MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU India on sticky India take on Nepal in international football friendly PUNE, Aug 30: just four while India have record- despite crucial lead India once again take on their ed victory on 12 occasions. neighbours Nepal in an interna- India coach Stephen COLOMBO, Aug 30: tional friendly football match Constantine predicted a tough India gained a handy 111-run here tomorrow ahead of their game for his wards against first innings lead but crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup Nepal, a team he had coached hit back with three early strikes qualifiers match against conti- earlier. to roar back into the game on a nental heavyweights Iran early "I would like to welcome topsy turvy Day 3 of the third next month. Nepal to India to play their first and final Test here today. India had beaten Nepal on international friendly post the On a dramatic day which aggregates (a 2-0 win and a 0-0 tragedy of earthquakes. I have saw fortune fluctuating from draw) in the World Cup first fond memories of the lovely one team to the other, India had round qulaifying match and the Himalayan Kingdom and I share the game firmly in control by two sides are once again crossing the pain of the people. Nepal will taking a decent lead which could swords against each other at the always remain close to my have been much bigger but for Balewadi Stadium here. heart," he said at the pre-match Children posing for a group photograph alongwith the chief guest and other dignitaries during some audacious counter attack Nepal, ranked 184th in the press conference. Prize Distribution Function organized by Ucmas Abacus in Jammu. by debutant (55) FIFA charts, are playing their "Nepal have always been a and (49). India first senior international match difficult team for India. They Prize Distribution Ceremony for 5th J&K were then left gasping at a pre- after the devastating earthquake have shown in the last two games carious 21 for three in the sec- Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath (L) and Kusal Perera (R) run that hit the Himalayan nation that they can fight. They will give ond innings to allow the between next to India's during the third recently. On the other hand, us a difficult game and that's State Level Ucmas Abacus Competition held islanders to neutralise the 156th-ranked Indians are using what we want. We want to be day of their third and final match in Colombo on Excelsior Correspondent Slathia, while 2nd position went position by Aaditya Pratap advantage. tomorrow's match as a tune-up stretched to the wire. The general Sunday. (UNI) to Prajjawal Kumar Jha, Singh Charak and the merit Virat Kohli (1) and for the big home match on perception stays that they are not JAMMU, Aug 30: Ucmas SCOREBOARD Shrehan Raj Singh and Aditya position holder students were Rohit Sharma (14) were at the September 8 against Iran, cur- that strong as people sometimes Abacus, a Malaysia based crease when play was called off India 1st innings: Sharma and the 3rd position Manisha Kundal and Ayaan rently Asia's highest ranked side. love to go by the FIFA Rankings. organization pioneering in aba- for the day because of rain. It KL Rahul b Prasad 2 was bagged by Arnav Jain, Sharma. India and Nepal have played But no one knows more about cus based brain development turned out to be a highly event- Cheteshwar Pujara 145 Rudraksh Bhalla and Drish Overall Champion of against each other 19 times so their spirit than me," he added. program conducted Prize ful day which saw as many as 15 Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Pradeep 8 Mahajan. Intermediate B Group E was far. Nepal have managed to win (PTI) Distribution Ceremony for 5th wickets fall at the Sinhalese Virat Kohli c Perera b Mathews 18 Merit position holder stu- Suvesh Pandita. J&K State Level Ucmas Abacus Sports Club. Rohit Sharma c Tharanga b Prasad 26 dents were Sarvagya Gupta, The Champions of different and Mental Arithmetic Though India had an overall Stuart Binny lbw b Prasad 0 Saransh Gandotra, Mehar category were awarded trophies, Competition 2015, here. lead of 132 with seven wickets Naman Ojha c Tharanga b Kaushal 21 Singh, Suhani Rajput, Rishi certificates and Rs 1100 cash In Basic Level-Group A1, in hand, the series decider was R Ashwin c Perera b Prasad 5 Gupta, Daksh Sharma, Anish prize