MCA and GNPS-36 win with ease

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 31
Mohali Cricket Academy handed out a nine-wicket drubbing to Shri Shri Academy of Panchkula in the second edition of the S Amar Singh Memorial Under-13 Cricket Tournament in Mohali today.
Shri Shri Academy won the toss and elected to bat. They were restricted to 80 for 5 in allotted 20 overs.
Arishit topscored with 24 in 35 deliveries and hit four boundaries. Kapil contributed 16. In a low scoring match, MC Academy achieved their target without facing any resistance from the Panchkula academy. They made 81 for 1 in 11.2 overs. Amrinder (29 off 28 balls, four fours) and Taranpreet (26, 4x4s) were associated in a 67 run-partnership for the opening wicket stand.
In another match, Guru Nanak Public School Academy of Sector 36 defeated MCA-Yadvindera Public School Academy by 63 runs.
A 61-run association for the fourth wicket stand between Vineet (61, 58 balls, 5x4s) and Yash (34, 39 balls, 2x4s) enabled GNPS-36 pile up 157 for 8 in stipulated 25 overs. For MCA-YPS Academy, Mandeep and Tushar captured three wickets each for 33 and 31 runs, respectively.
In reply, MCA-YPS Academy were bundled out for 93 in 21.1 overs. Abhishek, Abhimanyu and Gauhar made 19, 13 and 14, respectively.
Ishan Mavi (4 for 8 from 4.1 overs) and Shubham (3 for 22) were the wrecker-in-chiefs of the YPS Academy batting. Akshay chipped in with 2 for 19.
Brief scores: GNPS-36 Academy: 157 for 8 in 25 overs (Vineet 61, Yash 34, Mandeep 3 for 33, Tushar 3 for 31). MCA-YPS Academy, Mohali: 93 in 21.1 overs (Abhisket 19, Abhimanyu 13, Gauhar 14, Ishan Mavi 4 for 8, Shubham 3 for 22, Akshay 2 for 19). GNPS-36 win by 63 runs.
Shri Shri Cricket Academy, Panchkula: 80 for 5 in 20 overs (Arshit 24, Kapil 16, Arunam 1 for 12, Prabhav 1 for 11). MCA: 81 for 1 in 11.2 overs (Amrinder 29, Taranpreet 26, Arunam 10, Arshit 1 for 18). MCA Academy win by nine wickets.

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CHANDIGARH, July 31
Eastern Air Command prevailed over South West Air Command by 29-20 in a well-contested final of the Air Force Inter-Command Handball Championship at 12 Wing Sports Complex. SWAC’s star player Lac Lalith’s 10 goals in final could not his team. For consolation he was adjudged the best player of the tournament. The best goalkeeper was LAC N Dhir- Air HQ. The best upcoming player was LAC Subash Chandra-EAC. Gp Capt SC Chafekar, Station Commander, 12 Wing Air Force gave away the prizes and trophies to the winner.
In the process of winning the title, EAC played five matches. They defeated MC by 31-24 goals, against CAC they won 33-16, split points against WAC as due to rain the match was abandoned. In semifinal they defeated SWAC by 29-20 goals.
In final for EAC, LAC Subhash scored 9 goals, Sgt Malik 7, JWO VP Singh 6,Sgt Hemanth 2, Sgt John, Cpl Vishal 2 and Sgt Bhaskaran 1.
For SWAC Cpl Lalit (10), Paramjeet (4), Sgt Ranga (3), Cpl Athik (2) and JWO Binoy (1) scored.
The selected players for Air Force handball team will undergo a 45-day coaching camp at Chandigarh, Delhi, Bangalore and Abadi. In Chandigarh they shall be playing practice matches against Punjab Police team , BSF and CRPF teams. At Delhi they will go for SAI , CISF and other teams before reaching Bangalore to play practice matches against Army. They will then leave for Avadi to have a physical conditioning camp before leaving for Secundrabad for Services Tournament. MWO MC Venugopal will be Air Force coach who was captain of Indian team earlier and JWO Assim yadav will be physical trainer.
The selected Air Force players are: John Jacab, Pawan, Subhash (Sr), Kunal, Namit, Raj, Roshan, Sunil, Ningothujam, Lalit, Manish, Vishal, Kapil, Sandeep (Sr), Paramjjet, Subhash (Jr), Sumeet, Jajveer, Mahesh, Avin, Marshal, Anil, Raj Kumar, S. Singh, Vijay, Dhahiya, N Dhir and Sandeep K (Jr).
An exhibition match today played between Air Force Blue and Air Force Yellow, the former wonby 20-19.

533 sports wing seats allotted to schools, coaching centres

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 31
The Chandigarh Sports Department have filled up 307 sports wing seats out of 378 in various disciplines in different schools for the current financial years. The Sports Wing will start functioning from tomorrow.
Disclosing this here today, Joint Director Sports Dr JPS Sidhu said that 226 seats have been filled out of 268 in various coaching centres run by the Sports Depapartment.
Selection trials of Sports Wing and Sports Coaching Centres were held from June 17 to 22. The final list of selected players for the Sports Wing have been circulated to all concerned.
Dr Sidhu said that the Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration had been running Sports Wing Scheme in schools as well as at Sports Coaching Centres almost in all the disciplines.
"The purpose of the scheme is to generate techniques and prepare to achieve excellence of sports disciplines of the games among the trainees," said Dr Sidhu and added that the demands received from the various schools after the stipulated period were being examined to allot Sports Wing seats out of balance seats. Demand of coaches are also under consideration for additional seats for their respective coaching centres out of balance sheets.
The selection trials for remaining Sports Wing seats will be re-fixed shortly. The Sports Wing will be provided a nutritious diet during the training programme everyday. For the smooth functioning and effective supervision of the Sports Wing the coordinators and chief coordinator have been appointed by the department who will make periodical checking and will submit the reports regarding progress of the Sports Wing.
Sports wings seats in schools: Athletics: Govt Model-35 (8), Govt Model-37 (10), Govt Model Manimajra (3).Basketball: Govt Model-23 (5), New Public School-18 (12). Basketball: Govt Model-33 (5), St Joseph's-44 (12). Boxing: Sharda Sarvhitkari Model-40 (10). Cricket: Guru Nanak Public School-36 (14). Football: St Stephen's-45 (16). Gymnastics: SGH Model-38 (3), MRA SSS-27 (10). Handball: GN Khalsa SSS-30 (10), Govt Model-23 (10), GNPS-36 (12), Govt Model-19 (12), GGS SSS-35 (5). Hockey: Govt Model SS-35 (12), Govt Model -37 (12). Kabaddi: Govt HS-40 (20), Govt Model-10 (9). Kho-kho: Govt HS-46 (10). Skating: SGHMoel-38 (10). Table tennis: NPS-18 (4), SGHModel-38 (3), Manav Mangal-21 (12). Volleyball: SGGS Collegiate PS-26 (10), Govt SSS-27 (14), Govt SSS Kaimbwala (10), GNKSSS-30 (6). Wrestling: Sharda Sarvhikari-40 (10) and Govt SSS-38 West (10). Out of total 378, 307have been allotted.
Sports Coaching Centres: Sector 18 Hockey Stadium (16). Table Tennis Hall-23 (8). Lake Sports Complex (rowing 3. Sector 46 Sports Complex (volleyball 9), (basketball 16), (athletics boys and girls 14). Sector 7 Sports Complex: Volleyball (16), (basketball 12), (athletics boys and girls 16), gymnastics (9). Sector 42 Sports Complex: (Handball 15), (kabaddi 12), (judo 14), wrestling (15), (weightlifting 13), (boxing 12), (badminton 9). Sector 16 Stadium (cricket 11) and Swimming Pool Nursery-23 (6). Out of 268 seats, 226 have been allotted.

Rajesh to lead Indian team in World Karate

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 31
Sensei Rajesh L. Thakkar, 7th Dan-Meibukan Goju, Ryu Karate-Do, president and chief instructor of ‘Rajesh Thakkar’s Martial Arts Academy’ will be leading a nine-member Indian team inthe forthcoming World Traditional Karate-Do Tournament to be held in Okinawa, Japan, the birthplace of Karate-Do from August 14 to 16.
The team comprises four female participants (Trisha Surve, Ritika Sheth, Vidhi Thakkar [junior group] and Swati Sheth (adult group) and five male participants (Hersh Sayta , Vatsal Ashar (junior group) Punit Shah, Bhavesh Sheth, Shyam Thakkar [adult group]). They will participate at the prestigious Kata Tournament. Over 40 countries with more than 1500 participants will be vying for top honors in karate as well as kubudo (weapons) .
The team, along with their coach and manager Sensei Thakkar, will leave for Okinawa on August 2 for intensive training under Grand Master Hanshi Meitatsu Yagi and Hanshi Meitetsu Yagi (10th Dan) before the tournament . After the tournament, they will be attending special seminars which have been organized by the Tournament Committee.

SWAC to face EAC in handball final

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Candigarh,July 30
In a tough contested semifinals played today in Air Force Handball Championship , EAC defeated Air HQ by 40-35 goals . Match was decided during extra time, till schedule time of the game both the team tied at 31 goals each.In the second Semifinal WAC was eliminated by SWAC 35 -30 goals. Tomorrow the final will be played between SWAC and EAC.
For EAC the scorer was VP Singh-11 Goals , Vishal -10,Subhas-8Hemant-4, Mallick-3 , Mahesh -2 , Bhaskaran and John scored 1 goals each.
Air HQ Scorer was Mahesh-11 , Sandeep-8,HS Singh-6. Pannu-5, Jaipal -3 and R kumar-2 Goals.
In the Second Semifinal for SWAC Lalit scored 18 goals , Paramjit -8,R Singh -5, Kartik-2, Ranga-1 and Benoy -1. For WAC Vikas scored-9,Avin-8, R K Sharma 6,Vinay-2, Namit-2 and Kunal -3 Goals.
Air Force is the first national champion of Handball in India. The first national was held in 1976 and Air Force continued to be national champion till 1986. From 1986 till 2009 services team continued to be champion barring in 1991 when services team was runners up.
MWO Venugopal is the Air Force Handball coach who was captain of Indian Handball team during the Asian Games 1982, who had also represented Indian Handball team during the international tournaments. He was also appointed coach of Indian Men and Women teams during South Asian Federation Games held at Dhaka in 2005.
Sgt Kunal, Sgt Subash Chander and Sgt Pawan who had join Indian Air Force in 2006 and represented services team in the national of 2007 and 2008. They were also member of Indian team during World Military Games. They had also represented Junior India team in various international Handball tournaments. The three current players had joined the Air Force on the basis of their performance in sports and promoted out of turn at the rank of Sgt with in two years.
The team selected at the Air Force championship will participate in inter services championship to be held at Hyderabad in September this year.
It is learnt that hand ball is improving in India under the aegis of Handball Federation of India whose secretary is Mr. SM Bali and President Mr. RL Anand, Padma Vibhushan.

Airtel signs as title sponsor of Champions League Twenty20 for 5 years

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Chandigarh, July 30
In a historic first, Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider, today signed up as the Title Sponsor of Champions League Twenty20 for a period of 5 years starting with the inaugural season in 2009. Airtel signed the deal today with ESPN STAR Sports, the commercial partners of Champions League T20. The first edition of the Champions League will be played in India starting October 08, 2009. A total 12 teams from 7 test playing nations will participate in the inaugural edition. The 16 day league will have 23 Twenty20 matches.
As part of this deal, Airtel will have rights to on ground title sponsorship for a period of 5 years. The tournament would be played across three venues – Bangalore, New Delhi and Hyderabad and will now be called Airtel Champions League Twenty20.
Commenting on this partnership, Shireesh Joshi, Director – Marketing, Bharti Airtel said -
“We are delighted to announce our partnership with ESPN on the title sponsorship of Champions League Twenty 20 cricket tournament. We have seen a great synergy between our brand and cricket, since both cater and connect to a wide spectrum of consumer segments. This synergy combined with the success of the Twenty 20 format and the growing popularity of club cricket in India makes this a great opportunity for us to partner.”
Speaking on the occasion, RC Venkateish, Managing Director, ESPN Software India Pvt Ltd, said, “We are delighted to have Airtel come on board as the title sponsor of the league. It is our privilege to have one of the world’s leading integrated telecom services providers join hands with us and I extend a hearty welcome on behalf of the entire ESPN STAR Sports family. We have always believed that this league will stand out as a premier international cricket property in the annual calendar of International Cricket and this landmark partnership vindicates that stand. I am confident that together we will create a wonderful experience for the cricket fan and help make this tournament even bigger in the days to come.”
Speaking on the occasion, Sundar Raman, Chief Executive Officer, Champions League Twenty20, said, "I am truly happy to have Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider Airtel as the title sponsor for the Champions League Twenty20. The tournament will feature the best of the best in Twenty 20 teams from across the world and is sure to enthrall the cricket loving fans in India and across the world.”

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Chandigarh, July 29
The 16 finalists of "Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars" are all set to leave for their once-in-a-lifetime dream opportunity to represent India at the 19th Arsenal International Soccer festival in UK. The phenomenal performance of the boys, including Umakanta Kiyam of St. Stephen's School in Chandigarh has proved yet again that India has talent. As part of the festival they will be playing against their peer teams from some of the top football playing nations and also receive training at the Arsenal training camp.
The second edition of the Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars was launched as a result of the huge success of its first edition, which witnessed a participation of 5000 schoolboys from over 400 schools across eight cities. The final 16 soccer stars created history by not only representing India for the first time but also winning the Plate Cup during the last year's Arsenal International Soccer festival. The second edition witnessed a participation of 6000 school boys from 500 schools making it one of the largest under 15 sporting event in soccer.
This year’s team of 16 soccer stars has been selected through a stringent selection process that spanned 10 cities across the country. Head Scout, Jamshid Nassiri, assisted by a different scout in each zone, evaluated players on various parameters and shortlisted the best 30. These 30 players participated in an intensive two-week training camp conducted by coaches from the Arsenal Club Paul Shipwright and Kurt Maginley. Their training was based on the customized Arsenal development programme called "The Arsenal Way". Post this camp, the final 16 soccer stars were chosen to represent India.
Speaking on the team's participation in the Soccer Festival, UK, Ms. Sangeeta Talwar, Executive Director, Tata Tea said, "As a category leader, Tata Tea believes its youth oriented focus will emotively connect with issues that drive the heart, mind and soul of young India’s emerging social consciousness. With Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars our intent was to identify and nurture latent talent at the grass root level, create future soccer stars for the country and imbue them with a positive energetic and directional approach to life. It gives us an opportunity to contribute to a sport that was once popular in India and we would like to thank all the people involved in this tournament for making it such a success."
The second began more than six months ago when the zonal matches began in November 2008. The national tournament for schools boys aged 10 - 15 years from schools across India was conducted in phases across 10 cities: Bangalore, Goa, Kozhikode, Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, Shillong, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar and Lucknow with each city having its own elimination rounds. The top two teams from each city participated in the national finals at Kolkata where Palli Hyittasadhani High School from Kolkatta emerged as the national winner.
Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars programme was part of Tata Tea’s enhanced focus on issues that concern the youth of this country. In its constant endeavor to demonstrate thought leadership, Tata Tea launched the ‘Jaago Re’ campaign with the aim of resonating with ‘Young India’ that tea is not just a medium of physical rejuvenation or a wake up drink, but as a medium of individual and social awakening in society.
Sajwan Kislay Singh (Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj of New Delhi has been appointed captain of a 16-member "Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars" team.. Matheus Wahlang Pahsyntiew of St. John's School, Laban of Shillong has been appointed vice-captain.
The Team: Arindam Mitra (Basudebpur Palli Institution, Kolkata), Biswajit Sardar (Jatia High School, Kolkata), Chandra Sekhar Behera ( Raghunath Jew Bidya Pitha, Bhubaneswar), Daniel Lalhruaitluanga (The Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi), Diwakar Thapa (ASC Centre and College Bangalore), Daniel Lalhruaitluanga (Don Bosco School, Matunga, Mumbai), Manoj Tamang (Lucknow Montessori Inter-College, Lucknow), Matheus Wahlang Pahsyntiew (St. John's School, Laban, Shillong, Vice-Captain), Michael S Chongthu (St Columba's School, New Delhi ), P C Lalhrialhuia (The Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi), Sajwan Kislay Singh (Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, Captain), Salvit Tongper (O.M. Roy Memorial School, Shillong), Sameel P (M.S.P Malapuram, Kozhikode ), Soraj Rai (Boys Sports Company, Shillong) Umakanta Kiyam (St Stephen's School, Chandigarh) and Viju Oasim Syed (Sambalpur Football Academy H.S Bhubaneswar).

Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars team for UK

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Chandigarh, July 29
The 16 finalists of "Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars" are all set to leave for their once-in-a-lifetime dream opportunity to represent India at the 19th Arsenal International Soccer festival in UK. The phenomenal performance of the boys, including Umakanta Kiyam of St. Stephen's School in Chandigarh has proved yet again that India has talent. As part of the festival they will be playing against their peer teams from some of the top football playing nations and also receive training at the Arsenal training camp.
The second edition of the Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars was launched as a result of the huge success of its first edition, which witnessed a participation of 5000 schoolboys from over 400 schools across eight cities. The final 16 soccer stars created history by not only representing India for the first time but also winning the Plate Cup during the last year's Arsenal International Soccer festival. The second edition witnessed a participation of 6000 school boys from 500 schools making it one of the largest under 15 sporting event in soccer.
This year’s team of 16 soccer stars has been selected through a stringent selection process that spanned 10 cities across the country. Head Scout, Jamshid Nassiri, assisted by a different scout in each zone, evaluated players on various parameters and shortlisted the best 30. These 30 players participated in an intensive two-week training camp conducted by coaches from the Arsenal Club Paul Shipwright and Kurt Maginley. Their training was based on the customized Arsenal development programme called "The Arsenal Way". Post this camp, the final 16 soccer stars were chosen to represent India.
Speaking on the team's participation in the Soccer Festival, UK, Ms. Sangeeta Talwar, Executive Director, Tata Tea said, "As a category leader, Tata Tea believes its youth oriented focus will emotively connect with issues that drive the heart, mind and soul of young India’s emerging social consciousness. With Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars our intent was to identify and nurture latent talent at the grass root level, create future soccer stars for the country and imbue them with a positive energetic and directional approach to life. It gives us an opportunity to contribute to a sport that was once popular in India and we would like to thank all the people involved in this tournament for making it such a success."
The second began more than six months ago when the zonal matches began in November 2008. The national tournament for schools boys aged 10 - 15 years from schools across India was conducted in phases across 10 cities: Bangalore, Goa, Kozhikode, Chandigarh, Delhi, Mumbai, Shillong, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar and Lucknow with each city having its own elimination rounds. The top two teams from each city participated in the national finals at Kolkata where Palli Hyittasadhani High School from Kolkatta emerged as the national winner.
Tata Tea Jaago Re Soccer Stars programme was part of Tata Tea’s enhanced focus on issues that concern the youth of this country. In its constant endeavor to demonstrate thought leadership, Tata Tea launched the ‘Jaago Re’ campaign with the aim of resonating with ‘Young India’ that tea is not just a medium of physical rejuvenation or a wake up drink, but as a medium of individual and social awakening in society.

Haryana boys, TN girls overall champs

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Chandigarh, July 28
Haryana bagged the overall title in the junior men's section with a haul of 22 medals, including eight gold in the recently concluded 9th Federation Cup National Junior Athletic Championship held in Lucknow from July 24 to 26.
An elated Haryana State Amateur Athletic Association secretary H S Bhadu said that hammer thrower Seema Jakhar of Jhajjar District created a new national record in the girls Under-20 with a released of the chained iron ball to a distance of 52.34 metres. She erased the old record of 49.55 held in the name of Archna Bara of Jharkhand.
Delhi were runners-up in the men's section.
The Haryana athletes who won medals were Dharamvir (200m), Parveen (400m), Naresh (shot put), Jitender (pole vault) 4x100m Relay and 4x400m relay and Rinku Sangwan (discus throw) all gold medals, Manish (200m), Devender (pole vault), Lakhwinder (discus throw), Sandeep (10km walk), Rakesh (decathlon), Art Yadav (high jump), Parmila (discus throw), Reena Kumari (hammer throw), Soniya (shotput) and Mamta (10km walk) all silver medalist. Pardeep (high jump), Sakshi (1500m), Gurharsimaran (javelin throw) and Rinku Sangwan (shot put) all bronze medalist.
HSAA president Nafe Singh Rathee congratulated the Haryana athletes on their excellent achievement.
In the junior women's section, Kerala won the overall championship by bagging 5 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze medals. P. Kesavaamani Tamil Nadu was declared the best athlete in junior men category while G. Gayatry, also of Tamil Nadu, was adjudged the best athlete in the junior women's category.

Haryana athletes bag overall championship

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Chandigarh, July 28
Haryana claimed the overall champions with a haul of 22 medals, including eight gold in the recently concluded 9th Federation Cup National Junior Athletic Championship held in Lucknow from July 24 to 26.
Giving this information here today Haryana State Amateur Athletic Association secretary H S Bhadu said that hammer thrower Seema Jakhar of Jhajjar District set a new national record in the girls Under-20 with a remarkable throw of 52.34 metres. She broke the old record of 49.55 standing in the name of Archna Bara of Jharkhand.
Haryana were declared junior men winners and overall champions of the meet. Delhi were runners-up in the men's section.
The Haryana athletes who won medals were Dharamvir (200m), Parveen (400m), Naresh (shot put), Jitender (pole vault) 4x100m Relay and 4x400m relay and Rinku Sangwan (discus throw) all gold medals, Manish (200m), Devender (pole vault), Lakhwinder (discus throw), Sandeep (10km walk), Rakesh (decathlon), Art Yadav (high jump), Parmila (discus throw), Reena Kumari (hammer throw), Soniya (shotput) and Mamta (10km walk) all silver medalist. Pardeep (high jump), Sakshi (1500m), Gurharsimaran (javelin throw) and Rinku Sangwan (shot put) all bronze medalist.
HSAA president Nafe Singh Rathee congratulated the Haryana athletes on their excellent achievement.

Easy wins for EAC, SWAC

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Hemant of Eastern Air Command trying to score against Central Air Command in the Air Force Inter-Command Handball Championship in Chandigarh on Tuesday.

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 28
Eastern Air Command carved out a facile 33-16 verdict against Central Air Command on a rain-marred day in the Air Force Inter-Command Handball Championship at Air Force 12 Wing Sports Complex here today.
Subhas and VP Singh gave outstanding performance for the winners as they scored seven goals each. Anil waged a lone battle for CAC by netting five goals to reduce the margin for his team.
In the second match South West Air Command outplayed Training Command with a 25–13 margin. Paramjait of SWAC and Ninthojam of TC were highest scorers with nine goals each for their respective teams.
Eastern Air Command whipped Maintenance Command by 31-24 goals. Sulabh rained 12 goals to fashion EAC’s facile victory.
Tomorrow’s fixtures: CAC vs MC (7:30 a.m); SWAC vs Air HQ (8:30 a.m); SAC vs TC (4 p.m.); WAC vs EAC (5 p.m.).

Hero Honda to sponsor FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2010

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 27
Hero Honda Motors Ltd, the world's largest two-wheeler manufacturer will be the title sponsor of International Hockey’s showcase event – The FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2010.
The prestigious, once-in-four-year extravaganza will be officially named "HERO HONDA FIH WORLD CUP 2010". It will be held in March 2010 in New Delhi.
This was announced at a glittering ceremony by International Hockey Federation (FIH), Indian Olympic Association and Hockey India.
Mr. Leandro Negre, FIH President, who was present on the occasion, said, “India is one of the most valuable and important members of the FIH family. For the global development of hockey, it is important that Indian hockey should come up and play to its true potential. The FIH hopes that hosting the 2010 World Cup will give a tremendous boost to Indian hockey. I also strongly believe that the support of Hero Honda - which is one of the most visible brands committed to the promotion of sports in India - will greatly contribute not only to the success of the World Cup, but also to the growth of hockey in the country.”
Mr. Pawan Munjal, Managing Director and CEO of Hero Honda Motors Ltd. said, “India has a cherished hockey history and a glorious tradition. We are therefore delighted to sponsor the FIH World Cup 2010, with the earnest hope that hosting the World Cup in India will rejuvenate hockey and rekindle the passion for it. We will continue to invest in sports with the objective of seeing India emerge as a global superpower in sports."
Gracing the occasion, Mr. Suresh Kalmadi, President of IOA, said. “The FIH World Cup 2010 will serve as an ideal preparatory platform for the Commonwealth Games, to be held in India in the same year. The tournament will herald to an exciting year in Indian sport.”
Also present on the occasion, were the members of the Indian Team which won the World Cup in 1975. It was India’s one and only title win at the tournament. India, who won the bronze in 1971 and silver in 1973, have not finished among medals since 1975.
The present Indian hockey team will be looking to reclaim past glory in the 12th edition of the tournament, this time on home turf. India will have to face stiff challenge from the 11 other competing teams, vying for hockey’s biggest prize.
Only five countries have won the World Cup. Pakistan have been the most successful team having won the tournament four times, while Netherlands have won it three times. Germany, who won the last edition in 2006, have emerged champions twice. India and Australia have won once each. At the last edition in Monchengladbach, Germany beat Australia 4-3 in the final.
Introduced in 1971, the world cup was held every two years until 1975 and then from 1978 onwards the competition has been held every four years midway through two Olympics.
The gala ceremony at the Le Meridien Hotel in New Delhi, also saw the coveted Hockey World Cup Trophy being put on display.

DPA Academy win by two wickets

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 26
Desh Prem Azad Cricket Academy DAV Senior Secondary School Academy, Sector 8 by two wickets in the opening fixture of the five-match Under-16 series at the DAVSSS School ground in Sector 8 here today.
A fine bowling spell by left arm spinner Shivam Sharma (4 for 18) restricted DAVSSS Academy to 103 in 39.3 overs. Jatinder and Kapil Punia were their main scorers with 17 and 15 respectively.
Jagpreet Singh and Rishu Chopra got two wickets each for 9 and 11 runs, respectively.
In reply, Azad Academy achived their target in 35.4 oves as they made 104 for 8. Dakash Aggarwal made 15. At one stage, Azad Academy were struggling at 81 for 8. However, Shivam Sharma and Prakshit Rana steered their team to victory by remaining not out 12 and 20, respectivley. Aman was the most successful bowler for DAVSSS Academy as he captured three wickets for 11 runs. Sarabjit Singh got 2 for 20.
Brief scores: DAV Senior Secondary School-8: 103 in 39.3 (Jatinder 17, Kapil Punia 15, Sarabjit 12, Jagpreet Singh 2 for 9, Gaurav Singh 1 for 15, Rishu Chopra, 2 for 11, Shivam Sharma 4 for 18, Karan Aggarwal 1 for 3).
Desh Prem Azad Academy: 104 for 8 in 35.4 (Dakash Aggarwal 15, Shivam Sharma 20 not out, Prikshit Rana 12 not out, Jagpreet Singh 20, Vikas 1 for 15, Sarabjit 2 for 20, Aman 3 for 11).

Bhullar wins Indonesia President Invitational

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Jakarta, July 26
Indian Gaganjeet Bhullar proved he was a star in the making when he secured his maiden Asian Tour title with an emphatic two-stroke victory at the Indonesia President Invitational on Sunday.
The 21-year-old fired a flawless five-under-par 67 in the final round at Damai Indah Golf – Bumi Serpong Damai course to make up for the heartbreak of finishing runner-up in the event two years ago.
His four-day total of 22-under-par 266, which earned him US$63,400, was well clear of Australia’s Adam Blyth, who shot a 68 for lone second place in the US$400,000 event. Thailand’s Thammanoon Srirot finished third on 269 after a 66 while Korea’s Ted Oh was a further stroke back in fourth place.
“I’ve got no words to describe how happy I am,” said Bhullar, who was pipped by Filipino Juvic Pagunsan’s birdie, eagle finish in 2007. “I’ve been waiting for this for the past two years and I played really well today and I had a very good finish with a good score.”
Bhullar, who dropped only one bogey all week, took a one-shot lead into the last round after the third round was completed this morning. The talented golfer from Kapurthala (Punjab) got out from the blocks superbly with four birdies in his opening six holes, and made the turn with a healthy four-shot lead.
Playing in the fifth to last group after organisers maintained the third round pairings due to delays caused by inclement weather, Bhullar nailed his fifth and final birdie on the par five 13th hole before enduring an anxious wait at the clubhouse.
Blyth, playing in the last match, fought gallantly in his attempt for a maiden Asian Tour title but failed to catch the winner, making a two-putt birdie at the last to secure lone second place which was worth US$43,400.
Leading final round scores: 266 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 69-68-62-67. 268 Adam Blyth (AUS) 67-66-67-68. 269 Thammanoon Srirot (THA) 67-70-66-66.270 - Ted Oh (KOR) 68-67-66-69.272 Bae Sang-moon (KOR) 76-64-64-68, Artemio Murakami (PHI) 69-67-68-68. 273 Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 72-68-66-67, Darren Beck (AUS) 66-73-69-65, Marcus Both (AUS) 66-70-68-69. 274 Lu Wei-chih (TPE) 70-71-65-68, Scott Hend (AUS) 70-69-68-67, Kim Dae-hyun (KOR) 69-67-69-69, Lee Sung (KOR) 67-67-71-69. 275 Jason King (AUS) 74-68-65-68, Antonio Lascuna (PHI) 68-68-70-69, Chris Rodgers (ENG) 69-67-70-69, Rick Kulacz (AUS) 72-71-66-66, Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 66-66-71-72

VR Mohan DAV, DAVSSS win titles

The victorious Col. V.R. Mohan D.A.V. Public School girls team with the trophy.

