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Ganguly, Tendulkar JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5: Brilliant centuries by captain Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, in ................more
Steve Waugh determined SYDNEY, Oct 5: Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh said he had no intention of................more Indians fine tune SYDNEY, Oct 5: Indian hockey team coach Rajinder Singh today promised a better...............more Hewitt hits back to reach TOKYO, Oct 5: Top seed Lleyton Hewitt was tested by Spaniard Francisco Clavet today, but the US .....more |
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Inter-district Swimming
Championship Srinagar maintains slight edge over Jammu district Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 5: After dominating the opening day events completely, district Srinagar still maintained an slight edge over Jammu district as for the coveted overall trophy in the State level Inter-district Swimming Championship organised by the Department.........more Distt
Poonch Table Tennis Association Excelsior Sports Correspondent POONCH, Oct 5: Narinder Kour and Iqbal Kour today reached the final of the Women’s singles in the ongoing District Poonch......more Mukesh,
Gaurav lead SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Mukesh Kumar moved in to a position of winning back-to-back titles on the Hero Honda Indian.....more Corporal
Sharma declared best sportsman Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 5: As part of the 69th anniversary celebrations of Indian Air Force (IAF), annual sports meet of Air Force......more |
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Ganguly, Tendulkar put India on top JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5: Brilliant centuries by captain Saurav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar, in contrasting styles and circumstances, saw India make a perfect start in the Triangular one-day series as they scored a commanding 279 for five in the opening match against South Africa here today. Ganguly and Tendulkar, doubtful for this game till the other day, left their injury worries back and commandeered their team to the highest total at the wanderers. The decision of the South African captain Shaun Pollock to put India in to bat proved to be a blessing in disguise for the visitors with Ganguly saying he too wanted to make the same choice. The Indian batsmen showed hardly any discomfort on a hard and bouncy track with five seamers bowling in tandem. In fact, with the ball coming nicely on to the bat, both Ganguly and Tendulkar found it easy to negotiate an all-pace attack, the quick outfield only helped their cause with balls racing to the boundaries. Ganguly, who was going through a horrid time with the bat recently, silenced his critics with an emphatic 127 that came off just 125 balls and was studded with 14 fours and five sixes. In contrast, Tendulkar, returning to international cricket after missing the tour to Sri Lanka due to a toe injury, played a more composed innings and batted almost through the innings for his 30th one-day century. He was out for 101 immediately after reaching the milestone. In the process, the duo raised their 14th century partnership, just one away from the world record 15 by the West Indian pair of Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge, and also recorded the highest opening wicket stand for India against South Africa bettering their own previous best of 153. The signs were ominous right from the very first ball which Ganguly elegantly drove through the covers for a four. That just started the run flow with Ganguly unleashing a flurry of boundaries to give india a flying start. Tendulkar, on the other hand, was content on working the ball around for singles and twos though he too got his mandatory fours in the earlier part of the innings. Both had their share of luck with Ganguly being dropped once and Tendulkar twice. Tendulkar was let off on 11 by Lance Klusener at first slip when he went for a slash off Jacques Kallis with the total on 45. Later, Andrew Nel grounded a caught and bowled chance of the master batsman when he was on 68. Ganguly, who looked in an attacking mood, mistimed a hook off Kallis that flew to the third-man area but Justin Kemp was not able to hold on to the catch. He had made just 43 at that