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BHUBANESWAR 16 | SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2012 Sports Serena breaks Chinese Wall BCCI bans tainted Shvedova creates ‘’ history IPL cricketers London, June 30: Four-time LEE-RADEK MOVE UP , June 30: Cracking champion the whip on domestic cricketers clinched a marathon triumph On a day when Indian caught in the IPL spot-fixing over China’s to reach arch-rivals Mahesh scandal, the BCCI Saturday the Wimbledon last 16 Saturday Bhupathi and slapped a life ban on pacer T as Lukas Rosol, the conqueror crashed out P Sudhindra and handed lighter of Rafael Nadal, returned and his Czech partner punishments to four other to anonymity. Radek Stepanek notched players who were also exposed Sixth-seed Williams, playing in up a 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (5) victo- in a TV sting operation. her 13th Wimbledon, saw off ry over Israeli combina- The decision to ban the 25th-seed Zheng, a semifinalist tion of Jonathan Erlich players for varying degrees in 2008, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 9-7 and and Andy Ram to move in was taken by the BCCI’s dis- will tackle Yaroslava Shvedova to the third round of the ciplinary committee, headed by of for a place in the men’s doubles. President N Srinivasan, which quarterfinals. “It was good to met here to discuss the report win that. I needed a tough match Kvitova will play former French submitted by the Board’s Anti- and she’s always plays me in- Open champion Francesca Corruption Unit Chief Ravi credibly well,” said Williams. Schiavone for a place in the quar- Sawani on the matter. Wildcard Shvedova will go ters. Former World No.1 Ana While the 28-year-old into Monday’s fourth round tie Ivanovic, the 14th seed, reached Sudhindra was the worst hit, having made history as the first the last 16 with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 as his career seems all but over, woman at a to achieve win against Germany’s Julia Shalabh Srivastava was banned a Golden Set. Shvedova won 24 Goerges. Ivanovic will play sec- for five years. Mohnish Mishra, points and conceded none in a ond seed Victoria Azarenka who Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali first set 6-0 wipeout of Italian 10th put out Slovak qualifier Jana were banned for a year each. seed, and runner- Cepelova, 6-3, 6-3. “The Committee held up, on her way to the Federer survives Sudhindra guilty of actually re- last 16 for the first time. Shvedova, Earlier Roger Federer managed ceiving a consideration to spot- who won 23 points in succession to save two match points en fix in a domestic match, at the Memphis tournament in route to his victory against and hence imposed exemplary 2006, took the second set 6-4. Frenchman Julien Benneteau penalty on him. Sudhindra Mohnish tries to avoid the media after hearing his sentence “Today I laid a golden egg,” the Friday. Federer won 4-6, 6-7 has been debarred for life, Kazakh later tweeted. Serena Williams plays a shot during her marathon match with Zheng Jie Saturday PTI PHOTO (3-7), 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1. “It does from playing any cricket for the same, even though the game into disrepute, and Czech World No. 100 Rosol play different indoors. Obviously, matches conducted or autho- no actual match-fixing or hence, have been held guilty had caused one of the greatest up- Saturday, normal service was re- pearance in the last 16. victory over France’s Benoit Paire. that is a bit of getting used to. rised by the ICC or BCCI, or spot fixing took place and of the lesser offence,” the sets in the history of the sport when sumed as German 27th seed Kohlschreiber will tackle American Defending women’s cham- Indoor grass is not something any affiliated unit of the BCCI,” has been banned for five Board explained. he beat World No. 2 Nadal in five Philipp Kohlschreiber, who beat qualifier Brian Baker for a place pion Petra Kvitova moved into we’re quite familiar with,” said the Board said in a statement. years,” the Board stated. The penalties will be effec- sets in the second round under Nadal on grass at Halle two in the quarterfinals. Baker’s fairy- fourth round as the Czech took Federer after pulling off his “Shalabh Srivastava was “The (other) three players, tive from the date of the sus- the Centre Court roof Thursday. weeks ago, eased to a 6-2, 6-3, tale return hit a new high when just 53 minutes to crush America’s eighth career recovery from two held guilty of agreeing to fix through loose talk and un- pension of these players that But on a windswept Court 12 7-6 (8/6) win and a first ap- he enjoyed a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 6-1, 6-0. sets to love down. AGENCIES a match and negotiate terms substantiated bragging, brought is May 15. PTI

