India file

Results Boys: Pondicherry 80 bt Chandigarh 78 Full time 60-60, First extra time 70-70; UP 76 bt TN 58; MP 71 bt Gujarat 68; Kerala 57 bt Karnataka 52; Bihar 48 bt Jamp;K 26; Rajasthan 81 bt UP 45; Maharashtra 70 Ralph Gomes 22, Ashish Lad 17 bt AP 59 S Reddy 19, Amruth 10; TN 63 bt West Bengal 32; Haryana 74 bt Nagaland 31; Girls: AP 50 bt Nagaland 21; Kerala 60 bt Delhi 18; Rajasthan w/o Assam; Orissa 41 bt Bihar 32; Maharashtra 42 Anita Krishnan 14 bt Chandigarh 11 HT 26-4; Karnataka 45 bt West Bengal 18; Karnataka 46 bt Jamp;K 16; West Bengal 59 bt Goa 30; TN 78 bt Gujarat 26; AP 61 bt Pondicherry 37; Delhi 44 bt Nagaland 14.

Cricket fervour claims one

SAMBALPUR: World Cup cricket fever claimed its firstvictim in Orissa while India was demolishing Kenya in distant Bristol Sunday. A crowd of excited fans watching the tie on television at a paan shop at Remed, about ten km from here, protested when the owner wanted to close for the day, police said. An altercation ensued, and one angry spectator stabbed two relatives of the owner. One of them died this morning.

VCA official kills himself

NAGPUR: Venkat Mudaliar, a former secretary of Vidarbha Cricket Association VCA, allegedly committed suicide by jumping before a train here, police said today. Mudaliar died on May 15 after he was crushed to pieces by the Nagpur-Bhusaval Passenger in South Nagpur. However, due to lack of identification, the police could not trace the antecedents of the person for a week.

Conditional awards offered

NEW DELHI: The Government today announced a cash award of Rs. 7.5 lakh to every member of the Indian cricket team if they win the World Cup.Sports minister Uma Bharati made this announcement in keeping withthe Prime Minister8217;s policy of boosting the morale of Indian sportspersons in international events.

8212; ENS amp; Agencies