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firm and sporting: Curator KOLKATA, Oct 24: The re-laid track at the Eden Gardens, the venue of the third test between India..........more Chris Gayle hits century to PUNE, Oct 24: Opener Chris Gayle struck a superb century as West Indian batsmen finally struck form ........more FOOTBALL/Santosh Trophy IMPHAL, Oct 24: Strong contenders Bengal take on Assam in the first quarter-final match of the 58th .......more Paragliding meet to NEW DELHI, Oct 24: Giving a shot in the arm to adventure tourism, Himachal Pradesh is all set to ........more |
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NZ U-15 Cricket Polly Umrigar Trophy J&K takes first innings lead, draws against HP *Ian’s century, six wickets haul by Apnam help J&K getting 5 pts Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: Superb all-round show by skipper Ian Dev Singh and magnificent six wicket.......more Inter-school
Athletics meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 24: Nadeem of BMS, Baba Yousuf Sopore bagged gold medal in the........more 12th
State Billiards, Snooker Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: Semi-finals position has been cleared in Junior Snooker in the ongoing 12th State........more |
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Eden pitch to be firm and sporting: Curator KOLKATA, Oct 24: The re-laid track at the Eden Gardens, the venue of the third test between India and West Indies, would be firm and have even bounce, though rain has delayed the preparations, Curator Prabir Mukherjee said here today. "We are working hard to give the public a sporting wicket where both the bowlers and batsmen will get an equal assistance. But the late monsoon showers have caused delays in the preparations," Mukherjee told PTI. The groundsmen were now giving finishing touches to the pitch, which contains grass, and vigorous rolling was being done. "Though the wicket might not be a green top, the grass in the track after the usual mowing would be allowed to remain," he said. When pointed out that in the past pitches had to be made bald before start of matches as per the wished of various Indian captains, Mukherjee said "I have no idea that present skipper Sourav Ganguly has made any such request." He said though the wicket was untested, the ‘right’ behaviour of the practice pitches, which has been similarly re-laid, had given him the confidence that the track would be firm and have even bounce. The BCCI has relaid the tracks of major international centres including Eden Gardens to prepare fast, bouncy pitches, as encountered by the Indian team abroad. But the tracks at both Mumbai and Chennai, the venues of the first two tests against the Caribbeans, were slow turners and ended in Indian wins inside four days. Mukherjee, also member of the grounds and pitches committee of the Indian Cricket Board, said a newly laid pitch would start giving the best results after six months. "The freshly prepared wickets have not had that much time," he added. He, however, discounted fears that due to the nagging rains in Kolkata, the track at eden might be an underprepared one. "We will definitely complete the entire task in time," he said. Asked what would happen if there were more rains, Mukherjee said that the ground had very good covering arrangements. Cab president Jagmohan Dalmiya has already voiced concern about the pitch, saying that the rains have hampered the preparations. The Bengal probables would play a trial match at a pitch by the side of the one scheduled for the test tomorrow. Sourav Ganguly is expected to play in the match to get some batting practice ahead of the coming test. (PTI) |