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DERA BASSI, JULY 26
Col. V.R. Mohan D.A.V. Public School and D.A.V.Senior Secondary School 'A' Team, both of Dera Bassi claimed the girls and boys under-17 titles, respectively, in the Mohali District Open Shooting Ball Championship organised by
District Shooting Ball Association, Mohali at the Sports Complex of Col. V.R. Mohan D.A.V Public School in Dera Bassi here today.
In the girls final Col. V.R. Mohan D.A.V. Public School defeated Govt. High School of Daffarpur by15-6, 15-13 points. Government. High School beat Shooting Ball Club of Mohali by 15-6,15-8 for the third position.
In the boys title encounter, D.A.V. Senior.Secondary School of Dera Bassi prevailed over D.A.V. Senior Secondary School 'B' Team, Dera Bassi by 15-6,15-9 points.
For the third and fourth positions, D.A.V. Senior Secondary School 'B' Team, Dera Bassi defeated Col.V.R. D.A.V. School Dera Bassi. by 15-11, 15-12..
Thirteen Schools from Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali participated in the two-day competitions. Mahesh Chawla Chairman of District Shooting Ball Association and Ashwani Sharma jointly inaugurated the competitions.
Principal D.A.V. School Principal Mrs. Promila Dhar assured that in future district and state level competitions would be organised to popularise the game.. Principal of Col. V.R. Mohan D.A.V. Public School, Dera Bassi distributed the prizes to the participants.

Easy for Shri Shri Academy, MCM Blue Caps

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 26
Good knocks by Gurdeep (33 not out), Priyankit (31) and Arshit (28) paved the way for Shri Shri Cricket Academy of Panchkula for an easy eight-wicket victory over Sector 26 Cricket Academy of Chandigarh in the second S Amar Singh Memorial Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the Government Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 26 here today.
Chasing a target of 131 for win, Shri Shri Cricket Academy made 131 for 2 in 23 overs. Gurdeep and Priyankit were associated in a match-winning 41-run partnership for the second wicket. Gurdeep remained not out on 33 which he compiled in just 29 balls and hit three boundaries. Priyankit scored 31 with the help of three boundaries.
Earlier, Sector 26 Cricket Academy, put in to bat first by Shri Shri Cricket Academy after winning the toss, scored 130 for 4 in allotted 25 overs. Adhayan (23, 4x4s), Subhanshu (19) and Gurmanat (17) were their main scorers.
Showing their overall supremacy, MCM Blue Caps defeated Guru Nanak Public School Academy, Sector 36, by five wickets with eight balls to spare. Batting first GNPS-36 made 116 for 5 in stipulated 25 overs. Jashandeep topscored with 36 made in 47 deliveries with the help of three fours. Rizul and Amrit contributed 23 and 16, respectively. Rizul and Jashandeep put on 40 runs for the second wicket stand.
In reply, MCM Blue Caps achieved their target in 23.4 overs by scoring 119 for 5. Siyam made 35 in 47 balls and hit five fours. Arun and Abhishek made 27 and 18, respectively. For GNPS Eshaan Mavi bagged 2 for 36.
Brief scores: Sector 26 Cricket Academy: 130 for 4 in 25 overs (Adhayan 23, Subhanshu 19, Gurmanat 17, Abhishek 1 for 19, Priyankit 1 for 23). Shri Shri Cricket Academy, Panchkula:131 for 2 in 23 overs (Gurdeep 33 not out, Arshit 28, Mehul Bansal 1 for 27, Subhanshu 1 for 20). Shri Shri Cricket Academy win by eight wickets.
Guru Nanak Public School Academy, Sector 36: 116 for 5 in 25 overs (Jashandeep 35, Rizul 23, Amrit 16, Harpreet 1 for 6, Chandan 1 for 23). MCM Blue Caps, Sector 36: 119 for 5 in 23.4 overs (Saiyam 35, Arun 27, Abhishek 18, Eshaan Mavi 2 for 36, Rizul 1 for 18). MCM Blue Caps win by five wickets.

Bhullar fires sparkling 10-under 62 in Jakarta

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Jakarta, July 25
Kapurthala-based young Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar fired a sparkling 10-under-par 62 to open up a two-shot lead in the weather-hit third round at the Indonesia President Invitational on Saturday.
The 21-year-old Bhullar, chasing his first Asian Tour title, compiled a blemish-free card with 10 birdies, holing out an audacious closing birdie on the 18th hole in fading light for a three-day total of 17-under-par 199 at the Damai Indah Golf – Bumi Serpong Damai course.
It gave the talented Indian a great chance to avenge his loss in the US$400,000 event two years ago when he was beaten by one stroke by Filipino Juvic Pagunsan’s birdie, eagle finish.
Australian Adam Blyth is lying in second place on 15-under-par where he was four under through 12 holes of his third round when play was suspended at 6 p.m. A lightning storm in the early afternoon forced a four-hour suspension, which will mean 27 players will resume their rounds at 6.45am on Sunday.
Korea’s Ted Oh was also in the title hunt for his maiden victory, lying on 14-under-par through 14 holes where he was five-under for the day while Thailand’s Thammanoon Srirot, who won on this course in 1996, was a further shot back after charging into contention by getting to six-under through 16 holes. He has an eight foot birdie putt on the 17th green in the morning.
It was dj vu for Bhullar all over the again. “It feels almost like 2007 again, but there is still one day to go, 18 more holes to go,” said the highly rated Bhullar, who was the joint third round leader two years ago.
“I’m confident going into the final round and I’m hitting the ball well. I’m not thinking about a victory but I just hope to play like I played today. I didn’t know if I was going to finish or not but I took the chance. I hit a good driver on the 18th fairway in the dark and I had no clue where my ball was. It was same for my second shot where I hit it straight but I couldn’t see my ball landing but it was fine as it landed about 15 feet and I two putted from there safely (for birdie). I’m just happy I finished,” said Bhullar, who competed in his maiden British Open last week.
Leading third round scores: 199 - Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) 69-68-62
204 - Bae Sang-moon (KOR) 76-64-64. 206 - Noh Seung-yul (KOR) 72-68-66, Lu Wei-chih (TPE) 70-71-65, Son Joon-eob (KOR) 73-65-68. 207 - James Kamte (RSA) 69-71-67, Scott Hend (AUS) 70-69-68, Jason King (AUS) 74-68-65. 208 - Darren Beck (AUS) 66-73-69, Kim Young-jin (KOR) 72-66-70. 209 - Wu Ashun (CHN) 70-70-69, Juvic Pagunsan (PHI) 74-67-68, Mardan Mamat (SIN) 74-65-70. 210 - Amandeep Johl (IND) 70-70-70, Andrew Dodt (AUS) 73-67-70, Tony Carolan (AUS) 71-68-71

Gurukul boys, CL DAV girls champs

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Derabassi (Punjab), July 25
The Gurukul School of Sector 26, Panchkula and CL DAV Public School of Derabassi emerged winners in the boys and girls under-14 sections, respectively, in the Mohali District Shooting Ball Tournament being organised by VR Mohan DAV at the Sports Complex here today.
In the boys final The Gurukul School prevailed over St Teressa Convent School, Sector 25 Panchkula by 15-11 and 15-9 to claim the title. Government High School of Daffarpur finished third.
CL DAV Public School girls cornered glory at the expense of whom they outpointed St Teressa Convent School of Sector 25 in Panchkula by 15-8, 15-4 in the final.
Government High School of Daffarpur obtained third position.
Earlier, Manpreet Kaur, president of Derabassi Municipal Corporation inaugurated the tournament. Kanwar Singh Sandhu, general secretary, Punjab Shooting Ball Association, presided over the function. Also present on the occasion was VR Mohan DAV School Principal Mrs Promila Dhar. As many as 13 schools from Panchkula, Mohali and Chandigarh took part in the tournament. The Under-17 tournament will conclude tomorrow.

104 donate blood at CLTA

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Chandigarh, July 25
More 104 persons, including sportsmen, offered blood in a special voluntary blood donation camp organized by Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the CLTA Tennis Stadium in Sector 10 here today.
According to CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap there was tremendous response from among young sportspersons to an appeal by Rotary and Blood Bank Society Resource Centre, Chandigarh for this vital life saving fluid for needy patients. Padamshree and Arjuna Awardee C.P. Vohra, one of the India’s first Mount Everest heroes and the leader of India’s first expedition to Antarctica inaugurated the blood donation camp Mr. Vohra interacted with the young donors and sportspersons. He offered to arrange another blood donation camp by the members of Chandigarh Lions Club, of which he is the president.

Sahil stars in APJ Academy triumph

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 25
An all-round display by Sahil (31 and 3 for 30) enabled APJ Academy of Kharar snatch an exciting six-wicket triumph over Mohali Cricket Academy in the inaugural match of the 2nd S. Amar Singh Memorial Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the Mohali Cricket Association ground in Mohali today.
After winning the toss, APJ Academy batted first. Sahil and Anmol were associated in a useful 30-run partnership for the third wicket. Sahil's 35-ball 31 contained well struck five boundaries. Anmol played a breezy knock of 57 in 44 deliveries and he reached the fence six times. For MCA Harmanbir was the most successful bowler by taking two wickets for 30 runs in four overs.
In reply, Mohali Cricket Academy could score 146 for 9 in allotted 25 overs, despite a 99-run partnership for the third wicket between Ramandeep and Shubham Gill. Ramandeep faced 37 balls for his 44 with the help of five boundaries. Shubham Gill made 43 in 51 deliveries and struck three fours. Vishal contributed 25 in as many as deliveries. Sahil bowled a good line and length as he dismissed three MCA batsmen for 30 runs in his four-over spell. Ashish and Anmol captured one wicket each for 21 and 29 runs, respectively.
Brief scores: APJ Academy, Kharar: 152 for 6 in 25 overs (Sahil 31, Anmol 57, Tejpreet 18, Harmanbir 2 for 30, Arnam 1 for 14, Prabhav 1 for 15).
Mohali Cricket Academy: 146 for 9 in 25 overs (Ramandeep 44, Shubham Gill 43, Vishal 25, Sahil 3 for 30, Ashish 1 for 21, Anmol 1 for 29).

Eight teams for Amar Singh U-13 Cricket

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 24
As many as eight top teams have staked their claim for the top honours in the second edition of the Sardar Amar Singh Memorial Under-13 Cricket Tournament being organised from July 25. Matches will be played at the Mohali Cricket Association ground in Mohali, Government Model School in Sector 26 and Guru Nanak Public School ground in Sector 36.
A spokesman of the organising committee said that the teams had been divied into two pools. Pool A will comprise Mohali Cricket Academy, APJ Kharar, Sector 26 Academy and Shri Shri Academy of Panchkula. GNPS-26, Mohali Cricket Academy 'B', Yadvindra Public School Academy and MCM Blue Caps will form pool B. Each match will be of 25 overs each side. Players born on or after September 1, 1996 are eligible to take part in the tournament to be conducted on league-cum-knockout basis.
In the opening match Mohali Cricket Academy are pitted against APJ Kharar at the MCA ground in Mohali.
The following are the fixtures:
Pool A: July 25: MCA vs APJ Kharar at MCA ground. July 26: Sector 26 Academy vs Shri Shri Academy at GMS-26. July 27: MCA Academy vs Shri Shri Academy at MCA ground; APJ Kharar vs Sector 26 Academyat GMSS-26. July 28: MCA vs Sector 26 Academy at MCA ground and APJ Kharar vs Shri Shri Academy at GMSS-26.
Pool B: July 26: GNPS-36 vs MCM Blue Caps at GNPS-36; MCA B vs YPS Academy at MCA ground. July 27: GNPS-26 vs YPS Academy at GNPS-36. July 28: MCA B vs MCM Blue Caps at GNPS-36. July 29: GNPS-36 vs MCA B at GMPS-36 and YPS Academy vs MCM Blue Caps at MCA Ground.

DPS win schools soccer for 4th time

The victorious DPS Pinjore football team.

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 24
Delhi Public School won the Panchkula Inter-School District Football Tournament for the fourth time in succession after defeating St. Vivekanand Millennium School by 2-0 in the final match played at Sports Complex in Sector 3 in Panchkula.
Congratulaing the team, Principal Samson Masih described the victory as a `matter of pride' for the school that eight players of the team have been selected to play at the State level. They are Ashish Rathor (goal-keeper), Aakash Pratap Singh (captain), Shubhankar Singh, Suyog Saxena, Pankaj Ahuja, Bhawesh Tewari, Harshal Jariyal, Kashish Kumar and Qaji Muhajib Anshul Rangasia.
The victorious team was captained by Aakash Pratap Singh. Other members of the team were: Ashish Rathor (goal-keeper), Shubhankar Singh, Suyog Saxena, Pankaj Ahuja, Bhawesh Tewari, Harshal Jariyal, Kashish Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Qaji Muhajib, Shubham Singh, Anshul Rangasia, Rohit Malik, ChanderPrakash Nagar, Akshay and Rishabh Kumar Kaushik.

India get direct entry in World Golf Cup

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New Delhi, July 24
India have earned direct entry into the Mission Hills World Cup to be played at Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, China, from November 26 to 29.
Reigning Asian Tour number one Jeev Milkha Singh will represent India. PGTI member Jeev, a winner of four events last year is currently ranked 42 in the Official World Golf Rankings. The field is selected through each nation's leading player on the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday, June 22.
The leading player may select any player of his choosing from the same country provided such player was ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of either June 22, 2009 or August 17, 2009.
If there was no other available player from that country within the top 100 on the OWGR on either of the dates, the exempt player's partner shall be the next highest ranked available player from the same country outside of the top 100 as of August 17.
If there is no other available player from that country within the top 500 on the OWGR as at August 17, the exempt player may select a professional of his choosing from the same country, without regard to the chosen player's World Ranking. The deadline for the leading player to select his partner is August 28, 2009.
Besides India, 17 exempt nations have now been confirmed for the 2009 World Cup.
The final field of 28 nations will be completed following three Qualifying Tournaments to be played in Asia (Kuala Lumpur), Europe (Estonia) and South America (Venezuela), with three countries going through from each regional qualifier to join the 18 exempt nations and hosts, China, at Mission Hills.

10.83 crore UGC grant for GJSTU

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CHANDIGARH, July 20
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has sanctioned a grant of Rs. 10.83 crore under 11th Plan General Development Grant Allocation to Guru Jambheshwar Science and Technology University (GJSTU), Hisar.
While disclosing this today, the Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr.Davender Dayal Singh Sandhu said that out of the total amount sanctioned by the UGC, over Rs. 5.12 crore had been sanctioned under General Development Grant Scheme, which is 150 per cent more as compared to the amount sanctioned during 10th Plan.
Similarly, over Rs. 5.65 crore had been sanctioned for various amalgamated schemes, which is 255 per cent more as compare to the amount sanctioned for these schemes during 10th Plan. Besides, a sum of Rs. five lakh had also been sanctioned for the first time for Internal Quality Assurance Cell, he added.
It may be recalled that a High Powered Committee of UGC under the chairmanship of Prof.R.P.Singh, the former VC of Lucknow University, visited the GJSTU, Hisar last year to know its requirements and UGC has sanctioned the grant on the basis of the recommendations of this Committee.
The High Powered Committee of UGC was all praise for the achievements of the University. As per the recommendations of the Committee, the University has the capacity to make its marks in the field of Science and Technology at both National and International level.

