Satish Sharma Cricket tourney
Chandwan Club wins by 5 wkts
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JAMMU, July 3: Chandwan Cricket Club today outplayed Prikshet Cricket Club (PCC)
by five wickets of the ongoing Satish Sharma Memorial Cricket tournament played at Sports Stadium, Hiranagar.
Batting first, PCC lost all their wickets for 118 runs in 22.2 overs in the limited 30 overs match. In reply, Chandwan Club achieved target in 18.2 overs with five wickets in hand.
Sandeep was top scorer with 41 runs which includes six fours while Aditya contributed 13 runs including two boundaries.
From Chanwan Club, Ravinder and Nishant shared two wickets each.
Batting second, Chandwan Club reached the required total of 119 runs for the loss of five wickets in 18.2 overs. Shiv Paul and Munish played unbeaten innings of 30 and 23 runs respectively. Atul played superb innings of 22 runs off mere eight deliveries studded with three sixes and one four. Ajay and Ranjeet took three and one wicket respectively.
In the second match, Victoria Cricket Club trounced Bakshi Cricket Club by eight wickets to advance into the next round. Batting first, Bakshi Club made 108 runs losing all their wickets in 22.3 overs. Jo Be John was top scorer with 40 runs off 36 balls including five boundaries. Seikhar clinched four wickets from Victoria Club and Pankaj took two.
In reply, Victoria Club reached the target in 11.1 overs with eight wickets in hand. Pankaj scored highest 34 off 16 balls with the help of one six and six fours while Manu contributed 26 runs.

AIM Gurfan T-20 Cricket tourney
MCC, Reasi trounces Bhaleesa XI
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JAMMU, July 3: Mohammadan Cricket Club, Reasi (MCC) today registered a brilliant six wickets victory against Bhaleesa XI in the ongoing All India Master Gufran Memorial Twenty-20 Cricket Championship 2009 being played at Sports Stadium Doda today.
Earlier, Bhaleesa XI won the toss and elected to bat first. Bhalessa team scored a total of 150 runs by losing their 8 wickets. AMIR was the highest scorer from Bhallessa XI with 89 runs.
From MCC Reasi Deepak and Joginder Sharma clinched 3 and 1 wickets respectively.
In reply, Mohammadan Cricket Club, Reasi chased required 151 runs in 17.3 overs Deepak scored 63 , while Kuldeep added 36 runs. For Bhaleesa XI, Bilal and Mudasir took 3 and one wickets each . Deepak from MCC, Reasi was adjudged as man of the match for his all round performance.
M.A Giri S.H.O was the chief guest on the occasion. The match was officiated by Saleem-ur-Rehman and Ifroz Hussain Rather. The tournament is being organised by Young Star Cricket Club Doda.

BSF School felicitates cricket team
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JAMMU, July 3: The management of BSF School, Paloura today felicitated school team that remained runners-up in the recently held Ved Parkash Memorial (Inter-school U-19) Cricket Tournament in function at the school premises here.
In the final, BSF School had lost to SRML Higher Secondary School to finish runners-up. Principal of the school, Dr B B Chauhan appreciated the individual achievements of Amrit Pal who was adjudged man of the series. Amrit was also declared man of the match in four games.
The team was rewarded with a cash prize of Rs 15000 by the organizers, J&K Cricket Association through chairman, Mohd Aslam Goni at GGM Science College Hostel ground, here
Principal lauded the efforts of sports teachers of the school, Veerji Pandita and Amarjit who have been a source of inspiration to the players through out the tournament.

