OID‰‰†‹KOID‰‰†‹OID‰‰†‹MOID‰‰†‹C SPORT SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA New Delhi, January 4, 2004 19 CAPITAL SPORT Ferguson hoping United’s name is on the Cup INDIANS RACES Rajput shines: In the Shakuntala Devi me- ABROAD morial cricket tournament, Deepak Rajput hit AFP Own Vision a scintillating 90 to guide Sonnet Cricket Club to a convincing 58 run win over IG Stadium. Kunte draws Rahul Diwan also chipped in a strokeful 66 for clear favourite the winners. again for TIMES NEWS NETWORK Sonnet CC: 271 for 5 in 30 overs Deepak Rajput 90, Rahul Di- wan 66) IG Stadium: 223 in 28.3 overs (Rajat Sharma 53, Na- man Sharma 5 for 33). New Delhi: Own Vision upward jump should claim the Calcutta Deadly Ajit: Khalsa College thrashed Gush Derby Stakes at the Kolkata Cricket Club by 7 wickets in the Ajit Singh Hastings: Grandmaster Ab- races scheduled for Sunday. memorial cricket tournament at the Guru hijit Kunte was involved in Selections: King’s Academy Cup: 1,400m: Gobind Singh College ground. Sahil Chaud- yet another short draw with 12.00 noon: Amicable 1, Small Fry 2, Direct GM Stuart Conquest of Eng- Access 3. Azhar Cup: 1,100m: Reaching Out hury who bagged 3 for 27 was the chief archi- 1, Rebelwithcause 2, Shadow Dancing 3. tect of the victory. land in the sixth round of Bahrain Trophy: 1,600m: Compassionate 1, Gush CC: 196 for 7 in 35 overs (Gursharan Singh 75, the premier event of Hast- Actuary 2, Primaticcio 3. Arabian Rose Cup: ings International Chess 1,200m: Measure Up 1, Thanks To All 2, Kunal Seth 52, Sahil Chaudhury 3 for 27) Khalsa Col- Flinders 3. Zara Shah Cup: 1,400m: Alashaan lege: 197 for 3 in 31.3 overs (Paras Dogra 40). Congress here. 1, Calorific 2, Magic Feathers 3. Calcutta Der- With just three rounds re- by Stakes: 2,400m: Own Vision 1, Psychic maining in the category 13 Flame 2, Red Chief 3. Brave Dancer Cup: Student chess: The Botiwnnik Chess 1,200m: Advancer 1, Magical Strike 2, Arti- Academy will organise Ramnamurthy memori- tournament, top seed GM ness 3. Academy Cup: 1,400m: 4.05pm: al student chess tournament from January 5- Vladimir Epishin made his Akebono 1, Loveisblind 2, Destiny Dance 3. 12 at the Russian Cultural Centre. Entries strong presence felt with a Sure Future wins: Sure Fu- close with the secretary general at the venue. clinical victory over compa- ture (Ronan Thomas atop) NSCC win: Unbeaten knocks by Tariqur- triot International Master foiled the start-to-finish bid of Rehman and Randeep Singh scored 63 and Alexander Cherniaev and Cape Martin (Harish astride) 52 respectively to help NSCC Club beat Win- emerged as the sole leader at the winning post in the som Club by nine wickets in the DDCA Super A file picture of Manchester United players celebrating after a goal in the English Premiership. The defending champions are presently on 4.5 points. Kelachandra New Millenni- A Division League. leading in the elite league. Manager Alex Ferguson is keen to make an impact in the FA Cup too. GM Vasilios Kotronias of um Cup on Saturday. Winsom Club: 153 for 5 (Robin Bisth 43, Karan Singh 27, Cyprus follows the leader a Chetan Bisht 25, Tariqur-Rehman 2-28). NSCC: 154 for 1 Manchester: Alex Ferguson in- Sunday’s testing third round tie vying for the same thing. We all Ferguson said he is looking to half point behind while GM (Tariqur-Rehman 63 n.o., Randepp Singh 52 n.o.). sists his Manchester United at Aston Villa, he insists it is want to win it. Sometimes your sign more players in the trans- Jonathan Rowson of Scot- team will be taking the FA Cup still a high priority. name is on it and that is what fer window and backed the un- land is a close third on 3.5 seriously this season as they bid “It hasn’t changed for us. We we hope for this year.” der-fire transfer system. points. In joint fourth place to win the competition for the like to be involved in it but we United won at Villa Park at the “We are looking at some situ- are Kunte, defending cham- Bolton sign Ricketts first time since 1999. have had difficult draws in the same stage in 2002 when they ations but it is not easy. That pion GM Peter Heine London: Bolton Wanderers have signed Ja- United were embroiled in last five years, Middlesbrough came from two goals behind to has been well documented since Nielsen of Denmark and maican international goalkeeper Donovan controversy when they decided away, Villa twice,” Ferguson win 3-2. the Champions League start- erstwhile leader Mark Heb- Ricketts on loan, the premier league club’s not to defend the trophy in the told reporters on Friday. “I look upon the Villa game as ed,” he said. den of England with 3 website confirmed on Friday. 