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Rain forces draw GALLE (SRI LANKA), Sept 26: Heavy rains forced the second cricket test.....more Indian boxers confident KATHMANDU, Sept 26: The ten-member Indian boxing contingent...more
France wins doubles to reach final of Davis Cup LONDON, Sept 26: France will play australia in the final of the Davis Cup after a. .....more SAF-athletics KATHMANDU, Sept 26: India won all but two of the nine Golds, while services athlete ....more Indian swimmers win KATHMANDU, Sept 26: As expected, India’s tryst with destiny in pool events began with a bang with the ...more |
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Arrangements reviewed for cricket coaching camps beginning today Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 26: Arrangements for the cricket coaching ......more
Inter-Army Schools Kho-Kho meet concludes Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 26: Army School, Unchibassi won the over-......more Roller Athlete Club Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 26: Roller Athlete Skating Club (Jandrah) ....more Inter-school Cricket
tourney Excelsior Correspondent REASI, Sept 26: Higher Secondary School, Majalta beat....more Semi-finals line drawn in Inter-Bank TT Tourney Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 26: Semi-finals positions have been cleared .....more |
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Rain forces draw in Australia vs Lanka second test GALLE (SRI LANKA), Sept 26: Heavy rains forced the second cricket test between Australia and Sri Lanka to be abandoned for a draw on the fifth and final day here today. The umpires and captains agreed to call off the match after rain flooded the Galle international cricket stadium. After 19 minutes of play today, a sudden downpour forced the players back to the pavilion. Only 4.2 overs of the scheduled 105 overs were bowled after play commenced on time under bright sunshine before an unexpected downpour brought play to a premature end. Play was washed out yesterday too due to heavy rains. Sri Lanka, who resumed at 44 for no loss, carried the total to 55 without loss with Sanath Jayasuriya moving on to 21 and Mervan Atapattu to 28 when play was stopped. Sri Lanka were 44 without loss in their second innings for an overall lead of 112 runs at close of play Friday. Sri Lanka made 296 in the first innings and Australia replied with 228. The third and final test commences at the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds in Colombo on Thursday. Sri Lanka lead the three-test series 1-0 having won the first test by six wickets at Kandy. (AFP) |
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Indian boxers confident of good performance KATHMANDU, Sept 26: The ten-member Indian boxing contingent, spearheaded by Asian Games gold medallist NG Dingko Singh, is confident of putting up a good show in the 8th SAF Games Boxing Competitions begining at the Shahanshah hall here tomorrow. The Indian boxers, who had bagged an impressive haul of ten gold and two silver medals in the last SAF games in Chennai, however, have not lived upto their reputation when the games have been held outside India, managing just one gold in the three editions before Chennai. The boys have not done so well outside because of a variety of reasons. The crowd factor plays a big role in boxing and it is only natural that the boys do well in their own country, The Indian team chief coach Gurbux Singh Sandhu said. I am keeping my fingers crossed. The boys are all in good shape and I am only hoping that we perform better than the previous editions, the coach said. Sandhu said he was optimistic that the Indian pugilists would return home with a few gold medals in their kitty, though the Pakistani and Nepali boxers could prove to be tough opponents. Dingko Singh, in the bantamweight category, Gurcharan Singh in light heavy and Jitendra Kumar in the middle weight category were strong contenders for the coveted gold medal but would have to really work hard for it. Some of the other Indian boxers like Mohammad Ali Qamar (light weight), Dalbir Singh (fly weight) and Ramanand (feather weight) and Z V Jollyson (welter weight) were also medal prospects for the country. The weighing was done this morning taking the Indians by surprise as they were earlier informed that it would be done tomorrow. The last minute change in programme prompted the Indians to change their schedule. The draws will be done later in the day. (PTI) |
