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Youth Chess Championship HEREKLION, (Greece), Nov 15: The World Youth Chess Championships, starting here later tonight, promise to be an exciting affair for the 28-member Indian contingent........more BANGALORE, Nov 15: Olympian Jaspal Rana of ONGC, P N Prakash of Karnataka, Ronak Pandit of Maharastra and Sandeep Tarate performed well to emerge leaders in their respective shooting events on the........more Indian
Oil Surjit Hockey Tourne JALANDHAR, Nov 15: Haryana and Northern Railway eves will lock horns tomorrow for the championship in women section of 19th Indian Oil Surjit..........more |
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Varun Memorial Basketball Tourney Tiger Sports Club loses to J&K Police in close match Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Professionals Jammu and Kashmir Police today defeated local Tigers Sports Club (Pool-A) after witnessing a neck and neck fight which was ended in a 67-57 score on board in a senior Men’s group league match in the ongoing Varun Memorial Basketball Tournament at Mini-Stadium, Parade, here today.............more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Government MAM College today retained the Inter-college Hockey trophy beating Degree College, Poonch 5-1 in the final which was played at University of Jammu grounds, here.....more No change in India’s cricket policy vis-a-vis Pakistan DHAR, Nov 15: Ruling out the possibility of an early resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan, Sports Minister Vikram Verma today said India could not play with that country until it...........more |
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AHMEDABAD, Nov 15 : In a surprising revelation of his destructive side, Sanjay Bangar overshadowed the contrasting centuries by Rahul Dravid and Chris Gayle as India pulled off another memorable victory, defeating West Indies by five wickets in the fourth one-day international here today. Bangar, known more for his gritty role as a test opener, produced a swashbuckling unbeaten 57 off just 41 balls with five fours and two sixes which helped India overtook West Indies’ mammoth total of 324 for four with 2.2 overs to spare to record the third highest successful chase in the history of one-day cricket. The victory, which saw India equalise the seven-match series 2-2, revived memories of their stupendous win over England in the Natwest Trophy final at Lord’s in July where the Indians had successfully chased 325. In a match played under unprecedented security due to fears of crowd violence, the batsmen on both sides produced the fireworks as nearly 650 runs were scored in less than 100 overs. West Indies, invited to bat first by Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly who won the toss, piled up a mammoth 324 for four with Chris Gayle coming up with a big hundred. Gayle was at his destructive best, blasting 12 fours and five mighty sixes as he scored 140 runs off just 127 balls to register his second century of the series and third of his career. He had earlier made 103 in the second match at Nagpur. Ramnaresh Sarwan came tantalisingly close to his maiden international hundred before being left stranded one run short. Sarwan and Gayle put on 148 runs for the third wicket off just 153 balls that set the stage for a huge total for West Indies. However, India were equal to the task even after losing their openers, Ganguly and Virender Sehwag, early in the innings. Dravid, who is in excellent form these days, came up with a one-day century after a long time and remained unbeaten on 109 off 124 balls. His 103-run stand for the third wicket with V V S Laxman was the foundation that the home team utilised in the final overs to launch the final assault. However, it was Bangar who stole the limelight today. Playing only his second one-day international, Bangar came in at a pressure situation with India in deep trouble at 231 for five in the 38th over. With Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif, heroes of that historic victory over England at Lord’s, back in the pavilion, Bangar was the last recognised batsman to help out Dravid in reaching the target. After his numerous slow knocks as a test opener, Bangar’s reputation as a useful but a defensive batsman did not generate much hopes in the capacity crowd at the Motera Stadium here especially since the required run rate was about eight runs an over. But in an astonishing display of attacking strokeplay, Bangar unleashed a flurry of big hits to take the team out of West Indian bowlers and also bridge the widening run-ball equation. Hit hit pace bowler Vasbert Drakes for 15 runs including a six and a four in the 42nd over, which brought down the required run rate to exactly six an over. It was relatively easy after that even though Bangar kept attacking and hit one more six and a couple of boundaries to put