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post a huge total EAST LONDON (South Africa), Oct 19: Indian bowlers took a hammering as South Africa piled up a huge 282 for four in their allotted ...............more EAST LONDON (South Africa), Oct 19: Rattled by the failure of its middle-order, the Indian team management has asked the cricket board to fly star batsman V V S Laxman straightway to join the team .....................more India beat Germany HOBART (Australia), Oct 19: Riding on a brilliant display of slick passing and some classy defend...........more Jammu
Distt Volleyball Champ Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Famous Pinto Club-A will have an interesting clash with equally better side of Volleyball Club, Allah in the final of the Jammu.......more |
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Winners of Raid-de- Himalaya Motor rally felicitated Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Winners of the recently held Raid-de-Himalaya Motor Rally in Shimla, Umesh Joshi anD.......more Inter-college
Kabaddi Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Annual Inter-college Kabaddi Tournament, organised by the Directorate of Physical Education of the University.....more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Minister for Social Welfare, Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari today declared open the State Judo Championship......more Be ready
for facing any Excelsior Correspondent Jammu, Oct. 19: The Chief Minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has called upon the youth to be always......more |
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South Africa post a huge total EAST LONDON (South Africa), Oct 19: Indian bowlers took a hammering as South Africa piled up a huge 282 for four in their allotted 50 overs in a Triangular one-day series match here today. Electing to bat after captain Shaun Pollock won the toss, the South African batsmen glided along nicely throughout the innings and were never in trouble against some insipid Indian attack. The only consolation for the Indians was probably that they were able to restrict their opponents within 300-runs which looked a distinct possibility when the South Africans raised 200 in the 38th over. Some clever bowling by the spinners led by Harbhajan Singh restricted the run-flow somewhat during the middle overs after Herschelle Gibbs and Boeta Dippenaar had given the hosts a flying start, but that was hardly enough to prevent them from reaching a challenging total. Jonty Rhodes and Lance Klusener did a characteristic brisk-scoring act in the slog overs adding 51 runs in the last five overs to put their team on the top. Dippenaar, who topscored with 81, and Gibbs, who made a 43-ball 47, gave South Africa a blazing start, scoring at over seven an over initially and the later batsmen did well to capitalise on the solid foundation. Harbhajan and Kumble went wicketless, conceding 40 and 54 runs respectively in their ten overs while Srinath took two for 55 from his quota. Agarkar was the most expensive giving away 64 runs in eight overs. Srinath and Agarkar were sent on a leatherhunt in their first spell, both conceding well over six an over, as Gibbs started off in a characteristic attacking style. He hit Agarkar for two fours and a six to take 15 runs from the bowler’s third over. The Indians heaved a sigh of relief when Gibbs mistimed a drive off Agarkar and gave a simple catch at mid-wicket to Virender Sehwag. South Africa lost their first wicket at 63 in the tenth over. Nicky Boje was sent up the order to continue the quick scoring and he did that ably, helped by the Indians pathetic ground fielding. Boje was even dropped, by Rahul Dravid in the slips, in the early part of his knock but thankfully he did not last long, becoming a victim of a mix-up with dippenaar to be run out for 18. That brought Jacques Kallis together with dippenaar in a 103-run partnership for the third wicket which milked the Indian bowlers. They ran quickly between the wickets, easily converting singles into twos, to keep up the momentum going when the spinners made boundaries a little difficult to come by. Dippenaar used the cut shot to very effective use, often playing it very late, and took a number of runs in the third man and point region. A single off Sehwag in the 26th over brought up his second consecutive 50 in the series. Kallis, on the other hand, played a number of sweep shots to counter the spinners. He swept Kumble through the midwicket for two boundaries in the 20th over and gave Sehwag the same treatment in the 30th over. Restricting South Africa to 231 in the 45th over, India seemed to be doing well. But the last five overs proved very costly. Sehwag went for 15 runs in the 46th over while Agarkar was taken for 20 runs in his two overs. Even though Srinath squeezed in the 48th over conceding just three runs, the South Africans had already put on a challenging total. When the last report was filled, India was playing at 64 for without loss in 10.5 overs. (PTI) |
