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| Kaif stars in India’s 14-run victory COLOMBO, Sept 14: Mohammad Kaif hit a sparkling maiden century as India started their campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament with an exciting 14-run victory against Zimbabwe here today...............more Sahara pulls out as MUMBAI, Sept 14: Sahara India has pulled out of the sponsorship deal with the Indian cricket team. .....more Cricket board yet KALKATA, Sept 14: Cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya today said he was yet to receive an ........more BCCI’s gesture helps MUMBAI, Sept 14: Keeping its promise of rewarding the probables who had signed the contract for ........more |
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Inter-KVs Regional sports meet KV-1 Udhampur, KV-1 Jammu enter semis of boys TT Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 14: Kendriya Vidyala (KV) No. 1, Udhampur and KV-1, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu have sailed into the semi-finals of the Table Tennis in the...............more Vanita of
Parade College Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 14: Vanita Suri of Government College for Women (GCW), Parade clinched the Women’s Inter-college Cross Country trophy by covering the six kilometers distance in 29.15 minutes at University of Jammu..............more Jammu
District Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 14: Two-day Jammu District Taekwon-Do Championship, organised by the Taekwon-Do Association of Jammu...........more |
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Kaif stars in India’s 14-run victory COLOMBO, Sept 14: Mohammad Kaif hit a sparkling maiden century as India started their campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament with an exciting 14-run victory against Zimbabwe here today. Kaif’s unbeaten 111 off 112 balls pulled India out of deep trouble and helped the side post a healthy 288 for six in the stipulated 50 overs. In reply, Zimbabwe were restricted to 274 for eight despite a brilliant 145 by Andy Flower, the highest individual one-day score by any Zimbabwean. The Indians, playing just four days after ending a tiring tour of England, slumped to 87 for five in the 14th over after electing to bat before Rahul Dravid and Kaif staged a brilliant recovery act. The two put on 117 runs for the sixth wicket at a good pace with Dravid contributing a fine 71 off 81 balls including seven hits to the fence. Dravid was run out while going for a non-existent single but Kaif continued with his beautifully paced innings to register his first one-day international hundred. For Zimbabwe, Andy Flower waged a lone battle as none of the other batsmen gave him much support. Grant Flower (33) and Guy Whittall (29) stayed for some time to build good partnerships with Andy Flower but they perished at crucial times. Like India, Zimbabwe too had a bad start with Zaheer Khan removing opener Dion Ebrahim (0) off the fourth ball of the innings. Zaheer, who finished with four for 45, sent back the other batsman Alistair Campbell (8) too in the tenth over before the two flower brothers stabilised the innings with a 84-run stand for the third wicket. Andy Flower, who missed at least two stumping chances and one run out of Kaif in a forgettable day behind the wickets, was at his dominating best as he used the trademark sweeps and reverse-sweeps to great effect. A fine piece of fielding by Yuveraj Singh at point resulted in the run out of Grant Flower and ended the flourishing partnership. After Sachin Tendulkar, who could manage only seven runs earlier in the day, clean bowled Stuart Carlisle for two, Andy Flower built another good partnership with Whittal. The two added 71 runs for the fifth wicket before Zaheer Khan claimed his third wicket when Whitall edged a delivery to wicketkeeper Dravid at the total of 201. Even though Andy Flower fought till the very end, the dismissal of Whittal in the 40th over completely derailed the Zimbabwean chase. Douglas Marillier, hero of a famous Zimbabwe win against India at Faridabad earlier this year, managed only 14 runs while Sean Ervine scored seven before becoming Zaheer Khan’s fourth victim on the last ball of the innings. Andy Flower, who improved on his brother’s 142 against Bangladesh in Bulawayo last year, himself was out in the penultimate over, caught by Sourav Ganguly off Tendulkar. Earlier, the Indian top order collapsed in a heap with Douglas Hondo claiming four wickets. Skipper Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag put on 25 runs in the first three overs before Hondo wrecked havoc. Ganguly (13) and Dinesh Mongia (0) fell in the fourth over at the same score of 25, both caught in the slips by Alistair Campbell. Sachin Tendulkar (7) lasted only 16 balls before he too edged Hondo to Campbell in the tenth