Board satisfied with
replies given by
Tendulkar, Yuvraj

NEW DELHI, Apr 15: The BCCI today said it was satisfied with the explanation of Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh but issued a warning to all the players against speaking to the media directly in....more

Kiwis join Australia
in semis

ST GEORGE’S (Grenada), Apr 15: New Zealand booked a place in the semi-finals with a hard-earned five-wicket win against a sloppy South Africa in Saturday’s super eight match of the Cricket World Cup.....more

India beat Pakistan to
retain Ravi
Kirloskar Trophy

NEW DELHI, Apr 15: India defeated Pakistan by two points to successfully defend the Ravi Kirloskar Trophy......more

Angry fans tell Sachin,
Zaheer to go back

AHMEDABAD, Apr 15: Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar, who were part of the squad that.....more

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 26 Infantry Div lifts
CM Golf Cup

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: 26 Infantry Div. today lifted Chief Minister’s Golf Cup-2007 at a championship played at 18-Hole Golf....more

Simula Sports Club, J&K
Police win inaugural ties

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Hosts Simula Sports Club and J&K Police register wins in their inaugural..more

Sport Climbing
Championship from Apr 20

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JAMMU, Apr 15: The Mountaineering Association of J&K is going to organise the 7th..more

Sumit, Ritwan take lead in
Chess Championship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Defending State champion Sumit Grover and Ritwan Sountra are leading the points table with 4 points each at close of day two of the ongoing.........more

  

Board satisfied with replies given by Tendulkar, Yuvraj

NEW DELHI, Apr 15: The BCCI today said it was satisfied with the explanation of Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh but issued a warning to all the players against speaking to the media directly in the future.

The board said it had gone through the letters of the two players in reply to the show cause notices issued to them on their remarks on Greg Chappell and would consider the matter as closed.

"We have received the replies of Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh. The replies are satisfactory and the chapter is closed now," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters in Rajkot.

"If in future any player speaks to the media, he will be given notice by the board. Every player should remember that the game is more important than individuals," he said.

BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla also said that the board would treat the matter as closed.

"We have received the replies of Tendulkar and Yuvraj. We have gone through their letters and we are satisfied with the explanation. We will treat the matter as closed," he said.

Asked whether the two players had apologised, Shukla said that he would not divulge the contents of the letters.

The BCCI, in its working committee meeting on April 7, had decided to issue show cause notices to Tendulkar and his teammate Yuvraj for breaching the board’s code of conduct by making comments in the media on coach Chappell.

The notices to both players with a seven-day deadline were sent on April 9. Tendulkar had criticised Chappell for questioning his attitude in an interview after India’s disastrous World Cup campaign while Yuvraj had backed Tendulkar’s views, which had led to a furore.

Regarding the security concerns for the Indian team for the forthcoming Bangladesh tour, Shah said "BCCI has discussed about the security of the players in Bangladesh and we have been assured about that.

"But if required we will ask the Indian Government and send a security team to Bangladesh. And if need be commandos also will be sent," he said. (PTI)
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Kiwis join Australia in semis

ST GEORGE’S (Grenada), Apr 15: New Zealand booked a place in the semi-finals with a hard-earned five-wicket win against a sloppy South Africa in Saturday’s super eight match of the Cricket World Cup.

Thanks to New Zealand’s win, Sri Lanka also booked a semifinal berth and one more team would join them to complete the line-up after Tuesday’s England-South Africa match, a virtual quarterfinal.

New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming won an important toss which enabled him to insert South Africa on a sub-standard pitch and restrict them to 193 for six. The Kiwis then saw through the target in the 49th over in the afternoon.

New Zealand thus became the second team, after Australia, to put themselves in the last four. They now have 10 points from six games while Australia are on top with same points from just five games.

South Africa, on the other hand, are teetering on the point of elimination and now face a must-win situation against England in Barbados.

Fleming himself played a critical hand of 50 in the chase and with Scott Styris (56) playing a characteristic role, the win was never in doubt.

South Africa themselves were around to offer a helping hand, dropping both Fleming and Styris at critical stages of the match.

Styris, when on four, was put down by Ashwell Prince at short midwicket and then Fleming had two large doses of luck coming his way. He was let off on 24 by wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and then Herschelle Gibbs let go a chance at point when the left-hander was on 36.

New Zealand lost two early wickets when Peter Fulton (16) and Ross Taylor (10) fell by 42 runs in the 13th over. Fulton thick edged a drive in the slips off Makhaya Ntini and Taylor was ruled out leg before off Andre Nel.