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EAST LONDON (South Africa), Oct 19: Rattled by the failure of its middle-order, the Indian team management has asked the cricket board to fly star batsman V V S Laxman straightway to join the team in South Africa for the remaining matches of the Triseries currently on. "We have requested the cricket board to send Laxman as quickly as possible," said team manager M K Bhargava here today. "He most probably will join the team before the match against Kenya at Paarl on October 24," said Bhargava, an indication that the go-ahead has already been given on the subject by the board. Laxman could not make it to the Indian team earlier on this tour because he had still not recovered fully from a knee operation. But his stupendous 148 not out for Rest of India against Baroda in the Irani Trophy has given right signals that everything is good with the ace middle order batsman. The Hyderabad stalwart hogged the headlines with his exceptional 281 against Austrtlia in the Kolkata test earlier this year which is the highest total ever by an Indian batsman and scripted the most remarkable turnaround in the history of the game, plotting a 2-1 win over the Aussies. Both Shiv Sunder Das and Jacob Martin, though promising, are still to find their feet in one-day cricket and the team can do with the services of someone like Laxman. (PTI) |
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India beat Germany 3-2 to enter final HOBART (Australia), Oct 19: Riding on a brilliant display of slick passing and some classy defending, India overcame a determined fightback by Germany to win 3-2 and storm into the final of the 7th Junior World Cup Hockey Championships here today. With this remarkable win, India entered the final of the World Cup for the second consecutive time. India reached the final in the last edition in 1997 at Milton Keynes (England) where they lost 2-3 to Australia. For Germany, this was the second consecutive semifinal defeat in the Junior World Cup final at the hands of India. In the last edition, they had lost 3-4. India today looked like running away with the match when they led 3-0 at half-time. The Indian goals came through Kanwalpreet Singh (2nd minute), Inderjeet Singh (23rd) and Arjun Halappa (34th minute). Credit should be given to the Germans who fought back brilliantly in the second half to score through Florian Keller (52nd) and Matthias Witthaus (66th). But the Indian defence held on and did not allow the Germans to score the equaliser. A beaming Indian coach Rajinder Singh was all praise for the boys. "I had said beforehand that if the fowards score, then you can’t stop India from winning. We had opportunities in the first half and the boys did well to utilise them. "In the second half, Germany was expected to throw everything to us and we decided to pull one midfielder away and strengthen the defence. It paid off as we kept them away especially in the penalty corners where Devesh Chauhan and Jugraj Singh did a great job." Within a minute of the start, Bimal Lakra’s scoop from the Indian half found Deepak Thakur in the German circle but the advancing goalkeeper used a body check and the umpire ruled a penalty stroke in favour of India. Kanwalpreet Singh’s flick was waist high but good enough to beat the German keeper. Two minutes on the board and India were already 1-0 ahead. India were playing well in the midfield where ignace Tirkey and Bimal Lakra were having a field day, spraying passes for the forwards. By the 20th minute, Germany had two penalty corners but both were wasted. India went ahead in the 23rd minute when Deepak Thakur, the tournament’s highest scorer with seven goals, ran all the way into the German half, ducked two defenders and passed superbly to Inderjeet Singh who forced out the German ‘keeper and finished amazingly to give India a 2-0 lead’. From a midfield move on the left, came India’s third goal. Tejbir Singh trapped the ball a little outside the circle and after going past two German midfielders, gave it to Arjun Hallapa who turned smartly and shot past the shocked German goalkeeper. At the break, India led 3-0. After resumption, Germany came back with new tactics and decided to post an extra foward upfront while pulling away one from the midfield. They had to get the goals and a gap in the midfield did not matter much at such a stage. India could have taken advantage of the weakened midfield but they were also pulling men into the defence knowing that Germany will go for an all-out attack. After wasting a penalty corner in the 47th minute, Germany were on target with their fifth as Florian Keller flicked powerfully to beat Chauhan in goal in the 52nd minute. Germany were thereon in an attack mode as they kept the ball in the Indian half and really piled on the pressure. They had four consecutive penalty corners in the 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th minutes. But the Indian goalkeeper Chauhan and defender Jugraj Singh saved brilliantly. After India had wasted an important goal opportunity, coach Rajinder Singh pulled out one man from the midfield and brought him into the defence. At one point of time, there were six players in the defence trying to keep the Germans away. The Germans consistently fought back and after wasting their 10th penalty corner, they finally scored off a field goal by Matthias Witthaus. For both the sides nerves were almost at breaking point as the German bench egged on their players to get the equaliser while the Indian bench cheered their defence while keeping an eye on the clock all the time. Time finally ran out and the ecstatic Indians hugged each other, basked in the glory of victory. In the final on Sunday, India will meet winners of the second semi-final between Argentina and England. (PTI) |
