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18 Monday,August 18, 2003 TIMES SPORT The Times of India, New Delhi

dia has been prompted to launch pro- But Praveen believes he is still a FEERREE motion programme for the sub-juniors good bowler.‘‘Two years back, a senior IIFFF NNTT so that in the subsequent junior Asia coach, after seeing me bowl a brief DD Cup outings the Indians fare well, ob- spell, insisted I join his academy,’’ the The ‘‘Fortunate Fifteen’’ of the DGC served Balbir Singh Bhatia, the feder- budding football star revealed. ‘‘But I n a welcome “follow-up” to the keep them on their toes.The DGC ation secretary. was in my second year at the Tata Foot- DGC junior training program which picks up the tabs for the Soccer over cricket ball Academy by then so there was no I this summer 15 young boys and coaching fees will also send these looking back.” With a rising number of girls between the ages of 10 to 15 15 to four regional tournaments S Delhi boys making a mark in big time ST S ricket’s loss has been football’s years will continue competing all over the country, paying their ROKE gain. Praveen Rawat, who was one soccer, Rishi Kapoor and Sunil Chettri and training for the next six travel expenses as well as entry C of the key members of the under- (both playing for Mohun Bagan) and months, beginning at the end of and caddy fees, ensuring these 19 India team in the Milk Cup in Ire- Rajat Guha (Air India), to name a few, the month. A number of “caddie” young golfers the esential expo- land, feels he could who says football in the Capital is a dy- youngsters are included. sure to competition. Junior golf Morale-lifting show have hurled the red ing sport? The three coaches who con- in the country demands such en- welve medals, third place and high cherry equally well. Fickle mob ducted the JTP, Nonita Lall couragement and the DGC is cer- hopes for the future. That was the He has few regrets Qureshi, Romit Bose and Vicky tainly doing its bit this year. T haul of the seven-member Indian he chose soccer over or sheer enthusiasm for sports the Sethi, and have selected the “for- Meanwhile, across the seas team to the Asian Youth weightlifting cricket. Bengal fans merit a salute. Be it an tunate fifteen” for performance young “Tigress” Tanya Wadhwa, championships held recently.It should In a chat with F international cricket match at the and potential, will continue the 10 years old, continues on her be considered a satisfying perform- Wanderer, the Eden Gardens or the soccer Derby be- coaching, with each youngster golfing path to a bright future, ance since added to it was the triple R.K.Puram boy, a tween Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, getting a 40-minute coaching ses- adding to her laurels by winning Tanya Wadhwa (R) displays the US Kids World gold medal-winning show by Kalyani favourite disciple of they fill every available inch of space sion three times a month. A the US Kids World Championship coach Stephen Con- while thousands hang around outside. monthly medal competition will at Williamsburg, Virginia. Championship trophy with brother Varun. in her international debut in the Ju- Praveen Rawat nior Asia Cup. That the woman coach stantine, went down They worship their heroes. But some- with the team, Rajesh Saini from the memory lane to reflect the turning times they allow their passions to go nament organisers when he won the dealing with young bowlers. There are Though Warne has been in hiding at CRPF, was adjudged the best coach for point of his life. wild and make even a cricketing leg- Champion-of-Champions award, un- any number of spinners who can tell present, Australian Test captain Steve another credit. “I was in Standard 5, when my dad end like Sunil Gavaskar bitterly de- like Tendulkar who received it as a gift you how their initiative was killed by Waugh rushed to his rescue, claiming Viewed in the background of ad- took me to a cricket clinic at the Jawa- clare that he would never play there from a company whose products he en- manipulative captains. that vested interests in the media were verse reports on sportspersons using harlal Nehru Stadium. The coach, who again. The lot of football referees is dorses for pure financial gain. out to malign the leggie. Of course, unfair means to enhance their per- had a big moustache, lambasted me worse. His own Karnataka team-mate Sunil That precedent could be repeated if Waugh reserved his own judgement formances both at home and abroad, right and left for stepping on the wa- Last week some angry Mohun Joshi had been treated shabbily by his Fiat decides to award another Ferrari and added that “a lot of people have the changed scenario should be wel- tered pitch. That was my first and last Bagan fans are reported to have