Divisional level Inter Distt tournament in August
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JAMMU, July 3: After successfully completion of the inter-school and inter-zonal competitions, the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) has decided to conduct Divisional level inter-district tournament of Jammu region in August.
As the most of events have been allotted to Jammu district, the Department has also considered districts of Udhampur, Poonch and Kathua to share the responsibility of hosting the events.
As per a circular issued by Deputy Director Jammu, Madan Lal, the first event in the series will be held in the discipline of cricket in two age groups of under-14 and under-16 from August 17 to August 19 at Udhampur. District Udhampur has also been assigned with the task of hosting volleyball competitions in all age groups of both boys and girls from August 18 to August 20.
Similarly, Jammu shall be hosting the events of kho-kho, throw ball, handball, football, cricket and Jawahar Lal Nehru Hockey between August 18 and September 14.
Districts of Poonch and Rajouri have been assigned with the job to conduct kabaddi and hockey competitions while district Kathua shall be hosting softball in all age groups from September seven to September eight.
Meanwhile, it has been notified separately that competitions in badminton under-14 and under-17 boys as also boys’ kabaddi under-17 and swimming (all age groups) shall be conducted at state level directly.

Ashok takes over DYSSO Udhampur
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JAMMU, July 3: Assistant Director, Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS), Ashok Kumar has taken over the additional charge of district Udhampur after the retirement of District Officer, Bhaskar Nath Bhat.
Ashok, who took over the charge from Bhat, will look after the affairs of the district in additional to his own duties as Assistant Director Jammu.
Bhat, who attained the age of superannuation on June 30, served the Department for 33 years. Beginning his career in sports department as Physical Education Teacher (PET) in 1976, Bhat became District Officer in the year 2000.
He served as District Youth Services and Sports Officer at Rajouri, Jammu and Udhampur. Bhat also served as Sports Officer with the Directorate.

PS Gill takes over as Punjab DGP
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CHANDIGARH, July 3: Paramdeep Singh Gill, a 1974 batch IPS officer of Jammu and Kashmir today took over as new Director General of Police of Punjab. P.S. Gill has been appointed DGP on the superannuation of K.K. Attri, who retired on June 30, 2009.
As the newly appointed DGP reached Punjab Police Headquarters, he was given ceremonial Guard of Honour by the full contingent of Punjab Armed Police. Gill after taking salute inspected the guard of honour.
After formally taking over as DGP, Gill had a formal meeting with the top brass of Punjab Police where he was briefed about on going activities as well as achievements of the various wings of the department.
In his first address to Senior Officers of the Police Headquarters the DGP emphasized upon officers to be accessible to the member of the public and to be responsive to the grievances of the people at large. Community Policing should be a tool to bridge the perceptional divide between the police and the public.

Sushil aims for gold at World Championship
NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (UNI): Olympic Bronze medalist Sushil Kumar has nowset his eyes on the Gold medal at the World Wrestling Championshipstarting in Denmark from September 21.
Talking to mediapersons here today he said his only objective is to win a Gold medal at the World Championshiop and bring more laurels for the country. Sushil, who had won a Gold in the recently concluded German Grand Prix, is now honing his skills at the training camp at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sonipat.
" My only objective is to win a Gold at the World Championship," said Sushil. " After the Olympics I had to participate in many social gatherings, but it could not affect my practice," added the wrestler whose first attempt at the 2003 World Championship in the United States saw him finish at the fourth spot.
Later on, he qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics after getting the seventh spot in the same event in Azerbaijan in 2007.
No Indian has won a Gold in the World Championship so far and the wrestler's coach Satpal is expecting his student to acomplish this feat this time in Denmark.
" We are trying our best to prepare him for this Mega Event and are very much confident about his talent, " said the coach.
Satpal gave credit to Sushil's hardwork for his stupendous show in the German Grand Prix and said the win was extremely important as every participating nation had sent their A Grade teams to that competition.
About his victorious journey in Germany, Sushil said, " I had to clear four hurdles to book my place in the final, first of which started against the Belgian wrestler followed by two-round win over the German and finaly made it to the final after defeating the wrestler from Uzbekistan."
" I got past the Belarusian in a two-round contest in the final," added the wrestler.
He further added that the competition in Denmark would be a tough one and participants from Belarus, Cuba, United States, Georgia, Ukraine, Mangolia, Iran, Japan and Kazakhstan would pose a serious challenge for him. But he is hopeful of good show in the championship.
"Various reality shows and dance competitions like Nach Baliye and Dus Ka Dum tried to lure Sushil after his success in the Olympics but they could not deter him," said Satpal.