each. A2, A3, the 1st position holders interestingly poised with both Abhinav Mishra st Perera b Herath 59 Pandita, Aryaman Singh Champion of Champion of included Avikshit Sharma, the teams in a position to wrap Ishant Sharma Herath 6 Jamwal and Hitesh Sharma 5th J&K State Level Ucmas Aryan, Abhishek Abrol and up the series with two full days Umesh Yadav b Herath 4 Overall Champion of Abacus Competition 2015 was Nandan Sharma, while 2nd still left. Extras (LB-2, W-4, NB-7, Pen 5) 18 Elementary-A Level was Aarya Mahajan, who was award- position was claimed by Arihant Resuming at their overnight Total (all out; 100.1 overs) 312 Kanhaiya Gupta ed with a Samsung Tablet apart A Singh, Mudita Gupta, Ryan score of 292 for eight, India : 26-4-100-4, 22-6- In Elementary-B Level from trophy and certificate. Vivek Mahajan, Nandani were bowled out for 312 with 52-1, 13-6-24-1, Rangana Herath 27.1-3-84-3, Group C2,C3, the 1st position Priya Sethi Minister of Sharma and Utkarsh Gupta and Cheteshwar Pujara (145 not out) 12-2-45-1. was bagged by Srijan Sharma Education for Education the 3rd position went to Arnav becoming the fourth Indian bats- Sri Lanka 1st innings: and the 2nd position by Ojasvi Information & Culture was the Veer Singh, Kartikain Gupta, man to carry his bat through. U Tharanga c Rahul b I Sharma 4 Koul chief guest on the occasion, who Krishna Mahajan, Vishwas Sunil Gavaskar, Virender K Silva b U Yadav 3 Merit position holder stu- applauded the effort of UCMAS Garg and Divyansh Kumar Sehwag and are D Karunaratne c Rahul b Binny 11 dents were Bhavin Sandeep J&K for providing national & Winners of Western Air Command Inter Air Force Schools Bhagat. the other three batsman, who D Chandimal lbw b Binny 23 Bangotra, Shrvan Koul, Rohin international exposure to stu- Badminton Championship posing for a group photograph on Merit position holder stu- carried their bat through in an A Mathews c Ojha b I Sharma 1 Razdan and Sanyam Labroo dents in Jammu. Sunday. dents were Shivansh Semwal, innings. L Thirmanne c Rahul b I Sharma 0 Overall Champion of Madam Vijay Puri, Paceman Dhamika Prasad Sia Aggarwal, Parth Gupta, K Perera c Kohli b I Sharma 55 Elementary-B was Rudraksh Academic Director KC Gurukul, was the pick of the Sri Lankan Pranav Sharma, Abhra Pawan D Prasad st Ojha b A Mishra 27 Western Air Command Inter Air Force Dabee. Vikesh Sandhal Principal Air bowlers with 4/100 while left- Sharma, Daksh Choudhary, R Herath c Ojha b I Sharma 49 In Intermediate-A Level: Force School, G N Tantray, arm spinner Rangana Herath Abhinandhan, Abhishek T Kaushal lbw b Mishra 16 Group D, the 1st position was Director Doon International took 3 for 84. Schools Badminton C’ship conducted Choudhary and Nikhil Vermani N Pradeep not out 2 bagged by Akash Radha and School and Sunny Mahajan, Sri Lankan first innings were Excelsior Sorts Correspondent Air Force School Chandigarh Overall Champion of Basic Extras (LB-1, WD-2, NB-7) 10 merit position holder was Director Pratap World School in dire straits as they were totter- and Air Force School Sarsawa Level was Amrinder Singh. Total (all out in 52.2 overs) 201 JAMMU, Aug 30: The Pranav Singh. Pathankot were the guests of ing at 47 for six at one stage claimed second and third spots In Elementary A Level Bowling: I Sharma 15-2-54-5, U Yadav 13-2-64-1, S Binny 9-3- Western Air Command Inter Air In Intermediate B:Group honour. before Perera and Herath respectively. Group B1, B2, B3, the 1st posi- 24-2, R Ashwin 8-1-33-0, A Mishra 7.2-1-25-2. Force Schools Badminton E2,E3, the 1st position was Mr Rupesh and Sonia launched a gutsy counter attack Group Captain AK Yadav, tion holder students included India 2nd innings: Championship 2015-16 for girls claimed by Moksh Gupta, 2nd Masson, Director UCMAS J&K to put on a 79-run seventh wick- Station Commander, Air Force Reyansh Gupta, Akashay C Pujara b Prasad 0 was conducted at Air Force Station, Jammu was the chief position by Samkit Jain and 3rd presented the vote of thanks. et partnership much to the frus- School, here today. Mahajan and Navarun Singh tration of the Indians. KL Rahul b Pradeep 2 guest on the occasion, who A Rahane lbw b Pradeep 4 Five Air Force Schools of appreciated the sportsmanship Serena chases The hosts were eventually Western Air Command namely bundled out for 201 shortly after V Kohli batting 1 and enthusiasm shown by the