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CRICKET
India beat England
India won 5 matches
one-day series by 5-0
by defeating England
in 5th and final match
played in Kolkata on
26 October 2011.
India scored a
challenging 271 for
eight and stopped England at 176 in 37
overs in the day-night match at theEden Gardens. Ravindra Jadeja
grabbed 4-33 and off-spinner
Ravichandran Ashwin claimed 3-28.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja of
team India was declared Man of the
Match , while Indian captain
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was awarded
with Man of the Seri es . India
achieved a 5-0 verdict in a bilateral
One Day International series only 3
times. The two earlier instances were
against England (2008-09) and New
Zealand (2010-11).:
@ India won 1st ODI by 126-run in
Hyderabad on 15 October 2011.
@ India beat England by eight
wickets in 2nd ODI. The match
was played at Feroz Shah Kotla
stadium, Delhi on 17 October
2011.
@ India defeated England to won
3rd ODI of 5 matches series by
5 wickets (with 4 balls
remaining). Match was played at
Mohali stadium, Chandigarh on
20 October 2011.
@ India won 4th ODI by 6 wickets
(with 59 balls remaining). 4th
ODI between India and England
was played at Wankhede
Stadium, Mumbai on 23 October
2011.
Cricketers Imprisoned for Spot-
fixing Scandals
Three Pakistan cricketers and anagent were sentenced imprisonment in
Britain for their involvement in one of
the biggest fixing scandals. Former
captain Salman Butt received two and
a half years, the longest term of the
three players and was called the
“orchastrator” of the entire event.
Mohammad Asif was sentenced to 1
year, while 19-year-old Mohammad
Amir will serve six months. Agent
Mazhar Majeed was sentenced to 2
years, 8 months. All four may be
released for good behavior after
serving half their terms.Butt, Asif and
Majeed are expected to begin their
sentences at Wandsworth prison in
south London, Amir is due to be sent
to Feltham young offenders’ institute
in west London.
The players were found guilty of
conspiring with Majeed to bowldeliberate no-balls as part of a betting
scam during the test match against
England at Lord’s in August 2010.
The conspiracy was exposed following
a sting by undercover reportersworking for the News of the World,
who filmed Majeed accepting
£150000.The scandal is being
described as the biggest fixing scandal
in cricket since South Africa captain
Hansie Cronje was banned for life in
2000 for taking bribes from
bookmakers.
Bedi’s Biography Released
Divinity ordained that he be blessed
with a “nice, clean bowling action”.
Divinity that “coincided with Tiger
Pataudi’s leadership” ensured that
Bishan Singh Bedi would play for
India and end up as one of its finest
spin bowlers of all time.That was how
the man himself described his classic
bowling action and his Test baptism in
Calcutta, under Pataudi, back in 1966-
67against the West Indies, as he
released his biography, written by
jour na list Sur esh Menon, at the
Kovalam Literary Festival at the India
International Centre here on
Thursday.In ‘Bishan, Portrait of a
Cricketer”, Menon brings to life one
of the most colourful personalities of
Indian cricket, but Bedi described the
attempt as “bringing out an Egyptian
mummy alive”.
SPORTSSPORTS
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Some Changes in the Rules
Two of International Cricket Council’s
(ICC) important amendments to the
playing conditions pertaining to ODI
cricket, which have come into effect
from October 1, have the potential to
change the dynamics of the game.
The use of two white balls, to be
employed in alternate overs of an
innings, for the ODIs will impact a
contest differently in different parts of
the cricketing world.In countries such
as Australia and South Africa, the
batsmen might have to cope with
greater seam movement and bounce
for a considerable part of the innings.In England, the ball would swing
conventionally for longer periods.
Venkatagiri Cup
Central Zone lifted the Venkatagiri
Cup for the ACA inter-zonal (Ranji
selection) tournament by garnering
eight points at Ongole. North and South
took the second and third slots with
five points and one point respectively.The final league match between
Central and South ended in a
draw.Chasing 131 for victory, Central
made 118 for two in 21 oves when bad
light stopped play.
