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I have no hopes of making MUMBAI, Mar 4: Banned Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja has dismissed hopes of making it back to the national squad. Talking to UNI in Mumbai while on way to Jamnagar from Delhi, ......more IT issues notices to NEW DELHI, Mar 4: Income tax authorities have almost completed issuing notices to all bookies involved..........more Germany beats India 2-1, wins three-test series CHENNAI, Mar 4: Down by a first-half goal, Germany came back strongly to defeat hosts India 2-1 in the third and final friendship test and win the....more Wazir Masih Memorial Football from March 15 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Churchill Brothers Football Club is organising Ist Wazir Masih Memorial Football Tournament from March 15 at Mini-Stadium, Parade, here.....more |
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PAP Jalandhar takes away Sher-e-Kashmir Gold Cup Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Sawarn Singh’s solitary goal in the last minutes guided the star studded PAP (Punjab Armed Police), Jalandhar to beat Rail Coach....more Kabaddi, Kho-Kho Assos call on Sports Minister Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Office bearers of State Kabaddi and Kho-Kho Association called on the Sports Minister, Harbans Singh in later’s office chamber, here.....more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Cantt Cricket Club lifted the Jai Baba Santokh Nath Cricket trophy beating Rehari Cricket Club by 68 runs in the final which was played .....more YHAI organising trekking expedition in HP Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Youth Hostels Association of India, Jammu branch, is holding its first ever trekking expedition in Himachal Pradesh in the month of May. According to a handout issued by the Jammu......more |
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I have no hopes of making it to national side: Jadeja MUMBAI, Mar 4: Banned Indian cricketer Ajay Jadeja has dismissed hopes of making it back to the national squad. Talking to UNI in Mumbai while on way to Jamnagar from Delhi, Jadeja said he saw slim chances of his playing again for the country following the five-year ban. Also, he criticised the off-field speculative comments by the media on the private life of players. "The criticism by writers and columnists of young cricketers, linking their on-field performance to their private life, is not fair," he said. He defended captain Saurav Ganguly on reports linking his poor performance to the latter’s alleged intimacy to south Indian actress Naghma. "Saurav’s friendship with Naghma should not be attached to his captaincy and such write-ups do put mental tension on a player’s performance," he said. Jadeja said it was not fair on the part of former cricketers to criticise the current players, particularly when the latter are under constant threat of being dropped from the team by the selectors following even a solitary bad performance. "Why are there five changes in our current test team when we performed well against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe last year. Is there any logic of trying with Rahul Sanghvi as spinner when (Sunil) Joshi had performed well with both the bat and the ball in the last test series," he questioned. Jadeja is currently working with a project to help the earthquake victims of Gujarat. His petition against his involvement in the match-fixing scandal will come up for a verdict on March 29. "Only after that, I will decide on my future course of action," he said. Criticising the selectors for juggling with young cricketers without giving them a fair chance to prove their worth, Jadeja said such short-term attitude would not help Indian cricket. "It is the team spirit and overall quality that makes Australia a distinguished identity among others and enables them perform well, repeatedly." "We can never achieve that if we have a partial and short-sided approach," he added. (UNI) |
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issues notices to bookies; some cricketers NEW DELHI, Mar 4: Income tax authorities have almost completed issuing notices to all bookies involved in the cricket match-fixing scandal including that of South Delhi based jeweller Mukesh Gupta. Highly-placed income tax sources said that notices to majority of bookies had been sent and some of them had submitted their block returns in the wake of appraisals made of seizures during country-wide searches on July 20 last year. The sources said that necessary action would be taken after the assessing officer would compare their returns to that of the assessment made by the Income Tax Department. The sources said taxmen had completed the assessment of some bookies including that of gupta on a priority basis. However, they said some bookies still remained to be served with the notice and the process would be completed within next fortnight. Meanwhile, several cricketers, who had been served notices after the nation-wide raids last year, had submitted their returns to the income tax authorities. The assessing officer concerned had issued notices to Manoj Prabhakar, Ajay Sharma, Ajay Jadeja, Nikhil Chopra, Mohammed Azharuddin, Navjot Sidhu and Kapil Dev. Barring Kapil Dev who had sought some more time, rest of the cricket players had submitted theithorities. The