1023 taking part in Inter-School Games

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LUDHIANA, Nov 30
As many as 1023 players, including 350 girls, will take part in the Punjab State Inter-School Tournament Under-16 (Boys & Girls) Group-2 to be held at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana from December 1 to 3. Over 150 technical officials have been deputed for the smooth conduct of the games.
Addressing a press conference here today, Punjab Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh said that the tournament was being conducted by the State Sports Department in collaboration with the Sports Authority of India under the new Scheme of Ministry Of Sports, Government of India to promote sports in schools.
Olympian Pargat said that the winner school from all the districts would participate in the Punjab State Inter-School Tournament and the winner school team from this tournament would represent the state in the National Inter-School Tournament to be organised by Punjab Sports Department at Gurdaspur from December 24 to 27.
Pargat said that competitions would be conducted in football, table tennis, volleyball, wrestling and weightlifting. Football and volleyball will be conducted at the Guru Nanak Stadium, wrestling and weightlifting in Multipurpose Hall (opposite main stadium) and table tennis will be conducted in the Shastri Hall.
According to Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Sumer Singh Gurjar all the arrangements for have been completed. The District Administration had conducted a number of meetings to review all the arrangements.
Ludhiana District Sports Officer Jaswinder Singh Bhandari said that girls would stay in Government College for Women, Model Gram and Khalsa College for Women and boys have been provided accommodation in Malwa Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Govt. College for Men and Hostel of Punjab Agriculture University. Official will stay at Kairon Kisan Ghar, PAU and Hostel of Sports Authority of India. (Opp. Guru Nanak Stadium)
Ludhiana SSP R.K.Jaiswal informed that all elaborate security arrangements for the opening and closing ceremonies, accommodation venues and game venues have been made.
Pargat Singh said that Harish Rai Dhanda Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Local Govt. Punjab will inaugurate the tournament at 10 a.m on December 1 at the Guru Nanak Stadium. Chief Adviser to Chief Minster, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema would be chief guest at the closing ceremony on December 3 at 3.00 p.m. Ludhiana Civil Surgeon has been requested to constitute a medical team of experts to determine the age of a player, if his or her case is referred to the board.

INDIA FINISH TIED 17th AT WORLD CUP

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DONGGUAN (CHINA), NOV 30
The Indian team comprising Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa fired 71 in the final round (alternate shot or foursome format) of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup to finish tied 17th. The Indians totaled 280 as they had scores of 67, 72 and 70 in the first three rounds. India finished 19 strokes behind the winners, Sweden.
Final scores: 261: Sweden (Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson) 65-67-66-63 US$1.7 million
264: Spain (Miguel Angel Jimenez, Pablo Larrazabal) 64-63-67-70 US$900,000. 270: Japan (Ryuji Imada, Toru Taniguchi) 66-68-68-68, Australia (Richard Green, Brendan Jones) 63-68-63-76 US$429,000. 272: Germany (Martin Kaymer, Alex Cejka) 62-69-68-73 US$230,000. 273: England (Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher) 69-74-63-67 US$200,000. 274: South Africa (Rory Sabbatini, Richard Sterne) 70-70-67-67, Thailand (Prayad Marksaeng, Thongchai Jaidee) 69-73-64-68 US$155,000
275: USA (Ben Curtis, Brandt Snedeker) 64-69-69-73 US$125,000. 276: Chile (Felipe Aguilar, Mark Tullo) 67-76-66-67, France (Gregory Havret, Gregory Bourdy) 68-75-62-71, Philippines (Angelo Que, Marciano Pucay) 67-72-65-72 US$96,667. 277: Portugal (Tiago Cruz, Ricardo Santos) 67-73-67-70, Canada (Graham Delaet, Wes Heffernan) 64-71-69-73, Denmark (Soren Hansen, Anders Hansen) 65-75-64-73 US$70,333. 278: Ireland (Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley) 65-68-68-77 US$64,000.
280: India (Jeev Mikha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa) 67-72-70-71, China (Liang Wen-chong, Zhang Lian-wei) 69-75-64-72 US$61,000
281: Scotland (Alastair Forsyth, Colin Montgomerie) 68-73-68-72, Italy (Francesco Molinari, Edoardo Molinari) 70-73-64-74 US$57,000. 282: Finland (Roope Kakko, Mikko Korhonen) 69-70-68-75 US$54,000, 283: Guatemala (Pablo Acuna, Alejandro Villavicencio) 69-76-66-72, New Zealand (Mark Brown, David Smail) 65-75-68-75 US$51,000. 284: Chinese Taipei (Lin Wen-tang, Lu Wen-teh) 68-75-69-72 US$48,000. 285: Wales (Bradley Dredge, Richard Johnson) 69-77-68-71 US$46,000. 287: Korea (Bae Sang-moon, Kim Hyung-tae) 68-70-71-78 US$44,000. 288: Mexico (Daniel De Leon, Osca Serna) 66-77-71-74 US$42,000. 294: Venezuela (Miguel Martinez, Raul Sanz) 71-74-75-74 US$40,000.

Ludhaina, Ropar, Taran Tarn qualify for q-finals

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 30
Qualifiers Taran Tarn, Ludhiana and Ropar today joined Faridkot, Kapurthala, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur in quarter-finals of 30th Punjab State Junior (Under-19) Football Championship being played at Khadoor Sahib in Taran Tarn District.
The eighth quarter-finalists will be decided tomorrow morning as the result of the match played between Hoshirapur and Sangrur was withheld as the teams have alleged against each for fielding fielded overage players, according to the match commissioner Gian Singh. The matter has been referred to the organising committee and a decision is likely to be announced tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, Hoshiarpur prevailed over Sangrur on penalties with an aggregate margin of 11-10 margin in sudden death after playing a 2-2 draw in the stipulated session.
In another pre-quarter-final match, Arun Singh performed a brilliant hat-trick as Ropar outplaeyd Bathinda by 4-0. Arun Singh scored all four goals. After initial resistance the Bathinda defence caved in. Their goal fell in the 34th minute as Arun Singh converted a minus from the left flank. After that Arun Singh struck in the 47th, 50th and 87th minutes to complete his hat-trick.
Maintaining their winning spree, qaualifiers Taran Tarn ended the challenge of Patiala by 2-0. Mehnga Singh and Dilraj Singh scored in the 31st and 65th minutes, respectively.
In another pre-quarter-final match, Ludhiana defeated Barnala by 2-0. Both goals were scored in the first half. Arjun Singh scored the first goal for Ludhiana in the opening minute while Mandeep Singh made it beyond doubt in the 16th minute.

HDFC Babk lift Godrej Defender Cup

The HDFC Bank team which won the V Godrej Defender Cup in Chandigarh on Sunday.
HDFC captain receiving the winners trophy.
Godrej CC captain Vaneet Chawla receiving runners-up trophy.

