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No additional changes: Lele
MUMBAI: Cricket Board secretary Jaywant Lele said there would be no more changes for the last two one-dayers against New Zealand after leg-spinner Anil Kumble was rested ahead of the Australian tour at his own request.Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad, as well as left-handed opener S Ramesh, nursing a sore shoulder, were rested after the first two matches.
Shroff on song
MUMBAI: Sarang Shroff scored a 4-0 win over Roger Ng to be joint third in Group C of World Snooker Championship at Papua New Guinea on Thursday. According to information received here, Shroff has a frame difference of minus one and is placed joint third with Frenchman Dominique Carre and stands a good chance of qualifying for the knock-out stage.
CALCUTTA: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have confirmed participation in the ATP Tour Challenger tournament, at Lucknow from November 29 to December 4. Syed Fazaluddin will be the third Indian player in the main draw,tournament director Dr Vece Paes said today.
Shuttlers bow out
HO CHI MINH CITY: Indian shuttlers went down 0-3 to China in the Asia Cup badminton championship on Thursday. India Number two Abhinn Shyam Gupta took a game off World number one Sun Jun before losing 8-15, 15-6, 5-15. Jaseel P Ismail and Markose Bristow lost to Yu Jin Hao and Zhang Jun 11-15, 15-6, 13-15. Ajit Wijetilak lost to Cheng Hong 5-15, 15-10, 12-15. India were without top ranked P Gopi Chand and Nikhil Kanetkar. China, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea entered the semis.
Punjab cops in final
CHANDIGARH: While Punjab Police eased into the final with an authoritative 105-75 win over Railways, the women lost to Kerala 45-56 in the Federation Cup basketball semi-final today.
The cops will meet Indian Bank, who beat Army 69-65, in the final. Kerala run into MP, who accounted for AP 56-46.
PSB in last four
JALANDHAR: Punjab amp; Sind Bank PSB and star-studded Punjab Police were ensured of semi-finalberths from Group II after convincing wins in the 16th Surjit hockey tournament here. The two teams face each other in the final league outing tomorrow.
Results: PSB 5 Parminder Singh 3, Sanjiv Kumar Dang, Rajinder Singh bt RCF 2 Lalit, Terbus Ekka; Punjab Police 5 bt PSEB 1.
Unification bout
LAS VEGAS: The first fight between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis, for the undisputed heavyweight title, ended in a draw, but most thought Lewis was a clear winner. On Saturday, the two boxers will get another chance to prove themselves. Holyfield stopped Mike Tyson in 1996 for the WBA title, and added the IBF title by stopping Michael Moorer in 1997. Lewis regained the WBC title in 1997 when Oliver McCall refused to fight in the fifth round. Holyfield8217;s record is 36-3-1 25 KOs, while Lewis is 34-1 27 KOs.
