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The Times of India, New Delhi, Thursday,May 8, 2003

Saying it with tattoos Nick is Priceless now Dream Team in making From Hindi to Latin, David Beckham’s Former world No 1, Nick Price of Be ready for another basketball Dream Team. affair with tattoos continues. Becks, who Zimbabwe, has been elected to The NBA has pledged its support for the had wife Victoria’s name in Hindi inscript- golf’s Hall of Fame. Price, winner of 2004 Olympic Games. That means, top stars ed on his left arm, has added a new three Majors, will be inducted as like Kobe Bryant (R), Allen Iverson, Tracy tattoo on each his forearms, pledging, in 99th member of the club at MacGrady, Jason Kidd and Tim Duncan can Latin, his love for Man United and Victoria St Augustine, Florida be part of the US basketball team Second Test between Lanka and New Zealand ends in a draw

We don’t want to see any country picking and choosing tournaments. Bengal team joins —Former Pak coach Ranji final on an edge Javed Miandad Santosh Bane player association SPORTS DIGEST brey, who has marshalled his re- sources superbly, said :‘‘A few ear- By Dinesh Chopra The Indian cricket Reuters Mumbai need IMES EWS ETWORK ly wickets early tomorrow and we T N N board insists that it won’t will be able to wrap it up. Bowling recognise any such body New Delhi: The recently unless all first-class crick- seven wickets, has been our strength, remember.’’ floated Indian Cricket Coach Chandu Pandit backed him eters are included in its Players’ Association up being happy that his gameplan purview. (ICPA) is spreading roots had worked. ICPA officials claim that TN 275 runs with first-class cricketers Tamil Nadu’s only chance was the players, though skepti- slowly becoming its mem- By Pradeep Vijayakar when Powar walked in at 291 for cal, are willing to become a bers. According to a well- TIMES NEWS NETWORK seven with Bahutule and Agarkar part of the association. gone. They needed to keep down placed source, its major “We have a number of pro- Mumbai: Two days-all, one to go. Mumbai to 300. breakthrough came when grammes lined up for Which way,Tamil Nadu’s or Mum- Their matchwinner Balaji with it signed the entire Bengal them. The insurance bai’s will the final day go? Mum- 47 wickets this season (joint top Ranji Trophy side. scheme is just a beginning. bai’s fans will, hopefully, come to with Sunil Joshi) bowled at Mum- “We’ll be announcing We have signed up with the Wankhede stadium on Thurs- bai’s matchwinner. He slipped in a this development and the the National Insurance day to seek the answers to the rid- yorker first ball, Powar kept it out insurance scheme for the company who’ll insure the dle called the Ranji trophy final. of the stumps and Mumbai were player-members in Indian team members for The visitors dominated the first on their way. Kolkata on Thursday. Our free whereas the ICPA will two days. Mumbai dominated the The only sad part was that concern lies with the first- bear the cost of insurance third and the fourth, on Wednes- Powar blotted his book by running class player as the mem- for first-class cricketers day when raising 387 for seven in Michael Vaughan, after being on the pitch while batting. bers of the national team who become members of announced as the new England their second innings. Skipper Now only Hemang Badani have enough people to look the association,” the offi- captain for One-days, poses Paras Mhambrey declared leaving stands in the way. Unless Tamil after them. We have the cial said. before the pictures of former a target of 377 in a possible 132 Nadu find newer heroes at the support of 40 top crick- The insurance cover is captains at Lords on Tuesday. overs at 2.85 an over. Tamil Nadu tailend of the season. eters and are signing first- upto Rs 3.5 lakhs per year used up 42 of those scoring 102 for class players all over the which also includes all the Vaughan out cheap: A day after three. On the final day of the first- SCOREBOARD country,” he said, on condi- dependant memebers of being named England’s One-day class season, they need another tion of anonimity. the player’s family. captain, Michael Vaughan managed 275 in 90. Only once before has any Mumbai (1st innings): 260 only 10 runs against cricket minnow other team scored over 300 to win Tamil Nadu (1st innings): 271 Cambridgeshire on Wednesday as Mumbai (2nd innings, overnight 228/5) — Hyderabad who reached 