Saina ka Zawab Nahi

Saina Nehwal became the first Indian shuttler to reach the semi-finals of the World Super Series Masters Finals. She defeated Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia in the group league stage by 21-10, 17-21, 21-16 to claim her second successive win that catapulted her to the last four stage. After brushing past Hongyan Pi of France 21-18, 21-13 in the day's first encounter, the world No. 10 Indian had to battle hard before edging past Wong in the evening match. The world No. 11 Malaysian tried to level scores but could not get past Saina who held on to her lead and won the game.

JCT tumbled to 8th spot

I FOOTBALL LEAGUE

One of the hardest Football team in India JCT PHAGWARA is suffering from bad days now. Inaugural National Footbal League champion JCT is now tumbled to 8th spot in the current I LEAGUE FOOTBALL, after half league (11th round) is completed so far. Alone club from Punjab in I LEAGUE, JCT were in third position Last year.
The main cause of JCT bad days are the star striker Sunil Chetri and Renedy Singh leave the team this year and joined Calcutta's EAST BENGAL club. but JCT coach Sukhwinder Singh not agree with this cause. According to Sukhwinder football is team game and one or two player can't effect a teams performance. If you see statistics, we were number 3-4 up to 6th round of this season. We played last six matches very well but we missed the goal opportunities. Anyway, football lovers in Punjab dissatified with JCT's performance, but they confident that there team will get their laureal very soon.
Mumbai's Mahindra club's position is also same as JCT. Mahindra is fighting in 10th position, while last year he is on 5th position. Last year's number 8th Air India jumped to 5th spot this year.

WHO STANDS WHERE :

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TEAM ............ P ......W..... D ......L .... POINT
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Sporting ....... 11 ......8 ...... 1 .......2 ......25
Mohan Bagan . 11 ......6 .......3 .......2 ......21
Churchil ........ 11 ......5 .......5 .......1 ......20
Dempo Goa ... 10 ......5........2........3.......17
Air India ........ 11 ......4 .......4 .......3 ......16
Mumbai FC .... 10 ......4 .......4 .......2 ......16
East Bengal ... 11 ..... 3 .......3 .......5 ......12
JCT Phag. ..... 11 ......3 .......3 .......5 ......12
Chirag .......... 11 ......3 .......3 .......5 ......12
Mahindra ....... 10 ......2 .......3 ........5 ......09
Mohammedan . 10 ......2 .......3 .......5.......09
Vasco Goa ...... 11 ......1 .......2 .......8 ......05
(11th. Round is running)

INDIAN ATHLETES IN TOP 50

Indian Athletes listed below have made it to top 50 in 2008 as per IAAF World Ranking List released recently. according to secretary of ATHLETIC FEDERATION OF INDIA Dr. Lalit Bhanot athletes in Top 50 are:

1. Vikas Gowda - Discus Throw - 23rd Rank
2. Anil Kumar Singh - Javelin Throw - 36th Rank
3. Krishna Poonia - Discus Throw - 15th Rank
4. Harwant Kaur - Discus Throw - 37th Rank
5. G.Pramila Aiyappa - Heptathlon - 34th Rank
6. JJ Shobha - Heptathlon - 41st Rank
7. Sushmita Singha Roy - Heptathlon - 45th Rank
8. 4x400m Relay - 21st (13)

Sania Nehwal ka zawab nahi

Its a great news for upcoming shuttlers of the country, that ace shuttler Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman shuttler to be named most promising player of the year by the Badminton World Federation. 18 years old Saina's name was proposed along with three other players by the world badminton players' federation. Saina is the first Indian woman shuttler to win the Chinese Taipei Open, apart from winning the World junior crown and Commonwealth Youth Games gold medal in Pune. She also reached the quarter-finals in the Beijing Olympics earlier this year.

Play ground to every village

For the upliftment of standard of sports in five states of the country, Sports and Youth Affairs(Government of India)has lauch a new scheme PANCHAYAT YUVA KARIDA AUR KHEL ABHIYAN. The big Project is made for 2crore youth, which avail sports facilities through youth clubs, sports club and other means. The main aim of this project is to deploy play grounds in all villages of the country in the next 10 years. Finance minister of Punjab Mr. Manpreet Singh Badal lauched logo of this scheme in Ludhiana. In this scheme each village Panchayat get one time grant of one lakh and A block 5 lakh, on which central govt. and state govt has 75% and 25 % share.

How safe is Captain Dhoni

While terrorist attack is increasing day by day, but VVIP's security is still have lots of laps. There is finger on Indian cricket captain Mahender Singh Dhoni's security too. As Dhoni too dosn't want tomuch security, but chief minister of Jharkhand Shibu Soren asked State Police chief DGP V.D.Ram to tighten the security of Dhoni. CM also given order that replace security personal with another team of armed men and if required, provide him commandos too.
Soren's direction came in the wake of Dhoni's going to the Birsa Munda airport in Ranchi on Thursday without any `armed men' to board a flight to Chennai to participate in the selection committee meeting for the two-Test series against England. Jharkhand police official claimed that Dhoni had been given Z class security and he was rather unhappy over too many policemen guarding him. but Dhoni's former coach Chanchhal Bhattacharya, however, claimed the Z category security was provided to Dhoni is just on paper, not in practice. We cannot claim that our Captain is safe. As The Jharkhand government last year announced the Z class security for the dashing wicketkeeper following media reports that he might face threats from the naxals.

Photo of the day

Man challenges Guinness Record with 1.895-meter beard :
Sarwan Singh holds onto his beard prior to a ceremony in Surrey, British Columbia November 11, 2008. Singh was attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest beard. Singh's beard measured at 1.895-metres.

