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Australia maul India to clinch tri-series in style From Ashish Shukla SYDNEY, Feb 8: A spineless display by their top order batsmen saw India being ground to dust for the second time in three days, as Australia once again justified their world champions’ tag by clinching the cricket tri-series.......more Leander
guides NEW DELHI, Feb 8: Leander Paes, once again, played the saviour’s role to perfection guiding India to a 3-2 victory in the Asia/Oceania group one tennis tie against the hosts New Zealand at Invercargill today...............more India
lift maiden NEW DELHI, Feb 8: A rejuvenated India rose to the occasion in style beating favourites Japan by a solitary goal to lift their maiden women’s Asia Cup hockey title at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here today. .........more India
finishes Aussie By Ravi Shastri India were hit by an Aussie gale-force at the Sydney cricket ground on Sunday. The second final of the VB series was reminiscent of the World Cup final last year, the only difference being the margin of defeat which was ..........more |
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District U-19 Chess
Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: District champion, Sumit Grover has made a winning start on the opening day of the Jammu District under-19 Chess Tournament started today at Indoor Complex, M A Stadium, here...........more Banathia continues winning spree in district Badminton Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: S P Banathia continued winning spree in veteran section in the ongoing District Udhampur Badminton Championship beating Gopal Sharma 15-6, 15-5 today.............more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: Army Red today lifted the Inter-Services Hockey Championship trophy after they blanked their counterparts in Green (Army ..........more J&K
to host Senior Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: The newly constituted body of the Jammu and Kashmir Wrestling Association is organising .......more |
Australia maul India to clinch tri-series in style From Ashish Shukla SYDNEY, Feb 8: A spineless display by their top order batsmen saw India being ground to dust for the second time in three days, as Australia once again justified their world champions’ tag by clinching the cricket tri-series trophy 2-0 in a hugely one-sided final match here today. After equalling their best one-day score of 359, the Aussies displayed awesome form to dismiss the Indians for 151 in 33.2 overs and register a big 208-run win in the second match of the best-of-three finals. India made a record they would like to forget quickly —their mauling in this day-night match at the Sydney cricket ground was their second worst show after the 245-run defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in Sharjah in 2000. The losing margin was also the eighth biggest in the history of the game. Any hopes of India bouncing back after the seven-wicket thrashing in the first final at Melbourne on Friday vanished as soon as Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. Their 359 for five was built around a 122-ball 126 by man-of-the-match Matthew Hayden and a late onslaught which saw them collect 111 runs in the last eight overs. Andrew Symonds, with a 39-ball 66 and Michael Clarke (33 off 30 balls) shared 99 runs from 47 balls for the fifth wicket to put their side in the drivers’ seat. India, whose defeat today was the 10th in 13 matches against Australia, were never in the hunt, losing their top six batsmen with just 59 on the board and ironically, in a star studded batting line-up, their top-scorer was Irfan Pathan who made 30. SCOREBOARD Australia A Gilchrist c Ganguly b Nehra 29 M Hayden b Tendulkar 126 R Ponting c Dravid b Pathan 4 D Martyn c Badani b Pathan 67 A Symonds b Nehra 66 M Clarke not out 33 S Katich not out 11 Extras (lb-6 nb-2 w-15) 23 Total (for five wickets, 50 overs) 359 Fall of wickets: 1-62 2-73 3-230 4-248 5-347 Bowling: Pathan 10-0-75-2 (w-2), Balaji 9-0-65-0 (nb-1), Nehra 10-0-63-2 (w-3), Kartik 7-0-51-0 (nb-1 w-6), Sehwag 5-0-30-0, Ganguly 1-0-9-0 (w-2), Tendulkar 8-0-60-1 (w-2). India V Sehwag c Lee b Gillespie 12 S Tendulkar c Lee b Gillespie 27 V Laxman c and b Lee 5 S Ganguly c Symonds b Harvey 3 R Dravid run out 0 Y Singh c Gilchrist b Harvey 4 H Badani run out 18 I Pathan b Lee 30 M Kartik c Gilchrist b Williams 23 L Balaji b Williams 2 A Nehra not out 14 Extras (lb-7 nb-2 w-4) 13 Total (all out, 33.2 overs) 151 Fall of wickets: 1-22 2-49 3-49 4-52 5-56 6-59 7-99 8-123 9-136 Bowling: Gillespie 9-1-52-2, Lee 10-1-39-2 (w-2 nb-1), Williams 6.2-1-12-2, Harvey 5-2-30-2 (nb-1), Symonds 3-1-11-0 (w-2) (AGENCIES) |
