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The Times of , New Delhi, Wednesday,August 20, 2003

Ralf on appeal mode Yao Ming’s suit Jokes for charity Ralf Schumacher’s fate will be decided on Houston Rockets’ centre Yao Ming is A book of jokes poking fun at the perceived Wednesday. The Formula One’s appeals’ mulling over Coca-Cola’s settlement offer. lack of intelligence of Italy star Francesco board is mulling over his role in the crash ‘We are not satisfied with it. But we are Totti has sold more than 600,000 copies. All during the German GP. If Ralf is found guilty, discussing the proposal,’ his lawyer said. the jokes about Totti: my collection went on he will have to start from 10 places behind Ming had filed a lawsuit against Coke who sale in June and was authorised by the during the next Grand Prix in Hungary had used his image without his permission player to raise money for UNICEF Japanese help for SAI lab

Though I’m no longer I felt just the same as ever — I woke up at five Indian Tigers fail to rise from nether land this morning feeling nervous and wishing we HIGH STICKS the first half. ’s 4-1 win includ- swept in the ball easily to make it 2-0. , , Prab- penalty corners and off the third Jugraj could win. ed three from . The Aus- converted a stroke hitting hjot Singh and to some extent even Singh got hurt, when the dangerous shot — Nasser Hussain tralian forward was left unmarked on so low to Chauhan’s right and then India were unable to deliver hit him and he limped off for a while. Amstelveen: Except for many occasions. In between Troy Elder got a consolation goal when Dilip that final shot that matters and counts. The Australians’ goal came from SPORTS DIGEST brief periods in the first sneaked in a penalty stroke. Tirkey shot home off a rebound of his However, Pillay played rather well and Grant Schubert, off a counter move. It AFP half, India were thor- One of the biggest mistakes that In- own first shot. It made the score 3-1. created a lot of moves play for his team- was a small lapse on part of the defence, oughly outplayed by dia made was leaving gaping holes in But then Troy Elder once again put mates who did not measure upto the as instead of clearing the Australia in the third the defence. Schubert was left with a Schubert through and he made no mis- standards expected at this level in mat- ball right in front of the goalmouth, de- match of both sides in guard and his second and third goals take as he slotted a goal similar to his ter of converting chances. No comment flected and Schubert got hold off and the 25th Champions Tro- were on account of that. He was lying in previous one. Try as India did, they were on the first half can be complete with- shot him for an unexpected goal. phy here on Tuesday. wait and simply swept in from close to not able to reduce the margin and it now out a mention of goalkeeper Devesh IHF defends decision: Meanwhile, in the left of the goal, while Chauhan was puts them behind the Australians, who Chauhan, who had a brilliant half. He New Delhi, the IHF defended the deci- The way the game started hardly any- trying to defend the other end. have four points to India’s three. Nether- brought about some fantastic saves, in- sion to have the camp in Lucknow say- one could have predicted as one-sided a India, who should have taken a lead lands have six and are in lead. cluding one penalty stroke taken by ing the venue was decided in the team’s result as 4-1 in Australia’s favour.And to in the first half itself actually went into There is no point in playing well but in the 32nd move. best interest. “The weather in Europe is be frank it could have been much worse, the second trailing by one, a goal scored not converting the chances that you get. Chauhan thwarted virtually all the not very different from what the boys ex- but for some amazing goalkeeping by by Schubert. That was the story of the Indian team in Australia forwards and rushed forward perienced in Lucknow,” IHF secretary K , who saved more than In the second half, Dean Butler put the first half. Time and again, they well and at the same time