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There Won't Be Time To Relax In CT
Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq on Tuesday said there won't
be time to relax for any team in the upcoming Champions
Trophy and none of the side can be labelled as favourite.
Greater Kashmir
Srinagar | May 29, 2013, Wednesday
Gagged by BCCI, Dhoni keeps
mum on spot-fixing scandal
New Delhi, May 28: Having avoided
the media before and after the final
of the Indian Premier League, India
captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on
Tuesday maintained a stoic silence
on the spot-fixing scandal that has,
among others, also led to the arrest
of CSK's Team principal Gurunath
Meiyappan.
On expected lines, BCCI issued a
diktat that the journalists attending
the press conference won't be allowed
to ask questions on the spot-fixing
scandal, which rocked the cash-rich
league leading after the arrest of three
cricketers including India international S Sreesanth.
When Dhoni was asked why has
he not responded as the leader of the
Indian cricket team, the media manager Dr R N Baba stopped the scribe from
probing the skipper further, asking
him to stick to questions pertaining to
Champions Trophy. The team is leaving for England later tonight for the
tournament.
Dr Baba is an official of the Tamil
Nadu Cricket Association and is also
one of Srinivasan's close aides. He has
KKR-RCB tie may come under scanner
A
recent IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore may
also come under the scanner of Delhi Police for "match-fixing" after the interrogation of
Rajasthan Royal's player Ajit Chandila and bookies who have been arrested on charges
of spot-fixing, police sources said on Tuesday.
However, Delhi Police said as such they have no evidence to corroborate the claims of
Chandila and others made during questioning in the IPL spot-fixing scandal or to come to a
conclusion that the match was fixed.
The match in question is the one played between the two teams in Ranchi on May 12 which
KKR won by four wickets.
Police sources came out with these details a day after the arrest of Bhupender Nagar, a
security manager of two night clubs in Delhi.
They said Nagar was in touch with Chandila for the past seven-eight months as the player
was a regular in the night club located in a prominent hotel in Nehru Place.
"Chandila was asked by the bookies about who will win the match between KKR and RCB
on May 12. The spinner told the bookies that KKR will win and actually KKR won the match," a
senior police official said
The bookies had agreed to pay Rs 30 lakh to Chandila but refused to pay him later as they
had claimed to have incurred loss due to a low-scoring match. RCB batted first and scored 115
and chasing the target, KKR made the winning run in the 20th over. PTI
performed the duties of media manager for a major part of the last season.
His son Aparajith is an U-19 India and
contracted player of CSK.
Another question that was put
forward to Dhoni was how difficult it
will be for him and the team to instill
faith in the cricket loving people that
everything would be "fair" during
Champions Trophy. All Dhoni could
manage was a chuckle as Dr Baba
again sprung into action stopping the
Sreesanth, Chandila
sent to judicial
custody till June 4
A
rrested cricketers S Sreesanth and
Ajit Chandila have been sent to
judicial custody till June 4 for spot-fixing in the just-concluded sixth edition
of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by
a Delhi court on Tuesday.
The Delhi Police wanted the police
custody of Rajasthan Royals pacer
Sreesanth to be further extended for
two more days but the judge turned
down their plea.
Both the players were in custody of
Delhi Police since their arrest on May 16.
Two bookies were also sent to judicial custody till June 4 alongwith the
two cricketers.
journalist from probing further.
As far as cricketing queries were
concerned, one got the routine predictable answers from the India captain
-- it has been the case for the better
part of the last six years. PTI
One Nation Netball Cup
Anantnag School lifts title
Srinagar, May 28: Froebel
Public School, Anantnag has
won the inaugural edition of
the One Nation Netball Cup
held at the Deepalaya School,
New Delhi on Sunday.
Froebel won final by 19-17
against the host team Deepalaya school, having led throughout the four quarters, Deepalaya worked very hard to narrow
down the lead in the fourth
quarter, giving some moments
of anxiety to the Froebel team,
however, the Anantnag school
team stayed ahead and won the
match and the trophy.
The tournament proved to be a happy
hunting ground for Froebel, as their wing
attack Muskan won the best girl player of the
tournament and goal attack Baba Hanan, the
best boy player of the tournament award.
The One Nation Netball Cup is the
TAAK celebrates
Kashmir Festival
Water Sports Kicked Off At Nigeen Lake
Srinagar, May 28: As part of
ongoing Kashmir Festival, the
Travel Agents Association of
Kashmir (TAAK) kicked off
fascinating water sports activities at scintillating Nigeen
lake under the auspices of
Tourism Department.
