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four but Waugh, Fleming force draw MUMBAI, Feb 24: Mumbai leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule gave a real scare to the Australians when he scalped four wickets reducing the visitors to 80-6 before skipper Steve Waugh and Damien Fleming rescued them with patient batting to force a draw in the three-day cricket match here today..........more India win ACC-U 17 DHAKA, Feb 24: India’s frontline batsmen demolished Bangladesh bowling attack to effect a six-wicket victory and lift the ACC-Under 17 Cricket Asia Cup here today.........more 5 new faces in the NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Four players who represented the country in the Sydney Olympics do not figure in the 17 member team announced today by the Indian Hockey Federation for the three test against Germany.......more Pak boys win Asian CHENNAI, Feb 24: Pakistan boys extended their lease on the team events title winning it for the ninth time.....more |
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District Open Badminton Champ begins at
Bishnah Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 24: To promote sports in the rural areas, the Co-operative Marketing Society, Block Bishnah, has organised two-day Ist District Open Badminton......more Bhura
lifts Shiv Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATRA, Feb 24: Bhura of Pathankot (Punjab) lifted the 3rd Shiv Khori Kesri 2001 title beating Pahalwan Nater Paul......more Jammu Sports-A gets Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 24: After two walkovers in yesterday’s scheduled matches, Jammu Sports-A has become the .....more 2nd
Gulbadhan Singh Memorial Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 24: Samooh Cricket Club today found berth in the final of the 2nd Amar Shaheed.....more |
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Bahutule scalps four but Waugh, Fleming force draw MUMBAI, Feb 24: Mumbai leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule gave a real scare to the Australians when he scalped four wickets reducing the visitors to 80-6 before skipper Steve Waugh and Damien Fleming rescued them with patient batting to force a draw in the three-day cricket match here today. A clash that Australians had billed as prestige match after having lost to the same opposition when they visited the sub-continent last time around, saw Ranji Trophy champions almost repeating their 1998 act. Bahutule, who was not considered for the national team after being called to join the Chennai camp at the last minute, struck mighty blows as the Australians faced a challenging target of 317 off 55 overs when Mumbai declared their second innings for 191-8. The visitors lived dangerously before Steve Waugh (34 not out) wasted 101 balls and Fleming gave his skipper able support with unbeaten 22 off 72 balls to wear out the remaining day at the Brabourne Stadium. Waugh and Fleming’s 61-run seventh wicket partnership was the saving grace for the unofficial test champions who were restricted to 203 in their first innings after Mumbai had scored 328-9 declared in their first essay. The post-lunch drama eclipsed the spin Wizard Shane Warne’s seven-wicket haul as he caused on the reckless Mumbai batsmen, who tried to score on every delivery to make the match interesting. The home team, riding on a handy 125-run first innings lead, were in with a chance to win despite a late declaration by Mumbai skipper Samir Dighe. The Australians were a bit unlucky in their second knock after Dighe declared at 191 for eight, 27 minutes after lunch with Warne warming up for the test starting on February 27. The Aussies struggled once more against the turning ball and the world-beaters were reduced to a precarious 80-6. Mathew Hayden was first to go when Dighe snapped him behind the stumps off Paras Mhambrey’s second over. Opener Michael Slater (32 - 6x4) and left-handed Justin Langer, centurion in Nagpur, added 41 runs for the second wicket before slater was unlucky to be given out stumped by Dighe off Bahutule. With Mark Waugh on the injured list and ruled out for the rest of the match, Ricky Ponting went in at number four but did not stay long. Thereafter, Langer (18) and Adam Gilchrist both fell in quick succession to Bahutule and Mumbai saw a bright victory chance when they had Warne run out in the 32nd over off a direct throw by Robin Morris from mid-off. However, Waugh, whose unbeaten 106 in the first innings staved off a follow-on,defended doggedly for two hours with Fleming for company.(PTI) |
