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OID‰‰†KOID‰‰†OID‰‰†MOID‰‰†C 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.

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