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| Injury worries in both camps ahead of second one-dayer NAGPUR, Nov 8: Already 0-1 down in the series, India were battling injury worries to key players ahead of the second one-day international against West Indies.............more Jeev tied
for 2nd place NEW DELHI, Nov 8: Ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh looks all set to qualify for the final stage of the US PGA Tour qualifying school when he shot his second........more All
India Police Games BHIWANI, Nov 8: Jatinder of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) clinched gold in 100 kg weight category proving his excellence in his pool bouts.........more Well done
England but BRISBANE, Nov 8: Shane Warne said he wasn’t surprised by England’s magnificent fightback today but remained confident Australia will still win the first Ashes test..........more |
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12th State Billiards, Snooker
Championship Kamal, Vishal again meeting for Snooker title today Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 8: Once again, likewise last year, Kamal Rohmetra and Vishal Abrol have sailed into the senior Snooker final and will be meeting for the title clash tomorrow at 2 pm at the Billiards Hall, M A Stadium, here...........more Inter-college
competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 8: A brilliant century by Maninder today placed GGM Science College in a comfortable position on the first day of the two-day second semi-final of the ...........more Draws mark
day two league Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 8: Drawn matches marked the day two league round ties of the All India Air Force Hockey Championship currently underway at K K Hakhu Stadium..........more |
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Injury worries in both camps ahead of second one-dayer NAGPUR, Nov 8: Already 0-1 down in the series, India were battling injury worries to key players ahead of the second one-day international against West Indies here tomorrow with doubts over the fitness of Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. Dravid had developed cramps in his legs during the first match in Jamshedpur and wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, who is not a part of the 14-member one-day squad, has been asked to join the team for the next two matches as a contingency measure. Sehwag is suffering from a mild fever and sore throat and did not participate in the nets today but was quite confident of playing in tomorrow’s match. With Sachin Tendulkar already out of the one-day series due to a hamstring strain, the fresh injury worries threaten to jeopardise India’s chances of levelling the series tomorrow. West Indies were also not free from such problems, with three players, including skipper Carl Hooper, having fitness worries. Hooper has a knee problem on his right leg while Cameron Cuffy was suffering with a hamstring injury. Pedro Collins was yet to recover fully from his back injury. In a bid to provide maximum time to their players to declare themselves fit, both the teams held back the announcement of their final eleven until tomorrow morning. But there was a strong possibility of Javagal Srinath and Sanjay Bangar being included in the Indian team in place of J P Yadav and Ashish Nehra. "We will not announce the playing eleven now as we would like to see how Dravid shapes up during the nets and then we will have a team meeting before declaring the team tomorrow," Ganguly said, hoping that both Dravid, who also has a stiff back, and Sehwag would be fit to play tomorrow. With the newly-laid track at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground sporting a lot of grass, the hosts were likely to go in with three pacemen - Srinath, Bangar and Ajit Agarkar. This combination will also give a greater strength to the batting line-up as all the three have been among the runs recently. The inclusion of three pacemen means that either of the two spinners - Anil Kumble or Harbhajan Singh - will have to sit out tomorrow’s game and an indication to that effect was available from Indian coach John Wright who felt that these two seasoned bowlers must be held largely responsible for India’s defeat at Jamshepur. "The two spinners gave away 116 runs from 16 overs and that was a bit too much. We need to improve in that area if we have to win tomorrow’s match which I am sure will be tough," Wright said. Insisting that Srinath was not dropped for the first game but "only rested", Ganguly said, "I had made it very clear after their first tie at Jamshedpur that we all know what Srinath is capable of and we wanted to try out J P Yadav as an all-rounder as we knew very little about him". Ganguly, who was scheduled to arrive here last evening but reached only this morning alongwith Patel, was also aware that he himself was due for a good score here. "I need to score runs and I hope I will get a big score over here," said the skipper whose 130 and four for 21 against Sri Lanka in 1998-99 are the best batting and bowling performances by an Indian at this ground. His west Indian counterpart was also confident of leaving behind his lean trot on this tour but said his bad form did not really matter as long as the team was winning. "It is not a big concern though I would like to contribute to the cause of the team with the bat," he said. He said the team had made a good start in Jamshedpur and it would now look to maintain the momentum. "Now we should make sure of keeping the lead and increase it as well," he said. "We have been criticised for our performances in the past and for a change it was good that our batsmen kept their nerves during tight situation. India too had their chances when we stumbled towards