Punjab claim Rahimtoola Cup

The Punjab team which won the Rahimtoola Cup All India North Zone Inter-State Badminton Championships in Jalandhar on Tuesday.

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Jalandhar, September 30
Host Punjab claimed the Rahimtoola Cup for men by defeating Chandigarh in straight three games in the All India North Zone Inter-State Badminton Championships which concluded here today.
In the Narang Cup for boys Haryana outplayed Punjab 2-0. Delhi defeated Chandigarh in Chadha Cup for women final by 2-0 whereas in Shaffi Qureshi Cup for girls, Haryana had toiled to defeat Delhi 2-1
Mr. Manoranjan Kalia, Punjab Minister for Local Governement, Industry and Commerce, gave away the prizes. Mr. Kalia also announced Rs. 5.00 Lacs to District Badminton Association Jalandhar for the promotion of Badminton
Earlier Mr. Ajeet Singh Pannu, Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar welcome the chief guest. RPS Kalsi, Secy., Punjab Badminton Association thanked the chief guest and other guests present on the occasion.
Results (all finals): Rahimtoola Cup: Punjab bt Chandigarh 3-0 (Raj Kumar bt Pankaj Nathania 21-18,21-17, Mayank Behal bt Oscar Bansal 21-17,12-21,22-20, Mayank and Opinderpal bt Pankaj and Ashish 21-14,11-21,21-16).
Narang Cup (boys): Haryana bt Punjab (Ravi Singla bt Anand Tiwari 21-19,15-21,21-13, Akshit and Gaurav bt Anand and Bob Sharma 21-19,21-18)
Chadha Cup (women): Delhi bt Chandigarh 2-0 (Mohita Sehdev bt Manju Chahal 21-11,21-18, Mohita and Meenakshi bt Manju and Navita 9-21,21-10,21-16).
Shafi Qureshi Cup (girls): Haryana bt Delhi 2-1 (Jyoti Rawat lost to Nidhi Tiwari 13-21,12-21, Jyoti and Jyoti bt Priyanka and Shriya 21-15,21-13, Jyoti Naseer(Hry) bt Shradha 21-16,21-19).

Air India lift Gurmit Trophy

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 30
Star-packed Air India rallied to overcome star-studded Indian Oil Corporation by 5-2 in a well-contested and interesting final of the 38th SN Vohra's All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here tonight. The margin of victory was not the ture index of the pattern of the game.
The man who was virtually responsible for former Indian captain Dalip Tirkey-led Air India's victory was mercurial centre forward Dhanraj Pillay who controlled the game well. Besides engineering the moves, former dashing Olympian Pillay had his hand in Air India's two goals, scored by Cheeyana and f Joga Singh, and after IOC, captained by Olympian Deepak Thakur, had shot into the lead early in the game.
Flashy Deepak Thakur gave IOC a great start as he foxed the Air India with a penalty corner conversion in the sixth minute. Despite conceding an early goal, Air India had enough fuel to energise their attacks. Olympian Sameer Dad neutralised the lead in the 16th by scoring a field goal.
With Dhanraj controlling the game, Air India, forged ahead in the 24th minute. With a measured pass from Dhanraj Pillay, AB Cheeyana found the target. In a counter attack IOC restored parity through Olympian Prabhjot Singh who scored a brilliant goal in the 40th minute.
With scorecard reading 2-all, Air India mounted pressure and IOC goalkeeper Baljeet Singh, who made some good saves, erred and conceded avoidable goals. Girish Pimple (52nd), Sandeep Singh (59th penalty corner) and Joga Singh (61st).
Air India got two penalty corners and IOC four.
Indian Overseas Bank goalkeeper PR Sreetesh was adjudged the best goalkeeper of the tournament. Drag flick specialist Sandeep Singh received the best full back's award. Avtar Singh of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers was presented the best half's award. Deepak Thakur of IOC got the best forward's title.
The victorious Air India team got a pay cheque of Rs 70,000 and Indian Oil Corporation got a cash award of Rs 45,000. Punjab Chief Parliamentary Secretary Harish Rai Dhanda was the chief guest and distributed the prizes.

Solan school denies Delhi schools clean sweep in CBSE NZ Badminton

BL Central School of Solan which won the girls under-14 trophy in the CBSE North Zone-I Badminton Championship at Shivalik Public School in Mohali on Tuesday.
Bal Bharati School of Delhi which won the boys under-14 trophy. Photos by Balbir Singh.

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MOHALI, SEPT 30
Delhi shuttlersd dominated the CBSE North Zone-I Badminton Championship as schools from the National captial had a lion's share as out of six titles at stake they claim five. Bal Bharti Public School (boys Under-14), New Era Public School (boys Under-16), Holi Child Public School (girls Under-16), Adarsh Shiksha Niketan (boys Under-19) adn Apee Jay Public School (girls Under-19) emerged champions in the respective groups at the Multipurpose Hall of Shivalik Public School here today.
BL Central School of Solan denied the Delhi schools a clean sweep as their girls team defeated Hansraj Public School of Panchkula by 2-1 in the girls under-14 team championship final. The Solan school started on a losing note as Shythm lost to Gyatri in the first singles by 13-21, 11-21. Priya neutralised the lead defeating Anandita by 21-9, 21-6 in the second singles. Rythm and Priya defeated Hansraj Public School pair of Gyatri and Anandita by 21-15, 21-13.
Bal Bharati Public School of Delhi ended the challenge of DC Model of Panchkula by 2-1 in the boys Under-14 final. Rishab was the star performer for Bal Bharti as he won two matches. In the first singles, Rishab defeated Shubham 21-11, 21-10 and later in association with Shitij, Rishab accounted for the DC Model pair of Shubham and Abhijit 21-17, 23-21 to clinch the title. In between Shitij was beaten by Abhjit of DC Model in the second singles by 21-17, 18-21, 21-8.
Jayank and Nitish played power-packed games to win their singles with ease as Adarsh Shiksha Niketan of Delhi outplayed AG DAV School, also of Delhi by 2-0 in the boys under-19 team championship final. Jayank defeated Deepak by 21-12, 21-14 and Nitsh accounted for Tushar 21-7, 21-12.
Apee Jay beat Holi Child, both of Delhi in the girls under-19 team championship final by 2-0. Sanskriti beat Gagandeep 21-18, 21-10 and Niharika outplayed Chati Gulati 21-6, 21-16.
Mr Pushkar Vohra, Assistant Education Officer, CBSE, Delhi was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. SPS Principal-Director DS Bedi welcomed the chief guest who was impressed with the facilities available in Shivalik Public School.
Results (all finals): Boys Under-14: BBPS Delhi bt DC Model, Panchkula 2-1 (Rishab bt Shubham 21-11, 21-10, Shitij lost to Abhijit 17-21, 21-18, 8-21, Rishab and Shitij bt Shubham and Abhijit 21-17, 23-21).
Girls U-14: BL Central School, Solan bt Hansraj Public School, Panchkula 2-1 (Rhythm lost to Gyatri 13-21, 11-21, Priya bt Anandita 21-9, 21-6, Rhythm and Priya bt Gyatri and Anandit 21-5, 21-13).
Boys Under-16: New Era Public School, Delhgi bt Rukmani Devi Public School, Delhi 2-0(Sachin bt Vaibhav 21-14, 21-18, Shtijbt Mannan 21-9, 21-15).
Holi Child Public School, Delhi bt DC Model Panchkula 2-0 (Rashmeet bt Charvi 14-21, 22-20, 21-11, Shreya bt Shahin 21-9, 21-8).
Boys under-19: ASN Delhi bt AG DAV Delhi 2-0 (Jayank bt Deepak 21-12, 21-14, Nitish bt Tushar 21-7, 21-12).
Girls under-19: Apeejay School, Delhi bt Holi Child Delhi 2-0 (Sanskriti bt Gagandeep 21-8, 21-10, Niharika bt Chavi Gulati 21-6, 21-16).