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Chris Gayle hits century to comfortably place Windies PUNE, Oct 24: Opener Chris Gayle struck a superb century as West Indian batsmen finally struck form ahead of the third test in Kolkata, reaching an imposing 297 for two at close on the first day of the three-day match against Ranji Champions Railways here today. When stumps were drawn for the day, Darren Ganga was batting on a solid 66 while Marlon Samuels was yet to open his account. Railways bowlers were virtually sent on a leather hunt as Gayle (154) and Ganga added 225 runs for the second wicket to take the West Indies’ total from 71 for one to 296 when a tired looking Gayle was bowled by pace bowler Harvinder Singh towards the fag end of the day. Earlier the visitors, who took the field resting skipper Carl Hooper, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Mervyn Dillon and Pedro Collins, won the toss and stand-in captain Ridley Jacobs elected to bat. The Caribbean openers straightaway went into overdrive and were propelled by a quickfire half-century by opener Wavell Hinds who scored an exact 50. Though off-spinner Kulamani Parida tasted success early dismissing Hinds caught by Jacob Martin in the slips, Railways hopes to further dent the confidence of visiting batsmen vanished as Gayle and Ganga returned after lunch and batted fluently. The duo tackled the three main spinners - Parida, Murali Kartik and Tejinderpal Singh with ease and scored at will. They used their feet well and often played the sweep shot to maximum effect. Gayle, who was playing second fiddle when Hinds was on fire, took charge after the dismissal of his partner and played some glorious shots all round the wicket. The stylish West Indian hit 23 fours and two huge sixes, one each off Parida and Kartik, in his marathon 294-ball knock that lasted almost six hours. Gayle was particularly severe on Harvinder whom he drove through extra covers for two boundaries in one over before flicking the off-spinner Parida to the square leg fence. Gayle who got a life when he was dropped by kartik off his own bowling when on 19 made the Railways’ bowler pay dearly for the fielding lapse. Kartik hoping to make a come back into the Indian team had nothing to show for his efforts ending the day with figures of 29-0-79-0. None of the Railways bowlers impressed and they sorely missed all-rounder Sanjay Bangar who was asked by the cricket board to rest ahead of the third and final test starting in Kolkata on October 30. At the other end, Ganga, a last minute replacement for star batsman Brian Lara, played the sheet anchor role to perfection. Ganga also played some delightful shots square off the wicket and entertained with fine sweep shots to remain on course for a century. He has so far faced 213 balls and hit 11 fours. Railways captain Abhay Sharma took the new ball after 89 overs and was immediately rewarded when Harvinder sent back Gayle. (PTI) SCOREBOARD West Indies: W Hinds c Martin b Parida 50 C Gayle b Harvinder Singh 154 D Ganga batting 66 M Samuels batting 0 Extras (b-9, lb-1, nb-17) 27 Total (for 2 wkts, 92 overs) 297 Fall of wickets: 1-71, 2-296. Bowling: Harvinder Singh 11-2-37-1, Zakir Hussain 10-1-41-0, J P Yadav 15-3-35-0, M Kartik 29-7-79-0, K Parida 19-6-61-1, Tejinderpal Singh 6-1-25-0, S Khanolkar 2-0-9-0. (PTI) |
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FOOTBALL/Santosh
Trophy IMPHAL, Oct 24: Strong contenders Bengal take on Assam in the first quarter-final match of the 58th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy tomorrow while Maharashtra and Services fight it out in the second match of the day. Fresh from their 7-0 thrashing of Rajasthan and 5-0 drubbing of Jammu and Kashmir, a charged Bengal seem unstoppable in their quest for winning the title with excellent coordination between their forwards and midfield. Striker Dipendu Biswas, who scored seven goals in the two cluster matches, is in very good form and is likely to be the spearhead of the Bengal attack. The Bengal defence is, however, yet to be seriously tested since they did not have much work against Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir and may face a sterner test in the quarter final league matches. Assam will be banking on the skills of striker Utpal Basumatary for an early strike and hold on to that lead but would be be quite content if they can share points with their fancied rivals. Assam had a good showing in the preliminary round matches beating Bihar 3-0 and overcoming Andhra Pradesh by a similar margin. Formidable Maharashtra and Services would battle it out in the second match of the day with the former having a slight edge. Services, however, had a relatively easy run up to the quarter-finals as they humbled Uttar Pradesh by five goals and downed Sikkim by three. Maharashtra won by a brace against Chandigarh and then managed to overcome a young and spirited Meghalaya 3-2. (PTI) |
