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Advanta Championship PHILADELPHIA, Nov 15: Five weeks after suffering a wrist injury that had ...more
Australia names unchanged 2nd test team SYDNEY, Nov 15: Australia’s cricket selectors today named an unchanged ...more Durand Cup 99' will NEW DELHI, Nov 15: The soccer crazy denizens of the ...more Langer keeps place SYDNEY, Nov 15: Australia’s cricket selectors today named an unchanged ....more |
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Military
Police Excelsior Correspondent UDHAMPUR, Nov 15: The motor cycle expedition of the Corps of Military ...more Open Squash Championship Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: While Arshad Khan and Dinesh Chopra continued their winning ....more Football League
Tournament Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Continue its triumph spree, NGR Club defeated Engineers XI and ....more Distt Boxing
Championship Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Ajay Sharma out-classed Vinay Gupta clinched gold medal in the Fly Weight category while Ranjeet Singh Shan, Kapil ...more Pakistan notch big ADELAIDE, Nov 15: Pakistan demolished South Australia by an innings and 26 runs on the final day of their four-day cricket ...more |
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Advanta Championship PHILADELPHIA, Nov 15: Five weeks after suffering a wrist injury that had her contemplating sitting out the rest of the year, Lindsay Davenport won her final tuneup for this week’s season-ending Chase Championships with a 6-3 6-4 victory over number one-ranked Martina Hingis in the title match of the 520,000 dollars Advanta Championships. The victory was the number two-ranked Davenport’s sixth tournament title of 1999. She had lost in the Advanta finals in the last two years, to Hingis in 1997 and Steffi Graf last year. Davenport injured her left wrist in a match in Filderstadt, Germany, in a match against Silvia Farina in early October. The original diagnosis was torn cartilage, which would have required surgery, then was determined to be ligament damage, which is considered less serious. Davenport said she still considered taking the rest of the year off, but her coach, Robert Van’t Hof, talked her out of it. "I had suggested that maybe I should take the rest of the year off, but he thought it would be good if I could finish the year strong," she said. "It took about a week, but he talked me into it." Davenport was forced to pull out of her doubles match Saturday night when her wrist swelled up, but she was able to bounce back Sunday and play an efficient, controlled match against Hingis, whom she has now defeated in five of her last seven tries dating back to the beginning of 1998. The two hadn’t played since the beginning of 1999 at a tournament in Sydney. "I felt I had a lot chances today, and I was taking them," she said. "That allows you to swing freely and with more confidence." Davenport countered Hingis’ assortment of drop shots, lobs and hard groundstrokes with varied placement on her serves that had Hingis off-balance for much of the match. Davenport lost her serve in the second game of the match and not thereafter. "I was able to serve myself out of trouble a lot today," Davenport said. "I’ve been getting more and more out of my serve, and now I know I can hit any type of serve I want on any point. I’ve worked on it a lot — it’s been a long process." A service break in the fifth game of the first set was enough for Davenport to carve out an advantage she held until the ninth game, when she broke Hingis again and won the set when Hingis netted a forehand. The second set proceeded on serve as both players saved break points by serving and volleying, hingis in the second game and Davenport in the fifth. Serving at 4-5, Hingis saved one match point with a service winner, and Davenport shanked a backhand return on a second match point before winning the match when Hingis netted a backhand. "I didn’t play badly today, she just played better," Hingis said. "I should have taken advantage in the first set, when she wasn’t serving as well as she was in the second set." Hingis and Davenport are seeded number one and two, respectively, for this week’s Chase Championships. (REUTERS) |
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Australia names unchanged 2nd test team SYDNEY, Nov 15: Australia’s cricket selectors today named an unchanged 12-man squad for the second test against Pakistan starting in Hobart on Thursday. Australia won the first test by 10 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the best of three series. Australia - Steve Waugh (captain), Shane Warne, Greg Blewett, Damien Fleming, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer, Glenn McGrath, Colin Miller, Scott Muller, Michael Slater, Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh (12th man to be named). (REUTERS) |
