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India favourites to wrap up series AHMEDABAD, Oct 28 — Buoyed by the eight-wicket win in the second encounter to go ahead in the three-match series, India enter the third and final cricket Test starting here tomorrow as favourites to wrap up the series against a New Zealand team which is down and out after many setbacks. A dry, grassless and spinner-friendly track has been laid out for the visitors eager to overturn a 0-1 deficit and square the series. |
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 LONDON : Fiorentina's captain Gabriel Batistuta shoots the winning goal that put Arsenal out of the Champions League during their match at Wembley stadium in London on Wednesday. Arsenal lost 0-1. — AP/PTI |
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Irina Brar wrests lead HGA
striving to set up golf academy Four
meet records established Feroz
Ali lone Indian on top Pak
crash to second defeat
Malaysia to host Asia Cup Buchanan
appointed Aussie coach Polytechnic
sports championship
HP University in last 8 |
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India favourites to wrap up series AHMEDABAD, Oct 28 (PTI) — Buoyed by the eight-wicket win in the second encounter to go ahead in the three-match series, India enter the third and final cricket Test starting here tomorrow as favourites to wrap up the series against a New Zealand team which is down and out after many setbacks. A dry, grassless and spinner-friendly track has been laid out for the visitors eager to overturn a 0-1 deficit and square the series. The comprehensive defeat in conditions conducive to spin at Kanpur’s Green Park has undermined the confidence of the Kiwis after they had staved off defeat and earned a creditable draw in the first Test at Mohali. The Indians, on the other hand, received a shot in the arm by the emphatic win at Kanpur with a day to spare which was achieved despite the fact that they had to bat last on a crumbling pitch. They, thus, go into the deciding Test at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Motera favourites to wrap up the issue and maintain their superb home record since 1986-87. The Indians are expected to go into the final test of the series without any changes to the playing eleven though both skipper Sachin Tendulkar and coach Kapil Dev were non-committal and said they will have a team meeting later in the day before deciding on the issue. Tendulkar was also not interested in being drawn into predicting the nature of the pitch. All he was prepared to say was that it was expected to help the spinners at some time in the match. Pitch curator and former Test left-arm paceman Dhiraj Parsana said the wicket would last for all five days and not become powdery as it had happened when India last played here in a Test — and won in dramatic style against South Africa in 1997. In that encounter Tendulkar, in a tremendous show of tactical acumen, brought back into attack pace spearhead Javagal Srinath on a fifth day pitch which was expected to be totally spin-oriented. The gangling fast bowler destroyed South Africa with a match-winning haul of 6 for 21. To India’s advantage both Srinath and his Karnataka mate Anil Kumble have shown fine form in the series and have been the leading wicket-takers from either side, with 14 and 11 scalps to their credit, indicating their dominance. ‘‘We have relaid the soil. Though the grass has been shaved off, it will grow due to undersoil moisture,’’ Parsana told reporters on the match eve. Kiwi skipper Stephen Fleming, who has led from the front by showing good technique with his extra reach and an open-chested stance against the spinners, said the pitch here looked ‘‘flat and a lot smoother (sporting fewer cracks) and softer than the one at Kanpur’’. The Kiwis have fought hard in both the Tests but have also let slip some advantageous situations. Added to their worries is the non-availability of key batsman Craig McMillan, who is returning home after fracturing his right index finger at Kanpur, and the poor form shown by openers Matthew Bell and Mathew Horne. Fleming told reporters there will be a change in their opening combination without mentioning who will be axed. As per indications Bell, who has made just 29 runs in four innings in the series, is to be dropped and Craig Spearman would open the innings with Horne. Coupled with the absence of the injured McMillan, who showed good technique against the spinning ball at Kanpur despite batting with his broken right index finger, it leaves two spots open in the Kiwi line-up. Gary Stead, who has
