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Team Coorg to defend crown

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Defending champions Team Coorg in this file photo is with their strong supporters in Oman. Photo – Supplied photo
Muscat:
Defending champions Team Coorg Oman is all set to participate in the Gulf Cup Hockey Championship 2013, organised by the United Thalassery Sports Club (UTSC), due to be held in Dubai next month.

Team Coorg won the crown during the second edition last year and was also a finalist in the inaugural edition in 2011.

Team Coorg has been working hard to improve its players’ fitness and skills in the face of the vastly improved opposition, who have had a lot of exposure to Club-level tournaments in Dubai over the last few seasons. Team Coorg, however, will enter the tournament without much match practice, but they are confident of taking on the might of the other expatriate teams.

Scheduled for March 1 at the Dubai Sports City Turf, Team Coorg Oman will field a team of players of mixed ages since a few of its original members have left Muscat, while a few others are nursing injuries; some of the newly married guys have succumbed to the temptation of good food, and the ongoing exams keep the schoolboys indoors, further limiting the team’s options.

A few newcomers will strengthen the aging team, and a lot will be expected of the few players who have improved their skills over the last year.

Team Coorg’s popularity can be gauged by the increasing support it receives from all quarters.

Hugely popular
Many supporters will travel with the team from Oman, and many more in Dubai are eagerly looking forward to joining them at the venue.

Team Coorg has picked up the thread from back home and has endeavoured, over the years, to keep alive the esprit de corps of sports, its customs, and its traditions.

A total of 10 teams, including one Pakistani team, are participating in this edition of the championship. The chief guest of the tournament is Mustafa Zafeer, the patron of UTSC.

source: http://www.timesofoman.com / Home / by Times News Service / Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

Colin Fleming wins Marseille title with Rohan Bopanna

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Britain’s Colin Fleming claimed his second ATP doubles title of the year as he teamed up with Rohan Bopanna of India to win the Open 13 in Marseille.
The pair beat Pakistan’s Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer, the top seeds, 6-4 7-6 (7-3).

Fleming joined forces with Bopanna in the absence of regular partner Ross Hutchins, who is recovering after being diagnosed with cancer in December.
The Scot, 28, has now won seven ATP doubles titles, three with Hutchins.
“It’s a great day for us,” said Fleming. “We beat one of the best teams in the world. They played the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals last year and I’m sure they’ll end up there again this year.”

Bopanna added: “It’s always tough to play against friends. Then, I also want to thank my partner. He wasn’t feeling well this morning but he came out and played a great match.”

Fleming began the year playing alongside Jamie Murray in Brisbane and then won in Auckland with Brazil’s Bruno Soares, before a disappointing first-round exit with Murray at the Australian Open.

A burgeoning partnership with Wimbledon doubles champion Jonny Marray was then interrupted when the Englishman suffered a calf injury in Rotterdam earlier this month.

The singles title in Marseille went to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Czech top seed Tomas Berdych 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4.

source: http://www.awaztoday.com / Home> Latest News / February 25th, 2013

Unbeaten Karnataka win South Zone One Day title

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Margao, Feb 20:

Karnataka remained unbeaten throughout the tournament to claim the South Zone One Day Subbaiah Pillai Trophy here on Wednesday. In their last league game, Karnataka edged Andhra by one wicket in a tense finish at the Margao Cricket Club (MCC) ground.

Captain R Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, KL Rahul and Robin Uthappa starred in victory over Andhra. Paceman Vinay, who joined the team on Tuesday after playing for India A against Australia in Chennai, struck four blows for 38 runs as Andhra were bowled out for 228. Mithun took three wickets for 42.

Karnataka team poses after winning the title

In the chase of 229, Karnataka enjoyed a good opening stand between Uthappa (50) and Rahul (75). The associated for 97 runs for the first wicket. However, in the middle and latter part of the innings, Karnataka wobbled, losing wickets in a hurry.

When Vinay was dismissed in the 45th over, Karnataka still needed 13 runs off 32 balls with two wickets in hand. Raju Bhatkal and Ryan Ninan faced some tense moments. Ninan perished attempting a big shot and Karnataka needed 6 off 10 balls with one wicket remaining.

In the final over, Karnataka needed 5 to win and it came down to 4 off 3 balls. KP Appanna hit a boundary off Gnaneshwar Rao to seal the victory.

Karnataka topped the table with 20 points. Kerala were second with 17 points. Both Karnataka and Kerala qualified for all-India Vijay Hazare Trophy which runs from February 26 to March 3.

