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Bengaluru ● Thursday ● 5 November 2009 sport DC 18

RESULTS ● CM ANNOUNCES GRANT OF RS 5 CRORE TO KSFA; FOUNDATION STONE LAID

GROUP A At Munich, Germany: Bayern Munich (GER) 0 Bordeaux (FRA) 2 (Gourcuff 37, Chamakh 89): At FIFA academy will put Ramat Gan, Israel: Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 0 Juventus (ITA) 1 (Camoranesi 45+2) GROUP B At Manchester, England: Man- chester United (ENG) 3 (Owen city on the world map 29, Scholes 84, Valencia 90+2) CSKA Moscow (RUS) 3 (Dzago- MAXIN MATHEW ev 25, Krasic 31, V. Berezutsky DC | BENGALURU 47); At Istanbul, Turkey: Besik- tas (TUR) 0 VfL Wolfsburg (GER) Nov. 4: FIFA’s much-vaunt- 3 (Misimovic 14, Gentner 80, ed Goal programme, which Dzeko 87) aims to promote football GROUP C around the world by devel- At Milan, Italy: AC Milan (ITA) 1 oping technical centres, (Ronaldinho 35-pen) Real Madrid football schools and artifi- (ESP) 1 (Benzema 29); At Mar- cial turfs, cemented its roots seille, France: Marseille (FRA) 6 in on Wednesday with (Aegerter 3-o.g., Abriel 11, Niang the foundation laying cere- 52, Hilton 80, Cheyrou 87, Bran- mony of the International dao 90) FC Zurich (SUI) 1 Academy at the Bangalore (Alphonse 31) Football Stadium. GROUP D A rivetting fusion of pan- At Nicosia: APOEL Nicosia chavadyam and bagpipes (CYP) 0 FC Porto (POR) 1 welcomed Chief Minister (Radamel Falcao Garcia 84); At B.S. Yeddyurappa and All Madrid: Atletico Madrid (ESP) 2 India Football Federation (Aguero 66, 90) Chelsea (ENG) 2 (AIFF) president and Civil (Drogba 82, 88). Aviations minister Praful Patel to the beautifully decked up southern wing of Manchester United's Michael Owen (left) scores against CSKA Moscow in Manchester on Tuesday. —AFP the stadium, where the acad- emy is set to come up. Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa (left) and AIFF president Praful Patel at After a soulful invocation by the foundation laying ceremony in Bengaluru on Wednesday. —R. Samuel the students of Karnataka United, Chelsea seal berths Vidya Shala, Patel and Yed- and help it with more land The academy is a matter of great pride dyurappa lit the ceremonial and financial aid. “The Paris, Nov. 4: English side trail second-placed before two goals levelled seille thrashed FC Zurich 6- lamp and unveiled the foun- KSFA is the only associa- for the state and shows the importance giants Chelsea and Man- Juventus by four points in matters and pushed them 1 to stand just a point behind dation stone. Patel then tion in India to have its own Karnataka football has in the country. chester United made hard Group A with two matches through. the duo. praised the Karnataka State football stadium and the work of it but ended up remaining. United manager Sir Alex Milan and Real shared the Football Association (KSFA), government has always been — B.S.Yeddyurappa coming from behind to qual- Chelsea came from 1-0 Ferguson was relieved to spoils at the San Siro, with which under the leadership of supportive of their cause. ify for the Champions down to draw 2-2 with have progressed but both goals coming in the president A.R. Khaleel, had Therefore I request Mr Yed- Rs 5 crore towards the devel- sters in the future. League knockout stages on Atletico Madrid - was left less than first half. worked relentlessly in pro- dyurappa to release a grant opment of the sport and the As reported earlier, India Tuesday. Didier Drogba scor- happy by the ref- Karim Benzema got his moting the sport in the state. of at least Rs 10-15 crore to money will be released as will have FIFA academies in French champions Bor- ing both goals on eree’s perform- first goal in seven matches “The AIFF has taken upon upgrade the stadium and soon as possible,” he said. Sikkim and Bengaluru and deaux joined them as they his return from a ance, especially for the visitors before itself to improve the stan- facilities and make land State sports minister Gooli- an AIFF-aided tsunami proj- earned an impressive 2-0 three-match Cham- over a penalty Ronaldinho drew Milan dard of football and infra- available either in Bengalu- hatti Shekar and Asian Foot- ect in Andaman and Nicobar victory over Bayern Munich pions League sus- that was not level from the penalty spot. structure in the country and ru or Mysore,” Patel added. ball Federation vice-presi- Islands. in Munich, while Porto can pension. awarded for a trip Milan’s Brazilian coach is deeply honoured to have Yeddyurappa complied dent Manilal Fernando gave Set to be completed in also look forward to Cham- “It was a good game on Darren Fletcher - Leonardo said a draw was an international academy in with the request, but not the ceremony a pass. Finally, about 12-14 months, the pions League