WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Mandeep hat-trick helps India enter Real Kashmir look to continue dream run; final in Olympic Test Event hockey Mohun Bagan, East Bengal start favourites KOLKATA, Aug 20: pions Chennai City FC, who had But their real big test will be TOKYO, Aug 20: Japan tried to make inroads in Japan attacked the Indian come with a reserve side. when they take on the 16-time the last few minutes of the first defence in the the fourth quarter Mohun Bagan and East "Real Kashmir is all about champions Mohun Bagan, a Striker Mandeep Singh struck quarter as they won a penalty cor- and scored their third goal Bengal will enter as favourites being against the odds and com- Spanish-flavoured side coached a fine hat-trick to help the Indian ner. Gurinder Singh positioned through Kazuma Murata in the but the limelight will be on Real ing up trumps. We play with by Kibu Vicuna. men's hockey team beat hosts himself brilliantly and defended 52nd minute. Kashmir in the semifinals of the heart and soul," coach The Mariners have recruited Japan 6-3 and book a summit the shot on the goal line. India led India were awarded a penalty 129th Durand Cup here tomor- Robertson said. four Spaniards with Salva clash berth in the Olympic Test 3-0 at the end of the first quarter. corner with five minutes left on row. "A lot of players had come Chamorro spearheading the India's Ankita Raina in action at US Open Qualifiers in New Event here. India continued their attack- the clock, but the shot went wide East Bengal will take on from long journeys from Africa, attack, while Francisco Gonzalez York. The Indian team bounced ing game in the second quarter off the post. India also saved a Gokulam Kerala followed by Europe and wherever... and Joseba Beitia will be in back from their 1-2 loss against with Jarmanpreet Singh taking a penalty corner in the dying min- Real Kashmir's clash with Regardless of whom you play charge of the midfield, with New Zealand with an impressive shot on goal, but putting it wide utes of the match. Ankita progresses to 2nd round at US Mohun Bagan in the double- against, to do that and on the Morante holding the backline. display in their third match at the of the post. Captain Harmanpreet The win put India in the sec- header at the Salt Lake Stadium. first day or the second day of While Mohun Bagan effort- Oi Hockey Stadium here. India Singh had a shot on target, but the ond spot in the points table and Open qualifying, Ramkumar ousted The summit clash is slated seeing each other is an incredi- lessly entered the semifinals again face New Zealand in the Japanese goalkeeper Takashi they face toppers New Zealand in NEW YORK, Aug 20: "I changed my racquet think- for Saturday. ble achievement." with three wins in a row, they summit clash on Wednesday. Yoshikawa pulled off a brilliant the summit clash on Wednesday. ing new balls and it didn't work Seven months after they had Their situation was aptly have been winless from two Mandeep found the target in save. (PTI) India's Ankita Raina in my favour actually so I beaten them 2-1 in an impres- summed up by Chennai City FC matches in the Calcutta Football the 9th, 29th and 30th minutes Japan managed to open their knocked out ninth seed Belgian switched back to the previous sive debut season in the I- coach Akbar Nawas who drew a League Premier Division A, Indian women Ysaline Bonaventure to progress one but she got her rhythm," she League, Real Kashmir will be parallel with war-ravaged Iraq's where they are the defending to the second round of the US added. meeting the Mariners at the Asian Cup triumph in 2007. champions. enter final of Olympic Open Qualifiers but Ramkumar Ankita said she was aware of same venue. "If you remember Iraq won "I've not seen Mohun Bagan Ramanathan bit the dust in the the strength of her rival but was The Snow Leopards, who the Asian Cup by having similar play this time but got an idea. It test event men's singles here. prepared for a battle. finished third in their debut I- circumstances. So that means will be different from last sea- League season, did not have a when you have such circum- son," the Scot coach said. TOKYO, Aug 20: The 194th ranked Ankita was "It was different (from 2014) up against a higher-ranked play- as it was on clay back then. I pre-season back home due to the stances, it might motivate you," In the first semifinal of the restrictions in the valley follow- Nawas had said after their 0-1 day, East Bengal will be hot Following an