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Lanka bounce back into reckoning SHARJAH, Oct 18 — Skipper Jayasuriya led an embattled Sri Lanka from the front as they inflicted a humiliating nine wicket defeat on the West Indies with as many as 22 overs to spare and bounced back into reckoning in the triangular one-day cricket tournament for the Sharjah Cup here last night.
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Bharadwaj unlucky to miss century Mahadevan,
Uppal advance IHF
adds three more probables Tommy
Haas following in Becker’s footsteps MacGill
hopeful of Test recall Kiefer
in top 10 Aravalli
Open from tomorrow Boxing
nationals ‘mismanaged’ Balbir’s
donation to alma mater |
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Lanka bounce back into reckoning SHARJAH, Oct 18 (PTI) — Skipper Jayasuriya led an embattled Sri Lanka from the front as they inflicted a humiliating nine wicket defeat on the West Indies with as many as 22 overs to spare and bounced back into reckoning in the triangular one-day cricket tournament for the Sharjah Cup here last night. The 30-year-old Jayasuriya cut the Caribbean attack to ribbons by smashing 88 runs off just 80 balls in a rollicking 128-run opening stand with in-form Romesh Kaluwitharana (44 n.o) as Sri Lanka coasted to 146 for one in 28 overs after bundling out their rivals for 145 in 49.3 overs at the Sharjah stadium. The first victory in three matches gave Sri Lanka — who faced a premature exit going into the match — three points to level with the formidable Pakistan whom they meet in their final league tie tomorrow. The West Indies with two points are left with the tough prospect of upstaging Pakistan to make the final. Sri Lanka made none of the mistakes that led to their stunning collapse from a winning position that saw Pakistan force a dramatic tie on October 15 as Jayasuriya exploded brilliantly to seal the outcome much before the contest ended. The West Indian batting presented a pathetic picture against disciplined slow bowling of Sri Lanka and never gained much despite contributions from left-handers Wavell Hinds (58), skipper Brian Lara (29) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (31). Sri Lanka put their disastrous collapse against Pakistan — the last nine wickets tumbling for just 39 runs — behind them to completely dominate the ragged West Indies, adding superb fielding to their professional bowling and batting. Battling with their backs to their wall, they never let the Caribbean batting gain in stature and had the match well in control with run outs of Lara, to a direct hit by Muttiah Muralitharan at the non-striker’s end from square leg, and the dangerous Ricardo Powell later for nought. Reverting to the tried and tested opening pair, Jayasuriya exploded in one over by fast bowler Mervyn Dillon when he pulled two sixes and a four in between for 14 runs as he raced to his 32nd one-day fifty off 48 balls, studded with five fours and three sixes. SCOREBOARD West Indies: Campbell c Chandana b Zoysa 6 Jacobs c Chandana b Vaas 1 Hinds c and b De Silva 58 Lara run out (Muralitharan) 29 Chanderpaul c Kaluwitharna b Arnold 31 Powell run out (Chandana) 0 Gayle c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 7 Perry b Arnold 0 Ambrose st Kaluwitharna b Muralitharan 4 Dillon c De Silva b Muralitharan 0 R.D. King not out 0 Extras: (6-LB, 1-NB, 2-W) 9 Total: (all out in 49.3 overs) 145 Fall of wkts: 1/2, 2/21, 3/62, 4/126, 5/127, 6/134, 7/134, 8/142, 9/145. Bowling: Vaas 7-3-15-1, Zoysa 7-3-14-1 (1w), Arnold 10-1-32-2 (1w), Muralitharan 9.3-0-22-3, Chandana 6-0-28-0, De Silva 10-3-28-1 (1nb). Sri Lanka Jayasuriya b Perry 88 Kaluwitharana not out 44 Arnold not out 8 Extras: (LB-2, W-3, NB-1) 6 Total: (for 1 wkt in 28 overs) 146. Fall of wicket: 1-128. Bowling: Dillon
6-1-40-0, Ambrose 4-0-21-0, King 7-0-33-0, Perry
8-0-45-1, Gayle 3-0-5-0. |