players had filed in their block returns for the period of 1990-2000, the sources said. Income tax has estimated a whopping "undisclosed income", assets and investments by seven cricketers including Kapil Dev and Mohammad Azharuddin. The appraisal reports of the players, whose premises were searched as part of ‘Operation Gentleman’ in July last, estimated the undisclosed income of Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar at around Rs 2.5 crore and of Ajay Jadeja at around Rs 2.2 crore, the sources said. The undisclosed income of Ajay Sharma and Nikhil Chopra was estimated at around Rs 70 and Rs 50 lakhs respectively, they said adding the appraisal reports had been prepared after confronting the players with evidence gathered during the searches and documents relating to their advertisement and endorsement revenue, match fees and gifts. In a nation-wide swoop, taxmen had last year raided premises of cricketers including Kapil Dev, Jadeja, Ajay Sharma, Nikhil Chopra and Manoj Prabhakar (all in Delhi), Azharuddin (Hyderabad and Mumbai) and Navjot Sidhu (Patiala), former ICC chief Jagmohan Dalmiya (Calcutta), Worldtel Chairman Mark Mascarenhas (Bangalore) and BCCI treasurer Kishore Rungta (Jaipur), besides some bookies. (PTI) |
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Germany beats India 2-1, wins three-test series CHENNAI, Mar 4: Down by a first-half goal, Germany came back strongly to defeat hosts India 2-1 in the third and final friendship test and win the series 2-1 at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here today. Germany won the first test at Mumbai 1-0, and India levelled the series winning the second at Hyderabad 2-1. In a fast-paced match backed by a good crowd, it was India who called the shots initially, but poor finishing let them down. Forward Gagan Ajit Singh was the main culprit as he missed nearly four chances, while the Germans after being pegged back in the first half, showed enough resilience in the second and slotted two goals in a space of five minutes to took the stuff out of the Indian sails. However, due credit should be given to the Indian defence, where Dilip Tirkey, Dinesh Nayak and Thirumalvalavan, kept the rampaging German forwards at bay. Indian custodian Jude Menezes too had a busy time under the goal effecting as many as five saves, before succumbing in the last quarter of the match. After skipper Baljeet Singh Dhillon failed to cash on the opening in the very first minute, Gagan made a mess of a superb pass given by Tirkey from the defence in the 12th minute. With a fine solo, Gagan entered the striking area and was well postioned to score with only German custodian Arnold Clemens to beat. But he bungled hitting the ball straight to the goalkepeer who recovered well to prevent Gagan from taking the rebound after effecting a feeble save. However, India struck the first blood seven minutes later, when Deepak Thakur hoisted the lead off a pass from Gagan. Deepak showed enough knack in tapping the ball home following a goal-mouth melee. The success came in as a source of inspiration as India attacked well. Dhillon, Prabjoth Singh and Gagan were never short of passes as Bipin Fernandes, Lazarus Barla, Baljeet Singh Saini and S S Gill manned the midfield well. But it was poor finishing that led to India’s defeat. Gagan messed up another chance in the 23rd minute before Jude Menzes in the other end came up with a superb save for the second time of a penalty-corner hit by Michel Bjorn. After change of ends, India came close to increasing the lead but Gagan again was found wanting near the goal-mouth. Baljeet Singh Dhillon did the spade-work and crossed to an unmarked Gagan, but the latter hit straight to clemens. A few minutes later, luck deserted India as Gagan’s rasping shot from the top of the circle, hit the post. (UNI) |
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Wazir Masih Memorial Football from March 15 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Churchill Brothers Football Club is organising Ist Wazir Masih Memorial Football Tournament from March 15 at Mini-Stadium, Parade, here. This was disclosed by president of the Club, Madam Shahzadi, here today. The tournament is being organised under the auspices of J&K Football Association, Jammu Wing. All the interested clubs have been asked to submit their entries to the club for the participation. Over 20 teams including J&K Bank, J&K Police, BSF and Army are going to take part in this tournament. |
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PAP Jalandhar takes away Sher-e-Kashmir Gold Cup Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Sawarn Singh’s solitary goal in the last minutes guided the star studded PAP (Punjab Armed Police), Jalandhar to beat Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala in the well contested final and took away the Third Sher-e-Kashmir Gold Cup Cricket Tournament, here today. After a dilly dally fight in the first half, PAP Jalandhar made a couple of beautiful moves amidst counter attacks by the Rail Coach Factory. However, the forward line from either side acted in haste and their power-packed kicks remained off the target. Of late, PAP forwards struck on a rebound from the goal-keeper. Rajesh Kumar attempted a straight shot from inside the box which was stopped by the goal-keeper Gurpinder Singh, but could not hold it