Stage set for Administrator’s Challenge Cup

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 31
All arrangements have been completed for the 7th Administrator’s Challenge Cup All India Football Tournament (U-17 Boys) being conducted by the Chandigarh Sports Department from tomorrow at the Sector 17 Football Stadium and the Sector 42 Sports Complex here.
The draw was held in the presence of managers/coaches of the participating teams. A number of outstation teams have confirmed their participation in the tournament which is being held under the patronage of the All India Football Federation.
The teams have been divided into four groups and winner of each group would quality for semi-finals.
The opening match will be played between Chandigarh Football Academy and Brasil Football Academy of Goa at 4.00.p.m. at Sector 17 Football. Finance Secretary-cum-Secretary Sports Sanjay Kumar will declare the tournament open at 3.45 p.m
Groupings:
GROUP A: I.F.A. Academy Team Kolkata, Rajasthan Football Association, Rohit Football Academy Orissa, Indian Tigers Football Academy Mumbai, U.T. Admin. Daman & Diu.
Group B: St. Stephen’s Football Academy, Chandigarh, Haryana Football Association, Usman Azad Urdu High School & Jr. College Football Team Maharashtra, Burn Hall School Srinagar, S.A.I. NSEC Kolkata
Group C: Chandigarh Football Academy, Brasil Football Academy Goa, Football Academy Mahilpur (Hoshiarpur), Madhya Pradesh Football Association.
Group D: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Football Club, Mizoram, Football Academy Rurka Kalan, Jalandhar, New Public School Football Team, Chandigarh, Cantonment Board Secondary School Jalandhar Cantt..

Haryana Women Sports Festival

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Chandigarh, Aug 31
The 23rd Haryana State Women Sports Festival will be organised at Faridabad from September 5 to 7, according to a spokesman of the Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department. Earlier, this meet was scheduled to be organised at Panipat.
The teams of all the districts were advised to report at Sports Complex, Sector 12, Faridabad by 4 p.m. on September 4, he added.

Haryana Women Sports Festival

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Chandigarh, Aug 31
The 23rd Haryana State Women Sports Festival will be organised at Faridabad from September 5 to 7, according to a spokesman of the Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department. Earlier, this meet was scheduled to be organised at Panipat.
The teams of all the districts were advised to report at Sports Complex, Sector 12, Faridabad by 4 p.m. on September 4, he added.

NE Zone Varsiteis women cricket

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Chandigarh, Aug 31
The Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak will organize the North-East Zone Inter University (Women) Cricket Tournament for in October.
While stating this today, a spokesman of the University said that the Association of Indian Universities (A.I.U.) had entrusted the responsibility of organizing the cricket tourney to MDU.
Meanwhile, the MDU Sports Council would organize the Inter-College Table Tennis (women) tournament in the University Gymnasium Hall from Sept. 12 to 14, he added.

Chandigarh Wrestling on September 12

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Chandigarh, August 31
The Chandigarh State Wrestling Championship for Men and Women would be conducted at the Sector 10 Skating Rink here on September 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to Chandigarh (UT) Wrestling Association president Sumedh Saini, the first three position winners in each category would be invited to attend a state coaching camp from September 21 to October 7. Training will be imparted in morning at Sector 30 Community Centre and in evening at Sector 42 Sports Complex to prepare Chandigarh team for the forthcoming Senior Nationals.
A final Chandigarh team would be selected on October 4 at 4 p.m to participate in the Senior National Wrestling Championship to be held in Bhopal from October 8 to 11.
Meanwhile, CWA secretary Darshan Singh said that on September 12, cash prize bouts in different weight categories would be conducted. Noted wrestlers from all over the country would be seen in action in men and women categories. The association will also felicitate 10 'ustads/khalifas' for making their valuable contributions.

Carmel Convent, Stephen's given bye in Dr Bhargava Soccer

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 31
Carmel Convent School, Sector 9 will defend their title while runners-up St Stephen's School, Sector 45 are expected to go all out to take revenge for their defeat in the last edition of the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Girls State Football Championship for Dr KC Bhargava Trophy being conducted by the Chandigarh Football Association at the St Stephen's School ground from September 2 to 5.
Giving this information here today, CFA secretary Rakesh Bakshi said that Carmel Convent and St Stephen's School had been given straight bye into the four-team league. Carmel Convent, Sacred Heart, Sector 26 and Mount Carmel, Sector 47 have been clubbed in pool A.
St Stephen's School, Saupin's School, Sector 32 and Vivek High School, Sector 38 are in pool B.
On the opening day, Sacred Heart have been drawn to meet Mount Carmel at 11 a.m. on September 2 while Saupin's School will face Vivek High School at 2.10 p.m. The winners will adavnce into the league phase.

Netball teams for School Nationals

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 31
The 55th School National Netball Championship 2009 will be held at Chhattisgarh from October 7 to 11.
The Chandigahr Education Department today conducted trials to select the Chandigarh teams at St. Soldier International School ground in Sector. 28 B.
A 16-member boys team and a 15-member girls team have been selected for the School Nationals, according to convener Jagwinder Pal Singh. Teams: BoysL Ajay Sharma, Anmol Gupta-(DAV Model School Sec. 15), Sidharth Sharma, Yudhvir-(St. Soldier International School, Sec. 28 B), Shubam Verma,Sukhwinder Singh-(Govt. Model High School Sec. 28 D), Piyush Garg, Akash, Gaurav Dhiman , Paramvir Singh-(St. Merry School, Sec. 46), Gursimran Singh, Ishan, Anmol Bhullar, Umang Arora, Bhagat Sharma, Anmol Sharma (Ryan International School, Sec. 49)
Girls: Mehar Oberai, Manish Oswal, Malvika, Aaina Garg–(Sacred Heart School, Sec 26), Deeksha, Sapna, Monika-(Govt. Model Sr. Sec. School Sec. 19 C), Nidhi-(DAV Model School Sec. 15), Khusveer, Tavleen, Santsew Johar, Manveer, Tehmina-(Ryan International School, Sec. 49), Palak, Navneet, Sridevi, (St. Merry School, Sec. 46).

Mohit Garg to lead AICF XI

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 30
Mohit Garg will lead a 13-member All India Cricket Federation XI in the inaugural Indo-Nepal Friendship Cricket Cup to be played at Pokhra (Nepal) from September 2 to 7. The team will leave for Nepal tomorrow.
Announcing the team here today, federation president Amit Thakur said that D Manoj has been appointed vice-captain.
The team: Mohit Garg (captain), Prashant Dubey, D. Manoj (vice-captain), Harman Preet Singh, Gurvinder Singh, Paramjeet Singh, Avish Kamboj, Davinder Singh, Krishna Anand, Ankit Sood, Deepanshu, Surinder and Gursimran.

Vishesh stars for Mount Carmel Class XII

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CHANDIGARH, AUGUST 30
Class XII snatched an exciting 2-1 victory over Class XI in an exhibition football match played on Saturday to celebrate the National Sports Day at the Mount Carmel School in Sector 47-B here.
Vishesh put Class XII into the lead in the 10th minute. Class XI restored parity when Animesh scored a field goal. Vishesh again rose to the occasion as he snatched the match winner for Class XII with a fine goal in the 40th minute.
Meanwhile, Mount Carmel School won the boys Under-14 and Under-17 titles in the Chandigarh Inter-School Carrom Championship. Mount Carmel bagged the Under-14 title for the third year in successsion after beating DAV Public School, Sector 8. In Under-17 final, Mount Carmel against defeated DAV Public School, Sector 8.