Bharadwaj unlucky to miss century BANGALORE, Oct 18 (PTI) — New Zealand were 12 for no loss in their second innings at close after Ranji champions Karnataka declared their first innings at 269 for nine shortly after tea on the second and penultimate day of the three-day cricket match here today. Earlier, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming declared their first innings at the overnight 249 for six. Karnataka started off strongly with openers Sujith Somasunder and J. Arun Kumar putting on 63 runs on board. But they lost three quick wickets and were gasping at 74 for 3 at lunch. However, the home team batsmen led by Vijay R. Bharadwaj 96 (230m, 171b, 16x4) and Thilak Naidu’s 52 (108m, 93b, 9x4) played watchfully and denied the Kiwis further success. Bharadwaj, who starred for India in the recently concluded Nairobi tournament, stole the show in front of his home crowd with a fine knock and put on 115 runs for the fourth wicket with Thilak Naidu. Incidentally, Naidu was selected in place of the injured regular wicket keeper Somashekar Shiraguppi who is nursing a bruise on his left-finger. New Zealand (Ist innings): 249 for six decl Karnataka (Ist innings ): Somasundar c Parore b Drum 18 Arun Kumar lbw b Wiseman 31 Vijay b Drum 1 Bharadwaj c Horn b Wiseman 96 Naidu b Wiseman 52 Dravid b Cairns 6 Joshi c Spearman b Cairns 0 Kumble lbw b Drum 11 Yalvigi c Parore b Drum 6 Ganesh not out 12 Extras: (b-7, lb-11, nb-18) 36 Total: (for 9 wkts decl) 269 Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-65, 3-74, 4-189, 5-198, 6-204, 7-231, 8-239, 9-269. Bowling: Penn 11-2-49-0; Cairns 11-3-30-2, Wiseman 26-3-99-3, Drum 12-3-19-4, Astle 6-1-17-0, Harris 16-5-37-0. New Zealand (2nd innings): Horne batting 9 Bell batting 2 Extras: (b-1) 1 Total: (for no loss) 12 Bowling: Ganesh 2-1-2-0,
M.A. Khan 1-1-0-0, V. Bharadwaj 1-0-9-0, A. Kumble
1-1-0-0, S. Joshi 1-1-0-0- |
Mahadevan, Uppal advance MUMBAI, Oct 18 (PTI) — ‘‘Lucky loser’’ Manoj Mahadevan and wild card entrant Vishal Uppal recorded hard fought wins on way to the men’s singles second round of the $ 25,000 prize money ITF satellite tennis circuit (first leg) here today. Mahadevan, who had lost to Pune-based Rohan Bopanna in the final qualifying round yesterday, made it to the main draw as Ondrej Chvapil of Czech Republic failed to turn up. Mahadevan, playing a solid baseline game, pipped unseeded local lad Vijendra Laad 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in just under two hours while the Delhi-based Uppal shocked former Davis Cupper and unseeded Nitin Kirtane 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Another lucky loser Kunj Majmudar of the USA, who came in place of seventh seed Zoltan Boroczky of Hungary, also move into the second round crushing India’s S.K. Shivshankar 6-0, 6-2 in 57 minutes. Third seeded Radim Zitko of the Czech Republic drubbed Vijay Kannan of India 6-2, 6-0 while fourth seeded Per Thornadtsson of Sweden fought for two hours and 25 minutes before defeating unseeded Indian Saurav Panja 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 6-4. Fifth seed American Tom Chicoine too sailed into the second round with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Blake Brinklow of Australia in exactly one hour. In the match between Mahadevan and Laad, the former hit his groove straightaway breaking Laad in the very first game. Laad, who served poorly, failed to hold serve in the third game as well and let Mahadevan walk away with the set at 6-2. In the second set, Laad tightened his game. Despite dropping serve to trail 1-2, the Mumbai lad managed to break back to level scores 2-all. He broke again in the sixth game to lead 4-1 and served out the set at 6-3. In the final set, Mahadevan dropped serve in the first game but bounced back with a break in the fourth to level the scores 2-all. With breaks in the sixth and eighth games, he wrapped up the match at 6-2. Saurav Panja went down fighting against a much fitter and faster Swede opponent. After losing the first set tie-break despite serving and volleying well, the Indian pulled up his socks in the second despite dropping serve in the first game. He broke Per Thornadtsson in the fourth game but was broken immediately in the fifth. But he controlled the set and managed to break his opponent in the sixth and eighth games to win the set at 6-3. In the decider, the 495th ranked Swede dropped his serve in the seventh game but managed to break his 874-ranked rival in the eighth. Thornadtsson clinched a vital break in the tenth game to win the set 6-4 for the match. In the doubles final qualifying round, the Indian pair of Asif Ismail and Rishi Sridhar went down fighting to South Africans Ciaran Moore and Coenic Vanwyk 6-2, 0-6, 4-6. Results (Men’s singles) first round: Kunj Majmudar (USA) b S.K. Shivshankar (Ind) 6-0, 6-2, Tom Chicoine (USA) b Blake Brinklow (Aus) 6-2, 6-2, Per Thornadtsson (Swe) b Saurav Panja (Ind) 7-6 (9-7), 3-6, 6-4, Manoj Mahadevan (Ind) b Vijendra Laad (Ind) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, Radim Zitko (Cze) b Vijay Kannan (Ind) 6-2, 6-0, Vishal Uppal (Ind) b Nitin Kirtane (Ind) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Doubles (final