India firmly on path of victory. India needed just four runs from the last three overs and the winning runs were scored by Dravid who took a two off Drakes’ on the second ball of the 47th over. Dravid had survived a number of close calls early in his innings when he started the rebuilding job with Laxman after Ganguly and Sehwag had returned to pavilion with only 45 runs on the board. Dravid was twice let off by the West Indian fielders who missed easy run out chances while Laxman was dropped by Gayle in the slips when he had scored only seven. The two recovered from their shaky starts to produce fine innings’ with Laxman taking the lead in stepping up the tempo. As a haze surrounded the ground under lights, Laxman, who played and missed on a number of occasions as he tried too hard to find the boundaries early in his innings, settled down into a nice rhythm and played his natural strokes. He brought up his half-century in 56 balls and hit a couple of elegant boundaries after that before being run out on 66. Dravid, who was playing second fiddle to Laxman, took the responsibility after the departure of his partner and put on a useful 61-run partnership with Yuvraj Singh who scored 30. But Yuvraj and Kaif fell in quick succession while attempting big hits and it seemed that India’s run-chase had been derailed. But Dravid, who completed his eighth one-day century in the 45th over, and Bangar ensured that there were no more hiccups and India were back into the series with a resounding victory. (PTI) SCOREBOARD West Indies: C Gayle c Kartik b Sehwag 140 W hinds c Dravid b Srinath 26 M Samuels run out 5 R Sarwan not out 99 S Chanderpaul c Sub (Mongia) b Harbhajan 3 C Hooper not out 36 Extras (lb-5, w-9, nb-1) 15 Total (for 4 wkts, 50 overs) 324 Fall of wickets: 1-80, 2-90, 3-238, 4-258. Bowling: Srinath 9-1-71-1, Nehra 5-0-53-0, Harbhajan Singh 10-1-30-1, Kartik 10-0-46-0, Ganguly 1-0-9-0, Sehwag 8-0-49-1, Yuvraj Singh 6-0-48-0, Bangar 1-0-13-0. India: S Ganguly c Jacobs b Collins 28 V Sehwag c Hooper b Dillon 4 V V S Laxman run out 66 R Dravid not out 109 Yuvraj Singh c Hooper b Dillon 30 M Kaif c Powell b Drakes 8 S Bangar not out 57 Extras (lb-2, w-8, nb-13) 23 Total (for 5 wkts, 47.4 overs) 325 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-45, 3-148, 4-209, 5-231. Bowling: Dillon 10-0-65-2, Collins 9-0-60-1, Drakes 9.4-0-60-1, Hooper 9-0-61-0, Nagamootoo 9-0-62-0, Gayle 1-0-15-0. (PTI) |
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Youth Chess Championship HEREKLION, (Greece), Nov 15: The World Youth Chess Championships, starting here later tonight, promise to be an exciting affair for the 28-member Indian contingent vying for honours in various age groups ranging from under-10 to under 18 in both boys and girls sections. The official and seeded Indian entries are 15 in all and there are as many as 13 players in the capacity of donor entrants in various categories. To be played in under-10, under-12, under-14, under-16 and under-18 categories in both the sections, the event will see 850 players from 84 countries in action. There will be 11 rounds in all in each category and on two days the players will have to play double rounds. The time control is an adoption of the Fischer system with 90 minutes to each player before the start of the game and 30 seconds addition after every move is played. Grandmaster P Harikrishna is amongst the favourites in the bUys u-18 section with his high rating of 2551 elo points. The main Indian contenders in the U-10 boys category will be national champion Y Sandeep and Asian champion Parimarjan Negi. In the girls section, National junior girls Champion Dronavalli Harika and Asian junior girls champion Tania Sachdev will spearhead the Indian challenge. Also trying to make a mark will be P Lakshmi Sahithi. (PTI) |
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BANGALORE, Nov 15: Olympian Jaspal Rana of ONGC, P N Prakash of Karnataka, Ronak Pandit of Maharastra and Sandeep Tarate performed well to emerge leaders in their respective shooting events on the penultimate rounds of the 46th National Shooting Championship here toda. Ace shooter Jaspal Rana led the men’s 25m standard pistol national event firing 570 points over 600 while in the men championship for the same category Sumeet Sanghvi of Tamil Nadu took the lead with 545 points. The day proved to be lucky for Krida Prabodhini organisation’s representative Sandeep Tarate who held sway over his rivals in the 10m Air Rifle Men National Championship, notching up an impressive 593/600 and returning an identical performance in the men’s 10m Air Rifle Junior National Championship. Leadings of other matches: Sachin Chelke (Mah) 10m Air Rifle Men Championship 587/600 and 10m Air Rifle Junior Men National Championship 587/600, Mahavir Singh (Army) 50m Pistol Men National Champ 547/600, Amit Kumar (INF Kids) 50m Pistol Jr. Men Champ 536/600, Sumeet Sanghavi (TN) 25m Standard Pistol Men National 545/600, Zakir Khan (IA) 25m STD Pistol Jr Men National 537/600 and Alok Singh (IA) 25m STD Pistol Jr Men Champ 486/600. The finals would be held tomorrow. (PTI) |
