HYDERABAD, May 18:
Deccan Chargers defeated Rajasthan Royals by five wickets to knock them out of the Indian Premier League, here today.
Brief Score:
Rajasthan Royals: 126 for eight in 20 overs. (Rahul Dravid 39, Owais Shah; Dale Steyn 2/16, Amit Mishra 2/20).
Deccan Chargers: 128 for 5 in 18.4 overs. (Akshat Reddy 42, Shikhar Dhawan 26; S Trivedi 2/20). (PTI)

Mumbai, May 18:
Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was today banned by Mumbai Cricket Association for five years from entering the Wankhede Stadium for misbehaving with its officials in an IPL match here.
Khan, who was alleged by the MCA to have manhandled a security guard of the Association besides hurling choices abuses on its officials after the IPL game on May 16 between KKR and Mumbai Indians, was threatened with a life ban by some officials before the managing committee toned it down to a five-year period.
The decision to debar Khan was taken by the MCA’s managing committee at its emergency sitting chaired by its President Vilasrao Deshmukh.
“The Managing Committee of the MCA at its meeting today has condemned the behaviour of Shah Rukh Khan, who without any provocation hurled abuses at MCA officials and manhandled the security guard in the presence of BCCI-IPL officials,” Deshmukh said.
“Shah Rukh had no regrets for his action and misbehaviour. He in fact has justified his action of manhandling the security guard and abusing and threatening MCA officials. The Managing Committee is forced to ban Shah Rukh Khan from entering the Wankhede Stadium for a period of five years,” said Deshmukh in a statement before answering the questions.
Asked whether there would be any change in MCA’s stand if Khan apologises later, Deshmukh said the question did not arise.
“The ban is a message to every one that if anyone behaves like that action will be taken,” said Deshmukh, adding that more than 50 per cent of the members in the MCA managing committee were present when the unsavoury incident took place on Wednesday night. (PTI)

Kolkata, May 18: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today called for reconsideration of the decision to ban Shah Rukh Khan, who is the co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders and brand ambassador of West Bengal, from entering the Wankhede Stadium for five years.
“I will appeal please reconsider the decision,” Mamata said when reporters sought her reaction on the decision of the Mumbai Cricket Association.
“We love Maharashtra, capital of India’s business. We love Shah Rukh, Sachin, everybody. Shah Rukh is our brand ambassador and that is why you are asking me the question.”
“I do not know whether it will be proper for me to comment anything about the incident. I do not want to interfere about other states’ business.”
“I request you not to distort my saying – whatever I am saying. It is a sensitive issue,” Banerjee said. (PTI)

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 18: The employees of Kashmir Golf Club (KGC) who are on strike since April 16 today demanded revision of pay scale and also gratuity to the deceased employees of the Club.
In a statement, the employees of KGC said that despite the assurances by Minister of State for Tourism, Nasir Aslam Wani and former Director Tourism, Kashmir, Farooq Shah their demands have not been met by the management of KGC. The employees said that MoS Tourism told them that Rs. 10 lakhs have been earmarked with respect to their demands adding that no action has been taken so far.
“We request Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah along with his Cabinet colleagues and top administrative officials to intervene in the matter so that our problems are solved. There are 30 regular employees and four consolidated employees in KGC and our fate hangs in balance,” said the employees.

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UDHAMPUR, May 18: With the organization of various sports competitions today, the Moungri Mela concluded at Pancheri, here.
Balwant Singh Mankotia, Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) Udhampur was the chief guest on the occasion, who later on distributed prizes among the winners and runners up teams.
In volleyball under-17 years, HSS Dhamnote defeated HSS Lander and won the title, while kabaddi under-17 title also went to HSS Dhamnote by defeating HSS Moungri in the summit clash.
The sports contigent was accompanied by physical Education Lecturers Hans Raj, Kewal Gupta, Anil Sharma and teachers Ranjeet Singh and Rome Singh, under the overall supervision of Principal Madhu Chopra.
The principal presented the concluding address on the occasion.