Indian changed Maradona's thinking

It was Football-crazy Kolkatta's football fan's love, that changed the thinking of soccer legend Diego Maradona. I think he never thought that football mad people give him so much love. Early in the morning while people of India, sleeping in there bed, the people of Kolkatta was waiting outside the airport for the Argentina world cup winning captain. Soccer legend Maradona was so impressed with the Indian football lovers love, that he offered his services for upliftment of Indian football. As Maradona is now have contract to improve the Argentine team. It is love of Indian for world fame soccer leged that he changed his thinking too. As he said that he got many laurels in his life and he stopped thinking that there would more laurels are coming in his life. but Indian soccer lover and there crazyness changed his thinking. As Maradona said that he is now rethinking that there is lots of laurels are in line. Maradona's word are salute to the nations football lover, specially kolkattians.

Tour to Pakistan???? why

Again Pakistan Cricket Board is doing all its efforts for calling Indian team to Pak, but at present situation, no one in India is ready for Pakistan tour. After terrorist attack at Mumbai, Indian government will not give green signal to Indian team at any coast. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has urged India to go ahead with its tour of Pakistan next year, saying that canceling the series would be disastrous for the game in the sub-continent. but ACC chief executive Syed Ashraful Haque also said the council wants to see India touring Pakistan but admitted that it can't get involved in the issue as it was a matter between the two governments. ACC is helpless as matter is not in hands of cricket boards; it is to be decided by both governments. As far as we know, both boards are willing to play the series, Haque said. but Indian people is not ready for any cost st present situation.

Photo of the day

We are also not less then anybody : Disablled people taking part in tricycle race at Punjab Agriculture University. Thic event is organised on DISABLED DAY to motivate them. Photo by : Ashwani Dhiman

Atlast England agree to play in India

Atlast English team agree to play in India two test series. The series between two countries has been
rescheduled and will be played at Chennai (December 11-15) and Mohali (December 19-23). According to the Board of Control for Cricket in India England has agreed to resume their tour of India, that was halted after the first five ODIs were completed following the terror attacks in Mumbai. However, the final word on the tour will be given only after the England and Wales Cricket Board sends its security consultant for discussions with the Indian authorities. England were originally scheduled to play the Test matches at Ahmedabad and Mumbai on the same dates before the Mumbai terror attacks. BCCI said ECB has informed BCCI that England are agreeable to tour India and play two Tests, the first in Chennai from December 11-15 and the second at Mohali from December 19 to 23. ECB will be sending their security consultant for discussions with the authorities in India before final clearance is given for the tour.

Jaago Re Soccer Stars-09

The second edition of the "TATA TEA" Jaago Re Soccer Stars'09 - Go to Arsenal is being held across 10 cities amongst school football teams to search for the 30 most talented kids to be trained by Arsenal coach for a couple of weeks in Calcutta from May 18 onwards. The 16 most talented kids will go on to represent India at the Arsenal International Football Tournament from July 27 to August 2, 2009 in London.
The tournament series kicked-off last week in Calicut, Kerala and will finish on April 11 with the All-India finals. The Jaago Re Soccer Stars is based on a 7 A-Side concept. Each squad consists of 10 players out of which 7 are present on the field while the other 3 are rolling substitutes. The duration of the match is seven minutes per half with an immediate changeover at half time. This has been done to give more schools a chance to participate in the tournament. The rules are similar to a 11 A-Side match with some exceptions. The matches are played on a 50m by 27m field and the goal posts are 14 feet by 7 feet. The tournament at each venue is conducted on a league cum knockout basis. If matches during the knockout stage end in a tie there will be penalty shootout of 3 kicks per team followed by a sudden death to decide the winner.

Please don't go back ......

England's cricketers were guilty of employing double-standards for quitting their tour of India because of security fear. Everyone feals that England cricket team should not go back. England's players returned home last week during the attacks in Mumbai, abandoning the last two matches of their seven game one-day international series. They are waiting on security reports before deciding whether they will return for the scheduled test series or not.

Can we loose as host of World Cup?

After continuous terror attacks in the sub-continent, there is a question arries, that `can we loose as host of 2011 Cricket World Cup to be jointly hosted by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Because after returning of England team from India and before this some cricket playing nation refuse to play in Pakistan, International Cricket Council contemplating of keeping a stand-by venue for the mega-event. This issue may discussed in ICC meeting going to be held in South Africa next week. According to the sources if the ICC decides to shift the event, Australia and New Zealand, the co-host in 2015, are the prime contenders for staging the tournament.

Ganguly in new role

Barely a few weeks after retiring from international cricket, former India captain Sourav Ganguly serve Indian Cricket in new role. Ganguly is nominated as a member of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Technical Committee. According to BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, Saurav Ganguly has been nominated to the Technical Committee of the BCCI. Ganguly has the experience of close to 20 years of cricket behind him and will be a key addition to the Technical Committee, the powerful body which takes decisions on cricketing matters and rule changes. The BCCI's technical committee is headed by former captain Sunil Gavaskar [Images] and also has former Test batsman Chetan Chauhan, national selector Kris Srikkanth among other members. Following is the full list of technical committee members: Sunil Gavaskar (chairman), Chetan Chauhan, M V Sridhar, Biman Bhattacharjee, Milind Rege, Gyanendra Pandey, Kris Srikkanth, Sourav Ganguly, V K Ramaswamy, N Srinivasan.

JCT tumbled to 8th spot

In the 9th round of I footabll league JCT Phagwara tumbled down to 8th spot. Sporting club de Goa, Air India Mumbai and Churchil brother Goa standing in first three places.

