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| India allow Kiwis to fly out of the nest CUTTACK, Nov 6: A jittery India allowed New Zealand to wriggle out of a precarious position to clinch a stunning four-wicket victory over the hosts and bounce back into reckoning in the TVS Cup triangular cricket series here.............more Indian
colts are ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Robin Uthappa made a solid 88 as India beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets to win the Asian under-19 four-nation cricket tournament at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore today.........more East
Bengal, AI complete NEW DELHI, Nov 6: Dempo striker R C Prakash missed a crucial penalty as national football league champions East Bengal scored a 3-0 win to set up a semifinal clash with Air India, who drew 1-1 with Vasco FC.....more Isha
Lakhani shocks MUMBAI, Nov 6: Unseeded Isha Lakhani recorded the biggest ever upset of her career when she ousted junior Wimbledon doubles champion and seventh seed Sania Mirza on way to the women’s............more |
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North-Zone Junior Women's Cricket J&K trounces Chandigarh to make winning start Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Hosts Jammu and Kashmir today made winning start in the North Zone Junior Women’s cricket tournament beating Chandigarh by 96 runs......more Excelsior Sports Correspondent Jammu, Nov 6: Minister for R&B, Madan Lal Sharma today inaugurated wrestling competition at Danna in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district........more GCW Parade
wins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Government College for Women (GCW), Parade lifted the Basketball trophy, beating GCW Gandhi Nagar in a one-side final played at University.........more JAMMU: Government MAM College made a clean sweep, securing highest 28 points thus winning the overall trophy......more |
India allow Kiwis to fly out of the nest CUTTACK, Nov 6: A jittery India allowed New Zealand to wriggle out of a precarious position to clinch a stunning four-wicket victory over the hosts and bounce back into reckoning in the TVS Cup triangular cricket series here today. Chasing a competitive target 247 for victory, the Kiwis found themselves on the mat to give the hosts an early control of the game but Scot Styris and Craig McMillan showed remarkable resilience to steer the team to victory with 2.3 overs to spare. After leaving the visitors gasping at 68 for four at one stage, the indians had themselves to blame for letting the Kiwis fly out of the nest under the Barabati Stadium floodlights as they ran out of steam when it mattered most on a slow track. New Zealand, who desperately needed a win to keep themselves afloat in the series, have caught up India on the points table with both the teams having garnered nine points from four outings so far. Australia, the third team in the fray, have already romped into the final with 18 points from four matches The majestic clock tower at the far end of the picturesque Barabati Stadium, hosting its first-ever floodlight encounter, stood witness to the Indian debacle as McMillan (82 not out) and Styris (68) led the spirited Kiwis fightback with a 127-run fifth wicket association to tame the hosts in their own den. The New Zealand run chase began with a flourish as their captain Stephen Fleming turned on the heat with a barrage of boundaries but the innings plunged into disarray after his dismissal with the fall of four quick wickets. The Kiwis rattled up 39 runs in just over five overs but the home side bounced back to reduce the visitors to 68 for four with speedster Zaheer Khan doing the bulk of the damage. Fleming, who seemed to be in a punitive mood slamming five boundaries during his 14-ball 24, was the first to depart leading to a top order collapse as Chris Nevin (29), Chris Harris (0) and Lou Vincent (1) joined him in the dressing room in quick succession. Paceman Ajit Agarkar got rid of the dangerous fleming trapping him leg before wicket much to the delight of the Indians while Zaheer Khan, who proved very expensive in the first two overs, accounted for Harris. Harris was also adjudged leg before wicket to a sharp incoming delivery from Zaheer but was distinctly unhappy with the decision. Zaheer, who seemed to get his rhythm right after taking his first wicket, struck another blow for the kiwis by evicting Lou Vincent, who has been having a rather disappointing triangular series. Vincent became the third leg before victim for the black caps who suddenly