the end but Ramnaresh Sarwan, Wavell Hinds and Marlon Samuels played exceptionally well to see us through. "Tomorrow if we can get a flying start I don’t see any reason why we cannot take a 2-0 lead," Hooper said. Asked about the wicket, Hooper, who is the lone survivor of the 1987 West Indies team which beat India by ten runs at this venue, said it was a better track than the one at Jamshedpur. "It looks like a a good one-day wicket and hope we can repeat our previous performance this time as well," he said. With the pitch looking helpful to pace bowling, the West Indian fast bowlers hold an advantage. The visitors may also be tempted to include an additional batsman in Ricardo Powell in place of Mahendra Nagamootoo who was unimpressive in the first match. Teams (from): India: Sourav Ganguly (Capt), Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, V V S Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Dinesh Mongia, Harbhajan Singh, Sanjay Bangar, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Ajit Agarkar, J P Yadav, Ashish Nehra and Parthiv Patel (wk). West Indies: Carl Hooper (Capt), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Cameron Cuffy, Mervyn Dillon, Vasbert Drakes, Darren Ganga, Chris Gayle, Ryan Hinds, Wavell Hinds, Ridley Jacobs, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Ricardo Powell, Marlon Samuels and Ramnaresh Sarwan. Umpires: Ashoka De Silva (Sri Lanka) and K Hariharan (India). Match referee: Mike Proctor (S Africa). (PTI) |
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Jeev tied for 2nd place in PGA Tour Q-school NEW DELHI, Nov 8: Ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh looks all set to qualify for the final stage of the US PGA Tour qualifying school when he shot his second consecutive three-under 69 at the black horse course in Seaside, California, According to information received here, Chandigarh based Jeev was tied for the second place at six-under 210 after three rounds. The other Indian in contention, Arjun Atwal, was on the bubble after his third-round one-over 73, which placed him at tied 20th place at three-over 219. The top 21 players from the venue will make it to the final stage of the Q-school, scheduled to be played over six rounds at the PGA west course at La Quinta, California from December 4-9. The third Indian interest in the tournament, Sweden S Daniel Chopra, who honed his golfing skills in Delhi, however lost ground following a disastrous six-over 78 at the Stonebridge Country Club in McKinney, Texas. That pushed him down to tied 47th place at four-over 220. He would now require an exceptional final round as the qualifying mark is projected to be a score of one-under 287. Jeev, who qualified for the final stage last year but could only get a limited exemption to the buy.Com tour, opened with a level-par 72 on Tuesday, shot a three-under 69 on Wednesday to climb up to tied fifth place. His card of 69 on day three was the second best following a 67 by Doug Labelle II of Arizona. The Indian was just one stroke off the leader Rob Bradley of Louisville, Kentucky. Bradley had rounds of 70, 69 and 70 on the three days. It has been a stupendous effort from the Chandigarh golfer as he could not manage even a single practice round on the course following a dash from halfway across the world in Japan on Sunday where he played the Philip Morris Championship on the Japanese PGA Tour. Atwal, winner of this year S Caltex Singapore Masters and the current leader of the Asian PGA Tour order of merit, shot a one-under-par 71 on day two after an opening-round 75. The European PGA tour regular from Kolkata would require a solid round on the final day to make his first appearance on the final stage of the qualifying school. (UNI) |
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India Police Games BHIWANI, Nov 8: Jatinder of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) clinched gold in 100 kg weight category proving his excellence in his pool bouts of the 51st All India Police Games at Bhim Stadium, here. In weight lifting (women) Tikina Gopal (CISF) won the gold lifting 75 kg in snatch and 95 kg in jerk in the 48 kg category. Sudhna Prabhu (K'taka) and Promila Singh (CRPF) were placed second and third in this category. In 53 kg weight category, Chandershori and Momtumbi Devi of CRPF won first and second positions respectively while Jaskaran Kaur (Punjab) was placed third. Sunaina and Nandni Devi of the CRPF were placed first and thired in 58 kg category, while Krishna Kumar (CISF) was placed second. Pratima Kumari and Ram Devi (CRPF) baged first and second positions in 63 kg category while Pratima Panigrahi (CISF) was placed third. Jatinder out played Sanjay of Haryana Police within three minutes and 30 seconds of the bout by applying his pet technique seio-nage with waza-ari scrore. Sanjay, who participated for the first time in this meet, had to be content with silver medal for hosts, after a gap of four years in All India Police Games. Ravinder (BSF) was placed third, defeating Dinesh Kumar(RPF) by applying ouchi-Gari technique with the yuko-score. Pawan Kumar(Punjab) was bracked third with Ravinder. Pawan Kumar beating Nathi Singh (RPF) with ippon scrore through morete-gari technique. Jatinder and Sanjay were initiated in judo at the famous Judo coaching centre, Hisar, run by Haryana Sports Department under the noted trainer and deputy director Dr Sumer Singh Nandal. In 90 kg Pardeep Kumar (CRPF won the gold, Satish Badsar and Sarabjit Singh(BSF) were placed second and third. Brij Lal (Punjab) was backated third with Sarabhjit. (UNI) |
