THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Family, children of iconic athlete at receiving end Indian men’s hockey team World Test C'Ship: Kohli's India gear Kathua man Radhey Kumar creates win Olympic Test Event up for red ball challenge on tricky track TOKYO, Aug 21: ner in the 18th minute. New Zealand managed to make NORTH SOUND (ANTIGUA), bination that will be the skipper's have more talent than what the record in World Police & Fire Games The Indian men's hockey only two circle entries in the Aug 21: primary worry and if he can get it numbers currently show. team avenged their round robin second quarter as the Indian right, that will be considered as a In Shai Hope, John Campbell league-stage loss by defeating team scored three more goals. A perfect combination and a tactical victory. and , they have *Wins 6 medals with 1 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze New Zealand 5-0 in the final of Nilakanta found the back of winning start will be foremost on In an ideal situation, if Hardik the three talented youngsters. Rajesh Dhar ages to take part in bigger events at his own. He the Olympic Test Event held the net in the 22nd minute skipper Virat Kohli's mind when Pandya was available, Kohli , during the 2016 deserves a better deal," said his brother Rakesh here today. before Gursahibjit and Mandeep India take on West Indies in their would have been tempted to drop series against India, had thwarted Harmanpreet Singh inaugural World Test JAMMU, Aug 21: Hailing from a remote vil- while talking to EXCELSIOR. scored in quick succession. The sorry state of affairs is that the family, (7') set the ball rolling before Vivek Prasad intercepted the Championship opener here tomor- lage Chunera, Mahanpur in district Kathua, BSF Shamsher Singh (18'), Nilakanta row. personnel Radhey Kumar created record in World especially the children of this heroic sportsperson ball brilliantly to assist a goal for are at the receiving end as far as their schooling is Sharma (22'), Gursahibjit Singh Gursahibjit and Mandeep con- A win in the opening Test will Police and Fire Games held at Chengdu in China. (26') and Mandeep Singh (27') be the 27th for Kohli as skipper The 38 year ace athlete kept the Indian flag concerned. His kids Tanisha and Vanisha have to verted a penalty corner just travel long distances by foot from their village scored for India at the Oi before the half-time whistle. and will put him on even keel with high by winning 1 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze his predecessor Mahendra Singh Chunera to reach their school at Hockey Stadium. After an action-packed first medals in these Games. Radhey Dhoni. A in the game Mahanpur in Kathua. India had lost 1-2 to New half, the intensity dropped from won gold medal in 21 kilometres (19th as captain) will place him on "The Governor Satya Pal Zealnd earlier in round robin both sides. New Zealand tried to Half Marathon, while he clinched par with Ricky Ponting. Malik led State Administration, league-stage. four silver medals in 5 kms Track make a few inroads in the third On paper, a batting line-up that which is keen to promote sports Both teams began the match quarter as they took a shot in the & Field, 10 kms Marathon, 10 kms on a cautious note by turning has Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, KL and sportspersons in the State, 37th minute which went wide of Cross Country and 5 kms . over the ball in the midfield. Rahul, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh needs to honour this ace sportsper- the post and Jarmanpreet Singh Radhey, who has been part of India won a penalty corner in the Pant in the ranks should be termed BSF Central Sports team since son for his outstanding contribu- saved a penalty corner in the clear favourites but this West tion in the field of sports. The fam- seventh minute, but couldn't 2003, has the distinction of creat- capitalise on the opportunity. next minute. India and New Indies team, led by , ing records in Marathons, Half ilies of such athletes need to be Zealand played out a goalless is no pushover. backed to help them devote the However, skipper Marathons, Cross Countries and Harmanpreet didn't miss out on quarter as the former held the England found that out the one among Rohit Sharma and Ashwin