flown in as replacement for McMillan, is expected to take
his place in the match line-up too while Chris Harris,
who bowls slow medium stuff which can be as frustrating
to the free-stroking Indians as the bowling of Nathan
Astle, might get a look-in in the lower order. |
Asian boxing: Rana bows out TASHKENT, Oct 28 (PTI) — Lightweight pugilist Narendra Rana bowed out of the Asian Boxing Championships after a nerve-wracking bout against Filipino Larry Semmillano as India’s challenge at the prestigious event came to an end here today. Rana, India’s last remaining hope after Jitender Kumar’s controversial loss to Chinese Abudur Rehman was upheld by the technical committee, lost his 60 kg class semifinal match which also cost him a place in the Sydney Olympic Games. At the end of the evenly-fought bout the scoreline read 3-all. Rana paid a heavy price when decision was taken on the basis of individual points of the five judges with the maximum and minimum points discounted. This went against him as the other three judges totalled 23-22 in Semillano’s favour bringing the curtain down on India’s campaign at the championships. Rana had gone into the bout expecting to coast to victory over his rival from the Philippines, but his movement and footwork let him down today. The strategy was for Rana to remain at a long range and punch mostly his straight right as points were not being awarded for close range punches or those on the guard or closer to the guard. “He implemented the strategy well and we were expecting him to win by a punch or two, but things turned out differently,” coach Gurbux Singh Sandhu said. Rana himself was very disappointed at not being able to overcome his opponent despite his greater experience. “I was very confident of winning here and competing well in the final but it turned out otherwise,” a dejected Rana said. He admitted that his tactical moves today did not pay-off. Being the only remaining boxer for India in the championships put extra pressure on Rana and that weighed him down. “I had the entire contingent relying on me for qualifying from here and I failed to deliver the goods. That is very disappointing,” said Rana. Rana’s loss also brought to an end the Indian campaign for Olympic qualification from here. “We had expected at least one boxer to qualify from here but after Jitender’s bout yesterday the morale of the team was down and this result is extremely disappointing,” the national coach said. However, he expressed confidence that the boys would bounce back at the next two qualifying tournaments in Seoul and Bangkok next year. In other semifinal action, Dilshod Yuldashev of Uzbekistan took his appointed place in the final of the 48 kg category against Punnon Suba of Thailand. Dilshod overcame Yang Xiangzhong of China 7-3 while Suba, a world ranked pugilist, beat Danilo Levle of the Philippines 13-6. The bantamweight final,
where India’s Ng Dingko Singh would have been a
strong contender, will be contested by Alisher Rahimov of
Uzbekistan and Kadayev Talaibek of Kyrgystan. |
BCCI annoyed with Kapil MUMBAI, Oct 28 (UNI) — Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jaywant Lele has taken serious view of Indian coach Kapil Dev overruling his directive of not inviting medium pacers Ajit Agarkar and Harvinder Sodhi and all three may pay for it. Kapil yesterday invited Ajit Agarkar and Harvinder Sodhi to bowl at the Indians in nets as preparation for the third and final Test at Ahmedabad from tomorrow. Agarkar and Sodhi are aware that the Indian team for the Australia is to be picked during the Test. However, in his keeness to impress the selectors Agarkar has violated a clear instruction from Mr Lele of not proceeding to Ahmedabad. Mr Lele was quoted as saying that he had specifically informed Agarkar to first play some local matches — which he had not — and instead of playing and proving his fitness in Times Shield in Mumbai he has disobeyed and so has Kapil. According to Mr Lele he had refused permission to have any extra player at Ahmedabad when Kapil had asked for it. He said Kapil had undermined his authority and this would be reported to the BCCI president for appropriate action even if Agarkar gets fitness certificate from Kapil.The BCCI will not take any cognisance of that, Mr Lele warned. He also did not agree on