Air Force School Sarsawa, Air the tea break but the partnership R Sharma batting 14 students during the tournament. calendar Slam, Force School Hindan, Air Force managed to take them to a Total (For 3 wkts in 8.1 overs) 21 He reiterated that sports pro- School Chandigarh, Air Force history at US Open decent total, which looked high- Bowling: D Prasad 4.1-2-8-1, N Pradeep 3-1-6-2, R Herath 1-0-7-0. vide an excellent pathway for School Pathankot and Air Force ly improbable at one stage. with figures of 5 for 54, his sev- formance by an Indian seamer students to develop mental NEW YORK, Aug 30: School Jammu participated in Lanky pacer Ishant Sharma enth five wicket haul in Test on Sri Lankan soil. strength, camaraderie and com- the three day long champi- World number one Serena was the chief wrecker for India cricket. It was also the best per- India's second innings got petitive spirit. Risha Goel of Air onship. Williams feels the pressure of off to a poor start as first Force School Hindan was chasing history at the US Air Force School Hindan adjudged as the best player of innings' centurion Pujara (0) won the Championship whereas Open, but she accepts the Ajay Verma elected was bowled off the second the tournament. intensity as the price for domi- by Dhammika Prasad nating a generation of women's president YRGSA (1-8), a near-unplayable Anubha, Kavya lead in tennis. inswinging delivery squaring up The 33-year-old American, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Irfan Choudhary was elected the batsman.(PTI) who captured her first Grand as general secretary of the Pistol Sub Jr, Youth Women Slam title at the 1999 US Open Commander Thanpir Brigade Brig PPS Bajwa handing over JAMMU, Aug 30: Ajay the flag to leader of the trekking expedition in Dharamshala. Association, while Vicky Padha, Dr Vivek presents Excelsior Sports Correspondent District in Pistol Sub-Juniors at age 17, is a huge favorite as Verma was elected president of Sadia Choudhary and Aman the J&K Youth Rural Games and Women, Shreya Saksena of she tries to complete the first Anand were named as secretary, research paper in IGU JAMMU, Aug 30: On the calendar-year Grand Slam Sports Association (YRGSA) in Jammu District in Rifle Youth Dah Division flags off treasurer and advisor of the 3rd day of the 6th J&K State since Steffi Graf in 1988 by a meeting of the Association, Women and Vijay Kumar of Association respectively. Regional Conference Shooting Championship-2015, J&K Police in Pistol Open Men. winning her 22nd career major here today. After their election, the Excelsior Correspondent the marksmen from Jammu, Kuldeep Singh Jamwal, Sr. title starting Monday on the Seema Kharyal was named trekking expedition office bearers of the Association Kathua, Udhampur, Srinagar, vice president JKRA, Sanam New York hardcourts. as senior vice president of the JAMMU, Aug 30: Dr Vivek Excelsior Sports Correspondent Varun Joshi. expressed their commitment Baramulla, Samba and J&K Sony, general secretary JKRA , "I decided I prefer to have Mahajan, work- The event will cover a dis- Association, while Arun Sharma with regard to promoting sports Police in both men and women that pressure than the pressure ing in the JAMMU, Aug 30: To com- tance of approximately 111 kilo- was nominated as vice presi- of not winning," Williams said. and games in the State especial- University of memorate the Golden Jubilee meters over a period of 10 days. dent. "Not everyone can handle that ly in rural areas. Jammu has pre- celebrations of Dah Division The expedition encompass- pressure, but I'm OK with it. I sented research located at Palampur, a com- es negotiating of treacherous would rather be in this position paper in the bined adventure trekking expe- terrain with heights varying than another one." recently conclud- dition was launched from Puh from 15000 feet to 18300 feet Still, there's no doubt ed 'The 2015 IGU Regional to Chumar. (PARANG LA) under sub-zero Williams is looking forward to Conference' held at Lomonosav The expedition was flagged temperatures on self-contained seeing her designs in a New Moscow State University, off by Brigadier PPS Bajwa, basis. On the way, the team York fashion show a few days Moscow in Russia. Commander Thanpir Brigade would be carrying out disposal after the US Open. The theme of the from Dharamshala, today. of garbage dumped