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November 12, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Brisbane Test heading for draw Lee feels bowling rhythm is back
Second day’s play
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Germany held ; Ireland beat Iran London, November 11 Germany, threatened with the humiliation of failing to qualify for the World Cup finals for the first time, worked hard for a 1-1 draw against Ukraine in the first leg of its playoff in Kiev yesterday.
Centre agrees to fund activities of SGFI Bengal make it to super league Bengal crash out; TN, Kerala in semis Special Range claim overall trophy
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Brisbane Test heading for draw Brisbane, November 11 New Zealand were under pressure to avoid the follow-on midway through the fourth day when an electrical thunderstorm suddenly hit the ground and prevented any further play. With only one day to go and the forecast of more rain, the opening match of the three Test series now seems certain to finish in a draw. When play was abandoned today after less than four hours’ play, the Kiwis were 186 for five in their first innings, replying to Australia’s massive total of 486-9 declared. Needing to make at least 287 to make Australia bat again, the New Zealanders were in trouble early when they lost four quick wickets but Nathan Astle steadied the innings with an unbeaten half-century. Chris Cairns (25 not out) and Craig McMillan (45) also contributed valuable runs to steer the Kiwis towards the safety of the follow-on target after they lost 4-19 in the morning session. Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie triggered the top-order collapse when he dismissed opener Matthew Bell on the sixth ball of the day. Bell failed to add to his overnight score of six when Gillespie found the edge and Ricky Ponting safely held the catch at third slip. Mark Richardson and Mathew Sinclair then defended grimly for almost an hour before Gillespie struck again, trapping Richardson lbw for 26 with an off cutter that straightened up on him. Gillespie was on a hat-trick after he dismissed Stephen Fleming for a duck when the Kiwi captain nervously poked at a ball outside off stump and gave a faint edge to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. Brett Lee chipped in to get Sinclair with his first ball of the morning, Sinclair making just three runs before Ponting sent him on his way with a diving catch at point. Astle and McMillan steadied the innings with a cautious 92-run partnership for the fifth wicket before their stand ended after lunch when Lee had McMillan caught by Shane Warne at first slip for 45. The Australians, needing to bowl the Kiwis out twice in two days to claim an improbable victory, suddenly looked to be in with a chance of winning before Astle and the foul weather combined to scuttle their hopes. Astle, who made a double century against Queensland at the Gabba a week before the Test, continued his good form as he went on to reach his 13th Test 50 when he clipped Ponting over the slips cordon for his fifth boundary. Cairns was also in good touch after snaring five wickets in the Australian innings, clubbing 25 in typically aggressive fashion. He and Astle added 39 for the sixth wicket before the heavens opened up 40 minutes before tea and the players scurried from the field. The rain briefly stopped, raising the prospects of more play, but a second electrical storm forced the umpires’ hand after pools of water formed on the outfield. Scoreboard New Zealand (1st innings) Richardson lbw b Gillespie 26 Bell c Ponting b Gillespie 6 Sinclair c Ponting b Lee 3 Fleming c Gilchrist b Gillespie 0 Astle batting 51 McMillan c Warne b Lee 45 Cairns batting 25 Extras (lb-13, nb-17) 30 Total (for 5 wkts) 186 Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-51, 3-51, 4-55, 5-147. Bowling: McGrath 17-4-57-0, Gillespie 13-6-27-3, Lee 12-3-37-2, Warne 12-1-44-0, Ponting 3-0-8-0.
