Saturday, December 31, 2005

Cricket - Asia Cup Update

Chess - 15th Ciudad De Pamplona International Chess tournament update

Friday, December 30, 2005

Chess - Ciudad De Pamplona International chess tournament Update

Cricket - Asia Cup

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Chess - Ciudad De Pamplona International chess tournament Update

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Chess - Ciudad de Pamplona International Chess tournament Update

Chess - Asian Team Chess Championship Update

The Indian men team won the Asian team chess championship 2005 at Isfahan in Iran after a crushing 4-0 victory over Iran 'B' in the 10th and final round game. This is the first Indian triumph in the Asian team's. Now we await our heroes to perform and win the gold in the Asian games at Doha in Qatar. Check how Indians romped home with the Gold Medal.
The Indian eves had to be satisfied with the Silver Medal in the Asian Women team championship after losing the last round match against Iran 'B'. Never mind that. Silver is an improvement over the last bronze that we won in the last event held at Jodhpur

Isfahan, Iran on Tuesday
Info thanks to http://delhichess.com/

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Indian men snatched the lead from Vietnam after beating them 3-1 in the ninth and penultimate round of the Asian Team Chess Championship in Isfahan, Iran on Tuesday.

While Ganguly scored a fine victory over GM Nguyen Anh Dung, Chanda proved much stronger for teenager Le Quang Liem.
On the top board for India, GM Krishnan Sasikiran drew easily as black against Dao Thein Hai, while on the third International Master S Kidambi held GM Nguyen Ngoc Truongson to get the team the much-needed victory.


Indian eves did well again to beat Iran A by a 2.5-0.5 margin but were joined by Vietnam at the top of the tables after the latter cruised to a 3-0 victory over Iran B after the fifth and penultimate round.

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Chess - Ciudad De Pamplona International Chess tournament

Chess - Asian Team Chess Championship

Sunday, December 25, 2005

Chess - Ciudad de Pamplona International chess

Saturday, December 24, 2005

Chess - Asian Team Chess Championships - Update

Friday, December 23, 2005

Chess - Asian Chess Championships

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Table Tennis - Asian Cup Table Tennis Championship

Monday, December 19, 2005

Golf - Asia Okinawa Open

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Hockey - Men - Sahara Champions Trophy - India lose to Pakistan

Snooker - Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana Snooker Championship

Football - Men - SAFF Cup - India Wins

December 17th Karachi.
India defeated defending champions Bangladesh and won the SAFF Cup 2-0. The victory created a landmark for India skipper Baichung Bhutia who became the first player to win a SAFF Championship gold for the third time after playing a key role in India’s 1997 and 1999 triumphs.
Besides receiving a glittering trophy and a winner's cheque of $50,000 from Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, Baichung Bhutia, who won his third SAFF gold, also won the Most Valuable Player's award.
For more and more

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Hockey - Men - Sahara Champions Trophy Update

16.12.2005 Chennai
Netherlands defeated India 2-1 in the last league match of the Sahara Champions Trophy. For more


Tags

Golf - Surya Nepal Masters

Snooker Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymnkhana Insta Snooker

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Football - Men - SAFF Cup Update

December 14th 2005 Karachi
India beat Maldives 1 - 0 to enter the Finals of the SAFF Cup. India will meet the defending Champions Bangladesh who beat Pakistan in the other Semi Final. Finals will be on December 17th. For more

Hockey Men - Sahara Champions Trophy update

December 14th 2005. Chennai
Germany beat India 1-0 in the Sahara Champions Trophy. For more

Golf - Surya Nepal Masters

Snooker - Reid and Taylor - Bombay Gymkhana Insta Snooker Tournament Update

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Golf - Shiv Kapur wins Rookie of the Year Award

Shiv Kapur who won the Volvo Masters of Asia, got the “Rookie of the Year Award” at the Asian Tour's Awards Night 2005. For more

Hockey - Men - Sahara Champions Trophy Update

Chennai 13.12.2005

India lost 1-4 to Olympic champions Australia. For more

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Football - Men - SAFF Cup Update

Badminton - Men - Irish Open

Yonex Irish International Championships , Lisburn.
http://www.badmintonireland.com

World No.26, India's Chetan Anand defeated Eric Pang 8-15 15-6 15-7.

Badminton - Mixed Doubles - Irish Open

Badminton Men - Welsh Open

India's Chetan Anand won the Welsh Open on December 4th 2005 beating England's Rajiv Ouseph 15-6 15-11 .

for more

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Golf - Volvo Masters of Asia

Hockey Men - Sahara Champions Trophy update

Dec 11th 2005. Chennai. Sahara Champions Trophy.
India defeated Pakistan 3-2

Next Match for India on 13th December 2005 vs Australia 18:30 pm

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Hockey Mens - Sahara Champions Trophy

Football - SAFF Cup Update

India beat Bhutan 3-0 in Karachi and move into the Semi Finals of the SAFF cup
for more visit http://in.rediff.com/sports/2005/dec/10foot1.htm

Hockey Men Sahara Champions Trophy - schedule update


The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has agreed to a combined request from Doordarshan and the Indian Hockey Federation for a late reschedule of the Sahara Champions Trophy, which will be held in Chennai from December 10 to 18.Doordarshan had requested that India's matches be rescheduled to 1830 IST in order to screen the games live on its nationwide terrestrial channel. Delayed highlights of other nations matches will also be screened the following morning on its satellite channel, DD Sports.