India finishes with 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze in AYG
SINGAPORE, Jul 3 (UNI): India bagged two more gold medals on the final day of the Athletics Competition at the inaugural Asian Youth Games here.
India, which fielded a squad of 12 athletes, won four Gold, two Silver and two Bronze medals in athletics in the inaugural Asian Youth Games and were placed fourth in the medals tally.
After running an impressive race, Rajputana Rifle's runner Ravi Kumar was thrilled as he won the gold in the 800m with a timing of 1:55.91s followed by Amir of Iran (1:55.93) and Herath E of Srilanka (1:56.33s).
Ravi, a student of class 11 is training under the Coach Jaipal Singh.
In the girls' category of the same event, Namita Kabat had enought time to clinch the Gold with a timing of 2:15.55s ahead of Vietnam's CA Thin Than (2:20.43s) and Myint Swe Li (MYA) (2:22.14s).
"I was sure to win Gold in the event and I did it, Now I can sleep well," a delighted Namita said.

Indian hockey squad to be picked up for four natioan tour
PUNE Jul 3 (UNI): The senior Indian hockey squad for thefour-nation European tour will be selected today at the ShivChhatrapati Sports Complex at Mahalunge-Balewadi near here.
Sardar Mohammed Aslam Khan, secretary-general of the newly-formed Hockey India, who is also the convenor of the selection committee, said here today that the Indian probables, who have been training at the above mentioned venue from June 15 under Spanish coach Jose Brasa, will be finalised this evening but will be announced in New Delhi.
The team will be touring England, Belgium, Spain and Holland.
Elaborating further, Khan said the Indian team will be playing four test matches in England apart from two tests each at Belgium, Spain and Holland.
"Going by the policy we are going to select some extra players for the sake of exposure before the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held at Delhi," Khan explained.
The members of the selection committee which also includes former India captain and coach Zafar Iqbal, Olympians Aslam Sher Khan and Dhanraj Pillay, are camping at Balewadi.
Khan also added that some of the junior players, who were a part of the recent World Cup squad will be called to the ongoing camp.
Chief coach Brasa will be shortlisting the junior players as he had watched them during the Junior World Cup held at Singapore/Malaysia recently.
"We are also trying to work out regarding the request from coach Brasa to have a full fledged doctor for the team. As per the request, we are making efforts to negotiate with the Pune-based Army Sports Institute (ASI)," Khan informed.

IOA, federations welcome Union Cabinet decision
NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (UNI): The IOA and the National Federations have welcomed the decision of the Union Cabinet to withdraw the Constitution (61st Amendment) bill of 1988.
IOA has been pleading with the Union Sports Ministry to withdraw the bill to bring Sport under the Concurrent List of the Union Government.
The Union Cabinet yetsrday approved the withdrawal of the 20-year-old bill.
"We congratulate the Union Cabinet and MS Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports for allowing the subject of sports to remain in the state list," IOA president Suresh Kalmadi said in a statement today.
"This decision of the Union Cabinet will certainly encourage the states to give more emphasis on the development of sports," he added.

Booth criticises Houghton's comments
NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (UNI): Mahindra United coach David Boothhas lashed out at Bob Houghton for his adverse comments onthe current situation in Indian football.
Houghton, at present in Dubai with the Indian team, has voiced his displeasure at the manner in which the game is being run in the country.
The widely travelled Englishman has also been critical of the I-League clubs as well, but Booth feels the criticism is uncalled for.
"It's easy to just sit back and blame but to do that, you got to have a solution first. I can't think of anything other than a multi-millionaire putting some money in Indian football," Booth said.
"For the whole thing to come together, finance is the key word. The Indian FA must generate money, get sponsorship from somewhere.
"There are so many fans who watch East Bengal games but the clubs don't generate revenues from the supporters here," he added.
The former Mumbai FC coach further stated that in order to improve the standard of Indian football, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the I-League clubs will have to put in a combined effort.
"To be fair, we'll have to do it together," the 60-year-old from England was quoted as saying by 'Goal.com'.
Lamenting the lack of exciting new talent in the domestic game Booth said,"It's not exciting as there are no young stars coming through."
Criticising the selection policy for the Indian team, Booth urged Houghton to experiment with fresh talent instead of sticking to the same set of players.
"How many young players have been included in the national squad. Nobody is making room at the top. What after 2011?
"If I am an Indian player, then practically, I have no chance to enter the national team set-up as in the last six to seven tournaments; it's been the same set of players chosen," he pointed out. "There has to be a progression."