found themselves in a precarious position with Nevin also gifting away his wicket for a 45-ball 29. Nevin, who appeared to be quite comfortable, went for a sweep shot but Yuvraj Singh held on to a brilliant catch at short midwicket in Harbhajan Singh’s second over. Scott Styris and Craig McMillan performed the salvage job to pull the Kiwis out of the pit with a resolute 127-run partnership to put the run chase back on track. Both Styris and McMillan did not take too many risks and were quite content to keep the scoreboard moving with gentle nudges and pushes against the Indians spinners who managed to stem the run flow to some extent. But the home team could not sustain the pressure for a long time after the two spinners completed their first spell with leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule, returning to competitive cricket after a long gap, failing to make much of an impact. While Styris was quite content in playing the sheet anchor’s role, McMillan opened up to execute some glorious shots on both sides of the wicket to ensure that the run rate did not climb too much. Styris flicked Tendulkar to the boundary to notch up his half century while his partner also reached the landmark by taking a single off the same bowler to frustrate the Indians who seemed to run out of ideas after the fifth-wicket pair got into the groove. (PTI) SCOREBOARD India: Laxman c and b Styris 31 S Tendulkar lbw b Mills 14 M Kaif b Styris 64 R Dravid c Styris b Vettori 31 Yuvraj c Mills b Vettori 0 Badani c McCullum b Tuffey 41 S Bahutule lbw b Styris 11 Agarkar c McMillan b Tuffey 7 Harbhajan Singh b Tuffey 5 Z Khan not out 33 M Kartik not out 1 Extras (b-4, lb-2, w-2) 8 Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 246 Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-77, 3-136, 4-136, 5-169, 6-193, 7-105, 8-206, 9-223. Bowling: Tuffey 10-1-31-3, Mills 8-0-51-1, Oram 10-0-68-0, Styris 10-0-38-3, Vettori 10-0-39-2, Harris 2-0-13-0. New Zealand C Nevin c Yuvraj b Harbhajan 29 S Fleming lbw b Agarkar 24 C Harris lbw b Zaheer Khan 0 L Vincent lbw b Zaheer Khan 1 S Styris lbw b Kartik 68 C McMillan not out 82 J Oram run out 6 B McCullum not out 19 Extras: (b-1, lb-6, w-12, nb-1) 20 Total (for 6 wkts, 47.3 overs) 249 Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-4-, 3-44, 4-68, 5-195, 6-214. Bowling: Zaheer Khan 9-1-49-2, Agarkar 8-0-41-1, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-41-1, Kartik 10-1-34-1, Tendulkar 3-0-25-0, Bahutule 3-0-24-0, Badani 3.3-0-21-0, Yuvraj Singh 1-0-7-0. (PTI) |
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Indian colts are Asian champions ISLAMABAD, Nov 6: Robin Uthappa made a solid 88 as India beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets to win the Asian under-19 four-nation cricket tournament at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore today. After restricting the Lankans for a modest 225 in 49.4 overs, the Indian colts rode on unbeaten half centuries from Rakesh Solanki and captain Ambati Rayudu to achieve the target in 44.4 overs. Uthappa, whose 86-ball 88 at the top laid the platform for India’s chase, was declared man of match while left arm seamer Irfan Pathan, who came up with another excellent bowling performance claiming three for 33, was named man of the series. This is the first official visit by an Indian cricket team at any level to Pakistan since 1998 when a junior side toured the neighbouring country. The quadrangular event between teams of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is part of the initiative by the Asian Cricket Council to promote the game in the continent at junior level. In August, a triangular tournament featuring academy teams of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka was held in Colombo. India’s victory in the final avenged its four wicket loss to Sri Lanka in the round-robin clash. The Indians, however, scored sensational victories over hosts Pakistan and Bangladesh in league matches. Baroda paceman Pathan finished with 19 wickets from the tournament. Put into bat, the Lankans owed their respectable total to the hundred run fifth-wicket partnership between the 19-year old left hand bat Ganganath Ratnayake (45) and captain Mohamed Maharoof (57) who resurrected the innings which had disintegrated to four 43 after a rousing start. H K Vithana and Kularatne brought 23 runs inside the third over before Pathan, who claimed nine for 16 including a hat-trick against Bangladesh, rapped the former on the pads. Sunny Singh had Kularatne caught by wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik