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Venus sets up rematch, Roddick in 4th round for first time LONDON, June 28: Venus Williams is back in a Grand Slam groove. She’s pounding serves, dictating points, not letting opponents into the match. And now the two-time Wimbledon ......more NEW DELHI, June 28: India’s Leander Paes and David Rikl of Czech Republic made a smooth entry into third . ........more India
rout Argentina NEW DELHI, June 28: India began their campaign in the Four-nation Hockey Tournament in Hamburg, Germany, in style when they thrashed . ..........more Hyderabad to host World Billiards Championships CHENNAI, June 28: India will host the 2003 World Billiards Championships in Hyderabad in the month of November, dates for which will be announced later. The Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) president P N Roy confirmed this at the managing . ..........more |
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MSCC to meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: Hosts Mohammadan Sporting Cricket Club (MSCC) will take on Ramneek Cricket Club (RCC) in the final of the Ist B A Kitchloo ....more J&K
Cricket Players Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Players Association held a meeting to discuss the present cricket scenario prevailing in the State. .......more Mandal
Club wins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: Mandal Cricket Club defeated Thalwal Cricket Club by two wickets in ......more 24th Annual Basant Garh Kesari Dangal on July 9 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: The 24th Annual Basant Garh Kesari Vishal Dangal will be held on July. .....more |
Venus sets up rematch, Roddick in 4th round for first time LONDON, June 28: Venus Williams is back in a Grand Slam groove. She’s pounding serves, dictating points, not letting opponents into the match. And now the two-time Wimbledon champion gets a chance to inflict her good form on the player responsible for Williams’ surprising exit at the last major. Williams picked up a third consecutive lopsided victory, outclassing French Open semifinalist Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-2 Friday to reach the round of 16 at the All England Club for the sixth year in a row. Williams next faces another Russian, Vera Zvonareva, who beat her in the fourth round at Roland Garros _ Williams’ earliest loss at a slam in two years. The American couldn’t prepare properly for that event because of an abdominal injury. "There’s no excuses for me. I have to perform. If I have a bad day, it’s a bad day," the fourth-seeded Williams said, "but I come back stronger." Andy Roddick is looking rather dominant himself, also not dropping a set yet. He reached Wimbledon’s fourth round for the first time by beating No. 25 Tommy Robredo 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Roddick didn’t lose his serve once and is playing the sort of confident tennis that could very well bring him his first Grand Slam title. His last two wins came on centre court, and he looks quite comfortable in the setting, even if he says otherwise. "I don’t think it can be natural at any time. It’s a very special place. I don’t think it’s ever going to lose that aura," Roddick said. "Obviously, I’m getting more and more used to it. But there are always some jitters early on in a match, for sure." He compiled nine aces and 33 service winners, facing just one break point. Roddick’s opponent for a quarterfinal spot is No. 12 Paradorn Srichaphan, who upset Andre Agassi a year ago. Paradorn defeated 17-year-old spaniard Rafael Nadal, who was trying to become the youngest man in the fourth round since Bjorn Borg in 1973. No. 4 Roger Federer, No. 8 Sjeng Schalken and Australian open runner-up rainer Schuettler also won. Schuettler had the most work to do, overcoming Todd Martin 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 6-1, 7-5 in Martin’s record-tying 14th five-setter at Wimbledon. Ivo Karlovic _ the 6-foot-10 (2.08 meter) qualifier who stunned defending champion Lleyton Hewitt _ bowed out with a 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) loss to 6-foot-5 (1.96 meters) Max Mirnyi despite slamming 26 aces. Women’s matches went to form, too, with one exception: No. 7 Chanda Rubin was beaten 7-6 (6), 6-3 by Silvia Farina Elia, never a quarterfinalist in 43 majors. No. 2 Kim Clijsters and 1999 champion Lindsay Davenport won in straight sets. So did No. 16 Zvonareva, who can expect a tougher time against Williams. "I would take any bet on venus when she plays that girl again," said Williams’ father, Richard. "Venus is focused right now." (AP) |
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NEW DELHI, June 28: India’s Leander Paes and David Rikl of Czech Republic made a smooth entry into third round of the men’s doubles event at Wimbledon Tennis Championships with a straight sets victory today. Paes and Rikl, the fifth seeds, won 6-4 6-4 6-4 against the German duo of Nicolas Kiefer and David Prinosil in a second round match that was suspended yesterday due to poor light after the completion of the first two sets. Paes and Rikl will take on Giovanni Lapentti and Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador in the next round. The Lapenttis beat Jordan Kerr of Australia and Sebastien Prieto of Argentina 2-6 7-6 (7/3) 7-6 (7/3) 6-3 to move into the third round, according to information received here. Sania Mirza advanced to the second round of the girls’ singles with an easy 6-1 6-1 victory against Alyona Tsutaskova of Ukraine. The 16th seed Mirza will take on Eden Marama of New Zealand in the second round. (PTI) |