for a whole fifth day in other allied Runs. requisite time for flourishing at the lead at 5-0. hard way at the start of the year Ajinkya Rahane but given the Kingston after West Indies were higher levels," said an Athletic Coach while a re-awarded penalty corner. He Apart from winning a galaxy of medals in the executed a perfect dragflick to In the last quarter India when they lost a Test series 1-2 in recent record of West Indies in staring at an defeat. In National and International events, the iconic ath- expressing sympathy towards Radhey's family. ensured they stayed in the lead some of the most lively pitches on Tests, he might go in with an extra addition to that, he is a steady off- When contacted Radhey Kumar, who has put India in the lead. lete has the honour of emerging as the Indian win- The Indian team continued to as they didn't allow New the Caribbean islands in recent batsman which means both will spinner with 50 Test wickets. ner in the prestigious 'Wings for Life World Run returned from China yesterday after his great show Zealand to break through their times. feature in the playing XI. Squads said that he felt ecstatic for his brilliant perform- hold possession and put tremen- 2015'. He had distanced 55.2 kilometres to become dous pressure on the New defense throughout the match. One such pacer-friendly wick- If a green-top is provided and India: Virat Kohli (captain), ance in World Police and Fire Games, adding that Kohli still goes with five bowlers Mayank Aagrwal, KL Rahul, the Indian champion. Zealand defense as they ended India's attacking approach in the et was at the Sir Vivian Richards he along with other top BSF athletes called on the Stadium in Antigua where Kohli which includes Ravindra Jadeja Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Radhey was the winner of 75 Kms Hell Run the first quarter at 1-0. match paid off as they walked Director General today, who felicitated them and and his men will be facing the as an all-rounder, it could well Vihari, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit 2019, completing it in 9 hours, 13 minutes and 6 Shamsher scored India's sec- off the pitch as winners of the lauded their efforts for good show in World Police Windies first up. be a toss-up between the two Sharma, Rishabh Pant (wk), seconds, with Santhosh Gowda and Vishwas ond goal through a penalty cor- competition. (PTI) Gaikwad claiming 2nd and 3rd spots respectively. and Fire Games. "People have been talking Mumbaikars. Kuldep Yadav, Ravichandran Radhey Kumar was the part of the 5-member He further said that he belonged to a remotest about not being rele- The other issue will be at the Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Indian team for the Trial World Championships area of Kathua district where the sports infrastruc- Indian women hockey team beat Japan vant or dying down. For me, the top of the order as to who will Sharma, Mohammed Shami, held in the month of June this year. The Indian tural facilities are almost absent, adding that the competition has gone up two-fold open with Mayank Agarwal. Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, team for this event comprised of Kieren Dsouza, youth of such areas possess natural sporting talent the last couple of years. It's up to The common logic says KL Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Tlanding Wahlang, Radhey Kumar, Rajasekar which needed to be honed in order to help them by 2-1 to win Olympic Test Event the players to take the challenge Rahul, who is a specialist open- Wriddhiman Saha (wk) Rajendra and Narayana. J&K's Radhey bagged 3rd not to derail from the mainstream and not to fall TOKYO (JAPAN), Aug 21: winning goal for India. and go for victories," Kohli said er, but Hanuma Vihari was sent West Indies: Jason Holder (c), spot in this event. prey to drug menace and other social evils. India dominated the first 10 about the inaugural edition of the to do the fire-fighting in , , Though, son of a farmer Uttam Singh and Radhey advocated for developing sports infra- The Indian women hockey minutes, and finally managed to World Test Championship. Australia and it would be unfair Shamarh Brooks, John Campbell, Shani Devi, Radhey has been creating records and structure in hilly areas to help the State to produce