by trekkers By then, the Grand Slam Conference was "Geography, categories aimed the bulls eye The expedition team is and grazers to save and revive V S Pathania, Amjad Parvez bid will be over, win or lose. Culture and Society for Our for the yellow medal. being led by Major Dinesh the ecology and development of Mirza, Dharmveer Singh "I'm ready. I'm so ready. I'm Future Earth". The International Apart from other shooters, Singh Chahal and Captain the region. ready to get it over with," Geographical Union (IGU) is who displayed extraordinary Jamwal (All Executive Williams said. "I don't care if I one of the oldest International shooting skills, talented Anubha Members of JKRA), and Sharat win or lose or break even. I'm Scientific Associations formally Suryavanshi of Jammu District Chander Singh, treasurer JKRA Army organizes T20 ready to start it, get it over established in 1922. The IGU was leading in Pistol Youth visited the Shooting Ranges of with, and be done and go on to holds International Conference Women. J&K Police at Gulshan Ground the next event." every four years. Sangram Singh of Jammu Jammu and Delhi Public School Cricket Tournament A scene of play 'Bahut Bada Sawaal' staged in Natrang's Williams seeks her fourth Dr Vivek who was among a District was leading in Pistol to encourage the shooters. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Munna Eleven Dhawary and Sunday Theatre Series in Jammu. consecutive US Open title after few invitees from Jammu and juniors Men, Asad of Jammu The matches are being con- Aircel Gundoh. having won this year's French BHALLESSA, Aug 30: T20 Kashmir presented paper on District in Pistol Youth Men, ducted by Rajesh Virdhy and After a competitive and hard and Australian Opens and Cricket Tournament was con- Natrang stages "Tourism, Landscape and Kavya Kochhar of Jammu Tarun Dev Singh. fought game, the team from Wimbledon as well as hardcourt ducted by Sohanda based Natural Environment". Aircel Gundoh won the final JKSDA, Tourism Deptt events in Miami and Cincinnati, Rashtriya Rifles battalion under match to lift the title trophy. ‘Bahut Bada Sawaal’ the last US Open warm-up Delta Force in coordination AG’s XI holds The final was witnessed by Excelsior Correspondent how the formula of majority has where she defeated Romania's with Youth Club Bhallesa over 500 spectators, apart from been mocked in the democracy, organizing 13th Tour de Kashmir Simona Halep in the final for a Cricket Committee at Gundoh, JAMMU, Aug 30: The fresh- J&K Forest to officials from civil administra- where every logic goes in vain Excelsior Sports Correspondent Started in year 2000 after get- 69th career crown. here. er's group of Natrang presented tion and Sarpanches. as it stands alone opposing the ting inspiration from Tour de "It gives me confidence to The Tournament was an a zestful performance of leg- goalless draw At the conclusion of the majority. The play beautifully SRINAGAR, Aug 30: J&K France, the event over the years know that what I've been work- endry Hindi playwright Mohan Excelsior Sports Correspondent opportunity for the youth of the tournament players were award- reminds the wastage of precious Sports Development has emerged as one of the premier ing on these past few days and Rakesh's famous play 'Bahut area to display their sporting ed individual prizes and medals time by our learned lawmakers. SRINAGAR, Aug 30: AG's Association (JKSDA) in collab- cycling event of the Country. For weeks has been going very Bada Sawaal' in Natrang's skill and bolster their self confi- in appreciation of their skill and The plot of the play appears XI held the formidable team of oration with Tourism the first 11 editions event was con- well," said Williams. Sunday Theatre Series at Department Kashmir is all set to dence. enthusiasm. time-less and has universal J&K Forest XI to a goalless fined to local level only. However, "It also makes me realize Natrang Studio Theatre, here host the 13th edition of the 6- A total of 45 teams partici- The youth of the area appre- acceptability, i.e. it will be look draw in the ongoing Khyber in year 2013 it was turned into the feeling of winning. I like today. Stage Tour de Kashmir cycling pated in Tournament. The final ciated the efforts of Delta Force equally relevant and satirical Super Division Big Premiere national level event with the intro- that feeling and want to do the The play was designed and expedition in October, here. match was played between for organizing the event. even it would be stages at any Football League 2015, being duction of five stages. hard work."