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Well done England but we’ll still win: Warne BRISBANE, Nov 8: Shane Warne said he wasn’t surprised by England’s magnificent fightback today but remained confident Australia will still win the first Ashes test. The Australian leg-spinner said his team always knew the English would try and fight their way back into the match after being thoroughly outplayed on the opening day. "I thought england came out and played pretty well. They showed they’ve got a bit of fire and a bit of spirit," Warne said. "England were ahead on points today. They played very positive, aggressive cricket, which we knew they would." But he was quick to qualify that praise, claiming the touring side had been fortunate and could have been in real trouble if his team mates had taken all their chances, which included two dropped chances and a missed stumping. "It might have been a completely different story if we’d taken our chances," Warne said. "England teams have always had a lot of character but it’s just a matter of whether they can sustain it long enough". "England can come out and have a good session here or there and a good day but I think over a five-day test match we’ve always been able to assert pressure with both the bat and ball." England reached the close on friday a daunting 334 runs behind Australia, but still in a much healthier position than at the start of the day. England’s bowlers captured the last eight Australian wickets for 114 runs to restrict them to 492 after they started the day at 364 for two. Marcus Trescothick and Mark Butcher then made half-centuries after both being dropped to take England to 158 for one. Ashley Giles said the day showed the Ashes Series was not going to be the foregone conclusion most people expected. "This is a very strong Aussie batting line-up but when we hit our straps we can bowl anyone out as quick as anyone else," Giles said. (AGENCIES) |
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12th State Billiards,
Snooker Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 8: Once again, likewise last year, Kamal Rohmetra and Vishal Abrol have sailed into the senior Snooker final and will be meeting for the title clash tomorrow at 2 pm at the Billiards Hall, M A Stadium, here. While it was an easy victory for Kamal, who sidelined Sanjeev Gupta in straight frames in the best of seven frames match played this afternoon, Vishal faced tough resistance from young cueist, Kuldeep Sharma and saved his skin narrowly that too in the final seventh frame. In the first semi-final, hot-shot Kamal spared little chance for Sanjeev to come out of the troubled waters and won all the four frames with high margins. The final score was 66-20, 61-28, 84-40, 68-36. In the nail-biting second semi-final, though Vishal won, yet it not a cake-walk for him. Winning first two frames, Vishal was looking confident, but suddenly his confidence was shaked by young opponent, Kuldeep Sharma, who first equalised the score 2-2 winning the following two frames and later went ahead bringing the score 3-2 in his favour. However, experienced Vishal made a good start in the sixth frame which he won 60-49. In the deciding seventh frame, at one point of time, both Kuldeep and Vishal were playing at equal score of 14-14. Vishal slowly picked-up his score and managed eight points lead over Kuldeep’s 14 points. Tense Kuldeep, who has yet to develop the match temperament, played lose shots giving Vishal ample of chances to add points to his improving tally. Seeing Kuldeep losing the opportunities and placing the ball open, Vishal played superb in the rest of the time. He did not spare even a single point for Kuldeep to improve his 14 points score and took away the deciding frame 54-14 and match also. The score: 44-41, 66-27, 28-44, 38-56, 35-58, 60-49, 54-14. Now, the final between Vishal Abrol and Kamal Rohmetra will be played tomorrow at 2 pm. The Billiards final will take place on November 10 at 4 pm, between Kamal and Gautam Lakra. It will be followed by the prize distribution at 6.30 pm at the same venue. |
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Inter-college
competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 8: A brilliant century by Maninder today placed GGM Science College in a comfortable position on the first day of the two-day second semi-final of the Inter-college Cricket Tournament being played at Campus grounds, here today. Maninder’s 123 runs knock, studded with 16 boundaries, helped Science College to make 213 runs in 63 overs losing all the wickets. In reply to Science College total, MAM College started poorly and were placed at 51 for four after at the end of 18 overs. Sunil Dutt Bali and Atul also played well, contributing 22 and 28 runs respectively to Science College total. Varun Puri added valuable 26 runs with the help of three boundaries. Though Vijay Dogra made hat-trick for MAM College, yet the team failed to stop Science College innings from setting a fighting first innings score. Amit and Inderjeet too shared three wickets each for MAM College. Batting second, MAM College opening batsmen made dismal show and were bowled out cheaply. Hard hitter, Inderjeet lost his wicket for four runs, followed by Umesh Manhas who was out at the same score. However, Vijay Sharma played with patience and contributed 17 runs to the total. Vijay Dogra was played at 12 and Manjeet Singh at 8 runs. Vikram claimed three wickets for Science College, while Zaheer Khan took one. GCW Parade, Gandhi Nagar win Kho-Kho matches JAMMU: Government College for Women (GCW), Parade and GCW, Gandhi Nagar won their respective matches to enter into the semi-finals of the Inter-college Kho-Kho competitions begun today at Campus grounds, here. In the first match, Parade College defeated Bhargwa College, Samba by one turn and 15 points. The second quarter-final was won by GCW, Gandhi Nagar, who beat Degree College, Kathua by six points. |