TENNIS
Shanghai Masters
Andy Murray retained his ShanghaiMasters title by defeating David
Ferrer 7-5 6-4 in the final. His victory
moved him to number three in the
ATP rankings. He moved to the top
three for the first time since March
2010. Murray who was as high as No
2 in August 2009.The win in China
was Murray’s third title in as many
weeks, following victories in Bangkok
and Tokyo, where he beat Rafael
Nadal in the final. He claimed the
biggest tournaments in Thailand,
Japan and finally the Shanghai
Masters in China. He won 25 of his
last 26 matches showing remarkable
consistency. Roger Federer dropped
out of the top three in the ATP
rankings for the first time since June
2003. Roger Federer had won the firstof his 16 Grand Slam titles in July
2003.
Stockholm Open
India’s Rohan
Bopanna and
Pakistan’s Aisam-
ul-Haq Qureshi
won the Stockholm
Open men’sdoubles title by
defeating Brazilians
Marcelo Melo and
Bruno Soares 6-1, 6-3 on 23 October
2011. the Stockholm Open was top-
seeded India-Pakistan pair’s second
ATP World Tour title of 2011. They
had earlier won on grass at the Gerry
Weber Open in Halle in June 2011.
The victory got them their third title as
a team. They had also sealed victory
as a team in Johannesburg in
2010.Bopanna and Qureshi who are
ranked seventh in the ATP doubles
team rankings, added 250 points after
their win.
WTA Championships in Istanbul
Czech tennis
player Petra
K v i t o v a
d e f e a t e d
Victoria Azarenka 7-5 4-6 6-3 to win
the WTA Championships on 30
October 2011 in Istanbul. Kvitova took
home $1.75 million and Azarenka
collected $775000.The 21-year-old
Czech had shot to fame by winning
Wimbledon 2011. She remained
undefeated at the year-ending event
that featured the world’s top eightplayers. Victory also confirmed
Kvitova at a career-high second in the
WTA rankings after ending 2010 in
34th spot.She is the first Czech to win
the WTA Championships since Jana
Novotna in 1997.
Kvitova had also defeated Azarenka
in the Wimbledon semifinals on her
way to winning her first Grand Slam
title in 2011.Kvitova has won six titles
in 2011, the same number as No. 1
Caroline Wozniacki and twice as many
as Azarenka.
Austrian Open
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga became the first
Frenchman to win the Austrian Open
with a 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Juan
Martin del Petro. It was the seventh
career title for Tsonga. Juan del Potro
had won all three of the pair’s
previous meetings.Tsonga’s victory
sent him past American Mardy Fish
into provisional seventh place for the
ATP World Tour Finals in London
scheduled to take place on 20-27
November 2011.
FOOTBALL
FIFA Rankings
France dropped
three places in
the latest FIFA
r a n k i n g s
published on
Wednesday despite qualifying for
Euro 2012, while Spain continues to
top the list ahead of the Netherlands,Germany and Uruguay. Sweden rose
to 14th spot from 25th after qualifying
for the Euros while fellow qualifier
Denmark is up seven places in the
standings based on results over the last
four years.
Leading FIFA rankings: 1. Spain, 2.
the Netherlands, 3. Germany, 4.
Uruguay, 5. Brazil, 6. Italy, 7. England,
8. Greece and Portugal, 10. Argentina
and Denmark, 12. Croatia, 13. Russia,
14. Sweden, 15. France.
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Euro 2012 Qualifier
Denmark, France and Russia booked
their places at Euro 2012, while
Portugal was consigned to the play-
offs after a tense conclusion to
qualifying on Tuesday. Denmark,
European champion in 1992, stunned
the Portuguese with a 2-1 win in
Copenhagen to leapfrog the visitor and
top Group H, consigning the Euro
2004 finalist to the play-offs.
Durand Cup 2011
The 2011 Durand Cup, the 124th
edition of the Durand Cup which is the
third oldest association football
competition in the world was won by
the Churchill Brothers. Churchill
Brothers won the 2011 Durand Cup at
the Ambedkar Stadium with a 5-4 tie-
break win over Prayag United.
Churchill Brothers won the Durand
Cup 2011 defeating Prayag United in
the finals 5-4 on Penalties after the
both team failed to score after full
time. In the tie-breaker, ChurchillBrothers scored through Lalrindika
Ralte, M.P. Zakeer, Bineesh Balan,
Matthew Kouacic and Denzil Franco.