Kapil’s version that the Indian team was short of
practice bowlers and added that there were plenty of
local lads for that purpose. |
Agassi triumphs; Kafelnikov out STUTTGART, Oct 28 (DPA) — World number 1 Andre Agassi had a winning start into the quest of ending Europe’s dominance at the $ 2.45-million Eurocard Open in the form of a 6-2, 6-4 second-round win over Australian Mark Philippoussis. Agassi played vintage tennis and triumphed in 62 minutes with his seventh ace. The Las Vegas resident was rock-solid on serve and did not allow Philippoussis one break point. Philippoussis, by contrast, had 11 aces, but dropped serve three times. Agassi, whose new girlfriend, retired German star Steffi Graf, arrived early in the first set amid thunderous applause from the fans, aims to become the first non-European to win the Super-9 event in its 10th edition. “I saw the ball well, felt good and served well. I can’t complain,” said the French Open and US Open winner Agassi. The 1998 runner-up and second seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov did not fare so well on Wednesday and crashed out 6-3, 6-3 in 83 minutes to Argentina’s Mariano Zabaleta in the second round. Number 10 seed Tim Henman shared Kafelnikov’s fate when the Briton was demolished 6-3, 6-1, by Czech Daniel Vacek. Also ousted were 14 seed Cedric Pioline and number 15 Karol Kucera. In other action, third
seed Todd Martin routed Fabrice Santoro 6-4, 6-2. The
fourth-seeded Gustavo Kuerten won the last five games
from 3-1 down in the final set for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
comeback win over Albert Costa. |
Irina Brar wrests lead CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — Irina Brar turned 16 today. And she celebrated her birthday in grand style, playing a fabulous round of two over par 74 to wrest the lead from Parnita Garewal on the penultimate day of the seventh Punjab Open Amateur Ladies Golf Tournament here today. Parnita Garewal and Guneet Raikhy played identical rounds of 6 over part 78. The stage is now set for a cliff-hanger on the final day. From the outset Irina Brar seemed resolute in putting her stamp on the day making an immaculate string of 8 pars and then capping them with a birdie on the ninth to be one under at the turn. Parnita and Guneet had by then dropped 3 and 2 shots, respectively, despite making their share of birdies as well. Parnita had a disastrous triple bogey on the par-3 third hole which accounted for her deficit and Guneet began the day with a double bogey. Her two birdies on the fifth and sixth were offset by bogeys on the fourth and ninth. Irina Brar continued to play a dream round till the spell was broken by her first bogey on the 15th. By then she had a lead of 4 and 5 strokes over Guneet and Parnita, respectively. Two more bogeys on the 17th and 18th from missed putts, however, saw her finish just ahead of Parnita who went on to finish steadily with 3 pars in the closing holes while Guneet dropped a shot on the 16th. In the silver division Taran Simran Singh took a firm grip on the first position with Harinder Sandhu and Sheena Sekhon trailing 11 strokes behind. Pikka P. Singh was however making a bid for the nett prize with a 233 nett, four strokes behind Taran Simran Singh (229 nett). In the bronze division Vijay Wadhawan continued to lead over Ritu Lumba and Nirmal Milkha Singh. Young Mina Johl emerged the leader in the nett division with a score of 221 nett playing the day’s best nett round of two under par (nett) today. The scores: Gold Division: Gross — Irina Brar (231), Parnita Garewal (232), Guneet Raikhy (23); Nett — Guneet Raikhy (218), Irina Brar (222), Parnita Garewal (226). Silver Division: Gross — Taran Simran Singh (283), Harinder Sandhu (294), Sheena Sekhon (295); Nett — Taran Simran Singh (229), Pikka P. Singh (233), Harinder Sandhu (237). Bronze Division: Gross — Vijay Wadhawan (301), Ritu Lumba (307), Nirmal Milkha Singh (314); Nett — Mina Johl (221), Vijay Wadhawan (226), Ritu Lumba (226). Seniors (above 50) Gross — Taran Simran Singh (283), Harinder Sandhu (294), Binny Bath (300); Nett — Vijay Wadhawan (226), Ritu Lumba (226), Taran Simran Singh (229). Juniors (under 18): Gross — Irina Brar (231), Guneet Raikhy (233), Mina Johal (329); Nett — Guneet Raikhy (218), Mina Johl (221), Irina Brar (222). Sub juniors (under 14): Gross — Kirat Garewal (336), Sruthi Reddy (347), Harsharan Kaur (348); Nett — Kirat Garewal (228), Sruthi Reddy (239), Harsharan Kaur (24). Final on Oct 31 CHANDIGARH
