15 nations for ITF Junior Grade 3 Tennis

The organizing committee, under the chairmanship of Sanjay Kumar, Finance and Secretary Sports, Chandigarh Administration, on Thursday reviewed the arrangements to conduct the ITF Junior Grade 3 Tennis Tournament, at the CLTA Tennis Stadium in Sector 10 here.

Sanjay Kumar directed the conveners of the various committees to ensure smooth conduct of the tournament as players, including girls from 15 countries, would be competing in the junior world ranking junior tournament to be organized from January 2 to 9 in 2010.

Entries have been received from China, Thailand, Taipei, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Germany, Russia, Turkmenistan, Netherlands, Israel, Slovania, Croatia and hosts India.

CLTA chairman Rajan Kashyap informed Sanjay Kumar that the hosts would provide full hospitality to the participants till they remain in the main draw. The total expenses involved in conducting the tournament would be around Rs 5 lakh.

Rajan Kashyap disclosed that the CLTA would host India Futures in March and by that time, the construction work at the Sports Complex would be ready. For the ITF Juniors, centre courts would not be used. Matches would be played on six outer synthetic outer courts.

Since foreign players are competing in the tournament, the Finance Secretary assured to make proper arrangements for the safety of the players on the venue as well as their place of stay.

Medical Officer Dr Deepak Bakshi assured to deputy a medical team, including a physio therapist, at the venue.

CLTA chief Operating Officer Gajendra Singh said out of 21 direct entries in the boys singles, 11 are Indians. Sumit Shinde, with 128 ITF rankng, is the top favourite. Bowen Ouyang of China, with 181st ranking is the leading foreign entry. CLTA trainees Gary Singh Amor, Digvijay Singh Naruka and Nischay Rawal will figure in the qualifying draw.

Napatsakorn Ankaew (Thailand) is the top player in the fray in the girls singles. The second highest ranked player is Kyra Shroff (India) with a ranking of 125. Out of 22 direct entries, 12 are Indian girls.

Among those who attended the organizing committee meeting are JS Gill, Sports Director M L Sharma,Chief Engineer Surinder Pal, Mountview General Manager R P Singla, Dr Jasjeet Singh and Joint Sports Director JPS Sidhu.

Main draw Boys: Direct entry: Sumeet Shinde (India) 128, 2 Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (India) 175, Sai Kartik Naireddi (India) 178, Bowen Ouyang (China) 181, Ronit Singh Bisht (India) 210, Xin Gao (China) 211, Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) 226, Ting Yu Chuang (TPE) 242, Shahbaaz Khan (India) 308, Rakshay Thakkar (India) 351, Vinod Gowda (India) 388, Daniyar Duldaev (Kazakistan) 410, Aziz Yuldashev (Uzebkistan) 461, Kong Pop Lertchai (Thailand) 467, 15 Pulat Babadjanov (Uzbekistan) 549, Rishabdev Raman (India) 587, Arjun Kadhe (India) 591, Siu-Fai Kelvin Lam (Hong Kong) 733, Rajat Maheshwari (India) 773, Sai Teja Paladugu (India) 781, Dmitriy Rorodkin (Kazakhstan) 830, Akhmed Djamal Mukhamed (Uzbekistan) 903.

Qualifying: Saurabh Patil (India) 913, Kunal Anand (India) 933, 3 Suraj Konwar (India) 1167, Vilasier Khate (India) 1727; Rohan Bhatia (India) 1727, Karan Suresh (India) 1727, Navneet Kumar (India) 1946, Maninder Singh (India) 2081, Garry Singh Amor (India), Gaurav Kamble (India), Yaroslav Ivanov (Russia), Digvijay Singh Naruka (India) and Nischay Rawal (India).

Girls: Direct entry: Napatsakorn Ankaew (Thailand) 119, Kyra Shroff (India) 125, Rashmi Eltumbde (India) 138, 4 Zi Yang (China) 140, Sharmada Balu (India) 166, Anastasiya (Turmenistan) 176, Rishika Sunkara (India) 199, Ankita Rana (India) 201, Aishwarya Agarwal (India) 202, Nova Patel (India) 275, Yuliana Vorobeva (Russia) 304, Natasha Palha (India) 330, 13 Prarthana Thombare (India) 347, Sharon Sanchana Paul (India) 389, Ratnika Batra (India) 398; Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Ned) 429; Ekaterina Tour (Israel) 432, Laura Deigman (GBR) 443, Tarrannum Handa (India) 450, Adnya Naik (India) 495, Tjasa Srimpf (Slovakia) 510, Aarzoo Malik (India) 556.