WAC hat-trick in Air Force Hockey

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 19
Western Air Command claimed the Air Force Hockey Championship for the third time in successsion as they outstroked South-Western Air Command with in aggregate 7-4 margin in tie-breaker session at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today. After sharing six goals in the regulation period, extra time also could not resolve the deadlock. The issue was then decided in the tie-breaker session.
Prabhakar, Ramarajan, Kulbir and Satbir converted their strokes for WAC in the tie-breaker session. The lone goal for SWAC came from the stick of Sanwar Ali.
Earlier, SWAC forged ahead in 17th minute as M Kanaujia converted a penalty stroke.in the 21st minute. Brar scored the equalizer for WAC through a spectacular field goal in the.31st minute. Prabhakaran scored the second goal which was again equalized by Kanaujia through a field goal in the 59th minute. WAC again shot into the lead through a field goal scored by Sukhwinder Manish neutralized the lead for SWAC through a field goal.
Ramaraju of WAC declared the player of the tournament.
Meanwhile, Ajith, N K Sahoo, K Kujur, Kuldeep, AC Manish, SS Sharma, Harish , Sameer , Nadeem, Ramrajan, Arun, Minhas,M Singh, Billu, Devpoora, MK Singh, V K Mishra have been selected for the Air Force team.

Sunny ton helps Panchkula win

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PANCHKULA, JULY 20
A magnificent unbeaten knock of 101 by Haryana Ranji Trophy player Sunny Sharma enabled Panchkula District to beat Ambala District by 30 runs in the opening match of the Haryana State Inter-District Cricket Championship for Pataudi Trophy being played at JR Institute of Cricket Technology (Barwala) here on Sunday.
After winnning the toss Panchkula skipper Sunny Sharma opted to bat first, in a match which was reduced to 25 overs a side due to overnight rain. The decision proved good as the openers Sunny Sharma and Pawan Jha scored 35 runs in five overs. The duo was involved in an opening wicket partnership of 79 runs in just 12 overs. Pawan Jha scored 44 runs in just 29 balls which included three sixes and two boundaries. He was clean bowled by left arm spinner Gurjant Singh.
Thereafter Vishal Sahni joined Sunny Sharma and then Sunny Sharma stepped into the shoes of Pawan Jha and placed his drives beautifully in the gaps and reached his half century with the able support of Vishal Sahni. Vishal Sahni rotated the strike and giving full chance to Sunny Sharma to play his natural strokes. Sunny Sharma reached his century in the last over of the innings as he hit two consecutive sixes of the 4th and 5th balls and took single on the last ball of the over. Viashal Sahni contributed valuable 32 runs.
Gurjant Singh )1 for 20) was the only successful bowler for Ambala. Sunny Sharma's inning was packed with nine boundaries and four huge sixes. Panchkula scored 183 for 1 in the allotted 25 overs.
Chasing the target, Ambala District lost their opener Prince Karamjit who scored his individual 17 runs before he was adjudged lbw of the bowling of Medium Pacer Gaurav Sood while the team total was 31 runs in 7.3 overs. Thereafter opener Gurjant Singh could not stay long as he was brilliantly foxed by slower delivery by Gaurav Sood who took the catch off his own bowling. Rishabh Sharma (63) and Ankur Yadav (29) gave some respectability to the team total as both were involved in a partnership of 88 runs in just 12 overs.
At one stage the scoreboard read as 122 for 3 in 21.1 overs. Left arm spinner Ajay Bhardwaj broke the partnership by taking the wicket of Ankur Yadav, who was brilliantly taken by Umesh Kaira at covers. Gaurav Kumar also chipped in with his valuable 22 runs. Ambala complied 154 for 4 in 25 overs.
Brief scores: Panchkula District: 183 for 1 in 25 overs (Sunny Sharma 101 not out, Pawan Jha 44, Vishal Sahni 32 not out, Gurjant Singh 1 for 20)
Ambala District: 154 for 4 in 25 overs (Rishab Sharma 63 not out, Ankur Yadav 29, Gaurav Kumar 22, Gaurav Sood 2 for 28, Kapil Pandey 1 for 26, Ajay Bhardwaj 1 for 35).

Surjit Stadium to be hi-tech

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Jalanhdar July 17
The Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium will be equipped with all international standard facilities and one of the four hi-tech stadia which the Punjab Government has decided to construct in the state, said Paramjit Singh Aujla, Secretary Sports, Punjab.
Mr. Aujla was on a visit at Jalandhar to enquire the development projects at the Surjit Hockey Stadium where a new synthetic surface is to be relaid and renovation of the stadium, expansion of Bodhi Hostel with as many as 24 new rooms with all facilities, Sansarpur village where a new training synthetic surface will be laid down and Govt. State Sports School. Mr. Aujla expressed was satisfied with the development work in progress at Jalandhar.
Padma Shree Pargat Singh, Director Sports, Punjab Sports Department was also with Mr Aujla. told that the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium would be equipped with all those facilities which an international stadium should have, and would be one of the best stadia in the country. The players will get all the facilities in the new hostel. Col. Balbir Singh, Olympian Varinder Singh, Hazari Lal Shrma, Deputy Director Sports, Jalandhar Division, Hardev Singh, District Sports Officer, Jalandhar and other officers and coaches of the department were also present during the visit.

Bhullar shoots 71 to be tied 68th

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Turnberry, Scotland, July 17
PGTI member Gaganjeet Bhullar put on a worthy performance in his debut at the world's oldest major by carding a one-over par 71 to finish on the same score as world number one Tiger Woods in the opening round on Thursday. Bhullar is currently placed tied 68th and trails the leader, Miguel Angel Jimenez of Spain by seven strokes.
The young Indian, who is leading his country's charge following compatriot
Jeev Milkha Singh's withdrawal at the 138th edition of the British Open due
to rib injury, did not disappoint his small legion of fans at Turnberry.
However, Bhullar, who has not been playing competitively for almost two
months, had to take some time to get back into the groove again.
"This is my first competitive round after almost two months and it took me
some time to adjust to the conditions again," said Bhullar.
The 21-year-old registered a triple bogey and bogey on the second and third
holes. But with his father cheering him on, the Indian overcame his nervy
start and put out an assured performance that underlined his growing
credentials as one of the brightest young talent to have emerged from India.
"I'm really enjoying all the support that everyone is giving me this week.
In fact my dad has also become somewhat of a psychologist as his presence
here has helped to calm me down a lot," said the Kapurthala lad.
Bhullar eventually went on to mark his card with a total of seven birdies
against a triple bogey, double bogey and three bogeys to cap a memorable
start to his major campaign at the Ailsa Course in Turnberry.
"It's a pretty decent finish considering my shaky start. But after
overcoming that, I slowly recovered and never looked back," said Bhullar,
who birdied three of his last four holes.
"I've worked hard to be here and I told myself to be proud of myself and
just go out there and enjoy the occasion," added the Indian.

Nandani and Sachin record upset wins

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CHANDIGARH, July 16
Third seed Nandini Sharma of Chandigarh pulled off the biggest upset as she toppled top seed Harsimran Kaur of Haryana in a one-sided girls under-12 singles semi-final of the AITA Talent Series Tennis Championship in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today. A class fifth and student of St Anne's School, Sector 32, talented Nandani will be meeting second seed Shrishti Dhanda of Haryana) who defeated CLTA trainee Saumya Saxsena 6-4, 6-4.
In the Under-14 boys singles semi-final, fourth seed and trainee of CHART Sachin Kumar upset another CHART trainee second seed Ranjeet Singh in a closely fought three sets match 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Sachin is now pitted against another CLTA trainee Tejas Kapoor who defeated CLTA trainee Ishaque Eqbalin straight sets 6-0, 6-2.
However, top seed Ishaque Eqbal seed ousted fourth seed Sumit Pal Singh in an all-CLTA affair 6-3, 6-1 in the boys under-12 semi-final match. He will be facing second seed Shrey Gupta of Haryana who defeated CLTA trainee seventh seed Santbir Singh 6-4, 6-2.
In the girls Undeer-14 singles top seed Charvi Saxsena seed defeated fourth seed Vanshika Sawhney 7-5, 7-5 and second seed Padmaja Gawande of Nagpur, who trains at CLTA, defeated another CLTA trainee fifth seed Nikita Bishnoi in straight sets 6-3, 6-0.
In the boys Uner-14 doubles CHART trainees Ranjeet Singh and Dheer Anush Bhatti defeated Tejas Kapoor/Rahul B.S. They will be facing other CHART duo of Sachin Kumar/Ishaque Eqbal who defeated Sean Yip/Pranav Suri of CLTA 5-4, 3-5, 10-4.
The finals will be played tomorrow at 8.30 a.m.
Results (all semi-finals): Girls-U-12: Shrishti Dhanda (2) (Har) bt Saumya Saxsena (Chd) 6-4, 6-4, Nandini Sharma (3)(Chd) bt Harsimran Kaur (1) (Har) 6-1, 6-2.
Girls-U-14: Charvi Saxsena (1) (Chd) bt Vanshika Sahwney (4) (Chd) 7-5, 7-5, Padmaja Gawande (2) (Mah) bt Nikita Bishnoi (5) (Chd) 6-3, 6-0.
Boys-U-12: Shrey Gupta (2) (Har) bt Santbir Singh (7) (Chd) 6-4, 6-2, Ishaque Eqbal (1) (WB) (CLTA) bt Sumit Pal Singh (4) (J&K) 6-3, 6-1.
Boys-U-14: Sachin Kumar (4) (Chd) bt Ranjeet Singh (2) (Chd) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, Tejas Kapoor (1) (Dli) bt Ishaque Eqbal (3) (WB) 6-0, 6-2.
Boys-U-14-doubles: Ranjeet Singh (Chd)/Dheeranush Bhatti (Chd) (2) bt Tejas Kapoor (Dli)/Rahul B.S (Kar) (3) 4-2, 5-3, Ishaque Eqbal (WB)/Sachin Kumar (Chd) (1) bt Sean Yip/Pranav Suri (Chd) 5-4, 3-5, 10-4.

Gulati elected CSTA president

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CHANDIGARH, July 16
Harbhushan Gulati and Bhupinder Kumar were unanimously elected president and general secretary, respectively, in the annual general body meeting of the Chandigarh Sepak Takraw Association (CSTA) held yesterday. Inderjit was also elected treasurer unopposed. The house authorized these officials to appoint other office-bearers.
Before the meeting, a two-minute silence was observed in memory of founder president Baljinder Singh who recently died of heart attack. The house conveyed its condolences to the bereaved family.
Out of 22 affiliated units, members of 22 units attended the annual general body meeting.

Sammer stars in TC win over Air HQ

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 16
Training Command registered a fluent 9-0 win over Air Headquarters in the Air Force Inter-Command Hockey Championship being played at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today. Sammer scored four goals. His goals came in the first, 41st, 52nd and 68th minutes.
Harish, Balbir Singh and Nagu contributed one goal each in second, 14th and 26th minutes, respectively. Nambiraj and Pradeep Kumar scored converted penalty strokes in 37th and 68th minutes, respectively, to swell the winners' tally.
In another match, Western Air Command outplayed Maintenance Command by 5-1.
Aalam scored a brace in the 12th and 67th minutes. Major and S Singh scored one field goal each in 16th and 46th minutes, respectively. Prabhakar converted a penalty strokel in the 30th minute. The lone goal for Maintenance Command was scored by Rajbir in the 13th minute.
Eastern Air Command and South Western Air Command played a one-all draw and split points.
Dillaram netted for EAC while Sumar Ali neutralised the lead for SWAC.
Tomorrow's fixture (for 7th position): CAC Vs Air HQ.

Parveen to lead Haryana in Fed Cup

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 15
The Haryana State Amateur Athletic Association has appointed Asian junior silver medalist and 400m runner Parveen Kumar of Sonipat as captain of the 40-member Haryana contingent which will take part in the 9th Federation Cup National Junior Athletic Championship in Lucknow from July 24 to 26, according to association secretary HS Bhadu.
The squad was chosen on the basis of the performance of the athletes during the State trial-cum-competition held in Sonipat on July 5 and 6. The team will leave from New Delhi Railway Station on July 22 at 7 p.m by Padmawat Express.
Squad: Boys: Manish (100m), Sanjay (100m) both from Panipat, Bijender Panghal (200m), Sandeep (10km walk) Panchkula, Parveen Kumar (400m), Sudhir (long jump), Naresh (shotput), Akash Antil (discus throw) Sonipat, Dharambir (200m), Pardeep (high jump), Somaveer (triple jump), Devender, Virender, Jitender (pole vault), Devender (decathlon), Amit Gill (hammer throw), Ravinder Singh (javelin throw),Rakesh (decathlon) Bhiwani, Rajeev (800m), Sanjeev ((1500m), Kuldeep Malik (shotput) Rohtak, Dinesh (5000m), Aman (10km walk) Jhajjar, Lakhwinder Singh (discus throw) Ambala, Ajit (decathlon) Hisar.
Girls: Sakshi (800m) Rohtak, Jyoti Rani (3000m) Sonipat, Santosh Kumari (400m Hurdle), Santosh (discus throw) SAI Hisar, Shiksha (long jump), Seema (hammer throw) Jhajjar, Arti Yadav (high jump), Anju Rathi (javelin throw) Sirsa, Rinku Sangwan (shotput) & Rekha Sangwan (heptathlon) Bhiwani, Mamta (10km walk) Panchkula and Reena (hammer throw), Parmila (discus) both National campers.
Rajkumar and Narender S. Mor will be the manager and coach of the team, respectively.

1200 take part in Essay Writing Competition.

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Chandigarh, July 15
As many as 1200 students from various educational institutions and schools of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chandigarh participated in the Bhai Surinder Singh Malik Memorial on-the-spot All-India Essay Writing Competition organized by the Jat Sabha, Chandigarh at Jat Bhawan, here, Ch. Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School, Nidani (Jind), Kanya Gurukul Khan Pur Kalan (Sonepat), M.D.N. Public School Rohtak, Viswas Senior Secondary School Hisar, S.D. High School Lakhan-Majra(Rohtak), Saraswati Senior Secondary School Murthal (Sonepat) and Govt. Girls Senior Secondary School, Julana (Jind).
Dr. M. S. Malik, IPS (Rtd.), President of the Sabha and former Director General
of Police, Haryana presided over the cCompetition and Ms. Sarita Malik, HCS declared on the spot topic namely: “Illiteracy is a Curse” or “Foeticide Killing of a Girl Child Before Birth is a Crime Against Humanity”. Candidates were given choice to attempt the essay in Hindi or English. Prof. M. L. Dhawan, Sh. H. S. Bhadu, Director Haryana Olympic Association, Mr R. K. Malik, General Secretary, Mr B. S. Gill, Secretary, Mr J.S. Dhillon, Public Relation Secretary, Mr Manbir Singh Sangwan, Auditor of Jat Sabha, Chandigarh and other members of the Sabha were present on this Occasion. Mr. Dalip Singh, Director, Ch. Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School, Nidani (Jind) declared the topic at this centre. The competition was divided in two categories i.e. in rural amd urban Area.
According to Mr R. K. Malik, General Secretary Jat Sabha, Chandigarh the competition is organized every year as a permanent educational feature of the Sabha which vividly offers an opportunity to the young students of the schools and colleges/universities to play their significant rich and constructive role in promoting the creative interests for educational & cultural activities through their rich thoughts.
Mr. Malik further declared that the result of the essay contest would be declared later after checking of the papers by experts of Punjab University, Chandigarh. The winners will be honoured on the occasion of Basant Panchmi and 128th Birth Anniversary of Deen Bandhu Sir Chhotu Ram, leader of peasants and down-trodden on January 20, 2010 at Jat Bhawan Chandigarh.
The topper in both the categories will be awarded with gold medal and cash prize of Rs. 1100 whereas the second and third prize winners in each category will be awarded silver medal and cash. Rs. 900 and bronze medal and cash. Rs. 700 respectively. Besides this consolation prizes of Rs. 400,Rs. 300 and two prizes of Rs. 200 each will be given in each category. This contest is held every year in the memory of Bhai Surinder Singh Malik and expenses of the contest are arranged by Bhai Surinder Singh Malik Memorial Medical Education and Research Institute, Nidani Distt. Jind (Haryana).