Indian wrestling team to lave for Manila on July 6
PATIALA, Jul 3 (UNI): A 24-member Indian men and women wrestling contingent will leave for Manila in Philippines on July 6 to compete in the upcoming Asian Junior Wrestling Championship slated forJuly 9 to 13.
The squad will be accompanied by coaches O P Yadav (SAI) and Anita (Uttar Pradesh).
The eight girls, who are training here at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) under the supervision of Georgian coach Roindobo, who is assisted by Indian coaches, will compete in Free-style in the Championship.
Eight boys in Greco-Roman and eight boys in Free-style, who are training in Jalandhar and Sonepat respectively, will represent the country in the Championship. The girls' team comprises: Kavita (44 kg) UP, Priyanka (48 kg.) UP Anju (51 kg.) UP Gargi (55 kg.) -- UP
S.Malik (59 kg.) Haryana Promilla (63 kg.) MP Navjot Kaur (67 kg.) Punjab Anmol (72 kg.) -Haryana In the World Wrestling Championship, held in Turkey in July 2008, Priyanka had won a bronze medal, and she is likely to do well in the Championship at Manila as well.
Gargi, who won a bronze medal in the last Asian Junior Wrestling Championship, held in Doha in July 2008, is also hopeful of winning a medal in Manila.

No genuine talent in Indian team, reckons Miandad
NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (UNI): Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has expressed serious concerns about the skills of the famed Indian batting line-up and claimed that none of the upcoming youngsters in the team, possess talent to play the Test cricket.
The legendary batsman said while youngsters with the likes of Yousuf Pathan, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma are 'superb' players of Twenty20 cricket but added that they still have a long way to go before they really prove themselves in Test and ODIs.
"These batsmen have a lot of talent but I think the teams have spotted their weaknesses and life would not be all that rosy anymore. I'm sorry but I don't see any genuine talent coming out of the Indian team," Miandad said.
His concerns were drawn from the fact that the most of the youngsters, who form the Indian batting line-up, haven't played a single Test which underlines their lack of ability to play in trying conditions.
"When you are drawn into playing so much Twenty20 and ODI cricket, you lose your touch and art of true batsmanship.
"The best batsmen in the world played Test cricket before any other format and that's what is not happening in today's age," Miandad told cricketnirvana.
He opined that India has produced some of the best batsmen that the world has ever seen, all of whom have proved their mettle in Tests.
"When you have a history of batsmen like Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Vishwanath, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, it is a worrying aspect that the youngsters coming through are not carrying the glorious tradition of Indian batting," he added.
However, Miandad, who is Director General of the PakistanCricket Board (PCB), has reasons to point out which have led to the downfall in the quality of the batting.
He blamed the emergence of IPL and other such Twenty20 leagues which have hampered the batsmen's ability to succeed in Tests.
"These days the youngsters, not just in India but also in Pakistan and other parts are more concerned about scoring brisk runs and don't seem to have the required temperament and ability needed to succeed in Test cricket.
"The IPL will destroy everything that is pure about the game. Batsmen don't play straight batted shots like before and bowlers have forgotten to swing the ball," he opined.