on other occa- Jothikumaran said to dismiss the a handful of chances, including a penal- Livermore through and he in turn sent played fast and furious hockey, created sions stayed back and cleared the ball charge that the heat and humidity in the ty stroke taken by Brent Livermore in the ball to an unmarked Schubert, who moves, but were not able to finish them. well. The Australians wasted three city had taken a toll on the team. AFP Narain misses out on F-1 room American Chryste Gaines wins the By Darryl Crasto Minardi team. In the offer women’s 200 m sprint at the Grand TIMES NEWS NETWORK made late last month, Prix in Helsinki on Monday. Palmer states: ‘‘It is possi- Mumbai: It was so near Kalmadi re-elected: Indian ble that Justin Wilson will and yet so far. Narain have an opportunity to Olympic Association president Karthikeyan was just $1.1 Suresh Kalmadi was re-elected as move to another team million (Euros 800,000) which would mean that Mi- the council member from Asia to the away from fulfilling his world athletics body, becoming the nardi will require a driver dream and becoming the first Indian to occupy the post for to take his place from the two consecutive terms. Kalmadi de- first Indian to enter the ex- German GP for the re- feated Brigadier Dahlan Juman Al- citing and glamorous mainder of the season. Hamad of Qatar and Prince Nawaf world of Formula-1 racing. Palmer’s letter further Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in a three- F-1 team, Minardi, who states: ‘‘You have the op- way contest. PTI had recently lost their driv- portunity to be a Minardi er Justin Wilson to Jaguar F1 driver for the five GPs Ferrari case: The Delhi High Court (who were not happy with posted the hearing on the Public In- from Hockenheim. As part their own acquisition An- terest Litigation (PIL) to September of an overall deal I can of- 23 on the Rs 1.13 crore duty exemp- tonio Pizzonia) offered him fer you the remainder of tion granted to for the golden chance to race the season for a payment of the Ferrari car gifted to him by Fiat. for it in the last five races of $1.1 million (Euros Meanwhile, the BrihanMumbai Mu- the 2003 season, starting 800,000). Time is extremely nicipal Corporation (BMC) would levy with the German GP in important and this drive additional octroi on Tendulkar’s gift- Hockenheim. will require payment of ed Ferrari if the automobile major The Indian ace is cur- funds within a few days.’’ Fiat pays the customs duty of Rs rently second in the Super- However, the time given 1.13 crore, civic commissioner K C fund World Series, be- to Narain to decide was Srivastava said on Tuesday. PTI lieved to be more competi- painfully short: just five Junior spikers for Tehran: A 12- tive than the F3000 itself, days to be precise. It turned member Indian Junior Volleyball and is slowly attracting at- out to be a time-frame that team will be taking part in the Under- tention of F-1 teams. was insufficient for his 21 Men’s World Championship to be The offer to Narain was sponsors Tatas, who were held at Tehran from August 23. made by Jonathan Palmer, indeed very interested but Team: Kasiviswanadha Raju, R Kamaraj, Nadara- himself an F1 driver in the needed more time, given the jan, P Siva Balan, M N Vikram, P S Srikath, Kishore Kumar, S A Rahul, Dinesh Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, early 90s. He is also the bureaucratic procedures. In Mukesh Kumar and Arun Jakhmola. PTI manager of Wilson and the end, Narain lost out to India’s Ignace Tirkey takes a shot at the goal as Australia’s (R) and Brent Livermore (L) try to block him during the Champions Trophy BETTING METER league match in Amstelveen on Tuesday. holds a major stake in the Nicolas Kiesa of Denmark. CRICKET UPDATE INDIANS ABROAD England vs South Africa - 4th Test England 15/8 South Africa 2/1 Shaun Pollock gains in rating Draw 5/4 Cairns and Bond to miss Indian tour Warne marks Juniors wallop (as per ladbrokes.com) Auckland: Fast bowler and covered from a knee injury that kept him South Africa paceman Shaun Pollock has LIVE ON TV all-rounder are notable ab- out of