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India win ACC-U 17 Cricket Asia Cup DHAKA, Feb 24: India’s frontline batsmen demolished Bangladesh bowling attack to effect a six-wicket victory and lift the ACC-Under 17 Cricket Asia Cup here today. Opting to bat after winning the toss, Bangladesh made 225 for 6 in the allotted 45 overs, and in reply India scored 228 for 4 in 43.1 overs. India openers S M Dholpure and skipper P A Patel blasted the Bangladesh attack as they put up 97 runs in 17.3 overs for the first wicket to put their team on the road to victory. Dholpur’s quickfire 50 came off 59 balls and was studded with one six and six boundaries. He was first to go after being run out. Seven run later Patel also went back after hitting 40 runs (5x4, 48b). Then a 93-run third wicket stand between D A Chougule and man of the match M Mishra virtually sealed the match in favoure of India. Chougule contributed 46 runs(7x4, 66b) before he was caught by Shafiul Alam off his own bowling. The score at his departure was 190 for 3. Mishra and A S K Verma added 23 runs for the fourth wicket before Mishra was sent back to pavillion by Bin Mortaza who had him caught by Nafeez Iqbal. The batsman made 51 (1x6, 5x4, 61b). Verma’s 21(1x6, 2x4, 26b) and S T Binny’s 5(1x4, 3b) saw India through as they raced past the victory target with former hitting the winning shot off Mohd Sharif. Earlier Bangladesh openers Zahurul Islam and Mohd. Ashraful gave their side a sedate start as they put up 32 runs in 10.3 overs before Islam was caught by Rawat off Shankara Rao. For the hosts, only two batsmen -Mohd Ashraful and Hasibul Haq-put up spirited resistance against the Indian bowlers. Ashraful top scored with 89(11x4, 85b) and Haq remained unbeatan with 52 (2x4, 87b). They were involved in a 88-run third wicket partnership. Three of the six Bangladesh batsmen were run out in their bid to accelerate the run rate. Rawat, Shankara Rao and M Mishra took a wicket each. India had beaten Pakistan while Bangladesh had shocked defending champion Sri Lanka on their way to the final. Scoreboard Bangladesh: M Zahurul Islam c Rawat b Shankara Rao 9 Mohammed Ashraful c Shankara Rao b Nishra 89 M Nafeez Iqbal run out 12 K Hasibul Haoq not out 52 Mohammed Sharif run out 11 A M Shariful run out 4 M Bin Mortaza b Rawat 18 Shafiul Alam not out 9 Extras (lb 7, w 7, nb 7) 21 Total (in 45 overs) 225 for 6 Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-59, 3-147, 4-163, 5-173, 6-210, Bowling: K Rawat: 8-0-39-1, B. Mohanty:9-0-40-0, Shankara Rao: 9-1-24-1, S T Binny: 8-0-46-0, N R Rathod: 5-0-24-0, R Mohanty:1-0-10-0, M Mishra: 5-0-35-1. India S M Dholpure run out 50 P A Patel c Mohammed Ashraful b Manzarul Islam 40 D A Chougule c and b Shafiul Alam 46 M Mishra c Nafeez Iqbal b Bin Mortaza 51 A S K Varma not out 21 S T Binny not out 5 Extras (lb 5, w 8, nb 2) 15 Total (in 43.1 overs) 228 for 4 Fall of wickets: 1-97, 2-97, 3-190, 4-213 Bowling: Bin Mortaza:9-0-55-1, Mohammed Sharif: 8.1-0-41-0, A M Shariful: 3-0-19-0, Shafiul Alam:9-0-39-1, Manzarul Islam: 9-0-35-1, Murad Khan:4-0-22-0, Arif Hossain: 1-0-12-0. (UNI) |
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5 new faces in the Indian hockey team NEW DELHI, Feb 24: Four players who represented the country in the Sydney Olympics do not figure in the 17 member team announced today by the Indian Hockey Federation for the three test against Germany. The first test is slated to be played at Mumbai on Monday, second test will be at Hyderabad on March 1 and the third at Chennai on March 4. The players are skipper Ramandeep Singh, Dhanraj Pillay, Mohd Riaz and Mukesh Kumar. The IHF has inducted five new players in the squad for the series. They are Anurag Raghuvanshi, Prabhhot Singh, Daljit Singh Dhillon, Bipin Fernandes and Tejbir Singh. However IHF has yet to announce the name of the captain for the series. The team: goal keepers: Jude Menezes, Devesh Chauhan. Backs: Dilip Tirkey, Lazraus Barla, Dinesh Nayak. Midfield: Anurag Raghuvanshi, S S Gill, Thirumal Valavan, Baljit Singh Saini, Daljit Singh Dhillon. Forwards: Sameer Dad, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh, Gagan Ajit Singh, Bipin Fernandes, Baljeet Singh Dhillon and Tajbir Singh. Chief Coach: Cedric D’Souza,Asst.Coach: C R Kumar Physio: Saju Joseph. (UNI) |