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 30
A majestic knock of 115 by Amrit Pal Singh and his century opening wicket partnership with all-rounder Gurinder Saini helped HDFC Bank claim the V Godrej Defender Cup by beating Godrej Cricket Club by 42 runs in the final at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today.
In the tournament organised by Chandigarh Sports Club, Godrej Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field. HDFC were given a flying start by openers Amrit Pal Singh and Gurinder Saini who were associated in a 120-run partnership. These openers executed their strokes fluently all over the ground. Amrit Pal Singh was more aggressive. His 70-ball innings of 115 contained 16 well-time boundaries and one huge six. Consistent scorer Gurinder Saini scored 54 runs. Charanjeet Singh contributed a valuable knock of 35.
In reply, Godrej Cricket Club were progressing well till 10th over as they had made 82 for 2. Sending Jai Kapil at the fall of second wicket, was the turning point. Jai Kapil's slow batting virtually tilted the balance in favour of HDFC. His score of 17 in 15 balls the run rate touched 10-12 runs per over in the closing stages of the match. Jai Kapil was out at 139 in 17th over. Between 10th and 17th overs, Godrej CC could muster only 57 runs. Godrej CC scored 202 for 8 in allotted 25 overs. Manav Asopa topscored with 55 while Kulwinder Romy posted an innings to 38. Umesh Kaira made 36.
All-rounder Gurvinder Saini broke the backbone of Godrej XI by capturing four wickets for 32 runs. Kamal Walia bagged 2 for 31.
Inderjeet Singh of Godrej was declared the best bowler and Gurvinder Saini of HDFC received the best batsman's award. Umesh Kaira of Godrej was the best all-rounder. AP Singh of HDFC was declared the Man of the Match for his outstanding century.
Sanjeev Aggarwal, Regional Head of Godrej, was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.
Brief scores: HDFC Bank: 244 for 3 in 25 overs (Amrit Pal Singh 115, Gurinder Saini 54, Charanjeet 35, Vijay Pal 1 for 28, Umesh Kaira 1 for 38),
Godrej Cricket Club: 202 for 8 in 28 overs (Manav Asopa 55, Kulwinder Romy 38, Umesh Kaira 36, Jai Kapil 17, Gurinder Saini 4 for 32, Kamal Walia 2 for 31).
Best bowler: Inderjeet Singh (Godrej CC). Best batsman: Gurinder Saini (HDFC). Best all-rounder: Umesh Kaira (Godrej). Man of the Match: AP Singh (HDFC).

Negre is new FIH president

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 30
Leandro Negre is the new President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The Spanish sports administrator was elected during the FIH Congress in Los Angeles, USA on Saturday for a four years term, according to FIH release issued today.
Negre received more votes that his opponent Els van Breda Vriesman, Netherlands who has been the FIH President since 2001. A total of 89 National Associations were present at the FIH Congress.
Negre, President of the European Hockey Federation before being elected as FIH president, was delighted with the result ‘I am very happy to be elected and I would like to thank the National Associations for voting for me’, Negre said. ‘And I would like to thank Els van Breda Vriesman for the excellent work she did for hockey.’
During the FIH Congress, the FIH welcomed five new National Associations: Mongolia, Qatar, Togo, Vanuatu and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. With these new National Associations, the number of FIH Member Countries increased to 127.

Indians tied at 20th place in World Cup

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DONGGUAN (CHINA), NOV 29
Indians Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh, who returned a 70 to lie in equal 20th place at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup on Satruday. The Indians have a total of 209 and trail the leaders Spain by 15 strokes.
The Philippines were poised for a strong finish after Angelo Que and Mars Pucay combined for a seven-under-par 65 in the third round fourball on Saturday.
Third round scores: 194: Spain (Miguel Angel Jimenez, Pablo Larrazabal) 64-63-67. 194: Australia (Richard Green, Brendan Jones) 63-68-63. 198: Sweden (Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson) 65-67-66. 199: Germany (Martin Kaymer, Alex Cejka) 62-69-68
201: Ireland (Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley) 65-68-68. 202: Japan (Ryuji Imada, Toru Taniguchi) 66-68-68, USA (Ben Curtis, Brandt Snedeker) 64-69-69. 204: Denmark (Soren Hansen, Anders Hansen) 65-75-64, Philippines (Angelo Que, Marciano Pucay) 67-72-65, Canada (Graham Delaet, Wes Heffernan) 64-71-69. 205: France (Gregory Havret , Gregory Bourdy) 68-75-62. 206: England (Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher) 69-74-63, Thailand (Prayad Marksaeng, Thongchai Jaidee) 69-73-64. 207: Italy (Francesco Molinari, Edoardo Molinari) 70-73-64, South Africa (Rory Sabbatini, Richard Sterne) 70-70-67, Portugal (Tiago Cruz,Ricardo Santos) 67-73-67, Finland (Roope Kakko, Mikko Korhonen) 69-70-68. 208: China (Liang Wen-chong, Zhang Lian-wei) 69-75-64, New Zealand (Mark Brown, David Smail) 65-75-68. 209: Chile (Felipe Aguilar, Mark Tullo) 67-76-66, Scotland,(Alastair Forsyth, Colin Montgomerie) 68-73-68, India (Jeev Mikha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa) 67-72-70, Korea (Bae Sang-moon, Kim Hyung-tae) 68-70-71. 211: Guatemala (Pablo Acuna, Alejandro Villavicencio) 69-76-66
212: Chinese Taipei (Lin Wen-tang, Lu Wen-teh) 68-75-69. 214: Wales (Bradley Dredge, Richard Johnson) 69-77-68, Mexico (Daniel De Leon, Osca Serna), 66-77-71. 220: Venezuela (Miguel Martinez, Raul Sanz) 71-74-75.

Luciana Aymar, Pol Amat crowned WorldHockey Players of the Year 2008

ARGENTINA'S Luciana Aymar and Spain’s Pol Amat were crowned as WorldHockey Players of the Year 2008 in Los Angeles, USA on Friday. Both hockey stars received their awards during a special ceremony on the occasion of the FIH Congress Dinner at Universal Studios in the Californian city, according to International Hockey Federation (FIH) press release.
Dutch Maartje Paumen and Australian Eddie Ockenden received the WorldHockey Young Player of the Year 2008 awards. All four hockey stars were present in Los Angeles to receive their awards.
The awards were presented by FIH President Els van Breda Vriesman during the special ‘Emmy Awards’ type of show. All players who participated at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing last August were able to vote for their favourite.
Aymar grabbed her fifth WorldHockey Player of the Year award after she won the title in 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2007. The 31- year old bronze medallist of the Beijing Olympics was excited with being the best player in the world again.
Amat became the first Spaniard to win the WorldHockey Player of the Year Award. For the silver medalist from Beijing it is the recognition for all the years he was among the best hockey players in the world. Amat took over the title from Australian Jamie Dwyer, who was again one of the nominees for the award this year.
Dutch striker Maartje Paumen was awarded as women’s WorldHockey Young Player of the Year. For Paumen this was the icing on the cake of a year she could only dream of. Paumen won with Netherlands the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics and became the top scorer of the tournament with 11 goals, a record in Olympic history.
Australian Eddie Ockenden took over the title of men’s WorldHockey Young Player of the Year from his teammate Mark Knowles. Ockenden proved to be in excellent form both at the Olympic Games and the WorldHockey Champions Trophy in 2008.
Past winners WorldHockey Player of the Year Award:
Men: 1998 Stephan Veen (NED), 1999 Jay Stacy (AUS), 2000 Stephan Veen (NED), 2001 Florian Kunz (GER), 2002 Michael Green (GER), 2003 Teun de Nooijer (NED), 2004 Jamie Dwyer (AUS), 2005 Teun de Nooijer (NED), 2006 Teun de Nooijer (NED), 2007 Jamie Dwyer (AUS), 2008 Pol Amat (ESP).
Women: 1998 Alyson Annan (AUS), 1999 Natascha Keller (GER), 2000 Alyson Annan (AUS), 2001 Luciana Aymar (ARG), 2002 Cecilia Rognoni (ARG),
2003 Mijntje Donners (NED), 2004 Luciana Aymar(ARG), 2005 Luciana Aymar (ARG), 2006 Minke Booij (NED), 2007 Luciana Aymar (ARG), 2008 Luciana Aymar (ARG).
Young Men: 2001 Tibor Weissenborn (GER), 2002 Jamie Dwyer (AUS), 2003 Grant Schubert (AUS), 2004 Santi Freixa (ESP), 2005 Robert van der Horst (NED),
2006 Christopher Zeller (GER), 2007 Mark Knowles (AUS), 2008 Eddie Ockenden (AUS).
Young Women: 2001 Angie Skirving (AUS), 2002 Soledad Garcia (ARG), 2003 Maartje Scheepstra (NED), 2004 Soledad Garcia (ARG), 2005 Maartje Goderie (NED), 2006 Mi Hyun Park (KOR), 2007 Maike Stockel (GER), 2008 Maartje Paumen (NED).