insult- captains. As he puts it, much of the to the Khel Ratna award recipient this made their judgment before they know comed. P.Harit, another lifter from cricket class. My dad then handed me ed club sponsor Vijay Mallya by burn- spinner’s misery is caused by the year, maybe every year. Howzzat! the facts.” Things seem to be hotting Andhra Pradesh who is being groomed over to the football coach in the nearby ing his effigies, little realising that it wires of One-day and Test cricket get- up as one of Warne’s associates has for the highest splash, won two silvers ground.” There were few restrictions was the cause of the club that would be ting entwined and not many can adjust Kumble gives it a tweak initiated extortion charges against the and a bronze in the face of the chal- there. The freedom to run about all harmed in the long run. Surely, it was to different lines. He speaks up for all South African woman, who in turn has lenge from two Chinese. over the place won him over to the an avoidable folly, more so when the nil Kumble is not the kind to shoot bowlers when he talks of the different threatened to go to Australia armed The Weightlifting Federation of In- football. club was passing through a disturbed his mouth off at the drop of a hat. yardsticks in judging a batsman and a phase. bowler. It is partly true that a batsman with incriminating evidence. To top it AP A But when he speaks a lot of sense in a measured, intelligent manner. can afford to fail in more than one in- all, a Gold Coast radio station has of- Much ado about a Ferrari Expressing his forthright views on nings and still hope to get the nod, fered to bring her to Australia. Every- the quality of spin bowling and the rel- whereas a bowler gets the sack after a body loves a tamasha! inally,it had to take cartoonist R K summary trial. Laxman’s skills to make the au- evance of it in modern Indian cricket Lucky ladies all F thorities wake up to the fact that at the Banga- The Warne tamasha somebody, either car company Fiat or lore camp n the male dominated Indian horse Sachin Tendulkar, should pay the im- ahead of the ove along Mike Tyson, Shane racing world, women have carved a port duty of Rs 1.6 crore for the Fer- coming tour Warne is here. The leg spinner, I niche for themselves as owners, raro-360 Modeno gifted after the bats- by New M serving a year-long ban for drug jockeys and trainers. man equalled Sir Don Bradman’s Zealand, he abuse, has been allegedly troubling a But a unique record was created by record of 29 centuries. disagreed lot of ladies, be it a mother-of-three a group of ladies at the Delhi Race Juctice Vikramjit Sen issued notices with those from Johannesburg or an exotic Course last week when all winners in a to the union sports and finance min- thought that dancer from Melbourne. To top it all, a card of six races owned by them, istries in the public interest jurisdic- spin was a dy- former Cricket Australia official though only one of them, Fatima Hus- tion. Later, Fiat went on record saying ing art. He claimed that they received regular sain, part owner of Tulip, was present that they would be happy to pay the should know complaints about Warne: “There’s just to lead in the horse. duty.Tendulkar can heave a sigh of re- what he is too many ladies with too many The other successful lady owners lief, but all this needless controversy talking about, stories.” were Namrata Sharma (Sikander), could well have been avoided had both having taken The question is, does Warne have Nuzhat Khan (Playful Spirit), Shabana S the parties planned for such eventuali- 300 plus wickets with his legspin in enough money to pay all these ladies if Khan (River Fantasy) and Sunita Cha- ties. both Tests and One-dayers, including a their stories are proved to be genuine? ran (Elsalto). Interestingly, their hus- As a Wisden comment points out, ‘perfect ten’ against Pakistan. Probably not. Cricket Australia, for bands trained all these five winners. Tendulkar might have been inspired Very subtly he pointed the finger at now, is trying to distance itself from Referee Nicole Petignat of Switzerland speaks to AIK player Arash Talebinajed by the fact that Ravi Shastri got a sim- the captains for the sorry state of af- the growing controversy. Its CEO prior to the UEFA Cup qualification game between AIK Stockholm and Fylkir of ilar waiver for an Audi he won in 1985. fairs without naming them. He specifi- James Sutherland insists that the is- Iceland in Stockholm, Sweden. It is the first time a woman has refereed a senior However, there was one difference. cally mentioned the name of Murali sues raised rest between the individu- competitive match in UEFA. Shastri was given the car by the tour- Karthik and pleaded for patience while als involved. Mukesh