over. Sehwag, meanwhile, played some brilliant strokes and raced to 48 as the Indians maintained a very healthy run rate despite the fall of wickets. Sehwag, who struck eight boundaries in his 36-ball knock, paid the price of getting too ambitious and top-edged a sean ervine delivery to Andy Flower with the Indian total on 84. Three runs later, new batsman Yuveraj Singh (3) was brilliantly caught by a diving ervine in the slips to give hondo his fourth wicket. Thereafter started the recovery act by the last recognised batting pair and both Dravid and Kaif looked determined to carry on the form that they showed on the recent tour of England. It was Dravid who first took the responsibility of keeping the scoreboard moving at a decent rate. Never showing any signs of pressure, the stylish batsman, who was named India’s man of the series in the test series against England in which he scored more than 600 runs, came up with some brilliant shots on the off-side. Dravid scored at more than run-a-ball for most of his innings, dispatching every bad delivery to the boundary, while Kaif took his time to settle down. All the while the Indian run rate was above six an over, thanks to the cushion provided by Sehwag’s blistering knock. There came a stage when boundaries dried up but the singles and twos were always on which kept India on course for a huge total. Dravid, who reached his half century off 51 balls with six fours, was however run out when the innings was just about to climax. He started for a short single but realised midway that he would not be able to make it. However, instead of making a desperate effort to reach the other end, Dravid prayed the direct hit from Stuart Carlisle would miss the stumps. His prayers were not answered and he was found way short of his crease. On the other hand, Kaif continued to grow in confidence with every run and even though Kumble struggled to get the singles, the youngster kept the scoreboard moving. He was on 89 when the last two overs started. He hit ervine to fine leg boundaries off the first two deliveries and then took a two and a single to bring up his maiden one-day century. He hit another couple of fours before the Indian innings ended. (PTI) SCOREBOARD India S Ganguly c Campbell b Hondo 13 V Sehwag c A Flower b Ervine 48 D Mongia c Campbell b Hondo 0 S Tendulkar c Campbell b Hondo 7 R Dravid run out 71 Yuvraj Singh c Ervine b Hondo 3 M Kaif not out 111 A Kumble not out 18 Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-10, nb-4) 17 Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 288 Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-25, 3-67, 4-84, 5-87, 6-207. Bowling: Streak 7-0-48-0, Hondo 9-1-62-4, Ervine 8-0-60-0, Whittall 8-0-39-0, Price 10-0-38-0, Marillier 5-0-23-0, G Flower 3-0-15-0. Zimbabwe: A Campbell c Y Singh b Zaheer 8 D Ebrahim lbw b Zaheer Khan 0 A Flower c Ganguly b Sachin 145 G Flower run out 33 S Carlisle b Tendulkar 2 G Whittal c Dravid b Zaheer 29 D Marillier c Ganguly b Kumble 14 S Ervine b Zaheer Khan 7 H Streak not out 4 Extras: (b-6, lb-16, w-6, nb-4) 32 Total (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 274 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-43, 3-127, 4-130, 5-201, 6-240, 7-263, 8-274. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 10-2-45-4, Nehra 8-0-37-0, Kumble 10-0-48-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-44-0, Yuveraj Singh 3-0-24-0, Tendulkar 7-0-41-2, Ganguly 2-0-13-0. (PTI) |
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Sahara
pulls out as official sponsors MUMBAI, Sept 14: Sahara India has pulled out of the sponsorship deal with the Indian cricket team. Sahara had decided to pull out as sponsors of the Indian cricket team after a marathon meeting of top officials of the group, Sanjay Lal, CEO, precept profile, the PR agency in-charge of all media-related activities for Sahara India, told UNI this afternoon. Mr Lal, however, did not cite reasons for the pull out. But Sahara India had already issued a warning that it would re-consider all existing conditions if the Indian team took to the field without the changed logo of ‘Subrata’. The new log was put in place of the earlier Sahara’ logo which had been objected to by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The objection was that it clashed with the interests of the official sponsor South African Airlines. Sahara had then changed the logo to ‘Subrata’, but at the last moment today, the ICC also took objection to the way the letter ‘A’ was placed on the new logo. Hectic parleys between Sahara, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the ICC it did not yield any result and ultimately in the Indian cricket team entered the field today against Zimbabwe in the Champions Trophy in Colombo without any of the logos of the Sahara company. This could be one reason why Sahara had decided to completely pullout from sponsorship of the team, according to reliable sources. Sahara India and the BCCI had signed a contract in 1999 after a Government ruling had forced the BCCI to snap ties with wills, a company manufacturing tobacco products. However this time also the BCCI has had to part ways with their official sponsors in hostile circumstances. (PTI) |
