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Indian cricket MUMBAI, Sept 24: Saurav Ganguly led Indian cricket team today left on a 66-day tour of South............more
Harikrishna potential HYDERABAD, Sept 24: Indian Grandmaster Pendyala Harikrishna and Rajebov of Baku of Armenia ..........more Britain win through to LONDON, Sept 24: Claycourt heroics from Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski over the weekend earned ..............more Britain win through to LONDON, Sept 24: Claycourt heroics from Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski over the weekend earned .........more |
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ADGP inaugurates handball ground at DPL Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 24: Additional Director General of Police, Armed, Gopal Sharma today inaugurated a separate handball ground for the practice of the Police teams at the District Police Lines, here..........more State
Hero’s Cup Hockey Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 24: Sandeep Sambyal today shocked the Ranjeet Club after he made a hat-trick in a league match of Pool-B in the State Hero’s Cup Hockey Tournament being organised by the J&K Hockey Association at K K Hakhu Stadium, here.......more IGP
declares open cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 24: Deshmesh Club, Railway Patri (Simble) defeated Star Club, Miran Sahib by 25 runs in the first match of the day......more GHS
Nowabad, Stadium Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 24: Government High School, Nowabad and Stadium XI won the opening day matches in the Sub-junior Jammu District Women Hockey......more |
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Indian cricket team leaves for SA sans Agarkar MUMBAI, Sept 24: Saurav Ganguly led Indian cricket team today left on a 66-day tour of South Africa without all-rounder Ajit Agarkar. Agarkar, a last minute replacement for speedster Ashish Nehra who has been declared unfit for the Triangular one-day series starting on October 5, will leave tomorrow as he is yet to receive his visa. On Saturday, Nehra became the third player from the original squad to be ruled unfit for the one-day series. V V S Laxman and Zaheer Khan had earlier opted out as they had not fully recovered from their respective injuries. Left-hander Hemang Badani, a stand-by who was named Laxman’s replacement, injured himself during a domestic tournament and he too couldn’t make it to the team. India will play three tests against South Africa and will feature in a Triangular one-day series with Kenya as the third team. There would be some changes in the composition of the team for the test series starting on November 3. (PTI) |
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Harikrishna potential world champ: Anand HYDERABAD, Sept 24: Indian Grandmaster Pendyala Harikrishna and Rajebov of Baku of Armenia are two potentional world champions, according to reigining world champion Viswanathan Anand. Speaking at a function to felicitate the young GM here today, Anand said, "these are the two players who have the potential to challenge the Russian chess dominance". Anand also condoled the death of five chess players from Andhra Pradesh in a road accident in Orissa yesterday, and the meeting observed two minutes’ silence. Expressing happiness that chess was becoming a maintime sport with more and more players and sponsors turning towards it, Anand said it would take more time for India to emerge as a champion nation "as the gap between US and Russia is very wide. Things could but improve in the coming ten years". World junior champion Koneru Humpy, who was also to be felicitated on the occasion, however, did not turn up as she was in a state of ‘shock’ over the death of Abhinav, the under-10 Asian champion who was closely associated with her during a recent championship in Spain. (PTI) |
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Britain win through to Davis Cup top flight LONDON, Sept 24: Claycourt heroics from Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski over the weekend earned Britain a place in the Davis Cup World group with an impressive victory over ecuador. They were joined in the top flight by last year’s champions Spain, who beat Uzbekistan. The Cup holders were forced to qualify for the elite group of 16 nations after suffering a first-round defeat in the Netherlands in February. Ecuador, strong favourites to beat Britain on their favoured clay surface in Guayaquil, were stunned into submission by superb performances from Henman and Rusedski. Both serve-volleyers mastered the slow Ecuadorian surface to win their opening singles before teaming up to beat the Lapentti brothers Nicolas and Giovanni in Saturday’s doubles. The victory was revenge for the surprise home defeat Britain suffered at the hands of Ecuador on Wimbledon’s grass last year. "We wanted to prove to ourselves that we could beat them on their home soil," Henman said afterwards. "Greg and I have never been beaten in Davis Cup doubles and we wanted to maintain that record and we certainly did that." Rusedski, whose victory over Nicolas Lapentti in the opening singles was the highlight of the tie, said: "It was important to get British tennis to where it should be — in the top-16 in the world — and hopefully now we can go further." British captain Roger Taylor said: "I am delighted and elated that we’re