HEALTH

Three-day pulse polio drive in Sonepat
Our Correspondent

Sonepat, February 7
The Health Department will launch a three-day pulse polio campaign beginning from February 9 in the district.

According to a report, this is another bid by the authorities of the Health Department to make Sonepat district free of polio. The authorities have geared up its machinery to achieve the aim.

The department has set up as many as 76 booths in the urban and rural areas of the district for administering the polio drops to all the children below five years. Besides, 15 mobile teams will be in operation and the officials of these teams will visit the slum areas for immunisation campaign.

Official sources revealed that as many as 42 teams would be set up to administer the polio drops to the children at the brick kilns and other interior areas of the district. Moreover, nine teams have been deputed to give polio drops to the children at the railway stations and the bus stands, etc.

The employees of the Health Department and volunteers of social and voluntary organisations have been asked to go from door to door to administer the polio drops to infants and children.

The authorities have appealed to various resident welfare associations and other organisations to help in the pulse polio campaign.

It is reported that some of the villages falling in the remote areas have not been covered extensively. Similarly, several families refuse to go to the polio booths, situated normally in schools or chaupals due to illiteracy and ignorance. Due to the nature of their work, many migrant workers in the district have been unable to take advantage of the scheme.

SPORTS

IAF ground Hindustan, lift soccer cup
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 7
Indian Air Force downed Hindustan Club with a 2-0 victory to lift the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Senior Division Soccer League title at the Ambedkar Stadium on Friday. Striker Kalyan Pal, the highest goal-scorer in the league, scored both the goals in the second half.

Hindustan muffed a golden opportunity to score five minutes into the second half when a penalty kick was awarded to them by referee Deepak Bisht. However, skipper Rishi Kapoor hit into the post. The penalty was awarded when inside-right Sameer Jung of Air Force was rough-tackled by defender Minas.

After a listless first half, the game warmed up when, following a flag kick, Kalyan Pal volleyed in, past Hindustan custodian Saleem Ansari. Kalyan struck home the second goal at the fag end when he dodged past a defender and scored. Air Force received a cash prize of Rs 10,000 while Hindustan collected Rs 7,500. Losing semi-finalists New

Delhi Heroes and Moonlight received Rs 2500 each. Sanjeev Kumar of Delhi Police, Satnam of Hindustan, Irfan Zama Khan of City and G Kamei of New Delhi Heroes were presented Rs 2,500 each as part of the SAIL Excellence awards. Moonlight got the Dharam Vir Trophy for fair play.

Rajdhani annex Ravinder cricket title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 7
Debonair knocks by Joginder Sharma (70) and Pramod Bhati (51) helped Rajdhani Sports defeat Neeraj Cricket Academy by 26 runs and won the Ravinder Phagna Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad. Joginder Sharma was declared the Man of the Match. Padamjeet Sahrawat got the Best Batsman Award while the best bowler award went to Gaurav Vashisth.

Sanjay Verma earned the Man of the Tournament Award.

Rajdhani earned a cash award of Rs 15,000 while Neeraj Academy received Rs 10,000. Avtar Singh Badana, MP, gave away the prizes.

Scores: Rajdhani Sports: 238 for 7 in 40 overs (Joginder Sharma 70, Pramod Bhati 51, Parminder Negi 45 n.o, Kuldeep Diwan 3 for 42, Padamjeet 2 for 38).

Neeraj Academy: 212 all out in 37.3 overs (Sanjay Verma 65, Padamjeet Sahrawat 60, Sachin Khurana 30, Gaurav Vashisth 3 for 37, Ravi Yadav 2 for 34, Joginder Sharma 2 for 31).

Top teams for Rajdhani Trophy

Fourteen top teams will participate in the third Rajdhani Sports Trophy Cricket Tournament, starting on Saturday.

Bright Club will take on Daryaganj Gymkhana in the opening match. The winners will receive a cash award of Rs 31,000 while the runners-up will be richer by Rs 21,000.

Hansraj enter final

A half century by Onant Jai Singh and all-round performance by Neeraj Bansal (37 and 3 for 14) and Prateek Vadera (34 n.o and 3 for 18) helped defending champions Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bagh defeat Ramjas School No 2 by 134 runs and entered the final of the sixth R R Gymkhana R P Jain Memorial Inter-School Under-16 Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground. Prateek Vadera was adjudged the Man of the Match.

Scores: Hansraj Model School: 213 for 7 in 40 overs (Onant Jai Singh 59, Neeraj Bansal 37, Prateek Vadera 34 n.o, Ashish Maheshwari 3 for 43). Ramjas School No 2: 79 (Rajat Sharma 33, Neeraj Bansal 3 for 4, Prateek Vadera 3 for 18, Kumar Abhishek 3 for 18).

Zakir Husain Soccer

New Delhi, February 7
Defending champions Jamia Millia Islamia will take on Moti Lal Nehru College (Evening) in the first semi-final match of the 16th Zakir Husain Memorial Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium on Saturday at 12 noon.

Hosts Zakir Husain will take on Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in the second semi-final at 2pm. OSR

BRIEFLY
Rodeo joins World Cup mania with special offers
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 7
Rodeo is in the grip of World Cup mania as the D-Day for the biggest cricket show has arrived. Inspired by the World Cup, the Rodeo has introduced many cup delights in the menu like Ganguly’s Pot, Tendulkar Tikolo’s and Chanderpaul’s Strength. Flintoff’s Aggression, McGrath’s Inswinger, Hooper’s Flick and Harbhajan’s Straight ones are some of the other items on offer.

There are also a number of prizes on offer with Rodeo all set to make the World Cup an event to remember!

Polo semi-finals today

Signature will take on Army Tag Heuer at 2 pm and Jindal Steel and Power will meet Aravali Polo at 3.30 pm in the semi-final matches of the Chivas Northern India Open Polo Championship at the Jaipur Polo ground on Saturday.

Top players like Samir Suhag, Angad Kalaan, Uday Kalaan, Basheer Ali, and Argentine polo wizards like Gerardo Mazzini, Hugo Barrabucci and Pablo Jauretche will be seen in action in the matches.

Lion Kanishka rout BoI

Lion Kanishka defeated Bank of India by 159 runs in a B Division match of the DDCA League at the Kotla No 2 ground. This was Lion’s eighth consecutive victory.

Scores: Lion Kanishka: 322 for 6 in 40 overs (Sant Ram 113, Raj Kapoor 96 n.o, Nalin Nanda 39, Kamal Kanojia 2 for 55, Sanjeev Tandon 2 for 49).

Bank of India: 163 all out in 32 overs (Pradeep Kanojia 41, Dinesh Kumar 47, Mudassar 2 for 22, Amanjeet Singh 2 for 32).

Young Friends Club defeated Pahari Dhiraj by eight wickets in an A-I Division match at the Ramjas Sports Complex.