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England fritter away advantage
Lanka win by 34 runs Haryana cricket down in the
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Haryana beat
Services Delhi outplay
HP
Vineet, Babloo
shine 25 disciplines chosen
for Asian Games Badal to honour
medallists Punjab Police lose to
BSF Tushar pips Chhatwinder Football meet
from Dec 22 Inter-varsity chess
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England fritter away advantage
Bangalore, December 19 From a healthy 206 for three, England slipped to 219 for six before finishing the day at 255 for six when play was called off four overs before schedule due to bad light. Play had earlier been disrupted for about 20 minutes due to the same reason when 14 overs still needed to be bowled. The Indian ploy of going in with three spinners did not seem to be working till Sarandeep Singh struck in the 68th over of the day to dismiss Andrew Flintoff. The off-spinner from Punjab, who was preferred over paceman Tinu Yohannan, sent back Mark Ramprakash two overs later to justify his inclusion in the side. But it was a frustrating day for local hero Anil Kumble who is just one short of the 300 Test wicket mark. Kumble, who claimed 18 wickets in the first two Tests, was greeted with a thunderouos applause from an expectant home crowd when he came on to bowl but even after toiling for 22 overs, the 300th victim remained elulsive for him. Overcast conditions in the morning had forced floodlights to be switched on and for the first time in its history a Test match started under artificial lights. England captain Nasser Hussain had no hesitation in electing to bat after winning the toss and despite the early loss of opener Marcus Trescothick, his team responded well to the decision. Hussain himself was instrumental in setting an aggressive tone for the day, adding a brisk 47 runs for the second wicket with Mark Butcher after England had lost their first wicket at 21. However, it was the 113-run fourth wicket partnership between Michael Vaughan and Mark Ramprakash that really put England on top. Coming together after Hussain became the second victim of Srinath in the third over after lunch, Vaughan and Ramprakash batted confidently for nearly three hours to take the score to 206. Vaughan, who top-scored with 64 with eight fours, then fell to an indiscretion when he handled the ball after missing an attempted sweep shot off Sarandeep. He became the seventh batsman in Test history and the second Englishman, after former captain Graham Gooch, to be dismissed in this fashion. Vaughan’s dismissal saw a minor collapse with Sarandeep having Andrew Flintoff caught by Sachin Tendulkar in the same over and then sending back Ramprakash two overs later. With the score on 231 for six, the batsmen, Craig White and James Foster, when bad light disrupted play for about 20 minutes before the players took field again. But only 10 overs were possible before play was called off for the day. White was batting on 30 at that stage while Foster was on 14. It was skipper Sourav Ganguly who opened the bowling with Srinath in the morning, sending down seven overs for 30 runs. Srinath, who like kumble and vice-captain Rahul Dravid, was playing before his home crowd had an impressive opening spell of one for 20 off his seven overs. Thereafter it was over to the spinners but the English batsmen seemed to have done their homework well. They attacked Kumble and Harbhajan Singh, who replaced Srinath and Ganguly after 14 overs, with Hussain being the more forthcoming with his shots. Kumble was bang on target with his very first ball which hit the pads of Hussain prompting the entire Indian team to go up in appeal. However, Hussain remained unfazed and stepped out to the first ball of Harbhajan when the off-spinner came on to bowl from the other end in the next over. He missed that one but got it right one ball later, lofting Harbhajan over mid-on for a one-bounce four. That positive approach remained throughout his innings and he was ably supported by Butcher who was more restrained. The two ran some quick singles to put the pressure on the Indian fielders who wereonce again mediocre. PTI SCOREBOARD England (Ist innings): Butcher run out 27 Trescothick c Laxman b
Srinath 8 Hussain c Dasgupta b Srinath 43 Vaughan (handling the ball) 64 Ramprakash c Dravid b
Sarandeep 58 Flintoff c Tendulkar b Sarandeep 0 White batting 30 Foster batting 14 Extras (b-5, lb-3 nb-3) 11 Total (for 6 wkts) 255 Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-68, 3-93, 4-206, 5-206, 6-219. Bowling: Javgal Srinath 18-6-49-2, Saurav Ganguly 7-0-30-0 (nb-1), Anil Kumble 22-5-59-0, Harbhajan Singh 19-4-45-0 (nb-1), Sarandeep Singh 17-4-45-2 (nb-1), Sachin Tendulkar 3-0-19-0. |
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Vaughan 7th out handling ball Bangalore, December 19 Vaughan, who was going great guns and had made 64, handled the ball in the 68th over of the first innings. He had carelessly put his hand on the ball as it hit the floor after rapping his front bat. The umpire then upheld the appeal from wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta. Three of the seven such dismissals have been reported in India in the famed stadia of Wankhede, Chepauk and M Chinnaswamy. The followings are the details: WR Edean (SA) against England 1956-57 in Cape Town AMJ Hilditch (Aus) against Pakistan 1978-79 in Perth Mohsin Khan (Pak) against Australia 1982-83 in Karachi DL Haynes (WI) against India 1983-84 in Wankhede, Mumbai G A Gooch (Eng) against Australia 1993 in Old Trafford Steve Waugh (Aus) against India 2000-01 in Chepauk, Chennai Michael Vaughan (Eng) against India 2001-02 in M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.