Rahman wins Haryana Open and Rs 323300

Mohd Siddikur Rahman receiving trophy from Mr. D S Dhesi, Commissioner & Secretary to Haryana Government and Vice President of Panchkula Golf Club on Saturday.

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PANCHKULA (HARYANA), NOV 29
Bangladesh's Mohd. Siddikur Rahman won the HUDA-GTPL-Unitech Haryana Open after returning a card of 71 in the final round at the 72 par Haryana Golf Club course here on Saturday. The 24-year-old thus registered his second win on the PGTI and also managed to jump from 16th to 12th on the PGTI Order of Merit. He totaled five under 283, having shot 73, 70 and 69 in the previous three rounds. He received a pay cheque of Rs 323300.
Rahul Ganapathy, C Muniyappa, Vikrant Chopra and Ajeetesh Sandhu finished joint runners-up at four under 284. He got a purse of Rs 132800.
Siddikur, who won his first PGTI event at Pune in September, began with a birdie on the first to become the sole leader. Ganapathy then overtook him on the sixth hole. Rahman dropped further back when he bogeyed the seventh, where he missed a three feet putt for par. The Bangladesh golfer recovered some ground by sinking a birdie on the eighth. His third shot from 50 yards out on the eighth landed 6 inches short of the pin. Rahman then had a birdie-bogey on the 15th and 16th. He finally held his nerve on the 18th by making par to come home the winner by one stroke even as Ganapathy dropped three shots on the last two holes.
Rahman said, "It feels great to win my second title on the PGTI. I had planned to play my normal game during the fourth round, just like I had done in round three. I think my win in Pune helped me grow in confidence. This win will now spur me on to achieve greater heights."
He added, "The birdie on the eighth was particularly satisfying as my third shot just came up 6 inches short of the pin. The only blemish of the day was the three-putt from 15 feet on the 16th."
Rahul Ganapathy (68, 74, 70, 72) made birdies on the fifth and sixth to become the sole leader. He further consolidated on his lead with two more birdies on the 11th and 12th. Ganapathy held onto the lead till the 17th despite dropping bogeys on the 14th and 17th. However, the double bogey on the 18th pushed him into tied second place.
Vikrant Chopra (74, 74, 68, 68), C Muniyappa (73, 70, 71, 70), and Chandigarh's Ajeetesh Sandhu (71, 73, 70, 70) joined Ganapathy in tied second place with identical totals of four under 284.
Gaganjeet Bhullar and Vivek Bhandari were a further stroke behind in tied sixth. Each of them got Rs 66302.
Mukesh Kumar and the Chandigarh duo of Gurbaaz Mann and Randhir Singh Ghotra finished tied ninth at one under 287. Their earnings from this tournament was Rs 41987 each. Chandigarh's Harendra Gupta (Rs 33900) was tied 12th at even par 288.

Gul Walia and Pranshu best Holy Child players

Gul Walia and Pranshu Singh, the best Holy Child School, Panchkula, players with Principal Neena Trehan at the annual sports day function.
Winners at the victory podium after receiving their medals.

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PANCHKULA, NOV 29
Gul Walia of Class VIII and Pranshu Singh of Class IX were declared the best players among girls and boys, respectively, in the Sports Day of Holy Child School here today. They were presented trophies by Principal Neena Trehan.
A big attraction of the Founders’ Week was the Sports Day of Classes 5 to 10 with a number of children beaming with happiness as they receive their medals and trophies.
In the 100 metres race Prateek Aggarwal and Abha Sharma emerged the fastest runners among boys and girls in Class V. In Class VI Aditya Kumar and Mrinalini Chauhan won the 100 metres race while Class-7 Harsheen Singh and Samriti Ahuja stood first in 100 metres dash for Class IX. Shubham Chandaran and Gul Walia won gold medal in 100 metres race for boys and girls in Class IX. Shivam Mittu and Arunjeet Gosal claimed the top honours in 100 metres for boys and girls in Class IX. Avinash Yadav and Natalya Thakur stole show for boys and girls, respectively., in 100 metres race for class X.
In the 200 metres race Saksham Khanna and Abha Sharma stood first in Class-5. In Class-6 Aditya Kumar and Mrinalini Chauhan, Class-7 Anshul Yadav and Smriti Ahuja, Class-8 Shubham Chandran and Gul Walia, Class-9 Pranshu Singh and Arunjeet Gosal and Class-10 Avinash Yadav and Natalya Thakur.
In relay race for seniors, Altair House bagged the first prize boys (Avinash Yadav, Amit Garg, Parmeet Singh and Nakul) as well as girls (Gul Walia, Natalya Thakur, Jasreen Kaur and Smriti Ahuja).
In the boys relay race for juniors, Altair House (hubham Dhingra, Nikhil Yadav and Anshul Yadav) bagged the first prize. Vega House (Manisha Pun, Neha Birdi and Amrita Nain) were first in the girls relay race.

Godrej owe it to Inderjeet and Umesh

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 29
A brilliant 139-run partnership for the fourth wicket between Inderjeet Singh (81 not out) and Umesh Kaira (67) was the highlight of Godrej Boyce's 94-run triumph over RLCR XI in the final of the second RLCR Cup organised by Chandigarh Sports Club at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today.
Godrej Boyce won the toss and elected to bat. Their batsmen, especially Inderjeet, Umesh Kaira and Manav Asopa, were in top form. Inderjeet slammed an unbeaten 81 in just 48 deliveries. He and Umesh Kaira flayed the RLCR XI bowlers. They hit all over the wicket to post impressive knocks.
Inderjeet besides racing to the fence for seven times also hit a huge six. Umesh Kaira too punished the RLCR bowlers as he played a brilliant knock of 67 which contained four fours and one six. He faced 47 deliveries.Their century partnership for the fourth wicket placed Godrej in a comfortable position.
They were given a fine start by openers Manav Asopa (18) and Sanjay Bhatia (16) who realised 44 valuale runs for the first wicket stand.
For RLCR Gagan got two wickets for 30 runs.
Required to score 199 for victory, RLCR were bundled out for 104 in 19.4 overs. Daman topscored with 31 while Nitish Melu contributed 18 runs. Rest of their batsmen were uncomfortable against Vijay Pal (3 for 12), Monu Khera (2 for 19) and Kulwinder Romy (2 for 9).
Naresh Dhingra of Godrej was declared the best bowler of the tournament. Nitish Melu got the best all-rounder's prize. Ashok Verma of RLCR was the best batsman and Sanjay Bhatia of Godrej emerged the best wicket-keeper.
Brief scores: Godrej Boyce: 198 for 4 in 25 overs (Inderjeet 81 not out, 7x4s, 1x6), Umesh Kaira (67, 7x4s, 1x6) Manav Asopa 18, Sanjay Bhatia 16, Gagan 2 for 30).
RLCR XI: 104 all out in 19.4 overs (Daman 31, Nitish Melu 18, Vijay Pal 3 for 12, Monu Khera 2 for 19, Kulwinder Romy 2 for 9).
Best bowler: Naresh Dhindgra (Godrej). Best batsman: Ashok Verma (RLCR). Best wicketkeeper: Sanjay Bhatia (Godrej). Best all-rounder: Nitesh Melu (RLCR).