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Paragliding meet to boost tourism in Kangra NEW DELHI, Oct 24: Giving a shot in the arm to adventure tourism, Himachal Pradesh is all set to herald the tourist season with an international para gliding festival this winter — a four day extaravaganza of adventure sports activities. The Himachal Pradesh Tourism and Civil Aviation Department will organise "the paragliding pre World Cup India 2002 "at Bir-Billing in Kangra Valley from October 26 to 29 . Addressing a press conference here today, the Himachal Principal Secretary (Tourism, Youth and Sports) Ashok Thakur said in the state this sport has become very popular in places like Manali, Bilaspur and Kangra and if harnessed properly could be a source of livelihood for more than 1700 families. The four-day event will feature paragliding feats like — out-and return distance, cross country, distance over a triangular course and race to goal. About 100 para gliders, including 40 leading pilots from France, USA, Japan and russia, will be participating in the event. The world’s best paragliders are taking part in the event, which is being organised with the technical assistance of Aero Club of India and Free Flight Association of India. The tournament, recognised by the Paragliding World Cup Association (PWCA) is being billed as a precursor to a possible full fledged World Cup leg in India. This is also the first time not only in India, but also in the entire Himalayas that such a meet is being held. The last World Cup was held in five stages-in France, Italy, Turkey, Mexico and Korea. The pilots featuring in the professional competition segment will include top paragliders— Scotty Marion (world no 2), Norman Lausch (world no 5), Americo Sousa (world no 16) and Stephane Andre (world no 17). The Indian pilots who will take part in the meet are Roshan Lal Thakur, Rupender Kumar Dhawan, Bhupinder Singh, Jagjit Singh Mann, Parwinder Sharma, Yog Raj, Nand Lal Thakur, Ajay Kumar, Vinay Kumar and Bhagat Ram. A separate set of tasks has been announced for professional and amateurs which will make the tournament exciting. (UNI) |
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NZ U-15 Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: Superb all-round show by skipper Ian Dev Singh and magnificent six wicket haul by Apnam Gupta today guided J&K to a brilliant show against Himachal Pradesh, thereby getting five points by virtue of their first innings lead on the third and last day of the Polly Umrigar Trophy U-15 Cricket at M A Stadium, here. Resuming at an over-night odd score of 99, Ian Dev today completed his century and remained unbeaten at 118 when all J&K wickets fell at 220 runs before lunch time. Third and last day witnessed the fall of overall 18 wickets. With nine runs’ first innings deficit, Himachal Pradesh began the second innings on confident note with 76 run first wicket stand. But, as soon as the openers Minesh Thakur (37) and Aditya Chowdhary (53) went to the pavilion, the Himachal batsmen fell like nine pins and the whole side was bowled with the addition of 77 more runs to the total score of 153 in 52.3 overs. It was Apnam, who sent the Himachal batsmen to the pavilion cheaply taking away six wickets in a row. No batsman, who became victim of Apnam’s spin bowling, could reach the double figure mark. Six wickets taker in the first innings, Ian Dev, once again troubled the Himachal batsmen and claimed three wickets making it a match haul of nine. At the end of the day, J&K were playing at 54 for one in 29 overs. Ian Dev and Rohit Bhat were at the crease with 22 and 23 runs in their respective accounts. Earlier, resuming their innings from yesterday’s score of 182 for three, J&K added 23 more runs to their total before they were bowled out for 220 in 80.5 overs by Himachal Pradesh. However, skipper, Ian Dev Singh, who was batting at odd score of 99, completed his ton making unbeaten 118 runs studded with 13 boundaries. Nadeem was the first man to lose his wicket