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4 Indians among seeded players in Asian Cup TT MUMBAI, Oct 19: Four Indians, including former men’s national champion Chetan Baboor, are among 16 seeded players in the men’s and women’s singles of the $25,000 prize money Asian Cup Table Tennis Championship starting here tomorrow...........more
CRICKET Triangular SHARJAH, Oct 19: Having stumbled at the finishing post after Perf India Open their campaign here against Sri Lanka tomorrow in the triangular cricket series, also involving Zimbabwe, with a lot at stake.........more India to tour SA prior DUBAI, Oct 19: India will tour South Africa in October next year and play three tests and six one-dayers to help the team acclimatise for the 2003 World Cup to be held there.........more NEW DELHI, Oct 19: Six-time world billiards champion Geet Sethi today said that he was slowly easing out of the sport and might quit after a couple of World Championships. "I have already.......more |
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Jammu, Rajouri, Kathua qualify for final of inter-distt Kho-Kho Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: In the ongoing Divisional Level Inter District Kho-Kho tournament organised by the Department............more Singla
upset seeded Khanna Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Sanjeev Gupta today entered the Snooker semi-finals in the ongoing District Billiard and Snooker Championship ...........more Inter-college
competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Government College for Women (GCW), Parade will take on the traditional rival .........more Jammu
Open Squash Champ Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Krishan Sharma and Arshad Khan today sailed into the semi-finals of the Jammu Open Squash......more |
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4 Indians among seeded players in Asian Cup TT MUMBAI, Oct 19: Four Indians, including former men’s national champion Chetan Baboor, are among 16 seeded players in the men’s and women’s singles of the $25,000 prize money Asian Cup Table Tennis Championship starting here tomorrow. Organising committee secretary Yatin Tipnis, told reporters here last night that Karnataka based Baboor, who is ranked 84 in the world, is seeded third behind top seeded Cheung Yuk (32) and second seed Leung Chu Yan (58), both from Hong Kong. ‘Bengal based Soumyadeep Roy (394) is seeded eighth behind fourth seed Yanagida Toshinori of Japan (248), fifth seed Cai Xiao Li (276) of Singapore, sixth seed Mehran Ahadi (352) of Iran and seventh seed Ryusuke Sakamoto (375) of Japan in the men’s singles. Chennai based left hander S Raman is the third Indian in the fray’, Tipnis added. ‘In the women’s singles bengal paddlers Mouma Das (214) and Poulomi Ghatak (246) are seeded seventh and eighth respectively while Korean Kim Kyung Ha (42), Iau Suifei (55) of Hong Kong and Zhang Xue Ling (56) of Singapore are the first three seeds respectively’, he said. ‘Kwok Fong Fong (61) of Hong Kong, Tan Paey Fem (85) of Singapore and Rossy Pretivi Dipoyenti (124) of Indonasia are seeded fourth, fifth and sixth respectively’, he added. (PTI) |
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CRICKET Triangular series Lot at stake for India SHARJAH, Oct 19: Having stumbled at the finishing post after Perf India Open their campaign here against Sri Lanka tomorrow in the triangular cricket series, also involving Zimbabwe, with a lot at stake. The Indians have brought a glimmer of hope for their fans with their fine all-round performance in the ICC Knock-out Tournament in Nairobi, and Sharjah gives them an excellent opportunity to prove their credentials once again. Nobody gave the Indians any chance of proceeding beyond the quarter-finals in Nairobi, when they took on world champions Australia. However, they not only beat Australia but crushed the formidable South Africans on their way to the final. And though the loss in the final was disappointing, it looked more a case of having one bad day, or the opponents proving to be the better team on the day, rather than the abject surrender that had so notoriously come to be associated with the Indian team. However, the important thing is not that India defeated Australia and South Africa - which in itself was no meantate of Indian cricket in recent times - but their attitude and body language throughout the tournament. From a team of no-hopers, suddenly, the Indians, with the addition of some exciting youngsters in their ranks, look transformed into a team who play to win, and win on their merits rather than their rivals’ demerits. And now they must be looking forward to prove that their performance in Nairobi was no flash in the pan, that their approach to a game has indeed seen a marked turnaround. Captain Saurav Ganguly is not averse to trying out his limited options in the tournament opener against Sri Lanka tomorrow. His hands are forced in terms of bowling and batting options but shuffle he must if India is to test fire its ammunition before the tournament really gets serious next week. The three participating teams, India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe would have played two matches each by Sunday before they repeat the cycle next week to identify the finalists for the trophy. The final is slated for October 29. Ganguly is seriously restricted in the batting options and must look to add depth in the middle order even if it means dropping a regular bowler from the side. At present India has five regular batsmen in Sachin Tendulkar, Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Vinod Kambli and Yuveraj Singh with all rounder Robin Singh coming in at number six. Wicketkeeper and four main bowlers make up the remaining side. If the