team won the Olympic Test event find the breakthrough when "The games are going to be to not give him another opportu- Roston Chase, Rakheem winning laurels for his Country, State and his International stuff. with Navjot Kaur and Forward Navjot kept her nerves much more competitive and it nity against a relatively easier Cornwall, , Organisation/Department-BSF by participating in He also said that the athletes from other States Lalremsiami leading the side to a under pressure and produced a fine brings a lot of purpose to the Test pace attack. , Shimron high profile running events held across the globe, like Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Kerala and 2-1 win over Japan in the final, finish in front of the goal. matches you play. It's the right The West Indies team in the Hetmyer, Shai Hope, , but he is yet to be honoured by the State of Jammu Maharashtra are being provided with big awards here today. However, the next minute saw move and at the absolute right Test format has been an under- . and Kashmir for all his achievements. and rewards for their achievements, however, such Navjot Kaur (11th minute) Japan strike back immediately time," Kohli said. stated one with players who Match starts 7pm (IST). (PTI) "He leaves no stone unturned in keeping the custom is not in practice in our State. opened the scoring to put India with a well-crafted field goal The last Test played here saw country's flag high at the International level. He is He batted for providing financial assistance to ahead but the lead was neutralised which was put into the back of the England scoring 187 and 132 but that was a different time of the Sindhu makes positive start passionate to run long distances and create top sportspersons of the State for helping them to within a minute as Minami net by Shimizu to make it 1-1. Shimizu (12') scored for the hosts. year. records. Despite all the hardships, Radhey man- blossom at the higher levels. The second quarter saw both Lalremsiami (33') struck the the teams focus on their defensive Nevertheless, Kohli and head structure and tread carefully in the coach Ravi Shastri, who recently at World Championships Cricket Tournament gets attacking third. got a fresh contract, will be wary BASEL (SWITZERLAND), Aug cross court return. India had a few chances in the of the challenge that can be posed 21: Sindhu zoomed to a 6-1 lead first few minutes, with the likes of by the new ball pair of Kemar in the second game before Pai underway at KC Sports Club Vandana Katariya and Navjot Roach and Shannon Gabriel along Two-time silver medallist P V Excelsior Sports Correspondent KCSC B managed to score 171 combining well on the attacking with Jason Holder bowling his Sindhu produced a commanding runs to lose the match by 17 runs. front, but could not produce a steady seam-up spells. performance in her opening match JAMMU, Aug 21: A 40-Over Kanav Saini, Ram Dayal and goal-scoring opportunity. If there is pace and bounce, at the BWF World Championships Cricket tournament got underway Shivansh contributed 47, 39 and Japan also tried to create some Kohli is likely to go with four spe- here today. at KC Sports Club, here today. 29 runs respectively. Arvind opportunities of their own, with cialist bowlers in which Sindhu, who had reached the The inaugural match was Bhardwaj was the pick of the goalscorer Shimizu coming close Ravichandran Ashwin and finals of Indonesia Open last played between KC Sports Club A bowlers, who took 5 important to scoring her second of the match, Kuldeep Yadav will be fighting for month, looked in good touch as and KC Sports Club B. After win- wickets while Vicky Raina, Arjun but India defended well. the lone spinner's slot. she controlled the rallies and out- ning the toss KCSC A decided to Chowdhary, Nitish and Lakshay It was an aggressive start from The three pacers, in all likeli- smarted Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu bat first. Sharma took one wicket each. the Indian team after the half-time hood, will be Jasprit Bumrah, Po 21-14 21-14 in a 43-minute Batting First, KCSC A made Arvind Bhardwaj was declared break as they won themselves a Ishant Sharma and Mohammed contest. Players in action during Chess competition at Shiksha 188 runs in 40 overs. Fazil Rashid, as the man of the match