back in the world group again...It is what we were aiming for and now we have to make sure we win our first rounds and stay there." Also winning a place in the top flight were Croatia as Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic steered his country to victory over Italy. The left-hander was beaten in his opening match by unheralded Filippo Volandri in five tough sets but Ivan Ljubicic levelled the match with victory over Federico Luzzi. The Croatians teamed up to beat the Italian pairing of Giorgio Galimberti and Mose Navarra in a five-set thriller and Ivanisevic sealed victory with a 7-6 6-3 6-4 win over Luzzi. Alex Corretja and Juan Balcells secured Spain’s spot by beating Uzbekistan pair Oleg Ogorodov and Vadim Kutsenko 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4 on Sunday. Spain won the Davis Cup for the first time last year but were forced into a play-off to retain their top flight status after suffering the Dutch defeat on an unfamiliar indoor carpet surface. Back on clay, though, Spain were predictably far too strong for their opponents in Albacete. Juan Carlos Ferrero got the home side off to a sure-footed start on Friday as he beat Ogorodov 7-5 6-2 6-4. Corretja followed that up with a 6-0 6-2 6-7 6-0 success against Kutsenko. Argentina brushed Belarus aside to secure top flight action next year. Franco Squillari and Gaston Gaudio got the South Americans off to the best possible start with wins over Vladimir Voltchkov and Max Mirnyi before Guillermo Canas and Luis Lobo beat Voltchkov and Mirnyi in the doubles for an unassailable 3-0 lead. The Czech Republic came back from an opening match defeat to beat Romania and reach the world group. Bohdan Ulihrach lost his opener to Adrian Voinea in five sets but beat Gabriel Trifu on Sunday to give the Czechs victory. Slovakia joined the Czechs, beating Chile while Morocco beat Belgium 3-2. The remaining world group qualifier between the United States and India will be played on October 12-14. (REUTERS) |
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Britain win through to Davis Cup top flight LONDON, Sept 24: Claycourt heroics from Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski over the weekend earned Britain a place in the Davis Cup World group with an impressive victory over ecuador. They were joined in the top flight by last year’s champions Spain, who beat Uzbekistan. The Cup holders were forced to qualify for the elite group of 16 nations after suffering a first-round defeat in the Netherlands in February. Ecuador, strong favourites to beat Britain on their favoured clay surface in Guayaquil, were stunned into submission by superb performances from Henman and Rusedski. Both serve-volleyers mastered the slow Ecuadorian surface to win their opening singles before teaming up to beat the Lapentti brothers Nicolas and Giovanni in Saturday’s doubles. The victory was revenge for the surprise home defeat Britain suffered at the hands of Ecuador on Wimbledon’s grass last year. "We wanted to prove to ourselves that we could beat them on their home soil," Henman said afterwards. "Greg and I have never been beaten in Davis Cup doubles and we wanted to maintain that record and we certainly did that." Rusedski, whose victory over Nicolas Lapentti in the opening singles was the highlight of the tie, said: "It was important to get British tennis to where it should be — in the top-16 in the world — and hopefully now we can go further." British captain Roger Taylor said: "I am delighted and elated that we’re back in the world group again...It is what we were aiming for and now we have to make sure we win our first rounds and stay there." Also winning a place in the top flight were Croatia as Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic steered his country to victory over Italy. The left-hander was beaten in his opening match by unheralded Filippo Volandri in five tough sets but Ivan Ljubicic levelled the match with victory over Federico Luzzi. The Croatians teamed up to beat the Italian pairing of Giorgio Galimberti and Mose Navarra in a five-set thriller and Ivanisevic sealed victory with a 7-6 6-3 6-4 win over Luzzi. Alex Corretja and Juan Balcells secured Spain’s spot by beating Uzbekistan pair Oleg Ogorodov and Vadim Kutsenko 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4 on Sunday. Spain won the Davis Cup for the first time last year but were forced into a play-off to retain their top flight status after suffering the Dutch defeat on an unfamiliar indoor carpet surface. Back on clay, though, Spain were predictably far too strong for their opponents in Albacete. Juan Carlos Ferrero got the home side off to a sure-footed start on Friday as he beat Ogorodov 7-5 6-2 6-4. Corretja followed that up with a 6-0 6-2 6-7 6-0 success against Kutsenko. Argentina brushed Belarus aside to secure top flight action next year. Franco Squillari and Gaston Gaudio got the South Americans off to the best possible start with wins over Vladimir Voltchkov and Max Mirnyi before Guillermo Canas and Luis Lobo beat Voltchkov and Mirnyi in the doubles for an unassailable 3-0 lead. The Czech Republic came back from an opening match defeat to beat Romania and reach the world group. Bohdan Ulihrach lost his opener to Adrian Voinea in five sets but beat Gabriel Trifu on Sunday to give the Czechs victory. Slovakia joined the Czechs, beating Chile while Morocco beat Belgium 3-2. The remaining world group qualifier between the United States and India will be played on October 12-14. (REUTERS) |