Three GMs among 400 players in fray for FIDE rated tourney
MANGALORE, July 3 (UNI): Three Grand Masters and 16 Indian Masters would be among the 400 players vying for the title in the Karnataka Bank All India Open FIDE rated chess tournament to be held here from July 20.
South Kanara District Chess Association (SKDCA) President M S Gururaj told newspersons that the Grand Masters in action includes Praveen Thipse, R B Ramesh and Arun Prasad while the IMS include G B Prakash, Ratnakaran, former National 'B' champion Balasubramayam, Akshayraj Kore, B T Muralikrishna, former National 'A' player Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Atanu Lahari, Sriram Jha, Anup Deshmukh, R R Laxman and D P Singh.
He added that the SKDCA had hosted four All India Chess tournaments in a calender year including the All India Open Fide Tournaments, National Sub-Junior Boys and Girls Chess Championship and a selection tournament.
Gururaj said India will have a strong field of 62 players in the Asian Youth Chess Championship to be held in New Delhi from August 1 to 9.

Muralitharan out of first test against Pakistan
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Jul 3 (Reuters): Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan will miss the first test against Pakistan due to a knee injury.
Muralitharan, who holds the record for the most test wickets, has injured his patella tendon and will require two-to-three weeks rest.
The off-spinner suffered the injury while fielding on Wednesday and the decision was made after scans revealed a slight tear.
"I was hoping to play but when (team physio) Tommy Simsek saw the scans we realised I needed to rest," Muralitharan told Reuters.
Muralitharan could return for the third and final test but it is more likely he will target their one-day series or a series against New Zealand starting in August.
Selectors have called up off-spinner Suraj Kaluhalamulla (formerly known as Suraj Mohamed) and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath as cover for the opening test, which starts tomorrow.
Herath has been rushed back to Sri Lanka from England where he was playing club cricket while Mohamed took three wickets against Pakistan in a warm-up game this week.

Apologetic Nazir cleared for Pakistan duty
KARACHI, Jul 3 (Reuters): Pakistan opener Imran Nazir has been cleared for national duty again after apologising for his outburst in adomestic tournament, the cricket board said today.
The 27-year-old batsman is expected to return for the one-day series in Sri Lanka starting on July 30, after he was punished for misconduct during a Twenty20 tournament final in Lahore.
Nazir, who quit the unofficial Indian Cricket League, had still been ignored for last month's successful Twenty20 World Cup campaign and the Sri Lanka test series which starts tomorrow.
"Nazir had submitted a written apology for his behaviour and the board chairman has now pardoned him. He can now be considered for selection," a board spokesman said.

Qadir to appear before Sports Standing Committee on Jul 14
LAHORE, Jul 3 (UNI): The Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Sports has summoned former chief selector Abdul Qadir for a hearing on July 14.
Former leg-spinner Qadir has resigned from the post of Pakistan's chief selector during the Twenty20 World Cup, and has alleged Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials of interfering in his work.
The Committee will also discuss the dissolution of the national senior and junior selection committees by the Board Chairman Ejaz Butt and performance of the PCB officials.
"What can I say on the performance of the Board. It is before everyone and everyone is worried and has pointed out flaws. What more can I add to this," sports minister Aftab Shah Jillani said today.
However, Jillani refused to make comment on the PCB affairs asserting that he was trying to control the situations and improve the work culture.
"I was offered the post of PCB Chairman but I turned it down. I don't want to hold any position in the Board. But definitely I would like to see improvement in its working.
"Hopefully when the new constitution is implemented it will reduce discretionary powers of the Chairman and give more authority to the governing council members," he said.

Racing expert returns to India after six months
BANGALORE, July 3 (UNI): Indian Racing expert Karun Chandhok had returned to India after six months.
The Chennai-born driver, who now lives in the United Kingdom, is on a whirlwind tour of the country, meeting sponsors and fans after getting his first podium of the year at Silverstone last time.
Commenting on the season so far, Karun told UNI that 'it has been a busy season especially, since he is with a new team, 'Ocean Racing Technology' from this year. "I have been more involved in moulding the way, the team functions and the technical set-ups of the car than before and it is a challenge that I am relishing," he added.
Chandhok's third place finish was the first time a Portuguese team has recorded a podium finish in a major motorsport championship, which has created waves in their home country.
Reviewing the races gone by, Karun said, losing a guaranteed win in Monaco was painful, but by getting fastest lap in Istanbul and then getting on the podium in Silverstone, he would like to prove his mettle in in Formula 1, if he gets an opportunity in the next season.