Dec 10th
Germany : Australia 16:30
Spain : India 18:30
Netherlands : Paksistan 20:30


Dec 11th
Australia : Spain 16:30
Pakistan : India 18:30
Netherlands : Germany 20:30


Dec 12th Rest Day


Dec 13th
Netherlands : Spain 16:30
India : Australia 18:30
Pakistan : Germany 20:30


Dec 14th
Australia : Netherlands16:30
Germany : India 18:30
Pakistan : Spain 20:30

Dec 15th Rest Day


Dec 16th
Spain : Germany 16:30
India : Netherlands 18:30
Pakistan : Australia 20:30

Dec 17th Rest Day


Dec 18th
5 : 6 15:30
3 : 4 17:30
1 : 2 20:00


for more Check the Sahara Champions Trophy website

India vs England - 5th One Day International

India beat England by 38 runs in Kolkatta, Eden Gardens on 9th December 2005 and won the series 4 - 1.


Team

Umpires: P Chatterje, A Das
India Women: K V Jain, J Sharma, A Rawat, A Chopra, J Goswami, M Raj, R Dhar, A Sharma, S Naidu, V Raphael, N David
England Women: C M Edwards, R A Birch, S C Taylor, J L Gunn, A Brindle, L S Greenway, C M G Atkins, B L Morgan, N J Shaw, J Smit, I T Guha


Who won the toss? BBC says England CricInfo says England and Rediff UNI says India Sify Indiatimes Yahoo Msn Indian Express and NDTV say nothing


India batted first.

Match Highlights

Opener Karuna Jain hit 103 from 147 balls and became the fifth Indian women cricketer to hit a one-day century and the other opener Jaya Sharma scored 59 from 84 balls.

Indians scored 243 losing 4 wickets in their 50 overs.

Indian fast bowlers Amita Sharma (2 wickets), Jhulan Goswami (1 wicket) and Rumeli Dhar (1 wicket) struck initially. V Raphael and N David later took 2 wickets each.

England's top scorer's were A Brindle 52 from 66 balls and L S Greenway 40 from 57 balls

England all out in 46.5 overs could score only 205.

Player of the Match : Karuna Jain

Rediff Uni says Karuna Jain for 169 runs and Jhulan Goswami for 11 wickets shared the trophy for Eve of the Tournament.

Cricinfo says Jhulan Goswami got the Player of the series

BBC doesnt mention this .

In Hindu Amitabha Das Sharma says Karuna got the received the `player of the tournament' jointly with Jhulan.

I dont know if they its the same trophy or if both got the same or if just Jhulan Goswami got it.

Scorecard

The next series for India, vs Pakistan.

Friday, December 09, 2005

Snooker - Reid and Taylor Bombay Gymkhana Instant Snooker Tournament

Football - SAFF Cup

Tournament favourites India got off to a winning start, defeating Nepal 2-1 in a hard-fought Pool B match in the sixth South Asian Football Federation championship in Karachi on Thursday.

India are now placed second on the Pool table with Bangladesh topping on better goal average.

The eight-nation championship got underway on Wednesday. Hosts Pakistan and Maldives won their opening Pool A matches, defeating Sri Lanka and Afghanistan respectively.

Next match for India on 10-12-2005 vs Bhutan

Previous Post on SAFF Cup

Golf - Volvo Masters of Asia

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Cricket - India vs England - 4th One Day International

And we won. Not just today's match, but the series with a thumping 10 wickets win. And the series is now 3-1.
And we still have one more match to go.


Silchar, India. 4th One Day International between India and England.


Umpires: D Darshan, D D Sharma
Indian Team : K V Jain, J Sharma, M Raj, A Chopra, R Dhar, A Rawat, J Goswami, V Raphael, A Sharma, N Al Khader, N David
England Team : C M Edwards, R A Birch, S C Taylor, J L Gunn, A Brindle, L S Greenway, N J Shaw, B L Morgan, J Smit, I T Guha, J K Watts (
Laura Harper and Caroline Atkins were not well enough to play after being taken ill. )


India Women won the toss and decided to field


Fast bowler Jhulan Goswami took five wickets for 16 runs (including the wicket of opener and captain Charlotte Edwards). Amit Sharma and Neetu David picked up two wickets each and N Al Khader took a wicket.


Jenny Gunn top-scored with 13 and five England players failed to score as they collapsed in 30.4 overs making only 50 runs


K V Jain hit 12 runs in 43 balls and J Sharma hit 29 in 49 balls. With 10 extras, the game finished in 14.5 overs itself.


After thrashing England with a 10 wicket win, the India will meet England for the last one dayer in Kolkatta on 9th December.


Detailed Score

Football - SAFF Cup

The Indian football team, led by Baichung Bhutia, has left for the South Asian Football Federation Championship (SAFF CUP) in Karachi.

