Punjabi Varsity riders dominate

The 50 km Team Time Trial Road Race (men)in progress in the All-India Inter-University Cycling Championship in Ludhiana on Saturday.
Gurpreet Kaur of Punjabi univ patiala winner of 30 Km Mass Start Race for women in the All-India Inter-University Cycling Championship in Ludhiana on Saturday.

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 28
Punjabi University of Patiala dominated the Road Races by winning both finals billed for the day in the in the All- India Inter-University Cycling Championships being organised by Panjab University, Chnadigarh at Ludhiana-Nillo Link Road, on Saturday.
Gurpreet Kaur of Punjabi University effortlessly won the 30 km Road Mass Start Race for women by clocking1:: 01: 03.622. Priyanka Desai of Pune University and Parvathy VS of Kerala University finished second and third places, respectively.
The Punjabi University cyclists also won the 50 Km Road Team Trial Race. Their squad comprising Sarpreet Singh, Gursharandeep, Jasvir Singh Sarao and Satwant Singh were timed 1:: 06:55.470. The silver medal was claimed by MGS University of Bikaner (Omprakash Jat, Ramswaroop Jhakar, Kapil Dev Bisnoi, Jetha Ram). As many as 10 universities took part in the road race.
Results:
50 km Team Time Trial (men): 1 Punjabi University, Patiala ( Sarpreet Singh, Gursharandeep, Jasvir Singh Sarao, Satwant Singh) 1:: 06:55.470; 2 Bikaner University (Omprakash Jat, Ramswaroop Jhakar, Kapil Dev Bisnoi, Jetha Ram) 1:: 08: 00.450; 3 Panjab Univeristy, Chandigarh ( Pradeep Kumar, Vivek Walia, Satbir Singh, Pankaj Kumar) 1::10: 02.343.
30 km Road Mass Start Race (women): 1 Gurpreet Kaur (Pbi Univ Patiala) 1:: 01: 03.622; 2 Priyanka Desai (Pune Univ); 3 Parvathy VS (Kerala Univ.).

Madhukaran and BM Singh win

From left to right: Ramanjeet Singh Sanghera, Simarjit Bawa, (first runners up); Martin Birkner, Head of Marketing Audi India; B. M Singh, Madhukaran Malhotra, (winning team); Atul Aggarwal, Managing Director Audi Chandigarh;
Arvind Bajaj and A.P.S Kahai (second runners- up).
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Chandigarh, Feb 28
Madhukaran Malhotra and B. M Singh won the Audi quattro Cup 2009 hosted at the Chandigarh Golf Club by Audi Chandigarh.The winning team secured 44.6 Stableford points.
Simarjit Bawa and Ramanjeet Singh Sanghera bagged the prize for the first runners- up position with 41 Stabelford points.
Arvind Bajaj and A.P.S Kahai were declared tsecond runners-up with 40.4 Stabelford points. The three winning teams will be participating in the Indian final of the Audi quattro Cup in October.

Punjabi Varsity cyclists retain trophies

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 27
Punjabi University of Patiala men and women retained their team trophies in the All-India Inter-University Cycling Championship being organised by the Panjab University of Chandigarh at the Punjab Agricultural University Veledrome in Ludhiana today. In the men's category, Punjabi University cyclists were awarded 52 points while their women secured 23 points to claim the titles for the 11th time..
Panjab Univeristy were runners-up in the men as well as women sections. The PU men got 35 points and their women team earned 20 points to secure runners-up positions.
MGS University of Bikaner obtained third position with 10 points in the men's team championship while Kerala University were awarded 19 for tthe women's third position.
In the 4000m Team Pursuit for men Punjabi University cyclists maintained their early lead till the finish point overcoming a stiff resistance from PU team. The Patiala team clocked 4:51.287 while PU timed 4:55.606.
In Olympic Sprint event Punjabi University cyclists showed their excellence riding techniques to clinch the title in 1:10.810.
Results:
Team Chmpionships (men): 1 Punjabi University Patiala 52 points; 2Panjab University Chandigarh 35 points; 3 MGS University.Bikaner 10 points. Team Championships (women): 1 Punjabi University Patiala 23 points; 2 Panjab University, Chandigarh 20 points; 3 Kerala University 19 points.
3000m Team Pursuit (women): 1 Punjabi University Patiala (Rajwinder Kaur, Sandeep Kaur, Gurpreet Kaur, Amandeep Kaur) 4:19.752; 2 Panjab University Chandigarh (Anureet Kaur, Sukhpal Kaur, Neesha Rani, Suman); 4: 25.385; 3 Kerala University ( Reshmi BR, Mahitha Mohan, Mable Antony, V Deepa Chandran) 4:28.800.
4000M Team Pursuit (men): 1 Punjabi University Patiala (Gurusharandeep Singh, Jasvir Singh, Sarpreet Singh, Kamininder Singh) 4:51.287; 2 PU Chandigarh ( Jagdeep Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Satbir Singh, Pankaj Kumar) 4:55.606; 3MGS Univ. Bikaner ( Om Parkash Jat, Ram Swaroop Jhakar, Sharvan Kumar, Jetha Ram Jat) 5: 03.439.
1000m Sprint (men): 1 Kaminder Singh (Punjabi Univ, Ptl) 12.589; 2 Harpinder Singh (PU, Chd) 12.682; 3 Sarpreet Singh ( Pbi Univ, Patiala)
12.998.
20 km Point Race Sprint (men): 1 Ramswaroop (MGS Univ. Bikaner) 47 points; 2 Gursharan Singh ( Punjabi Univ, Ptl)45 points; 3 Javir Singh
( Punjabi Univ, Patiala) 37 points.
Olympic Sprint (men): 1 Pbi Univ, Patiala (Sarpreet Singh, Gursharandeep Singh, Kiran Inder Singh) 1:10.810; 2 PU Chandigarh ( Satbir Singh, Harpinder Singh, Vipin Vijay Kumar, Gurbaj Singh ) 1:11.516; 3 Kerala University (Vishnu R, Aneesh R) 1:15.910.

Digvijay Singh shoots 69

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Bali (Indonesia), Feb 26
PGTI member Digvijay Singh shot three under 69 in the opening round of the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open to be placed tied ninth at the end of day one. He trails the clubhouse leader, Angelo Que of Philippines by five strokes.
Forty-two players could not complete round one on Thursday because of the two hour delay due to inclement weather in the morning.
Digvijay made four birdies against one bogey in round one at the New Kuta Golf Club in Bali.
SSP Chowrasia’s round of two under 70 placed him tied 17th.
Gaurav Ghei lies in tied 52nd place as he was even par after 12 holes when play was suspended on Thursday while Shiv Kapur was one over after 13 holes to be tied 68th.
Jyoti Randhawa and Gaganjeet Bhullar are both tied 86th, having shot identical scores of two over 74.


Daniel Chopra’s one over 73 helped him finish day one in tied 68th.

Jeev loses to Poulter in round one

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Marana (Arizona), Feb 26
Indian ace golfer Jeev Milkha Singh was knocked out by Englishman Ian Poulter in round one of the World Golf Championships - Accenture Matchplay Championship on Wednesday. Jeev lost 4 and 3 to Poulter at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Dove Mountain – Marana, Arizona.
The Indian ace lost holes 1, 3, 4, 5 and 8 to be five down at the turn. On the back nine, he managed to win holes 10 and 13 but lost out to Poulter on the 12th. Poulter wrapped up the match after the two players halved the 15th hole. At that stage Poulter was four up with three holes to go.

Sarpreet and Mahita pedal to glory

Jagroop of Panjab University winning the 4000M Individual Pursuit for men in the All-India Inter-University Cycling Championship in Ludhiana on Thursday.
1 km Scratch Race for Women in progress in the All-India Inter-University Cycling Championship in Ludhiana on Thursday.

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 26
Sarpreet Singh of Punjabi University of Patiala clocked 1:25. 732 to pocket gold medal in the 1000m Scratch Race for men in the All-India Inter-University Cycling Championship being hosted by the Panjab University at the Punjab Agricultural University Veledrome in Ludhiana today. Kamninder Singh also of Punjabi University bagged silver.
Kerala University's Mahita Mohan claimed gold medal in the 1000m Scratch Race for women by clocking 1: 28.327. Gurpreet Kaur of Punjabi University finished runner-up.
Jagroop Singh of Punjab University claimed 4000M Individual Pursuit for men with a timing of 5:10.140. Jasvir Singh Sarao of Punjabi University, Patiala pedalled to silver medal in 5:17.147
Results (finals):
4000m Indiviaul Pursuit (men): 1 Jagroop Singh (PU, Chandigarh) 5:10.140; 2 Jasvir Singh Sarao ( Pbi Univ Patiala) 5:17.147; 3 Ram Sawroop Jakhar ( Bikaner Univ) 5:23.842.
3000m Individual Pursuit (women): 1 Gurpreet Kaur ( Pbi Univ Patiala) 4: 27. 718; 2 Sukhpal Kaur ( PU, Chandigarh) 4:42. 371; 3 Priyanka Desai (Pune Univ) 4: 41.321.
1000m Scratch Race (men): 1 Sarpreet Singh (Pbi Univ Patiala) 1:25. 732; 2 Kamninder Singh (Pbi Univ Patiala) 3 Satbir Singh (PU, Chd).
1000m Scratch Race (women): 1 Mahita Mohan (Kerala Univ) 1: 28.327; 2 Gurpreet Kaur (Pbi Univ, Patiala); 3 Mable Antony ( Kerala Univ).

