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SPORT SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 4, 2004 19 CAPITAL SPORT Ferguson hoping United’s name is on the Cup INDIANS RACES Rajput shines: In the Shakuntala Devi me- ABROAD morial tournament, Deepak Rajput hit AFP Own Vision a scintillating 90 to guide Sonnet Cricket Club to a convincing 58 run win over IG Stadium. Kunte draws Rahul Diwan also chipped in a strokeful 66 for clear favourite the winners. again for TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sonnet CC: 271 for 5 in 30 overs Deepak Rajput 90, Rahul Di- wan 66) IG Stadium: 223 in 28.3 overs (Rajat Sharma 53, Na- man Sharma 5 for 33). New Delhi: Own Vision upward jump should claim the Calcutta Deadly Ajit: Khalsa College thrashed Gush Derby Stakes at the Kolkata Cricket Club by 7 in the Ajit Singh Hastings: Grandmaster Ab- races scheduled for Sunday. memorial cricket tournament at the Guru hijit Kunte was involved in Selections: King’s Academy Cup: 1,400m: Gobind Singh College ground. Sahil Chaud- yet another short draw with 12.00 noon: Amicable 1, Small Fry 2, Direct GM Stuart Conquest of Eng- Access 3. Azhar Cup: 1,100m: Reaching Out hury who bagged 3 for 27 was the chief archi- 1, Rebelwithcause 2, Shadow Dancing 3. tect of the victory. land in the sixth round of Bahrain Trophy: 1,600m: Compassionate 1, Gush CC: 196 for 7 in 35 overs (Gursharan Singh 75, the premier event of Hast- Actuary 2, Primaticcio 3. Arabian Rose Cup: ings International Chess 1,200m: Measure Up 1, Thanks To All 2, Kunal Seth 52, Sahil Chaudhury 3 for 27) Khalsa Col- Flinders 3. Zara Shah Cup: 1,400m: Alashaan lege: 197 for 3 in 31.3 overs (Paras Dogra 40). Congress here. 1, Calorific 2, Magic Feathers 3. Calcutta Der- With just three rounds re- by Stakes: 2,400m: Own Vision 1, Psychic maining in the category 13 Flame 2, Red Chief 3. Brave Dancer Cup: Student chess: The Botiwnnik Chess 1,200m: Advancer 1, Magical Strike 2, Arti- Academy will organise Ramnamurthy memori- tournament, top seed GM ness 3. Academy Cup: 1,400m: 4.05pm: al student chess tournament from January 5- Vladimir Epishin made his Akebono 1, Loveisblind 2, Destiny Dance 3. 12 at the Russian Cultural Centre. Entries strong presence felt with a Sure Future wins: Sure Fu- close with the secretary general at the venue. clinical victory over compa- ture (Ronan Thomas atop) NSCC win: Unbeaten knocks by Tariqur- triot International Master foiled the start-to-finish bid of Rehman and Randeep Singh scored 63 and Alexander Cherniaev and Cape Martin (Harish astride) 52 respectively to help NSCC Club beat Win- emerged as the sole leader at the winning post in the som Club by nine wickets in the DDCA Super A file picture of Manchester United players celebrating after a goal in the English Premiership. The defending champions are presently on 4.5 points. Kelachandra New Millenni- A Division League. leading in the elite league. Manager Alex Ferguson is keen to make an impact in the FA Cup too. GM Vasilios Kotronias of um Cup on Saturday. Winsom Club: 153 for 5 (Robin Bisth 43, Karan Singh 27, Cyprus follows the leader a Chetan Bisht 25, Tariqur-Rehman 2-28). NSCC: 154 for 1 Manchester: Alex Ferguson in- Sunday’s testing third round tie vying for the same thing. We all Ferguson said he is looking to half point behind while GM (Tariqur-Rehman 63 n.o., Randepp Singh 52 n.o.). sists his Manchester United at Aston Villa, he insists it is want to win it. Sometimes your sign more players in the trans- Jonathan Rowson of Scot- team will be taking the FA Cup still a high priority. name is on it and that is what fer window and backed the un- land is a close third on 3.5 seriously this season as they bid “It hasn’t changed for us. We we hope for this year.” der-fire transfer system. points. In joint fourth place to win the competition for the like to be involved in it but we United won at Villa Park at the “We are looking at some situ- are Kunte, defending cham- Bolton sign Ricketts first time since 1999. have had difficult draws in the same stage in 2002 when they ations but it is not easy. That pion GM Peter Heine London: Bolton Wanderers have signed Ja- United were embroiled in last five years, Middlesbrough came from two goals behind to has been well documented since Nielsen of Denmark and maican international goalkeeper Donovan controversy when they decided away, Villa twice,” Ferguson win 3-2. the Champions League start- erstwhile leader Mark Heb- Ricketts on loan, the premier league club’s not to defend the trophy in the told reporters on Friday. “I look upon the Villa game as ed,” he said. den of England with 3 website confirmed on Friday. 