Kayne Vincent, Mohammad Rafique,
Belo Razaq and Maksawn Tluanga
scored for Prayag.
MOTOR RACING/FORMULA
ONE
Force India-Sahara Deal
Force India will now be known as
Sahara Force India. Making the
announcement here on Wednesday,
Subrata Roy and Vijay Mallya hoped
the new partnership would be good for
the sport in the country.Sahara
decided to invest $100million in Force
India after visiting its factory. Roy and
Mallya will have stakes worth 42.5 percent each with the Michiel Mol family
holding the remaining 15 per cent. Roy
takes over as Chairman of the Board
of Directors, while will Mallya
continue as the Managing Director and
Team Principal. Welcoming the move,
Mallya said, “F1 is taking root in India.
It is a sport next to Olympics and
FIFA World Cup with a viewership in
millions. I was a proud Indian to have
a team. I am prouder today at having
an Indian partner.”
Indian Grand Prix
The Indian Grand Prix, sometimes
referred to as the Grand Prix of India)
is a race in the calendar of the FIA
Formula One World Championship. It
is currently held at the Buddh
International Circuit in Greater Noida,
Uttar Pradesh, India. The first event
took place on 30 October 2011 as the
17th race of the 2011 Formula One
season, The new race track was
officially homologated on 1 September
2011 by Charlie Whiting.
Season-2011: 28-30 October 2011: On
30 October 2011, the first F1 Grand
Prix was held at the circuit. Sebastian
Vettel won the event, his 11th of the
season. He also had the fastest lap of the race on his last lap although his
team was telling him to “just bring it
home”. Sachin Tendulkar waved the
chequered flag to welcome Sebastian
Vettel. Redbull won the Constructors
Trophy. The only Indian F1 driver
Narain Karthikeyan of HRT F1
finished 17th position.The only Indian
F1 Team Sahara Force India driver
Adrian Sutil finished at 9th position.
Some important facts of the event:-
Race Date - 30 Oct 2011
Circuit Name - Buddh
International Circuit
Number of Laps - 60
Circuit Length - 5.125 km
Race Distance - 307.249 km
Winner - Sebastian Vettel
Winner Team - Redbull
Lap Record - 1:27.249 (S. Vettel)
Korean Grand Prix
Red Bull sealed the constructors’ title
at the Korean Grand Prix. Red Bull
sealed the 2011 season with 558
points. McLaren with 418 points was
second and ferrari with 310 points wasthird. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull who
won the world championship at the
Suzuka in Japan notched up his 10th
victory of the 2011 season.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was
second while another Red Bull driver
Mark Webber finished third. Vettel,
who started from second on the grid,
passed pole-sitter Hamilton on the first
lap and dominated the 55-lap race
before crossing the finish line in 1hour, 38 minutes, 01.994 seconds, 12
seconds ahead of the McLaren
driver.McLaren’s Jenson Button and
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso
finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Japanese Grand Prix
McLaren’s Jenson Button won the
Japanese Grand Prix in his adopted
homeland, Japan on 9 October 2011.Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel who stood
third in the Formula 1 race became
the youngest double world champion
with four races to spare. In seven
years as a Honda driver, Button had
only once managed to win the race at
the Honda-owned circuit. In winning,
Button denied Vettel his third
successive Japanese Grand Prix win.
Button’s victory cut Vettel’s overall
lead over the Briton to 114 points, aninsurmountable advantage with a total
of 100 left to be won.
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Fernando Alonso stood second. Mark
Webber was fourth for Red Bull
ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton
and Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher,
who was sixth. Red Bull’s Sebastian
Vettel made his way to the record
books as Formula One’s youngestdouble world champion after finishing
third in a Japanese Grand Prix. Vettel
had needed only a point at Suzuka to
clinch his second successive crown.
He was only the ninth driver to take
back-to-back championships and on
the podium for the 14th time in 15
races in 2011.Ferrari’s Fernando Alons
had become the previous youngest
double world champion when he had
won for Renault aged 25 in 2006.
