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India settle for a draw KOLKATA, Nov 3: India made a drab affair of what could have been an exciting finale to the test series, opting for a draw in the third and final cricket match against West Indies here today despite having been placed ..........more 35th
Chess Olympiad BLED, SLOVENIA, Nov 3: Continuing their good run, Indian men toppled United States 3-1 in the eighth round of the 35th Chess Olympiad underway at the Bled Sports Hall here. ........more Manipur
enter final IMPHAL, Nov 3 : A spirited Manipur, reduced to ten-men for most part, defeated formidable Goa 4-3 in penalty shoot-out in a pulsating semi-final........more Tendulkar ruled outof one-day series KOLKATA, Nov 3: Sachin Tendulkar was today ruled out from the entire seven-match.........more |
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12th State Billiards,
Snooker Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: Last year winner of State Billiards Championship Vishal Abrol, runner-up Kamal Rohmetra and Sohail Khalid today made their entries into the semi-final of the Billiards in 12th State Billiards and Snooker .........more Sports meet of deaf and dumb players held Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 3: The first ever sports meet of deaf and dumb sportspersons, being organised by J&K Sports Council in collaboration with the.........more Host HSS Lambari bags max titles in Rural & Women Sports competition Excelsior Correspondent RAJOURI, Nov 3: Rural and Women Sports competition for Nowshera block, being sponsored by J&K State Sports Council, was held here at Higher Secondary.......more |
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Distt Gymnastics’ held ........ GMC beats Doda College by 5 wkts...... Real Sachin reveals himself........... |
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India settle for a draw to take the series 2-0 KOLKATA, Nov 3: India made a drab affair of what could have been an exciting finale to the test series, opting for a draw in the third and final cricket match against West Indies here today despite having been placed in a position of strength by centurions Sachin Tendulkar and V V S Laxman. Tendulkar and Laxman virtually ruled out a defeat for the home team but India’s declaration of their second innings did not come till late in the final session after reaching a score of 471 for eight. With a victory target of 333 almost impossible to achieve in the remaining few overs of the day, West Indies, who had scored 497 in their first innings to take a 139-run lead, decided not to come out for their second innings. The draw meant the three-match series, which was already won by India following their wins in Mumbai and Chennai, ended with a 2-0 result in favour of the home team. Laxman, who put on a record 214 runs in a crucial fifth wicket partnership with Tendulkar, remained unbeaten on 154, his nearly nine-hour knock studded with 17 boundaries. Tendulkar, who had completed his 31st test hundred yesterday, batted beautifully this morning before being dismissed for 176 shortly after the lunch break. The master batsman faced 298 deliveries and struck 26 fours. Tendulkar was declared the man-of-the-match while Harbhajan Singh, who picked up 20 wickets from the three tests, was named the man-of-the series. Earlier, Tendulkar and Laxman, who came together when India were precariously placed at 87 for four, added 104 runs in an extended two and half hour morning session today to take the score to 299 for four at lunch. Tendulkar, who resumed at his overnight 114 in the team score of 195 for four, did the bulk of the scoring in the morning session. He showed a lot of urgency and scored at a very brisk pace which gave an impression that India were looking to declare their innings at around tea time. He hit nine fours in the morning session but also got a life on 171 when he was dropped by Chris Gayle off Jermaine Lawson at point, a short while after the two batsman posted the 200 run partnership. Laxman, who started from his yesterday’s score of 34, was happy playing second fiddle to Tendulkar and reached his half-century with a fine drive between mid-on and long-on against Darren Powell. By lunch, they had already improved on the India’s previous best fifth wicket stand of 204 against West Indies by Sunil Gavaskar and Brijesh Patel achieved at Port of Spain in 1975-76. West Indies skipper Carl Hooper claimed the new ball after the 17th over of the day, 81st of the innings, and used six bowlers but failed to unsettle the Indian batsmen who looked in no discomfort ever. But Tendulkar got out immediately after the lunch break Wheb Chris gayle came up with a fine catch at wide gully off seamer Cameron Cuffy. The fall of Tendulkar, when India were leading by 160 runs, put the brakes on the scoring with Laxman and the young wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel batting very cautiously. Laxman, who was on 66 at lunch break, became very defensive in a bid to prevent a collapse. It was only towards the end of the post-lunch session that runs began to come easily once again for India. Laxman, who took a long time in progressing