Cricket

Ind|a - West Ind|es

Cne Day Ser|es
lndla beaL WesL lndles by 34 runs Lo
wln Lhe flfLh and flnal crlckeL one-
day maLch and recorded an emphaLlc
4-1 serles Lrlumph ln Chennal on 11
uecember 2011. LlecLlng Lo baL, ln-
dla scored 267 runs wlLh Lhe loss of
slx wlckeLs ln Lhe sLlpulaLed overs.
Mano[ 1lwary 104 and vlraL kohll 80
were Lhe Lop scorers for lndla. ln re-
ply, WesL lndles reached as close as
233 ln 44.1 overs. k. ollard 119 and
A 8ussel 33 were Lop scorers for
WesL lndles. uarren Sammy was Lhe
capLaln of WesL lndles whlle
vlrender Sehwag was Lhe capLaln of
lndlan slde for Lhls serles. CauLam
Cambhlr was Lhe sLand-ln capLaln
for Lhe lasL one-dayer. lndla's Mano[
1lwary was declared Man of 1he
MaLch and lndlan baLsman 8ohlL
Sharma goL Man of Lhe Serles Award.
Mano[ 1lwary and k. ollard scored
Lhelr lnLernaLlonal one day career's
flrsL cenLurles ln Lhls maLch. lndla
and WesL lndles played Lhls flve-
oneday maLch serles from 29 no-
vember 2011 Lo 11 uecember 2011.
Science & Technology
ak|stan - 8ang|adesh
1est Ser|es
aklsLan defeaLed 8angladesh by
seven wlckeLs ln Lhe second and fl-
nal crlckeL 1esL ln uhaka on 21 ue-
cember 2011. aklsLan by defeaLlng
8angladesh ln Lhe second LesL was
able Lo Lo sweep Lhe serles 2-0. a-
klsLan was seL 103 Lo wln afLer bowl-
lng 8angladesh ouL for 234 ln lLs
second lnnlngs and achleved Lhe
LargeL ln Lhe flnal sesslon. aklsLan
capLaln Mlsbah-ul-Paq secured Lhe
vlcLory by hlLLlng a slx afLer
Mohammad Pafeez made 47 and
Azhar All chlpped ln wlLh 34. Larller,
lefL-arm splnner Abdur 8ehman Look
4-31 Lo resLrlcL 8angladesh.
Tennis
Dav|s Cup
Spaln won lLs flfLh uavls Cup LlLle
afLer 8afael nadal defeaLed
ArgenLlna's !uan MarLln del oLro 1-
6 6-4 6-1 7-6 (0) on 4 uecember
2011. 1he vlcLory earned nadal hls
flrsL LlLle slnce wlnnlng hls slxLh
lrench Cpen ln !une 2011. nadal
wlLh Lhe vlcLory sLreLched hls record
on clay Lo 16-0. nadal earned hls
20Lh sLralghL vlcLory slnce debuLlng
ln Lhe compeLlLlon ln 2004. nadal
caughL uel oLro ouL wlLh one of 33
wlnners Lo Lake Lhe second seL and
crulse Lhrough Lhe Lhlrd seL. Powever
oLro's laLe flghLback broke nadal
four Llmes ln Lhe fourLh seL Lo send
lL Lo a Llebreaker, where nadal raced
ahead wlLhouL loslng a polnL before
securlng vlcLory wlLh a forehand wln-
ner. ArgenLlna remalned Lhe only
naLlon Lo play ln four uavls Cup fl-
nals and never wln one.
8arc|ay's A1
Wor|d 1our I|na|s
Swlss Lennls sLar 8oger lederer de-
feaLed !o-Wllfrled 1songa of lrance
ln Lhelr slngles flnal Lennls maLch aL
Lhe 8arclay's A1 World 1our llnals,
ln Lhe C2 arena ln London on 27
november 2011. 1he vlcLory earned
hlm a record slxLh A1 World 1our
llnals LlLle.
