GGM Science College
to face MAM College for
title clash

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: GGM Science College entered into the final of the ongoing Inter Collegiate Cricket Tournament (Men) defeating Degree College Kishtwar by 43 runs in the second semifinal played .....more

Sohail advises India to
have fixed batting slots

Durban, Nov 20: India must have fixed batting slots if they are to taste success on the bouncy South African pitches, says Aamir Sohail who has the distinction of being the skipper of the only team from Asia to have beaten South ........more

Gayle leads West Indies
fightback in second test

Multan, Nov 20 : Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga made a confident start after Jerome Taylor’s five-wicket haul in the second cricket test against Pakistan today, boosting West Indian hopes of levelling the series. Gayle was unbeaten on a punishing 87 and Ganga was 59 ...more

Anand wins Tal
Memorial Blitz title

New Delhi, Nov 20: Grandmaster Viswanathan Anandbanked on his vast reservoir of experience in rapid chess towin the Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament in Moscow with acomprehensive two-point margin over his nearest rival LevonAronian of ......more

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 SPMR win opener in Inter
Collegiate Handball tourney

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: SPMR College of Commerce outclassed PG Department by 15-12 goals in an eventful contest in the inaugural match of the Inter Collegiate Handball Tournament (Men and Women) which commenced at Jammu ........more

Sahil earns win over Arjun

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: Mehul Kaina got walkover Sahil Kumar in the first match in Junior Snooker in the ongoing 16th J&K State Inter District Billiards and Snooker Championship being played at Billiards ......more

Dr Ambedkar Judokas
win medals in
Karate Championship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: The judokas of Dr. Ambedkar Convent School, Bantalab bagged total seven medals in the recently concluded 8th Jammu District Karate-do ........more

State Volleyball
Championship for
girls begins

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: Poonch defeated Doda by 3-0 in the opening match in U/17 age group of the State Level Volleyball Championship ....more
     
 

GGM Science College to face MAM College for title clash

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: GGM Science College entered into the final of the ongoing Inter Collegiate Cricket Tournament (Men) defeating Degree College Kishtwar by 43 runs in the second semifinal played at Jammu University.

DC Kishtwar won the toss and decided to bat first.They accumulated 201 runs in 71 overs.

Abhi Nandan was the star batsman who scored a fine fifty. He made 59 runs in 128 balls with eight superbly executed hits to the fence.

Dheeraj and Susheel also contributed useful 43 and 18 runs respectively.

For DC Kishtwar, Amit was the most successful bowler, who scalped four wickets at crucial junctures.

Mehboob and Sohail took three and two wickets respectively.

In reply, DC Kishtwar managed just 158 runs as the whole team was bundled out in 59 overs with 16 extras.

Imran played fighting knock of 39 runs with the help of four boundaries.

Vinay and Sharir also played well for their knocks of 27 and 24 runs respectively.

For GGM Science College, Abhi Nandan exhibited a brilliant bowling skill by completing a five wicket haul.

Sahil also chipped in with three wickets.

The umpires in the match were Sandeepan and Amit Gupta. The scorer was Naveen.

GGM Science College will now clash with MAM College for the title clash scheduled to be played from Nov 22-24 at the same venue.

The tournament is being organised by the Department of Physical Education, Jammu University.

Sohail advises India to have fixed batting slots

Durban, Nov 20: India must have fixed batting slots if they are to taste success on the bouncy South African pitches, says Aamir Sohail who has the distinction of being the skipper of the only team from Asia to have beaten South Africa in their own den.

Sohail was the leader of the Pakistani side which beat South Africa by 29 runs in Kingsmead, Durban, on arguably the bounciest of all South African pitches in 1998, and importantly he did it with a rank inexperienced team.

Sohail, understandably, is proud of the achievement and his advice to the Indians is simple — the batsmen must be told of their roles, but for that to happen, their batting slots too now must be fixed — something, the Indians still appear averse to doing. (PTI)

Gayle leads West Indies fightback in second test

Multan, Nov 20 : Chris Gayle and Daren Ganga made a confident start after Jerome Taylor’s five-wicket haul in the second cricket test against Pakistan today, boosting West Indian hopes of levelling the series.