from 66 to his nineties, hit a boundary to move to 96 before a single brought him within three runs of his fourth test hundred. He then pulled Carl Hooper to the mid-wicket fence to bring up his second consecutive century at the Eden Gardens just before the tea break. Laxman’s previous knock at this ground was the famous 281 against Australia last year. Patel, who had scored a career-best 47 in the first innings, once again showed remarkable application and played a few fine strokes as India took tea comfortably placed at 369 for five. Despite enjoying a 230-run lead at this moment, India surprisingly did not declare their innings and continued to play after the tea break. Patel, who defied the West Indian attack for 94 balls, was run out for 27 in the second over after tea. India lost their sixth wicket at 373. Harbhajan Singh enlivened the meaningless proceedings with some lusty hitting during his brief stay at the crease. He blasted three fours and two sixes in his 18-ball knock to make 26 runs before being caught by Hooper off Marlon Samuels. Javagal Srinath completed his 1,000 test runs during his 21-run knock as the lower order batsmen showed their skills with the bat. All this while, Laxman was scoring steadily and reached his third 150 of his career. The two teams now go into a seven match one-day series starting in Jamshedpur on Wednesday. Scoreboard India 1st innings 358 West Indies 1st innings 497 India 2nd innings S Bangar c Chanderpaul b Dillon 0 V Sehwag c Chanderpaul b Dillon 10 R Dravid lbw b Powell 17 S Tendulkar c Gayle b Cuffy 176 S Ganguly lbw b Cuffy 16 V V S Laxman not out 154 P Patel run out 27 Harbhajan Singh c Hooper b Samuels 26 J Srinath c Hooper b Chanderpaul 21 A Kumble not out 8 Extras (b-8, lb-7, nb-1) 16 Total (for 8 wkts decl, 159 overs) 471 Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-11, 3-49, 4-87, 5-301, 6-373, 7-407, 8-458. Bowling: Dillon 25-6-85-2, Cuffy 17-3-52-2, Lawson 22-3-65-0, Powell 25-4-53-1, Hooper 20-1-63-0, Gayle 23-5-70-0, Sarwan 8-1-38-0, Samuels 16-3-21-1, Chanderpaul 3-0-9-1. (PTI) |
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Chess Olympiad BLED, SLOVENIA, Nov 3: Continuing their good run, Indian men toppled United States 3-1 in the eighth round of the 35th Chess Olympiad underway at the Bled Sports Hall here. The victory was a repeat performance of their Istanbul Olympiad victory over the 10th seeds United States. The Indians however had a tough day losing to their much higher rated rivals Bulgaria, 2-1. The Russians stayed in lead in the men’s section with a 2.5-1.5 victory over Netherlands, while Hungary (22.5 pts) and China (21.5) are in the second and third spots respectively. While Alexander Grishcuk and Peter Svidler won their games, Sergey Rublevsky suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Friso Nijboer on the fourth board. In the women’s section, the second seeds Georgia stayed in contention for the gold with thumping 2.5-0.5 victory over the reigning champions and the top seeds China. Two pints behind the leaders are United States with 17 points. The Indian men stayed on line with their strategy of winning with white pieces and drawing with black. On the top board, GM Krishnan Sasikiran defeated GM Gregory Kaidanov in 54 moves from the queen’s gambit declined variation. Sasikiran improved upon his opening edge to obtain attacking situation when Kaidanov surrender the double bishop advantage. This was a very much welcomed by white who exploited black weakness systematically to pluck a couple of pawns. Kaidanov gave up the struggle when he lost the thirs in a rook and minor piece endgame. It was im Surya Sekhar Ganguly playing on the third board against GM Larry Christiansen who gave India the first victory today. Ganguly faced the caro-kan defence and castled on the opposite wing to launch an attack on the black king. Not over extending his position, Ganguly exchanged queens to win a pawn on the 30th move and wrapped up the game in 40 moves. On the third board, GM P Harikrishna drew in 50 moves against GM Boris Gulko in a caro kan defence game. Gulko who came up with an innovation and steered the game to an ending in hope of out playing his young rival. However, Harikrishna gave a fitting demonstration of his fine endgame technique for which his trainer GM Vladimirov is renowned for, to achieve a comfortable draw. GM Abhijit Kunte came out with other draw for India, against GM Alexander Ivanov from the black side of the sicilian defence. Ivanov who had the spatial advantage form the opening tried to open up the kingside for launch an attack. However he did not have sufficient central control to achieve his plan. Kunte freed his pieces with the timely center break and forced exchanges. With insufficient material left on the board to continue for a win, the players split the point on the 40th move. It was a sad turn of events today for the Indian women who at one point of time were on the verge of upstaging the highly rated Bulgarian team. It was a tragic draw for WGM S Vijayalakshmi who took on Stefanova Antoaneta, who has the men’s grandmaster title. Vijayalakshmi played excellant from the white side of the slav defence to win a knight on the 24th move. However she failed to consolidate her position and started given away pawn after pawns. The game finally endedin a draw after a marathon 64 moves with white having a lone bishop against Stefenova’s four pawns and a victory not possible for either side. On the second board, Aarthie Ramaswamy committed hara-kiri by blundering awayin a nice position. Facing the catalan defence with black pieces against Margarita Voiska, Aarthie held white a bay. But all of a sudden he went in for a central pawn capture to allow white’s pieces to surge ahead with drastic effect. On the 23rd move she had to part with an exchange due to a knight fork on ‘D6’. Aarthie continued until the 32nd move when she resigned. (UNI) |