Audi Quattro Cup from Feb 28

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Chandigarh,Feb 26
The Audi Quattro Cup 2009 will begin its second season in India at Chandigarh from February 28. This year’s the Audi Quattro Cup will include apart from Chandigarh also New Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore.
“The Audi Quattro Cup received an excellent response in India making it an obvious decision for us to scale up the tournament by adding three more centres across the country. Audi has been involved with golf sport for almost two decades. Worldwide, the Audi quattro Cup ranks among the biggest and most popular amateur golf tournaments. The Audi quattro Cup epitomizes Audi's philosophy of ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ and this is closely connected to the elegant sport of golf”, said Benoit Tiers, Managing Director, Audi India.
The Audi Quattro Cup 2009 will feature 500 golf enthusiasts across Chandigarh Golf Club, (February 28th, 2009), Delhi Golf Club (April 6th, 2009), Poona Golf Course (March 2009), Willingdon Golf Club, Mumbai (April 4th, 2009) and Eagleton Golf Resort, Bangalore (April 11th, 2009).
Three top teams from each of these five cities will participate in the Audi India quattro Cup finals to be held in October. The team that wins the Audi India tournament will head to New South Wales Golf Club in Sydney, Australia, one of the world’s most beautiful golf courses, for the 19th Audi quattro Cup world finals from December 14 to 18.

Gurbaj, Mathila Mohan bag gold

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 25
The Punjabi University squad of Patiala comprising Sarpreet Singh, Gursharandeep Singh, Kamninder Singh and Kiran Inder Singh claimed gold medal in 1500m Team Time Trial for men on the first day of the the All India University Cycling Championships being conducted by Panjab University, Chandigarh at the Punjab Agricultural. University Cycling Velodrome in Ludhiana today. They clocked 1:47.700. The Panjab University team consisting of Jagdeep Singh, Harpinder Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Satbir Singh clocked 1:48.737 for silver medal. Bikaner University got bronze medal in 1: 55.862.
The Panjab University, Chandigarh squad of Anureet Kaur, Sukhpal Kaur, Suman and Neesha Rani claimed first position in the 1500m Team Time Trial for women with a timing of 2: 07.097. Kerala University ( Parvathy VG, Mahitha Mohan, Mable Antony, V Deepa Chandran) clocked 2:13.074 for silver medal.
Gurbaj Singh of Panjab University, Chandigarh emerged champion in 1000m Time Trials for men in 1: 11.863 while silver medal was claimed by Jagdeep Singh , also of Panjab Universityin 12.583. Mahitha Mohan of Kerala University clocked 41.319 to capture gold in 500 metres Time Trials for women.
Earlier, Prof M.S. Kang, Vice–Chancellor, PAU, Ludhiana inaugurated the Championships. About 190 cyclist representing 21 universities from all over the country are taking part in the competitions.
Results: 1500m Team Time Trial (men): 1 Punjabi University Patiala (Sarpreet Singh, Gursharandeep Singh, Kamninder Singh, Kiran Inder Singh) 1:47.700; 2 Panjab University ( Jagdeep Singh, Harpinder Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Satbir Singh) 1:48.737, 3 Bikaner University ( Omprakash Jat, Ramswaroop, Sarvan Kumar, Jetha Ram) 1: 55.862.
1500m Team Time Trial (women): 1 Panjab University, Chandigarh ( Anureet Kaur, Sukhpal Kaur, Suman, Neesha Rani) 2: 07.097; 2 Kerala University ( Parvathy VG, Mahitha Mohan, Mable Antony, V Deepa Chandran) 2:13.074; 3 Punjabi University, Patiala (Rajwinder Kaur, Sandeep Kaur, Gurpreet Kaur, Amandeep Kaur) 2: 13.259.
1000M Time Trial (men): 1 Gurbaj Singh (PU Chd) 1: 11.863; 2 Jagdeep Singh ( PU Chd) 1: 12.583; 3 Kiran Inder Singh (Pbi Varsity, Patiala)
1:13.796.
500m Time Trial (women): 1 Mahitha Mohan (Kerala Univ) 41.319; 2 Rajvinder Kaur ( Pbi Patiala) 41.765; 3 Anureet Kaur ( PU, Chd) 42.628.
1000M Scratch Race (women): Qualifiers for final: Kamninder Singh (Pbi Patiala), Satbir Singh (PU Chandigarh), Aneesh (Kerala Univ), Atul Sonawana ( Pune Univ), Sarpreet (Pbi Patiala), Parveen ( Kuru Univ), Ranveer (Pune Univ), Harpinder Singh (PU Chandigarh).
1000M Scratch Race (men): Qualifiers for final: Gurpreet Kaur (Pbi, Patiala), Mable Antony (Kerala Univ), Neesha Rani (PU, Chandigarh), Indu Thakur ( GNDU, Asr), Mahitha Mohan (Kerala Univ), Rajwinder Kaur ( PU, Chandigarh), Desi Priyanka (Pune Univ),Rachna Dhingra (PTU).

Abhinandan Vohra emerges champ

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 23
Abhinandan Vohra emerged champion at the end of the last round with six points in Chandigarh Prize Money Chess Championship at the St Xavier's Senior Secondary School, Sector 44 here today. In the final round Abhinandan Vohra drew with Jagpreet Singh, who also got six points. Abhinandan Vohra was declared champion because of better progressive score. They were closely followed by Baij Nath Prasad also with six points and secured the third position on cut progressive score.
In the Under-15 boys category Sachleen of St. Kabir, with 4.5 points, came first and Tejas Nagpal of St. Kabir with four points secured the second position.
In the Under-15 girls category Arunima Goyal of Sacred Heart, with 4.5 points, came first and Simranjeet Kaur of Saupin’s School Sector 32 with four points secured the second position.
In the Under-11 boys category Anubhav Tuknayat of Vivek high (4 points) came first and Jaskeerat Ahliwalia of DPS Sector 40 with 3.5 points secured the second position.
In the Under-11 girls category Tarini Goyal of Sacred Heart with 3.5 points got first position and Gauri Chuttani of Ryan International with 3 points secured the second position.
Consolation prize for the promising young boy player was given to Karan Saini with 3.5 points. Consolation prize for the promising young girl player was given to Tanya Kaushal with 3.5 points.
Consolation prize in the best women category went to Shweta who secured four points.
Chandigarh Chess Association president AP Saksena gave away the trophy and prizes to the winners.
Standings: 6 points: Abhinandan Vohra, Jagpreet Singh, Baij Nath Prasad. 5 pts: Saket Kumar, Anurudh Garg,Ashwani Nirankari, Naveen Bansal,, Sunil Bansal, Manbhar Verma,Pradeep Singh Negi. 4.5 pts: Vipan Negi, Manu Aggarwal, Nitin, Surinder Marwaha, Arunima Goyal, Sachleen Singh. 4 pts: Tejas Nagpal, Karan Bhatti, Anubhav Tuknayat, Shweta, Madan Lal, Harpreet, Simranjeet Kaur, Harpal Singh Narang. 3.5 pts: Jaskeerat, Tarini Goyal, Tanya, Tarundeep, Tarsem, Barinderpal Singh, Karan Saini, Rahul. 3 pts Gauri Chuttani, Umarayia, Harshpreet, Rajni Monga, Pratima, Kashish, Bhavneesh Ahuja, Anita, Utkarsh. 2.5 pts: Jeet Singh, Prakhar Gusain. 2 pts: Sunbir, Anmol, Nivedan Bhardwaj, Pooja Arora, Devesh Mehra. 1.5 pts: Vaibhav Verma. 1 pt: Rishab.

Staff for sports stadia at block level

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Chandigarh, Feb. 23
Member Parliament Deepender Singh Hooda said that Haryana Government had decided to provide one coach and supporting staff at each sports stadia being constructed at block level in the state.
The MP from Rohtak was addressing gathering on the concluding day of kabbadi championship organized in the memory of Hardwari Lal at village Chara in district Jhajjar yesterday. Deepender said that present State Government headed by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is promoting sports in a big way by providing the
infrastructure of international standards. Cricket Stadium at Panchkula had been upgraded and an international level sports complex was being set up at Rohtak on an area of 90 acres land.
Hooda said that present state government from the very beginning had committed to provide conducive environment to the sportsperson in the state. As a result of this, the players brought laurels for the state as well as for country at international level in the Beijing Olympic Games. As many as 162 sports stadia were being
constructed at villages in first phase.
While appreciating the Gram Panchayat for organization of kabbadi championship, Hooda said that State Government had increased the financial powers of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs).
The financial powers of the gram panchayats had been raised from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh, of the panchayat samitis from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh and the Zila Parishad from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 15 lakh.

Vohra leads in Chandigarh Chess

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 22
Abhinandan Vohra was leading with five points of the Chandigarh Prize Money Chess Championship being played at St. Xavier’s Sr. Secondary School, Sector 44-C here today. He is closely followed by two players Baij Nath Prasad and Jagpreet 4.5 points each.
Points position: 5 pts: Abhinandan Vohra. 4.5 pts: Baij Nath Prasad, Singh Jagpreet. 4 pts: Naveen Bansal, Anurudh Garg, Saket Kumar, Nirankari Ashwani. 3.5 pts: Manu Aggarwal, Nitin, Sunil Bansal,Arunima Goyal, Manbhar Verma
Tarundeep, Pardeep Singh Negi. 3 pts: Marwaha Surinder,Nagpal Tejas,Anubhav Tuknayat ,Vipan Negi,Umarayia,Karan Bhatti, Sachleen Singh,Pratima, Shweta,Harpreet,Harshpreet. 2.5 pts: Harinder Pal Singh, Anil Raina,Tarini Goyal, Jeet Singh, Rahul, Jaskeerat, Tanya, Tarsem. 2 pts: Kanwar Sandeep Singh,Simranjeet Kaur,Madan Lal,Bhavnish Ahuja, Nivedan Bhardwaj,Rajni Monga, Karan Saini, Prakhar Gusain,Puja Arora, Gauri Chuttani,Anmol Harpal Singh Narang, Kashish.
1.5 pts: Vaibhav Verma, Barinderpal Singh. 1 pt: Utkarsh, Sunbir, Sanjay Chauhan, Anita, Abhimanyu Singh, Ketan Khurmi,Devesh Mehra and Rishab.