for five runs. It was followed by the fall of wickets at regular intervals and J&K winded up their innings for 220 runs. Likewise Himachal Pradesh, J&K too lost its three wickets at the same score of 187 including two duck outs. Mounty Sharma and Vishal were the most successful bowlers from Himachal, who shared four wickets each. Meanwhile, after making a blank in their earlier two league encounters against Punjab and Haryana, J&K has now got five points by virtue of their first innings lead and Himachal was given three points for playing a drawn game. Now, J&K, in their next league match, will meet Delhi on October 29 at the same venue. |
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Inter-school
Athletics meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 24: Nadeem of BMS, Baba Yousuf Sopore bagged gold medal in the 400 meters race in under-14 age group in the ongoing Inter-school Athletics meet organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, Baramullah. Second place in this age group went to Asif of the same school, while Mohd Hussain of High School, Singpora finished third to claim bronze medal. In 1500 meters race of under-15 group, Shabir Ahmed of Higher Secondary school, Sopore clinched first position, while Mohd Shafi and Asif Majeed of HSS, Baramullah bagged second and third place respectively. First place in 200 meters race of under-19 year went to Bilal Ahmed of HSS, Baramullah. Abdul Hamid of HSS, Bijhama remained at number two position and Mohd Shafi War of HSS, Sopore finished third. In under-19 year 800 meters race, Bilal Ahmed Mir of HSS, Baramullah bagged gold, while Nasir Ahmed of HSS, Rohama secured second place. third place went to Mehraj-ud-Din of HSS, Sopore. Other final results Broad Jump U-19: Wasim-ul-Bashir, HSS, Sopore, Ist; Farooq Ahmed Malla, HSS, Rohama, 2nd and Maninder Singh, HSS, Dangiwacha, third. Broad Jump U-17: Tariq Ahmed Wani, HS Hygam, Ist; Zaffar Bashir, HS Hadipora, 2nd and Tauseef Maqbool, HS, Nowpora, third. Broad Jump U-14: Nadeem Ahmed, MS Baba Yousuf, Ist; Nasir Ahmed, MS Baba Yousuf, 2nd and Bilal Ahmed, MS Gunie Hamam, third. 200 mts U-14: Mohd Arif, MS, Fatehpur,Ist; Basharat, HS, Gingal, 2nd and Mohd Rafiq, HS, Rahama, third. 100 mts U-17: Basharat, HS Gingal, Ist; Parvez, BMS Fatehpora, 2nd and Mohd Rafiq, HS Rohama, third. 1500 mts U-17: Anwar Khan, HS Gingal, Ist; Gurcharan Singh, HS Chatoora, 2nd and Parvez of HS Nowpora, third. Shot Put U-17: Hilal Ahmed, HS Nadihi Bandipora, Ist; Farooq Ahmed, Guru Nanak, Bla, 2nd and Feroz Ahmed, HS Dangerpora, third. Shot Put U-19: Mohd Irfan, HSS, Bla, Ist; Hamid Ahmed, HSS, Sodora, 2nd. Javelin Throw U-17: Nisar Ahmed, HS Khaitagan, Ist; Tanveesh Ahmed, HSS Boniyar, 2nd and Mushtaq Ahmed, HS Nadihal Bla, third. Discuss Throw U-17: Khursheed Ahmed, HS Nadihal, Bla, Ist; Tanveesh Ahmed Dar, HS Shitpoo, 2nd and Aijaz Ahmed Dar, HS Hadipora, third. Javelin Throw U-19: Hareen Rasjod, HSS Bla, Ist; Maninder Singh, HSS, Dangiwacha, 2nd and Mohd Shafi, HSS Bla, third. Shot Put U-17: Hilal Ahmed, HS Nadihal Bandipora, Ist; Farooq Ahmed, GND Bla, 2nd and Feroz Ahmed, HS Dangerpora, third. Shot Put U-19: Mohd Irfan, HSS Bla, Ist; Javid Ahmed, HSS Sopore, 2nd and Asif Majeed, HSS, Bla, third. Discuss Throw U-19: Rafiq Sadiq, HSS, Kreri, Ist; Mohd Irfan, HSS, Bla, 2nd and Bilal Ahmed, HSS, Bla, third. |
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12th State Billiards,
Snooker Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: Semi-finals position has been cleared in Junior Snooker in the ongoing 12th State Billiards and Snooker Championship with the entry of Nishant Azad, Pallav Gupta, Kuldeep Sharma and Owais Ahmed in the last four stage here today. In the quarterfinals, Nishant Azad outplayed Sunny Arora 74-41, 54-34; Owais down Umar Farooq 33-55, 52-14, 46-36; Kuldeep Sharma (Chow-dhary) beat Rajan Gupta 38-56, 61-31, 57-34; Pallav beat Umar Jaan 47-20, 69-30. After the semi-finals positions was cleared, Nishant Azad and Kuldeep Sharma won their respective league round matches. After the earlier knockout round upto quarter-finals was over, the organising committee put the semi-finals to league round in order to give them good competition and a chance to play each other. In today’s league matches, Nishant Azad defeated Pallav Gupta in strai-ght sets 62-19, 60-29 and Kuldeep Sharma (Chow-dhary) down Owais 52-37, 34-67, 16-48. Earlier, in the third round of pre-quarterfinal matches, Sunny Arora beat Arush Chowdhary 77-46, 64-20; Umar Farooq beat Ashish Gupta 53-31, 71-41; Sunny Arora beat Mohit Raina 31-22, 39-46, 63-12 and Nishant Azad beat Nikhil Kapahi 50-48, 34-52, 49-36. |