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Durand Cup 99' will begin from Nov 25 NEW DELHI, Nov 15: The soccer crazy denizens of the capital will rejoice when the country’s premier soccer tournament, the Durand Cup 99' begins here on November 25. Speaking to newspersons here last evening, Major-General S K Awasthi, AVSM the ex-offico Chairman of the Standing Working Committee, said the Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia and second oldest tournament in the world, has become increasingly prestigious owing to the wholehearted support extended by fans of the game. Organised by the defence services since its inception, the tournament this year has been slated from November 25 to December 4. Maj Hen Awasthi said as of now eleven teams have confirmed their participation. They are East Bengal Club, Calcutta, Mohun Bagan Athletic Club Calcutta, Mahindra Mahindra Footaball team, Mumbai, FC Cochin, Kerala, Salgaocar Sports Club, Goa, TATA Football Academy, Jamshedpur, Bhutan XI, Bhutan, Nepal National Youth Team, Nepal, Border Security Force Jalandhar, Army XI and JCT Mills Football Team, Phagwara (Punjab). All these teams have been directly seeded in to quarter-final league. In addition, the winning team of qualifying rounds will also join the league to make it twelve, General Awasthi added. This year the format for the quarterfinal matches has been changed. The teams have been divided in four groups of three teams each. The winner of each group will qualify for the semi-finals. In Group-A are Mahindra Mahindra, JCT Phagwara and Bhutan-XI. In Group-B are Salgaocar, FC Cochin and the qualifying team from the preliminary matches. In Group-C are East Bengal, BSF Jalandhar and Nepal. In Group-D are Mohun Bagan, Army-CI and TATA Football Academy. Maj. Gen Awasthi said the cup has been renamed as the Allwyn Durand Cup 99'’ as Allwyn is the title sponsor. Pepsi and the Indian Oil Corporation are the co-sponsors of the tournament. The Durand Football Tournament was started by Sir Mortimer Durand at Shimla in 1888. In 1940 the venue was shifted to New Delhi. Chief of the Army Staff General V P Malik is the president of the Durand Football Tournament Society. President of India is the patron-in-chief of the society. Royal scots fusilier defeated highland light infantry in the inaugural tournament in 1888. The event was dominated by British Club and Army Teams in the first 50 years. The Mohammedan sporting became the first team to win the cup in 1940. The semi-finals will be held on December one and two and the final on December 4. (UNI) |
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Langer keeps place in Australian team SYDNEY, Nov 15: Australia’s cricket selectors today named an unchanged team for the second test against Pakistan, resisting the temptation to drop out-of-form batsman Justin Langer. Langer has been under pressure to retain his place as the team’s number three batsman after scoring just 96 runs at an average of 16 in his last six tests. His main rival for the job, South Australian left hander Darren Lehmann, has been in sparkling form, smashing an unbeaten century in last weekend’s tour game against Pakistan. But Australia’s selectors decided to stick with Langer for the second test which starts in Hobart on Thursday. Australia won last week’s first test by ten wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the best of three game series. Pakistan captain Wasim Akram said he was surprised by Australia’s decision not to pick Lehmann in the side and move Mark and Steve Waugh up the order. "I think he should be the first middle order choice, maybe after both the Waughs," he said. "He should be there because he is one of the best players Australia has in both forms of cricket, test match and one-dayers." Australia - Steve Waugh (captain), Shane Warne, Greg Blewett, Damien Fleming, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer, Glenn Mcgrath, Colin Miller, Scott Muller, Michael Slater, Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh (12th man to be named). (REUTERS) |
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Football League
