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Extractions: The captain of the Indian football team Baichung Bhutia with the LG Cup after defeating Vietnam 3-2 in the final. A tournament win is big news in Indian football, starved as it is of any noteworthy conquests for quite some time now. An Asian Games gold medallist in the inaugural year in 1951 in New Delhi and again in 1962 at Jakarta formed the proud record of Indian football until the 60s. The next high was the joint holder status with host Iran in the Asian Junior championship in 1974. Ever since, Indian football has never risen to any appreciable heights barring the ups and downs in the South Asian region, where competition in any case is at an abysmally low level when compared to Asia as a whole. For the record, India is the current holder of the SAFF Cup, the last edition of which was held three years ago in Goa. Considering this, a title-win in the six-nation LG Cup in Ho Chi Minh City in August assumed the proportion of a celebration. Many even went to the extent of describing this as a renaissance in the country's soccer for not in the last near three decades has the national team won a tournament outside the sub-continental region.
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Extractions: Contents FOOTBALL/WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN ROHIT BRIJNATH "PHYSICS," said the speaker. Physics? we asked. What do Newton and gang have to do with football? The place was the Oberoi Grand Hotel. The time, a decade ago. The subject, why India isn't a footballing power. And the speaker, P. K. Banerjee, once player, then coach, always raconteur. Of course, 'physics' had nothing to do with it. With due deference to the enlightened and amusing PK, it was merely a case of mangled pronunciation. What he meant was "physique". Or rather the lack of it, which in his opinion was one of the primary reasons why India was unable to compete on the world stage. Just a handful and more kilometres away, in those days, at the Salt Lake Stadium, PK's theory was being vindicated, courtesy Chima Okerie. Okerie was not a great player by any measurement, maybe not even a very good one, but in India he was a star. Undoubtedly he had a striker's instinct for goal, but his speed arrived from muscular thighs, his ability to shrug off tackles and the close marking of his diminutive peers due to his powerful body. Some years later, in 1998, when I was researching the shift in most sports from subtlety to power, and how that leaves India at a disadvantage, I quoted George Blues, then technical director at FC Kochin, who said: "If I. M. Vijayan kicks the ball at 90mph, Ronaldo's would easily be 90mph."
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Extractions: Note : Site optimized for 800X600 16 bit color Sports SAFF Championship : Pakistan spank India Al Musabbir Sadi Rasool, an inside midfielder, who played at the left flank throughout the game, scored in the 50th minute against the run of the play to give Pakistan their first victory over India in 12 years. India, despite being unimpressive on the pitch, created enough half chances. But the experienced Vijayan and his junior striking partner Abhishek hardly threatened the four-flat Pakistani backline, magnificently guarded by central defender Tanveer and captain Haroon. Without star footballer Baichung Bhutia, India never grew in confidence after going down. But Vijayan, a long-time server in the Indian team, who was there on both occasions when his country won the previous two SAFF titles, had two good opportunities wasted. The ace striker missed a free header in the 65th minute and fired wide from an acute angle four minutes later after substitute Subhash fed him from the left. India enjoyed superior ball possession in the first half but the tough Pakistani players used their height and strength to keep Indian raids at bay.
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Extractions: The contest which kicks off today on the channel will provide soccer crazy fans to win attractive prizes. Prizes include an all expenses paid trip for two to Dubai, where the winner gets a chance to meet Gary Stevens and Indian soccer star Baichung Bhutia. Soccer demi-god and England star David Beckham will also be promoting the contest, media reports say. Viewers also stand a chance to win 1,000 attractive prizes to be won in the form of TVs, watches, footballs, caps and T-shirts. If the viewer spots one of the lucky footballs during the contests on screen, he could win a prize by emailing or wiriting to the channel, including the details of which prize he spotted and the time at which the contest aired.
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Extractions: C alcutta no longer the Mecca. CHINMOY ROY T he curtains for the third edition of the National League came down on 22nd March, 1999 in Calcutta. Sadly, there were more a sense of relief than regret all round. Yes, only on its third year, the much talked about National League of India, is destined for a slow but sure death. In its inaugural year in 1996-97, there were evidence aplenty that this concept of National League, as suggested by the FIFA study group, could change the face of Indian soccer. The idea of ten best clubs playing on a home and away basis seemed just what the doctor ordered. Undoubtedly, the level of competion witnessed an upward curve, which in return, raised the standard of the game to an extent. Philips, the sponsor, coughed up the money for which AIFF, the parent body, were so long wailing about. Gone are the days of Mohamedan Sporting, the third giant from Calcutta. It's now time for Tollygunge Agramies. Being the third outfit from Calcutta, Tollygunge did a commendable job in their first year. Some credit must go to Amal Dutta, the Mr. Enigmatic of Indian soccer coaching. With all his experience he motivated the bunch of ordinaries into a group of spirited battlers. Lack of individual brilliance was made up with belligerence, grit and determination. Onetime, Tollygunge Agragami were leading the group in the preliminary phase. Unfortunately, owing to lack of consistency, they fell behind during the latter part and failed to finish among the first three. Nevertheless, theirs were the only silver lining so far as Bengal soccer was concerned.