WHO STANDS WHERE :
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TEAM ............ P ......W..... D ......L .... POINT
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Sporting ....... 9 ......6 ...... 1 .......2 ......19
Air India ........ 9 ......4 .......4 .......1 ......16
Churchil ........ 9 ......3 .......5 .......1 ......14
East Bengal ... 8 ..... 3 .......3 .......2 ......12
Mohan Bagan . 8 ......3 .......3 .......2 ......12
Mumbai FC .... 8 ......3 .......3 .......2 ......12
Dempo Goa ... 8 ......3........2........3.......11
JCT Phag. ..... 8 ......2 .......3 .......3 ......09
Mahindra ....... 9 ......2 .......3 ........4 ......09
Mohammedan . 8 ......2 .......3 .......4.......09
Chirag .......... 8 ......2 .......2 .......4 ......08
Vasco Goa ...... 8 ......0 .......2 .......6 ......02


(9th. Round is running)

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IN THE RUN OF GOLDEN BOOT
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10 Goal ...... Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB),
5 Goals ---- Elijah Obagbemiro Junior (SCG),
4 Goals ----- Sushil Kumar Singh (MU), Felix chimaokwu (Churchil Brothers), Ranty Martins Soley (Dempo SC)
3 Goal ....... Surojit Roy (Air India), ), Yakubu Yusif , Sunil Chetri, Sayed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal), Kalia Kulothunngan (Mumbai FC), Jose Ramiez Barreto (Mohan Bagan), Mboyo Iyomi (Dempo SC)

Extra Spinner for 3rd ODI?

Yuvraj Singh smashed back-to-back centuries to help India take a 2-0 lead after the first two matches in the seven-match ODI series against England on Monday. While England's bowlers had no answer to Yuvraj's brilliance, their batsmen came a cropper in both matches against the Indian bowlers.
With India sitting pretty, and the Kanpur pitch, the venue for the third ODI, expected to assist spinners, should Pragyan Ojha replace left-armer R P Singh, who has so far looked quite rusty? Or should India retain the winning combination for Thursday's match and not allow England a chance to stage a comeback?
What should the playing eleven for the third ODI be? Be the selector, pick your eleven.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma, R P Singh, Pragyan Ojha.

Quote of the day

'On paper England might not look as strong a team as Australia, but I believe they have a better bowling attack. They have a better bowling unit than Australia for these bowling conditions. Freddie (Andrew Flintoff) is a good bowler and so are the other pacers, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson and Stuart Broad.'

---- Harbhajan Singh on England's pace attack.

Medal taken back

Kerala’s R. Rajesh, the 10,000m silver medallist in the boys’ under-20 section on the opening day of the 24th junior National athletics championship, was on Saturday stripped of his medal. the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) confirmed that the athlete had been barred from participating in any event at the national and international level for two years for submitting a ‘fake age certificate.’ The overage issue has time and again plagued the AFI events and the federation is now bent on taking stern action against the offenders. As far as doping is concerned, about 45 athletes have been randomly tested but the results are expected in about three weeks.

Parminder, Gurdit set National records

MYSORE: The penultimate day’s action at the Chamundivihar Stadium here saw Uttar Pradesh’s Parminder Kumar Patel soar to a height of 4.30 metres in the boys’ under-18 pole vault to rewrite the National record, the fifth of the championship. The earlier mark of 4.20m stood in the name of Virender Singh of Gujarat. Tamil Nadu’s J. Preeth also bettered the previous National mark with a 4.25m effort.
In the boys’ under-20 category, Gurdit Singh of Punjab bested the shot put mark held by Kuldeep Mann of Delhi with a heave of 17.76m.

The results: Boys: U-20: Shot put: 1. Gurdit Singh (Pun) 17.76m (NMR, OR: 17.40, Kuldeep Mann, Delhi, 2000), 2. Ajay Pal Singh (Del), 3. M. Ganesh Babu (AP);
U-18: Shot put: 1. Veer Bahadur Singh (U.P.) 17.38m, 2. N. Sankar (TN), 3. Gurwant Singh (Pun); Pole vault: 1. Parminder Kumar Patel (U.P.) 4.30m (NR, OR: 4.20m, Virender Singh, Guj), 2. J. Preeth (TN), 3. Umesh Kumar Yadav (U.P.).
U-16: 200m: 1.Sandeep Khan (Mah) 23.22s, 2. Jatin Jain (Pun), 3. O.S. Sujith (Ker); High jump: 1. Sikander (Har) 1.90m, 2. S. Harshith (Kar), 3. Devendra Sharma (Mah);
U-14: Long jump: 1. P. Anburaja (TN) 6.33m, 2. P. Satish (AP), 3. Praveen Chauhan (MP).
Girls : U-18: Discus: 1. Parmila (Har) 42.79m, 2. V. Vasumathi (TN), 3. Priyanka (Pun); Heptathlon: 1. N. Gayathri (TN) 4008 points, 2. Natasha Chacko (Ker), 3. Reena Baa (Ori).
U-16: Shot put: 1. M.R. Gunasundari (TN) 10.86m, 2. Kekati Sethi (Pun), 3. F. Jenifer (TN).

Saurashtra meets Punjab

Rajkot: Cheteshwar Pujara has been in good form for Saurashtra this season. But Pujara will face a test against Punjab’s robust seam attack in Manpreet Gony and Gangandeep Singh in the third round of the National cricket championship that gets underway here from Sunday.
Punjab captain Pankaj Dharmani said his young team would be facing Saurashtra for the first time in the championship and he has had a look at Pujara and Jadeja’s batting on television. Sunny Sohail (110 against Delhi and 106 against Rajasthan) has been in sizzling form and some of the others too have been in good nick, so have been seamers Manpreet Gony and Gagandeep Singh.
Punjab: Pankaj Dharmani (capt.), Karan Goel, Ravinder Singh, Sunny Sohal, Ravneet Ricky, Ankur Kakkar, Taruwar Kohli, Uday Kaul, Siddharth Kaul, Amanpreet Singh, Manpreet Gony, Gagandeep Singh, Charanjit Singh, Sarabjit Ladda and Varun Khanna.
Saurashtra: Jaydev Shah (capt.), Sagar Jogiani, Kanaiya Waghela, Sitanshu Kotak, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, Pratik Metha, Balkrishna Jadeja, Bhushan Chauhan, Sandeep Jobanputra, Sandip Maniar, Rakesh Dhruv, Kamlesh Makwana, M. Dodia and Jayesh Odedra.

