THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2017 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Confident India eager to continue Siril, Sri Krishna win winning run against Windies at Chinese Taipei TAIPEI, June 28: women's singles match. TAUNTON, June 28: whose first target is to make the match of the day, defending The 16th seed Siril will next semi-finals, is coming off a champions Australia will play Young shuttlers Siril Verma face Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia, who Brimming with confidence record-breaking seven succes- Sri Lanka. and Sri Krishna Priya after upstaging England, India sive half centuries, and she After the nine-wicket thrash- had defeated defending champi- Kudaravalli reached the pre- would look to continue the win- would look to continue in the ing at the hands of New Zealand on Sourabh Verma. Sri Krishna ning momentum when they take same vein. in their opening game, Sri Lanka quarterfinals of the USD will take on another Taipei on the West Indies in their sec- Mandhana, who has made a too would be eager to get off the 200,000 Chinese Taipei Grand shuttler Shuo Yun Sung. ond match of the ICC Women's fine return from injury, looked in blocks but it is easier said than Prix Gold in the men's and Among others, it was cur- World Cup, here tomorrow. ominous form against England. done against the title-holders. women's singles competition, tains for Sai Uttejitha Rao The Indian eves could not Her 90-run knock came off just Teams (from): here today. Chukka, 15th seed Abhishek have asked for a better start to 72 balls and was laced with 11 India: Mithali Raj (capt), The 2015 World Junior Yelegar, Mumbai's Harsheel the tournament as they stunned boundaries and two sixes. Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Championships silver medal- Dani and men's doubles pair of hosts England by 35 runs in their She might not have picked Mandhana, Veda list, Siril, who had finished run- Nikhar Garg and Ankur tournament-opener. up any wickets against England, Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, ners-up at Russian Open last Sangpang Rai. The West Indies, on the other but Jhulan Goswami, the highest Poonam Raut, Deepti Sharma, year, saw off local shuttler Chia Uttejitha Rao lost 7-21 17- hand, lost by eight wickets to wicket-taker in ODI history, will Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Hao Lee 16-21 21-17 21-17 in a 21 to Korean's Na Yeong Kim, Winners of medals of 8th Open National Athletic Championship posing for a group photograph fancied Australia in their open- lead the Indian bowling attack. Pandey, Ekta Bisht, Sushma 51 -minute match. 14th seed Harsheel went down at Alwar in Rajasthan. ing match. As far as their recent form is Verma, Mansi Joshi, Rajeshwari Sri Krishna, who had won 12-21 6-21 to Ha Young Woong It was an all-round perform- concerned, India comprehen- Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav, the under-17 and under-19 sin- of Korea, while Abhishek suf- Nuzhat Parween. ance by India against England as sively won their last four ODI gles titles in the 2013 fered a 17-21 21-17 6-21 loss to J&K veteran athletes bag they excelled in all three depart- West Indies: Stafanie Taylor, series, first whitewashing Sri Hyderabad District Badminton Seung Hoon Woo of Korea. ments of the game. Lanka and the West Indies at Merissa Aguilleira, Reniece Championship, also dished out Nikhar and Ankur lost 5-21 First the batters piled up a home and then beating South Boyce, Shamilia Connell, a gritty performance to outlast 8-21 to local pair of Ko-Chi good haul of medals competitive 281 for three after Africa in the finals of the World Shanel Daley, Deandra Dottin, Chinese Taipei's Chiang Mei Chang and Liao Kuan Hao. being sent in and then the Indian Cup qualifier as well as the Afy Fletcher, Qiana Joseph, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sudesh Basotra bagged 4 bronze; Sunny claimed 2 Hui 21-17 20-22 21-9 in a bowlers bundled out the hosts quadrangular series. Kyshona Knight, Hayley (PTI) medals with one gold, one sil- medals with 2 bronze, while for 246 in 47.3 overs. They were Going by the outcome of Matthews, Anisa Mohammed, JAMMU, June 28: A team of ver and 2 bronze; Mamta also Tarsem Lal Basotra, Subash ably assisted by the fielders who their recent clashes, India will Chedean Nation, Akeira Peters, 21 athletes from Jammu and bagged 4 medals with 2 gold, 1 Sangral, Aryavir Singh effected four runouts. definitely start favourites against Shakera Selman, Felicia Walters. Kashmir participated in the 8th silver and 1 bronze; Pawan Jmawal, Amit Sharma, Openers Smriti Mandhana the West Indies. Match starts at 3 pm IST. Open National Athletic Sharma clinched 4 medals with Rajinder Kumar, Vishal Singh, (90), Poonam Raut (86), Mithali Meanwhile, in the other (PTI) Championship, under the ban- all gold; Suresh Choudhary Rinku Charak, Raman Manhas, Raj (71) and Harmanpreet Kaur ner of J&K Veteran Athletic claimed 4 medals with 3 silver Josh Chib, Rahul Kumar, (24 not out) all excelled with the Monica selected for Asia, Association, headed by its and 1 bronze; Balwan Singh Manoj Kumar, Irfan Ali and bat to set the platform for India's General Secretary, Tarsem Lal won 3 medals with 1 silver and Sunil Choudhary claimed one total. Basotra and won a big haul of 2 bronze; VK Dogra claimed 2 medal each. On the bowling front, off- World