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Sunita Rani appeals NEW DELHI, Jan 5: Distance runner Sunita Rani today appealed to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to return her Asian Games medals "at the earliest" since she had been cleared of doping charges..................more Australia face first home test defeat in four years SYDNEY, Jan 5: Australia have to bat out the entire last day tomorrow to prevent going down to their first home test defeat in four years to resurgent England in the fifth and final cricket test at the Sydney cricket ground. .....more Pakistanis lose all their match fees for slow play CAPE TOWN, Jan 5: Indian match referee Gundappa Viswanath has fined all the Pakistan players their entire match fees for slow play during the .............more India beat Pakistan in four-nation under-19 Hockey NEW DELHI, Jan 5: The Indian under 19 hockey team blanked arch-rivals Pakistan 2-0 in their first league match of a four-nation Asian Hockey Tournament at Kuala Lumpur today. The well contested match saw India.......more |
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Kamal cues history for
J&K, becomes first to qualify pool Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Four time Snooker State champion, Kamal Rohmetra today....more Triple gold for Sanjeev of Jhelum House in Athletics Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Sanjeev Kumar (PSI) clinched three gold medals in short races for Jhelum House in the ongoing SK Police .....more Baba
Jitto Club wins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Baba Jitto Club won the knock-out cricket tournament organised in the memory of Kargil heros beating..........more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Even after netting first two goals, the strong side of Uttar Pradesh could not maintain their pressure and saw their lead being equalised by Chandigarh in a group-B league match of the ongoing.......more |
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NEW DELHI, Jan 5: Distance runner Sunita Rani today appealed to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to return her Asian Games medals "at the earliest" since she had been cleared of doping charges. Sunita Rani, who was stripped of her gold and bronze medals won at the Busan Asian Games following a "positive" test for banned substance nandrolone, has been given clean chits from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Association of Athletics Federations both of whom have recommended that the charges against her be dropped. "Now that I have been proved innocent, I appeal to the Olympic Council of Asia to return my medals at the earliest," Sunita Rani said. Oca has said that the return of her medals was just a formality now. Sunita Rani thanked the Indian Olympic Association and Amateur Athletic Federation of India for supporting her during turbulent times and believing in her innocence. She specially thanked OCA secretary-general Randhir Singh for backing her throughout in the "fight against the injustice" meted out to her. Sunita Rani had won gold in the women’s 1500m run and a bronze in 5,000m. ICO’s Medical Commission upheld an appeal by India that there were discrepancies in the testing procedures at the Seoul laboratory and directed oca not to pursue the case any further. (PTI) |
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Australia face first home test defeat in four years SYDNEY, Jan 5: Australia have to bat out the entire last day tomorrow to prevent going down to their first home test defeat in four years to resurgent England in the fifth and final cricket test at the Sydney cricket ground. Nasser Hussain’s men, outclassed by the Australians in the previous four tests of the series, are on the verge of a tremendous victory having set the world champions an historically out-of-reach 452 runs for victory. Australia, who have dominated world cricket in recent seasons, last lost a test match at home to England in the fourth boxing day test in Melbourne in December 1998 by 12 runs. England, who declared their second innings at 452 for nine off 125.3 overs, made giant inroads into the vaunted Australian batting lineup in the 20 overs to stumps, removing Justin Langer (3), Matthew Hayden (2) and Ricky Ponting (11) cheaply. At close today, Australia were trying to keep their heads above water at 91 for three with nightwatchman Andy Bichel, battling a fractured finger to reach his highest test score of 49 not out and Damien Martyn on 19. Australia, needing 361 runs more to win, face a desperate rearguard to bat out a minimum 90 overs tomorrow to save the match with fine conditions forecast. Yet again Australia’s top order batsmen failed to handle the pressure conditions exerted by England carrying over from the memorable last morning of the fourth test when chasing 107 for victory they lost five wickets before recovering to win. They failed twice again here. Michael Vaughan smashed the flat Australian bowlers, clearly missing the wicket-taking experience of injured champion pair Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, to finish with 183 - his eighth century in his last 12 tests. Vaughan appeared unlucky to be given out lbw to Bichel ending a six and a half hour vigil, occupying 279 balls and including 27 fours and a six. Vaughan and Hussain eclipsed a three-day-old ground record for the third wicket with a 189-run stand. Mark Butcher and Hussain had broken the previous 66-year-old english record of 129 for the third wicket at the ground with their 166 in the first innings on Thursday. Lee dismissed Hussain for 72 with a faint edge to Adam Gilchrist which had the english captain shaking his head in disbelief at the decision. Lee finished with 3 for 132 off 31.3 overs and legspinner Stuart MacGill 3 for 120 off 41 overs. Hussain called his last two batsmen in when Lee began bowling menacing short-pitched deliveries at tailender Steve Harmison, who crashed four fours in his spirited unbeaten 20. As Australia came out to bat late today they faced the prospect of defying test history to topple England. The highest winning chase in test cricket history is India’s 406 for four to beat the West Indies in Trinidad in April 1976, while no team has scored more than 276 in the last innings to win an SCG test. Langer, Hayden and ponting fell to LBW decisions. Andy Caddick got Langer and Ponting, while Hoggard dismissed Hayden. (AFP) |
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Pakistanis lose all their match fees for slow play CAPE TOWN, Jan 5: Indian match referee Gundappa Viswanath has fined all the Pakistan players their entire match fees for slow play during the second test against South Africa at Newlands. Pakistan were thrashed by an innings and 142 runs to lose the series 2-0 today. But there was more heartache after the game as the players went home empty-handed after taking 70 minutes longer than allowed when bowling all day on day one on Thursday and infringing again on the second day as south africa reached a massive 620-7 declared. The Pakistanis’ match fee depends on seniority and status but ranges from an estimated 500 Pounds (800 Dollars) to 4,000 Pounds (6,400 Dollars). (AGENCIES) |
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India beat Pakistan in four-nation under-19 Hockey NEW DELHI, Jan 5: The Indian under 19 hockey team blanked arch-rivals Pakistan 2-0 in their first league match of a four-nation Asian Hockey Tournament at Kuala Lumpur today. The well contested match saw India outplay Pakistan in every department of the game, according to information received here. The other teams in fray are Malaysia and South Korea. Indian Hockey Federation hailed the Indian victory saying it had brought cheers to the fans in an otherwise gloomy sporting scenario. "It is a very good beginning to the new year," Gill told. (PTI) |
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Kamal cues history for