football in the but frustrating because we the Scottish midfielder probably the right result. this city filled with great entirely. “The academy is a AIFF secretary Albert Cola- project estimated at Rs 3 spring after winning 1-0 at didn’t win it,” said Drogba. being booked instead. “If we look only at the first love and future for the matter of great pride for the co said it was a privilege to crore, will feature a state-of- APOEL Nicosia. United had to come from AC Milan and Real half, Real played very well, sport,” Patel said. state and shows the impor- ‘be the only nation to have the-art academy with nearly However, things look stark even further behind as they Madrid’s group has become they had many chances but in The minister then urged tance Karnataka football has been granted eight artificial 60 talented footballers from for Bayern and their Cham- trailed 3-1 late into the one of the tightest as the two the second I was a bit disap- Yeddyurappa to recognise in the country. Acting on Mr turf projects by FIFA’ and the state as well as the coun- pions League-winning match against CSKA giants fought out a 1-1 draw pointed because we deserved the efforts taken by the state Patel’s request, the state gov- urged the academy to gener- try to be trained by FIFA- coach Louis van Gaal as his Moscow at Old Trafford in Milan, while rivals Mar- to win,” he said. —AFP body to develop the sport ernment has decided to grant ate several talented young- appointed coaches. Toyota pulls , Kavita claim gold Shock for Pathetic facilities: Patel out of F1 Hanoi, Nov 4: Four-time world champion M.C Mary AP as AI, DC CORRESPONDENT Tokyo, Nov. 4: Toyota wit- Kom staved off a stiff resist- BENGALURU hdrew from Formula One ance from local pugilist Hoa Maha win with immediate effect on Nguyen Thi to win the 46 kg Nov. 4: Describing the present infrastruc- Wednesday, leaving Japan title as India won two gold DC CORRESPONDENT tural facilities for football in India as without a team in motor- and as many silver medals BENGALURU ‘shameful’, All India Football Federation’s sport’s premier series. in women’s boxing of the (AIFF) new supremo Praful Patel promised Company president Akio third Asian Indoor Games Nov. 4: Reigning champi- a hard-hitting, concrete plan to lift the pro- Toyoda apologised for the here on Wednesday. ons Andhra Pradesh suf- file of the sport. Patel promised improved team’s failure to record a Kavita Goyat (64kg) won fered a double whammy in facilities, promotion of youth football and a single race victory since the second gold for India the National junior badmi- talented national squad as it prepares for the joining F1 in 2002 despite while L. Sarita Devi (54 kg) nton championship at Ma- AFC Asian Cup in 2011. an estimated annual budget and N Usha (57kg) bagged a ndya on Wednesday. Excerpts: On the International Academy and its of around $300 million silver each. Mary Kom The fancied AP shuttlers (181 million pounds). Mary Kom had to dig dip were in for a shock as the Air functioning: As of now, the plan is to select A model of the FIFA academy. —DC “It was a very difficult but in her vast experience Peamwilai of Thailand minutes while the 4x50M India boys defeated them 2-1 40-60 trainees but selections will continue team needs to better its FIFA rankings and unavoidable decision,” Toy- against the Vietnamese who before going down 2-3. medley relay team ended in a hard-fought final. Sai Pra- in national tournaments, and if there is tal- needs more exposure. For that we have chart- oda told a news conference was not intimidated by the Meanwhile, W Sandh- fourth. In the women’s neeth won his encounter but ent, we will update the plan. Our focus is on ed a detailed plan which will include more in Tokyo. “Since last year as event of the same category, Sumeeth Reddy went down U-15 kids who will be monitored till they international and national friendlies, camps the economic climate wors- ASIAN INDOOR GAMES the Indian girls finished to Hirak Jyoti Neog 17-21, are 18 or 19 and then moved to other acade- and training stints. This will help in our run- ened we have been strug- with the wooden spoon. 