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Vaughan dismissal could be ‘crucial’ London, December 19 Gooch, who was himself once given out in similar circumstances, told Sky Television: “I think it will be the pivotal point. “At that stage Mark Ramprakash and Vaughan looked as if they might bat until the end of play. Now England are in no man’s land. “The sad thing is the ball wasn’t going to hit the wicket but it’s against the law.” Only seven players have been given out handled the ball in test history. England, who need to win to save the series, were on 206 for three at the time after a fourth-wicket stand of 113 but Vaughan’s dismissal sparked a collapse as three wickets fell for 13 runs. Vaughan, after making a fine 64, had carelessly put his hand on the ball as it hit the floor after rapping his front bat. He then rolled the ball back. After a few seconds’ delay, off-spinner Sharandeep Singh turned round and, almost as an afterthought, appealed, leaving the umpire no option but to raise his finger. Law 33 says that a batsman is out if “he wilfully touches the ball while in play with a hand or hands not holding the bat unless he does so with the consent of the opposing side”. Gooch himself was given out handling the ball against Australia in 1993, fearing the ball was about to drop on his stumps. “I remember seeing the ball 12 inches over the stumps and I brushed it away with my hand. That cost us the game,” recalled Gooch. “And I think it could this time as well. “Vaughan was managing his innings, defending well and in complete control. It was a disastrous error. That ball was still live. Was he really interfering? Perhaps the wicketkeeper could have come round to try and catch the ball. The umpire has to make the decision on the spot. “Nothing is guaranteed but England could have been around the 300-mark at the close with three down and India would have been under real pressure.” His dismissal also led to a collapse which eventually saw Australia lose both the third Test and series. Waugh admitted afterwards that the umpire — coincidentally, it was India’s Arani Jayaprakash, the man who gave Vaughan out today — was right. “As soon as I touched the ball, I knew I was out,” he said.
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Colombo, December 19 Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya c Hinds b Hooper 64 Gunawardene c & b Hooper 15 Atapattu run out 38 Jayawardene run out 63 Arnold b Collins 0 Sangakkara c Samuels b Brown 23 Chandana run out 5 Vaas run out 1 Dharmasena not out 7 Muralitharan not out 13 Extras (lb-5, w-15, nb-4) 24 Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 253 FOW:
1-53, 2-114, 3-154, 4-155, 5-213, 6-22 9, 7-232, 8-232. Bowling: Collins 10-0-41-1, Collymore 9-0-48-0, Hooper 10-1-32-2, Brown 10-0-72-1, Gayle 10-0-48-0, Samuels 1-0-7-0. West Indies: Ganga b Dharmasena 50 Gayle c Chandana b Jayasuriya 60 Sarwan c Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 5 Hooper c Atapattu b Dharmasena 34 Samuels run out 13 Powell c Chandana b Murali 1 Jacobs st wk b Dharmasena 21 R. Hinds not out 15 Brown not out 1 Extras (lb-8 w-4) 12 Total (for 7 wkts, 47 overs) 212 FOW: 1-111, 2-117, 3-124, 4-147, 5-150, 6-181, 7-203. Bowling:
Vaas 7-1-23-0, Zoysa 6-2-36-0 (w-2), Muralitharan 10-0-43-1, Dharmasena 10-1-44-3, Jayasuriya 9-0-41-2 (w-2), Chandana 5-0-17-0.
