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Advanta Championship VILLANOVA, (US), Nov 14: Lindsay Davenport reached the final for the third ...more
Thousands attend BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS), Nov 14: Thousands of fans, dozens of star ...more Indian batsmen falter, Kiwis square series 2-all GUWAHATI, Nov 14: After batting New Zealand out of the game in two ...more Services take first innings lead against J&K NEW DELHI, Nov 14: Belligerent half-century knocks by skipper Sanjay Verma.....more Inter School CBSE
Cluster XII Athletic Meet 1999 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Jammu, Nov 14 : The schools from Punjab maintained ......more |
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 Students displaying Taekwon-Do actions (Above) and sitting below are the chief guest, Mr Bodh Raj Bali, Minister for Industries and Commerce and Prof M R Puri, former Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University at KC Public School Annual Sports Day at Jammu on Sunday. Excelsior/Gopal KC Public School holds Annual Sports Day Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 14: Various sports events, Taekwon-Do drills and exercises ...more Young Rovers, Engineers Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 14: Young Rovers and Engineers XI won their.....more Open Squash Champ
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Boxing Champ begins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 14: Narinder Singh knocked out Rakesh Singh ...more Second 150 CC dirt track Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 14: Adventure Sports Club, J&K is organising ....knocked out Rakesh Singh ...more |
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Advanta Championship VILLANOVA, (US), Nov 14: Lindsay Davenport reached the final for the third consecutive year at the 520,000 dollars Advanta Championships with a surprisingly easy 6-1 6-2 semifinal win over Venus Williams. Davenport’s opponent in today’s final will either be number one-ranked Martina Hingis or number five-ranked Nathalie Tauziat, who faced each other in yesterday’s late semifinal. Davenport overpowered Williams from the service line and benefited from spotty serving by her opponent. World number two Davenport served eight aces with no double faults, and surrendered only six points on her serve in the match. "That was one of the best matches I’ve served, probably," said Davenport, who lost in the 1997 Advanta final to Hingis and in 1998 to Steffi Graf. "When you’re serving well, you can take chances, because all the pressure is on her to hold her serve." Davenport will be playing in her seventh final of 1999. She has a 5-1 record in her previous six finals this year, having lost only to Williams in straight sets in New Haven in August in the last meeting between the two. Yesterday’s match, which lasted 50 minutes, went much more smoothly for Davenport. Williams struggled with her serve throughout the match, committing seven double faults and losing five of her seven service games. She lost her serve three times in the first set and twice in the second, each time hurt by double faults. In the match’s final game, she double-faulted three times, the last one setting up match point for Davenport. "She served nicely, and that makes the game a lot easier," Williams said. "I just tried to forget the score and play one point at a time, but I didn’t play nearly as good as I thought I would." The victory made it more difficult for world number three Williams to catch Davenport in the year-end rankings. Williams still has a slim chance heading into next week’s chase championships in New York, but would have to advance deep into the tournament and hope davenport loses early. (REUTERS) |
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Thousands attend funeral of Malcolm Marshall BRIDGETOWN (BARBADOS), Nov 14: Thousands of fans, dozens of star cricketers and a former prime minister paid tributes today to fast bowling legend Malcolm Marshall, who died from colon cancer last week aged 41. Former Barbadian Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford, who was among the 2,000 in attendance at the service at a Bridgetown stadium, called for a permanent memorial to pay tribute to Marshall. Known as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, Marshall took 376 wickets in 81 tests for the West Indies between 1979 and 1991, which stood as a record until last year. He died in his native Barbados on November 4, five months after his diagnosis and just a year after he married. Marshall was buried with a new, red cricket ball in his coffin as a symbol of his status as one of the greats of the game. His funeral at a stadium outside Bridgetown was broadcast live on radio throughout most of the