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Federer and Serena named ITF World Champs

Roger Federer has been named International Tennis Federation (ITF) champion for the fifth time with Serena Williams taking the women's award for the second time.

They will receive their awards at the annual ITF World Champions Dinner on June 1 in Paris, during the French Open

Federer had an oustanding year regaining the world No.1 ranking from Rafael Nadal after completing a career Grand Slam at Roland Garros with victory over Robin Soderling in the final.

He went on to surpass Pete Sampras by winning his 15th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon after a memorable final contest against Andy Roddick.

Federer was also runner-up at the Australian Open, where he lost in five sets to Nadal, and the US Open, where he also went down in five sets to Juan Martin del Potro, and helped his country retain its World Group status in Davis Cup.

"It is an honour for me to be named ITF World Champion for a fifth time. It was an incredible year for me both on and off the court," the 28-year-old Swiss star said.

"To win my first Roland Garros title, break the all-time Grand Slam record and regain the No. 1 ranking is amazing. It means a lot to me to finish the year again at the top."

Serena Williams becomes the women's World Champion for the first time since 2002 after producing her best performances at the biggest events.

The 28-year-old American captured two Grand Slam titles, at the Australian Open and Wimbledon, to improve her collection to 11 majors.

She went on to win the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, sealing the No.1 ranking in the last event of the year.

Serena also took the doubles year award with sister Venus after taking their career total to ten Grand Slam titles. In so doing she joins Lindsay Davenport and Martina Hingis as the only players to become singles and doubles world champions in the same year.

American twins Bob and Mike Bryan were named as the men's doubles World Champions for the sixth time in seven years.

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Ind vs SL 3rd ODI live

Ind vs SL 3rd ODI live at Cuttack will start at 2:30pm today. Currently both team are equal in the series and having 1 point each. The major fact about today’s game will be the absence of India Captain MS Dhoni, who is banned for two matches due to slow over rate in previous ODI.


In SL team Angelo Mathews will be missing who helped Sri Lanka to win 2nd ODI due to his injured leg. Thissara Perera will replace him in 3rd Ind vs SL ODI. Yuvraj can join the squad by replacing Virat Kohli as he seems fit and can make middle order strong in the absence of MS Dhoni.


The major issue for India is still the fielding. The figure become twice in the previous match of loosing catches. Dinesh Kartik is going to replace MS Dhoni. There are also some chances of changes in bowling and Ishant can replace Praveen Kumar.


For Updated Score and and Latest Updates go at the Comments Section Below.


India Team: V. Sehwag (captain), S. Tendulkar, G. Gambhir, Y. Singh/V. Kohli, S. Raina, D. Karthik (wicket keeper), .R. Jadeja, H. Singh, Z. Khan, I. Sharma, A. Nehra.


Sri Lanka Team: U. Tharanga, T. Dilshan, K. Sangakkara (captain & wicket keeper), M. Jayawardene, T. Kandamby, S. Jayasuriya, S. Randiv, N. Kulasekara/S. Lakmal, A. Mendis, C. Welegedara, L. Malinga.


India vs Sri Lanka 2rd ODI live cricket score can be seen in the right side bar of our website. Neo Cricket and DD National (Doordarshan) channel will show live match on TV in India. Willow Tv and CricketNirvana will provide paid live cricket stream of India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI today.

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48th Junior Orange Bowl Tennis

Want a preview of the potential 2020 Wimbledon champions? You're in the right place.

The 48th Junior Orange Bowl Tennis Championship, featuring the world's top players in the 12-Under and 14-Under age groups, begins Thursday at four locations: the University of Miami, Biltmore Tennis Center, Tropical Park and Salvadore Park.

Last week, the 16- and 18-year-olds took center stage at the Dunlop Orange Bowl International Championship in Key Biscayne, and now the spotlight turns to the younger set.

The field of 1,200 includes players from Europe, Asia and throughout North, Central and South America, all of whom dream of making the big time. No doubt, some of them will.