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Lee feels bowling rhythm is back Brisbane, November 11 Lee, the bright face of Australian cricket with 31 wickets in his debut Test season two years ago, admits he had a poor Ashes tour of England with nine wickets in the Test series at 55.11. But the trademark victory leap was back today and Lee maintained the enthusiasm through 12 encouraging overs, eventually outwitting dangerous batsman Craig McMillan for his second victim of the Kiwi first innings. Lee invited McMillan to play at him outside off-stump and the Kiwi right-hander took the bait, offering Shane Warne a straight-forward catch at first slip. Lee was bowling fast, around 140 kph, but he said he wasn’t attempting any speed records. “I always bowl my quickest when I’m not trying to bowl quick. I know that sounds funny but it comes down to rhythm,” he said. “I didn’t have the best tour to the UK, so it’s time to take some wickets. “When I first started in ’99 I was a chap out there having fun and trying to hit the right line and length.” Injuries curtailed 25-year-old Lee’s season last summer and he believes it affected his Ashes tour performance. “It does take a long time to come back from an (elbow) operation and be at your best and I was expecting things too soon,” Lee said. “I didn’t have any match fitness either. I was physically fit and ready to play but I didn’t have that match after match (routine). “I was thrown in because of some injuries but I put my hand up and said I was ready. “It’s (match fitness) back to 100 per cent and it feels really good. I’ve been training very hard.” AFP |
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Second day’s play also abandoned East London, November 11 The Indians stayed back in the hotel and left for the ground only at around 11.30
a m local time when an official inspection was due. However, they had just boarded the bus, when it started to rain again and effectively ruled out any play for the second day running. Like on the eve of the match on Friday, it rained again yesterday and it hasn’t allowed any worthwhile work on the outfield. The ground authorities, despite their best efforts, are handicapped in getting the field, especially the outfield, fit, since they don’t have a super-sopper. The Indians had also lost a three-day game at Kimberly due to rain ahead of the first Test at Bloemfontein. Meanwhile, there was some good news from the Indian camp with skipper Sourav Ganguly having been declared fit. Ganguly will play in this match if at all it gets going. Ashish Nehra, suffering from blisters in right toe, is recovering well and could also find his name in the eleven. The players taking a break in this game are Sachin Tendulkar, Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble. Play would start a little early tomorrow if there is no further rain. To make up for lost time, a minimum of 112 overs will be scheduled for each of the two remaining days. India are 0-1 down in the three-match series with the second Test starting on November 16 in Port Elizabeth. PTI |
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Fourth day’s play washed out Dhaka, November 11 Umpires abandoned the day’s play at 2:30 pm local time. With rain continuing unabated and the ground in a bad state, play could also be hampered tomorrow. Bangladesh, 125 for three after conceding a 324-run first innings lead, now have a chance of forcing their first draw in Test cricket. Bangladesh have lost all five matches since gaining Test status last year. Zimbabwe had scored 431 in reply to Bangladesh’s first innings of 107. Bangladesh need to score 199 more runs to make Zimbabwe bat again. The star of the match has been Zimbabwean allrounder Travis Friend. Friend finished with a career-best haul of 5-31 in Bangladesh’s first innings and has taken two wickets in the second
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Haryana in deep trouble Rohtak, November 11 Earlier, resuming their innings at 106 for 1, Delhi declared their first innings closed after losing nine wickets for 273 after batting for 91.4 overs. Overnight not out batsmen Shomik Chatterjee and Siddhantha made 69 and 75 runs, respectively. Kartik Bhatia (54) was another useful contributor. Haryana’s off spinner Prem Prateek accounted for the dismissal of four batsmen. Yuzvendera took 2 for 47 and Manish captured 3 for 13 runs. In their second knock, Haryana batsmen failed to apply themselves and lost their wickets in quick succession. At draw of stumps Prem Prateek was batting on 9 and Daksh was batting on 7. Kartik Bhatia took 2 wickets for 10 runs in Haryana’s second innings. Brief Scores: Haryana 112 and 78 for 4 Delhi (1st innings): 273 for 9 declared. |
