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Karthikeyan forced to withdrawAntonio Pizzonia of Manor Motorsport clinched top spot at the race. Narain's team mate Tomas Schekter was se...

Karthikeyan forced to withdraw

Antonio Pizzonia of Manor Motorsport clinched top spot at the race. Narain8217;s team mate Tomas Schekter was second, while Michael Bentwood of Great Britain finished third.

Narain is now in joint fourth place with Milos Pavlovic and Michael Bentwood with 12 points.

Following is the championship ranking after two rounds: Antonio Pizzonia 8212; 40 points; Tomas Schekter 8212; 32; Gianmaria Bruni 8212; 14; Narain Karthikeyan 8212; 12; Milos Pavlovic 8212; 12; Michael Bentwood 8212; 12

Ayub surprised at Srinath8217;s decision

BANGALORE:

Former Indian spinner and coach of the Hyderabad team, Arshad Ayub, expressed surprise over reports on Javgal Srinath8217;s retirement from one-dayers, here on Monday.

quot;He is the best bowler available today and he has a lot of cricket left in him, quot; he said, adding unless there was anything personal he Srinath had to quot;think wise and come out openly.quot; However, in an apparent reference to Kapil Dev, he said quot;It is ridiculous for someone to talk on behalf of any player. I being the Hyderabad coach will not talk negative about my player.quot;

Inter-zonal handball

PONDICHERRY: The Inter-zonal Handball Championship for men and women will be held here from April 21 to 23.

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Association secretary S Narayansami said that the champions and runners-up from all the four zones in both the men and women8217;s events, besides hosts Pondicherry would participate in the three day championship. The matches will be played under league- cum-knock out basis.

Calcutta to host Asian throwball

BANGALORE: The first Asian Throwball Championships will be held in Calcutta from August 19. According to a Throwball Federation of India TFI release here on Monday, the selection trials to pick the Indian team for the championship would be held at Hindupur Andhra Pradesh on may 27 and 28. The team will tour neighbouring countries like Nepal, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka before the Asian meet, the release said.

The calender of events for 2000-2001: Junior National championships at Patna Bihar from may 20 to 23, Senior National championships at Imphal Manipur from July 25 to 28 and Zonal championships: East Zone: Cuttack Orissa from June 7 to 9, West zone: Bombay Maharashtra from June 27 to 29, South zone: Bangalore Karnataka from June 22 to 24 and North zone: New Delhi 22 to 24 June.