OID‰‰‰†KOID‰‰‰†OID‰‰‰†MOID‰‰‰†C The Times of India, 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 captain 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. Australia’s 4-1 win includ- swept in the ball easily to make it 2-0. Ignace Tirkey, Gagan Ajit Singh, Prab- penalty corners and off the third Jugraj could win. ed three from Grant Schubert. The Aus- Troy Elder converted a stroke hitting hjot Singh and to some extent even Singh got hurt, when the dangerous shot Pargat Singh — Nasser Hussain tralian forward was left unmarked on so low to Chauhan’s right and then India Dhanraj Pillay 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 Dilip Tirkey 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 Brent Livermore 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 Devesh Chauhan, 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 Sachin Tendulkar 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 Paul Gaudoin (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 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 Shane Bond and covered from a knee injury that kept him South Africa paceman Shaun Pollock has LIVE ON TV all-rounder Chris Cairns are notable ab- out of April’s tour to Sri Lanka. 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