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pitch COLOMBO, Aug 10: A dangerously bouncing pitch brought an abrupt end to the three-day game ........more Azlan
Shah Hockey Tourney KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10: India were outsmarted by a more agile South Korean side in their last ........more Badminton
Championship BANGALORE, Aug 10: Third seed Chetan Anand (India) ended the impressive run........more |
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Three-day ACF meeting from August 14 KOLKATA, Aug 10: Various committees of the Asian Cricket Foundation (AFC) will meet here for three days from August 14 to discuss on a number issues pertaining to the development of the game in the Asian region..........more EDMONTON, Aug 10: Konstadinos Kederis added the world championship 200 metres gold medal to his Olympic title while 30-year-old Hurdler Allen Johnson proved he was ...........more Indians go
down MUMBAI, Aug 10: Continuing their poor show, India lost to fancied Russia in their Group-A fourth ......more BCCI’s
letter seeking India’s NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Sports Ministry has forwarded Cricket Board’s letter, asking for Government’s.....more |
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Tendulkar pulls out of test series in Lanka MUMBAI, Aug 10: Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has pulled out of the three-match test series in Sri Lanka after a scan done last night showed the hairline fracture on his right toe had not healed completely. Cricket Board (BCCI) executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar told PTI here today that Tendulkar, who underwent a scan for the second time, informed BCCI secretary Jayawant Lele in Baroda that he would be unable to play in the test series. Radiologist Dr Bhujang Pai, who is treating the Master batsman, said Tendulkar would now consult a senior orthopaedic surgeon as the bone scan and CT scan showed the fracture had not healed completely. Sports medicine expert Dr Anant Joshi will decide which orthopaedic doctor has to be consulted, he added. "Tendulkar, who was to undergo bone scan today, was suffering from acute pain, after he returned from Chennai where he had gone to shoot a commercial. He called up head of Hinduja Hospital Nuclear Department Dr B A Krishna and the decision to do the bone scan was taken immediately (on August nine)," pai added. Tendulkar suffered the injury in Zimbabwe while playing in the last league match of the Triangular series against the West Indies on July four and missed the subsequent Triangular series in Sri Lanka. The three doctors- Pai, Joshi and Krishna- discussed the matter with Tendulkar and his wife and decided that the star batsman pull out of the test series. Jacob Martin, who was named as the replacement for Tendulkar by the selectors when they picked the test team here will now join the Indian team in Sri Lanka. (PTI) |
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Dangerous pitch forces premature end to three-dayer COLOMBO, Aug 10: A dangerously bouncing pitch brought an abrupt end to the three-day game between Indians and Sri Lankan Board President’s XI with just one over being bowled on the final day here today. The umpires ruled the pitch was not fit for playing after a few balls from Dinusha Fernando rose dangerously when India resumed at their overnight total of 281 for five. Captain Saurav Ganguly consulted his coach John Wright before declaring the innings at the same score after that over following which umpires Lalith Jayasundara and Gamini Silva inspected the pitch and declared it unfit for play. The match was declared a draw. The Sri Lankan side had made 326 in their first innings. Ganguly top-scored with 74 in the Indian innings with openers Shiv Sunder Das, 72, and Sadgopan Ramesh, 63, also making handsome contributions. This was the only practice game ahead of the first test between India and Sri Lanka starting in Galle on August 14. Brief scores: Sri Lanka Board XI: 326 India: 281 for 5 (S S Das 72, S Ramesh 63, S Ganguly 74 not out, S Dighe not out 25, D Fernando 2-68). |
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Shah Hockey Tourney KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10: India were outsmarted by a more agile South Korean side in their last league match of the Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament here today to end their hopes of a top four finish. The 0-3 loss, their fourth in six matches, meant India finished with just four points. On the other hand, the win enabled South Korea set up a title clash with Germany, who defeated England 2-1 earlier in the day. Korea finished second in the table with 13 points, five behind leaders Germany who won all their league matches. India will now play for the 5-6 place with their likely opponents being England. Australia and Malaysia will play the last league match later today. India, whose only win came against England yesterday, were no match to the fast-paced game of the Koreans who dominated the proceedings today. India did have their opportunities, getting at least three field openings in each of the halves, but were unable to control their shots. In contrast, the South Koreans lapped up their chances with Shin Seok-Kyo scoring through a penalty corner in the 32nd minute and Song Seung-Tae and Yeo Woon-Kon banging in in the 37th and 54th minutes, respectively. (PTI) |
