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| India beat Kenya
by 10 wkts BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), Oct 12: India made Kenya look like a schoolboy side, thrasing them by 10 wickets in a Triangular one-day series match here today. ...............more Warne attends MELBOURNE, Oct 12: Australia’s leading test wicket-taker Shane Warne attended the birth of his third child summer today and declared it an "amazing experience".................more PCB slaps one-year ban ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has slapped a one-year ban on fast bowler Muhammad Akram for serious breach of discipline. The PCB officials decided to impose the ban on Akram for domestic and international cricket following the recommendations of its disciplinary committee....................more India score fine victory HOBART, Oct 12: Riding on Jugraj Singh’s penalty corner strike and field goals by Deepak Thakur and Gagan Ajit Singh, India registered a 3-0 win against Spain to top the table in the seventh Junior Men’s World Cup here today.......more |
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Poonch beat Bhaderwah college, retain Volleyball trophy Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Degree College, Poonch today retained the Inter-college Volleyball trophy beating Degree College, Bhaderwah.....more Salil
Raina bags Men’s Excelsior Sports Correspondent POONCH, Oct 12: Salil Raina claimed the Men’s singles title defeating Sandeep Luthra (21-19, 19-21, 24-22, 24-22) in the well contested final..........more Indian
skaters clinch Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: For the first time in the history of the roller skating, the Indian roller skating.....more Jammu Div
wins U-14 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 21: Jammu Division defeated Kashmir Division by five wickets in the final......more |
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BLOEMFONTEIN (South Africa), Oct 12: India made Kenya look like a schoolboy side, thrasing them by 10 wickets in a Triangular one-day series match here today. In a hopelessly one-sided encounter, the Indians skittled out Kenya for a paltry 90 runs in 37.1 overs with Ajit Agarkar and Anil Kumble sharing seven wickets between them. India then dismissed the Kenyan challenge with contempt, with Virender Sehwag and rookie wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta notching up the required runs in just 11.3 overs to give their team their second successive win in the tournament. The win earned India a bonus point in addition to the three points. India are now placed at the top of the table with two wins from three matches. South Africa who also earned a bonus point against Kenya have same points but India have a better run rate than the hosts. |
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Warne attends birth of third child MELBOURNE, Oct 12: Australia’s leading test wicket-taker Shane Warne attended the birth of his third child summer today and declared it an "amazing experience". "(Wife) Simone and I are absolutely over the moon," said the 32-year-old leg spinner. "It was the first birth I had witnessed after being in England when Brooke and Jackson were born. "It really is an amazing experience and a special part of life." Australia play hosts to New Zealand in a three-test series next month. (REUTERS) |
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PCB slaps one-year ban on Muhammad Akram ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has slapped a one-year ban on fast bowler Muhammad Akram for serious breach of discipline. The PCB officials decided to impose the ban on Akram for domestic and international cricket following the recommendations of its disciplinary committee. The move came after the PCB found Akram’s explanation unsatisfactory regarding his sudden departure to England midway through a national training camp without obtaining permission from the camp commandant and the board, the news, quoting sources, said today. Akram’s contention was that he had to reach London immediately since his wife was very ill. He flew to London although the selectors had included him in the national squad for the Asian Test Championship match with Bangladesh in August. However, the PCB did not implement the full recommendations of the disciplinary committee, which included Iqbal Qasim, Sirajul Islam Bukhari, Abdul Raquib, Maazullah Khan and Major Awan, as it did not impose any financial penalty on the fast bowler. In fact, the committee had recommended a three-year ban for Akram, the daily added. (UNI) |