ICC knock out tourney in Nairobi was any indication, S Sriram is set to resume his one-match old international career at the expense of Ajit Agarkar. The Mumbai paceman was a shadow of his former bustling self in Nairobi and it seems the spate of injuries and his slim frame have put a question mark over his career. Agarkar had a brilliant start to his career in 1997, in the year in which he became the fastest first 50 wickets-taker in one-day cricket. But then he has regularly been forced to attend to his knee and back injuries and has lost at struggle to put either Sunil Joshi or Hemang Badani in the playing eleven tomorrow. Joshi, the left-arm spinner from Karnataka who has had a chequered career since making his debut against England in the Edgbaston Test of 1996, is unlikely to find a place against a strong Sri Lankan batting line-up. As for prospects of including Badani, Ganguly will have to drop a batsman to accommodate the Tamil Nadu left-hander but it is a tall order. It would be interesting to see if Ganguly retains Dravid three and four spots or swaps their batting positions. Kambli could be said to have a point against his demotion in the last two games at Nairobi but here he is scheduled to bat at number four. Dravid will serve the team well at number three when the ball is fresh and the spinners are yet to come on in the middle overs. The Karnataka star, will need to push the rate of scoring against the stingy Sri Lankan slow bowlers on an apparently slow wicket and given his technique and inclination, Dravid will have to bat far above his potential to make an impact in this tournament. Vijay Dahiya as a wicketkeeper did sufficiently well in Nairobi but his batting is woefully out of depth at this level of cricket. Most of the one-day international sides have a batsman-wicketkeeper playing these days but that does not appear to be the case with India. Sri Lanka appear well-drilled for the battle ahead. Their batting runs deep with two explosive batsmen in Kumar Sangakkara and Rumesh Kaluwitharana coming late at number six or seven. The first five batsmen in Sanath Jayasuriya, Avishka Gunawardena, Marvan Atapattu, Russel Arnold and Mahela Jayawardene can make any bowler sweat. Sangakkara and Kaluwitharana precede the four bowlers in the side. Sri Lanka have two newcomers in Kaushalya Weeraratne and Tillekeratne Dilshan and coach Dave Whatmore said they are the future of Sri Lankan cricket. Weeraratne is primarily a genuine swing bowler who bowls at a good pace and moves the ball either way with little change in his action. He also hits extremely cleanly while batting. He first came into limelight in the Asia Cup in Dhaka earlier this year when, against India, he picked up Sachin Tendulkar, Ajay Jadeja and Robin Singh. (PTI) |
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India to tour SA prior to 2003 World Cup DUBAI, Oct 19: India will tour South Africa in October next year and play three tests and six one-dayers to help the team acclimatise for the 2003 World Cup to be held there. "India will be touring South Africa in October next year to play three tests and six one-day internationals, Bronwyn Wilkinson, communications manager of the United Cricket Board of South Africa was quoted by the ‘Gulf News’ as saying. Wilkinson said the dates of the tour are yet to be finalised. BCCI secretary J Y Lele, who is Sharjah as India prepare to take part in the tri-nation Coca Cola Cup, confirmed saying,’’ we will be touring South Africa in October-November.’’ Wilkinson said, "we might organise a three-nation tournament involving India, South Africa and Kenya." However, it is yet to be finalised. Regarding the venues of the Indian tour, he said the test venues are yet to be decided. Pothefstroom, a new venue near Johannesburg, might host one of the tests. Mostly the venues where India would be playing are the ones in which the World Cup matches will be played. India had toured England prior to the 1983 World Cup and it stood them well as the team, led by Kapil Dev, went on to win the Cup with a startling performance. (UNI) |
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NEW DELHI, Oct 19: Six-time world billiards champion Geet Sethi today said that he was slowly easing out of the sport and might quit after a couple of World Championships. "I have already stopped playing in the national circuit and might quit altogether after World Open and World Championship that will be held in Chennai in November this year," he said. Sethi said that he was not sure if pool, snooker or billiards would feature in the 2002 Asian Games though the Federations are fighting for their olympics recognition. Asked if he would like to represent the country if billiards and snooker are played at the Asian Games in Pusan, he replied in affirmative. Sethi has now joined an it giant as vice president alliances and relationships said his role in the company would be to scout for talent and mould it. (UNI) |
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Jammu, Rajouri, Kathua
