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Turkey beat Senegal OSAKA, June 22: Turkey, continuing its shock run at the World Cup, qualified for the semifinals for the first time in its history after beating Senegal 1-0 today with a golden goal from Ilhan Mansiz to knock ..more Anand
draws with LEON (SPAIN), June 22: The much-awaited clash between two giants of world chess began on a rather dull note as the opening two games of the ...more Ramit Tandon stamps superiority in squash meet KOLKATA, June 22: Bengal’s Ramit Tandon, who won the under-11 National ....more Penalties
decide as GWANGJU (SOUTH KOREA), June 22: South Korea beat Spain 5-3 in a penalty shootout ...more |
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Open District Chess Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 22: Top runners and title contenders H S Salathia, Mohit Bharti and Vicky Bachu consolidated their position further by winning their...more Blinds’ entry into Chess, easy wins for Amarjeet, Suresh JAMMU: It was a surprise for one and all present in the examination hall of the SRML Higher Secondary School, the venue of the district chess championship, when two blind participants.........more Sudh Mahadev Kesri Dangal enters into 103rd year Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATRA, June 22: The Sudh Mahadev Kesri Dangal will turn 103 when it will be held once again at Sudh Maha Dev, 50 kilometers from here on June 25 at 2 pm. This annual dangal is organised . .......more |
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Turkey beat Senegal 1-0 with golden goal OSAKA, June 22: Turkey, continuing its shock run at the World Cup, qualified for the semifinals for the first time in its history after beating Senegal 1-0 today with a golden goal from Ilhan Mansiz to knock out Africa’s sole surviver. The winner came in the fourth minute of extra time of a pulsating encounter. Ilhan, who had come on as a 67th minute substitute for Captain Hakan Sukur, fired home into the bottom left corner from eight metres after a cross from the right by Umit Davala. The Turks’ only previous appearance at the World Cup was in 1954 when they were knocked out in the first round. They now play Brazil in the semifinals on Wednesday in Saitama. Earlier today, South Korea set up a semifinal clash with Germany after beating Spain in a penalty shootout. Turkey had several chances to win the game, most of them falling in the first half to Sukur, Turkey’s all-time leading scorer. Senegal, which had started the game brightly, clearly ran out of steam as the entertaining, end-to-end game passed the hour mark. Sukur’s most glaring miss came in the 19th minute when, after exchanging passes with Hasan Sas, he found himself unmarked and right in front of goal. But the softly-weighted pass rolled agonisingly under his foot. Moments later, Sas was again on the attack, but his lofted cross from the left just ran away from Sukur. Sukur, running toward the far post, then failed to connect with a left-wing cross. Sukur, who has scored 35 times for his country, has yet to find the net at the World Cup. The Turks finished the half the stronger, and Senegal’s Omar Daf had to make a desperate clearance off the line from a Yildiray Basturk header. But the senegalese, again displaying their brand of powerful, skillful soccer, also had their chances. In the 19th minute Khalilou Fadiga had a powerful shot from inside the area which was bundled over the line by Henri Camara, but he was rightly flagged for offside and the goal didn’t stand. Four minutes later, Fadiga, receiving a reverse pass from El Hadji Diouf, saw his shot crash into the sidenetting. After the cavalier opening 45 minutes, the second half began in an equally attacking manner. In the 53rd minute, Diouf curled a 20-metre free kick just over Rustu Recber’s crossbar. The Turks launched several attacks but were either denied by ‘keeper Tony Sylva or Senegal’s robust back four. The disappointing Sukur was replaced by Ilhan who immediately made an impact, lobbing Recber only to see the ball drop just over the bar. (AFP) |
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Anand draws with Kramnik in 2nd game also LEON (SPAIN), June 22: The much-awaited clash between two giants of world chess began on a rather dull note as the opening two games of the six-game series between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia ended in draws. The total number of moves in the first two games, that were played here late yesterday, totalled just 53, and it was an indication of safety-first approach especially by Kramnik. Playing black in the opening game, Anand played lively chess throughout and kept braingames winner Kramnik under pressure before the game was agreed drawn. It was a trademark orthodox queen pawn game by Kramnik that failed to yield anything substantial to play for and the Russian was quick to realise that. Soon after the opening moves got over, Anand started a brilliant manoeuvre to seize the initiative through a pawn sacrifice that stalled Kramnik’s king in mid-board. The Indian was pressing for an advantage by the 16th move itself that attested to his supremacy of being the best player in the advance chess format that allows usage of a computer during the games. Kramnik was forced to give up his right to castle but confined his king to safety with rapid exchange of pieces to arrive at heavy piece endgame where Anand’s material deficit proved vital. It was an excellent defensive technique by Kramnik that saved the day for him. The peace treaty was signed in 33 moves after Anand won back his pawn. (PTI) |