Punjab Police, Rest of Punjab cagers win

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 30
Rest of Punjab men mesmerised Diesel Locomotive Workshop, Patiala by 80- 38 points in the 18th Punjab Annual Basektball League at village Gure in Ludhiana district.
The Patiala players could not penetrate the tough zone defense set by Rest of Punjab men, who were having seven feet tall Yatan Sharma as giant defense in the middle of restricted area. Mandeep Singh and international Rajan Sharma excelled in shooting, which stunned the Patiala team. Despite having seasoned players Pawandeep Singh and Gurpal Pali in their rank DLWcould not match up to young Rest of Punjab team.
For Rest of Punjab, Mandeep Singh ( captain, 27), Rajan Sharma (19) Gurpreet (19) and Yatan Sharma (15) were main scorers. For Railway team, Patiala, Manjeet (12), Pawandeep Singh (12) and Gurpal Pali (5) reduced the margin.
In another match Punjab Police defeated Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, by 53-46 points.
At the end of first quarter RCF were leading by 10-07 and at the end first half, they were still leading by 29 – 25. With one minute 40 seconds of play left, the score was equal with 45 each. In the last minute, Bhupinder Singh scored two free throws and gave a lead of two points to the Police team.
Immediately Harsh of RCF scored a three-point shot and gave one point lead to RCF following that Bhupinder Singh of Police team scored two consecutive three-point shots to give Punjab Police a 53-48 points win,
In the women section Ludhiana defeated Kapurthala by 89 – 64. For Ludhiana, International player Kiranjeet Kaur scored 37 points and she was ably assisted by another international player Nagma (17). Harminder (10), Sukhjinder (7,) Chandeep (8) and Harpreet ( 6) were the other winners' scorers.
For Kapurthala, Mandeep (17), Rajwinder (16), Preeti(14), Gori (7) and Baljinder (5 ) were main scorers.
Punjab Police are leading the table with six points and in the women section, Ludhiana are leading with four points.

Three Pakistan teams for Surjit Hockey

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CHANDIGARH, Sept. 30
Javed Hockey Club, Gojra, Crescent Hockey Club, Sialkot and Independent Hockey Club, Sargodha, all from Pakistan will be the star attraction in the IndianOil SERVO Surjit Silver Jubilee Hockey Tournament at the Olympian Surjit Astroturf Hockey Stadium, in Jalandhar from October 18 to 25.
According to Jalandhar Deputy Commissioner Ajeet Singh Pannu, who is also the President of the Surjit Hockey Society, the tournament would be played on knockout-cum-league basis and matches would also be played under lights. There will be no entry fee.
The Asia's largest and leading Oil company IndianOil Corporation Limited will be the main sponsor of the tournament while multinational gym company Gold's Gym will be the co-sponsor for the tournament, Mr Pannu added.
According to organising secretary Iqbal Singh Sandhu, that the Pakistan teams have confirmed their participation. The teams have been recommended by the Pakistan Hockey Federation. They have been seeded directly into quarter final league stage.
Runners-up Indian Airlines, Delhi will now participate under the banner of Air India, Mumbai as Indian Airlines have merged into Air India. Top stars of both teams will exhibit their skills in one team under the banner of Air India, Mumbai. The other Indian teams include holders IndianOil Mumbai, Punjab & Sind Bank Delhi, Namdhari-XI Sirsa, Border Security Force Jalandhar, Air India Mumbai, Rail Coach factory Kapurthala, Bharat Petroleum Mumbai, Punjab Police Jalandhar & South Central Railways Secundrabad.
According to Mr. Jagjit Puri, Secretary General the Society will honour prominent personalities who have contributed to the promotion of sports, environment, culture, health services and in social activities.
A selection committee under the chairmanship of L.R. Nayyar, IRS, working President has been set up while Sukhwinder Pal Singh Murar PCS, Sarojini Sharda PCS, Lakhwinder Pal Singh Khaira PPS, Padamshree Pargat Singh and Col. Manmohan Singh will the members of the panel.

Manoranjan Kalia, Local Bodies Minister, Punjab will inagurate the tournament while Avinash Chander, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab will preside over the function on October 18. Chief Minister, Punjab Parkash Singh Badal will the chief guest during the final match and will gave away the parizes on October 25. Punjab Sports Minister Gurlzar Singh Ranike will preside over the function.
Apart from this, Ranjit Singh Braham Pura, Reral Development & Panchayat mainister, Capt. Kanwaljit Singh, Coopration Minister, Bikram Singh Majithia, Information & Public Relation Minister,Parminder Singh Dhindsa, PWD Minister, Hira Singh Gabria, Jail & Touroism Minister, Master Mohan Lal Transport Minister and Sucha Singh Langah, Agriculture Minister, Punjab have given their consent to be the chief guests during the tournament days.

Punjab boys face Haryana in final

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Jalandhar September 29
Hosts Punjab will clash with Haryana in the final of the Narang Cup for boys tomorrow in the All India North Zone Inter-state Badminton Championships at the Raizada Hansraj Stadium.
In semi-finals, Punjab defeated Himachal Pardesh and Haryana beat Delhi by an indetical 2-0 margin.
Haryana have also moved into Shafi Qureshi Cup for girls final and meet Delhi tomorrow. In semi-finals, Delhi beat Jammu and Kashmir by 2-0 and Haryana ousted Himachal Pradesh by 2-1.
Results:
Chadha Cup (Women): Punjab bt Jammu & Kashmir 2-0 (Damanpreet Kaur bt Vandana 21-18,21-17, Staffi and Damanpreet bt Akanksha and Prabhjot 21-10,21-19)
Chandigaarh bt Rajasthan 2-0 (Navita bt Radhika Singh 21-14,21-6, Navita and Manju bt Radhika and Indu 21-17,21-8).
Rahimtulla Cup (men): Himachal Pardesh bt Rajasthan 3-2 (Yogesh Chauhan bt Raj Sarswat 21-19,8-21,21-10, Datul Chauhan lost to Prem Singh 21-18,20-22,19-21, Yogesh and Datul bt Raj and Piyush 21-18,17-21,21-14, Ishan lost to Ankush Joshi 19-21,10-21,Anam and Varinder bt Anil and Ankush 21-23,22-20,21-17).
Haryana bt Jammu and Kashmir 3-1 (Ravi lost to Vipul Saini 21-19,17-21,10-21, Sitendra bt Vikram Saini 21-18,21-13,
Vijay and Sumit bt Vikram and Vipul 21-10,21-18, Vijay bt Rahul Sharma 21-14,21-9(.
Chandigarh bt Delhi 3-2 (Pankaj bt Himanshu 21-10,19-21,21-14, Oscar Bansal lost to Srikant Bakhshi 14-21,19-21, Ashish and Pankaj lost to Davinder and Himanshu 18-21,21-19,10-21, Ashish bt Rohit Ranaut 21-18,21-17, Oscar Bansal and Vinela bt Srikant and Rohit 21-16,21-13).
Shafi Qureshi Cup (girls): Delhi bt Jammu and Kashmir 2-0 (Nidhi Tiwari bt Akanksha 21-9,21-7, Nidhi and Sharda bt Akanksha and Diksha 21-11,21-16)
Haryana bt Himachal 2-1 (Jyoti lost to Aarjoo 14-21,17-21,Jyoti and Jyoti bt Aarjoo and Shruti 21-9,21-13, Jagriti bt Shruti 21-8,21-19).
Narang Cup (boys): Haryana bt Delhi 2-0 (Ravi bt Kaustav Das 21-15,21-17, Akshit and Gaurav bt Parteek and Puneet 21-8,21-15)
Punjab bt Himachal Pradesh 2-0 (Love Kumar bt Nipunn 21-9,21-9,
Anand and Bob Sharma bt Ashish and Anuj 21-18,21-18).