1999-2000 season after being told “We have some stinking a really tough match. You could- points each in their kitty The 6ft 5in Ricketts, who joins from Ja- to compete in the World Club draws. In the FA Cup you like a n’t get a harder away draw in the “Maybe it is frantic at other maican side Village United until the end of Championship in Brazil. home draw but we haven’t got it, FA Cup,” he said. clubs but certainly not here. and Keteryna Lahno of the season, goes straight into the squad for Since then they have suffered so it makes it more difficult for “Two years ago we were 2-0 “A lot of clubs complain Ukraine stands seventh on the club’s FA Cup third round tie against a series of early exits from the us to get over this one at Villa down with 13 minutes to go and about (the transfer window) but 2.5 amongst 10 contenders. Tranmere Rovers on Saturday. competition, fuelling a belief Park. then two great goals from Ruud I think you should give it a Kunte played his second “Donovan will have a chance and, at the that Ferguson no longer takes “Any trophy is special. Win- van Nistelrooy clinched it for chance. The important thing successive white in the event very least, will be on the bench,” Bolton man- the FA Cup seriously. ning trophies in England is not us. It has that special thing about it is that every club is the against Conquest but could not break the defences of the ager Sam Allardyce said. AFP But as he prepares his side for easy.There are a lot of big clubs about it.” same in Europe.” Reuters Englishman who is strug- RANJI ROUNDUP gling with his form here. Vijayan brace floors Churchill The game started with a tack as their other batsmen returned cheaply. Slav defence but Conquest, Margao: Veteran I M Vijayan struck tack looked more organised and inci- Baroda win by six wickets In reply, Kiran Pawar (44) and R Satish (43 not transposed it into a closed once in each half to give JCT a hard sive. Grunfeld with black pieces Rajkot: After a dismal show in the longer ver- out) ensured that Assam reached 153 without fought 2-1 victory over Churchill The millmen shot and had an easy game on sion of this season, Baroda regis- much trouble. PTI Brothers in the Coca Cola 8th National into the lead in the hand as Kunte allowed a the- tered a convincing six- victory over Maha- Football League at the Nehru Stadium 20th minute when a matic central breakthrough here on Saturday. move on the right rashtra in the West Zone Ranji Trophy One-day Bihar beat Tripura by 42 runs match here on Saturday. early in the middle game. Vijayan, who was in his elements, saw Nigerian Jamshedpur: MS Dhoni struck a sparkling 87 to At the time of peace showed his class scoring both in the Stephen Awarowei Put into bat on the Western Railway cricket help Bihar clinch a 42-run victory over Tripura ground, Maharashtra managed a meagre 207 for agreement on move 19, two 20th and 69th minute even as sending a long pass in the limited-over East Zone Ranji Trophy minor pieces and a couple of Churchill, who pressed hard in the to Vijayan, who con- the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 50 overs league match at Keenan Stadium on Saturday. as Baroda bowlers stuck to a decent line and pawns had been traded. closing stages, pulled one back through trolled, outwitted de- Electing to bat, Bihar got off to a good start af- Results (Round 6): Vladimir Epishin (4.5, Yusif Yakubu’s penalty conversion in fender Roque length. ter with openers Dhoni and Sandeep Vig (28) put- Rus) bt Alexander Cherniaev (2.5, Rus); the 85th minute after Baldip Singh Pereira and un- Baroda reached the target with 10 balls to ting on 88 runs to steer the team to 211 for nine in Jonathan Rowson (3.5, Sco) d/w Vasilios Vijayan handled the ball. corked an angular spare