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India rout Argentina 4-1 in Hamburg opener NEW DELHI, June 28: India began their campaign in the Four-nation Hockey Tournament in Hamburg, Germany, in style when they thrashed Argentina 4-1 in their opening tie last evening. India led 2-0 at half time. According to information received here today, India shot into the lead in the sixth minute when Dilip Tirkey converted a penalty corner. Skipper Dhanraj Pillay had missed a good chance just minutes before, but the team, fresh from a successful tour in Australia, forced the pace of the match to claim the penalty corner. Bouyed by the goal, India continued to subject the Argentinian defence to some excellent passing and stickwork that earned them a second penalty corner in the 12th minute. Tirkey’s dragflick, however, missed the goalpost by inches. Then in the 26th minute, Jugraj Singh scored from another penalty corner to make it 2-0. After the lemon break, India mounted the charge again with Olympian and former skipper Baljit Singh Dhillon making it 3-0 in the 42nd minute from another penalty corner. Argentina tried hard to make a comeback into the match and finally succeeded in the 52nd minute through a penalty corner when Carlos Retegui’s shot beat Indian goalkeeper Devesh Chauhan, who had earlier saved two attempts. But it was India’s day and the team rounded off their first win with the only field goal of the match by Gagan Ajit Singh in the 60th minute to make it 4-1. (UNI) |
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Hyderabad to host World Billiards Championships CHENNAI, June 28: India will host the 2003 World Billiards Championships in Hyderabad in the month of November, dates for which will be announced later. The Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) president P N Roy confirmed this at the managing committee meeting of the BSFI held at the premises of the Tamil Nadu Billiards and Snooker Association. Mr Roy also confirmed that Pakistan will be among the nine nations who will be vying for honours, the others being Thailand, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Malta, Australia, England and India. The Indian players to represent the country will be picked through a qualifying tournament to be held in Maharashtra. Mr Roy also announced that Pankaj Advani and Yasin Merchant will represent India at the World Snooker Championship. The BSFI chief also announced that India will be fielding three players, national snooker champion Pankaj Advani, Sourav Kothari and Aditya Mehta at the world Under-21 Snooker Championships to be held in New Zealand. Manoj Kothari will be the coach of the Indian team. To encourage talent in cue sports at the national level, the BSFI has decided that various state associations will conduct atleast one billiards and snooker tournament from next year. These tournaments will feature the top 16 players spotted in the national championships. The series will culminate in a masters tournament carrying substantial prize money. The points earned by the players will be taken into consideration for selecting the players to represent the country at world, Asian and other international level events. (UNI) |
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MSCC to meet Ramneek Club in final Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: Hosts Mohammadan Sporting Cricket Club (MSCC) will take on Ramneek Cricket Club (RCC) in the final of the Ist B A Kitchloo Memorial Cricket Tournament on July 5 at M A Stadium, here. Earlier, in the semi-finals, MSCC defeated Shastri Cricket Club by six wickets while Ramneek Club outplayed Kulbushan Handa Cricket Club(KHCC) by three wickets to qualify for the title clash. In the second semi-final, KHCC won the toss and decided to bat. They made 146 runs losing in 25 overs off 30 overs match, which, in reply, Ramneek Club chased in 23 overs with three wickets in hand. Manjeet demolished the KHCC batting line-up restricting them at a score of 146. He claimed five wickets, including the openers, for 14 runs in five overs. Kulbushan somehow played confidently contributing unbeaten 31 runs off 19 deliveries including two sixes. Opener Pardeep Bali played slow but important innings adding 31 runs to the score. Raman, Dhruv and Shashi made 27, 15 and 14 runs respectively. Besides Manjeet, Ashish too bowled well taking two wickets. Kamal and Manjeet Singh shared one each. In reply, Ramneek chased the target losing seven wickets sparing two overs of their innings. Opener Suresh played match winning innings of 53 runs made off 50 balls. Rajesh contributed 31 runs while Rimple made 22. Manjeet added unbeaten 14. Shashi bowled extremely well taking four wickets for 14 runs in five overs, followed by Sameer, who took two. Kulbushan and Pardeep Bali shared one wicket each. Manjeet was named as man of the match. In the first semi-final, MSCC defeated Shastri Cricket Club by six wickets. Batting first, Shastri Club made 157 runs for seven wickets in the allotted 30 overs. In reply, MHCC chased the target in 27.3 overs for the loss of four wickets. Ashwani Gupta, who made 51 runs and also took one wicket, was declared as man of the match. |