(TNS): The final match of the first Inter-Govt
Financial Bank Employees’ Cricket Tournament
Organised by the LIC Employees Cricket Club will be
played on October 31 at Sector-5. Cricket ground
Panchkula. It will played between High Court Club and
Punjab Engineering College Employees Cricket Club,
Chandigarh Mr Chander Mohan, M.L.A. Kalka, will be the
chief guest. |
HGA striving to set up golf
academy CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — While the top pros of Asia are vying for the Hero Honda Cup at the Delhi Golf Club, the Haryana Golf Association has taken it upon itself the task of producing a ‘Tiger Woods’ in this country. “Together we can do it and we will”, says a confident Mr P K Chaudhery, president of the Association and an avid golfer himself. “ All pros - even Tiger Woods — were amateurs to begin with that is the state where the foundation is laid. It is therefore at this grassroot level that we are putting our energies. There is no dearth of talent in India, it is only being wasted for lack of attention and inputs at the proper level” says Mr Chaudhery. “Whereas the total pro-purse of the Indian Professional Golf Tour is around Rs 2 crores, virtually nothing is being spent on rearing up those young amateurs who have the potential to become top pros later on,” chips in Mr Ajai Johl, the spokesperson of the association - who was himself one of the talented golfers of his time but had to leave the game to pursue a profession other than golf because of lack of an adequate support structure. The Haryana Golf Association has taken up with the Government of Haryana the issue of allotment of land to set up a golf academy and according to Mr Chaudhery, they are talking to one of the best teaching pros in the world to set up this facility and run it. Once set up, the academy will produce world class golfers. The academy will have the latest equipment, and will lay emphasis on the allround development of players — improvement of their playing techniques, their physical and mental conditioning and providing enough playing exposure. Players will be exposed to playing all over the world in different playing conditions. The HGA has tied up with three golf courses in the states of New Jersey ( Holly Hills) North Carolina (Highland Hills) and West Virginia (Locust Hill) , in the USA. Players with potential shall be sponsored to play on these golf courses to give them international exposure. To share their views
with like minded people, the Haryana Golf Association is
organising, the Haryana Golf Association Classic
Invitational Tournament at the Classic Golf Resort,
Gurgaon on October 29. Players from all over north India
who can contribute by way of ideas and suggestions have
been invited to participate in this event. The tournament
is being played as a Stableford event over 18 holes. |
Four meet records established JALANDHAR, Oct 28 — Four new meet records were set in weightlifting on the third day of the 48th All-India Police Games currently underway at the Punjab Armed Police headquarters here. Tajinder Singh of BSF rewrote his own record in 85 kg by lifting a total of 325 kg (snatch 147.54 jerk 177.5). In 94 kg Harpritpal Singh of Punjab Police broke the national record of Sher Partap (282.05 kg). Harpritpal lifted a total of 307.5 kg (snatch 145+jerk 162.5). In the women’s section, P. Khoni Devi of CISF broke the record in 69 kg by lifting 205 kg (snatch 87.5+jerk 120). U. Mane of CRPF set a new meet record by lifting 210 kg weight (snatch 95 kg+jerk 115 kg). Yashpal Solanki of Punjab Police won the judo final of 81 kg. Jadish Chand of BSF secured the second place while Ram Niwas of CISF and Angrej Chand of BSF jointly got the third position. In below 90 kg judo final, Narinder Singh of CISF defeated Brij Lal of Punjab Police in a close encounter to win the gold. Sarabjit Singh of BSF and Pawan Kumar of Punjab Police jointly finished third. Punjab Police gymnasts