Teams arrive in Indore

Indore: It was a day of optional nets for the Indian cricketers after they, along with the England team, arrived here by a chartered flight from Rajkot in the afternoon for Monday’s game. Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, watched by coach Gary Kirsten and fielding coach Robin Singh, trained at the Usha Raje Stadium here on Saturday evening while the England players opted for rest. Meanwhile there is no official word yet on the injury-status of Ishant Sharma and Yuvraj Singh. A thick security blanket around the venue kept fans at bay.

(Shamim from Indore)

TOUGH COOKIE:

Yuvraj Singh overcame a back injury and played a blinder in the first ODI against England. The southpaw will be eager to regain fitness and stake his claim for a place in the Test squad.

Ranji Trophy schedule

The third round matches of the Ranji Trophy super league and plate division will be held at the following venues from November 16 to 19.

Super league: Delhi vs Mumbai (Delhi), Gujarat vs Hyderabad (Ahmedabad), Orissa vs Rajasthan (Sambalpur), Saurashtra vs Punjab (Rajkot), Railways vs Baroda (Delhi), Uttar Pradesh vs Tamil Nadu (Ghaziabad), Karnataka vs Andhra (Mysore).

Plate division: Goa vs Jharkhand (Margoa), Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu & Kashmir (Dharamsala), Kerala vs Haryana (Palakkad), Bengal vs Services (Kolkata), Madhya Pradesh vs Assam (Indore), Tripura vs Vidarbha (Agartala).

Blinds are waiting for run

Near about 500 blinds reached from all over India to take part in National Athletics Championship for Blinds, which is starting from 17th Nov in Ludhiana. Gurunanak Stadium of Ludhiana make a history that first time this event is going to be held at out side of capital of India. Chief minister of Punjab Mr. Parkash Singh Badal is specially coming to inagurate this championship. On this occassion President of Shiromani Gurudawara Prabhandak Committee, Mr. Awtar Singh Makkar will be feliciated, as he done lot of work for upliftment of Blinds Sports.

East Benfal Jumped, JCT tumbled

In the 8th round of I footabll league Calcutta's famous club East Bengal jumped to 4th place, while last years number 3 JCT tumbled to 6th place. Mahindra united of Mumbai is on 11th and Vasco of Goa is on 12th place. AS Churchil dosn't loose a match, while Vasco of Goa still waiting for the taste of win in this season.

WHO STANDS WHERE :
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TEAM ............ P ......W..... D ......L .... POINT
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Sporting ....... 8 ......6 ...... 0 .......2 ......18
Air India ........ 8 ......4 .......3 .......1 ......15
Churchil ........ 7 ......3 .......4 .......0 ......13
East Bengal ... 8 ..... 3 .......3 .......2 ......12
Mumbai FC .... 8 ......3 .......3 .......2 ......12
JCT Phag. ..... 7 ......2 .......3 .......2 ......09
Mohan Bagan . 7 ......2 .......3 .......2 ......09
Mohammedan . 8 ......2 .......3 .......3.......09
Dempo Goa ... 7 ......2........3........3.......08
Chirag .......... 7 ......2 .......3 .......3 ......08
Mahindra ....... 8 ......2 .......2 ........4 ......08
Vasco Goa ...... 8 ......0 .......2 .......6 ......02


(8th. Round is running)

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IN THE RUN OF GOLDEN BOOT
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10 Goal ...... Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB),
5 Goals ---- Elijah Obagbemiro Junior (SCG)
4 Goals ----- Sushil Kumar Singh (MU)
3 Goal ....... Surojit Roy (Air India), ), Yakubu Yusif , Sunil Chetri, Sayed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal), Felix chimaokwu (Churchil Brothers), Kalia Kulothunngan (Mumbai FC)

Maradona In India, remedy for young footballer

This is good news for Indian football lover, specially calcutta's people. Argentine football legend Diego Maradona would make a short two-day trip to Calcutta in the first week of December. The newly appointed Argentine coach would inaugrate the Indian Football School in Maheshtala, 13 km south of the city. The hero of Argentina's 1986 World Cup victory is also scheduled to visit Mother House, the global headquarters of Missionaries of Charity here. He is keen to come to the India, specially calcutta for promoting soccer and visiting the Missionaries of Charity. Maradona spent more than an hour with the two-member team led by him. The exact date and detailed itinerary is being worked out with Maradona's agent. Maradona's tips can do a work of remedy to young footballers. Calcutta had earlier hosted football greats like Pele, Oliver Kahn and Roger Milla.

Who stand where in I League Football

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TEAM ............ P ......W..... D ......L .... POINT
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Sporting ....... 6 ......5 ...... 0 .......1 ......15
Churchil ........ 5 ......3 .......2 .......0 ......11
Air India ........ 6 ......3 .......2 .......1 ......11
JCT Phag. ..... 6 ......2 .......3 .......1 ......09
Mumbai FC .... 5 ......3 .......0 .......2 ......09
East Bengal ... 6 ..... 2 .......2 .......2 ......08
Dempo Goa ... 4 ......2........0........2.......06
Mahindra ....... 6 ......2 .......0 ........4 ......06
Mohan Bagan . 6 ......1 .......3 .......2 ......05
Mohammedan . 6 ......1 .......3 .......2 ......05
Chirag .......... 6 ......1 .......2 .......3 ......05
Vasco Goa ...... 6 ......0 .......1 .......5 ......01


(After finish of 6th. Round )

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IN THE RUN OF GOLDEN BOOT
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8 Goal ...... Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB),
4 Goals ---- Elijah Obagbemiro Junior (SCG)
3 Goal ....... Surojit Roy (Air India), Sushil Kumar Singh (MU), Yakubu Yusif (East Bengal)

Photo of the day

Police jawans of Punjab Police Academy Phillaur performing in the concluding ceremony of Punjab State Equestrian championsip at Phillaur.

