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Indian target has Kiwis fighting doggedly Dravid, Tendulkar knock centuries, finish at 505 for 3 374 in Ist Test against India MOHALI, Oct 13 : New Zealand batted doggedly on the penultimate day...more
Martin, Kuerten tumble VIENNA, Oct 13: Second seed Todd Martin blamed an unexpectedly...more
Pak cricket team to SHARJAH, Oct 13: The Pakistani cricket team will go back to its famous....more |
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KVs Regional Sports Meet Jammu Cluster to meet Pathankot for double title in Cricket Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 13: Jammu Cluster will take on Pathankot for the double title in........more Impressive win for Seniors Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 13: Most favourites Seniors Cricket Club registered an impressive.....more Daleep, Sandeep enter Juniors
final Excelsior Correspondent POONCH, Oct 13: Daleep Singh and Sandeep entered into the Juniors finals in....more National School Games Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 13: Jammu and Kashmir defeated.....more NSS organises painting, Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 13: National Service Scheme (NSS), University...more Singapore Open SINGAPORE, Oct 13: Indian tennis ace Leander Paes...more |
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fighting doggedly MOHALI, Oct 13 : New Zealand batted doggedly on the penultimate day today in a bid to stave off defeat against India which had set them a tough target of 374 to win the first cricket test here after centuries by Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Making a remarkable comback, India - shot out for 83 in the first innings - piled up 505 for three in their second knock. The massive score was achieved mainly through Dravid (144), Tendular (126 not out) and a quick-fire unbeaten 64). By stumps, the Kiwis had made 80 for the loss with Matt Horne and Craig Spearman battling it out on 26 and 30 respectively. Horne and Spearman added 56 runs for the second wicket after paceman Javagal Srinath had dismissed Mathew Bell for seven. The Indian spinners toiled in vain on a pitch of low bounce and the Kiwi pair were ever vigilant to deny the hosts any further breakthrough. The stylish Dravid and no nonsense Tendulkar played perfect knocks for their team’s cause as the hosts completed a dramatic turnaround in fortunes after a forgettable first day to set a Kiwis an virtually unattainable target to win or the more challenging task of playing out eight hours plus the mandatory overs to save the match which they began with a bang. But the day belonged to Dravid (144 - 418 m, 327 b, 18x4) and tendulkar (126 no - 397 m, 248 b, 14x4) who notched up back to back hundreds in a splendid 229-run third wicket stand. Tendulkar cracked his 20th century and Dravid his sixth overall and first at home - after making 124 not out and 107 respectively against Sri Lanka at Colombo in February in the last Test India played. The Indian skipper then came up with a racy 95-run unbroken fourth wicket stand with an enterprising Ganguly (64 no - 70 m, 75 b, 10x4, 1x6), who flourished after Nathan Astle dropped a return catch when he was on zero, before the declaration came as expected. But the Mohali wicket proved to be of low bounce and both the Kiwi batsmen reflected their new-found confidence in baulking the Indians to leave the match interestingly poised. Resuming at the overnight score of 303 for two, Dravid and Tendulkar showed a sense of purpose as they added 115 runs in the 28 overs in the morning session, in sharp contrast to their laboured effort at consolidation yesterday. Dravid drives through the straight field and cut left-arm spinner Vettori delectably to reach his first test century on Indian soil in the fifth over of the day, cutting Vettori to the backward point fence. His hundred came in 328 minutes off 254 balls and was studded with 12 fours.(PTI) |