310 A Mazumdar c Raaju b Suresh 7 his Yorkshire team began the de- with their last pair at the crease B Thakkar retired hurt 66 fense of the Cheltenham & Glouces- against Nawanagar at Mumbai in S Bahutule run out 27 Resume ties: Javed ter Trophy. Rated the world’s top A Agarkar c Balaji b Sriram 4 1937-38. R Powar not out 53 batsman in Tests, Vaughan was Not left any longer in the fray Colombo: Pakistan cricket overs tri-series against Sri caught and bowled by seam bowler P Mhambrey not out 0 are the TN skipper Suresh and his Extras: (b-5, lb-11, nb-6, w-2) 24 coach and famed former Test Lanka and New Zealand. Ajaz Akhtar with Yorkshire on 17 two knights — Sadagopan Ramesh Total: (For 7 wkts, declared, in 105 overs) skipper Javed Miandad says Governments ‘‘should un- against a team from outside the 18 387 that with New Delhi and Is- derstand one thing: they county championship clubs. It was and Sriram, one a Test star, the Fall of wickets: 5-239, 6-287, 7-298 other their season’s highest scorer Bowling: L Balaji 27-3-69-1, M R Srinivas 21- lamabad trying to improve shouldn’t bring politics into an embarrassing start for Vaughan 5-73-3, J Gokulakrishnan 17-3-55-0, S Suresh who has replaced Nasser Hussain as with 636 runs. Both were out be- political relations, time has cricket or any other sport,’’ 14-5-48-1, S Sriram 13-0-60-1, D Dandapani come for India and Pakistan Miandad said. Miandad said the new England captain. AFP fore the close. That should given 10-1-55-0, H Badani 2-0-11-0 an idea which way the dice will Tamil Nadu (2nd innings): to resume cricket contests. he didn’t understand why In- INRC comes north: The MAI run S Suresh b Mhambrey 44 ‘‘Every thing is getting bet- dia played Pakistan in the roll. S Ramesh c Jaffer b Agarkar 6 Indian National Rally Championship Visiting skipper Suresh kept an ter... the governments (of) In- World Cup concluded in is all set to make its debut in north S Sriram lbw b Bahutule 5 optimist front. ‘‘We need to last the S Badrinath batting 12 dia and Pakistan are coming South Africa in March, while India. The 2003 calendar of the INRC first session tomorrow and the H Badani batting 23 to the table and trying to ne- refusing to play in the Asia will have a total of nine rounds in- Extras: (b-4, lb-2, nb-6) 12 gotiate. I’m sure India and Cup scheduled in Pakistan cluding the MRF India Rally 2003, pressure will be turned on Mum- Total: (For 3 wkts, in 42 overs) 102 the final round of the FIA Asia Pacific bai. We have the batting depth for Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-62, 3-62 Pakistan will start playing,’’ this month. ‘‘We don’t want the task.’’ Coach Arun echoed his Bowling: Agarkar 7-1-27-1, Salvi 9-2-17-0, Miandad said on Wednesday to see any country picking Rally Championship. The north India Bahutule 14-3-26-1, Mhambrey 6-3-8-1, leg will be held at Chandigarh from thoughts. Tamil Nadu captain S. Suresh is cleaned up by the rival skipper Paras Powar 5-0-18-0. in Colombo, where Pakistan and choosing tournaments.’’ September 19-21 and would be or- Mumbai skipper Paras Mham- Mhambrey on the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy final in Mumbai. is preparing for a limited- said Miandad. AP ganised by the club Motorsport One. The Himalayan Rally Association will be organising the India Rally 2003. The final venue is yet to be selected. IOA sends doping reports to WADA INRC 2003 calendar: 23-25 May at Chikmaglur; Murali sets another 6-8 June at Nashik; 22-24 August at Kochi; 19-21 By Indraneel Das IOA secretary-general Randhir found guilty by the medical commission September at Chandigarh; 14-16 November at TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bangalore; 5-7 December MRF India Rally (venue Singh, who is also a member of WADA, as per their respective international undecided); 12-14 December at Goa; 26-28 De- confirmed the development. “The let- federation rules. The IOA has already New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Asso- cember at Coimbatore. TNN record in drawn Test ters were signed today and we promptly withdrawn the medals of the athletes. ciation has tightened the noose around sent them to the WADA,” Singh said. Meanwhile, IOA president Suresh Kandy: Muttiah Muralitharan took his DELAYED START: The game always the 21 defaulters of the Hyderabad Na- Indians for karting meet: A 14- 450th Test wicket and a five-wicket haul looked set for a draw after a waterlogged