impressive per- er but prevailed 6-1 1-6 6-2 for knew she can play incredible her second win against the tennis but was ready for it and ing the revocation of the state's loss. favourites against Gokulam formance against Australia, the special status. Real Kashmir edged out Kerala, even as the Malabarians Indian women's hockey team on Belgian on the Pro Tour. was confident through out even She had beaten the 111th after losing the second set. The Real Kashmir players Indian Super League franchise have been in rampaging form secured its place in the final of the were cut off from their family FC Goa on goal difference after having scored the maximum Olympic test event by playing out ranked Bonaventure in her own "I felt she was also getting country in 2014 on clay. affected by the heat so in the due to the communication clam- both finished with seven points. goals -- 11 from three matches. a 0-0 draw against China here. pdown in the valley. While their star striker Of them, eight have been The Indian team looked in Ankita converted five of the third set I made sure to keep her six breakpoints and saved five of longer in the points." Still, the David Richardson- Danish Farooq has been reliable scored by Marcus Joseph, India's Mandeep Singh celebrating hat-trick against Japan in good rhythm during the initial coached 29-member contingent, up front, it's their defence that including two hat-tricks. the Olympic Test Event at Tokyo. stages of the first quarter, and the eight chances on her own her Ankita has not gone beyond serve. the second round at the Grand with five players from Kashmir has stood out. "The morale of the group is constantly built pressure on the and one from Jammu, kept its Their 21-year-old goalkeeper very high. We are ready for the while Nilakanta Sharma (3rd), account through a field goal Chinese defense. "I started solid. There were a Slam qualifiers and she has a Nilam Sanjeep Xess (7th) and through Kentaro Fukuda in the very few unforced errors in the good chance to better that stat as date with the Durand Cup. from Sikkim, Phurba Lachenpa, challenge. I'm proud of my The World No. 10 side looked They had one practice ses- has stood tall under the bar and effort but not just me, everyone Gurjant Singh (41st) were the 25th minute, but Mandeep scored comfortable in possession, and first set. I stayed longer in the she is up against Czech other scorers for India. two field goals in quick succes- points and kept her moving. She Republic's Denia Allertova, who sion before their season-opener is yet to concede a goal in three has contributed to our success," rotated the ball well to threaten against reigning I-League cham- matches. Joseph said. (PTI) Kentaro Fukuda (25th), Kenta sion to help India take a big 5-1 the opponents in the opening 10 had aggressive forehand and is placed 85 places below her at Tanaka (36th) and Kazuma lead. The Indian vice-captain minutes, which also reflected when she was in position she 279. Murata (52nd) scored the goals scored just before the half-time when it won its first penalty cor- would absolutely kill so I had to In the men's singles, for Japan. whistle in the 29th and 30th min- ner in the 8th minute. make sure to keep her on the Ramkumar Ramanathan bowed Nilakanta gave India an excel- utes. India's penalty corner expert run," Ankita said, explaining out with a 5-7 6-7(9) defeat lent start through a field goal in Japan started the third quarter Gurjit Kaur stepped up to take the how she brought about the fall against Italy's Filippo Baldi. the third minute. Buoyed by the on an aggressive note. They took set-piece, but could not find the of the Belgian. (PTI) early lead, the Indian team put a shot on goal, which was back of the net as the Chinese tremendous pressure on the Japan blocked out brilliantly by goal- Goalkeeper Dongxiao Li deflect- Laksh, Sudipty, Sneha win gold in defence as Gurjant Singh took a keeper Krishan Pathak. However, ed the ball away from danger. shot on goal, but saw his effort the Japanese team kept putting India started the second quar- Gymnastics; KCIS lifts Korfball titles going wide of the post. pressure on the Indian defence ter also with great attacking flair, Excelsior Sports Correspondent In Korfball Under-17 years However, a penalty corner and found a field goal through and won themselves their second final at Green Field Gandhi was awarded to India in the sev- Kenta Tanaka in the 36th minute. penalty corner in the 17th minute. JAMMU, Aug 20: Laksh of Nagar, KC International