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Germany win Champions Trophy Rotterdam, (The Netherlands), November 11 Going into the finals of the men’s field hockey tournament, the Germans were atop the six-pool league table with a perfect 15 points from five matches. Australia were second with 12 points. Germany are European Champion and clinched the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia in August, but this year’s Champions Trophy was the first major title since they last won the title in 1997 in Australia. In the play for championship, Florian Kunz opened the score from a penalty corner in the last minute before halftime. In the 45th minute, Matthew Smith scored the equaliser. But the Australian hope didn’t last long. Seconds later, German team captain Kunz won the tournament for Germany with a drag flick from a penalty corner. As at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in August, Kunz was voted Player of the Tournament. He also became topscorer with an impressive record of 10 goals from six matches. Pakistan’s Sohail Abbas was second with nine goals. In today’s other play, Olympic champion and title defender Netherlands won bronze, crushing Pakistan 5-2 in the play-offs. Sydney Olympic silver medalist South Korea — who were last in the league table with zero points from five matches — had a chance to save its reputation against England, but lost 6-5 after penalty strokes. Dutch coach Joost Bellaart told a news conference he was satisfied with the result against Pakistan, citing his team’s ability to recover from yesterday’s 3-2 defeat against Germany. Having lost four of their key players since the Sydney Olympics, Dutch are in the process of building up a new team. Playing for bronze against Pakistan the Dutch controlled the pitch, creating many chances and keeping their ranks closed. Just a week ago, they managed a 1-1 draw against Pakistan in their first match of the tournament. But after half an hour of play today, Holland were already up 3-0 with goals from Teun de Nooijer, Ronald Brouwer and Taeke Taekema. In the second half Kashif Jawwad brought the score back to 3-1. But only three minutes later, Marten Eikelboom sealed the match, scoring his second in the tournament. Coming back from an injury, drag flick specialist Bram Lomans — who was sidelined for most of the tournament — scored from a penalty corner after 51 minutes of play. One minute before end of the game, Sohail Abbas scored his eight in the tournament. AP
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Germany held ; Ireland beat Iran London, November 11 The result gives Germany a slight edge for the return match in Dortmund. The three time champions have qualified for the finals in each of their 15 attempts. In other playoffs yesterday, Ireland dominated against Iran in Dublin to win 2-0, while in Ljubljana, Slovenia defeated Romania 2-1 to edge closer to its first World Cup appearance. In Brussels, Belgium beat a 10- man Czech Republic 1-0 and in Vienna, Turkey’s World Cup campaign received a boost when it beat Austria 1-0. Turkey have not qualified for the finals since 1954. The return legs are on Wednesday, except for the Iran-Ireland match which is on Thursday. In Kiev, a crowd of 83,500 fans, mainly Ukrainian, watched as Henadiy Zubov opened the scoring from the edge of the goal box in the 18th minute. Zubov got the ball after Andriy Shevchenko broke the German defensive line with a free kick. Michael Ballack equalised for Germany 13 minutes later by beating goalie Maxim Levytsky at close range. Germany were forced into the playoffs after losing 1-5 to England in a World Cup qualifier on September 1 and finishing second in it European qualifying group. In Dublin, Ireland won with goals from a converted Ian Harte penalty and a 20-yard Robbie Keane stunner. In the 52nd minute, winger Jason McAteer darted into corner of the area and was brought down by Rahman Rezaei. The referee pointed to the spot and, although ‘keeper Ebrahim Mirzapour dived the right way, Harte’s penalty had too much power and flew past him. Ireland scored again soon after the restart when McAteer swung in a free kick from the right and, when it was half cleared, the ball dropped to Keane whose left-foot shot from 20 yards flashed in to the roof of the net. Ireland last appeared at the World Cup in 1994, while Iran qualified for France 98, its appearance marked by a 2-1 win over the USA. In Ljubljana, Slovenia rallied from behind to beat favourites Romania, who played at France 98 and reached the quarterfinals in 1994. Romania opened the scoring after Marius Niculae clumsily latched on to a cross in the 26th minute and his uncontrolled shot deflected off a defender’s foot and looped over goalkeeper Marko Simeunovic into the net. Slovenia pulled back to level just before half time through Mile Acimovic, who glanced in a cross with his head from the far side in the 42nd minute. Romania had the chance to go into the lead again but Cosmin Contra failed to exploit a golden opportunity after a blunder in the Slovene defence. The sloppiness in front of goal was costly for the Romanians when moments later Milan Osterc drove in the match-winning goal from a difficult angle outside the box. In Brussels, a first-half goal from Belgian forward Gert Verheyen secured Belgium a 1-0 win against the Czech Republic. Belgium took early advantage of a momentary Czech weakness in midfield to score on a quick free kick from Red Devils midfielder Sven Vermant, who passed the ball to forward and team captain Verheyen. Verheyen then snapped it past Czech goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek in the 28th minute. In Vienna, a second-half goal from Okan Buruk gave Turkey a 1-0 win against Austria. Buruk tipped in a shot with his left toe from close range in the 60th minute after a slip in the Austrian defence.