All-round show by Bunty for Royal CC

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 22
A brilliant all-round performance by Narinder Bunty (3 for 19, 73) enabled Royal CC to defeat Godrej & Boyce XI by four wickets in the inaugural match of the IInd Tilak Ram Mittal Memorial League Cricket Tournament being organised by the Chandigarh Sports Club here today.
Batting first after winning the toss, Godrej & Boyce XI were given a good start by openers Jai Kapil and Vivek Atry who put up a 50-run stand in seven overs. Vivek Atry scored a quickfire 22 off 15 balls.
Jai Kapil, who kept on scoring at a brisk pace, saw wickets tumbling at the other end. He was finally bowled out for 41 runs. Narinder Bunty picked up three wickets for 19 runs. Godrej & Boyce XI finished the innings with a respectable 145 for 8 wickets in 25 overs thanks to a late surge by Narinder Walia who scored unbeaten 35 runs towards the end of the innings.
In reply, Royal CC achieved the target by scoring148 for 4 in 23.4 overs. Narinder Bunty stood his ground he hit some fine strokes all over the ground and frustrated the bowlers a lot. He was dropped early on in his innings while at 24. Godrej paid dearly for this goof up as Narinder Bunty took the match away from the tight grip of Godrej & Boyce XI. He contributed 73 runs. Sumit Hooda and Vijaypal picked up two wickets.
Brief Scores: Godrej & Boyce XI: - 145 for 8 in 25 overs (Jai Kapil 41, Narinder Walia 35 n.o, Vivek Atry 22,Vaneet Chawla 22, Narinder Bunty 3 for 19).
Royal CC: - 148 for 4 in 23.4 overs (Narinder Bunty 73, Sumit Hooda 2 for 19, Vijaypal 2 for 27).
In another match, Numero Uno defeated Chandigarh Media Club by 34 runs. The highlight of the victory was a deadly bowling spell by Numero’s Vikram Nagpal as he picked up 5 wickets for 16 runs.
Batting first, Numero Uno XI posted 119 for 5 in 20 overs. Ricky topscored with 30. Mukesh bagged 3 for 14 runs.
In reply, Chandigarh Media Club were struck by the lethal bowling of Vikram Nagpal and company as the managed to pick up wickets at quick intervals. Saurav also bowled well to pick up four wickets for 29 runs. CMC were bowled out for 85 in 18.4 overs.
Brief Scores: Numero Uno XI: 119 for 5 in 20 overs (Ricky 30, Taran 19, Mukesh 3 for 14, Jyoti 2 for 25). Chandigar Media Club: 85 all out in 18.4 overs (Ashish Choudhary 26, Vikram Nagpal 5 for 16, Saurav 4 for 29).

Punjab Governor XI beat Army Commander XI

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 22
Punjab Governor XI lifted the Patron-in-Chief Cup by beating Army Commander (Western Command) XI by 57 runs in a 20-over fixture played at PCA Cricket Stadium in Mohali on Sunday.
Punjab Governor XI won the toss and elected to bat. Their innings was boosted by scintillating knocks of 57 (7x4s, 1x6) by Sukhvinder Singh Tinku and 43 (6x4s) by Viswajeet Khanna. Hatinder Sekhon and Kailash Chander scored breezy 19 and 21, respectively.
Army Commander XI started their innings on a shaky note by losing their opening wickets. However, their innings were held together by S.S. Soam (56, 7x4s, 1x6). Army Commander XI kept on losing wickets at regular intervals. Deependra contributed a defiant knock of 33 runs.
Brief scores:Governor's XI Punjab: 195 for 5 in 20 overs (Sukhvinder S.Tinku 53, Viswajeet Khanna 43, Kailash Chander 21, Hatinder Sekhon 19, Arun Kumar 18, Rohit Sood 15, Ajay 2 for 35, S.S.Soam 1 for 38, Col Parminder 1for 38).
Amy Commander (Western Command) XI: 138/7 in 20 overs (S.S. Soam 56, M. Deependra 33, Viswajeet Khanna 2 for 21, Sukhvinder Tinku 1 for 9, Jaswant 1for 18).
Mrs. Jean Rodrigues Lady Governor presented the Patron-in-Chief Cup to skipper Gen.( Retd) S.F.Rodrigues, Governor, Punjab.
Board of Control for Cricket in India treasuer M.P. Pandove felicitated Lt Gen T.K Sapru PVSM, YSM GOC-IN-C Western Command and Gen.(Retd) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM,VSM the Governor, Punjab by presenting official tie of PCA.

Jeev Milkha wins Johnnie Walker Award

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PERTH (Western Australia), February 22
India’s Jeev Milkha Singh, talented Korean teenager Noh Seung-yul and Colombian Camilo Villegas were honoured at the Johnnie Walker Gala Evening on Saturday.
Jeev was named the Johnnie Walker Asian Player of the Year for the second time in his illustrious career while Noh won the Johnnie Walker Asian Rising Star award. Villegas received the Johnnie Walker Young Player of the Year award on a night when A$30,500 was raised in a charity auction.
The tenacious Chandigarh-based Jeev produced a spectacular season in 2008 where he won four times around the world and also claimed his second Asian Tour’s Order of Merit title in three years. He also made history by becoming the first player in Asian golf history to surpass US$1 million in earnings during a single season.
Lin Wen-tang of Chinese Taipei and Thai duo Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee were the other nominees of the Johnnie Walker Asian Player of the Year award.
The 17-year-old Noh beat compatriot Bae Sang-moon, Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa and Ben Leong of Malaysia for the Johnnie Walker Asian Rising Star award after an impressive rookie season on the Asian Tour last year.
Past winners of the Johnnie Walker Asian Player of the Year include Thailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit in 1995, Kyi Hla Han in 1998 and Korea’s KJ Choi (2002 and 2007).
Former winners of the Young Player of Year include Luke Donald (2004), Adam Scott (2003), Justin Rose (2002) and Sergio Garcia (2001) whilst last year, Korea’s Lee Sung was named winner of the Johnnie Walker Asian Rising Star Award.
A hand-painting of Greg Norman by artist Brian Olsen was auctioned for A$28,000 while the Johnnie Walker-themed outfit worn by Ryder Cup star Ian Poulter during the second round of the tournament was sold at A$2,500.
The funds were channeled to the Smith Family, the designated charity of Diageo Australia.

Five share lead in Chandigarh Chess

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 21Abhinandan Vohra, Saket Kumar, Baij Nath Prasad, Jagpreet Singh, and Anurudh Garg, with three points each, were sharing the lead at the end of third round in the Chandigarh Prize Money Chess Championship being played at St. Xavier’s Sr. Secondary School, Sector 44-C, here today.
Point position at the end of the third round:
3 pts: Abhinandan Vohra, Saket Kumar, Baij Nath Prasad, Jagpreet Singh, and Anurudh Garg. 2.5 pts: Nitin, Tejas Nagpal, and Manu Aggarwal. 2 pts: Naveen Bansal, Karan Bhatti, Ashwani Nirankari, Kanwar Sandeep Singh, Sachleen Singh, Anubhav Tuknayat, Tarini Goyal, Umarayia, Harinder Pal Singh, Pradeep Singh Negi, Anil Raina, Simranjeet Kaur, Sunil Bansal, Arunima Goyal, Jeet Singh, Pratima, Vipan Negi, Madan Lal, Manbhar Verma.
1.5 pts: Tarundeep, Vaibhav Verma, and Rahul.
1 pt: Sunbir, Anmol, Shweta, Prakhar Gusain, Abhimanyu Singh, Puja Arora, Karan Saini, Tanya, Jaskeerat, Avneesh Ahuja, Anita, Harpreet, Rajni Monga, Tarsem, Utkarsh, Harshpreet, Sanjay Chauhan, Gauri Chuttani, and Nivedan Bhardwaj.
.5 pt: Barinderpal Singh, Dhruv. 0 pt: Kashish, Devesh Mehra, Harpal Singh Narang, Rishab, and Ketan Kurmi.

Azad Academy to enrol new trainees

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 21
The DP Azad Cricket Academy will recruit fresh trainees from March 1. Giving this information here today, Azad Academy Director Dronacharya Desh Prem Azad said that admission would be given on first-come-first-serve basis. Twenty players each in the age groups of 8-10, 11-14 and 15 to 16 years would be enrolled to provide scientific training. "Our main stress would be on making the trainees fundamental strong," said Azad, coach of cricket icon Kapil Dev Nikhanj, Yograj Singh, Ashok Malhotra and Chetan Sharma.
Azad said that from this season, the Academy would also provide hostel facilities to outstation trainees. An imported bowling machine would be as added feature of the academy which is based at St Stephen's School in Sector 45. The Azad Academy is also having its branch at St Stephen's School, Togan.
"We have also started video coaching to the boys. Their actions are analysed monthly and their progress in consistently monitored," said Azad.