Gurinder and Pooni star as HDFC lift MG Cup

The HDFC Bank team which won the 2nd MG Cup in Chandigarh on Saturday.
The Sigma XI which finished runners-up in 2nd MG Cup on Saturday. Photos by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 29
A breezy unbeaten knock of 72 in 25 balls by Gurinder Saini and deadly bowling spell by left arm spinner Balwar Pooni (4 for 10) paved the way for HDFC Bank to claim the MG Cup, organised by Chandigarh Sports Club at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here on Saturday. In the final match, HDFC Bank scored an authoritative 89-run victory to emerge undisputed champions.
HDFC won the toss and elected to bat. They posted an impressive total of 217 for 4 in allotted 25 overs. Gurvinder Saini was associated in two useful partnerships. With Charanjeet he contributed 58 runs for the fourth wicket and later with Dashmeet he realised 42 runs in 12 deliveries for the fifth wicket association. Prolific scorer Gurinder Saini's unbeaten innings was studded with four well-executed boundaries and seven big sixes. He faced just 25 deliveries.
Earlier, Charanjeet (57, 6x4s, 1x6, 52 balls) and Balwar Pooni (39) were associated in a valuable 86-run partnership for the third wicket.
Ranjeet Singh was the most successful bowler for Sigma XI.
In reply, Sigma XI were bundled out for 128 in 18.1 overs. Only Mohan (22), Rakesh (22) and Jaswinder (19) could face left arm spinner Pooni (4 for 10) and Chandan Puri (4 for 19) with some confidence.
Gurinder Saini was declared the best batsman of the tournament while the Man of the Match award went to Charanjit Singh.
Brief scores: HDFC Bank: 217 for 4 in 25 overs (Gurinder Saini 72 not out, 4x4s, 7x6s, Charanjeet Singh 57, 6x4s, 1x6, Balwar Pooni 39, Ranjeet Singh 2 for 22).
Sigma XI: 128 all out in 18.1 overs (Mohan 22, Rakesh 22, Jaswinder Singh 19, Balwar Pooni 4 for 10, Chandan Puri 4 for 19).
Best batsman: Gurinder Saini (HDFC). Best bowler: Sanjay Jain (Sigma). Best all-rounder: Sandeep Mehta (Sigma) and Man of the Match: Charanjit Singh (HDFC).

Jeev - Randhawa share 10th place

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DONGGUAN (CHINA), Nov 28
Indians Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa battled to a 72 for a share of 10th place on 139 with the Philippines, where Angelo Que and Mars Pucay failed to capitalise on their fast start with three birdies in four holes and settled for a 72 in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup on Friday. Jeev and Randhawa have their minds on the victims of the Mumbai attacks and hope to produce a solid weekend showing to raise some sporting cheers back home.
“We feel bad what's happened out there. Obviously we have been watching the news quite a bit,” said Jeev, who has captured the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit title this year.
Randhawa added: “I did feel for the people that for no rhyme or reason got injured. It does affect us a little bit. But what can you do? You're here to play and try to do the best you can.”
Team Japan and Korea kept up the Asian challenge with battling second rounds and insisted it was not an impossible mission to catch the leader, Spain.
Japan, represented by Ryuji Imada and Toru Taniguchi, carded a four-under-par 68 in the foursomes for seventh place, seven shots off the lead, while Korean duo Bae Sang-Moon and Kim Kyung-Tae enjoyed a superb back nine 32 for a 70 to lie in ninth position at Mission Hills Golf Club.
With Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal shooting a stunning 63 to open up a four-shot lead from Germany and Australia with their two-day total of 17-under-par 127, the Asians know they must make up ground when the format resumes to fourball on Saturday.

Second round scores: 127: Spain (Miguel Angel Jimenez, Pablo Larrazabal) 64-63. 131: Germany (Martin Kaymer, Alex Cejka) 62-69, Australia (Richard Green, Brendan Jones) 63-68. 132: Sweden (Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson) 65-67. 133: Ireland (Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley) 65-68, USA (Ben Curtis, Brandt Snedeker) 64-69. 134: Japan (Ryuji Imada, Toru Taniguchi) 66-68. 135: Canada (Graham Delaet, Wes Heffernan) 64-71. 138: Korea (Bae Sang-moon, Kim Hyung-tae) 68-70. 139: Finland (Roope Kakko, Mikko Korhonen) 69-70, Philippines (Angelo Que, Mars Pucay) 67-72, India (Jeev Mikha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa) 67-72. 140: South Africa (Rory Sabbatini, Richard Sterne) 70-70, Portugal (Tiago Cruz, Ricardo Santos) 67-73, Denmark (Soren Hansen, Anders Hansen) 65-75, New Zealand (Mark Brown, David Smail) 65-75. 141: Scotland (Alastair Forsyth, Colin Montgomerie) 68-73. 142: Thailand (Prayad Marksaeng, Thongchai Jaidee) 69-73. 143: Italy (Francesco Molinari, Edoardo Molinari) 70-73, England (Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher) 69-74, Chinese Taipei (Lin Wen-tang, Lu Wen-teh) 68-75, France (Gregory Havret , Gregory Bourdy) 68-75, Chile (Felipe Aguilar, Mark Tullo) 67-76, Mexico (Daniel De Leon, Osca Serna) 66-77.144: China (Liang Wen-chong, Zhang Lian-wei) 69-75. 145: Venezuela (Miguel Martinez, Rual Sanz) 71-74, Guatemala (Pablo Acuna, Alejandro Villavicencio) 69-76. 146: Wales (Bradley Dredge, Richard Johnson) 69-77.

Rahman, Ganapathy & Bhullar share lead

Gaganjeet Bhullar in action on the third day of the HUDA-GTPL-Unitech Haryana Open on Friday.

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Panchkula, November 28
Bangladesh's Mohd. Siddikur Rahman shares the third round lead along with Indians Rahul Ganapathy and Gaganjeet Bhullar at the HUDA-GTPL-Unitech Haryana Open at the Panchkula Golf Course here today. The trio of Rahman, Ganapathy and Bhullar are placed on top of the leaderboard with identical totals of four under 212. Among the three leaders, Rahman shot the best score on Friday, a three under 69. Kolkata's Rafick Ali Mollah and Chandigarh-based professional Harendra Gupta are one stroke behind the leaders in tied fourth.
Mohd. Siddikur Rahman (73, 70, 69), who has already registered a win on the PGTI this season, came into contention after shooting a solid 69 in round three. The professional from Dhaka did not begin his third round on the right note as he bogeyed the second and third holes. He then worked his way up the leaderboard by sinking birdies on the fifth, seventh, eighth, 10th and 11th. The 24-year-old followed up this flurry of birdies with a bogey and a birdie on the 14th and 16th respectively.
"My putting was quite good today as I was reading the greens much better than the previous two days. I will now look to play my own game tomorrow and not try to get ahead of myself. My best shot today was the third (lob wedge) on the par five eighth. I landed that shot 10 feet short of the pin," said Siddikur.
Rahul Ganapathy (68, 74, 70) stayed in the hunt on Friday as he made birdies on the fifth, sixth, eighth, 10th, 11th, 13th, 15th and bogeyed the first, fourth, seventh, ninth and 18th.
Ganapathy said, "I'm pretty satisfied with my effort today. I played really well as I sank seven birdies but at the same time made a few mistakes. The most disappointing moment for me was the three-putt from eight feet on the seventh, which resulted in a bogey. But the tournament is wide open because there is only two strokes between the top nine players."
Gaganjeet Bhullar (69, 71, 72) joined Rahman and Ganapathy as the joint leader. Bhullar sank birdies on the fifth, sixth, 15th, and dropped bogeys on the first, 16th and 18th.
Rafick Ali Mollah (72, 70, 71) and Harendra Gupta (74, 68, 71) are currently tied fourth at three under 213.
Mukesh Kumar, Chandigarh's Ajeetesh Sandhu, C Muniyappa and Sri Lankan B G Lalith Kumara are tied sixth at two under 214.
Harmeet Kahlon of Chandigarh, who registered a win in PGTI's 2006-07 season, currently lies tied 40th at seven over 223.