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Championship BANGALORE, Aug 10: Third seed Chetan Anand (India) ended the impressive run of compatriot Nikhil Kanetkar to storm into the men’s singles final of the $10,000 BPL Asian Satellite Badminton Championships 2001 here today. In the all-Indian women’s singles title round tomorrow, top seed B R Meenakshi will cross swords with national champion and second seed Aparna Popat after the two players recorded contrasting semi-final victories. Meenakshi overpowered third seed Salakjit Polsana (Thailand) 13-11, 5-11, 11-9 in 55 minutes, while Aparna thrashed her unseeded Thai opponent, Nucharin Teekhatrakul 11-5, 11-8 in just over half-an-hour. In the men’s singles semi-final, Anand lost the second game before recovering to beat unseeded Kanetkar, the 22-year-old Southpaw and an IOC employee, 15-9, 8-15, 15-6 in 65 minutes, ending the dream run of the latter. Playing his first international match yesterday after a gap of nine months, Kanetkar had stunned top seeded englishman Andrew South. Earlier today, he recorded a fluent 15-7, 15-5 victory over eighth seeded Jakrapan Thanathiratham, Thai junior champion, in the quarter-final. In the second men’s singles semi-finals played late this evening, unseeded Allan Tai (Malaysia) surprised sixth seed Anupap Thiraratsakul Thaila to set up the title clash with Anand tomorrow. Tai, the under-21 champion of Malaysia, who has been most impressive in the championships carrying world ranking points, won 17-14, 15-8. (PTI) |
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Three-day ACF meeting from August 14 KOLKATA, Aug 10: Various committees of the Asian Cricket Foundation (AFC) will meet here for three days from August 14 to discuss on a number issues pertaining to the development of the game in the Asian region. The ACF meeting, which was earlier scheduled to be held here on July 31 and August one, had been postponed to get adequate time to go through agenda and programme documents of the International Cricket Council’s Development Committee which is scheduled to meet in Amsterdam on September 10 and 11. Giving details of the three-day conclave, AFC chairman Jagmohan Dalmiya told PTI that the development committee will meet on August 14 to discuss the implementation of the development plans for the Asian region. The committee, charmed by former Sri Lankan captain Duleep Mendis, will also discuss on various aspects of the detailed development plan drawn up by AFC and review the work done so far. Apart from Mendis, Mazhar Khan of United Arab Emirates, Anil Kalavar of Singapore, J Jaykumar Shah of Nepal and T Krishnaswamy of Malaysia were the other members of the development committee while Dalmiya will be a special invitee. The ACF chairman said that the screening committee will meet on August 15 to begin the process of finalising the development officers from each of the four test playing nations in the Asian Region. The screening committee will go through the credentials of all the nominees before finalising the panel of development officers. The screening committee, chaired by Dalmiya, comprised Lt Gen Tauqib Zia, Zakir Syed, Duleep Mendis and Ashraf-ul-Haq. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has nominated four former test players for the post of development officers. National selectors Ashok Malhotra and Madanlal, alrounder Roger Binny and left handed batsman W V Raman were the four BCCI nominees. Pakistan and Sri Lanka had also sent their nominations for the post of development officers. While Pakistan has sent a list comprising former skippers Mushtaq Mohammed and Zaheer Abbas and medium pacer Iqbal Sikander, Sri Lanka had recommended former cricketers Roy Dias, Rumesh Ratnayake and Brendon Kuruppu. Dalmiya said that the technical committee will meet on August 16 to discuss the technical aspects of the programmes. The technical committee comprised Sunil Gavaskar (India) , Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan), Asantha De Mel (Sri Lanka) and Gazi Ashraf Hossain (Bangladesh). He said that BCCI secretary J Y Lele has also been invited to discuss certain matters regarding the forthcoming Asian Test Championship. (PTI) |