Chandigarh Prize Money Chess begins

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 20
The Chandigarh Prize Money Chess Championship 2009 started today at St. Xavier’s Sr. Secondary School, Sector 44-C, Chandigarh. The championship was inaugurated by A. P. Saksena, President Chandigarh Chess Association. The tournament which started today will conclude on Feburay 23. A total of 57 players are participating in the chess championship. A number of FIDE rated players of Chandigarh namely Abhinandan Vohra (2037), Naveen Bansal (2032) Saket Kumar(1972), etc. are participating in the championship.
The point position at the end of the first round is as follows:
1 pt: Vohra Abhinandan, Naveen Bansal, Baij Nath Prasad, Saket Kumar, Jagpreet Singh, Nitin, Nirankari Ashwani, Manu Aggarwal, Anurudh Garg, Kanwar Sandeep Singh, Marwaha Surinder, Harinder Pal Singh, Tejas Nagpal, Anil Raina, Sunil Bansal, Arunima, Vipan Negi, Shweta, Karan Bhatti, Sachleen Singh, Umarayia, Simranjeet Kaur, Tarini, Rajni Monga, Utkarsh, Pratima.
.5 pt: Barinderpal Singh, Dhruv, Anubhav Tuknayat, Rahul, Tarundeep, Vaibhav Verma.
0 pt: Madan Lal, Sunbir, Pardeep Singh Negi, Abhimanyu Singh, Karan Saini, Jeet Singh, Jaskeerat, Bhavnish Ahuja, Devesh Mehra, Harpal Singh Narang, Harpreet, Tarsem, Harshpreet, Kashish, Ketan Khurmi, Manbhar Verma, Nivedan Bhardwaj, Anmol, Prakhar Gusain, Puja Arora, Rishab, Sanjay Chauhan, Tanya, Gauri Chuttani, Anita.

Tennis camp concludes

CLTA coaches with Doug MacCurdy on the concluding day of the 15-day coaching camp in Chandigarh.
Trainees who attended the tennis coaching camp under the supervision of Doug MacCurdy in Chandigarh.

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CHANDIGARH, February 20
The 15-day coaching camp under the supervision of Doug MacCurdy concluded at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association Tennis Complex in Sector 10 here today. Conducted by the CLTA, as many as 55 trainees took part in camp.
The trainees received information about the professional circuit as well as college tennis (NCAA) during the camp. Doug MacCurdy from USA had interacted with the coaches of the CLTA. The coaches got to learn a lot from Doug MacCurdy’s experience worldwide. MacCurdy felt that the level of coaching staff of CLTA is capable of running a very successful tennis programme.

Clinic for badminton coaches in Jalandhar

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 20
The Punjab Badminton Association, in collaboration with Punjab Sports Department, is conducting a two-day seminar for badminton coaches/referees at Hans Raj Stadium in Jalandhar on February 21 and 22.
Disclosing this today, Punjab Badminton Association secretary Rajinder Kalsi said that the purpose behind the seminar is to update the knowledge of newly appointed coaches of the Punjab Sports Department, regarding new rules and regulations of the game. Besides coaches other umpires from Punjab have also been invited to attend the seminar.
Kalsi informed that the seminar would be conducted by international umpire and referee Gursharan Singh. He will be assisted by senior coach of the Punjab Sports Department Kartar Singh. Kalsi further informed that any badminton player who wish to attend the seminar is welcome and can register his name with coach Kartar Singh.

Shruti Dhawan keeps winning spree

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Kolkata, February 18
Top seed Shivika Burman of Bengal was made to sweat by Karnataka's G.K. Shweta at the SPS Elegant Central Excise AITA Open Grasscourt Tennis Championship 2009 being played on the four grass courts of Central Excise Athletic Club. In the longest match of the tournament which lasted 218 minutes Shivika prevailed 7-5,6-7(6-8),7-6(7-1).
In the second set Shivika came back from 1-4 down to take a 6-5 lead. Serving for the match she squandered five match points. In the tie break she had a 6-0 lead but failed to take oe point. Shweta took eight points in a row to take the second set. In the third set Shivika had a lead of 4-0. Hard hitting Shweta took the next four games to equalize. In the tie break this time Shivika did not make a mistake and took the match with a 7-1 win in the tie break.
Shruti Dhawan Sharma continued her fine run and beat Tamil Nadu's Shahin Ansari 6-2,6-1. She is in the semis now. The other semi finalists are sixth seed Nila P.A. Sindhu of Tamil Nadu and second seed Treta Bhattacharyya of West Bengal. Treta made short work of Deepna Vazirani, the eighth seed from Maharashtra, 6-1,6-3.
Chandril Sood of UP defeated the fourth seed Prateek Bhambri of Delhi in three sets 6-4,6-7(4-7),6-1. Top seed P.C. Vignesh of Andhra Pradesh reached the quarter finals of the Men's Singles defeating local boy Harsh Vardhan Thirani 6-4,6-4. Third seed N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth of Tamil Nadu had to work hard against compatriot Nihal Kapoor to win 6-2,4-6,6-3. Seventh seed Mithun Murali of Tamil Nadu hardly broke any sweat to beat Saurav Panja of Bengal. Fifth seed Saurav Sukul was the lone Bengal man to enter the quarter finals. He beat Manoj Kumar Sewa of Bengal 0-6,7-6(7-3),6-1.
Men's singles (Pre Quarters): P.C. Vignesh (1)(AP)(15) bt Harshvardhan Thirani (WB)(58) 6-4,6-4; Saurav Sukul (5)(WB)(29) bt Manoj Kumar Sewa (Q)(WB)(66) 0-6,7-6(7-3),6-1; N. Vijay Sudar Prashanth (3)(TN)(21) bt Nihal Kapoor (TN)(47) 6-2,4-6,6-3; Aditya Madkekar (8)(Mah)(33) bt Ajai Selvaraj (TN)(63) 6-3,6-4; Yogesh Phogat (Har)(44) btNarendran Ranganathan (Q)(Services)(78) 6-4,6-4; Chandril Sood (UP)(41) bt Prateek Bhambri (4)(Dl)(28)6-4,6-7(4-7),6-1; Mithun Murali (7)(TN)(32) bt Saurav Panja (WC)(WB)(114) 6-2,6-1; Yannick Nelord (2)(Dl)(19) beat Bharat Bhardwaj (Har)(52) 6-3,3-0 (Conc.).
Ladies' singles (Q-finals): Shivika Burman (1)(WB)(14) bt G.K. Shweta (Mah)(41) 7-5,6-7(6-8),7-6(7-1); Shruti (Dhawan) Sharma (WC)(WB) bt Shahin Ansari (TN)(30) 6-2,6-1; Nila P.A. Sindhu (6)(TN)(23) bt Sagarika Phadke (Mah)(44) 6-3,6-0; Treta Bhattacharyya (2)(WB)(16) bt Deepna Vazirani (8)(Mah)(25) 6-1,6-3.
Men's doubles (Pre Quarters): Krishik Divakar (Kar) & Aditya Madkekar (Mah) bt Narendran Ranganathan (Services) & Elwin Antony (TN)(Q) 6-4,6-3.
Men's doubles (q-finals): Mithun Murali (TN) & N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (TN)(1) bt Krishik Divakar (Kar) & Aditya Madkekar (Mah) 6-0,6-3; Saurav Panja (WB) & Manoj Kumar Sewa (WB)(4) bt Jitender Mehlda (Har) & Javed Akbar Hazari (Pb) 6-3,6-2.



Ladies' Doubles Quarter Finals : Shivika Burman (WB) & Treta Bhattacharyya (WB)(1) beat Anushree Thammanna (Kar) & Sagarika Phadke (Mah) 6-2,6-0; Nupur Kaul (Mah) & Deepna Vazirani (Mah)(3) beat Prarthana Pratap (Kar) & Jilke Nelord (Dl) 6-4,6-2; Rani Smita Jain (IAF) & P.A. Sindhu Nila (TN)(4) beat Akshita B. Raj (Kar) & Vishika Chhetri (Dl) 4-6,6-4,(10-8); Asha Nandakumar (Kar) & G.K. Shweta (Kar) beat Shahin Ansari (TN) & Dipti Srivastava (WB) 6-3,6-1.

MAX to telecast live India-Kiwis sereis

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Mumbai, February 18
MAX today announced that it would be telecasting live the National Bank New Zealand-India series to be held in New Zealand this month. This series will feature India playing five One Day Internationals, two Twenty20 and three Test matches on their first tour of New Zealand in the last six years. Avid cricket fans can watch this series of thrilling matches live on MAX from 25th February to 7th April 2009.
Fixtures: 25 Feb 25: 11 a.m 1st T20I - AMI Stadium, Christchurch.
27 Feb 27: 11 a.m 2nd T20I - Westpac Stadium, Wellington. March 3: D/N 6 a.m 1st ODI - McLean Park, Napier. Mar 6: D/N 6 a.m 2nd ODI - Westpac Stadium, Wellington.
March 8: D/N 6 a.m 3rd ODI - AMI Stadium, Christchurch. March 11: D/N 6 a.m 4th ODI - Seddon Park, Hamilton.March 14: D/N 6 a.m 5th ODI - Eden Park, Auckland. March 19 to 23: 3.15 a.m. 1st Test - Seddon Park, Hamilton.March 27 to 31: 3.15 a.m. 2nd Test - McLean Park, Napier. April 4 to 7: 3.15 a.m 3rd Test - Westpac Stadium, Wellington.
Along with Charu Sharma as the presenter for the series, viewers can look forward to a panel of experts consisting of Murali Kartik, Javagal Srinath and Arun Lal amongst others who will present their analysis on the match happenings as part of the wrap around programming for this series. Simultaneously, Ravi Shastri, who will be based in New Zealand, will be commentating on the series LIVE, giving his expert opinion along with the others here.
Sneha Rajani, EVP and Business Head, MAX said, "Given that India last toured the Kiwi in 2002-03 and the fact that we have not won a series there in 40 years, the New Zealand-India series promises to be totally action-packed with nail biting encounters between the two nations.
In line with the anticipation of a great fight and a situation where India emerges victorious, MAX has also tied up with the forthcoming Hindi film 'Aa Dekhe Zara' starring Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bipasha Basu. Viewers can look forward to an exciting tête-à-tête with Bipasha and Neil in the studios with Charu Sharma during mid innings in the ODIs.

