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batting helps Aussies extend record run MUMBAI, Mar 1: Another inept batting display by the Indian team today allowed the formidable Australians to secure their 16th successive test win, beating the home side comprehensively by 10 wickets in less than three days..............more Officials say NEW YORK, Mar 1: NHL and NBA officials have said they were not worried that US Olympic Committee (USOC) initiatives on doping would pose a threat to the "dream teams" that have enlivened Olympic competition.........more Vikram Rathore to CHANDIGARH, Mar 1: Vikram Rathore will lead Punjab against Rajasthan in the five-day pre-quarter ........more NEW DELHI, Mar 1: India thrashed Kenya 6-0 to record their second win in the Akhbar......more |
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Shooting trophy winner BSF Jammu team felicitated Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 1: The BSF, Jammu Frontier team, which has won the General Raina Shooting trophy for the sixth consecutive time......more Semis line
up drawn in Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 1: Semi-finals line-up has been drawn in the ongoing Third Sher-e-Kashmir......more Handball
Club invited Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 1: Balwinder Sports Club handball team has been invited to participate in the.....more Ten-day
hockey orientation Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 1: Ten-day ‘hockey orientation workshop’, to create awareness among the rural......more |
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Inept Indian batting helps Aussies extend record run MUMBAI, Mar 1: Another inept batting display by the Indian team today allowed the formidable Australians to secure their 16th successive test win, beating the home side comprehensively by 10 wickets in less than three days. Sachin Tendulkar waged a lonely battle with another solid 65 before his innings was brought to an end by an incrediable catch by Ricky Ponting who, at midwicket, dived a long way to take the ball which ricocheted off the shoulder of Justin Langer at forward short leg. The bowler to benefit was the not-so-regular Mark Waugh. In the first innings also, Tendulkar had top scored with a magnificent 76. There was no hint of an impending Indian slide when Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid began at the overnight score 58 for two and were unseparated at lunch with the total reading 116. But once Tendulkar made his exit at the team total of 154, the rest just caved in and the Indian second innings terminated at 219 shortly after tea. The victory target of 47 was nothing for the aussies who achieved it without losing a wicket. India, who were shot out for 176 in their first innings and conceded a 173 run lead when Australia replied with 349, started the third day today. The duo added 97 valuable runs for the third wicket that ultimately proved decisive in avoiding an innings defeat. Tendulkar struck 11 well struck boundaries in his 107-ball knock when disaster struck the hosts who lost four vital wickets within the space of 20 runs which made an Australian win, their fifth straight over India, a formality. After Tendulkar’s stunning dismissal, Dravid was bowled by Shane Warne for a patient 39 and Mark Waugh then dismissed Ajit Agarkar for his seventh consecutive nought against the Australians. Captain Saurav Ganguly, was late to take off for a single and was found short of his crease by an accurate throw by Michael Slater to be run out for one. V V S Laxman flourished for some time cracking three successive fours off Warne to take his team past the deficit but was out immediately after, caught by Adam Gilchrist off Mark Waugh. Harbhajan Singh, who scalped four wickets in Australian first innings, made a defiant unbeaten 17 but that was hardly enough as rest of the tailenders were dismissed tamely. (PTI) |
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Officials say drug tests won’t risk dream teams NEW YORK, Mar 1: NHL and NBA officials have said they were not worried that US Olympic Committee (USOC) initiatives on doping would pose a threat to the "dream teams" that have enlivened Olympic competition. The USOC Executive Committee passed a resolution last Friday saying pro athletes who want to be in the Olympics would have to declare up to a year before the games and could be included in a pool of players eligible for random drug testing, the New York Times reported in yesterday’s edition. The Times quoted officials of the North American professional leagues as saying they were taken by surprise by the USOC resolution and were notsure of the potential consequences. Reached by Reuters later yesterday’s league officials were reluctant to discuss any specifics of the resolution but were putting a different spin on the subject. "I did have a discussion with (USOC President) Scott Blackmun and we’re going to talk further about what their marching orders mean as far as participation of NHL athletes in the Olympics," said Bill Daly, the NHL’s chief legal counsel. "I’m confident we’ll be able to work out a protocol and procedure that would be fine for us." (REUTERS) |
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Vikram Rathore to lead Punjab against Rajasthan CHANDIGARH, Mar 1: Vikram Rathore will lead Punjab against Rajasthan in the five-day pre-quarter final tie of the knock-out stage of the Ranji Trophy Cricket Tournament to be played at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium, near here in Mohali from March 10. Announcing this, PCA honorary secretary M.P. Pandov said here today that Navdeep Singh, who had not reported fit, had been dropped from the team. He said that team members had been asked to report to their manager Bhupinder Singh (Sr) at Mohali on March 3 evening. They are Pankaj Dharmani, Sarandeep Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Ratinder S. Sodhi, Dinesh Mongia, Ravneet Rikhi, Munish Sharma, Harminder Jugnu, Sandeep Sawal, Gagandeep Singh, Bablu Kumar, Ankur Kakkar, Vaneet Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Vivek Mahajan and Gaganinder Garry.(UNI) |
