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October 14, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Arjun
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RAID-DE-HIMALAYA Argentina in 2nd round Kenya
hope to avoid another rout IRANI TROPHY
DAV, HMV
College register wins England beat Zimbabwe Boxers selected for junior championship Railway
basketball DDCA
felicitates Dalmia Chess results
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USA jolt India, take 2-0 lead Winston salem (North Carolina), October 13 Leander Paes’ 11-match winning streak in Davis Cup came to an end when he lost to newcomer James Blake of the USA in straight sets 5-7, 3-6, 3-6 after America’s upcoming star and World No15 Andy Roddick routed India’s Harsh Mankad in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to put the USA 1-0 ahead at the Joel Coliseum. India now face a near impossible task of winning the doubles and both the reverse singles on Sunday to make it to the World Group. Playing his first singles match after losing to Nicolas Escude of France in the second round at Wimbledon, Paes’ magic failed to work as Blake, who is making rapid strides in the ATP ranking, closed out the match in one hour and 50 minutes. The games went with serve till 4-4 in the first set with both players getting a measure of their opponent. Serving at 30-30 in the fifth game, Paes missed an easy volley to give the first break point to Blake. He then double-faulted on the crucial point to lose serve and go down 5-6. The 21-year-old from Connecticut then served out on his first set point after surviving two break points as a return from Paes sailed over the baseline. The best chance for Paes to come back into the match came at the start of the second set. Unfazed by his loss in the first set, the 28-year-old Indian star won the first game of the set serving his first ace of the match. Paes then broke Blake’s serve for the first time with a big forehand winner to rush to a 2-0 lead. Serving at 40-0, for a 3-0 lead, he missed an easy point attempting a flashy forehand. Taking an amazing turnaround, Blake won the next two points, pushed the game into duece, saved another game point and pounced on a weak Paes’ second serve to put the set back on serve. The next three games went with serve before Blake broke Paes’ serve for the second time in the set to lead 4-3 even as the Indian managed to win only five points after squandering his chance in the third game. After holding his serve for love with four high power serves to go 5-3 up, Blake once more turned the heat on Paes attacking his serve. He was
particularly severe on Paes’ second serves, despatching them to the lines. Despite a valiant effort by Paes to hold serve in the ninth game, which oscillated through three dueces after Paes was leading 40-15, Blake converted the second set point of a second serve as the Indian netted a volley, to take the match further away with a 7-5, 6-3 lead. Paes now had to pull something out of the bag but was unable to surprise the young American. Games went with serve till the sixth when Paes lost his serve once more. He served a double fault to go 0-30 down and a sequence of unforced errors gave Blake a 4-2 lead and he could now smell his first win in Davis Cup. The never-say-die spirit of Leander Paes, which won him all the fame in Davis Cup history, was to the fore in the next game as he went all out to break Blake’s serve. The most entertaining of the entire match, the game saw five dueces and fortunes fluctuating for the players. Paes’s had two break points but each time Blake came out of the hole with big serves. Blake finally managed to hold serve to 5-2 when a return by Paes went over the base line. A glare at the statistics confirmed Paes’ undoing with 29 unforced errors to go with 37 winners and a first serve percentage of 56. In comparison, Blake’s first serve record touched 67 per cent with 33 winners and only 17 unforced errors. Earlier in the day, 19-year-old Andy Roddick toyed with India’s Harsh Mankad before overpowering him in straight sets.
