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| Rahul Dravid to lead as Sourav opts out MOHALI, Oct 15: It will be a baptism by fire for Rahul Dravid who will be at the helm of affairs as India desperately seek a pride, salvaging victory against New Zealand and clinch the series in the second Test starting here tomorrow after the embarrassing draw at Ahmedabad.............more SYDNEY, Oct 15: Injured batsman Darren Lehmann was overlooked while speedster Jason Gillespie included subject to a fitness Test in the 14-member squad announced today for the cricket triseries beginning in India on October 23...............more Dhanraj
Pillay NEW DELHI, Oct 15: How does hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay respond when his cricketing counterpart takes the lead into hosting a TV show? ..........more Athletes
to arrive from BANGALORE, Oct 15: Athletes will start arriving from October 17 for the inaugural Afro Asian Games (AAG) to be held at Hyderabad from October 24 tN november one, Indian Olympic Association...........more |
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QFs line-up drawn in senior Snooker Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Quarterfinals line-up has been drawn in the senior Snooker with Jaideep Manocha, Sohail Khalid, Nihil Kapahi, Lokesh Sharma.......more Young Star
enters Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Young Star today defeated National Club 3-1 to find place in the semi-finals of the Dogra Cup Football...........more Inter-College
Competition Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Government Gandhi Memorial Science College today registered a big 176 runs victory over Degree College, Sunderbani in the ongoing inter-college......more Jammu
District Athletic meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Shayam Badan, Sourabh Koul and Kundan Lal emerged as fastest runners in the three-day inter-school district Athletic (boys) meet which.....more |
Rahul Dravid to lead as Sourav opts out MOHALI, Oct 15: It will be a baptism by fire for Rahul Dravid who will be at the helm of affairs as India desperately seek a pride, salvaging victory against New Zealand and clinch the series in the second Test starting here tomorrow after the embarrassing draw at Ahmedabad. Dravid was asked to take over after Sourav Ganguly was ruled out for the second Test after a minor operation yesterday failed to clear up an abscess on his left thigh. Local hero Yuvraj Singh is likely to get a chance in absence of Ganguly and it remains to be seen if India would be under greater pressure sans the Bengal Tiger. Branded as a "grudge series", Indians dominated the first Test but could not translate the advantage into victory and the blame game began. India had maintained that they lost to New Zealand in the away series early this year because the Kiwis had "Doctored" their wickets and wanted to settle the score in the home series. The "docile and lifeless" motera track exposed India’s much vaunted spin attack and also showed that the black caps cannot be underestimated. However, it is not going to be all that easy for the Indians here if one goes by the history of the wicket here and the pitch played true to nature, the hosts may be in for trouble. India do not have very happy memories of this wicket so far as New Zealand is concerned. Last time, India played New Zealand here in 1999, they were bundled out for paltry 83 in their first essay. However, the Indians struck back hard and in the second innings, rode on centuries by Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid to post a 500-plus total, leaving the Kiwis a tricky full last day to play out, which they did despite the best efforts of Srinath, who had picked up six wickets in the first innings, Kumble and Sunil Joshi. Almost four years later, the Kiwis are out to better their performance of last time. Dravid, making his debut as captain knows that this was his chance to get back at Stephen Fleming’s side that humiliated the Indians at home ahead of the World Cup. Thanks to a dead track at Motera and some doughty batting by Nathan Astle and Daniel Vettori in the first innings and Astle and Craig McMillan in the second, New Zealand salvaged a draw and have kept their chances open in the series. So the pressure is on the hosts. It will be all the more because normal pitch conditions were certain to surface after some hints of early life. The only Test victory India has scored in Mohali has been over Nasser Hussain’s England team. The victory, too, came after India grabbed the advantage of winning the toss and used all the early life. There is not going to be any changes in the bowling department as Dravid hinted at the press conference saying, we have two good pacers and two world class spinners. "I don t think we lack depth in bowling." Dravid is a shrewd reader of the game. The in-form Karnataka batsman was candid enough to say that New Zealand was a good side and "we will have to fight it out to win the Test." Dravid has been the mainstay of Indian