qualifying round): Ciaran Moore/Coenic Vanwyk (RSA) b
Asif Ismail/Rishi Sridhar (Ind) 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. |
Venus ready to topple Hingis ZURICH, Oct 18 (AP) — After beating Martina Hingis in her own backyard, third-ranked Venus Williams is ready to evict her rival from her place atop the world rankings. By hammering her way past Hingis in the final of the Swisscom Challenge Tennis Tournament 6-3, 6-4 last evening, Williams believes she was serving the top-ranked Swiss star a notice. “I definitely will be number one and probably next season,” said Williams. “I have everything going for me. I have a lot of power. I’m capable. I’m a smart girl. I’m hard on myself, I have six titles this season.” Having clashed five times already this season, the two 19-year-olds have been locked in a fierce rivalry Yesterday’s victory marked Williams’ second consecutive win over the Swiss player, having defeated Hingis in the semifinals of the Grand Slam Cup just two weeks ago, before coming up short against her sister, Serena. While the Swiss player still has an 8-5 win-loss record against the lanky American, Williams leads this season’s head-to-heads 3-2, having also defeated Hingis in the semifinals of the Italian Open in May. Williams’ only losses to Hingis came in the semifinals of the US Open and the final in San Diego, when the Swiss player reclaimed her place atop the world rankings from American Lindsay Davenport. But, Williams said, Hingis’ lease on the top spot was nearly up. Despite the fact that Serena was the first sister to win a Grand Slam title, defeating Hingis in the final of the US Open, Venus still believes she’ll be the one to replace the Swiss star from her perch atop the world rankings next year. But the American will have to brush up on a few elements before she can hope to usurp her rival. In last evening’s final against Hingis, Williams’ most potent weapon — her missile-like serve — played as much against her as for her. Serving up seven aces on the sluggish carpet, only 47 percent of Williams’ first serves were good. Unwilling to risk a double fault, Williams’ muscle was wasted. But since losing to Hingis in the semifinals of the US Open, Williams has been making a determined effort to master her serve. Once she does, Williams says she’ll be a force to reckon with. “I’m practising my consistency and placement and I’m really going for it,” she said. “When I get it just right you won’t believe it.” But Williams may need more than just a strong serve to oust Hingis, the winner of 26 career titles, including five Grand Slams and nearly 11 million dollars in career earnings. Hingis has won seven titles this season, including the Australian Open. Four other of her titles this year came at tier 1 events. She also reached the
final of US and French Opens and has a 65-11 win-loss
record this season. “With some more physical
training I can beat her again,” shrugged a confident
Hingis. |
IHF adds three more probables MUMBAI, Oct 18 (PTI) — The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) has added three more players to the list of Asia Cup probables announced earlier. Baljit Singh Chandi (Punjab and Sind Bank), Daljit Singh Dhillon (Punjab Police), both forwards, and Central Railway goalkeeper Arun Gurung were added to the 24 probables on the basis of their impressive performances in the Bombay Gold Cup here, it was announced by IHF secretary K. Jyothikumaran after the final of the tournament. Chandi was declared the ‘player of the tournament’ while Dhillon scored a hat-trick in eventual champions Punjab Police’s 3-2 win over Air-India in the semi-finals. The Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in Lahore next month. The following are the probables: goalkeepers: Jude Menezes, P.U. Bopanna, Jagdish Ponnappa, Prasad and Arun Gurung. Deep defenders: Dilip Tirkey, Lazarus Barla, Dinesh Nayak, Cheops D’Costa and Anurag Ragunanshi. Midfielders: Mohammed Riaz, Baljit Singh Saini, Ramandeep Singh, S.S. Gill, Thirumalvalavan, Nausheer Singh and Ranjit Bengra. Forwards: Mukesh Kumar, Dhanraj Pillay, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Gagan Ajit Singh, Sameer Dad, Deepak Thakur, Senthil, A.K. Kavin, Baljit Singh Chandi, Daljit Singh Dhillon.