1he vlcLory also helped hlm move
ahead of eLe Sampras and lvan
Lendl on Lhe llsL of 1our llnals cham-
plons ln Lhe 100Lh flnal of hls career.
lederer has won 70 Lrophles ln hls
career and has also equalled Lendl's
record of 39 maLch wlns ln Lhe end-
of-season evenL.
lederer recelved Lhe wlnners'
cheque worLh $770,000. lor Lhe flrsL
Llme slnce 2002 he ended Lhe sea-
son wlLhouL a Crand Slam LlLle.
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Badminton
8WI Wor|d Super Ser|es
8adm|nton Champ|onsh|p
lndlan ace badmlnLon player and
World no. 4 Salna nehwal of lndla
was defeaLed by World no. 1 Wang
?lhan 18-21, 21-13, 21-13 ln Lhe
women's slngles flnal of Lhe
$300000 8Wl World Super Serles
badmlnLon champlonshlp ln Chlna
on 18 uecember 2011. ln 2011 Salna
won only Lhe Swlss Cpen Super Se-
rles LlLle. Wang proved Lo be Loo good
for Lhe lndlan shuLLler ln Lhe cruclal
phases of Lhe 72-mlnuLe flnal. 1he
scores were levelled Lwlce, four-all
and 11-all, before Lhe Chlnese plcked
seven polnLs ln a row Lo Lake a huge
18-11 lead. WlLh Lhls wln, ?lhan kepL
her 100 per cenL record agalnsL Salna
lnLacL, havlng now beaLen her ln all
Lhelr four faceoffs so far. Salna
nehwal had creaLed hlsLory by be-
comlng Lhe flrsL ever lndlan Lo enLer
Lhe slngles flnal of Lhe World Super
Serles. CuLLa !wala and v. ul[u were
Lhe only oLher lndlans who made lL
Lo Lhe flnal ln mlxed doubles ln Lhe
2009 edlLlon.
Ind|a Cpen Grand r|x
lndonesla's experlenced shuLLler,
1auflk PldayaL, won hls flrsL Men's
Slngles LlLle of 2011 aL Lhe 2011
$120,000 Syed Modl lndla Cpen
Crand rlx Cold badmlnLon champl-
onshlp when he defeaLed Sourabh
verma of lndla. 1auflk ls currenLly
World number 12 ln Men's Slngles
world ranklngs. PldayaL who ended
hls LlLle droughL of 2011 wlLh a 21-
13, 21-18 Lrlumph over Saurabh re-
celved $9,000 as Lhe prlze money.
ln Lhe flrsL seL of Lhls flnal baLLle,
1auflk played wlLh preclslon and won
lL wlLh a comforLable score. ln Lhe
second game, Sourabh elevaLed hls
level of play and maLched Lhe speed
of 1auflk buL losL Lhe seL wlLh a de-
cenL margln. 8anked 72 ln Lhe world
and on hls debuL season on Lhe se-
nlor lnLernaLlonal clrculL, Sourabh
had won Lhe 8ahraln lnLernaLlonal
Challenge ln 2011 and had also
reached Lhe quarLerflnals of 1A1A
Cpen lndla lnLernaLlonal Challenge,
1halland Crand rlx Cold and lndlan
Super serles.
1he women's slngles flnal was won
by Lhlrd seed lnLhanon 8aLchanok of
1halland. naokl kawamae & Sho[l
SaLo (!pn) emerged wlnners ln Men's
doubles whlle ln women's doubles,
ShlnLa Mulla Sarl & Lel ?ao of
Slngapore defeaLed Mlyukl Maeda &
SaLako SueLsuna of !apan Lo emerge
champlons.
Motor Racing/ F1
Ik 1yre-IMSCI Nat|ona| kac|ng
Champ|onsh|p
Ameya Walavalkar of Mars 8aclng
reglsLered hls slxLh wln of 2011 ln
Lhe lormula LC8 SwlfL class, Lhereby
cllnchlng hls malden drlvers' cham-
plonshlp LlLle ln Lhe !k 1yre-lMSCl
naLlonal 8aclng Champlonshlp aL Lhe
MM81 ln lrungaLLukoLLal on 27 no-
vember 2011. Walavalkar flnlshed
22 polnLs ahead of LeammaLe 8.
ueepak, who came flfLh ln Lhe race.
