MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Hooda fifty steers Royals to Sania seals historic World no. 1 rank with Charleston title 3- win over DD CHARLESTON (USA), Apr 12: since joining forces in March. They won trophy in Indian Wells, NEW DELHI, Apr 12: for the visitors but Mathews back in the dug out with a goo- Sania Mirza today created his- which was their first tournament could not change Delhi’s for- gly. tory by becoming the first female together and followed up that with Young Deepak Hooda struck tunes in the last over. New man Karun Nair (20) tennis player from India to win in Miami. a belligerent half-century to lead achieve the world number one Sania and Hingis have lost to a thrilling Today’s Fixture rank in doubles, following her stu- only three sets in 14 matches, three-wicket win over Delhi Royal Challengers Vs at 8:00 PM pendous title win at the WTA spread over three tournaments. Daredevils as the hosts suffered Family Circle Cup with partner They have already become the their 11th straight defeat in the Mathews though did draw tried to take the attack to the Martina Hingis, here. world number one team in the IPL, here today first blood at the start, sending opposition with a few bound- The top-seeded Indo-Swiss Race to Singapore, the season- Chasing 185 for a win, Sanju Samson (10) back to put a aries but Mishra was relentless pair blew away finale, where top-8 team compete Royals rode on Hooda’s 25-ball brake on the Royals' run flow as as he again struck in his second the challenge of at the end of year. 54 to achieve the target on the over. Casey Sania and Hingis strolled past last ball of the innings. Kings XI beat The googly did it again as Dellacqua and their rivals as they bageled them Put into bat, Delhi rode on a Nair, who had already hit two Players posing for a group photograph along with DIG Jammu, Shakeel Beig and other digni- MI by 18 runs Darija Jurak 6-0 in just 22 minute to take the open- 45-run opening start by Mayank fours, tried to charge off a taries at MA Stadium in Jammu. 6-4 in just 57 ing set. They lost serve in the first Agarwal (37) and Shreyas Iyer MUMBAI, Apr 12: widish only to get minutes in the game of the second set but broke (40) to post a challenging 184 . JKP committed to provide platform to sportspersons: DIG lop-sided final back immediately. for three in 20 overs. Kings XI Punjab beat The spin force continued as of the USD If the unseeded Australian- But even on a day that by 18 runs in South African leggie Tahir 731,000 clay court event. Croatian pair had any chance to belonged to the 19-year-old their IPL match here trapped Stuart Binny in the 11th 75 players selected for PPCPL Sania took 470 points from the make a comeback, it was by cash- Hooda, Delhi spinner and Imran today. over of the innings. win to take her tally to 7965 as she ing in on chances and they did not Tahir made his presence felt Brief Scores: Hooda, who hit 3 fours and 4 jumped past Italy's Sara Errani help their cause by squandering with a four-wicket haul. Kings XI Punjab: 177 for 5 sixes, then joined Rahane to (7640) and Roberta Vinci (7640) two break opportunities in the Delhi leg-spinners Tahir (4- in 20 overs (George Bailey 61 take the attack to the opposition auction from Jammu, Kathua to sit atop the ranking table. fifth game of the second set as the 28) and Amith Mishra (2-32) ; 2/20, after hitting Mathews for a six Excelsior Sports Correspondent Gupta, Suryansh Raina, Ateev The selected players from The official ranking chart will winners opened up a huge 4-1 shared six between Lasith Malinga 2/34). and two fours to help DD get 19 Saini, Avesh Sharma, Jasvinder Kathua include Rompy Sharma, be issued tomorrow. lead. them to put all the roadblocks Mumbai Indians: 159 for 7 runs from the 13th over. JAMMU, Apr 12: Shakeel Singh, Mohit Gupta, Satish Mayank Goutam, Arvind Kumar, Before Sania, only Leander Casey and Darija though kept they could but No.8 and No.9 in 20 overs (Harbhajan Singh But in the very next over, Beig DIG Jammu and the General Kumar, Bansi Lal, Ishan Gupta, Gulzar Singh Jamwal, Radhey Paes and Mahesh Bhuapthi had fighting and gradually reduced the batsmen Chris Morris (13 not 