Bodybuilding C'ships medals at Alwar in Rajasthan. medals with 1 silver and 1 break bowler Deepti Sharma Excelsior Sports Correspondent The Asian Bodybuilding (3/47), medium pacer Shikha Championship will be held in Federer poised for FIFA set to shift India's U-17 Pandey (2/35) and leg-spinner JAMMU, June 28: Korea in the month of record Wimbledon Poonam Yadav (1/51) returned Ace Bodybuilder, August, while the World Cup games to Delhi among wickets to help India's Monica Jolly has been World Bodybuilding triumph NEW DELHI, June 28: scheduled to host Group A cause. selected for forthcoming Championship will be matches but the AIFF's request And come tomorrow, the LONDON, June 28: Asia and World held in Mangolia in the Winners of Painting Competition organised by Jay Kay FIFA is set to shift India's means Delhi could now host Indians would expect a repeat Bodybuilding month of September. Women Welfare Society, Jammu posing for a group photograph. Under-17 World Cup matches those while Navi Mumbai will show if not better against the Championships, the tri- Monica is the first Twelve months after shutting from Mumbai to the national cap- have to settle for Group B games. dangerous Caribbeans, who will als for which were held woman from Jammu down his season in the wake of a ital Delhi as the apex soccer body A source, in the know of the be desperate to register their first at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh and Kashmir to win Miss J&K Painting competition on devastating semi-final defeat, has taken the host government's developments, said FIFA is "very win in the tournament. recently. and Miss North India titles. Roger Federer returns to request "very seriously". close" to shift the matches. For India, skipper Raj, Environment & Peace held Wimbledon as favourite to cap- The All India Football "Together with the AIFF and ture a record-breaking eighth title Excelsior Sports Correspondent Foundation and retired CEO Federation (AIFF) initially want- the Government, this world cup 95-member jumbo India squad for and become the tournament's Rupa Mahajan, D/o Baldev Singh Puri were the Guest ed Mumbai to host India's home will change the future of football oldest champion. Kameshwar JAMMU, June 28: One Day of Honour. matches but later asked FIFA to in India. We are convinced to Gupta and Asian Athletics Championships Painting Competition on The programme was attended The evergreen Swiss super- shift them to Delhi due to pres- reach a decision which will satis- Nirmal Gupta, NEW DELHI, June 28: Championships to be held in Environment and Peace, spon- by about 80 students from differ- star, who turns 36 in August, has sure from the sports ministry as it fy all parties," Yarza said. W/o Rohit London in August. sored by Diverse Unified Real ent age groups and schools of stunned the critics who wrote felt it was appropriate that the The first FIFA event in India Gupta, R/o H- India today named a strong Javelin thrower Davinder Global Action (Durga) , Arizona, Jammu. him off as yesterday's man when capital hosts the home team's will be held across six Indian No-6, Sector 8, 95- member tea for next month's Singh Kang, who tested positive USA was organized by Jay Kay The Chief Guest in his address he went down to Milos Raonic in games. cities from October 6 to 28. Trikuta Nagar, Asian Athletics Championships in for recreational drug marijuana, Women Welfare Society, Jammu lauded the efforts of the students five gruelling sets on Centre Asked if they have finalised Though he did not reveal the Jammu, who Bhubaneswar with javelin throw- has also been named in the team. at K L Sehgal Hall, Abhinav for their brilliant performances Court in 2016. on shifting India's round robin names, Yarza said at least two top has been declared qualified er Neeraj Chopra set the lead the He was not handed a provisional Theatre, here. and appreciated the work of The loss forced him off tour matches from Mumbai to Delhi, players will be present on the the for the Award of the Degree of challenge for the home country. suspension as marijuana was a The programme was organ- Durga and JKWWS for organiz- for the remainder of the year to FIFA's head of events Jaime day of the official draw in Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in The squad includes 46 specified substance under the ised by the founder members of ing the event smoothly and suc- rest a knee injury, leaving his Yarza said, "We are working on Mumbai on July 7. Commerce by the University of women. WADA Code. the organization Durga, Arizona, cessfully. Grand Slam title count on 17 the most beneficial decision for "Well, we cannot spoil the fun Jammu. She worked on the With an aim to garner maxi- "We have checked his case. USA. In her address, Dr Shalini where it had been since 2012. the tournament. We take the for the fans. We will have two top topic, "OCB and SDL in mum number of medals from the Since Davinder has not been put Former Deputy Chief Wahi appreciated the effort of all Fast forward a year and requests from the Indian players for the official draw on Higher Education-A July 6-9 championships to be held under suspension, we have Minister, Tara Chand was the members and also welcomed the Federer is poised to break the tie Government very seriously, as the 7th July, as well as some Comparative Study of at Kalinga Stadium, India fielded named him in the team. If the chief guest on