Suits row refuses to sink ahead of worlds
MILAN, Jul 3 (Reuters): If swimming fans thought the row over revolutionary bodysuits was over, they can think again.
Top male swimmers are so frustrated by the controversy that they are even threatening to whip out their old trunks and trail in last if it means they keep their credibility.
Last month, swimming's world governing body FINA approved the new costumes after months of wrangling to try to create some clarity ahead of the Rome world championships, which start in three weeks.
Arguments over the suits, which have contributed to more than 100 world records in the past 18 months, have, however, intensified rather than died down since FINA's decision.
"It highlights the sport, these world records, but it's not good for the sport. It's become about the suit rather than the swimmer now," Britain's former multiple world-record holder Mark Foster told Reuters.
"These suits are going to help the not-so-good swimmers because they help them float better. But the better swimmers float better themselves, they've got a lot better technique and core stability.
"It's making the not-so-good swimmers better swimmers." At the heart of the controversy are new suits which are covered with polyurethane to aid buoyancy. The old suits had only polyurethane plates.

Kim hopes record-setting performance signals turnaround
BETHESDA, Maryland, Jul 3 (Reuters): Anthony Kim sizzled to a course record at the AT&T National on Thursday and hoped his display signalled a turnaround after a season of frustration.
Holder Kim fired a flawless eight-under-par 62 to take the first-round lead at Congressional Country Club in the Tiger Woods-hosted tournament outside Washington, D C yesterday.
"Whenever you can make a bunch of birdies and not bogeys to follow it up, it's going to be a good day," the 24-year-old told reporters after grabbing a two-stroke lead over fellow Americans Woods, DA Points and Bryce Molder.
"Fortunately I kept the ball in play for most of the day and finally got some putts to fall."
Kim's 2009 PGA Tour campaign has been hampered by a series of injuries, including a nagging thumb sprain. He has not cracked the top 10 since tying for second at the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship in January.
"Just because I shot 62 doesn't take away that bitter taste in my mouth when I'm not contending for tournaments, and that's what everyone out here works for," he said.
"It's awful when you come out here and finish 20th and 30th and 50th. I've been lucky to finish 50th a couple times this year.
"But I'm finally getting to that point where I feel I'm going to be able to win every time I tee it up. It's not going to take anything crazy, it's just going to take solid golf."

Kim shoots record 62, Woods lurks two shots behind
BETHESDA, Jul 3 (Reuters): Holder Anthony Kim fired a course-record, eight-under-par 62 to upstage tournament host Tiger Woods in the opening round of the 6 million dollars AT&T National at Congressional Country Club.
The 24-year-old California native registered eight birdies in a flawless display to hold a two-shot lead over fellow Americans Woods, A Points and Bryce Molder yesterday.
"This golf course fits my eye and when I hit it wide I seem to get lucky out here," Kim told reporters after taking advantage of ideal scoring conditions.
"I love coming back to a course I have good feelings about and obviously playing well last year helped. I'm starting to see the break on these greens pretty well."
World number one Woods, a double winner on the 2009 PGA Tour, recorded seven birdies and one bogey on the pristine 7,255-yard course near Washington, DC.
"I've always enjoyed being a selfish host, and that's winning the event," Woods said, flashing a broad smile. "I've done that in LA at the Chevron World Challenge a few times, and hopefully I can do it this week."
Woods said he was not surprised to see Kim leading."He's got so much talent, it's just a matter of time before he turns it around," said the 14-times major winner. "He came back to a site that he feels comfortable at, and he's played well here in the past. There's a lot to be said for that."