batting in recent times. And it seems, he would have to mix his batting form and captain instinct to see India through in this Test. The Kiwis have never won the series against the hosts in India. But after having the measure of Indian spinners in the first Test, they have grown in confidence and now fancy a win. Though the visitors were not been able to take ten wickets in an innings in the first Test or against the Board’s President’s XI but their batsmen have shown lot of grit and determination. They came here as underdogs but now are battling their fancied rivals on equal terms. Stephen Fleming was supremely confident when he said that absence of Sourav Ganguly would have no bearing on his team. "We have our own game plans and individual don’t matter," he added which showed how much confidence he has gained since his arrival in India. Lot is at stake for Dravid while Fleming has started visualising a series win. Who will have the last laugh, only time will tell. (UNI) |
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SYDNEY, Oct 15: Injured batsman Darren Lehmann was overlooked while speedster Jason Gillespie included subject to a fitness Test in the 14-member squad announced today for the cricket triseries beginning in India on October 23. The fitness of Gillespie, who suffered an injury during a Test against Zimbabwe recently, would be assessed before the team’s departure on October 22. If the fast bowler fails to pass the fitness Test, his place would go to brad Williams, national selection panel chairperson Trevor Hohns said. "We know this tour will be a tough assignment as India and New Zealand are two very capable one-day sides. Despite this, we feel that we have the depth necessary to get us through the tournament," Hohns said. The others who were picked in the squad after having missed some of Australia’s recent assignments include Nathan Bracken, Michael Clarke and Jimmy Maher. The tour will see Australia play a total of six matches against India and New Zealand with the possibility of a final in Kolkata on November 18. Squad: Rickey Ponting (capt), Adam Gilchrist, Michael Bevan, Andrew Bichel, Nathan Bracken, Michael Clarke, Jason Gillespie, Ian Harvey, Matthew Hayden, Brad Williams, Brett Lee, Jimmy Maher, Damien Martyn, Andrew Symonds, (Brad Williams to come in if Gillespie ruled out). (PTI) |
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Dhanraj Pillay launches a ‘new innings’ NEW DELHI, Oct 15: How does hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay respond when his cricketing counterpart takes the lead into hosting a TV show? He takes the limelight by venturing into writing a book on fitness, thus heralding a new chapter in his illustrious career. Cricket captain Sourav Ganguly became the first playing skipper in the history of international cricket to host a TV show. The book tentatively christened as "Dhanraj Pillay’s fitness secrets," would be a "complete" health and fitness guide for all ages, recommending exercise programs — both mental and physical. Announcing this at Delhi Book Store here today, Pillay said this was the beginning of a new innings for him. " I hope to be comfortable in the new role as I am passionate about fitness," he added. The legend said his book would focus on joint flexibility, endurance, muscle strength, bone strength, posture and balance. (UNI) |
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Athletes to arrive from Oct 17 for Afro-Asian Games BANGALORE, Oct 15: Athletes will start arriving from October 17 for the inaugural Afro Asian Games (AAG) to be held at Hyderabad from October 24 tN november one, Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi said today. At a glittering ceremony here, he told newspersons that while athletes from African countries would arrive from October 17, participants form Asian countries would land there from October 20. Africans would be coming from Abuja, Nigeria, after the African Games in three chartered Indian Airlines flight. He said while President A P J Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and Sports Minister Vikram Verma would be present in the closing ceremony on November one, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and opposition leader in the Lok Sabha and Congress president Sonia Gandhi would participate in the inaugural function. He said 40 gold medallists from the Busan Asian Games, including 29 from China, had confirmed their participation. He said the hockey contest was likely to absorbing with teams like Pakistan, Korea, South Africa and Egypt besides India participating. In football, African champions Cameroon, Italy and Iraq would be in action. Mr Kalmadi said that the games would also witness congregation of heads of Olympic Associations of Asia and African countries and Commonwealth Games heads would also be arriving during the AAG. He said "this will be good opportunity for India to create good opinion on Commonwealth Games heads about the infrastructure available, since India is bidding for 2010 Games.’’ The Commonwealth Games team would also be visiting Delhi before leaving for Jamaica to finalise the venue for 2010 Games scheduled on November 13, he added. Mr Kalmadi expressed confidence of winning the bid and India holding the Commonwealth Games 2010. (UNI) |
