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A glance at college sports, beyond football and basketball: Women's soccer NATIONAL TOP 5* 1. Notre Dame 2. UCLA 3. Portland 4. North Carolina 5. Stanford *NSCAA.com, final regular-season rankings. NOTABLE Stanford 20-1-1 cruised into the third round of the...
2008-11-20 07:00:00India beat Singapore, reach last-4
By Sundari IyerPuneOct. 25: India booked a spot in the semifinals of the World Junior Badminton team championship with a 4-1 win over fourth-seeds Singapore at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex here on Saturday. The hosts will now face Korea in the last four.The hosts came into the day facing a do-or-die situation but national coach Pullela Gopichand played his cards right. Against minnows Sri Lanka he rested his top players in a 5-0 blitz and he then let his squad loose against Singapore.In the mixed doubles, Guru Sai Dutt and new partner Prajakta Sawant dominated Guorui Chen and Lei Yao 21-16, 21-16.It was then the turn of Saina Nehwal to take lead in the women’s singles as she defeated Ting Ting Thng 21-13, 21-13 to give India a 2-0 lead.ÂÂ
2008-10-26 05:10:25Eric Pinkela: Added attractions on LPGA Tour
There exists a fine line in women's sports, a tightrope that players, media and sponsors walk as they appreciate female athletes. The question that sits as a subtext to virtually every tournament, interview or commercial is this: How much does a pro's physical beauty...
2008-10-24 12:00:00MANCHESTER
SPO16SportsDipika can win world squash title, says Egyptian coachFrom Omar KhalidManchester, Oct 16 IANS India's fast-rising squash sensation Dipika Pallikal has the potential to win the world junior title in Cairo next year, her coach Amir Wagih said here Thursday.Wagih, a former top-ten player from Egypt and now serving as his country's head coach, told IANS at the sidelines of the World Open squash Championships, that he has great expectations from the 17-year-old Dipika, currently the British Under-17 champion."Dipika is future star of world squash," stressed Wagih, who coaches her at his world-famous squash academy in Cairo."She is young, she is talented and has the charisma to be a huge star," added Wagih, who has helped Egypt become a potent force in international squash. Currently there are four Egyptians in the top-ten world men's rankings including the reigning world number Amr Shabana. There are also two Egyptian girls in the top-ten women's ranking. All of those players trains in Cairo with Wagih.Dipika is one of his favourite pupils.The Chennai-born Dipika played her first international tournament in London when she was in her sixth grade, and till date, she has won the German Open, Dutch Open, French Open, Australian Open, Scottish Open and British Junior Open titles on the European Junior Squash Circuit.Wagin said Dipika will be in contention for the world junior crown in Cairo next year. "Dipika is training really hard these days both on her game and her fitness," said Wagih, who is in Manchester with a star-studded Egyptian team. "She is very confident and I expect her to do really well in the world junior championships."--Indo-Asian News Servicekh/pt/jg295 Words16101944
2008-10-16 11:07:10Pune, Oct 15 IANS Shooters and wrestlers led India's medal haul on the fourth day of the Commonwealth Youth Games CYG, keeping the hosts comfortably perched at the top of the tally at Shree Shiv Chatrapati sports city in Balewadi here.
SPO14SportsShooters, Wrestlers shine for India in CYGPune, Oct 15 IANS Shooters and wrestlers led India's medal haul on the fourth day of the Commonwealth Youth Games CYG, keeping the hosts comfortably perched at the top of the tally at Shree Shiv Chatrapati sports city in Balewadi here.Both shooting and wrestling fetched India three golds each while another yellow metal came in weightlifting.India now leads the tally with 28 medals with England far behind at the second spot with 16 medals.India's gold quest was started by 17-year-old Deepika Patelin in women's 10 metre air pistol event. A science student from Varanasi, Deepika looked confident as she shot 470.2 against her second-placed Singaporian rival's 464.3 points."The credit goes to my parents and my coach S.P Bhattacharya," she said.Lakshya Bansal fetched another gold in the 25m pistol, logging 567 points, beating nearest rival Canada's Henry Mathew James 547 pts. The bronze went to Bin Alias Mohd Zul Fadzli of Malaysia, who scored 499. The shooting squad won its third gold of the day through Asher Noria Gusti in the Double Trap. The Hyderabadi, coached by World Cup champion Ronjan Sodhi, pocketed 180 points. India mised out on a perfect four for the day as Rushad Damania settled for a bronze in the Free Rifle prone men's event. England's Huckle James won the gold while Malaysia's Muhammad Zubair took the silver.In wrestling, Amit Kumar won the gold in the 50kg category, while Jitender added another in the 54kg category. Rahul Aware won the third gold in the men's freestyle.Weightlifter S. Yamini struck gold in the 58 kg category, lifting 98 Kg in clean and jerk and 80 kg in snatch. India's swimming sensation, Vir Dhaval Khade won silver in the men's 200m Freestyle. Australian Napoleon Ryan claimed gold, setting a Games record of 1:49:62.In Athletics, Poovamma Raju took a silver in the 400m. Nachula Rachael of Zambia claimed the gold with a new Games' record of 52.97.--Indo-Asian News Servicevv/pt/av/vm368 Words15101933
2008-10-15 10:02:05Pune, Oct 14 IANS India capped another fabulous day in the Commonwealth Youth Games CYG Tuesday, leading the tally with 12 medals followed by England, Canada, Singapore and Scotland.