Double delight for Puneet Rana

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CHANDIGARH, July 15
Puneet Rana and Sukhman Kaur won gold medals in the 50 metres freestyle events for senior boys and senior girls, respectively, in the Administrator’s Cup Swimming Tournament for Sub Junior, Junior and Senior (Boys & Girls) being organized by the Chandigarh Sports Department at Sector 23 (Yoga) Swimming Pool here today.
Seasoned campaigner Puneet Rana clocked 24.53 seconds to occupy the top position in the senior boys category while the silver medal was bagged Ram who clocked 28.64 seconds. Puneet Ran went on to complete a double by winning the 100 metres backstroke for senior boys. He clocked 1:04.76. He was closely followed by Gurpreet Singh who clocked 1:17.43 for silver. Dinesh got bronze in 1:24.85.
Sukhman Kaur covered the 50 metres freestyle event in 28.97 seconds to gain the top spot. Shruti Sharma got silver in 32.20 seconds while Isha Kalia was third in 35.19.
Chandigarh Finance and Secretary Sports Sanjay Kumar will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony tomorrow.
Results: 25 m breaststroke boys u-8: 1 Mivaan Singh 30.88, 2 Asv Kumar.35.03, 3 Arnav Soni 37.92. Girls: 1 Jasmeet Kaur 36.02, 2 Rubaiyat Takhar 39.28, 3 Soumya Nayyar 41.37. 50m breaststroke boys u-10: 1 Aditya V. Koul 48.22, 2 Subham 58.53, 3 Sachin Sharma 1.02.79. Girls: 1 Khushnoor K. Walia 56.07, 2 Samkiti Jain .58.08, 3 Rabia Chawla 1.28.84. 50 m breaststroke boys U-12: 1 Kanwaljeet Singh Walia 48.49, 2 Ankit Ariya 1.01.24,
3 Shivam Rahar 1.02.79. Girls: 1 Chahat Arora 40.29, 2 Eesha Sharma.51.40, 3 Neeti Sharma 1.06.68. 100m breaststroke Boys u-14: 1Amandeep Singh 1.28.91, 2 Maninder Singh 1.37.07, 3 Annwesh Dass 1.47.31. Girls: 1 Mahika Singh 1.29.47, 2 Anmol Kaur 1.36.86, 3 Azmat Kaur 1.51.63.
100m breaststroke boys u-17: 1 Karan Ihai 1.18.47, 2Sahib Rana 1.22.12, 3 Parminder Singh 1.24.66. Senior boys: 1 Puneet Rana 1.04.76, 2 Gurpreet Singh 1:17.43, 3 Dinesh 1.24.85.
50m freestyle boys u-17: 1 Kunal Bhardwaj 26.22, 2 Rishab Rana 29.71, 3 Kashish Punia 31.41. Girls: 1 Harsimran Kaur 31.59, 2 Nikhat Pannu 35.42, 3 Himanshi Bakshi .36.49. Senior boys: 1 Puneet Rana 24.53, 2 Ram 28.64, 3 Saparsh Arora 30.26. Girls: 1 Sukhman Kaur 28.97, 2 Shruti Sharma 32.20, 3 Isha Kalia 35.19.
200m freestyle boys U-14: 1 Amandeep Singh 2:42.43, 2 Movin 2:45.25, 3 Mridul Punia 2:46.62. 100 m freestyle girls U-17: 1 Harsimran Kaur 1:19.86, 2 Himanshi Bakshi 1:23.27, 3 Kanika Sharma 1:27.22. 50 m backstroke senior boys:1 Sham .37.60, 2 Sparsh Arora 37.99, 3 Vikram 38.52. 400 m freestyle boys U-17: 1 Sahib Partap 6:00.04, 2 Sahib Rana 6:14.23, 3 Parminder Singh 6:25.95

Defence Journalism course inaugurated

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Lt. Gen. Dr. Devinder Dayal Singh Sandhu, PVSM (Retired), Vice Chancellor of the University presenting a memento to the Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, in the Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology in Hisar on Wednesday.
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Hisar, July 15
Chief of Army Staff, General Deepak Kapoor, inaugurated the new course on Defence Journalism in the Department of Communication Management & Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, here today.
Lt. Gen. Dr. Devinder Dayal Singh Sandhu, PVSM (Retired), Vice Chancellor of the University presided over the function. Prof Rakesh Datta, Chairman, Department of Defence and National Security Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh was the key note speaker on the occasion. The University is second in the world to start a dedicated course in defence journalism after Boston University, USA.
Speaking on the occasion General Deepak Kapoor said there were very few journalists with the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to report on defence and national security issues. Moreover, dissimilar types of international conflicts in many countries continue to occur at an alarming rate.
In order to properly keep the public informed, General Deepak Kapoor said news organizations require journalists trained in the complex areas comprising defence and national security.
He congratulated the University on taking the great initiative in starting the course on Defence Journalism.
Lt. Gen. Dr. Devinder Dayal Singh Sandhu, PVSM (Retired), Vice Chancellor of the University, said the course has been designed with the unique mission of preparing journalists to report and write competently on military affairs, national security issues and strategic problems.
The defence forces are to safeguard the country and its citizens and the citizens are always curious to know about the defence forces. War coverage is also one of the most successful branches of journalism. Newspaper sales increase greatly in wartime and television news ratings go up. War reporters often enjoy star status said, Dr. Sandhu.
Dr. Sandhu said the course, besides providing knowledge about the Army hierarchy, also highlights the military functioning.
Prof Rakesh Datta, Chairman, Department of Defence and National Security Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh said Print and the visual media have grown exponentially over the years and there is always a demand for skilled professionals. Increasing competitiveness has also led journalism becoming a very high stress job where deadlines must be met at all cost.
Mrs. Kirti Kapoor, President Army Wives Welfare Association, Mrs. Sukhjit Sandhu, senior officers from military, district administration, Prof. R.S. Jaglan, Registrar, Deans, Chairpersons, Teachers, Officers and students of the University were present on the occasion.

16 teams for JP Atray Cricket

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 14
The 16th All-India J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament will be held from September 17 to 30 at PCA Stadium, Mohali, Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh, Sector -3 Cricket Stadium, Panchkula, DAV School, Sector 8 Chandigarh and LIC Cricket Academy GMHS Sector 26, Chandigarh.
The tournament will be played under the auspices of Punjab Cricket Association and is recognized by the BCCI. It is the curtain raiser before the start of the domestic season. This time around it will be followed by the Australian team’s tour of India for their one day matches and will give a chance to fringe players to stake their claim for the National team. Last year Saurav Ganguly and Munaf Patel made it to the National side after playing in this tournament.
According to organising secretary Sushil Kapoor 16 leading teams from all over the country are likely to take part in the tournament, which will be played on league-cum-knock out basis. All the matches will be of 50 overs each innings. The teams will be divided in four pools and two top teams from each pool will qualify for the quarter finals. There will be a play off for the third and fourth position also.
The final is likely to be played under flood lights with white balls and coloured clothing. S.G. Test Cricket balls will be used. The tournament will be played under the ICC Rules of One Day Cricket. Indian Oil Corporation, Mumbai winners of last year and PCC Club Mohali runners-up alongwith BPCL Mumbai, ONGC Delhi, State Bank of Mysore, Bangalore, MRF Chennai, MPCA –XI, Air India Mumbai, PCA Colts, India Cements,Chennai, Mumbai Cricket Association, Tata Sports Club, Mumbai, Central Revenue Sports Board, Pune, LIC Club Chandigarh, All India BSNL and HPCA Cricket Academy are likely to figure in the tournament. The tournament carries a total cash prize of Rs. 3.00 lakh apart from the winners and runners-up trophies. There will be awards for each Man of the Match, best batsman, best bowler and man of the tournament.

Sunny Khandare wins a marathon match

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CHANDIGARH, July 14
Fifth seed Sunny Khandare seed of Maharashtra and trainee of CLTA won a marathon three-hour match against Mayank Rawat of Uttrakhand 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-5 in the boys under-12 second round match of the AITA Talent Series Tennis Championship here today.
In another match third seed Param Pun of CLTA was extended by Abhinav Mahajan of Delhi before winning by 6-7 94), 6-2, 6-1.
Local girl Aastha Arora upset fifth seed Tavishi Kapoor of Delhi 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 in the girls under-12 second round match. In another match sixth seed Bhumika Sharma of Rajasthan also bowed out as Saumya Saxsena of Chandigarh registered a 6-1, 0-6, 6-1 verdict. Promising Nandani Sharma displayed excellent form as she moved into the third round without dropping even a single game against Gulmehar of Punjab. Nandani won in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.
In the Under-14 event wild card and sixth seed Sean Yip of CLTA beat in- form Pranav Suri of CLTA 6-3, 7-5.
Results: Girls-U-12 (2nd round): Prinkle Singh (8) (J&K) bt Bani (PB) 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-2, Nandini Sharma (3) (CHD) bt Gulmehar (PB) 6-0, 6-0, Mehakdeep Kaur (CHD) w/o Sabrina Gill (7) (CHD), Abhilasha Shokeen (4) (DLI) bt Daanish Ghuman (PB) 6-2, 6-0, Harsimran Kaur (1) (HAR) bt Rubani Singh (CHD) 6-0, 6-0, Aastha Arora (CHD) bt Tavishi Kapoor (5) (DLI) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, Saumya Saxsena (CHD) bt Bhumika Sharma (6) (RAJ) 6-1, 0-6, 6-1, Shrishti Dhanda (2) (HAR) bt Sareeta (HAR) 7-6 (2), 6-2.
Girls-U-14 (2nd round): Vanshika Sahwney (4) (CHD) bt Mehakdeep Kaur 6-0, 6-0, Charvi Saxsena (1) (CHD) bt Saniya Rana (DLI) 6-3, 6-3, Nandini Sharma (6) (CHD) bt Harsimran Kaur (HAR) 6-3, 6-4, Arshpreet Mann (HAR) bt Sabrina Gill (8) (CHD) 7-6 (0), 6-1, Nikita Bishnoi (5) (CHD) bt Aashna Agarwal (DLI) 6-1, 7-6 (4), Vibhuti Khullar (3) (CHD) bt Karishma Mehta (CHD) 6-1, 7-5, Prinkle Singh (J&K) bt Abhilasha Shokeen (7) (DLI) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, Padmaja Gawande (2) (MAH) bt Abhilasha Vishwanathan (KAR) 6-0, 6-0.
Boys-U-12 (2nd round): Ishaque Eqbal (1) (WB) bt Sahil Sehwag (DLI) 6-1, 6-3, Chinmay (8) (DLI) bt Kabir Manrai (WC) (CHD) 6-3, 6-2, Santbir Singh (7) (CHD) bt Rohan Sagar (Q) (DLI) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, Karandeep Singh (WC) (CHD) bt Sagar Bains (CHD) 6-1, 6-1, Sumit Pal Singh (4) (J&K) bt Paras Mittal (Q) (CHD) 6-3, 6-1, Sunny Khandare (5) (MAH) bt Mayuk Rawat (UTK) 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-5, Param Pun (3) (Q) (CHD) bt Abhinav Mahajan (Q) (DLI) 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1, Shrey Gupta (2) (HAR) bt Paramveer Singh (Q) (CHD) 6-3, 6-4.
Boys-U-14 (2nd round): Tejas Kapoor (1) (DLI) bt Gagan Sharma (RAJ) 6-3, 7-5, Anmol Sagar (Q) (DLI) bt Rahul Seth (WC) (CHD) 6-1, 6-3, Ishaque Eqbal (3) (WB) bt Aayush Joshi (WC) (DLI) 6-0, 6-2, Sean Yip (6) (WC) (CHD) bt Pranav Suri (CHD) 6-3, 7-5, Rahul B.S (8) (KAR) bt Dhruv Pal (LL) (UTK) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, Sachin Kumar (4) (CHD) bt Santbir Singh (Q) (CHD) 6-2, 6-1, Dheeranush Bhatti (7) (CHD) bt Aakash Goyal (RAJ) 6-2, 6-3, Ranjeet Singh (2) (CHD) bt Andrew Pradeep (LL) (CHD) 6-2, 6-1.

Asav claims two golds in swimming

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CHANDIGARH, July 14
Sahab Partap clocked 2:26.43 to win gold medal in the 200 meters freestyle for boys under-17 in the Administrator’s Cup for Swimming Tournament for Sub-Junior, Juniosr and Seniors (boys & girls) being organized by the Chandigarh Sports Department at the Sector 23 Swimming Pool (yoga) here today. Rishab Rana finished runner-up with 2:40.80.
Rajbir Singh emerged winner comfortably in the senior boys 200 metres freestyle event by clocking 2:13.34. Ram (2:19.30) and Dinesh (2:19.75) got silver and bronze, respectively.
Asav Kumar clinched a creditable double by winning the 25 metres freestyle and 25 metres backstroke for boys under-8.
Results: 25m freestyle boys U-8: 1 Asav Kumar 1.17; 2.Ansh Gupta.23.96, 3 Raghavanshz 0.25.22. Girls U-8: 1 Soumya Nayyar 23.43, 2 Jasmeet Kaur.28.70, 3 Tanisha Indrayan 31.68.
50m freestyle (U-10): 1 Shubham 43.38, 2 Shakshat 45.82, 3 Yashik Goyal 46.36. Girls: 1 Gul Kalra 53.91, 2.Khushnoor Kaur Walia 56.73, 3 Manasi Thakur 1.04.20.
50m freestyle boys U-12: 1 Tejinder Singh 36.01, 2 Kuwar Saini .36.23, 3 Nilesh Bishwash 40.59. Girls U-12: 1 Chahat Arora 32.17, 2 Prachi Wadhawan 42.03, 3 Souma Gupta 42.44.
50m freestyle boys U-14: 1 Ravinder 29.27, 2 Mridul Punia 29.95, 3 Ravi 32.61. Girls U-14: 1 Garima Rawat 36.03, 2 Sahibpreet Kaur 36.21, 3 Kanika Gupta 46.30.
50m freestyle boys U-17: 1 Sahab Partap 2.26.43, 2 Rishabh Rana 2.40.80, 3 Akshay Moudgil 2.47.40
200m freestyle senior boys: 1 Rajbir Singh 2.13.34, 2 Ram 2:19.30, 3 Dinesh 2.19.75.
25 m backstroke boys u-8:1 Asav Kumar 27.63, 2. Raghavanshz .35.86, 3 Sagar 37.27.