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Pak boys win Asian Squash title for the ninth time CHENNAI, Feb 24: Pakistan boys extended their lease on the team events title winning it for the ninth time, defeating traditional rivals Malaysia 3-0 in the 10th Asian Junior Squash Championship here today. Shahid Zaman, Farrukh Zaman and Arshad Iqbal Burki won their matches easily in straight games. Earlier, Indian boys missed the bronze, going down tamely to Kuwait 3-0. They retained the fourth place, as in the last edition of the championships in Kuala Lumpur in 1999. In the day, Mr N Ramachandran, secretary general of Squash Racquet Federation of India, was elected as president of the Asian Squash Federation. In a close election, he defeated incumbent Mokhzani Mahatir of Malaysia for the post. This is the first time that an Indian has been elected to the post. In what was the repeat of the singles final last year, Malaysia’s Mohd. Aslan Iskandar and Pakistan’s Shahid Zaman waged a battle of nerves in the first singles. But unlike in the final, Shahid except in the second game in which he threw away a lead of 7-4 and lost, played scintillating strokes and won 9-5, 7-9, 9-3, 9-6. He was up 8-3 in the third and 6-3 in the fourth. Azlan, displaying equal finesse with his strokes levelled 6-6 in the fourth before caving in. But, in the next two singles Farrukh Zaman beat Kelvin Ho Mun Kit 9-7, 9-1 while Arshad Iqbal Burki outplayed Marcus yeap Y-Choong 9-2, 9-3, 9-2. (UNI) |
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District Open Badminton Champ begins at Bishnah Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 24: To promote sports in the rural areas, the Co-operative Marketing Society, Block Bishnah, has organised two-day Ist District Open Badminton Championship at Bishnah, near here. In all, 30 boys and girls from Jammu and 18 from Block Bishnah are participating in this championship, the final of which will be played tomorrow. Earlier, the tournament was declared open by M M Handa, Additional Registrar Co-op Department and the inaugural function was presided over by Basant Singh Saini, chairman Co-operating Marketing Society. Others, who were present on the occasion were Romesh Gupta, MD, Dr Bharat Bhushan, S P Sharma, SAI Badminton coach, Kulveer Singh, Nyal Singh Pinta, Veenu and Tittu. The competitors are being held under the supervision of Pawanjeet Singh. Opening day results: Women’s singles: Nishu Kalhotra beat Himani Sharma 11-4, 11-5; Madhvi Jolly beat Nishu Kalhotra 11-5, 11-7. Mini-Boys singles: Lokesh Sharma got walkover against Anurag Bamba; Lokesh Sharma beat Sameer 3-15, 15-12, 15-12. Junior boys single: Shivdeep Singh beat Ankush Langer 15-12, 15-10; Vipan Sharma beat Shivdeep Singh 15-10, 15-4; Abhishake Magotra beat Vikram Jolly 15-10, 15-12; Arunav Gupta beat Amit Sharma 15-13, 15-13; Vikram Saini beat Aman Sharma 15-5, 10-15, 15-1. |
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Bhura lifts Shiv Khori Kesri title Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATRA, Feb 24: Bhura of Pathankot (Punjab) lifted the 3rd Shiv Khori Kesri 2001 title beating Pahalwan Nater Paul of Amritsar, in a tough bout, in vishal dangal held in the premises of Middle School, Ransoo (Shiv Khori), 79 kilometers from here. Besides the main title, Bhura, who is a student of SDS College Akahra, was also declared as the best wrestler of dangal. In the final fight, it took Bhura six minutes to down Nater Paul of Goal Bagh Stadium Akhara, Amritsar to claim the prestigious Shiv Khori title. Bhura was given a cash prize of Rs 1100 in addition to Silver Gurj and Patta, while the runners-up Nater awarded Rs 1000 cash. This vishal dangal was organised by the Department of Tourism, J&K in collaboration with the J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association on the concluding day of the three-day Shiv Khori Mela. In all, 37 bouts were played. Sanf Ali of Kathua emerged victorious beating Paramjeet of Amritsar in another interesting fight which lasted for eight minutes. The winner get a television, Malli (already set prize for a particular