Scores of students took
part in different waterbased activities including
kayaking, canoeing, canoe
polo, surf riding, water ski,
Aqua – Zorbing, Dembnav,
jet skiing, etc. Scores of tourists watched the breathtaking event.
The activities will continue till tomorrow. On the
concluding day competitions
will be held in 10 events.
First three winners will be
awarded cash prizes by the
Tourism Department. The
department has provided
the logistic support to TAAK
for holding the event.
Pertinently, TAAK has
shown keen interest in the
promotion and development
of water sports. They want to
develop Nagin Lake as water
sports and recreational hub
in Kashmir
Meanwhile, with a view
to contribute its bit the J&K
Ski & Mountaineering Association has brought out a brochure giving description of
various water sports for which
“we have all facilities here.”
The 24 page brochure
contains write-ups on water
sports and has some wonderful pictures. The brochure
would be opened during the
closing function of the Kashmir Festival at SKICC. GKNN
first ever mixed team’s netball tournament for schools
held in India and featured 7
teams from 5 States including schools from Odisha,
Jharkhand and Maharashtra
apart from the finalists.
The event was organised
by the Naz Foundation, Deepalaya School and the Netball
Development Trust and was
supported by the Australian
Sports Outreach Programme.
Among the guests present to
watch the finals were the principal of Froebel School Arshad
Baba, the principal of the Deepalaya School Anita Sawhney and the general secretary of the Netball Federation
of India, Hari Om Kaushik.
'India will qualify
for 2022 FIFA WC'
Mumbai, May 28: Sachin Tendulkar on
Tuesday expressed hope that India's
football team will qualify for the FIFA
World Cup in 2022 to be held in Qatar.
"I know in 2022 there is something
really big happening for Indian football. I hope India qualifies for that
World Cup. That is something that
should be your target and your senior
players will guide you. Just follow
their steps and chase your dreams,"
Tendulkar said at the Father Agnel
School ground in Navi Mumbai.
Tendulkar spoke these encouraging words at the presentation function of the Coca-Cola Cup (National
under-15 sub junior football tournament) final between Meghalaya and
Orissa which the former won 1-0.
The Indian cricket great also
advised youngsters to be passionate about football.
"A simple advice I can give you is be
passionate about the sport. Fall madly in
lovewiththesportandthatwillallowyou
to work harder. Have dream and chase
them.Dreamswillcometrue,"weremaestro's words of wisdom for the kids. PTI
Shaheed-e-Millat
Cricket Tournament
Mirwaiz to
inaugurate
event today
Srinagar, May 28: The
Mirwaiz Molvi Umar
Farooq will be inaugurating
Shaheed-e-Millat T20 cricket tournament sponsored
by Imperial Art and Craft
at Islamia College ground,
here on Wednesday.
In the event top teams of
the Kashmir are participating. The inaugural match
would be played between FCC
and RCC. For further details
interested teams have been
asked to contact: 9018748883,
9419858701.
ISC celebrates sports day
Srinagar, May 28: Islamic
Study Circle, J&K central
office, Balgarden organised
its sports day celebration
events at Fateh Kadal, sports
ground here on Tuesday.
In the event a round 150
students from various Darsgahs of Srinagar in the age
group of 8-14 years participated in ten different events.
Organising of such events
is a regular feature of the
organisation for personality
development of students in a
holistic manner, a statement
issued by ISC read.
President of the organisation Soofi Ghulam Qadir,
Prof. Naeem Fazili were the
guests on the occasion and
distributed prizes among the
winners.
In 300 metre race, Faizan,
Wasit and Shabir bagged first
three positions respectively
while as in 100-metre race,
Mutahir, Aman and Nasir
bagged first three places
respectively.
In hopping, Jibran Khurshid, Hanan Mir and Aftab
Hilal bagged first three positions while as in lemon and
spoon race, Sahil Rashid,
Muhammad Shahid and
Haseeb Bilal bagged first
three positions respectively.
In frog jump, Danish, Areeb
and Faisal Manzoor bagged
first three places respectively
while as in ball throwing,
Owais Tariq, Shoib Shiowkat
and Haseeb bagged first three
positions respectively.
In ball bringing, Haseeb,
Kamran and Hamza bagged
first three places while as
wicket targeting, Faisal,
Junaid and Nibrass bagged
first three places respectively.
In banana eating,
Muzammil Qureshi, Raihan
Manzoor and Mohsin Meraj
bagged first three places
respectively while as in tug
of war Zone C and Zone A
bagged first two places.
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