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Tommy Haas following in Becker’s footsteps MUNICH, (Germany), Oct 18 (Reuters) — Boris Becker, Steffi Graf and Michael Stich have all hung up their rackets last year, leaving tennis-crazed Germany staring at a dark era of mediocrity without a champion or even a celebrity. The retirement of the trio who triggered a tennis boom in Germany and won a total of 29 Grand Slam titles and 174 tournaments was long dreaded but their departure has still brought out a sense of the gloom and doom Germans specialise in. Yet just two months after Graf ended her career and less than a year after Becker said his farewells, Germans suddenly have a new tennis prodigy to hang their hefty hopes upon. Tommy Haas, a hard-hitting 21-year-old who beat Andre Agassi and reached the final of the Grand Slam Cup in Munich earlier this month, because only the third German to climb into the men’s top 10 rankings, following in the giant footsteps of Becker and Stich. The fast-talking Hamburg native, who has a penchant for fast cars and death-defying adventures, has surged up through the world rankings in the last year and given the country reason to believe the golden era of tennis that began with Becker’s historic Wimbledon win in 1985 might not have ended after all. “Boris was my idol when I was young,” Haas said recently in Munich, where he lives when he is in Germany. “I watched him play Wimbledon when I was seven years old. He was one of the reasons why I wanted to become a professional tennis player.” After a number of false starts, the Florida-based Haas is finally living up to his billing as a bonafide threat in the world elite. If there is any shortcoming, he lacks a killer instinct in finals, losing in five of the six finals he has played in 1999. “I’m always glad to be in a final,” he said. “Isn’t that good enough? Haas has long since mastered the “walk-like-Boris, talk-like-Boris” act and given German tabloid newspapers plenty of gossip to write about with his life-in-the-fast lane antics, his string of girlfriends and 320-KPH rides in his Ferrari sports cars on Germany’s motorways. But his success off the court was always less than on it. Haas has gone from pretender to contender in the last year after turning his once flaccid serve into a respectable, if not always feared, blast. His fitness and strength have also improved. Tennis observers say Haas has developed an excellent all-round game, is closing matches better than in the past, has solid nerves and is not intimidated by the status of his opponent. But Haas is sometimes unsure. “I can’t really say why I’m improving,” Haas said. “With a little bit of luck and a little bit of good tennis, you can do it. I still have a lot to learn. My game can improve.” Haas, who spent his teen years in a Florida tennis academy, also led the German team to a 4-1 win in the Davis Cup last month over Romania that kept the proud tennis nation in the elite world group. “I achieved a lot this year,” said Haas, who lost in the finals of the Grand Slam Cup a year after he was a spectator there. “I remember asking myself then ‘wouldn’t it be great to play here?’ It’s been great. I hope it’s going to continue this way. Like I said, there is room for improvement.” Haas began the year ranked 34th and climbed to 10th place after reaching the quarter-finals of the US Open last month. Becker, who coaches Haas on the Davis Cup team, predicted that his charge could reach the top before long. “Tommy has the potential to reach the top five and win a Grand Slam,” said Becker, who won six Grand Slams and 49 tournaments in his career. Becker has taken Haas under his wing, teaching him not only the finer points of tennis. Becker is an avid soccer fan and regularly attends Bayern Munich matches. So does Haas. Becker’s love life and success off the court regularly features in the German media before he got married. Same with Haas. “Boris isn’t so much of an idol any more, he is a friend of mine,” said Haas. “He helps me out if I need some tips for the way I play or if I have some questions to ask him about whatever. I feel like I can come to him and he’ll give me his best advice and help me out.” Becker has been less enthusiastic about Germany’s other young tennis talent — Nicolas Kiefer, 22. Becker has publicly criticised the moody Kiefer, who then decided he did not want to play for Germany any more. Haas’s climb into the elite has not come without a price. His Austrian-born father made a Faustian bargain when Tommy was 12 years old. In exchange for 50,000 marks 27,800 dollars from each of a group of 15 wealthy investors, Peter Haas traded away a future percentage of Haas junior’s professional earnings. The deal with the devil is paying off. Haas has won 1.3 million dollars this year. Haas has taken two rides in US F-16 fighters — The first was a Christmas present from his trainer Nick Bollettieri. Haas has been under the master’s tutelage since 1989. Haas took another ride in 1998, buzzing centre court at the Indian Wells Tournament when Agassi was playing. Haas also jumped out of a plane on a tandem parachute stunt to celebrate his 20th birthday last year, an event staged for a German television programme. He says he hopes to soon