time and South Africa, who were hardly at their best in the field, were left rueing their misses. Ganguly traded in boundaries for the most part of his innings hitting nine of them in his first fifty which came off a gentle tap for a single to the third-man off Kallis. With his aggressive knock, Ganguly also ensured that the scoring rate always hovered around five runs an over. Ganguly suffered a slight lapse of concentration in the sixties when he tried to hit every ball out of the ground after having already hit a six of Makhaya Ntini in the 22nd over. That period saw him living dangerously but better sense soon prevailed and he restrained his insticts. He did hit four more sixes though, all of them in the same region to race into his nineties. He glided Klusener to the third man boundary to bring up his 17th one-day hundred. In the same over, Tendulkar reached his fifty with a single. Ganguly, who scored a number of runs in the third-man region taking full use of the absence of a slip, finally gave a high catch to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher off the bowling of Justin Kemp. The opening pair had put 193 runs and laid a solid foundation for a huge score. However, though a total of beyond 300 looked quite a possibility at this time, it couldn’t be achieved as India lost some more wickets in quick succession. Rahul Dravid holed out to Neil McKenzie while attempting a hook shot off Nel after making just one run. Yuvraj Singh (14) and Birendra Sehwag (5) got out trying to accelerate the pace of scoring in the final overs. However, Tendulkar stuck to his ends with a firm resolve. The maestro, who was quite subdued during Ganguly’s presence, got active after his partner left the scene. However, he still scored mainly through singles and twos and generally avoided the aerial route. Just eight boundaries in an innings of 101 was quite uncharacteristic of Tendulkar but he did ensure that his team reach a good total and not collapse in a heap. Tendulkar leg glanced Nel for fours at fine leg boundaries twice in the 44th over to reach 98 and completed his hundred in the next over with a two off Klusener. The very next ball he was out, caught by Herschelle Gibbs, when he went for a big hit but couldn’t time it properly. Shiv Sunder Das, who has been very consistent as an opener in the test matches, came out to bat for the first time in a one-day international at a critical time when he was required to hit every ball. He remained unbeaten on five in the company of Ajit Agarkar who was not out on 12. (PTI) SCOREBOARD India S Ganguly c Boucher b Kemp 127 S Tendulkar c Gibbs b Kallis 101 R Dravid c McKenzie b Nel 1 Yuvraj Singh c Kirsten b Klusener 14 V Sehwag c Gibbs b Pollock 5 A Agarkar not out 12 S Das not out 5 Extras (lb-4 nb-6 w-4) 14 Total (for five wickets, 50 overs) 279 Fall of wickets: 1-193 2-198 3-242 4-257 5-263. Did not bat: D Dasgupta, A Kumble, J Srinath, V Prasad. Bowling: Pollock 10-0-56-1 (w-2), Nel 10-1-47-1 (nb-5),Kallis 8-0-45-1 (nb-1 w-1), Ntini 7-0-33-0, Klusener 9-0-54-1 (w-1),Kemp 6-0-40-1. (REUTERS) |
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Steve Waugh determined to keep on playing SYDNEY, Oct 5: Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh said he had no intention of retiring despite being diagnosed with the potentially fatal condition deep vein thrombosis. "Everyone keeps writing me off with the body and how much longer I am going to last," Waugh told reporters on Friday. "But the truth of the matter is that while everyone keeps writing that, it makes me more determined to keep playing." Earlier this week, Waugh confirmed he was receiving daily medication to thin his blood after being diagnosed with "economy class syndrome". The 36-year-old developed a blood clot in his lower left leg when he tore a calf muscle during the third Ashes test against England, but returned to score a courageous unbeaten century in the fifth match of the series. Despite his renowned fighting qualities, Waugh’s latest bout of illness has led to speculation he might quit — a suggestion that makes him bristle. "If you want me to keep playing, keep writing me off because I enjoy that," he said." The Australians will host New Zealand and South Africa in separate three-test series later this year, with the contest against the proteas likely to determine the number one test ranking. The Australians are currently number one in the world, but the South Africans could overtake them. "Their profile hasn’t been as high as ours but they are a side that gets the job done and are really hard to beat," Waugh said. "If we beat those guys, then I guess we can say to everyone we are the number one side in the world. I think until we beat them, then there’s still a bit of conjecture as to who is number one." (REUTERS) |