fight) and Rs 1000 in cash, while the runners-up Paramjeet was given a Malli. Third main bout was fought between Billu of Pathankot and Lallu Pahalwan of Chamba (HP), wherein Billu won the 12 minutes long fight. He was given a stereo and cash prize of Rs 1000, while the second position holder got Rs 500 in cash. A large number of traditional wrestling lovers from Ransoo, Allya, Teyate, Teryath, Para Jagu, Katla, Sangar, Kalakot, Sunderbani, Bharkh, Pouni, Bhambla, Reasi, Katra, Udhampur, Panthal, Ramnagar, Jammu, Rajouri, Dhangri, Mogla and Nowshera were among the huge gathering witnessed the competitions. Besides the male spectators, near 700 ladies witnessed the Dangal. Secretary, State Sports Council, Sheikh Fazal Ahmed was the chief guest in this dangal. He distributed prizes among the winners and runners-up. Mr Om Parkash, BDO Pouni was the guest of honour. Mementos were also presented to the chief guest, guest of honour, Dev Raj, Sarpanch Jarhi and Biju Shah (Panthal wale) by chairman of the Shiv Khori Kesari Dangal, Shiv Kumar Sharma. Talking to the newsmen, Shiv Kumar Sharma, president Hotel and Restaurant Association, Katra, who is also president of the J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association and chairman selection committee of J&K Wrestling Association said, "this Dangal is a regular feature in Ransoo and for the last three years it is being organised at Ransoo with the cooperation of the local people". Sharma appreciated the efforts of Commissioner Secretary, Tourism, Mr Parvez Dewan, Director General, J&K Tourism and the Director Tourism, Mr S S Bhalla for sponsoring the Shiv Khori Mela of which Dangal was a part. He also extended his thanks to all the agencies which extended their cooperation in making the three-day mela, especially dangal, a success. The outside wrestlers were stayed at Hotel Basera and Subash Guest House, Katra. At the end, Sharma emphasised the need for improvement in the standard of game in the State by organising more and more competitions and expert coaching from the coaches of international repute to the youngsters. Messrs Pawan Kohli, Jugal Kishore, Rama Kant (Boju Shah, Panthal), Dhani Ram (Paul), Jagdish Kohli, Om Parkash Bali, Mangi Sadotra and Om Parkash (BDO) were technical officials in this dangal. |
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Jammu Sports-A gets
walkover against Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 24: After two walkovers in yesterday’s scheduled matches, Jammu Sports-A has become the third team to get walkover in the ongoing Sher-e-Kashmir Gold Cup Football Tournament being played at Mini-Stadium, here today. Jammu Sports-A was awarded walkover after Iqbal Club of Srinagar failed to report the venue. In absence of the scheduled match, the organisers fielded Charistian Star’s against Jammu Sports-A for a friendly tie which ended in a 1-1 draw. In tomorrow’s matches, BSF, Jammu will meet Young Hero’s at 1.30 pm and Jammu Sports-A will take on J&K Fire Services in the second match at 3 pm. |
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2nd Gulbadhan Singh
Memorial Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 24: Samooh Cricket Club today found berth in the final of the 2nd Amar Shaheed Gulbadhan Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament beating Shivalik Cricket club by 45 runs in the first semi-final which was played at BJD ground, Paloura, here. Narotam’s century helped Samooh Club to set a big target of 235 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, Shivalik Club could not chase the target and bowled out for 190 in the 18 overs. Susheel also played a brilliant inning of 80 runs off just 39 balls. While Natoram’s 101 runs knock came off 54 deliveries including 11 sixes and four boundaries. Komal contributed 12 runs. From Shivalik Club, Sanjay, Sandy, Kuldeep, Slathia and Lucky shared one wicket each. Batting second, Shivalik Club lost all the wickets for 190 runs in the 18th overs. Rimpu was the highest scorer with 76 (off 38, 8x6, 3x4) runs, while Twinkle and Sanjay contributed 32 and 39 runs respectively. Narotam was the most successful bowler from Samooh Club with three wickets, while Shiv and Rinku shared two each. Anoop took one. Narotam was declared as man of the match. |
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