THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Mountaineering Foundation IPL first half goes to UAE, to organize series of expeditions final leg in India Excelsior Sports Correspondent Mountaineering Foundation dur- ing Pre-monsoon and Post- mon- NEW DELHI, Mar 12: respective state. will be sent out soon," the BCCI JAMMU, Mar 12: Indian soon periods. United Arab Emirates will "BCCI is extremely con- said. Mountaineering Foundation, New Names of the peaks and sched- stage the initial phase of the IPL scious of the various complexi- The general elections are Delhi, the apex body for surface ule of expeditions will be commu- while Bangladesh was kept on ties involved, but hopes for a scheduled to be held in nine adventure sports in the country, will nicated to the selected candidates as standby for some of the matches favourable consideration. phases from April 7 to May 12, be organizing a number of moun- and when they are finalized by by the BCCI, ending weeks of BCCI will abide by the decision owing to which the government taineering expeditions, both for Indian Mountaineering speculation over the venues of of the authorities in this regard. had refused to provide security men and women, during the year ADGP, SM Sahai reviewing arrangements for Youth Promotional Camp in Jammu. Foundation, New Delhi. the high-profile event which 2014-15. Mountaineers who are inter- was today scheduled from April ICC hails BCCI for shifting Sahai reviews arrangements Only qualified and competent ested to participate in the presti- 16 to June 1. climbers who have successfully gious National Mountaineering The tournament, which had completed at least Advance course Expeditions as Leader, member, to be partly shifted out of the IPL-7 matches to UAE in mountaineering and have par- doctor or in any other capacity country owing to the general NEW DELHI, Mar 12: JKP organizing Youth ticipated in some mountaineering can contact the Secretary of elections, will return to India for Hailing the Board of Control for in India (BCCI) for decid- expeditions and are presently Indian Mountaineering the final phase from May 13 ing to conduct the first leg of the (IPL7) in the physically and mentally robust are Foundation North Zone though the BCCI has sought the United Arab Emirates, the International Cricket Council (ICC) today Promotional Coaching Camp eligible for selection for various Committee, Ram Khajuria on government's permission to termed the move commendable. expeditions to be sponsored and mobile: 9419196378 for further stage matches in the country "The BCCI's decision to stage the first part of the IPL 2014 season Excelsior Sports Correspondent Mr. Sahai said that the event upon the organizers to work in organized by Indian details. from May 1 itself. in the UAE is great news for the people of the UAE and the region. It is being organized by JKP under close coordination and make all The early return to India will complete a remarkable season of cricket in the UAE, which has JAMMU, Mar 12: As a part its Civic Action Programme. He arrangements for smooth con- would be possible only if the already seen the successful staging of the ICC World of its Civic Action Programme, said under-19 boys, drawn from duct of the camp. government agrees to provide Qualifier and the U19 Cricket World Cup," the ICC said in a statement. Jammu and Kashmir various educational institutions Mr Sahai, while deliberating security to the tournament in The international body also feels that such a move by the BCCI Police(JKP) is organizing week of backward areas of the State on the objectives of the camp, states where polling would have will help cricket grow in West Asia. "This news comes on the back long Youth Promotional would participate in the camp. said that such events help the concluded at that stage. of the on-field success of the UAE national team which has qualified Coaching Camp for boys this While discussing the budding sports players to refine "The BCCI is pleased to for both the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh and the Cricket World Cup month end here at winter capital arrangements, Mr Sahai sought and reshape their skills and pro- announce that the 2014 Pepsi 2015 in Australia and New Zealand and has the potential to propel in which more than 400 youth, reports from different commit- vide an opportunity to the youth IPL season will start on cricket's profile to new heights in the country," it said. drawn from poor pockets and tees constituted for making to share and exchange experi- Wednesday 16th April 2014, and ICC Chief Executive David Richardson also assured of providing far-flung areas of the State, arrangements for the event in a ence with each other and added conclude on Sunday, 1st June all the necessary helps to successfully conduct the IPL. would be participating. befitting manner. JKP has been organizing such 2014," Board Secretary Sanjay "Recognising the importance of the integrity of the competition, the This was revealed by the It was informed that the events regularly under its