School enth minute which was converted India did not let the momen- Gurjit Kaur tried to aim for the MHAC Nagbani and Sudipty beat Model Academy Jammu by brilliantly by Nilam Sanjeep to tum shift towards the Japanese other side this time, but her try bagged gold medal in 10-7, while in Under-19 final at help the team take a 2-0 lead. side as forward Gurjant found the was again denied by Li. The fol- Gymnastics, while KC the same venue, KC India continued to take the back of the net in the 41st minute lowing minutes saw both the International School lifted twin International School drubbed aggressive approach and to make it 6-2 which put the teams battle it out in midfield, Korfball titles in the ongoing KC Public School by 4-2. Mandeep found the back of the world number 5 side in a domi- with neither team giving much Inter School District Level com- In Artistic Gymnastics net with an excellent field goal in nant position at the end of the space and time to their opponents. petitions in the disciplines of Under-19 boys at Gymnasium the ninth minute. third quarter. (PTI) Korfball Under-17 and Under- Hall, MA Stadium, Laksh 19 years boys and girls and Mahajan of MHAC Nagbani Gymnastic Under-19 years boys won gold, while the silver and Murray falls to Sandgren as and girls, organized by the bronze medals went to Rajveer Rafter after their good show in 2nd edition of World's Highest Rafting and Kayaking competi- Department of Youth Services Singh and Manav Gupta of DPS tion on Zanskar River. — Excelsior/Morup Stanzin and Sports District Offcie Jammu. singles comeback continues Jammu at Green Field, Gandhi In Artistic Sudipty Khanna Nagar and Gymnasium Hall, claimed gold, while Sweeta Mountain Journey, Liktsey School lift Rafting titles WASHINGTON, Aug 20: Cincinnati... I feel like I moved coughed up two double faults MA Stadium, here. Gupta clinched silver, while in Excelsior Sports Correspondent competition and added that such potential to organise fairly well to some drop shots, while serving for the match at 5- The competitions were Rythemic Gymnastics, Sneha tournaments will produce inter- International standard Rafting Andy Murray fell in the first which maybe last week I wasn't 4. organized by the Department of Dewan of Oriental Academy LEH, Aug 20: All Ladakh national stuff. and Kayaking competition for round of the ATP Winston- running to. But Sandgren broke Murray Youth Services & Sports, under won gold, Nandhni Lakhotra of Rafting Co-operative Limited AD Tourism Tsering Angmo tourism promotion. Salem Open, where the three- "So there's some good things again in the next game and then the patronage of Dr Saleem-ur- Spring Bells High School (ALRO) organised its 2nd edi- who flagged-off the final com- ALRO advisor Wangchuk time Grand Slam champion was in there but also some stuff I took full advantage of his sec- Rehman, Director General, clinched silver and Tawishi tion of World's Highest Rafting petition from Rafting point Nyaga also spoke on the occa- giving his surgically repaired would like to do better." ond chance, capping the match Youth Services and Sports J&K Singh of Kirti Public School and Kayaking competition on Skorpochey said that this time sion. hip just its second test in singles. Murray did not even reach with a forehand winner on his and under the Chairmanship of claimed bronze. Zanskar River, which concluded Tourism Department decided to Winner team leader Dhan first match point. Madan lal, Joint Director (J), The matches were officiated here yesterday. sponsor the event so that local Bahadur Singh said that he felt "Physically, (I'm) OK con- while Chanchal Kour, DYSSO by a panel of experts of the The event was co-sponsored youth get encouragement to ecstatic to win competition for sidering -- no pain, no discom- Jammu is the Organizing Department of Youth Services & by J&K Tourism, All Ladakh take part in such adventure sport the second consecutive year. fort. Just a little bit more tired Secretary of the tournament. Sports, District Jammu. Tour Operators Association and get employment opportuni- Another participants Air than usual," Murray said. (ALTOA) and various other tour ty. Force team leader Wing Having said in Cincinnati he operators. ALRO President Rinchen Commander Sandeep said that it would discontinue doubles to The three days event was Nima Jora said that the competi- was good experience but was focus on returning to peak sin- held on Zanskar River from tion was aimed to promote tough due to the wind blowing gles