India suffer first defeat in Brisbane

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BRISBANE, FEB 18
India suffered their first defeat of their Australia - New Zealand tour when they were beaten 5-3 by the Australian Development squad at the State Hockey Centre here on Tuesday night.
The hosts who led 3-1 at half time profited due to a lacklustre Indian showing both in attack and defence.
The Aussies scored through Jason Wilson (10th), Nick Budgeon (22nd), Joel Carrol (27th), Liam de Young (52nd) and Mark Patterson (66th). India reduced the margin through
Sandeep Singh (16th), VR Raghunath (37th) and Tushar Khandker (64th).
The match had a delayed start due to rain and was played under constant drizzle.
The Australia team went up in the 10th minute when Jonathon Charlesworth intercepted a loose pass from Indian midfielder Prabodh Tirkey to set up striker Jason Wilson who shot past goalkeeper Baljit Singh.
India leveled the score six minutes later when Ignace Tirkey stole the ball from the rival skipper Liam de Young and sent a relay pass to Tushar Khandker through armyman SV Sunil. Khandker's shot at goal was stopped by a backstick and the resultant penalty stroke was converted by Sandeep Singh.
Australia forged ahead again after getting a penalty corner because of an erroneous clearance by Vikram Pillay. Budgeon flicked low to Baljit's right.
India muffed two opportunities to equalise shortly after when Sunil and Shivendra Singh fumbled inside the circle and then Khandker shot wide.
Australia consolidated their lead in the 27th minute after conceding a soft penalty corner to Brent Livermore. Defender Joel Carrol made no mistake from the set piece.
A heavy downpour at the break again delayed the second half start, but India began aggressively and reduced the margin from a penalty corner as Raghunath flicked past George Bazeley in the 37th minute.
However Australia were again back with the two-goal cushion when the overlapping Young found the mark in the 52nd minute.

Sayesha upsets top seed Sripriya

Rimpledeep Kaur executing forehand.

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 18
Riya Bhatia pulled off a big upset by shocking second seed Shivani Dabas 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 in an all-Delhi pre-quarter-finals girls under-16 affair of the Harvest Tennis Academy – AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament at the Harvest Tennis Academy at Jassowal, 30 km from Ludhiana, on Tuesday.
Hot favourite and top seed Rimpledeep Kaur and third seed Rajbir Kaur, both of Punjab, advanced into quarter-finals. Rimpledeep ousted Hasan Dhanoa, also of Punjab, 6-3, 6-3. Rajbir Kaur beat Bhavya Wadhawan of Chandigarh 6-3, 6-3. Fourth seed Bhavika Wadhawan of Delhi defeated Victoria Chahal of Haryana 6-2, 6-2. Another Delhi girl to move into the next round was fifth seed Shreya Pasricha who edged out Kanishka Arora, also of Delhi, 7-6 (2), 7-5.
Sayesha B Dalal of Delhi stunned top seed Sripriya Saraaf in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 in the girls under-18 pre-quarter-final encounter. Second seed Shreya Pasricha outplayed. Anukriti Choudhary, both of Delhi, in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 in another pre-quarter-final match.
Down by one set, top seed Harry Jindal of Punjab staged a smart rally to prevail over plucky Ranjeet Singh of Chandigarh 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the boys under-16 singles pre-quarter-final. The match between fourth seed Maninder Singh of Delhi and Jagdeep Singh of Punjab was the most interesting and thrilling affair. Maninder just managed to record a hard-fought 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4 victory.
Haryana’s Manoj upset third seed Hardarshan Singh Gill of Rajasthan 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 on way to quarter-finals. Chandigarh-based Nischay Rawal outsted Ravinder Singh of Punjab 6-4, 6-1.
Playing a consistent game second seed Ronit Bisht of Delhi defeated Jagdeep Singh of Punjab without dropping a singles match 6-0, 6-0 in the boys under-18 singles prequarter-final match. In another pre-quarter-final match, top seed Navneet Kumar of Uttar Pradesh outpoined Hardarshan Singh of Rajasthan 7-5, 6-3.
Girls' singles Under-16 (Pre-Quarters): 1-Rimpledeep Kaur (PB) bt. Hasan Dhanoa (PB) 6-3, 6-3; 8-Priyanka Rawat (UTA) bt. Jaya Bhandari (DLI) 6-1, 6-1; 4-Bhavika Wadhawan (DLI) bt. Victoria Chahal (HAR) 6-2, 6-2; 5-Shreya Pasricha (DLI) bt. Kanishka Arora (DLI) 7-6(2), 7-5; 7-Anukriti Choudhary (DLI) bt. Simran Wadhwa (DLI) 6-4, 7-5; 3-Rajbir Kaur (PB) bt. Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) 6-3, 6-3; 6-Sripriya Sarraf (BHI) bt. Sumeera Kamil (DLI) 6-2, 6-4; Riya Bhatia (DLI) bt. 2-Shivani Dabas (DLI) 6-2, 0-6, 6-3.
Girls' singles Under-18 (Pre-Quarters): Sayesha B Dalal (DLI) bt. 1-Sripriya Saraaf (BHI) 7-5, 6-3; 5-Gundeep Kaur (PB) bt. Shivani Dabas (DLI) 7-5, 6-3; Hasan Dhanoa (PB) bt. 3-Priyanka Rawat (UTA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; 6-Rajbir Kaur (PB) bt, Kaniksha Arora (DLI) 6-3, 6-3; Rimpledeep Kaur (PB) bt. Bhavika Wadhawan (CHD) 6-1, 6-1; 2-Shreya Pasricha (DLI) bt. Anukriti Choudhary (DLI) 6-1, 6-2; 6-Baljinder Kaur (HAR) bt. Karman Kaur (DLI) 6-3, 6-2; 4-Jaspreet Kaur (PB) bt. Diksha Aggarwal (DLI) 6-1, 6-2;
Boys' singles Under-16 (Pre-Quarters): 1-Harry Jindal (PB) bt. Ranjeet Singh (CHD) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; 7-Bavneet Singh (DLI) bt. Hardeep Singh Honey (PB) 6-3, 6-1; 4-Maninder Signh (DLI) bt. Jagdeep Singh (PB) 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4; 8-Kamal Kishore Madirana (RAJ) bt. Jajbir Singh (PB) 6-3, 7-5; 5-Atul Sri Patel (UP) bt. Dhruv Goel (DLI) 6-2, 6-2; 6-Rishab Dev (PB) bt. Manish Drall (DLI) 6-3, 6-2; Manoj (HAR) bt. 3-Hardarshan Singh Gill (RAJ) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4; Nischay Rawal (CHD) bt. Ravinder Singh (PB) 6-4, 6-1.
Boys' singles Under-18 (Pre-Quarters): 1-Navneet Kumar (UP) bt. Hardarshan Singh (RAJ) 7-5, 6-3; Manish Drall (DLI) bt. 7-Manpreet Singh Chalwa (DLI) 6-3, 7-6(4); 3-Kunal Anand (DLI) bt. Harpreet Singh Saran (PB) 6-3, 7-5; 6-Ajay Yadav (CHD) bt. Atul Sri Patel (UP) 7-6(8), 6-3; 8-Jatin Dhaiya (DLI) bt. Hardeep Singh Sandhu (PB) 7-5, 6-1; 4-Maninder Singh (HAR) bt. Gulshan Kumar (PB) 7-5, 5-7, 6-1; A. Nikhit Prasad (AP) bt. Rishab Dev (PB) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; 2-Ronit Bisht (DLI) bt. Jagdeep Singh (PB) 6-0, 6-0.

India B (Moin-Kang) win title

Chandigarh-based HS Kang, a member of victorious India B team, teeing off.

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Kolkata, Feb 17
Following up a 67 in the first round, Moin Malak carded a round of two over 74 to guide India B to the team title at the LG All-India Amateur Golf Championship at the par-72 Royal Calcutta Golf Club. India B, made up of Moin and HS Kang, had a two-day total of six over 294. Moin also emerged as the top seed after totaling three under 141 after two rounds.
Bangladesh A (Jamal Hossain Mollah and D.H. Mollah) emerged as the second best team seven behind the winning team with a two day total of 301 and the Srilankan team (Mithun Perera and K Prabagaran) finished third with a total of 305.
Both Moin and Kang were visibly delighted with their effort. Kang said "This is the first time we were representing India at the All-India so obviously we are quite pleased with winning the team title."
Saurabh Bahuguna followed up his round of one under with an even par round today but the round of 67 in the first round from the Pune lad had put him way ahead of the pack and Bahuguna had to be content with being second seed.
Rashid Khan is the number three seed, after a round of two over 74 gave him a two-day total of 145. There are two international names in the top-10 seeds list with Bangladesh's Md Jamal Hossain Mollah at 5th and Mithun Perera from Srilanka in 10th place. Mithun shot the best round, and his score of 71 today was also the only under par round of the day.
With the exception of the two players from Afghanistan, all other international players qualified for the matchplay stage. Imran Ali, one of the members from the Afghanistan team said "We gave it our best shot. Hopefully we get a chance to play again here."
After the completion of the team event, all eyes will now be on the matchplay rounds that commences here on Wednesday. The winner, who will emerge after 36-hole playoff finals on Sunday, will have to overcome six players before lifting the All-India title.
Team results (Top 3): 294: India B (Moin Malak, Hs Kang). 301: Bangladesh A (Jamal Hussain Mollah, D.H Mollah). 305: Srilanka A (Mithun Perera, K Prabagaran).
Scores (Top ten seeds): 141: Moin Malak (67,74),143: Saurabh Bahuguna (71,72),145: Rashid Khan (71,74), 145: Karan Vasudeva (70,75), 148: Jamal Hussain Mollah (76,72), 148: Sk Kader Ali (74,74), 148: Raja Sardar (74,74),149: Mithun Perera (78,71), 149: Amanjyot Singh (73,76), 150: Karan Taunk (74,76).