popu- Patel said in a statement. ICC will provide its full support for the matches in the UAE, includ- Additional Director General of arrangements with regard to lar Civic Action Programme. The initial phase of the tour- ing through the provision of anti-corruption services. It will also be a Police Armed (ADGP), S. M. venues for different games viz Among others, the meeting nament would be played out at good opportunity for both the BCCI and the ICC to share knowledge Sahai today, while chairing a volleyball, football, basketball, was attended by IGP Armed Karatekas of DRS Kids Bantalab holding certificates while three venues in the UAE -- Abu and experience as we both strive to deliver memorable events to crick- high level meeting of officers to handball and Kabaddi, accom- Jammu, P. R. Manhas, DIsGP, K. posing for a group photograph after passing the test on Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah from et fans around the world," Richardson said. (UNI) discuss various arrangements modation transport, security and L. Bhagat and Vijay Singh Wednesday. April 16 to 30. for week long promotional other arrangements have been Samyal besides all Commandants "From Wednesday 16th If it is not possible to play in for the IPL. coaching camp . It was attended made for smooth conduct of the of armed and IRP battalions and DRS Kids Bantalab April to Wednesday 30th April, India during this period, IPL This is the second time that by senior police officers. week-long event. He stressed other police officers. at least 16 matches will be held matches will be held in the event has had to be forced in the United Arab Emirates. Bangladesh and BCCI is thank- out of the country due to elec- conducts karate test BCCI is very grateful to the ful to the Bangladesh Cricket tions. In 2009, the entire tourna- Sindhu, Kashyap enter second Excelsior Sports Correspondent Divyansh Ajay Baht, Antika Emirates Cricket Board, its Board and the government of ment had to be shifted to South Thappa, Pratham Singh, Navya Chairman, HH Sheikh Nahayan Bangladesh for their support," Africa, a country which was in JAMMU, Mar 12: DRS Kids Bhat, Sarthak Manhas, Akshit, Mabarak Al Nahayan, and the the Board said. contention to host the event round of Swiss Open Bantalab conducted karate Krishika Guleria, Annie Koul government of the UAE for their But there is no ambiguity for even this time. examination in its school prem- and Saransh Sharma. offer of wholehearted support to the final leg, which will be held The BCCI officials and IPL BASEL, Mar 12: Hyderabadi girl showed a lot of take on German Lukas Schmidt in ises, here today. The medals and certificates host the Pepsi IPL for this peri- in the country. Chairman Ranjeeb Biswal had Top Indian shuttlers P V character as she went on to pocket the next round. 50 karatekas took part in the were distributed among the win- od," the BCCI stated. "From Tuesday 13th May been holding discussions with Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap and three straight points to wrap up the Anand, too, didn't break much examination. ners by School Principal, The second half has been (once polling has concluded in the Home Ministry for the past Anand Pawar got off to winning opening game 21-18. sweat before getting past Those who stood first Monica Sharma in presence of tentatively kept in Bangladesh all states), the remaining league few days to work out the sched- starts, notching up victories in The second game was a neck- Malaysia's Kok Pong Loke 21-17 included Anveesh Pandita, Kapil Chib and Surinder Chib, but could be held in India if the matches plus the Playoffs will ule of the league which will their respective opening round sin- and-neck battle till 7-7 before the 21-10 in a 26-minute match last Aarush Rathore, Saranya Saraf, Managing Director of the BCCI manages to get the gov- be played in India. There will be have eight teams this time gles matches at the the USD Malaysian opened up a 13-9 lead, night, to set up a meeting with Kushagree, Arya Gupta, School. ernment's clearance. no matches scheduled on the around. 125,000 Swiss Grand Prix Gold but Sindhu held on to her nerves to another German Tobias Wadenka. "For the period from counting day of Friday, 16th Due to the lesser number of tournament here today. make it 12-13 and then tie it at 14- However, Thailand Grand Prix Thursday 1st May to Monday May. BCCI will take the advice teams, the duration of the league World championship bronze 14. Gold winner, Srikanth, seeded 12th May, BCCI has approached of the authorities if any further has also been shortened this medallist Sindhu posted a com- There was no looking back for fifth, could not reach the next the Ministry of Home Affairs, restrictions are required around time to 47 days and 60 matches fortable 21-18 21-15 victory over the Indian from there and she stage after his gallant fight against Government of India, seeking the counting day. -- much less than the 76 games Malaysian Sannatasah Saniru in dominated the proceedings to seal Sweden's Henri Hurskainen