PHOTO BY : Ashwani Dhiman

Photo of the day

A lady show her performance in Punjab state equestrian championship at Aswani kumar stadium, Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur.



PHOTO BY : Ashwani Dhiman (Ludhiana).

दीपावली की शुभकामनायें

दीपावली की शुभकामनायें

Welcome Hero

A trainee of Sports Authority of India's Ludhiana center Indejit Singh get warm welcome on returning from Pune, where he won gold medal in Youth Commonwealth Games. Inderjit is member of 400 meter relay team, who won gol medal.

Dempo's last chance to create history

Dempo Sports club made history by becoming the first Indian club to make the semi-finals of the AFC Cup, but Dempo have one last chance to take a good shot at a bigger slice of history. The Goan giants take on Lebanese side Safa in the second leg of their AFC Cup semi-final at Gachibowli Stadium, Hyderabad on Tuesday, and coach Armando Colaco admits that their last 1-0 defeat to the Lebanon side will not have any impact on the players.
Amando colaco said, We watched the videos of their matches, they are a good side. We have played them earlier and I know that if the players play to their potential then we will definitely win the match, For all practical purposes, Dempo have a fair shot at going one step further, as playing the home leg second has always been an advantage in home-and-away formats.
The players are gearing up for the match tomorrow and they just want to prove a point. They are focused and if score an early goal then we have a chance to make it to the finals. Though we lost the first leg but the players are not demoralized, Colaco added. Injury is a cause of concern for Dempo coach as striker Ranty Martins and mid-fielder Roberto Mendes Silva are likely to take the field as substitute.
Dempos line up seems to be a strong one with India defender Mahesh Gawli leads a well-knit back-four that includes the impressive Samir Naik, while left-winger Nicolau Borges is one of the most exciting players in the I-League. With a defeat in back of his mind Armando Colaco says that there will be a few changes as far as their strategy and formation goes.

Pranav won Bronze for Country

Ludhiana Badminton Academy's trainee Pranav Chopra has won Bronze medal in Boys Doubles Category in Youth Common Wealth Games held at PUNE. Pranav Chopra along with Sai Praneet defeated FOX GARY and MORRIS RICHARD pair of England by 21-18, 23-21. It was a very tough match as the scores went neck to neck till the last point. Pranav Chopra and Sai Praneet hold their nerves till the last and won Bronze medal for India. They are playing together for the last one year and are performing well at major tournaments. This is the first international medal for Sai Praneet and Pranav Chopra.
Pranav Chopra and Sai Praneet were the youngest pairs at Youth Common Wealth Games and hold very bright future for Indian Badminton. Pranav Chopra is already sponsored by Air India and is selected in Elite group of players in 2010 common wealth games. Badminton Association of India is spending a lot of money on young players like Pranav Chopra and it has started yielding results. Pranav Chopra alongwith Sai Praneet is also representing India in Youth World Badminton championship to be help at PUNE from October 24th 2008.

WHO STANDS WHERE

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TEAM ............ P ......W..... D ......L .... POINT
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Sporting ....... 3 ......3 ...... 0 .......0 ......09
Mumbai FC .... 3 ......3 .......0 .......0 ......09
JCT Phag. ..... 3 ......2 .......1 .......0 ......07
Air India ........ 3 ......1 .......2 .......0 ......05
Churchil ........ 2 ......1 .......1 .......0 ......04
Chirag .......... 3 ......1 .......1 .......1 ......04
East Bengal ... 3 ..... 1 .......0 .......2 ......03
Dempo Goa ... 2 ......1 .......0 ....... 1 ......03
Mohan Bagan . 3 ......0 .......1 .......1 ......01
Vasco Goa ...... 3 ......0 .......1 .......2 ......01
Mohammedan . 3 ......0 .......1 .......2 ......01
Mahindra ....... 3 ......0 .......0 ........3 ......00

(After finish of 3rd. Round )

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IN THE RUN OF GOLDEN BOOT
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3 Goals ---- Elijah Obagbemiro Junior (SCG)
2 Goals ---- Eduardo da Silva Escobar (JCT), Kalia Kulothungan (MFC), Odafe Onyeka Okolie (CB), Surojit Roy (AI), Sushil Kumar Singh (MU)>

Pranav to represent India in Youth Commomwealth Games

Ludhiana Badminton Academy's shuttler Pranav Chopra has been selected to represent India in Youth Commonwealth Games at PUNE. Top players from Malaysia, Scotland, Canada, United Kingdom, Newzealand, Australia are participating in this tournament. He will be representing India in Junior Doubles Category and his partner is Sai Praneet from Andhra Pradesh. Pranav has recently come back from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where he represented India in Asian Badminton Championship. Pranav’s performance in last two years had been very impressive and is selected in Elite group of players by Badminton Association of India for 2010 Commowealth Games. Badminton Association of India had also sent him for training in Indonesia this year for 70 days. His game has been immensely improved in these training camps. Pranav is now playing for Air India. Pranav is also awarded with best upcoming Junior Player in TATA Memorial Senior Badminton Tournament which was held in Bombay in July 2008.

Selectors given chance to Ganguly?