Kaira and Bhardwaj star for Godrej CC

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BARWALA (PANCHKULA), FEB 15
A hurricane knock of 102 off 49 bals by Umesh Kaira and deadly bowling by Ajay Bhardwaj (6 for 15) enabled Godrej Cricket Club defeat Numero Uno XI by 108 runs in the IInd Tilak Ram Mittal Memorial League Cricket Tournament, being organised by Chandigarh Sports Club here at JR Institute Stadium in Barwala today.
Batting first after winning the toss, Godrej Cricket Club were quick off the block as openers Jai Kapil and skipper Vaneet Chawla (41) gave the team a solid start with a partnership of 75 runs. Vaneet Chawla did most of the run making as he played shots all over the field. He went on to make 41 runs off 34 balls.
Umesh Kaira took time to settle down. Once he got going there was no stopping him. He went after every bowler. He quickly got to his century in just 47 balls. His unbeaten knock of 102 included 9 fours and six sixes. Kaira guided Godrej CC to a respectable total of 208 runs in 25 overs.
Shekhar picked up three wickets for 18 runs.
In reply, Numero Uno XI had a moderate start as the openers put on 46 runs. But after the dismissal of opener Shekhar things went downhill for them as the bowlers led by Ajay Bhardwaj seemed to have found a chink in the armour of the batting line up. Ajay Bhardwaj picked up a wicket in his very first over and bowled very economically. He was instrumental in making inroads into the batting line-up of Numero Uno. The batsmen gave away their wickets easily as the whole team succumbed under the pressure. Opener Neeraj (49) was the only one who put up some resistance and stayed on till the end. But all his resistance went in vain as other batsmen did not make much of a contribution and the team was bowled out for a meagre 90 runs in 20 overs. Ajay bhardwaj finished the innings with 6 wickets for 15 runs included a maiden.
Brief scores: Godrej CC: - 208 for 7 in 25 overs (Umesh Kiara 102 not out, Vaneet Chwala 41, Shekhar 3 for 18, Vidyasagar 2 for 36). Numero Uno XI: 90 all out in 20.3 overs (Neeraj 49, Ajay Bhardwaj 6 for 15, Umesh Kaira 1 for 4).
In the second match of the day, Royal CC defeated Chandigarh Medi Club by 8 wickets helped by fine bowling by Pawan who struck thrice in his maiden over and then once again in his next to wrap u the innings. The batsmen were disappointing as none of them showed any intention of making runs. As a result the team was bowled out for 103 runs in 19.2 overs. The batsmen of Royal CC made short work of the target as they lost no time in going on the offensive and got to the target in 11 overs with 8 wickets in hand.
Brief scores: Chandigarh Media Club: 103 all out in 19.2 overs (Divesh 53, Pawan 4 for 0, Satish 2 for 3). Royal CC: 104 for 2 in 11.5 overs (Narinder Bunty 48, Rajesh Monu 34).

Harinder Bedi, Mann win titles

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 15
Shobat Ghai hit a longest shot on 14th Fairway and SS Mann missed a hole in one and landed the ball 1’8” on the 17th hole on the final day of the 4th Budget Signs North Zone Civil Services Golf Championship at Panchkula Golf Club on Sunday.
Harinder Pal Singh Bedi, with a gross two day total of 153 emerged winner in the serving officers' catergory. RK Arora aggregated 157 for the runner-up position. In the nett section, Narinder Chauhan claimed the title with 129 while ID Bhandari was runner-up with 133.
Mann Singh won the gross winner's title with 164 and RS Chalia was runner-up with 176.
Based on the gross score day one and day two, a 12-member team including two reserves was announced to participate in the All India Civil Services Golf Championship at Qutab Golf Course New Delhi on March 7 and 8, according to CSR Reddy,IG Patiala Zone and President North Zone Civil Services Golf Society.
The team: Harinder Bedi, Raj Kumar Arora, Dr RC Mishra, Deepinder Garcha, Jasbir Singh, Gurdispal Singh, SS Mann, Rakesh Jolly, T Kipgen. Reserves: Rajiv Moudgil and Rupinder Singh.
Jagmohan Singh from Budget Signs was the chief guest and gave away the prizes to the participants. JS Cheema General Secretary CGA honoured the winner of day one and day two. CSR Reddy thanked all the sponsors for their contribution towards the game of golf and presented them a mementos of appreciation.
Results: Longest drive: Shobat Ghai 14th Fairway 300 yds. Nearest to pin: SS Mann 17th Green 1’8”.
Serving officers: Gross: 1Harinder Pal Singh Bedi 153; 2 RK Arora 157. Nett: 1 Narinder Chauhan 129; 2 ID Bhandari 133.
Retired Officers: Gross: 1 Mann Singh 164; 2 R.S. Chalia 176. Nett: 1 SR Sharma 140; 2 BS Thakur143.

Randhawa finishes joint runner-up

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Kuala Lumpur, February 15
Jyoti Randhawa (71, 69, 66, 66) returned his second successive 66 at the Saujana Golf & Country Club here on Sunday to post a tied second finish at the Maybank Malaysian Open. The PGTI member, who totaled 16 under 272 for the tournament, finished in joint second along with Englishmen Miles Tunnicliff, David Horsey and Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng. American Anthony Kang won the title with a 17 under 271 total.
Jyoti, a previous runner-up at the Malaysian Open in 2005, charged up the leaderboard in style with eight birdies but came up one short in the end. He needed to hole a 50-foot eagle chance on the last hole to get to 17-under-par but came up short in his bid for an eighth career win.
Earlier in his round he birdied the opening three holes, the 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th and bogeyed the 10th and 12th.
"I had to shoot around eight under to win but I came close. I needed to make birdies coming in but I was happy. Anthony played great, he deserves it," said Randhawa, who posted his fifth runner-up finish in a European Tour event after his superb performance in Malaysia. This was also his best result on the European Tour since his runner-up finish at the Open de Espana 2007. Randhawa is yet to make the breakthrough into the winner's circle on the European Tour.
Shiv Kapur (70, 69, 66, 74) finished tied 21st at nine under 279 while SSP Chowrasia ended tied 69th with a total of three over 291.

CRPF push Punjab Police to second spot

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 14
Central Reserve Police Force pushed last night leaders Punjab Police to second spot and lifted the overall trophy in the 57th All India Police Athletic Championship in Lucknow today. CRPF lifted the trophy with a haul of 13 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze medals.
Punjab Police, who were leading till the penultimate day of the five-day meet, were relegated to the runners-up position. Punjab finished their campaign with nine gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze medals. Hosts Uttar Pradesh captured third position with the help of seven gold, five silver and five bronze medals.
Anisha K. Vijayan of CRPF and Saraswati Chand of Orissa were jointly declared the best athletes among women. Punjab Police's Amritpal Singh was adjudged the best male athletes.
Radhey Kumar of Border Security Force clocked 2::24:25.3s to bag gold medal in marathon. Tilak Ram (Central Reserve Police, 2::30:42.5s) and Sunil Choudhary (CRPF, 2::31:39.5s) got silver and bronze respectively.
Uttar Pradesh Governor T.B.Rajeswar declared was the chief guest at the closing ceremony.
Results: Men: Marathon: 1 Radhey Kumar (Border Security Force) 2::24:25.3s; 2 Tilak Ram (Central Reserve Police) 2::30:42.5s; 3 Sunil Choudhary (CRPF) 2::31:39.5s; 4 Rajinder (BSF) 2::36:17.8s; 5 Harun Ali (Uttar Pradesh) 2::40:45.4s; 6 Bablu Ghosh (Sashastra Seema Bal) 2::40:49.2s. 800m: 1 Nirvair Singh (Central Reserve Police) 1:50.09s; 2 Ramjan Khan (Border Security Force) 1:51.21s; 3 T.M. Sajeev (Central Reserve Police) 1:52.66s. 4x100m Relay: 1 Maharashtra (Shahin Kutti, Sangram Patil, Rajendra Dagade; Shoeb Sadik Syyed) 41.30s; 2 Border Security Force (Amit Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Naresh Kindo, Jagdish Basak) 41.32s; 3 Uttar Pradesh (Dushyant Kumar, Jitendra Singh, Sitendra Kumar, Pushpendra Singh) 41.56s. 200m:1 Ajay Kumar (Border Security Force) 21.68s; 2 Rupesh Thakur (Madhya Pradesh) 21.76s; 3 Virendra Kumar Pankaj (Uttar Pradesh) 22.14s
Women: Discus: 1 Seema Antil (Central Reserve Police) 52.65m; 2 Saroj Sihag (Central Reserve Police) 52.02m; 3 Baljit Kaur (Punjab) 47.29m. Triple jump: 1 Anisha K.Vijayan (Central Reserve Police) 13.19m; 2 Kulwinder Kaur (Punjab) 13.18m; 3 Sapinderpal Kaur (Punjab) 12.14m. 800m: 1 Wahida Rehman (Central Reserve Police) 2:10.20s; 2 Saraswati Chand (Orissa) 2:12.47s; 3 Dipti Chutia 141 (Assam Police) 2:12.85s. 200m: 1 Hema Nazreth Bhanga (Maharashtra) 25.00s; 2 Navjot Kaur (Punjab) 25.09s; 3 Ritarani Gundua (Orissa) 25.13s. 4x100m Relay: 1 Central Reserve Police (Manju M.V, Anisha K.Vijayan, Seena Abraham, Julie Daniel) 48.78s; 2 Maharashtra (Reshma M. Patil, Aruna J. Burken, Lopamurda Anerao, Hema N. Bhanga) 48.86s; 3 Orissa (Madusmita Naik, Saraswati Chand, Anima Tirkey, Ritarani Gundua) 49.03s.
Medal Tally

GOLD SILVER BRONZE
CRPF 13 10 11
PUNJAB 9 11 11
UP 7 5 5
BSF 5 7 5
MAHARASHTRA 3 2 0
WEST BENGAL 2 1 3
ORISSA 2 1 3
BIHAR 1 1 0
HARYANA 1 0 1
CISF 1 0 1
MADHYA PRADESH 0 1 1
UTTRAKHAND 0 1 0
ASSAM 0 0 1
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TOTAL 42 42 42