ended permission to play IPL matches "A detailed match schedule played last season which was 32 minutes to enter the second the match in her favour. with a close 21-19 18-21 17-21 in India in cities where the for the Pepsi IPL 2014 season spread over 54 days. (PTI) round of the women's singles World No. 9 Sindhu will take defeat. polling has concluded in the event. on winner of the match between Li Third seeded Shixian Wang of Sports activities organized Kashyap and Pawar also Michelle of Canada and Russia's China completely outplayed Chhattisgarh to face reached the second round of the Ella Diehl in the next round. young Indian Saili 21-8 21-9 in men's singles competition with Meanwhile, Commonwealth just 31 minutes. Kerala in Jr eves hockey under SVEEP straight game victories. Games bronze medallist Kashyap The Indian mixed doubles pair national final But it was curtains for prevailed over The Netherlands' of Tarun Kona and Ashwini Excelsior Sports Correspondent remote areas. All the venues of these rural Kidambi Srikanth in the men's sin- Erik Meijs 21-17 21-15 in a match Ponnappa also went down fighting MYSORE, Mar 12: REASI, Mar 12: A series of sports competitions and events gles, while Saili Rane failed to that lasted 34 minutes. against the Polish combo of Students during rally at Mendhar on Wednesday. Chhattisgarh will play rural sports activities especially also host EVM training camps and cross the opening round hurdle in World number 18 Kashyap led Robert Mateusiak and Agnieszka Kerala in the Division B final of Indian Style of Wrestling and a series of cultural programmes women's singles. 6-3 early on, before slipping to 9- Wojtkowska 10-21 21-16 13-21. the fourth Hockey India Junior Kabaddi were started by the dis- are also being organized to create Seventh seeded Sindhu 11, but he raised his game in time The contest lasted for 43 min- SDM flags off students rally Women National Championship trict administration in various hilly awareness among the voters. The opened with a 3-0 lead and went and pocketed the first game. utes. after registering easy wins in and remote areas of the district rural sports series is generating on to extend it to 10-3 in the first The second game was a more London Olympic bronze Excelsior Correspondent ticipation of women and marginal- their respective last-four round Reasi for eliciting greater response enthusiasm among the youth in game. But the Malaysian raised comfortable ride as Kashyap medallist Saina Nehwal, ized sections. in forthcoming elections through MENDHAR, Mar 12: To cre- matches at the Chamundi Vihar remote areas and is expected to her tempo and managed to reduce jumped from 5-4 to 10-4 and did- Commonwealth Games gold Speaking on the occasion electoral education of voters, pro- generate more response in forth- ate awareness about voter partici- Hockey Ground, here today. the gap to 15-16 before making it n't give a chance to his opponent medallist combination of Jwala SDM said that main aim of the moting ethical voting. The sports coming Lok Sabha elections. pation under Systematic Voters While Chattisgarh thrashed 17-17. and closed the door on Erik. Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will rally is to motivate voters so as to series also includes fencing com- Winners of these competitions Education and Electoral Manipur 4-0 in the first semi- But at 18-18, the 18-year-old The third seed Indian will next play later today. (PTI) increase voters' turnout. petitions and free style boxing. will receive special awards from Participation, a rally of students One of the best ways of this is final, Kerala stunned Gangpur The series has been launched the District Election Officer after from various Government institu- to educate and aware students Odisha 2-0 in the other last-four under the SVEEP campaign culmination of the series. Electoral Railways thrash Punjab to set tions was organized here today. about importance of registration game. Jashn-e-Jamhuriat. awareness camps gained more The rally was flagged off by and voting in order to motivate In the first semifinal, Department of Youth Services momentum after launch of another Sub District Magistrate (SDM) their parents to cast their vote, he Chattisgarh scored two goals and Sports in collaboration with outreach programme after already semi-final date with Bengal Ramesh Kumar, who while speak- added. each on either side of the break Education and Rural Development ongoing programmes of plantation ing exhorted upon the students to SDPO Mendhar Surinder through Ishika Chaudhary (8th Department is organising innova- drive, blood donation camps and KOLKATA, Mar 12: from the front scoring a classy shadow of his past before his anx- act as change makers and spread Choudhary and Dy CEO Mendhar minute), Priyanka Parihar tive series under guidance of electoral photo exhibition camps. run-a-ball 108 in team's fighting ious innings was cut short by a the message of effective electoral Mohammad Azam were also pres- (34th), Akanksha Parmar (38th) District Election Officer (Deputy