PU claim NZ Varsities basketball

The Panjab University basketball team which won the North Zone Inter-University Basketball Championship in Chandigarh on Friday night. Photo by Balbir Singh.

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 28
Hosts Panjab University defeated Kurukshetra University by 66-50 in their last match in the four-team round robin league programme of the North Zone Inter-University Basketball Championship which concluded at the floodlit PU Campus courts here on Friday night. It was their third successive triumph and Panjab University remained unbeaten for the title.
The runners-up position was claimed by Delhi University after beating Punjabi University of Patiala by 83-63 in their last league outing. It was Delhi University's second win. Punjabi University, with one victory and two loses, were third while Kurukshtra were at the bottom without any victory.
All these four universities have qualified for the All-India Inter-Zonal Inter-University Championship which will be conducted by the Panjab University here from December 12 to 15.
Kurukhsetra started with a promise against Panjab University as the visiting team won the first quarter by one point (19-18). However, Panjab University, with Rajan Sharma playing a brilliant game, outclassed their rivals in the second quarter which they won with a handsome margin of 31-11. Panjab University maintained their pressure and clinched the third quarter by 14-10. At this stage the hosts had established a commanding lead of 63-40. Thereafter Panjab University could afford luxury of using the bench strength. Though they lost the fourth quarter by 3-10, still Panjab University emerged victorious.
Tallest player of the tournament Yatin (11) took advantage of his height by sinking baskets from under the ring. However, the best player was cool and competent Rajan (16) whose scoring was eye-pleasing. Gurbaj Singh topscored with 17 and Abhit contributed 14 points for the winners.
For Kurukshetrra University, Jatin contributed maximum points 19 while Mohit and Parveen made 7 and 8 respectively.
Earlier, Delhi University beat Punjab University for the second place. Parveen (22), Gurvinder (20) and Vupin (14) formed a good combination to fashion win for Delhi. For Punjabi University, Rupiner (18), Gurlal (15) and Ramanpreet (12) were the main scorers.
Results: Panjab University (Gurbaj Singh 17, Abhit 14, Rajan Sharma16, Yatin Sharma 11) bt Kurukshetra University (Jatin 19, Parveen 8, Mohit 7) by 83-63 (20-17, 14-17, 24-18, 23-11).
Delhi University (Vipin 14, Gurvinder 20, Parveen 22, Rahul 4, Ramandeep 5, Vikram 4) bt Punjabi University, Patiala (Gurlal 15, Ramanpreet 12, Rupinder 18, Vikramjeet 6).

Jeev-Randhawa lying tied 12

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DONGGUAN (CHINA), NOV 27
Asia’s challenge at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup endured a frustrating start with swirling winds blowing them off course in the first round on Thursday.
Japan’s Ryuji Imada and Toru Taniguchi emerged as the leading nation from the region after a six-under-par 66 in the opening fourball session left them four shots behind pacesetter Germany at Mission Hills Golf Club.
Indian duo Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh, who has secured the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit title this season, combined for a 67 to lie in tied 12th place alongside the Philippines, represented by Angelo Que and Mars Pucay.
Lin Wen-tang, winner of last week’s UBS Hong Kong Open, and veteran Lu Wen-teh carded a 68 which was matched by Korea’s Bae Sang-moon and Kim Kyung-tae while China’s home heroes Liang Wen-chong and Zhang Lian-wei both found water on the last hole for a double bogey and signed for a disappointing 69.
“It was tough to swallow. I think we could have done better than that. We’ll take it as we’re not badly placed,” said Jeev Milkha Singh, winner of three tournaments in Asia, Japan and Europe this year.
Randhawa, Asia’s number one in 2002, got the Indians going with a birdie on the third hole but with gusty winds throwing teams off balance, they had to wait until the ninth for their second birdie of the round in the better ball format.
Jeev knocked in his first of the day on nine and went on to shoot two other birdies in quick succession before Randhawa wrapped up the day with his second birdie of the day on 15.
“We didn’t combine as well as we could have. Five under is not a great score but being bogey free was good,” said Randhawa. “We made birdies on the same holes. If we made birdies on different holes, that would have been great. We got over aggressive today. We tried to chip in and tried to make putts from 30 foot which you can’t do.”
First round scores (fourball): 62: Germany (Martin Kaymer, Alex Cejka). 63: Australia (Richard Green, Brendan Jones). 64: Canada (Graham Delaet, Wes Heffernan), USA (Ben Curtis, Brandt Snedeker), Spain (Miguel Angel Jimenez, Pablo Larrazabal. 65: New Zealand (Mark Brown, David Smail), Denmark (Soren Hansen, Anders Hansen), Ireland (Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley), Sweden (Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson). 66: Japan (Ryuji Imada, Toru Taniguchi), Mexico (Daniel De Leon, Osca Serna).
67: India (Jeev Mikha Singh,Jyoti Randhawa), Chile (Felipe Aguilar, Mark Tullo), Portugal,(Tiago Cruz, Ricardo Santos), Philippines (Angelo Que, Mars Pucay). 68: France (Gregory Havret , Gregory Bourdy), Chinese Taipei (Lin Wen-tang,Lu Wen-teh), Korea (Bae Sang-moon, Kim Hyung-tae), Scotland (Alastair Forsyth, Colin Montgomerie). 69: Thailand (Prayad Marksaeng, Thongchai Jaidee), Wales (Bradley Dredge, Richard Johnson), England (Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher), Finland (Roope Kakko, Mikko Korhonen), Guatemala (Pablo Acuna, Alejandro Villavicencio), China (Liang Wen-chong, Zhang Lian-wei). 70: Italy (Francesco Molinari, Edoardo Molinari), South Africa (Rory Sabbatini, Richard Sterne) 71: Venezuela (Miguel Martinez, Rual Sanz).

PU shuttlers bring glory

Panjab university shuttlers who finished runners-up with Sports Director Dr C.S. Grewal.

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
The Panjab University men and women teeams brought laurels by winning silver medald in both categories in the recently concluded All-India Inter-Varsity Badminton Championship at Dibrugarh (Assam) last week.
After gap of five years in women and eight years in men, Panjab University secured the second position. It is for the first time that men and women secured runners-up positions simultaneously in 2008.
Oscar Bansal and Pankaj Nathani remained unbeaten in tournament in singles. They defeated Indian ranked namely Aditya Elongo, Alwin and Shankar Gopan.
Ravi also defeated Vijay Anand of Tamil Nadu in three games in semi finals. Although they lost finals yet it was neck-to-neck fight with opponents. Panajab University boys won two singles and lost to Indian ranked pair Ram C, Vijay and Arun Vishnu, third single was neck to fight but Ravi twisted his foot and in spite of lead in third game he could not win. In doubles Ravi could not perform due to injury and PU went ddown by 2-3 in the finals to Calicut University.
The girls team also performed well and they defeated Tamil Nadu 2-1 in semifinals and lost in finals 0-2 to Banaglore.
Panjab University Sports Director Dr. C.S. Grewal and Assistant Director Rakesh Malik gave a warm welcome to the members of the team on their arrival today. They promed to honour them suitably.
The team: Men: Pankaj Nathani, Oscar Bansal, Ravi Singla, Prateek Sharma, Munish Bansal, Anam and Sunil Malha.
Women: Mannu, Purnica, Shruti and Kanupriya. Coach: S. Mahajan (Sports Authority of India). Manager: Dr. S.N. Sharma.