Venus set on path to success by Serena
LONDON, Jul 3(Agencies): A display of raw desire over a decade ago from sister Serena inspired Venus Williams to ascend the summit of the women's game but there will be no room for sentiment when the siblings meet for the fourth time in a Wimbledon final on Saturday.
As 29-year-old Venus chases a coveted sixth Wimbledon singles crown, she recalled how her sister's early mettle made a big impression.
"We were playing in Sydney, I think she was playing (Lindsay) Davenport, who at the time was at least in the top five or maybe higher. We were just coming on tour," Venus told reporters after reaching her eighth singles final at the grasscourt major with victory over top seed Dinara Safina.
"Serena was down 1-6, 2-5... I'll just never forget it. She came back and won that match. It was so intense. I just learned so much from that, her fight," she added. "That actually had a huge impression on my career, that one incident.
"We saved the article. Afterwards I would read it with an Australian accent. We'd read it over and over again, about how she overcame all the odds and won that match... it was a huge lesson for both of us."
Memory of that early match has driven the sisters to win a combined total of 17 grand slam singles titles and both have been ranked number one in the past.
With their head-to-head record standing at 10-10, family bragging rights will also be at stake on Saturday.
The Williamses have certainly been a force to be reckoned with at the All England Club because since 2000 only one women's Wimbledon final has not featured at least one of the sisters and this year has proved no different.
"This is what we dreamed of when we were growing up," 27-year-old Serena told reporters. "This is what we worked for, and this is what we want... it's all come down to this."
As they prepare for combat second seed Serena will be battle weary, having almost stumbled at the last hurdle when she dropped her first set of the fortnight and had to save a match point in a nail-biting semi-final win over Elena Dementieva.
In contrast Venus, who has won 35 consecutive sets dating back to the third round of the 2007 championships, dropped just one game in her crushing semi-final defeat of world number one Safina and remains the favourite to take the title.
Before they can get into the mindset of facing each other as opponents the pair first have to stand side by side as partners, as they warm up for their head-to-head with a doubles semi-final clash against top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber on Friday.
But despite their strong doubles partnership and off-court sisterly bond third seed Venus made it clear there would be no let-up in her desire to win when it comes to taking on her sister on U.S. Independence Day.
"I'm happy for her to be in the final but I have to face her and defeat her," said Venus. "I don't like to ever see her disappointed in any way. But at the same time, I don't want to see myself disappointed.
"I need to get my titles, too," added Venus, who is trailing behind her sister in grand slam titles, holding seven to Serena's 10. "I'm still the big sister, but I'm still going to play great tennis."

Federer storms to seventh straight Wimbledon final
LONDON, July 3(Agencies): Roger Federer stands one match away from a record 15th Grand Slam title after snuffing out the challenge of Germany's Tommy Haas 7-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the Wimbledon final on Friday.
The five-times champion edged his 31-year-old rival in a display of sheer brilliance before a mesmerised Centre Court crowd, ending the match with a brilliant slam-dunk smash.
By downing Haas in just over two hours, the Swiss became the first man to reach seven successive Wimbledon finals since the abolition of the Challenge Round in 1922.
It did not take him long to turn his thoughts to what will be at stake on Sunday.
"It's unbelievable to be back into another Wimbledon final," said Federer, who shares the record of 14 majors with American Pete Sampras .
"I've had a lot of pressure over the years, so this is just another great opportunity for me to get into the history books.
"It's not the only reason why I'm playing tennis because I love it but going for something that big this coming Sunday it's quite extraordinary."
The rest of Britain will now wait to see if Andy Murray can join Federer in the final as the Scot takes on American sixth seed Andy Roddick in the second semi-final.
Federer did not care who he faces in the showpiece match even though he holds a commanding 18-2 record against Roddick but trails the British third seed 6-2 in career meetings.
"I don't mind. I've had some great matches with Roddick over the years, twice here in the finals which I thought were fantastic," said the 27-year-old, who achieved another milestone on Friday by becoming the first man to reach a record 20th Grand Slam final.
"I have a great record against him so obviously that would be a good thing. He's never to be underestimated with the wonderful serve he has and his great fighting spirit.
"Murray, playing at home, it's special too. I have not that a good record against him but he's really proved he's a contender for Grand Slams and we had a great match at the US Open so either one is fine but I'm happy I'm through."