Jaffar ton takes Indian Oil into final

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 29
Indian Oil pulled off a biggest upset as they stunned defending champions MRF of Chennai by 46 runs to make their maiden entry into final of the 15th J.P. Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament here today.
Indian Oil were reinforced as their skipper Wasim Jaffar joined them today after playing in the Irani Trophy match. He guided his team Indian Oil into the final with a brilliant and timely struck 108 (8x4s, 1x6).
Indian Oil were 20 for 2 when Wasim Jaffar walked in. Wicketkeeper Pinal Shah was snapped by R. Shukla of the bowling of medium pacer Niyas Mohammad. R. Shukla accounted for both openers. First he ahd Mithun Barela caught by Niyaas for 7 and other opener Ajinkya Rahene by U Sushil for 4.
Wassim Jaffar was joined by Ravi Kant Shukla and the duo took the total to 212 when R. Shukla was trapped by Yo-Mahesh for 68 (4x4s). The fourth wicket partnership was worth 175 runs in 32.1 overs.
Thereafter Aditya Tare joined Jaffar. For the fifth wicket they realised 34 runs when W. Jaffar was caught by Senthil of the bowling of Niyas Mohammad. The next man in Rajesh Pawar and Aditya Tare took the score to 279 for 6 in 50 overs as R. Pawar was caught by Saurav Tiwari of the bowling of R. Skhula for 14 of the last ball of the innings.
R. Shukla (3 for 54) and N. Mohammad (2 for 51) were the most successful bowlers for MRF.
Replying Indian Oil lost their first three wickets for just 28 runs on the board. Then Gnaneshwar Rao and skipper Venu Gopal Rao got together to mend the fences. G. Rao was the fourth man out at 93 when he failed to beat a direct throw from W. Jaffar and was run out for 27.
Soon after Saurav Tiwari was run out for 9 with the total reading 105. V. Gopal Rao lost another partner in Suneel Vishwanathan who departed for three at the team's total of 124. Thereafter V. Gopal Rao and U Shushil were involved in a 36- run stand for the seventh wicket before V. Gopal Rao, in trying to force the pace, was caught by A. Rehane of the bowling of Rohan Raje for 88 (8x4s, 5x6s).
His exit brought an early end to the innings. A. Rahene made 41 as MRF could score 233 all out in 44.2 overs. Gaurav Jathan (3 for 51) and R. Raje (2 for 29) were the main wicket takers for Indian Oil.
Wasim Jaffar was declared the Man of the Match.
Brief scores: Indian Oil 279 for 6 in 50 overs ( W. Jaffar 108, R. Shukla 68, Aditya Tare 29 not out, Rahul Shukla 3 for 54, Niyas Mohd. 2 for 51).MRF: 233 for all in 44.2 overs V. Gopal Rao 88, U Shushil 41, Gnaneshwar Rao 27, G. Jathar 3 for 51, Rohan Raje 2 for 29).
Indian Oil will take on PCC in the day-night finals at PCA Stadium in Mohali at 2:30 p.m while MRF will take on India Cement Chennai for third and fourth place match at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium at 9:15 am.
Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigrh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues will be the chief guest

Anjali rallies to beat Nikita

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CHANDIGARH, SELPT 29
One set down, Anjali rallied to beat Nikita by 5-7, 7-6, 6-2 in the girls Under-14 singles first-round match of the AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today. In another tough match Samriti defeated Shivya 7-6, 7-5.
Bhavtaranpreet Singh was given a good fight by M. Sai Nikhil before winning by 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in the boys under-14 singles match. Mandeep Kumar rallied to prevail over Sean Yip 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 in another first round encounter.
Fatehdeep Singh did not drop even a single game as he outclassed Ishaque Eqbal 6-0, 6-0. Nishchay Rawal also had a smooth railing against Ranjot whom he beat by 6-0, 6-1.
Boys under-14 singles (Ist round): Nishchay Rawal bt Ranjot 6-0, 6-1, Sachin Kumar bt Nikhlesh 6-2, 6-2, Bhavtaranpreet Singh bt M. Sai Nikhil 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, Atul Sri Patel bt Hardeep 6-1, 6-3, Manish Kumar bt Anush Bhatti 6-3, 6-3, Trivesh bt Anurag 6-0, 6-1, Fazal bt Ankit 6-2, 6-2, Ranjeet Singh bt Ayush 6-4, 7-5, Tarun Nath bt Navtej 6-2, 6-0, Mandeep Kumar bt Sean Yip 1-6, 6-0, 6-3, Fatehdeep Singh bt Ishaque Eqbal 6-0, 6-0, S.K. Mukund bt Bankim 6-2, 6-0, Aditya bt Tejas 6-1, 6-3, Kuwar Singh bt Nishat Eqbal 7-5, 6-3, Kamal Kishore bt Jatinder Singh 6-2, 6-1
Girls under-14 singles (Ist round): Samridhi Lodha bt Suvarna 6-2, 6-0, Vanshika Sawney bt Meehal 6-3, 6-0, Bhavika Wadhawan bt Disha Dang 6-2, 6-2, Samriti bt Shivya 7-6, 7-5, Ashwini bt Arshpreet 6-1, 6-1, Anjali bt Nikita 5-7, 7-6, 6-2, Anukriti bt Bhavya Wadhawan 6-2, 6-4, Disha Dang bt Sonali 1-6, 6-1, 6-0, Harman Kaur bt Shubh Gulati 6-4, 6-4, Madhu bt Nikita Bishnoi 6-3, 6-4, Rinisha bt Nikita 6-0, 6-4, Hasan Abdal Dhanoa bt Shivani 6-3, 6-0, Nandini bt Tripti 6-2, 6-3, Lavanya bt Vibhuti Khullar 6-1, 6-2, Anushka bt Shivani 0-6, 6-2, 6-3, Harkirat Kaur bt Harsimran 6-1, 6-2 .

Air India meet IOC in Gurmit final

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 29
Powerful Air India and hot contenders Indian Oil Corporation will meet in the final of the 38th SN Vohra's All-India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here tomorow at 5 p.m. With lot of stars in their ranks, the final should produce firework.
The semi-finals played this evening were of high standards. Good and fast hockey was witnessed. A large number of Olympians, including mercurial Dhanraj Pillay, and international players were seen in action.
Air India emerged winners with an aggregate 8-6 margin in the tie-breaker against a never-say-die Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. In a fast-paced encounter, Air India and ONGC settled for a5-all draw in the regulation period. With drag flick specialist Sandeep Singh converting two penalty corners in the 55th and 58th minutes, Air India were leading 5-3.
Despite the two-goal deficit, the ONGC boys continued to play with same vigour and maintained their tempo. They forced their fourth penalty corner and a Diwakar Ram converted it with ease in the 61st minute. Still ONGC were facing a one goal deficit. In their last attempt, speedy ONGC players went all out and Vikas Toppo just deflected the ball in from close after a free hit just from top of the dee.
Mercurial Dhanraj Pillay displayed his brilliance in the 23rd minute. A move was initiated from the right flank and AB Cheeyana sent a cross into the striking circle and Dhanraj rushed in to deflect the ball into the goal with just three seconds from end.
Air India scored through Shivinder Singh (2nd, 52nd), Dhanraj Pillay (33rd), Sandeep Singh (55th, 58th, both penalty corners). For ONGC, Pramod (6th), Diwakar Ram (47th, 61st) and Vikas Toppo (28th, 70th) scored in the regulation period.
In the -tie-breaker session, Shivinder, Bimal Lakra and Sandeep Singh converted their strokes. Prabodh Tirkey wasted his chance.
For ONGC only Diwakar Ram could succeeded. Air India goalkeeper Adrian D'Souza foiled the attempts of Jayant, Pramod and Amit to convert their penalties.
With Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh, Rajpal Singh and Raghunath in their line-up, IOC prevailed over plucky Indian Overseas Bank of Chennai by 2-1 in the day-night semi-final. The Bankmen forged ahead in the 18th minute through Rajnikanth who converted a penalty corner. Olympian and captain Deepak Thakur restored parity for IOC in the 48th minute and Olympian Prabhjot Singh snachted the match with a field goal in the 68th minute. IOB got four penalty corners and IOC five.

Rail Coach Factory beat Rest of Punjab

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 29
In the 18th Punjab Annual Basketball League being organized at Gure Village (Ludhiana District ) in memory of Arjuna Awardee Sardar Gurdial Singh 'Bhaiya', Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala men defeated Rest of Punjab, which consisted the players from Nav Bharti Public School and S.C.D. Government College for Men sports wings, Ludhiana by 60 – 32 points.
Rest of Punjab put tough resistance to seasoned the RCF team. At the end of first quarter both the teams tied at 10 each and at the end of half time, RCF team took a lead of 14 points, the score being 34-20 in favour of RCF. RCF, Kapurthala consolidated their lead to 24 points at the end of third quarter through number of successful three points shots from Balbir. For RCF, Harsh- 22, Balbir- 17, Vajinder- 10 and Rajinder- 7 and for Rest of Punjab, Yatan Sharma- 14, Gurpreet – 5, Wasim – 4, Swaranjit – 4, and Amanjot – 4 were main scorers.
In the women section match fancied Jalandhar District thrashed Amritsar and won the match by 33 -11 points. In the late night last match, BSF, Jalandhar defeated DM Locomotive, Patiala by 60 – 38 points. Both teams had number of state Players in their line –ups. Though Patiala Railway men gave good resistance in the first two quarters, they succumbed to the pressure defense of BSF and lost the match. At the end of first quarter the score was 20 – 15 in favour of B.S.F. and at the end of half time, BSF was leading by 36 – 28 points.
In a match played at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, Punjab Police men defeated Rest of Punjab by 82 – 62 points. For Punjab Police, Amritpal Singh (14), Deepak Kumar (18), Rajbir (10) and Bhupinder Singh (27) who excelled with three point shots gave excellent performance and for Rest of Punjab, international Rajan Sharma (11), Swaranjit (14), Harpreet (12) and seven feet tall Yatan Sharma (11) and Mandeep (4) were the main scorers.
Olympian Gurmail Singh inaugurated the league. International basketball player Kulwant Lamber DSP, Gursharnjit Singh,and Dhyan Chand awardee in basketball Ram Kumar, Dr Subramanian, PS Noorpuri, Joint Secy PBA Ranjit Singh Gill Kuki, Vijay Chopra and large number of villagers were present on the occission.

