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Delhi court gets tough on doping
The direction came during the hearing of a PIL by Health Fitness Trust HFT, an organistaion being run by former international athelete Sunita Godara.
Malik is IHF observer for Sydney
CHANDIGARH: The Indian Hockey Federation has appointed Mahinder Singh Malik as observer for the Olympic Games to be held from September 15 to October 1. Malik, who is also the president of the Haryana Hockey Association and general secretary of the Haryana Olympic Association was also the manager of the Indian hockey team which won the gold in Asian Games at Bangkok in 1998. India had won the gold after a gap of 32 years.
MUMBAI: Mihir Kapoor, who rallied superbly after losing the first two games to Rory Gilligan before pipping the latter 6-9, 6-9, 9-6, 9-1, 9-4 starred in India8217;s 2-1 win over Ireland in their Pool-C second league match of the eleventh World junior boys8217; team championships at Milan.
Kapoor clawed his way back into reckoning in a marathon 72 minutes duel while Bikram Oberoi gave the team an unbeatable 2-0 lead when he sidelined Niall Rooney 9-7, 9-0, 9-0 in 25 minutes, according to information received here on Thursday.
Aidan Sharkey gave a consolation win for Ireland when hemanaged to win 9-2, 10-8, 9-0 against India8217;s Junaid Nathani in the dead rubber in 37 minutes.
The win over Ireland assures India of a top 16 finish. The best India has done so far in the World juniors has been a 15th place in the 1992 Hong Kong meet.
However, the draw for the second stage of the championship sees India drawn against number five seeds Canada to be played on Friday.
Maharashtra down Punjab
VISKAHPATNAM: Tamil Nadu beat Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra scraped past Punjab in women8217;s section, while Vijaya Bank Karnataka beat Hyderabad District in the men8217;s events on the third day of the six-day 17th Federation Cup BasketBall Championship here on Thursday.
Results: Women: Tamil Nadu 64 N Syamala 17, Vidya Sridharan 16, P Anitha 14, Preethi 11 bt Uttar Pradesh 50 J Jose 14, K Marina 12, Shiji Anthony 10. Maharashtra 70 Pradnya Mane 20, Manisha 18 beat Punjab 53 Paveen 13, Kulwinder 12. Men: Vijaya Bank Karnataka 67 Murali Mohan 26, Stalin 12, Basavaraj 14, Austin D Almeda 10 bt Hyderabad District 40 K Vishal Kumar 10, G Ravi Kumar 17, Vinod Kumar 6, PB Srikanth 5, S Prasad 2.
Foreign players for badminton tourney
BANGALORE: Top badminton players from the State and two juniors from England will be participating in the three-day Khodays Senior State Ranking Tournament starting here on Friday.
The tournament has attracted around 50 players in men8217;s singles, 30 in men8217;s doubles, 12 in women singles, 16 in veteran singles and 14 in veteran doubles. As many as 117 matches will be played in the Rs 50,000 prize money tournament.
Gautam Samarth stuns top seed
PONDICHERRY: Fourth seeded Gautam Samarth of Maharashtra scalped top seed Kesava Narasimhan to set up a title clash with Tamil Nadu8217;s N Vijay Sundar Prasanth in the under-14 section in the All-India Ranking Tennis Tournament 2000 here on Thursday.
In the semi-finals, Gautam defeated his statemate in straight sets 7-5, 6-1. Earlier, second seeded Vijay Sundar Prasanth got the better of Ajay Selvaraj 6-4, 7-5.
In the girls under-14 quarter-finals, top seed Sharanya Pattabi of Tamil Nadu thrashed unseeded Kanimozhi TN 6-0, 6-0. Second seed Fatima Baig of Tamil Nadu suffered a shock defeat, going down to unseeded Varsha Shivshankar of Tamil Nadu, 3-6, 3-6 RPT 3-6, 3-6.