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Arjun overcomes Harmeet Kahlon, clinches Hero Golf title Chandigarh, October 13 Sibia tallied five-under 283 while Rajiv Kumar, another local pro, finished third at 284. Another Chandigarh golfer Amandeep Johl finished fourth at 285. The country’s top-ranked golfer Mukesh Kumar of Mhow, occupied the fifth spot at 286. The duo of Rohtas Singh (Delhi) and Harmeet Kahlon (Chandigarh) were placed tied-sixth at 287. Defending champion Chandigarh’s Amritinder Singh finished tied-12th at 291. The day began in interesting fashion with Harmeet Kahlon making a whirlwind start to his round. Essaying four birdies in his first six holes (1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th) Harmeet had Arjun Singh worried. After the 8th, Kahlon at eight-under for the tournament was just two-strokes behind the leader. Arjun’s birdie on the 4th, had been nullified by back-to-back bogeys on the 7th and 8th. At the half-way stage, the deficit was increased to three in Arjun’s favour thanks to the Delhiite’s sinking a birdie on the 9th. “I was a little worried at this stage. Kahlon is a brilliant player and I new I had to attack and regain the advantage. This is exactly what I did on the 9th,” said Arjun. However, the eventual champion had little to worry about as the stockily built Kahlon, suddenly lost touch to drop as many as seven shots on his birdie-free back-nine. Kahlon bogeyed the 12th, double-bogeyed the 13th and 15th with consecutive bogeys defacing his finishing holes. “It was a terrible performance. I have nothing to say about it,” said a dejected Kahlon. “It feels great winning. The course has played superb throughout and that really helped,” beamed Arjun Singh. “I got a little careless in the early part of my round but luckily recovered my focus in time,” added the golfer who will proceed to China next week to play the Volvo China Open, part of the Asian PGA Tour. Arjun’s back-nine card contained a birdie on the 13th and an unfortunate double bogey on the 15th. He played to one-over 73. K.S. Sibia was the happiest man in the world today. The 22-year old played to two-under 70 today despite a bogey start to his round. “I was not too bothered about the bogey. It was just a lapse in concentration,” he said. Sibia did not make another mistake in his round with birdies on the 2nd, 13th and the 18th. “It feels great finishing second in front of my home crowd he said. “I did feel that I might actually win today but that was only if Arjun made mistakes. Heart of hearts I knew he wouldn’t,” he added. Sibia earned his biggest ever career cheque of Rs 1,12,000. “I am looking forward to the rest of the Tour,” he added. Gurbaaz Mann wins amateur title: Gurbaaz Mann might as well have played in the professional category, such was the standard of his play this week. The 18-year old Chandigarh Golf Club regular outshone the entire field with the exception of Arjun Singh. “I am thrilled. It is a great feeling performing so well in a professional tournament that too with golfers like Arjun Singh, Gaurav Ghei, Vijay Kumar, Uttam Mundy, Shiv Prakash and Mukesh Kumar participating,” said the golfer who will most probably be leaving for the Arizona State University, Phoenix for a golf scholarship next year. Today, Gurbaaz erred just once, on the 11th, where he dropped a stroke due to a weak chip shot. His card was studded with birdies on the 6th, 13th, 15th and 18th. “I played aggressively today hoping to catch up with Arjun but he was just too good for me,” said the youngster. Mann’s tally of 281 was six less than second placed Girish Virk’s one-under 287. Vikramjit Singh finished third at 298. Scores (after 72 holes): 278 Arjun Singh ( 65,69,71,73); 283 KS Sibia ( 67,72,74,70); 284 Rajiv Kumar (71,67,73,73); 285 Amandeep Johl (72,70,73,70); 286 Mukesh Kumar (72,72,70,72); 287 Rohtas Singh (72,74,71,70) and Harmeet Kahlon (70,72,70,75); 288 Basad Ali (74,67,71,76); 289 Ranjit Singh (74,72,69,74); 290 Rahil Gangjee (72,70,75,73) and Yusuf Ali (73,70,73,74); 291 Amritinder Singh (74,72,75,70), Bhoop Singh (73,71,74,73), Vinod Kumar (D) (70,75,72,74), and Pappan (69,71,77,74). Amateurs: 281 Gurbaaz Mann (73,72,67,69); 287 Girish Virk (70,73,72,72); 298 Vikramjit Singh (77,69,77,75). |
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RAID-DE-HIMALAYA Shimla, October 13 As the news of the crash filtered in late night, the smiles were gone, people still hugged each other, but it was for comfort. Chaudhary had an automobile spare parts business in Dhalli near here. The town was closed as a mark of respect for him. He is survived by his wife and children. Jaswinder Paul belonged to Ludhiana but had been living in Shimla for long. He was also a businessman and is survived by his wife and a child. As many as 31 motor cycles and 27 four wheelers had started the Raid but 15 bikes and nine cars finished the last stage. It was indeed one of the toughest motor sporting events the country has seen. Along Aier of Nagaland riding a Gypsy came first followed by Rahul Khanna, Anil Wadia, Tushar Amin, and Major Bhupinder Shahi. In the two-wheelers category Suhrid Sharma was first, followed by Dijay Sahi, Rakesh Blokhra, Dharmender Negi and Parshivnikhar. Talking to TNS, Along Aier called the Raid the toughest event in India. Referring to the various difficulties faced by the competitors and the unfortunate death of the three competitors, Along said: “Risk is what motor sport is”. This is the first major win for this 30-year-old man from Nagaland who started rallying just a year ago and was not familiar with terrain. Suhrid Sharma, the motor cycle champion said he wished the event was longer and tougher. The man who had to face two punctures and a minor accident had picked up from the third position at the end of the first day to coming first overall. The prize giving ceremonies were cancelled due to the sad incidents. At a press conference Mr Manjeev Bhalla, one of the organisers, explained the position regarding the accident of the vehicle yesterday and the subsequent rescue and recovery operation that lasted well into the morning. The bodies of the driver and co-driver of vehicle No 24 were brought to Shimla after a post-mortem. While all the participants and the organisers expressed grief at the deaths of the three competitors, the two who died yesterday and the motorcyclist John-Mark James earlier, the prevalent feeling was that the sport was an extreme sport which had extreme dangers. |