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Indians fine tune for Jr World Cup hockey campaign SYDNEY, Oct 5: Indian hockey team coach Rajinder Singh today promised a better showing by his side in the 7th Junior World Cup Hockey scheduled to be held at Hobert from November 9 to 21. The Indian team finished their acclimatisation here before leaving for Hobert(Tasmania) and Rajinder Singh excuded confident after his team’s good showing in the warm up matches at the Olympic Park. There have been some grey areas which have been addressed during the work-out here.Penalty corner conversion, defence, tackling, field goals and goal keeping were some areas we had to work out , the coach said. We hope we could improve upon our second place finish of 1997 at Milton Keynes and upstage the hosts Australia who were the winners last time. The coach said. India, who are placed in Pool C along with Scotland and Spain, take on Canada in the first match on October 9. The 2001 event is the 7th and, for the first time, has been expanded to involve 16 nations. All matches will be played on the world class Tasmanian Hockey Centre surfaces at Cornelian Bay. These facilities will be expanded to accommodate over five thousand spectators, with seating for up to three thousand spectators. The centre contains two balsam pacific water based SLX Synthetic playing surfaces, is situated approximately 10 minutes travel time from the city centre. The majority of matches (55 out of 64) will be played on the main pitch. Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) secretary K Jothikumaran and Satinder Kumar have been named judge and umpire respectively for the championship. The Junior World Hockey Cup, an event for under 21 players was created to give them international competition and prepare them for senior international hockey. It is played every four years and uses the same format as the World Cup. (UNI) |
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Hewitt hits back to reach Japan Open semifinals TOKYO, Oct 5: Top seed Lleyton Hewitt was tested by Spaniard Francisco Clavet today, but the US Open champion came through in three sets to reach the semifinals of the Japan Open Tennis Championships. In the women’s draw, top seed Monica Seles overcame a sore ankle to beat Japan’s Ai Sugiyama 7-5 6-4 and reach the final, where she will play second seed Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand or eighth-seeded South African Joannette Kruger. Hewitt, who arrived in Japan after leading Australia to a third straight Davis Cup final, came from a set down to beat the eighth-seeded Clavet 4-6 6-4 6-2 in a shade under two hours at Tokyo’s Ariake Colosseum. It took Hewitt until the final set to find the range on his groundstrokes, but when he did the 20-year-old from Adelaide unleashed some crunching service returns to break Clavet twice. "I was going for shots that weren’t on in the first set, but then I went back to basics and started going for the right balls," said Hewitt, who completed proceedings with a trademark forehand pass on his second match-point. The world number three will face unseeded James Blake, his opponent when the Australian allegedly made racist remarks in his second-round match against the American at the U S Open, in Saturday’s semifinal. Blake upset seventh seed Marcelo Rios with a 4-6 6-4 6-1 victory in the day’s first quarter-final, 24 hours after knocking out fourth seed Jonas Bjorkman. Rios’s chances of back-to-back titles went up in smoke as the 25-year-old Chilean’s game suddenly deserted him after clinching the first set. The former world number one, who won the Hong Kong Open on Sunday, committed a string of unforced errors, particularly on his forehand, and was forced to save four match-points on serve to avoid a final-set whitewash. Blake, currently ranked 109th in the world, eventually sealed victory on his fifth match-point after one hour, 39 minutes to set up the chance of revenge against Hewitt. Blake