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France wins doubles to reach final of Davis Cup LONDON, Sept 26: France will play australia in the final of the Davis Cup after a convincing doubles victory. It is the third time this decade that France has made the finals. The French pair of Olivier Delaitre and Fabrice Santoro defeated the inexperienced Belgian team of Xavier Malisse and Christophe Van Garsse 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, giving France an insurmountable 3-0 lead in a best-of-five semifinal series. France had taken a 2-0 lead on Friday on singles victories by Sebastien Grosjean and Cedric Pioline. In the other semifinal, Australia took an invincible 3-1 lead over Russia, after Lleyton Hewitt’s 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 win over Yevgeny Kafelnikov today. Kafelnikov and Andrei Olhovskiy had defeated Aussies Mark Woodforde and Sandon Stolle 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 8-6 earlier in doubles. Delaitre and Santoro, wimbledon doubles semifinalists this year and both top 20 doubles players, were favored against a Belgian pair playing together for the first time. They broke Van Garsse’s service in the second game of the match, which proved enough to take the first set. The French pair were sharper at the net and never allowed the Belgians to reach break point. (Coach) guy (forget) told us that we had to be at the very highest level of play very quickly, Santoro said. We forced their second service and errors crept into their game. France, which will have home court advantage in the final against Australia, is looking for its third Davis Cup triumph of the decade. The final will be played at either nice or bordeaux. France beat the United States 3-1 in the 1991 final at Lyon and defeated Sweden 3-2 at Malmo in 1996. In qualifying-round best-of-5 series, with the winners advancing to the world group for next year’s competition, it was Czech Republic 3, Uzbekistan 0 Finland 2, Italy 1 Zimbabwe 2, Chile 1 Britain 2, South Africa 1 Spain 3, New Zealand 0 and Germany 2, Romania 1. (AP) |
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Arrangements reviewed for cricket coaching camps beginning today Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 26: Arrangements for the cricket coaching camps being held from tomorrow at Srinagar and Jammu were reviewed at a meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association held here today. The Minister for Information, Youth Services and Sports, Mr Ajatshatru Singh who is also the president of the Association presided. During the camps, senior group players would be selected for Ranji Trophy while the players under 19 years and 16 years would be selected for participation in Kooch Bihar and Vijay Merchant Trophy tournaments. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Ajatshatru Singh directed the management to clear the pending dues of the players. He also stressed the need of providing specialised coaching to the players of the State so that they can give a better performance in the Ranji Trophy and other matches. He said that the Association is committed to boost cricket in the State and for this purpose, concerted measures are being adopted which include proper coaching to the players after their final selection. The secretary of the Association, Mr Mehboob Iqbal apprised the president that the coaching camps for the players would simultaneously be started at Jammu and Srinagar from tomorrow, this year. He said that the calendar of the activities would also be circulated among the players shortly. The members of the working committee of the Association expressed their gratitude to the president for induction of two persons from the state in the Board of Cricket Control of India. These persons are Mr Pran Malhotra and Mr Madan Lal inducted as member of Finance and Vijay Trophy Committees respectively. The Ranji Trophy matches are starting in various States of the country from October 21. The meeting was attended by all members of the working committee of State Cricket Association. |
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Inter-school Cricket
tourney Excelsior Correspondent REASI, Sept 26: Higher Secondary School, Majalta beat Higher Secondary School, Chenani by 58 runs to enter the second round of the ongoing Inter-school Cricket Tournament at Sports Stadium, here today. Batting first after winning the toss, Majalta school set a target of 120 runs. Sunil Sharma, Anil Kumar and Mohd Farooq contributed 25, 16 and 14 runs respectively. From Chenani school, fast bowler Amit Pachala took four wickets, while Atul Sharma took two. Chasing the total, Chenani school was all-out at 62 in 15th over of the 20 overs match. Farooq, Anil took three and two wickets respectively, while Ashwani and Raghubir shared one each. In another match of the day, Higher Secondary School, Katra beat Nehru Memorial Academy by 18 runs. After winning the toss and opted to bat first scored 138 runs. Raman and Amit contributed 26 and 16 runs respectively. Chasing the total, Nehru Memorial Academy was all out at 120. Arun, Kishore and Nitin were the highest scores with 30, 32 and 16 runs respectively. From Higher Secondary Katra, Amzad took four wickets, whereas, Sameer and Noor Ahmed claimed one each. The tournament is being organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports. |