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Manipur enter final beating Goa IMPHAL, Nov 3 : A spirited Manipur, reduced to ten-men for most part, defeated formidable Goa 4-3 in penalty shoot-out in a pulsating semi-final tie here today, to set up a title clash with holders Kerala in the 58th National Football Championships for the Santosh Trophy. While it was maiden entry into the final for Manipur, Goa, who were leading 1-0 when the match was abandoned yesterday due to crowd violence, had to bow out after enjoying a unique record of making it all six finals of the meet since 1995-96 with 1999-2000 being the only exception. The final would be played on Tuesday. (PTI) |
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Tendulkar ruled outof one-day series KOLKATA, Nov 3: Sachin Tendulkar was today ruled out from the entire seven-match one-day series against the West Indies due to a hamstring muscle injury. Tendulkar, who suffered the injury during his marathon 176-run knock on the fifth day of the third and final cricket test against the West Indies at Eden Gardens today, will be replaced by Dinesh Mongia, according to BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya. Dalmiya said the national selectors held a tele-conference after Tendulkar’s injury was confirmed and decided to include Mongia in the 14-member one-day squad. The medical report from team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus however, said that the injury to Tendulkar was not "too serious", Dalmiya said. But to prevent further damage and to rehabiliate the muscle, Tendulkar was advised rest for the next three weeks. The selection committee has announced the team for the first three one-day internationals. The team for the rest of the matches would be named after the third match in Rajkot. (PTI) |
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Snooker Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: Last year winner of State Billiards Championship Vishal Abrol, runner-up Kamal Rohmetra and Sohail Khalid today made their entries into the semi-final of the Billiards in 12th State Billiards and Snooker Championship. The match for the fourth place between Jaideep Manocha and Gautam Lakra in the semi-final was going on when this report was filed. In the first quarter-final match of the day, Vishal Abrol defeated Sunil Jain by 115 points. At one point of time there was very less difference between the points of both the cueists but Vishal Abrol got an opportunity to score 50 points without any mistake. This was the turning point of the match as 50 points lead boosted the moral of Vishal Abrol, who till end of the match didn’t look back and continued to credit points into his account. The final score of Vishal Abrol was 351 points and Sunil Jain 236 points. In the second match, Sohail Khalid defeated Naseer Khan by small margin of 36 points. This was really a touch match as both were not missing any opportunity to get points and as the match was progressing towards the end Sohail Khalid played some good shots and left behind Naseer Khan in clinching points. Sohail Khalid scored 309 points while Naseer Khan made 273 points. The third match was really a one sided match as last year’s runner-up in Billiards Kamal Rohmetra defeated Karan Kapoor by 193 points. After getting a break of 50 points Kamal Rohmetra totally dominated the game and did not give any chance to Karan Kapoor to clinch points. While Karan Kapoor was looking for opportunities to get points the last year’s runner-up Kamal Rohmetra was continuously adding point after points in his credit. The League matches in the semi-final of the Billiards will begin from Tuesday. The Tournament is being organised by J&K Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored by J&K State Sports Council. |