and penalty corner in the 33rd minute. Shami. The fifth seeded Indian, who started constructing the rallies Niketan School in Jammu. Atul Choudhary and Rajinder awarded with a Gift Voucher spon- (PTI) However, it is the batting com- Sharma scored 50, 38 and 33 runs sored by Ramada Hotel. received a bye in the opening and narrowed the deficit to 5-7. respectively. Hisham Saleem took Former Union Home round, is likely to face USA's Sindhu's unforced errors also Inter-School Chess 3 important wickets, while Junaid, Secretary, Anil Goswami was the Beiwen Zhang, seeded ninth, in made life easy for the Taiwanese Ram Dayal and Vijay Dogra chief guest on the opening cere- Nagal moves to second round of the pre-quarterfinals. girl, who showed some great claimed 2 wickets each. mony, who formally declared the Sindhu, an Olympic silver skills and managed to enter the While chasing the target, Championship open. US Open Qualifying event medallist, had lost to Zhang at interval with a 11-10 lead after competition organised the India Open finals last year. Sindhu found the net. Excelsior Sports Correspondent mental ability of the students. - NEW YORK, Aug 21: Wimbledon Championships but In the first game, Sindhu The Indian, however, Samrath of RMPS won under-10 could not win a round. moved ahead from 5-5 to slowly changed gears after the break, JAMMU, Aug 21: J&K Rural title, while the Under-14 title Young Indian tennis player This is Nagal's first attempt at create a gap and entered the dishing out some good-looking Sports Club (NGO) organized an went to Raghav of RMPS and Sumit Nagal earned his first win making the Grand Slam singles interval with a 11-7 lead. strokes to eventually enter match Inter-School Chess competition at Under-18 event was won by at a Grand Slam qualifying event, main draw this season in which After the break, Sindhu con- point at 20-14 when her rival Shiksha Niketan School, here. Gurjot Singh of Jeevan Nagar. knocking out seasoned Japanese he enjoyed considerable success tinued to surge and grabbed six missed a shuttle at the backline. The participating Schools In Under-10 Girls, Divya Tatsum Ito in straight sets at the and broke into the top-200. game points when Pai made an She sealed the match next included RM Public School, Manhas of Gandhi Nagar won the US Open qualifiers, here. The 22-year-old from error in judgement at the back- with a precise on-the-line return. Shiksha Niketan School Gandhi title, while in Under-14 Aastha of Nagal, placed at a career-best Haryana next faces Canada's line. The Indian sealed it with a (PTI) Nagar and Shiksha Niketan SNS and in Under-18, Akansha of 190 right now, knocked out the Peter Polansky, who is ranked School Jeevan Nagar. Jeevan Nagar claimed the titles. Former Test cricketer Harbhajan Singh along with organisers 133rd ranked and 26th seed 7-6 192. 24 students in the age groups Nirmal Sharma, the main addressing media persons at Amandeep CA, Amritsar in Punjab. (6) 6-2 in one hour and 52 min- Ankita Raina is scheduled to Mohun Bagan beat Real Kashmir in extra of under-10, 14 and 18 took part Incharge of Shiksha Niketan utes on Tuesday. play Czech Republic's Denisa in the competition. School lauded the effort of the Harbhajan Institute of Cricket to Last year, he had competed in Allertova in the second round of time, set up final with Gokulam Kerala The event was held under the players for good show.. the qualifiers of the Australian the women's singles qualifying KOLKATA, Aug 21: took a turn towards his right to set supervision of President Rameshwar Mengi, Principal provide latest training at Amandeep CA Open, the French Open and the event. (PTI) it up with his left foot for the Narender Singh and various of the institution lauded the Super-sub V P Suhair struck an Spaniard to shoot in front of the sports teachers of Shiksha efforts of the students and teach- Excelsior Sports Correspondent have partnered to provide cricket extra time brace as Mohun Bagan goal. coaching as per international stan- Niketan School. The main aim of ers for holding the event in befit- saw off a gritty challenge from But Real Kashmir struck the AMRITSAR, Aug 21: The lat- dards and considering the great this competition was to boost the ting manner. Real Kashmir 3-1 to set up a sum- equaliser in the second-half