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Semi-finals line drawn in Inter-Bank TT Tourney Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Sept 26: Semi-finals positions have been cleared in the Dr C D Deshmukh Inter-bank Table Tennis Tournament which began at RBI building, Rail head complex, here today. In the semi-finals tomorrow, National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) will take on Bank of India, Jammu in the first semi-final, while in the second semi-final, State Bank of India (SBI)-I will be playing with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for the final slot. In the preliminary rounds, NABARD-2 beat SBI-2, while SBI-4 had to work hard to down SIDBI in five matches. In another match, RBI-I beat NABARD-II. In other matches held in the evening session, NABARD-I beat SBI-IV and RBI-I defeated NABARD-2. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Mr R P Gupta, Deputy General Manager in presence of other officials and players from the participating banks. In his welcome address, Mr B S Kirola, secretary of the Sports Club read out a brief resume on the life of Dr Deshmukh. The tournament which is an annual feature is being organised by RBI Sports and Cultural Club, Jammu in memory Dr Deshmukh, the first Governor of independent India. |
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SAF-athletics KATHMANDU, Sept 26: India won all but two of the nine Golds, while services athlete C Anil Kumar and Sri Lanka’s Damayanthi Darsha emerged as the fastest man and woman respectively with record breaking performances on the opening day of the athletic events in the eighth SAD Games here today. Shotputters Surjinderjit Kaur (women) and Bahadur Singh (men) joined the bandwagon hurling the iron ball to a record distance of 15.52 m and 19.15 m respectively to win the Gold. Anil Kumar, who crased the existing 100 m record of 10.49 set by Lankan sprinter Chintaka De Zoysa in the last SAD Games at Chennai with a time of 10.44 secs in the heats, reserved his best for the final race, which he won in a canter clocking 10.37 secs to emerge as the fastest runner. The men’s 100 m race turned out to be a battle between two Indians. Anil, who had a false start, gained a quick lead and accelerated towards the end to win by a narrow margin. C Thirugananadurai with a time of 10.42 finished behind Anil to help India finish 1-2 in the 100 m dash. Bangladesh’s Mahbub Alam won the Bronze at 10.54. However, it was Damayanthi Darsha, double Gold medallist in the Bangkok Asian Games, who won the much touted battle against India’s P T Usha with a superb time of 11.19 secs to winthe women’s 100m sprint. Darsha’s performance was .23 seconds, better than her compatriot susanthika Jayasinghe’s 11.42 in 1995 games. It turned out to be aone-horse race as Darsha, who won the silver in Chennai, was quick off the blocks and led from start to finish to win the race. For 24-year-old Darsha, who gave a new lease to life to Sri Lankan athletics, this was her career best performance after her 11.27 in Bangkok Asian Games. She did 11.42 in the Junior Asian Championships at Indonesia in 1994. 35-year-old Usha, who did well back home in the domestic meets prior to the SAF Games promised a better show, had to be content with the Silver medal and Saraswati Dey, who kept up good pace with her compatriot bagged the Bronze. Usha had a time of 11.43 while Saraswati had 11.75. The other Indian who hogged the limelight was Surjinderjit Kaur who won the shot put with a measure of comfort. She cleared 15.52m, .34 metres better than Amandeep Kaur’s 15.18 in Chennai, Monika won the Silver way behind her compatriot with a distance of 13.50 m and Pakistan’s Zeenat Parveen won the Bronze at 12.91 m. Bahadur Singh hardly faced any resistance in rewriting his 1995 SAF record of 18.79m with a distance of 19.15 m to win the Gold Jaiver Singh (India) 17.54 m and Gufran Hussain (Pakistan) 17.42 m won the Silver and Bronze. India lost the Gold only in 100 m women and in men’s marathon, which was won by Sri Lankan gamage Sarath Prasanna 2:19.32 as, the two Indians in the fray failed to enter in the medal bracket. Other events, which was dominated by India include, 800 m women which was won by middle distance runner K M Beenamol (2:04.88), 3000m steeple chase Amrish Kumar (9:10.02) and high jump men (M V Nagendra Prasad 2.04m), women’s marathon Rigzam Angino (2:55.36). The men’s 800m, scheduled for today, was deferred to tomorrow. Results: Men’s: 100m: C Anil Kumar (India) 10.37 secs, C Thirugnanadurai (Ind) 10.42, Md Alam Abdullah (Bd) 10.54. 