Gurinder Saini's ton goes in vain

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 29
An all-round performance by Umesh Kaira (3 for 17, 52 not out) helped Godrej Cricket Club beat HDFC Bank by three wickets in the IInd Godrej Eon League Cricket Tournament, being organised by Chandigarh Sports Club at Government Model Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 32 here.
Chasing a target of 179 for victory, Godrej CC achieved it in for the lose of seven wickets in 25 overs.
Godrej CC made a very cautious start. The HDFC bowlers kept the Godrej batsmen quiet and did not give away too many runs. As a result the match went down to the last ball of the innings, where Umesh Kaira scored the winning runs. He also completed his unbeaten half century (52). Manav Asopa played a valuable knock of 54.
Earlier, HDFC Bank posted 178 all out in stipulated 25 overs. The highlight of their innings was a brilliant 101 by Gurinder Saini. Balwar Pooni made 20. Anil Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief as he picked up three prized wickets for 16 runs. He was ably suported by Umesh Kaira (3 for 17).
Brief scores:- HDFC Bank XI: 178 all out in 25 overs (Gurinder Saini 101, Balwar Pooni 20, Anil Sharma 3 for 16, Umesh Kaira 3 for 17). Godrej CC: 179 for 7 in 25 overs (Manav Asopa 54, Umesh Kaira 52 not out, Balwar Pooni 2 for 26, Gurinder Saini 2 for 30).
In another match, United Sports CLub XI defeated Sports World XI by 47 runs, riding on a fine bowling performance by Sudhanshu who scalped 6 wickets for 23 runs.
The final will be played between Godrej CC and United Sports on October 2 9:0 a.m at GMSSS-32.
Brief scores: United Sports CLub XI: 128 for 8 in 25 overs (Lakhan Shandil 28, Nirmal 22 n.o, Charanamrit 2 for 26, Gourav Pandit 2 for 17).
Sports World XI: 81 all out in 16.3 overs (Charanamrit 27, Sudhanshu 6 for 23).

Chandigarh Ranking TT from Oct 3

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 29
The Chandigarh State Ranking Tournament is being jointly organsed by New Public School and Rotary Chandigarh Central under the supervision of the Chandigarh Table Tennis Association at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall from October 3 to 5.
According to CTTA secretary Patanjli Kumar, only bona fide residents of Chandigarh are eligible to take part in the meet. Competitions will be organised for cadet boys and girls (under-12), sub-junior boys and girls (under-14), junior boys and girls (under-17), boys and girls (under-20) and men and women.
Entry, with a fee of Rs 50 per event, closes on October 2 with organising secretary Harish Kumar (9815038384) and chief referee Balbir Singh Virdi (9988959025).
Inter-Corporate Cricket League
The Second MG Cup Inter-Corporate Sector League Cricket Tournament is being organised by Chandigarh Sports Club in different venues from October 5.
The matches will be played on only on gazetted holidays and on Sundays. Entries close on October 2 with Narinder Walia (mobile 9888901999).

Delhi beat Chandigarh in Narang Cup

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 29
Chandigarh went down fighting to Delhi by 1-2 in the Narang Cup for junior boys match of the All India North Zone Inter-State Badminton Championships in Raizada Hansraj Stadium in Jalandhar. Kaustav Das prevailed over Tushar Badechha by 21-11, 21-18 in the opening singles match. Chandigarh neutralised the lead as their pair of Tushar and Maheep beat Delhi duo of Parteek and Puneet by 21-13, 25-27, 21-14 in a well-contested double match 13-21, 27-25,14-21. Ashish Sharma clinched the match for Delhi after beating Maheep 21-14,18-21, 21-6.
Chandigarh girls also were beaten in the Shafi Qureshi Cup. They lost to Jammu & Kashmir by 1-2.
Haryana routed Himachal Pradesh by 2-0 in the Chadha Cup for women. In the opening singles match Kannu beat Aarjoo by 21-10, 21-15 and later she partnered Pallavi to outpoint Asrjoo and Shruti 21-9, 21-8.
In the Narang Cup for Junior boys, Haryana blanked Rajassthan by 2-0. Akshit gave Haryana a winning start as he defeated Nazish Khan 21-13, 21-19. In partnership with Gaurav, Akshit beat Rajasthan pair of Gaurav Partap and Nittish 21-14, 21-10.
Punjab Financial Commissioner (D) R.S.Sandhu inaugurated the tournament. Rajinder Kalsi Hony.Secretary Punjab Badminton Association secretary Rajinder Singh Kalsi welcomed the chief guest. As many as 150 participants from Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pardesh, Chandigarh, Rajasthan and Delhi are participating in the meet.
Results: Narang Cup (junior boys): Himachal Pardesh bt Jammu & Kashmir 2-0 (Nipur bt Maninder Singh 21-8, 21-16, Ashish and Anuj bt D.S Subram and Aman 21-10,21-9).
Haryana bt Rajasthan 2-0 (Akshit bt Nazish Khan 21-13, 21-19, Gaurav and Akshit bt Gaurav Partap and Nittish 21-14, 21-10).
Delhi bt Chandigarh 2-1 (Kaustav Das bt Tushar Badechha 21-11, 21-18, Parteek and Puneet lost to Tushar and Maheep 13-21, 27-25,14-21, Ashish Sharma bt Maheep 21-14,18-21, 21-6).
Shafi Qureshi Cup (junior girls): Jammu & Kashmir bt Chandigarh 2-1 (Sulakhani lost to Nisha 9-21,16-21, Diksha and Akanksha bt Nisha and Chetna 19-21, 21-16, 21-19, Diksha bt Anubhi 19-21, 21-14, 21-18).
Himachal Pardesh bt Rajasthan 2-0 (Aurzoo bt Umaa Mehnot 21-4, 21-11, Aurzoo and S.Patilbt Umaa and Shivani 21-11, 21-8).
Delhi bt Punjab 2-0 (Nippin Tiwari bt Staffi Kala 21-14, 21-12, Shradha and Nidhi (Dli) bt Staffi and Neelam 21-14, 21-11).
Chadha Cup (women): Haryana bt Himachal Pardesh 2-0 (Kannu ( bt Aarjoo 21-10, 21-15, Kannu and Pallavi bt Asrjoo and Shruti 21-9, 21-8).