Brief Scores from league matches on final day

Andhra 228 all out in 48 overs (AG Pradeep 55, B Sumanth 39, Amol Muzumdar 39, R Vinay Kumar 4/38, Abhimanyu Mithun 3/42, KP Appanna 2/46) lost to Karnataka 229/9 in 49.4 overs (KL Rahul 75, Robin Uthappa 50, Stuart Binny 25, B Sudhakar 3/49)

Goa 219 all out in 49.5 overs (Sagun Kamat 71, Robin Ronald D’Souza 50, Manvinder Bisla 30, Prasanth Parameswaran three for 34) lost to Kerala 223/4 in 45.3 overs (Rohan Prem 82 not out, Sanju Viswanath 58, KJ Rakesh 36)

Tamil Nadu 262/9 in 50 overs (Dinesh Karthik 119, Baba Aparajith 51, Ashish Reddy four for 56, CV Milind 3/48) beat Hyderabad 236 in 48.2 overs (Sandeep Rajan 52, K. Sumanth 47, Ravi Teja 43, B. Sandeep 42, P. Amarnath 3/49).

Final standings: 1. Karnataka 20 points; 2. Kerala 17; 3. Andhra 13; 4. Tamil Nadu 9; 5. Hyderabad 3; 6. Goa -2. ThatsCricket

source : http://www.thatscricket.com/ Home> News / by Aprameya / Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

Honoris Causa for Dr Kambara, Subbaiah, Kadri Gopalnath

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Dr T Ramasami will deliver the convocation address
Former national coach of Indian men’s hockey team and social worker A B Subbaiah, Saxophone player Kadri Gopalnath and litterateur Dr Chandrashekhara Kambara will be conferred honorary doctorate degrees at the 31st annual convocation of Mangalore University, on February 23.

Speaking to presspersons here on Thursday, Mangalore University Vice-Chancellor Prof T C Shivashankaramurthy said that Secretary to Government of India, Department of Science and Technology Dr T Ramasami will deliver the convocation address. Minister for Higher Education C T Ravi will grace the occasion. Chancellor H R Bharadwaj will preside over the programme.

The VC said that Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah is a hockey player who had represented Indian team for 11 years and is presently serving as Secretary of Hockey Karnataka and has been mentoring youth to perform at higher level at the international arena. He has been into hockey for the last 30 years. He had represented Indian team in Barcelona Olympic Games, Atlanta Olympic Games, 8th World Cup at Sydney, 11th Asian Games, Beijing, 12th Asian Games, South Asian Federation Games and so on.

Subbaiah was the national coach of the Indian Men’s Hockey team for two years in 2003-04.

Kadri Gopalnath is an Indian Saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music on saxophone. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2004. He has the distinction of being the first Carnatic Musician to be invited to perform in the BBC promenade concert in 1994 at London. He has participated in the Jazz festival in Prague, Berlin. He has won ‘Saxophone Chakravarthy,’ ‘Saxophone Samrat,’ ‘Ganakala Shree,’ ‘Nadopasana Brahma’ ‘Kalaimamani’ and other awards.

Dr Chandrashekhara Kambara is one of the leading dramatists of the country and is a poet, folklorist, novelist and a researcher. After a brief stint in teaching in the University of Chicago, he has taught in Bangalore University for over two decades and was a Fulbright Scholar.

He was the founder Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University, Hampi. He has won prestigious Jnanpith award in 2011. Some of his work are ‘Anna tangi,’ ‘Karimaayi,’ Singarevva mattu aramane,’ ‘Shikhara Soorya,’ and others.

Degrees

The VC said that Mangalore University will award 84 Doctor of Philosophy degrees, which includes Arts—15, Science—59, Commerce—8, Education—2, seven Master of Philosophy degrees (science—6 and commerce—1).

There will be 36 gold medals and 55 cash prizes. About 60 ranks (PG—44, UG—16: Arts—12, science and technology—30, commerce—10, law—1, education—4 and PG diploma—3) will be given to the students.

A total of 1,406 students will receive the degree in person. The Syndicate of the University has decided to use university’s own funds to present gold medals to toppers in the university because the money deposited by donors of various gold medals is insufficient as the gold prices have skyrocketed in the past few years.

A sum of Rs 2,36,880 will be required for 36 gold medals. There was shortage of Rs 43,607, which will be borne by the university itself.

Years ago, donors instituted gold medals to encourage bright students. The interest from the fixed deposits was used to give the medals. Now, gold prices have shot up and the amount is not enough to finance the medals, said the VC.

The gold medal has 25 gram silver with 1.200 gram gold plated on it.