Himalaya Motor Rally
Austrian Helmut Frauwallner and
India’s Suresh Rana won the extreme
two-wheeler and extreme-four
wheeler categories in the 13th Raid de
Himalaya motor rally which
concluded.Rana and his navigator
Ashwin Naik driving a Maruti Gypsy
were followed by Harpreet Bawa withnavigator Virender Kashyap in second
place, while Shakti Bajaj and navigator
Prakash finished third. Of the 42 cars
and 32 motorbikes which set out from
Shimla in the extreme category, only
26 cars and 16 bikes made it to the
finishing line, while others withdrew or
had vehicle breakdown. The
adventure trial had begun from Shimla
via Dalhousie, Srinagar and Zanskar
before finishing at Srinagar.The annualrally which is an off-road racing
spectacle in the rugged, inhospitable
Himalayan terrain had begun on 9
October 2011 from Shimla before
ending at the Royal Springs Golf
Course on the banks of the Dal lake.
The rallyists went via Manali-Leh-
Rangdum (Zanskar), which comprises
of one of the world’s most dangerous
roads. The results are subject to
change if any motorist or biker lodges
a protest and is proven right in the
scrutiny.
SHOOTING
Asian Airgun
Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra
won the air rifle silver behind Asian
Games champion Zhu Qinan of China
in the fourth Asian airgun shooting
championship in Kuwait.Bindra, who
had reduced Zhu Qinan to tears in the
Beijing Olympic Games by grabbing
the gold, shot 594 in qualification and
103.6 in the final. He was 2.6 points
behind the Chinese who shot 598 in
qualification.While Satyendra Singh
jumped up to grab the br onze,
following 593 in qualification and the
best score in the final (103.7), Gagan
Narang took the seventh spot at 694.5
following a preliminary score of 592.
In women’s air rifle, Indian shooters
were below par, as none of them made
the final. Anjali Bhagwat missed outon a berth in the final following a
shoot-off for two places among three.
She shot 50.4, while the other two
from Chinese Taipei and Singapore
came up with 51.0 and 51.3
respectively. Iran sprang a surprise
with Narjes Emamgholinejad Andvari
coming up with a strong fare in the
final — an imposing 104.2 — to pip
the reigning World champion Yi Siling
of China by 0.1 point for the gold,
despite a 2-point deficit before the
final.The results: Air rifle: Men: 1. Zhu
Qinan (Chn) 700.2 (598); 2. Abhinav
Bindra 697.6 (594); 3. SatyendraSingh 696.7 (593); 7. Gagan Narang
694.5 (592). Women: Narjes
Emamgholinejad Andvari (IRI) 51.2
(397); 2. Yi Siling (Chn) 501.1 (399);
Wan Xiangyan (Chn) 501.0 (398); 9.
Anjali Bhagwat 396; 12. Priya
Agarwal 395; 20; Suma Shirur 392 .
World Cup
Asian Games gold medallist Ronjan
Sodhi wound up the season in style as
he defended the double trap gold
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medal in the World Cup Finals in Al
Ain, United Arab Emirates, on
Tuesday.Going into the final two points
behind the Beijing Olympic bronze
medallist, Hu Binyuan of China, the
31-year-old Indian asserted his class
by not only faring better than the
Chinese but also eventually winning
the shoot-off for the gold 2-1 after the
two tied at 187.Ronjan shot 45 in the
final after 142 in the qualification
series following a sequence of 48, 49
and 45. The Chinese had followed his
144 with a 43 in the final. Quite
interestingly, it was the sixth silver in
the World Cup Finals for Hu Binyuan
who had never won a gold in the
competition for the top-10 shooters of
the season.
The former world champion and
World Cup Finals gold medallist Vitaly
Fokeev of Russia was reduced to the
bronze medal, two points behind at
185. The Russian shot the best in the
final with a score of 47, but had made
only 138 in the qualification. It was the
fifth successive appearance in the
World Cup Finals for Ronjan andsecond successive gold for him
following the one won in Izrmir,
Turkey, last year. The results: Double
trap: 1. Ronjan Sodhi 187 (2) 142; 2.
Hu Binyuan (Chn) 187 (1) 144; 3.
Vitaly Fokeev (Rus) 185 (138) .