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Martin, Kuerten tumble out in first round VIENNA, Oct 13: Second seed Todd Martin blamed an unexpectedly slow court for his first round defeat in the Austrian Indoor Tournament yesterday. Martin went down 7-6 6-7 6-4 to unseeded Czech Jiri Novak and Goran Ivanisevic eliminated the tournament’s number three, Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten, 6-1 6-7 6-4. French Open finalist Andrei Medvedev had little trouble beating wild card Oliver Marach of Austria 6-4 6-2. Martin, who has not competed since losing to fellow American Andre Agassi in five sets at the final of the U.S. Open four weeks ago, said: "I came here expecting an indoor court but instead it was more like a clay court — very slow." "It’s a bit frustrating when you are unable to rely on your bread and butter. It was disconcerting and put me in a strange position." "But I’m not complaining and saying I don’t like it. I think we should play such surfaces more often." Martin, a semifinalist here in 1996 and 1998, said his lengthy break was not the reason for his loss. "I was tired. I needed the break. But it’s not why I lost. It’s never that heartbreaking to lose to a player who played a really good match like Novak did," added the world number four. Novak, ranked 34th in the world, almost wrapped up victory in straight sets but Martin saved a matchpoint by hammering in three consecutive aces to level at 5-5. Ivanisevic, who posted his best result of an otherwise disappointing year by reaching last week’s semifinals in Basle, said a more relaxed attitude to the sport had helped him. "I was perhaps too good and like a robot. I was putting too much pressure on myself. It’s important to go out and have some fun," he said. "Now, when I want to practice I do and when I don’t I go shopping or sightseeing." (REUTERS) |
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Pak cricket team to go back to its logo SHARJAH, Oct 13: The Pakistani cricket team will go back to its famous "star logo" when it begins its campaign in the Coca Cola Cup Championship with a match against the West Indies here tomorrow. This was decided after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) conducted a survey to know the public opinion about the new logo, depicting a batsman and a bowler in action, introduced last month on a trial basis. "The public response to the new logo was not favourable so the PCB decided to go back to its original logo", assistant manager of the Pakistani team Sahebzada Ahmed Khan told reporters here last evening. Pakistani skipper Wasim Akram appeared relaxed and exuded confidence that the team would perform well in the Sharjah Tour-nament. "Though we just had three one-day international games in Toronto since the World Cup, we are looking forward to the challenges ahead", he said. Wasim said "Sharjah has always been a special assignment for us but this time it is even more important as the tournament is a prelude to the tough test series against Australia". He said the games against both Sri Lanka and the West Indies were not going to be easy as they were top teams in the world. "But I am sure the boys will not take too much time to get back into form". Pakistan coach Wasim Raja said "we have been preparing well for the tournament and all the boys are fully fit and ready to take on their rivals". The spotlight in the Pakistani team will be on tall pacer Shabbir Ahmed in the absence of "Rawalpindi Express" Shoaib Ahmed. (UNI) |