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QFs line-up drawn in senior Snooker Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Quarterfinals line-up has been drawn in the senior Snooker with Jaideep Manocha, Sohail Khalid, Nihil Kapahi, Lokesh Sharma and Ankit Khajuria winning their respective matches today at Billiards Hall, MA Stadium, here. Those who have already reached the quarterfinals include Kamal Rohmetra, Nishant Azad, Rajan Gupta and Ankit Khajuria. Now, in the quarterfinals, to be decided tomorrow, Kamal Rohmetra to meet Nishant Azad while Sohail Khalid will be playing against Rajan Gupta. Jaideep Manocha to face Ankit Khajuria and Nikhil Kapahi to take on Lokesh Sharma. Earlier, in today’s quarter-finals, Jaideep Manocha outplayed last year’s semi-finalist Kuldeep Sharma in straight frames, while Sohail Khalid outplayed Viraj Malhotra 3-0 to enter last eight stage. Meanwhile, according to organising secretary, Sheetal Gandotra, the competitions in senior Billiards shall start from October 17 for which draws were finalised today. The detailed results: Jaideep Manocha bt Kuldeep Sharma 3-0 (49-26, 70-51, 59-45); Sohail Khalid bt Viraj Malhotra 3-0 (42-41, 53-26, 67-45); Nikhil Kapahi bt Pallav Gupta 3-1 (51-32, 21-48, 61-37, 69-31); Lokesh Sharma bt Ankush Gupta 3-2 (41-34, 49-51, 52-38, 38-50, 59-30); Ankit Khajuria bt Rajiv Seth 3-2 (53-29, 56-68, 11-53, 56-24, 62-29). |
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Young Star enters semis of Dogra Cup Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Young Star today defeated National Club 3-1 to find place in the semi-finals of the Dogra Cup Football Tournament being organised at S D Sabha School here under the banner of J&K Football Association. Now, Young Star will take on Churchill Brothers in the first semi-final tomorrow at 2.30 pm. Earlier, Vikas scored the first goal for Young Star in the 5th minute. However, the lead was equalised by National Club in the 20th minute through Kamal Kumar. Other two goals were netted by Manmohan Singh (45th) and Raman Singh Slathia (55th) after the breather. In another match played today, Mohan Lal guided Jammu Sports-B (Rehari) to a 3-0 win over Jammu Sports-A through a hat trick including a self-goal. Madan opened the account in the 12th minute, followed by a self-goal by Ajay Pal in the 24th minute. Trying to divert the ball out of the goal-post off a kick from Mohan, Ajay instead headed the ball into the net. Mohan scored third goal in the 40th minute to complete his hat-trick. Today’s matches were officiated by Master Salim, Samsung, Kuldeep Dogra, Yusuf Dan and Ajay Anand. |
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Inter-College Competition Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Government Gandhi Memorial Science College today registered a big 176 runs victory over Degree College, Sunderbani in the ongoing inter-college cricket tournament being organised by Department of Physical Education at University of Jammu grounds, here. Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, Science College set a big target of 245 runs in the allotted 40 overs for the loss of nine wickets, which, in reply, Sunderbani could not chase and bowled out for just 68 runs. Suresh Kumar was highest scorer from Science College with 68 runs studded with eight boundaries while Varun followed him on the scoreboard with 43 including five hits to the fence. Skipper, Samir and Sunil contributed 33 and 22 runs respectively. Extras added 28 runs to the team’s score. From Sunderbani, Vikas was most successful bowler who took three wickets for 44 runs in eight overs and Amit took two. Naresh and Sunil shared one each. Batting second, Degree College, Sunderbani could make only 68 runs when all their wickets fell to the quick bowling of Vikram and Surinder. Akash Singh was top scorer with 16 runs while Sunil made 12. Vikram claimed four wickets for just 12 runs in six overs for Science College while Surinder and Mudassir shared three and two wickets respectively. Today’s match was officiated by Suresh Singh and Prakash Singh while Bhagwan Dass was scorer |