Degree for MCMS

The Mangalore University will award degree to students of 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 batch students of Master of Communication and Media Studies (MCMS) of St Aloysius College. Accordingly, 36 students will get the degree from the university.
Registrar Prof P S Yadapadithaya, Registrar (evaluation) Prof B Narayana was present.

source: http://www.DeccanHerald.com / Home> District / Mangalore, DHNS / February 21st, 2013

Robin Uthappa scores a big ton in Karnataka victory over Goa

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Porvorim (GOA):

Opener Robin Uthappa scored a scintillating 169 and shared a huge 214-run stand with Ganesh Satish (61) to script Karnataka’s thumping six-wicket win over Goa in a high-scoring Vijay Hazare Trophy South Zone match on Thursday.

Riding on skipper Sagun Kamat’s brilliant knock of 110, Goa had scored a huge 318 for eight .

However, Karnataka did not get intimidated by the daunting total on the board and came out all guns blazing as they overhauled the total with 3.3 overs to spare.

They lost opener Lokesh Rahul (4) early but Uthappa and Satish combined well and batted for about 30 overs together to take the side close to win.

Uthappa’s 169 came off 118 balls and contained 16 fours and seven sixes.

There were still some runs to score after dismissals of Uthapa and Satish but Karun Nair and skipper Stuart Binny ensured the team does not lose way after a flourishing start.

Nair (32) and Binny (31) shared an unbeaten 52-run stand for the fifth wicket to steer the side to finish line.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> Sports / by PTI /
February 14th, 2013

Coffee grower to exhibit his 85 cars

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Madikeri:

Ahmad Kutti, a resident of Nellihudikeri, has organized an exhibition of 85 different cars, some vintage, on February 13 and 14.

Entrance to the exhibition is free for students from Siddapur, Abhyathmangala, Nellihudikeri and other surrounding villages. In addition to the cars, Kutti, a coffee grower, also owns 20 two-wheelers, seven jeeps and seven lorries.

Among the cars Kutti owns is a 1951-model Moris minor,1953-Hill man,1976-Moris-8, 1943 Ford jeep,1928 Ford tower, 1948 Ford perfect, 1946-Ford Myangilo, 1948-Austin-A-50, 1968-Hill man super mix and 1956-Austin-A-50.

Kutti has a separate garage for these cars inside his estate. The cars are not merely showpieces, but are in working condition, he says proudly. His son Ashraf, who studies in Bangalore, informs his father immediately when there is a vintage car for sale. Kutti has even bought a vintage car from senior politician K H Patil for just Rs 3,500.

After purchasing the car, some of which have to be brought to his garage in a lorry, Kutti gets them repaired spending more than its worth to bring them back to running condition. Kutti even brought a car from Pune.

He brought one car from Pune. He is also a member of the Karnataka Vintage Cars Association and participates in every vintage car rally.

Initially, his family members were worried, but about his peculiar taste, later they adjusted and enjoying moveding in those cars. The records of all the cars are perfectly maintained.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Bangalore / TNN / February 11th, 2013

Chikkarangappa looking to gain experience in the pro world

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S Chikkarangappa may not have set the course on fire on his professional debut as he used to do in his hugely successful amateur career but the talented youngster said he is looking at gaining nothing more than experience on his maiden season with the top guns.

Chikkarangappa, who made the professional grade after signing off tied ninth with a total of five-over 293 in the PGTI Final Stage Q-School at Royal Calcutta Golf Club last December, shot two-over 74 in the opening round of the Gujarat Kensville Challenge at the Kensville Golf and Country Club in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

“It’s not the best start to my pro career, but I’ll take it,” the talented 19-year-old told Deccan Herald. “The hitting was very bad today and I kept hitting it in places where I’m not supposed to. Things like that happen. After the round, I went to the driving range and sorted it out. I’m confident of putting up a good show tomorrow and making the cut,” added Chikkarangappa after shooting three bogeys against a lone birdie.

Hailing from a humble background, Chikkarangappa made heads turn with some splendid show in the junior and amateur circuit but said he has not set any major targets this year. “The only target I’ve set for myself is to do well and retain the card. I’m using my maiden season just as a learning experience.

“The intention is to play all the tournaments on the Indian tour and a few co-sanctioned Asian Tour events. If I get a chance to play on the Asian Tour, I’ll grab that as well. More the better. It’s all about becoming a better golfer this year.”

Last year Chikkarangappa was overshadowed by his friend and City-mate Khalin Joshi, who won the IGU Amateur Order of Merit before scoring a six-shot win in the Final Q-School and narrowly missing the bus on the Asian Tour. On Thursday, Khalin showed his improvement with a level-par 72 round that left him at tied 29th.

Asked whether he was looking at extending his amateur rivalry to the pro world, Chikkarangappa felt it was a whole different ball game on the pro circuit. “Khalin and I have played a lot of junior and amateur events together and we’ve enjoyed our battles. However, the pro circuit is way different.