Saxena, Vippen Bhadwaj elected

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 30
AP Saxena and Vipnesh Bhardwaj were unanimously elected president and secretary, respectively, of the Chandigarh Chess Association in the general body meeting held on Saturday. Bharat Singh Chauhan Treasurer, All India Chess Federation was the returning officer.
Office-bearers: Chairman: Dr Anil Raina. President: Mr. A.P. Saksena. Vice Presidents: Abhinanadan Vohra, Naveen Bansal. Secretary: Dr. Vipnesh Bhardwaj. Joint secretaries: Sanjeev Biswas, Swapan Kumar. Treasurer: Vipan Negi.
Members: Pushpender Gusain, Ashish Goyal, Harinder Pal Singh, Ranjeet Singh Badwal.

Abhijit and Simran elected head girl and head boy of St Soldier International School

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 30
Abhijit Singh of class XII and Simran Bains also of class XII were elected 'Head Boy' and 'Head Girl', respectively, in the annual student council elections of the Saint Soldier International School, Sector 28 here on Saturday.
Abhilaksh and Yashpreet Kau,r both of class XII, were declared deputy head boy and deputy head girl respectively. Jaswinder Singh and Amanpreet Kaur of class XII were declared as discipline incharge for boys and girls, respectively.
The oath taking ceremony began with the speech enlightening the students about the relevance and importance of elections. Here it was conveyed as to how the students council acts as communication facilitator between students, school organization and other functioning bodies in the school.
The head boy, the ead girl, the deputy head boy and the deputy head girl were honoured by Principal Ms. Sudesh Choudhary by pinning their respective badges and sashes. The Principal gave a rhetoric speech on the importance of democracy. Principal Ms. Sudesh Choudhary and Vice Principal Mrs. Aruna Saini lit the lamp.
The Vice-Principal administered the oath ceremony. The Head Boy and the Head Girl took oath to serve school and students to their best and to live up to the traditions of school.
The ceremony ended with the commands from the Head Boy and the singing of the National Anthem.

Punjab to distribute sports equipment among 1233 villages

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Chandigarh, August 8
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has issued instructions to the Sports Department to gift sports equipment worth Rs 1.26 crore among 1233 villages to cherish the National Sports Day on August 29, the birth day of hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand.
Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of sports, has issued instructions the sports department to organize functions at all district headquarters to distribute sports equipments.
Mr. Badal today presiding over the meeting of Sports Department gave final touches to the programmes to be organized at every district headquarters. Prizes would also be distributed to the winners of district level inter block tournaments concluding on Saturday.
It was informed in the meeting that 82 panchayats of district Amritsar, 32 of district Bathinda, 17 of district Barnala, 12 of district Faridkot, 73 of district Ferozepur, 47 of district Fatehgarh Sahib, 125 of district Hoshiarpur, 162 of district Gurdaspur, 109 of district Jalandhar, 49 of district Kapurthala, 107 of district Ludhiana, 50 of district Moga, 26 of district Mukatsar, 25 of district Mansa, 32 of district Mohali, 43 of district Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, 85 of district Patiala, 49 of district Ropar, 55 of district Sangrur and 53 of district Tarantaran would be distributed sports equipments worth Rs. 1,26,10,000/-
Mr. Badal said that these 1233 villages have been short listed in 14 blocks under Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA)to hunt new sports talent in traditional games and for providing them basic sports infrastructure and equipment at the panchayat as well as block level.
Mr. Sukhbir Badal said that sports department has been directed to implement this scheme with an aim of encouraging sports and games in rural areas through annual competitions at the block, district, state and national level besides creating much needed basic sports infrastructure to initiate grass root level sports activities. Under this scheme the 10 per cent of total villages and blocks of the state would be covered every year so that the necessary sports infrastructure could be created at each village in coming ten years.
He further said that under this scheme selected villages and blocks would be provided with Rs. 1 lakh and Rs. 5 lakh respectively as one time grant for creating sports infrastructure, Rs. 10,000 and Rs.20,000 for purchasing sports equipments/accessories besides Rs. 12,000 and Rs. 24,000 as operational grants
He expressed confidence that this novel scheme would make a significant contribution in increasing the number of high performing sports persons and sustainable implementation of it would not only promote mass participation in sports but also help identify as well as nurture the sports talent in rural areas
Prominent amongst those who attended the meeting included Mr. Viswajeet Khanna, Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. P.S.Aujla, Secretary Sports, Mr. Manvesh Singh Sidhu, Additional Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister and Mr. Pargat Singh, Director, Sports.

Gurbir Sandhu and Sharan elected

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 27
Arjun Awardee Gurbir Singh Sandhu and R. Sharan have been elected unanimously president and general secretary, respectively of Netball Association of Chandigarh in the annual general body meeting here today.
Gurbir Singh assured the members that he will do the best efforts for the upliftment of netball game in Chandigarh. Senior vice-president J. S. Cheema has given the bunch of warm thanks to the President.
Chandigarh Olympic Association general secretary Ravinder Talwar was also present in the meeting as observer. Out of 20 affiliated units representavtives of 19 units were present in the meeting.
Elected office bearers: President : Gurbir Singh Sandhu. Sr.. Vice President : Jagdeep Singh Cheema. Vice presidents: Principal Charles Samuel, Ravinder Talwar, Principal Madhu Bahl.
General Secretary : R. Sharan. Joint Secretary: Dr. G. P. Pal, Ankur Sharma. Treasurer: Kamaljit Singh Sandhu.
Executive Members: K. S. Bharti, Veena Chauhan, Dr. Safri Lal, Harjeet Kaur, Parambir Singh, Anand Rawat and Gurcharan Kaur

Pargat Singh gets extension; richly deserves it

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 27
Keeping in view the outstanding performance as Sports Director since his joining the Punjab Sports Directorate in 2005, the Punjab Government has given extension to Padam Shree and Arjuna Awardee Pargat Singh, up to September 19, 2010.
The extension order has been issued by Secretary Sports P S Aujla, IAS, on August 26, 2009.
During his four-year tenure as Sports Director, Olympian Pargat Singh has achieved many firsts. The most creditable achievement is manifold increase in budget of the Punjab Sports Department. Under Plan, the budget has been hiked to Rs 23 crore from Rs one crore. Under the Non-Plan, it has been raised to Rs 25.45 crore from Rs 9.12 crore.
Organization of the first-ever Four-Nation Punjab Gold Cup Hockey Tournament featuring the top hockey playing countries is another important achievement of the Punjab Government.
With paucity of coaches and supporting staff due to retirement and no replacements, Pargat Singh took the initiative and convinced the Punjab Government the need for appointment of coaches, ministerial and supporting staff. Out of 245 new appointments, 169 coaches have been recruited. It became more significant since creation of more districts.
Born on March 5, 1965, at Mithapur near Jalandhar Cantonment, Pargat Singh, who captained Indian hockey teams in 1992 Barcelona Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Olympics has efficiently strengthened the base at grass root level by paying special attention to the sports wing scheme. On his initiative and full government support, strength of sports wing seats has been increased to 4,000 from a meager 300. The trainees are recruited after proper spotting and various trials. The number of centres has gone up to 250 from just three.
On deputation from the Punjab Police, Pargat Singh’s another appreciable achievement is revival of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh award. In 2006, 124 outstanding sportspersons of Punjab were awarded the highest state sports award.
The Punjab Government also felicitated Punjab sportspersons who brought glory to the country and the state by winning medals in the 2006 Doha Asian Games, Asia Cup, Melbourne Commonwealth Games and World Cup Shooting Championship
Thanking the Punjab Government for recognizing and appreciating his services as a Sports Director by giving him extension, a modest Pargat Singh said “I am committed to sincerely implement the progressive sports schemes of the Punjab Government. I am getting full supports from all.”