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NEW DELHI, Mar 1: India thrashed Kenya 6-0 to record their second win in the Akhbar el Yom 3rd International Hockey Championship being played in Egypt. This was India’s third match in the five nation tournament, having won against Belgium and drawn with host Egypt. According to information received here, India led Kenya 2-0 at half time. Baljeet Singh gave India the lead in the 17th minute and Brojen Singh made it 2-0 five minutes later. Three minutes into the second session, Arjun Halappa raised India’s tally to 3-0 and then Chander Pal struck in the 48th minute further consolidate the lead (4-0) Amarjeet Pratap scored the fifth goal in the 62nd minute and two minutes later Chander Pal scored his second and team’s sixth goal to complete the tally (6-0). The match was played on Tuesday.(UNI) |
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Shooting trophy winner BSF Jammu team felicitated Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 1: The BSF, Jammu Frontier team, which has won the General Raina Shooting trophy for the sixth consecutive time, was felicitated in a function held at BSF Headquarters, Paloura, here today. In the felicitation function, Vijay Raman, IG, Jammu Frontier spoke to the winners and congratulated them on their spectacular performance. The IG also congratulated the team captain and Deputy Commandant, M P Singh. Besides the overall Shooting trophy, the Jammu team also won the team championship in Platoon weapons, support weapons, full bore free rifle, centre fire pistol, AIPDM pistol, Medium Machine Gun and 81 mm morter matches. The professional shooting championship was held at BSF Ranges, Tekanpur, Gwalior from February 19 to 24. The Jammu team scored a record 98 points out of 126 leaving behind the runners-up Rajasthan and Gujarat by a huge margin of 25 points to intact their winning spree. Those materminded the Jammu Frontier’s victory were Sub-Inspector, Sunil Kumar, L/NK Chandra Prakash, Ct. Krishna and Ct. Bhagwan Singh. Earlier, the team was accorded a grand reception the Jammu Railway station, followed by a felicitated function at Paloura. |
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Semis line up drawn in Sher-e-Kashmir Football Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 1: Semi-finals line-up has been drawn in the ongoing Third Sher-e-Kashmir Gold Cup Football Tournament being organised by the Sher-e-Kashmir People’s Association at Mini-Stadium, here today. Three sides which made it into the last four stage today are J&K Fire Services, who got walkover against DAV, Amritsar, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala and PAP, Jalandhar. Now, in the first semi-final, to be played on tomorrow, BSF, Jammu will take on PAP, Jalandhar at 3 pm. In the second match of the day, PAP, Jalandhar outplayed Jammu and Kashmir Police by two goals to nil. Although, J&K Police got a chance in shape of a penalty kick in the 41st minute to reduce the margin, but Adil Qadir’s shot was well saved by PAP, Jalandhar goal-keeper Satish Kumar. First goal for PAP, Jalandhar was scored by Rajesh Kumar in the very second minute, followed by the second in the 20th minute which came through Vijay Paul. In another match of the day, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala outplayed BSF, Srinagar 3-1 to find berth in the semi-finals. It was sheer hard luck for BSF, Srinagar, who got demoralised in the very beginning of the match, when P P Mandal made a self goal in the 14th minute. Mandal attempted a header to send the incoming ball out, but unfortunately ball straightway went into the net. Thereafter, visitors played an attacking game and brought the score to three at the end of the first half. Navjot Singh got a pass from Manjinder Singh to struck in the 25th minute. Within five minutes, Jasbir scored on another goal after getting a pass from Manjinder Singh in the 30th minute. In the second half, Rail Coach Factory concentrated more on the defence because by then they had taken sufficient lead. Today’s matches were officiated by Shiv Paul Sharma, Nazir Ahmed, Nissar Ahmed, David Masih, Dimple and Vishwamitra. |
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Handball Club invited to play in Italy Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 1: Balwinder Sports Club handball team has been invited to participate in the prestigious Coppa International Handball Tournament to be held in Teramo, Italy from July 4 to 8. This was disclosed by the secretary of the Club, Mohinder Singh. And to prepare a team, the Club has decided to hold a training camp under the expert guidance of chief national handball coach, S S Soodan at MA Stadium in the evening. As many as 15 players have been named for the training camp by the club. They are Varun Dev Singh Jamwal, Aman Deep Singh Sudan, Anil Kumar, Daleep Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Happy, Monu, Rajesh (Golu), Vikas Kotwal, Rajeshwar, Sanjeev, Bipin, Anshu Mali, Anshu and Amanjeet Singh. When contacted the chief coach, who is also chief technical advisor of the Club, told EXCELSIOR that it was for the third time that the organisers sent invitation to the Club for participation. But, due to lack of financial resources and sponsors, Club was unable to send the team. However, he was confident enough that this time, the team will definitely participate in the tournament. Meanwhile, the Club has also got invitations for the friendly matches in Nepal sometime during the month of June 2001. |
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Ten-day hockey orientation workshop begins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 1: Ten-day ‘hockey orientation workshop’, to create awareness among the rural and border youth of R S Pura, began at Middle School, Simbal, here. The workshop is being organised by the J&K Rural Sports Club. This workshop was declared open by the president, Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Simbal Morh, who was chief guest. Mr Kulwant Singh Kulla, Panch was guest of honour. More than 50 youth from the surrounding areas took part in the inaugural training session. During this workshop main stress would be laid on technical knowhow, ground practice and physical fitness of the participants attending the workshop. This camp is being supervised by the experts of national repute under the overall guidance of Mr Amolak Singh, incharge programme, a handout issued here today informed. Later, Mr Narinder Singh, president of the J&K Rural Sports Club, thanked president Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Mr Jeet Singh and Kulwant Singh Kulla ‘Panch’ for sparing their valuable time. |
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