Tournament Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Continue its triumph spree, NGR Club defeated Engineers XI and consolidated its position in the on-going Football League tournament while National Club beat New Dogra in the another junior category match. In the senior category, Young Star out-classed Jammu Sports-A by a solidarity goal. In the first match, NGR Club, with the help of Ranjeet Sharma, out-played Engineers XI and continued its winning campaign. Ranjeet scored first goal in the 28th minute through the penalty kick. The penalty kick was awarded when Krishan Lal of Engineers XI handed the ball in the the forward area. Second goal was scored in the 50th minute. Although the Engineers XI made many attempt to score but defence line of the winners frustrated all their attempts. With this victory, NGR Club has consolidated its position in the junior category of the on-going tournament. In another match National Club defeated New Dogra 2-1 in a close fight. Surinder Nath of National Club scored both the goals for his team. Surinder scored first goal in the 8th minute but Amarjeet of New Dogra equlised in the 15th minute. In the 55th minute Surinder scored another goal and help his team to get 2-1 victory over New Dogra. In the senior section, Young Star beat Jammu Sports-A by 1-0 and further consolidated its position in the on-going tournament. A virtual close contest, Satpal of the winners scored solidarity goal in the 63rd minute of the match. With the excellent pass of the Narinder Chopra, Satpal kicked the ball in the goal post of Jammu Sports. Referees of the today’s matches were Shiv Pal Sharma, Jeol Joseph, Kamal Kishore, Clinton, Rakesh Sandhu, Romesh Chander, Harbans Singh, A Sahu, Yogesh Kohli and Bishamber Singh. |
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Distt Boxing
Championship Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 15: Ajay Sharma out-classed Vinay Gupta clinched gold medal in the Fly Weight category while Ranjeet Singh Shan, Kapil Manchanda and Nischay Sharma got gold medals in their respective categories. Shan beat Hilal Raivazi who was disqualified while Kapil Manchanda and Nischay Sharma out-played Ranjeet Singh and Sunil Singh respectively. In the Sub-Junior categories Mohammed Kalim beat Mohammed Adil in E-I/21 category, Chander Mehra out-played Juver Khan in E-2/26 category, Rakesh Mehra defeated Sunil Singh in D-2 category, Vishal Mehra beat Ashwani Sharma in E-3 category, Sunny Sharma beat Sunny Mehra in D-3, Sunny Sharma defeated Sunil Dev Singh in E-2 category, Tarun Kumar out-classed Vikash Sharma in B-5 category, Sunil Dev Singh out-played Chander in E-2 category, Mohammed Adil beat Vishal. |
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Pakistan notch big win over South Australia ADELAIDE, Nov 15: Pakistan demolished South Australia by an innings and 26 runs on the final day of their four-day cricket match today in a confidence-boosting tune-up to this week’s second test against Australia. South Australia, who resumed at 181-7, were dismissed for 250 in their second innings at the Adelaide Oval, the same score as they made in their opening innings. Pakistan scored 526 in their first innings. It was Pakistan’s first win of the tour, with the tourists beaten by ten wickets in the first test last week. But today’s victory will provide a welcome boost ahead of the second test, starting in Hobart on Thursday. Leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed and off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq cleaned up the South Australia tail during the morning session on Monday, with Mustaq having Peter McIntyre (1) caught at slip by Ijaz Ahmed to finish with four for 74. Saqlain then had Paul Wilson (20) caught by Ijaz and Mark Harrity (4) out stumped to seal the win. Fast bowler Waqar Younis did not add to his overnight tally of wickets but finished with four for 61 to boost his claims for a test spot. South Australian opener David Fitzgerald defied the Pakistan bowling to finish on 111 not out after resuming from his overnight score of 67. SCOREBOARD: South Australia first innings 250 (D. Lehmann 136 not out) Pakistan first innings 526 (Ijaz Ahmed 141, Yousuf Youhana 90) South Australia second innings (overnight 181-7) D.Harris lbw b Waqar Younis 12 D.Fitzgerald not out 111 D.Lehmann c Moin Khan b Waqar Younis 11 J.Vaughan c sub b Waqar Younis 2 C.Davies b Mushtaq Ahmed 38 B.Johnson st Moin Khan b Mushtaq Ahmed 32 B.Young c Ghulan Ali b Mushtaq Ahmed 7 G.Manou lbw b Waqar Younis 0 P.Mcintyre c Ijaz Ahmed b Mushtaq Ahmed 1 P.Wilson c Ijaz Ahmed b Saqlain Mushtaq 20 M.Harrity st Moin Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq 4 Extras (b-2 lb-4 nb-6) 12 Total (all out in 84.4 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-22 2-22 3-44 4-102 5-164 6-178 7-179 8-191 9-238. Bowling: Waqar Younis 20-5-61-4, Mohammad Akram 12-2-50-0 (nb-6), Mushtaq Ahmed 32-9-74-4, Saqlain Mushtaq 20.4-5-59-2. Pakistan won by an innings and 26 runs. (REUTERS) . |
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