SPO15SportsIndia leads CYG tally with 12 medalsPune, Oct 14 IANS India capped another fabulous day in the Commonwealth Youth Games CYG Tuesday, leading the tally with 12 medals followed by England, Canada, Singapore and Scotland.India now have six gold, four silver and two bronze medals. England are a distant second with five medals 3-1-1.The days account was opened by Derius Kyanan Chenai clinching gold in the 50 m Trap shooting event. Derius won the event in a nail-biting finish with 128 points. "I was not performing my best and when I won the gold, I was a little surprised yet happy," the 17-year-old said.Then came yet another spectacular performance by shooter Ankush Bhardwaj, who won bronze in the men's 10 m Air Pistol. The Haryana boy Monday won gold in men's 50 m Pistol.Indian weightlifters also did well with Ajit Patil winning gold in the 32-42 kg category while Deepak Kumar grabbed the yellow metal in the 46-kg category. Sibi Yukar bagged silver in the men's 62 kg category. In women's weightlifting, N. Laxmi won silver in the 53 kg category.In athletics, Dheeraj Mishra won gold in the triple jump event. Chandrodaya Narayan won silver in the men's hammer throw while Ahmed Ejaj settled for a bronze.--Indo-Asian News Servicevv/av/dg234 Words14101912
2008-10-14 10:04:08By V.Vijayalakshmi
SPO10SportsKalmadi concerned over organisational loopholes at Pune GamesBy V.VijayalakshmiPune, Oct 14 IANS The chaos on the opening day of the Commonwealth Youth Games CYG here forced the Indian Olympic Association IOA president Suresh Kalmadi to admit that organisationally a lot needs to be done to organise mega events. A busy Kalmadi was seen running around, taking stock of various venues at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports City, Balewadi, the official venue of the Games.Kalmadi, who is also the Chairman of CYG, seemed a little concerned over the organisational aspect of the Games."The air-conditioning broke down at the shooting range, similar incidents have been happening at various other venues. The CYG is a trial run and we will make sure such things do not happen at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi," said an embarrassed Kalmadi. The Commonwealth Games Federation President Michael Fennel also seemed concerned. He told reporters that the Games seem technically sound, but what concerns him is the organisation part of it."Even as the official rights for the covering the event have been given to the Public broadcasters, we can still see various Indian channels taking live shots of the event, this is completely against the ethics of the Games," lamented Fennel.Kalmadi on the other hand reiterated that such details will be taken care of at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games. Some foreign athletes on the other hand seemed pleased with the arrangements at the various venues. Aqilah Binte Sudhir who won the women 10 meter Air Rifle said: "The shooting range is excellent, it's of Olympic standards. However, the air-conditioning broke down so we were not able to practice for the first two days."Murrey Middleton, a 15-year-old shooter from Falkland Island felt the best part of the games is the Indian curry. "I love the food here, every day one gets to eat a new thing away from the regular pizzas and salads."However, some athletes expressed concern over the water situation at the games village. "The taps suddenly went dry in the middle of the night," said an athlete, who did not want to be identified.--Indo-Asian News Serviceav/vs387 Words14101752
2008-10-14 09:00:10By V. Vijayalakshmi
SPO13SportsYoung Indian Shooter breaks down at missing a medalBy V. Vijayalakshmi Pune, Oct 14 IANS Sixteen-year-old Aparajita Tivary is no ordinary teenager, she comes from a family of shooters with a dream to win gold at the London Olympics. However, at the Commonwealth Youth games CYG here, this ambitious and determined girl broke down when she lost a bronze medal by just a single point in the Individual Women 50m Rifle Prone."I am very disappointed with my performance here, my personal best is 592 and my average itself is 587 and here for some reason I ended up with just 579," Tivary told IANS wiping away the tears.Tivary, coached by her father Lt. Col A.N Tivary, a national level shooter and now an Army trainer, practises every day for three hours after school. In fact, the whole Tivari family is into shooting. Aparajita's mother Aparna Tivary took to shooting after marriage."It's there in our blood, I too have participated in two national level games," said Aparna.Aparajita's day starts early and ends late at night as she attends school