ICL calls off World Series

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AHMEDABAD, Nov 27
The Indian Cricket League called off the rest of its Season 2 ICL World Series Tournament which was in its last leg in Ahmedabad when the terrorist attacked Mumbai last night.
ICL Executive Board member Kiran More said "We have taken the decision of calling off the rest of the ICL World Series tournament. We believe that it is inappropiate to continue the series under the given circumstances. All players and officials are under approriate security."
Chairman ICL Executive Board Kapil Dev Nikhanj said "The teams have shown confidence in the ICL management and has supported the decision to call off the tour. In this hour of unprecedented tragedy in Mumbai we would like to extend all our support to the citizens of India."

Karamjit sets course record with 65

Karanjit Singh Sandhu teeing off on the second day of the HUDA-GTPL Unitech Haryana Open in Panchkula on Thursday.

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PANCHKULA (HARYANA) Nov 27
Karanjit Singh Sandhu of Delhi returned a fantastic card of seven under 65 and in the process he shot into the lead and also set a course record at the end of second round of the HUDA-GTPL-Unitech Haryana Open. The Delhi professional was leading with a two days total of five under 139. He had carded 74 in the first round.
Mowh-based seasoned campaigner Mukesh Kumar and Gaganjeet Bhullar of Kapurthala shot scores of one under 71 to be tied second at four under 140. The cut was applied at six over 150.
Karanjit Singh Sandhu birdied on the 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th to make the turn at four under. Another birdie on the second took his score to five under. He then missed a chip-putt from the edge of the green on the par three fourth to register his first and last bogey of the day.
Sandhu sank an eagle on the par five eighth when his second shot (3 iron), helped by a good bounce came up just four feet short of the hole. The 27-year-old closed with a birdie on the ninth where he sank a 20 feet putt.
"I had a satisfying round today as I read the greens much better than yesterday and did not have a single three-putt. One needs to figure out the greens pretty quickly in order to play well on this course," said Sandhu.
He added, "I hit the ball very close and did not leave too many long putts for myself. The eagle on the eighth was a result of a great second shot which ended up four feet short of the pin. I'm now feeling very good about my game."
Mukesh Kumar (69, 71) made a promising start to his second round when he sank birdies on the 11th and 12th. He then three-putted on the 14th to concede a bogey. Mukesh birdied the 15th to make the turn at two under. A couple of more three-putts resulted in a bogey on the first and a double bogey on the second. The PGTI Order of Merit leader then pulled back two strokes as he sank birdies on the fifth and seventh.
Mukesh, who currently trails Sandhu by one stroke, said, "I performed very poorly with the putter today. The pin positions were not very difficult but I had trouble reading the greens. I made too many three-putts."
Gaganjeet Bhullar (69, 71) fired birdies on the 17th, 18th, first and dropped bogeys on the 10th, 13th and eighth to join Mukesh in tied second. Rahul Ganapathy (68, 74), Rafick Ali Mollah (72, 70) and the Chandigarh duo of Randhir Singh Ghotra (71, 71) and Harendra Gupta (74, 68) finished the day in tied fourth place at two under 142.
Feroz Ali Mollah, Mohd Siddikur Rahman and C Muniyappa are all tied eighth with identical totals of one under 143. Chandigarh's Harmeet Kahlon (74, 76) is tied 44th at six over 150.

18 teams for Punjab Jr Soccer

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 27
Amritsar will play Barnala and Mansa will cross swords with Taran Tarn in the qualifying matches in the 30th Punjab State Junior (Under-19) Football Championship 2008 on November 29 at the Khadoor Sahib Football Stadium, Khadoor Sahib, Taran Tarn District, according to Punjab Football Association secretary and Arjuna awardee Inder Singh
He said that the championship would be played on knock-out basis from November 29 to December 3. A total of 18 district teams are taking part in the championship.
The following are the fixtures:
Qualifiers matches: Nov 29: Amritsar vs. Barnala (Qualifier 1) 10.00 a.m. Mansa vs Taran Tarb (Qualifier 2) 2.00 p.m..
Pre-quarter matches: (A) Nov 29: Gurdaspur vs. Mohali 2.00 p.m, (B) Muktsar vs Jalandhar 10.00 a.m. (C) Nawanshahr vs Faridkot 12.00 noon. (D) Fatehgarh Sahib vs Kapurthala 12.00 noon.
(E) Nov 30: Hoshiarpur vs Sangrur 8.00 a.m. (F) Ludhiana vs Qualifier 1 10.00 a.m. (G) Bathinda vs Ropar 12.00 noon. (H) Patiala vs. Qualifier 2 – 2.00 p.m.
Quarter-finals: December 1: 1 Winner ‘E’ vs Winner ‘F’ 12.00 noon. 2 Winner “A” vs. Winner “B 8.00 a.m. 3 Winner “C” vs. Winner “D 10.00 a.m. 4 - Winner “G” vs. Winner “H 2.00 p.m.
Semifinals: December 2: Winner E/F vs. Winner A/B 10.00 a.m. Winner C/D vs. Winner G/H 1.00 p.m.
Final: December 3: 1.00 p.m.

Holy Child and St Xavier’s win titles

Holy Child School Principal Neena Trehan being introduced to the players in the 3rd Chand Trehan Memorial Inter-School Basketball Tournament.
The Holy Child School girls team which won the 3rd Chand Trehan Memorial Inter-School Basketball Tournament on Thursday.
The victorious St Xavier's School of Panchkula players displaying the trophy and medals they won in the 3rd Chand Trehan Memorial Inter-School Basketball Tournament on Thursday.

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PANCHKULA, NOV 27
Holy Child School and St Xavier’s High School, both of Panchkula claimed the girls and boys titles, respectively, in the 3rd Chand Trehan Memorial Inter-School Basketball Tournament organized by Holy Child School at the school’s premises on the Morni Hill Road today. The sports activities are part of the Founder’s Week celebrations.
Holy Child outplayed Delhi Public School of Pinjore by a comfortable margin of 20-9 in the girls final. Cheered up by the colleagues, the Holy Child girls played an inspired game to defeat their rivals. Gul Walia was Holy Child’s best player as she sunk 12 valuable points.
Arunjeet Ghosal (4) Tania Dogra (2) and Srishti Ramavat (2) extended full support to their Gul who was the main architect of Holy Child’s title triumph. For Delhi Public School Vartika waged a lone battle as she score all the nine points for her team.
Holy Child’s Gul Walia was adjudged the best player of the tournament..
St. Xavier’s High School, Panchkula struggled to overcome a stiff resistance from Delhi Public School of Pinjore in the boys final. Xavier’s scored a hard-fought win by 52-49 . Amber Sharma emerged the highest scorer with 21 points for Xavier’s. Gaurav (9), Sarfraj (9) , Sahil Joshi (7) and Shubham Joshi (6) also gave good account of themselves. Though the DPS boys lost the final, they were not disgraced. They matched their rivals in departments of the game. Moksh top scored with 12 points. Karan Malik (10), Shubham (4), Uday (10), Achal (10) and Krishna (3) served DPS well.
Amber Sharma of St. Xavier’s High School was declared the best player in the boys section.
Holy Child School Principal Neena Trehan gave away the prizes.

14 players get Saupin's scholarships

The Saupin's School girl footballers -- from left Tanya Singh, Neeti Sood, Kishmita Sachdeva and Vavreet Sekhon -- who received scholarship.
The Saupin's School players who got scholarship of Rs 10,000 each.

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 26
Seven footballers, including four girls ---Tanya Singh (Class VIII C), Neeti Sood (VII C), Kishmita Sachdeva (VII A) and Navreet Sekhon (VII A) --- were among the 14 outstanding sportspersons of Saupin's School, Sector 32, who were today felicitated by the school authorities on the occasion of the prizie distribution function of the 2nd RF Saupin Six-A-Side Football Tournament for girls at the school premises here today.
The boy footballers honoured were Panav Sama (VIII B), Uday Sood (IX A) and Simarpreet ( IX A). Each was given a scholarship of Rs 10,000. A sum of Rs 1.4 lakh was disbursed among the players with to encourage them to achieve excellence in sports.
Other talented players who were felicitated with scholarship of Rs 10,000 eash were cricketers Pavleen Singh (VIIC), Rohan Sodhi (VII C), swimmers Chahat Arora (VI A), chess player Simranjeet Kaur (VID), skater Akash Rana (VI B) and archers Jasman (VIII C) and Raskirat Kaur (X A).
These players have excelled at the national level sports competitions.