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Cricket
board yet to receive official KALKATA, Sept 14: Cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya today said he was yet to receive an official communication from the Sahara India Pariwar on its decision to withdraw from sponsorship of the Indian team currently playing the Champions Trophy in Colombo. "I am yet to receive any communication from them," Dalmiya told PTI here. The board president said he would be in a position to comment only after he received ‘something officially’. (PTI) |
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BCCI’s gesture helps 23 probables get Rs 2 lakh each MUMBAI, Sept 14: Keeping its promise of rewarding the probables who had signed the contract for the Champions Trophy, the cricket board today announced Rs two lakh each for 23 of the 25 players who were selected to represent India in case the top cricketers made themselves unavailable. Board secretary Niranjan Shah told PTI from Rajkot over phone that the board had taken the decision during its working committee meeting at Delhi recently and distributed Rs two lakh each to 23 probables except J P Yadav and speedster Javagal Srinath. "J P Yadav is in the 14-member team which is playing in the champions trophy against Zimbabwe today while Srinath, who refused to sign the contract, would not get paid," Shah added. Meanwhile, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) joint secretary Prof Ratnakar Shetty confirmed that leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule and offie Ramesh Powar, who were in the probables list, had already received Rs two lakh cheque from BCCI yesterday. (PTI) |
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Inter-KVs Regional
sports meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 14: Kendriya Vidyala (KV) No. 1, Udhampur and KV-1, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu have sailed into the semi-finals of the Table Tennis in the ongoing Inter-KVs Regional level Sports meet at KV-2, Jammu Cantt, here today. In the Handball, KV-1, Udhampur defeated KV-2, Pathankot 10-7, while KV-2, Jammu outplayed KV-2, Pathankot 15-5 in another match of the day. KV-1, Udhampur continued their winning spree in Badminton also. They beat KV-4, Mamoon Cantt, Pathankot 3-2. In another encounter, KV-2, Amritsar team defeated Sunjwan Jammu 3-0. KV-1, Akhnoor also won their match beating KV-2, Jammu Cantt 3-0. The ongoing competitions are being supervised by the Principal of KV-2, Jammu Cantt, Mr PHC Rao. KV-1, Udhampur holding Basketball, Football competitions UDHAMPUR, Sept 14: Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Udhampur is holding regional level competitions in the events of Basketball and Football. In Basketball, KV Amritsar trounced KV Jindra 25-1; KV Jyotipuram bt KV-2 Pathankot 3-2; KV Akhnoor-2 outplayed KV Amritsar-1 7-4; KV Pathankot down KV-3 Amritsar 16-20. The hosts, KV-1 Udhampur will meet defending champion, KV Palampur in the quarter-finals. Earlier, hosts defeated KV Samba 17-4. In football matches played today, KV-1 Udhampur beat KV Nagrota 6-0; KV-3 Pathankot outplayed KV Leh 8-1; KV-1 Udhampur beat KV-3 Pathankot 3-1. KV Nagrota also won their match in Pool-A beating KV Leh 2-0. In Pool-B, KV-1 Pathankot trounced KV-2 Udhampur 4-0; KV Yol Cantt beat KV-1 Pathankot 2-1; KV Akhnoor down KV Dharamshala 2-0. Earlier, the competitions were declared open by the Principal, KV-1 Udhampur, S D Nagpal. |
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Vanita of Parade College
bags Women’s Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 14: Vanita Suri of Government College for Women (GCW), Parade clinched the Women’s Inter-college Cross Country trophy by covering the six kilometers distance in 29.15 minutes at University of Jammu, here today. The second place went to Krishma Mani of Post Graduate Departments of University of Jammu clocking in 29.54 minutes. Manjeet Kour of Degree College, Kathua remained at number three position taking 31.37 minutes time to complete a distance of six kilometers. Besides winners colleges, Government College for Women, Udhampur and GCW, Gandhi Nagar also participated in the Cross Country. Ramesh Sharma, Gurcharan Singh and Madan Mohan Sharma were among the officials who conducted the today’s event. Meanwhile, as per the fixture of the inter-college competitions, drawn by the Department of Physical Education, University of Jammu, the Swimming competitions in Men’s sections will be held on September 16 and 17 at M A Stadium pool. The participants will compete in the events of Free Style (100 and 200 mts), Back Stroke (100 and 200 mts), Breast Stroke (100 and 200 mts), Butter Fly (100 and 200 mts) and Free Style (50 mts). Each college/institution shall enter one competitor in each Swimming event and the competitor can take part in not more than three events. |
