Fixing took place: ImranLONDON: Former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan admitted that fixing could have taken place in matches involving Pakistan. He said ``some fixing'' had taken place in probably one or two matches four or five years ago and Pakistan Cricket Board should have held an inquiry and banned those involved, he said in a BBC programme telecast on Thursday. He did not specify which matches were fixed.WorldTel in frayNEW DELHI: Private TV production company WorldTel today said it would bid for coverage of the upcoming India-New Zealand series on Doordarshan following dilution of pre-bid conditions notified by Prasar Bharati. As per the changes a company would now be qualified to bid if it had either the distribution rights of minimum of two Cricket Boards or had represented two other sport federations.Sunil championBATHINDA: Sunil Kumar of India won the boys singles title (U-18) in the first Asian School tennis championship which concluded in Jakarta onSeptember 28. He beat Yang Tau of China in straight sets in the final. The Indian boys and girls had bagged bronze in the team championship.Meanwhile, India will host the Asian school hockey championship 2000 (U-18) in September next year at NIS, Patiala.World kabaddiKATHMANDU: The first World Cup kabaddi championship will be held in Bangalore and Devangere in Karnataka during the first week of April 2000.Apart from ten Asian nations, Spain had confirmed participation, it was revealed. The Asian Kabaddi Championship will be held at Colombo in the second week of April 2000.Railways oustedJAIPUR: Petroleum Sports Control Board (PSCB) bagged the Central Zone men and women team titles, defeating arch rivals Railways on Friday evening. It meant that Railways will not feature in the National championships for the first time.Results: Men senior: PSCB bt Railways 3-0 (Gopi Chand bt Mangrish Palekar 15-8 15-5; Nikhil Kanetkar bt Sachin Ratti 15-10 15-5; Jaseel Ismail & VincentLobo bt Amrish Sule & Mitesh Hazarnis 15-7 15-3). Junior: A-I bt Railways 2-1 (Chetan Anand bt Digvijay Nath 15-6 15-5; Chetan/Prithvi lost Arup Baidya/Mitesh Hazarnis 13-15 15-7 4-15; Abhishek Bakshi bt Arun Baidya 15-10 15-12).Women (senior): PSCB bt Railways 2-0 (Aparna Popat bt Parul Priyadarshini 11-2 11-4; Manjusha Kanwar & Archana Deodhar bt Sampada Shetye & Madhvi 15-4 15-10). Junior: A-I bt Railways 2-0 (Tanmoyee Nandy bt Parul Priyadarshini 6-11 11-8 11-8; Gauri Narayan/Trupti Murgunde bt Parul/Sampa 15-0 15-3).Rohit, Mamta topPUNE: Pune's Rohit Choudary claimed the men's singles title of the State Ranking table tennis tournament at Symbiosis Spa with a 21-18, 20-22, 21-19, 24-22 win over Mumbai's Gandip Bhiwandikar.Results (all finals)Men's singles: Rohit Choudary (Pune) bt Gandip Bhiwandikar (Mum) 21-18, 20-22, 21-19, 24-22. Junior boys: Ankur Mahajan (Mum) bt Mitesh Puranik (Mum) 21-13, 12-21, 21-19, 21-13. Women's singles:Mamta Prabhu (Tne) bt Deepali Zaveri (Tne) 21-16, 21-18, 21-12. Junior girls: Mamta Prabhu (Mum) bt Shalmali Inamdar (Mum) 14-21, 19-21, 21-19, 21-17, 21-15.Divangi winsPUNE: Top seed Divangi Patankar of Pune scored a quick 15-moves win over Mumbai's Nikhita P to lift the girls under-7 title with an unbeaten record on the seventh and final round of 10th State Mini Chess Championship organised by Bhuddhibal Krida Trust at Manohar Mangal Karyalaya on Thursday.State team: Under-7 (girls): Devangi Patankar (Pune); Sidhali Shetty (Mum). Boys Archit Mokashi (Pn), Abhishek Kelkar (Pune). Under-9 girls: Shreyasi Parikh (Nag), Mohita Agarwal (Pune). Boys Ninad Sancheti (Pune), Subhdh Lakhe (Nag).BSF, A-I in semisCHANDIGARH: Border Security Force and Air India moved into the semi-finals of the 29th All India Gurmit Memorial hockey tournament. Scoring one goal in each half, Air India overcame Central Reserve Police Force 2-0 and Border Security Forcepumped in two goals to eliminate Sikh Regiment Centre by 3-1.