Meghna hat-trick helps Carmel retain Saupin's Trophy

Director Principal of Saupin's School Mrs June Saupin presenting the winners' trophy to Carmel Convent players.
The victorious Carmel Convent team with the winners' trophy.
Carmel Convent (Blue) and Saupin's School players in action in the thrilling semi-final of the 2nd RF Saupin Six-a-Side Football Tournament. Photos by Balbir Singh

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 26
Down by one goal, Carmel Convent of Sector 9 retained the trophy by beating spirited Sacred Heart of Sector 26 by 3-2 in the final of the 2nd RF Saupin Six-a-Side Football Tournament for girls held at Saupin's School ground in Sector 32 here today.
The highlight of the final was a brilliant hat-trick by talented Carmel Convent player Meghna. However, Sacred Heart were the first to draw the blood as Ibabat converted a penalty which was awarded after Carmel Convent defender handled the ball inside the proscribed box. A long range straight powerful drive by Meghna helped Carmel Convent restore parity.
With ball frequently moving from one end to the other saw Sacred Heart again taking the lead through Arshjot. In a counter-attack Carmel Convent were awarded a spot kick which Meghna smartly converted it to again put her team at par. With few minutes from close Carmel Convent snatched the match-winner. Receiving a minus from the left side, Meghna capitalised on the chance to net the winner.
Earlier, in the semi-final matches, Sacred Heart defeated St Stephen's School of Sector 45 with an aggregate 4-2 margin after the teams had shared two goals in the regulation period. Radnhawa had given St Stephen's the lead while Ibadat neutralised it for Sacred Heart.
In the tie-breaker session, Ibadat, Arshjot and Tanya converted their penalties for Sacred Heart while only Randhawa succeeded in converting her spot kick for Stephen's School.
The second semi-final between Carmel Convent and hosts Saupin's School was the best match of the tournament. Carmel Convent were lucky to beat the hosts by 3-2. Saupin's should have won the semi-final but luck deserted them today. Four times woodwork came in their way. On one occasion, the ball hit the crosspiece and dropped. A defender quickly cleared it before it could cross over the goalline.
The football these schools dished out was of fairly good standard. Saupin's School took the lead through Neeti while Meghna neutralised the lead for Carmel. Then Sharika Kaul made it 2-1 for Carmel Convent and Meghna further increased the lead for Carmel. After frittering away a number of chances, Saupin's Ishmeet reduced the margin for Saupin's School.
Jaspreet (Carmel Convent) and Divleena (Sacred Heart) were declared the joint best goalkeepers. Mehgna of Carmel got the best forward award. Kishmita Sachdeva of Saupin's emerged the best defender. Shivangi Sharma (Saupin's) and Ibadat (Sacred) were jointly declared the players of the tournament. Neeti (Saupin's School) was voted the best player of the tournament.
Principal Director June Saupin distributed the prizes.

St Xavier's Panchkula, DPS Pinjore in final

A player taking a free throw in the third Chand Trehan Memorial Inter-School Basket Ball Tournament being organized by Holy Child School in Panchkula on Wednesday.

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PANCHKULA, NOV 26
St Xavier’s High School, Panchkula outpointed Holy Child School by 50-40 in a well-contested boys semi-final of the third Chand Trehan Memorial Inter-School Basket Ball Tournament being organized by Holy Child School at its premises on the Morni Road here today. They will meet Delhi Public School of Pinjore in the final tomorrow.
St Xavier’s attack was spearheaded by talented Sarfraj who topscored with 20 points. He was given full support by Gaurav ands Joshi (13). For Holy Child, Harshit gave an outstanding performance as he sunk 20 points. Vinay (10), Daljinder (7), Pranshu (7) and Ishan (6) were the other principal scorers for the losers.
Earlier, Delhi Pubic School A team of Pinjore snuffed out the challenge of Tender Heart School by 43-32 points in the quarter-final encounter.
Karan scored the maximum points for the winners with 16 points. Udham contributed 12 points. Moksh (2), Uday (4) and Achal (1) were the other scorers for the winners.
Rohan was the star performer for Tender Heart School as he logged 22 points. Mohit (2), Mayank (8) also helped Tender Heart reduce the margin.
In the second quarter-final Holy Childn School defeated Delhi Public School B team, Pinjore by 40-20 points.
Holy Child owed their triumph to Harshit who contributed 22 points.
Pranshu (6), Daljinder (4), Ishan (4) and Dipan (2) also made their valuable contribution. For D. P. S. Pinjore B team Ankit (4), Karishna (6), Shubham (4) and Rishi (10) were the principal scorers.
The sports activities are part of the Founders’ Week celebrations. The Founders’ Week started with school Sports Day on November 25 for classes 5 to 10 followed by the Inter-School Mega Marathon on November 26, Street Plays, Spin a Yarn etc. A number of schools participated.
Joyshree Lobo and Madhu Mahajan were appointed judges for the ‘Mega Martahon’ which was won by Holy Child School. A number of schools are taking part in various activities, according to Principal Mrs Neena Trehan.

Governor inaugurates National Golf Academy

From left: Dancan Weir(R& A), TT Jagannathan, President IGU, Gen (Retd) S.F. Rodrigues, Keith Hodgkincon (R&A), CSR Reddy, President CGA, J.S. Cheema, General Secretary CGA at the inauguration ceremony of the National Golf Academy in Chandigarh on Wednesday.

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Chandigarh, November 26
Adding another facility to the sports in the region, the Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, today inaugurated the National Golf Academy of India, at an impressive ceremony at the Chandigarh Golf Association Golf Range, in Kishangarh, here today. This National Project, aiming to promote and develop golf, will meet the long felt need and demand for teaching professionals in this sport discipline.
In his brief address, General Rodrigues called for changing the elitist image of the sport and emphasized the need for making it broad-based with the focus on an empowering-cum-enabling facility for beginners and children from all strata of society, who have no access and financial resources to pursue this game.
He said that the time has come for us to have a hard look and come out from self- imposed constraints by breaking barriers and to work for the promotion of golf as a mission. He said that we should not limit our excellence target up to Asia but work together for taking Chandigarh golf to world level standards, by introducing best practices and procedures.
Mr. Jagannathan, President of Indian Golf Union, while speaking on the occasion said that IGU has been running courses for teaching professionals for the last five years at various golf courses in the country. However with the demand for the teaching professionals rising every year, the IGU had to find a home for the academy, which is conveniently approachable by all modes of transport. The CGA Range was the best place where the IGU could locate its national academy.
Mr. Ducan Weir, Director of Development who represented R & A in the function said that the governing body of golf in the world will provide all support for running the National Academy.
Mr. C.S.R. Reddy, President Chandigarh Golf Association in his welcome address said that CGA has been carrying out a great job for past many years and this is the best facility in the entire country and is available to every golfer. Today the CGA will boast of equipment and professionals not available any where in the country. He said that with the setting up of this academy many caddies will be able to get the opportunity of becoming teaching professionals.
Mr. J.S. Cheema, General Secretary of the Chandigarh Golf Assocaiton read the message of Dr. Donato De Ponziano who is the main architect of the National Golf Academy of India and could not come due to his pre-occupation. In his message, he said that this is a realized dream and wished it looking forward for the better. Eminent golfers from the region attended the function.

