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COMMACK (NEW YORK), Aug 26: Magnus Norman and Thomas Enqvist moved one step closer to an ......more Shahnawaz rules out India BANGALORE, Aug 26: Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs Syed Shahnawaz Khan today ........more Indian Olympics NEW DELHI, Aug 26: Middle distance runner Sunita Rani, who is recovering from injury, has found ......more Luke Fisher all set BANGALORE, Aug 26: Third seed Luke Fisher of England is all set to pocket the title as he is just .......more R K
Kohli is new treasurer Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 26: Mr N A Khan and Mr S A Hamid retained as the president and general secretary respectively of the..........more |
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Jhelum House wins quiz trophy Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 26: Jhelum House emerged winner of the Brainvisa.com quiz competition organised by the Sainik School Nagrota, here today. During the question answer session, the quiz master asked questions to related to mathematics, science, language, humanities and General Knowledge to different teams.............more State
level essay contest Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 26: Miss Falak Bashir of Government Higher Secondary School, Kothibag, Srinagar bagged the first prize in the state level essay contest the result of which declared by the Population Education Project, J&K State Board of School Education here today. In addition to the trophy, Falak will get a cash prize of Rs 500. The second place went to Miss Priyanka Koul of class 9th, while third position was secured .....more HS Gandhi
Nagar lifts Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 26: Government Girls High School, Gandhi Nagar defeated Government Higher Secondary School, Nagrota by 28 points to lift the U-17 Kabaddi trophy.....more |
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COMMACK (NEW YORK), Aug 26: Magnus Norman and Thomas Enqvist moved one step closer to an all-Swedish final by winning their quarter-final matches at the 415,200 dollars Hamlet Cup tennis event. Norman, the top seed and defending champion, struggled past eighth seed Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco 6-3 2-6 6-3 yesterday to advance to his eighth ATP tour semifinal of the year. Enqvist, seeded third, reached his second semifinal here in four years by defeating 12th seed Fabrice Santoro of France 7-6 (7-4) 6-4. Norman has been at or near the top of the ATP champions race for the better part of the season in posting a 53-16 match record with three tournament wins and a runner-up showing at the French Open. Norman’s semifinal opponent today will be 11th-seeded Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands, who advanced when 1997 champion Carlos Moya of Spain withdrew with severe tendinitis in his right toe. Enqvist, who captured the tennis masters series event at Cincinnati two weeks ago, will face number 15 Arnaud Clement of France in the other semifinal. Clement advanced last night by eliminating 10th seed Michael Chang of the United States 6-3 6-2. (REUTERS) |
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Shahnawaz rules out India playing cricket with Pak BANGALORE, Aug 26: Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs Syed Shahnawaz Khan today ruled out India playing cricket against Pakistan "for the time being". "There is no question of India playing cricket with Pakistan as the neighbours were playing a different game of blood are gore", he said. He was replying to a question from newsmen on the request from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to play in Pakistan reciprocating the tour in 1999 when they had played two tests in 1999. "We can’t be playing two games at the same time", he stressed. When pointed out that there was still time for the tour, he said then the Government would take a decision then itself. Asked whether the rule would apply to other games also, he merely said that the two countries would not play a direct match. He reiterated the stand taken by Union Sports Minister S S Dhindsa that those cricketers who were under a cloud should opt out of the team and return only after they were cleared. "Won’t they sit out if they are injured in the game. After the raids they were psychologically affected and it was for them to sit out". On the BCCI’s reluctance to sack national coach Kapil Dev, he said the cricket board was an autonomous body and the Government could only advise it. It may be recalled that Kapil Dev had reportedly said that he would have nothing to do with the game of cricket after retirement and would be ready to quit if the board agreed. He has one more year left to his coaching stint. He said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the match fixing scandal was likely to submit its report by the end of September. However, he said no date had been fixed. On the code of conduct submitted by the BCCI, he said there were several good points in them. The Ministry had not studied it in detail. But accountability was being fixed now, he added. He said the sports policy would have to come up before the Cabinet and it would be introduced in the winter session of Parliament. (UNI) |