with Ajit Bhoite (48 ) and Rohit their allotted 50 overs. Kotronias (4, Cyp); Abhijit Kunte (3, Ind) d/w Chandorker (35 not out) sharing a 73-run stand Stuart Conquest (2, Eng); Peter Heine This was the third win for the Phag- drive to find the far Chasing a target of 212 run for a win, Tripura Nielsen (3, Den) d/w Daniel Gormally (2, wara team. JCT now have collected 11 post. for the fifth wicket after some early hiccups got early jolts losing two quick wickets for 16 Eng); Kateryna Lahno (2.5, Ukr) bt Mark which reduced the home team to 138 for four by Hebden (3, Eng). PTI points from seven matches while Vijayan nearly doubled the lead but runs in the third over. However, Subal Choud- the 33rd over. Churchill, remained on 11 points from his shot sailed inches over in the dying hury (29) and Chetan Sachdev (21) played cau- For Maharashtra, skipper Hrishikesh Kan- as many. minutes of the first half. tiously and made 52 runs for the third wicket. itkar chipped in with a useful 55 after his team Referee B Changing over, Yakubu failed to di- This was followed by a 45-run fifth wicket stand K Singh rect his shot on target and Rajesh paid the price for some sloppy running between the wickets as three batsmen were run out. between Timir Chanda (31) and Sandeep Dahad flashed yel- Meetei’s long ranger went over the bar. (29) before the Tripura innings folded up at 169 low cards at Nevertheless, Churchill dictated Brief scores: Maharashtra: 207 for nine in 50 overs (H Kanitkar 55, K Khadkikar 34, R Parab 2-27). Baroda: 211 for four in 48.2 overs (A off 48.1 overs. PTI Churchill terms. Bhoite 48, R Chandorkar 35, M Dalvi 1-33, D Mohan 1-14). PTI defender Os- JCT dominated for a brief period Saurashtra’s Kotak sparkles umanu Hus- midway into the second half and Vi- Assam register win over Orissa seini and jayan, playing the lone striker upfront Rajkot: Saurashtra defeated Gujarat by three Jamshedpur: Assam registered an emphatic six JCT’s Musa increased the lead in the 69th minute. wickets in the West Zone Ranji trophy One-day National wicket win over Orissa in the limited-over East Aliu. Jo Paul Ancheri, playing after a long match played at RMC cricket ground on Saturday. Zone Ranji Trophy match at Telco ground here Churchill break, curled one down the left only to Put into bat, Gujarat made 253 for five in their Football on Saturday. got the first see it being deflected off a rival de- allotted 50 overs with N Patel top scoring with 73 Opting to bowl after winning toss, Assam re- L opportunity fender. runs. Bhavik Thakar made a useful 50 in 66 balls. eague stricted Orissa to a paltry 149 all out in 43.2 over to score but However, the opportunistic Vijayan, For Saurashtra, Sitansu Kotak took two for 40. and then reached the target in 32.1 overs for the Nitin Pradhan fumbled to take a first standing near pounced in time to un- In reply, Saurashtra lost two wickets cheaply loss of four wickets. timer from inside the box after been leash a fierce left-footer which beat but captain Kotak (84) and K Vaghela (89) added Orissa started off disastrously losing six wick- fed by Ghanian Yakubu. Churchill custodian hands down. 137 runs for the third wicket to consolidate the in- ets for a meagure score of 87. JCT, who wanted to wipe off bitter Thereafter, Churchill went all out nings. Prakash Bhatt contributed an useful 39 to memories of their 1-4 loss to Haywards and Yakubu pulled one back from the RR Parida (35), RR Das (30) and P Pradhan (21 seal Gujarat’s fate in 48.2 overs. For Gujarat, L Sporting, were a cohesive lot. Their at- spot. PTI not out) put some resistance before the Assam at- Patel was the most successful bowler. PTI CROSS COUNTRY TOI chess championship on Saturday. Indian trio advances Results (Round 6): Boys: T Abhay (TN) 2.5 d/w Arun Prasad (TN) 4.5; Sriram Sarja (Kar) 4 bt Pratik Shriwas Chennai: Somdev Dev Varman of the (Mah); 1.5 Vishal V Shah (Mah) 2 lost to Nikhilesh Kumar National Tennis Academy stole the (AP) 4; P Karthikeyan (TN) 1.5 lost to G N Gopal (Ker) 4; limelight with his hard-fought win Rahul Sangma (Goodricke) 5 d/w P Prasad (AP) 2; N Kanna (TN) 0.5 lost to Vijay Keerthi (Kar) 4. Girls: J Rajasurya (TN) over Erlich Jonathan of Israel as two 1 lost to