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| Nash appeals against domestic ban AUCKLAND, Dec 24: New Zealand all-rounder Dion Nash has appealed against his 13-day ban from domestic cricket for breaching the code of conduct by abusing an opposition player and an umpire in Auckland’s four-day game against Otago last week.......more Di Pasquale among MELBOURNE, Dec 24: Sydney Olympics bronze medallist Arnaud Di Pasquale has been given a wildcard...............more Sachin, Sharandeep NEW DELHI, Dec 24: Maestro Sachin Tendulkar and off-spinner Sharandeep Singh topped batting and..........more Hockey players to NEW DELHI, Dec 24: National-level hockey players will get 50 per cent concession on Indian Airlines ....more |
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16th State Roller Skating Championship from Dec 28 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 24: The 16th Jammu and Kashmir State Roller Skating Championship.....more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 24: A state level Karate Championship was organised by the Karate-Do....more RCC, YCC
win ties Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 24: The RCC and YCC won their respective ties in the Sunjwan Cup Cricket....more Brig
Ghansar Singh Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 24: Brigadier Ghansar Singh Public School, Barnai, near here celebrated Sports.....more |
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Nash appeals against domestic ban AUCKLAND, Dec 24: New Zealand all-rounder Dion Nash has appealed against his 13-day ban from domestic cricket for breaching the code of conduct by abusing an opposition player and an umpire in Auckland’s four-day game against Otago last week. The appeal was brought by Auckland cricket who, while not arguing with the reasons for the ban, were concerned about its length and how it would affect the province’s chances in the four-day championship and the first two games in the one-day competition. A decision by New Zealand cricket on the appeal is not expected until December 28 when Nash is expected to start his ban by missing Auckland’s four-day championship game against Northern districts in Hamilton. The suspension could cost nash a place in the New Zealand one-day squad which will be returning to Australia for a Triangular series also involving South Africa. The squad will be announced on January 3.(AGENCIES) |
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Di Pasquale among 4 wildcards for Australian Open MELBOURNE, Dec 24: Sydney Olympics bronze medallist Arnaud Di Pasquale has been given a wildcard for next month’s Australian Open, organisers said today. Di Pasquale and world number three junior Marion Bartoli received the French wildcards under a reciprocal arrangement with the French Open, Australian Open officials said. Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, ranked 120th, and Cho Yoon-Jeong of Korea, ranked 115th, received the Asian wildcards to the Australian Open as winners of the men’s and women’s singles in the Asian Championships in Hong Kong which ended yesterday. Under the French wildcard agreement, the French Tennis Federation is allowed to nominate one male and one female player for the Australian Open wildcard in return for similar entry for Australian players in the French Open. Former Australian Open champion Mary Pierce, 26, now ranked 129th in the world, was also given a wildcard this month. The Frenchwoman won the title in 1995. Organisers also awarded women’s wildcards to local players Christina wheeler and Cindy Watson while men’s wildcards went to Australians Jaymon Crabb and Todd Larkham and American Taylor Dent, son of former Australian Davis Cup player Phil Dent, the 1974 Australian Open runner-up. Six more wildcards are yet to be announced. The Australian Open, one of four Grand Slam tournaments played on the international circuit each year, starts on January 14 in Melbourne. Americans Andre Agassi and Jennifer Capriati are defending champions. The two-week tournament attracted more than 500,000 spectators in January this year. (AGENCIES) |