April’s tour to Sri Lanka. All- his runup again regained top spot in the Pricewaterhouse France 10-0 sentees from the New Zealand Test rounder has been dropped : Australian leg- Coopers test bowling ratings after his New Delhi: India began ESPN: 2230 hrs: US Amateur Open Golf Champs. squad for next month’s tour of India. Star Sports: 2030 hrs: UK Domestic Cricket: after a poor run of form, though batsman gie , buried un- outstanding display in the third test against their campaign in the Junior New Zealand Cricket selection manag- Leicestershire vs Surrey, Div. 1. Craig McMillan, dropped for much of the der sexual harassment allega- England at Trent Bridge. Challenge Open hockey tour- Ten Sports: Champions Trophy hockey: Germany vs er Richard Hadlee said Bond was recov- home series against India and the tour of tions, made a surprise return nament with an emphatic Australia (1830 hrs); India vs Argentina (2030 hrs). ering from a fracture while Cairns’ part- Pollock, who will miss the fourth test Sri Lanka, has been recalled. to training here on Tuesday. win, thrashing France 10-0 in ner was due to have a baby during the to return home for the birth of his Test squad: (captain), , Ian Warne, who has kept out of the opening match in Test series. Bond is close to beginning Butler, Robbie Hart, Richard Jones, Michael Mason, Craig child, took six for 39 as England CROSS COUNTRY the public eye since allega- Gniezno, Poland. India, who fitness training, but NZC medical advi- McMillan, Jacob Oram, Mark Richardson, , Daryl were bowled out for 118 in their Tuffey, , , Paul Wiseman. tions began surfacing as to converted five of the six sor Warren Frost said it would be safer if second innings. Harika, Xiaobing in lead One-day squad: Fleming (captain), Astle, Butler, Chris his alleged sexual misconduct penalty corners forced in the he delayed his comeback until Kozhikode: India’s Dronavalli Harika Cairns, , Paul Hitchcock, Brendon McCullum, over a week ago, appeared at He also bagged two in the first match, led 4-0 at halftime, ac- tour in December. Nathan Astle has re- McMillan, , Oram, Styris,Tuffey,Vettori,Vincent.AFP maintained her winning form to be the Victorian state team prac- innings and scored 62 with the bat in the cording to an Indian Hockey Federation release here on placed in joint lead with China’s Gu Xi- tice at the invitation of coach first innings. Tuesday. PTI aobing, who upset defending champion Panel to discuss payments Bangla prepare David Hookes and bowled to Victorious England batsmen Mark Butcher and compatriot Le Ruofan, after the Chennai: The new graded payment system and the some of his younger team- and former skipper Nasser Hussain both third round of the 10th Asian Women’s Grounds and Committee’s report were the for torrid Test mates in the nets. But the 33- Devendra’s record Chess Championship here on Tuesday. move up in the batting ratings after scoring main issues to be discussed at the Cricket Board’s : Pakistan will be aim- year-old champion - Bangalore: Rajasthan’s De- Harika beat China’s Tian Tian to tally vital centuries in England’s first innings. Butcher, two-day working committee meeting beginning ing to celebrate the first Test ner declined to speak after- vendra led India’s gold rush three points, the same as Xiaobing. PTI who made 106, climbs to a career-best 17th with a new world record of here on Wednesday. held on Pakistani soil for more wards to the media. “It’s a pri- while Hussain goes up eight places to 20th. BCCI secretary S Karunakaran Nair, said on than a year with a big win over vate matter — I’ve got nothing 59.70 metres in the javelin throw event in ‘hand am- Renu earns a double Tuesday that “the graded payment system to be in- hapless minnows more to say,” he said. putee category’ at the British New Delhi: Amandeep Kaur and troduced for both domestic and international here on Wednesday. Rashid South African national He- Top 10 batsmen Points Top 10 bowlers Points Open Athletics for disabled. Aqbar Kaur created new meet records matches will be discussed at the meeting before a Latif leads a youthful Pakistan len