SNIPPETS Akshay wrecks Windies TURKMENISTAN BEATEN St George’s (Grenada), June 27.1 overs. Left-arm spinner be adjudged man of the match. Muscat, June 30: remained in contention for a berth in next LONDON: THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS... 30: Half the West Indies A Akshay Darekar was the wrecker- , which has been the year’s AFC Under-22 Asian Cup final round after thrashing team failed to get on the score- in-chief for the Indians, grab- visiting side’s bane the whole Turkmenistan 4-1 in their fourth league match here Saturday. sheet as India A bowlers wreaked bing four for just 17 runs tour, was once again far from and Jeje Lalpekhlua scored from the penalties in the havoc to guide the visitors to in 6.1 overs. He was ably sup- impressive as both the openers 36th and 86th minutes while Alwyn George and Romeo Fernandes also Games of many firsts a thumping 108-run win in ported by Saxena and the pace Shikhar Dhawan (19) and found the net in the 68th and 76th minutes at the Sultan Qaboos the second unofficial one-day duo of Ashok Dinda and Ajinkya Rahane (9) departed Stadium here. Italmazov Farhad pulled one back for Turkmenistan in The 1928 Olympics called the heads of state to inaugurate the tie and level the three-match se- Bhuvneshwar Kumar who with just 39 runs on the board. the 59th minute. India are now on seven points from four matches in ILL-FATED Group A and next play hosts Oman July 3. India got their first goal Games of the IXth Olympiad Games as he wanted to be in the ries 1-1 here Friday. picked two wickets apiece. The Caribbean bowlers, led when Romeo broke through and rival defender Komekov Hemayat had was held at Amsterdam in The Helena Nordheim, Anna limelight, whereasWilhelmina In a low-scoring affair, the Jalaj Saxena put up a good by Jason Holder, ensured reg- no option but to foul him in the box. Lalrindika calmly converted the Netherlands. The 1928 Games Dresden-Polak and Jud refused as she was on holiday Indians put up a rather mod- all-round performance, chipping ular fall of wickets but the Indians resultant spot-kick. After the breather, India repeatedly found the becomes all the more significant Simons won gold medals and did not want to disrupt that, est 184 for seven in their 50 in with a valuable 56-ball 35 just about managed to get a opposition defence shaky and scored three more goals. in terms of Indian association as three of the five Jewish because she was also furious at overs on board before dis- down the order besides pick- competitive total riding on Rohit as this was first time that India athletes on the Dutch the Organizing Committee for not missing the hosts for 76 in just ing up a couple of wickets to Sharma’s 73-ball 39. PTI ABRAHAM DREAMS DASHED won a gold medal as its hockey women’s gymnastics consulting with her about Almaty (Kazakhstan), June 30: Asian Games gold medallist Joseph team emerged champions. A team. They were later the opening date. Abraham’s London Olympics dreams were dashed Saturday despite STATE WEIGHLIFTERS LAUDED winning a gold medal in the men’s 400m hurdles on the first day of the feat which the country repeated killed at the Sobibor The Games saw many bril- six successive times. liant individual performances. Asian All Star Athletics Meet here Saturday. Abraham, also a national in record-holder, clocked 50.22s to finish first but his effort was way But Amsterdam Olympics German-occupied Poland But two sportspersons stood below the London Games qualifying ‘B’ standard of 49.80s. Another are significant because it was an as part of , out among the athletes of the national record-holder and London Olympics-bound Tintu Luka fin- Olympiad where many ‘firsts’ where their coach Gerrit 46 participating nations. Johnny ished third in the women’s 800m, clocking 2:01.71s. But it was a disap- took place. It was the first time Kleerekoper also suffered Weissmuller won two swim- pointing show by another London-bound athlete, Sahana Kumari who that the Games were conducted the same fate. Teammate ming golds, a feat that pro- finished fifth in