Camp for Indo-Nepal Cricket Cup

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 27
The All India Cricket Federation has invited 34 cricketers for a two-day coaching camp on August 29 and 30 for participation
in the Indo-Nepal Friendship Cricket Cup to be played at Pokhra (Nepal) from September 2 to 7. The team will leave for Nepal on August 31.
The selected players have been advised to report at the Shivalik Public School ground in Sector 41 at 2 p.m.
Those invited to the camp are: Prashant Dubey, D. Manoj, HarmanPreet Singh, Gurvinder Singh, Paramjeet Singh, Avish Kamboj, devender Singh, Krishna Anand, Ankit Sood, Deepanshu, Surinder, Rattan Lal DhunDhara, Anurag Kumar, Dhiraj Kumar Singh, Ankush Goel, Shubham Sood, Rahul Kumar, Hiesh Aggarwal, Vikas BHandari, Dhruv Sharma, Mohit Bhardwaj, Amit Gautam, AShish Kumar, Kuldeep, Mohit Garg, Rahul Kumar, Jasmeet Singh, Suryanshu Chadda, Shubham Mahajan, Gaurav Dhamanda, Prashant Kumar, Ram KIshan, Surinder Ruhil and Narendar Singh.

18 teams for Administrator's Soccer Cup

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 26
As many as 18 teams have confirmed their participation in the seventh Administrator's Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for Under-19 being organised by the Chandigarh Administration at the Sector 42 Sports Complex and Sector 17 Football Stadium here from September 1 to 9.
The organising committee which met today at the Sector 17 Football Stadium under the chairmanship of Sports Director ML Sharma, reviewed the arrangements. Among those who attended the meeting were Joint Director Sports Dr JPS Sidhu, District Sports Officer JS Negi, Naresh Kumar Saini and Chandigarh Football Association secretary Rakesh Bakshi.
According to ML Sharma the Director Health Services, Chandigarh, has already been requested to depute two teams of doctors for conduct of the medical examination of the players and also to provide first aid at the venue during the matches. Punjab Governor who is also Chandigarh Administrator General (Retd) SF Rodrigues will inaugurate the tournament on September 1 at 3.45 p.m. Adviser to the Chandigarh Administrator Pradip Mehra will distribute the prizes on September 9 at 4.45 p.m.
Dr JPS Sidhu said that the teams had been divided into four groups and winners of each group would qualify for semi-finals to be played on September 8.
According to Dr Sidhu 20 committees have been formed for the smooth conduct of the tournament. All committees have chalked out their plans and are working day and night to make it a resounding success.
Teams which have confirmed their participants:
Basil Football Academy (Goa), Burn Hall School (Srinagar), Cantonment Board Secondary School (Jalandhar Cantonment), Chandigarh Football Academy, Mahilpur Football Academy (Jalandhar), Football Academy (Rurka Kalan, Jalandhar), Haryana Football Association, IFA Academy (Kolkata), Indian Tigers Football Academy (Mumbai), Madhya Pradesh Football Association, New Public School Academy (Chandigarh), Rajasthan State Football Association, Rohit Football Academy (Orissa), SAI NSEC Kolkata, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Football Club (Mizoram), St Stephen's Football Academy, Chandigarh, Usman Azad Urdu High School and Junior College (Maharashtra) and Daman and Diu.

Alpine School lift U-14 Triangular Trophy

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 26
An unbeaten 51-run partnership for the third wicket between Powerjit Singh (40) and Sobir (20) helped hosts Alpine School of Pinjore to lift the Under-14 Triangular Alpine Cricket Trophy by defeating St. Terasa Convent School of Panchkula by eight wickets in the final at the Alpine School ground in Pinjore.
Alpine School won the toss and elected to field. St.Terasa Covent School scored 84 for 7 in 16 overs. Labesh (17) and Abhitosh (10) were their main scorers. Sobir ( 2 for 10) and Jagjeet Singh (2 for 15) restricted St.Terasa Covent's total with good bowling.
In reply Alpine School easily achieved their victory target in just 8 overs by scoring 86 for 2. After losing two wickets Powerjit Singh and Sobir ensured no further loss to overcame St Terasa's total.
The British School of Panchkula got third position.
Alpine School Principal Dr Sanjeev Menara distributed the prizes. Former Indian Cricket League player Bipul Sharma and Gurav Gupta interacted with the participated teams.
Brief scores: St.Terasa Covent School (Panchkula: 84 for 7 in 16 overs (Labesh 17, Abhitosh 10, Sobir 2 for 10, Jagjeet Singh 2 for 15).
Alpine School (Pinjore): 86 for 2 in 8 overs (Powerjit Singh 40 n.o, Sobir 20 n.o, Bowling Sager 1 for 24, Abhitosh 1 for 23).

Sub-Junior Girls soccer from Sept 2

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 26
The Chandigarh Football Association is conducting the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Girls Football Championship for Dr KC Bhargava Memorial Trophy at St Stephen's School ground in Sector 45 here from September 2 to 5, according to CFA secretary Rakesh Bakshi.
Entry closes on August 28 at St Stephen's School-45.
Players born on or after January 1 and not later then December 21, 1999 are eligible to take part i the championship
Probables will be selected for a state coaching camp to prepare the Chandigarh team for the National Sub-Junior Girls Football Championship to be held at Haldwani from September 27 to October 13.

