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The Hindu SPORTS Wed, 7 Jan 2009

THE HINDU SPORTS


Devvarman bucks the trend
Qualifier Cipolla stuns Wawrinka; Bopanna loses
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Tamil Nadu lets U.P. off the hook
Shivakant, Parvinder help their side wriggle out of trouble
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Siva’s effort ends in vain
Namakkal: Despite Siva’s five-wicket haul, Winner Cricket Club (Sendamangalam) went down by two wickets to KSR Cricket Club (Tiruchengodu) in the Canara Bank-DCAN second division cricket league here recently.
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PCB gags players and officials
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Dobal’s century takes MRV to semifinals
NEW DELHI: Aided by Ekansh Dobal’s 77-ball 124, MRV Academy thrashed S.S. Khalsa Academy by 119 runs to reach the semifinals of the second Krishan Sehwag Memorial cricket tournament at the MRV School ground (Dwarka), here on ...
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Saurashtra at an uneasy 247 for five
Chennai: The key moment at the fag end of Tuesday was a clear set-up operation. Given Sitanshu Kotak’s tendency to walk across to work or glide the ball, Rohit Sharma was stationed at short fine-leg. Paceman Dhaval Kulkarni pitched ...
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Pravin Amre unhappy with run-rate rule
Chennai: Mumbai coach Pravin Amre was unhappy that the net run-rate rule would decide the team progressing to the next stage if the first innings remained incomplete in the Ranji Trophy semifinal here. Saurashtra is ahead on net ...
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Three bowlers hog the limelight
CHENNAI: Vigneswara’s Alexander, Bharathi’s S. Parameshwaran and Appiah Chettiar’s Naresh registered match-winning six-wicket hauls in recent TNCA fourth division ‘A’ league cricket matches.
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First innings lead helps Salem enter semifinals
Coimbatore: A crucial 16-run first innings lead helped Salem upset the calculations of host Coimbatore and enter the semifinals of the TNCA under-16 inter-district cricket tournament here on Tuesday. Overnight 91 for three, the visitor, ...
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Seven-wkt. hauls by Sudharsanam, Pandiarajan
CHENNAI: R. Sudharsanam (Adambakkam CC) and R. Pandiarajan (Brindavan CC) scalped seven wickets each in the Canara Bank-Kancheepuram District Cricket Association first division league here recently. The ...
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A nail-biting finish on the cards
Sydney: Ricky Ponting’s bold declaration on Tuesday injected drama into the third and final cricket Test which seems heading for a nail-biting finish with South Africa needing 314 runs on a tricky fifty day track to complete a rare 3-0 ...
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Harmison request to Pietersen, Moores
LONDON: England pace bowler Steve Harmison has urged coach Peter Moores and skipper Kevin Pietersen to sort out their differences for the sake of the team. “They have got to get their heads together and have a chat and sort out the ...
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Vettori backs India’s call for extra Test
WELLINGTON: New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori has supported India’s call for an extra Test. “The fact that it’s India and the fact that it is one of the best teams in the world at the moment... I think everyone would love to ...
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Sania kicks off season at Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Sania Mirza gets an opportunity to assess her form and recovery from a career threatening wrist injury when the Indian tennis star competes in World Team Challenge tournament, kicking off here on Wednesday. The event will ...
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Venus says she has a lot more to achieve
HONG KONG: Five-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams says she still has plenty of goals to achieve in tennis. “I haven’t won the French or the Australian (Opens) although I’ve come pretty close, so those are definitely on my ...
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Gulbis stuns Djokovic
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Italy still remains in the hunt
PERTH: Flavia Pennetta and Simone Bolelli joined forces to steer Italy to a 2-1 win over France at the Hopman Cup here on Tuesday. France won the opening rubber when Alize Cornet beat Pennetta 7-5, 6-2 but Bolelli squared the tie with a ...
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ITF juniors from Jan.12
NEW DELHI: Ronak Manuja and Rashmi Teltumbe are expected to spearhead the Indian challenge in the ITF grade ‘II’ juniors tennis tournament to be held at the DLTA Complex here from January 12 to 17. Players from 18 countries ...
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Vara Prasad advances
VISAKHAPATNAM: C.B.S. Vara Prasad prevailed in the tie-breaker of the final set to beat Syam in a first round match of the plus 55 years category of the fourth CMR-AISTA veteran’s tennis tournament here on Tuesday. M.S. ...
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Mayur advances
CHANDIGARH: Mohit Mayur knocked out fourth seed Vaidik Munshaw 7-6(8), 6-4 in the boys’ pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Grade III junior tennis tournament here on Tuesday. The results: ...
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Spectator-friendly? How far can one go?
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Chennai Open Schedule
Centre Court (5 p.m. start): Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) vs. Lukas Dlouhy (Cze); Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) & Mark Knowles (Bah) vs. Prakash Amritraj & Somdev Devvarman (Ind); Bjorn Phau (Ger) & Rainer Schuettler ...
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Nadal begins with a bang
DOHA: Rafael Nadal needed little more than three-quarters of an hour to score his first victory on the 2009 ATP World Tour, his crushing success appearing like an omen of yet further triumphs to come. The Wimbledon, French Open and ...
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Indian Oil in semifinals
KOLKATA: Last year’s semifinalist Indian Oil completed the semifinal line-up by getting the better of Eastern Railway Sports Association (ERSA) by a solitary first half goal in Pool B of the quarterfinal league of the Coal India 113th ...
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Back at Tottenham
England striker Jermain Defoe is set to leave Portsmouth and rejoin Tottenham, the London club said on Tuesday
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Soccer Stars tournament
NEW DELHI: The second Tata Tea Soccer Stars football tournament will be held here on January 17 and 18. The tournament, jointly being organised by the High Life Management and the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA), is open for School teams ...