and training centre."My day starts at 6 in the morning. Go to school Army School in Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, come back at three and leave for tuitions and then shoot till eight in the night." So, when does she get to relax like the others of her age group The ambitious mother is quick to respond: "Shooting is relaxation for her and six hours in the school is more than enough.""My father is my inspiration, we practice at the Army Marksmanship Unit in Mhow," added Aparajita. Her father believes in thinking positive and regular training as the key to success. "We don't miss even a day's training," said Aparajita.The family of four, which includes Aparajita's younger sister who is also a shooter in the making, has driven down to Pune all the way from Mhow. "We try and go together to all the championships, but this is our first international event," said Aparna.So how does this family from the Army afford the expensive sport "The Army provides for the weapon and the ammunition while the equipment like glove and the jackets are also sponsored," says Aparna.--Indo-Asian News Servicevv/av/vs 409 Words14101828
2008-10-14 09:05:10Kolkata, Oct 13 IANS India's Vardhineni Pranitha was unlucky to miss the gold medal for the second time at the World Youth Archery Championship and had to settle for a silver in the individual recurve event at Antalya, Turkey on Sunday.
SPO24SportsArcher V. Pranitha wins individual silverKolkata, Oct 13 IANS India's Vardhineni Pranitha was unlucky to miss the gold medal for the second time at the World Youth Archery Championship and had to settle for a silver in the individual recurve event at Antalya, Turkey on Sunday. Pranitha had bagged a silver in the previous championship at Merida Mexico in 2006 where she lost in the cadet women's recurve individual final.The 18-year-old from Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh, currently with the Tata Archery Academy, was one of the three members of the Indian team that participated in the Beijing Olympics.Seeded fourth in the world meet, Pranitha took on 11th ranked Japanese Mikie Zushi in the final but went down 96-100. Earlier, the Indian had upset the top seed from Russia Inna Setpanova 109-108 in a closely fought semifinal, according to information received here.India ended the six-day meet with two silver medals.The Indians lost in the finals of the women's team section to China Saturday to claim their first silver. At Merida in 2006, India had won a gold medal through Palton Hansda junior men's compound individual section; three silver medals through Prabhat Kandir junior men's recurve individual, Pranitha cadet women's recurve individual and junior compound women's team event. The lone bronze medal came in cadet men's recurve team event.--Indo-Asian News Servicessp/vm239 Words13102111
2008-10-13 12:04:09Kolkata, Oct 13 IANS Vardhineni Pranitha of India was unlucky to miss the gold medal for the second time in the world youth archery championship, and had to settle for silver in the individual recurve event at Antalya, Turkey, according to reports received here Monday.
SPO23SportsV Pranitha wins silver in world youth archery championshipKolkata, Oct 13 IANS Vardhineni Pranitha of India was unlucky to miss the gold medal for the second time in the world youth archery championship, and had to settle for silver in the individual recurve event at Antalya, Turkey, according to reports received here Monday. Interestingly, Pranitha bagged a silver in the previous championship at Merida in Mexico in 2006 where she lost in the cadet women's recurve individual final. The 18-year-old from Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh, currently with Tata Archery Academy, was one of the three members of the Indian team which participated in the Beijing Olympics. Seeded fourth in the world meet, Pranitha took on 11th ranked Japanese Mikie Zushi in the final Sunday but went down 96-100. Earlier, the Indian had upset the top seed from Russia Inna Setpanova 109-108 in a closely fought semifinals. India ended the six-day meet with two silver medals. The Indians lost in the finals of the women's team section to China Saturday to claim their first silver. At Merida in 2006, India had won one gold medal through Palton Hansda junior men's compound individual section; three silver medals through Prabhat Kandir junior men's recurve individual, Pranitha cadet women's recurve individual and junior compound women's team. The lone bronze medal came in cadet men's recurve team event. --Indo-Asian News Servicessp/pt/dg246 Words13102027
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