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India score fine victory over Spain, tops the table HOBART, Oct 12: Riding on Jugraj Singh’s penalty corner strike and field goals by Deepak Thakur and Gagan Ajit Singh, India registered a 3-0 win against Spain to top the table in the seventh Junior Men’s World Cup here today. India dominated the early part of the game without looking dangerous but a penalty corner in the sixth minute for an obstruction gave India an early opportunity in the match. Jugraj Singh made no mistake as his shot found the left corner of the net. The early goal stung the Spanish team into action and they slowly started to gain more possession of the ball and move into the Indian circle constantly. The Indian defence was up to the task and admirable battle for supremacy in the mid-field was unfolding in the clearing rain with no team finding it easy to dominate. The Spanish team could not convert either of their two penalty corners in the first half and Indian’s went to half time with a 1-0 lead but with no team seeming to have an upper hand. Rain continued to fall lightly as the second half started with the Indians trying to force the pace. Once again the Indians made the most of their chances and prolific goal scorer Deepak Thakur scored with a firm hit into the right corner of the goal in the 41st minute. India’s skipper Gagan Ajit Singh finally got his first goal of the tournament in the 50th minute to put India 3-0 up. The Spanish team tried its best to come back into the game but the Indian defence held out gamely, even though Jugraj Singh was injured in the 53rd minute. In the dying minutes of the match, Spain forced two penalty corners - 60th minute and 65th minute, but could not beat the Indian defence. Umpires took control as the team got involved in several tackles - giving Esteban Alberto of Spain and Viren Rasquinha of India yellow cards for their play. India emerged 3-0 winners in their first real test at the seventh Junior Men’s World Cup hockey in Hobart. India thus topped Pool C and will play a runner up team in their next round of matches. "We took most of our chances while the Spaniards fail to convert theirs," said a relieved Indian coach Rajinder Singh after the match. "We have achieved our first aim of topping the poll and now we enter the tough stage of competing with the best teams," said the Indian coach after the victory. Earlier Scotland beat Canada 3-1 to finish third in the group with Canada taking the last spot. (UNI) |
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Poonch beat Bhaderwah college, retain Volleyball trophy Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: Degree College, Poonch today retained the Inter-college Volleyball trophy beating Degree College, Bhaderwah in straight sets in the final which played at University of Jammu courts, here. Earlier, in the first set Bhaderwah college made a good start sparing no chance for the opponent Poonch college to take lead. But it was only upto the first eight points that Bhaderwah College continued their fight. Thereafter, Poonch spikers gave a severe thrashing and took handsome lead. The lead remained there and Poonch clinched the set 25-17. The second set too witnessed similar start with equal score on the board 6-6. But a fine display of spikes by Neeraj Sharma and Sourav, assisted by the good blocking, guided Poonch Club to a 2-0 lead making 25-19 set score in their favour. In the third and final set, Poonch had an easy time. The score: 25-17, 25-19, 25-12. The final was officiated by Shashi Sharma and R C Sharma, while Subash Shastri was scorer. Director, Physical Education, University of Jammu, Prof R D Sharma, was the chief guest in the final, who gave away winners and runners-up trophies. Last year’s runners-up MAM College had already lost in the semi-finals to Bhaderwah College, while Poonch had defeated Kathua in a tough five set game. |
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Salil Raina bags Men’s
singles title in Excelsior Sports Correspondent POONCH, Oct 12: Salil Raina claimed the Men’s singles title defeating Sandeep Luthra (21-19, 19-21, 24-22, 24-22) in the well contested final of the District Poonch Table Tennis Championship which was organised by the District Poonch Table Tennis Association at Degree College, Poonch, here. The girls title went to an experienced and promising peddler Iqbal Kour, who defeated Narinder Kour in straight sets 21-14, 21-13. In the final and prize distribution function, Deputy Commissioner, Poonch, Ejaz Iqbal was the chief guest, who gave away winners and runners-up trophies. Besides this, he also honoured the outstanding sports persons of the district on behalf of the Sigma Sports and Welfare Club, Poonch. Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest assured the association and club members that he will take up the matter, regarding appointment of coaches in different disciplines at the district headquarters, with the Secretary, State Sports Council. The chief guest, Ejaz Iqbal also played a match with District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Rajinder Singh, which later won. Presenting the vote of thanks, Prof Jasbir Singh, joint secretary of the Association, expressed his gratitude to the district administration and Principal, Degree College, Poonch, Prof Mohd Shafi for his cooperation. In all, about 100 peddler took part in this championship, which held in all the age groups including veterans. Earlier, the tournament was declared open by the senior National Conference leader, Imtiyaz Ali Bhandey. Among others present on the occasion were Messrs Rajinder Singh (DYSSO), Y K Kar (incharge CEO), Prem Parkash Luthra, Jeevan Puri, K K Kapoor, T S Tara, Prof Nama Singh, Dr Jivan Kapoor, Dr P P Singh, Kamaljeet Singh( NC city president). Outstanding sports persons, who were honoured by the Sigma Club include Jap Japan Singh (Gymnastics), Sandeep Luthra (Table Tennis), Bhupinder Singh (Volleyball), Nawaz (Table Tennis) and Daleep (Table Tennis). Meanwhile, president Association, Ajeet Singh Jeet, who is also secretary of Sigma Sports and Welfare Club, informed that another table tennis championship will be organised in the town under the banner of the club by the next month. Final results of Table Tennis Cadet—Navjot Singh beat Gaganpreet Singh; Sub-junior—Navjot Singh beat Vimalpreet Singh; Junior— Nadeem Shah beat Navjot Singh; Junior girls—Rupali Jamwal beat Tubassam; Women’s singles— Iqbal Kour beat Narinder Kour; Men’s doubles—Salil Raina and Sandeep Luthra beat Ravinder Singh and Manmeet Singh; Men’s singles—Salil Raina beat Sandeep Luthra; Veteran’s singles—B S Jaggi beat Suresh Raina. Panky Dutta, Baljeet Singh and Gurpreet Singh got consolation prizes. |
