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Wednesday,
November 14, 2001, Chandigarh, India  
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Unbeaten century by
Lara Moment of truth for
Brazil Irish women barred
from match Rain greets Indian
team Kafelnikov wins Harrington in top
10 Tony Miles dead |
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Doubles tennis meet
non-starter Dope tests fail to
find favour with OCNG BSF hold Rock
Rovers 4-4 Thrilling win for
Rajasthan HSIDC’s novel
gesture Grand cultural show
to mark opening Punjab Police move
into football final
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Galle, November 13 The 32-year-old left-hander struck 12 fours in his 16th Test century as the West Indies reached 316-3 at stumps, with skipper Carl Hooper batting on 34. Lara kept the Sri Lankan spinners at bay on a slow turning wicket with his impressive strokeplay. He received valuable support from Ramnaresh Sarwan, who batted more than four hours for his 88. The 21-year-old Sarwan was involved in two useful partnerships, adding 80 for the second wicket with Daren Ganga (47) and 145 for the next with Lara. A seven-man Sri Lankan attack posed no problems for Lara, who batted comfortably against both spin and pace. Key off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan struggled throughout the day, bowling 41 overs for just one wicket. Lara, returning to Test cricket after six months out with a hamstring injury, reached his century in the closing session when he lofted Muralitharan for a four. The elegant batsman looked in fine form from the beginning, sweeping Muralitharan for his first boundary. He showed good footwork against the slow bowlers, twice lofting left-armer Sanath Jayasuriya for fours. Sarwan, who struck nine fours in his seventh Test half-century, grew in confidence after a slow start. He fell in the last session when he dragged a Muralitharan delivery on to his stumps. The West Indies, electing to bat, suffered a setback in the seventh over when they lost Chris Gayle for nine. The left-handed Gayle, who scored a century in a warm-up game on Saturday, faced just 20 balls before edging veteran left-arm seamer Chaminda Vaas to wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara. Ganga and Sarwan, however, denied Sri Lanka further success in the morning session which ended with the West Indies on 85-1. Jayasuriya pressed Muralitharan into the attack in the 10th over, but failed to stop the West Indies from reaching a position of strength. Sri Lanka’s second success came in the post-lunch session when Vaas had Ganga caught by Mahela Jayawardene at point. Scoreboard West Indies (first innings) Ganga c Jayawardene b Vaas 47 Gayle c Sangakkara b Vaas 9 Sarwan b Muralitharan 88 Lara not out 117 Hooper not out 34 Extras (b-6, lb-5, nb-5, 21 penalty runs-5) Total (3 wickets, 97 overs) 316 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-95, 3-240 Bowling: Vaas 18-3-58-2 (3nb), Buddhika 12-2-46-0, Muralitharan 40-8-104-1, Bandaratillake 12-2-43-0, Jayasuriya 7-1-21-0, Samaraweera 6-0-24-0 (1nb), Arnold 2-1-4-0.
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Moment of truth for Brazil Sao Luis, November 13 Defeats against Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Argentina and finally Bolivia have left the four-times world champions struggling to maintain their record as the only country to have taken part at every World Cup. Victory tomorrow will end the suffering by guaranteeing them a top-four finish in the South American group but, to bag the points, Brazil must first overcome a Venezuelan team whose sudden rise has been as stunning as Brazil’s decline. Venezuela, previously the whipping boys of South American football, have hit 10 goals and conceded one on their way to winning their last four matches against Uruguay, Chile, Peru and Paraguay.
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Irish women barred from match Tehran, November 13 “The presence of these women in the stadium has been ruled out,” said Mr Shahrokh Jahanshahi, the deputy Tehran Governor quoted in the conservative Jomhuri-Eslami paper. The confirmation of the ban for the Irish female football fans to attend the match comes just one day after the conservative Kayhan paper, citing an unnamed informed source, said the trip by the group of Irish women to Iran had been cancelled. At the same time, Jomhuri-Eslami yesterday said the presence of Irish women in the match may prompt “fierce reactions” from influential clerics in Iran’s holy city of Qom.