and later removed Maharoof and G T De Silva to return with three for 35. Kosela Kulasekara contributed 29 at the lower order but two run outs towards the end robbed off valuable runs. Uthappa, promoted up the order after useful knocks in the previous matches, attacked from the outset. His 88 came in 124 minutes and contained 13 fours. He added 54 runs for the opening stand with Shiva Kant Shukla and another 82 for the decisive second wicket stand with Solanki before falling leg before to Angelo Mathews. Rayudu then joined Solanki and the unbroken 93-run stand for the third wicket took the match away from the opposition. Rayudu’s enterprising 57 came off 53 balls with seven fours and two sixes. Brief scores: Sri Lanka under-19 225 in 49.4 overs (G Ratnayake 45, M Maharoof 57, K Kulasekara 29; Pathan 3-33, Sunny Singh 3-35) lost to India U-19 229 for two in 44.4 overs (R Uthappa 88, R Solanki 56 no, A Rayudu 57 no). (PTI) |
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East Bengal, AI complete semi lineup in Durand Cup NEW DELHI, Nov 6: Dempo striker R C Prakash missed a crucial penalty as national football league champions East Bengal scored a 3-0 win to set up a semifinal clash with Air India, who drew 1-1 with Vasco FC, in the Durand Cup Football Tournament here today. Requiring just a draw to advance, Dempo held the defending champions goalless till the 51st minute when Mike Okoro put the Kolkatans ahead but wasted a golden opportunity to draw level two minutes later when Prakash blasted a penalty kick wide. East Bengal then survived several attacks by the goans before Malsawmtluanga (81st) and K Kulothungan (89) put the match beyond the reach of Dempo. Earlier in the day, Air India came back from a 12th minute goal by Dennis Cabral and equalised through Suprit Jathanna in the 56th minute to pip Vasco to second place in Group D. East Bengal and Air India, the two group winners, will now clash in the second semifinal on Saturday after Salgaocar meet Mahindra United tomorrow in the first semi. In what was the best match so far in the 116th edition of the tournament before a sizeable red and yellow supporters, Dempo matched East Bengal move to move. Till they faded away in the last ten minutes, Dempo held the edge over their rivals which had India’s best player Baichung Bhutia in their eleven. The match began after a minute of silence by both teams in memory of former East Bengal player Subroto Guha who passed away in Mumbai yesterday. (PTI) |
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Isha Lakhani shocks Sania Mirza on way to semis MUMBAI, Nov 6: Unseeded Isha Lakhani recorded the biggest ever upset of her career when she ousted junior Wimbledon doubles champion and seventh seed Sania Mirza on way to the women’s singles semi-finals of the 25,000 USD prize money NSCI-ITF women’s tennis circuit here today. The diminutive Mumbai lass played an attacking game always rushing to the net at the first opportunity to come out with a 6-3 1-6 6-2 victory. The match which lasted one hour 26 minutes saw Isha jump to a 4-2 lead with a break in the fifth game. Though Sania fought well she could not stop her rival winning the set 6-3. In the second set sania came out firing on all cylinders and within no time took 5-1 lead with breaks in the second and fourth games before serving out the set at 6-1. The match was set for a nail-bitting finish with both the players giving nothing away. Isha broke Sania in the fourth game to go 3-1 up and held serve for a 4-1 lead. Sania fought back with some deep serves but still dropped her serve in the sixth game to trail 1-5. However, Sania’s experience stood her in good stead and she managed to break Isha in the seventh game to reduce the margin to 2-5. The Mumbai girl then fought well to take a 40-15 lead on Sania’s serve. The Hyderabad star managed to save one match-point with a deceptive drop shot but failed to save the second match point when her return went too long giving Isha the set and with it the match at 6-2. (PTI) |