Cohen Alon has claimed 1 Brian Lara (WI) 887 1 Shaun Pollock (SA) 886 India bagged a total of seven in the 10000m (girls under 20) and 800 m decision is taken at the Annual General body meet- side against Bangladesh in the she was offered $ 28,000 in a 2 Tendulkar (India) 843 2 Muralitharan (SL) 861 gold medals and six silver at (girls under 18) events respectively in ing scheduled for the third week of September. first of three Tests. string of threatening phone 3 M Hayden (Australia) 821 3 McGrath (Australia) 848 the meet. PTI the North Zone junior athletics cham- Nair, who arrived here last evening, said “a new Teams (from): Pakistan: Mohammad calls and text messages by an 4 Ponting (Australia) 816 4 Harbhajan (India) 746 pionships. Amandeep clocked 55:13.0 insurance linked benevolent fund will also be dis- Hafeez, , Yasir Hameed, Inza- associate of Warne to keep 5 Gilchrist (Australia) 799 5 Gillespie (Australia) 740 while Aqbar timed 2:18.93 to bag the mam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Misbah-ul- Joshna advances cussed at the meeting besides the report on the Haq, Rashid Latif (captain), Shoaib Akhtar, quiet about the relationship. 6 Inzamam (Pakistan) 793 6 Makhaya Ntini (SA) 695 honours. Renu Joon of Haryana preparations for the upcoming New Zealand tour”. Umer Gul, Shabbir Ahmad, Danish Kaneria, Hookes said Warne ap- 7 (India) 789 7 S MacGill (Australia) 691 Chennai: Joshana Chinappa earned a double when she won the Asked whether the existing Benevolent Fund Saeed Bin Nasir, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad peared “happy” at the prac- 8 M Vaughan (England) 788 8 S Akhtar (Pakistan) 691 and Vaidehi Reddy advanced Khalil and Farhan Adil. 3000m (girls under 18) with a new meet scheme for the players would be given a go by when tice session and did not dis- 9 J Kallis (South Africa) 775 9 (India) 688 to the pre-quarter finals of mark. Bangladesh: (captain), the new Insurance linked scheme comes into anvil, Hannan Sarker, Javed Omar, , cuss the allegations. “He was 10MRichardson (NZ) 767 10 A Caddick (England) 684 the World Junior women’s Winners of various events: Boys (U-20): 200m:Vishal squash championships in Saxena (UP) 22.06s; 400m: Akhilesh Singh (UP) 54.09s; he said only the BCCI treasurer,expected here late on , , happy, he was upbeat, he did Razin Saleh, , Mohammad 800m: Munna Singh (UP) 1:56.48s; 10000m walk: Manoj Tuesday night, would be able to explain it. The work- a bit of bowling himself Cairo. Vaidehi upset Emma Kumar (Del) 48:01.2; Discus: Simranjit Singh (Pun) Rafique, , Tapash Baishya, Beddoes of England 9-7, 9-4, 2- ing committee would also discuss the Grounds and Monjurul Islam, Anwar Hossain, Alamgir which I didn’t think he was 52.62m.Girls (U-20): 200m: Pavneet Kaur (Del) 25.87s; Discus: 9, 9-4, while Joshana defeated Nisha (Har) 35.40m; 10000m walk: Amadeep Kaur (Pun) 55:13.0 Wicket Committee’ report by Venkat Sundaram. PTI Kabir and Mashrafe Bin Murtaza. .AFP going to do,” Hookes said. AFP Smith defiant despite defeat NMR; 3000m: Shashi (UP) 11:00.9; 400m hurdles: Pooja Jhakar (Del) Cherelle Kelley of Australia 9- 7, 9-6, 9-4. PTI 1:07.66. Nottingham: South Africa replied: “No.” Three teams in quarters Sehwag wants to bat in middle-order captain Graeme Smith was As well as facing a rejuve- Gopi in next round disappointed but not down- nated England, South Africa Chennai: and two local out- TIMES NEWS NETWORK that I’ve been little more selective now able. “At the moment I am opening cast after the Proteas’ lost the go to Headingley knowing New Delhi: P. Gopichand, fits — TNCA President’s XI and Com- Bangalore: When especially in Tests. In you both in one-dayers and Tests. But I third Test against England they will be without star Arvind Bhat and Chetan bined Districts XI — made it to the burst on to the scene, he took the In- need to survive to draw a match,” he would like to bat in the middle order by 70 runs at Trent Bridge on bowler Shaun Pollock. Anand moved into the second quarterfinals on the third and conclud- dian cricket by storm. As he went on said after the morning session of