4 foreign teams for JNCDL International League

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 25
Jan Nayak Ch. Devi Lal National Cricket Academy (JCDNCA), Sirsa is hosting the second edition of International Cricket League in Sirsa from September 1 to 9.
Addressing a press conference here today, JCDNC Academy president Digvijay Singh Chautala said that eight star-sprinkled teams, including four from abroad, will compete in the nine-day tournament. Hong Kong Cricket Club and United Arab Emirate (Shariah Cricket Council) have been clubbed in Pool A. Jan Nayak Ch. Devi Lal National Cricket Academy (Sirsa Sizzlers) and Indian Air Force are the other two teams in this group.
Sri Lanka Cricket Club and South Africa (Johannesburg Cricket Club) have been placed in Pool B. Chandigarh Challengers and Life Insurance Corporation are also in Pool B.
Replying to a question, Digvijay Singh Chautala said that defending champions Lahore Lions from Pakistan were not cleared by the Government due to prevailing conditions.
A number of internationals and current Ranji Trophy players would be seen in action. Asked to give names of the top players, Digvijay Singh Chautala said "at this moment I cannot disclose their names."
A purse of Rs 4.50 lakh would be at stake for the winners' position while runners-up would be richer by Rs 2.50 lakh. Besides, the Man of the Match will receive Rs 25,000 and Man of the Series a motorbike. "There are other cash prizes also to be won," said young Digvijay Singh Chautala, who himself is an all-rounder.
The tournament has been insured for Rs 100 crore. All players, officials and spectators are among those insured, according to Digvijay Chautala.
The 25,000 seating capacity stadium has been given a massive face-lift. The wickets have been prepared after consulting Cricket Australia. "The pitch would support the bowers. The track will be fast," told Digvijay Singh. "It would be a day-night affairs. Proper lights have been installed and tested according to international specifications."
A number of Bollywood stars would also be star attraction. Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty and Yograj Singh are among the invitees.
Digvijay Chautala said that he had contacted the officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and even the district and state associations as we want to play under the BCCI patronage. He was confident that this tournament would be included in the BCCI calendar.
Fixtures: September 1: JCD NCA vs Hong Kong (7 p.m.). Sept 2: LIC vs Chandigarh Challenger (11 a.m.), JCD NCA vs UAE (7 p.m.). Sept 3: Hong Kong vs IAF (11 a.m.), Sri Lanka vs South Africa (7 p.m.). Sept 4 JCD NCA vs IAF (11 a.m), Chandigarh Challenger vs Sri Lanka (11 a.m. Ground II), LIC vs South Africa (7 p.m). September 6: Chandigarh Challenger vs South Africa (11 a.m.), Hong Kong vs UAE (7 p.m.).
September 7: Reserve Day.
September 8: first (semi-finals) at 11 a.m. and second semi-finals at 7 p.m..
September 9: Final at 7.30 p.m.

18 gymnasts attending national camp

Gymnasts who are attending the national coaching camp in Chandigarh with officials of the Gymnastic Federation of India.

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CHANDIGARH, Aug 25
Eighteen boys are attending the national gymnastic coaching camp in progress here. The Gymnastics Federation of India has selected the campers on the basis of their perfomance in the National Championship and international chamionship are attending the camp, according to Inderjit Singh, General Secretary Chandigarh Gymnastics Association.
The selected boys have been put up in the paying guest accomodation at Behlana and practice at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Gymnastium Hall in Behlana here.
The members of the Execitive Committee of the GFI visited the centre and the hostel. They were satisfied with the arrangements and playing facilities.
The camp will be formally inaugurated by Rajdip Singh, Inspector General of Police tomorrow at 5.00 p.m at the ITBP Gymnastics Hall.
The selected boys are: Manprit Bhardwaj (Punjab), Rajan (Haryana), Arun Kumar (Punjab), Sundar (Haryana),Mandeep Kumar (Punjab), D Nagamelshwar Rao (Andhra Pradesh), Bharat Singh (Uttranchal), Anish Joshi (Maharshtra), Binay Kushwaha (Uttranchal), Naveen (Haryana), Vinay Sawant (Mahrashtra), Partha Deb, Amit-Kr Dev, Tutan Sarka, Srikanta Shil, Parashant Das (all Tripura), Biswajith Nayak and Sauran K R Mohanty (both Orissa).
N.Shashi is the camp in charge, Rajinder Sarswat co-ordinator, Avinash Kumar and Rajinder Sharma coaches.

Double delight for St John's

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 25
St. John's High School continued their triumphant run for the third consecutive year in the Chandigarh Inter -School Badminton Tournament conducted by the Chandigarh Education Department.
Their under-14 team of Kevin Wong, Abhiyash, Azeez and Anshul clinched gold medal for the third consecutive year by defeating Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23.
Kevin registered an easy win in the first singles when he defeated Aman 21-11, 21-5 followed by a defeat by Abhiyash. The match was decided in a fiercely contested doubles match when Ahiyash and Azeez defeated their opponents convincingly.
St John's Under-17 team also won gold medal. Recovering from an initial defeat of Sameer by Gaurav of Delhi Public School, St. John's team staged a come back with win by Kenneth over Gautam. The deciding doubles match was a one sided affair as Kenneth and Sameer scored an easy win over Gautam and Gaurav 21-9, 21-12.

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 24
Navita Thakur and Ashish claimed a double each by winning the women's and men's singles and doubles titles, respectively, in the 21st Yonex Chandigarh State Badminton Championship which concluded at the Sector 42 Badminton Tournament here today.
Navita Thakur defeated Manju 13-21, 21-13, 23-20 in the women's singles final. Navita later partnered Manju to beat Nisha and Purnica 21-12, 22-20.
Ashish prevailed over Tushar 21-11, 21-19 in the men's singles final and later he went on to claim the men's doubles title. He and Pankaj ousted Oscar and Vivek 21-19, 21-14 in the doubles final..
Results:
Under-19 (girls singles): Nisha bt Navika 21-15, 21-14
Under-19 (girls doubles): Nisha & Chetna bt Navika & Aastha 21-12, 21-16.
Under-19 (boys doubles): Tushar & Rupinder bt Mahip & Marminder 21-13, 17-21.
Under-19 (boys singles): Tushar bt Mahip Singh 21-12, 21-12.
Women (singles): Navita Thakur bt Manju 13-21, 21-13 & 23-20.
Women (doubles): Navita & Manju bt Nisha & Purnica 21-12, 22-20.
Men’s (singles): Ashish bt Tushar 21-11, 21-19.
Men’s (doubles): Ashish & Pankaj bt Oscar & Vivek 21-19, 21-14.
+35 (doubles): Pankaj Mittal & Jagdish bt Vijay Pandit & Gurpreet 21-15, 21-17.
+35 (singles: Jagdish bt Manish 15-2, 21-15, 21-17.
+45 (double): Vijay Pandit & Sanjay Judge bt A.K. Mittal & Dr. Bawa 18-21, 23-21, 21-18.
+45 (singles): Om Veer bt Pandit Vijay 15-21 21-19 23-21.

Sukhbir Badal gives guidelines for an innovative sports policy

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Chandigarh, August 24
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has instructed Sports Director Pargat Singh to put up a draft of new broad based sports policy, with an aim of spotting and nurturing sports talent in the State, particularly in rural areas.
Giving the broad outline for the policy, Mr. Badal said that the new policy must focus on filtering quality players from the quantity players and further providing specialized training to medal prospects so that they can bring laurels to the country and the state. The Deputy Chief Minister also instructed the sports department to come out with a new innovative cash award scheme, for the players right from the block level tournament to Olympics , with a graded award scheme, to motivate the players to excel.
Reviewing the working of Sports Department, Mr Sukhbir Badal said that the proposed policy must concentrate developing sports infrastructure in the villages, maintaining the existing infrastructure and improving district level infrastructure to international level. He regretted that sports infrastructure in Punjab has not kept pace with the new development in sports arena and players due to outdated training could not give their best at international as well as national level meets.
Reiterating the commitment of SAD-BJP government to provide world-class facilities to the medal prospects, Mr. Badal said that, if required, the services of foreign coaches would also be availed in the interest of players. He said that new sports policy must work out a programme to revamp the sports wings programme, so that players being produced by these wings should become a proud asset of the country.
Mr. Badal also instructed Sports Secretary to issue directions to every department to fill the backlog of 3 per cent quota in jobs for sportsmen, at the earliest and send compliance report to the sports departments.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that sports policy must review the existing 33 games being focused by the department. The department has been asked to finalize the draft of the policy within 15 days.