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J&K Cricket Players Asso holds meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Players Association held a meeting to discuss the present cricket scenario prevailing in the State. The members present in the meeting expressed their optimism in Dr Farooq Abdullah led new Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association and hoped that the president will constitute a fact finding committee to scrutinize the financial transactions during the last 13 years by handing over the matter to CBI. In the meantime the meeting, which was held under the presidentship of Ankush Abrol, former Ranji Trophy player, criticised Hardev Singh Jamwal for issuing a statement with regard to his becoming the general secretary of the Players Association. Mr Abrol further said that the Players Association already has Vikram Singh as their general secretary and warned the persons trying to involve themselves in the affairs of the Association of dire consequences. Among others, those who attended the meeting were Vikram Singh, Ranjit Kalra, Ravi Dogra, Vivek Bahadul, Arvind Sharma, Rakesh Singh, Manik Sharma, Sanjay Anand and Sanjeev Kumar. |
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Mandal Club wins First Don Cup Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: Mandal Cricket Club defeated Thalwal Cricket Club by two wickets in First Don Cup Cricket Tournament. Earlier, Thalwal Club won the toss and decided to bat first. They made 172 runs in the allotted 25 overs. Ramesh was top scorer with 39 runs made off just 16 balls. Manjeet played patient innings of 50 runs. Balbir and Deepi claimed three wickets each for Mandal Club. Batting second, Mandal Club achieved the target of 173 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Kamal made highest 37 runs while Sunny contributed 33. Ajmer took two wickets for Thalwal Club. Kamal was later declared as man of the match. Mr Raghubir Singh Manhas, Director Rural Bank, who was chief guest on the occasion, distributed prizes among the winners and runners-up teams. |
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24th Annual Basant Garh Kesari Dangal on July 9 Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: The 24th Annual Basant Garh Kesari Vishal Dangal will be held on July 9 at Basant Garh in Tehsil Ramnagar of district Udhampur between 1 pm to 5 pm. This dangal is being organised by the Basan Garh Dangal Committee in collaboration with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association, a handout issued here today said. About 58 wrestlers from different parts of the State and outside are expected to participate in this dangal, informed Mr Shiv Kumar Sharma, who chaired the dangal committee meeting. He informed that a big crowd of more than 8,000 people are expected to witness the promising wrestlers fighting for the top honours. The notable feature of this dangal is that it is being conducted regularly at Basant Garh for the last 24 years. The total expenditure to be incurred on this dangal will be between Rs 25,000 to 30,000. The meeting wherein final decision with regard to dangal was taken was attended besides others by Abdul Rashid Wani, president dangal committee, Sawarn Singh Kohistani, Jai Dev Singh, Hartish Chander, Mohinder Nath, Dalip Kumar, Gain Chand, Yashpaul Gupta, Joginder Kumar, Pritam Kumar, Bihar Lal, Jai Dev Chand, Ravinder Kumar, Bal Dev Raj, Ram Lal, Rustam Ali, Yog Raj, Karlopia, Deep Kumar, Lala Bishan Dass, Sardari Lal Dubey and R S Manhas. Uppaal qualifies MBA from IGNOU Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, June 28: Mr K K Uppaal son of late Prof K D Uppaal has qualified the MBA from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). He worked under the project ‘Managing Human Resources After Reorganising FCI under the guidance of Dr J R Dhotra and Dr Neelu Rohmetra of Department of Management Studies, University of Jammu. Mr Uppal has worked as incharge in various FCI centres in Jammu Province. Recipients of Gold medals from President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Miss Samita Wadhera, D/o Mr Sham Raj Wadhera, who topped in B.Lib Sc in 2001 and has been awarded gold medal in 11th Convocation of JU. Miss Reena Jandyal, D/o Mr S D Gupta, who has been awarded for securing first class first position in MA Hindi in the year 2002. Miss Aarti Bhushan, D/o Kulbhushan Mahajan, who has been awarded gold medal for securing first position in M.Lib Sc in the year 2002. Miss Snobar, D/o Mr Kanwer Imitaz, who has been awarded gold medal in MA (Punjabi) for the year 2002. Mr Sunil Bhutyal, S/o Mr Ravinder Bhutyal, who has been awarded second gold medal for securing first position in MA History in 2002. Miss Nidhi, D/o K L Kachru, who has been awarded gold medal for securing first position in BSc in 2001. |
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