women’s high jump with a below par effort of 1.85m. in 16 days replacing the com- Estella Agsteribbe was moted him to instant stardom. In men’s 400m, P Kunhu Mohammed was disqualified after a foul start petition which was spread over gassed in Auschwitz. He became the hero of Tarzan while MV Poovamma and K Sowjana were fifth and seventh in months, a duration that is still movies and his films are still seen women’s 400m with timings of 55.22s and 58.06s respectively. followed. It was the Games today. Percy Williams of Canada LIMBA RAM HOPEFUL where for the first time the much criticism. won the 100 and 200m gold, , June 30: Calling for financial assistance for the London Olympic flame was lit, a tradi- There was also a ‘second’ too. breaking the American dom- Olympics-bound archers, Indian chief coach Limba Ram Saturday said tion that still continues today. The Games were officially opened inance. Overall 2883 athletes he was hopeful of winning at least two medals in the July 27-August It was a the first Olympiad by Prince Hendrik, consort of participated in the 16-day 12 mega sporting event. Limba said the men's team of , where an official sponsor in Queen Wilhelmina, who had au- event at the ‘Olympisch Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee, who qualified for the Games the form of Coca Cola came in. thorised him to deputise for her. Stadion’ at Amsterdam. United under tremendous pressure in the final Olympic qualifiers, would Today the Games cannot do This was the second time a Head States topped the medal tally need a boost in the build-up to the big event. “They have proved without sponsors. of State had not officiated at an with 22 gold medals followed themselves by securing the berth in the last chance we got at the Athletics competition were Olympic opening ceremony, the by Germany with 10 golds. (From L) Subhasmita Mohanty, Dharma Rao (coach) and Arun Santa were felicitated in the city World Cup (stage III in Ogden). Now it's for the government to give them a boost. Especially Rahul Banerjee who went through real hard- Saturday on the occasion of SBI Day. CGM, Bhubaneswar Circle, Praveen Gupta (R) was present held on a 400 metre track, a first being at the Games of 1904 The Germans were allowed ships to help the team qualify,” Limba said. practice that continues till in St Louis, US by David R to participate after being date. For the first time march Fracis the Mayor of the city at the banned from the 1920 and past of the participating nations time. He had refused offers by 1924 Olympics. PNN happened with the host coun- Hafeez strikes form try coming into the Stadium Sankalp, Utkal win last. It still continues. Women’s , June 30: batting through the final athletics and gymnastics made Mohammad Hafeez overcame two sessions. Bhubaneswar, June 30: It Association in collaboration their debut in the Games amid his lean start to the tour of Sri thought they had was a mixed day for the Orissa with SR Chess Centre will or- Lanka by carving out a career dismissed Hafeez on 101 in the chess players as FIDE Master ganise the Keshavanand Das best 172 (281b, 18x4, over before the tea break when (FM) Sankalp Baliarsingh and Memorial All India FIDE Rating ALL ABOUT LONDON GAMES 1x6) as reached an the batsman gloved a short Utkal Ranjan Sahoo won their Chess Championship August impressive 334 for one from seamer Angelo matches while Sidhant 18-23 in Bhubaneswar. It will Kemboi to participate discuss it,” Soi said in Nairobi stab wound to her chest fol- Mathews to wicket-keeper Mohapatra drew and FM have a prize money of Rs Nairobi, June 30: World stee- Friday. “I have a different ver- lowing the Wednesday night in- Prasanna Jayawardene while Rakesh Kumar Jena and 2,50,000. The champion of the plechase champion Ezekiel sion of what transpired and cident where Kemboi claimed it attempting a pull shot. But Anwesha Mishra lost in their will get a cash award of Rs Kemboi is still in the Kenyan until he is proven guilty, we was a botched attempt to rob him umpire Ian Gould ruled it as respective categories in the 50,000 along with the trophy. London Olympics team after shall hold him innocent al- of money and other valuables. a no-ball after consulting with eighth round of the Asian The top 20 finishers will also be Team Kenya CEO Stephen Soi though this unfortunate case the TV umpire. Youth Chess Championship given prizes and other gifts. termed the assault charges against could have an