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Inter-College
competitions Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: Post Graduate Departments of Arts defeated Degree College, Rajouri by three wickets in the Inter-college Cricket Tournament at University of Jammu grounds, here today. Earlier, batting first after PG Arts won the toss and opted to field, Rajouri College made 119 runs losing all the wickets in 33.3 overs off the 40 overs match. In reply, PG Arts reached the required target in 26.3 overs with three wickets in hand. Ashim Wahid was top scorer from Rajouri college with 34 runs including one six and two boundaries. From PG Arts, Jamshed emerged as most successful bowler who claimed three wickets for 14 runs in his spell of 4.3 overs. Parvinder Singh and Sukhbir Singh shared two wickets each, while Azhar, Ravi and Munish shared one each. Batting second, PG Arts achieved a target of 120 runs in 26.3 overs for seven wickets. Tanvir played brilliant innings of 64 runs coming off 63 deliveries with the help of ten boundaries, while Jamshed contributed 15 runs to the score. Zahoor Iqbal clinched three wickets for 22 runs in six overs for Rajouri College, while Ashim Wahid, Jasbir, Wajahat and Nazir shared one each. Vivek Singh and Shashi Kant were umpires in today’s match. Science College, SPMR win in Chess JAMMU: The GGM Science College and Government SPMR College of Commerce won their respective matches to advance into the next round of the Inter-college Chess competitions being held at Gymnasium hall of the University of Jammu today. In the first team event, GGM Science College defeated Degree College, Bhaderwah 3-1. Jeet Kumar bt Sohaib Ahmed, Dinesh Rajput bt Sarman Nasir, Dheeraj Jamwal bt Muzaffar Ahmed and Punit Gupta lost to Wasim Raja. In the second match, Government SPMR College of Commerce beat Degree College, Udhampur 3-1. Akhil Chopra bt Vinod Bhargav, Sanjeev Kumar bt Sachin Sharma, Deepak Prashar bt Dinesh Singh and Sahil Arora lost to Umesh Bhardwaj. Another scheduled match ended in a walkover. PG Departments awarded walkover when ASC College of Medical Sciences, Sidhar could not turn-up. Commerce College in Kho-Kho final JAMMU: Government SPMR College of Commerce will take on MAM College in the final of the Inter-college Chess competitions at University of Jammu grounds, here tomorrow. Earlier, in the semi-finals, College College defeated Degree College, Udhampur 13-7 today and Government MAM College outplayed Degree College, Kathua yesterday. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: The Directorate of Tourism, Jammu is organizing a week long "Paragliding Camp" at Sanasar from October 27, which will be inaugurated by Director Tourism, Jammu. The aim of the camp is to promote Adventure Tourism in the State with the active participation of the people in general and student community in particular. The Department has been organizing such camps from last so many years and this is the Ist camp during the current year. During the camp, the trainees will be provided free boarding. Lodging and transportation facilities. Besides practical training, the experts will deliver lectures on different themes pertaining to adventure tourism. J&K boys enter into QF of Sub-Jr Handball nationals Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 24: Jammu and Kashmir boys have entered into the quarter-finals of the ongoing 19th Sub-Junior National Handball Championship underway at Renukot Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. According to reports reaching here, J&K defeated Nagaland, Uttranchal and Himachal Pradesh in their pool matches. In girls section, J&K defeated Madhya Pradesh and lost to Uttranchal in second match of the pool. |
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