A tale of dropped catches followed and Fleming and Styris were not the ones to let the opportunity go by. (PTI)

India beat Pakistan to retain Ravi Kirloskar Trophy

NEW DELHI, Apr 15: India defeated Pakistan by two points to successfully defend the Ravi Kirloskar Trophy golf in Islamabad today.

India held the hosts 6-6 in the final round, which was played according to the singles match play format, for an overall score line of 13-11 retain the title they won in Bangalore last year.

The Indian victory was spearheaded by the National amateurs Anirban Lahiri, Jasjeet Singh and Simarjeet Singh who all won their matches in the top category.

Joseph Chakola was the sole loser.

In the over-40 category, former Asian golf medallist Amit Luthra and Rajendra Dutta won their respective matches while Vinay Goel and Yogesh Chopra both went down fighting.

India suffered the most in the over 50-category with three of its players - Vijay Kumar, Sanjeev Talwar and IPS Mann losing their matches. The only win in this category was secured by Vikramjit Singh.

India will host the next edition of the Ravi Kirloskar Trophy which is played on reciprocal basis. (PTI)

Angry fans tell Sachin, Zaheer to go back

AHMEDABAD, Apr 15: Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar, who were part of the squad that exited the World Cup in the first round, were today jeered by fans in the city.

The three, who are in town for the Inter-State Twenty20 Tournament that began today, were jeered by crowds as they entered their hotel. (PTI)

26 Infantry Div lifts CM Golf Cup

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: 26 Infantry Div. today lifted Chief Minister’s Golf Cup-2007 at a championship played at 18-Hole Golf Course at Miran Sahib here today. 10 Infantry Div bagged the Bepta Trophy.

In all, 14 teams comprising 56 golfers from civil administration, army, paramilitary forces, police and veterans participated in the said championship.

Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd) S. K. Sinha presented Bepta trophy to 10 Infantry Div. while Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad gave away Chief Minister’s championship trophy to over all winners 26 Infantry Div.

Lady Governor Premini Sinha gave away prizes to golfers who excelled in various individual categories. Trophy for maximum birdies was won by Mr. Sanjeev Dogra while for longest hit trophy went to Lt. Col. S. Pathania.

Major General Sanjeev Loomba presented vote of thanks to Governor, Chief Minister and other dignitaries who were present on the occasion.

He also presented mementos to Governor and Chief Minister on the occasion.

Simula Sports Club, J&K Police win inaugural ties

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Hosts Simula Sports Club and J&K Police register wins in their inaugural matches of the Anand Rathi Corporate Cup Cricket Tournament which commenced at GGM Science College Ground here today.

In the first match, Simula Sports Club defeated Big 92.7 FM by 48 runs. Batting first after winning the toss, Simula Sports Club accumulated 148 runs in 25 overs.

Vikramditya was the top scorer with 31 runs followed by Hilal and Ram Dayal who also contributed useful 16 and 13 runs respectively.

For Big 92.7 FM, Ali and Anuj grabbed four and two wickets respectively.

In reply, Big 92.7 FM was all out for 100 runs. Farooq and Sidharth scored 35 and 18 runs respectively.

For Simula Sports Club, Shafqat Baba scalped four wickets while Rohit Mattoo and Rohit Bhat took three and two wickets respectively. Shafqat was declared the man of the match.

In the second match, J&K Police beat Anand Rathi by a huge margin of 152 runs.

J&K Police made challenging 254 runs in the allotted 25 overs for the loss of 8 wickets.

Shashi played a brilliant knock of 60 runs. Rajesh Gill,Jetender Raina, Sanjay Kotwal and Mukesh Singh also played handy knocks of 52, 31, 30 and 13 runs respectively.

For Anand Rathi, Zulfiqar and Kewal grabbed two wickets each. In reply, Anand Rathi was bundled out for paltry 102 runs.

Kingji and Arun were the top scorers with 35 and 12 runs respectively. For J&K Police, Shamsher took four wickets whereas Mukesh Singh took two wickets.

Shashi was declared as the man of the match.

Sport Climbing Championship from Apr 20

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: The Mountaineering Association of J&K is going to organise the 7th Jammu District Sport Climbing Championship at MNDP School, R S Pura from April 20 to 21.

More than 250 climbers from various educational institutions and adventure clubs of Jammu district are likely to participate in the two day long event which would be held in six categories namely men, women, boys, girls, sub junior boys and sub junior girls in "Lead" as well as in "Speed Climbing".

Interested climbers who want to take part in the competition can collect and submit the application form alongwith registration fee of Rs 50 at Everest Traders, Last Morh, Gandhi Nagar between 3 pm to 5 pm up to April 18.