secured 412.20 points to bag the top position in the team
event. Border Security Force, CRPF and CISF with 392.85,
370.65 and 339.15 were at second, third and fourth
positions respectively. After completion of compulsory
exercises Rajinder Prasad of Punjab Police with 55.05
points was leading in allaround individual section while
Ravinder Kumar with 53.45 points and Kuldeep Kumar with
53.40 both from Punjab Police were second and third. |
Feroz Ali lone Indian on top NEW DELHI, Oct 28 — Feroz Ali was the lone Indian among three others-Scott Taylor (USA), Chris Williams (England) and Anthony Kang (Korea) on top with four under 69 on the opening day of the four-round third $ 200,000 Hero Honda Masters at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) course here today. Mukesh, Jyoti Randhawa, S S P Chowrasia (all Indians) and Rafael Ponce (Ecuador) fired three under 69 and were placed a stroke behind the leaders in the competition which is expected to be closely fought on the next three days. The favourite and title-aspirant Jeev Milkha Singh had an acute problem with his club and could finish very low at 38th place along with Gaurav Ghei, Ali Sher and host of others with two over par 74. Despite indifferent score on the opening day, Jeev looked cheerful and optimistic for a come-back as the game progresses. “Tomorrow will be another day and I shall be able to play much better with no trouble with any club”, said Jeev. His father Milkha Singh also wore a very sanguine hope of his son’s recovery in the next three days. Taylor had three birdies and two bogeys in the first nine. But he rose to play an unblemished back nine to finish three under 36. His aggregate of four under 68 saw him stay on top with three others. Considering fairways and greens in impeccable conditions, Taylor said that he was mighty pleased with changes made on holes 4th and 14th. “I think, the club authorities have done a great restructuring job”, said Taylor, adding: “The holes have not lost their character and are blending well”. The undulation on the 4th has made it a tougher putting surface, according to Taylor. Feroz Ali played a consistent game throughout. He was out in 34 and was also home in identical score. “I am not much happy with the manner in which I played my opening round”, said Feroz Ali, adding: “I should have exploited the par-5s”. He could make birdie on only one of them. “I missed as many as 10 greens in regulation and was saved by the fact that I completed the round in 27 putts”, said Feroz Ali adding: “I enjoyed playing with Jeev after he had joined the European PGA Tour”. Williams and Kang found little problem with their driving despite occasional gush of heavy breeze which blew across the course. Tall and stocky Kang said that he had learnt to take conditions in his stride. Williams also looked happy with the course and conditions of the course. Jeev Milkha Singh finished his first nine in 37 and another also in the same score. Jeev was candid in saying that he had a very poor first round. “To make it worse, I lost my two-iron”, said Jeev, adding: “The glue came off and the shaft was spinning thus forcing my shots way right”. Jeev said that he realised this on the 6th and even after changing the club, he was playing his shots tentatively. “The good thing is that I finished with birdies on the 17th and the 18th”, he said. Young Chowrasia played superbly well. To get three under 69 in a galaxy of stars, Indian and foreign, was an achievement for his player of his stature. He had finished runner-up in the Indian Open at Calcutta last year. Scores: Scot Taylor(USA), Feroz Ali, Chris Williams (Eng) and Anthony Kang-68. Mukesh Kumar, Jyoti
Randhawa, Chowrasia (all Indians) and Rafael Ponce
(Ecu)-69, Sammy Danniels (RSA), Arjun Atwal and Rodrigo
Cuello(Phi) 70. |