Shergill and Inderjit elected

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 23
Mohan Bir Singh Shergill and Inderjit Singh were unanimously elected president and general secretary, respectively, in the annual general body meeting of the Chandigarh Ball Badminton Association held here today. Sewa Siingh was elected unopposed as treasurer.
Other office-bearers elected were: Jaswinder Kaur, Bhushan (vice-presidents), Vipal Kumar, Paramamjit Singh, Manoj Kalia, Anand Rawat (joint secretaries), Himanshu and Ram Krishan (tehcnical committee).
Before the meeting, a two-minute silence was obsered in memory of CBBA general secretary Baljit Singh Banwait who died recently.
Out of 35 affiliated units, representatives from 30 units participated in the meeting. President Harbhushan Gulati resigned to pave the way for fresh elections.

Arshya Sethi and Aryan claim titles

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 23
Arshya Sethi and Aryan Singh won the girls and boys under-10 singles titles, respectively, in the Yonex Chandigarh State Badminton Championships -2009 being organized by the Chandigarh Badminton Association at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here today.
Arshya Sethi defeated Garima in straight games 21-12, 21-19 in the girls under-10 singles final while Aryan Singh defeated Abhinav 21-10, 21-10 in the boys under-10 singles final.
Boys (U-16) singles (final): Rupinder got the better of. Kenneth Wong. 21-10, 21-15. in the boys under-16 singles final.
Navita Thakur is pitted against Manya in the women’s singles final. In semi-final matches, Navita Thakur defeated Purnima 21-9, 21-7 and Manya prevailed over. Nisha 21-17, 15-21, 21-19. Tushar caused an upset by defeating seeded Pankaj Nathani 21-9, 21-6 in the men’s singles semi-final.
Results: Girls (U-10) singles (final): Arshya Sethi bt Garima 21-12, 21-19. Girls (U-13) singles (final): Sanya Sethi bt Purnima Sood 21-10, 21-9. Boys (U-10) singles (final): Aryan Singh bt Abhinav 21-10, 21-10. Boys (U-13) doubles (final): Kevin & Himanshu bt. Anmal & Ishan 21-3, 21-6. Boys (U-16) doubles (final): Kenneth & Rupinder bt Gaurav & Gautam 21-18, 21-8. Boys (U-13) singles (final): Himansh bt. Kevin Wong 21-15, 21-14. Boys (U-16) singles (final): Rupinder bt. Kenneth Wong. 21-10, 21-15. Girls (U-13) doubles (final): Sanya Sethi & Purnimal bt. Annie & Shruti 21-1, 21-4.
Girls (U-16) singles (semi-finals): Navika bt Mehak Sood 21-14, 21-16, Shreya bt Diksha 21-18, 13-21 & 21-18.
Girls (U-16) doubles (semi-finals): Mehak & Shreya bt. Japneet & Daaman-19-21, 21-17, 21-14, Navika & Diksha bt. Saany & Trisha 21-9, 21-7.
Girls (U-19) singles (semi-finals): Nisha bt Mehak Sood w/o Navika bt Chetna 21-9, 17-21, 21-19. Girls (U-19) doubles (semi-finals): Nisha & Chetna bt. Japneet & Jisha 21-16, 21-5, Navika & Aastha bt. Mehak Sood & Diya 14-21, 21-12, 21-13.
Women singles (semi-finals): Navita Thakur bt. Purnima 21-9, 21-7, Manya bt. Nisha 21-17, 15-21, 21-19. Boys (U-19) singles (semi-finals): Tushar bt. Abhinav 21-15, 21-17, Mahip Singh bt. Harmaninder 15-21, 22-20, 21-18.
Men’s singles (semi-finals): Tushar bt. Pankaj Nathani 21-9, 21-6.

A.I.J.H.M., M.K.J.K. win titles

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Chandigarh, Aug 23
A.I.J.H.M.College, Rohtak and M.K.J.K.College, Rohtak annexed the team titles in men’s and women’s category respectively in the Inter-College Cross-Country
Championship(2009-2010) of Maharshi Dayanand University(MDU), Rohtak organized here today. Devender (AIJHMC, Rohtak) and Amita (Govt. College, Meham) won the individual title(s) in the Cross-Country Championship.
In the men’s category, G.B.Degree College, Rohtak bagged the second position and C.R.A.College, Sonipat got the third position. In women’s category, T.R.Girls College, Sonipat won the second position and Govt. College, Nahar won the third position.
Jyoti and Sakshi of M.K.J.K. College, Rohtak came second and third in individual event in women’s category. Pradeep (N.B.G.S.M. College, Sohna) and Ravinder (C.R.A.College, Sonipat) came second and third in men’s category.
Earlier, the cross-country race was flagged off by the chairperson of MDU Sports Council and Dean, Students’ Welfare Prof. Rajbir Singh. Dr.Shakuntala, Asstt. Director (Sports), Dr.D.S.Dhull, Asst. Director (Sports), Ramesh Sindhu, Athletics coach, Dr. Ramesh Kumar, Sr. Faculty member, Dept. of Physical Education, etc contributed to the organizing of this Inter college cross country championship. 115 athletes took part in men’s category and 32 athletes took part in women’s category in today’s cross- country championship.

Aryan to face Abhinav in U-10 final

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 22
Aryan will face Abhinav in the boys under-10 singles final of the XXIst Yonex Chandigarh State Badminton Championships at the Sector 42 Badminton Hall here today.
In the semi-finals, Aryana defeated Ansul 21-14, 21-17 and Abhinav ousted Japreet 21-15, 21-18.
International Oscar Bansal outclassed Sureet Singh 21-7, 21-2 in the men’s singles first-round match. Tushar staged a fne rally to snuff out the challenge of Harmaninder 11-21, 21-12, 21-14.
Earlier, the championship was inaugurated by Madhur Verma, IPS. Approximately 300 entries have been received for 25 events of various age groups varying from under 10 years to 55 years and above.
The opening function was attended by senior fFranchisees of Chandigarh Badminton Association which included M. C. Sethi, President-CBA, D.K. Mukherjee, Chairman, T.P.S. Puri, Gen. Secretary-CBA, Wg Cdr Satish Bhatia, former national champion and National coach Surinder Mahajan.
Results: U-13 girls singles: Sanya Sethi bt Sukriti Chawla 21-6, 21-10, Shruti bt Garima 21-19, 24-22, Purnima bt Jas Seerat 21-4, 21-5, Harmanat bt. Saisha 21-1, 21-3.
U-19 girls singles: Nisha bt Rashmi 21-6, 21-10, Mehak Sood bt Shreya 21-19, 21-15, Navika Gets w/o Deepti, Chetna bt. Aastha 21-9, 26-24.
Women singles: Navita bt Chetna 21-11, 21-17, Purnica bt. Manpreet 21-15, 21-8, Nisha bt Navika 21-19, 21-6, Manju bt Aastha 21-8, 21-8.
U-10 boys singles (semi-finals): Aryan bt Annul 21-14, 21-17, Abhinav bt. Japreet 21-15, 21-18.
U-16 boys singles: Rupinder bt Divyansh 21-8, 21-8, Lovepreet bt Abhishek 21-17, 21-16, Ankush bt Robin 21-17, 21-18, Gaurav bt Atul 21-15, 21-19, Gautam bt Aditya 21-10, 21-12, Nikhil bt Gauravdeep 21-10, 17-21, 21-18, Jivtesh bt. Dhruv 21-19, 17-21, 21-9, Kenneth bt. Chirag 21-8, 21-1.
Men’s singles: Oscar Bansal bt Sureet Singh 21-7, 21-2, Tushar bt Harmaninder 11-21, 21-12, 21-14, Akash Sethi bt Mahip Singh 21-13, 21-14, Pankaj bt Narinder 21-12, 21-11, Ashish bt. Abhinav 21-18, 21-14, Vikas Kundu bt Aman 17-21, 21-16, 21-10, Vikas Mahajan bt . Tejinder 21-18, 19-21, 21-12, Vivek Sharma bt Yogesh 21-14, 21-13.