cricket-playing Caribbean and was attended by scores of cricket stars past and present. Until we meet again, my brother, farewell, farewell, Viv Richards, one of Marshall’s captains during his years with the West Indies team, said during his speech today. Also present was Marshall’s other West Indies captain, Clive Lloyd. Richards and Lloyd were pallbearers, as were present West Indies captain Brian Lara, close friend Fesmond Haynes and current West Indies star bowler Courtney Walsh, who overtook Marshall’s record last year. Mark Nicholas, Marshall’s former captain at Hampshire, the English County for whom he played and coached for 14 seasons between 1979 and 1993, delivered the eulogy. Robin Smith, another teammate who played alongside Marshall for England and against him for England, is also flying in from London for the funeral. Other cricket legends attending were fast bowlers Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Colin Croft, who with Marshal formed one of the most feared attacks in test cricket. West Indies batting stars from the 1950s, Sir Everton Weekes, 74, and Sir Clyde Walcott, 73, also attended. Even the clergyman conducting the service, the reverend Wes Hall, was a former star bowler for the West Indies. He referred to Marshal during the service as a Golden Icon of West Indies cricket and the greatest fast bowler the game has known. And I have some claim to knowing about fast bowling, quipped hall, who took 192 wickets in 48 tests during his career in the 1960s. After the service, hundreds of fans lined the roadway as the hearse drove by on its way to a nearby cemetery. On Friday, hundreds of fans had paid tribute to Marshall, queuing for hours to file past his body, which was laid in an open casket at a Bridgetown cathedral. Despite the accolades from players around the globe, the words that most moved the crowd were from Marshall’s 9-year-old son Mali, who wrote a letter read at the service by family friend Rudi Webster. God, please take care of my father, for I love him very much, it said. (AP) |
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Indian batsmen falter, Kiwis square series 2-all GUWAHATI, Nov 14: After batting New Zealand out of the game in two successive matches, India’s top three batsmen fell in a heap chasing an attainable target as the hosts lost the fourth one-day international cricket tie by 48 runs today to let their rivals square the series 2-all with a match left. After restricting New Zealand to 236 for nine on putting them in on a track which showed early life and then grew slower, India never recovered from early jolts to be bowled out for 188 in 45.3 overs to dash hopes of wrapping up the series within the distance at the Nehru Stadium. Skipper Sachin Tendulkar (2) failed to reach double figures for the second match in a row and both Rahul Dravid (5) and the free-stroking Saurav Ganguly - all three struck big centuries to propel India to victory in the previous two ties for a 2-1 lead - followed suit as India lost their way. Left-hander Sunil Joshi cracked a strokeful, unbeaten 61 for his maiden one-day half-century studded with two fours and three sixes after coming in at number eight but it was in vain and he ran out of partners with 4.3 overs left. Chris Drum (2/31) struck early blows and with fellow paceman Scott Styris (2/39) and left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori (2/37) claimed bowling honours while Chris Harris effected to run outs with direct hits as only Ajay Jadeja (27) and Vijay Bharadwaj (27) showed some top-order resilience. Man of the match Chris Cairns (80) struck his 14th fifty and raised 96 runs for the fourth wicket with Roger Twose (46) to pull the Kiwis to respectability after India had left them gasping at 32 for three at an early stage. Required to score at a reasonable rate of 4.74 an over, the Indians found the going tough once Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly fell in quick succession. The focus will now shift to the Ferozeshah Kotla Ground in Delhi where the fifth and deciding encounter will be played on November 17. The hosts suffered an early jolt when Tendulkar was dismissed cheaply with drum providing the breakthrough. The master batsman could not properly time an attempted drive and Craig Spearman brought off the catch in the cover region after the ball rebounded off silly mid-off fielder Stephen Fleming’s hand. Stunned by the reverse, the packed crowd were in for more disappointment as in-form Dravid edged a short delivery from Chris Cairns that left his bat to provide wicketkeeper Adam Parore an easy catch. Ganguly, who began by hitting four glorious boundaries in his 17, fell in the very next over when drum trapped him leg before with a straight delivery which left India tottering at 27 for three after seven