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ADGP inaugurates handball ground at DPL Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 24: Additional Director General of Police, Armed, Gopal Sharma today inaugurated a separate handball ground for the practice of the Police teams at the District Police Lines, here. Since the ground, which is of international standard and dedicated to the police personnel, the ongoing coaching camp for the 50th All India Police games to be held in Bhopal, will also be held at this ground. Besides this, coaching of the students of J&K Police Public School will also take place at this ground. Later, ADGP in his brief speech congratulated the sports management of J&K Police for the present better performance, especially in football. On the occasion, an exhibition match was played between Army XI and J&K Police XI. Besides, ADGP, IGP, R V Raju, DIG Jammu-Kathua range, Dr S P Vaid and DIG Armed, P R Gandotra were among others present. |
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State Hero’s Cup
Hockey Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 24: Sandeep Sambyal today shocked the Ranjeet Club after he made a hat-trick in a league match of Pool-B in the State Hero’s Cup Hockey Tournament being organised by the J&K Hockey Association at K K Hakhu Stadium, here. Sandeep surprised the local club by dominating the field through out the first half scoring all the three goals in the 7th, 15th and 35th minutes. However, Ranjeet Club fought back and reduced the margin in the second half. Sartaj Singh and Atman Singh netted the goals in the 45th and 55th minutes respectively making it 3-2. In the second match of the day, Govind Club (Blue), Chatha outplayed Vikram Club, Chowhala by two goals to one in Pool-B. All the three goals were scored in the second half as both the sides missed the goal chances came their way in the first half. Jarnail Singh had broke the silence by scoring the first goal for Vikram Club in the 40th minute, but the lead was soon equalised by Gurvinder Singh in the 45th minute through a penalty corner. As soon as the score levelled, Chanchal Singh struck in the 50th minute converting the ball into a goal for Govind Club. Today’s matches were officiated by P D Singh, Daljeet Singh and Amarjeet Singh. Meanwhile, in match which played yesterday, Raghubir Club registered a 3-1 win over Diamond Club. Tomorrow’s fixture: Raghubir Club V/s GNC, Nanak Nagar at 3 pm. |
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IGP declares open cricket tournament at Simbal Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 24: Deshmesh Club, Railway Patri (Simble) defeated Star Club, Miran Sahib by 25 runs in the first match of the day-night cricket tournament which was declared open by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Range, R V Raju at the District Police Line Border at Simbal, here. Earlier, batting first Deshmesh Club made 138 runs for the loss of four wickets in 16 overs, which Star Club could not chase and the whole side was bowled out for 113 runs in 13 overs, thus lost the match by 25 runs. The tournament, which is dedicated to anti-drug and anti-intoxication awareness campaign, is being jointly organised by the J&K Rural Sports Club and Border Police district Jammu. Speaking on the occasion, IGP, who was the chief guest, stressed upon the people to check the increasing drug menance which has become a serious threat for the society. He eulogized the efforts of the Border Police and J&K Rural Sports Club for this noble drive and advised the masses to seek the help of police in mitigating this menance and advised them to seek the help of other organisations in this regard. Earlier, Narinder Singh, in his welcome address, highlighted the importance of the tournament and campaign for the social cause through sports medium. Prof Anmol Singh, Principal, Sant Rocha Singh Degree College explained in detail the physiological effects of drugs and intoxicants in human body and suggested ways and means to overcome it. Later, M K Sinha, SP Border district Jammu presented vote of thanks. He informed the gathering that Border Police is trying its level best to educate the masses against the use of drugs and intoxicants through various channels. The MLA R S Pura, Ram Chand Bhagat and DIG Jammu-Kathua Range, Dr S P Vaid, besides Sarpanches and Panches were among others present on the occasion. |
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GHS Nowabad, Stadium XI win in Sub-junior girls Hockey Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 24: Government High School, Nowabad and Stadium XI won the opening day matches in the Sub-junior Jammu District Women Hockey Championship being organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Women Hockey Association at K K Hakhu Stadium, here this morning. In the first match, GHS Nowabad defeated Government Middle School, Pul Tawi by a solitary goal. The only goal was scored by Meenu Kumari in the 45th minute of the match. In the second match, Stadium XI outplayed Government High School, Bakshi Nagar by two goals to nil. Sweety and Anju Kumari sounded the board in the 20th and 29th minutes respectively. Harmanan Singh and Gurmeet Kour were umpires in today’s matches. |
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