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KVs Regional Sports Meet Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 13: Jammu Cluster will take on Pathankot for the double title in the under-19 and under-16 year cricket tomorrow in the ongoing three-day 15th Kendriya Vidyalaya Inter-Cluster Regional Sports meet being held at different venues here. Earlier, in second semi-finals today, Jammu beat Yol Cluster in the Under-16, while Pathankot had already made it into the finals beating Udhampur in the first semi-final which played yesterday. While in the under 19 group, Pathankot Cluster outplayed Udhampur to find berth in the finals, while Jammu defeated Yol Cluster in the first semi-final yesterday. Detail results CRICKET In the first semi-finals, Jammu defeated Yol Cluster by five wickets. Earlier, after winning the toss and opted to field, Jammu Cluster bowled out Yol at 87 in 18 overs. Vivek Koul scored 14, while Ajay contributed 19 with three boundaries. Extras added a hefty sum of 36 runs. Neeraj bagged four wickets for Jammu, while Pradeep took two. Rama, Vishal and Kunal shared one each. Chasing the total, Jammu scored 88 in 12 overs for the loss of five wickets. Kunal scored 39 off 28 balls including four boundaries and one six, while Neeraj contributed 26 in just 14 deliveries. Varun added 10 off four balls. From Yol, Tek Bahadur took two for 16. Neeraj was declared man of the match for his all round performance. In the second match in the under-19 group, Pathankot defeated Udhampur Cluster by four wickets to reach the final stage. Earlier, Udhampur won the toss and asked Udhampur to bat first. Batting first, Udhampur lost all the wickets for 115 in 19.4 overs. Rahul (18) and Varun (17) were main scorers, while Vinod and Sohan Singh contributed 15 and 12 runs respectively. From Pathankot, Sukhwinder claimed four wickets for 13. Jasbinder and Divas shared two each. In reply, Pathankot achieved the target sparing two deliveries for the loss of six wickets. Jasbinder scored maximum 37 runs of 36 balls with four boundaries. While Narinder and Vipin contributed 16 and 14 runs. Rahul and Sohan Singh bagged two wickets for 14 and 10 runs respectively. Jaswinder Singh was declared man of the match for 37 runs and four wickets. The matches were conducted by Harmeet Singh, Mohinder Singh and Shamsher Singh. The Cricket matches are being organised by Messrs S K Sharma and Manjeet Singh, Incharge Sports, KV 2 Jammu Cantt. BADMINTON Pathankot beat Yol Cluster 2-0. Arunesh beat Kanishk 15-4, 15-6 and Rajender beat Ankush 15-13, 15-13. Jammu beat Udhampur Cluster 2-0. Sunny beat Sumit 15-10, 15-11 and Parvinder bat Rahul 15-4, 15-7. BASKETBALL Yol Cluster beat Udhampur 33-19. Mohinder and Manjeet scored 12 and 10 points respectively for winners, while Santosh was the maximum point earner with 14 for Udhampur. Pathankot beat Jammu Cluster 24-15. Ranjeet and Arijit scored nine and four points respectively for Pathankot, whereas, Parvinder and Chandan contributed three and four points respectively for Jammu. TABLE TENNIS Udhampur Cluster beat Jammu 2-0. Aditiya beat Arun 21-7, 21-0 and Vivek beat Sourav 21-15, 21-14. Yol Cluster beat Pathankot 2-0. Nikhil beat Bhopinder 21-10, 25-23 and Lakhbir beat Diwakar 21-13, 21-14. Table Tennis matches are being conducted by Mr Parkash Chand, PET, KV 4 Pathankot. KV GANDHI NAGAR On the second day of the Hockey, Basketball, Handball, Badminton and Table Tennis competitions for girls, Jammu and Pathankot Clusters shared honours winning two events each. Jammu won Hockey title beating Yol Cluster 3-0. Simpy scored two goals, while Gurjeet one. The Handball title was also claimed by Jammu Cluster beating Pathankot 6-5. While, Pathankot took home two events of Badminton and Table Tennis beating Yol Cantt Cluster. The Table Tennis matches were conducted by Ms Sudha Goutam, PGT Maths. MIRAN SAHIB Kendriya Vidyalaya Miran Sahib is hosting the events of Volleyball, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi and Handball in boys section. The meet was declared open yesterday by Brig. R K Panda, Chairman VMC. While, the Principal of the school, Mr V K Sharma welcomed the distinguished gathering, besides participants and red the sports report. The results Kho-Kho: Udhampur Cluster beat Pathankot; Jammu Cluster beat Pathankot and Udhampur beat Yol Cluster. Volleyball: Udhampur beat Pathankot 2-1; Pathankot beat Jammu Cluster 2-1 and Yol Cluster beat Udhampur 