form, Murray said he might Scorpochey to Sangham, cover- Water Sports in Ladakh. in opposition direction. consider playing an ATP ing a distance of 16 Kms. 140 Mentioning about Rafting A 19 year old lady from Challenger Tour event before rafters including International history in Ladakh Nima added Nainital Naina Adhikari said heading to Asia, where he is players took part in the event. that Rafting sport is very old in that it was great feeling to par- entered in September's Zhuhai In the men's category, Ladakh starting from 1983 and ticipate in the event. Championships and the China Mountain Journey Tour was the is a popular sport among Additional SP Suresh Kumar Open. winner with timing of 38:54:01, tourists. and Tourism Officer Tsering Andy Murray playing a forehand shot in the first round of the "Maybe I need to play a level while Ladakh Fine Food Travel ALTOA President Tsetan Dolkar were also present during ATP Winston-Salem Open in Washington. down to get some matches and Wing Sangham was the runners- Angchuk said that Ladakh has prize distribution ceremony. build my game up a little bit up with a timing of 39:03:04. Britain's Murray, who feared the court until after 10 pm, before I start playing on the tour In the women's category, KP boy Samay wins grand finale in January that his hip trouble thanks to a lengthy rain delay again," he said. Liktsey School sponsored by would end his career, accepted a that pushed back his start time In other action on a day Trekkers being flagged in by Army Officers after completion Indus Himalayan Explorer of ‘Comicstaan’ Season-2 wild card into this week's tour- by more than three hours. when rain wreaked havoc on the of the Expedition at Kishtwar on Tuesday. claimed first position with a Excelsior Correspondent Season-2, an Amazon Prime nament in North Carolina after Sandgren gutted out a tough schedule, South Korean Lee timing of 45:22:59 and Saspol Series along with Akash Gupta at falling in his singles comeback service hold in an opening game Duck-hee became the first deaf Army conducts Trekking Expedition School was the runners-up with JAMMU, Aug 20: Hailing Mumbai, yesterday. in Cincinnati last week. that went to deuce nine times, player to win an ATP Tour Excelsior Sports Correspondent trekking team of One Officer and a timing of 45:55:68. from a small village Salia in The duo of Samay and Akash He again showed glimpses of saving one break point as they match, beating Switzerland's 10 other ranks covered over 180 In the Kayaking men's cate- won a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh his once-dominant self, but was went to the first-set decider Henri Laaksonen 7-6 (7/4), 6-1. KISHTWAR, Aug 20: Indian kilometers through treacherous gory, Amit Thapa was the win- each. inconsistent in a 7-6 (10-8), 7-5 without a break of serve. "My message for people who Army conducted a Trekking and challenging high altitude ter- ner and Daman Singh was the Samay, the Kashmiri Pandit loss to 73rd-ranked American The American needed four are hearing impaired is to not be Expedition from Chingam via rain. The team also traversed runners-up while in the boy, who grew up in Hyderabad Tennys Sandgren in a match set points -- and saved one -- in discouraged. If you try hard, you Nagan Pass, Navapachchi through inaccessible jungles of women's category, Marie Eve after his parents migrated from lasting 2 hours and 10 minutes. taking the tiebreaker. can do anything," said Lee, who (Marwah) and Dachhin Valley to Naginsur and Krankalhauru ridge was the winner and Naina the Valley in 90's, was the "Some things were a bit bet- A deflated Murray was will next face third-seeded Kishtwar, which concluded here and on successful completion of Adhikari was the runners-up. youngest contestant on the show. ter today I think," Murray said quickly down 3-0 with two Hubert Hurkacz of Poland. Winners were awarded with a The 21-year-old performed on Monday. breaks of serve in the second. Lee was two points from vic- today. the Expedition, the team was During the Expedition, Indian flagged-in at Kishtwar Helipad. Double-Seater Ducky while exceptionally well in the finale "I was hitting the ball a bit He clawed one back, and tory when thunderstorms swept runners-up were awarded with and got the highest live audience cleaner than I did maybe in broke again when Sandgren through. (PTI) Army team interacted with the The initiative of Indian Army local population including to conduct this unique Trekking Rs 30,000 as a cash award. score. Gujjars