leads team to victory East Bengal feted for Asean feat Secret Romeo CROSS COUNTRY Coimbatore: After the Cotton City Open 2003 winner was de- Kolkata: Not contended with a Asean Cup win, East Bengal cided, the Pro-Am brought an end to a fabulous week of golf on on Sunday vowed to repeat their historic triumph in the in- soars high Sunday.It was none other than the ‘Champion golfer of the year ternational arena on Sunday. “We will work harder in the Smooth sailing for seeds TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mukesh Kumar who fired seven birdies to lead his team of VP near future,” club president Dr Pranab Dasgupta said at the Kozhikode: Led by top seed Koneru Subbian, P Kumarswamy and Anish Kumar to victory.The win- felicitation of the Cup winning team by West Bengal govern- New Delhi: Secret Romeo (B Humpy and second seed Zhao Xue of Chi- ners logged 111 stableford points. Kolkata pro Rafiq Ali almost ment at the Salt Lake Stadium. Prakash atop) proved to be Parivel, Sujith cruise matched Mukesh’s effort with a six-under par (42 stableford “With a proper planning and governmental support for na, prominent players had easy outing in too good in the the FD Wadia Chennai: Local lad R Parivel and Sujith points) to help his trio of V Jagannathan, P Venkateshwaran soccer infrastructure, “India can reach the top level in Asia the opening round of the 10th Asian Trophy (GR II) at the Pune Sachidanand of Karnataka moved into the and Joseph Chakola to tally 107 points and finish second. TNN within eight years,” coach Bhowmick said. PTI Women’s Chess Championship here on races held on Sunday. Sunday. With no upsets coming up, the top main draw of the U-18 boys section of the Results: Esterelli Plate; Milestone 1, seeds had a smooth-sailing although In- MCC national Junior tennis champi- Eternal Flight 2, White Lie 3. Glacier Plate dia’s Anupama Gokhale blundered repeat- onship. Parivel beat statemate Siddarth (div.I): Infinite 1, Star carvel 2,Temple Tune Hande 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 while Sujith defeated Ni- 3. Glacier Plate (div.II): Secret Miracle 1, edly against third seed Wang Pin of China Lochmaben 2, White Whisper 3. Potential to go down from a comfortable position of tyesh Natraj (TN) 6-7, 7-6 (5), 6-2. In the U-18 Champion Trophy: I’m Sensational 1, Nota a draw. On the the top-board, Humpy ap- girls section, Swetha Devaraj (Kar) Bene 2, Ashbourne 3. Chashme-E-Shahi plied Bangko gambit opening against thrashed Karina (WB) 6-0, 6-1 while Ak- Plate; Extraordinary 1, Speedster 2, Lucky shitha Raj (Kar) defeated Mytari Prerana Break 3. Fd Wadia Trophy: 1,400m: Se- Zhang Jilin (Chn) to gain control by the cret Romeo 1, Rave 2, Decent Proposal 3. 25th move and surged ahead in the 33rd (AP) 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the main draw.In Tricumdas Dwarkadas Trophy; Zestful 1, move with a pair bishop to force her oppo- the U-14 boys section, Shalini Sahoo (Del) Castle Beauty 2, Pegasus 3. Eminence nent to resign in the 48th move. PTI routed Kesley Sundaram (TN) 6-0, 6-0. PTI Plate: Silver Blue 1, Sasha 2,Auchinblae 3.

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Apprentice jockeys (Del), Ankit (Har) bt Narender (CRPF); Rangers prevail: Royal Rangers scraped past Hans above 58kg (girls): Gurcharan (Pb) bt Football Club by a solitary Anita (Har), Neelam (Del) bt Kiran Charu (Man), Kiran Sihag (Del) bt Nee- make their mark goal in the SAIL DSA ‘A’ divi- lam (Del), Sonia (MTNL) bt Pooja (Del), sion football league at the Sumel (MTNL) bt Sharda (Del). TIMES NEWS NETWORK REVIEW Ambedkar Stadium. Neeraj Swimming meet: Chetan New Delhi: The Delhi racing Ekka netted the all-important The Sangeet Charan- goal in the 55th minute. In Singh (BRSC), Shikhar Tyagi season generally starts along trained bay filly Elsalto another encounter, Young- (St Columba’s), Shaswat expected lines, but on Mon- turned out to be the most im- men rode on Lalit’s brace to Sharma (SSC), Aashank day, the opening day of the pressive runner on the day. blank Ahbab Club 2-0. Pratap (BRSC) were among 2003-2004 calender saw pre- Lying close second to Contin- Monday’s matches: Garhwal Heroes those who bagged the best dictions fall like nine pins. vs IAF, Palam (3pm); Royal Rangers vs swimmer’s award in various nation till 700m over 1,100m, Ahbab Football Club (4.30pm). Delhi was not the only cen- the filly suddenly fell back to categories of the East Delhi Swimming Championships. tre from where racegoers had third place and the way she Rajiv Gandhi wrestling: to return home with empty Other winners: Abhishek Gupta was travelling, her winning Delhi’s Sanjay defeated (DLF), Aditya Kotia (BRSC), Jaspreet pockets on the season’s first chances were bleak. Amaz- statemate Ashok while Kaur (BRSC), Poonam (BRSC), Harpreet day. It was a similar story at ingly, she came back to her Nadeem (Delhi) got past Kaur (BRSC), Aakanksha Verma BRSC, the outset of the Kolkata own with a powerful turn of Ravipal (Haryana) in the Nityasha Pratap (BRSC); Best Divers: races. Chestnut gelding Sir- foot to overtake the leaders. boys above 80kg freestyle Shilpy, Iti Gupta, Shweta Gupta, Surya bouts in the Rajiv Gandhi Patel, Abhishek Verma, Men: Mukesh rgaa became the first hot Yet another horse who Gold Cup wrestling tourna- Kumar , Navneet and Abhishek. favourite to bow down at the caught the eye was the bay odds of less then half a rupee. ment. In basketball champi- Forthcoming events: gelding Real Hero. Contesting onship for girls, Yugantur P. Four horses emerged victo- over six furlongs, he had to The North Zone junior athlet- School beat Mt Fort School ic championships will be rious carrying the lowest run fourth till middle of the and Modern School beat weight. Interestingly,three ap- race, but steadily improved. held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Mayo School (Ajmer). Stadium from August 18-19. prentice jockeys - R Pravesh Seeing the speedy mare Soviet Other results:above 80kg (boys): Rajiv Over 650 athletes from the (Sikander), Kaushal Kumar (Del) bt Surender (UP), Ramesh (Del) bt Angel exhaust near the final eight states will lock horns (Playful Spirit and Tulip) and furlong, Scrooge came up from Naveen Mali (UP), Shreepal (Del) Surender (Har); 64kg: Sukhbir (Del) bt for the top honours in R Yusuf (Elsalto) opened their the fifth place and surpassed Rajesh (Har), Dinesh (Del) bt Neeraj various events. accounts. the front runners to win. Advantage Bhupathi after split with Paes TENNIS TRAIL Challenge Round, Ra- gerous until they split last only one place behind Bhu- manathan Krishnan and year, but are unbeaten in the pathi & Mirnyi in the ATP Ashis Ray Jaidip Mukerjea, theoretical- Davis Cup since 1996, in which Champions Race to the Mas- If only doubles ratings were ly no-hopers against the then they continue to team up. ters Cup at Houston in No- on par with singles! India awesome Australian combi- The parting of ways has, vember.But Paes is, personal- would have two players in the nation of John Newcombe however, been more to Bhu- ly,down to 10 in the rankings. world’s top 10 Mahesh Bhu- and Tony Roche, triumphed pathi’s benefit, than Paes’. The It is, of course, likely that pathi and Leander Paes — in four sets to postpone the former is ranked world No. 2, not only Bhupathi & co., but next only to the USA, the Antipodean celebration to just behind his partner, Max also Paes & co. (assuming world’s most successful ten- the third day. Mirnyi of Belarus. This gives they perform to par in the US nis playing nation. Krishnan & Mukherjea them top billing in all tourna- Open) will finish among the Rod Laver, arguably the was a scratch pairing. The ments. They are, admittedly, elite eight to feature in what greatest tennis artiste of all more regular and quite suc- yet to lift a Grand Slam title has come to be recognised as time, was advised by his leg- cessful line-ups were Krish- this year, but have, otherwise, the fifth Grand Slam the Mas- endary coach, Harry Hop- nan & Naresh Kumar in the been pretty consistent, collect- ters Cup. While Paes suc- man, to avoid doubles and 1950s and 1960s and Mukher- ing two Masters titles at Monte ceeded in raising his game in concentrate on singles after jea & Premjit Lall in the 1960s Carlo and Montreal. the clashes at Paris and Lon- he lost to compatriot, Neale and 1970s, not to mention the By comparison, Paes and don between the two partner- Fraser in the 1960 Wimbledon Amritraj brothers, Anand & his Czech partner, David Rikl ships, Rikl was slightly below final. Following this instruc- Vijay in the 1970s and 1980s. qualified for the quarterfinals his best on the big points in tion, he was rewarded with But no Indian duo has been in the Australian Open and the latter encounter. the crown at the All-England as successful as Paes & Bhu- the last four in the French On the other hand, the Ban- Club in the next two years. pathi. World Champions in Open and Wimbledon, but galorean is invariably fo- Having said that, men’s 1999, with a peerless record of have generally been eliminat- cussed and a decent foil to the doubles can be memorable. reaching the finals of all four ed early in the Masters, in- in-form and incisive In India’s first and historic Grand Slams and ensnaring cluding the ones at Montreal Belarusian. entry into the Davis Cup final the French Open and Wimble- and Cincinnati in the past Next week: The Roddick in 1966, then known as the don, they were not only dan- fortnight. At No. 4, they are factor

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