insisted, though, that the U S Open controversy was water under the bridge. "It’s always fun to avenge a loss. It would be unbelievable to beat the U S Champion and a Davis Cup hero," said the 21-year-old New Yorker. "There is no residual feeling. We talked in the locker room and left it all in New York." Seles called an injury time-out after twisting her right ankle in the first set, which the American took 7-5 after coming back from 5-4 down with Sugiyama on serve. After trading breaks with the third-seeded Sugiyama in the second set, seles turned up the pressure on her returns and broke to love in the 10th game to take the match in one hour, 43 minutes. "I turned my ankle over and it worried me at first because I couldn’t put any weight on it. But the trainer did a fantastic job and I was just happy to pull it out in two sets," said the winner of nine Grand Slams. (REUTERS) |
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Inter-district
Swimming Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 5: After dominating the opening day events completely, district Srinagar still maintained an slight edge over Jammu district as for the coveted overall trophy in the State level Inter-district Swimming Championship organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports at M A Stadium, here today. Although, district Jammu and Srinagar clinched an equal number of gold medals on the second day today, but the opening day lead helped Srinagar district to maintain an slight lead of two points over Jammu district. Out of a total of 19 medals (G-10, S-6, B-3) Srinagar district took a lead over others with 71 points, while Jammu district was slightly behind with 69 points they gathered out of 25 medals (G-7, S-8, B-10). For the third place, district Kathua is emerging as the only contender. A couple of leftout events will be held tomorrow in the presence of the chief guest, Mr Anil Goswami, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu. The prize distribution function will be held at 3.30 pm. The 2nd day results Under-14 year 200 meters Breast Stroke: Mehraj Bujal of Srinagar, Ist; Kavya Kamal of Jammu, 2nd and Sunil Kumar of Kathua finished third. 200 meters Back Stroke: John Mohd of Srinagar, Ist; Balbir Kumar of Kathua, 2nd and Pawan Kumar of Kathua, third. Under-17 year 200 meters Breast Stroke: Asgar Ali of Srinagar, Ist; Gagandeep Singh of Jammu, 2nd and Gulrez Singh of Jammu, third. 200 meters Back Stroke: Dharambir Singh of Jammu, Ist; Khush Dil of Srinagar, 2nd and Abishek Slathia of Jammu, third. 100 meters Butter Fly: Only Sat Paul of Udhampur qualified for this event. 100 meters Free Style: Dharambir Singh of Jammu, Ist; Abishek Slathia of Jammu, 2nd and Khush Dil Ahmed of Srinagar, third. 200 meters Medley: Salim Raja of Srinagar, Ist; Aman Singh of Jammu, 2nd and Narinder Kumar of Kathua, third. Under-19 year 200 meters Breast Stroke: Ankit Puri of Jammu, Ist; Zahoor Ahmed of Srinagar, 2nd and Shiv Rattan of Jammu finished third. 200 meters Back Stroke: Showkat of Srinagar, Ist; Shiv Rattan Singh of Jammu, 2nd and Manik Jamwal of Jammu, third. 100 meters Back Stroke: Ankit Puri of Jammu, Ist; Showkat of Srinagar, 2nd and Arshad Hussain of Srinagar, third. 200 meters Medley: Kunal Tandon of Jammu, Ist; Zahoor Dar of Srinagar, 2nd and Abinash Singh of Jammu, third. 100 meters Free Style: Manu Gupta of Jammu, Ist; Zubaid of Srinagar, 2nd and Hyder Guni of Jammu, third. 100 meters Free Style: Irfan Bashir of Srinagar, Ist; Aditya Beri of Jammu, 2nd and Shray Mahajan of Jammu, third. |
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Distt Poonch Table
Tennis Association Excelsior Sports Correspondent POONCH, Oct 5: Narinder Kour and Iqbal Kour today reached the final of the Women’s singles in the ongoing District Poonch Table Tennis Championship being held at different venues, here today. In the semi-finals Narinder Kour beat Jasbir Kour in straight sets of 21-19, 21-18, while, Iqbal beat Baljit 21-9, 21-11 in the second semi-final. In the earlier matches, Jasbir Kour beat Frah Jahan 21-19, 21-12 and Baljit beat Mandeep 21-8, 21-16. The final of the Women’s final will be played on the concluding day for which the day is yet to be decided by the organising committee. In the Men’s doubles, the pair of Ripu and Manmeet today found berth in the final beating Baljit and Vimalpreet in straight sets of 21-19, 21-18. Second semi-final between the pairs of Salil Raina-Sandeep Luthra and Richal-Nandeem was in progress when the last report came in. In the earlier matches, Baljit and Vimalpreet beat Gaganpreet and Priyankal 21-19, 21-19. Ripu and Manmeet beat HMT and Jaspreet Singh 21-17, 18-21, 21-19. Tomorrow, there will be veteran’s matches at the Degree College, here, said the organising committee secretary. |