and the ball slipped from his hands. Spoting the ball again on the field, Sawarn did no mistake in pushing it into the net in the 67th minute. As many as five international players were playing for PAP, Jalandhar as against three from Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. Rajesh Kumar, Kuldeep Singh, Harnaik, Sunil Kumar and Sawarn Singh were the international figures in PAP, while Harsharanjeet, Gurvinder and Navjot, who were part of the Indian team, represented Rail Coach Factory in this final. Before the final, a veterans friendly match was played between the teams of CM’s XI and Governor’s XI, which was won by CM’s XI by two goals to one. Acting Chief Minister, Gulam Mohi-ud-Din Shah, who was chief guest on the occasion, gave away winners and runners-up trophies. While’s Dr Mustafa Kamal, Minister for Industries, was guest of honour. He distributed prizes among the organising committee members and the finalist teams. In his address, Minister for Sports, Harbans Singh announced that Centre has sanctioned a Sports Academy for J&K and work on the same will resume soon. He laid down stress on the promotion of traditional games like hockey, football, Kabaddi and Wrestling, but criticised the cricketers for bringing bad name to the country. Presenting vote of thanks, president of the Sher-e-Kashmir People’s Association, Mr S M Gill expressed his gratitute to all those, especially the Doordarshan for recording the final and representative from All India Radio, Mr Subash Sharma, who is presently posted at AIR Kathua and working at Jammu, for their whole hearted support. He also had special mention about the other office bearers of the Association and the J&K Football Association for their help. Later, Mr Gill, who is also a MLC, announced Rs one lakh from his constituency development fund for the development of the Mini-Stadium. Prominent among others present on the occasion were Messrs Mubarak Gul, Kamar Ali Akhoon, Bushan Lal Bhat, MLC and Secretary, State Sports Council, Sheikh Fazal Ahmed. |
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Kabaddi, Kho-Kho Assos call on Sports Minister Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Office bearers of State Kabaddi and Kho-Kho Association called on the Sports Minister, Harbans Singh in later’s office chamber, here. The deputation was led by Kuldeep Gupta, general secretary of the J&K Amateur Kabaddi Association and Gurmeet Singh of J&K Kho-Kho Association. They apprised the newly inducted Minister of various problems being faced by these two games in absence of proper infrastructure and also suggested measures to over come these. Minister, who was also honoured on his appointment as Sports Minister, gave a patient hearing to the deputation and assured them that he will do his best to get their requirements full-filled. Others, who were present on the occasion included Dinesh Gupta of Indoor Cricket Association and Anil Modi of Kabaddi, besides Tarlok Singh, Ram Kumar and Anil Gupta. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Cantt Cricket Club lifted the Jai Baba Santokh Nath Cricket trophy beating Rehari Cricket Club by 68 runs in the final which was played at Smailpur, here today. Earlier batting first after winning the toss, Cantt Club lost all the wickets for 191 in 29.3 overs of the 30 overs match. In reply, Rehari Cricket Club could not attain the target and were bowled out for 123 runs. Opener Bagga played a fine inning for Cantt and scored 34 runs off just 18 balls. While, Nittu, Ranji player Guru Partap and Parshotam contributed 34, 37 and 30 runs respectively. For RCC, Sandeep took five wickets by giving away 30 runs. Batting second, except skipper Ashwani, no other batsman could face the bowling wrath of Cantt Club, especially Parshotam and lost wickets at regular intervals. Ashwani scored 22 runs, while Sandeep and Prince contributed 18 and 19 runs respectively. Parshotam took five wickets for Cantt Club and was declared as man of the match for his match winning performance. Vinay and Raj Kumar shared two each. Guru Partap, who played for Cantt Cricket Club bagged man of the series award. Best bowler award went to Vinay Gupta of Cantt Cricket Club and Prince of the Rehari Cricket Club got the best batsmen award. Member Parliament, Vaid Vishnu Dutt was the chief guest. He gave away winners and runners-up trophies, besides other individual prizes. Mr Bali Bhagat, MLA and Mr Ved Parkash, Sarpanch were the guests of honours in the final of the tournament which was organised by the Jai Baba Santokh Nath Jee Cricket Association under the supervision of Sham Lal Tandotra. |
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YHAI organising trekking expedition in HP Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Mar 4: Youth Hostels Association of India, Jammu branch, is holding its first ever trekking expedition in Himachal Pradesh in the month of May. According to a handout issued by the Jammu branch, the 11-day long expedition will begin on May 5 to June 4 from base camp Rashol for Ming Thach, Nagaru, Barshari and Manikaran. The highest camp of the expedition will be at a height of 12,500 Ft. Interested trekkers can have forms from Mr PV Rawal, 662-A, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu after depositing a fee of Rs 1500 per head, the handout added. |
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