injury est cricket training will be provided contribution of Bhajjito cricket, we mit clash with Gokulam Kerala in time to cancel Chamorro's first not only with the latest facilities, have renamed our cricket academy the 129th Durand Cup here today. half goal and force the match into but also by the international level as Harbhajan Institute of Cricket. DYSS organises inter zone cricketers to be trained at The spokesperson further said Much like the first semifinal in extra-time. Amandeep Cricket Academy that the decision taken by which Gokulam Kerala scripted a With a minute left in the stop- Ground, here. Amandeep Group was dedicated to stunning turnaround in the second- page time, Real Kashmir captain district level tournament Sharing this information, Dr the achievements made by half stoppage time, Real Kashmir Loveday Enyinnaya set up the ball Excelsior Sports Correspondent Chander Sharma in the presence Shahbaz Singh, General Manager, Harbhajan Singh (Bhajji). struck the equaliser in the 90+3rd from the midfield and it was their of DYSSO Kathua, Sunil Kumar, Amandeep Group of Hospitals, Speaking on the occasion, the minute to cancel Salva Chamorro's Ivorian forward Gnohore Krizo KATHUA, Aug 21: The ZPEOs Yog Raj Sharma, Kailash said that considering the social cricket star & youth icon Bhajji first half goal and force the match who slotted it home to stun the Department of Youth Services Chander, Sukesh Sharma, responsibility of Amandeep and Dr. Shahbaz Singh said, into extra-time. Mohun Bagan supporters. and Sports, District Kathua Pardeep Singh and Satpaul. Group, where various programmes "Considering the prevalence of But it turned out to be a tale of But Mohun Bagan did not organised inter zone district level A total of 370 players of all for health care have been launched, drug menace in Punjab, our aim is two Keralites in the two thrilling take long to restore their lead tournament in the disciplines of 12 zones of district Kathua par- they have also tied-up with interna- to protect Punjabi youth and chil- semifinals. when Suhair, who had come in tional players to prepare players dren from drugs by promoting Memento presentation at YCET during guest lectures on Kho-Kho, Kabaddi and ticipated in the events. First it was CK Ubaid who place of Romario Jesuraj in the according to international stan- sports and especially cricket and Wednesday. Volleyball for U-19 boys at Zone Hiranagar, Kathua and produced two stunning saves in 68th minute, showed fine compo- dards. with this aim, we will also try to Sports Stadium Hiranagar, here. Sallan excelled in Kabaddi, the penalty shoot-out to sound sure to finish it well. "We are providing cricket provide coaching here. So thatthe death knell for his former side East Full credit should also be The Badminton and Table Volleyball and Kho-Kho respec- coaching to boys as well as girls. budding players could be selected Tennis events for U-19 boys and tively. Sallan also won the trophy YCET organises guest lectures Bengal. given to Fran Gonzalez who Started by Amandeep Group, this for the Indian team and other pres- Next it was former Gokulam bisected the loose Real Kashmir girls were held at Infant Jesus of Girls Football. lush-green stadium features all the tigious tournaments such as the Excelsior Correspondent individual to continuously eval- Kerala forward Suhair who struck defence with a measured pass to HSS Hiranagar and Football for The matches were officiated latest cricket coaching facilities IPL. Harbhajan announced that uate the existing modes of busi- boys and girls at Govt HSS by Avnesh Kumar, Gopal Dass, and services for emerging cricket any youth, whose height is above 6 JAMMU, Aug 21: YCET ness operations so that more a double in the 93rd and 112nd Suhair on the right flank. Chandwan, here. Sukhram, Ganesh Dass, Sartaj players, such as international level feet, will be provided free coaching organized series of lectures on efficient and effective systems minutes to seal a final berth in the In the 10th minute of extra- The tournament was inaugu- Singh, Naresh Kumar, Kunti coaches, bowling machine, day-to- here". "Entrepreneurship and can be evolved and adopted. Asia's oldest tournament for a time, Fran Morante made a superb rated by Sub Divisional Devi, Harvinder Singh, Uttam day