2-1. Kabaddi: Yol Cluster beat Udhampur by one point; Pathankot defeated Udhampur Cluster by 15 points and Yol Cluster beat Jammu by four points. SAMBA The Athletics events which are being held at Kumaon Stadium in Samba today concluded with the conduct of finals of 5,000 and 3,000 meters races. While, the other events of Swimming, Hockey, Football will be completed tomorrow, the final day of the three-day meet. The final results HOCKEY: Pathankot draw with Jammu Cluster. FOOTBALL: Jammu draw with Yol Cantt Cluster 1-1. SWIMMING Boys 100 meter Breast Stroke under 17 yr: Saurabh Guniyal of KV Amritsar, Ist and Devraj Yadav of KV Pathankot, 2nd. 100 meter Breast Stroke under 14 yr: Rohan Patil of KV 2 Amritsar, Ist; Akshar Rana of KV Samba, 2nd and Rupak of KV Samba, 3rd. Under 19 yr: Deepak of KV 1 Amritsar clinched first position. 100 meter Back Stroke under 17 yr: Parveen Singh of KV Kaluchak, Ist and Devnath Yadav of KV Nangalpur, 2nd. 100 meter Free Style under-17 yr: Karan Raina of KV Nagrota bagged first slot. Under-19 yr: Kuljeet Singh of KV Samba claimed the first position. 200 meter Free Style under 17 yr: Surinder Kumar of KV Kaluchak, Ist and Sunny Sangral of KV 1 Jammu, 2nd. 100 meter Back Stroke under 14 yr: Akshar Rana of KV Samba, Ist; Deepak Sehrawat of KV 2 Jammu, 2nd and Shivesh Sharma of KV Domana finished third. Under-19 yr: Ghan Shyam Gurung of KV 4 Pathankot, Ist and Sudeep Singh of KV 1 Amritsar, 2nd. 200 meter Free Style under 14 yr: Mahmood Ahmad, Ashwini and Vikrant of KV Samba shared first, second and third positions respectively. 200 meter Back Stroke under 17 yr: Murali Mohan, Vishwanath Pandey and Somnath Pandey of KV 1 Udhampur bagged first, second and third positions respectively. In the 200 meter Breast Stroke under 19 yr, Deepak Awasthi of KV 1 Amritsar bagged the first slot. ATHLETICS 5000 meter running under-19 yr: Ashok Kumar of KV Yol Cantt, Ist; Kamaljeet Singh of KV Yol Cantt, 2nd and Harvant Singh of KV Amritsar finished third. 200 meter under 19 yr: Vijay Kumar of KV 2 Pathankot, Ist; Rajender Kumar of KV 1 Akhnoor, 2nd and Raman Kumar of KV Udhampur, third. High Jump under-14 yr: Anil Kumar of KV Udhampur, Ist; Harikesh of KV Udhampur, 2nd and Harvinder Singh of KV Amritsar, 3rd. High Jump under 17 yr: Deepak of KV 2 Pathankot, Ist; Sourav of KV 2 Pathankot, 2nd and Suryakant of KV Bantalab finished third. Shot Put under-19 yr: Shashi Kant of KV Yol Cantt, Ist; Ajay Dogra of KV Jyotipuram, 2nd and Manmohan of KV Lakhanpur, 3rd. Javelin Throw under-19 yr: Harvant Singh of KV IASR, Ist; Shashi Kant of KV Yol, 2nd and Sunil Kumar of KV 3 Pathankot, third. Under-17 yr: Ganesh of KV 3 Pathankot, Ist; Vinod Kumar of KV 1 Udhampur, 2nd and Rahul of KV 1 Udhampur, 3rd. High Jump: Arvinder of KV Udhampur, Ist; Shashi Kant of KV Udhampur, 2nd and Sandeep Kumar of KV 1 Jammu, 3rd. Discuss Through under-19 yr: Shashi Kant of KV Yol, Ist; Ajay Kumar of KV 1 Akhnoor, 2nd and Ashok Kumar of KV 1 Akhnoor, 3rd. 200 meter race under 14 yr: Abhijeet of KV Nangalpur, Ist; Ranjeet Singh of KV IASR, 2nd and Ajay Pal of KV Tibri, 3rd. Under-17 yr: Manjeet Singh of KV Tibri, Ist; Sanjeev Biswas of KV Nangalpur, 2nd and Anil of KV Yol Cantt, 3rd. Discuss throw under 17 yr: Ranjeet Basu of KV 1 Pathankot, Ist; Bashir Ahmed of KV Baramulla, 2nd and Harmandeep of KV 1 Udhampur, 3rd. |
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National School Games Excelsior Correspondent SRINAGAR, Oct 13: Jammu and Kashmir defeated Rajasthan in the inaugural tie of the 45th National School Games in under-19 year Football which began at Bakhshi Stadium, here today. J&K dominated the field through out to finish the match 3-1. In another match of the day, Orissa defeated Tripura by a solitary goal after having a tough fight during the match time. However, the tie between Maharashtra and Madhaya Pradesh (MP) ended in a 2-2 draw. Earlier, the meet was declared open by the Minister for Science, Technology and Information and Youth Services and Sports, Mr M K Ajatshatru Singh. In all, 20 states are taking part in the competitions which are being conducted under the aegis of School Games Federation of India. |