(Agencies) directed by Neeraj Kant and To conduct the highly popu- time or anyplace. organized by the Jammu and Rahul Singh and was performed Kashmir Football Association lar, grueling cycling event of the Jaisha smashes own record with equal ability by the new The cast of the play included Country, JKSDA and Tourism Lalu Bhajrangi wins Karan Tandon as 'Mr. Sharma', and sponsored by 92.7 Big FM theatre enthusiasts of Natrang. and Amblin Events at Department have started prepa- The play is a comic satire of Kamal Mishra as 'Mr. Kapoor', rations. in marathon, finishes 18th Deepak Mulsoo as 'Ram Synthetic Turf, TRC, here. Dangal title non-decision making by consti- Both the teams though The proposed 6-stage nation- BEIJING, Aug 30: the Standard Chartered Mumbai tutional/institutional bodies in Bharose', Vishal Sharma as al level 386-kilomtre open O P Jaisha smashed her own Marathon. Excelsior Sports Correspondent power. 'Shyam Bharose', Sudesh played very attacking football Chairman of the Dangal our nation. It opens with a meet- but failed to find the net. The cycling event would begin on national record while finishing Sudha finished just behind JAMMU, Aug 30: Annual Parihar as 'Deen Dayal', Committee, Yash Pal Sharma ing session organized by local teams despite being provided October 3 and will culminate on 18th, one place above compatriot Jaisha at 19th with a time of Dangal was organized at Aishwarya Sathe as 'Manorma', Sudha Singh, in the women's 2:35:35. In fact, Sudha's timing and president Paramanand body to discuss their grievances with ample opportunities October 9. This was informed Panchayat Dhanna Jalara Juhi Singh as 'Santosh', Pallavi marathon event as the World was also better than Jaisha's ear- Sharma addressed the function and propose their demands to failed to deliverwhen it mat- by JKSDA senior vice-president Chowki Chouri on the occasion Mathur as 'Gurpreet', Rishab Athletics Championships conclud- lier national record. and encouraged the communi- the concerned authorities. But, tered the most and the match Rauf Ahmad Tramboo. of Rakshan Bandhan. the group discusses everything Sharma as 'Prem Parkash', "We have started the prepa- ed today with none of the Indians 32-year-old Jaisha has ty youth to participate in this finally ended in a goalless even remotely coming up with any already qualified for next year's The 1st bout was won by traditional sport. under the sky ranging from hob- Hitanshu Jhinsi as 'Mohan', draw. rations and have got positive Lalu Bhajrangi who defeated bies, sharing cheap jokes, rela- Kuldeep Angral as 'Satpal' and reaction from the Tourism chance of winning a medal. Olympics while Sudha today The event is an annual fea- Thousands of spectators Jaisha, a bronze medal win- booked a ticket for the 2016 Rio Virat of Amritsar and was ture from last 30 years in tionship except the agenda of Shivam Singh as 'Ramesh'. witnessed the match with zeal, department led by Secretary awarded with a cash prize of Rs the meeting and the real issues The lights were operated by ner in the 1500m event in 2014 Games on the basis of her Chowki Choura on the occasion zest and sportsmanship. Tourism, Farooq Ahmad Shah. Incheon Asian Games, clocked today's timing. The qualifying 11,000. The second fight was never see the light of a critical Rohit Sharma. Mahikshit Singh of Raksha Bandhan. In tomorrow's fixture, The countdown has already 2:34:43 to complete the early standard for marathon in Rio held between Nissar of Doda discussion session. The dangal was witnessed by presented the show before the CA&PD (F&S) will take on started and we are all set to host morning marathon race at 18th Olympics is 2:42:00 and the and Kulvir of Bantalab which The play is engrossed with audience and the show was biggest cycling of the Country a large number of people of the Saffalo FC at the same venue at to better her earlier national qualifying period has begun ended in a draw as both the area. subtle humour which shows coordinated by Mohd.Yaseen. 5 pm. in October," said Mr Tramboo. mark of 2:37:29 set in January in from January 1 this year. (PTI) wrestlers fought with equal