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KATRA, May 18: J&K Police wrestler, Benia of Basantgarh, Udhampur, clinched the 36th Annual Gran Mord Kesari Dangal Title 2012 defeating wrestler Vikrant (Vicky) of Guru Hanuman Akhara Delhi of Navy in the 1st main bout that lasted for 27 minutes at Gran Mord Reasi, near here today.
The event was organized by Gran Mord Dangal Committee, under the aegis of J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association under the overall supervision of President J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association Shiv Kumar Sharma.
Wrestler Benia was awarded cash prize of Rs 10000 while cash prize of Rs 8000 was given to runner up wrestler Vicky. Total 77 bouts were played in the Vishal Dangal. Second main bout was won by wrestler Sagar of Sat Paul Akhara Delhi by defeating wrestler Vikas of Khanna, who received cash prize of Rs 4000 and Rs 3000 respectively, third bout winner and runners-up wrestlers namely Parveen of Khanna and Farooq of Jammu were awarded Rs 3000 and Rs 2000 respectively.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Reasi S Tara Singh was the chief guest on the occasion, who distributed cash prizes among the winners. Treasurer Indian Style Wrestling Association of India Shiv Kumar Sharma presided over the function. Additional S.P Reasi MS Chouhan, SDPO Reasi Jagdev Salathia, Naib Tehsildar Munshi Ram and Advocate Pudam Dev Singh were the guests of honour.
Other Results:- Jagdev of Ludhiana toppled Swarn Singh of Kot Bhawal, Kala of Phagwara beat Kallu of Jammu, Abdul Guffar of Mallerkotla outplayed Onkar Singh of BSF, Bobari of Jammu outclassed Yagha of Amritsar, Mohd Akram of Jammu trounced Kallu of Delhi, Gopal Sharma of Jindrah got better of Prem of Amritsar, Kulbir Singh of Kot Bhawal prevailed upon Amjad of Mallerkotla, Liakat Ali of Panthal beat Jameet Lal of Akhnoor, Sabba of Ludhiana defeated Bagga of Jammu, Murad Ali of Jammu thrashed Satnam of Rajasthan, Billu of Jammu drubbed Hoshiar Singh of Mohre, Maana of Rajasthan trounced Akram of Jammu, Suneet Singh of Kalakote outshined Shamsher Singh of Khore, Pawan of Akhnoor tamed Mohan Singh of Salal, Pritam Singh of Reasi defeated Rajbeer of Rajasthan, Jamat Ali of Jammu beat Gurdev Singh of Devigarh and Parveen Singh of Ramnagar outwitted Karnail Singh of Reasi.

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DODA, May 18: Zakir Cricket Club (ZCC) Doda drubbed New Star Jodhpur Doda by 5 wickets to advance in the ongoing All India 8th Gufran Memorial T-20 Cricket Championship, being organized by Young Star Cricket Club, Doda at Sports Stadium, here.
The tournament is being sponsored by J&K Bank and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, Doda .
Earlier, electing to bat first after winning the toss, New Star Jodhpur Doda scored a modest total of 101 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, losing 7 wickets in the process. Raj Kumar played a magnificent innings of 44 runs, while Sunil Sharma contributed 14 runs to the total. Nazir took 2 wickets, while Nawaz claimed one for ZCC.
In reply, ZCC played sensibly and chased the target in 13 overs by losing 5 wickets, and won the match by 5 wickets. Nasir and Haroon scored 28 and 18 runs respectively. From New Star Doda, Bunty captured 2 wickets and Ravinder claimed one. Nasir of Zakir Cricket Club was adjudged man of the match.
In another match played today, HPCC Jammu thrashed Durga Cricket Club Ramban by 3 wickets.
Batting first, Durga Cricket Club collapsed at 84 runs in 17 overs as HPCC bowlers bowled with a disciplined line and length. Aman was the top scorer with 22 runs, while Bikram contributed 16 runs to the total. For HPCC, Bilawal scalped 2 wickets, while Sunny claimed one.
In reply, HPCC chased the target in just 9 overs by losing 3 wickets, and thus won the match by 7 wickets. Farooq was the top scorer with 33 runs, while Ahmed contributed 10 runs to the winning cause. For DCCR, Charan and Suraj shared 2 and 1 wicket respectively. Farooq of HPCC Jammu was awarded as man of the match, who was presented a trophy and a cash prize by the chief guest Kapil Dev Kotwal of J&K Bank.
The match was officiated by BCCI Level-II umpires Ram Kishore Burdey and Sanjay Singh Tkapoo, while Dheerand Singh acted as scorer.