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Simla Youngs posts win
NEW DELHI: Simla Youngs defeated City Club 2-1 in a Group ‘B’ preliminary league match of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) annual senior division open clubs championship here on Tuesday. In the ninth minute, Simla Youngs ...
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Marikkani scores winner
Chennai: R. Marikkani powered Arrows FC to a 1-0 win over Tamil Nadu Special Police in the St. Joseph’s-CFA Senior Division football league here on Tuesday. With this result, its fifth defeat, TNSP has just a single point from six ...
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Deichmann FC beats VSP
VISAKHAPATNAM: Deichmann FC beat Visakhapatnam Steel Plant 2-0 to move up in the sixth DRM Trophy football tournament here on Tuesday. The team led 1-0 at half-time through a 21st minute goal by Annaji. Prasad scored the second goal ...
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Atanu triumphs
NEW DELHI: Atanu Das won the boys’ gold and Deepika Kumari lifted the girls’ title as the Steel Plant Sports Board (SPSB) asserted its domination in the recurve competition at the 29th sub-junior National archery championship on ...
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Confident Kerala eyes a richer haul
KOCHI: Kerala has been a consistent champion in the National schools athletics championship, winning the overall title in the last 11 editions, and there is a livelier spring in its athletes’ step this time around. Since the 54th ...
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Indian duo in main draw
KUALA LUMPUR: The Indian pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas advanced to the main draw of the Malaysian Super Series badminton on Tuesday. The results: qualifying rounds: Rupesh Kumar / Sanave Thomas ...
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Indian Railways back on track
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Overnight leaders tumble to defeats
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Queen Rania shines
BANGALORE: Queen Rania, Ragged Beauty, Salsera and Queen’s Guest shone when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (Jan. 6). Inner sand: 1,400m: Bee The Star (rb) 1-38, (1,400-600) 54. Easy. ...
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Danzsingh excels
Hyderabad: Danzsingh, Classic Art and Champion Star excelled when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (Jan. 6). Sand: 600m: Iaepetus (Nayak) 47.5, 400/31. Moved on the bit. Blaack Mischief (Nayak) ...
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Gold for Rathod
THODUPUZHA: Surender Singh Rathod won the gold in the men’s 50m rifle prone event in the National shooting championship, here on Tuesday. The results: Men’s 50m rifle prone: 1. Surender Singh ...
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‘Eligibility rules in tune with Olympic Charter’
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry has reiterated its commitment to ensure that only Indian citizens would be able to represent the country in international sports competitions. A debate has been raging in sports circles regarding the ...
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Usha emerges fastest woman
NEW DELHI: Usha Radhakrishnan of Ministry of Heavy Industries won the women’s 100 metres with a timing of 16.32 seconds in the 44th inter-Ministry athletics meet at the Central Secretariat ground, Vinay Marg, here on Tuesday. She ...
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Kalmadi happy with work in progress for CWG
NEW DELHI: The renovation of the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the showpiece venue of the next year’s Commonwealth Games here, was long overdue. One of the several venues that came up for the 1982 Asian Games, the Nehru Stadium is ...
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Rail Wheel Factory rolls over Coorg Blues
BANGALORE: Striking once in each half, Rail Wheel Factory defeated Coorg Blues 2-0 in the Karnataka State Hockey Association’s ‘A’ Division championship here on Tuesday. After a few abortive attempts, RWF forged ahead ...
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Dog show
CHENNAI: Madras Canine Club will hold its 88th and 89th championship dog show on January 10 and 11 at the University Union ground here. These two shows have attracted as many as 470 pedigree dogs, comprising around 48 breeds, and some ...
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State Bank of Hyderabad qualifies for super league
HYDERABAD: State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) recorded a solitary goal win over South Central Railway (SCR) to qualify for the super league of the SAAP Budweiser premier league football championship at the Gymkhana grounds, here on ...
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Praveen delights
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Sailing Association’s Praveen Prabhakar, sailing for the first time in Mumbai, won the invitational regatta for Optimists held by Sea Cadet Sailing at T S Jawahar recently. The 14-year-old Praveen, who finished ...
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West Godavari, Krishna win
VIJAYAWADA: West Godavari boys defeated Hyderabad 15-4, 15-6, while Krishna girls outplayed Chittoor 15-1, 15-4 in the final of the School Games Federation u-19 throwball tournament that concluded at AG & SG Degree College at Vuyyuru on ...
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Slovakia ousts Australia
PERTH: Dominika Cibulkova and Dominik Hrbaty combined for a 2-1 win over Australia on Tuesday that moved Slovakia closer to a Hopman Cup final and ousted the host from contention. After splitting the singles matches, Cibulkova and ...
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Dipika downs Heba, enters final
CHENNAI: Dipika Pallikal, playing with controlled aggression but never missing an opportunity to hit a winner, wore down the second-seeded Egyptian Heba El Torky 11-9, 14-12, 9-11, 14-12 to move into the final of the girls’ under-19 ...
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Mangaonkar triumphs
CHENNAI: Three finalists but only one title. That was the story in the end for the Indians in the British Junior Open squash tournament at Sheffield on Tuesday. Mahesh Mangaonkar clinched the boys under-15 title beating favourite Oliver ...
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Bengal women in last four
PATNA: The two Bengals — West and North — set up a semifinal clash in the women’s section, after edging out Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu 3-2 respectively, in the 70th senior inter-State table tennis championships here on ...
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Top lifters for Railway meet
CHENNAI: Some of the leading names will be seen in action in the 56th all-India Railway weightlifting championship to be held at the Nehru stadium from January 7 to 9. According to a press note from S. Anantharaman, Secretary, Southern ...
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