Mukesh Kumar fires 71 to win TN Open

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Chennai, August 22
Mukesh Kumar fired one over 71 on Saturday to secure a creditable win at the PGTI – 125th Year Madras Gymkhana Club Tamil Nadu Open 2009. The 44-year-old from Mhow golfer bagged his third Aircel PGTI title of the year, having totaled 13 under 267 for the week. This was also Mukesh’s seventh title win on the Aircel PGTI as he had four wins in the last season. He now has the record for the maximum number of wins on the tour.
Lucknow’s Vijay Kumar finished second at 11 under 269 while Shamim Khan and Digvijay Singh shared third place at eight under 272. Mukesh Kumar (65, 65, 66, 71) began his title defence in conservative fashion as his putting form seemed to desert him on the front nine. He made pars on the first eight holes and then missed a two-footer to bogey the ninth. The PGTI Order of Merit champion from 2007-08 went two over for the day when he missed a five feet putt on the 11th to drop yet another bogey.
Even as Vijay Kumar caught up with Mukesh on the 14th, the defending champion hung in there and turned the match in his favour with a six feet birdie putt on the 15th. Mukesh had a good par save on the 17th which sealed the title for him. On the 17th, he recovered well from the bunker and made a tricky four feet downhill putt for par.
Vijay Kumar (68, 68, 67, 66) birdied the third, sixth, eighth and bogeyed the fourth and fifth to make the turn at one under. He then made a charge on the back nine, firing four consecutive birdies from the 11th to the 14th. Vijay sank some long putts on this stretch and became the joint leader along with Mukesh at 12 under after the 14th.
Vijay’s title hopes were dashed on the 15th, where he found the rough and had to take a penalty drop that resulted in a bogey.
Vijay has now climbed from fourth to third on the Aircel PGTI Order of Merit.
Shamim Khan (67, 65, 72, 68) and Digvijay Singh (65, 70, 68, 69) shared third place at eight under 272.
Gurbaaz Mann and Vishal Singh were tied fifth at six under 274. Sandeep Syal of Chennai totaled three under 277 to grab a share of 11th place. Coimbatore’s Joseph Chakola ended the tournament in tied 28th place with a total of two over 282.
Pradyumna Prakash of Chennai won the amateur title as he finished with the best amateur score of 11 over 291. He was 48th in the overall standings.
Leaderboard: 267 Mukesh Kumar (Mhow) 65, 65, 66, 71;. 269 Vijay Kumar (Lucknow) 68, 68, 67, 66; 272 Shamim Khan (Delhi) 67, 65, 72, 68; Digvijay Singh (DLF, Gurgaon) 65, 70, 68, 69; 274 Gurbaaz Mann (Chandigarh) 65, 72, 69, 68; Vishal Singh (Jaipur) 66, 68, 70, 70.
Best Amateur score: 291 Pradyumna Prakash (Chennai) 73, 69, 76, 73.

St John's gymnasts excel

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CHANDIGARH, AUG 22
St John's School, Sector 26 won the under-14 team trophy in the Chandigarh Inter-School Gymnastic Championship conducted by the Chandigarh Education Department at the Sector 7 Sports Complex here today. Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19 finished runners-up while Stepping Stone-37 obtained third place.
Karan of Shishu Nikeyan-22 was adjudged the best all-around gymnast while Saurav of St John's-26 was the best best all-around gymnast.
Results:
Boys Under-14: Vaulting Table: 1 Karan (Shishu Nikeyan-22), 2 Saurav (St. John's-26), 3 Kamal(GMSS-10).
Pommel Horse: 1 Kamal (GMSS-10), 2 Karan (Shishu Nikeyan-22), 3 Saurav (St John's-26) and Anish (Vivek High School-38).
Roman Rings: 1 Saurav (St John's-26), 2 Akash(GMSSS- 19),3 Karan ( Shishu Nikeyan- 22.
Floor Exercise: 1 Karan ( Shishu Nikeyan-22), 2 Akash (GMSSS 19),3 Kamal (GMSSS-10), 3 Martin (St John's-260 and Vishnu E.P
(Saupin School-32)
Horizontal Bar: 1 Karan ( Shishu Nikeyan-22), Aryan (GMSSS-16), 3 Saurav (St John's-26).
Team Championships: 1 St.John's-26, 2 GMSSS-19,3 Stepping Stone-37.
All-Around best gymnast: 1 Karan (Shishu Nikeyan-22), 2 Saurav (St John's-26), 3 Kamal(GMSSS-10).

DPS Pinjore lift Chairman’s Soccer Cup

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CHANDIGARH, August 22
Delhi Public School of Pinjore cornered glory by annexing the 3rd Chairman’s Soccer Cup for Under-16 organised by St Xavier’s School, Panchkula at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3, Panchkula.
They gained the custody of the Chairman’s Cup after they got the better of unpretentious Ryan International School, Sector 49, Chandigarh by 2-1 via tie-breaker in the final today. After a goalless draw in the regulation period, the issue was resolved on penalties.
Quazi Muhazib and Udham Singh converted their penalties in smooth action. For Ryan International School, only Rajat could convert his spot kick to reduce the margin in a well-contested title clash.
Earlier, hot favourites Delhi Public School of Pinjore eliminated the challenge of St Xavier’s School of Mohali by 2-0 in the first semi-final match played in the morning session. Quazi Muhazib put DPS into the lead with an early goal scored in the sixth minute. Rohit Malik increased the victory margin in the 31st minute.
Ryan International got the better of plucky Little Flower Convent of Panchkula by an aggregatge 4-2 margin on penalties after sharing two goals in the stipulated period. It was Ryan International which drew the first blood in the seventh minute through Karan. Little Flower Convent tried their best to neutralize the lead and they got success in the 39th minute when Shamsher Singh caught the Ryan International defence on the wrong foot.
The tie-breaker rule was applied to end the deadlock. Karan, Gagan and Rajat converted their penalties to pave the way for Ryan’s victory in the second semi-final contest. Karan Chaudhary converted his spot kick to reduce the margin for Little Flower Convent.
Delhi Public School, Pinjore Principal Samson Masih was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. St Xavier’s School, Sector 44 Principal Mervyn West also gave away the prizes. Also present on the occasion were St Xavier’s chairman Andrew J Gosain and vice chairman William Gosain and St Xavier’s, Panchkula Principal George Shear.

Indo-Nepal Cricket trials today

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Chandigarh, Aug 21
The All-India Cricket Federation is conducting selection trials to choose a federation team to take part in the Indo-Nepal Friendship Cup Cricket for Under-17 to be conducted in Kathmandu (Nepal) in the last week of August.
According to AICF general secretary Deepak Kumar, selection trials would be held at Shivalik School ground in Sector 41 from 3 p.m.
Interested cricketer should report in proper dress and with their date of birth certificates in original.
The Federation is also planning to send a junior team to United States for playing matches with different teams/clubs.