At block level the playgrounds Unheralded Railways today total of 242. run-out. participation in remote areas. ent on the occasion. and Sadhna Sengar (65th) to Commissioner) Reasi Dr Shahid have been face lifted for these routed a star-studded Punjab team In reply, Krishnakant Anureet in an excellent dis- Carrying placards and banner, register the comfortable win. Iqbal Choudhary. events and active cooperation has comprising of superstars like Upadhyay (2/14) and Anureet play of inswing bowling had a more than 400 students from Advani crashes out of In the semifinal game, The campaign of rural sports is been extended by various depart- Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh (2/26) ripped through the first ball while Upadhyay Government Girls Higher Kerala rode on two field goals headed by Rajinder Singh Tara ments in organized these events. In Singh by a massive 137-run mar- top-order whileleft-arm spinner wreaked havoc with his Haikou World Open Secondary Schools of tehsil from the sticks of M R Sindhu Additional Deputy Commissioner last stage the sports events are gin to enter the semi-finals of the Ashish Yadav (3/12) polished outswingers. and coordinated as well as organ- Mendhar participated in the rally, NEW DELHI, Mar 12: (26th) and Amala Thomas being organized in Reasi and National One Day Championship off the tail with Punjab being It was for the third day in a ized by Dr S S Chib DYSSO Katra towns. Electoral participa- which passed throught bus stand (68th) to set up the summit for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. skittled out for 105 in 33.4 row, the team that won the toss India's Pankaj Advani Reasi. President, Indian Style of tion pledge is an integral part of Railways will meet hosts overs. and batted second won their and main market of Mendhar. The clash against Chattisgarh. Wrestling Federation Shiv Kumar the events and voters are also participants of the rally were hold- waged a grim battle against Results: Bengal in the semi-final which Railways were exceptional in respective matches as the Eden tournament favourite and World Sharma has extended active coop- made aware about inducement promises to be an exciting affair the field which resulted in a bril- Gardens track produced variable ing banners and placards to Semi-finals 1: Chhattisgarh eration to organize these events in free ethical voting. encourage people to register for No.3 Ding Junhui before going 4 Ishika Chaudhary (8th); after an ill-tempered Ranji Trophy liant run-out of Yuvraj Singh (15, bounce and swung viciously both down 4-5 in the decider to crash quarter-final at the same venue a 34 balls), who didn't look com- ways. electoral list and importance of Priyanka Parihar (34th); out of the Haikou World Open couple of months back with dis- fortable at all during his stay at the Earlier, Rawat scored his vote. Akanksha Parmar (38th); West Indies beat England to take series carded India spinner Murali crease. maiden List A ton with 13 fours All the departments have been in China. Sadhna Sengar (65th) vs BRIDGETOWN, Mar 12: Bangladesh for the defence of Kartik being one of the central Coming to the crease with and a six. He added 141 runs for assigned duty under SVEEP for The eight-time world cham- Manipur 0. West Indies rallied from a mid- their crown. characters due to 'Mankading' Punjab 12 for three after five the fifth wicket off 156 balls with 100 per cent coverage about infor- pion was in a commanding Semi-final 2: Kerala 2 M R dle-order wobble to romp to a "This is all about building controversy. overs in their pursuit of 243 on a Nagaland's Jonathan Rongsen (58 mation on electoral participation position to oust Junhui but Sindhu (26th); Amala Thomas series-clinching five-wicket victo- towards the T20 World Cup," said Railways won a good toss and difficult Eden track, Yuvraj had from 78 balls; 8x4) to propel their and cover the left out electors. could not get past the finish line (68th) vs Gangpur Odisha 0. ry over England in the second a delighted Sammy. their skipper Mahesh Rawat led the perfect script but he looked total to 242.(PTI) Special emphasis was laid on par- in the second round.(PTI) (PTI) Twenty20 International of the "It's good that all the guys are three-match series at Kensington firing and when you sit down and Oval in Barbados. plan, then execute on the field, it Jos Buttler's career-best 67 feels good."(Agencies) saw the tourists' to a total of 152 for seven batting first with left- arm seamer Krishmar Santokie justifying his inclusion in place of injured spinner Sunil Narine by claiming four for 21 to earn the "Man of the Match" award yester- day. Cruising at 111 for two in the 15th over, the hosts lost three for five runs before cap- tain Darren Sammy belted an unbeaten 30 off just nine deliver- ies to take his team to 155 for five with seven balls to spare. With an unbeatable 2-0 lead going into the final match on Thursday at the same venue, the World T20 title-holders are look- ing for a strong finish in the Caribbean before heading off to