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Women's Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Hosts Jammu and Kashmir today made winning start in the North Zone Junior Women’s cricket tournament beating Chandigarh by 96 runs in the opening league match played at MA Stadium, here. Earlier, J&K won the toss and decided to bat first. They made 232 runs for the loss of five wickets in the stipulated 35 overs. In reply, Chandigarh made a slow start and completed the allotted overs for 136 runs losing five wickets. Opener, Shweta Slathia played a magnificent innings of 85 (off 93 balls, 7x4) runs and remained the highest scorer on the home turf. Roopali Slathia too batted well contributing 59 (off 46 balls, 7x4) runs. Sonam and Meena were other two scorers with 17 and 13 runs respectively. Shweta and Sonu Bharti shared two wickets each from Chandigarh. Batting second, Chandigarh made a poor start, losing the first wicket at two and completed their 35 overs for 136 runs. Aman was the top scorer with 32 runs while Rajani contributed 16. From J&K, Ankita and Meena took two wickets each. Haryana beats Punjab by 45 runs at MHAC Nagbani JAMMU: In the second match of the day, Haryana outplayed Punjab by a margin of 45 runs at MHAC Nagbani School grounds, near here. Batting first, after winning the toss, Haryana set a target of 136 runs for Punjab to chase in the stipulated 30 overs. In reply, Punjab could not reach the required target and were bowled out for 90 runs in 22.4 overs. Earlier, Hayrana made a good start with openers making 61 runs for the wicket partnership. But after the dismissal of Reena (18), Hayrana lost their wickets on regular intervals ending their innings at 135. Seema, who opened with Reena, was the top scorer with 48. Sandhya added 16. From Punjab, Manjeet Kour claimed three wickets and Mousmi two. Batting second, Punjab could not play full 30 overs and bowled out for 90 runs in 22.4 overs. Manvi was highest scorer with unbeaten 24 studded with four boundaries. Gurpreet and Vipandeep contributed 12 and 13 runs respectively. Shashi bagged five wickets and Deepti two. Earlier, the tournament was declared open by the Deputy Chief Minister, Pt Mangat Ram Sharma, who was the chief guest on the occasion. Secretary, State Sports Council, Manoj Pant was among those prominent present on the occasion. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent Jammu, Nov 6:Minister for R&B, Madan Lal Sharma today inaugurated wrestling competition at Danna in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district. About 50 wrestlers from three districts viz Jammu, Rajouri and Kathua participated in the wrestling competition besides students from local educational institutions also participated in the competitions. Lauding the efforts of organizers, Mr. Sharma said that such events provide opportunity to the youth to explore their skill and performance and channalise their energy in the right direction. He asked the organizers to institute award and meddles for budding wrestlers to encourage them so that they can prepare themselves for state and national competitions. He said these opportunities provide a vent to the inner feeling of the youth to exhibit their talent and come to limelight. He stressed for organizing more such events, competitions especially in rural and far-flung areas so as to create a sense of sportsmanship among the rural youth. First (mali) was fought between Dheeraj Sharma and Ranga Pahlwan of Jammu and remained undecided and the awarded amount was shared among them while Mr Zakir Hussain of Jammu and Parbhat Singh of Kalakote were declared as winner second and third (mali) competition. The first three winners were also awarded cash award of Rs 3000, Rs 2000 and Rs 1500 respectively. Wrestling bonanza was highly appreciated by the audience including officers from various departments, prominent citizens, school children and a large number of people from surrounding villages. |
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GCW Parade wins Basketball final Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: Government College for Women (GCW), Parade lifted the Basketball trophy, beating GCW Gandhi Nagar in a one-side final played at University courts here today. Leading by 20-8 at the end of the first half, Parade girls continued adding points to their tally thus making it a one-side contest 40-14. For winners, Shruti gave superb performance adding highest 16 points to the team’s score. Sakshi also played well and made 12 points, followed by Arti, who contributed seven. From losers, Shivani played lone battle making 11 of the total 14 points scored by Gandhi Nagar College. Aman Sharma, Mohd Shafi and Sohan Singh officiated the final. |