64; Mitchell Johnson 2/23). PTI Yuvraj Singh fluffed a run-out Secretary of cricketing extrava- Abhishant Bakshi, Rahul Musa, Sham and Rohit Sharma. achieved the top rank when they margin. out) and Tim Southee (7 not out) Ajinkya Rahane (47) kept his chance by spilling a good return ganza Police Public Cricket Rahul Sharma, Manjeet Singh, The selection Committee for dominated men's doubles circuit Serving for the match, Sania held their nerves to manage 12 cool from one end. throw by Mathews at the non- Premier League (PPCPL) has Pranav Mahajan, Prince Gupta, both venues included Surinder in the last 90s. and Hingis were broken, perhaps required runs from the last over. Mishra was introduced into strikers end as Hooda ran to informed that 75 players have Habib, Rajay Singh, Sagar Gupta, Singh Bagal, Vivek Sharma, Sania is also first female play- the enormity of the achievement Hooda's and James the attack and the leg-spinner save his life. (PTI) been selected from Jammu and Raghu Sharma, Ajit Singh, Nikhil Shahid Parvez, Ashwani Gupta, er from the country to win Grand made the Indian nervous. They Faulkner’s (17) wicket in the struck right away to get stand- Kathua for PPCPL auction during Kotwal, Nirbay Badyal, Rajesh Gill, RK Bhat and Rajesh Slam tournaments. kept their nerves and broke their 19th over by Tahir spelt trouble in-skipper Steven Smith (11) Prinkle qualifies the selection trials conducted at Gagandeep Singh, Aman Sharma, Dhar. for main draw of It is Sania's third successive opponents for one final time in the Jammu and Kathua, under the Rajiv Jamwal, Abdul Majid, Rajesh Gill former Ranji play- JKCA extends Udhampur title win with Hingis and they 10th game to close the match in supervision of former Ranji tro- Dilbag Singh, Pankaj Sasun, er and organizing Secretary of the Asian Jr C’ship have not lost as a single match their favour. (PTI) phy players and senior Police Akash Bhalwal, Akash tournament informed that the Excelsior Correspondent Officers. Choudhary, Kuldeep Kumar, selection of the players has been Talent Hunt Camp The DIG while interacting Sourav Chopra, Varun Bagal, completed and no more inclusion Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Apr 12: Prinkle with the participating cricketers at Arjun Choudhary, Ambroose, in the list will be entertained and Singh, tennis player of Jammu M A Stadium Jammu said that the Sahil Gill, Raman Kumar, the selected players will be placed JAMMU, Apr 12: Due to sudden illness of former Test crick- and Kashmir today qualified for J&K Police is committed to pro- Parveen Kumar, Manik Gupta, for auction. eter and J&K coach, Sunil Joshi, the ongoing Talent the main draw of the ongoing vide platform in different sports Sunny Gill, Sidhant Singh Bagal, He further said that the tenta- Hunt Camp for budding cricketers from April 11, 2015 at Asian Closed Junior disciplines to the youths of the Inderjeet Singh, Somay Jain, tive date of the inaugural match Udhampur has been extended by another three days. Championship 2015, Grade B-1 State to exhibit their talent. Vivek Thapa, Mohit Puri, Vikram will April 16, 2015 and the date of According to JKCA sources, Mr Joshi is expected to be fit by at Delhi Lawn Tennis He further said that the event Singh, Gulzar Ahmad, Atul auction will be announced shortly April 15, 2015 and will be joining the Camp to bestow tips to Association, RK Khanna Tennis will be an annual feature of Sharma, Anshuman Sharma, by the DGP, chairman of the cricketers of Udhampur and adjoining areas. Stadium DLTA Tennis Complex, Jammu and Kashmir Police from Zahid Mugal, Khalid Akther, organizing committee during the Africa Avenue, New Delhi. now onwards. Sidhant Sanmotra, Sourav Press Conference and the auction Thirty two players from the He added that the objective of Jamwal, Tanmay Slathia, Amit process shall be conducted in countries like India, China, conducting trials at different Sharma, Sunil Sehgal, Sohan Lal, presence of all selected cricketers Japan, Thailand Tapai Chinese, Players busy in making moves during a match of Selection places was to involve the unno- Dalbir Singh, Lokesh Verma, at Police Auditorium so all select- Philippines, Hong-Kong and Chess