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Haryana cricket down in the
dumps Chandigarh, December 19 At their peak in 1991 Haryana defeated Mumbai (then Bombay) at the Wankhede Stadium in a thrilling two- run victory to create history and this year they have just lost to lowly Himachal Pradesh and even Jammu and Kashmir. Such a turnaround in the cricketing fortunes is more due to politicking between officials than due to faults of the boys. Gone are the days when the Haryana Cricket Association used to produce international cricketers like living legend Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, Vijay Yadav or an Ashok Malhotra. Besides them the second string was a name to reckon with in the national championship. Nobody can forget the national record set by Rajinder Goel for capturing the maximum number of wickets at the first class level and Dr Ravinder Chadha’s batting and also leadership qualities for a record number of 76 matches in the Ranji Trophy championship. Or Sarkar Talwar’s teasing off spin. And later Amarjeet Kaypee’s dependable batting or Chetan’s fighting qualities. And the blame lies only on the crown of the officials of the Haryana Cricket Association which is putting in no effort to improve the standard of the game by conducting coaching camps or by providing infrastructure at the district level. The Haryana Cricket Association has failed to live up to its high standards especially during the past 2 years. The state’s Ranji Trophy side has failed to qualify even for the knockout stage. Last year Haryana’s position was fourth in the North Zone trailing behind J&K whose players were struggling to maintain the standard of their game due to the adverse conditions prevailing in the state due to extremist activities. This year the standard of the game has declined to such an extent that Haryana have even lost to Himachal Pradesh on their home ground at Faridabad. One of the main reasons for the poor performance is the bad selection of players. Players belonging to Chandigarh, where world-class facilities exist, have been given a step-motherly treatment. Fans of cricket in Haryana will recollect that five members of the winning team in Mumbai in 1991 were from Chandigarh and this included Kapil. Nowadays selectors prefer players from academies. Resentment in Haryana cricket is already there international cricketers like Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, Ajay Jadeja and some of the top state cricketers have already moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking legal remedy. The Haryana Cricket Association has been operating for the last 32 years and must have earned crores of rupees through international matches, board’s subsidy etc but it has failed to provide players with a stadium and other infrastructure like the Punjab Cricket Association. Haryana’s efforts in making the Nahar Singh Stadium in Faridabad on international venue have not received much support from the international cricketing fraternity. Top International cricketers from Haryana who have served the state as players through out their career have not even been inducted as life members. These include big names like Kapil Dev, Ashok Malhotra, Chetan Sharma, Vijay Yadav, Sarkar Talwar, Ravinder Chadha, Amarjeet Kaypee, among others. There are associations like Maharashtra Cricket Association, Cricket Association of Bengal, Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and Karnataka Cricket Association where the voting right