Sector 19 CC bag Kanojia Trophy

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PANCHKULA, JULY 14
Coaching Centre of Sector 19, Chandigarh won the first Radhey Shyam Kanojia Memorial Cricket Tournament by beating hosts Shri Shri Cricket Academy of Panchkula, by 71 runs in the final played at the DC Model School in Sector 7 here today.
Sector 19, Coaching Centre won the toss and elected to bat. They piled up 125 for 3 in 15 overs. Sagar played a fine knock of 66. Shekhar (26) and Rahul (14) were the other main scorers.
Surya Kanojia bagged 2 for 29.
In reply Shri Shri Cricket Academy were dismissed for 54. P. Pausharthi (14) and Surya (19) were the main scorers.
Wife of late Radhey Shyam Kanojia Mrs. Subhash Rani and mother Ram Payari distributed the prizes..
Sagar was adjudged the main of the match while the best bowler's award went to Raman.
Abhishek Sharma was declared the best batsman.
The best fielder's award went to Shivam while Mayank Sidhu was declared the best wicketkeeper. Surya Pratap Singh Kanojia got the man of the tournament.

Hockey coach Baldev re-employed

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Chandigarh, July 13
The Haryana Government today accorded ex-post facto approval to re-employ Baldev Singh as Deputy Director (hockey) Shahabad (Kurukshetra) for a period of two years on contract basis keeping in view his professional expertise.
A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of the State Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda here today. During the period of re-employment on contractual basis, Baldev Singh will be paid emoluments equal to last pay drawn minus pension.

Karandeep, Abhijeet cause mild upsets

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CHANDIGARH, July 13
Wild card Karandeep upset sixth seeded Abhijeet Singh in an all-Chandigarh Under-12 boys singles first-rfound match by 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 in the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament here today. Qualifier Anmol Sagar of Delhi shocked fifth seed Nishat Eqbal of West Bengal by in the boys Under-14 boys singles first-round 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
All other seeded players moved into the next round with ease. Ttop seeds Ishaque Eqbal and Tejas Kapoor (both CLTA) had an easy straight sets win in the boys Under-12 and boys Under-14 first round matches. Among the girls Under-12 and U-14 all the seeded players had first round bye.
Results: Girls-U-12 (Ist round): Rubani Singh (CHD) bt Akshita Singh (CHD) 6-0, 6-0, Aastha Arora (CHD) bt Shriya Kalia (HP) 7-5, 7-6 (2), Gulmehar (PB) bt Arshiya Arora (HAR) 6-3, 6-3, Bani (PB) bt Seerat Sidhu (CHD) 6-3, 6-3, Saumya Saxsena (CHD) bt Simran Dhindsa (CHD) 6-0, 6-0, Mehakdeep Kaur (CHD) bt Aastha Malhotra (CHD) 6-3, 6-4, Sareeta (HAR) bt Karishma Mehta (CHD) 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 Concd.
Girls-U-14 (Ist round): Saniya Rana (DLI) bt Anandita Tandon (CHD) 6-1, 6-1, Arshpreet Mann (HAR) bt Saumya Saxsena (CHD) 7-6 (2), 6-1, Aashna Agarwal bt Shriya Kalia (HP) 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3), Prinkle Singh (CHD) bt Smriti Singh (DLI) 6-2, 6-1, Mehakdeep Kaur bt Tavishi Kapoor (DLI) 6-0, 6-2, Karishma Mehta (CHD) bt Bhumika Sharma (RAJ) 6-1, 6-2, Abhilasha Vishwanathan (KAR) bt Aastha Malhotra (CHD) 6-1, 6-4.
Boys-U-12 (Ist round): Ishaque Eqbal (1) (WB) (CLTA) bt Anirudh B.S (KAR) 6-0, 6-1, Sahil Sehwag (DLI) bt Tegbir (LL1) (PB) 7-5, 6-2, Karandeep (WC) (CHD) bt Abhijeet Singh (6) (CHD) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, Sumit Pal (4) (CHD) bt Ankit Rao (Q) (HAR) 6-2, 6-2, Shrey Gupta (2) (HAR) bt Addhyan (WC) (CHD) 6-0, 6-0, Santbir Singh (7) (CHD) bt Nihit Rawal (WC) (CHD) (Q) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, Sagar Bains (CHD) bt Sanjit Singh (DLI) 6-2, 6-1, Paras Mittal (CHD) (Q) bt Himanshu Bansal (LL2) (CHD) 6-0, 6-0, Mayuk Rawat (UTK) bt Mritunjay Badola 6-1, 6-4, Sunny Khandare (5) (MAH) bt Rishabh Sharda (CHD) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0, Rohan Sagar (DLI) bt Siddharth Kapoor (UTK) 6-0, 6-1, Abhinav Mahajan (Q) (DLI) bt Uttkarsh Bhardwaj (UTK) 6-4, 7-6 (2), Param Pun (3) (Q) (CHD) bt Chinmay Chauhan (UP) 6-0, 6-4, Kabir Manrai (WC) (CHD) bt Kunal Mittal (CHD) 7-6 (3), 6-1, Paramveer (Q) (CHD) bt Surya Prasad (KAR) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, Chinmay (8) (DLI) bt Abhimanyu Rozra (Q) (HAR) 6-2, 6-2.
Boys-U-14 (Ist round): Tejas Kapoor (1) (DLI) bt Vikas Berwal (HAR) 6-1, 6-3, Gagan Sharma (RAJ) bt Raghav Talwar (CHD) 1-6, 7-5. 6-3, Rahul Seth (WC) (CHD) bt Mayank Yadav (Q) (DLI) 6-4, 6-4, Anmol Sagar (Q) (DLI) bt Nishat Eqbal (5) (WB) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, Pranav Suri (CHD) bt Nikunj Poddar (WB) 6-2, 6-0, Sean Yip (WC) (6) bt Bhanwarpreet Singh (PB) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, Ishaque Eqbal (3) (WB) bt Shrey Gupta (WC) (HAR) 6-1, 6-2, Ayush Joshi (WC) (DLI) bt Anirudh B.S. (KAR) 6-2, 6-4, Rahul B.S. (8) (KAR) bt Sahil Sehwag (DLI) 6-3, 6-4, Dhruv Pal (LL1) (UTK) bt Mahanya Khanna (DLI) 6-1, 6-1, Santbir Singh (Q) (CHD) bt Kabir Manrai (LL2) (CHD) 6-3, 6-3, Sachin Kumar (4) (CHD) bt Sumit Pal Singh (CHD) 6-1, 6-0, Dheer Anush Bhatti (7) (CHD) bt Karandeep Singh (LL3) (CHD) 6-3, 6-4, Andrew Pradeep (LL4) (CHD) bt Srijjan Uppal (CHD) 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-1, Ranjeet Singh (2) (CHD) bt Ishan Kakkar (Q) (PB) 7-5, 6-3, Akash Goyal (RAJ) bt Abhijeet Singh (CHD) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Rajinder nets 6 for MC in Air Force Hockey

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Air Cmde S C Luthra AOC, 3BRD inaugurating the Air Foce Inter-Command Hockey Championship in Chandigarh on Monday.
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CHANDIGARH, JULY 13
Rajinder gave an outstanding performance as he rained six goals, including a hat-trick, as Maintenance Command outplayed Air Headquarters by 12-1 in the opening match of the Air Force Inter-Command Hockey Championship which commenced at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today. Rajinder's first three goals came in the 8th, 11th and 17th minutes.
Other scorers for the winners were Kushur (2), D Chandra (2), Kaushik (1) and Thalwal (1). The lone goal for Air HQ was scored by Raminder.
Earlier, Air Cmde S C Luthra AOC, 3BRD inaugurated the championship. As many as seven teams are taking part in the championship. The teams have been divided into two pools. The Pool “A” consist of WAC, TC, MC and Air HQ and in the Pool “B” comprised CAC, SWAC, and EAC.
Tomorrow, WAC will play Training Command at 8.00 a.m. and CAC are pitted against SWAC at 10.00 a.m.

CLTA seeks sponsorship for trainees

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CHANDIGARH, July 11
Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) has decided to approach reputed business houses and corporate institutions for sponsorship of its most outstanding young tennis players in the age group of 14 – 16 years to enable them to participate in tournaments within country and abroad.
The association is similarly seeking sponsorship of its flagship programme Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART). Following the annual general meeting of CLTA Mr. Rajan Kashyap, Chairman, CLTA disclosed here today that the general body had lauded the excellent performance of CLTA’s top players especially Vijayant Malik and Ajay Yadav both from CHART programme and also Digvijay Singh Mehta at the international level, and other boys and girls at the national level.
For the present CLTA bears the entire financial burden on training and tournament play of its outstanding players, including 13 CHART trainees. Education Department, Govt. of Punjab is sponsoring two village children, a boy and a girl in CHART. Mr. Kashyap expected that with additional financial support trainees from Chandigarh would obtain maximum international exposure and fulfill their high potential.
Mr. Sarabjit Singh, Hony. Secretary, CLTA added that as per CLTA’s Incentive Scheme an amount of Rs.1,21,500 had been disbursed in the form of scholarship to the most outstanding performers in the year 2008.
In regard to infrastructure, Mr. Sarabjit Singh disclosed that the U.T. Administration has begun work of civil construction for expanding residential and training facilities at CLTA. The first phase of construction would be completed by December, 2009. With the added facilities CLTA would be able to accommodate as many as 120 trainees and coaches including outstation players. Currently 10 trainees from outside Chandigarh belonging to other states in India are enrolled in CLTA’s special programmes and many more are keen to train at CLTA.
Mr. Sarabjit Singh announced that two international tournaments namely ITF Men’s Future Tennis Tournament and ITF Junior Grade-3 Tennis Tournament would be conducted at CLTA in the month of January and March, 2010. Besides this the General Body approved a tournament schedule of at least 10 AITA Ranking Tournaments for all age groups in the coming season.

Apart from the office bearers, Mr. Justice S.S. Sodhi also attended the annual general meeting.

CHART trainees qualify for main draw

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CHANDIGARH, July 12
Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) trainees -- Ranjeet Singh, Sachin Kumar and Dheer Anush Bhatti -- qualified for the main draw of Under-14 singles of the AITA Talent Tennis Series at the CLTA Stadium here today
The other qualifiers in the Under-14 singles were Mayank Yadav (Delhi), Bhanwarpreet Singh (Punjab, Ishaan Kakkar (Punjab, Santbir Singh (CLTA) and Anmol Sagar (Delhi).
In the Under-12 boys category Param Pun (CLTA), Rohan Sagar (Delhi), Ankit Rao (Haryana), Paramveer (CLTA), Abhimanu Rozra (Haryana), Sidharth Kapoor (Uttrakhan), Abhinav Mahajan (Delhi) and Paras Mittal (Chandigarh) made it to the main draw which begins tomorrow..
The boys Under-14 matches will be played at Lake Club. All other events i.e. girls-U-14, girls U-12 and boys U-12 will be played at CLTA.
Results: (qualifying: Boys U-12 (2nd round): Param Pun (CHD) bt Sanjam Harish (CHD) 8-0, Rohan Sagar (DLI) bt Tegbir (PB) 8-2, Ankit Rao (HAR) bt Nishant (HAR) 8-3, Paramveer (CHD) bt Rohit Kumar (HAR)8-1, Abhimanyu Rozra (HAR) bt Manav Bharany (PB) 8-7 (4), Sidharth Kapoor (UTK) bt Ankrish Khanna (CHD) 8-4, Abhinav Mahajan (DLI) bt Himanshu Bansal (CHD) 8-1, Paras Mittal (CHD) bt Parmeet Singh (CHD) 8-7 (3).
Boys U-14 (2nd round): Ranjeet Singh (CHD) bt Pavas Dhawan (HAR) 8-2, Kanwalpreet (HAR) bt Chiranthan (KAR) 8-1, Sachin Kumar (CHD) bt Shivain Suroya (CHD) 8-2, Nikhil Kaswan (CHD) bt Chinmay (DLI) 8-3, Dheer Anush Bhatti (CHD) bt Yuvtesh Dhaliwal (PB) 8-0, Karandeep Singh (PB) bt Kapil 8-4, Mayank Yadav (DLI) bt Diviansh Pandey (PB) 8-7 (7-5), Kabir Manrai (CHD) bt Mritunjay Badola (UTK) 8-5, Dhruv Pal (UTK) bt Dhruv Punani (CHD) 8-0, Bhanwarpreet Singh (PB) bt Sanjit Singh Pahuja (DLI) 8-1, Ishan Kakkar (PB) bt Abhishek Verma (PB) 8-3, Ankush Arora (PB) bt Nihit Rawal (CHD) 8-7 (5), Andrew Pradeep (CHD) bt Akhil Bansal (PB) 8-3, Anish Goel (CHD) bt Mayuk Rawat (UTK) 8-4, Anmol Sagar (DLI) bt Barun Gill (CHD) 8-3, Santbir Singh (CHD) bt Prabhsimran Singh (CHD) 8-5.
Boys U-14 (3rd round): Ranjeet Singh (CHD) bt Kanwalpreet (HAR) 8-0, Sachin Kumar (CHD) bt Nikhil Kaswan (CHD) 8-3, Dheer Anush Bhatti (CHD) bt Karandeep Singh (PB) 8-3, Mayank Yadav (DLI) bt Kabir Manrai (CHD) 8-3, Bhanwarpreet Singh (PB) bt Dhruv Pal (UTK) 8-7 (5), Ishan Kakkar (PB) bt Ankush Arora (PB) 8-6, Santbir Singh (CHD) bt Anish Goel (CHD) 8-4, Anmol Sagar (DLI) bt Andrew Pradeep (CHD) 8-2.