J&K, becomes first to qualify pool Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Four time Snooker State champion, Kamal Rohmetra today created history for Jammu and Kashmir, by becoming the first cueist from the State to qualify the pool and figure among the first 16 ranking in the country in Snooker as pre-quarterfinals line-up has been drawn in the 69th Senior Billiards and Snooker Championship here today. To achieve this feet, Kamal defeated Shivam Arora of Bihar 4-1 (52-58, 78-15, 84-35, 64-5, 72-25) in his fourth and final league match of group-C this morning. Throughout the match, Kamal remained in dominating position and never found it difficult to pot the ball placed for him by Shivam. Whereas, Shivam on he contrary missed number of chances coming his way, to improve his score. Rather, he positioned the balls for Kamal. Now, Kamal will meet Asian Games doubles gold winner, Rafath Habib of Railway in the pre-quarter-finals encounter tomorrow at 10 am on table No. 3. If Kamal wins, he will be meeting the winner of Pankaj Advani (Karnataka) Vs Rishabh Thukral (Delhi) match to be played tomorrow at the same time. The pre-quarter-finals, to be held at 10 am and 12.30 pm tomorrow, will be followed by the quarter-finals matches at 5 pm simultaneously on four different tables at the Hari Niwas Palace Hotel, here. Those, who have qualified for the last 16 stage of knock-out are Alok Kumar (Punjab), Kamal Chawla (MP), Ashish Dhanda (Punjab), Siddharth Parikh (Railway), Rafath Habib (Railway), Kamal Rohmetra (J&K), Pankaj Advani (Karnataka), Rishabh Thukral (Delhi), Yasin Merchant (Maharashtra), K Jhanjharia (MP), Shyam Jagtiani (Railway), Brijesh Damani (WB), Varun Taneja (Railway), Sourav Kothari (WB), A Haque (Orissa) and Dharminder Lilly (Punjab). League results Group-A: Manish Behl (UP) got walkover Parthiv Jhaveri (Gujarat). Group-B: Pankaj Advani (Karnataka) got walkover Jeet Das (Orissa); Dharminder Lilly (Punjab) bt Deepak Goel (Haryana) 52-58, 78-15, 84-35, 64-6, 72-25. Group-C: Kamal Rohmetra (J&K) bt Shivam Arora (Bihar) 69-11, 62-29, 68-19, 67-19; Yasin Merchant (Maharashtra) bt Harpreet (Himachal Pradesh) 81-10, 95-16, 69-53, 72-39. Group-D: Rishab Thukral (Delhi) bt Aman Bhasin (Haryana) 53-70, 59-16, 58-16, 77-3, 25-58, 68-17. Group-E: Lucky Vatnani (AP) bt Atul Chomal (Rajasthan) 51-33, 75-14, 73-14, 72-19; Rafath Habib (Railway) bt Varun Taneja (Railway) 45-74, 48-61, 7-69, 67-23, 76-0, 66-27, 56-4. Group-F: Ashish Dhanda (Punjab) bt Viney Katrela (Karnataka) 27-65, 64-38, 38-51, 82-34, 67-28, 41-70, 76-29. Group-G: Sourav Kothari (WB) got walkover, Sourav Kothari bt Kamal Chawla (MP) 51-54, 28-56, 70-37, 55-42, 60-23, 71-41. Group-H: Siddharth Pareikh (Railway) bt Jai Ganesh (TN) 72-31, 55-54, 87-34, 44-70, 70-35; A Haque (Orissa) bt Rajat Taneja (Delhi) 62-31, 15-64, 53-69, 66-69, 66-69, 66-57, 68-10, 71-18; Devendra Joshi (Maharashtra) bt Siddharth Pareikh (Railway). |
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Triple gold for Sanjeev of Jhelum House in Athletics Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Sanjeev Kumar (PSI) clinched three gold medals in short races for Jhelum House in the ongoing SK Police Academy Sports Meet-2003 at Sher-e-Kashmir Police Academy, Udhampur, here. He remained leader in 100 mts, 200 mts and 400 mts races. Second position in the 100 mts went to Somesh Padha(Tawi House), while Rakesh Kumar (197-PAU) of Sindh House finished third. In 200 mts race, Rajesh Gorkha (PSI) of Tawi House and Baldev Singh (230/PAU) shared second and third positions respectively. Alia Ahmed(PSI) again of Tawi House bagged second place in 400 mts race, while DySP (probationer), Javed Mir (Jhelum House) finished third. In Shot-Put final, Shamim Ahmad (PSI) of Jhelum House remained at the top, while Charandeep (PSI) of Tawi House and Anil Kumar (SgCt. 124-PAU) of Sindh House remained second and third respectively. Firdous(PSI) of Jhelum House bagged first position in Discuss final, while Jagpal Sharma (SI 5868/NGO) of Sindh House remained at number two. Third place went to SgCt. Anil Kumar (124/PAU) of Sindh House. In 1500 meters race final, Purshotam Kumar (constable) of Chenab House bagged first position and Mohd Sharif( PSI) of Jhelum House finished second. Rakesh Kumar (constable) of Sindh House claimed third place. Other results: Basketball: Jhelum House bt Chenab House 24-2 and Tawi House beat Sindh House 32-9. Handball: Jhelum House bt Chenab House 10-2 and Tawi House bt Sindh House 16-4. Kabaddi: Jhelum House bt Tawi House 46-36. |