is with the representatives of the club who are participating in the tournaments conducted by the association. Should the associations not follow the parent body ie BCCI where the President has a tenure of three years and secretary five years, and they are not re-elected on the same post. Chandigarh cricketers used to dominate the scene in Haryana even when the state won the national championship or did extremely well in the knockout stage. At present, Chandigarh boys are like social outcasts they are not being given ample opportunity to represent the state cricket team. The UT Cricket Association has failed to get recognition from the BCCI despite various attempts. Time has come when senior cricketers from Chandigarh should form an association of their own and take up the matter with the BCCI so that the up and coming cricketers of the Chandigarh may not suffer. And none better than Kapil to lead them from the front than being led by a bunch of officials who stand nowhere near Kapil’s achievements. |
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Haryana beat
Services Jalandhar, December 19 Rain delayed the match by 45 minutes, reducing it to a 45-overs affair. Haryana won the toss and elected to bat, making 244 on a very slow outfield. Openers Jatinder Singh and Chetan Sharma failed to give a good opening as Jatinder was run out early in the innings. Left-handed Chetan Sharma contributed 60 runs before he was caught by Sarbjit Singh, off Manish Jha. Sahfiq Khan hit 58 runs in just 56 balls. Haryana:
Jatinder run out 07, Chetan c Sarabjit b Jha 60, Sumeet lbw b Jha 08, Shafiq c Sarabjit b Nadkarni 58, Parinder c Thomson b Nadkarni 27, Ratra not out 41, Joginder b Jha 34, Sumeet run out 01, Amit not out 01.Extras: 07 Total: 244 Fall of
wickets:1/12, 2/30, 3/121, 4/146, 5/184, 6/241, 7/242. Bowling:
S. Javed 9-1-42-0; M. Jha 9-0-42-3; K.Dixit 1-0-10-0; Yashpal 9-0-44-0; Thomson 5-0-25-0; M.Nadkarni 3-0-19-0; S.Nadkarni 9-0-59-2. Services: PMS Reddy lbw b Joginder 27, Sarabjit c Ratra b Narwal 40, Jasbir b Sonu 56, Yashpal run out 20, Dixit b Amit 03, Nadkarni b Sonu 15, Verma not out 08, Nadkarni b Narwal 01, Thomson not out 11. Extras: 09. Total: 190. Fall of wickets: 1/45, 2/116, 3/144, 4/151, 5/168, 6/169, 7/172. Bowling:
Sumeet Narwal 9-1-27-2; S. Vermani 4-0-29-0; Joginder Sharma 9-1-29-1; Sonu Sharma 9-1-26-2; Amit Mishra 9-0-50-1; Parinder Sharma 5-0-29-0. |
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Delhi outplay
HP Chandigarh, December 19 Scoreboard HP: Nayyar b Nehra 00, Sandeep c Chawala b Negi 104, Amit Sharma c Chopra b Nehra 06, Sangram c Minhas b Negi 09, Virender b Rathore 52, Rahul c Dahiya b Nehra 00, Nishcal b Rathore 01, Amit Sharma
(Jr) b Rathore 00, Puneet c Dahiya b Negi 04, Shakti not out 09, Bhatia not out 00. Extras: (nb-5, lb-4, w-2, b-1) 12. Total for 9wkts off 50 overs:
197 FOW: 1/0, 2/27, 3/47, 4/162, 5/163, 6/168, 7/168, 8/179, 9/192. Bowling: Ashish Nehra 10-02-32-3; Amit Bhandari 08-00-40-0; Narinder Singh Negi 10-01-36-3; Surinder Dayma 08-00-41-0; Suhail Rauf 04-00-20-0; Rajeev Rathore 10-02-23-3. Delhi: Chopra run out 57, Dahiya c Vineet b Shakti 46, Ghambir b Nischal 43, Minhas not out 18, Chawala not out 18. Extras: (nb-4, lb-4, w-8) 16 Total (for 3
wkts): 198. FOW: 1/94, 2/157, 3/164. Bowling: Shakti Singh 10-04-22-1; Rahul Panta 04-00-29-0; Sandeep Sharma 01-00-14-0; Sangram Singh 02-00-20-0; Amit Sharma
(Jr) 06-00-24-0; Amit Sharma (Sr) 10-00-46-0; Vishal Bhatia 03-00-12-0; Nischal Gaur 8.1-00-27-1.