overs. Both Drum and Cairns bowled tidy opening spells to put the Indians on the defensive and it was left to Jadeja and Bharadwaj to try and rebuild the innings. The two played cautiously to add 56 runs for the fourth wicket before Harris, who was introduced into the attack from the pavilion end in the 20th over, brought an end to the partnership. Instead of trying to boost the team position, Bharadwaj went for a mighty heave but missed the line completely to see his stumps dislodged, undoing all the good work he had done alongwith Jadeja. Bharadwaj’s departure opened up the floodgates again as Jadeja followed suit in the very next over. He fell to Vettori in his very second over, trying to guide a sharply turning delivery towards the third man region but only succeeding in edging the ball to Parore. The Indians lost three wickets for the addition of just five runs to slump to a disastrous 88 for six at the midway stage of the contest as none of the batsmen seemed to apply themselves and bail the team out of the precarious situation. All rounder Robin Singh, who has played a few gritty knocks, did not survive long either as he was run out to a direct throw from Harris, allowing the visitors to take a stranglehold on the match. Wicketkeeper M S K Prasad played a couple of flamboyant shots before offering a catch to twose at the long-off fence trying to hoist Vettori and it seemed to a hopeless case for India eager to clinch the series. With the run rate steadily climbing, the later order batsmen had no option but to go for their strokes and Joshi brought some cheer for the capacity crowd with some lusty hitting on both sides of the wicket. He picked up part-time bowler Nathan Astle for special treatment as he lifted him for a six over midwicket to notch up his maiden half century and then spanked the next ball to the straight boundary in celebration. Joshi and Nikhil Chopra (13) put on a rollicking 46 runs for the eighth wicket before the latter was run out thanks to another brilliant pick and direct hit from Harris to virtually bring the Indian challenge to an end. (PTI) |
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Services take first innings lead against J&K NEW DELHI, Nov 14: Belligerent half-century knocks by skipper Sanjay Verma (74) and C D Thomson (74), and their 142-run sixth wicket partnership helped Services notch up 262 for eight and take a vital 41-run first innings lead against Jammu and Kashmir on the second day of the four-day North Zone Ranji Trophy league match here today. Resuming at overnight score of 20 for three, Services lost Sachin Kulkarni without adding any runs to the score when seamer Surinder Singh rattled Kulkarni’s stumps to give J and K an early breakthrough. Services, replying to visitor’s first innings total of 221, got another jolt when S Javed (27) was trapped Leg Before Wicket by off-spinner Ashwani Gupta, leaving them tottering at 54 for 5. Thomson then joined verma in the middle and both batted sensibly. They kept the scoreboard ticking with small nudges and pushes to pile up 142 runs for the sixth wicket to give some respectability to the total. Verma was finally consumed by J and K skipper Kanwaljeet Singh when Dhruv Mahajan caught him. His 74 comprised seven hits to the ropes. After services had added 15 runs, Thomson was adjudged leg before wicket to Surinder Singh. His fighting 74 was studded with ten boundaries. Surinder Singh (3/67) was the leading wicket-taker for the visitors. At the draw of stumps, G S Thapa (12) and M V Rao (19) were at the crease. Brief scores: Jammu and Kashmir - 221 Services - 262 for 8 (Sanjay verma 74 Thomson 74 Javed 27 S Singh 3/67 V Sharma 2/45. (PTI) |
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Open Squash Champ
begins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 14: Despite all out efforts to recover, Krishan Kumar could not survive before fighting Arshad Khan in the opening day of the Open Squash League Championship which began at Jammu Club, here this evening. Arshad had defeated Krishan in straight games to further consolidate his position in the League. In another match of the day, Ashish Dhar outplayed Nassir Goni again 2-0. It was almost a one-sided affair as Ashish Dhar dominated the game throughout. In the third and last league tie, Dinesh Chopra sidelines Kamal Rohmetra in straight games. The championship is being organised by Mr Goni. Krishan Kumar acted as marker in today’s matches. |
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Two-day Distt