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly announced his retirement few days after National selectors choosen him for first two test against Australian team touring India. I think before announcement of Indian Team, Ganguly's confidence of coming back to team, shows that he had a close room talk with selectors. in which he promised to selectors that he will announce his retirement in cuurene series. You can also imagine that few days ago newely Indian selction teams chairman K. Srikanta given him a comeback and few days after team announcement he is saying that Ganguly had made the right decision. what is this? that means they had finalised with Ganguly, that he will announce his retirement soon. Intresting thing is that Indian team is announced only for first two test of four test series, while Ganguly is saying that he would retire end of the series. that means he is also insured for last two test of the series also.

BROWN TARGETS TO EASE MERIT PRESSURE

New Delhi, October 4: New Zealander Mark Brown, currently leading the race to be Asia's number one, will tee it up at the Hero Honda India Open in the same mind set as last year but with a far loftier goal in mind. Twelve months ago, Brown was looking to make enough cash to keep his card while now he is aiming to cement his place at the top of the Asian Tour's Order of Merit. Brown finished a creditable joint fifth in the event last year at Delhi Golf Club - a prelude to the stunning displays earlier this year that saw him win the SAIL Open and Johnnie Walker Classic back-to-back. Those successes in India represented a huge reversal of fortune for the 33-year-old Kiwi. He struggled to make an impression during his early days as a professional and put his playing career on hold to teach golf to kids from 2003 to 2006. All the practice and enthusiasm as a teacher inspired him to get back to competitive golf and he found his way to the Asian Tour via Qualifying School. His second stint as a touring pro was not going that well either as he came into last year's Barclays Singapore Open. "I knew that if I made the cut at the Barclays Singapore Open, I would keep my card." recalled Brown. Brown picked up just under US$90,000 for his equal eighth place in Singapore and eventually finished a comfortable 15th in the Order of Merit.

Nine past champions to tee off at Hero Honda Indian Open

NEW DELHI, October 3: The Hero Honda Indian Open 2008 will witness the best ever draw in the tournament's history with nine past champions including the winners of the last six editions of the tournament looking to draw blood again at the 45th edition of the tournament. The tournament will be played at the par-72 Delhi Golf Club from October 9 to 12, 2008 with the pro-am teeing off proceedings on October 8. India's most prestigious golfing event will for the first ever time, offer USD One Million in prize money. The winner's cheque will be worth USD 158,500, while the runner-up will get to take home USD 108,500. The list of winners of the Indian Open competing this year includes Jyoti Randhawa (2000, 2006 & 2007), Thaworn Wiratchant, Thailand (2005), Mardan Mamat, Singapore (2004), Mike Cunning, USA (2003) and Vijay Kumar (2002). In addition there will be Ali Sher (1991 & 1993) and Feroz Ali (1998) looking to relive their glory days. From a global perspective two competitors are ranked in the top-100 in the world namely Jeev Milkha Singh, currently ranked 58th and Mark Brown ranked 81st. In addition, PGA Tour regular Daniel Chopra considered the biggest attraction this week, is sitting on the bubble at 101st place. Mark Brown, who leads the Order of Merit courtesy back-to-back wins at the SAIL Open and the Johnnie Walker Classic earlier this year, will be keen to extend his honeymoon with India. Both the Kiwi's triumphs came on Indian soil and more importantly in the National Capital Region.

Suresh Rana leads in Raid-de-Himalaya finishes the first leg

Manali, October 3: The 10th Maruti Suzuki Raid de Himalaya 2008 was flagged off by the Hon Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh amidst a lively gathering of motorsport enthusiasts from all over the country. An early start on the 2nd October 2008 to the Parc Ferme at Gumma turned out to be a not so easy affair for both Raju Verma and Khushwant Randhawa. Both failed to make the first step of the Raid this year and were out before the event had even started. Similarly bikers Ganesh Pakhe and friend also went down the wrong road getting hopelessly lost in the first hour itself. They too handed in their time cards. The first competitive stage between Kiari and Umladwar proved challenging. Though exceedingly short by Raid standards the stage caught several drivers on the wrong foot. Col Rajesh Vaid from Team Army Adventure skidded off wet grass on a tight left hander and down the side of a small drop. Fortunate to be caught by a tree Col Vaid was able to walk out unharmed. Sunny Sidhu of Team Godwin blasted through the stage but fell victim to head gasket failure when his knee accidentally hit a dash mounted switch and disconnected an additional cooling fan. Dismay writ large over his face he was not willing to quit ....but alas the Raid is not anything if cruel! Sandeep Sharma of Team Thunderbolt fared little better when his car came to a grinding halt after oil sump damage caused a turbo to seize up and killed his hopes for 2008! Rana drove smoothly to a first place on Day 1 itself. The charge of the bike brigade is on. Ashish Moudghil was beaten by a minute and the man that relegated him to second spot none other than Bhaskar Ramani of Red Rooster Racing Bangalore. Team Ceat's Klaudia Honeder though looking strong on stage 1 eventually fell into 11th place. Karanbir Bedi of Team Overdrive Honda was in a relatively modest 10th spot whereas team mate Pankaj Trivedi in 24th place was hardly likely to attract another sponsor.

JEEV SET FOR HEROES RETURN AT INDIAN OPEN

India's golfing heavyweight Jeev Milkha Singh will return to play in the Hero Honda Indian Open this year riding high on the crest of a wave following another outstanding season. Singh, who finished joint fifth in the British Masters at the weekend to move to number 58 in the world, will attempt to win his country's national Open for the first time when it tees off from October 9 to 12 at Delhi Golf Club. Having been in fine form already this year he will be strongly fancied at this year's tournament which has seen its prize money doubled to US$1million. Other marquee names already confirmed are Daniel Chopra from Sweden and Indian Jyoti Randhawa – winner of the past two Hero Honda Indian Opens. New Zealand's Mark Brown, who has won twice in India this year and leads the Asian Tour Order of Merit list, and last year's number one ranked player Liang Wen-chong from China are also competing. Singh played in the tournament last year finishing in joint 13th position. The result came during a season when he was not at the peak of his powers but this year he is back on track. He won the Bank Austria Open on the European Tour and the Sega Sammy Cup in Japan. The 36 year old is currently ranked number two on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and is placed 10th in Europe. However, it has been his performances in the Majors that have been most eye catching. For the second year in a row he made the cut in the US Masters and finished equal 25th while arguably his finest ever week since turning professional in 1993 came when he placed tied for ninth in the US PGA Championship – where he was the first round leader.