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Sports meet of deaf and dumb players held Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Nov 3: The first ever sports meet of deaf and dumb sportspersons, being organised by J&K Sports Council in collaboration with the Deaf and Dumb Sports Association, concluded here today. Imran Khan stood first in Discuss throw and 100 mtrs race while Irshad Ahmed secured positions in Discuss throw, Short put and 100 mtrs race. Muzaffar Ahmed stood first in 200 mtrs race and bagged third position in Short put. In 100 mtrs race, Imran Khan was followed by Sajad Ahmed and Irshad Ahmed while in 200 mtrs, Muzaffar Ahmed stood first whereas Umar Qadir Bhat and Ranbir Singh bagged first runner-up and second runner-up positions. Imran’s first position in Discuss throw was followed by Majid Khan and Irshad Ahmed who bagged second and third places in the event. Gh Jelanee stood first in Javelion throw while Rahender Singh and Afroz Ahmed bagged second and third positions, respectively in the event. In Short put, Mr Khan clinched the first position whereas second and third place were secured by Irshad Ahmed and Muzaffar Ahmed. In Volleyball Wullar team emerged as title holder by defeating Chinar team in the final. Today on conclusion of the sports meet, prizes were distributed among the participants. Secretary J&K Sports Council Sheikh Fazal Ahmed Khan gave away the prizes. |
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Host HSS Lambari bags max titles in Rural & Women Sports competition Excelsior Correspondent RAJOURI, Nov 3: Rural and Women Sports competition for Nowshera block, being sponsored by J&K State Sports Council, was held here at Higher Secondary School Lambari. Host HSS Lambari clinched maximum titles as players of the school for different events displayed excellent performance. In boys Kabaddi, HSS Lambari defeated Middle School Pattari by 8 points while in volleyball, Local Club beat Middle School Pattri by 2-0 sets. In 100 mtrs boys, first place was secured by Ajeet Kumar of HSS Lambari while second and third position were bagged by Ishan Bali and Kanwar Kohli of Christ School. HSS Lambari bagged all the three positions in 200 mtrs as first three belonged to the school. Ajay stood first and was followed by Vinod Kumar and Devinder Kumar. In 400 mtrs too, HSS Lambari HSS Lambari clinched the top position as Rajeev Kumar of the school stood first. Ajay of Cherist School bagged second position while third place was again captured by HSS Lambari. In girls section, HSS Lambari clinched the titles in Kabaddi as well as Kho-Kho and defeated Middle School Pattari and Christ School Nowshera, respectively. In 100 mtrs athletics, Amit Kour stood first while second and third positions were bagged by Shilpa Kohli and Versha Sharma, respectively. In 200 mtrs, Sonia Sharma of HSS Lambari emerged topper. However, in 400 mtrs, all three positions were bagged by Christ Middle School. Meenakshi stood first and was followed by Sonia and Kamaljeet Kour. In women sports, HSS Lambari defeated Local Club by 6 points for the Kho-Kho title whereas in Kabaddi, Shanti Club beat HSS Lambari by 2 points. In athletics, Amit Kour of Middle School Dandsar bagged first positions in 100 mtrs and 200 mtrs. She was followed by Sonika Sharma of HSS Lambari and Neeqana Begum of Middle School Pattri in 100 mtrs. For 200 mtrs, second and third positions were bagged by Sudesh and Neeraj. In 400 mtrs, Versha Sharma of HSS Lambari stood first while Amit Kour and Neeqana bagged second and third positions, respectively. On conclusion of the final events, Principal of HSS Lambari distributed prizes among the winners and runners-up. The competition was conducted under the supervision of B A Bakshi, incharge Sports Stadium Rajouri. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: Gymnast Honey Mehra secured two positions in boys junior category during the Jammu District Gymnastics Championship, held here today. He bagged second position in aerobics and shared third position with Gourav Sharma in all round events. Gourav Dhiman got first position securing 27.40 points while Satwant Singh bagged second place by getting 26.90 points. Both Honey Mehra and Gourav Sharma got 26.40 points and shared the third position. In Aerobics, Jaskaran Singh clinched first position securing 18.80 points while Honey Mehra, who secured 17.10 points and stood second, was followed by Kuldeep Gupta. He secured 15.80 points. In Junior girls all round championship, Manpreet Kour got first position securing 19.30 points while Shuchi Malhotra and Richa Malhotra secured second and third positions, respectively. Shuchi got 18.00 points whereas Richa secured 17.60 points. In Junior Girls aerobics, Mitali Dogra clinched first position by securing 14.20 points. She was followed by Vibhuti Wattal and Ravia Sagoch who got 12.10 and 10.00 points, respectively. |
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GMC beats Doda College by 5 wkts Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: Government Medical College defeated Degree College, Doda by five wickets in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament being organised by JU’s Department of Physical Education at Campus grounds, here. Batting first after winning the toss, Degree College Doda made 172 runs in the stipulated 40 overs for the loss of nine wickets, which, in reply, GMC attained in just 22.2 overs for the loss of five wickets. Sandeep Parihar and Imran Khan were the top scorers with 49 (4x7) and 42 (4x7) runs in their respective accounts, while Nayar contributed 12 runs. Extras added 26 runs. Ali Hussain and Mir Muzaffar were most successful bowlers from GMC, who shared three wickets each. Nazir and Amit took one wicket each. Chasing a target of 173 runs in 40 overs, GMC reached the required total in 22.2 overs for the loss of five wickets. Amit and Muzaffar remained unbeaten at 49 and 23 runs respectively. Gagan (26) and Yusuf (13) also did a good job for the winners. From Degree College, Doda, Imran claimed two wickets for 55 runs in eight overs, while Sohail and Vipin took one each. Real Sachin reveals