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Draws mark day two league ties in Air Force Hockey Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 8: Drawn matches marked the day two league round ties of the All India Air Force Hockey Championship currently underway at K K Hakhu Stadium, here today. In the first match, South-Western Air Command (SWAC) drew with Training Command 1-1. Anil Kumar scored the first goal for SWAC in the 14th minute of the match. The lead was equalised by Training Command in the 55th minute thereby ending the Pool-B tie in a draw. The second league match of Pool-A was played between Eastern Air Command and Air Headquarters, which again ended in a 1-1 draw. Justin netted the ball for first goal in favour of EAC in the 37th minutes, which was equalised by Kuldeep in the 57th minute making a field goal for Air Headquarters. |
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Selection trials for Sub-Junior National Hockey Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 8: Jammu and Kashmir Hockey Association (JKHA) is conducting selection trials to name State team for the 10th Sub-junior National Hockey Championship being organised by the Karnataka State Hockey Association in Bangalore from December 26 to January three. Trials will be held at K K Hakhu Stadium, here between November 28 to November 30. It will be followed by the regular coaching camp for the selected probables upto December 20, the day the team will proceed for Bangalore, a JKHA handout issued here today said. Interested players have been asked by JKHA general secretary, Jagjit Singh to report him by November 27 at the above mentioned venue. Players are also advised to accompany their date of birth certificate and three passport size latest photograph. Players born on or after 1-1-1986 shall only be eligible to take part in the trails, handout further said. |
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Jammu Distt Korfball Championship begins today Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 8: District unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Korfball Association is organising Jammu District Korfball Championship from tomorrow at Government Girls High School, Gandhi Nagar, here. In this two-day championship, eight teams have confirmed their entries, said organising secretary, Surinder Singh (Raju). Venues should ban bottles and cans: Chauhan NEW DELHI, Nov 8: Expressing dismay at the unruly crowd behaviour during the opening one-dayer between India and West Indies at Jamshedpur, Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) vice president Chetan Chauhan has called for a complete ban on carrying of drinking water bottles and eatables within the stadium premises. "Drinking water bottles, metal cans and eatables should not be brought inside the stadium. All associations should ask match venues to adhere to this strictly," Chauhan told UNI at the sidelines of a press conference yesterday to announce the Indian team for the second World Cup for the blind, which starts off in Chennai next month. Stressing on stricter enforcement of security norms, Chauhan said Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya’s stance to think hard before alloting international matches to "disturbance-prone" venues, was a "harsh decision". "Crowd disturbances on cricket ground anywhere in the world is an unfortunate incident. Even two bad guys only can create havoc by their unruly behaviour," the former Indian opener observed. Giving a clean chit to associations, he said it was the responsibility of the police to ensure security and not of the associations. The spectators at the Keenan Stadium at Jamshedpur began throwing missiles including water bottles on the ground when the West Indies needed 13 runs from the last three overs to overtake India’s 283 for six, holding up the game for quite some time. (UNI) Abhimanyu Sherpa to defend his title in national meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Abhimanyu Sherpa, an ace climber of J&K and reigning champion shall be defending his title in the All India Sport Climbing Championship, in Sub-junior group, beginning at Delhi from November 13 to 16. The championship, a prize money tournament, is being conducted by North-Zone Sport Climbing Committee at Softhigh Artificial Climbing Wall at Ramjas Sports and Mountaineering Institute. Abhimanyu Sherpa, a strong favourite to retain the title, is likely to face a stiff challenge from Master Simon Frank of Canada, said general secretary of the Mountaineering Association of J&K, Mr Ram Khajuria. Apart from the Sub-junior, 11 years old Abhimanyu shall also compete in the under-16 boys category. He has been sponsored by the J&K State Sports Council for this competition. Athens is taking Olympics shape, says IOC ATHENS, Nov 8: With just 644 days left until the start of the 2004 games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors praised Athens’ preparations today, saying the Greek capital is finally taking Olympics shape. "We are impressed by what we have seen in different venues...Athens is finally taking Olympics shape," IOC Coordination Committee head Denis Oswald said at the end of a three-day inspection visit. Over 40 IOC officials arrived in Athens Wednesday to inspect all aspects of the 2004 Olympics. Oswald applauded Athens’ efforts to improve road infrastructure projects, public transport and venue construction. However, he remained critical over construction problems involving the Hellinkon complex, located along the Athens coast, which will host the basketball event. He also expressed concerns over renovations of the 80,000 seat Olympic Stadium, the final location of the football finals and the completion of a proposed tram. (DPA) |
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