Copies of the reports have also been Kalmadi said that even the coaches member boys team would represent tional Games by taking the matter to its for a record 37th time on Wednesday,but outfield delayed the start, but it burst sent to the six federations concerned. would not be spared if they are found Team India Racing in the Malaysian international masters. It is learnt that the minutes of the guilty.At a felicitation ceremony for the Dunlop Endurance Kart Series 2003 could not prevent the final Test between into life when Sri Lanka took six wick- It has been reliably learnt that the ets for 52 runs in the final morning. Ki- medical commission proceedings when Commonwealth championship on May 11. Introducing the drivers, Sri Lanka and New Zealand petering IOA dispatched on Wednesday a de- out into a draw. wis had started the day 99 runs ahead it met in the Capital on April 23 and 30 weightlifters, Kalmadi explained: “We Akbar Ebrahim, a former F-3 driver tailed report on the doping scandal to have also been sent to WADA. have taken action against the athletes, Muralitharan led a Sri Lankan fight- hoping to extend their lead. Reuters and a well-known coach, said five of the World Anti-Doping Agency. It in- Meanwhile, the IOA also confirmed now we’ll turn our attention towards back with the ball, bowling out New them — Satish Anand (Bangalore), cludes the reports submitted by the IOA that it has already sent letters to the fed- the coaches.” The president said that no Abbas Ghadially and Sahil Shelar Zealand for 183 after lunch on the final SCOREBOARD medical commission and the technical erations asking them to formally take one would be left unpunished if found (both Mumbai), Sanket Shanbhag day.But the 191 runs they needed to win director of the Games. action against the 21 athletes who were guilty.“No one will be spared,’’ he said. (Maharashtra) and Raymand Baner- off 38 overs proved too high a target. New Zealand (1st innings): 305 jee (Pune) would drive for free. AFP Sri Lanka (1st innings): 298 Hard-hitting opener Sanath Jaya- New Zealand (2 inng, overnight 92/1): World Athletics Day: The World suriya sacrificed his wicket in the pur- M Richardson c Kalu b Nissanka 55 Jayawardena Athletics Day meet will be held at suit of victory but the two captains M Horne c Tillakaratne b Murali 27 called off the game seven overs early S Fleming c Kalu b Dharmasena 33 National Institute of Sport, Patiala on M Sinclair st Kalu b Murali 0 is vice captain May 21 and 22. Junior athletes, born with Sri Lanka on 72 for one. S Styris c Murali b Vaas 1 between January 1, 1985 and De- Both Tests in the series were drawn. J Oram lbw Murali 16 R Hart c Kalu b Vaas 12 Colombo: Right-handed cember 1988, are eligible to partici- Kumar Sangakkara, who opened the D Vettori b Murali 0 batsman Mahela Jayawarde- pate. Entries close with J.S. Saini. innings in place of Marvan Atapattu, P Wiseman c Tillakaratne b Vaas 29 na has been named Sri Lan- Events: Boys: 100m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 110m was unbeaten on 27 batting with Mahela D Tuffey c Jayasuriya b Murali 1 hurdles, long jump, high jump, triple jump, shot S Bond not out 1 ka’s vice captain for the tri- put, discus and 10km walk. Girls: 100m, 400m, Jayawardene on 32. Extras: (b-1, lb-6, nb-1) 8 nation tourney starting Sat- 800m, 1500m, 100m hurdles, long jump, triple Muralitharan set his record and Total: (All out, in 97.3 overs) 183 urday, a cricket official said. jump, discus, javelin and 5km walk. TNN reached 450 Test wickets when Daryl Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-109, 3-110, 4-115, 5-136, 6- 139, 7-139, 8-179, 9-182. The 15-member squad has BETTING METER Tuffey top edged a sweep and was Bowling: Vaas 15.3-6-31-3, Nissanka 10-4-18-1, been named for the tourna- caught at deep square. Dharmasena 12-2-32-1, Lokuarachchi 14-3-26-0, ment also featuring Pakistan TENNIS The off-spinner,who wants to take 600 Muralitharan 39-18-49-5 (nb-1), Jayasuriya 7-0-20-0. Sri Lanka (2nd innings): and New Zealand. French Open, Test wickets before he retires, overtook K Sangakkara not out 27 The squad: Marvan Atapattu (captain), Ma- Men’s singles former New Zealand all-rounder S Jayasuriya c Richardson b Bond 9 hela Jayawardena (vice captain), Sanath J Ferrero 3/1 Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Kumar Richard Hadlee for the record. The 30- M Jayawardene not out 32 A Agassi 6/1 Extras: (lb-4) 