3000m steeple chase: Amrish Kumar (Ind) 9 min 10.02 secs Fariyad Hussain (Pak) 9:16.62 Bandara Upendra Indika (sl) 9:44.31. High jump: M V Nagendra Prasad (Ind) 2.04m Rangana Pereira (SL) 2.01 Juby Thomas (Ind) 1.90. Shot put: Bahadur Singh (Ind) 19.15m Jaiveer Singh (Ind) 17.54 Gufran Hussain (Pak) 17.42. Marathon: Gamage Sarath Prasanna (SL) 2 hrs 19 min 32 secs Manoharan Meiyappan (SL) 2:23.42 Rai Ganesh Bahadur (Nep)2:25.05. Women: 100m: Damayanthi Darsha (SL) 11.19 secs P T Usha (Ind) 11.43 Saraswati Dey (Ind) 11.75. 800 m: K M Beenamol (Ind) 2 min 04.88 secs Rosa Kutty (Ind) 2:05.99 Mangala P (SL) 2:10.52. Shot put: Surinderjit Kaur (Ind) 15.52m Monika (Ind) 13.50m Zeenal Parveen (Pak) 12.72. Marathon: Rigzen Angmo (Ind) 2 hr 55 min 36 secs Inoka Dalugoda Arachchige (SL) 2:57.41 Wickrama Arachchige Dona Mallika Chandrakanth (SL) 3:12.31. (UNI) |
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Indian swimmers win 6 golds, set 5 new games records KATHMANDU, Sept 26: As expected, India’s tryst with destiny in pool events began with a bang with the swimmers winning six out of six golds, including five with new games records, in the eighth SAF Games here today. The introduction of women’s events after a gap of eight years, came in as a boost, as Indian mermaid Nisha Millet won the 100 m freestyle with a record timing of 1 min 00.40 secs, bettering the time of 1:02.81 set by Bula Choudhry in the inaugural edition here way back in 1984. Zeba Wadia proved her worth in the 200 m breast stroke with a record shattering effort of 2:50.95, obliterating the existing record of 2:52.10 set by Dipika Chanmugham (Sri Lanka) in 1991 edition at Colombo. Nisha later anchored the team to a splendid victory in the 4 x100 free style relay as India won with a record effort of 4 min 16.36 secs. The Indian quarter not only finished way ahead of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh but also rewrote its own record of 4:20.68 set 15 years ago. The other two records came in the men’s section. S Hakimuddin won the 200 m free style in style. He clocked 01.59.08, knocking 0.36 secs of J Abhijit’s 1:59:44 set in last SAF Games at Chennai. Deepak Singh accounted for the other record in the 100 m breast stroke. He clocked 01:09:03 to better the performance of his compatriot Sebastian Xavier’s 1:09.72 in 1995 games. India asserted their supremacy finishing 1-2 in most of the events, winning way ahead of the rivals. It was chance for the Indian swimmers to better their performances and it was proved beyond doubt by none other than Nisha Millet, who is the undisputed queen in the country. Nisha, was heads and shoulders above the rest. She was quick to jump and gained an early lead. She turned back quickly and accelerated the pace in the last 50 metres to win comfortably. Srilanka’s Theekshana Rathnasekara and Radeesha Daluwatte finished way behind the Indian to grab the silver and bronze respectively. Nisha later completed a personal double anchoring the team to a victory in the relay. It was a personal double for Zeba too, who defeated her compatriot Shikha Tandon in the 200 breast stroke to win the race in a record time., and playing her part to perfection in the relay. Swimming: results - Men: 200 m free style: S Hakimuddin (Ind) 1:59.08 Martin Joseph (Ind) 2:02.14 Kamal Salman Masud (Pak) 2:02.15. 100m breast stroke: Deepak Singh (Ind) 1:09.03 Anthony Conrad Francis (SL) 1:10.54 MD Niaz Ali (BD) 1:10.97. 400m individual medley: Kailash Math (Ind) 4:58.88 Shalendra Marlon Delano (SL) 5:02.73 Zulfiqar Ali (Pak) 5.11.45. Women: 100 m free style: Nisha Millet (Ind) 1:00.40 Theekshana Rathnasekera (SL) 1:06.20 Radeesha Daluwatte (SL) 1:06.93 200 m breast stroke: Zeba Wadia (Ind) 2:50.95 Shikha Tandon (Ind) 2:57.68: Natasha Harshini (SL) 3:07.37. 4x100 free style relay: India (Nisha Mohite, Shikha Tandon, Zeba Wadia, Nisha Millet) 4:16:36. Sri Lanka (Theekshana Rathnasekera Natasha Harshini, Radeesha Daluwatte, Rasansie Lankage) 4:38.81. Bangladesh (Doli Akhter, Kamala Akhter, Lipi Akhter, Kamola Akhter) 4:59.40. (UNI) |
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