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Ramit Tandon stamps superiority in squash meet KOLKATA, June 22: Bengal’s Ramit Tandon, who won the under-11 National Squash Championship for boys last year at Chennai, has recently won the Milo Junior Open Squash Championship and Wilson Junior Squash Open recently. Master Ramit Tandon won Milo Junior Open Sqash Championship held in Malaysia defeating Ahmad Khairul of the host country in a thrilling five setter 9-4,7-9,7-9,9-5,9-4. He also recently won Singapore’s Wilson Junior Squash Open for boys under-11 by demolishing Aditya Jagtap 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 in straight sets. (UNI) |
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Penalties decide as South Korea dump Spain to reach semis GWANGJU (SOUTH KOREA), June 22: South Korea beat Spain 5-3 in a penalty shootout victory here today to reach the World Cup semi-finals after 120 minutes had failed to produce a goal. Skipper Hong Myung-Bo became the hero of Korea when he blasted home the winning penalty after Spain’s Joaquin had failed to tie the score at 4-4. While Hong was being hugged by his teammates a tearful Joaquin was led off the field by teammates trying to console him. Joaquin missed as goalkeeper Lee Woon-Jae guessed correctly and dived to his left. Amazingly, Lee had faced seven penalty shootouts for his club. And he had won the lot. Korea’s victory makes them the first ever Asian team to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. They now meet Germany in Seoul next Tuesday for a place in the final in Yokohama, Japan, on June 30. Spain had been seeking to reach the World Cup semi-finals for only the second time after 1950 and the luck had been on their side in the previous round as they saw off Ireland in a shootout. This time lady luck shone on the Koreans, whose scarlet -shirted ‘red devils’ fans went wild at the end. "I am so happy for the boys who fought to the end," said Korea’s Dutch Coach Guus Hiddink. "More dreams have come true." "If you don’t mind we will have a little glass of champagne now and celebrate and then concentrate on the next match. "I am so proud of these guys," added Hiddink. The Koreans had to fight tooth and nail for their win, however, as Spain dominated most of the encounter. The South Koreans had seen off italy against all the odds in the previous round with AHN Jung-Hwan netting only the third golden goal in the tournament’s history. But here extra-time produced only stalemate. In truth, it was a hard luck story for the Spanish. Ruben Baraja had nodded into the net for the Spaniards five minutes after the interval but Egyptian referee Gamal Ghandour had already blown for some shirt tugging. Fernando morientes then also headed home two minutes into extra-time from a Joaquin cross but that effort was likewise ruled out by a linesman’s flag - apparently in the mistaken belief the ball had crossed the goalline. Morientes, playing without his injured Real Madrid Club mate and usual strike partner Raul, then struck the post in the 100th minute as the South Korean fans collectively held their breath. When Hong scored his penalty they let out a passionate roar. The Spaniards had dominated in terms of possession and eked out several chances in normal time as they settled down quickly despite the shrieking crowd, virtually all clad in Korean scarlet- T shirts. The Koreans were appearing in the last eight for the first time after five previous finals appearances had failed to produce a single win. And for extra-time Hiddink elected to throw on veteran forward Hwang Sun-Hong for Kim Tae-Young. Hwang miscued a volley and forced Casillas to save a low effort as the crowd endured a tortuous second period of extra-time, Choi Jin-Cheul heading well over as the final seconds ran out. Both sides made a tentative opening but the Spanish, used to playing in front of equally fierce domestic crowds even larger than the 42,000 here, were more than holding their own early on as they took the game to their hosts. Baraja sent an ambitious overhead kick wide in the sole attempt on goal of the opening 20 minutes. The Spanish were hit at the start by news that raul had lost his battle to start owing to a groin strain picked up a week ago against Ireland. That left morientes as Spain’s sole true striker and he almost gave Spain the lead on 27 minutes with a towering header which Lee Woon-Jae fielded right by his left hand post. Real veteran defender Fernando Hierro then twice went close with headers before the break, while Francisco Javier De Pedro drove inches wide. But their territorial dominance counted ultimately for nothing. (AFP) |