Sarosh PaLarla of Meco MoLorsporLs
sLood second. karLhlk krlshna fln-
lshed Lhlrd buL was penallsed for
overLaklng when Lhe yellow flag was
belng waved and Lhus conceded hls
podlum place Lo ChlLesh Mandody.
8ahll nooranl, a champlonshlp con-
Lender ln Lhe olo 8 Cup serles was
excluded from Lhe compeLlLlon afLer
a posL-race lncldenL ln Lhe plLs afLer
he venL hls frusLraLlon aL A[ay klnl.
Golf
Goodr|cke Last Ind|a Amateur
Go|f Champ|onsh|p
uelhl's Poney 8alsoya became Lhe
youngesL wlnner of Lhe 22nd
Coodrlcke LasL lndla amaLeur golf
champlonshlp aL 8CCC on 23 ue-
cember 2011. 1he 13-year-old de-
feaLed Lhe counLry's no.1 amaLeur,
S. Chlkkarangappa Lo wln 3 and 2.
8oLh had Lo play Lwo rounds of 36
holes on Lhe flnal day. 8alsoya se-
cured a wlnnlng sLarL afLer maklng
blrdles on flrsL, fourLh, flfLh, nlnLh,
12Lh and 13Lh ln Lhe flrsL round of
18 holes where boLh 8alsoya and
Chlkka halved 11 holes. 1hough,
Chlkka won on sevenLh, 11Lh and
14Lh, 8alsoya was 2-up afLer Lhe flrsL
round. ln Lhe second round, 8alsoya
agaln Look an early lead afLer mak-
lng a blrdle on Lhe flrsL Lo go 3-up
Lhough Chlkka kepL glvlng a Lough
compeLlLlon. 8alsoya ln LoLal had slx
blrdles ln Lhe flrsL round of 18 and
Lhree more ln 16 holes ln Lhe sec-
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blrdles ln boLh rounds. 8alsoya also
dropped fewer bogeys.
Football
Ind|an |ayer of the ear
lndla sLrlker Sunll ChheLrl was on 20
uecember 2011 voLed layer of Lhe
?ear by Lhe All lndla looLball led-
eraLlon. Pe was chosen by l-League
coaches from a flve-player shorLllsL.
Pe wlll recelve a cash award of 8s 2
lakh and a sllver plaque. 1he crlLe-
rla of selecLlon were erformance for
lndla and general conducL on and off
Lhe fleld. ChheLrl scored 13 goals ln
17 lnLernaLlonals ln 2011, whlch
was Lhe hlghesL Lhe by an lndlan.
CheLLrl has also scored 11 goals ln
20 appearances for l-League club
Mohun 8agan. Pe won Lhe man of
Lhe champlonshlp ln Lhe SAll Cham-
plonshlp ln new uelhl ln 2011. Pe
has also been awarded Lhe presLl-
glous Ar[una Award ln Lhe pasL.
l.M.vl[ayan was Lhe flrsL reclplenL of
Lhe award ln 1992. ln 2010 Lhe award
was besLowed on Couramangl Slngh
6th SAII Champ|onsh|p
lndla won lLs 6Lh SAll Champlonshlp
LlLle agalnsL Lhe newcomer, Afghanl-
sLan on 11 uecember 2011. lndla's
sLar sLrlker Sunll ChheLrl won all Lhe
lndlvldual awards ln Lhe LournamenL.
lndla was a flve Llme SAll champlon
before lL won Lhe 2011 SAll. 1he
oLher parLlclpaLlng naLlons ln Lhe
2011 SouLh Aslan looLball ledera-
Llon Champlonshlp (SAll) were Af-
ghanlsLan, Srl Lanka, 8huLan,
8angladesh, Maldlves, nepal and
aklsLan. Wlnner lndla recelved a
prlze purse of uSu 30,000 whlle Af-
ghanlsLan Look home uSu 23,000. ln
addlLlon, All lndla looLball ledera-
Llon announced a cash award of 8s.