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Rain greets Indian team Port Elizabeth, November 13 Following the abandonment of their four-day game against South Africa in East London due to rain, the Indians, who reached here last night, were planning hectic practice here for the next two days but little seems to be going their way. With a nine-wicket thrashing in the first Test still fresh in their minds, the Indians once again look destined to face the hosts without any preparation as they bid to overcome many unhappy moments at St George’s Park and keep the interest alive in the three-match series. Over this weekend, India would be looking to overturn a series of setbacks at the country’s oldest Test venue, the most recent being a sensational 70-run loss to Kenya in the triangular one-day tournament that preceded the Test series. It was an upset of such proportions that International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit sent for videos of the match to trace any evidence of wrong-doing. Though nothing more has been said about that match, implying all actions were above board, it still leaves the Indians with a rather undistinguished record at this venue. They first visited Port Elizabeth in 1992-93, on a historic tour. It was dubbed the ‘Friendship Tour’ but the second one-day international here was anything but friendly. In an ill-tempered match, marked by the run-out of non-striker Peter Kirsten by Kapil Dev before the Indian delivered the ball, South Africa comfortably eased their way past India’s lowly 147 to win by six wickets. Just about a fortnight later, the two teams were back at this venue for the Christmas Test where speedster Alan Donald produced one of his many match-winning performances for South Africa. As fellow Free State cricketer Hansie Cronje led the batting exploits with a brilliant 135, Donald took 12 wickets in the match to help South Africa win the only game of the series that produced a result. Four years later, on their second visit to this country, India played out a draw with Eastern Province in a tour game before suffering another defeat in the one-day internationals. It was almost a repeat of the earlier encounter, with the Indians scoring 179 and South Africa romping home with six wickets in hand. This summer, it was not South Africa but Kenya who the Indians faced in the one-day internationals but result was the same. And here they come again for the second Test, seeking redemption. But its a real daunting task ahead of them as they try to stop South Africa’s victory march. Since 1998, when they lost to England in England, the South Africans have won nine out of 10 Test series, the only exception being the 1-1 draw in Sri Lanka last year.
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Kafelnikov wins Sydney, November 13 Fifth-seeded Kafelnikov started poorly but reeled off seven straight games mid-contest on his way to victory in his opening match in the Ken Rosewall Group of the eight-man round-robin event.
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London, November 13 A child prodigy who became a Grandmaster at the age of 21, Miles won the Junior World Championships in 1976 while a student at Sheffield University. He was ranked among the world’s top 10 players throughout the 1970s and 1980s and was a silver medallist in the Chess Olympiads of 1984 and 1986.
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Doubles
tennis meet
non-starter New Delhi, November 13 Most of the players from Europe are also reluctant to come to India at the fag end of the year, as they would be busy preparing for their year-end vacation. The World Doubles Tennis Championships were originally scheduled to be held in the first week of November, but the dates were changed to the second week to avoid clashing of dates with the Afro-Asian Games, which were to be held from November 3 to 11. When the Afro-Asian Games were postponed following terrorist attacks in the USA on September 11, the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association, the hosts, themselves put off the Doubles Championship, citing security considerations, as the reason. And now that the hosts are willing to get the show going, the players are not willing, and it’s doubtful the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) would allot fresh dates to the hosts to hold the championship, which was allotted to India for a two-year period. Meanwhile, the All-India Tennis Association (AITA) announced here today that the Tata Group would sponsor a Futures Tournament for under-18 as a prelude to the Tata Open. AITA secretary Anil Khanna said the Futures would be conducted by the respective State Lawn Tennis Associations in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bangalore simultaneously from November 19 to 23, and the zonal finalists will compete in the Masters in Chennai from December 26 to 28. Anil Khanna said the winners of the Masters singles and doubles titles will be given wild cards for the qualifying round of the Tata Open Championship, India’s largest annual global sporting event, to be held in Chennai from December 31, 2001, to January 6, 2002. Anil Khanna said the zonal event of the Futures would carry a prize money of Rs 80,000 each, while for the Masters, the prize money would be Rs 1 