1999-2000 season after being told “We have some stinking a really tough match. You could- points each in their kitty The 6ft 5in Ricketts, who joins from Ja- to compete in the World Club draws. In the FA Cup you like a n’t get a harder away draw in the “Maybe it is frantic at other maican side Village United until the end of Championship in Brazil. home draw but we haven’t got it, FA Cup,” he said. clubs but certainly not here. and Keteryna Lahno of the season, goes straight into the squad for Since then they have suffered so it makes it more difficult for “Two years ago we were 2-0 “A lot of clubs complain Ukraine stands seventh on the club’s FA Cup third round tie against a series of early exits from the us to get over this one at Villa down with 13 minutes to go and about (the transfer window) but 2.5 amongst 10 contenders. Tranmere Rovers on Saturday. competition, fuelling a belief Park. then two great goals from Ruud I think you should give it a Kunte played his second “Donovan will have a chance and, at the that Ferguson no longer takes “Any trophy is special. Win- van Nistelrooy clinched it for chance. The important thing successive white in the event very least, will be on the bench,” Bolton man- the FA Cup seriously. ning trophies in England is not us. It has that special thing about it is that every club is the against Conquest but could not break the defences of the ager Sam Allardyce said. AFP But as he prepares his side for easy.There are a lot of big clubs about it.” same in Europe.” Reuters Englishman who is strug- RANJI ROUNDUP gling with his form here. Vijayan brace floors Churchill The game started with a tack as their other batsmen returned cheaply. Slav defence but Conquest, Margao: Veteran I M Vijayan struck tack looked more organised and inci- Baroda win by six wickets In reply, Kiran Pawar (44) and R Satish (43 not transposed it into a closed once in each half to give JCT a hard sive. Grunfeld with black pieces Rajkot: After a dismal show in the longer ver- out) ensured that Assam reached 153 without fought 2-1 victory over Churchill The millmen shot and had an easy game on sion of Ranji Trophy this season, Baroda regis- much trouble. PTI Brothers in the Coca Cola 8th National into the lead in the hand as Kunte allowed a the- tered a convincing six-wicket victory over Maha- Football League at the Nehru Stadium 20th minute when a matic central breakthrough here on Saturday. move on the right rashtra in the West Zone Ranji Trophy One-day Bihar beat Tripura by 42 runs match here on Saturday. early in the middle game. Vijayan, who was in his elements, saw Nigerian Jamshedpur: MS Dhoni struck a sparkling 87 to At the time of peace showed his class scoring both in the Stephen Awarowei Put into bat on the Western Railway cricket help Bihar clinch a 42-run victory over Tripura ground, Maharashtra managed a meagre 207 for agreement on move 19, two 20th and 69th minute even as sending a long pass in the limited-over East Zone Ranji Trophy minor pieces and a couple of Churchill, who pressed hard in the to Vijayan, who con- the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 50 overs league match at Keenan Stadium on Saturday. as Baroda bowlers stuck to a decent line and pawns had been traded. closing stages, pulled one back through trolled, outwitted de- Electing to bat, Bihar got off to a good start af- Results (Round 6): Vladimir Epishin (4.5, Yusif Yakubu’s penalty conversion in fender Roque length. ter with openers Dhoni and Sandeep Vig (28) put- Rus) bt Alexander Cherniaev (2.5, Rus); the 85th minute after Baldip Singh Pereira and un- Baroda reached the target with 10 balls to ting on 88 runs to steer the team to 211 for nine in Jonathan Rowson (3.5, Sco) d/w Vasilios Vijayan handled the ball. corked an angular spare with Ajit Bhoite (48 not out) and Rohit their allotted 50 overs. Kotronias (4, Cyp); Abhijit Kunte (3, Ind) d/w Chandorker (35 not out) sharing a 73-run stand Stuart Conquest (2, Eng); Peter Heine This was the third win for the Phag- drive to find the far Chasing a target of 212 run for a win, Tripura Nielsen (3, Den) d/w Daniel Gormally (2, wara team.