Agyapal wins discus gold with 47.55m

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Mansa, Sept 28
Agyapal Singh of Taran Taran released the disc to a distance of 47.55 metres to win discus gold for boys on the second day of the Punjab State Rural Games under-16 years here today. Harpreet Singh of Ludhiana and Neelam of Ferozepur secured silver and bronze with 39.33 m and 39.22 metres, respectively.
Gurdial Singh, of Ferozepur, hit the bull's eye as he logged 39.22 points for gold in archery. Shjajbaz Singh, also of Ferozepur and Hardeep Singh of Sangruru won silver and brozne with 283 and 275 points, respectively.
Keen contest were witnessed in archery, athletics, football, kabaddi, khokho, hockey, weightlifting, tug of war, wrestling and volleyball.
Results:
Athletics: Discus: 1 Agyapal Singh (Tarn Taran) 47.55 m, 2 Harpreet Singh Ludhiana), 39.33m, 3 Neelam (Ferozpur) 39.22m. Archery: 1 Gurlal Singh (Ferozepur) 296 pts, 2 Shahbaz Singh (Ferozepur) 283, 3 Hardeep Singh (Sangrur) 275.
Football: Tarantarn bt Sangrur 4-0, Ludhiana bt Fatehgarh Sahib 1-0,
Kapurthala bt Nawanshahar 1-0, Mansa bt Moga 4-0.
Kabaddi: Tarantaran bt Gurdaspur 55-42, Ludhiana bt Fatehgarh Sahib 48-34, Kapurthala bt Ropar 69-54, Patiala w/o Sangrur.
Kho Kho: Patiala bt Ropar 13-10, Bathinda bt Tarntarn 8-5, Mansa bt Barnala 7-4, Muktsar bt Kapurthala 15-7.
Hockey: Mansa bt Tarntarn 4-3, Sangrur bt Faridkot 4-0, Ropar bt Barnala 2-0, Moga bt Patiala 2-0.
Weightlifting: 56 kg: 1 Puran Singh (Sangrur) 126 kg, 2 Sahil Singh (Amritsar) 122 kg, 3Simran Singh (Ludhiana) 121 kg.
Tug of War: Moga bt Bathinda 2-0, Mansa bt Barnala 2-0, Hoshiarpur bt Ferozepur 2-0, Jalandhar bt Amritsar 2-1.
Wrestling: 32 kg: Mohd. Akhtar (Sangrur) bt Gurpinder Singh (Patiala), Gurvir (Tarantarn) bt Nirbhai (Bathinda). 35 kg: Harjinder Bathinda bt Harjinder (Ropar), Balwinder (Moga) bt Onkar Rai (Kapurthala). 38 kg: Sarbjit (Tarantarn) bt Pargat Singh (Muktsar), Jobanpreet (Jalandhar) bt Sandip Kumar (Hoshiarpur). 42 kg: Jagdip Kumar (Kapurthala) bt Lakhwinder Singh (Nawanshahar). 47 kg: Sanny (Jalandhar) bt Jajpal (Tarantarn), Saurav )Amritsar) bt Harpreet (Moga). 53 kg: Manjot (Tarantarn) bt Roop Singh (Patiala), Sandeep (Mansa) bt Amandeep (Hoshiarpur). 59 kg: Suresh Kumar (Kapurthala) bt Gurpreet (Mansa). 66 kg: Harpreet (Gurdaspur) bt Rohit (Fatehgarh Sahib), Raja Saini (Amritsar) bt Jatin Kumar (Hoshiarpur). 73 kg: Palwinder (Gurdaspur )bt Inderjit (Hoshiarpur), Harjit Singh (Mansa) btt Jaspreet (Nawanshahar),Ravjot (Amritsar) bt Varinder (Nawanshahar), Anit Sobti (Jalandhar) bt Kiranjit (Faridkot).
Volleyball: Kapurthala bt Bathinda 2-1, Patiala bt Moga 2-0, Sangrur bt Gurdaspur 2-0, Hoshiarpur bt Fatehgarh Sahib 2-0, Ludhiana bt Muktsar 2-0, Amritsar bt Mansa 2-0, Tarntaran bt Jalandhar 2-0, Barnala bt Ferozepur 2-0.

India fourth in Junior Davis Cup finals

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 29
India finished fourth as they lost to Russia 1-2 in the Junior Davis Cup finals tie. According to a communication received from Kawaljeet Singh, captain of the Jjnior Davis Cup Indian team, from San Luis Potosi (Mexico) the Indian boys won the first set in deciding doubles. With an early break of Saurabh Singh's serve in the third set gave Russians a 2-0 lead, though the Indian pair broke Russians in the seventh game and were going on serve when in the 12 game serving at 5-6 Yuki, our strong player lost his serve, which costed India the second set.
In the third set too Yuki lost his serve in the second game, giving Russians a 2-0 lead but quickly the Indian pair broke the Russians in the third game. However, it was not the day for Yuki whose serve was again broken in the sixth game giving Russiansa 4-2 lead. The Russians wrapped the set and match winning 6-3.
Both Indian players were trying hard to get back in the game but it was the first time since the qualifying rounds the Indian pair could not play their best doubles, which they are good at and were confident to win the match once it was in doubles.
"Well, we got the fourth place and it was close to be in the finals and again to get the third position. The competition is very tough and Saurabh has learned a lot that how much he has to improve and same is for Abhishek, whose style of play is more suitable on clay. He has to make some important adjustments to play with the elite players," commented Kawaljeet Singh..
Results: India lose to Russia 1-2 (Saurabh Singh lost to Muzaev Richard (Rus) 1-6, 0-6, Yuki Bhambri bt Mikhail Biryukov (Rus) 6-0, 6-4, Saurabh Singh and Yuki bhambri lost to Muzaev and Mikhail 6-4, 5-7, 3-6).

Shivalik and Ganga International win titles

Padam Shree Balbir Singh Senior presenting the under-14 winners trophy to Shivalik Public School captain. Also seen in the picture is Principal Director DS Bedi.
Shivalik Public School, winners of gold medal in unde-14 category, with three-time Olympic gold medalist Balbir Singh Senior at Shivalik Public School.

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 28
Ganga International Public School of Delhi won the Under-19 title in the CBSE North Zone-1 Hockey Tournament by remaining unbeaten in their four-team round-robin Super League at the Shivalik Public School in Sector 41 here today. The Delhi school emerged winners by winning all their three matches. DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 and hosts Shivalik Public School-41 finished second and third, respectively. DAV School had won two matches and lost one while Shivalik registered one win and suffered two defeats. Bal Bharti School of Delhi were at the bottom without any win.
The hosts cornered glory in the under-14 category. In the final four-team super league contest, Shivalik Public School emerged champions after defeating plucky Netaji Model School of Ropar by 2-0. Gagan opened the account for Shivalik in the 20th minute and Haraj made it beyond doubt with a fine field goal in the 25th minute.
Netaji Model School put up a good show and forced seven penalty corners but were unlucky as a goal eluded them.
SPS maintained their slate clean with all-win record. Netaji Model School with one win and two defeats finished third while Akal Academy of Baru Sahib (Himachal) finished runners-up with two wins and one defeat. Alpine School of Pinjore were fourth without any win.
Three-time hockey Olympian gold medalist Balbir Singh Senior was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. Director-Principal DS Bedi was also present on the occasion.

India lose to USA in semi-final

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 28
The Indian boys gave hundred per cent efforts against the strong US team in today's matches semi-final match of the Junior Davis Cup being played at San Luis Potosi (Mexico).
According to a communication received from captain of Indian team Kawaljeet Singh from San Luis Potosi, Yuki saved five match points in the second set, and won the second set after a gruelling fight in the tie break. Leading 4-1 in the third set Yuki was caught with severe cramps in his thighs and just could not move his legs to finish the set. His heart was there but legs were not with him today.
In the first set Yuki broke Kudla in the third game but was broken in the 8th game to equal the score 4-4. Kudla held his serve and in the 10th game. Yuki serving 30-0 committed two double faults and lost the serve and set 4-6.
In the second set Yuki lost his serve in the fourth game giving US 3-1 lead. In the 8th game Yuki serving 3-5 down saved a match point and held his serve and broke Kudla in the 9th game to equal 5-5. The 12th game Yuki will never forget serving 5-6 he saved three match points to win the game.
In the tie break at 5-6 Yuki saved the match point again to win the set at 8-6.
Every thing was working very well in the third set. Yuki broke the American in the second game and led 3-0. Soon Yuki was leading 4-1 and Kudla serving suddenly Yuki's legs refused to move with severe cramps. Physio's help was not good enough to make Yuki move. Though he tried his best produced good strokes occasionally but it was not good enough to hold his serve in the 7th and 9th games against 118 ranked American and lost the well fought 2 hours 30 minutes match.
In the first singles Evan King of USA was too good for Saurabh Singh who manged to get two games in the first set.
India play Russia for the third and foruth positions. Russia lost to Argentina in the semi-finals
Results (semi-final): India lose to USA 0-3 ( Saurabh Singh lost to Evan King (USA) 2-6, 0-6, Yuki Bhambri lost to Denis Kudla (USA) 4-6,7-6 (6), 4-6, Saurabh Singh and SV Abhishek lost to Evan King and Sarmiento Raymond 3-6, 6-3, 4-6.

Punjab Police leave their scoring sticks at home!