Double delight for Kalyani, Dev Saini

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 11
Kalyani of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21 and Dev Saini of DAV Coaching Centre, Sector 8 completed a double each in the Bhawan Hawk First Chandigarh Table Tennis Ranking Tournament conducted under the patronage of Chandigarh Table Tennis Association at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
Kalyani, who yesterday clinched the junior girls title beating Garima in the final, today got a sweet revenge over Nadia Saini of Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26 by beating her arch rival in well contested women's singles final at 7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10. Nadia had earlier beaten Kalyani by 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7 in the youth girls singles final.
Young Dev Saini, a trainee of DAV Coaching Centre of Sector 8, played like a champion to bag the men's singles as well as youth boys singles titles virtually effortlessly.
Watched by a sizable crowd, Dev Saini maintained his cool as he disposed of the challenge of Vikas Sharma of AG Audit, Punjab, in 29 minutes. Executing his shots intelligently, Dev won the men's singles title by 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7. Lean and tall Dev Saini had earlier claimed the youth boys singles title after outpointing Sumit Chaudhary of Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41 by 12-10, 13-11, 11-5, 11-4.
Tarak Roy of New Public School, Sector 18 defeated Mayank Kapoor of DAV Public School, Sector 8 by 11-5, 18-16, 11-9, 12-10 in the junior boys singles final.
Results: Men's singles (final): Dev Saini (DAV Coaching Centre) bt Vikas Sharma (AG Audit, Punjab) 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7. Semi-finals: Vikas Sharma bt Munish Bhardwaj (BSNL) 11-13, 11-5, 4-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6, Dev Saini bt Rachit Chopra (PU) 8-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3. Q-finals: Dev Saini bt Harish Kumar (AG Audit Haryana) 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4, 2-11, 4-11, 12-10, Rachit Chopra bt Sumit Chaudhary (AKSIPS) 11-9, 7-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-2, Vikas Sharma bt Dipanjan (NPS-18) 9-11, 11-9, 15-13, 11-5, 16-14, Munish Bhardwaj bt Tushar Gupta (MM-21) 11-8, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5.
Women's singles (final): Kalyani (Manav Mangal, Sector 21) bt Nadia Saini (GGSCW-26) 7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10. Semi-finals: Nadia Saini bt Gurinder Kaur (AG Audit Punjab) 12-10, 11-13, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9, Kalyani bt Garima Goyal (BVB-27) 11-3, 11-9, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3. Q-finals: Gurinder Kaur bt Vibhuti Mahajan (BVB-27) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7, Nadia Saini bt Bhawna Sareen (MCM DAV) 14-12, 11-8, 12-10, 11-6, Kalyani bt Rajeshwari (Carnel Convent) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6, Garima Goyal bt Naini Suri (DAVPS-8) 11-8, 14-12, 11-5, 11-9.
Junior boys singles (final): Tarak Roy (NPS-18) bt Mayank Kapoor (DAVPS-8) 11-5, 18-16, 11-9, 12-10.
Youth boys singles (final): Dev Saini (DAV Coaching Centre-8) bt Sumit Chaudhary (AKSIPS-41) 12-10, 13-11, 11-5, 11-4. Semi-finals: Dev Saini bt Shukhan Kaur (NPS-18) 11-5, 13-11, 11-1, 11-9, Sumit Chaudhary bt Tarak Roy (NPS-18) 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 5-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7.Q-finals: Dev Saini bt Tushar Gupta (MM-21) 11-6, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8, Sujit Chaudhary bt Aseem Sharma (GM) 11-7, 11-4, 11-4, 13-11, Tarak Roy bt Aishwarya Mahajan (AKSIPS-41) 6-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, Shubhankar bt Prateek Gupta (DAV) 11-7, 11-13, 13-15, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8.
Youth girls singles (final): Nadia Saini (GGSCW-26) bt Kalyani (Manav Mangal-21) 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7. Semi-finals: Nadia Saini bt Sumana (NPS-18) 14-12, 11-2, 11-7, 11-8, Kalyani bt Garima Goyal (BVB-27) 11-13, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6. Q-finals: Nadia Saini bt Vibhuti Mahajan (BVB-27) 12-10, 12-10, 11-8, 11-5, Kalyani bt Bhawna Sareen (MCM DAV-36) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4, 11-8, Garima Goyal bt Naina Suri (DAVPS-8) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9.

Sumana completes a double in Bhawan Hawk TT

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CHANDIGARH, July 11
Winner of cadet girls crown, Sumana of New Public School, Sector 18, today went on to complete her double as she defeated Rhia Gupta of Bhavan Vidalaya by 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 in the sub-junior girls final of the Bhawan Hawks first Chandigarh Table Tennis Ranking Tournament being conducted under the patronage of the Chandigarh Table Tennis Association at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here.
Shubhankar Roy of NPS-18 got the better of Dinkar Goel of Shishu Niketan, Sector 22 to emerge winner in the sub-junior boys final. Roy won by 11-7, 16-14, 11-5. In semi-final rounds, Dinkar Goel snuffed out the challenge of Tushar Dhiman of Kendriya Vidalaya, Sector 31 11-8, 4-11, 11-4, 11-9 while Shubhankar Roy defeated Tarak Roy 11-7, 13-15, 11-9, 11-7.
A confident Kalyani annexed the junior girls title after defeating Garima by 4-2 in the hard-fought final match. After winning the first game, Garima lost the next today games to trail 1-2. Kalyani made it two-all with a victory in the fourth game. She went on the win the next two more games to clinch the crown. Kalyani won 13-11, 8-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-9.
In the semi-final matches, Kalyani prevailed over plucky Naina Suri 7-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9 and Garima had a smooth sailing against Rajeshwari whom she beat 11-8, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3.
Mayank Kapoor of DAV Public School, Sector 8 will face Tarak Roy of New Public School of Sector 18 in the junior boys singles final slated for tomorrow. In the semi-final encounters, Mayank Kapoor just managed to pip Aishwary of Ajit Karam Singh International Public School, Sector 41 10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 14-12, 6-11, 11-9 and Tarak Roy ousted Aditya Pandey of Manav Mangal School, Sector 21 by 12-10, 11-5, 11-6, 11-2.
Results: Junior girls singles (final): Kalyani bt Garima 13-11, 8-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-9. Semi-finals: Garima bt Rajeshwari 11-8, 11-8, 11-9, 11-3, Kalyani bt Naina Suri 7-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9. Q-finals: Kalyani bt Vibhuti 11-8, 11-7, 11-2, 11-6, Rajeshwari bt Kaveri 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6, Naina Suri bt Harjasleen 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 12-10, Garima bt Somana 9-11, 7-11, 11-6, 1012, 14-12, 11-8, 11-4,
Junior boys singles (semi-finals): Mayank Kapoor bt Aishwary 10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 14-12, 6-11, 11-9, Tarak Roy bt Aditya Pandey 12-10, 11-5, 11-6, 11-2. Q-finals: Tarak Roy bt Tushar Gautam 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9, Mayank Kapoor bt Shubhankar 11-9, 11-4, 3-11, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10,Aishwary Mahajan bt Kashish Bhatia 12-10, 11-9, 14-16, 11-7, 11-6, Dinkar bt Aditya 7-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9.
Sub-junior boys singles (final): Shubhankar bt Dinkar Goel, 16-14, 11-5. Semi-finals: Dinkar Goel bt Tushar Dhiman 11-8, 4-11, 11-4, 11-9, Shubhankar Roy bt Tarak Roy 11-7, 13-15, 11-9, 11-7.Q-finals: Tarak Roy bt Aditya Pandey 11-7, 11-5, 11-6, Shubhankar Roy bt Ankon 10-12, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, Tushar Dhiman bt Tanmoy 5-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, Dinkar Goel bt Divkash Dawar 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9.
Sub-Junior girls singles (final): Sumana bt Rhia Gupta 11-6, 11-3, 11-6. Semi-finals: Rhia Gupta bt Alish Grewal 11-9, 11-6, 11-7, Sumana bt Barbie Bajaj 11-1, 11-5, 11-5.

Sidharth overcomes stubborn Rishab

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 11
Sidharth Kapoor of Uttrakhand struggled to overcome a stiff resistance from local lad Rishabh Khanna by 8-7 (6) in the boys singles first-round qualifying round match in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Tennis Tournament here today. Both matched evenly and dished out good tennis. In the closely contested encounter, Sidharth and Rishab were tied seven-all and the issue was decided in the tie-breaker session which Sidharath clinched at 8-7 (6).
There was rain interruption for three hours. However, all matches schedule in Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) Complex and Lake Club were completed. The final qalifying round matches will be played tomorrow. The main draw sign-In will be at CLTA from 12 to 2 p.m.
The results are as follows:-
Qualifying resuls: Boys U-12 (Ist round): Sanjam Harish (CHD) bt Parth Aggarwal (DLI) 8-7(9), Rohan Sagar (DLI) bt Mishal Bhatti (PB) 8-1, Nishant (HAR) bt Saurabh (HAR) 8-5, Rohit Kumar (HAR) bt Rohin Gupta (HAR) 8-0, Manav Bharany (PB) bt Harpreet Singh (HAR) 8-1, Ankrish Khanna (CHD) bt Subrat Srivastav (WB) 8-1, Sidharth Kapoor (UTK) bt Rishabh Khanna (CHD) 8-7 (6), Abhinav Mahajan (DLI) bt Bhuvan Mittal (PB) 8-2, Himanshu Bansal (CHD) bt Zoravar Singh (CHD) 8-1, Paras Mittal (CHD) Aman Grewal (CHD) 8-1, Parmeet Singh (CHD) bt Atishay Jain (UTK) 8-4.
Boys U-14 (Ist round): Dhruv Punani (CHD) bt Ralhan Punya (PB) 8-1, Sanjit Singh Pahuja (DLI) bt Anmol Sandhu (CHD) 8-2, Bhanwarpreet Singh (PB) bt Dhruva Das (CHD) 8-1, Abhishek Verma (PB) bt Aditya Malik 8-0, Nihit Rawal (CHD) bt Rishabh Sharda (CHD) 8-2, Ankush Arora (PB) bt Sunny Khandare (MAH) 8-6, Akhil Bansal (PB) bt Utkarsh Bhardwaj (UTK) 8-5, Anmol Sagar (DLI) bt Adnan Sharda (PB) 8-1, Anish Goel (CHD) bt Arush Goyal (UTK) 8-4, Prabhsimran Singh (CHD) bt Nimrit Singh (PB) 8-3, Pavas Dhawan (HAR) bt Azad Singh (HAR) 8-3, Kanwalpreet (HAR) bt Sidharth Bhardwaj (CHD) 8-5, Chiranthan (KAR) bt Amit Chahal (HAR) 8-0, Shivain Suroya (CHD) bt Sharan Libran (HAR) 8-6, Nikhil Kaswan (CHD) bt Rahulpreet Singh (PB) 8-2, Yuvtesh Dhaliwal (PB) bt Surya Prasad (KAR) 8-5, Karandeep Singh (PB) bt Vikas Ahlawat (HAR) 8-1, Mritunjay Badola (UTK) bt Aneesh Kumar (PB) 8-6, Chinmay (DLI) bt Harshvardhan (UP) 8-6, Diviansh Pandey (PB) bt Samrat Rana (CHD) 8-1, Kapil bt Shashank Sharma (CHD) 8-7 (5).

Ajay Yadav and Mehak win titles

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Jassowal (Ludhiana), July 10
The titles at The Harvest Tennis Academy – AITA Championship Series being played on the eleven synthetic courts at the sprawling campus of the Harvest Tennis Academy at Jassowal, Ludhiana went to Saurabh D. Patil of Maharshtra (Boys’ Singles Under 16), Ajay Yadav of Chandigarh (Boys’ Singles Under 18), Nehel Sahni of Delhi (Girls’ Singles Under 16) and Mehak of Chandigarh (Girls’ Singles Under 18).
Ajay Yadav and Mehak took a double crown as they won both the singles and doubles Under 18 titles.
The boys’ singles Under 18 finals between Ajay Yadav and Mandeep Singh Gill of Chandigarh was a treat. The match lasted for 120 minutes. Both the players slugged it out with no quarters taken or given. At the end of the day it was Ajay who took the match 6-4, 6-3.
In the girls’ singles Under 16 finals Nehel Sahni beat Rimpledeep Kaur of Punjab (a trainee of Harvest Tennis Academy) as she won first set 6-3. It proved to be wake up call for Rimpledeep who made a comeback of sorts but it was too late in the day. The set went against the serves most of the time. Nehel lost her serves in the first, fifth and seventh games while Rimpledeep failed to retain her serves in the second, fourth, sixth and twelfth games. Nehel took the second set at 7-5.
Prize distribution was done by Hardeepak Singh Saran, Director, Harvest Tennis Academy along with Gurvarinder Sahota, Tournament Director, AITA Championship Series and Rajeev Sharma, Principal, Harvest International School.
Results (all finals): Girls U/16 Singles: Nehel Sahni (DLI) bt Rimpldeep Kaur (PB) 6- 3, 7-5.
Girls U/18 - Singles: Mehak (CHD) bt Gundeep Kaur (PB) 6-1, 6-4.
Boys U/16 singles: Saurabh D Patil (MAH) bt Abhimanyu Singh (DLI) 6-1, 6-1.
Boys U/18 singles: Ajay Yadav (CHD) bt Mandeep Singh Gill (CHD) 6-4, 6-3.
Girls U/18 - Doubles: Mehak (CHD) & Ravnoor Singh (CHD) bt Harkirat Kaur Bains (CHD) & Hasan Abdal Dhanoa (PB) 4-1, 4-1
Boys U/16 - Doubles: Atul Sri Patel (UP) & Aayush Mintri (PB) bt Hardarshan Gill (RAJ) & Bhavtaran Singh (CHD) 4-0, 3-5, 10-8
Boys U/18 - Doubles: Ajay Yadav (CHD) & Navneet Kumar (UP) bt Arjun Singh (DLI) & Arjun Tomar (DLI) 4-1, 5-3

AITA Talent Series from July 13

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CHANDIGARH, July 10
The Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) is conducting AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament from July 13. The qualifying of this event will be held on July 11 and 12. Competitions will be held for girls and boys Under-14, girls and boys Under-12. In the Under-14 boys 53 players have signed in for the qualifying and the Under-12 boys 27 players have signed-in. There will be no qualifying for both birls events.
All the qualifying matches for boys Under-12 and lower half of the boys Under-14 will be held at CLTA. The boys Under-14 upper half of the draw will be held at Lake Club.
The follwing players have been awarded wild card for the main draw:
Boys-Under-12: Karandeep Singh, Adhhayan, Kabir Manrai, Nihit Rawal.
Boys-Under-14: Ayush Joshi, Sean Yip, Shrey Gupta and Rahul Seth.

Ankon and Sumana bag TT titles

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 10
Ankon Bhattacharya and Sumana, both of New Public School, Sector 18, claimed the cadet boys and cadet girls singles titles, respectively, in the Bhawan Hawk first Chandigarh Table Tennis Ranking Tournament being played under the patronage of the Chandigarh Table Tennis Association at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
Ankon Bhattacharya gave a consistent display to clinch the title at the expense of Pankaj Sidhana of St Stephen's School, Sector 45 by 11-7, 11-8, 8-11 and 11-9 in the cadet boys singles final. Earlier, in the semi-final, Ankon Bhattacharya blanked Anubhav Bansal of St Kabir by 11-8, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 while Pankaj Sidhana, after losing the first game, rallied to oust Parath 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9.
In an earlier round, top seed Divaksh Dawar of DAV Public School, Sector 8, was upset by Tanmoy of New Public School, Sector 18 by 3-2.
Hitting both sides of the table fluently, Sumanna proved too good for Bhavya of Sacred Heart, Sector 26 in straight games 11-6, 11-1, 11-1 in the cadet girls singles final. Sumana had earlier pulled off a big upset by toppling top seed Pareen Verma of DAV Public School, Sector 8 by 11-8, 11-1, 9-11, 11-9 in the semi-final contest. In the second semi-final Bhavya recorded a 13-11, 2-11, 11-8, 11-6 verdict against Anshuki Verma.
Results: Cadet boys singles (final): Ankon Bhattacharya bt Pankaj Sidhana 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9. Semi-finals: Ankon Bhattacharya bt Anubham Bansal 11-8, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, Pankaj Sidhana bt Parath 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9.
Q-finals: Anubham Bansal bt Abhijeet 9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8, Parath bt Sohrab Grewal 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 14-12, Pankaj Sidhana bt Shouraya Raj 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7,Ankon Bhattacharya bt Tanmoy 11-8, 11-7, 11-4.
Cadet girls singles (final): Sumanna bt Bhavya 11-6, 11-1, 11-1. Semi-finals: Bhavya bt Anshuki Verma 13-11, 2-11, 11-8, 11-6, Sumana bt Pareen Verma 11-8, 11-1, 9-11, 11-9. Q-finals: Anshuki Verma bt Bhavika 11-5, 11-6, 11-7, Bhavya bt Inayat 11-3, 11-4, 11-2, Pareen Verma bt Shubhangni 11-1, 11-3, 11-2.