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Rajpal Singh hat-tricks in Brisbane

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 14
Local forward Rajpal Singh scored four goals, including a hat-trick, as India whipped the Queensland and New South Wales State combine 8-1 in their Australia and New Zealand tour opener in high humidity and rain at the State Hockey Centre in Brisbane today.
The other goal scorers for India, who led 5-0 at the break, were Shivendra Singh (8th & 12th min), VR Raghunath (50th min) and Hari Prasad (57th min).
The Australian twin state team which was captained by Dean Butler and included renowned internationals Brent Livermore and Stephen Lambert had no answer to the repeated Indian onslaughts.
Rajpal opened the visitors' tally in the 5th minute after medio Arjun Halappa and Tushar Khandker moved in tandem towards the rival 23-meter area before setting up Shivendra Singh in the strike circle. The nippy forward relayed a square pass to Rajpal who shot home off the wrong foot past goalkeeper Lambert.
India held territorial sway throughout stunning the goodly crowd with their ball control and incisive manouvers in the midfield orchestrated by Sardar Singh, Halappa and Vikram Pillay.
The second goal was scripted shortly after through a sortie led by Khandker and Shivendra from the left flank with the latter getting the last touch.
India used both flanks with precision as Shivendra collected a long pass from Halappa and dribbled past two defenders before firing a reverse to increase the tally four minutes later.
The flair and fluency of the Indian attack continued as Rajpal Singh did the star turn thereafter thumping in the hat trick with goals in the 16th. 31st and 43rd minutes.His electric bursts and intelligent off the ball movements stole the thunder from the opponents.
Indian coach incharge Harendra Singh made rapid substitutions after the crossover to give all his players a feel of the conditions. Defender Raghunath was brought in for Sandeep Singh and the Bangalore lad did not disappoint scoring from India's only penalty corner in the 50th min.
The Indian rampage went unhindered as striker Hari Prasad rounded off the tally seven minutes later.
The Quennsland-New South Wales Combine eventually scored a consolation goal by Ian Patterson in the 62nd minute from an open play set piece.
Coach Incharge Harendra Singh expressed happiness with the result and added that his team was adapting well to the climatic change from the winter at Chandigarh where they had lost to European champions Holland in the summit clash of the Punjab Gold Cup on Monday.
India will clash with another combination of the Queensland and New South Wales State team here on Sunday.

Rupinder pushes Jolly to second spot

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 14
The Budget Signs 4th North Zone Civil Service Golf Championship was inaugurated by CSR Reddy,IG Patiala Zone and President North Zone Civil Services Golf Society at 9.00 at Panchkula Golf Club. Forty one Serving and 12 retried officers teed off on a gun shot from all tees.
All participants appreciated the playing condition of on the fairways and greens, specially the greens were playing true. Some of the players, who have been playing on slow greens in their respective golf clubs, did face the difficulty in the putting. Every one highly appreciable of the efforts put in to maintain the course in such an excellent condition. Tomorrow's tee off will be at 9.00 a.m Mr. Jagmohan Singh from Budget Signs will give away the prizes.
Longest drive – Hardip S Kingra emerged winner in the longest drive competition with a measure of 264 yards on 8th hole,
Dr. RC Mishra got the nearest to the pin award with 15’ on 13 hole.
Among the serving officers, Rupinder Singh and Rakesh Jolly were tied with 77 in the gross section. However, Rupinder Singh was declared winner with a better back six holes. Jolly finished runner-up.
In the nett category, HPS Bedi pipped Bhupinder Singh on the basis of better back nine. Both were tied at 76.
Retired Officers: Gross: 1 Mann Singh (79). 2 Sultan Singh (94). Nett: 1 SR Sharma (72).2 SS Likhi (76).

Ganapathy's team win Pro-Am title

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Gurgaon, February 14
The Ganapathy's team comprising amateurs Kartikeya Bharatram, Amitav Virmani and Abhishek Mishra won the Pro-Am title in the Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship on Saturday at the Golden Greens Golf & Country Club, here. Their team totalled 90.
The team led by PGTI member Shamim Khan finished second with a score of 87. The three amateurs in Shamim's team were Vineet Kshirsagar and Sanjay Mehra. PGTI member Ranjit Singh's team comprising Warsi, G S Hira and Anil Kumar finished third. Their team total was 87. Ranjit's team lost out to Shamim Khan's team for second place on a countback.
The prizes for the closest shot to the pin were won by Saurabh Sood on hole no. 3 (four feet two inches) and Nalin Chandok on hole no. 13 (five feet five inches).
Vishaal Uppal won the contest for the straightest drive on hole no. 6.
The Pro-Am event provided amateur golfers from the Capital an opportunity to play alongside some of the top professional golfers in the country. Some of the top executives of the Avantha Group who participated in the event included Manoj Dutt (MD, Solaris Chemtech), R R Vederah (MD, BILT), S M Trehan (MD, Crompton Greaves) and B Hariharan (Group Director, Finance, Avantha Group).
It was played in the team Stableford format wherein each team comprised one professional and three amateurs. The aggregate of two best net scores on each hole over 18 holes comprised the team total. The scores of the professionals were not compulsory.

Abhishek clinches second successive title

Abhishek clinches second successive title
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Noida, Feb 13
Abhishek Jha raced away to the title at the LG Noida Open Amateur being played at the par-72 Noida Golf Club. He played his first under-par round for the week and his score of two-under 70 placed him level for the tournament and took him the title. Rashid Khan made a valiant charge but the Delhi boy was let down by his putter on the front-nine and had to be content with a second place finish, four behind the winner after he shot a 71 today.
Local player Jasjeet Singh carded a round of two-under 70 to finish third, while Karan Vasudeva finished fourth.
The Bangalore lad won his third title on the LG Amateur Tour this season and this was his second win on the bounce.
Rashid Khan made an incredible charge, and at one point had six birdies through a run of eight holes but the 18-year-old knew that the three three-putts in the first seven holes put it beyond his reach to capture his fourth consecutive win on tour.
On the 16th, four behind the leader, a swing of fortune seemed eminent for Rashid but there was no stopping the boy from Eagleton who first putted his ball out of the bunker and then made a 15 footer for par to stay well ahead.
The next stop for the players on tour is the prestigious LG All-India Amateur, one of the most important golf tournaments on the Indian circuit, being played since 1892. As for the winner here, he has already set his sights on adding his fourth win on tour this year in Kolkata at the All-India.
Scores: 288: Abhishek Jha (72,73,73,70); 292: Rashid Khan (74,76,71,71); 293: Jasjeet Singh (73,72,78,70); 294: Karan Vasudeva (74,71,78,71); 295: Manav Das (74,74,75,72); 295: Rahul Bajaj (72,75,75,73); 295: L Selvadurai (70,77,75,73); 295: Pawan Kumar (77,74,71,73); 296: Abhinav Lohan (71,78,73,74); 298: Gagan Verma (72,80,71,75); 299: Saurabh Bahuguna (71,77,76,75); 300: Simarjeet Singh (74,79,74,73); 301: Dipankar Kaushal (73,78,76,74) and
302: Pranav Kaul (71,75,79,77).

Punjab Police athletes rule the roost

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CHANDIGARH, FEB 13
Punjab Police continued to hog limelight as on the penultimate day they were leading the medal tally with nine gold, 12 silver and nine bronze medals in the 57th All-India Police Athletic Championship being held in Lucknow on Friday.
Central Reserve Police Force and hosts Uttar Pradesh were at the second and third spots with 8-8-9 and 7-5-3, respectively.
West Bengal woman pole vaulter Babli Mitra was the star performer today as she Babli equalled the five-year-old record of 3.20 metresset by CRPF's Deepa Chaudhary who incidentally finished third with a below par 2.60 metres. With a distance of 3.15 metres Punjab's Karamjit Kaur clinched the silver.
Confusion prevailed in the 4x400M men's relay as initial winners Border Secruity Force were disqualified from the event. During the third baton exchange the BSF athlete running in second lane, crossed from lane one to two, resulting in his team's disqualification. Maharashtra who finished second took their place on top of the podium.
Although nowhere close to the best, Orissa comfortably won gold in the 4x400 meters relay women leaving Punjab and CRPF to share the silver and bronze respectfully.
Saurav Singh brought cheers to the home team have be clinched gold in the men's triple jump event. He leaped a distance of 15.85 metres. He was followed by Punjab's Sukhijinder Singh and CRPF's Shailendra Kumar.
Results:Women: Pole vault: 1 Babli Mitra (West Bengal) 3.20m EMR; 2Karamjit Kaur (Punjab) 3.15m; 3 Deepa Choudhary (Central Reserve Police) 2.60m. Shot put: 1 Saroj Sihag (Central Reserve Police) 14.36m; 2 Smritikana Manna (West Bengal) 13.41m; 3 Seema Antil (Central Reserve Police) 13.08m. 400MH: 1 Sapinder Kaur (Punjab) 1:01.38s; 2 Poornima K. (Central Reserve Police) 1:07.67s; 3 Tuli Deshmukh (West Bengal) 1:08.55s. 4x400m Relay:1 Orissa (Madhusmita Naik, Sukumati Laguri, Ritarani Gundua , Saraswati Chand)3:53.91s; Punjab (Spinderpal Kaur, Parampreet Kaur, Sarabjit Kaur, Sapinder Kaur) 3:57.10s; 3 Central Reserve Police Force (Poornima K, Lincy KP, Wahida Rehman, Manju MV) 3:58.67s.
Men: Triple jump: 1 Saurav Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 15.85m; 2 Sukhjinder Singh (Punjab) 15.76m; 3 Shailender Kumar (Central Reserve Police) 15.51m. Discus throw: 1 Krishna Kumar Sharma (Bihar) 55.75m; 2 Simranjit Singh (Border Security Force) 55.66m; 3 Amardeep Singh (Punjab) 51.90m. 400MH: 1 Ranjodh Singh (Punjab) 51.94s; 2 Kuldev Singh (Punjab) 52.38s; 3 3 Bhagirath Yadav (Border Security Force) 52.58s. 3000 m steeple chase: 1 Raju Ram Jani (Central Reserve Police) 9:16.99s; 2 Ram Bahadur Subba (Border Security Force) 9:17.20s; 3 Shiv Pujan Bind (Uttar Pradesh) 9:21.07s. 4x400m Relay: 1 Maharashtra (Sagar Deshmukh, Subhash Suryavanshi, Sueyaji Ligade, Shoeb Sadik Syyed) 3:12.96s; 2 Punjab (Maninder Singh, Ranjodh Singh; Kuldev Singh; Gurvinderpal Singh) 3:14.06s; 3 Uttar Pradesh (Yogendra Singh Nadar, Ashish Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Virendra Kumar Pankaj) 3:16.76s.