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Jammu District Taekwon-Do meet begins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 14: Two-day Jammu District Taekwon-Do Championship, organised by the Taekwon-Do Association of Jammu and Kashmir, began today at the multi-purpose hall of the MA Stadium, here today. The competitions were declared open by the general secretary of the association, Vishal Sharma. The closing function will take place tomorrow at 5.30 pm. Opening day final results Sub-junior boys: Below 16 kg: Sourav bt Swapnil; Below 12 kg: Sahil bt Sayam. Sub-junior girls: Below 15 kg: Mehak to meet Preeti in the final. Below 16 kg: Mahima bt Mannal Gupta; Below 18 kg: Arnav Raina to meet Ayush Singh in the final. Below 25 kg: Sahil to meet Rajat in the final. |
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Board yet to receive official communication: Dalmiya KALKATA, Sept 14: Cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmiya today said he was yet to receive an official communication from the Sahara India Pariwar on its decision to withdraw from sponsorship of the Indian team currently playing the Champions Trophy in Colombo. "I am yet to receive any communication from them," Dalmiya told PTI here. The board president said he would be in a position to comment only after he received ‘something officially’. (PTI) Mamoni sets meet record,
Ambica THRISSUR, Sept 14: Mamoni Mondal of Railways maintained her dominance in the 1 m spring board diving event, erasing her own meet record by securing 186.10 points while Karnataka’a Ambica Iyengar pocketed her fifth individual gold in the Senior National Aquatic Championship here today. Mamoni’s earlier record was at 179.90 points in the Kolkata nationals two years back. The 18-year-old Mamoni, a junior clerk based in Kolkata, had won the high board bronze and 3 m spring board silver in this meet. "I was confident of winning, but not the record," Mamoni, who is participating in her fourth senior nationals here, said. Shruti Srivastav (Madhya Pradesh) who secured the silver medal with 183.80 pts also bettered the existing mark, while Railways Suparna Pal got the bronze with 179.05 pts. Sixteen-year-old Ambica Iyengar continued her gold winning efforts and clinched the 1500 m freestyle title, introduced for the first time, comfortably to take her gold tally to five. In addition to this, she had also won two relay gold for her side. Gaining a perfect start, Ambica, a three gold medal winner at the junior nationals in Chennai recently, never faced any challenge from other swimmers who were behind her by a body length. Ambica clocked 18:56.42 s. Awani Sawant of police claimed the silver with a time of 19:10.13 secs and Veena of Karnataka the bronze at 19:43.83 secs. In the 800 m freestyle event, which is also making its debut, long distance specialist Kailash Nath (Police), added yet another gold to his kitty clocking 8:51.24 secs. This is his fourth individual gold medal in as many events. Mandhar Divase (also of police) took the silver at 9:05.39 and Nilendu Jena (services) the bronze, clocking 9:07.03 secs. (PTI) India’s matches, semi-finals and final live on Doordarshan NEW DELHI, Sept 14: Doordarshan has made arrangements to telecast live India’s matches as well as the two semi-finals and the final in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka. The matches will be shown on national network (DD-1) and the metro channel (DD-2), according to a release issued here by Doordarshan. India’s day and night opener against Zimbabwe today at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will be shown live from 1340 hrs to 1740 hrs on DD-1. The second session will be telecast from 1805 hrs till the end of the match, except for a half an hour period from 2000 hrs to 2030 hrs that will be available to the viewers on DD-2. India’s second match from its pool, termed the "pool of death" is another day and night encounter against England on September 22 at the same venue. The telecast timings will be the same as today’s match. The first semi-final between the winners of pool 2 and pool 3 and the second semi-final between the pool 1 and pool 4 winners will be played under lights at the Premadasa Stadium on September 25 and September 27 respectively. The day and night final will be played at the same venue on September 29. The telecast timings of the matches will be the same as the match today. (UNI) |
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