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Sharandeep top batting, bowling NEW DELHI, Dec 24: Maestro Sachin Tendulkar and off-spinner Sharandeep Singh topped batting and bowling averages for India, respectively, while middle-order batsman Michael Vaughan and opening bat and stop-gap bowler Mark Butcher led the table for England in the three-test match series which concluded yesterday in Bangalore. Tendulkar scored a century and two 50s in his 307 runs in three matches with an impressive average of 76.75, followed by wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta and Virender Sehwag averaging 44.25 and 43.00, respectively. Sehwag did not play the first test at Mohali after the International Cricket Council banned him following Mike Denness’ verdict. Vaughan accumulated 106 runs in two matches with an average of 53.00 while Marcus Trescothick (48.00) and Mark Butcher (43.00) scored 240 and 215 runs in three matches, respectively. Though Sharandeep Singh topped the bowling list with three wickets in one match with an average of 18.00, leg-spinner Anil Kumble took maximum 19 wickets and offie Harbhajan Singh claimed 13 scalps in three matches. Part-time bowler Mark Butcher, who took only one wicket, led the bowling list because of his economy rate, though pacemen Matthew Hoggard and Andrew Flintoff grabbed nine and six wickets in three matches, respectively. Following is the final average after the conclusion the three-test match series. India M I N/O R H/S 50s 100s Average Sachin Tendulkar 3 4 0 307 103 2 1 76.75 Deep Dasgupta 3 5 1 177 100 1 1 44.25 Virender Sehwag 2 2 0 86 66 1 - 43.00 Rahul Dravid 3 4 1 122 86 1 - 40.66 Vangipurappu Laxman 3 3 0 115 75 1 - 38.33 Sanjay Bangar 1 1 0 36 36 - - 36.00 Shiv Sundar Das 3 4 0 129 58 1 - 32.25 Iqbal Siddiqui 1 2 1 29 24 - - 29.00 Saurav Ganguly 3 4 1 68 47 - - 22.66 Anil Kumble 3 3 0 56 37 - - 18.66 Sharandeep Singh 1 1 0 4 4 - - 4.00 Harbhajan Singh 3 3 0 9 8 - - 3.00 Javagal Srinath 2 2 1 2 2# - - 2.00 Tinu Yohannan 2 2 2 5 3# - - — England Michael Vaughan 2 3 1 106 64 1 - 53.00 Marcus Trescothick 3 6 1 240 99 2 - 48.00 Mark Butcher 3 6 1 215 92 2 - 43.00 Graham Thorpe 1 2 0 85 62 1 - 42.50 Craig White 3 5 0 205 121 - 1 41.00 Nasser Hussain 3 5 0 191 85 2 - 38.20 Mark Ramprakash 3 5 0 159 58 1 - 31.80 James Foster 3 5 0 96 48 - - 19.20 Ashley Giles 2 3 0 43 28 - - 14.33 Richard Dawson 3 5 1 27 11 - - 6.75 Andrew Flintoff 3 5 0 26 18 - - 5.20 James Ormond 1 2 1 3 3# - - 3.00 Matthew Hoggard 3 5 2 6 4# - - 2.00 India M O M R W Best Average Sharandeep Singh 1 21 5 54 3 3-54 18.00 - - Anil Kumble 3 166.1 36 440 19 7-115 23.16 2 1 Harbhajan Singh 3 136.3 35 319 13 5-51 24.54 2 - Javagal Srinath 2 71 17 221 6 4-73 36.83 - - Iqbal Siddiqui 1 19 5 48 1 1-32 48.00 - - Sachin Tendulkar 3 17 3 50 1 1-27 50.00 - - Tinu Yohannan 2 56 8 213 4 2-56 53.25 - - Saurav Ganguly 3 16 3 51 0 — — - - Virender Sehwag 2 5 1 10 0 — — - - Sanjay Bangar 1 5 2 17 0 — — - - England Mark Butcher 3 7 1 19 1 1-19 19.00 - - Matthew Hoggard 3 101.5 29 281 9 4-80 31.22 - - Andrew Flintoff 3 92 31 189 6 4-50 31.50 - - Ashley Giles 2 108.3 46 198 6 5-67 33.00 1 - Richard Dawson 3 90 15 279 6 4-134 46.50 - - Craig White 3 54 17 122 2 1-33 61.00 - - James Ormond 1 28 8 70 1 1-70 70.00 - —(UNI) |
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Hockey players to get 50 per cent concession IA NEW DELHI, Dec 24: National-level hockey players will get 50 per cent concession on Indian Airlines flights, Civil Aviation Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said today. The minister, while felicitating nine eminent sportspersons of the national carrier at a function here, said the budget of the Indian Airlines Sports Control Board will be doubled from the present Rs 75 lakh. The sportspersons felicitated were cricketers Javagal Srinath, V V S Laxman and Harbhajan Singh, Chess Women’s Grandmaster S Vijayalakshmi, hockey players Inam-ur-Rahman, Mukesh Kumar and Dilip Tirkey, twice world men’s carrom champion a Maria Irudayam and shooter Vivek Singh. The Minister also announced that Indian Airlines will bear 50 per cent of the cost of laying Astro-turf in a Delhi Stadium for hockey. He said the matter of Indian Airlines being allowed to participate in the Ranji Trophy as a team like Railways and Services would be taken up with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). (UNI) |