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Baba Jitto Club wins Kargil heros’ cricket tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Baba Jitto Club won the knock-out cricket tournament organised in the memory of Kargil heros beating Miran Sahib Club by 56 runs in the final played at Government High School, Kirpind, R S Pura today. Batting first after winning the toss, Baba Jitto Club made 119 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of six wickets. In reply, Miran Sahib could not achieve the 120 runs target and lost all the wickets for 63 runs in 17.4 overs. Bajaj was the top scorer from Baba Jitto Club with 40 runs made off just 19 balls with the help of four hits over the fence. He was followed by Sukhdev on the board with 25 runs. From Miran Sahib Club, Pawan Sharma was most successful bowler, who claimed four wickets for 18 runs in four overs. Batting second, Miran Sahib bowled out for 63 runs thereby losing the match by 56 runs. Pawan Sharma was main scorer with 18 runs. Lal Bahadur Singh claimed three wickets for Baba Jitto Club, while Harpal Singh Ranju took two. Pritam Chib, Sukhdev and Bajaj shared one wicket each. In the this final and prize distribution function, Tarlok Singh Bajwa, Member Parliament, was chief guest. Mrs Shanti Devi, MLA, was guest of honour on the occasion. Capt. Bana Singh (PVC) was also present in the function. Speaking on the occasion, both the special guests promised to grant Rs one lakh each for the upliftment of the school ground where final was played. Meanwhile, the organisers of the tournament, J&K Lobana Youth Welfare Association, also remembered the Kargil martyrs from R S Pura tehsil by calling their family members in the function and giving away them mementos. These martyrs were Devinder Singh (Kotli Shah Dula), Balwinder Singh (Kotli Arjan), Tanvir Singh (Kirpind), Rawail Singh (Makhanpur) and Kulbir Singh (Kolpur). The organising committee which spearheaded the organisation of the tournament and the final function worked under the chairmanship of Jaswinder Singh Kukku. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Even after netting first two goals, the strong side of Uttar Pradesh could not maintain their pressure and saw their lead being equalised by Chandigarh in a group-B league match of the ongoing North-Zone under-19 Football Championship underway at GGM Science College grounds, here today. The first draw 2-2 match in this championship gave both sides one point each which will be counted for when the league round will be over. First goal for Uttar Pradesh was scored in the 6th minute by Mohammad Afroz Khan in the 6th minute of the match on a pass from Amit Singh. After taking early lead, UP forward line never looked back and continued their scathing attack on the Chandigarh goal. UP’s attacking strategy yielded results when Mohd Afroz struck his second goal in the 31st minute after getting a well calculated pass from Vir Singh. Two goals down Chandigarh, finding themselves in the troubled waters, started playing a do or die battle. This change in the frame of mind helped Chandigarh frontline to initiate a couple of deadly moves within a few minutes. The one such move, which was a team effort, Chandigarh managed to break UP’s 2-0 lead into 2-1 when Ram Vilas after collecting a header from Inderpreet converted it into a goal. After the drinks, Chandigarh continued their efforts for an equaliser amidst foiling some challenging attacks by the UP. However, Chandigarh attained their goal and turned the score 2-2 in the 68th minute of the match. Vinay had netted the equaliser in the 68th minute on a pass from Inderpreet. A yellow card was shown to Jatinder Singh of Uttar Pradesh in the 51st minute. In tomorrow’s group-A league match, J&K will take on Himachal Pradesh at 2.30 pm. |
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BSF Kashmir-A wins Amit Memorial Volleyball trophy Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: Border Security Force, Kashmir-A lifted the Amit Koul Memorial Volleyball Trophy beating JK Junior-A 3-1 in the final played at Government High School, Muthi, here today. In BSF Kashmir-A’s 3-1 ( 25-15, 22-25, 25-14, 25-17) superb win in the final, Anil Chalil was named as best spiker. Jyoti Sharma and Raghubir Singh gave good fight to BSF Kashmir before losing in the title clash. In the final day of the three-day tournament, organised by Pir Panchal (CESES), a women’s exhibition match was also held wherein Indira Club defeated Pinto Club 25-11, 25-8. The finalists, besides women participants were given away prizes by the chief