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NSS organises painting, essay competition Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 13: National Service Scheme (NSS), University of Jammu organised painting and essay competition in the Campus here, today. The topic for essay was ‘India’s Role in International Peace and Security’ and for Painting, the topic was ‘Child Labour-A curse to Humanity. Around 66 students from different colleges of Jammu Division participated in the function. Dr V K Kapoor, Coordinator, NSS was chief guest, while the function was presided over by Prof Devinder Singh, chairman, NSS Campus unit. |
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Singapore Open SINGAPORE, Oct 13: Indian tennis ace Leander Paes struggled with his first serves and despite playing an aggresive game, bowed to fleet-footed American Michael Chang in the first round of the 725,000 Singapore Open here. Doubles specialist Paes was totally at loss in the first set as he was broken twice - once dropping his serve at love -before losing to former French Open champion Chang 6-1 6-3 in just a shade over an hour. Wildcard Paes, top seeded with Mahesh Bhupathi in the doubles tournament, double-faulted in his first service game before the former world No. 2 came up with blistering returns to subdue the Indian’s charge. Unseeded Chang raced to a commanding 5-0 lead in the first set before paes, down 0-30 in the sixth game, charged at the net and made the American run around the court to set up first game point for himself. Paes wasted no time and blasted a down the middle ace to win his first game. Chang, who had made his intentions clear right from the word go when he started the battle by serving an ace in the opening game, began the seventh game with a double fault. That was the only glimmer of hope for paes to stage a rally but Chang caught him on the wrong foot by playing longer rallies as unforced errors crept into Paes’ game. Serving for the set with two setpoints, Chang caught Paes in a clever manouevre. As Paes approached the net, Chang whipped a forehand return too hard and the Indian just managed to push it into the net. Paes put up a fight in the second set holding his serve comfortably as he adopted aggressive approach. The Indian tried to take every return on his forehand which eventually scripted his downfall. Chang held his serve in the second game and then broke Paes in the next as the Indian wasted an ace, his second, to hand the initiative back to the American. The 27-year-old Chang, with a 21-18 win loss record this year and without any title to his name, looked in devastating form that made him one of the youngest grand slam champions. The right-handed American won the fourth service game at love when Paes pushed a backhand return into the net when 0-40 down. Some semblance of fight was restored when Paes won his two service games though he struggled a bit. Paes’ best effort to tackle Chang came in the sixth game of the second set as the game went to duece, Paes chipping a crosscourt volley to win a point. Chang earned an advantage soon with a big serve and then won his game with a backhand volley. High drama was witnessed in the seventh game as Paes, after being 40-0 on serve, gave away two easy points and seeing an opening, Chang whipped a forehand curling down-the-line return that was too much for Paes to handle. Paes, however, won two successive points to hold his service. Chang won the next one and faced with a situation of serving to save the match, Paes, playing well below his potential, did not take any unnecessary risks as his real campaign lay in the doubles tournament. Chang completed the formalities with a forehand crosscourt winner for a 6-1 6-3 verdict. (PTI) |
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