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JAMMU: Government MAM College made a clean sweep, securing highest 28 points thus winning the overall trophy in Wrestling. Second place went to Degree College, Kathua with with eight points. Wrestling bouts were officiated by Jai Bharat, Bansi Lal Tidyal and Kamal Sharma. The results 55 kg: Tara Singh, MAM, Ist; Parvez (Degree College, Udhampur), 2nd and Gulab Din (Degree College, Kathua), third. 60 kg: Sahil Sharma (MFA), Ist and Kasturi Lal (Degree College, Udhampur), 2nd. 66 kg: Suresh Kumar (Post Graduate Departments), Ist; Ravinder Saini (MAM), 2nd. 74 kg: Parminder Singh (MAM), Ist; Pankaj Sapolia (Degree College, Kathua), 2nd and Shoiba Jia (Degree College, Kathua), third. 84 kg: Bheeshem Jalotra (MAM), Ist; Sahil Gupta (Commerce), 2nd and Prithvi Raj (Dogra Law College), third. 96 kg: Ganesh Kala (MAM), Ist; Rahul Sharma (Degree College, Kathua), 2nd and Ujjawal Sharma (Degree College, Rajouri), third. 96 Plus: Amit Manhas (MAM), Ist and Sameer (Commerce College), 2nd. JAMMU: Post Graduate Departments of Arts today defeated PG Law and Sciences by 173 runs in the inter-college cricket final at University grounds, here. Chasing a target of 307 runs to win, PG Law and Sciences lost all their wickets for 142 runs. In fact, PG Arts had already won the match by virtue of their first innings lead, as the rule is, but by bowling out PG Law and Sciences they have proved they there was a better side. Sanjay was the top scorer in Law and Sciences’ second innings with 48 runs while Shalinder contributed 20. Varun Puri claimed six wickets for Arts for 72 runs in 10 overs. Pankaj took three and Arun one. Earlier, resuming their innings from overnight score of 138 for two, PG Arts made 298 runs losing all their wickets in 48 overs. Swapan Slathia, who started from yesterday’s score of 69, completed his century with 108 runs studded with 15 boundaries. Pankaj Sassan made 49 while Vijay added unbeaten 37 runs to the score. Off spinner, Kulbushan clinched eight wickets for 102 runs in 34 overs including ten maidens. Shalinder and Yog Raj shared one each. Suresh Singh and Parkash Singh officiated the final while Bhagwan Dass maintained the score. Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 6: The 25th Stag State and inter-district Table Tennis tournament will be declared open by Vijay Bakaya, Principal Secretary at indoor complex, MA Stadium here tomorrow at 4 pm. In this tournament, wherein districts of Doda, Poonch, Rajouri, Kathua, Udhampur, Srinagar and Jammu are taking part, competitions will be held in all age groups both in men and women sections, informed organising secretary, Sheetal Gandotra. Last year, Men’s title was won by Maninder Singh while Nikhil Kesar and Aditya had shared junior and sub-junior boys titles respectively. Arjun Kohli was winner in cadet boys. Bhawna Arora was women’s champion in the 24th edition of the meet while Chandpreet Kour had won both junior and sub-junior girls finals. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Kathua, Nov 6:The annual district school athletic meet organized by the department of Youth Services and Sports from first November 2003 at Sports Stadium Kathua concluded today. Over 1500 boys and girls in the age group of 14 to 19 years drawn from various government and private schools of the district participated in sports discipline which included race, high jump, long jump, discuss thrown, short put, javelin throw and relay race. The Divisional Youth Services and Sports Officer, Jammu presided over the function and distributed prizes among the winners in different events. Earlier, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Kathua gave resume of the function in detail. Among others officers of Youth Services and Sports department and teachers of the participating schools were present on the occasion. Haryana’s marathon runner alleges discrimination HISAR, Nov 6: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has taken a serious note of alleged "indifferent attitude and discrimination" against marathon runner Vaid Rattan Dev Jhangra of Hansi in Haryana for selection in Bhopal in May last for the training camp in preparations for the Athens Olympics. Jhangra, a 50 km walker, in a complaint to ioa president Suresh Kalmadi, alleged here today that since he was unable to get a sponsor for selection, he was shown the door by the organisers. Jhangra has already got his name entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for his "back walk" performance. While Haryana Olympic Association, Haryana Athletics Association and others kept mum, Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar from Tamil Nadu came to Jhangra’s rescue and raised the issue in writing with Mr Kalmadi. Mr Kalmadi assured Mr Niyar of full justice to the marathon runner before the start of the training camp. Jhangra said he had personally also detailed Mr Kalmadi on the discriminatory treatment meted out to him. (UNI) |
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