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Maradona shines in farewell match Buenos Aires, November 11 Maradona, who quit the game four years ago, joined a host of soccer stars from around the world for one last game. Playing with Argentina’s current national squad and wearing the No 10 jersey, Maradona scored two goals as his team beat a “Rest of the World” side 6-3 at Boca Juniors’ Bombonera Stadium. “I’m never going to forget this. It was an incredible experience,” said the tearful ex-player, adding, “I could never have expected so much.” Among the big names taking part were Colombia’s Carlos Valderrama, Bulgaria’s Hristo Stoichkov, Peru’s Nolberto Solano, Uruguay’s Enzo Francescoli, France’s Eric Cantona and Argentina’s Juan Sebastian Veron, Walter Samuel, Juan Roman Riquelme and Kily Gonzalez. Watching the game from the stands was Pele, Maradona’s eternal rival, and Michel Platini, the former French captain, here to represent FIFA, soccer’s world governing. Maradona had risen to fame as a sprightly 21-year-old striker, steering Boca Juniors to the Argentine title in 1981. For hours before the match, the streets were packed full of fans decked out in Maradona T-shirts, shorts, scarves and hats, with shouts of “Di-ego, Di-ego” reverberating from every street corner and every bar. Maradona, who had worked to shed 20 kgs in recent months to be fit for yesterday’s game, came out to a chorus of fireworks, drum beats and wild shouts. Visibly moved, he stood erect for the national anthem for one last time in the No 10 jersey of the Argentina team, his fist clutched to his puffed out chest and a tear in his eye. As for the game, that was almost a side-issue as the Argentina team won easily. Pablo Aimar also scored two goals yesterday while Claudio Lopez and Lucas Castorman got the other two. Davor Suker, Cantona and Higuita knocked in the “Rest of the World’s” strikes.
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Centre agrees to fund activities of SGFI Chandigarh, November 11 Speaking to the media here this morning, Mr P.S.Chhabra, Secretary-General of the SGFI, said the Union Minister of Sports, Ms Uma Bharti, had cleared the 10-point detailed agenda listing the achievements and proposed plans of the federation at a meeting held in Delhi on Friday last. Besides Ms Bharti and senior functionaries of the Union Sports Ministry, Mr C.L. Negi, President of the SGFI, attended the meeting on behalf of the federation. Previously, the Centre had earmarked no annual grant for the SGFI, either for conducting international tournaments or for coaching camps prior to any international tournament. Mr Chhabra disclosed that the Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs had agreed to earmark a sum of Rs 8 crore for conducting coaching camps of the federation prior to participating in international meets over the next four years. The coaches for these camps would be deputed by the government while the trainees would be selected by the federation. The 10-point agenda submitted before the Sports Ministry included conduct of national coaching camps, achievements of Indian schools teams in Asian school meets, proposed programme for international participation (2001-2005), action plan of annual coaching camps (2001-2005), holding of international tournaments in India, calendar of National School Games (2001-2005) and celebration of the golden jubilee of the SGFI (2002). Mr Chhabra disclosed that Ms Bharti had asked the respective national sports federations to send their observers to various National School Games in order to spot budding youngsters. The SGFI conducts competitions in 28 sports disciplines in three age groups in various parts of the country every year. Therefore, the talent bank available to the various sports federations is immense. Besides releasing funds for the conduct of coaching camps, the Ministry would also meet air fares etc of Indian teams who go out for participation in Asian or international schools meets. Mr Bharti had also agreed to give Rs 5 lakh to Rs 6 lakh for any international meet conducted by the SGFI. The first beneficiary of this would be