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 27
It looked as if the Punjab Police have left their scoring hockey sticks at home as they were thrashed by star-sprinkled Indian Oil Corporation by half a dozen goals in a quarter-final match of the 38th SN Vohra's All India Hockey Tournament being played at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today.
Punjab Police failed to justify their seeding into quarter-final. They could force penalty corners in the 47th, 53rd and 60th minutes. These opportunities they also muffed. On the other hand the IOC capitalised on four out of five penalty corners awarded to them. Drag flickers Raghunath and Didar Singh converted two penalty corners each.
International Inderjit Chadha opened the IOC account with a field goal in the 22nd minute. Hardly had the cheers of the IOC supporters had died down, the winners forced their first penalty corner in the 25th minute. Raghunath converted it with a calculated shot. The winners led 2-0 at half time.
Three minutes into the second half, the Indian Oil Corporation forced their third penalty corner and Raghunath was again on target.
Olympian Didar Singh then contributed a brace. The team management assigning him the task of taking the penalty corners, Didar fully justified the faith reposed in him as he converted penalty corners in the 43rd and 52nd minute as IOC raced to a 5-0 lead.
Olympian Prabhjot Singh displayed his form as he scored a fine field goal one minute before the hooter sounded.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation became the second team to qualify for semi-final. They snuffed out the challenge of Border Security Force by 3-2 in a day-night match. The security men were given a bye straight into the quarter-final. Playing their first match in this edition, they matched ONGC in all departments of the game. However, ONGC just managed to emerge winners.
ONGC were two goals up within 17 minutes. Parmod scored a field goal to give them lead int he 15th minute and two minutes later, Diwakar Ram converted a penalty corner to make it 2-0.
After resumption, the BSF players looked a transformed lot. Their first attack in the 38th minute helped Mandeep Singh score the first goal for BSF and three minutes later, Sunil Kumar banged home the equaliser for BSF.
Tied two-all, Mandip Singh snatched the match-winner for ONGC with a field goal int he 54th minute. ONGC got five penalty corners and BSF six.
Tomorrow's fixtures (q-finals): EME vs IOB Chennai ( 4 p.m.) and Western Railway vs Air India (5.30 p.m.).

Kang, Navjyot book a berth for Chandigarh Club Team

A group photograph of the winners.

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Chandigarh, Sept 27
Chandigarh Golf Club witnessed a massive field of 162 participants to battle it out to make it to the Northern Regionals of the 7th Signature Club Golf Championship. HS Kang and Navjyot S Mann booked their place in the Chandigarh Golf Club team for the Northern Zone regional final of the McDowell's Signature Club Golf Championship 2008.
In the intra club tournament, the first stage of the multi-city event, held at the Chandigarh Golf Club here on Saturday, HS Kang who tallied 30 stableford points emerged as the winner in the 0-8 category while Navjyot Singh emerged as the runner-up.
The duo was joined by Col. Mohan Singh and Brig PPS Dhillon who were the winner and runner-up respectively in the 9-16 handicap category. Col. Singh scored 38 points while the runner-up aggregated 36 points. Also filling in the last two spots of the Chandigarh team were Col. SS Gill and JS Kesar scoring 38 and 34 points respectively in the 17-24 category.
Apart from the main prize, several exciting spot prizes were on offer to keep every participant enthused. Navjyot S Mann won the Overall Longest Drive while the Overall Closest to Pin was won by Col. Iqbal Singh.
The regional final will be played at the Classic Golf Resort, Gurgaon on October 20.

Pandove elected BCCI Treasurer of BCCI

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 27
Punjab Cricket Association secretary MP Pandove was today unanimously elected as treasurer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in its Annual General Meeting held at Mumbai today.
M. P. Pandove, a first class cricketer, had served his state for five years as captain. He played for over two decades as a player. His university batting record of 507, made in 1962, is still intact.
He holds a Masters Degree in Political Science and is a Law Graduate from Panjab University. His last appointment before retirement was Member of Punjab Public Service Commission at Patiala. He has been honorary secretary of PCA since 1981. He was Chairman of the National Selection Committee (Jr.) and also Senior National Selector for three years.
He is the BCCI joint secretary since November 2005. During his term as Joint Secretary he was responsible for looking after the junior cricket and the results are there for everybody to see with India winning the U-19 World Cup in Malaysia this year.
This is the first time the high profile post of the treasurer will be held by a person from the North. Earlier it has been the domain of people from South and West. Pandove plans to infuse funds into Rural Areas School grounds and infrastructure in the rural sectors as he feels that the Rural Areas of India if properly nurtured and financed can bring out the desired results of spoting raw talent.
He feels that the game of cricket has to be spread far and wide and for this infusing of funds in the Rural Sectors will be his top priority. While stating that he would be close fisted in terms of doling out funds, he made it clear that financial propriety and discipline would be maintained with full transparency for anybody to have a look in at the financial health of the Board and deployment of funds in a proper manner.
He further stated that the funds for state-run academies and regional coaching centers will receive his top priority. The cricket or cricketers will not suffer for want of funds at the appropriate time without any avoidable delay. He further stated that disbursement of funds will be without any fear or favour.

MRHS-27 gymnasts to the fore

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 27
Moti Ram High School, Sector 27 logged 44.30 to claim the the girls under-12 team artistic team championship on the second day of the 35th Chandigarh State Gymnastics Championship at the Sector 7 Sports Complex here today. Stepping Stones School Sector 28 got 40.30 points for the runners-up position. Saupin School of Sector 32 finished third with 38.90 points.
Aditi Pandey of St Stephen's School of Sector 45 was adjudged the all-around best gymnast with 20.20 points.
Renowned Punjabi singer and actor Satwinder Singh Bugga had inaugurated the championship.
Results: Artistic Gymnastics (girls) U-12: Team championship: 1. Moti Ram High School, Sector 27 44.30 pts, 2 Stepping Stones School - 28 40.30 pts, 3. Saupin School-32 38.90 pts.
Individual all-around: 1 Aditi Pandey (St Stephen-45) 20.20, 2 Bharti (SGGS Collegiate PS-26) 18.85; 3 Sonika (St Stephen-45) 13.85 pts.
Appratus (finals): Vaulting table: 1 Adity Panday 3.00, 2. Simrandeep 2.50, 3. Eashani 2.00. Uneven bars: 1 Himanshi 2.55, 2. Adity Panday 2.45, 3. Prabhjot 2.40. Balancing Beam: 1 Adity Panday 7.25, 2. Sonika 5.50, 3. Bharti 5.25. Floor Exercise: 1 Bharti 9.50, 2. Aditi Panday 7.50, 3. Sonika 5.80.
Artistic (boys): Under 14 years. Team Championship: 1 Moti Ram High School,- 27 79.80, 2. St. John's-26 26 59.10; 3 Saupin School -32 286.30. Individual All- Around: 1 Kulvir Singh (Shivalic Public School- 41 48.10, 2 Ankur (MRA-27) 43.80, 3 Akash (SPS-41) and Avneesh (St Stephen's-45 42.30 pts each.
Appratus: Vaulting Table: 1 Avneesh 12.20, 2. Ankur 12.10, 3 Rajat 12.00. Parallel Bars: 1 Akash 6.90, 2 Kulvir 5.70 pts, 3. Karandeep Bawa 5.00. Horizontal Bars: 1 Kulvir 1.80, 2 Ankur 1.50. Floor Exercise: 1 Kulvir 15.50, 2
Avneesh 15.40; 3 Geetak 15.20. Pommel Horse: 1 Kulvir 9.80, 2 Avneesh 8.20; 3 Akash 5.10. Roman Rings: 1 Ankur 7.30, 2 Akash 5.10, 3. Kulvir 4.00.
Tumbling: 1 Y.Ibomcha (ITBP) 10.55; 2 Amar (ITBP) 10.25; 3 Dhan Bhadur (DAV-8) 8.55. Juniors: 1 Lalit (CGA) 9.00; 2 Rajat 8.20 (AKSIPS), 3. Ankur (MRA-27) 6.90.
Trampoline (seniors): 1 Anil Kumar (ITBP12.05, 2 Y.Ibomcha (ITBP)10.10; 3 Amit Chikkara (DAV-8) 9.65. Juniors:
1 Avneesh (St. Stepphen's) 10.65, 2. Akhil (St. Soldier's) 10.20, 3. Hargun (DAVC-10) 4.60.
Artistic gymnastics (girls): U-17. Team Championship: 1. MRA-27 44.30, 2. Stepping Stones-28 40.30, 3 Saupin School -32 38.90. Boys u-17: Team Championship: 1 MRA-27 79.80, 2. St. John's-26 59.10, 3 Saupin School-32 26.30. Girls above 17: Team Championship: MRA-27 44.30, 2 Stepping Stones 40.30, 3 Saupin School-32 38.90.
Boys above 17: MRA-27 79.80, 2. St. John's-26 59.10, 3 Saupin School-32 26.30.