the because I am basically a middle-or- the final day here on Friday. Former captain Pollock, round of qualifiers while J B ing day of the Sahara Buchi Babu scoring runs with his care-free atti- conditioning camp on Tuesday. der batsman. I’ve not informed The result levelled the five- who took six for 39 as England S Vidyadhar bowed out in the Memorial Cricket tournament. Hyder- tude people branded him as Sachin “Earlier I used to go and play my about it to the team management till match series at one apiece were bowled out for a meagre first round at the Singapore abad registered a big 105-run victory Tendulkar’s clone. Though Sehwag shots without thinking about stay- now. I’ll open against New Zealand ahead of the fourth Test at 118 in their second innings, is Open Asian circuit bad- over Air India, while TNCA President’s himself would be the first person to ing in the middle. I used to get runs and may be later we can think about Headingley which gets un- returning home to Durban to minton tournament. Gopic- eleven crushed Rajasthan by 123 runs. admit that the comparisons were but often I would get out early.Now I the change in order. Right now the derway Thursday. be with his pregnant wife Tri- hand defeated Wei Chung Pei The Combined Districts upset All India mis-placed. am trying to spend more time in the combination is good and I don’t want But Smith, whose team got cia, who is expecting the cou- of 15-5, 15-2 while Associate Banks with a 74 run win. PTI World Cup proved that juxtaposi- crease. Scoring becomes easier once to disturb it.” he said. the worst of the conditions ple’s first child. Anand accounted for Alvin tioning the two was a mistake. With you see off the new bowlers. The Sehwag expressed confidence that after England skipper “Shaun’s a world-class Fu of Singapore 15-7 15-2 in Seeds fall by the wayside Sehwag getting out early in the in- team needs good openers rather he would fully recuperate from his Michael Vaughan won the player,” said Smith, appoint- the qualifying first round. PTI Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Grace Hannah nings going out for shots the same than a good start in Test cricket. You back injury by the time matches start. toss and batted first, said: ed captain in Pollock’s place made it to the pre-quarterfinals at the ex- people, who had compared him with have to make sure that you don’t lose About his county stint he said, “it’s “We showed a lot of charac- after hosts South Africa’s em- Hari moves up pense of Delhi girl Anukriti Prasad in the maestro, started criticising his a wicket for the first 15-20 overs,” he very good experience. Since you are ter to take the Test into the barrassing first round World Abu Dhabi: GM P Harikr- the girls section of the Adidas MCC Na- attitude. “Stop comparing the two,” said while adding “when I started an overseas professional with some fifth day.Lesser teams would Cup exit. But for the first two ishna worked his way up to tional Junior Tennis (under-18 and 14) was their message. opening these were the expectations international experience, the entire have crumbled.” Tests we missed Jacques the joint second spot by beat- Championship. In the boys section, Sam- Whether it’s criticism or the reali- from me and mine as well.” team looks up to you to perform. Asked if he had played on Kallis (the all-rounder was ing IM Sergey Kasparov of rat Gautam (Maha) and Tejaswi Rao sation, the dashing opener now be- But the Delhi dazzler also revealed Match rolls around you and you are a more difficult Test surface, back in Cape Town with his Belarus in the third round of (AP) were knocked out by unseeded lieves that he’s cautious now. “Not that he woundn’t mind batting in the expected to win matches. I learned Smith - at 22 South Africa’s terminally ill father who lat- the Masters Section of Abu Varun Walia (UP) and Y.Vignesh (AP). PTI that my game has changed. It’s just middle-order if there is a slot avail- how to handle pressure there.” youngest-ever captain, curtly er died of cancer).” AFP Dhabi Chess Festival. PTI

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