Reigning U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro won the 14s division in 2002. Other former winners include Andre Agassi, Chris Evert, Andy Roddick, Justine Henin, Kim Clijsters, Monica Seles, Jim Courier and Mary Joe Fernandez.

Drew Dawson (Irvine, Calif.) and Brooke Austin (Indianapolis) are the top-ranked Americans in the boys' and girls' 14s. Other top U.S. boys include No. 2 Mackenzie McDonald (Piedmont, Calif.) and No. 3 Joseph DiGiulio (Newport Beach, Calif.)

Austin won 11 girls' events in 2009 and is joined by No. 4 Spencer Liange (Potomac, Md.).

The top international players are No. 5 Frederick Silva (Portugal), No. 6 Artem Oganesyan (Russia) and No. 7 Jose Chamba (Ecuador). The girls' No. 1 is Carolina Costamagna of Argentina, and Dominica Gonzalez of Ecuador in No. 2. Top Europeans include Marijana Vlahinic (Croatia) and Darya Lebesheva (Belarus).

South Floridians to watch include Roy Lederman (Miami), Justin Butsch (Miami), Alanna Wolff (Boca Raton) and Alexandra Kiick (Plantation), daughter of former Miami Dolphins star Jim Kiick. Rasheeda McAdoo, daughter of Miami Heat assistant Bob McAdoo, is entered in the 14s.

In the Boys' 12s, watch for top-ranked Tommy Paul (Greenville, N.C.), No. 2 Henrik Wiersholm (Kirkland, Wash.) and Stefan Kozlov, whose father, Andrei, runs the Kozlov Tennis Academy in Pembroke Pines. Kozlov won the Eddie Herr 12s title a few weeks ago.

Maria Shishkina, 11, has some fanfare after breezing to the 12s title at Eddie Herr 6-1, 6-0. The native of Kazakhstan is a U.S. citizen now and trains at Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton. Others to watch in the Girls' 12s are Kenadi Hance of Torrance, Calif., and Julia O'Laughlin of Boca Raton, ranked No. 4.

Each division plays at a different venue. Boys' 14s are at UM, Girls' 14s at the Biltmore, Boys' 12s at Tropical Park and Girls' 12s at Salvadore Park. The finals are Wednesday at UM for the Boys' and Girls' 14s and Boys 12s, and the Girls' 12s final is Tuesday at Salvadore Park. Matches begin at 8 a.m. daily, and admission is free.

-- MICHELLE KAUFMAN

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India Clinch Rajkot Run-Fest By Three Runs

India 414-7 (Sehwag 146, Dhoni 72, Tendulkar 69) beat Sri Lanka 411-8 (Dilshan 160, Sangakkara 90) by three runs.

India held on to beat Sri Lanka by three runs in the first One-Day International in Rajkot in a game that saw 825 runs scored in 100 overs.

Virender Sehwag hit a career-best 146 in 102 balls as India piled up 414 for seven and despite 160 from Tillakaratne Dilshan and 90 from Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka came up short, closing on 411 for eight.

Sehwag's 12th ODI century saw him surpass his previous best of 130 and half-centuries from Mahendra Singh Dhoni (72) and Sachin Tendulkar (69) enabled India to beat their previous record score by one run, bettering the 413 for five they managed against Bermuda in the 2007 World Cup.

Sehwag hit 17 fours and six sixes and after Suresh Raina (16), Gautam Gambhir (11) and Harbhajan Singh (11) fell in the pursuit of quick runs, late contributions of 27 in 19 balls from Virat Kohli and an unbeaten 30 in 17 balls from Ravi Jadeja ensured India became the second team to score 400 runs in an ODI for the second time, equalling South Africa's record.

Dhoni's 72 came in just 53 balls after he promoted himself to number three in the order after a 153-run opening stand between Sehwag and Tendulkar, who faced 63 balls for his 69.

In reply, Sri Lanka got off to the perfect start, Dilshan adding 188 with Upul Tharanga (67) and then putting on 128 with Sangakkara, who hit his 90 in just 43 balls.

Once Dilshan was dismissed, bowled by Harbajan Singh having faced 124 balls, India slowly began to work their way back into the game, Sanath Jayasuriya (5) and Mahela Jayawardene (3) being dismissed cheaply.

Angelo Mathews (38) and Thilina Kandamby (24) forged a 56-run partnership for the sixth wicket to take the game down to the wire but with 11 runs required from the final over, Ashish Nehra held his nerve, picked up the wicket of Mathews, and limited Nuwan Kulasekara and Chanaka Welagedara to two singles from the final two balls.

The two sides now move on to Nagpur for the second match in the five-game series on 15th December.

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India vs Srilanka 1st ODI

Rajkot, December 15: India vs Srilanka 1st ODI live streaming, india vs srilanka live score, india srilanka live streaming. India seem to be on rampage today against Sri Lanka.

Every India batsman seem to be in a big hurry to score runs. They may create a world record if some of their other batsmen stick to wicket and play their natural game.

At the end of thirty eight over India have already scored 325 runs, a huge score in itself and there are still 12 overs left for them to make as many runs as possible.

So will they break the world record for highest one day international score?

I am sure the record is going to be broken as Suresh Raina is still at the crease. He is a big hitter and can do as much harm to Sri Lankan credibility than anyone else in top Indian batting line up.

But the full credit for this mammoth score must go to Virendar Sehwag who played a brilliant inning. He seems to have got back among big runs-something that comes so easily to him-at an absolutely right time.

His four and sixes delighted people here in Rajkot. He is a big hitter and when he is batting he seems to be in full control of the surrounding.

No other batsman can match his powerful hitting. Even big shots look so ordinary from his bat.

Sri Lankan captain Sangakkara must be cursing the time when he asked India to bat. He had won the toss and there were chances that his batsmen would have also made runs in the same style as India made, had he decided to bat first.

His captaincy has come under severe criticism in his home country, especially during the whole Indian tour where they lost the test series 2-0.

Other Indian batsmen including Sachin Tendulkar and captain Dhoni too contributed half centuries in the Indian inning.

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Patient Pakistan Build 99-Run Lead Over New Zealand

Pakistan established a lead of 99 runs after day four of the third and decisive Test against New Zealand in Napier as their top four batsmen all scored half-centuries in their second innings.

Salman Butt (66), Imran Farhat (61), Faisal Iqbal (67) and Mohammad Yousuf (89) atoned for their first-innings, in which they were bundled out for 223 before New Zealand scored 471 in reply.

Patience was the name of Pakistan's game as they first try to get into a position from which they can't lose the game, meaning the pressure is on New Zealand to force themselves into a match-winning situation.

Butt and Farhat both chipped return catches to Martin Guptill, and Iqbal and Yousuf both edged behind, Iqbal caught by Ross Taylor at slip off Chris Martin and Yousuf edging Iain O'Brien to wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum.

Butt faced 190 deliveries, Farhat and Iqbal 170 and Yousuf fell 11 runs short of a century having faced 212 deliveries.

Unbeaten going into the final day were Umar Akmal, on 48, and Misbah-ul-Haq, on four.

New Zealand won the first Test in Dunedin by 32 runs and Pakistan hit back to win in Wellington by 141 runs.

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Imran Farhat Shines Before Wickets Tumble

Pakistan 223 (Imran Farhat 117no, O'Brien 4-35) v New Zealand 47-0

Imran Farhat stroked a century before four wickets apiece from Daryl Tuffey and Iain O'Brien ensured that there was still all to play for in the decisive third Test between New Zealand and Pakistan in Napier.

Farhat made 117 before Pakistan were bowled out for 223 and New Zealand closed day one on 47 without loss when bad light ended play early.

Farhat carried his bat in making his third Test century and he completely outshone the rest of his batting partners, the most successful of whom were lower order players Umar Gul (24), Mohammad Aamer (23) and Kamran Akmal (22) after the middle order barely mustered a run.

O'Brien, playing his final Test, dismissed Faisal Iqbal (6), Mohammad Yousuf (0), Umar Akmal (0) and Misbah-ul-Haq (0) to leave Pakistan reeling at 51 for five and only Farhat's innings, which included 14 fours and a six, kept Pakistan fighting, aided by useful runs from the tail before Tuffey returned four for 52.

Chris Martin and Tim Southee, in the side in place of Grant Elliott, also picked up a wicket.

New Zealand's openers Tim McIntosh (31) and BJ Watling (13) then guided their side to stumps with no loss of wickets.

Watling makes his debut at the expense of Peter Fulton, Faisal Iqbal replaces Shoaib Malik for Pakistan, and the three-match series is level at 1-1.

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