Mukesh increases lead to 7 strokes

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Chennai, August 21
Defending champion Mukesh Kumar fired a four under 66 on Friday to build up a seven-stroke lead ahead of the final round of the
PGTI-125th Year Madras Gymkhana Club Tamil Nadu Open 2009. Mukesh (65, 65, 66) now sits pretty on top of the leaderboard as his total reads 14 under 196. Digvijay Singh (65, 70, 68) and Vijay Kumar (68, 68, 67) are tied
second with matching totals of seven under 203.
Mukesh Kumar consolidated on his overnight two-stroke lead as he made five birdies against one bogey in the third round. He was steady to begin with, making pars on the first six holes. He then made a tricky uphill putt from eight feet on the seventh to produce his first birdie of the day. Mukesh's accurate second shot on the eighth, set up a three feet putt for birdie, which he went on to convert. The professional from Mhow dropped his only bogey of the day on the ninth, where he missed a two-footer for par.
Mukesh holed an amazing 17 feet downhill putt for birdie on the 11th and followed that up with two more birdies on the 14th and 15th to sign off with a solid 66 on day three. He chipped-in from about 20 feet on the 15th.
Digvijay Singh had a bogey-birdie start in round three. After making a three-putted from 35 feet to bogey the first, he pulled one stroke back on
the very next hole by sinking a 15-footer. He soon picked up the pace with birdies on the seventh and eighth. Digvijay then missed out on some birdie opportunities from the 10th to the 14th as he failed to make some short putts.
The Gurgaon-based professional earned his last birdie of the day on the 16th where he hit his approach shot to within two feet of the pin. He bogeyed the 17th but closed with a good par on the 18th, having recovered after taking a penalty drop from the knee-high rough on the right.
Vijay Kumar carded a bogey-free 67 to be tied second along with Digvijay.
Vijay's round included birdies on the seventh, 10th and 13th. Feroz Ali Mollah, Shamim Khan and Vishal Singh are tied fourth at six under
204. Feroz Ali Mollah's 64 was the best score of the day.

Ryan, DPS Pinjore, Little Flower and Xavier’s Mohali in semis

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A match in progress between Jainender School, Panchkula and Alpine School, Pinjore in the Chairman’s Cup Soccer Inter-School Tournament for Under-16 at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Compex in Panchkula on Friday.
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CHANDIGARH, AUG 21
Fancied Ryan International School, Sector 49, Chandigarh, Delhi Public School of Pinjore, Little Flower Convent of Panchkula and St Xavier’s School of Mohali entered the semi-finals of the third Chairman’s Cup Soccer Inter-School Tournament for Under-16 being organized by St Xavier’s School at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3 in Panchkula today.
In quarter-final matches Ryan International School blanked Jainender School, Panchkula. By 3-0, Delhi Public School of Pinjore eked out a narrow 1-0 triumph against The Banyan Tree School, Sector 48, Chandigarh,St Xavier’s School of Mohali overcame a stiff challenge of St Xavier’s School of Panchkula by 4-3 on penalties after the teams played a goalless draw in the regulated period and Little Flower Convent of Panchkula upset strong contenders St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, Chandigarh by 2-0. Bhavya and Karan scored one goal each in the 7th and 28th minutes, respectively.
Ryan International dominated the proceedings but they had to wait for their first goal for 15th minute when their rivals scored a ‘self’ goal. Then Karan and Gagan scored one goal each in the 35th and 36th minutes, respectively, to seal Jainender School’s fate.
Delhi Public School, Pinjore and The Banyan Tree School, Chandigarh, played a tough game. Despite being evenly matched, Rishi clinched the all-important goal in the 39th minute.
The third quarter-final outing between Xavier’s of Panchkula and Xavier’s of Mohali ended in a goalless draw in the regulation period. In the tie-breaker session, Shubham, Gurbir, Kishmit and Navneet converted their spot kicks for the Mohali School. Hosts Xavier’s converted their penalties through Vivek, Sushil and Ashish.
Earlier, Jainender School, Panchkula prevailed over Alpine School, Pinjore by 3-1. The scorers for Jainender School were Pradeep (5th & 39th minutes) and Ayush Thomar (7th) For the losers , Raman Palwar (10th ) and Malkeet Sngh (32nd) reduced the margin.
The Banyan Tree School,Chandigarh defeated Holy Child, Panchkula on penalties in a contest that threw up fluctuating fortunes. The Banyan Tree finally squeezed through via the tie breaker 5-3. The Banyan Tree scorers were Sahil , Rajat Rawat, Ashish Shazeb and Amar. For Holy Child School, Shubham, Parth and Parnshu found the net.
St.Xavier's, Mohali registered a 3-1 verdict over Saupin's School. Shubham, Gurveen and Harkaran scored for St.Xavier's while Amrinder netted once for Saupin's School.
The fourth contest saw some telling moves and attempts at goal by both Saupin's School,Chd. & St.Xavier's,Chandigarh.Xavier's Chandigarhstruck two telling blows in the last 3 minutes of play.The game ended 2-0 to St. XXavier's,Chandigarh. For the victors Pramod struck in the 38th minute , while Austin sealed the opponents fate with a well placed headerin the 39th minute of play.