Tournament of Jammu division on Sunday. ticed talent of the far-flung areas Lakshya Khajuria, Subrat ed cricketers and participating Kazakistan participated in the and provide them a mega plat- Sharma, Ragav Sharma, Thakur cricketers have been advised to championship. Soham, Arushi emerge winners in chess form to showcase their skill. Hitesh Singh, Aditya Chib, Aryan remain present at the venue dur- In first qualifying round, Over 350 cricketers including Dogra. ing auction. Prinkle Singh (Ind) defeated Excelsior Sports Correspondent played under FIDE Laws of current and former national play- Ridhi Ramesh Sharma (Ind) by chess under Swiss System. ers, College, University and local Jitu wins bronze at ISSF score 6-1, 6-1, in second round JAMMU, Apr 12: Soham Top three positions in Under- cricketers have participated in the today Prinkle Singh (Ind) defeat- Kamotra and Arushi Kotwal won 11 boys went to Soham Kamotra, trials and the list of the selected ed Shivani Manjana the first place in Under-11 boys Soham Gupta and Vansh players from Jammu included World Cup in Korea and girls respectively in the Mahajan, while the top three Rohit Bhat, Pardeep Bali, Raman (Ind) 3rd seed by (6-4 6-7 6- CHANGWON (KOREA), Apr 12: Jitu's compatriots in the ongoing Selection Chess tourna- positions in Under-11 girls were Thaploo, Nipun Verma, Surya Jagdish Purohit, Editor, India Press & Cinema. Bharat being 1) in a three setter match in final 10m air pistol, Prakash ments of Jammu division, here. bagged by Arushi Kotwal, Mahotra, Jagandeep Singh, Rohit presented best bharat website award by Dr Govind, CEO, qualifying round which was also Celebrated Indian shooter Nanjappa and Gurpreet Singh Anil Kotwal FIDE Arbiter Nirbhika Khajuria and Manmeet Pandita, Deepak Dogra, Amritpal National Internet Exchange of India and Samiran Gupta in held today. Jitu Rai shot his way to a finished 18th and 48th, respec- was the chief Arbiter for today's Kour. Singh, Vartul Bakshi, Hrithik presence of Samiran Gupta, Head of India, I CANN along with Prinkle Singh (Ind) defeated bronze medal in the men's 10- tively in the qualification events. Sanjeev Goyal of Mitsu.IN registar. The award was presented at Daas Shrishti, 6th seed of the metre air pistol event at the round. All the matches are being the event of World Domain Day 2015 at Delhi. tournament (Ind) by (6-3, 6-3). 87th Jhajjar Kotli Kesari ongoing ISSF Shooting World Chain Singh did well to Cup here today. qualify for the eight-man final An Asian and in the 50m rifle prone event Vishal Dangal on Apr 16 Commonwealth Games gold- ahead of established stars like Excelsior Sports Correspondent Shashi Paul Singh, Vijay Kumar medallist, Jitu aggregated a Gagan Narang and finished Dubey, Nuberdar Rinku, Sonu total of 181.1 points to finish sixth in the finals. KATRA, Apr 12: 87th Dubey, Yesh Paul Khajuria, third on the podium, missing Chain had shot 623.4 to Jhajjar Kotli Kesari Vishal RajinderSingh (Babbi) Tara out on the gold medal shoot-out qualify for the finals in seventh Dangal will be organized on Mani, Rinku Baru, Sanjay by 0.4 points. position. In the women's 50m April 16, at Jhajjar Kotli, here. Kumar Dubey, Om Prakash Jin Jongoh of Korea won the rifle 3 position, Elizabeth Susan The said Dangal is organized Dubey, Sanjay Singh, Garib yellow metal with a score of Koshy shot 580 in her elimina- by Jhajjar Kotli Dangal Dass, Vijay Kumar, Tilak Raj 206.0, beating Naung Ye Tun of tion round to finish fourth, while Committee, under the aegis of A.S.I, Yashwant Singh, Tara Myanmar (201.0) in the gold Lajja Gauswami and Anjali J&K Indian Style Wrestling Chand Dubi and Mohd Shafi medal shoot-out. Bhagwat in their respective Association, under the overall (Retd Headmaster). This is Jitu's seventh medal elimination rounds finished fifth supervision of Shiv Kumar Shiv Kumar Sharma, who is in international events, follow- and eighth, respectively with Sharma and Ravi Kumar Baru, also treasurer of Indian Style ing a run that started last June. scores of 568 and 567. (PTI) president Jhajjar Kotli Dangal Wrestling Association of India Committee. said a notable feature of this The decision in this regard Dangal is that it is being