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| Indian skaters clinch overall second
place in Asian Champ Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 12: For the first time in the history of the roller skating, the Indian roller skating team returned full of medals securing overall countrywise second place after they won atleast a medal in all the three events of Roller Hockey, Speed Skating and Artistic Skating in the 9th Asian Roller Skating Championship which held at Taiwan. India gave a tough contest to the main rivals China, Japan and Korea in all the three team disciplines. In Roller Hockey, India bagged silver medal, whileas, in Speed Skating and Artistic Skating finished third, thus making it a record win in any Asian team event so far, said a handout faced by the Roller Skating Federation of India to EXCELSIOR from Kolkata. It was for the first time in the Asian Skating that India has won silver or bronze medals in all the three disciplines of the game. More than 50 per cent of the team returned victorious. The results Artistic: Nikhil Parikh bagged won silver and bronze medal, while Anup Yama secured bronze. Pair Skating: Rishendra Babu and N Alkhya fetched bronze for the country. Speed: Monish Lokhandwala bagged silver and bronze, while Zubin Ginwara and Jagnik Thaker secured silver. Khusoo Saini, Heer Patel and Varsha Puranik managed a bronze medal each in their age groups. Roller Hockey: Girls hockey team won bronze medal. The team was comprised of Amrita Singh, Priyanka Sharma, Nitika Sharma, Rayesta Rajput, Anuja Chouhan, Heena Sharau, Kirti Puri, Aditi Mahajan, Upma Jamwal and Suruchi Chhandel. The team was supported by Pallavi Kabra, Preeti Joshi and Megha Saini. However in boys roller hockey event, Indian could not perform well because of the last minutes droping of the four promising players due to lack of finance availability, the handout mentioned. The teams in different disciplines were prepared in the separate coaching camps held at DAV School, Chandigarh ( Roller Hockey), NIT Skating track, Nagpur (Speed Skating), Vishakhapattnam Skating Rink (Artistic Skating). These camps were held under the overall guidance of French, Italian and British coaches. This time the team was well supported by experienced professional management of Sheikh Fazal Ahmed, Secretary, J&K State Sports Council, Madhi Bhl (lady manager) and spiritual guidance of Rajendra Singh, who helped the players achieve intense concentration through meditation and prayers, the handout informed. The team was led by Pradeep Ganeriwala (president RSFI) and Tulsi Agarwal (vice-president RSFI). |
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Jammu Div wins U-14 cricket tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 21: Jammu Division defeated Kashmir Division by five wickets in the final of the under-14 cricket tournament which was organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports at M A Stadium, here today. Batting first after winning the toss, Kashmir Division set a target of 124 runs losing six wickets in the alloted 20 overs, which, in reply, Jammu Division chased in 19 overs for the loss of five wickets. Tariq was the top scorer from Kashmir, who made 43 runs, while Maqdoomi, Qayim Pandit and Danis contributed 15 and 13 runs respectively. Extras added 20 runs to the total. From Jammu Division, Rinku, Syed Zahid Hussain, Sidhant Gupta, Jog Raj and Abrar shared one wicket each. Batting second, Jammu Division reached the required total of 124 for the loss of five wickets sparing one over. Parveen guided Jammu’s emphatic victory with his power-packed unbeaten knock of 62 runs. Imtiyaz Ahmed and Rinku contributed valuable 16 and 19 runs respectively. Gohar, Danish and Jahangir took one wicket each for Kashmir, while Tariq claimed two. Today’s final was officiated by Sadiq Hussain, Rajesh Dhar and V K Tikoo. The Jammu Division team was coached by Khurshid Malik and Rajesh Dhar. Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Harbans Singh, who was chief guest on the occasion, gave away winners and runners-up trophies, besides individual prizes to others with outstanding performance. In his address, Minister said that the Government has initiated various steps for the promotion of sports in the State. Earlier, Director, YSS, Syed Asgar Ali, highlighted the efforts being made by the Deparment for the promotion of sports. He said that Shastri Nagar play field will be utilized for holding different coaching camps and competitions. Among others present on the occasion were former Minister, R S Chib, Kuldeep Gupta and T S Wazir (both member Sports Council), besides senior officers fo the Department of Youth Services and Sports. |
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