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die in mishap Shimla, October 13 Their bodies were brought here this afternoon and all shops in Dhalli and Kachhi Ghati remained closed as a mark of respect to the deceased, who belonged to these localities. Choudhary was a well known person and owned a motor workshop. He had a wide circle of friends from a cross section of society. He has left behind his wife, who is serving in Chandigarh Tourism, and a daughter and a son. He originally belonged to the Lakhanmajra village in Rohtak district of Haryana, but had settled here since the past few years. Chaudhary was bubbling with enthusiasm ever since he decided to participate in the rally and had been preparing his recently acquired Gypsy for the event. He contacted many of his friends from Leh three days ago when the rally reached there and expressed confidence of making it to the top. |
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Argentina
in 2nd round Hobart, October 13 Argentina defeated New Zealand 3-0 and would meet India in their first second round match tomorrow. Argentina dominated the match right from the start but wasted the first penalty corner that came their way in the seventh minute. They drew first blood with a superb individual effort from Lucas Commaretri, who beat several defenders with his solo run and hit a hard shot to the left corner of the net. Straight after the breather Gilardi converted the stroke with a flick to the top right, past the diving goalkeeper. Argentina got a third goal through penalty corner in the 48th minute and then relaxed a bit. In other matches the Netherlands won 2-0 against France while Germany scored a 2-1 win over Malaysia to qualify as leaders of pool D. India who topped pool C were today placed in pool F along with the Netherlands, hosts and reigning champions Australia and Argentina. They will play Argentina tomorrow in the second round, Australia on October 15 and the Netherlands on October 17. UNI |
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Kenya hope to avoid another rout Kimberly, October 13 South Africa have relieved paceman Andre Nel to iron out his rhythm but had to settle without the services of Gary Kirsten after the flamboyant opener suffered a severe thigh strain. The absence of Kirsten might mean little inconvenience against Kenyans but could matter significantly in the match against India, who look ominous after their 10-wicket rout of Kenya yesterday, the third biggest defeat in the history of one-day internationals. India are currently placed on top of the table, despite garnering as many points as South Africa, on account of better rate of scoring. Matches at Kimberly have usually been high-scoring and Kenya would hope their batting is able to come good after some embarrassing performances in the previous two encounters. While they managed 159 against South Africa, Kenya were skittled out for a paltry 90 against India. The only time Kenya look to be in game is when their captain Maurice Odumbe and Steve Tikolo play to their potential. Whenever either of them is out, the rest crumble like a pack of cards. Kenya’s best bowler so far has been leg-spinner Collins Obuya but he also did not get a chance to show off his skills yesterday as India raced to victory in just 11.3 overs.
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IRANI TROPHY Nagpur, October 13 Opening the innings along with Satyajit Parab after being put to bat by Rest of India captain V.V.S. Laxman, Williams carried his bat to the end of the day’s play to remain unbeaten at 133, which included 15 hits to the boundary and a six. This is Williams’ sixth century in first class cricket. Baroda must consider themselves lucky to have crossed the 250 mark as the sloppy fielding by the Rest of India players gave the Baroda skipper over half-a-dozen lives. Williams was dropped five times till he scored 47 and again after he crossed his century with a boundary off the bowling of left arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi. At his individual score of 105, Williams tried to hit Tinu Yohana through the gully where Akash Chopra failed to latch on and dropped the ball. The Baroda skipper was first let off by the Rest captain Laxman in the slips. Williams capitalised on the dropped catches to hit the Rest of India bowlers all round the wicket to score his sixth first class century, which was being watched by all the five national selectors. A depleted Baroda team lost their opener Satyajit Parab for just seven runs with the team’s total at 27. Parab was caught by Chopra off the bowling of Debashish Mohanty. Scoreboard Satyajit Parab c Chopra b Mohanty 7, Connar Williams batting 133, Nayan Mongia c Laxman b S. Singh 31, Rishikesh Parab run out (Mohanty) 1, Tushar Arothe c Ajay Rathra b Yohanan 18, Himanshu Jadhav c Ajay Rathra b S. Singh 43, Umang Patel ht wkt b S. Singh 0, Rakesh Patel batting 2. Extras: (b-2, lb-6, nb-22) 30 Total:
(for six wickets) 265 Fall of wkts: 1/27, 2/92, 3/93, 4/134, 5/255, 6/259. Bowling:
D. Mohanty 23-2-54-1, T. Yohanan 21-5-75-1, S. Singh 30.1-7-70-3, S. Shrivastava 4.5-0-12-0, R. Sanghvi 11-1-46-0.
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61 Cavalry, Jindal Steels in final Chandigarh, October 13 The semifinals — between 61 Cavalry and Trident-Anandpur and Jindal Steels and Thunderbolt — turned out to be pulsating affairs with some crisp and classic polo on display. While 61 Cavalry won 6-3, Jindals beat Thunderbolt 4-3. Brilliant display by Lieut-Col J.S. (Pinka) Virk and young Samir Chaudhary had the Cavalry men on top throughout the second game in which Vishal Singh, an international, supported by Jai Shergill, played an outstanding game for the losers. Trident-Anandpur lost but not before Vishal Singh stepped closer to a career milestone by taking his 60-yard penalty conversions to 199, perhaps the highest by any contemporary player. Today, he managed to score from both the penalties earned by his team though in the first he was assisted by Jai Shergill. For Pinka Virk, it was a day of personal satisfaction. He not only stood like a rock in the defence but was perhaps at his brilliant best in the offence also accounting for two of six goals scored by his team after young Samir Chaudhary scored the first two. The remaining two went to the credit of Major Manoj Dewan. Incidentally, both Pinka Virk and Manoj Dewan belong to Chandigarh. Vishal Singh’s heroic effort notwithstanding, Trident-Anandpur, were a trifle slow today besides being unlucky on a couple of occasions. And on one occasion, when Jai Shergill went from end to end, his attempt was thwarted by Pinka Virk on the goal-line. This was one game in which the referee — Col Harpartap Singh — was called more than once by two umpires Dr Pawandeep (Tony) Singh and Maj S.S. Kashyap to adjudicate. At the end of the first chukkur, 61 Cavalry led 2-0 which was extended to 3-1 at the end of the second and it became close at 4-3 when the penultimate chukkur ended. It was in the third chukkur that after Vishal converted his second 60-yard penalty that Jai Shergill, in a superb solo, scored within 30 seconds of the throw in. The Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, and the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank, Mr N.S. Gujral, inaugurated the first and the second semi-final, respectively. Earlier, Jindal Steels of Hisar, led by their founder President, Naveen Jindal, took a good measure of Thunderbolts. It was Naveen who gave his team the only goal of the first chukkur . The lead was extended by another goal in the second. The third was the most exciting in which Thunderbolts made a gallant comeback attempt and succeeded in neutralising the lead and making the score 3-3. The credit for this fight back must go to Dhruvpal Godara and Ajit Singh. But Jindals had a surprise for their opponents in the final lap where they scored the decisive goal, just two minutes before the gong sounded for end of an exciting
affair. The final between 61 Cavalry and Jindals will be played at 4.15 p.m. on Sunday. |
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DAV, HMV College register wins Chandigarh, October 13 DAV College, Amritsar beat Shri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, 2-0 whereas HMV College, Jalandhar derailed Government Physical Education College, Patiala by 3-1 in the girls section. In the boys section DAV College, Nakodar demolished Punjab Agricultural University 4-1. Another match between Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar, and DAV College, Jalandhar, ended in goal-less draw. HMV College and Government Physical Education College played on a fast pace. In the 10th minute inside-left Vandana of HMV College scored a brilliant goal from the left flank from a balanced pass from inside right Neetu Bala. In the 19th minute Patiala team’s Gurinder Kaur scored a field goal to level their team (1-1). At half time the score was 1-1. In the second half local girls showed their supremacy. In 37th minute HMV Jalandhar’s centre forward Arun Bala scored from top of the striking circle from a pass of centre half Meena (2-1). In the 62nd minute Baljit Kaur of HMV scored a goal from a cross of Arun Bala (3-1). Jalandhar team’s defence stood like a rock in the second half. HMV won this match by 3-1 to earn three full points. The second match of the Super League in the girls section was played between Shri Guru Gobind Singh College, Chandigarh, and DAV College, Amritsar. DAV girls played attacking hockey. In the seventh minute DAV captain Suman sounded the board through a penalty corner (1-0). After that Chandigarh girls were not able to convert penalty corners. At half time Amritsar girls were leading 1-0. After changing ends centre forward Angrej Kaur scored a beautiful goal from the right flank (2-0). |
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beat Zimbabwe Bulawayo, October 13 The defeat condemned Zimbabwe to their 12th consecutive loss, the worst sequence of defeats they have suffered, going back to July against India and the West Indies. England reached their target of 229 with six and a half overs to spare. Opener Nick Knight again provided the backbone of the England innings with 80 not out, his third half century of the series. Scoreboard Zimbabwe: G.