Pak crash to second defeat PERTH, Oct 27 (AFP) — Pakistan were defeated by Western Australia by three runs despite a century by right-handed batsman Mohammad Wasim here last night in the World Cup finalists’ first major game of their Australian tour. Pakistan had appeared set for victory, but lost three wickets in the last over of their innings to finish with 250 for 9 after Western Australia had reached 253-7. Wasim, batting at number three, hammered 100 from 116 balls. The morale-sapping loss followed the tourists’ seven-wicket drubbing by an Australian Cricket Board Chairman’s XI in a carnival game at Lilac Hill Park near here on Tuesday. With one over of their innings to go, Pakistan were 248 for 6, needing just six runs for victory off six deliveries. Medium pace bowler Kade Harvey became a hero for the local team by trapping Wasim with the first ball and bowling Mushtaq Ahmed for one and Shoaib Akhtar for a duck with his fifth and sixth balls. Other important batting
contributions for Pakistan came from opener Saeed Anwar
on 31, acting captain Ijaz Ahmed with 35 and Yousuf
Youhana with 25. |
Ian Healy calls it a day MELBOURNE, Oct 28 (Reuters) — Veteran Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy today announced that he was hanging up his gloves after more than 10 years at cricket’s top level. Healy holds the world record for Test match dismissals with 395 in 119 Tests, but he has suffered from poor form and injuries in recent seasons and his place in the team has come under increasing scrutiny. He had been expected to play one final Test match against Pakistan in November to try and reach 400 dismissals at Gabba ground in Brisbane, but the 35-year-old said he no longer enjoyed the game. ‘‘I am retiring because I’ve had enough. My wicketkeeping’s fine, it’s the batting that’s been the problem,’’ Healy told a news conference. ‘‘A
wicketkeeper has to contribute handy runs at a minimum
— anything above that’s a bonus — but I
haven’t been contributing too many handy runs over
the past two tours.’’ |
Malaysia to host Asia Cup KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (AFP) — Malaysia will take over as host of the Asia Cup Hockey Tournament next month following this month’s coup in Pakistan, organisers said. The championship was due to be held in Lahore but India and Malaysia had expressed reservations at playing there because of the political uncertainty. Asian Hockey Federation Secretary-General P. Alagendra, quoted by Malaysia’s Bernama news agency, said the tournament would be held from November 18 to 28. “I believe the Malaysian Hockey Federation have the ability to organise the event even though they have less than three weeks to make the preparations,” he said. The 10 teams taking part
are defending champions South Korea, Pakistan, India,
Malaysia, Japan, China, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka
and Kazakhstan. The champions will automatically qualify
for the 2002 World Cup to be hosted by Malaysia. |
Buchanan appointed Aussie coach MELBOURNE, Oct 28 (Reuters) — The Australian Cricket Board today named Queensland’s John Buchanan as the new Australian cricket coach. Buchanan, 46, was appointed to the position for the next two years following the recent retirement of Geoff Marsh. Buchanan, who guided Queensland to their first-ever Sheffield Shield title, won the job from a number of candidates including former Australian wicketkeeper and New Zealand coach Steve Rixon. ‘‘It is a great honour to be named Australian coach,’’ Buchanan said. ‘‘Since I was
a young fellow I could remember the rich traditions of
Australian cricket and to be given a chance to be just a
small part of that is very special to me.’’ ACB
chairman Denis Rogers said Buchanan was the unanimous
choice of the board’s five-man coaching
sub-committee. |
Vintage car rally in city on Oct
30 CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — Mr N.K Jain, Home Secretary, UT, will flag off Chandigarh’s first-ever vintage and classic car and motor cycle rally at the CII headquarters here on October 30 at 8.40 a.m. The rally is being organised by the Vintage and Classic Car Club (VCCC) and the Chandigarh Motor Sports Association in cooperation with the CII with Hindustan Petroleum as the sole sponsor. The organisers expect at least 20 participants from the region, including those from Dehra Dun, Jaipur, Ludhiana and Patiala, apart from Chandigarh. Starting from the CII, the rallyists will meander through the city and halt in the first leg at the HP petrol station near Durga Nursery on the highway to