They can also contact Ram Khajuria, organising secretary on his mobile no 94191-96378.

The Jammu District Championship would be followed by Udhampur District Championship scheduled to be held on April 22 at the same venue. Both the championships are being sponsored by the J&K State Sports Council.

Sumit, Ritwan take lead in Chess Championship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Defending State champion Sumit Grover and Ritwan Sountra are leading the points table with 4 points each at close of day two of the ongoing J&K State Chess Championship being played at Vishvakarma Hall, Bakshi Nagar here today.

Ajit Singh and Dinesh Rajput too not lagging behind with 3.5 points each.

Sumit Grover thrashed Rakesh Sadhotra (3) whereas Ritwan Sountra outclassed Bharat Raj Grover (3).

Today’s Results (Round 4):

Ajit Singh (3.5) beat Manmeet Singh (3), Dinesh Rajput (3.5) beat Ramesh Kumar (3), Ashok Safaya (3) beat Arvindu (2), Manik Chand (3) beat Ashok (2), Manish beat Rohit Bhardwaj, Rajinder Singh beat Satpal Sharma, Ram Singh drew with Suresh Gupta, Suresh Raina beat Vishal Langar, Sandep beat Ajay Sharma, Agrim Pandotra (2) drew with Devashish Chib (1), Aditi Sharma (2) beat Ishan Verma, Anil Kumar beat Manual, Kuldeep Goswami beat Abhishek, Anil Kumar beat Chander Partap Singh, Sameer beat Saransh Behl, Anuj beat Vandit Gandotra, Pawan Gupta beat Dinesh Khajuria, Vikrant beat Nirdal Singh and Ayush beat Ajay Sharma.

However, young players like Agrim Pandotra, Saransh Behl, Sameer, Vandit Gandotra and Aditi Sharma are playing outstandingly in the championship by giving a real tough time to their senior rivals.

Parmeet steer DCC into Surya Cup Cricket final

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Parmeet’s four wicket haul followed by a magnificent match winning 50 helped Diamond Cricket Club (DCC) to register six wicket win over Raja Cricket Club (RCC) to enter final of the ongoing Surya Cup Cricket Tournament being played at Boys High School, Simbal Camp today.

In the semifinal, DCC won the toss and opted to field first. RCC made 122 runs in the stipulated 20 overs losing seven wickets in the process.

Bunty and Raja scored 40 and 28 runs respectively. For DCC, Parmeet was the pick of the bowlers who scalped four wickets. Wadda also grabbed three wickets.

In reply, DCC chased the target in 18 overs with six wickets to spare. Parmeet played an excellent knock of 50 runs facing just 30 balls. He clobbered two sixes. Wadda and Varjinder also chipped in with 30 runs each.

For RCC, Ganesh and Raman took two and one wicket each. Parmeet was adjudged the man of the match. The umpires in the match were Navjot Singh and Tarlochan Singh.

Kamaljeet Singh, Chairman, Refugee Democratic Front was the chief guest in the match.

Jammu Adventure Sports Club organises Cycle Rally

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Jammu Adventure Sports Club today organised its 7th Annual Cycle Rally. The slogan of this year’s Rally was "Obey Traffic Rules". More than 400 children participated in the Rally which was flaged off at 7 am by M M Wahi, Chairman, Jammu Sports Club from Bahu Plaza and was culminated at Sports Council Playfield, Gandhi Nagar.

Jaskaran Singh of Army School, Kaluchak finished first. SSP Jammu Mukesh Singh distributed prizes to the winners.

He lauded the efforts of the club for inculcating the spirit of adventure amongst the youth.

The vote of thanks was presented by Club Secretary Mala Broca. The Rally Organising Committee was headed by Neeraj Kohli.

Early writing leads to many problems: Bharti Kapoor

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 15: Mrs Bharti Kapoor a Child Psychologist from Chandigarh and Director Optimizing Development of Education (ODE) while quoting the latest researches said that early writing leads to many problems.

Mrs Kapoor, who delivered a talk to the teachers of Roots—the Montessori House here, today about the development of reading and writing skills laid stress on importance of writing- when and how much.

She said it is important that listen before you speak and read before you write.

She said pre reading activities will ensure reading readiness and pre writing activities will ensure writing readiness.

She said effects of writing too early are irreparable damages both psychologically and physically.

Later at an interactive session with parents Mrs Kapoor solved the problems regarding their children.

She also laid stress on importance of phonics and said that phonics should be started at an early stage. The phonics build a command over spellings and language. It really works to develop a good vocabulary, she added.


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