the occasion, while art of students in the form of for seven Wimbledon titles he it's our main partner in the organ- other appearances until the start University of Jammu and its best available athletes. NADA (Disciplinary Panel) pass- Dr. Shalini Wahi, Pia Wahi Singh painting on different themes of shares with Pete Sampras and isation of the FIFA U-17 World of the tournament. The event also has added es any order or suspends him Guru Nanak Dev University," and Bhanu Wahi Singh, Arizona Save Environment, Save Water take his career tally at the majors Cup." "But it's difficult to find time importance as all the gold win- before or during the champi- under the supervision of Prof USA were the Special Guests. and Girl Education. to 19. As hosts, India would nor- on the agendas of such football ners will automatically qualify for onships, we will take him out of mally be placed in Group A and legends, so we'd rather work Hardeep Chahal. Manjari Singh, Programme The prizes and certificates of With eternal rivals Andy the World Athletics the team. (PTI) will be the number one team -- carefully to make sure that these Co-ordinator Childline India participation were presented to all Murray and Novak Djokovic in A1 -- in the four-team group. legends make an impact on the the students and first three awards slumps of varying lengths and were presented to two categories Navi Mumbai was originally Indian fans. But one thing we can degrees of seriousness, and of students. confirm: football fans will not be Rafael Nadal fretting over Kamani Dutta, D/o Prithvi The programme was attended disappointed!" (PTI) whether or not his knees will bear Raj Dutta and by Dr. Tilak Raj Sharma, Kusum Dutta, Executive Director, JKWWS, the stress of grass courts, it is Rohit Bharadwaj, S/o Federer in the box seat. R/o Plot No 19, Narinder Singh, Munish Raja, and Resham Garh Prithvi Raj and Sudhir Mahajan. Federer, who captured a fifth Chanclala Devi, Australian Open in January, will Colony, Jammu, In the end, the vote of thanks who has been R/o Karan was presented by Tejinder go into Wimbledon buoyed by a Nagar, ninth title on the grass of Halle. declared quali- Koushal, Organizing Secretary, fied for the award of the Udhampur, who JKWWS. (PTI) Degree of Doctor of has been Philosophy (PhD) in declared quali- Amit's 5-wkt haul guides Commerce by the University of fied for the award of the Jammu. She worked on the Degree of Doctor of Jammu School XI to 13-run win topic, "Exploring Philosophy (PhD) in Zoology Determinants, Dimensions by the University of Jammu. He worked on the topic, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sundharam and Abhinav took 2 and Outcomes of Customer "Detection and Genotyping of wickets each, while Dhruv Experience in Selected Human Papillomavirus (HPV) JAMMU, June 28: Brilliant claimed 1 wicket. Services," under the supervi- Strains Prevalent in Female 5-wicket haul by Amit Kumar In reply, Harbhajan Singh sion of Prof Hardeep Chahal. Population of Jammu Region guided Jammu School Cricket Institution of Cricket managed to of J&K State," under the XI to 13-run victory over formi- score 126 runs by losing all their Vandana Rajput, D/o supervision of Dr Parvinder dable Harbhajan Singh wickets, thus lost the match by Shamsher Singh Kumar and Prof KK Sharma. Institution of Cricket at the 13 runs. Harshit was the top and Manisha Manhas, R/o Institution ground at Jallandhar. scorer with 34 runs off 43 balls, Saroop Kumar, S/o Earlier, batting first, Jammu while Rajinder and Akul con- Saraswati Vihar, Barnai, Jammu, Shanker Dass School XI scored a fighting total tributed 23 and 16 runs respec- and Bimla Devi, of 139 runs for the loss of 7 tively. From Jammu School XI, who has been declared qualified for the R/o Thara, wickets in the stipulated 25 Amit Kumar was the wrecker-in- Kalwal, Ramkot, overs. Abhay Tandon was the top chief, who took 5 important award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Kathua, who has scorer with superb 36 runs, while wickets,while Ashim Nanda took been declared Arya Suvansh Thakur and 2 wickets. Dhruv and Abhay English by the University of Jammu. She worked on the qualified for the Udhay Partap contributed valu- Tandon claimed 1 wickets each. award of the Degree of Doctor able 35 and 27 runs to the total Amit Kumar of Jammu topic, "No Place Like Home: Regionalism in the Novels of of Philosophy (PhD) in Law by respectively. School XI was declared as the the University of Jammu. He From Harbhajan Singh man of the match for his brilliant Amit Chaudhuri," under the supervision of Dr Sadaf Shah. worked on the topic, "The Institution of Cricket, Bunty, bowling display. Special Status of Jammu and Kashmir in the Indian Federation: An Analytical Study," under the supervision of Dr Satinder Kumar.

Arun Sharma, S/o Om Parkash Sharma and Manju Sharma, R/o Ward No-2, Bhour Camp, Jammu, who has qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in Commerce, the result of which was declared by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)-UGC recently.

GS Bali, Incharge of the Divisional Office-II Gandhi Nagar, Jammu of New India Assurance Co.Ltd., who was awarded 1st prize in two categories-highest percentage of accretion and highest growth in quantum. He was presented the award by General Manger New India Assurance Co.Ltd., S Pradhan in a function at Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh.