Major upsets in junior tennis:

Major upsets in junior tennis:
Unseeded Lalruasaka of Mizoram caused an upset by defeating top-seed Partha Konwar of Jorhat 6-0 in the boy’s singles (under 14 years) pre-quarter final while Vanlal Rauta too made an upset by beating second-seed Parikshit Smani of Jorhat 6-3 in the boy’s singles (under 12 years) quarterfinal in the Oil India All Assam Junior Tennis Tournament played at Duliajan on Thursday. All the finals matches will be played on Friday which would be followed by the closing ceremony.

Results: Boy’s singles (under 12 years) Quarterfinal – Vishal Vivek Saikia bt Rishik Dutta 6-5, Subhankar Paul bt Animesh Sarma 6-3, Akrashish Talukdar bt Bijoy Mohanty 6-1, Vanlal Rauta bt Parikshit Somani 6-3.
Boy’s singles (under 14 years)

Pre-quarterfinal – Lalruatsaka bt Partha Konwar 6-0, Abhinandan Das bt Archis Borthakur 6-1, Subhankar Paul bt Trishant Talukdar 6-2, Innocent Lalrindika bt Anuresh Karmakar 6-2, Lalrammaiwa bt. Lalmalsawma 6-0, Manash Gogoi bt Rishik Dutta 6-3, Parikshit Somani bt Ruben Krishmattraya 6-3, Bedabrata Mohan bt Zathlangliana 6-2.

Boy’s singles (under 18 years) Pre-quarterfinal – Sabir Hussain bt Wasim Akhtar Ahmed 6-4, Sudhanta Mohanty bt Sidhartha Borgohain 6-0, Alok Tripathy bt Icirailee 6-0, Bikram Barua bt Izaz Ahmed 6-2.

Girl’s singles (under 18 years) Pre-quarterfinal – Sanghamitra Thakur bt Manmayuri Saikia 5-0, Manaswini Hazarika bt Meghna Dowerah 5-1, Upasana Nath bt Mitaksara Medhi 5-1, Nishigandga Misra bt Neha Roy 5-2, Sunita Mohanty bt Dpisikha Boro 5-1, Jyotishmita Khaund bt HT Lalengmawi 5-2, Somaya Begum bt Amrita Nath 5-2. (Correspondent, Tinsukia)

OILFC, Lajong FC in 2nd Division National League

OILFC, Lajong FC in 2nd Division National League
By our Sports ReporterGUWAHATI, Jan 22: Oil India Limited Football Club retained their position in the Second division National Football League which will kick off in February. On the other hand, Lajong Football Club of Shillong will make their maiden entry in the competition this year.
A meeting of the executive committee of the All India Football Federation was held on Wednesday in New Delhi and the teams for the forthcoming league was finalized in that meeting. The preliminary round of the tournament would be held in three clusters in three different venues. Asom will host the cluster ‘A’ matches where both OILFC and Lajong FC have been placed along with three other teams.
On the other hand, the cluster matches of group ‘B’ and ‘C’ would be held at Gurgaon and Kerala respectively. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the main round.
The secretary of the Assam Football Association Ankur Dutta while talking to The Sentinel over telephone from New Delhi said that the venue of the group ‘A’ matches of the Second Division National League would be decided very soon. It has been learnt that Guwahati and Silchar are the frontrunner for the venue of that cluster. Meanwhile, the meeting also decided to hold the 63rd edition of the Santosh Trophy Soccer Championship in the first week of May and the Tamil Nadu Football Association will host the championship.
Groups & VenuesGroup A — Venue : Asom:
Teams : ONGC , OIL India, Camelia George Telegraph & Bengal , Mumbai FC & Lajong FC
Group B—Venue: Gurgaon :Teams : Amity United SC, Pune FC, New Delhi Heroes, Simla Youngs and SESA Football Academy
Group C—Venue: Kerala Teams: Salgaocar SC, Viva SC, Happy Entertainment , Malabar United FC ,Chandni FC and Travancore Titanium.

Argentina beat India 4-2, level series

ARGENTINA: Indian hockey team succumbed to their second straight defeat, going down 2-4 in the final match to allow Argentina level the four-match Te
st series on Friday.

A shaky defence and a profligate forward line let down India as Sandeep Singh and his men squandered a 2-1 lead and conceded three second half goals to share the honours in the four-match series which they lead 2-0 at the midway stage.

Bharat Chikara opened India's account in the seventh minute with a field goal before captain Sandeep Singh sounded the board from a penalty corner set-piece.

Argentina struck in the 31st, 37th, 39th and 58th minutes through Matias Vila, Juan Gilardi, Facundo Callioni and Matias Paredes respectively to emerge winners at the Estadio Panamericano.

The Indian team kicked off its campaign on a positive note, blanking the hosts 2-0 in the series opener and following it with a narrow 3-2 win.

Trailing them 0-2, Argentina staged a brilliant comeback in the second half of the series and beat India 2-0 in the third Test to stay afloat and eventually drew level with Friday's win.

The Indian team now leaves for Mumbai en route to Chandigarh for the Four-Nation Punjab Gold Cup starting later this month. Apart from the hosts, the event will also feature Germany, Holland and New Zealand.

Soruce: http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/opinions/4020590.cms

Redeemed Dokic continues Australian fairytale

MELBOURNE: Spurred on by a pumped up capacity crowd, Jelena Dokic continued her fairytale run through the Australian Open on Friday with her second successive victory over a seeded player.

Dokic, riding high on the wave of public sympathy and support, upset Denmark's 11th seed Caroline Wozniacki 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the fourth round of the year's first grand slam.

The Australian's victory came hot on the heels of her second round win over Russian 17th seed Anna Chakvetadze, which was her first over a player in the top-20 in five years.

Dokic, who was born in former Yugoslavia, will next meet either Alisa Kleybanova or 2008 runner-up Ana Ivanovic.

Wozniacki broke Dokic in the fourth game of the first set and established a 4-1 lead. She held on to the advantage to take the first set 6-3, despite some anxious moments in the final game when Dokic held three break points.

The former world number four, however, seemed to find an extra gear in the second set, breaking the Dane twice to go on a six-game winning streak.

That run only ended in the third set when Wozniacki broke her to tie at 1-1.

After the Dane held in the next game, Dokic set about demolishing her opponent by reeling off the next three games.

Dokic held three break points in the seventh game and let out a huge roar of 'C'mon' when she managed to clinch it, giving her the chance to serve out the match.

The 25-year-old held three match points and when Wozniacki's forehand sailed over the baseline, the crowd on Rod Laver Arena erupted.

Soruce: http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Surprise_package_Dokic_into_fourth_round/articleshow/4021982.cms

Ecclestone confirms India F1 plans

LONDON: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Thursday that he is "fully committed" to holding a Grand Prix in India in 2011.

Asked in a BBC interview whether the event was still going ahead, after the announcement last year that it would be delayed from 2010 to 2011, he said: "Of course, otherwise we wouldn't have entered into an agreement with them."

The Indian side was "fully committed and we are too," he said, blaming the delay on the calendar of global sporting events and because "we have got one or two contracts we have to fulfill."

The BBC reported that the land had not yet been bought for the track on the outskirts of New Delhi, but it was expected to be resolved in April.

India's ambitious F1 plans were first unveiled in June 2007 when the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) said it had received a letter from Ecclestone allowing the country to host a race.

The deal was subject to meeting certain conditions, like building a track. Millions of Indians watch F1 on television, often with the same passion they reserve for the country's most popular sport, cricket.

"It's a large, large country with a big population and it's good for the sponsors, good for the car manufacturers and its good for everyone involved in Formula One to be in their country," Ecclestone said.

He added: "I doubt in India anything will be a rival to cricket, but let's see."

Source: http://racing.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4019611.cms

Djokovic beats Delic to grab 4th round spot in Australia

MELBOURNE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to beat American Amer Delic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 in the third round of the Australian Open on Friday.

The defending champion lost the second set after a brief lapse in concentration but regained his composure to win the next two, despite being pushed to a tiebreaker in the fourth.

Delic, who was promoted to the main draw as a lucky loser when Nicolas Kiefer pulled out, troubled the world number three with his booming serve but Djokovic's big-match experience proved decisive.

Djokovic's next opponent will be either Mardy Fish or Marcos Baghdatis.

Source: http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Specials/Australian_Open_2009/Djokovic_beats_Delic_to_grab_round_4_spot/articleshow/4020423.cms