Punjab which had offered to host the Asian Schools Cricket Championship for boys early next year. Mr Chhabra disclosed that Mr Jagmohan Dalmiya, Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), who also attended the Delhi meeting had asked the SGFI to become fully responsible for under-14 and under-16 cricket tournaments even at the national level. The board, Mr Dalmiya said, would conduct the tournament for under-19 which at the moment was conducted both by the board as well as by the federation. Mr Dalmiya also offered to provide financial assistance for holding coaching camps either at Chennai or Kolkota where the BCCI would offer all facilities to the players selected by the federation. The SGFI would celebrate its golden jubilee in 2002 by involving school players in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Delhi with a view to spreading awareness for the development of sports and laying special emphasis on school students. The government has earmarked about Rs 24 lakh , that is Rs 6 lakh per state, for the purpose. All events of the National School Games in that year would be conducted by these four states, he added. Mr Chhabra said the national office of the SGFI would start functioning at the Nehru Stadium in Delhi shortly. The government had agreed to pay salary of the official who will look after the day-to-day activities of the office. |
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Bengal make it to super league New Delhi, November 11 Uttar Pradesh crashed out as it suffered second straight defeat while Mumbai downed B.E.G and Centre, Roorkee, 2-1. Corps of Signals thrashed UP 7-2 in a group-II fixture, UP had lost to Delhi 2-3 in their opener yesterday. Bengal scored both the goals in the second session to eliminate Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) from the tournament. Bengal, who had beaten Sikh Reginmental Centre 2-1 yesterday, took the lead against CRPF in the 40th minute when Sunil Soran shot home a fine goal (1-0). Two minutes before the final whistle Sunil again struck to seal the match in his team’s favoure. In group-III, Mumbai recorded 2-1 win over B.E.G and Centre 2-1 after leading 1-0 at half time. Gursevak Singh gave Mumbai the lead two minutes before the breather (1-0) and eight minute into the second session Shayna D’Costa scored the second goal for the winners. Devinder Singh reduced the margin for the losers in the 58th minute. Corps of Signals routed Uttar Pradesh 7-2 after establishing 3-1 lead at lemon break. N. Lakra (Ist and 24 min), C. Das (16 and70 min) S.K. Tigga (43 and 48 min) scored two goals each. D.S. Rana chipped in one goal in 57th minute. For UP Shivam (13 min) and Sunil were the scorers.
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Bengal crash out; TN, Kerala in semis Mumbai, November 11 Tamil Nadu, who entered the quarter-final league via a lucky draw, played better football to beat Bengal 1-0 while Kerala crushed Orissa 3-1 in the last league match. Kerala needed just a draw but for Bengal and Tamil Nadu a win was must. Bengal would have failed even if it had drawn goalless since Tamil Nadu and Karnataka had a two-all draw while Bengal was yet to open its account in the present event. In such eventuality there would have been a draw of lots but P. Muthu became the hero of the day by scoring the most important goal of his life. This is Tamil Nadu’s only second entry into the semis while Kerala has won the title three times. Both meet each other on Thursday. Tomorrow the winners between holders, Maharashtra versus Railways and Goa versus Punjab take up the remaining last four berths. Muthu, in the 60th minute must have sensed the impending historic moment for him as he darted around a defender just before Sabir Pasha floated a through. Muthu reached half a stride earlier than Bengal goallie Imran Khan and edged the ball past him for the goal. Bengal’s left wing became wide open once Momocha Singh retired hurt 15 minutes after the start. His replacement Simanta Das was unable to feed the forwards. However, Bengal did launch some frantic attacks but failed to crack the Tamil defence.