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Leander guides India to 3-2 victory NEW DELHI, Feb 8: Leander Paes, once again, played the saviour’s role to perfection guiding India to a 3-2 victory in the Asia/Oceania group one tennis tie against the hosts New Zealand at Invercargill today. According to information received here, Paes today recorded his third win in three days when he overcame rookie Kiwi Simon Rea 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 in the second reverse singles match to wrap up the tie. New Zealand earlier made it 2-2 when Mark Nielson won the first reverse singles 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 over Vishal Punna. On Friday, New Zealand’s Simon Rea had defeated Harsh Mankad 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(7-2) in the opening singles to fetch a lead for the hosts but Paes beat Mark Nielsen 6-2,6-3,7-6(7-2) to level the tie. India took a 2-1 lead yesterday as Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi set up a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory over the pair of Mark Neilsen and debutant Matt Prentice. India had beaten New Zealand 4-1 twice in the last two years. (UNI) |
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India lift maiden Asia Cup title NEW DELHI, Feb 8: A rejuvenated India rose to the occasion in style beating favourites Japan by a solitary goal to lift their maiden women’s Asia Cup hockey title at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here today. Striker Jasjeet Kaur sloted home the winner in the 64th minute after she snatched the ball from Chie Kimura on the 25 yard line and Thpanese Custodian stranded with a powerful hit to give the Indians a direct entry into the 2006 World Cup to be played in Spain. Earlier, Asian Games champion China beat defending champions South Korea 3-0 on tie breaker for the bronze medal. It was a brilliant all-round performance by the Indians, who came into the tournament with a modest target of at least finishing in the medals bracket, as they not only kept the fast moving Japanese at bay but also maintained an upper hand over their fancied opponents for most part of the 70 minutes. Both the teams started cautiously but the Japanese quickly began to put pressure on the Indian defence through some probing runs. Later, Indian Women’s Hockey Federation president Vidya stokes announced a cash award of Rs 5.15 lakh to the team. (PTI) |
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India finishes Aussie tour on dismal note By Ravi Shastri India were hit by an Aussie gale-force at the Sydney cricket ground on Sunday. The second final of the VB series was reminiscent of the World Cup final last year, the only difference being the margin of defeat which was bigger this time. As I have said earlier in the tournament, the Australians looked a couple of steps ahead of India in the one-day game, but in the final they looked miles in front, and India were forced to finish what had been as yet a wonderful tour on a dismal note. Ricky Ponting did not miss a trick nor put a foot wrong right from the time Ganguly called incorrectly. Batting first allowed his team to put up a psychological obstacle for the Indian team which has looked very jaded in the last 10-12 days. I suspect even 280 would have been good enough for the weary India side, and 359 was simply too many. I thought India made a mistake in not playing Rohad Gavaskar instead of Kartik, who has been badly demoralized. Gavaskar’s inclusion would have strengthened the batting and fielding without weakening the bowling any. Moreover, there did not seem to be any real ploy in place for the part-time bowlers to fill up the 10-overs quota. This was such awesome batting from the Australians that the Indian players looked dead beat even as they walked off the field. When they came out to bat, the swagger and thrust, the defiance was all-too-brief. Sehwag began with a six off the first ball, and Tendulkar matched his agro with a smashing drive. But the counter-attack was deconstructed soon thereafter as the Australians raised the bar, cut the Indians down to size. Lee then deceived Laxman with a Yorker, and Martyn - another to salvage his reputation in the one-day series - ran Dravid out with a brilliant pick-up and throw racing in from cover with only one stump to aim at. After that, it was all rapidly downhill.(TCM) |