bungee jump off the tallest building in his hometown of
Hamburg — a television tower that disappears into
the clouds on many northern German days. |
MacGill hopeful of Test recall BRISBANE, Oct 18 (AFP) — Stuart MacGill is looking on the bright side of his early return home from Australia’s cricket tour of Zimbabwe. The homecoming has allowed MacGill to play for New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield match with Queensland starting at the Gabba here tomorrow, and a chance to push his claims for a Test team recall. MacGill is ready for an extended spell in the middle after playing very little cricket in the last six months since Shane Warne won back the nation’s No 1 spinning role. But the former West Australian has remained positive, insisting he was hopeful of pushing back into the Australian team sometime this southern summer for his 13th test. “This is a huge windfall for me to be allowed to come home and play this game and five or six wickets at the Gabba will mean you’re really putting your hand up and saying you’re a candidate,” he said today. “The Gabba (Test against Pakistan on November 5) is unlikely for me but maybe in Sydney or Adelaide or even Melbourne I’ll be a show. “You never know what’s going to happen with injuries or selection so I’ll be treating this and every game like it’s the game before the next Test.” The 28-year-old
wristspinner, who captured four wickets in the Gabba Test
against England last season, arrived here today after
shaking off jet lag with 20 overs in Sydney club cricket
on Saturday. |
Kiefer in top 10 HAMBURG, Oct 18 (DPA) — The top five in men’s tennis remained unchanged with Andre Agassi of the USA maintaining a 500-point lead over Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov, according to the ATP tour rankings issued today. Entering the top 10 for the first time was German Nicolas Kiefer, who reached the final of the weekend’s ATP tour stop in Vienna and climbed four spots in the rankings to number eight. ATP tour top 10 as on
October 18: 1 Andre Agassi, (USA) 2 Yevgeny Kafelnikov,
(Russia) 3 Pete Sampras, (USA) 4 Todd Martin, (USA) 5
Gustavo Kuerten, (Brazil) 6 Greg Rusedski, (Britain) 7
Marcelo Rios, (Chile) 8 Nicolas Kiefer, (Germany) 9
Richard Krajicek, (Holland) 10 Alex Corretja, (Spain) |
Aravalli Open from tomorrow FARIDABAD, Oct 18 — Defending champion Vijay Kumar (Lucknow), Feroze Ali, Mukesh Kumar, Ali Sher, Basad Ali and recently-turned pros Harmeet Kahlon will be among 72 pros participating in the sixth Aravalli-Shell Open at Aravalli Golf Course from October 20. The performance of young Zai Kipgen, who was in the USA for quite sometime, and some other youngsters will be watched with rapt interest. Rohtas Singh, who won the Surya Nepal Masters after a considerable time, may be the dark horse,“I am in good nick and I hope to perform well to my potential” was the sanguine hope of the veteran warhorse of many stiff battles. The course, maintained by the Haryana Tourism Corporation, has been rendered tougher than it was until last year. Only of nine holes — another nine holes will be added soon — the two easy holes — 3rd and 8th — have been made difficult. Bunkers have been dug deeper and the pros will have to plan their game before getting for tee-shot on every hole. The Rs 6 lakh prize tournament, which starts with a pro-am on October 20 (Wednesday), will offer Rs.97,200 to the winner Rs.67,200 to the runner-up. The tournament assumes importance being the last before the $ 200,000 Hero Honda gets off at the Delhi Golf Club Course on October 28. According to Managing Director Tarun Bajaj, additional land has been obtained from the government and it will soon be an 18- hole course to hold international competitions. “We have plans to help promote golf along with tourism”, said Bajaj. Following pro-am on
October 20, there will be main round which will conclude
on October 24. |