lakh. Vice-president, Corporate Affairs Development of Tata Services, Romit Chatterjee, said the Tata Futures was a serious attempt by the Tata Group to invest in building future champions. Mr Chatterjee said former Davis Cup stars like Premjit Lal, Jaideep Mukherjea, four Indian cricket captains — Saurav Ganguly, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri and Nari Contractor—were all employees of Tatas. Mr Chatterjee said the Tatas had also produced 41 Asian Games winners, 32 Olympians and 28 Arjuna Award winners. He said the Tatas would sponsor the Futures Tennis initially for three years, and would renew the association with the AITA if things work out smoothly. Dr Vece Paes, father of Leander Paes, and chief coordinator of Tata Futures, said leading under-18 players of the country, including top gun Sunil Kumar, would be taking part in the championship. |
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Dope tests fail to find favour with
OCNG Chandigarh, November 13 The OCNG has maintained that at the time when the sixth edition of the National games was allotted to Punjab, there was no condition that facilities for doping would be provided by the organisers. Most of the NSFs have also opposed introduction of doping at National Games, which they maintain, were more of a ritual than the actual national championships. The argument given by the Dope Commission is that the Ministry of Sports has been instructed by the Delhi High Court to introduce dope tests at all national championships. As such the IOA has set up a Dope Commission to ensure that all national events have dope test facilities. The counter argument given by the OCNG was that if the directions have been given to the Ministry of Sports, let it finance the setting up of the dope testing facilities at the venues of national championships. “To take a few hundred samples during the fortnight-long National Games and sending these to New Delhi for testing at an exorbitant cost of Rs 25 lakh was beyond the capacity of the fund-starved OCNG,” said a member of the OCNG maintaining that if the Ministry of Sports or SAI were able to provide the money for doping, the OCNG would welcome it. “But for certain, we are not able to provide this facility at such short notice for the coming National Games,” he added. Many of the NSFs may not be able to introduce doping because of its cost factor. For example, for a national championship, the cost of doping facilities may overshoot the total budget of the conduct of the championship. For example, holding of a national junior championship in a minor event, may cost a few lakh rupees while the dope test facilities in a remote town , the venue of such a championship, may cost much more. “For all practical purposes, the dope chapter is closed as far as the coming National Games is concerned,” remarked a senior functionary of the OCNG. |
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BSF hold Rock Rovers 4-4 New Delhi, November 13 Both the teams had the same numbers of points with a win and a draw each but Signals, who had carved out an impressive 7-3 victory against UP on Sunday, went ahead on account of having a better goal average. N Lakra scored both the goals from penalty corners for Signals while Raju and Prabhakar sounded the board for Delhi. Signals took the lead in the second minute with Lakra converting the team’s first penalty corner. Notwithstanding pressure from the strong Signals, Delhi’s Raju made space for himself and hit the ball from very close to the goalpost to equalise in the 14th minute. The score remained 1-1 at half-time and Delhi shot into the lead two minutes after the break when Prabhakar scored a field goal. Signals got four penalty corners in the second half but were able to convert only one, Lakra scoring in the 55th minute to equalise. In the second match of the day, BSF Jalandhar held Rock Rovers (Chandigarh) to a 4-4 draw in pool VI. Gurpreet Singh notched up hat-trick for Rock Rovers, while Birendra Guria scored two goals for BSF in the match. BSF took the lead in the 17th minute through a penalty stroke but Williamjeet Singh neutralised the score eight minutes later when he made space for himself and let fly the ball into the goalpost. Rock Rovers got two fine opportunities to score in the 30th and 32nd minutes but they failed to
capitalise. In the first minute of the second half, Birendra Guria scored the second goal for BSF when he got a long pass.
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Thrilling
win for Rajasthan Jaipur, November 13 Rajasthan, who were left with a task of scoring 173 runs in 62 overs, achieved the target with an over and a ball still remaining, thanks to an all-round performance by international Gagan Khoda who remained unbeaten on 39 after turning the match with his devastating off break spell (12-1-24-3) which saw the visitors lose their last seven wickets for the addition of only 49 runs after resuming at their overnight score of 180 for 3. Khoda had made 65 in Rajasthan’s first innings. The home team has thus virtually made sure of their entry into the knock-out stage with 16 points from four matches. They gained eight points from this victory and will now play the strongly-placed Railways, who have secured 21 points from three matches and are now on top of the league table.