Vivek, Saroj among six Bhim Awardees

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Chandigarh, August 21
The Haryana Government today conferred Bhim Award on six outstanding sportspersons of the state at a function held at Haryana Raj Bhawan here. Those who received the highest state spots award were shooter Vivek Singh (Gurgaon), athlete Saroj Sihag (Hisar) , wrestling Amit Kumar
(Rohtak), boxer Sunil Kumar ( Bhiwani), judoka Virender Singh (Rohtak) and paralympics swimmer Sukhbir Singh (Bhiwani). The award carries a cash incentive to Rs 2 lakh, Bhim Pratima, a ccroll, blazer and tie/ scarf.
Other 21 sportspersons who were felicitated with cash awards included Sukhbir Singh and Vikas Kumar of Bhiwani, Suresh
Kumar of Hisar, Naveen Kumar of Rohtak for kabaddi, Kumari Babita and Sunil of Bhiwani for wrestling and Boxing respectively, Sunita and
Parmila of Rohtak for Kabaddi, Suresh Kumar of Panipat and Sudesh Kumari of Jind for wrestling, Vijender Singh of Bhiwani for boxing,
Sandeep of Sonipat and Paramjeet of Bhiwani for wrestling, Manjeet Singh of Bhiwani for boxing, Hardeep Singh and Krishna Punia of Hisar
for judo and athletics respectively, Kumari Neha Rathi of Faridabad for wrestling, Jitender Kumar of Bhiwani for boxing, Kumari Pooja
Dhanda of Hisar for judo, Dilbag Singh of Bhiwani and Manoj Kumar of Kaithal both for boxing.
Cash awards amounting to Rs. 31.42 lakhs for the year 2008-09 were disbursed among outstanding players of the state keeping in view their excellent performance in different sports disciplines at the national and international sports championships.
A new sports policy 2009 has been declared in the State which would go a long way for overall development of sports not only in the urban areas but also in the rural areas of Haryana. The Government has also hiked the diet money for the sportsperson has also been increased from Rs. 100 to Rs. 150.
These announcements were made by the Chief Minister Mr.Bhupinder Singh Hooda in presence of Governor Jagannath Pahadia while speaking at the Bhim Award and State Level Sports Function
Speaking in the function the Governor conveyed his best wishes to the Bhim and other Awardees who were honoured in Bhim Award
function. He said that the sportspersons of Haryana have made a name for their State and the country not only in the national but also at
the international level. He hoped the state of Haryana would also become number one in the field of sports just as the state has made
unprecedented progress in all fields of development.
The Governor informed that a sports complex was being constructed at Rohtak and a synthetic track has been put up for athletes at Panchkula and 46 sports nurseries were being run in Haryana for inspiring an aptitude for sports in the children.
Complimenting all the Awardees for getting these awards Mr. Pahadia exhorted the sportsperson to work hard and take care for improving
their sports talent. The Governor also urged the parents, coaches and promoters of sports to create an aptitude for sports in their children
and students so that they might shine as an outstanding sports talent in the arena of sports.
Congratulating all the Bhim Awardees and other prize winners the Chief Minister said that the New Sports
Policy of the State would go a long way in promoting overall personality of our sportspersons which would enable them to win more
laurels for the state and the country not only in the national and international sports festivals but also in the Olympic Games.
The Chief Minister said that there is no dearth of sport talent in the State and the State Government is committed to
improve the standard of various sports by providing a number of incentives and concessions to the sportsperson of the State. He said
the New Sports Policy would certainly create a new sports culture in Haryana. He informed that 171 sports stadia had been constructed in
various villages of Haryana and soon coaches would also be appointed in these stadia for training the promising sportspersons of rural
areas.
Sports Minister Kiran Choudhry thanked the Chief Minister for announcing the new sports policy which would prove a boon for all the sportspersons of Haryana. She said that this policy would not only develop a new sports culture in urban areas but also in rural areas of the State. We would be able to bring the best out of our sport talent with the help of this policy.
Mr. Sarban Singh, Commissioner & Secretary, Sports Department in his welcome address extended a warm welcome to all the
dignitaries and described in brief various activities being run by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department of Haryana for promoting the
sports culture in the State. He also congratulated all the Bhim Awardees and other prize winners in this function.
The other prominent persons who were present included the Lady Governor Smt. Shanti Pahadia and the members of her family, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. M.L. Tayal, Director General of Haryana Police Mr. Ranjiv Dalal, Secretary to Governor Mr. A.K. Singh, Senior Officers of the State Government and a number of distinguished sportspersons of the State.

Six teams for Inter-Academy Football

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PHAGWARA, AUG 20
The Punjab Football Association is organizing the Punjab Inter-Academy Football League for Under-15 at Kala Afgana, near Batala, District Gurdaspur from August 21 to 25.
According to PFA secretary Inder Singh six football academies namely Sant Baba Hazara Singh Football Academy, Nikki Ghuman (Gurdaspur), Rurka Football Academy, Rurka Kalan (Jalandhar), Mauji Football Academy, Kala Afgana (Gurdaspur), Guru Nanak Football Academy, Bilga (Jalandhar), Khalsa High School Football Academy, Baddon (Hoshiarpur) and Kuljit Football Academy, Bhala Pind (Amritsar) have been invited to participate.
The aim of conducting the inaugural meet is to promote football at the grass root level.
Fixtures: August 21: Rurka Football Academy, Rurka Kalan vs. Kuljit Football Academy, Bhala Pind (7 a.m.), Mauji Football Academy, Kala Afgana vs. Guru Nanak Football Academy, Bilga (3.45 p.m), Khalsa High School FA, Baddon vs. Sant Baba Hazara Singh FA,Nikki Ghuman (5.15 p.m).
August 22: Guru Nanak Football Academy, Bilga vs. Kuljit Football Academy, Bhala Pind (7.00 a.m), Sant Baba Hazara Singh FA,Nikki Ghuman vs. Mauji Football Academy, Kala Afgana (3.45 p.m), Rurka Football Academy, Rurka Kalan vs. Khalsa High School FA, Baddon (5.15 p.m).
August 23: Guru Nanak Football Academy, Bilga vs. Sant Baba Hazara Singh FA,Nikki Ghuman (7.00 a.m), Kuljit Football Academy, Bhala Pind vs. Khalsa High School FA, Baddon (3.45 p.m), Rurka Football Academy, Rurka Kalan vs. Mauji Football Academy, Kala Afgana (5.15 p.m).
August 24: Kuljit Football Academy, Bhala Pind vs. Sant Baba Hazara Singh FA,Nikki Ghuman (7 a.m.), Guru Nanak Football Academy, Bilga vs. Rurka Football Academy, Rurka Kalan (3.45 p.m) and Khalsa High School FA, Baddon vs. Mauji Football Academy, Kala Afgana (5.15 p.m).
August 25: Kuljit Football Academy, Bhala Pind vs. Mauji Football Academy, Kala Afgana (7 a.m), Khalsa High School FA, Baddon vs. Guru Nanak Football Academy, Bilga (3.45 p.m), Sant Baba Hazara Singh FA, Nikki Ghuman vs. Rurka Football Academy, Rurka Kalan (5.15 p.m).

Mukesh Kumar leads by two strokes

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Chennai, August 20
Mukesh Kumar fired his second consecutive 65 on Thursday to lead the PGTI – 125th Year Madras Gymkhana Club Tamil Nadu Open 2009 by two strokes. Mukesh, currently second on the Aircel PGTI Order of Merit, now has a two-day total of 10 under 130. Shamim Khan is two strokes behind the leader in second place.
The cut was applied at four over 144. Fifty-three professionals and two amateurs made the cut.
Mukesh Kumar (65, 65) was quick off the blocks in round two as he sank an eagle on the 600-yard par five third. On the third hole, he found the edge of the green with his second shot (3-wood) and then knocked down a 15 feet uphill putt for eagle. He then converted putts from 10 feet and 15 feet to earn birdies on the seventh and 10th respectively.
A top-class six iron approach shot on the 12th set up a 15 feet eagle putt for Mukesh. But the reigning Aircel PGTI Order of Merit champion, could only pick up a birdie on the 12th as he missed the 15-footer for eagle.
Shamim Khan (67, 65) too capped an exceptional round to be placed second. He made eagle on the par five 12th, where he holed a 25 feet putt after hitting the green in two. A birdie on the 14th meant Shamim made the turn at three under.
On the second nine, the Delhi golfer converted some very long putts ranging from 25 to 45 feet, to pick up birdies on the second, seventh and ninth. His lone bogey on the sixth came as a result of missing an up and down from the bunker.
Vishal Singh (66, 68) is third at six under 134 while Digivijay Singh (65, 70) slipped from overnight joint leader to fourth place.
Om Prakash Chouhan (72, 64) of Mhow drained six birdies on Thursday to post the best score of round two. His six under 64 placed him tied fifth at four under 136 along with Vijay Kumar, C Muniyappa and Rudresh Sharma. The 22-year-old Chouhan, a disciple of Mukesh Kumar, had five consecutive birdies from the 10th to the 14th on day two.
Chandigarh golfer Gurbaaz Mann, the overnight leader, is placed tied ninth along with Ashok Kumar and Raju Ali Mollah at three under 137.
Chennai’s Sandeep Syal totaled even par 140 after round two to be tied 20th.