Gayle was unbeaten on a punishing 87 and Ganga was 59 not out at stumps, taking the tourists to 151-0 in reply to Pakistan’s first-innings total of 357 on the second day at the Multan Stadium.

The West Indies, 1-0 down in the three-match series after losing by nine wickets in the first test in Lahore, now trail by 206 runs with all their wickets in hand.

Gayle — the player of the Champions Trophy in India earlier this month with 414 runs including three hundreds —hit ten boundaries and a six during his 233-minutes at the crease and put the home bowlers into submission.

The 27-year-old Jamaican, who managed 34 and 11 in the first test, cut loose after tea by hitting leg-spinner Danish Kaneria for two successive boundaries to reach his half-century.

He treated Mohammad Hafeez with the same disdain, pulling the off-spinner for a huge six over mid-wicket and then driving two consecutive boundaries to stamp his authority.

Ganga, who played second fiddle to Gayle, reached his eighth test fifty when he drove paceman Umar Gul for his ninth boundary to add to the home team’s problems.

Earlier fast bowler Jerome Taylor took 5-91 — his second five-wicket haul in nine tests — and Corey Collymore posted (2-67) to stop Pakistan from hitting a big score after they resumed at 263-4. More

The 22-year-old Jamaican, Taylor, bowled his heart out on a lifeless pitch and was rewarded as the West Indies took the last six Pakistan wickets for 88 runs.

The tourists started with the second new ball and got an early result in the third over, when Taylor produced a sharp outswinger to find an edge off Inzamam’s bat to wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.

Inzamam failed to add to his overnight score of 31.

The West Indies could have snared Malik in the next over, but Brian Lara grassed a low catch when the batsman was on 14.

Dwayne Bravo at third slip let Malik off again four runs later, with Collymore the unlucky bowler on both occasions. (Agencies)

Anand wins Tal Memorial Blitz title

New Delhi, Nov 20: Grandmaster Viswanathan Anandbanked on his vast reservoir of experience in rapid chess towin the Mikhail Tal Memorial Blitz Tournament in Moscow with acomprehensive two-point margin over his nearest rival LevonAronian of Armenia.

Anand scored a whopping 23 points out of a possible 34and won 11 out of 17 mini-matches to win the strongest blitztournament in the history of the game.

The Indian ace, known to have mastered the art of rapidchess, had recently suffered a setback in the finals of theCorsica Masters Chess Tournament where he lost the finalagainst Rustam KasimDzhanov of Uzbekistan.

However, this was an excellent turnaround by Anand.

World Cup winner Aronian, who scored 21 points includinga 1-1 draw with Anand, finished second.

The third place was shared by Teimour Radjabov ofAzerbaijan and Peter Svidler of Russia, who scored 20.5 pointseach.

The event was played on a double round robin basisbetween 18 players over two days. The event had 11 playersabove 2700 ELO rating and none below the 2650 mark.

Anand showed clinical approach in crushing his opponents,barring one against Jobava Baddur of Georgia, who came with a1.5-0.5 margin. Baddur was the only one who lost both hisgames against Anand.

Playing solidly in the first half of the event, Anandwaited till the 15th round to wrest the lead from ShakhriyarMamedyarov and thereafter the Indian did not look back.

For the records, Anand lost two, won 14 and drew 18 gamesto win the event.

Final standings: 1. Viswanathan Anand (Ind, 23); 2. LevonAronian (Arm, 21); 3-4. Teimour Radjabov (Aze), Peter Svidler(Rus) 20.5 each; 5. Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr, 19.5); 6-8.Alexander Morozevich (Rus), Alexander Grischuk (Rus), BorisGelfand (Isr) 18 each; 9-10. Magnus Carlsen (Nor), AnatolyKarpov (Rus) 17.5 each; 11-13. Sergey Karjakin, ShakhriyarMamedyarov (Aze), Judit Polgar (Hun) 17 each; 14. Peter Leko(Hun, 16.5); Dmitry Jakovenko (Rus, 15.5); 16. Viktor Bologan(Mda, 10.5); 17. Artyom Timofeev (Rus, 10); 18. Jobava Baadur(Geo, 9). (PTI).