effect on prepa- Another showdown Hafeez also survived a scare at Hikkaduwa in Sri him a plot. Kemboi was ar- rations for our team,” he added. Omaha, Nebraska, June 30: on 65 and 171 Sri Lankan Lanka late Friday night. Rakesh selected raigned in an Eldoret court “We are aware on the restric- Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte fielders failed on to hold the FM Sankalp defeated Dastan Rakesh Pradhan of Orissa Thursday accused of assaulting tions Britain imposes on any per- set up one last clash before the chances he offered. The guilty Turar to occupy seventh place sealed his place in the India 26-year-old Ann Njeru Otieno son involved in human rights is- London Olympics when they fielders being Nuwan Kulasekera in the under-12 category. He Racketlon team for the up- who claims the Athens Olympic sues but we are still consulting to booked their places in the final and Prasanna. now has five points and will take coming World Sports Festival and two-time World Champion find out what the implications are of the 200 metres individual Earlier, opener Taufeeq Umar on John Daniel Lemi in the July 5-8 in Vienna and stabbed her after she turned and what action to take in the best medley at the US trials Friday. (65, 62b, 8x4) hit an aggres- ninth round. However, FM Rakelton World Cup July 12- down his demands for sex. In a interest of the team and the coun- The pair, who split their 400 sive half century and took the Rakesh lost to FM Aryan 15 in Bulgaria. Giving this turn of events, National Olympics try,” the CEO stressed. medley and 200 freestyle events, Mohammad Hafeez attack to the bowlers after Gholami in the same category. Sankalp Baliarsingh information Saturday, Committee of Kenya (NOCK) Despite the stringent laws in set up a deciding third race Pakistan were put in to bat on With this loss Rakesh slipped Manoranjan Mishra, Working who were expected to unveil place in Britain, Soi pointed out Saturday when they registered at close of play on the first day a pitch which offered some to third place with four points. sixth. He will face Sachintha President, Racketlon his replacement for London that a host nation for the the fastest two times in the semis. of the second Test here Saturday. help for the seamers. He will take on Nima Fendereski Abeywickrama in the next Federation of India stated said they had dispatched an of- Olympics has no right to bar a Racing in lanes next to each The opener had managed Umar attempted to cut in the next round. round. In the girl’s under-10 cat- that along with Rakesh three ficial to Eldoret to ascertain the competitor entered by his/her re- other, Lochte got his hand on only 105 runs, with a top score Mathews but clipped a fine Utkal overcame Dinul Thisura egory, Anwesha lost to Woman others namely Dev Uthia of claims as Soi revealed he had de- spective nation. “Accreditation the wall first in a time of one of 37, in his nine previous in- edge to wicket-keeper in the under-16 category. He is FIDE Master Le Tran Phuong Karnataka, Anjan Mitra of tails that the runner may have is a waiver of visa requirement minute 55.51 seconds with Phelps nings for Pakistan, who trail the Jayawardene, who was stand- placed seventh with five points. Uyen. She has now four points West Bengal and Govind Yedke been stitched up. but we will address the issue as easing up on the last lap to take three-match series 0-1. ing up to the stumps. Utkal will play with Alireza in her kitty and Bai Xue will be of Maharashtra have been se- “The information we have is soon as we get all the fact to see second in 1:56.66. Less than an Azhar Ali (92 not out) kept Brief scores: Pakistan 334 for Aghaei in the next round. In the her next oppoent. lected for the championships. totally different from what has what the way forward is,” he said. hour earlier, the 27-year-old Lochte Hafeez company the duo hav- 1 (Mohammad Hafeez 172 n under-14 category, Sidhant drew Manoranjan further informed been portrayed but the matter Otieno was admitted at Med posted the fastest qualifying time ing added 256 runs for the un- o, Azhar Ali 92 n o). Match with Arian Khorsandi. Sidhant Chess tourney that Rakesh will participate in is before Court and I cannot Hill Hospital in Eldoret with a in the 200m backstroke. AGENCIES broken second wicket after to continue. AGENCIES now with five points is placed Khurda District Chess the doubles event only. PNN

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