4 Sangakkara, Kumar Dharmasena, Upul C Moya 6/1 year-old, cheered on by a boisterous Total: (For 1 wicket, in 30 overs) 72 Chandana, Russel Arnold, Kaushal G Kuerten 8/1 hometown crowd, finished with five for Fall of wicket: 1-14. Lokuarachchi, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Mu- L Hewitt 10/1 ralitharan, Prabath Nissanka, Tillakaratne 49 from 39 overs and a match bag of nine Bowling: Tuffey 9-3-18-0, Bond 6-1-19-1, Wiseman as per ladbrokes.com 9-4-20-0, Vettori 6-1-11-0. Dilshan, Kaushalya Weeraratne, Dharshana for 139. Gamage and Michael Vandort (stand by). AP From a little girl in a little town... By PT Usha India has produced a fair number of champions over the as we had to do everything on our years. Rather, a fair number of champions have been pro- own. There was nobody to help us, or grew up in Payy- take care of us. In 1979, when it was oli, a small village duced in India. Yes, we have winners and conquerors but time to leave the school, I was ready I in the backwaters almost everybody has surfaced despite the system and not for the world. I wonder how many of Kerala. My earliest because of it. This is the story of a little girl from a little children in our country are so lucky. memories go back to I went through some really rough the days when I and village who... times in the latter stages of my ca- my sisters used to paper would change my life forever.It medals at the district level, at the reer but then that is another story. race down to the man- was an open invitation to young girls state level, at the national level and As told to Pradeep Kumar go trees in front of like me ‘‘with an aptitude for sports’’. also at the international level. I can- P.T. Usha had been christened the our little home. I invariably won. It was inserted by the Kerala govern- not forget two things: the first medal Asian sprint queen in the eighties. She I also remember that I used to be ment for its newly that I won (a gold in an ‘ill child’, invariably struck with created sports divi- 100m at the state almost single-handedly ushered in a one illness or another. Despite that, I sion school in Kan- INDIAN SPORT meet in Kottayam) revolution in the country that saw was very active and was always eager nur, a nearby dis- and the Olympic women athletes surge to the forefront. to do things. That, of course, also in- trict. SLEEPING bronze that slipped Wherever she went, she conquered cluded a lot of mischief. One of my uncles out of my hands in everything with her giant strides and My mother, in fact, used to spend (mother’s brother) GIANT 1984. won over everybody with her simplici- half her time trying to chase me, played a key role in I must tell you an- ty and humility. wanting to reprimand me for one this huge step. He other little story. There are thousands of such cham- prank or another. But even she could literally pushed my father into ad- While we trained, I often saw a short- pions hidden in the country. They are never catch me. mitting me into this school. My only ish man almost always dressed in a just not as lucky as Usha; they just As you can see, I grew up in a ordi- previous ‘experience’ in athletics un- coat or a suit. Whenever I looked at don’t get the right opportunity or the nary,regular family.I didn’t have any til then was the races conducted in him a little smile came on my lips. It right break that can catapult them sporting background or any extraor- my Payyoli school. was an amusing sight really; after all, into the forefront. Whose fault is it? dinary facilities either. Probably I During my stay at the school, I ran hardly anybody wore such things Can anybody spot these winners had a fair bit of natural talent and lot in many competitive races. They those days. among us? of determination. I was probably a were all part of the training sched- His name is O.M. Nambiar. Readers are invited to write in their little more lucky than an average vil- ule. Every time I won a medal, I could I spent three lovely years at the thoughts and innovative solutions to lage girl. feel a surge in me. A desire to win sports school hostel, growing up and [email protected] Even today I can’t believe that one even more. I’d invariably end up winning everything on my way. The even fax them at 23323346 or small advertisement in a local news- practicing even harder. I won many stay also helped me gain confidence 23324173.

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