Boxing nationals
‘mismanaged’ SHIMLA, Oct 18 — The National Sports Promotion Council has expressed concern over the serious mismanagement of the week-long 46th National Boxing Championship and has demanded an enquiry by the Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs. Mr Rajeshwar Singh Negi, president of the council, demanded a detailed inquiry into the entire gamut of the functioning of the organising committee and the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) for the poor conduct, facilities and equipment provided at the premier boxing championship of India. He claimed that a large number of boxers, officials, sports enthusiasts and prominent public figures met him and expressed anguish on the sordid deterioration of a national championship. The president of the NSPC along with a designated committee investigated these lapses. He said that the most serious lapse by the IABF was the gimmick of conducting the first women’s national boxing competition along with the 46th National Boxing Championship. This was done without having even the basic knowledge of rules and requirements governing women’s boxing. The rules, conduct, protective equipment, medical observation and technical know-how are not available with the IABF. Women’s boxing in India simply does not exist at any level, and for a sport to be introduced at the national level it must have an established base. The violation of the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) rules and exposing the inexperienced and uninitiated women to grave physical injury and disability for the sole purpose of attracting cheap publicity, sponsors and additional funds amount to gross criminal negligence with intent. The participation of only one team from Delhi exposes the hollowness of such exercise. He said the championship was being held in the open under sub-20 degrees temperature which was not conducive to boxing resulting in injuries. Frequent failure of lights, manual scoring despite the existence of a modern indoor sports complex next to the venue where other drawback. The participants have no changing rooms and have to change and warm up on a busy thoroughfare on The Ridge, amongst jostling crowds inconveniencing both. There is no review panel to verify the scoring and change faulty decisions nor is the “mercy rule” being applied in one-sided bouts. These nationals assume
greater significance as they will be doubling up as
selection trials for probables for the forthcoming Sydney
Olympics and Commonwealth Games, but instead have left
the boxers confused. Unqualified officials, unacquainted
with the latest boxing rules have played havoc with the
conduct of the bouts, he alleged. |
Balbir’s donation to alma mater CHANDIGARH, Oct 18 — In a novel and unprecedented gesture, three times Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh has donated his entire one year’s pension to his alma mater, Dev Samaj Senior Secondary Boys School, Moga. His pension in a year comes to about Rs 1 lakh. Mr Balbir Singh had retired as Director of Sports, Punjab, in the early eighties. Talking to The Tribune, Balbir Singh said that he was making the donation to coincide with the Centenary celebrations of his alma mater which start today. The Punjab Chief Minister, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, will be the chief guest on the opening day of the three-day celebrations. Former international hockey star and Olympian Balbir Singh had his first lessons in hockey in this school at Moga. His father, Mr Dalip Singh, a devout Dev Samaji, was a teacher in the same school. A freedom fighter and a recipient of Tamra Patra, Mr Dalip Singh had joined service and retired from the same institution. “The purpose of my making this token donation is to encourage young and budding sportsboys from the school. I have requested the school authorities to put the entire amount in fixed deposit and from the interest accruing on it, a scholarship should be introduced for the outstanding sportsboy of the school. The scholarship should be on annual basis,” he adds. Balbir Singh, who is now
settled in Vancouver, Canada, frequents India. He has
been visiting his school also. As a young boy and for
eight years, he not only learnt his initial lessons in
hockey but also received his education from Dev Samaj
School. The school has produced several other outstanding
sportsmen and academicians, technocrats and bureaucrats
besides politicians. |