1 lakh for each player for wlnnlng
Lhe LournamenL.
Hockey
Champ|ons Cha||enge nockey
1ournament
8elglum defeaLed lndla 4-3 ln Lhe
flnal of Lhe Champlons Challenge
hockey LournamenL ln !ohannesburg,
SouLh Afrlca on 4 uecember 2011.
1he vlcLory enabled 8elglum, who
are already Lhrough Lo Lhe 2012 Lon-
don Cames, Lo quallfy for Lhe nexL
Champlons 1rophy ln AusLralla. 1he
8elglum slse was coached by Colln
8aLch. 1om 8oon scored Lhe wlnnlng
goal for 8elglum and ln Lhe process
became Lhe [olnL Lop scorer of Lhe
LournamenL along wlLh !usLln 8eld
8oss of SouLh Afrlca wlLh elghL goals.
v8 8aghunaLh, Sandeep Slngh and
Shlvender Slngh scored for lndla.
Sandeep Slngh flnlshed Lhe Lourna-
menL wlLh seven goals, all Lhrough
penalLy corners, and won Lhe layer
of Lhe 1ournamenL award.
Iour-nat|on 1ournament
1he lndlan women's hockey Leam
defeaLed lreland 4-1 wln Lo cllnch
Lhe bronze medal ln Lhe four-naLlon
LournamenL held ln arana, Argen-
Llna ln uecember 2011. 8oLh Lhe
Leams were locked 1-1 aL half-Llme
buL lndla came back sLrongly ln Lhe
second sesslon Lo score Lhree goals.
!aspreeL kaur, Anuradha 1hokchom,
vandana kaLarlya and reeLy Sunlla
klro 69Lhscored for lndla lndla Lhus
won bronze medals aL boLh Lhe four-
naLlon LournamenLs held aL 8uenos
Alres and arana on Lhe currenL Lour.
ln Lhe flnal World champlon Argen-
Llna defeLed SouLh Afrlca 2-0 Lo wln
Lhe LournamenL.
Archery/ Shooting
32nd Sahara Sen|or Nat|ona|
Archery Champ|onsh|p
1he Archery AssoclaLlon of lndla
(AAl) announced ln laLe uecember
2011 LhaL Lhe 32nd Sahara senlor
naLlonal archery champlonshlp
(recurve and compound) wlll be held
aL Lhe !8u 1aLa SporLs Complex,
!amshedpur from 24 Lo 29 !anuary
2012. 1he meeL ls Lo serve as Lhe
selecLlon Lrlals for asplranLs of a
place ln Lhe lndlan archery Leam for
Lhe flrsL Aslan Crand rlx aL 8angkok
scheduled Lo be held 14 Lo 20 leb-
ruary 2012. 1he besL flve flnlshers
ln Lhe men's recurve secLlon wlll vle
for Lhree places ln Lhe lndlan Leam,
and Lhe besL flve women wlll vle for
one spoL ln Lhe women's recurve
Leam aL a selecLlon Lrlals Lo be held
aL SAl, LasLern CenLre, from 3 Lo 6
lebruary 2012. 1he AAl reLalned
!ayanLa 1alukdar and Lhe Lhree
women archers, Chekrovolu Swuro,
ueeplka kumarl and L. 8ombayla
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uevl, ln Lhe lndlan Leam for all ln-
LernaLlonal compeLlLlon Llll Lhe Lon-
don Clymplcs slnce Lhey earned Lhe
counLry four Clymplc quoLa places.
