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Danish pair repeat golden European double GLASGOW, Apr 30: Denmark’s Peter Gade and Fiancee Camilla Martin recorded a second golden European Championships Badminton double in ......more ICC may consider amnesty for Cronje to spill the beans LONDON, Apr 30: The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) two-day emergent meeting here from May 2 may consider a proposal to offer....more Cooperate with CBI, MUMBAI, Apr 30: The Cricket Board (BCCI) has appealed to everyone concerned with the game, including its own personnel, to actively .....more MUMBAI, Apr 30: Air India, riding on the brillaint opportunitism of Edgar Aranha, today beat Oil and Natural Gas Commission of Dehradun 4-2 to ....more |
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Memorial Veteran Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 30: Host Luxmi Cricket Club (LCC) launched their campaign with a thrilling three runs victory over Ever-shine Cricket Club in the opening ...more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 30: The first ever Badminton tournament organised by the newly formed Nanak Nagar Badminton Club, Jammu in the Men and Sub-junior groups has started at multi-purpose Indoor halls, MA Stadium, ....more Jammu Olympic Club
Sports Meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 30: Som Raj Gupta bagged the Badminton title beating Nandi V Jain in the final of the three-day ....more |
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Danish pair repeat golden European double GLASGOW, Apr 30: Denmark’s Peter Gade and Fiancee Camilla Martin recorded a second golden European Championships Badminton double in succession today, putting down firm Olympic markers in the process. Gade, the world number one, beat Olympic gold medallist Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen 15-5 15-11 while on the next court world champion Martin defeated Sweden’s Marina Andrievskaya 13-10 11-3. The golden danes were repeating their triumphs in these championships two years ago in Bulgaria while Martin, champion also in 1996, was winning the women’s title for a record third time in succession. Gade looked back to near his best after a surprise reverse at last month’s all England championships in Birmingham, racing into a 9-0 lead against the 34-year-old Hoyer-Larsen, Olympic champion in Atlanta. In the second game, topseeded Gade led 6-0 and 11-3 and despite a spirited comeback from his opponent which included saving two match points there was never too much doubt the younger man was generally in control. But Gade paid tribute to his compatriot. "It was very hard, the hardest of the week," he said. "It was played at a much higher speed. I think in the first game I was very close to playing at my very best." Martin, who had dropped a game to Kelly Morgan of Wales in yesterday’s semifinals, made an uneven start against Andrievskaya, the former Russian who has a good record against Danish players. The titleholder led 7-2 only for her opponent to pull back to 7-7 and then 9-9. The Swede saved a game point at 10-9 down but Martin went on to take it 13-10 and from 6-0 in the second it was just a matter of time. Martin, whose season started back in October, said: "I’m very tired but it’s nice to get into the record books." She added: "Marina started to play well when she came back in the first game but I always knew she would make mistakes." There was earlier joy for Denmark when Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen won the mixed doubles title for the third time in succession. For Sogaard it was in fact four in a row as he won it in 1994 with a different partner. Earlier this week, Denmark retained their European team title beating England 4-1 in the final. (REUTERS) |
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ICC may consider amnesty for Cronje to spill the beans LONDON, Apr 30: The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) two-day emergent meeting here from May 2 may consider a proposal to offer amnesty to disgraced former South African skipper Hansie Cronje and others for providing information to authorities about corruption in the game. The meeting to be held at the Lord’s, however, is likely to reject any proposal that the number of one-day games be slashed in the wake of the betting and match-fixing scandal that has broken out with the Cronje episode, The Sunday Observer daily reported today. Besides Cronje, three English players alleged by former all-rounder Chris Lewis to have been in the payroll of bookies and cricketers worldwide will be offered the scheme if it is pushed through, the paper said. ICC chief executive David Richards has said such an extreme form of action may be necessary to garner information required to help solve the problem of match-fixing that has tarnished the image of the game worldwide. Richards told the Sky Sports in an interview to be telecast tomorrow what we must do is get together all the people who have the best interests of cricket at heart and bring forward the evidence, bring it into public domain. We might have to do that in a discreet fashion we might have to give an amnesty for people to bring forward that information, he has been quoted as saying. The EGM, called to discuss the raging match-fixing issue, will be the second such ICC meeting. The first, also hastily convened, was held in Christchurch in January