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HSIDC’s novel
gesture Chandigarh, November 13 The other players are Dinesh K. Singh of Jharkhand, who was a member of the national junior volleyball team. He took part in various Asian and other international meets. Similarly Surjeet Kumar of Haryana was also in the Indian junior team that took part in 3rd Asian Youth Meet in Iran. Darshan Singh of Haryana was in the Indian youth team in the Asian volleyball Meet in Iran apart from recording achievements in different national championships. Gurpreet Singh of Punjab, winner in the National School Games and inter-university meets, Ram Pal of Haryana, member of the team that secured the second place in the All-India inter varsity volleyball meet and runners-up in the junior national volleyball meet, and Raghuveer
Singh Saharan of Rajasthan, who participated in the Asian Volleyball Meet and national meets, have also been selected. Sanjay Kumar of Haryana and Ratish of Jharkhand the other two promising boys also made their entry into HSIDC being international players. Mr Randhir Singh, General Manager HSIDC and one of the key members of the Haryana Olympic Association, said the idea was to bring the best available talent to Haryana which could be a role model for other states. He said the highest post was given to Amir Singh, who was appointed Senior Manager. The other were appointed Assistant Managers and assistants. About coaching, he said international Om Prakash had been taken on deputation from the Haryana Sports Department. He said the boys were lodged in the Sector 14 colony of the HSIDC at Panchkula. A cook has also been provided. He said after every two years, the performance of the players will be reviewed. On similar lines, nine other profit-making corporations/boards of the state will also recruit outstanding sportspersons, he revealed. |
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Grand cultural show to mark
opening Ludhiana, November 13 The convener of the cultural and entertainment committee of the mega event, Mr R.T. Jindal, said as many as 1,100 performers would participate in this typical Punjabi cultural show and among these 560 performers will be those for whom music is an essential part of life. He said: “This cultural programme will be a different one without using the high pitched western music. The traditional art performers who are able to describe the glorious cultural history of Punjab like ‘Bazigars’ and ‘Gatka’ players would demonstrate their skills.” Mr Jindal informed that famous folk singer Hans Raj Hans would provide voice signature to initiate the cultural programme. “Hans Raj Hans has been given special guideline to find a song which will suit the concept of this cultural programme,” he added. The other renowned Punjabi singers who would add colour to this cultural bonanza for spectators are Dolly Guleria, Gurmeet Bawa and Iddu Sharif. The director for this mega show, Mr Bansi Kaul, said it was difficult to arrange for the performers who could perform traditional arts to make this event a memorable one. Anyhow everything has been managed and the spectators will relish the real taste of Punjabi culture. The coordinator of the show, Mr Devinder Singh Chhina, said the full dress rehearsal would be held on November 18. He informed that all preparations for this cultural programme had been completed and the performance were eagerly waiting for the mega show. ROPAR: The district administration has completed all the arrangements for the smooth conduct of various competitions of the National Games to be held at Anandpur Sahib and Mohali from November 19, according to Mr Gurinder Singh Grewal, Deputy Commissioner, Ropar. The district would host competitions in fencing taekwondo, judo and netball at Sri Guru Gobind Singh Academy of Martial Arts, Anandpur Sahib, while the shooting competitions would be held at Government College, Mohali. Mr Grewal said special arrangements had been made for board, lodging, security and transportation of more than 1300 players and officials. Mr Grewal further said that the district administration would also set up reception centres at Ambala, Ludhiana and Chandigarh railway stations for the convenience of players coming from other states. Reception centres would also be set up at Ropar and Anandpur Sahib bus stands and railway stations. PATIALA: Absence of banners, billboards and hoardings about the games reflect the lack of enthusiasm about the mega event here. Lack of coordination among the various committees and sub-committee has led to confusion. The hosts are yet to name their squads for the Games. Barring a few sports associations like the Punjab Boxing Association, Punjab Basketball Association and the Punjab Archery Association, no other association has announced its squad leading to uncertainty among the sportspersons. |
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Punjab Police move into football final Kohima, November 13 Punjab Police shot into the lead in the 22nd minute through a Parveen Kumar goal, but the Mizoram team restored parity after five minutes through a spot kick by Joseph. The Punjab outfit again took the lead (2-1) in the 47th minute of the game when Gurinder Pal Singh’s powerful grounder from just outside the penalty box entered the goal. Mizoram fought back once again and a barrage of attacks got them the equaliser through a long-ranger by Lalneihsanga. But luck seemed to be on the side of the Punjab team. Parveen Kumar scored the winner (3-2) in the 71st minute and a demoralised Mizoram Police failed to get their act together again. In the final on November 15 at Kohima, Punjab Police will lock horns with last year’s runner-up and four-time champions Nagaland Police.
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