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16th State Roller Skating Championship from Dec 28 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 24: The 16th Jammu and Kashmir State Roller Skating Championship, organised by the Amateur Roller Skating Association of Jammu and Kashmir, will start from December 28 to 30 at Skating Rink, Indoor Sports Complex, M A stadium, here. The main events of the three-day championship will be held in the disciplines of Speed Skating, Artistic Skating and Roller Hockey. The entry fee for the championship is Rs 25 per participant/ per event. This championship will be held in different age groups in both boys and girls sections. Each participant can participate in not more than two races, said the organising secretary for the championship, Ajay Gupta. Entries, alongwith the fee, can be submitted to Mrs Anjana Sharma at Skating Rink, Jammu, Rajinder Kumar, Artistic coach at Skating rink and Sanya Malik, DPS, Jammu on prescribed form upto December 27. It is during this championship, the State contingent for the 39th National Roller Skating Championship will be selected. This championship will be held at Vishkhapatnam. Meanwhile, the organising secretary has asked the skaters, who are not registered, to get themselves registered by paying annual registration fee of Rs 50, so that they could become eligible for the participation. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 24: A state level Karate Championship was organised by the Karate-Do Association of Jammu and Kashmir at Indoor Complex, M A Stadium, here. About 200 Karatekas drawn from 14 different schools of Jammu participated in the two-day tournament which was held in different age groups in both boys and girls sections. Those who won top positions in this championship included Akshay Dhar, Malvinder Singh, Puneet Bandral, Sunny Bandral, Ankit Kachroo, Nasir Ali, Marvi Thakur, Sheema Kher, Sonali, Ashima Sharma, Zein, Sumplin Mengi, Rahul Gupta, Rishab Bhan, Agarganya, Deepak, Rajesh Sharma, Palak, Aayoshi, Eesha Menon, Surbhi, Shweta, Sheikh Baba, Amit, Sahil Sharma, Sakmohit Singh, Asgar Abbas, Ram Kumar, Pradeep, Aman Preet, Kanav Mahajan and Rohit Kumar. Mr Prem Kumar, MLA, BJP, was the chief guest on the occasion, while, Secretary, State Sports Council, Sheikh Fazal Ahmed, was guest of honour. Vice-president of the KAJK presented vote of thanks. Those formed the organising committee of the tournament were Suhail Ashraf, Naresh Chander, Ayjaz Lone, Imran Afzal, Altaf Hussain and Zubair Siddiqui. |
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RCC, YCC win ties in Sunjwan Cup Cricket Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 24: The RCC and YCC won their respective ties in the Sunjwan Cup Cricket Tournament being played at Sunjwan grounds, near here. In the first match, RCC defeated MCC by two wickets. Batting first after wining the toss, MCC set a target of 134 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs, which RCC chased in 18.4 overs for the loss of eight wickets. Rashpal bagged man of the match award for scoring 40 runs and taking two wickets for the winners. In other match, YCC outplayed Narwal Cricket Club by a huge margin of 66 runs. Earlier, batting first, YCC made 146 runs in the allotted 20 overs, losing all the wickets. In reply, Narwal Club was bowled out for 80 runs in 13.2 overs. Pummy, who took first six wickets for YCC was declared the man of the match. |
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Brig Ghansar Singh Public School holds Sports Day Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 24: Brigadier Ghansar Singh Public School, Barnai, near here celebrated Sports Day, wherein students from all the classes participated. The all-round best boy student award went to Rohit Pandita, while overall best girl award was bagged by Neetu Thakkar. The best sports boy of the year trophy was claimed by Rocky Koul, while Simriti was declared as best sports girl of the year. Shrawan and Anshu were best athletes of the year. On the occasion of sports day a number of other sports events were also organised. The winners were Pooja, marathon race, Amit Koul and Sameer, long jump, Devinder and Rahul, high jump, Priyanka, banana race, Neeru Devi, needle race, Anshu, lemon race and Shrawan, sack race. In musical chair competition for tiny tots, Sachin Bhat and Chetna were winners. Managing director, Vijay Singh, presided over the function. Vote of thanks was presented by the Principal of the school, Mrs Usha Jamwal. Meanwhile, students of the school also donated an amount of Rs 10,000 towards the Destitute Welfare Society of India, New Delhi. |
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