GOLF
Woods Falls Out of Top 50
Tiger Woods is out of the top 50 in the
world rankings for the first time in
nearly 15 years. Woods, who hasn’t
won in nearly two years, was assured
of dropping from the top 50 when
Louis Oosthuizen finished in a three-
way tie for fifth in the Dunhill Links
Championship. That ends a streak of
778 consecutive weeks inside the top
50, dating to when Woods was No. 61
on Oct. 13, 1996.Woods, who has not
played since missing the cut at the
PGA Championship, returns to
competition this week at the Frys.com
Open at CordeValle in northern
California.
BILT Open Golf Championship
Anirban Lahiri became the first Indian
golfer to shoot a spectacular round of
12-under 60 on home soil when he
took a three-stroke lead on the second
day of the Rs. one-crore BILT Open
golf championship at the Jaypee
Greens golf course.The defending
champion, Lahiri has a two-round
aggregate of 13-under 131 that saw
him jump to the top of the leaderboard.
Lahiri smashed Jyoti Randhawa’s
previous course record of 64, recorded
in the 2008 edition of the
championship. Lahiri also matched the
score recorded in the country by
China’s Liang Wen-Chong during the
2008 Indian Open in New Delhi
.Lahiri is the 2009 Rolex Rankings
champion.
DLF Masters
Himmat Singh Rai gave a patient and
steady performance to walk away as
the winner in the fifth edition of the
DLF Masters at the DLF Golf and
Country Club.When tough course
conditions made life difficult for almost
everyone, Rai, who recently won his
maiden Asian Tour title, showed a lot
of maturity to seal victory by one
stroke. He carded an even-par final
round for a tally of four-under 284 —
the highest ever winning score in the
tournament. The 24-year-old pocketeda cheque of Rs. 15,35,675 for his
second win on the Professional Golf
Tour of India (PGTI).Even as windy
conditions continued to wreak havoc,
rookie Rashid Khan emerged
unscathed and carded the lone under-
par score (68) of the day. The Delhi-
based golfer jumped from the 13th
spot to finish second with an
aggregate of 285.Sanjay Kumar (third,
286) and Gaurav Pratap Singh (fourth,
287) were the other players who
returned sub-par totals for the
tournament.
CHESS
JCI Rapid Chess Tournament
P.V.V. Seshu with 4.5 points from five
rounds won the JCI rapid chess
tournament, organised by Junior
Chamber International (SecunderabadChapter).In the final round, Seshu
drew with P. Satyanarayana (3.5). For
second position, there was a two-way
tie between P. Praveen Prasad and R.
Sri Ram, with both scoring four points
each. However, with better
progressive score (tie break) Sri Ram
took the second spot.Final placings
(top five):
Open Category: 1. P.V.V. Seshu, 2. R.
Sri Ram, 3. P. Praveen Prasad, 4. P.
Satyanayana, 5. Krishna Bhushan.
Final Masters Chess
Championship
After a mixed outing in the Brazil leg
of the fourth Final Masters chess
championship, World champion
Viswanathan Anand would be hoping
for an improved finish in the Spain
phase which re-commences at
Bilbao.Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine
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won it while Hikaru Nakamura of
USA finished second. Anand, who
started the event as a firm favourite
along with Norwegian World No. 1
Magnus Carlsen, began with a couple
of draws but then a shattering loss to
Ivanchuk left the Indian with a lot of
ground to cover in this category-22
super tournament being played under
the soccer scoring system.Anand
recovered fast enough to beat
Francisco Vallejo Pons of Spain in the
fourth game but another draw has
now left him with a shared third place
in the six-player double round-robin
tournament.Standings after fifth round:
1. V. Ivanchuk (Ukr, 10); 2. H.
Nakamura (USA, 7); 3-5. V. Anand
(Ind), M. Carlsen (Nor), L. Aronian
(Arm) 6 each; 6. F. Vallejo Pons (Esp,
3) .
VARIOUS
Halloween Throws Meet
Commonwealth Games gold-medallist
Krishna Poonia produced animpressive season’s best effort of
62.25m to win gold at Halloween
Throws Meet at Portland, United
States on 17 October 2011. In the
process, she also crossed the A
qualifying standard for the London
Olympics (62m).
Poonia had already qualified for the
2012 Games by attaining the B
qualification standard of 59.50m when
she won gold at the Fling Throw Meetat Portland with a throw of 61.12m.
Poonia has been training at the
Throws Centre at Concordia
University at Oregon, Portland since
July 2011 and went all out and crossed
the magical mark of 62m in her last
attempt. She had two fouls and two
other 60 plus efforts in the process.