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Athletic meet Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Shayam Badan, Sourabh Koul and Kundan Lal emerged as fastest runners in the three-day inter-school district Athletic (boys) meet which was organised by Department of Youth Services and Sports at M A Stadium, here. Shayam of BSF School Paloura bagged gold in under-14 year category, while Sourabh Koul of APS Kalu Chak and Kundan Lal of HSS Bahu Fort were first position holders in under-17 and under-19 year groups respectively. On the third and concluding day, medals were distributed among the winners by district officer, B N Bhat. The detailed results Under-14 yr: 100 mts: Shyam Badan, BSF School, Ist; Shahid Iqbal, JKP School, 2nd and Pawan Singh, SOS HS, third. 200 mts: Shyam Badan, BSF School,Paloura, Ist; Shahid Iqbal, JKP School, 2nd and Sunil Kumar CBHSS,Jammu third. 400 mts: Shyam Badan, BSF Paloura, Ist; Pawan Singh, SOS HGS, 2nd and Parveen Kumar, MS Bhadore, third. Relay 4x100 mts: SOS HGS Gole Gujral, Ist; JK Public School, 2nd and HS Kotli Shah Daula, third. Under-17 yr: 100 mts: Sourabh Koul, APS Kalu Chak, Ist; Gurbachan Singh, HSS Gandhi Nagar,2nd and Parveen Kumar, BSF Paloura, third. 200 mts: Sourabh Koul, APS Kalu Chak, Ist; Gurbachan Singh, HSS Gandhi Nagar, 2nd and Pankaj Bhardwaj, HSS Akhnoor, third. 400 mts: Parveen Kumar, BSF Paloura, Ist; Sanjeev Kumar, HSS Bahu Fort, 2nd and Roshan Lal HSS Bishnah, third. Relay 4x100 mts: HSS Gandhi Nagar, Ist; JK Public School, 2nd and APS Kalu Chak, third. 300 mts: Puran Singh, SOS, Ist; Lucky Kumar,HS Deoli, 2nd and Ashwani Kumar, HSS Smailpur, third. Javelin Throw: Manjit Singh, HSS Mandal, Ist; Balram Sharma, HSS Gandhi Nagar, 2nd and Bikram Sharma, HSS Smailpur, third. Under-19 yr: 100 mts: Kundan Lal, HSS Bahu Fort, Ist; Atul Sharma, HSS Gandhi Nagar, 2nd and Harvinder Pal Singh, HSS Gandhi Nagar, third. 200 mts: Kundal Lal, HSS Bahu Fort, Ist; Vaneet Raina, SRML HSS Jammu, 2nd and Atul Sharma, HSS Gandhi Nagar, third. 400 mts: Kundan Lal, HSS Bahu Fort, Ist; Manzoor Hussain, HSS Gandhi Nagar, 2nd and Palvinder Singh, HSS RS Pura, third. 4x100 mts Relay: HSS Gandhi Nagar, Ist; HSS Bishnah, 2nd and HSS Bahu Fort, third. 5000 mts: Raj Kumar, HSS Bishnah, Ist; Rashid Hussain, HSS Gandhi Nagar, 2nd and Parveen Kumar, BSF School, third. Tripple Jump: Parveen Kumar, BSF Paloura, Ist; Rajeev HSS Bishnah, 2nd and Iqbal Singh SRM HSS Jammu and Maninder Singh, Hari Singh, HSS Jammu, joint third. Javelin Throw: Robin Kumar, HSS Birpur, Ist; Anchal Lal, HSS Gho Manasan, 2nd and Vijay Kumar, HSS Vijaypur, third. STC, Women College win Distt Volleyball titles Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Sports Training Centre, Udhampur and Women College, Udhampur won Men’s and Women’s titles respectively in the District Udhampur Volleyball Championships, the finals of which were played today under the banner of Volleyball Association of District, Udhampur. In the Men’s final, STC Udhampur outplayed Volleyball Club 25-16, 25-16, 32-30, while Women College defeated Government Higher Secondary School in straight sets. The finals were officiated by Ashok Kumar, Ashwani Sharma, Yog Raj and Naveen Sharma. In the finals and prize distribution held this afternoon, Balwant Singh, MLA and Vijay Singh Sambyal, SSP Udhampur, were chief guests. Speaking on the occasion, MLA announced that provision for flood lights will be made at the Volleyball court out of the constituency development funds soon. General secretary, J&K Volleyball Association, Kuldeep Magotra was guest on honour and Principal, HSS (Boys), M P Gupta presided over. Earlier, president, district Volleyball Association, Raj Guru welcomed the distinguished guests. Later, Sunil Sharma, secretary of the district body expressed his thanks to those who extended helping hand in the successful conduct of the championships. Trophies were sponsored by Department of Youth Services and Sports, STC Udhampur and Vinay Memorial Charitable Trust. Dar nominated vice-president of SGFI Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Assistant Director (Central), GM Dar has been nominated as vice-president and chairman international selection committee of School Games Federation of India (SGFI) in the election meeting of the Federation held at Chhttarsal Stadium, New Delhi. In the same meeting, Satpal Singh, popularly known as Mahabali, an Olympian in Wrestling, who happens to be Deputy Director Education (Sports wing) of Delhi Government, has been nominated as president of SGFI. Rigzin, Mohsin bag first place in Cross Country Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Oct 15: Rigzin Tamchos and Mohsin Manzoor of Sindh House emerged winners in senior and junior groups respectively in the Cross Country held at Sainik School Nagtora, near here. Rigzin completed the seven kilometers distance in 25.2 minutes. Second place went to Stanzin Delegs of Chenab House. In junior group, Amit Singh, a VII standard students, finished second. On the basis of two first positions, Sindh House was declared overall champion of the Cross Country event and trophy was given away to the team by Principal, Commander S B Ray. Earlier, the cadets were flagged off by the Principal for the competition. Among Trikuta House cadets, all from class VI, who ran a distance of three kilometers, cadet Krishna Kumar was first and cadet Sushil Kumar remained runners-up. Earlier, inter-house Shooting competition held with .22 rifles held wherein Chenab Seniors were champion. Cadet Himanshu Dutt of XII class was best shooter in senior division while cadet Stanzine Sonam was first in junior group. |
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