21-17, 21-18. To compound mies, which we hope to have by that time. up to the AFC Asian Cup in 2011 (which gling with the question of reputation of the Indian. yarani fetched a bronze in their misery, the AP girls lost Each trainee will be given at least two years India has qualified for after 24 years) where a whether to continue in F1. Kom not only held off the women’s 56 kg wushu. She Chandra loses to Maharashtra 2-1. of training with the academy. successful result will definitely give a boost to “We are pulling out of Vietnamese but scored two lost her semifinal match Manan Chandra kept his Results (final): Boys (Narang On the standard of football in the coun- the sport in the country. Formula One completely. I crucial points to the local against Iran’s Maryam Tav- medal hopes alive in the 15- Cup): Air India bt AP 2-1 (H.S. try: The very fact that we send our national On the Indian cricket board’s Rs 25-crore offer my deepest apologies opponent’s one to win the akoli 0-2. Red snooker event even as Prannoy lost to B Sai Praneeth 12- team to train in Dubai and Barcelona shows grant and sponsors: BCCI’s generous act to Toyota’s many fans for bout 8-6. he lost the semifnals in a 21, 17-21; H.S. Prannoy/K. Pranav our pathetic infrastructure. It’s a shame. of giving (us) a Rs. 25 crore grant is defi- not being able to achieve Kavita fetched India’s sec- Bronze for Khade close encounter. Chopra bt B. Sai Praneeth/B. There is mass support for football in places nitely a great step towards building foot- the results we had targeted.” ond gold in boxing by Virdhawal Khade was the In the semifinal, he was Sumeet Reddy 21-17, 21-4; Hirak like and Goa but nothing substan- ball’s future in India. The money (which will Cologne-based Toyota’s defeating Khassenova Saida lone bright spark for Indian leading 3-2 till halfway but Jyoti Neog bt B. Sumeet Reddy tial. There is a ray of hope in Bengaluru that be given in two installments of Rs 12.5 crore departure as a team and of Kazhakstan 8-4 in a close swimming as all the others he soon lost the plot and 17-21, 21-17, 21-18); Girls (Shafi something can be done. I’m confident that each) will be judiciously utilised in conduct- engine supplier deals ano- final bout in 64 kg. disappointed. Khade, com- made some potting errors to Quereshi Cup): Maharashtra btAP once all facilities are improved and mod- ing national-level camps, tourneys and imp- ther major blow to the In contrast, L Sarita Devi peting in the 50m freestyle give away the match to his 2-1 (Saee Purandare lost to N. ernised, one of the best matches scheduled roving available infrastructure. We need to sport after Japan’s number lost her 54 kg final bout 7-9 tied for the bronze with a opponent Nadeer Khan Sul- Sikki Reddy 12-21, 10-21; Prajakta to be played in India will be given to Ben- popularise football at par with cricket. two carmaker Honda quit against Zhang Qin of China timing of 22.45 seconds. tani 3-4. Sawant /Gauri Ghate Bt. N. Sikki galuru to host. If a new beginning has to be As far as sponsors are concerned, we are the series last December. at the final round. In the 200M individual Chandra lost 75-17 64-73 Reddy/P.V. Sindhu 21-13, 18-21, made, why not from Bengaluru? looking for more involvement from corpo- —Reuters Usha started a low scoring medley, Rehan Poncha fin- 16-68 44-42 52-42 22-62 21-19; Sanyogitha Ghorpade bt. On his mode of approach: We have a long rate companies as only public sector com- bout well against Laopeam ished seventh in 2:03.04 36-54 to Sultani. —Agencies P.V. Sindhu 21-14. 21-19). way to go and it can be done. The national panies will not be enough. Djokovic makes winning debut Basel, Switzerland, Nov 4: ROUND-UP 7-5 in his opening clash. made a Sanam, who entered the winning debut on Tuesday out of action for the past six event as a qualifier, claimed at the Swiss Indoors as the weeks. the scalp of sixth seed Slo- Serbian claimed a 6-3, 7-5 Amritraj in quarters vakian with a 6-2 5-7 6-4 victory over Andreas Beck overcame win. Meanwhile, top seeded in the tennis stronghold of a second set lapse to beat pair of Harsh Mankad and . Andis Juska 6-1 2-6 7-6(4) Treat Conard Huey suffered Czech Jan Hernych exte- and book a quarterfinal a shock first round defeat. nded the misery of Aus- berth in the ATP Challenger —Agencies tralian qualifier Peter event in Chuncheon, Korea. Luczak, who sank deeper Meanwhile, fourth seed into a rut with a third Purav Raja and Sadik Kadir straight loss in the first scored an easy 6-3 6-2 win round, 6-3, 6-4. over of Australia Swiss hopes fared well, and Pavel Snobel of Czech with ral- Republic to enter the dou- lying from a final-set deficit bles semifinals. to overhaul German eighth seed Somdev survives 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 7-5. Somdev Devvarman sur- vived a scare from wild card Murray advances Denes Lukacs while Sanam In Valencia, Britain’s world Singh pulled off an upset number four win over sixth seed Grega had an easy return to action Zemlja to make a stupen- on Tuesday as he eased into dous start to the ATP Chal- the second round of the lenger event in Char- Valencia Open with a 6-3, 6- lottesville in the United 1 victory over qualifier Da- States. niel Gimeno-Traver of Third seed Somdev had to Spain. dig deep to prevail over his The 22-year-old has been Hungarian opponent 6-3 2-6