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Distt Volleyball Champ Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Famous Pinto Club-A will have an interesting clash with equally better side of Volleyball Club, Allah in the final of the Jammu District Volleyball Championship at MA Stadium, here tomorrow. The final will start at 2.30 pm, followed by the prize distribution function. In the semi-final, which played today, Pinto-A trounced Shastri Club, Dhiansar in straight easy sets to find berth in the final. Earlier, Shastri Club made good efforts in the first set and counter well the spikes came from other side of the net. But the fight lost only upto the first ten points game and afterwards Jaffar Hussain and Surjit Singh displayed excellent spikes clinching the set 25-16 for Pinto Club. In the two remaining sets, the fight was one-sided, because Pinto Club dominated the court completely giving Shastri Club little chance to recover. The set score was 25-7, 25-9. In the second semi-final, Volleyball Club, Allah beat defending champion, Volleyball Club, Pallanwala in a well contest match. First set was won by Volleyball Club, Pallanwala after Sham Lal and Vikram Singh put-in fine game 26-24. But in the remaining sets, Volleyball Club, Allah fought back and won the three sets in a row making it 3-1 in their favour. Raghubir Singh and Sham Sunder played a nice game for the winners. The score: 24-26, 25-15, 25-22, 25-16. |
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Winners of Raid-de-Himalaya Motor rally felicitated Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Winners of the recently held Raid-de-Himalaya Motor Rally in Shimla, Umesh Joshi and Vikram Singh were today felicitated by the J&K Motor Sports Association in a simple function held here today. The two-member team of Umesh Joshi and navigator Vikram Singh got first place in the Delta doubles section. In this 3000 kilometers world’s toughest motor rally, eightysix motorist from different parts of the country participated. Secretary, State Sports Council, Sheikh Fazal Ahmed was the chief guest in felicitation function, who honoured the proud winners of the State. Chairman of the J&K Motor Sports Association, Sidharth Sharma presided over the function. Both the winners were also given a cash award of Rs 10,000 by the president of the Association, Ranjit Singh Chib. He appreciated the rallists for their first-ever win for J&K in world’s toughest motor rally. While speaking on the occasion, Ranjit Singh urged the Secretary Sports Council to include Motor sports in State’s SRO. Later, in his address, Secretary assured all possible assistance to the players and association. All the expenditures (around Rs 50,000) incurred during the rally were borne by the association, said organising secretary of the association, Ankush Abrol. Sharing their experiences, Umesh and Vikram said that two tragedies occurred during the rally. In one case, British rallyist John Mark James died in a bike crash at Moreplain’s Pang in Ladakh. In another accident on the last leg of the competition, Jaswinder Pal and his co-driver Nand Lal Choudhary died when their Gypsy plunged into 700 ft deep gorge at Darwal in Shimla. Other two participants from Jammu, Vishal Dhar and navigator Raj Ganju could not complete the rally due to some mechanical fault in their bike. Others present on the occasion were Sports Officer, Ajit Singh Wazir, Deepak Honda, Pritam Singh Rathore, Ashwani Dubey and Vishal Dhar. |
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Inter-college Kabaddi tourney begins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Annual Inter-college Kabaddi Tournament, organised by the Directorate of Physical Education of the University of Jammu, began today at the Campus grounds, here this morning. In the inaugural match, GGM Science College thrashed Government SPMR College of Commerce 86-36 to enter the second round. Pardeep Magotra, Ankush Chib and Prithvi Raj helped Science College in making it a big win. From Commerce College, Mohan Lal and Sukhwinder Singh gave a good fight. Second scheduled match was won by Degree College, Rajouri beating Degree College, Kishtwar 52-32. Chamail Singh, Mohd Mushtaq and Rishpal Singh played a nice game for the winners, while Irshad Ahmed played well for Kishtwar. In another scheduled match, Government MAM College got walkover Degree College, Doda. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 19: Minister for Social Welfare, Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari today declared open the State Judo Championship at Multi-purpose hall of the M A Stadium, here this morning. On the first day today most of the events were held in the Sub-junior and Junior groups of boys and girls. Earlier, the Minister, who was chief guest on the occasion, was welcomed by the general secretary of the J&K Judo Association, R C Thakur. The final results Junior girls Below 52 kg: Sonika Sharma of Jammu, Ist and Durga Kumar of Srinagar, 2nd. Below 48 kg: Fatimadia Jaan of Srinagar, Ist and Sumaya Rashid of Srinagar, second. Sub-junior girls Below 23 kg: Monika Thakur of Jammu, Ist; Nidhi Bandral of Jammu, 2nd and Shivani Kapahi of Jammu, third. Below 27 kg: Nipu Jamwal of Jammu, Ist; Sonali Sharma of Jammu, 2nd and Heena Jamwal and Pooja Bhat of Jammu, third. Below 32 kg: Sheetal of Jammu, Ist; Priya Sumbriya of Jammu, 2nd and Radhika Sharma and Mamta Sharma of Jammu, third. Below 40 kg: Jyoti Choudhary of Jammu, Ist; Radha Rani of Jammu, 2nd and Minakshi of Jammu, third. Sub-junior boys 28 kg: Aman Gupta of Jammu, Ist; Rajesh Kumar of Jammu, 2nd and Tarun Dev Singh and Rohit Pandita of Jammu, third. 