last year after it was revealed that Aussie stars Shane Warne and Mark Waugh had received money from an Indian bookie for information on weather and forecasting. The meeting is also likely to discuss reduction in the huge number of one-day games being played, but Richards felt the match-fixing row could not be solved by reducing them. To put forward the view that by reducing the amount of one-day cricket you’re going to solve the problem - that’s not a correct line of thought. I wouldn’t support that at all, the ICC chief executive has said. Richards said he was not personally against the amnesty scheme. We have one day to clean all this up, put it behind the sport and move into the rest of the century in a fine way, he has said. The Sunday Observer said an amnesty offer was unlikely to encourage players to come out in big numbers with information, but such a scheme could be of great interest to Cronje, who has refused to provide any information despite admitting to being dishonest about betting allegations. The match-fixing scandal broke out when Delhi Police named Cronje and four teammates in a case early this month, alleging corrupt practices by them during South Africa’s one-day series in India. The paper said if the amnesty scheme was implemented, the England three, whose names Lewis has passed on to the England Cricket Board, could also take advantage, though the ECB held last week that there was no case to answer. Representatives from all test playing countries will attend the meeting, to be chaired by ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya. The Sunday Observer, in a separate article, said the amount of pre-meeting sparring hinted at a divide between Asian countries and the rest. Both Dalmiya and Yawar Saeed, director of cricket operations of the Pakistan Cricket Board, urged United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCB) managing director, Ali Bacher, to retract his statement that he suspected two matches in last year’s World Cup in England were fixed. Bacher was quoted in Australian papers as mentioning the Pakistan defeat against Bangladesh, but subsequently denied naming any particular match and claimed it was mischief by the three Australian papers that carried his interview. (PTI) |
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Cooperate with CBI, BCCI urges its officials MUMBAI, Apr 30: The Cricket Board (BCCI) has appealed to everyone concerned with the game, including its own personnel, to actively co-operate in the CBI investigation into allegations of betting and match-fixing in cricket. In an advertisement placed in newspapers today, BCCI Secretary Jaywant Lele has also appealed that people desist from spreading rumours and going to the media with unfounded allegations. "The BCCI appeals to all persons concerned with cricket including office-bearers, players, officials, coaches and managers of cricketing bodies and organisations, including all personnel of the BCCI, to actively co-operate with CBI in their investigation into the allegations of betting and match-fixing of cricket matches", the text of the ad reads. Lele has also appealed to people to actively co-operate with CBI to "help in ultimately arriving at some firm conclusions in the matters now under investigation which have justifiably aroused the concern of lovers of the game of cricket in India and around the world". He appealed to journalists and mediapersons having knowledge of the matter or connected with the investigations now being conducted by CBI to "pass on all relevant and material information to the investigating authorities." The Government had ordered a CBI inquiry into the raging controversy on Friday. Sports Minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa had, a day earlier, held discussions with players, past and present, and the game’s administrators at New Delhi. All board bigwigs had welcomed the decision to institute a CBI probe. (PTI) |
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MUMBAI, Apr 30: Air India, riding on the brillaint opportunitism of Edgar Aranha, today beat Oil and Natural Gas Commission of Dehradun 4-2 to enter the quarter-finals of the Teg Bahadur Hockey Tournament here. Aranha, exploiting the new waiver of the off-side rule, smacked all the goals for his side. At half time, the score real 4-0. In the first match Bombay Hockey Association, colts got a walk over into the quarter-finals where they meet Border Security Force. Their rivals central reserve police force failed to turn up. Earlier Punjab Sind Bank had also cried off. Aranha, out to prove that he is still good for the country, pushed in off a short corner for his first goal in the ninth minute. He kept lurking on the left side of the rival goal from where he flicked three more goals in the eleventh, 16th and 35th minutes. His forward colleague Kishore provided the opportunities for the first two goals and cornelious D’costa and Rajesh Chauhan fed him well later. After the break, off the third corner, Ranjit grasped a rebound and scored for ONGC in the 12th minute and just before the final whistle Balwant Singh made it 2-4. In between M K Singh failed to covert a stroke for Air India. (UNI) |