Her last effort was though below her
personal best of 63.69m recorded in
April in 2010 at Chula Vista in
California, United States.
Asia Pacific Merdeka Cup
Indians won two silver medals and a
bronze in the sixth Asia Pacific
Merdeka Cup lawn bowls
championship held in Kuala Lumpur.
Altogether 12 teams, including top
sides like Australia and New Zealand,
participated in the championship. The
medal winners: Silver: Sunil Bahadur
(men’s singles); Krishna Xalxo and
Lovely Choubey (mixed pairs);
Bronze: Sunil Bahadur, Krishna Xalxo
and Lovely Choubey (mixed triples) .
Asian Canoe Sprint
Championship
Betty Joseph and Bincymol Babychan
combined to win the Canoe (C-2)
500m gold in the 14th Asian Canoe
Sprint Championship in Tehran.In
addition, the Indians won two silver
and two bronze medals in the
championship that saw teams from 20
countries participate.The athletes
were trained at Bhopal by the Sports
Authority of India.
National Wrestling
Championships
Vinod Kumar of RSPB (Railway
Sports Promotion Board) won the 55
kg freestyle gold medal in the 56th
Senior National wrestling
championships at Nandininagar, Uttar
Pradesh. Anil won the gold medal in
60 kg Greco Roman category.Pradeep Kumar captured RSPB’s
second gold in 66kg freestyle division.
7th Asian Age Group Swimming
Championship
Indian swimmers won eight gold
medals on the first day (10 October
2011) of the 7th Asian age group
swimming championship at Jakarta
Indonesia. Olympian Sandeep Sejwaland Arjuna awardee Virdhaval Khade
opened with a gold each in the 7th
Asian Age Group Swimming
Championship in Indonesia. Sejwal
who had won a silver in the last edition
of the championship, clinched the gold
in 50m breaststroke with a timing of
28.36 secs. Khade swept 100m
butterfly with a timing of 54.86. Khade
later combined with Aaron D Souza,
Anshul Kothari and Rehan Poncha to
fetch another gold in 4x100 free style
relay.Karnataka’s Rehan Poncha won
the bronze in the 200m backstroke
with a timing of 02:07:76secs. Saurabh
Sangvekar, too, bagged the bronze in
the 200m freestyle boys group with
01:52:77 secs. Saurabh also won a
silver medal in 800m free style,
clocking 08.18.40.Surabhi Tipre was
the only Indian women with a podium
finish. Tipre won a bronze in 400m
Free Style with a timing of 04:26.07
secs. Tipre bagged another bronze
after she along with Talasha Prabhu,
Kshipra Mahajan and Richa Mishra
won the 4x100 free style relay with a
timing of 04.01:18.
12th Senior Women’s NationalBoxing Championships
Five-time world champion MC Mary
Kom won gold in the 51kg category
by defeating Pinki Jangra in the
summit clash on the final day of the
12th Senior Women’s National Boxing
Championships in Bhopal.In the
feather weight division, bronze
medallist at the Women’s Youth World
Championship, Pwilao Basumatary of
Assam settled settle for a silver medal
after losing to Mandakini Chann of
AIP who won gold.In the light weight
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category, Neetu Chahal of Haryana
clinched gold after beating Preeti
Beniwal of the IABF team. Neetu
won 12-5.
Kavita Goyat of Delhi defended her
title taking the gold in the middle
weight division. She defeated Pooja of
Haryana 16:11.Haryana bagged the
overall title with three gold medals,
two silver and two bronze. Manipur
came second with two gold medals, a
silver and a bronze while Railways
finished third with two gold and three
bronze medals.
Come and Play Scheme
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
on 9 October 2011 launched thenationwide Come and Play scheme in
New Delhi. Through this scheme, the
ministry aims at opening SAI’s sporting
infrastructure for the youth across
India. The scheme is targeted at the
8-17 age group. The main objective of
the scheme is to provide coaching
primarily to sportspersons of young
age. Under the Come and Pla y
Scheme, competitions related to
various age categories would be
conducted twice a year and the top
three position holders in the relevantage group would be permitted for
admission to boarding scheme in SAI
(Sports Authority of India) training
centres.
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