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Oil Surjit Hockey Tourney JALANDHAR, Nov 15: Haryana and Northern Railway eves will lock horns tomorrow for the championship in women section of 19th Indian Oil Surjit Hockey Tournament. In the semis played at Burlton Park Stadium here today Haryana XI outclassed Chandigarh XI by 3-0 and Northern Railway defeated Punjab XI by comfortable margin of 5-1. In the first semi between Haryana XI and Chandigarh XI, strong Haryana eves established dominance over the game from the very beginning and gained lead in the 21st minute when Harjinder Kaur successfully converted a penalty corner followed by her another conversion in the 26th minute (2-0). Chandigarh earned three penalty corners but lost all and could not get success in reducing the lead margin. At half match score was 2-0 in favour of Haryana. Winning goal for Haryana was through the stick of Jasjeet Kaur, who scored a field goal through her solo efforts in the 56th minute to lock the fate of opponents. Haryana eves won the match by 3-0. In the second semi between Northern Railway and Punjab XI, it was Punjab who took an early lead in the 7th minute, when Manpreet Kaur scored an excellent field goal. Railways eves responded with the equaliser in the 13th minute through a field goal by international player Neha (1-1). In the 28th minute Railway’s Kiran pumped in a goal through a successful conversion of penalty corner. At half time scoreboard read as 2-1 in favour of Northern Railways eves. The second half was the game for only Northern Railway as it scored three more goals through the stick of Sita Gossain, Kiran and Raminder Pal in the 39th 47th and 68th minute respectively to lock the fate of opponents. NR won the match with the comfortable margin of 5-1. (PTI) |
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Basketball Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Professionals Jammu and Kashmir Police today defeated local Tigers Sports Club (Pool-A) after witnessing a neck and neck fight which was ended in a 67-57 score on board in a senior Men’s group league match in the ongoing Varun Memorial Basketball Tournament at Mini-Stadium, Parade, here today. Of the four quarters match, the first half (consisted of two quarters), the lead was of just one point 33-34 in favour of Police. It was followed by another interesting and close third quarter wherein the score again remained close 47-44 in favour of the cops. However, in last session of the match, Policemen show domination on the court thereby widening the score gap 67-57 and won the match. Twin top scorers, Rajinder and Bhanu Pratap led the Tigers Sports attack against the Police team and gave them ‘unexpected’ fight. Rajinder was top scorer with 17 points, followed by Bhanu Pratap 15. Arun contributed 12 points to the team’s score. For winners, J&K Police, Harpreet was maximum scorer with 23 points, while Amit Bharti and Vikas contributed 18 and 14 points respectively. Manoj Solanki and Mohammed Shafi were match umpires in this match, while Dheeraj Mousmi, Deepak, Amit and Sahil were table officials. Now, Policemen will meet winners of Pool-C, Young Tigers, tomorrow at 3 pm to further consolidate their position in the pool. Tigers Sports will be meeting Young Tigers in their league encounter on November 17. In a girls league match, GCW, Parade defeated Mubarak Mandi-B 20-10 (12-2). Bhawna was top scorer with eight points from the winners side, while Arti and Sakashi contributed six and three points respectively. Vandana (6), Neha (4) and Nidhi (2) were scorers from losers, Mubarak Mandi. Rakesh, Arun Sharma and Anand were match officials, while Amit, Dheeraj, Mousmi, Chandni, Sumit, Anamika and Varinder managed the table. |
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competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Government MAM College today retained the Inter-college Hockey trophy beating Degree College, Poonch 5-1 in the final which was played at University of Jammu grounds, here. Prabhjot Singh was man behind MAM’s big victory in the final clash, who made hat-trick sounding the board thrice in the 13th, 30th and 35th minute of the match. Two other goals came through the stick of Harpreet Singh within a minute’s gap in the 55th and 56th of the match. From Poonch College, Parwinder Singh reduced the margin scoring the only goal in the 18th minute. In all, winners, MAM College got six penalty corners, while Poonch College were awarded three, but both sides failed to materialise any of them. Today’s final was officiated by Jasbir Singh and Manjeet singh. Meanwhile, the Inter-college Judo competitions, in boys section, shall be played tomorrow at Indoor Complex, M A Stadium, here. The bouts shall start at 2.30 pm at the Judo Hall. Boys competitions shall be followed girls on November 17 at the same venue. |