Rohtak players dominate ROHTAK, Oct 18 — Players from Rohtak district dominated proceedings in the sixth Haryana State Junior/Sub Junior Chess Championship which concluded here at M.D.N. School late last night. They bagged 19 out of 33 medals at stake. Among boys, Himanshu Sharma (Rohtak) emerged winner in the 18-year category whereas Khazan Singh of Sonepat bagged the title in the 16-year category. Abhishek Kohali of Sonepat won title in under-8 category for boys. Rohini Goyal (Rohtak) won the championship in 18-year category for girls. Priti Chahal of Jind (u-16), Neel Kamal of Jind (u-14), Bhawan Dhankhar of Rohtak (u-12), Nidhi Vashist of Rohtak (u-10) and Aashu Beniwal of Rohtak (u-8) emerged winners in. As many as 157 boys and girls participated in the championship. Mr Dhirpal Singh, Urban
and Rural Development Minister, gave away the prizes. |
Chandigarh school in last eight NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (UNI) — Govt Girls High School, Ranchi, Rani Parvati Devi High School, Maharashtra and Ishwar Singh Dev Samaj School Chandigarh chalked out contrasting victories over their rivals to move into the quarterfinals of the 6th Nehru Girls Hockey Tournament here today. Amrita Minz and Bimla Soreng scored four goals each, including hat-tricks as Ranchi school thrashed modern school 15-0. The winners led 8-0 at half time. Other goal getters for Ranchi were Sushma Kiran(3), Asunta Lakra and Anita Ekka (two each). Arti Bajrang scored a hat-trick to enable Rani Parvati Devi School to beat Anthony’s High School, Monte-De Guirim 3-0. Rani Parvati Devi School led 1-0 at half time. Ishwar Singh Dev Samaj School defeated Govt High School, Patna 3-0 to be the third team to qualify for last eight. They led 2-0 at interval. Prakash Chaudhary (2) Poonam (one) were the scorers. In the first match of the day, Tinzagin High School, Durtlang (Mizoram) swamped Govt Inter College Ballia 14-0 after leading 4-0 in the first session. Laldingliani scored
eight goals, including double hat-trick. Malsawmtluangi
(3) Lalchhannimi (2) Zonunpari (one) were the scorers. |
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Bathinda lads b’minton champs PATIALA, Oct 18 (FOSR) — G.P. Polytechnic, Bathinda, shocked favourites and hosts Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala, to clinch the title in the Punjab State Inter Polytechnic badminton Championships today. In the final the script took many twists and turns and with the scores tied at 2-2, the stage was set for an exciting climax. The match witnessed a fierce contest between Parminder Singh of Bathinda Polytechnic and Rajiv Mehra of the host team. Despite immense crowd support it was not Rajiv Mehra’s day. Both Rajiv and Parminder had matching techniques, but the latter had the strikepower to subdue his more formidable rival Rajiv Mehra 15-12, 15-13. In the playoff matches G.P. Polytechnic, Ajitwal, outclassed GNDP, Ludhiana, 3-0 to clinch the third spot with the Ludhiana boys being content having to take the fourth spot. Results (final match): G.P. Polytechnic, Bathinda, beat Thapar Polytechnic, Patiala, 3-2 (Tejinder Singh beat Sunil Kumar 15-4, 15-8. Gurpreet Walia lost to Arun Tomar 0-15, 0-15. Tejinder and Parminder lost to Arun Tomar and Nikhil Gupta 3-15, 2-15. Gurpreet and Sunil beat Opinder and Sunil Kumar 15-1, 15-10. Parminder Singh beat Rajiv Mehra 15-12, 15-13. Inter-college wrestling PHAGWARA, Oct 18 (FOSR) — The Inter-College Guru Nanak Dev University Wrestling Championship will be held at the local Guru Nanak College from October 24 to 26, according to Prof Sital Singh, lecturer in physical education in the college. The college is hosting the wrestling meet for the fifth consecutive time CBSE TT meet results CHANDIGARH, Oct 18 (BOSR) — DAV Public School Thermal Colony, Panipat, (under 19 section) and Model School, Rohtak in (under 17) section of the boys emerged victorious in the CBSE Cluster IX (Haryana) Table Tennis Championship which concluded here today at CL DAV Sr Public school, Sector 11, Panchkula . Results: Boys U-19: DAVPS, (Panipat) b University Campus School, (Rohtak) 3-1 (Suresh lost to Rahul 21-23, 11-21: Lalit b Aditya 21-14, 21-19: Chirag b Aman 21-15, 21-16: Suresh lost to Aditya 15-21,18-21; Lalit b Rahul 24-22, 13-21, 21-12). U-17: Model School, (Rohtak) b DHD SD Public School, (Ambala Cant). 3-0 (Rahul Dahiya b Karan 21-19,21-14: Sandeep b Ankush 21-17, 21-16:Deepak b Sahil 21-16, 21-18). Earlier in the girls,
Under 19, University campus School (Rohtak) defeated
Halwastya Vidya Vihar (Bhiwani) by 3-1 while in Under 17
girls, University Campus School, Rohtak outplayed DAVPS,
Thermal Colony, Panipat by 3-0. |
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