SPMR win opener in Inter Collegiate Handball tourney

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: SPMR College of Commerce outclassed PG Department by 15-12 goals in an eventful contest in the inaugural match of the Inter Collegiate Handball Tournament (Men and Women) which commenced at Jammu University today.

Ashish was the top performer, who scored total 12 goals out of 15 goals scored by Commerce College.

The other goal scorers were Kundan Sharma and Pankaj Chander.

For PG Department, Karan Magotra, Atul and Khyati Maan scored eight, three and one goal respectively.

The referees in the match were Sudesh Kumar (SAI Handball Coach), Dev Raj (SAI Handball Coach), Vinay Sharma (Sports Council Handball Coach) and Jyoti Sharma (B.Ed Teacher).

The tournament is being organised by the Department of Physical Education, Jammu University.

Sahil earns win over Arjun

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: Mehul Kaina got walkover Sahil Kumar in the first match in Junior Snooker in the ongoing 16th J&K State Inter District Billiards and Snooker Championship being played at Billiards Hall, M.A. Stadium here today.

Atul Tandon also got walkover Amit Dogra in the second match.

In the third match, Sahil Gupta outclassed Arjun Sharma by 3-2 frames in a keen contest.

He started off briliantly by winning the first frame quite convincingly by 56-27.

But Arjun won next two frames by 24-69 and 37-67 to make the contest evenly poised.

Sahil Gupta, like a seasoned campaigner, kept on playing his shots and finally got rhythm to win the last two frames by 57-49 and 77-44.

The officials in the match were Rakesh, Surjit Singh and Shanker Dass.

The tournament is being organised by the J&K Billiards and Snooker Association and sponsored by J&K State Sports Council.

Dr Ambedkar Judokas win medals
in Karate Championship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: The judokas of Dr. Ambedkar Convent School, Bantalab bagged total seven medals in the recently concluded 8th Jammu District Karate-do Championship organised by the Jammu District Karate-do Association at Indoor Sports Complex, M.A. Stadium.

Jasbir Kalotra (2nd prize), Nitin Sharma (2nd prize), Irfan Shah (2nd prize), Sahil Chopra (3rd prize), Karan Singh Jasrotia (3rd prize), Vikas Dutta (3rd prize and Satyam Gupta (3rd prize) were the karatekas who performed well in the championship.

Gian Chand Dogra, Managing Director, Dr. Ambedkar Group of Schools was also present on the occasion.

State Volleyball Championship for girls begins

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 20: Poonch defeated Doda by 3-0 in the opening match in U/17 age group of the State Level Volleyball Championship for U/17 and U/14 Girls which commenced at Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Sunderbani today. The set score was 20-25, 25-16 and 15-10.

In the second match played between Kathua and Jammu in U/14 age group, Jammu emerged winner by 25-18 and 25-20.

In another match, Jammu defeated Udhampur by 25-6 and 25-4 in a one sided contest in U/17 age group.

The officials in the match were Bharat Bhushan, Mohd. Wali, Balraj Sharma and Mohd. Hanif.

Earlier, the tournament was declared open by Parvez Ahmed Malik, District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, who was the chief guest on the occasion.

Mohd. Din, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Rajouri, R.K. Maini, Principal, Boys HSS, Sunderbani, Inder Paul Gupta, S.K. Gupta, Mulkh Raj, Vijay Damral, Lect. S.K. Tickoo and Mandeep Singh were also present on the occasion.

A colourful cultural programme was also presented by the students of Harish Niketan HSS Sunderbani and Christ School Nowshera. The tournament is being organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports Office, District Rajouri.


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