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Vineet, Babloo
shine Ludhiana, December 19 Scoreboard J&K: Arshad Bhat b Vineet Sharma 2, Ranjit Bali c Ankur Kakkar b Vineet Sharma 3, Kanwaljit Singh b Vineet Sharma 0, Dhruv Mahajan c Munish Sharma b Amit Uniyal 4, Gurpartap Singh c Amit Uniyal b Vineet Sharma 6, Ashwani Gupta c Kailash Sanwal b Babloo Kumar 46, Pradeep Bali run out
(Yuvraj Singh) 16, Vijay Sharma c Pankaj Dharmani b Babloo Kumar 2, Manzoor Dar c Kailash Sanwal b Babloo Kumar 1, Abdul Qayoom not out 20, Surinder Singh b Babloo Kumar 0. Extras: ( b-4, lb-3, nb-1, w-6) 14 Total: 114 all out in 42.4
overs. FOW: 1/5, 2/5, 3/8, 4/17, 5/21, 6/72, 7/74, 8/80, 9/114, 10/114. Bowling: Vineet Sharma 9-1-20-4, Amit Uniyal 7-1-12-1, Sanjay Mahajan 3-1-7-0, Reetinder Sodhi 6-0-16-0, Kailash Sanwal 4-0-15-0, Babloo Kumar 7.4-0-24-4, Yuvraj Singh 4-1-5-0, Dinesh Mongia 2-0-8-0. Punjab: Munish Sharma c Vijay Sharma b Surinder Singh 6, Dinesh Mongia not out 65, Pankaj Dharmani c Ashwani Gupta b Surinder Singh 17, Ankur Kakkar not out 8. Extras: (lb-2, nb-8, w-9) 19 Total: 115 for two in 15.1
overs. FOW: 1/12, 2/51. Bowling: Abdul Qayoom 5-0-35-0, Surinder Singh 7.1-1-34-2, Vijay Sharma 2-0-32-0, Pradeep Bali 1-0-12-0. |
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25 disciplines chosen
for Asian Games New Delhi, December 19 The Indian Olympic Association
(IOA) has recommended 25 “preferred disciplines” for the Asian Games and 10 disciplines for the Commonwealth Games. Mr Deo will co-ordinate among the sports federations, the Sports Ministry and the Sports Authority of India regarding the preparation of the Indian teams for the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games, and monitor the progress being made on this front. At the first meeting of the national monitoring committee at the National Stadium here, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Uma Bharati exhorted experts and sports federations to identify sports disciplines in their respective domains which can deliver “creditable performances” in international competitions. The minister also accepted a suggestion to buy the best available shooting equipment and ammunition, instead of going for the cheapest quotation. Cost-cutting, often, has resulted in the import of inferior equipment and ammunition, which in turn has affected the preparations of the Indian sportspersons for major meets like the Olympic and Asian Games. The expert panel for import of ammunition for shooting will be headed by IOA secretary-general Randhir Singh. This decision of the minister is good news for the shooters as a constant refrain of the shooters has been the “poor quality ammunition” at coaching camps. Meanwhile, football is a notable ommission from the 25 “preferred” disciplines recommended by the IOA for the Asian Games. The disciplines included for the Asian Games at Pusan are: athletics, archery, badminton, billiards, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, golf, gymnastics, hockey,
kabaddi, judo, rowing, shooting, squash, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, yatching and
teakwondo. The 10 preferred disciplines for the Commonwealth Games recommended by the IOA are: athletics, badminton, boxing (men), hockey (women, as the men have failed to qualify), judo, shooting, squash, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling. |
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Badal to honour
medallists Chandigarh, December 19 Talking to The Tribune, the Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister, Mr Sukhdev Singh
Dhindsa, who is also the President of the Punjab Olympic Association, said that he discussed the modalities of the felicitation ceremony with the Chief Minister. “The Chief Minister,” he said,” was very keen to personally meet and congratulate each of the medal winners. Each gold medallist would get Rs 1 lakh each while silver medallists and bronze medallists would get Rs 50,000 and Rs 25,000 each.” It may be mentioned that the Punjab Chief Minister could not attend the National Games as he suffered a hip injury in an accidental fall at Amritsar on November 18 on the eve of the National Games. Elated at the tremendous success of Punjab, which won a record number of 61 gold medals in the National Games, Mr Badal had announced special cash prizes for medal winners. In case of team events, the prize money would be proportionately increased. The total prize money to be disbursed on December 23 may be close to Rs 1 crore as the state ended with 163 medals. Punjab won a double each in kabaddi and handball while a gold and silver in football, gold in soccer and a double bronze in hockey in the team events. It also won a bronze in men’s volleyball. This special award and felicitation