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Mukesh, Gaurav lead Sher-e-Kashmir Golf SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Mukesh Kumar moved in to a position of winning back-to-back titles on the Hero Honda Indian Golf tour when he shot a four-under 68 to join overnight leader Gaurav Ghei on top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Rs 15-lakh Sher-e-Kashmir Open, here today. Ghei added a two-under 70 to his 68 yesterday and was at six-under 138, the same as Mukesh. Jyoti Randhawa shot his second successive two-under 70 to move up to tied third place at four-under 140 along with Jaiveer Virk, who returned a level-par 72 card . The cut was applied at 14-over 158 and 51 pros made it to the third round. Mukesh Kumar, played only two bad shots during the entire round and was unlucky to be penalized with bogeys. On the par-5 10th, he hit his second shot into the adjoining Marshy land, and on the par-5 14th, he sent a powerful sand wedge third shot from 70 yards over the green and missed his chip-putt. It is frustrating to get bogeys where I should have made birdies. But if I forget those two holes, I putted very well and missed nothing that I could put within 12 feet of the pin. Putting was the key today, said the mhow-based player who required 27 putts to complete the round. There was a stage in the round where Mukesh made six birdies in a stretch of nine holes between the seventh and 15th and all resulting in putts in the range of eight to ten feet. Ghei, was looking forward to breaking the so called drought at his in-laws town here. My confidence is coming back slowly and the ist round yesterday was a great morale booster. I am feeling good about about my swing after many days, in amateurs section, Ghalib Shah shot a 77 on day-two to take a two-stroke lead over Ashfaq Ahmed. However, Shah would not be eligible for the top-prize as he is under the one-year notice period of reverting to amateur status. Scores: (after 36 holes): 138-Mukesh Kumar (70, 68) Gaurav Ghei (68, 70) 140-Jyoti Randhawa (70,70), Jaiveer Virk (68, 72) 141-Digvijay Singh (73, 68), Monish Bindra (72, 69), Rafiq Ali (71, 70), Shamim Khan (71, 70) 142-Rahul Ganapathy (72,70), Feroz Ali (71,71) 143-Vinod Kumar (72, 71), Vijay Kumar (70,73), Rohtas Singh (70,73) 144-Sanjay Kumar (73, 71). Amateurs: 153-Ghalib Shah (76, 77), 155-Ashfaq Ahmed (74, 81) 162-Suhail Khanday (82, 80). (UNI) |
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Corporal Sharma
declared best sportsman Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 5: As part of the 69th anniversary celebrations of Indian Air Force (IAF), annual sports meet of Air Force Jammu culminated with the playing of final of Basketball, which was won by Wing team beating Sky Guard. The annual sports meet was inaugurated on September 17 and came to an end with the prize distribution function. The meet was declared closed by the chief guest, Station Commander AF Station Jammu, Group Captain, A K Malhotra. Two weeks long sports meet witnessed eight sports events including Basketball, Volleyball, Football, Tug of War, Aquatics, Athletics, Cycling and Cross Country. The overall championship trophy went to Wing with 25 points. Condors were declared runners-up with 18.5 points, while Sky Guards is declared second runners-up with a marginal difference of 0.5 marks. Corporal Sharma R K (NIS) was declared as best sportsman of the meet. The most challenging of all the events was 7 kilometers Cross Country, which was conducted on October 2 to coincide with Gandhi Jayanthi. The winner of the event was L/NK Mahesh Kumar (DSC), runners-up was LAC P K Singh and second runners-up was Fg Officer R D Yadav (Station Sports Officers, Air Force, Jammu). Group Captain A K Malhotra in his closing speech appreciated the efforts put in by the players. He also said that sports not only develop stamina and physical standards but also give spirit to win which is the sole aim of IAF. |
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