Panchkula. Here the judges will examine the costumes and the participants will get refreshments. The second halt will be at Hotel North Park and the rally will terminate at Chandigarh Lake Club covering a 42 km route. The car and bikes will not be driven according to whims of the drivers, but at a particular speed following nationally recognised rules. “The rally is being organised on a national format,” said Mr S.P.S Garcha, President of the recognised Chandigarh Motors Sports Association. Trophies will be given for the oldest vehicle to complete the rally (one), for best performance (three), best maintenance (three), best performance by lady driver (two), longest distance. Travelled to join and complete the rally (one), most elegant car (two) and the best couple in costume (three). In the motor cycle section the prizes will be given for the oldest motor cycle to complete the rally (one), best performance (three), best maintenance (two), best restored (two), and most elegant motor cycle. The prizes will be given
away in the evening by Mr R.I Singh, Secretary
Industries, Punjab. |
Polytechnic sports championship KANGRA, Oct 28 — Polytechnic College Kandhaghat won the volleyball final (girls) defeating host Kangra Polytechnic college in the Himachal Pradesh Polytechnic Sports Championship here. Kandaghat won by 3:0 scoring 25-12, 25-13, 25-12. In football the match ended in a draw between Polytechnic College, Sundernagar, and Polytechnic College, Rohru, as the teams scored one goal each. In basketball host Kangra defeated Sundernagar in a one-sided game by 64-17. Rajesh Thakur scored 30 points and Alok scored 20 points for winners. In another match Hamirpur defeated Rohru by 75-47. In Kabaddi host Kangra defeated Sundernagar by 50-35. Rohru Polytechnic College defeated Hamirpur by 35-30 and Hamirpur defeated Kangra by 32-22. T T results (boys):
Rohru b Kangra 3:0; Hamirpur b Kangra by 3:1 and Hamirpur
b Sundernagar 3:0. (Girls): Kandaghat Polytechnic College
b Sunder Polytechnic 3:0, Kangra b Sundernagar 3:0, and
Kangra Polytechnic College b Kandhagat Polytechnic by
3:0. |
HP University in last 8 SHIMLA, Oct 28 — Himachal Pradesh University today entered the quarterfinals of the Noth-East Zone Inter University Volleyball (women) Championship here defeating Vinoba Bhave University, Bihar, HPU beat VBU in three straight sets. The score HPU 25, 25, and 25. VBU 14, 12 and 11. VBU, Bihar, got a walkover against the HAU Hisar. Rohilkhand University got a walkover against Gorkhpur University. Vishwa Bharti, Shantiniketan, beat CSJMU, Kanpur, 3-0. Score: Vishwa Bharti 25, 25 and 25. CSJMU Kanpur 9,9 and 5. MDH Rohtak beat Purbanchal Unversity. MDU 25, 25 and 25. Purbanchal: 8, 9 and 7. Avad University beat GGDU Bilaspur (MP) 3-0. Score: Avadh 25, 25 and 25. GGDU Bilaspur 20, 15 and 19. Kumoun University beat
Dr B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, by 3-0. Kumoun: 25, 25
and 25. Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Agra 7, 9 and 10. Delhi
University got a walkover. Delhi University beat
Rohilkhand University Bareilly 3-0. Delhi 25, 25 and 25.
Rohilkhand 1, 18 and 7. |
Sandeep upsets Fazaluddin PUNE, Oct 28 (UNI) — Unseeded Sandeep Kirtane of India today brought off a stunning upset bagging a prize scalp of second seeded Syed Fazaluddin also of India with a straight set win 6-3, 6-4 to make it to last four stage of the second leg of the ITF Satellite Tennis Circuit at the Deccan Gymkhana courts here. Indian Davis cupper and top seeded Prahlad Srinath made short work of seventh seeded Zbynk Mlynarik of Australia in identical fashion 6-3, 6-4, while fifth seeded Tom Chicone of the USA disposed of Thomas Messmer of Germany also in straight sets 7-5, 6-3. In the other
quarterfinal, fourth seeded Per Thornadtsson of Sweden
brushed adise the challenge of Andrei Youzhny of Russia
with a degree of comfort 6-4, 6-1. |
Punjabi University score win MARGAO, Oct 28 (UNI) — Madras University and M G U Kotyam University today trounced Ravindra Bharati and Guru Gharsi Das University by an identical margin 6-2 and earned full points in the All-India Inter Zonal Inter University Football Championship played at Nehru Stadium Fatorda, here. Ravindra Bharati made a good beginning and shot into the lead as early as in the 18th minute through Chimmaya Sankar but later collapsed like nine pins conceding six goals. In the third match of the day in group “C” Punjabi University outplayed Divi Ahilya University by 8-0 in a one-sided match. The scorers were Sandeep Sharma (35th, 64th and 90th minutes) Harimohan Singh (42nd) Gurvinder Jit Singh (49th and 72nd) and Hardev Singh (57th and 66th minutes). With today’s