qualify for final of Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: In the ongoing Divisional Level Inter District Kho-Kho tournament organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports (Divisional office Jammu) in the age group of U/19, U/17 and U/14 years of boys and girls categories, district Jammu, Rajouri and Kathua qualified for the finals. In the first match played today district Jammu defeated Kathua by one innings and 3 points in U/17 boys category. In another match of U/17 boys. Rajouri defeated district Udhampur when the score read 19-1 in favour of Rajouri. This extra ordinary win was mainly possible due to herculean efforts by Harmeet Singh and Mohd Ifaq who scored 7 and 5 points respectively. In U/19 boys category district Jammu defeated district Doda in a one sided battle by an innings and 3 points to reach the final in this category. District Rajouri defeated Udhampur in U/14 boys by an inning and 4 points where the main performers for the winning team were Bahadur Singh and Jasvinder Singh who showed extremely sharp reflexes and great anticipation. The 5th match of the day in the girls section of the age group of U/14 years was played between district Jammu and district Udhampur which was won by district Jammu when the score read 16-8 in favour of the winning team. Another match of the day was played between district Jammu and district Rajouri in the girls section of U/17 years which in a tuff contest was won by Jammu district by a solidarity point and the final score was 14-13 in favour of Jammu. Last match of the day was played between U/19 girls of district Poonch and district Kathua in which Kathua's girls were victorious over their rivals and the main performers for the winning team were Sushma Devi and Asha Rani. The officials in todays matches were Mr Dharam Veer Khajuria, Rakesh Kakar, Ravi Kumar, Suraj Dev Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Jagdish Sharma, Tilak Raj, Sahid Bashir, Saleemul Rehman, Kasturi Lal, Vijay Kumar, Pushkar Raj, Ajay Kumar Sharma, Balraj Sharma, Kulwant Singh, Champa Devi, Kamlesh Arora, Kuldeep Kour, Manju Sharma and Sudershan, while Sh S K Wali, Smt Inderjeet Kour and Sh Ramesh Kumar dealt the score books and office records. |
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Singla upset seeded
Khanna Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Sanjeev Gupta today entered the Snooker semi-finals in the ongoing District Billiard and Snooker Championship, while in a major upset, Tarun Singla outplayed seeded player K K Khanna to pave way for the quarter-finals. Sanjeev had an easy time with Devu Kumar, especially in the last two frames. The first frame was easily won by Sanjeev Gupta 88-44, but lost the next one 42-81. Afterwards, Sanjeev gained his confidence and control over the table and easily took away the frames with hefty margin of 72-9, 77-19. The final score: 88-44, 42-81, 72-9, 77-19. Arun Gulati defeated last years runners up in senior category Jyoti Anand 3-2. First two frames were won by Arun Gulati the score being 54-35, 40-36 while third and fourth frames were won by Jyoti scoring 36-50, 40-52. Last and final frame ended with the black ball finish in favour of Gulati scoring 51-43. Vishal Abrol got better of Gurvinder Singh 3-1 the score being 65-45, 69-40, 30-40 and 50-20. Earlier, in a match which was played late yesternight, Junior Tarun Singla upset the seeded player K K Khanna 3-2 in a tough contest. The score: 33-54, 64-37, 48-38, 25-56, 54-46. In another match of the day, Devu Kumar beat Manav Gulati 3-2 (20-67, 50-26, 70-43, 20-49, 50-45). Viraj Malhotra also won his match against Manjeet Singh 3-1 (39-57, 54-30, 55-31, 67-13). In another quarter finals Nitin Khurana defeated Viraj Malhotra 3-1 the score being 28-49, 63-21, 53-31 and 45-36. Meanwhile, the competitions in the junior Billiards have also started. In the first Billiard tie, Deepak Bajaj defeated Sunny Arora 112-101 in a one hour match. |
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Inter-college
competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Government College for Women (GCW), Parade will take on the traditional rival Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar in the final of the Inter-college Kho-Kho competitions at University of Jammu grounds, here tomorrow. Earlier, in the first semi-final, GCW, Parade defeated Degree College, Poonch by three points (10-7). In the first half, Poonch was leading by 5-1, but could not maintain the lead and lost the match. Tanmeet Raina, Vaneeta Suri and Charru Gupta played well for GCW Parade. From Degree College Poonch, four girls have been selected for the coaching camp for the Inter-University. They are Yasmeen Akhtar, Ramandeep Kour, Gurdeep Kour and Fauzia Mughal. Shamim Bandey was incharge of the Poonch team, while GCW, Parade team was accompanied by Geet Bakshi. In the second semi-final of the day, GCW, Gandhi Nagar outplayed Women College, Udhampur by one turn and 20 points. Tarandeep Anand, Yasmeen and Nisha Rajput played nicely for the winners. Whereas, from the losers side, which failed to open the account, two girls have been selected for the camp. They are Rashmi and Rakhi. Messrs Bhupinder Singh Tirthi, Ajay Gupta and Anil Gupta officiated today’s matches. |
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Jammu Open Squash
Champ Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Krishan Sharma and Arshad Khan today sailed into the semi-finals of the Jammu Open Squash Championship being played at Jammu Club, here this evening. Arshad Khan defeated S R Sharma 3-1 (9-5, 9-5, 9-6) to pave way for the last for stage. Arshad, who dominated the first two sets, faced tough resistance from Sharma in the third set. In the second quarter-finals, Krishan Kumar got walkover against Anil Soni, who could not turn up to the venue, to qualify for the semis. In the earlier league ties, oldman Ashish Dar downed youngman Chaitanya 9-5, 9-7, 9-1 to consolidate his position. In his second match, Ashish Dar defeated debutante Umar Khan in easy sets of 9-0. 9-0, 9-1. In another encounter, Pankaj Aggarwal outplayed Sidharth 9-5, 9-2, 9-3. New comer, Nitin Wazir also won his match against another fresher Umar Khan 9-3, 9-3, 9-1. Earlier, in the morning session, Chaitanya beat Nitin Wazir 3-1 (9-5, 9-2, 1-9, 9-3. This time, a number of new young boys have shown interest in the game of Squash and are actively taking part in the competitions. |
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