The other teams Reigning Champions Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Group A - Afghanistan, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Group B - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal

Indian team:
Goalkeepers: Sandeep Nandi, Kalyan Chaubey, Felix D'Souza
Defenders: Surukumar Singh, Mahesh Gawli, N S Manju, N P Pradeep, Rajeeb Ahmed, M Suresh, Mehrajuddin.
Midfielders: S Venkatesh (vice-capt), Climax Lawrence, Steven Dias, Mehtab Hussain, James Singh, K Ajayan.
Strikers: Bhaichung Bhutia (capt), Syed Rahim Nabi, Abdul Hakim, Alvito D'Cunha.

Schedule
Date Match
07-12-2005 MAL vs AFG
07-12-2005 PAK vsSRL
08-12-2005 BAN vs BHU
08-12-2005 IND vs NEP
09-12-2005 MAL vs SRL
09-12-2005 PAK vs AFG
10-12-2005 BAN vs NEP
10-12-2005 IND vs BHU
11-12-2005 SRL vs AFG
11-12-2005 PAK vs MAL
12-12-2005 NEP vs BHU
12-12-2005 BAN vs IND

Semi Finals 14.12.2005

Finals 17.12.2005

More Info

Mens Hockey - Sahara Champions Trophy update

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Tennis - Karan Rastogi to play in ABN Amro Championships Qualifiers

Chess - World Chess Cup - Update

Indian challenge in the ongoing World Cup Chess ended with Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna's defeat in the tie-break of Round three against mighty Russian Grandmaster Alexey Dreev in Khanty-Mansyisk on Monday.

Monday, December 05, 2005

Chess - World Chess Cup update

Golf - UBS Hong Kong Open Golf Tournament

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Cricket - India vs England 3rd One Day Internationa

England won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-dayer against India in Guwahati.

Teams:
India Women: A Chopra, M Sumra, J Sharma, M Raj (Capt), R Dhar, J Goswami, A Sharma, K V Jain (Wkt), R Malhotra, N Al-Khader, N David.

England Women: C M Edwards (Capt), L K Newton, S C Taylor, A Brindle, L S Greenway, R A Birch, N J Shaw, J Smit (Wkt), B L Morgan, I T Guha, J K Watts.

Umpires: Dharmesh Bhardwaj and D D Sharma

The Result
India won by 8 wickets
215 for 7 (50.0 overs) 216 for 2 (40.5 overs)

Highlights
India's N Al Khader took 3 wickets for 46 runs in her 10 overs.
A Sharma and R Malhotra took a wicket each.
England's captain and opener Charlotte Edwards was the top scorer for England with 66 from 112 balls.

Opener K V Jain scored 64 in 88 balls.
Captain Mithali Raj hit an unbeaten 65 from 81 balls and was supported by A Chopra who scored an unbeaten 40 from 46 balls.

India leads the 5 match series 2 - 1

Source : BBC

Next
Dec 7 Fourth ODI, Silchar
Dec 9 Fifth ODI, Calcutta

Golf - UBS Hong Kong Open Golf Tournament

Cricket - India vs England - 2nd One Day International

1st Dec 2005.
India won by 4 wickets against England.
Yes I am talking about Cricket.Yes I am talking about a recent match.And yeah I am talking about an One day international:)If you didnt have a clue, its because its the Indian women's cricket team:)

Match Highlights
England won the toss and decided to bat
Pace bowler Amita Sharma took three early wickets. Caroline Atkins (34) led a lower-order revival to reach 162-8.
Chasing 163 to win, India openers Monica Sumra (37) and Anjum Chopra (71) shared a 95-run stand but three wickets fell with the target in reach and it took them until the last over to clinch victory.
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India Women: M Raj, A Chopra, M Sumra, A Kirkire, J Goswami, R Malhotra, R Dhar, V Raphael, A Sharma, K V Jain, N DavidEngland Women: C M Edwards, L K Newton, S C Taylor, J L Gunn, A Brindle, C M G Atkins, R A Birch, L J Harper, J Smit, B L Morgan, I T GuhaFor scores

Chess - World Chess Cup updates

Grandmaster P Harikrishna was the only silver lining for India as the former World Junior champion advanced into the third round with a victory at World Chess Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
His compatriots K Sasikiran and Surya Shekhar Ganguly squandered advantageous positions to perish in their round two tie-breakers.
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Harikrishna in World Chess 2nd round
Grandmaster and former World junior champion P Harikrishna marched his way in to the second round of the World Chess Cup with a sweeping 2-0 victory over Yu Shaoteng of China in the tie-break games of the first round. Grandmasters Krishnan Sasikiran and Surya Shekhar Ganguly had already made it to the second round after beating Alexei Iljushin of Russia and Hikaru Nakamura of United States respectively under normal time control games.
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Ganguly beats Nakamura again.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran also advanced to the second round after outclassing Grandmaster Alexei Iljushin of Russia in the return game but former World Junior champion P Harikrishna was forced in to a tiebreaker by Chinese Yu Shaoteng