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Memorial Veteran Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 30: Host Luxmi Cricket Club (LCC) launched their campaign with a thrilling three runs victory over Ever-shine Cricket Club in the opening league tie of the Ist Gurdeep Singh Bhagru Memorial Veterans’ Cricket Tournament at Parade ground, here today. Once losing side of LCC turned the tables against ESCC who were just four runs short of the target in three overs when Som Dutt was run out by Naveen. Earlier, batting first, LCC set a target of 191 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 25 overs. Opener, Suraj Parkash gave fillip to the innings with his fire brand 70 runs off mere 55 runs with the help of 12 hit to the fence. He was well supported by Naveen, who made 36 runs in 27 deliveries including seven boundaries. While S Kumar contributed valuable 31 (off 18, 2x4, 3x6) runs. From Ever-shine, Sham Lal was the most economical bowler, who took three wickets for 42 in his five overs spell. In reply, Ever-shine Club made a brilliant start and runs continued pouring in although their middle order collapsed. Sham Lal played a splendid inning of 67 runs which came in just 33 ball with the help of three sixes and nine boundaries. It was followed by a good partnership between Rajinder and Parveen, who added near 50 runs for the seventh wicket partnership. They had almost won the match when they had required just three runs in the remaining three overs, but the confusion over a risky single changed the whole scenario. There last batsmen could not turn-up and they no other alternative but to accept the defeat. Som Dutt, who was playing at number nine position was run out by Naveen when he tried to make a risky single. Jasbir Singh, S Kumar and Ashok Gupta shared two wickets each for LCC. Suraj Parkash Sharma, who scored brilliant 70 runs was declared as man of the match. SCOREBOARD LCC Mohan Singh c Yudhvir b Parveen 5 Suraj Parkash c Om Bhatia b Rakesh 70 Naveen c Sham b Som Dutt 36 Romesh b Sham Lal 17 S Kumar c Rakesh b Sham Lal 31 Jasbir Singh b Sham Lal 6 Ashok Gupta n o 8 A Mehta n o 0 Extras 18 Total (for six in 25 overs) 191 Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-96, 3-130, 4-173, 5-180, 6-190. Bowling: Parveen Kumar 5-0-23-1; Sham Lal 5-0-42-3; Rajinder Kumar 3-0-23-0; Bansi Lal 5-0-27-0; Rakesh Kumar 5-0-51-1; Sam Dutt 2-0-21-1. ESCC Sham Lal st Suraj b Sudershan Mehta 67 Yudhvir c Arun Mehta b Romesh 15 Ravi c Sudershan b Jasbir Singh 7 Rakesh b Jasbir Singh 1 Bansi Lal c Kulbushan b Sudershan Mehta 7 Rajinder b Ashok 25 Parveen b Madhu 24 Om Bhatia b Ashok Gupta 1 Ramesh n o 7 Som Dutt run out Naveen 2 Extras: 32 Total (all out in 22 overs) 188 Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-55, 3-57, 4-102, 5-114, 6-160, 7-172, 8-173, 9-188. Bowling: Romesh Gupta 3-0-29-0; Jasbir Singh 5-0-41-2; Madhu 4-0-37-1; Kewal Singh 2-0-22-0; S Kumar 4.1-0-25-2; Ashok Gupta 4-0-34-2. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 30: The first ever Badminton tournament organised by the newly formed Nanak Nagar Badminton Club, Jammu in the Men and Sub-junior groups has started at multi-purpose Indoor halls, MA Stadium, here today. In the first leg of the competitions in the Mini-boys singles, Sandeep Singh beat Sahil Saini 15-8, 15-1; Sahil Sharma beat Arvind 15-0, 15-0; Varun Saini beat Vishal 15-1, 15-1; Lokesh Sharma beat Tarun 15-0-15-7 and Ridham Gupta beat Varun 15-7, 15-6. In the Sub-junior boys singles, Vikram Saini beat Aman 15-0, 15-0; Atul Gupta got walkover against Ankush; Divay Manhas beat Atul Kanwal 15-0, 15-1; Vipul Saini beat Gourav in straight sets; Ankur Jain beat Nitin 15-1, 15-1; Sameer beat Varun Gupta 15-12, 4-15, 15-7; Arunav beat Vikas in equal straight sets and Shivdeep Singh beat Karan 15-7, 15-8. Earlier, the tournament was declared open by the Secretary, State Sports Council, Mr Sheikh Fazal Ahmed. While, Dr Pradip Sankhyadhar, patron-in-chief of the Club introduced the participants with the chief guest. Prominent among those present in the inaugural function included Messrs Sat Pal Sharma, SAI Badminton coach, S L Saini, V P Saini, Pawanjit Singh, Amit Gupta and Amit Sharma. |
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Olympic Club Sports Meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 30: Som Raj Gupta bagged the Badminton title beating Nandi V Jain in the final of the three-day Jammu Olympic Club Sports meet organised by the Jammu Olympic Association, here today. The doubles title went to the pair of Nandi V Jain and D S Arora, who defeated Som Raj Gupta and D D Sharma in straight sets. In the table tennis seniors singles, Sanjay Gupta beat Rajesh Sharma to lift the tittle. While, V Bandhu of Jammu Club finished third. In the Men’s doubles, Rajesh Sharma and Sanjay Gupta beat the pair of V Bandhu and Satish Gupta. Parul Chowdhary was the winner in the junior boys Table Tennis singles outplaying Puesh Raina. Sainyum Misri remained at the third place. In the Chess, H N Misri beat B K Sawhney to win the title, while Yogesh Kohli finished third. Yogesh Sharma was winner in Carrom, who beat Prabodh Sharma in the final. Kuldip Sharma was declared third. In bridges, North-East side comprised of Prof Bal Krishan Sawhney and Prof Shamsher Singh emerged winners, while Prof Pran Nath Arora and R K Kohli representing won from South-West side. The prizes were distributed among the winners of the meet, besides other prominent sports persons, who are members of the club by Mrs Indrani Wazir, who was chief guest on the occasion. |
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