Boxing Champ begins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 14: Narinder Singh knocked out Rakesh Singh in the very first round in Bentam weight to bag gold medal in the two-day Jammu District Boxing Championship which began at Boxing rings, MA Stadium, here today. On the first-day of the championship, senior division matches were held. In Light-fly weight final, Sandeep Verma beat Avtar Singh on points basis. In Fly weight semi-final, Vinay Singh beat Vimal after the referee stopped the contest after injury to Vimal. In the Light weight final, Arun Kotwal beat Vikas Kumar on points basis, while Arun Kotwal had got bye. Gulam Mustafa emerged winner in Light-Welter weight beating Ranbir Singh on points basis. In all, 40 boxers are participating in the Sub-junior and Senior categories in the championship which is being held under the supervision of Mr Rajan Sharma, Boxing coach. Jammu and Kashmir Amateur Boxing Association is the organisers of the Championship. Tomorrow there will be bouts in the Sub-junior category starting at 2 pm. |
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Second 150 CC dirt track race in December Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 14: Adventure Sports Club, J&K is organising second 150 CC dirt track race at Mini-Stadium, Parade ground, here from December 21 to 23. The final decision in this regard was taken in a meeting which was attended by the chairman, Mr Ranjit Singh and director, Mr Umesh Joshi. The general secretary of the Club, Mr Vikram Singh has said that the race will be an open event to be held on league cum knock-out basis. Winner of the race will get a trophy and cash award of Rs 15,000, he added. Last year the race was conducted successfully in the month of December. |
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Inter School CBSE
Cluster XII Athletic Meet 1999 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Jammu, Nov 14 : The schools from Punjab maintained dominance over the track and field events on the second day of the three day Inter School CBSE Athletic Meet being played in Hargovind Bhatnagar Stadium at BSF Ploura Camp Jammu. On the second day Gujranwala Guru Nanak School Ludhiana was at the top with 8 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal closely followed by Behar Sahib and MGN P S Jallandhar. In the under 16 girls 1500 meters event Amandeep Kaur of STBG Public School Behar Sahib won gold medal while Satinder Kaur of SGHK P S Tarn Taran finished second. The bronze medal was bagged by Kuldeep Kaur of Sant Isher Public School Rara Sahib in high jump. The gold medel in under 18 girls event was won by Sandeep Kour of GGNPS Ludhiana followed by Harpreet Kour of SHKPS Tarn Taran, Third place was won by Maninder Kaur of MGNPS Jallandar. The under 18 boys long jump event was won by Hardeep Singh of MGNPS Jallandar. Silver medal was bagged by Satnam Singh of BSF School Jallandar while Sandeep Singh of GGN P S Ludhiana finished with bronze medal. In the girls 200 meters under 16 event Gurpreet Kaur of DAV School Ludhiana won gold medal by completing race in 29.78 seconds. While Amandeep Kaur of Dasmesh Public School Mukerian finished with silver. Simran Kaur of SGHPS Taran Taran settled with bronze medal. Ramneet Kaur of GGN PS Ludhiana became the fastest girl in the under 18 category by finishing the 100 meters race in 13.94 seconds. Kuldeep Kaur of SHKPS Tarn Taran bagged silver medal while the bronze went to Harpreet Kaur of MGN PS Jallandar. Jaskaran Singh of SGBT Behar Sahib won under 16 gold medal by finishing the 800 meters race in 2.11 minutes. Inder Jeet Singh of MGNPS Kapurthala followed while Tejinder Singh of DAV School Ludhiana had to settle with bronze medal. Under 16 gold medal in 200 meters event was won by Varun Kalia of DAV Public School Ludhiana who completed the race in 24.25 seconds. Kalia was followed by Bhupinder Singh of Alpine Public School while Ravi Kumar of BSF School Jammu struck bronze medal. Harpinder Singh of Dayanand School Jallandar covered a distance of 42.74 meters to win the under 16 boys discuss throw event. Baljeet Singh of SGTB Patiala settled with silver while the bronze medal went to Rajbir Singh of Shri Guru Har Kishen Public School Tarn Taran. Sandeep Singh of GGN Public School Ludhiana finished 400 meters event in 54.94 seconds to claim gold medal in under 16 event. Ramandeep Singh of DAV PS Ludhiana won the silver medal while the bronze medal was claimed by Ravinder Singh of APS Kapurthala. Simran Kaur of Guru Har Kishen Public School Tarn Taran became the fastest girl in the under 16 girls category by finishing the 100 meters even tin 14.87 seconds. Ruksana of BSF School Jammu won silver medal while Harpreet Kaur of APS Kapurthala finsihed with bronze medal. The three day Inter School CBSE Athletic Meet was earlier inaugurated by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Professor Chaman Lal Gupta. The tournament being organised by CBSE and hosted by Border Security Force School Jammu will conclude tomorrow. |
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