and Bakarwals in far Expedition was also aimed at Deputy Commissioner Samay, a student of B.Tech flung areas. The team also inter- commemorating 25 years of rela- Sachin Kumar Vaishya who final year is keen to take up com- acted with parents of martyrs tionship between the 'Awam' & attended the prize distribution South Kashmir, Samay Raina, edy as his profession. who had made the supreme sacri- 'Jawans' which has resulted in session, highly appreciated the son of Rajesh Raina won the 'Comicstaan' is a very popular fice in the line of duty to maintain maintaining peace, tranquillity, organisers for conducting such grand finale of 'Comicstaan' series run on Amazon Prime. peace in the region. conducive environment and reli- Over a period of 19 days, the gious harmony in the region. Prannoy, Praneeth march into pre-quarters of World Championships BASEL, Aug 20: 11 before pocketing it. In five meetings between the State Roll Ball team posing along with officers and officials before leaving for Surat on Indian shuttler H S Prannoy two, Prannoy has emerged victori- Tuesday. stunned multiple-time Olympic ous thrice. The Chinese won in the and world champion Lin Dan in a last meeting, at the Australian hard-fought match while Sai Open in June. J&K Roll Ball team leaves for Senior Nationals Praneeth outplayed Lee Dong Lin, who had also won gold in Excelsior Sports Correspondent coaching camp held at MA Slathia, Rishav Gupta, Prabhal Keun to enter the pre-quarterfinals the 2008 Olympics, apart from Stadium under the supervision Jamwal and Ritik Mahajan. of the World Championships here seven World Championships titles, JAMMU, Aug 20: 28-mem- of Madhu Sharma, Sudhir Sudhir Singh will accompa- today. roared back in the second game. NCC cadets taking part in Annual Training Camp at Nagrota. ber State Roll Ball men and Singh and Vishali Bogal. ny the team as coach while Prannoy, unseeded in the tour- They were tied 5-5 but from there women team left for Surat to The Championship is being Rita Rehan will be the manag- nament, beat the highly-decorated on, the Chinese legend did not participate in the 16th Senior held to pick the Indian team to er. Chinese 21-11, 13-21, 21-7 in a give any chance to Prannoy as he Various activities organized on 3rd day of Annual Training Camp second round match that lasted easily won the second game to National Roll Ball participate in the 5th Roll Ball Women: Suvidha Sareen, one hour and two minutes. take the match to the decider. Excelsior Correspondent organized include tent pitching, addressed NCC cadets. During the Championship from August 22 World Cup being held at Delhi Ruhi Rajput, Garvita Gupta, In the pre-quarterfinals, Prannoy, however, was not map reading drill, obstacle train- camp number of lectures-cum- to 25, 2019. from November 12 to 17, Ankita Chopra, Kavneet Kour, Prannoy faces an uphill task going to be intimidated by the rep- JAMMU, Aug 20: Various ing and firing. demonstration were also organ- Earlier, the team was 2019. Khushi Gupta, Ashima Gupta, against top seed Kento Momota of utation of the former world num- activities were organized on the Motivational lecture about ized for the cadets on weapon cleared by the Screening The Team (Men): Hiteshwar Mahima Khajuria, Shriya Japan, who downed Luis Enrique ber one. The Indian reserved the third day of the Annual Training SSB coaching for enrolled in training, map reading, tent pitch- Committee of J&K State Sports Singh, Tarun Sharma, Bhanu Gupta, Antra Mahajan, Ishita Penalver of Spain 21-10, 21-7. best for the last and just like the Camp at NCC Camping Ground Armed Forces was delivered by ing and firing by Personnel Staff. Council headed by Divisional Sunil Khajuria, Rakshak Singh and Ashray Shobna. Prannoy completely dominat- first game, Prannoy left Lin far Nagrota, in which around 500 Colonel Sanjeev Chauhan, NCC cadets actively partici- Sport Officer, Ravi Singh. Jandial, Dilpreet Singh, Suresh Madhu Sharma will accom- ed the first game and led all the behind after 4-4 and won the NCC Directorate are undergoing Deputy Camp Commandant to pated in major training activities The team was selected after Kumar, Akarshan Magotra, pany the team as coach and way after 2-2. The Indian was deciding game easily to wrap up training. NCC cadets. and showed great interest in train- conducting a open trial / Aayush Jasrotia, Manvijay Vishali Bagal as manager. ahead at 10-5 and then raced to 19- the match. (PTI) The activities which are being The Day Camp Commandant ing.