con- was taken in a meeting held at ducted regularly at Jhajjar Kotli Katra, under the chairmanship for the last 87 years every year of Ravi Kumar Baru. on the birth anniversary of Dr The members who attended Karan Singh, MP. the meeting were Shiv Kumar Mr Sharma said it was also Sharma, president for Indian decided in the meeting to hon- Style Wrestling Association our the best wrestler of the Swarn Singh Chark, Durga Dangal with "87th Jhajjar Kotli Dass, Thappa, Sultan Mohd, Kesari 2015" title along with Sarpanch Madan Mohan Dubey, Patta and handsome cash prize. Kaka Ram, Bishan Dass, Satish All the wrestlers desirous to Kumar, Neelam Kumar Baru, take part in the Championship Bashir Mohd. Malik, Khan Mir, have been asked to contact Shiv Ajit Singh, Magger Singh, Kumar Sharma (94191-61880) Students appearing in slogan writing competition orgainzed Tarsem Singh, Yesh Paul, for their entries in the Vishal by Army at Channi in Bhaderwah. Hussain Mohd, Kala Baru, Dangal. Army organizes slogan writing competition Education plays transformative Excelsior Correspondent A total of 25 students along with two teachers participated in role in society: Priya BHADERWAH, Apr 12: On the competition. The response the occasion of Ambedkar was overwhelming and the event * Women must play proactive role in nation building Jayanti, Rashtriya Rifles located witnessed active participation by Excelsior Correspondent dents which were highly appreci- at Bhaderwah under the aegis of the students. ated by the audience. Counter Insurgency Force Ex Nk Jodh Ram, village JAMMU, Apr 12: Describing The Minister distributed (Delta) today organized a ‘slogan Channi, was the chief guest who education as a bridge between dif- prizes among the students who writing competition’ at Channi. gave the prizes to the winners. ferent dimensions of sustainable excelled in academics. development, Minister of State for Later, the Minister addressed a Education, Priya Sethi today said couple of public meetings held at that education plays transforma- Jain Sabha and Brahman Sabha. tive role in ensuring equitable Speaking on the occasion, development, increase in social Priya highlighted the initiatives inclusion and improving gover- taken by the Government for nance at grassroots. women emancipation, and said The Minister was speaking at that these initiatives will go a long the Annual Day function organ- way in helping the beneficiaries to ized in ACM Public School, supplement their livelihood. Janipur today. The Minister was also felici- Underlining the contribution tated during a function organised of youth in eradicating menace of at Dewan Mandir here. Sr BJP corruption from the society, the leader Yudhvir Sethi was also Workshop being conducted at Crescent Public School in Jammu. Minister said that youth are instru- present on the occasion. mental sources of change and play Sachin Verma, S/o Makhan Workshop at Crescent Public School concludes a vital role in bringing about posi- Lal Verma and Excelsior Correspondent Necessary concepts related to tive change in the society. She Sudesh Kumari, teaching linked topics were stressed upon the youth to come R/o Billawar, JAMMU, Apr 12: To nurture focused and stress was laid on forward to accomplish their Kathua, who has and develop the skills based on integration of various subjects to responsibility towards the society. qualified attitude to solve the problems in make teaching-learning more Describing education as a National teaching learning process, the effective. fundamental building block for a Eligibility Test (NET) in experts from Cambridge The experts stressed on activ- free, fair and progressive society, Physics by securing 48th Rank International School, Jallandhar, ity based classroom teaching in she laid emphasis on quality at All India Level, the result of Phagwara conducted a 2-days Pre-Primary classes. learning and skill development. which was declared by Council workshop, which concluded at The programme concluded A colourful cultural pro- of Scientific and Industrial Crescent Public School, here with the vote of thanks presented gramme was presented by the stu- Research (CSIR), recently. today. by the Principal Bhavna Kaushal.