“The quality and competition is much higher. We are battling with a much bigger field. However, having played a lot of amateur events locally and internationally, it gives us a good head start. We’ve also played in a few pro events and know what it takes to battle it out with the big boys. We are excited about the challenge ahead.”

source: http://www.DeccanHerald.com / Home> Sports / by Sydney Karan, Bangalore, DHNS / January 31st, 2013

Oman Veterans vs Coorg Republic Day of India hockey match on Feb 1

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Muscat :
The annual Republic Day of India Hockey Cup match between Team Coorg Muscat and Oman Veterans XI will be played at Sultan Qaboos Complex Bausher on February 1.

The match, being organised by the Team Coorg Muscat and Friends of Naqvi Group, is scheduled to start at 4.00 pm.
Indian Ambassador J S Mukul will preside over the day’s proceedings while Oman Hockey Association (OHA) chief Mahfoodh Ali Juma al Juma will be the guest of honour.

The OHA Vice-Chairman Shaikh Saif Mubarak al Rahbi and General Secretary Redha Taqi al Lawati will also be present.
Team Coorg will be represented by Maj Cariappa, Chendu, Dinal, Erappa, Ganapathy, Hitin, Harshit, Jalal, Javis, Kuttappa, Kushalappa, Lavin, Muddappa, Nanaih, Rafeeq, Subbaih, Sakeel, Vinu and Zaman.

The Oman Veterans Team comprises Darwish al Balushi, Hamood Abdullah, Khalid Khalfan, Yousuf Darwish, Younis Darwish, Salim Rashid, Ali Hassan, Asim Dawood, Khamis Talib, Khalid Abdulrahman, Badr Hamdan, Salim Hamdan, Mohammed Nasser and Thani Sahim.

source: http://www.main.omanobserver.om / Home> Sports / Friday, January 25th, 2013

HIL will help in reviving Indian hockey, feel former players

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New Delhi :
Former hockey players feel that the much-awaited Hockey India League will help in reviving the dwindling fortunes of the game in the country.

“After a long time such an opportunity has come. Technical exchange of knowledge and skills between players and coaches would help improve the status of the game in the country,” former India captain and Olympian Pargat Singh said.

Olympian Mohammed Shahid believes that it would be a treat to watch the best talents from across the world in the league.

“I am excited to see such good players in one league. Many people would come to watch these greats,” Shahid said.

Pargat and Shahid along with former goalkeeper Mir Ranjan Negi, drag-flicker Jugraj Singh and forward Deepak Thakur would form the Hindi commentary panel for Star Sports.

The English commentary team comprises of former captain Viren Rasquinha, former women’s team coach Sandeep Somesh and goalkeepers Cedric D’Souza and AB Subbaiah.

Cedric feels that the league would give Indian hockey the impetus it requires to regain its past glory.

“This will give a launch pad to popularise the sport in the country again. We have the heart and skill to play the game but this tournament will also bring in tactics which will take our game further ahead,” he said.

Also, Star Sports have roped in former India cricketer and MP Navjot Singh Sidhu to be their brand ambassador for the league.

Despite the ongoing controversy over the participation of Pakistani players in league, Sidhu feels sports should not be mixed with politics.

“I feel a sportsperson joins people. He does the work of bridging gaps,” he said while whatever is apt should be done at the diplomatic level to decide whether Pakistani players should be part of this league or not.

The inaugural HIL will be held across five cities of the country from January 14 to February 10.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> Sports> Hockey / by PTI / January 14th, 2013

City to miss Ashwini Ponnappa as she shifts base

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Glamour girl of Indian badminton Ashwini Ponnappa, who not long ago made Hyderabad as her ‘second home’, has decided to shift her base to Bangalore — a decision which could trigger intense speculations. However, 23-year-old Ashwini on Monday insisted that since her parents had shifted to her hometown, she too had decided to join them. “But, whenever the national camps are scheduled in Hyderabad, I will be coming here,” said Ashwini, who along with Gutta Jwala, has become the first pair from India to win a bronze medal in the World Championship last year.

Ashwini told ‘The Hindu ’ that she would be training at Thomas John’s Academy in JP Nagar in Benguluru where the other national players.

“I love Hyderabad. It gave me so much in life and in sport. And, it was a pleasure to train with Arif Sir (Dronacharya S.M. Arif). I always look forward to train under him,” the champion shuttler said.

“There is no animosity with anyone. I am grateful for all the support I got in the city and the reason for shifting base to Benguluru is I prefer to be with my parents,” she pointed out. Asked if Jwala taking a six-month break from badminton after the 2012 London Olympics could have been a reason, the doubles shuttler replied in the negative.

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad, January 08th, 2013