Average age of Indian cricket team is 30+

When day by day competition in International level cricket is getting more tough and most of the team looking on physical fittness of there player. Indian selectors are more depending on there old player. The Indian team announced for two test against Australia is the same story like `old wine in new bottle.' The average age of the 15 member announced team is 30 years. Most elder member of the team is captain Anil Kumbley, who is 38 years old. Top batting line up is above 30, except Gautam Gambhir and Mohinder Singh Dhnoi(both are 27 years). half of the team (7 players) is avove 30 and four are above 35. The most younger player are only Ishant Sharma (20 years) and R.P.Singh (23 years).
The individual age of the player is like this :
38 years - Anil Kumbley, 36 years - Sourav Ganguly, 35 years - Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, 34 years - V.V.S. Laxman, 30 years - Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, 28 years - Harbhajan Singh, Badrinath, 27 years - Gautam Gambhir, Mohinder Singh Dhoni, 26 years - Amit Mishra, 25 years - Munuf Patel, 23 years - R.P.Singh, 20 years - Ishant Sharma. How young is GREAT INDIAN TEAM.

BCCI launched new website

The outgoing President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India Shri Sharad Pawar, today launched BCCI’s very own website www.bcci.tv. The all new official home of Indian cricket on the web, will now offer fans an enriched digital user experience featuring deferred streaming video and mobile content apart from a live scoreboard available online, official photographs, player interviews, profiles, schedules, statistics and fan interaction and newsletters. All of which should ensure that through one single online destination, Indian cricket fans now have the opportunity to interact with the action. The website will provide all these digital assets to Indian cricket fans globally thanks to Global Cricket Ventures a joint venture between NetlinkBlue Holding, a global provider of technology and enriched media and digital solutions and Live Current Media Inc. (OTCBB:LIVC), a media company built around content and commerce destinations.

Keenan can miss England match

Keenan Stadium of Jamshedpur is known as best outfield of oneday international match venues of India. but it may miss one day international match against England due to poor condition of stadium. After Australia england is coming to India and they will play onday international on 23rd Nov. As this stadium is property of Tata's and some of the gallaries and parts of the stadium is not up to the mark. So Tata Steel management refuse to give venue for same match. but Jaharkhand Cricket Association request the Tata Steel management to prepare the stadium before the match. Management is Working on this issue with there officers, that they will prepare the stadium on time or not. but there is chaos on India-England match now.

Three layer security to Australian Team

After some terrorist wing’s threat Indian government decided to give three layer security to Australian cricket team touring India. Till now terrorist never given DHAMKI to sports persons, but this time they made question that they can go anyway. Security given to Australian and as well as Indian team in some venues is like this. first lavel of local Police, in second layer Central forces and in thirs NSG. this means not a single cricket fans go close to cricketers. This means a day comes when cricket will played in empty stadium. terrorist should not target games as well as players for there demands. Government should take hard steps against these terrorist acctivities.

Darkest day in tennis

On 30th april 1993, one of the darkest fan-athlete interactions occurred on a Hamburg tennis court. Monica Seles, then the world's No.1 player, was stabbed by a fan during a break in her match with Bulgarian Magdalena Maleeva. Guenter Parche, a 39-year-old unemployed lathe operator, jabbed a 25-cm long knife into Seles' back as she rested mid-match on a courtside seat. The stabbing was prompted by Parche's obsession to have Germany's Steffi Graf regain the No. 1 world ranking. Although Seles recovered from her injuries, Parche was successful at derailing the tennis star's career. She was sidelined for more than two years. Seles won her first comeback tournament – the 1995 Canadian Open – but was never able to achieve the same level of dominance in the sport. What was Parche's penalty? A two-year suspended sentence.

TATA FOOTBALL ACADEMY SHOWS SUPERMACY

Jamshedpur based TATA FOOTBALL ACADEMY garab the I league (under 19) championship organised by All India Football Association, beating Spoting clube de Goa. TFA boys shows that they are the best in Junior level football in the country. It is important to tell that TFA given hundreds of international fotballer to nation and at present all the top football clubs of India have there product. In the final of I-League (under 19) they beaten Sporting Clube de Goa by 3-1. In the semifinal they beat Mohan Bagan academy in penalties by 5-3. In the regular time both the team were 2-2.

PHOTO BY : SRINIVAS

Sad : No Medal for India

In Beijing olympic, the Indian players gave some happiness to Indian sports lover, but in Beijing Paraolympic, India could not got place in medal tally. With 89 gold, 70 silver and 52 bronze (total 211 medals), host China got 1st place in medal tally, but Indian could not grab a single medal. Total 69 countries, including pakistan got place in medal tally, but shame for Indian. In powerlifting, last year bronze medalist Ravinder Singh Rehlu (Arjuna Awarde) given some hope in 1st round, but in final he got only 5th place. Country like Puerto Rico, Namibia, Lao PDR, Estonia, Lebanon, Papua N Guinea, Bosnia, Serbia, Lithuania, Angola, Venezuela were shining in medal tally, but sad for India.

MEDAL TALLY
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Country Gold Silver Bronze
China 89 70 52
Britain 42 29 31
USA 36 35 28
Ukraine 24 18 32
Australia 23 29 27

Punjabi Gabroos

Member of Punjab Body Building Team, which is going to be take part in National Body Building Championship to be held in Pune.