West Bengal held, easy for Assam

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Mahilpur, September 27
In the first quarter-final league match of group A, Assam thrashed Goa by 4-0 in the 31st Sub-Junior National Championship for Mir Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy here today.
They were three goals up by ths interval. The goals were scored in the 15th, 21st and 29th minutes through Jiren Roy, Swapanjit and Holicharan. Hitler made the score 4 nil for Assam in the 84th minute.
In another match of Group A, West Bengal and Uttrakhand played a one-all draw. Bengal were leading by a lone goal till half time. The goals was gifted to them through defensive lapse on the part of Uttrakhand goalkeeper in the 17th minute, Biswajit Patra pouncing on the drop ball. Uttrakhand capitalized on a similar lapse by the Bengal goalkeeper to level the score. The goal was scored by Vishal the 80th minute.
With 17 teams eliminated in the intra cluster league, the remaining eight teams have been divided in to two groups. Group A have West Bengal, Assam, Goa and Uttrakhand and group B consists of Punjab, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Delhi.

Amal Raj and Divya new PSU TT champs

Regional Executive Director and President, Sports Control Board, Northern Region, Airport Authority of India, Mr. A. Murugesan presenting the women's singles trophy (above) to Divya Deshpande and men's singles winner Amal Raj (below) in Chandigarh on Saturday. Photos by Balbir Singh

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26
Speedly and aggressive Amal Raj, is the new men's singles champion after beating Pathik Mehta of Air India in straight games at 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 in final of the All India Public Sector Table Tennis Tournament organised by Airport Authority at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today.
The men's singles final half an hour and Amal Raj smashed the ball on both sides of the table with same skill and accuracy.
In the semi-final had defeated Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sharath Kamal. Amal won the first two games before Sharath, who is ranked 76th in the world, staged a good rally and levelled the score at 2-all. Amal Raj swithced over to ruthlessly attacking Sharath's backhand and increased the pace of attack to prevail over his rival and claimed the next two games for the final berth. Amal Raj won 15-13, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 13-11,
"I was more confident and fast. I started catching Sharath on his backhand according to my gameplan and win the semi-final," Amal Raj said after the final. "It was our sixth meeting and it was my third victory over him. We are at par at 3-all,"said Amal Raj who is aiming to don India in the London Olympics and bring laurels to the country. " For training and competition, I will be going to Siberia for a 15-day coaching camp and five days competitions. I will compete in the forthcoming Indian Open and German Open in October."
Pathik Mehta also pulled off an upset victory as he stunned second Indian ranked player Subrajit Saha of Oil India Limited by 8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 12-10. 11-8, 11-9.
Indian second ranked player K Shamini of Indian Oil Corporation also had shocked unimpressive Olympian Neha Aggarwal in the women's singles quarter-final, today lost to Divya Deshpande of Air India in the women's final. Divya won by 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4.
Sharath Kamal and Rajeev Ghai of Indian Oil Coporation won the men's doubles title at the expense of Amal Raj and Ranbir Das of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in straight games 11-8, 11-8, 11-8.
The women's doubles title was won by Mousmi Paul and Madhurika Patkar (ONGC) who defeated Neha Aggarwal and Sushmita Ray (BPCL) 11-6, 7-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6 in the final.
Regional Executive Director and President, Sports Control Board, Northern Region, Airport Authority of India, Mr. A. Murugesan distributed the trophies and mementoes. Mr Suneet Dutt, Airport Controller, Airport Authority of India, Chandigarh, who was the organising secretary, received the chief guest along with members of the organising committee.
Results: Men's singles (semi-finals): Amal Raj (ONGC) bt Sharath Kamal (IOCL) 15-13, 11-9, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9, 13-11, Pathik Mehta (AI) bt Subhajit Saha (OIL) 8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 12-10. 11-8, 11-9. Final: Amal Raj (ONGC) bt Pathik Mehta (AI) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8.
Women's singles (semi-finals): Divya Deshpande (AI) Kasturi Chakraborty (IOCL) 11-9, 11-3, 11-1, 11-8, K Shamini (IOCL) bt Mouma Das (OIL) 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-4. Final: Divya Deshpande (AI) bt K Shamini (IOCL) 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-4.
Men's doubles (semi-finals): Amal Raj and Ranbir Das (ONGC) bt Zubin Kumar and Devesh Karia (OIL) 4-11, 14-12, 11-6, 11-4, Sharath Kamal and Rajeev Ghai (IOC) bt Subham Chaudhary and Arnav Ganguly (ONGC) 5-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 12-10. Final: Sharat Kamal and Rajeev Ghai (IOC) bt Amal Raj and Ranbir Das (ONGC) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8.
Women's doubles (semi-finals): Neha Aggarwal and Sushmita Ray (BPCL) bt Mouma Das and Nandita Saha (OIL) 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, Mousmi Paul and Madhurika Patkar (ONGC) bt K Shamini and AV Navedita (IOC) 11-7, 11-9, 14-12.Final: Mousmi Paul and Madhurika Patkar (ONGC) bt Neha Aggarwal and Sushmita Ray (BPCL) 11-6, 7-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6.

India beat Brazil on way to semis

Junior Indian Davis Cup team in San Luis Potosi (Mexico).

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 27
The Indian boys have made a history to reach in the semi-finals of the Junior Davis Cup by beating Brazil by 2-1. India topped the group D and meet third seed USA which topped the group C. Both Saurabh and Yuki played excellent tennis to win their matches in spite of having lost the first set in their matches.
In the first singles Saurabh had two break points on Henrique's serve in the 5th and 9th games but could not avail the opportunities. In the 10th game Saurabh was serving 40-15, with a missed drop shot and a double fault he lost the first set 4-6.
In the second set Saurabh broke Henrique in the third game and again broke Henrique in the 7th game . With two breaks in hand Saurabh was in all command to wrap the set by 6-2. In the third set Saurabh broke Henrique in the third and fifth and seventh games to wrap the set by 6-1.
In the second singles, Yuki started with a bang by breaking the Brazalian in the firsts game but could not retain his first serve. Both players were playing excellent tennis, Clezar hitting very deep and solid from base line ground strokes did not allow Yuki to make any variations and he broke Yuki in the sixth game and won the first set by 6-3.
In the second set Yuki was confident and mixed up his game with surprise drop shots and heavy top spin on opponents back hand and played at net and did not allow Clezar to get his rhythm and broke his serves in the fourth and sixth game to win the set by 6-1. In the third set Clezar was depressed with his game and Yuki broke him in the first game. With another break in the fifth game, Yuki was in command and produced excellent strokes to win the set and match by 6-1 and this led India going to semifinals probably for the first time.
In the doubles match India were represented by Saurabh Sngh and SV Abhishek to play with Brazilians and fought very well. The Indian pair was leading 5-3 in the first set but Saurabh could hold his serve to take the set and Brazilian pair recovered soon to win the set in tie breaker. The second set was again interesting but the Indian combination was not good enough to match the consistent Brazilian pair and lost the set again in a tie breaker.
India play USA in semifinals tomorrow. USA have a very balanced team with ITF ranking 112 Evan King and Denis Kudla at 138. It is going to be an interesting tie and Indian players are confident to give their best tomorrow, says Indian captain Kawaljeet Singh from San Luis Potosi (Mexico).
B India bt Brazil 2-1: (Saurabh Singh bt Henrique Tsukamoto( 4-6, 6-2, 6-1,
Yuki Bhambri bt Guilherme Clezar( ) 3-6, 6-1,6-1, Saurabh Singh and SV Abhishek lost to Henrique Tsukamoto and Tiago Fernandes 6-7 (6), 6-7 (5).

