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I was not consulted: PrasannaBANGALORE: EAS Prasanna, one of the best cricket off-spinners ever, stated that he had no inkling of the ban ...

I was not consulted: Prasanna
BANGALORE: EAS Prasanna, one of the best cricket off-spinners ever, stated that he had no inkling of the ban on Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar.

Prasanna, who is in the International Cricket Council8217;s Illegal Bowling Action Committee, stated he was inducted into the committee only on January 1, 2000. 8220;The ban on Shoaib was taken in December. I replaced Kapil Dev in the committee only on January 1. By then, the ban on Shoaib Akhtar had already been pronounced.

8220;My mind is open about these things. I need to see video tapes and slow-motion replays of the bowler over a sustained period of time before arriving at any conclusion,8221; he said.

Seeds have it easy
HYDERABAD: International Master P Konguvel, the top seed, and other fancied players Sunil Kumar Rathore, Vishal Sareen, TS Ravi and MB Muralidharan continued their winning spree at the end of the fourth round, in the all-India GTB FIDE rated chess tournament being held at the Arya VysyaSangamh.

Important results fourth round: Preetam Sharma 3 lost to P Konguvel 4; Sunil Kumar Rathore 4 bt KN Gopal 3; Y Kalyan Kumar 3 lost to Vishal Sareen 4; TS Ravi 4 bt Beenish Bhatia 3; Nisha Mohota 3 lost to MB Muralidharan 3; VS Negi 3.5 drew with TB Muralikrishnan 3.5; Rupesh Kant 3.5 drew with B Ramanababu 3.5; SC Subramanian 4 bt RM Dongre 3; G Dinesh Kumar 3 lost to J Venkataramana 4; D Lakshman Rao 3 lost to A Sankar 4; Amardip S Bartake 4 bt Dilip Das 3; Ravi Kumar 4 bt Mari Arul S 3; Pradeep M Paranjpa 2.5 lost to Tejas Bakre 3 1/2; Verghese Koshy 3.5 bt K Gopalakrishnan 2.5; NK Mishra 3.5 bt KV Sudhakar 2.5; Santanu Lahiri 2.5 lost to Jayant Gokhale 3.5; SS Soman 3.5 bt P Kumaresh 2.5; Rahul G Shetty 3.5 bt Rashmin Pulekar 2.5; Pallavi Shah 2.5 lost to K Visweswaran 3.5 and K Ramu 3.5 bt Vedant Goswami 2.5

Meghalaya win
MIDNAPORE: Meghalaya registered their first win in two outings when they routed last year8217;s runners-up Tamil Nadu 5-0 in the Group Q quarter-final leagueof the 22nd Sub-junior under-16 National football championship. Meghalaya led 2-O in the breather.

Ashok leads
MUMBAI: Delhi youngster Ashok Kumar fired a two-over par 72 to widen his lead after the penultimate round of the four-day Classic Stripes Western India amateur golf championship at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club course in Chembur.

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Kumar8217;s three-day tally at the end of 54 holes in the 72-hole strokeplay event stood at three over par 213, 10 better than second-placed Sheeraz Kalra of Lucknow who came home in six over par 76 for an aggregate of 223.

Favourites warm-up
CHENNAI: At the Madras Race Club courts on Saturday, Ritwik Bhattacharya, top seed in the men8217;s section, beat Shakti Singh in the India Cements National Squash Championship for Seniors and Under-19.
Results 8212; Men 1st round: Ritwik Bhattacharya Delhi bt Shakti Singh Delhi 9-1, 9-1, 9-2; Lt L K Agnihotri SSCB w/o Junaid Nathani Mah; Maj Milan Khurana SSCB bt Gaurav Yadav Kar 9-2, 9-1, 9-2;Dheeraj Singh Raj bt Ankit Dutta MP 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Maj R S Brar SSCB bt Manish Mehta Hyd 9-3, 9-4, 9-1; Bikram Uberoi Mah bt Hari Om Tripathi UP 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Saket Walia Mah bt Divyakant Bengani WB 10-8, 9-2, 9-1; Capt Anuj Kalia SSCB bt Jagbir Singh Julka Hyd 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Manish Chotrani Mah bt Avinash Kumar MP 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Vasanth Williams TN w.o Capt R Teotia SSCB; Anshul Manchanda Mah bt Tejveer Singh MP 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Capt A S Chonkar SSCB bt Karthik Das TN 9-0, 9-1, 9-3; Bala Murugan TN bt Deepak Khetani Raj 9-0, 9-6, 9-2; Mihir Kapoor Mah bt Saurabh Ahuja AP 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Capt Navneet Narain SSCB bt Supreet Singh Mah 9-0, 9-0, 9-1. Boys under-19 1st round: Manish Mehta Hyd bt Divyakant Bengani WB 0-9, 9-5, 9-7, 9-4; Tejveer Singh MP w.o Sushant Krishna UP; Neerav Tomar Delhi bt Abhishekh Bhalla UP 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Junaid Nathani Mah bt Supreet Singh Mah 9-1, 9-7, 9-5; Shakti Singh Delhi w.o Ajay Nagad UP; Gaurav YadavKar bt Saurabh Ahuja Hyd 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Mihir Kapoor Mah bt Jagbir Singh Julka Hyd 9-2, 9-0, 9-0.

Services dominate
CALCUTTA: Services dominated the main section while Kerala stole the limelight in the women8217;s department in the fifth open sprint National rowing championship which concluded in the Lake Club Course of Rabindra Sarovar lake.
Results final: Men: Scull: Cera bt SSCB, Pairs: SCB bt Karnataka, Fours: SSCB bt Cera. Women: Scull: Kerala bt Karnataka, Pairs: Kerala bt Karnataka, Fours: Kerala bt West Bengal Sub-junior boys: Scull: Tamil Nadu bt West Bengal, Pairs: West Bengal bt Uttar Pradesh, Fours: West Bengal B bt West Bengal A
Sub-junior girls: Scull West Bengal bt Tamil Nadu, Pairs: Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka, Fours: Manipur bt West Bengal.

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