District Level Inter-Zonal Tournaments

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UDHAMPUR, May 18: Toppling Basharat Ghulam of Jib zone in a tough final bout, Rakesh Kumar of Dudu zone claimed gold in 50 kg weight category of under-14 years boys wrestling event in the District Level Inter-Zonal Tournaments in the disciplines of kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball and wrestling for boys under-14 years, which got underway, here today.
Mohd Saleem of Tikri zone won gold in 40 kg category, defeating Rashpal of Dudu zone in the final bout, while 30 kg weight category went to Raghu Kumar of Udhampur zone, who outclassed Amandeep of Jib zone in the final.
Meanwhile, in kho-kho final, Udhampur trounced Jib by 3 points to win the title, while in kabaddi Tikri zone claimed the trophy by defeating Pancheri by 14 points in an easy contest. The volleyball title also went to Tikri zone, which trounced Udhampur by two sets to nil (2-0).
In other matches, Jib defeated Tikri by one inning and one point in kho-kho, while Tikri got better of Udhampur and Pancheri drubbed Majalta by 13 points in kabaddi.
About 200 boys drawn from various zones of Udhampur participated in the event and displayed their skill.
Balwant Singh Mankotia, Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) Udhampur was the chief guest who while speaking stressed upon the students to play with sportsman spirit. He said that sports and games were imperative in making the youth physically as well as mentally fit. The tournament is being organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, under the overall supervision of Sukhdev Singh, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Udhampur.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were Zonal Physical Education Officers Bhushan Sethi, Champa Devi, Balwant Singh, Mohinder Singh and Ram Lal Badyal.
The matches were officiated by Naveen Sharma, Rakesh Modi, Raj Kumar, Raman Kumar, Deewan Chand, Shashi Sharma, Des Raj, Raj Kumar, Vandhana Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Shashi Bala, Ved Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar and Sanjeev Verma.

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JAMMU, May 18: To participate in 24th Cadet and Junior National Karate Do Championship, a 15-member Jammu and Kashmir State karate team left for Delhi, today.
The Championship will be held at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi.
The team was picked after the selection trials held by Amateur Karate Do Association of J&K, which were supervised by the panel of experts including Ayjaz Lone, Manoj Mehra, Sanjeev Dewan, Brajesh Bhau and Naresh Chander.
The Team: Sumit Sharma, Mohit Singh, Milan Akash, Kripa Nand, Sahil Singh, Manik Jandial, Arushi Sharma, Aishwariya, Jaideep, Sahil Radha, Veera Raju, Mukesh Arora, Pramba Sharma, Pallavi Sharma and Ragni.
Sanjeev Dewan is accompanying the team as coach, while Ambedkar Gupta as manager.

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PULWAMA, May 18: With the entry of Tahab Tigers in the last eight stage, the quarterfinals position has been cleared in the ongoing Kashmir Premier League (KPL) of district Pulwama, being organized jointly by 55 RR, Department of Youth Services and Sports, Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association and J&K State Sports Council, here.
The teams which have made it to the quarterfinals included BCC Bagandar, Pulwama Reds, Naira Cricket Club, Dougam Eleven, Zafran Cricket Club Pampore, Mantaqi Cricket Club Awantipora, Tral Tuskers and Tahab Tigers.
The quarterfinals will be played on May 19 and May 20 at Sports Stadium Pulwama.
Earlier, in the last pool match played today, Tahab Tigers registered a narrow win by 13 runs over JCC Malik Pora and entered the quarterfinals.
Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Tahab Tigers scored a fighting total of 141 runs in the stipulated 20 overs.
In reply, JCC Malik Pora fell short of 13 runs as they bundled out for 128 runs in 19.3 overs, despite a swashbuckling knock of 57 runs by Irfan, which fetched him a man of the match award in spite of his team’s loss.
The match was officiated by Shakeel Ahmed, Abdul Rehman Wani, Manzoor Ahmed, Gh Hasan and Nazir Ahmed Wani, while the tournament is being held under the overall supervision of Nisar Ahmed Salroo, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Pulwama.