAR, Oct 14 (FOSR) — Hosts Jyoti Women’s Hockey Club, Jalandhar, beat Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyalaya Jalandhar 2-1 via the tie breaker in the inaugural match of the G S Bodhi Memorial Hockey Tournament (for women and junior boys) at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today.

In the battle of strokes Jyoti women’s Hockey Club proved better and won by 2-1.

In the boys section Surjit Hockey Academy, Jalandhar, defeated MGN Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar Cantt, by 6-1. Surjit Academy outplayed MGN in all departments.

Earlier, Mrs Chanchal Surjit Singh, Joint Director, Sports Punjab, and Col Raminder Singh, Director Sports, Punjab, inaugurated the tournament.

Punjab cross-country

JALANDHAR, Oct 14 (FOSR) — The Punjab Amateur Athletic Association is organising the state cross-country championship for men and women at Nawanshahr on October 21 at 9 am.

According to Mr Isher Singh Deol, general secretary of the association, nearly 300 players from all parts of Punjab and institutions like Punjab Police, BSF, PSEB and Railways are likely to participate.

PU Campus eves move up

CHANDIGARH, Oct 14 (BOSR) — Panjab University Campus, Chandigarh and Government College for Girls, Sector 11 moved up in the women’s section of the PU Inter College Table Tennis Tournament being played here at the PU gymnasium hall here today.

In the men’s section SGGS College, Sector 26 and Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, won their respective matches .

Results: (women)-PU Campus b GCG- 42 (3-0): GCG-11 b MR Government College, Fazilka( 3-0). Men-SGGS College, Chd b AS College, Khanna 3-0.

In kho kho (men) DAV College Chandigarh, defeated GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sudhar 10-3 while DAV College, Chandigarh, beat SD College, Hoshiarpur 13-11.

In the PU Inter College Kabaddi (women) Tournament,SGGS College for Women, Chandigarh, got the better of Khalsa College for Women, Sidhwan Khurd by 108-27.

BBSBEC football champs

JALANDHAR, Oct 14 (FOSR) — Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, have won the third Punjab Technical University Inter-Engineering College Men’s Football Championship held at Fatehgarh Sahib, according to Dr Gurmel Singh Dhaliwal, Director, Sports, of the university.

In this two-day championship, nine teams of different colleges participated. Baba Banda Singh Bhadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, defeated Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur, by the golden goal. Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, beat Shaheed Bhagat Singh Engineering College Ferozepore, 2-0 of the third position.

Thapar Polytechnic in q-finals

PATIALA, Oct 14 (FOSR) — Hosts Thapar Polytechnic narrowly managed to scrape past Adesh College of Pharmacy 3-1 to move into the quarterfinals of the Punjab Inter-Polytechnic Badminton Tournament being played at the Thapar Polytechnic badminton hall here today.

Results: Polytechnic GTB Garh beat Government Polytechnic, Khoonimajra 3-0, Central Polytechnic College, Chandigarh, beat Polytechnic, Malout, 3-0. Thapar Polytechnic beat Adesh Pharmacy College 3-1.

Wrestling trials

HISAR, Oct 14 (FOSR) — The 46th Senior National Wrestling Championship and the third Senior National Women’s Wrestling Championship will be held in Jaipur from November 16 to 20, according to Mr M.S. Malik, president, Haryana State Wrestling Association here today.

Trials to select the Haryana men’s team for the nationals, will be held at Subhash Stadium, Sonepat, on November 1 while the women’s trials will be held in Hisar on November 2.

Haryana chess

ROHTAK, Oct 14 (FOC) — The sixth Haryana state-level junior, subjunior boys and girls chess championship will be held from October 16 to 17 at M.D.N. Public School, here, according to Mr Suraj Bhan Sharma, secretary, District Chess Association.