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No change in India’s cricket policy vis-a-vis Pakistan DHAR, Nov 15: Ruling out the possibility of an early resumption of cricketing ties with Pakistan, Sports Minister Vikram Verma today said India could not play with that country until it stopped supporting cross-border terrorism. The Government has taken the stand of not playing cricket against Pakistan following the Kargil conflict in June 1999. "The Government has made a policy not to play cricket with Pakistan in view of the neighbouring country’s support to terrorism against India," Verma said. On the performance of the Indian squad in Asian Games, Verma said efforts were being made to raise the performance of sportspersons in Olympics also. The Minister said India will "place the facts" connected with Sunita Rani’s doping scandal before international authorities. Verma said his ministry will set up a sports training centre here at an estimated cost of Rs 4.55 crore having all modern training facilities. The complex will be set up in nearly 15 acres of land for which necessary directives had already been issued to the district collector, he said. The sports complex will have special training facilities for archers, wrestlers and athletes among others with a 75-bed The minister, who hails from Dhar town, said soon the construction for a 50-bed youth hostel would begin at the famous Mandu tourist site. (PTI) |
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Sr National Rugby Football Champ in Jammu Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: The lesser known Jammu and Kashmir Amateur Rugby Football Association is conducting the Third Senior National Rugby Football Championship at University of Jammu grounds, here from November 24 to November 27. In this quite new game in Jammu and Kashmir, 20 teams in men section and 10 in women section are likely to participate in three-day competitions. Information in this regard was given by the president of the State Association, Jagjit Singh Jagga and chairman of the organising committee, T S Wazir, president, J&K Motor Transport Association. For the smooth and successful conduct of this national meet, the association has formed the organising committee assigning them the responsibilities. |
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Komal Raina bags first place in State Yoga Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Komal Raina bagged first position in girls eight to 11 years group in the 6th State Yoga Championship being held at M A Stadium, here today. Second place in this age group went to Urvashi Bhat, while Rajwant Kour finished third. In eight to 11 years boys group, Jaskaran Singh claimed first position, while Ishan Fotedar and Sunny Bhalwal shared second and third place respectively. Shevali Charangoo was declared first in 11 to 14 year girls, followed by Vidushi Gupta, 2nd and Sonika Balv, third. In 11 to 14 years boys finals, Gautam Verma was adjudged first, while Tarun Raina and Rakesh Sharma remained at second and third positions respectively. Kawa Vijaypur trounces Narwal-D in Cricket final Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Kawa, Vijaypur thrashed Kawa, Narwal (D) by a huge margin of 91 runs in the final of Cricket Tournament played at Railway ground, here today. Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, Kawa, Vijaypur set a target of 211 runs in the allotted 25 overs, which, in reply, Kawa, Narwal could not chase and bowled out for 119 runs. Deepak Pathania played a fine knock of 47 (26) for the winners, while Rahul, Kunal and Rakesh took two wickets each for Kawa, Narwal. Batting second, Narwal (D) lost all the wickets for 119 runs in 16 overs. Rahul was highest scorer with 33 (35). Deepak Pathania of Kawa, Vijaypur was named as man of the match, while Rahul Gandotra (Kawa, Narwal) declared man of the series. Kunal Sethi of Narwal was adjudged as best bowler and Deepak Singh (Kawa, Vijaypur) best batsman. Romesh of Air team bags first prize in quiz Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Romesh Gupta of Air team bagged first prize in quiz competition, organised by the J&K Land Use Board, Department of Agriculture in connection with the National Land Resources Conservation Week, here. Second place was claimed by Manav of Soil team, followed by Rohni Khajuria of Water team, who finished third. The topic of the quiz programme was ‘Our Land-Our Future’. Earlier, the programme was inaugurated by ex-MLA Doda, Ghulam Qadir Wani, who was chief guest, while Mr Ashok Sharma, ex-MLA and convenor ICELA, was guest of honour. Mrs Veena Sharma, Principal of the host school—Indira Sagar Institute of Education and Research, presented vote of thanks. |
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