performance skills, AC stay On this occasion, Dr Avtar Personality Development" for In the second session, record 29th time. goalline save from a well-con- Magistrate Hiranagar Suresh Singh and Neerasha Sambyal. Rooms, full security arrangements, Singh, Dr Amandeep Kaur, Dr the students of first semester in Adarsh Kumar interacted with Earlier, Salva Chamorro broke nected Vicky Meitei shot as round-the-clock monitoring and Ravi Mahajan, Dr Kanwarjeet which two eminent personalities the students and said that the deadlock in the 42nd minute Mohun Bagan held on to their nutritious and lousy meals are Singh, Dr Santokh Singh, namely Vinod Kumar, Faculty Personality Development is the after captain Gurjinder Kumar lead. (PTI) available," he added. Harvinder Singh Hairoo, Manish member, JKEDI, Jammu and most basic need of the time. A Amandeep Group and former Sharma and Lovely Arora were Adarsh Kumar, Manager person's personality is the quali- JKP organizes national art Test cricketer Harbhajan Singh also present. Havells India Pvt Ltd were the ty, which makes him an exem- guest speakers. plary in the crowd. workshop at Patnitop Puneri Paltan scores 31-23 win In the first session, Vinod He discussed about the vari- Excelsior Correspondent Kumar stressed upon the fact ous windows of the profession- against Bengaluru Bulls that in the current age, technolo- alism like neat appearance, SRINAGAR, Aug 21: Jammu and Kashmir Police in collabora- , Aug 21: struggling Girish Ernak as coach gy has gone from novelty to proper demeanour, reliability, tion with Master Sansar Chand Baru Memorial Trust and North Zone Puneri Paltan registered a 31- Anup Kumar made the changes to necessity. competency, communication, Cultural Centre Patiala, Union Ministry of Culture organized a 23 win against defending champi- a faltering Pune side while the He said Engineers will etiquettes, ethics that shape an national art workshop at Patnitop. ons Bengaluru Bulls in a Pro- Bengaluru Bulls went in with an always be needed to spread their individual's personality. An art interaction / demonstration for school children was a sig- Kabaddi League match at extra defender in the line-up expertise across STEM fields, Recruiter out there, are more nificant feature of the workshop. Various artists from different parts Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium buoyed by the performances of adding Engineers are considered concerned about the personality of the country along with students of different schools of Kud partic- here today. their two raiders in Pawan to be more innovative and cre- development of the student dur- ipated in the workshop. Medal winners of Senior National and North India (Men & A heavily bandaged Surjeet Sehrawat and Rohit Kumar. ative who can become best ing placements. About a dozen artists from different parts of India worked with Women) Equipped and Unequipped Powerlifting Championship Singh at the centre was the leader It was the Pune team which held at Palampur in Himachal Pradesh. Leena Devi won silver (6 tackle points) in the defensive started off well, consistently tack- entrepreneurs and can contribute The sessions were attended the children and made wall paintings. The aim of the workshop was medal and Mehak claimed bronze medal in the Championship. The unit for Puneri Paltan, never ling Bengaluru Bulls raiders, with in a great way for the develop- by Director YCET Prof (Dr.) to channelize the energies of the young people towards creative participants included Varundeep Sharma, Nishchal Zutshi, Vansh allowing the leagues best raider, Sagar Krishna justifying his inclu- ment of the nation. Anoop Kumar Srivastava, Chief things. Gupta, Ashish Sharma, Meenakshi Tikoo, Sachin Kumar, Atul Pawan Sehrawat, to weave his sion with an incredible body block While interacting with the coordinator Er BR. Verma, all Pertinently, J&K Police under its Civic Action Programme is Kumar, Ashish Pratap, Divyam Sharma and Sunil Kumar. Also seen magic. on Rohit Kumar six minutes into students he said that HOD's, coordinators, faculty organizing many programmes in collaboration with different NGOs, in the picture are Mohinder Sharma and Dr Vikram Slathia. Sagar Krishna came in for a the match. (PTI) Entrepreneurship compels an members and students. schools and Departments.