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Special Range claim overall trophy Chandigarh, November 11 Special Range lifted maximum gold medals i.e. basketball, boxing, handball, hockey, volleyball and athletics whereas Special Range and Gurgaon Range were the joint winners of the football championships followed by Rohtak Range which lifted gymnastics and Greeco-Roman style of wrestlings. The results: Wrestling — 76 Kg category — Naresh Kumar (Rohtak Range) b Jai Dev of (Special Range) 85 Kg: Virender Singh (Rohtak Range) b Balraj Singh (Special Range). Boxing — Feather weight 54-57 Kg: 1 Rajinder (Special Range), 2 Satbir Singh (Rohtak Range). Light weight 57-60 Kg: 1 Rajinder (Special Range), 2 Rajesh (Combined Range), Light Welter weight: 60-63.5 Kg: 1 Surinder (Special Range), 2 Pritam Singh (Combined Range), Welter weight 63.5-67 Kg: 1 Ravinder (Special Range), 2 Rajesh (Combined Range), 3 Sunder (Gurgaon Range) and Sajjan (HAP). Light Middle weight 67-71 Kg: 1 Tanej Pal (Special Range), 2 Sukhan Pal (Comined Range), 3 Ram Pal (Gurgaon Range) and Parshant (HAP). Middle weight: 71-75 Kg: 1 Shamsher Singh (Special Range), 2 Vinod Kumar (HAP Range), Light Heavy Weight: 75-81 Kg: 1 Suraj Mal (Special Range), 2 Rajinder Singh (HAP Range), 3 Virendar and Mahi Pal of Combined Range. Heavy weight 81-91 Kg: 1 Sanjay Kumar, 2 Vijendar Combined Range, 3 Jai Parkash (Guragon) and Rajinder (Combined Range), Super Heavy weight +91 Kg: 1 Shiv Dayal (HAP), 2 Kuldip Singh (Gurgaon Range) and Virender Combined Range). Pole
Vault — Ranbir Singh Rohtak Range, Durga Dass (Ambala Range) Javelin throw (men): 1 Mahesh (Special Range), 2 Rajesh (Special Range), 3 Bhim Singh of (Rohtak Range). Women: 1 Vinita (Special Range, 2 Kamlesh (Rohtak), 3 Promila (Special Range). 100m men: 1 Anil Kumar (Gurgaon Range), 2 Baldev (Ambala Range), 3 Feroz Khan (Hisar Range). |
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SFI cries off
from Games Patiala, November 11 Mr P.S Virk, joint organising secretary of the organising committee of National Games confirmed that the OCNG had received a letter from the Director (Competition) Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in which it has been written that the SFI was withdrawing from the National Games as the water temperature for holding swimming, water polo and diving events would be too low. The secretary of the SFI, had also confirmed that the federation had pulled out of the Games. He has also announced the dates of the National Swimming Championships which are now scheduled to be held at the Talkatora swimming pool from December 4 to 8. |
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Haryana XI crush sail Jalandhar, November 11Haryana XI crushed SAIL whereas Sukhjit Starch Mill, Phagwara, scraped through to the final of the 18th Indian Oil Surjit Memorial Hockey Tournament here today. At Surjit Hockey Stadium, Haryana XI prevailed over SAIL in a one-sided affair. In the 17th minute, centre-forward, Jasjeet Kaur sounded the board making it 1-0 for Haryana. After the breather, Haryana XI girls scored while fortifying their defence. Their rivals could not penetrate the defence. In the 50th minute, captain Meenakshi scored the second goal from a penalty corner. In the 52nd minute, Balwinder Kaur consolidated the lead to 3-0. Simerjit Kaur completed the tally in the 68th minute. In the second semifinal, Sukhjit Starch Mill beat Rail Coach Factory. |
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Bhog ceremony of kabaddi players Chandigarh, November 11 The Punjab Government had announced a grant of Rs 50,000 each for the girls and sports teacher from the Physical Education Development Committee funds. Those injured will be given Rs 10,000 each. The kin of the deceased teachers will be given employment by the government. |
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YPS annual sports day results Patiala, November 11 Others who were declared the best athletes in their respective age groups were: Digvijay Singh (under-13), Ranman Singh Deol (under-14), Amritbir Kaur (under-14), Sasha Dhaliwal (above-14), Bhawan Singh (above-15) and Puneet Kaur Dhaliwal (under-12). The inter-house overall trophy was won by the Mohindra house. The prizes were distributed by former hockey Olympian Balkishen Singh.
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