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Open District Chess
Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 22: Top runners and title contenders H S Salathia, Mohit Bharti and Vicky Bachu consolidated their position further by winning their second round matches today in the Open District Chess Championship being held at SRML Higher Secondary School, here. However the most interesting and longest duration match which lasted for complete three hours took place between Pranav Gupta and Vikramjeet Singh. Pranav was leading with two points out of two wins, while Vikramjeet has one point in his tally. In all six matches were played among the winners of yesterday’s first round, whereas losers had eight matches this afternoon. Those won their second round matches today were Vicky Bachu, who beat Victor Gupta; Mohit Bharti beat Joginder Singh Jamwal; H S Salathia outplayed Sidharth Dev Singh Jamwal; Ashwani Gupta down Rajeev Balyan; Sushil Kumar Sharma defeated Rahul Dev Singh and Pranav Gupta beat Vikramjeet Singh. The winners among yesterday’s losers were two blinds Suresh Kumar Chopra and Amarjeet. Suresh defeated Ayush Jasrotia, while Amarjeet defeated Manik Dogra. In other matches, Ajit Kumar outplayed Kuljeet Singh; Kulwinder Singh beat Harvinder Singh; Arvindu down Rohit Chowdhary; Suresh Raina beat Suneet Kumar Raina; Dev Jamwal beat Cherish Sham and Virender Katoch got walkover Anil Kumar. |
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Blinds’ entry into Chess, easy wins for Amarjeet, Suresh JAMMU: It was a surprise for one and all present in the examination hall of the SRML Higher Secondary School, the venue of the district chess championship, when two blind participants, Amarjeet Singh and Suresh Kumar Chopra defeated their opponents. While, Amarjeet outplayed his opponent Manik Dogra initiating just four moves, Suresh took some time to turn the tables against Ayush Jasrotia. It was their first ever official competition, though Suresh is playing the game of Chess for the last 12 years. Teacher by profession, Suresh wanted to play at the national level but could not do so due to the ineffective association. However, happy with District Chess Association’s initiative, both Suresh and Amarjeet want to continue taking part in the all district and state level competitions in future. |
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Sudh Mahadev Kesri Dangal enters into 103rd year Excelsior Sports Correspondent KATRA, June 22: The Sudh Mahadev Kesri Dangal will turn 103 when it will be held once again at Sudh Maha Dev, 50 kilometers from here on June 25 at 2 pm. This annual dangal is organised every year by the Sudh Mahadev Dangal Committee under the aegis of the J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association in collaboration with the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Katra. Information in this regard was given by Mr Shiv Kumar Sharma, who is president of the J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association while taking to EXCELSIOR today. He said that likewise last year Dangal will be hosted with zeal and enthusiasm by the committee comprising Subash Chander, Madan Lal Gupta, Vijay Kumar Dubey, Raj Nath and Pritam Chand, Sarpanch, Sudh Mahadev. Mr Sharma said that about 45 wrestlings, including Dheeraj Sharma, Raju Phalwan and Saif Ali, from different districts of Udhampur, Kathua, Jammu, Doda and Rajouri have expressed their willingness to participate in this Dangal. Mr Sharma, who is chairman of the organising committee informed that the best wrestlers of this dangal will be honoured with "Sudh Mahadev Kesari 2002" title and would be rewarded with a sliver gurj, Patta in addition to the Malli (fixed prize). Around Rs 25,000 have been estimated to be incurred on this annual dangal wherein Mr Balvinder Singh Kalsi, a gun factory owner of Jammu is one of the main sponsors. However, the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Katra of which Mr Sharma is president, has already provided a sodium light worth Rs 5,000. Mr Sharma had all praise for the Sudh Mahadev Dangal Committee for making dangal an annual feature that too on the occasion of three day Sudh Mahadev mela. At the end he urged the Minister for Sports, Harbans Singh, to pay more attention towards the famous and most liked games of the rural areas including Wrestling by providing them more financial and infrastructural facilities. |
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2nd Janmej Singh Cricket