function is being viewed as a part of pre-poll bonanza of the SAD-BJP government as the state is heading for assembly elections in a couple of months from now. Previously, the amount of cash awards for similar performance in the national level meets was half of the present scale. Punjab also won the overall athletic team championship besides winning 10 gold medals in track and field events. Only yesterday, the state Council of Ministers at its meeting under the chairmanship of Mr Badal had decided to relax the educational qualification for outstanding sportsmen and women seeking appointment as DSP. Both Gagan Ajit Singh and Deepak Thakur, members of the Junior World Cup hockey team, are not graduates. With the clearance from the Council of Ministers, now both of them would be considered for the posting. |
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Punjab Police lose to
BSF Jalandhar, December 19 Punjab Police had a tough match against BSF. In the 22nd minute BSF took the lead as Johan Jojo converted a penalty corner. Punjab Police equalised in the 29th minute through Gurjant Singh. At half time the score was 1-1. After the breather, BSF again took the lead in the 41st minute through Shinu Hernez. Punjab Police neutralised the lead in the 52nd minute, as Daljit Singh scored. In the 66th minute S.R. Rizwan sounded the board for BSF to give his team the lead and win to gather three points. In the second match in this section, Punjab and Sind Bank took the lead in the third minute when Baljeet Singh Chandi netted the ball. Parteek Kumar of CISF managed to get the ball in the rival’s goal in the 61st minute for the equaliser. Both the teams had to be satisfied with one point each. In the boys’ section, Namdhari XI outclassed Mehta Academy in every department of the game displaying good team work. Namdhari XI won by 5-0. The first half went goal-less as both the teams put up a strong defence. After changing ends, Namdhari boys took the lead in the 41st minute through Hardev Singh. In the 44th minute they managed to consolidate their lead as Ajmer made no mistake in sounding the board on the penalty stroke awarded to them. In the 47th minute, captain, Sher Singh contributed by slamming in the ball to make it 3-0. The fourth goal came through Sunder in the 59th minute and the last come in the 62nd minute, as Gurlal completed the score. |
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Tushar pips Chhatwinder New Delhi, December 19 Chhatwinder tried to offer resistance in the second set, after a total washout in the first, but Tushar lived upto his top billing to sniff out the challenge of Chhatwinder, to move into the quarterfinals. The day witnessed quite a few upsets as 12th-seeded Ajay Selvaraj of Tamil Nadu shocked fifth-seeded compatriot Vijay Sunder Prasanth 2-6,6-0,6-1, 10th seeded Nihal Advani of Maharashtra beat seventh-seeded Anshuman Dutta of Assam 6-2,6-1, while the unseeded J Vishnu Vardhan of Andhra Pradesh beat 11th-seeded Sujai Mahadevan of Maharashtra 6-0,6-3. In the boys under-14 event, two Chandigarh colts made it into the quarterfinals when unseeded Paras Thakur upset fifth-seeded Hrishikesh Pataskar of Maharashtra 6-2,6-3 while second-seeded Sanam K Singh outlasted M Hariprasth of Tamil Nadu 6-4,4-6,7-5. In a major upset, unseeded N S Nichendran of Sri Lanka knocked out top-seeded M Jeevan Nedunchezien of Tamil Nadu 6-4,6-0 while another Sri Lankan, Emmunal Franklyn, edged out seventh-seeded Vivek Shokeen of Delhi 7-5 ,6-3. In the girls under-16, Chandigarh’s challenge came to a premature end when S Preeti of Tamil Nadu got walkover from Isha Toor, while seventh-seeded Ankita Bhambri knocked out Neha Singh 6-1,6-2. |
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Football meet
from Dec 22 Kharar, December 19 The tournament will be inaugurated by Mr Rajinder Singh Bhullar, an industrialist from SAS Nagar, on December 22 at 10 a.m. Dr Pritpal Singh Rangi an NRI from the USA, will be the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony to be held on December 24 at 2 p.m. Mr Lachhman Das Sharma, G.M., Milk Plant, SAS Nagar, will preside over the function. The winner team will get Rs 10,000 and the second team will be awarded Rs 7,000. Then a cultural programme by the Punjab Kala Manch will follow. |
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Inter-varsity chess Hisar, December 19 A spokesman of the university said here today that Mr Abhay Singh, President of the Haryana Olympic Association, would be the chief guest. The Chief Minister will give away the prizes to winners at the concluding function. He said that about 170 teams from the different universities all over the country would participate in it. |
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