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Indian Olympics contingents announced NEW DELHI, Aug 26: Middle distance runner Sunita Rani, who is recovering from injury, has found a place in the 33 member Indian Athletic squad, for the Sydney Olympic Games. With nine officials accompanying the athletes, it is the biggest component of the 116 member contingent, followed by 20 member hockey team which includes four officials. The squad which includes 16 women athletes will mainly be seen in action in the relay events. It is also the biggest ever athletic team to represent the country in the Olympics. Interestingly four member boxing team will have equal number of officials with it,while three member weightlifting teams will be guided by four officials. Asked how an injured athlete-Sunita Rani- has been included in the squad, chef de mission of the contingent Ashok Mattoo said that Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) has recommended her name. The AAFI is hopeful that sunita will be fully fit by the time athletic events start in the Olympics. Veteran weightlifter, Kunjarani Devi does not figure in the list approved by the Government. Following is the Indian contingent: Athletics-men: 4 x 100 m relay: Anil Kumar, Rajiv Balakrishnan, C T Durai, Anand Menezes, Ajay Raj Singh, Piyush Kumar. 4x 400 m relay: Anil Kumar Rohil, Paramjit Singh, P Ramachandran, Lijo David, Manoj Lal K.J, Jata Shankar. Long jump: Sanjay Kumar Rai. Discus: Anil Kumar. Javelin: Jagdish Bishnoi. Shot Put: Shakti Singh, Bahadur Singh. Women: 4 x 100m: Relay:Rachita Mistry,Vinita Tripathi,Anuradha Biswal,V. Jayalakshmi,V.Pandeshwar,Saraswati Dey. 4x 400 m:Paramjit Kaur,Jincy Philip,Manjuma Kuriakose,Rosa Kutty, K M Beena Mol,Soma Biswas. 1500 m:Sunita Rani. Discus: Neelam J Singh, Javelin: Gurmeet Kaur. Heptathlon:G C Pramila and Soma Biswas. Coaches:Bahadur Singh,Harbans Singh,Andriy Shurepov,Yuriy Ogorodnik. Managers: M L Jadam,A K Banerjee.Doctors:R Kaushal,Yuriy Boyko. Masseuse:Ms Inna Zveryeva. Badminton: Pullela Gopi Chand, Aparna Popat. Coach:Syed Mohd Arif. Boxing: Soubarn Suresh Singh (48 kg),Ngangom Dingko Singh(56 kg),Jitender Kumar (75 kg) and Gurcharan Singh (81 kg). Coaches: Blas Jose Iglesias Fernandez,Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu. Manager: Rajesh Bhandari,doctor:Ashok Ahuja. Hockey: Goal keepers: Jude Menezes,Seveshish Chauhan, Defenders:Dilip Kumar Tirkey,Dinesh Lakra,Lajrus Barla. Mid fielders:Baljit Singh,Sukhbir Gill,Mohd.Riaz Nabi,Selvar, Thirumal Valavan,Ramandeep Grewal (Capt). Forwards:Mukesh Kumar,Dhanraj Pillay,Baljit Singh,Mohd.Sameer Dad, Deepak Thakur Solanki and Gagan Ajit Singh. Coaches: Vasudevan Bhaskran,Harendra Singh,Manager:Jothikumaran. Doctor: P.K.Ramesh. Judo: Laurembam Brojeshwari Devi (52 kg). Coach: Narender Singh. Rowing: Inderpal Singh,Kasam Khan (coxless pair): Coach:Theodore Joseph Bonanno.Manager: C P Singh Deo. Shooting: (men)Anwar Sultan(Trap),Abhinav Bindra (10 m air rifle) (Women): Anjali Ved Pathak (air rifle). Coaches: Marcello Dradi, Laszlo Szucsuk. Armourer: Dhiren Bhatia. Swimming: (Man) Hakimuddin Shabbir Habibulla (200m free style) (Woman) Nisha Millet (200 m free style).Coach:Kanti Vardhan Sharma. Table tennis: Men: Raman Subramaniam,Chetan Baboor Woman:Poulomi Ghatak. Coach:Samal Villivalam Sunder. Tennis: Leander Adrian Paes. Mahesh Bhupathi. Coach:Ramesh Krishnan,doctor: Vace Paes. Weightlifting: Man:Thandava Murthy Muthu.Women: T Baijan Sanamacha Chanu,Karnam Malleswari. Coaches: Pal Singh Sandhu,Leonid Taranenka.Manager Balbir Singh Doctor: Andrei Semenikov. Wrestling: Gurbinder Singh (63 kg) Coach: Randhir Singh. IOA officials: Chef de mission: Ashok Kumar Mattoo.Deputy Chef De Mission: V M Dutta.Treasurer:Mrs Amrit Bose. Support staff: Brig (Rtd)N B Singh,A S V Prasad,M S Bains,Virender Baloni,Sandeep Mehta,Sunita Garware,Bruce Baird and Vijay Kumar. The last three are based in Australia.(UNI) |
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Luke Fisher all set to pocket title in U-21 Snooker BANGALORE, Aug 26: Third seed Luke Fisher of England is all set to pocket the title as he is just three frames away from victory leading 8-1 against top seed and favourite Steven Bennie of Scotland in the kheladi.Com 12th World Under-21 Snooker Championship here today. Luke Fisher, who struck purple patch early, was leading 83-22, 74-36, 64-38, 70-60, 90-35, 68-0, 15-83, 71-41, 75-0. The Britisher was in superb form and potted brilliantly while Bennie was totally off colour. He missed some of the shots, which he would have potted without batting the eyelid. Luke was consistent throughout and had the highest break of 66 in the fifth frame. Bennie, who had seven century breaks in the tournament, had the higest score of 35 in the fourth frame, which he lost. (UNI) |
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R K Kohli is new