himself By Michael Holding The curtain has come down on this three Test Exide series with the third and last Test match petering out into a tame draw. But not before the best four and a half days of test cricket for the series had been played during which both teams were in the ascendancy at various times of the match and at many points all three results of both teams having a chance of a win and the draw being possible. The West Indies showed a great deal of Character to come fighting back having lost the first two tests so comprehensively and should take some positives from this test into the one day series coming up. The lasting memory for most West Indies fans and avid watchers of the game though, apart from of course the West Indies fight back, would have to be the batting of Sachin Tendulkar in the second innings. Not many West Indians would have seen Sachin Tendulkar at his best. He had already toured the Caribbean on two occasions with visiting Indian touring teams and although he wasn’t a total failure on either tour, he certainly didn’t cover himself with glory, not after coming there with such a tall reputation. The first two tests in this series didn’t see him at his best either, partly due to the fact that the pitches were not very conducive to good cricket and partly due to the fact that he seemed for some reason a bit tentative at the crease. The real Sachin Tendulkar revealed himself on this occasion. He got to the crease with his team in deep trouble at 87/4 and still quite a bit of work to do to erase the West Indies lead and then to put the game safely away. Understandably he seemed again a bit tentative but this time that was just a minor hiccup before he launched into his repertoire of shots. Pace or spin, whatever "spin" there was, seemed to matter none as he completely dominated the opposition bowling and in the meantime putting his partner VVS Laxman in the shade while they slowly but surely dug India out of the hole. The West Indian fans may not have enjoyed his innings initially, after all they would all have been praying for that elusive away from home victory, but in the end everyone would have to admire the mastery of the man and the innings in particular. His driving was superb, his cutting on a slow pitch immaculate, on a couple of occasions actually playing the cut shot as a second choice after the original, probably premeditated, shot didn’t seem the right option. That is class. His injury in this test is a big blow for the Indians as they will surely miss his batting and part time bowling in the one dayers but the West Indies team, while certainly not celebrating an injury to a fellow professional, would be happy to not having to face him while he seems to be back at his ebullient best. (TCM) ICC enters into final in Children’s Festival Cup Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 3: International Cricket Club (ICC) sailed into the final of Children’s Festival Cup Cricket Tournament beating International Danger Cricket Club (IDCC) by four wickets at Green Field ground here. Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, IDCC made 123 runs losing all the wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, ICC made 125 runs for the loss of six wickets in 12.5 overs. Sunit was top scorer from IDCC with 42 runs (off 28 balls, 4x6), while Karan and Kunal contributed 30 and 11 runs respectively. From ICC, Gaurav took three wickets, followed by Rahul and Arun two each. Batting second, ICC reached the required total in 12.5 overs. Arun masterminded the ICC’s easy win through his 57 runs made off 40 balls including two sixes and eight boundaries. Riyaz contributed 15 runs to the total with the help of one four. From IDCC, Sumit claimed three wickets, while Kanav and Rinku took two and one wicket respectively. Now, in the final, ICC will meet Atman School XI. This tournament is being organised by the International Cricket Club. Distt Volleyball Champ from Nov 16 Excelsior Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Nov 3: District Udhampur Volleyball Championship for boys and girls will be held from November 16 to November 18. The boys championship will he held at Higher Secondary School (Boys) while for the girls section, Nehru Memorial 10+2 Institutions has been selected as the venue. This was decided during a meeting of District Udhampur Volleyball Association at the Sports Training Centre, here today. During the meet, tentative dates for the State Volleyball Championship were also announced. The championship is purposed to be held at Ramnagar from December 9 to December 12. The meeting was attended by Pritam Singh (Assistant Director Youth Services and Sports), Ashok Kumar (Assistant Director), Rajguru (president of District Udhampur Volleyball Association) Bushan Sethi (coach), Pradeep Chopra and Sunil Sharma. |
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