Galle
to host first India-Lanka Test
COLOMBO, Mar 24: The renovated Galle
stadium, that was ravaged by the 2004
tsunami, will host the first cricket Test
of a three-match series between India and
Sri Lanka starting July 23.
The second
Test will be played from July 31 at the
Sinhalese Sports Club here, while the R
Premadasa stadium will host the third
Test from August 8.
The
Indians will also play a five-match ODI
series starting August 18. The first two
ODIs would be day matches, while the next
three would be day-night games.
India’s
schedule in Sri Lanka:
July
23-27: First Test (Galle)
July 31 to
August 4: Second Test (Sinhalese Sports
Club, Colombo)
August 8
to August 12: 3rd Test (R Premadasa
stadium, Colombo)
August 18:
First ODI (Dambulla)
August 20:
Second ODI (Dambulla)
August 24:
Third ODI (R Premadasa stadium, Colombo)
August 26:
Fourth ODI (R Premadasa stadium, Colombo)
August 29:
Fifth ODI (R Premadasa stadium, Colombo).
(PTI)
Inter
Battalion Sports Meet begins
Mohd Sadiq bags top
honours in Shot Put
Excelsior
Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 24: Inspector Mohd
Sadiq of AP-8th Bn bagged top honours
Shot Put final in men category on the
opening day of the Inter Battalion Sports
Meet which commenced at Police Ground
today.
ASI
Mashqoor Ahmed (IRP-12th Bn) and Ct
Maninder Singh (IRP- 10th Bn) finished
second and third respectively.
in 1500
mts final (men), Ct Reyaz Ahmed (1RP-5th
Bn) secured first position followed by Ct
Showket Ahmed (IRP-8th Bn) and Ct Ved
Kumar (IRP-3rd Bn) who finished second
and third respectively.
In team
events, IRP-2nd Bn, AP-8th Bn, IRP-3rd Bn
and IRP-7th Bn emerged winners in hockey.
In the
first match, IRP-2nd Bn got the better of
AP-13th Bn by 2-0 goals while AP-8th Bn
prevailed over IRP-4th Bn by 4-0.
In other
matches, IRP-3rd Bn defeated AP-5th Bn
and IRP-7th Bn beat AP-14th Bn.
In
Basketball, AP-6th Bn edged out IRP-2nd
Bn by 8-6 in their opening encounter
while IRP-4th Bn cruised past AP-7th Bn
by 30-12.
In another
match, AP-13th Bn overwhelmed IRP-9th Bn
by 21-20 in a gruelling contest.
In
Volleyball, AP-7th Bn defeated IRP-5th Bn
by 2-0 sets in their opening tie while
IRP-8th Bn got walkover in the next
match.
In other
four matches played, IRP-11th Bn
outplayed IRP-7th Bn by 2-0 sets,
IRP-13th Bn defeated AP-12th Bn by
identical margin, AP-14th Bn beat IRP-4th
Bn by 2-0 while IRP-12th got walkover
IRP-1st Bn.
In
Kabaddi, IRP-2nd Bn and IRP-4th
Battalions registered wins whereas in
Handball, IRP-4th Bn emerged victorious.
Meanwhile,
in football, all the matches were
resulted in walkovers.
Earlier,
Sheikh Owais Shah, IGP Armed was the
chief guest on the occasion who declared
open the Meet.
Commandants
and gazetted officers of J&K Police
besides senior retired Police officers/
civil administration also attended the
function.
Total 600
athletes (male and female) are competing
in the said event.
"Safari"
to be flagged off on May 5
Excelsior
Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 24: About 35
motorcyclists from outside the State and
abroad would participate in the 13-day
long himalayan"Safari" to be
organised by "Extreme Himalayan
Adventures".
Dr Thakur
Naveen Kotwal, CEO of Extreme Himalayan
Adventures while briefing the media said
"Roarima" is an endeavour to
explore a route through the Jammu
Shivaliks, foothills of Pir Panjal and
high roads of western Himalayas for a
great motor biking adventure.
He further
said the motorcyclists would cover a
distance of 1500 kms during 13-day long
adventure thereby exploring Rajouri,
Reasi, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar districts
and also remote tribal areas of Pangi in
Himachal Pradesh.
He said
Jammu with its diverse geography cultural
heritage would offer the best of hills
rides to the motor bikers.
The
"Safari" would be flagged off
on May 5 from Jammu.
Prominent
among others who were present on the
occasion were Indira Rathore, Balbir
Singh, Vikas Rathore and Vee Mahajan.
Body
Building Championship tomorrow
Excelsior
Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 24: The J&K Amateur
Body Building Association is going to
conduct 6th Junior and 8th Senior Mr
J&K state Body Building Championship
on March 26 at Abhinav Theatre.
The events
would be held in Junior, Senior, Masters
and Handicap categories.
The weight
group for seniors are below 55kg, 60kg,
65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg, 90kg and
above while for juniors is below 55kg,
60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg and above.
The body
weight will be held at Muscle Tech Gym,
near Police Lines, Gandhi Nagar at 2 pm.
The entry
fee is Rs 100 for one body builder. The
winners in the championship would be
selected for the 47th Senior National
Body Building Championship scheduled to
be held at Meerut (UP) from March 28 to
30.
BCC
trounces PCC
Excelsior
Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 24: Bhawani Cricket
Club (BCC) notched up a 36 run win over
Paloura Cricket Club (PCC) on the second
day of the ongoing Nishu Memorial Cricket
Tournament played today.
BCC after
winning the toss opted to bat first. They
accumulated 151 runs in the allotted 20
overs with Sukhvinder played a fine knock
of 37.
In reply,
PCC skittled out for 115 runs. Jain and
Tarun played fighting knocks of 33 runs
each.
Showkat
Malik of BCC was adjudged man of the
match. Vijay Kotwal, Principal, GGM
Science College was the chief guest in
the match. Partap Singh, vice president,
Jammu Joint Students’ Federation,
Rawat Singh, secretary and Nishu’s
brother were also present on the
occasion.
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