Flower b Flintoff 104 Campbell c Foster b Silverwood 3 Carlisle c Ramprakash b
Silverwood 0 A.Flower c Knight b Hollioake 33 Wishart b Silverwood 26 Ebrahim b Snape 28 Marillier c Collingwood b
Flintoff 4 Ervine run out (Hussain) 3 Viljoen c Trescothick b Snape 1 Brent not out 7 Hondo c Hollioake b Snape 5 Extras:
(lb-11 nb-2 w-1) 14 Total: (all out 49.3 overs) 228 Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-7, 3-77, 4-145, 5-204, 6-208, 7-213, 8-215, 9-218, 10-228. Bowling:
Hoggard 8-1-28-0, Silverwood 9-0-43-3, Hollioake 10-0-34-1, Collingwood 6-0-36-0, Snape 8.3-0-43-3, Flintoff 8-3-33-2. England: Trescothick c G.Flower 29
b Marillier Knight not out 80 Hussain c Ebrahim b Viljoen 47 Ramprakash b
G. Flower 6 Collingwood not out 56 Extras (b-5 lb-2 w-2 nb-2) 11 Total
(for three wickets, 43.4 overs) 229 Fall of wickets:
1/47, 2/134, 3/151. Bowling: Brent 8-0-35-0 (w-1), Hondo 3-0-31-0 (nb-1), Marillier 9-1-50-1 (w-1), Ervine 7-0-27-0, Viljoen 10-1-40-1 (nb-1), G.Flower 6.4-0-39-1.
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Boxers selected for junior championship Ambala, October 13 Light fly weight Manoj Kumar of Farookha Khalsa School, fly weight Vinay Yadav of Farookha Khalsa School, bantam weight Yadvindra Singh of GMN College, feather weight Jitendra Yadav of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, light middle weight Mandeep Singh Sandhu of Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 and light heavy weight Arun Yadav of GMN College had been selected. The secretary of district Ambala boxing association, Mr Joginder Singh, said that during the state-level championship, the selection for the nationals would take place. |
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Railway
basketball Chandigarh, October 13 In this championship, 17 teams — Western Railway (WR), Mumbai, Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Perumbur, Calcutta Port Trust, Calcutta, Metro Railway, South Central Railway, Secunderabad, Research Design and Standard Organisation, Lucknow, Northern Railway, Delhi Diesel Component Works, Patiala, Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi, Eastern Railway, Calcutta, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan, Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala, Southern Railway, Chennai, North Eastern Railway Gorakhpur, Central Railway, Mumbai, Railway Board, Delhi and North Frontier Railway, Guwahati will participate. In the women’s Section WR, NER, NFR, SR, ER, CR, SCR and NR teams will be participating according to Mr Mupinder Singh, senior PRO. |
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DDCA felicitates
Dalmia New Delhi, October 13 DDCA vice-president C K Khanna, who was elected BCCI vice-president for a fourth consecutive term in the recent elections held in Chennai, was also feted on the occasion. Former Indian cricket captains Kapil Dev and Bishan Singh Bedi, (the latter is now the chief coach of the Delhi Ranji Trophy team) national selectors Madan Lal (North) and Ashok Malhotra (East), Chetan Chauhan, Kirti Azad, BCCI joint secretary Jyoti Bajpai, and Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi were among those who attended the function. |
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Chess results Chandigarh, October 13 In the under-14 girls section, the points position is: Madana-3, Blatha-2, Raja 2, Suchandra 3, Uthra 2.5, Swati-2 and Mrunalini 2. In the under-14 boys section, Sriram (4), Roghi (5),Sunil (4), Deepam (4.5) Sidharth (4), Praveen (4), Samrath at 4 were in the lead. In the under-12 years girls section, Raghvai was at 5 points, Anjanaa 3.5, Kiran 4.5, Dhara 3, Sudharshan 4, Fajra 3, Pallavi 3.5, Meenu 3.5, and Bhakti at 3.5. In the under-12 boys section, Navin was 5, Narendra 4.5, Vineeth 5, Karthikeyan 4 and Jain Shreyansh 4.5 points. |
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