MEDAL TALLY
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
PUNJAB 9 12 9
CRPF 8 8 9
UP 7 5 3
BSF 3 5 5
BENGAL 2 1 3
ORISSA 2 0 1
MAHA 1 1 0
BIHAR 1 1
HARYANA 0 1 1
CISF 1 1
UTTRADHAND 0 1 0
MP 0 0 1

Mukesh bags fifth title on Aircel-PGTI

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GURGAON, February 13
Mhow-based 43-year-old seasoned campaigner Mukesh Kumar resistered a comprehensive five-stroke victory at the Aircel-PGTI's Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship. Mukesha, who had last won a professional title in August last year, shot the final day's best score, a five under 67, at the Golden Greens Golf & Country Club to take his tournament total to 16 under 272.
Kolkata's Rahil Gangjee carded three under 69 in the final round to finish second with a total of 11 under 277. M Dharma's 10 under 278 total earned him third place.
Mukesh's (68, 70, 67, 67) win on Saturday accounted for his fifth title on the Aircel-PGTI as it added to his tally of four titles from the 2007-08 PGTI season. He thus equaled Ashok Kumar's record of maximum wins on the tour. He also became the leader in the Aircel-PGTI Order of Merit as a result of his latest triumph. Mukesh was seventh on the Order of Merit before the Solaris Chemtech Open Golf Championship.
The veteran consolidated on his two-stroke lead from round three and never gave his nearest rivals, Rahil Gangjee and M Dharma, an opportunity to close-in on him on the final day. He had all but sealed the title when he made the turn, having sunk birdies on the second, fifth, sixth and an eagle on the ninth. On the back nine Mukesh hung on to his comfortable lead after making birdies on the 14th and 16th and bogeys on the 12th and 15th.
Rahil Gangjee (71, 72, 65, 69) prevailed in a tussle against M Dharma and Anirban Lahiri for second place. Gangjee totaled 11 under 277 after firing a three under 69 in the final round. The Kolkata golfer sank birdies on the second, seventh, 11th, 13th, 14th, 18th and bogeyed the fifth, sixth and ninth.
Bangalore's M Dharma (67, 69, 74, 68) finished third at 10 under 278. He sank an eagle and four birdies against two bogeys in the final round.
Anirban Lahiri ended the tournament in fourth place at eight under 280 while Arjun Singh and Gaurav Pratap Singh posted matching totals of six under 282 to be tied fifth.
Defending champion Rahul Ganapathy managed a tied 15th place finish after ending up with a tournament total of even par 288.

FIH introduces new free hit rules

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The International Hockey Federation (FIH) released the revised free hit rules because of the great interest in them. The next Rules of Hockey will take affect from 1 May 2009 and the full set of rules will be published as soon as possible.
One of the objectives of the FIH and therefore of the Hockey Rules Board (HRB) is to decrease the number and duration of interruptions to the flow of play and to increase the length of time the ball is in active play. A “self-pass” from a free hit has therefore been introduced. It enables the player taking the free hit to play the ball again after taking the free hit which will encourage free-flowing hockey.
As with other actions on the hockey pitch, this must take place safely. Other aspects of the free hit rules have therefore been reviewed. The HRB is concerned that the ball is often played hard, indiscriminately and therefore potentially dangerously into the circle from free hits in the attacking 23 metres area. In future, these free hits must not be played directly into the circle.
FIH believes these are indications of the way it wishes to see hockey develop. Exciting innovations will take place but there will also always be a concern that the game should be as safe as reasonably possible.
These rules changes are referred to as Mandatory Experimental Rules. They are mandatory because they must be played throughout hockey; they are experimental to show that they will be reviewed after experience before deciding if they become permanent Rules. When the full set of the Rules of Hockey is published, small changes to some wording and various additional notes will also added to clarify certain current rules. It is anticipated that the full set of Rules will be published in the next month or so.
The text of the relevant free hit Rules will be as follows:
13.1 Location of a free hit:
A. A free hit is taken close to where the offence occurred. ‘Close to’ means within playing distance of where the offence occurred and with no significant advantage gained.The location from which a free hit is taken must be more precise inside the 23metres area.
B. A free hit awarded within five metres of the circle to the attack is taken at the nearest point five metres from the circle.
C. A free hit awarded outside the circle to the defence within 15 metres of the back-line is taken up to 15 metres from the back-line in line with the location of the offence, parallel to the side-line.
D. A free hit awarded inside the circle to the defence is taken anywhere inside the circle or up to 15 metres from the back-line in line with the location of the offence, parallel to the side-line.
13.2 Procedures for taking a free hit, centre pass and putting the ball back into play after it has been outside the field:
A. The ball must be stationary.
B. Opponents must be at least five metres from the ball.
If an opponent is within five metres of the ball, they must not interfere with the taking of the free hit or must not play or attempt to play the ball. If this player is not playing the ball, attempting to play the ball or influencing play, the free hit need not be delayed.
C. When a free hit is awarded to the attack within the 23 metres area, all players other than the player taking the free hit must be at least 5 metres from the ball.
D. The ball is moved using a push or hit.
E. The ball must not be raised intentionally directly from the free hit.
F. If the player taking the free hit is the next player to play the ball, the actions of taking the free hit and of next playing the ball must be two separate actions.
G. Before another player of the team which took the free hit is allowed to play the ball, the ball must move at least one metre.
The ball does not have to move 1 metre before the player taking the free hit may play the ball again.
H. From a free hit awarded to the attack within the 23 metres area, the ball must not be played into the circle until it has travelled at least 5 metres or has been touched by a player of either team other than the player taking the free hit.

Punjab to the fore in Police Athletics

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CHANDIGARH, Feb 12
Punjab dominated the track as well as field events on the third day of the 57th All India Police Athletic Championship being held in Lucknow today. According to information received here, Punjab were leading the medal tally with seven gold, seven siver and eight bronze medals.
Close on their heels were Central Reserve Police Force with six gold, seven silver and five bronze medals. Hosts Uttar Pradesh have so far collected six gold, five silver and one bronze medals, Border Security Force (3-3-4), West Bengal (1-0-2), Orissa (1-0-1) and Haryana 0-1-1 were at the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh positions, respectively.
Arvinda Rathwa of Punjab Police established a new meet record in 100 metres hurdles for women by clocking 14.28 seconds. She erased the old record of 14.61 seconds standing in the name of Anisha K. Vijayan of Central Reserve Police Force since 2004.
Punjab Police also claimed silver in this event through Kulwinder Kaur who clocked 15.03 seconds and pushed Tuli Deshmukh (West Bengal) to third place with 15.72s.
Central Reserve Police Force claimed the first four positions in 10,000 metres walk for women. L.Sarada Devi walked away with gold in 51:39.54s. Sandhya K.J.got silver medal by clocking 52:44.35 seconds.
Results:
Women: 10,000m walk: 1 L.Sarada Devi (Central Reserve Police) 51:39.54s; 2 Sandhya K.J. (CRP) 52:44.35s; 3 Gaurav Kumari (CRP) 52:59.52s; 4 Surekha Rani (CRP) 56:32.21s; 5 Sulochana (Rajasthan) 57:09.92s; 6 Sandeep Kaur (Punjab) 58:09.61s. 100MH: 1 Arvinda Rathwa (Punjab) 14.28s NMR; 2 Kulwinder Kaur (Punjab) 15.03s; 3 Tuli Deshmukh (West Bengal) 15.72s.Long jump:1 Anisha K.Vijayan (Central Reserve Police) 5.90m; 2 Rakhi Tomar (Uttar Pradesh) 5.83m; 3 Nabanita Ghosh (West Bengal) 5.65m
Men: High jump: 1 Ajaypal Singh (Punjab) 2.03m; 2 Ajit Singh (Punjab) 2.01m; 3 Anoop PK (Border Security Force) 1.99m.110m hurdles: 1 Navnidh Singh (Border Security Force 14.24s; 2 Gurpreet Singh (Jr.) (Punjab) 14.38s; 3 Amandeep Singh (Jr.) (Punjab) 14.69s. 1500m: 1 Nirvair Singh (CRPF) 3:52.34s; 2 Ravindra Rautela (Uttrakhand) 3:53.14s; 3 T.M. Sajeev (CRPF) 3:53.67s. Javeline: 1 Harminder Singh (Punjab) 73.70m; 2 Deepak Singh 652 (Uttar Pradesh) 68.90m; 3 Avtar Singh (Punjab) 68.35m. 10,000m: 1 Ajay Kumar Patel (Uttar Pradesh) 29:53.33s; 2 B. Madhusudan (CRPF) 29:57.95s; 3 Jagmal Singh (Border Security Force) 30:21.38s.