Panjab, Delhi, KU and Punjabi qualify

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
Hosts Panjab University, Delhi University, Kurukshtra University and Punjabi University qualified for quarter-final league of the North Zone Inter-university Basketball (men) Championship being played at the Panjab University Campus here today.
Panjab University proved too good for Dr BR Ambedkar University of Agra whom they routed by 57-23 points in the quarter-final match. The win gave the hosts a berth in the league where they play Delhi University tomorrow.
Wasim (13) and Gurbaz Singh (10) were the mainly responsible for Panjab Varsity's easy win. For Dr BR Ambedkar University, Geetam contributed 15 points.
In a contrasting style Punjabi University of Patiala just managed to beat plucky Maharishi Dayanand University of Rohtak by 78-75. For Punjabi University, Ramanpreet impressed the msot with 25 points. Rupinder (19) and Jagwinder (6) were the winners' other main contributors. For MDU Sandeep put up a brave show to score 29 points while Narinder secured 17 points.
Delhi University defeated Guru Nanak Dev University of Amritsar by 89-69 points. Raul scored 24 points for the winners. Gurvinder and Pravin were other scorers with 20 points and 17 points respectively. For the Amritsar University, Mandeep made with 26 points.
In the fourth quarter-final encounter, Kurukshetra University carried too many guns against Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi whom they routed by 56-7.
League fixtures: Nov 26: PU vs DU at 2.30 p.m and Punjabi University vs Kurukshetra University at 4 p.m.
Nov 27: DU vs KU at 2.30 p.m and PU vs Punjabi University at 4 p.m.
Nov 28: DU vs Punjabi University at 2.30 p.m and PU vs KU at 4 p.m.
PU, Delhi, Kuru and Punjab.

113-member Chandigarh team for National School Games

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
The Chandigarh Education Department is sending a 113-member squad, including 13 officials, for the 54th School National Game in basketball for under-17, hockey under -19 and judo under -14,17 and 19 boys and girls to be held in Patiala from November 26, according to Assistant Director Sports Education Department KS Bharti.
Parmjeet Singh has been nominated as general manager of the team.
Amit of Guru Harkrishan Public School Sector 38 and Sushma of IS Dev Samaj School Sector 21 have been appointed captains of the Chandigarh boys and girls basketball teams, respectively.
The team: Basketball: Boys: Amit, Jagjeet, Mohinder, Simredeep Singh, Digvijay, Jeevtesh, Amrinder, Ajay, Vikas, Sumit, Gurjot, and Jaspreet. Coach Amarjeet Singh. Manager Parmjeet Singh. Girls: Shushma, Manpreet, Parminder, Neha, Smiti, Roopandeep, Naina, Neharika, Kirti, Jigmeet, Mankarwar, Amol. Coach: Paramjeet Kaur. Manager: Navdeep Malhi.
Hockey: Boys: Harjeet Singh , Abhimanyu , Shamsher Singh , Parmjot Singh, Sandeep, Ashsish , Amritpal , Rohit Thakur , Mohit Singh , Major , Diljot, Kishanjeet, Gurpreet , Manpreet, Yatin and Vijaydeshwal
Girls: Mira , Sulbha , Navneet Kaur, Preeti, Manpreet Kaur, Pooja, Shivani, Himanshi, Pooja Yadav, Jagjeet Kaur, Reema, Preetsaimea Walia, Anuradha, Reena, Richa Sharma and Anu. Coaches: Jaswinder Singh and Bhalinder Singh. Manager: Parmjeet Kaur and Karnail Kaur.
Judo: Under-14 Boys: Vivek Singh, Sagar, Ankit, Dharminder, Vickey and Gagan. Girls : Aanchal, Deepika Negi, Babita, Pooja, Preti, Seema, Jyoti Das.
Under-17 Boys : Pankaj, Chandan, Parshuram, Govind, Pankaj, Sameer, Amrinder, Jyoti Prakash. Girls : Babli, Reena, Sonia, Babita, Nisha, Rekha Rana, Ramneek Kaur.
Under-19: Boys: Ravinder, Robin, Vinay Rana, Vijay Kumar, Atul, Anil Singh, Lovish Chaudhary, Bhanupratap. Girls: Namita, Nivedita, Archana, Nitu , Richa Kalra, Sapana, Vadhana and Shivani.

AIFF condoles death of Thangaraj

Olympian and Arjuna awardee goalkeeper Peter Thangaraj died after a mild stroke at Bokaro on Monday night. He was 72 and is survived by wife, three daughters and a son. His burial will take place at Bokaro on Wednesday.
All India Football Federation Acting President Praful Patel and general secretary Alberto Colaco have expressed deep shock at death of Thangaraj. They described him a legendary Olympian who twice played for All Star Eleven of Asia. Mr Praful conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family and prayed that God Blesses his soul with peace.
Peter Thangaraj was one of the best goalkeepers India had ever produced and had tremendous record playing for India. Though he started his career as centre forward for Madras Regimental Centre, Wellington, he found his calling in goalkeeping and went on to excel both at the domestic and international level.
Thangaraj was one of the mainstays of the Indian team that performed well at the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics and also won gold at the 1962 Jakarta Asian Games .He was adjudged the best goalkeeper of Asia in 1958 and was conferred with Arjuna Award in 1967
After playing for Services and MRC , he left the Army and played for Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting. He was part of the Bengal team, which won the Santosh Trophy from 1961 to 1964.

Saupin's, Stephen's, Carmel and SH in semis

A Carmel Convent striker unleashing a shot on the run against Saupin's School of Mohali in the second R F Saupin Six-A-Side Football Tournament for girls in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

Midfield exchange in the match between Carmel Convent adn Saupin's School of Mohali in the second R F Saupin Six-A-Side Football Tournament for girls in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Photos by Balbir Singh.

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by Balbir Singh
sportswire4u.blogspot.com
CHANDIGARH, NOV 25
Hosts Saupin's School, Sector 32 and St Stephen's School, Sector 45 qualified for the semi-finals from Group B in the second R F Saupin Six-A-Side Football Tournament being played at the Saupin's School ground here today. From Group A, Carmel Convent, Sector 9 and Sacred Heart, Sector 26 moved into semi-final.
The semi-final line-up is: Group A leaders Carmel Convent, Sector 9 vs Group B runners-up Saupin's School, Sector 32 and Group B winners St Stephen's School, Sector 45 vs Group A runners-up Sacred Heart, Sector 26.
St Stephen's School completed Group B league engagements with an all win record. In their last league match, theydefeted hosts Saupin's School by 2-0. It was their second successive win in the three-team league programme. Randhawa and Madhu contributed one goal each. Stephen's topped their group with six points. Saupin's School finished runners-up with three points, with one win and one defeat.
Carmel Convent, Sector 8 defeated Saupin's School of Mohali by4 -0 in Group League match. Adrida (2), Meghna and Sharika scored for the winnners. Carmel Convent finished their five-team league phase with 12 full points from four victories.
Earlier, Carmel Convent defeated Baptist School by 2-0. Adrida and Meghna contributed one goal each.
Sacred Heart, Sector 26 beat Ryan International, Sector 49 by 2-0. Both goals were scored by Arshjot. Sacred Heart finished their league programme with nine points from three wins and lone loss.
Resutls: Baptish School bt Ryan International 1-0 ( scorer Gyatri). St Stephen's School-45 (Randhawa and Madhu 1 each) bt Saupin's School, Sector 32. Sacred Heart(Arshjot 2) bt Ryan International by 2-0. Carmel Convent (Ardida and Meghna 1 each) bt Baptish School by 2-0.Saupin's School, Mohali w/o Ryan International. Saupin's School Mohali (Sukhmeet, Ishmeet 1 each) bt Baptish School by 2-0. Sacred Heart w/o Baptist School and Carmel Convent(Adrido 2, Meghna and Sharika 1 each) bt Saupin's School, Mohali by 4-0.