MA Gomes (WB) 5; AN Sowjanya (TN) 1 d/w Hari- other Indians also advanced into the ni (TN) 2; KM Mohanty (Orissa) 2.5 d/w P Sivasankari (TN) final qualifying round of the ATP 3.5; M Rajendran (Ker) 2.5 lost to S Swaminathan (Mah) 5; N Krithikha (TN) 1 lost to Rajadarshini (TN) 4.5; N Raghavi Tour Tata tennis open championship (TN) 4 bt VK Sindhu (TN) 3. in contrasting styles here on saturday. Varman won 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 after a 218- minute duel. Roy, Sanaa win AITA title Vishal Punna and Mustafa Ghouse New Delhi: Rupesh Roy and Sanaa eliminated compatriots Ajay Ra- Bhambri lived up to their top billing to maswamy and Parantap Chaturvedi 6- win the boys and girls under-18 title at 4, 4-6, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-4 respectively. the AITA Juniors Masters Tennis Among the Indian losers, Jaco T Tournament here on Saturday. Mathew fought gallantly before losing Vivek Shokeen, who lost the first set to Juan Ignacio Cerda (Chile) 4-6, 6-1, 3- 2-6, conceded the tie to Roy after a in- 6. jury while Sanaa thrashed GK Shweta Danai Udomchoke, who is rated as a 6-2, 6-1 for the title. promising Thai junior, scored a busi- Paradorn Srichaphan balances a ball on In the boys U-14 final, Agnel Glad- nesslike 6-0 6-0 win over Vijay Sundar his racquet during practice in win V Vignesh packing home by beat- Prasanth of India. Chennai on Saturday. ing him 6-1, 6-3. Meanwhile, Shweta en- Other results (All Indians unless otherwise specified): 1 draw while CRPF twice came from sured that she took at least one title Noam Okun (Isr) bt V Kannan 6-2, 6-0; Michael Kohlmann behind to finish level on 2-2 against when she got the better of Shivika (Ger) bt Karsten Braasch (Ger) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4; Julian Burman 6-4, 6-3 in the under-14 girls fi- Knowle (Aut) bt A Selvaraj 6-2, 6-2; Zbynek Mlynarik (Aut) the IHF Juniors team at the Shivaji bt Jeevan Nendunchieyan 6-3, 6-2; Zeljko Krajan (Cro) 6- Stadium here in the Capital. nal. 2, 6-4; Andy Ram (Isr) bt Daniel Koellerer (Aut) 6-1, 6-2; Petr Luxa (Cze) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (Ita) 6-4, 6-1; The oilmen topped Pool B with five U-19 colts win by 116 runs Jan Vacek (Cze) bt S Kumar 6-4, 6-4; Jacob Adaktusson points from three matches while CRPF (Swe) bt Paul Logtens (Ned) 7-6 (2), 6-2; Jeff Salzenstein Lucknow: A 145-run second wicket (USA) bt Vadim Kutsenko (Uzb) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Vasilis finished with four points from the same number of outings. partnership between opener Rahul Mazarakis (Gre) bt Kamala Kannan 6-4, 6-3. Parmar (67) and Vipin Kumar (55) helped India register a 116-run victory Indian Oil, CRPF in semis Sangma maintains lead against Kenya in a league match of New Delhi: Indian Oil and Central Kozhikode: Rahul Sangma the U-19 Commonwealth cricket cham- Reserve Police Force salvaged draws (Goodricke) continued to be in the lead pionship at the KD Singh Babu stadi- from their respective league matches with five points among the boys. Mary um on Saturday. to book a semifinal berth in the Shiva- Ann Gomes (WB) and Soumya Swami- The Kenyans never appeared confi- ji Hockey Tournament for the Dhyan- nathan (Mah) emerged joint leaders dent enough to reach the 243 run tar- chand Cup on Saturday. with five points each after six rounds get set by the India and were bowled Indian Oil held Namdhari XI to a 1- in the national sub-junior super league out for 126 runs in 39.2 overs. Agencies Hungary secures berth in Hopman Cup draw Perth: Hungary snared the final berth in the main draw of the one million dollar Hopman Cup mixed teams tennis tournament after edging past Canada in a play-off tie here on Saturday. With the tie level at one a piece af- ter Petra Mandula for Hungary and Frank Dancevic for Canada won their respective singles matches, the result hinged on the out- come of the mixed doubles. After each team won a set apiece, the Hun- garian pairing of Mandula and Attila Savolt then took control in the special 10-point match tiebreak to take out the tie 3-6, 6-1 (10/3) and set up a clash with second-seeds Australia on Sunday. AFP

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