Sports Dept to allot 646 sports wing seats

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CHANDIGARH, July 10
The Chandigarh Sports Department has finalized allotment of sports wings seats for 2009-10 in schools and sports coaching centres in all sports disciplines. Disclosing this here today, Joint Director Dr JPS Sidhu said that as many as 378 seats in schools and 268 seats in sports coaching centres are being allotted. Last year the department has allotted 606 sports wing seats in schools and sports coaching centres. In the sports coaching centres mostly the college students are benefited.
The purpose of the scheme is to generate techniques and prepare to achieve excellence of sports disciplines of the games among the trainees. The players having obtained first three positions in the state level, inter-school and State Open Championships shall be eligible for the enrolment in the sports wings.
The Department has deputed its coaches to conduct trials for selection of players from July 17 to 22. The sports wings at the schools will start on August 1 and will last up to January 31 next year. The sports wing at the sports coaching centres will commence on August 1 and will continue till February 29, 2010..
The Sports Wing will be provided a nutritious diet during the training programme everyday. For the smooth functioning and effective supervision of the Sports Wing the coordinators and chief coordinator are being appointed by the department who will make periodical checking and will submit the reports regarding progress of the Sports Wing.

Administrator's Cup Swimming

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 8
The Chandigarh Sports Department is organizing the Administrator’s Cup for Swimming Tournament for sub-junior, junior and senior (boys & girls) at Swimming Pool (Yoga) in Sector23 here from July 14 to 16, according to Joint Director Dr JPS Sidhu.
Competitions will be held in under-8 (cut of date January 1, 2001; under-10 (1-1-99 to 31-12-2000); under-12 (1-1-97 to 31-12-1998); under-14 ( 1-1-95 to 31-12-96), under-17 ( 1-1-92 to 31-12-94) and seniors.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the winner,runner-up and third position holder. There is no entry fee for participation. The entries must be sent in writing alongwith age proof to swimming coach Jasjit Kaur, Junior Swimming Pool (Yoga), Sector-23 and swimming coach Paramjit Singh, Swimming Pool (Nursery), Sector-23 on or before July 13, 2009 latest by 5:00 p.m.

Vigilance Dept to intensify checking

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 8As part of bringing transparency in the Government Departments, the Home Secretary-cum-Chief Vigilance Officer has directed the Vigilance Department to intensify checking of public dealing seats, lay traps and take regular samples of construction works to ensure better quality. These instructions were issued in the meeting held recently to review the Vigilance cases.
As a follow up today, Mr Parmod Kumar, OSD/Vigilance and other staff of Vigilance Cell conducted surprise checking in the office of Market Committee, Grain Market/Vegetable Market, Sector-26, Chandigarh at 9.00 a.m. Out of the total 94 employees checked, including 12 security personnel, 23 were late comers and six were on leave. However, out of the absentee staff during checking 19 reported for duty after 10-15 minute late, as per scheduled time of 9.00 a.m. But still 4 security personnel remained absent from duty.
During inspection, 17 files of the Market Committee were randomly procured for thorough checking to know the cause of pendency. Out of the 17 files, three files from the office of Secretary, Marketing Committee, were pertaining to parking contract, renewal of security contract and payment of bill of Legal Advisory of the Market Committee.
Rest of the 14 files, 4 files relating to renewal of licence to sell agriculture produce from the office of Mandi Supervisor, 7 files from the office of S.O. Market Committee pertaining to the medical bill of chowkidar, payment of advertisement in Indian Express, purchase of water coolers for Sabzi Mandi, notice of assessment of SCF No.2 Sabzi Mandi, payment to Mr Vipin Gupta, Advocate for his professional charges for appearing before Commissioner Income Tax, repair of auction platform, two files from the office of Sanitary Inspector regarding fuel bills of official vehicle and replacement of battery of the official van of Market Committee and one file from the Establishment Branch relating to annual increment case of Mr Jagdish Singh, sweeper of the Market Committee were procured for scrutiny. A detailed report in this regard is being sent to CVO separately. Such surprise checkings will be conducted in future also, as per guidelines of the CVO.

Chandigarh will run to burn away blood sugar on July 12

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 8
Sector 6 at Elemention CGA Gym, Golf Academy, at the base of Sukhna lake embankment is where it is happening. Around 500-1000 residents old and young of Chandigarh, are expected to come in at 6 a.m to run together and have fun for the second Runningandliving.com run.
Elemention Gym trainers will lead the warm up sessions and got people in the mood for a sweat at these Runningandliving.com 5 km and 10 km runs which are open to all, and are free. Reebok and Fortis are also supporting this run under the aegis of the Chandigarh Administration and Police.
Runningandliving.com started runs in Gurgaon where over 6000 people have come for a run since last June, and several are now part of active running groups - and it's all free."Our goal is to get 200 million people running. Get them to come once, have fun, and have these runs very two months so that running gradually becomes part of the lifestyle. We have made a beginning with our runs and our 30 running groups across the country. We have a website www.runningandliving.com to provide any information anyone wants, on running". The company also does workshops for corporates on team building and leadership.
On July 12, the focus will be to get residents to come out, meet some old friends, make some new friends and actually get many to run for the first time in many years. At the regular Runningandliving.com runs in Chandigarh, Gurgaon and Delhi - people from 6 to 77 have taken part, and added to building a different sort of community.
"Running helps unleash your potential as you shed your inhibitions and mental barriers one by one. More so, when you get carried away by the rush, of running in a crowd. It's great to see the change in expression of first timer runners at the start line and then at the finish line....." says Rahul Verghese - the founder of Running and Living infotainment.

Chandigarh Marathon on Feb 7, 2010

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 6
The Chandigarh Administration will organize its first-ever “Chandigarh Marathon- 2010” a mega tourism oriented sports event on February 7, 2010. It was decided in a meeting held today under the chairmanship of Home Secretary Ram Niwas. The 42.195 km route will include Mohali and Panchkula.
The Administration intends to invite sports celebrities namely Kapil Dev, Yuvraj Singh, Flying Sikh Milkha Singh, ace Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, actor Kirron Kher and Gulpanag. The major objective of Chandigarh Marathon is to unite people of different regions, celebrities of Chandigarh and sportspersons to run as a common human mass for promotion of Tourism in Chandigarh and in this region.
Ram Niwas stated that organizing such a mega event would not only be a pride for Chandigarh Administration but would also put Chandigarh on the international map as a tourist destination, besides also popularizing the region as a tourist hub. The Home Secretary further apprised that attractive prizes of more than 10.00 lakh would be kept for the Marathon participants and the first prize winner could get Rs. 2.00 lakh.
A core committee of Director Sports and Director Tourism has been constituted along with officers of the Sports Department and CITCO to chalk out the modalities of organizing such a big event. There will be mobilization of funds from the sponsors to properly organize Chandigarh Marathon.
The Chandigarh Marathon would have multi-dimensional activities which may include certain cultural activities along the route so that the common public can also become part of the celebrations which shall include performances by professional bands, school bands etc. North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) shall also be invited for organizing cultural events during the Chandigarh Marathon. professionals, NGOs, fitness experts, nutritionists, dietitians, athletic associations shall also be involved in a coordinated manner to make Chandigarh Marathon a great success.
It was felt that the Chandigarh Marathon-2010 shall provide an opportunity for the residents of Tri-cities of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula to be involved in this rejuvenating experience of fitness along with other domestic as well as foreign participants.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner R.K. Rao, Deputy Chandigarh, CITCO Managing Director DK Tiwari, Director Sports M.L. Sharma and Director Tourism Samwartak Singh.

St Xavier's win, faces protest for fielding overage players

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PANCHKULA, JULY 5
St Xavier’s School snatched a two-wicket victory over Shri Shri Cricket Academy of Panchkula in the first Radhey Shyam Kanojia Memorial Cricket Tournament for Under-10 at the D C Model School in Sector 7 here today.
Batting first Sri Shri Academyscored 151 for 5 in allotted 25 overs. Abhishek Sharma played a smart innings of 71. Surya and Subham contributed 28 and 29 respectively. Anmol of St Xavier’s bagged 2 for 22.
In reply, St Xavier’s achieved their target by scoring 152 for 8 in 24.2 overs. Akshom top-scored with 68 while Vaibhav was the other outstanding batsman for the winners by scoring 42. Surya and Nehal Bhajni got two wickets each for 26 and 24 runs, respectively.
The match was played under protest as Kirti and Shivam Mittal have allegedly failed to produce their Municipal Corporation date of birth certificates
Brief scores: Shri Shri Academy: 151 for 5 in 25 overs (Surya 28, Abhishek 71, Subham 29, Anmol 2 for 22, Vaibhav 1 for 29).
St. Xavier’s: 152 for 8 in 24.2 overs (Vaibhav 42, Akshom 68, Kirti 13, Surya 2 for 26, Nehal Bhajni 2 for 24, Vaibhav 1 for13).
In the second match, Coaching Centre, Sector 19 handed out a 107-run drubbing to Satluj Cricket Academy.
Coaching Centre Sector 19 scored 150 for 9 in stipulated 25 overs. Vivek and Vikas contributed 32 and 31, respectively. Gagan was the most successful bowler of Satluj Cricket Academy .
In reply, Satluj Academy were bundled out for a meager total of 43 in 16.2 overs. Rahul (2 for 9), Pardeep (2 for 5) and Vivek 2 for 12.
Brief scores: Coaching Centre-19: 150 for 9 in 25 overs (Rahul 11, Navjot 23, Vivek 32, Vikas -31, Gagan 4 for 23, Rakshit 2 for 34). Satluj CA: 43 all out in 16.2 overs (Rahul 2 for 9, Pardeep 2 for 5, Vivek 2 for 12).

Sonepat SAI centre to be a wrestling hub

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Chandigarh, July 5
Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister M.S. Gill today announced that Sonipat situated Northern Regional Centre of Sports Authority of India would be developed as wrestling hub. He also announced to provide more facilities of hostel and medical care in this centre.
Mr. Gill, who was speaking after inaugurating astro turf laid at a cost of Rs. 2.38 crore at Regional Centre Sonipat, said that Haryana was the home for wrestling talents. It had produced a number of world class wrestlers who brought laurels not only to the State but also to the Nation as a whole. Given the fact, the regional centre Sonipat would be developed as wrestling hub.
He assured that Haryana's all aspirations concerning sports would be fulfilled. He was all praise for Haryana's sports talents,particularly wrestlers and boxers. Haryana ranked first in the country in the field of boxing, he added.
Dr. Gill said that an ultramodern lab for drug test had been set up at Delhi and approval for this lab had been taken from the World Anti Doping Authority. Now neighbouring countries of India could also avail the services of this lab. Western countries like Sweden had also expressed its desire to take the services of this lab, he added.
He said that a sum of Rs. 678 crore was being spent by the Government of India on grooming sports talent in the country. Services of skilled coaches would be made available to sports persons. As many as 500 new coaches would be appointed and honorarium of contractive coaches would be increased.

Indian athletes finish fourth in Singapore

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SINGAPORE, JULY 4
India bagged two more dold on the final day of athletics competition in the Ist Asian Youth Games. India finished fourth in the medal tally with four gold, two silver and two bronze medals. India had fielded a 12-member athletic team.
After running an impressive race, Rajputana Rifle's runner Ravi Kumar was thrilled as he won the gold with a timing of 1:55.91s followed by Amir of Iran 1:55.93 and Herath E of Srilanka 1:56.33s. Ravi Kumar of class 11th is training under the coach Jaipal Singh at Army Boys Sports Company of Rajputana Rifle and SAI joint venture.
In the girls’ category of the same event, Namita Kabat had enought time to clinch Gold with a timing of 2:15.55s ahead of Vietnam's CA Thin Than (2:20.43s) and Myint Swe Li (MYA) (2:22.14s).
"I was sure to win Gold in the event and I did it, Now I can sleep well". said Namita after winning Gold medal.

CM Hooda honours 13 sportspersons

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CHANDIGARH, July 4
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said that the State Government has formulated a comprehensive sports policy with a provision for search of talent in rural and
urban areas of Haryana. He also announced to appoint captain of Indian hockey team Sandeep Singh as Deputy Superintendent of Police in recognition of his outstanding performance
which has brought laurels to the State and the country.
The Chief Minister was speaking at a felicitation function organised by Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department here to honour 13 outstanding sportspersons of the State by presenting them with cash awards ranging from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. one lakh and totalling to Rs.
10.75 lakh.
Those felicitated included seven members of the Indian women hockey team, which won gold medal at the recently held Champions Challenge Tournament at Kazan in Russia. The other six were boxers. One of them had won silver medal at the Senior Asian Boxing Championship. Four
other boxers had won bronze medal at Senior Asian Boxing Championship in China in June last and one player had won bronze medal at the Sub-Junior World Boxing Championship in Armenia in May last.
Hooda said that he was proud of the outstanding sports persons of the State. He said that there was ample potential of promising sportspersons in the State, especially in rural areas. Therefore, stadia have been constructed in 168 villages to provide sports infrastructure.
He said that the budget for promotion of Sports has been increased considerably. While congratulating the award winners,he reiterated the commitment of the State Government to encourage sports persons and promote sports in a big way.
Haryana Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs, Mrs Kiran Choudhry described sports as an international language to brand a State. “We are proud to have promising children, but there is a need to groom them,” she added.
Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary, Sports and Youth
Affairs, Mr Sarban Singh and Director, Sports and Youth Affairs, O.P.Singh also spoke on the occasion.
The seven players of the Indian hockey team, hailing from Haryana,who were honoured today included Jasdeep Kaur, Jeodeep Kaur, Rani Devi, Ritu, Surender Kaur, Mamta Kharab and Savita. They were presented with cash award of Rs. one lakh each and a memento.
Boxer Jai Bhagwan, who won silver medal at the Senior Asian Boxing Championship. He was presented with cash award of Rs 75,000 and a memento. Other boxers honoured were Vijender Singh, Dinesh Kumar, Jitender Kumar and Paramjit were presented with a cash award of Rs 50,000 each for winning Bronze medal in Senior Asian Boxing Championship. Sandeep,
who won bronze medal at the Sub-Junior World Boxing Championship was
honoured with a cash award of Rs. one lakh and a memento.
Hooda also honoured hockey coach M.K. Kaushik and Deputy Director (Hockey) of the Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department, Baldev Singh in recognition of their services to groom the sportspersons.