guest, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, Minister for Rural Development. Speaking on the occasion, Minister lauded the daring act of Amit Koul while fighting the enemy during the Kargil war and sacrificed his life. He said that organising sports events in the memory of martyrs is the best way to highlight the supreme sacrifice made by them for maintaining territorial integrity of the nation. Chairman, Peer Panchal, Romalesh Hangloo informed that Lt. Amit Koul Memorial Volleyball Tournament will be held every year from October 27, on his martyrdom day. Mukesh Kumar and Vijay Koul were among those who played key role in holding this tournament. Vishal Dangal at Panthal on Jan 14 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: A Vishal Dangal is being organised by Shri 108 Swami Nityanand Wrestling Association, Panthal under the aegis of J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association at Panthal in Udhampur on January 14. This was stated by the president of the Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma, who is also president of the Indian Style Wrestling Association of J&K, after taking final decision in a meeting held at Katra today. Giving more details about this dangal, Mr Sharma said that about 60 to 70 wrestlers from the neighbouring states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh in addition to State wrestlers from Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Rajouri, Doda, Budhal, Kalakot, Mungari, Ramnagar, Roun Domail, Panthal, Pouni, Reasi, Akhnoor, Damnote, Kalsote, Panchari, Badhota, Ladha and Dansal. A notable feature of this dangal, Mr Sharma said is that it is being conducted regularly at Panthal for the past more than 100 years every year on the eve of Maker Sankranti day. He disclosed that the organising committee has also decided to honour the best wrestlers of the dangal as "Panthal Kesari 2003' and would be awarded ‘Gurj and Patha’ in addition to a handsome cash prize. A healthy gathering of around ten thousands sports lovers would come to witness the Vishal Dangal, said Sunil Mengi, vice-president and Tilak Mengi. According to the organising committee, all the wrestlers, who will take part in this dangal, will be provided free accommodation, complimentary food besides to and fro fare. Those attended the meeting included Messrs Tilak Raj (vice-president), Raman Kant (Biju Shah, organising secretary), Raman Padha (treasurer), Sunil Mengi, Narayan Dutt, Kushal Kumar, Ved Parkash, Subash Chander and Subash Khajuria. In the end, Mr Sharma said that education without sports is incomplete as it helps in instilling discipline and self confidence among the young generation. Arun’s name figured for SAF Cup Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 5: The star of Jammu and Kashmir, Arun Malhotra, who represented India in the LG Cup, which India won, got yet another opportunity to play for the country in the SAF Cup being held from January 10 in Bangladesh. Special request in this regard was made by the Indian team coach, Stephen Constaintine, to the East Bengal Club for which Arun plays. But, to his dismay, Arun could not get final nod from the Club, presently playing the prestigious Durand Cup in Delhi. According to reports, on the request of Stephen to spare Arun for the SAF Cup, East Bengal Club management express their inability to send another player from the defence. Already, three players from East Bengal are attending the India camp. Arun’s name was among three top players called by the coach. Other two were Varinder Mandal and Coven Lorance. However, upcoming J&K player, Arun when contacted by EXCELSIOR said, "when you are talented such opportunities often come your way, so I have no regrets with the Club’s decision of staying me back with the team". Pakistanis lose all their match fees CAPE TOWN, Jan 5: Indian match referee Gundappa Viswanath has fined all the Pakistan players their entire match fees for slow play during the second test against South Africa at Newlands. Pakistan were thrashed by an innings and 142 runs to lose the series 2-0 today. The Pakistanis’ match fee depends on seniority and status but ranges from an estimated 500 Pounds (800 Dollars) to 4,000 Pounds (6,400 Dollars). (AGENCIES) |
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