30 kg: Romi Kumar of Jammu, Ist; Shabhnam Sharma of Jammu, 2nd and Rahul Koul and Naresh Mehra, third. 35 kg: Udit Jamwal of Jammu, Ist; Rameez Aslam Khan of Budgam, 2nd and Mohit Gupta and Sagar Raina of Jammu, third. Below 40 kg: Vishal Singh of Jammu, Ist; Rohit Sharma, 2nd and Karan Bhat (Jammu) and Bisharat Aslam of Budgam, third. Below 45 kg: Varun Aggarwal of Jammu, Ist; Kapil Kumar of Jammu, 2nd and Akshay Bhagat, third. Below 50 kg: Naresh Kumar of Jammu, Ist; Vikram Pandita of Jammu, 2nd and Shivankar of Jammu, third. Plus 50 kg: Umar Hamza of Srinagar, Ist; Sunny Sambyal of Jammu, 2nd and Hitan Dubey and Aatish Gupta of Jammu, third. Junior boys 40 kg: Pawan Baloria of Jammu, Ist; Aman of Jammu, 2nd and Atul of Jammu, third. 45 kg: Mohinder Singh of Jammu, Ist; Anil Sharma of Jammu, 2nd Rajesh Choudhary of Jammu and Rajinder Singh of Jammu, third. 50 kg: Sanjay Khajuria of Jammu, Ist; Mohd Altaf Bhat of Srinagar, 2nd and Ajay Sharma and Amit Sharma of Jammu, third. Above 73 kg: Vipul Gupta of Jammu, Ist; Ashutosh Gupta of Jammu, 2nd and Sunny Gupta of Jammu, third |
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challenge to integrity Excelsior Correspondent Jammu, Oct. 19: The Chief Minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah has called upon the youth to be always ready for facing any challenge posed to the integrity and sovereignty of the country saying that the menace of terrorism has to be eliminated once for all from the map of the world for ensuring peace and tranquility for coming generations. Addressing at the prize distribution function of the Annual Training camp of 2nd J&K Girls Bn. NCC at Nagrota, about 13 kms. from here today, the Chief Minister said that the youth especially the girls have to play a key role for overall peace and prosperity of the country which is passing through a crucial period of global terrorism and violence. Dr. Abdullah said that imparting training to a girl was to impart training to a whole family. It was imperative that proper moral perceptions alongwith training in different spheres of life is provided to the girls. Stressing the need for making the girls self sufficient in their lives, Dr. Abdullah said that gone are the days when they were considered to be inferior to boys. In this age of science and technology and hard competitions, he said the girls can be seen in every field of activities. He said if the girls in Israel are operating war tanks why our girls can not operate big weapons and guns. The Chief Minister while referring to the importance of NCC training camps said that the students learn discipline, dedication, team spirit, tolerance, brotherhood and fellow feeling in such get-togethers. He said it is saddening that moral education and moral discipline is slowly disappearing from our society which was known for its traditional moral sanctity. He called upon the cadets to be self- sufficient and stand on their own feet. This, he said, will bring them honour and respect in the society. He said that life was a big struggle in which we should never give up. Referring to the social evil of gender discrimination still prevalent in our society, the Chief Minister said that the dowry system was directly connected with the future of our women. Dozens of them have to lose their lives due to this evil system, he added. Dr. Abdullah called upon the girl cadets to rise to the occasion and initiate comprehensive efforts for educating the women folk and put their NCC training in practical shape in their homes, schools and places of work. He said that development of a person does not depend on religion, caste, creed or colour. He or she can reach any height through dedicated hard work and planning and chose any career for life. Dr. Abdullah said that all the religions of the world preach mutual brotherhood, peace and tolerance. But some vested interests use religions to achieve their selfish motives by exploiting the sentiments of common men. Referring to prevailing terrorism in the world, the Chief Minister said that Islam never teaches violence or killing of innocent people in the name of jehad. Col. G.S.Choudhary, NCC Commander of the camp, presented the welcome address. He disclosed that about 600 girls from different schools and colleges of Jammu division are participating in the 10-day training camp which will conclude on October 22nd this year. He said that during the training period, the cadets are imparted training in firing, first aid, telecommunication, map reading, patrolling and self defence. The cadets also presented a cultural bonanza. The Chief Minister distributed awards among the distinguished cadets. Earlier, the Chief Minister alongwith Camp Commander, Director NCC, Mr. Dhillon and Principal, Sainik School, Nagrota inspected various training sections of the cadets. The Chief Minister interacted with the cadets and encouraged them to inculcate qualities of self-sufficiency and excellence. |
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