treasurer Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 26: Mr N A Khan and Mr S A Hamid retained as the president and general secretary respectively of the Jammu and Kashmir Football Association, the election of which held at Srinagar. While, the president was re-elected unanimously, the general secretary had to face the contest. The choice of Mr R K Kohli as treasurer of the state body found no opposition from the members of the two wings who were present in the house. The election for the selection committee chairman too was unanimous. Mr Yousuf Dar, one of the top player of the state of his times was the ultimate choice of the members. Now, the two wings of the state body will also conduct their elections in the respective wings. When contacted, Mr Shiv Pal Sharma, sitting resident secretary of the Jammu wing said that the election for the Jammu wing will be held in the month of October after the completion of the League Tournament which is scheduled for next month. But, he expressed his anger over the damage caused to the only football ground in Jammu—the Mini-Stadium, Parade by the security agencies on the occasion of Independence day function. Criticising the State Sports Council for showing little resistance when damage was caused to its property, especially the playing fields. He further said that two fields of Football and Hanbdall are totally damaged and nothing has been done for their repair till date. Mr Sharma said that on the one hand, State Sports Council had failed to provide the sports material to the affiliated games, while on the other hand it is proving lakhs of rupees for conducing the unofficial cricket tournaments which has nothing to do with the Sports Council. He informed that both these issues of ground and financial support of the cricket tournament were raised in the house during the elections. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 26: Jhelum House emerged winner of the Brainvisa.com quiz competition organised by the Sainik School Nagrota, here today. During the question answer session, the quiz master asked questions to related to mathematics, science, language, humanities and General Knowledge to different teams. The quiz was aimed to be a visa, an entry into the brain, to information, to power and gauge the cadets resolute value of knowledge, said the Principal of the Sainik School, Nagrota, Col. K L Yadav. He further said that the credo of quiz was the mind boggling questionnaire administered to test the temperament of cadets, culminating their arduous task in preparation for the forthcoming UPSC exams of the National Defence Academy. Brainvisa.com successfully teased the brains and simmered the contest, he said and added that Sainik School Nagrota has always strived to nurture for encouragement and blossoming of latent talents and mental ability of cadets. Later, Col, Yadav presented glittering trophy to the Jhelum House and exhorted the cadets about country’s objective ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kissan Jai Vigyan". |
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State level essay
contest Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 26: Miss Falak Bashir of Government Higher Secondary School, Kothibag, Srinagar bagged the first prize in the state level essay contest the result of which declared by the Population Education Project, J&K State Board of School Education here today. In addition to the trophy, Falak will get a cash prize of Rs 500. The second place went to Miss Priyanka Koul of class 9th, while third position was secured by Miss Shikha of Model Academy. Priyanka will get a cash prize of Rs 300 and Shikha will be awarded with Rs 200. Four consolation prizes of Rs 100 each have also been awarded to Anisha Safaya of MIER, Jammu; Seema Sharma and Natasha Manhas of Jagriti Niketan High School, Jammu. It may be recalled that the contest which was open for the students of Secondary and Senior Secondary classes was held at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Mubarak Mandi on June 9 this year for Jammu Province, while’s for Kashmir Province, it was held on July 1 at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothibagh, Srinagar. And the topic of the essay contest was, "Respect for girls is respect for human dignity". The winners shall be given prizes at a special function which shall be organised by the project soon, a handout issued by the Project Officer here today said. |
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HS Gandhi Nagar lifts in U-17 Kabaddi trophy Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Aug 26: Government Girls High School, Gandhi Nagar defeated Government Higher Secondary School, Nagrota by 28 points to lift the U-17 Kabaddi trophy in the Inter-school competitions of Jammu zone. The final was played at Girls HS Gandhi Nagar, here today. Whereas in the U-19 years group, the winners trophy went in favour of Government Higher Secondary School, Shastri Nagar, Jammu. In Kho-Kho U-19 group, Government Girls High School, Gandhi Nagar won the final to claim the winners trophy. They defeated Government Higher Secondary School, Rehari by an inning and eighteen points. The today’s finals were witnessed by a large number of students from the host school, besides from the institutions participating in the competitions. Over 300 girls drawn from 10 schools falling under the zone took active part in the two-day long competitions. Meanwhile, according to the spokesman of the Department of Youth Services and Sports, the two-day long competitions in the boys group of the Jammu zone will start from August 28. |
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