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District U-19 Chess meet begins Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: District champion, Sumit Grover has made a winning start on the opening day of the Jammu District under-19 Chess Tournament started today at Indoor Complex, M A Stadium, here. Young and budding players, Agrim Pandotra and Akanksha Sharma too made a good start on the day one. Earlier, the competitions were declared open by joint secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Chess Association, S P Sharma. The results: Akanksha Sharma bt Sarvagya Bargotra; Agrim Pandotra bt A K Kher; Rakesh Sadhotra bt Karan Dev Singh; Ishan Verma bt BR Zargar; Sumit Grover bt Ritwan Sauntra and Arvindu bt Aditi Sharma. |
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Banathia continues winning spree in district Badminton Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: S P Banathia continued winning spree in veteran section in the ongoing District Udhampur Badminton Championship beating Gopal Sharma 15-6, 15-5 today. Dr Shakti also won his match against B L Thapa 15-1, 15-2 to advance into the next round. Other results: Below 45 years: Hemant bt Rocky Baria 15-3, 15-9; Pawan Rigra bt Arun Gupta 15-8, 15-8; Pankaj bt Rohit 18-15, 15-3; Vicky Mahajan bt Mudassir 18-14, 15-4; Ashwani bt Vishal Sharma 15-6, 15-9; Arunesh Gupta bt Joginder Gupta 15-2, 15-9. |
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Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: Army Red today lifted the Inter-Services Hockey Championship trophy after they blanked their counterparts in Green (Army Green) in the final which was played at K K Hakhu Stadium, here. Leading by one goal at the end of first half, Army Red netted two more goals after the breather, including one on a penalty stroke. K S Ganapati had scored the first goal in the very second minute. And, in the second half, E Lakra sounded the board in the 46th minute. Later, in the 53rd minute, Army Red converted a penalty stroke into a goal in the 53rd minute. Army Green played a nice game throughout but every time they attacked on the opponent net they missed the target narrowly. In the final and prize distribution function, Air Vice Marshal Sudhir Sah, VM, Senior Officer Administration Headquarters Western Air Command, IAF was chief guest. He gave away winners and runners-up trophies and other individual prizes. The tournament, wherein four teams took part, was conducted by Air Force Station Jammu. |
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J&K to host Senior National Women Wrestling meet in May Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: The newly constituted body of the Jammu and Kashmir Wrestling Association is organising the first-ever Senior National Women Wrestling Championship in Jammu in end of May. This was disclosed by the president of the Association, Kuldeep Khoda, Additional Director General of J&K Police while talking to newsmen here this afternoon. He said that the new body with Asian medalist, Dushyant Sharma as its general secretary has already started preparations for the mega event to be organised within the Jammu city in end of May. For selecting a medal prospect team, a two-month long preparatory camp will start soon out of which best talent will be picked up for further coaching camp under the guidance of specialised coach, informed general secretary, Dushyant Sharma. Patron in chief of the Association, Lal Singh, Minister for Health speaking on the occasion promised all kind of help for the successful conduct of the first-ever women wrestling championship in Jammu. He asked the new executive body, comprised of wrestlers of national repute, to take the game to grass root level so as to field competitive teams at the National level from Jammu and Kashmir. General secretary, J&K Olympic Association, Ashutosh Sharma, who was also present on the occasion, gave his view point to the new body with regard to holding of event. Among others who spoke were Prem Choudhary, Sardar Khan (DySP) and Rajesh Bittu. Utkarsha wins gold in U-14 Epee Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Feb 8: Without giving the event a wide publicity and holding of district level competitions, the Jammu and Kashmir Fencing Association started its State level meet today at Indoor Complex, MA Stadium, here. The State championship, which has representation of a ‘name sake’ from Kathua and Udhampur, received just one entry each from Srinagar and Leh, told the informed sources. However, on the opening day events, Utkarsha of Jammu district bagged gold medal in girls under-14 Epee event beating Shifali of Udhampur in the final. Third place went to Kiran of Shanta Club and Ritu of Udhampur finished third. In the Foil team event, DBN Club (Shravan, Ishan, Ujawal and Shivan) bagged first position while Friends Club (Rinchen, Ankuj, Ajay and Varun) finished second. Jammu district (Bishan, Surjit, Maninder and Ajay) remained third and Sainik School Nagrota (Gurjeet, Pawandeep, Aditya and Tahir) were at fourth position. |
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