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Extractions: Front Page National Southern States Other States ... Next DESPITE A discernible dip in quality, the fifth edition of the National Football League provided an interesting mix. It had a goalkeeper who doubled up as a forward, a gentleman striker who sang and prayed his way to the top of the chart, a race which stayed tight till the tape and a defensive side which walked away with the title. For sheer variety, it was heaven for the soccer buffs. If Liberian goalie-cum-utility player Sunday Seah made up the spice with his teasing dribbles and mesmeric strikes, Brazilian Jose Ramirez Baretto had a flair for silky runs and rasping headers. And the desi stunners came from the crafty striker R. C. Prakash, who forced the foreigners to play catch-up for a major part, and the ever-reliable Jo Paul Ancheri, who silenced the opposition with his stubborn defence and block-busting free-kicks. The expensive foreigners, expectedly, hogged much of the attention. And after Ghana's Philip Mensah, Uzbekistan's Igor Shkvirin and Baretto, visiting stars were top goal-scorers for three successive seasons.
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Extractions: Pakistan face Maldives in SAFF Soccer semis today By Rashid Ali Siddiqui KARACHI: High-flying Pakistanis lock horns with the consistent Maldives while defending champions India clash with hosts Bangladesh today (Saturday) when the two semifinals of the 3rd SAFF Championship are played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. Pakistan coming in Bangladesh as underdogs did not look back after thrashing title-holders India in the opener and emerged group champions with three wins in group A like Bangladesh did in group B. According to Pakistan coach Tariq Umer Lutfi, their players are fit and prepared for the semis. The defence manned by two centre-backs skipper Haroon Yousuf and the tall Tanveer Ahmed are in great shape and hope to rise to the occasion.
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Extractions: New Delhi,Monday, July 29, 2002: India's apex court on Monday confirmed its order staying the Delhi High Court verdict quashing the chargesheet against three Hinduja brothers in the Bofors pay off case and admitted a petition filed by Central Vigilance Commission challenging the High Court order. While confirming the stay, a three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice B N Kirpal, Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice Arijit Pasayat refused to alter the bail condition imposed on the three brothers in the case on the ground that the conditions were imposed by another Bench.
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India News Headlines Sept 17 1999. The Week striker baichung bhutia has got the work permit to play for second division clubBury FC, clearing the decks for his muchawaited debut in English soccer. http://www.the-week.com/99sep19/daily.htm
Extractions: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has accused the Congress of trying to mislead the nation on the Kargil issue and demoralise the armed forces. "Congress is bent on misleading the nation by making baseless allegations that intrusion in Kargil had taken place in September last year," Vajpayee told an election rally at the exhibition ground in Aligarh, UP. "Where did they get this information from? What is their source?" Vajpayee asked adding that the Congress party's stand on the issue was the only discordant voice at a time when the whole nation was united as never witnessed before.
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Extractions: Ctg 231 for 5 Sports Reporter, The New Nation Chittagong Division finished day-2 play with 231 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the 2003 Ispahani Mirzapur Tea 4th National League at Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium yesterday. Opener Aftab Ahmad made 129 before being bowled by Naimur caught by Fahim. Nazim Uddin scored 36 while Nafis Iqbal 24. At stumps Akram Khan and Sabbir Khan were batting with 24 and duck respectively. For Dhaka Division, Naimur Rahman took two wickets giving away 47 runs but it was Anowar Hossain who stole the limelight grabbing 3 for 40 runs only. Earlier Dhaka Division resumed the second day play with their overnight score of 316 for 8 and finally landed at 376 without further damage. Naimur Rashid and Mosaddek Hossain remained unbeaten with 57 and 37 runs respectively. Innings extras were 24. The third day's play starts today at the same ground in the morning.
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Extractions: June 7, 2002 Senegal is a tiny country of nine million people, situated on the western edge of Africa. Despite its deep-seated urban problems of chronic unemployment, juvenile delinquency, and drug addiction, Senegal's national football team last week stunned the world by beating the reigning world champions France, 1-0. Senegalese went wild with joy, making noise with everything thing they could lay their hands on - drums, saxophones, fiddles, whistles, car horns, kitchen pots and cooking pans. Senegal had found 11 men who had demolished the pride of their former colonial masters. On the other hand India, the world's largest democracy, the fifth largest economy, the IT superpower, the country that produces the largest amount of milk, butter, sugar, tea and two wheelers - a nation of one billion people - can't find 11 men, who could provide India such a joy. Most of these Senegalese World Cup heroes play top league professional football in France. Whereas a few years ago, when India's most successful football player Baichung Bhutia came to play professional football in England, he could only be accommodated in a second division team called Bury FC. At home, the media treated it as a big success story. The reality was quite different. Poor Bhutia couldn't make it to the regular Bury eleven. India's most skilful striker was totally out of breath, out of stamina and out of skills. He simply couldn't survive the pressures of second division English football.
Extractions: placing his stamp of approval on World Computer Literacy Day For once, it was the mice that ruled! Parliamentarians, lead by none other than the Prime Minister, joined the celebrations for World Computer Literacy Day by enthusiastically participating in the learning program and playing pupils in a rather remarkable change of roles. Click on the images to Enlarge PM shares the platform with NIIT: watching MPs at computer work Sugata, our man in charge, and chief guru at the event, took his riveted audience through a session of Swift Jyoti, guiding, enabling, explaining and answering where the path to computer literacy appeared bumpy. It's another matter that he was playing instructor to the men and women who have the steering wheel of the nation in their hands! We could not have expected such a phenomenal start to World Computer Literacy Day 2002. The largest global IT learning mela, received a very special pat on the back when India's Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee joined his colleagues at the Annexe and pledged the country's wholehearted support to the mission of bridging the digital divide. He supported the cause by placing his signature on the NIIT roster, showing the way forward to fellow Parliamentarians who stepped across party lines to join the war against computer illiteracy.