28th Title for Mohun Bagan

Prestigeus club of kolkatta Mohun Bagan Won 28th times calcutta football league. In the last league match they drew 1-1 with their archrival East Bengal club. In a low quality game spectators witnessed both the teams players charging one-another. A total 34 foul seen in the game, while refree booked 8 players from both the side. The onlyglittering movement of the game is thunderous goal by edmilson. After the match Mohun Bagan's coach Karim Bencharifa said, they have been hearing all the nonsense regarding their team coached by highly paid coach, but with this title they deserve the respect too.

Big Win for TFA

Tata Football Accademy (TFA) caders shown a great game and got a big win of 5-0 a against East Bengal of Kolkatta in Under-19 I League football. In another matches JCT accademy PHAGWARA beat Salgaonkar club GOA by 2-1, Mumbai FC beat Churchil Brothers of GOA by 2-1 and Mohan Bagan sail accademy KOLKATTA beat Air India by 1-0. All the matches played Jamshedpur.

15 years old dhoni was different

Indian cricket captain Mohinder Singh Dhoni got the best ICC oneday player of the year. but this dhoni is far different from the 15 years old. I remembered when at the age of 15 the Bihari boy (now Jharkhandi) came to Armoury ground of Jamshedpur for under 15 Bihar team trial. The thin Ranchi boy was doing keeping back to the wicket and selector Ashish Sinha was watching that 15 year old rachi boy very carefully. When I asked about Dhoni, selector Sinha told, there is cricket talent in this boy. His bat is straight, which is found in very less cricketer in this age. Dhoni was selected to Bihar under 15 team and that time no one imagine that one day this thin boy becaome great cricketer. In the age of 17 years he got chance in Under 19 team and then in very little age Dhoni got place in Ranji cricket team as a wicket keeper. while weeket keeper Saba Karim went to West Bengal from Bihar. after that step by step Dhoni became popular and became ideol of young cricket lovers.

If we are blind then what?

These blind girls taking part in selection trial of Punjab blind team for national blind games at Guru Nanak Stadium at Ludhiana on wednesday. Player were blind but there sports spirit was too high.

wrestling or Fighting?????

In Machiwara near to Ludhiana (Punjab) people were fighting themselves in a sports mela. where wrestling was going on 4th sep 2008. In a refree decission supporters of both the wrestler fighted for the long time. Our cameramen RAJ KAUSHAL clicked the spot picture.

India's Passi bought honour for country

Mr. Padam Passi of Punjab (India) elected as a new vice president of Asia Deaf Cricket Federation in the 3rd AGM of Federation held at Lahore (Pakistan). Mr. Passi won the election and bought this honour for India. His tenure will be from 31st August 2008 to 31 August 2012. Mr. Passi said that his main aim is to uplift the standard of deaf cricketers of the country as well as Asia. According to Passi 2nd Asia cup cricket will be organised at Lahore (Pakistan) in march 2009, which will be hosted by Pakistan Deaf Cricket Association. Mr. Namdeo Kadam (Chairman) said that Mr. Passi, who is himself deaf and dumb, had been serving to deaf cricket from a long time. While Passi said, his main dream is that stadium should be full with spectators, as seen in normal cricket players match.

Vijender wants to go on long drive with a girl

Chinese made half centuries of medals in Beijing olympic, but a bronze medal change the life style of Indian Boxer Vijender Singh. Vijender known for breaking nose of opponents in ring, now in search for a sweet girls, with whom he can go for long drive. Why not, he made all Indian proud. but yet now he has no girlfriend. Accordig to vijiender after winning olympic medal, number of his fans increased. Number of Phone calls and SMS are coming. thats not enough, numbers of proposal for marriage are also coming. but Vijender has no plan for marriage now. He is targetting next olympic for a Gold. all the best.

In London Ganguly got a house

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly often called 'Prince of Kolkata', now has a new address in England
The Behala boy has recently bought a flat at North Harrow in London. `he went to London recently to complete the legal formalities... He had already got the possession of the flat though. His father Chandidas, a heart patient, was undergoing treatment there. The two-bedroom flat is a 45 minutes drive from Central London," . So, cricketer Ganguly is going to spent his life in London. that means Indian Cricketer miss his contribution in national cricket after his retirement from first class cricket.

After Beijing olympic, now Paralympic

After successfully hosting Beijing olympic, now China is prepareing for The Hohhot leg of the Paralympic gmaes. The torch relay successfully concluded after Chen Guoyi lit the flame cauldron in front of Hohhot Stadium in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on August 30. The relay began at 10:10 a.m. with first torchbearer Yang Zhimin carrying the flame from Genghis Khan Square. Of the 70 torchbearers that participated in the relay, three took on the task of relaying the flame by riding horses while dressed in traditional Inner Mongolian outfits. The next stop for the Paralympic torch relay along the "Ancient China" route is the city of Changsha in Hunan province. Games are going to start on 6th september.

Bolt could be more faster then he is?

Fasttest man on the earth Usain Bolt could have run 100m in 9.52 second, instead of 9.69 second in olympic.???? ya, according to his coach Glen Mills, Bolt took some seconds to celebrates his victory. If he concentrated in his run then time could be more less. Triple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Usain Bolt was at the start of his 100 career and would peak only in about two years’ time.
Most intresting thing is that Bolt wants to become a cricketer. his bowling runup is very fast. one day his coach comment that u could be better sprinter then a bowler and bolt started his carrer in running.

Great win on `Great man's b'day'

Indian team won firstever oneday international series in Srilankan land. but the main achivement is that the bilaterial ODI series came on 100th birthday of Sir Don Bradman, the legend cricketer of the world. When all cricket loving nation celebrating Sir Bradman's b'day, the Indian team celebrated it in different style. Before this Indian played four ODI series in Srilanka, in which two series won by Srilanka and two ended in draw.