matches in Group “C” Madras top the table with
six points from two outings followed by Ravindra Bharati
3 and Punjabi University 3. |
Ranji matches at Ludhiana LUDHIANA, Oct 28 — The Ludhiana District Cricket Association will organise two north zone Ranji Trophy league matches here at the Punjab Agricultural cricket ground. The first match will be
played between Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir from November
5 to 9 while the second match is slated to be held from
November 12 to 15 between Punjab and Delhi. |
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Trials PATIALA, Oct 28 (FOSR) — Trials to select the Patiala district triathlon subjunior, junior and senior (both boys and girls) teams will be held at the local Mahindra College swimming pool on October 29, according to Mr M.S. Sidhu, secretary, Patiala District Traithlon Association. The selected players will participate in the Punjab State Subjunior, Junior and Senior Triathlon Championships slated to be held at Amritsar, on October 31 and November 1. Cricket trials FEROZEPORE, Oct 28 (FOC) —Trials to select the Ferozepore district cricket team to participate in under 16 inter-district state championship will be held at the local Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium on October 31 at 11 a.m. Giving this information here today, the Ferozepore District Cricket Association joint secretary Ashok Paul Sharma added that Ferozepore would play against Amritsar on November 3 and 4. V’ball trials on Oct 31 LUDHIANA, Oct 28 (FOSR) — Trials to select the Punjab state subjunior boys and girls volleyball teams will be conducted here at SD Government College on October 31 at 11.30 a.m., according to Mr Raj Kumar, general secretary, Punjab Volleyball Association. Players born on or after January 1,1984, are eligible. The selected players will represent Punjab in the National Subjunior Volleyball Championship to be held at Chandrapur (Maharashtra) from November 17 to 21. Punjab TT BARNALA, Oct 28 (FOC) — The three-day Punjab State Ranking Table Tennis Championship will begin from October 29 at Barnala Club’s indoor sports stadium here. According to Mr Rahul Bhandari, chairman, tournament organising committee, national women’s champion Kanchan Dhawan and Punjab top seed Deepak Thakur will be star attractions of the tournament in which nearly 500 players would be seen in action. Gurdarshan soccer from Oct 30 PATIALA, Oct 28 (FOSR) — The 24th edition of the All-India Gurdarshan Memorial Football Tournament will be held at Nabha, near here, from October 30 to November 6, according to Mr Sukhchain Singh, president of the organising committee. The tournament which has been placed in grade ‘A’ by the All-India Football Federation (AIFF), will see more than 30 teams from all over the country vying for honours. The winning team will be given a cash prize of Rs 30,000 while the team finishing second will be awarded Rs 17,000. Top outfits of the country, including JCT Phagwara, BSF Jalandhar, Punjab Police, Jalandhar, RCF Kapurthala, SRC Ramgarh and CRPF Neemuch are expected to take part in the tourney. The final will be telecast live on November 6 by Jalandhar Doordarshan. Inter-varsity kho-kho PATIALA, Oct 28 (FOSR)
— Himachal Pradesh University beat Utkal University
Bhubhneshwar 13-9, Punjab University managed to put it
across RSS University, Raipur 12-5, Kurukshetra
University drubbed Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur
14-1, North Bengal University thrashed CCS University
11-1, Andhra Pradesh University just about managed to
scrap past a fighting Kamaun University 10-9 while S.K.
University and Jammu University got walkovers against
Varanasi University and Gorakhpur University,
respectively, in the North East Zone Inter-University
Kho-Kho Tournament for Girls, played at the Punjabi
University campus grounds here today. |
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