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).