Athletics
Iukuoka Men's Marathon
!osphaL ndamblrl of kenya won Lhe
lukuoka men's maraLhon ln !apan
wlnnlng Lhe 42.193km race ln 2hrs
7mlns and 36secs on 4 uecember
2011. Mwangl sLood second. 8oLh
ndamblrl and Mwangl currenLly re-
slde ln !apan. Mwangl crossed Lhe
llne one mlnuLe and Lwo seconds
afLer ndamblrl who had opened up
a slzeable lead followlng Lhe 33km
mark. ?ukl kawauchl of !apan fln-
lshed ln Lhlrd place wlLh a Llme of
Lwo hours, nlne mlnuLes and 37 sec-
onds. 1he lukuoka maraLhon, now
ln lLs 64Lh year, ls wldely regarded
as a presLlglous LlLle. ln 2011 Lhe
ocasslon was LreaLed as valuable
preparaLlon for nexL year's Clymplcs
ln London.
Chess
Wor|d Women's 1eam Chess
Champ|onsh|p
1he lndlan Leam flnlshed aL Lhe
fourLh poslLlon ln Lhe World
Women's 1eam Chess Champlon-
shlp aL Mardln,1urkey on 27 uecem-
ber 2011. lndla's chances of wlnnlng
a medal was blown away followlng
a loss Lo Ceorgla and Lhen Chlna.
1he losses by 1anla Sachdev and
Soumya SwamlnaLhan of lndla paved
Lhe way for an easy Ceorglan vlc-
Lory ln Lhe end.
Chlna won Lhe gold medal wlLh 16
polnLs whlle Lhe sllver was clalmed
by Lhe 8usslans who flnlshed wlLh
13 polnLs ln all. Ceorgla ended wlLh
Lhe bronze whlle lndla and ukralne
were Lled for Lhe fourLh spoL. ukralne
caused Lhe blggesL surprlse of Lhe
champlonshlp wlLh a sensaLlonal
2.3-1.3 vlcLory over leaders Chlna.
1hough Chlna was noL much af-
fecLed, Lhe helped Lhe ukralnlan
eves come lnLo reckonlng afLer a
raLher subdued performance ln Lhe
flrsL half.
London Chess C|ass|c's Cpen
lndlan CrandmasLer Abhl[eeL CupLa
won Lhe London Chess Classlc's
open secLlon, wlLh a hard-earned
vlcLory over CrandmasLer kelLh
Arkell of Lngland. Abhl[eeL, a former
world [unlor champlon and relgnlng
naLlonal champlon, scored elghL
polnLs ln all. 1he chess LournamenL
was held from 3 uecember 2011 Lo
12 uecember 2011.
AnoLher lndlan, lnLernaLlonal Mas-
Ler Saha[ Crover pulled hlmself Lo Lhe
second spoL afLer defeaLlng Lngllsh
CrandmasLer eLer Wells ln Lhe fl-
nal round of Lhe evenL. Saha[, who
scored 7.3 polnLs ln all.
Volleyball
Va[payee Cup
kerala defeaLed Andhra radesh ln
sLralghL seLs Lo llfL Lhe men's LlLle ln
Lhe 10Lh All-lndla lnvlLaLlonal volley-
ball LournamenL for Lhe va[payee
Cup on 23 uecember 2011. kerala
won Lhe game 23-20, 23-18, 23-18.
karnaLaka ouLdld 1amll nadu Lo oc-
cupy Lhe Lhlrd poslLlon ln Lhe men's
caLegory.
1he kerala on Lhe oLher hand de-
feaLed CenLral 8allway (Mumbal)
and Lo clalm Lhe LlLlee. 1l[l 8a[u and
n. 8l[lna led Lhe Lurnaround as lL won
20-23, 18-23, 23-23, 26-24, 13-13.
1he women had Lo come back from
Lwo seLs down Lo Lake Lhe LlLle. 1he
kerala women losL Lhe flrsL seL 20-
23 before flndlng Lhemselves ln
deep Lrouble afLer loslng Lhe second
seL 18-23. ln Lhe decldlng seL kerala
ouLdld CenLral 8allway 13-13 Lo
cllnch Lhe LlLle. SouLhern 8allway
(Chennal) flnlshed Lhlrd ln Lhe
women's secLlons.
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