Tournament Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 22: The hosts Jamwal Cricket Club (JCC) defeated Rinku Cricket Club (RCC) to join Bajalta Cricket Club (BCC) and Ess Kay Cricket Club (EKCC) in the second round of the semi-finals of the 2nd Th. Janmej Singh Cricket Tournament being played at Sedhra Bye Pass, here. All the these three teams have got nine points each out of their three wins each in the league round. Earlier, in their last league encounter, JCC won the toss and decided to bat first. They set a target of 114 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 20 overs game, which, in reply, Rinku club could not chase and bowled out for partly 51 runs in 12 overs. Sandeep Jamwal, who made 24 runs off 19 balls, was the highest scorer from JCC. Rizwan and Raju contributed 21 and 20 runs to the total respectively. For RCC, Rinku, Raman and Parshotam took two wickets each. Batting second, Rinku club could not face the bowling attack of JCC and the whole side went to the pavilion for 51 runs in the 12 overs. The 51 runs included 26 extras. Raman was the highest scorer with 12 runs, while no other batsmen could reach the double figure mark. From JCC, Darshan was the most successful bowler who claimed four wickets giving away just three runs in 1.4 overs. Vicky took three wickets for five runs in three overs and Sanjay and Raju bagged one each. Later, in recognition to his all-round outstanding performance, Darshan was declared as man of the match. In anther league match played yesterday, Majheen Cricket Club (MCC) lost to Ess Kay Cricket Club (EKCC) by four wickets. Batting first after winning the toss, Majheen Club made 137 runs in 16 overs for the loss of eight wickets, which Ess Kay Club chased in 15 overs losing six wickets. Mohinder scored maximum 40 runs for MCC, while Pawan contributed 36. Kala and Shahid were other batsmen who reached double figure mark with 16 and 13 runs respectively. For Ess Kay Monu and Shiv took two wickets each. Chasing the target Ess Kay batsmen reached the required target of 138 runs in 15 overs with four wickets intact. Neeraj played brilliant innings of 58 runs off 45 balls including five sixes and three boundaries. Bali remained unbeaten at 17 and Shiv contributed 13 runs. For MCC, Kala took tour wickets, followed by Pawan, who bagged two. Neeraj, who hit the MCC bowlers hard with his match winning knock of 58, was declared as man of the match. Yasir Malik, Riyaz and Asif were umpires in these matches, while Gulam Nabi and Sunny were scorers. The tournament is being organised by Aruj Dev Singh and Sandeep Jamwal. Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 22: Ramnik Club today defeated Malik Cricket Club in the on-going Ist Faquir Singh Charak Memorial Cricket Tournament being played at Railway Ground, here. Batting first after winning the toss, Ramnik Club made a total of 179 runs by lossing all wickets in stipulated 20 overs. Tanveer made 33 runs with the help of seven hits to the fence, Ashu made 27 runs, Munna contributed 22 runs and Simu made 27 runs. For Malik Cricket Club, Citra and Majid clinched three wickets each. Malik Cricket Club could not achieve the intended target and lost the match by one run. In the last over of the match, Malik Club had to make 7 runs but its batsmen failed to do so. Citra and Sonu were the highest scorers who made 37 and 34 runs respectively while Liakat made 28 runs with the help of four hits to the fence and one over the fence. For Ramnik Club, Simu clinched four wickets, Anshu got one wicket and Munna claimed one wicket. Simu who made 27 runs and clinched four wickets was declared man of the match. Pushpinder and Pummy were the umpires. On Monday, Choudhary Club will clash with Cantt Cricket Club. Summer Zone Trophy Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 22: Sonnet Club today registered nine wickets victory over Raipur Club in the Summer Zone Trophy (Cosco Ball) Cricket Tournament being played at Paloura. From the very begining of match, Raipur Club’s performance was very dismal and its batsmen could not stand firm against the tight bowling by Sonnet Club bowlers and lost their wickets in regular intervals. Few batsmen of Raipur Club reached the double figure mark and managed to make a total of 73 runs by losing all wickets in 12.1 overs. The two highest scorers from Raipur Club’s side were Chander who made 19 runs and Sandeep who contributed 11 runs. For Sonnet Cricket Club, Sanjay got three wickets, Raman Thaploo, Parveen and Manjeet clinched two wickets each. Raipur Club’s performance in bowling was not upto mark and its bowlers clinched only one wicket. The batsmen of Sonnet Club played at will. Such was the marvelous batting by Sonnet Club that it achieved the intended target in 5.2 overs. Shiv was the only batsman who was out at his individual score of 17. After the fall of his wicket, Susheel and Raja held the fort and dashed all the hopes of Raipur Club by their marvelous knocks. Susheel contributed 25 runs with the help of three hit over the fence while Raja made 19 runs with the help of two hits over the fence. Sanjay, who clinched three wickets for Sonnet Club was declared man of the match. Surinder Billa and Dhavinder were the umpires while Narinder was the scorer. Samesh Club will clash with Bakshi Nagar Club tomorrow. |
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