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EDMONTON, Aug 10: Konstadinos Kederis added the world championship 200 metres gold medal to his Olympic title while 30-year-old Hurdler Allen Johnson proved he was far from being a spent force here. While there was no doubt the 28-year-old Greek had pulled off the double, the battle for silver and bronze left the judges with a nightmare as Jamaica’s Christopher Williams, American Shawn Crawford and Kim Collins of St Kitts all burst across the line together. After half-a-dozen looks at the photo finish the judge gave Williams the silver and Crawford and Collins the bronze as all three runner were clocked at the same time - 20.20sec. Britain’s Christian Malcolm was fifth in 20.22sec. The 200m title was thrown wide open even before the first heat when Olympic and World Championship 100m champion Maurice Greene, Ato Boldon and Frankie Fredericks all pulled out with injuries. But Kederis insisted their absence made no difference. "Whether Maurice Green had raced or not I would have won," said the Greek. "This victory means more to me than the Olympic title. It confirms my win in Sydney was no fluke. Let Boldon and Maurice try and beat me I am king of the 200," he added. Hurdling legend Johnson rebounded from his Sydney Olympics failure and ended a four-year title drought by taking the 110m hurdles crown for the third time. Johnson, who beat Olympic champion Anier Garcia into silver, said it was more important to him than the 1996 Olympic title and made worthwhile his decision not to retire when he was in the depths of despair after losing his Olympic title in Sydney. "If people had said in 1997 I would not win a title till now I would have thought they were crazy," he said. "This means more to me than Atlanta in 1996 because it is a statement to those who thought I was over the top that I am not and I am the man to beat once again," he added. Johnson, who despite his titles believes he has failed to get the same recognition as other champions because he is not brash enough, got off to a superb start leaving Garcia trailing and despite cracking the final hurdle he just managed to stave off his Cuban rival. "I thought `oh no’ this is like Sydney where I did the same thing and fell back from second to fourth," he said. "However my momentum just kept me ahead of Anier," he added. Garcia, who was seeking to add the title to his world indoor and Olympic crown, claimed it was the start that had cost him the race. "I needed just a normal start to win but I got a dreadful one," he said. "Allen is a great competitor but I tried not to focus on that and run my own race.’’ "However, in the end he was too good but I think this duel between us has many more twists to come," he added. (AFP) |
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Indians go down without a fight to Russia MUMBAI, Aug 10: Continuing their poor show, India lost to fancied Russia in their Group-A fourth round league match of the team World Cup of chess for the visually impaired at Dusseldorf (Germany) yesterday. The Russians grabbed four points while this was India’s fourth consecutive defeats in as many matches. Sergueis Smirnov and Kyrlov beat Swapnil Shah and Madan Bagayatkar respectively without much effort while Anatolis Guimadeev and Stroko rounded off the tally with easy wins over Shirish Patil and Vasant Patil, according to information received here today. The Indians will now play germany in their next round robin league tie. Results (fourth round) Group-A: Spain (2.5) beat Germany (1.5), Russia (4) beat India (0), Romania (3) beat Croatia (1). Group-B: Ukraine (3) beat Slovenia (1), Yugoslavia (2.5) beat Hungary (1.5), Poland (3.5) beat Lithunia (.5). (PTI) |
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BCCI’s letter seeking India’s participation reaches MEA NEW DELHI, Aug 10: Sports Ministry has forwarded Cricket Board’s letter, asking for Government’s permission to play against Pakistan in Karachi in an Asian Test Championship (ATC) match in September, to the Ministry of External Affairs which will take a final decision on the issue. Sports Minister Uma Bharti today said her Ministry had received BCCI’s letter dated July 26 and forwarded it to the MEA which will take a final decision in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs. Cricket Board president A C Muthiah today met Bharti to know the Government’s response to the letter. Though Muthiah described the meeting as a ‘courtesy call’, he did admit that ATC came up for discussion. "She (Bharti) told me that the matter was under consideration," Muthiah said after the meeting. "The Government has already said that it would allow the team to play against Pakistan in multi-lateral tournaments but a final decision on ATC was still to be taken," he said, adding that he expected the decision by the third week of this month. Atc involves Sri Lanka and Bangladesh besides India and Pakistan. Every match is played in either of the participating countries on a rotational basis. India and Pakistan had played in Kolkata in the inaugural event in 1999 and it is Pakistan’s turn to host India this time. To a suggestion whether India and Pakistan can play the ATC match in a neutral venue like Colombo, Muthiah said it would be unacceptable. "If we don’t play Pakistan in Karachi, the tournament will have to be called off.’’ "Pakistan wants us to play in their country. We also want Pakistan to come to India," he said. Muthiah said India’s performance in the recent Triangular one-day series in Sri Lanka was ‘disappointing’ especially in the final match where they suffered a humiliating 121-run loss to the hosts. "It was disappointing. The defeat in the final was the eighth in a row. The team needs to break the ice," he said. (PTI) |
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