Air India retain men's team trophy

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26
Air India retained the men's team championship as they got better of spirited Oil India Limited by 3-2 in a 130-minutue marathon final of the All-India Public Sector Table Tennis Tournament being hosted by Airport Authority of India at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here on Thursday night.
The teams shared the first four games. in the deciding singles Pathik Mehta, ranked eighth in India, snuffed out the challenge of 15th ranked Devesh Karia by 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8 to shatter the aspiration of OIL to emerge champions.
Air India started on a winning note as 10th ranked Sanil Shetty rallied to beat Devesh Karia 8-11, 11-6, 11-1, 5-11, 14-12. Ranked second in India Subhajit Saha lived up to hisranking by defeating Pathik Mehta 11-8, 11-9, 11-9.
Air India again shot into the lead after Aniket Koparkar outpointed Anal Kashyap 11-9, 13-15, 10-12, 11-4, 11-4. It was the best match of the final. Subhajit Saha again restored parity for OIL as he defeated Sanil Shetty 3-11, 11-6, 8-11, 9-11. With score reading 2-all, Pathik Metha asserted his superiority over Devesh Karia to enable Air India to retain the trophy.
OIL, however, had the consolation of claiming the women's team championship after Indian Oil Corporation by 3-0 in the final.
Results (final): Men's team championship: Air India bt Oil India Limited 3-2 (Sanil Shetty bt Devesh Karia 8-11, 11-6, 11-1, 5-11, 14-12, Pathik Mehta lost to Subhajit Saha 8-11, 9-11, 9-11, Aniket Koparkar bt Anal Kashyap 11-9, 13-15, 10-12, 11-4, 11-5, Sanil Shetty lost to Subhajit Saha 11-3, 6-11, 8-11, 9-11, Pathik Mehta bt Devesh Karia 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8).

IOC, EME, W Rly enter quarter-finals

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CHANDIGARAH, SEPT 26
Star-packed Indian Oil Corporation, Western Railway and Electrical and Mechanical Engineers qualified for quarter-finals of the 38th SN Vohra's All India Gurmit Memorial Hockey Tournament at the Sector 42 Sports Complex here today.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited yesterday made the quarter-final grade while, Punjab Police, Indian Overseas Bank Chennai, Border Security Force Jalandhar and Air India have been seeded straight into the quarter-finals on the basis of their performance in the last edition of Gurmit Hockey.
The quarter-final line-up is: Punjab Police vs Indian Oil Corporation, EME vs IOB, BSF vs ONGC and Western Railways vs Air India.
Indian Oil Corporation, with Olympians Didar Singh, Deepak Thakur and Prabhjot Singh in their line-up, served a warning to their opponents as they grounded Indian Air Force by 4-0 after leading 1-0 at half time.
IOC maintained their dominance throughout the match. However, the IOC showed poor penalty corner conversion rate. Out of seven PCs awarded to them they could capitalise only on two. After wasting their first penalty corner in the 12th, minue, IOC-s Raghunath converted the second penalty corner awarded to them in the 29th minute to give his team 1-0 lead.
Speedy Prabhjot Singh then scored a field goal in the 43rd minute, Didar Singh sounded the board with a powerful penalty corner shot in the 51st minute.
Deepak Thakur got IOC's fourth goal, a field one, in the 67th minute.
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers continued their winning spree as they edged out Punjab and National Bank by 1-0. The all-important goal was scored by Gurjinder Singh who converted a penalty corner in the 14th minute.
Seeded straight into pre-quarter-final, Western Railway, playing their first match, stroked out South Central Railway of Hyderbad with an aggregate 5-3 margin in the tie-breaker session after the teams played a one-all draw in the regulation period.
It was Western Railway who first forged ahead as Gursevak Singh converted a penalty stroke in the 60th minute and Inocent Kullu converted a penalty corner in the 64th minute.
Tomorrow's fixtures (QF): Punjab Police vs IOC (3.15 p.m.) and BSF vs ONGC (5.45 p.m.).

Easy wins for DAV-8 and Shivalik-41

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26
DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 outclassed Bal Bharti School of Delhi by 10-1 in the Under-19 match of the Central Board of Secondary Education North Zone-I Hockey Tournament being organised by Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 here today.
In a one-sided match, DAV School's scorers were Gurjinder (3), Mohit (2), Yatin (2), Sanjay, Rohit and Ashish (1 each). The lone goal for Bal Bharti was scored by Arjit.
In another match Ganga International beat Shivalik Public School,, Chandigarh by 5-0. Parveen (3), Vijay (1) and Balram (1) were the scorers.
In under-14 category, hosts Shivalik Public School trounced Alpine Public School, Panchkula by 17 -0. Mandeep (6), Dilpreet (4), Parwinder (2), Hartej (2), Kamaljeet (2) and Aman (1) were the scorer for Shivalik Public School.
Shivalik Public School, 41-B, Chandigarh beat Akal Academy Baru Sahib by 5-2 and qualified for final in U-14 group. Dilpreet (2), Kamaljeet (1), Mandeep (1) and Parwinder (1) were the winners' goal-getters.
Gurdil (1) and Jabarjung (1) reduced the margin for Baru Sahib.

2000 to take part in Punjab Rural Games

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MANSA, Sept 26
More than 2000 players and officials from all districts of the state will take part in the Punjab State Rural Games for Boys Under-16 at the Nehru Memorial Government College ground here from September 27 to 30. Addressing a press conference here today, Punjab Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh said that competitions would be held in athletics, archery, football, hockey, kho-kho, kabaddi, volleyball, weightlifting, tur of war and wrestling.
Hockey Olympian Pargat Singh disclosed that players from rural background and have participated at district, inter-block and block level tournaments would be eligible to compete in the state rural games.
Pargat said that for the first time, the Punjab Sports Department has organised block level tournaments in all the 141 blocks of the state and have spent Rs one lakh per block. The department also provided Rs 4 lack to each district to conduct inter-block level tournaments. The Punjab Sports Department has made an effort to involve about to involve 1.5 lakh players from the rural background under this scheme.
Pargat said that the Government of India is going to implement a new scheme called Panchayatg Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan from 2008-2009. The Punjab Government would spent Rs 250 lakh under this rural competitions programme.
Meanwhile various committees formed are working round the clock for the smooth conduct of the games. Pargat Singh said that PWD Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa will inaugurate the games on September 27 at 10.00 a.m. Mr Bhupinder Singh Bhunder, General Secretary, Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) and former M P has consented to be the chief guest at the closing ceremony on September 30.
Mansa Deputy Commissioner Kumar Rahul said that the district administration has made all out efforts to make the tournament a grand success. A grand cultural evening will be organised on September 29 to entertain the participants. SSLP Maninder Singh said that security arrangements for the players at the stay as well as the venues of competitions would be duly looked after. DSO Abdesh Kumar Sharma said that hockey and volleyball matches will be played at Gandhi Senior Secondary School ground and rest events will be held at the Nehru Memorial Government College ground.

Shamini shocks Olympian Neha

Olympian Neha Aggarwal who was upset by K Shamini.

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 27
Beijing Olympian Neha Aggarwal of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited failed to impress as K Shamini of Indian Oil Corporation Limited downed her by 14-12, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3 in the women's singles quarter-final match of the All India Public Sector Table Tennis Tournament being organized by Airport Authority of India at the Sector 23 Table Tennis Hall here today. Neha also disappointed in the team championship where she lost her both matches.
Another Olympian and national champion and Commonwealth Games gold medalist A Sharath Kamal of India Oil Corporation continued live up to his reputation as he entered the men's singles semi-final. In quarter-final league lanky Sarath overcame a stiff resistance from Sanil Shetty of Air India 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 6-11, 11-2, 11-6.
Others who joined him in the quarter-finals were Subhajit Saha (OIL), A Amal Raj (ONGC) and Pathik Mehta of Air India. Subhajit Saha, who is ranked second with 410 points by TTFI, had a smooth sailing against Vinay Baiswade (LIC) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 in the second quarter-final encounter.
Sharath Kamal will meet A Amal Raj and Subhajit Saha will cross swords with Pathik Mehta in the men's semi-final tomorrow.
In the women's section the semi-final line-up is: Divya Deshpandey vs Kasturi Chakraborty and Mouma Das vs K Shamini.
Results: Men's singles (Q-finals): Sharath Kamal (IOCL) bt Sanil Shetty (AI) 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 6-11, 11-2, 11-6, A Amal Raj (ONGC) bt Aniket Koparkar (AI) 12-10, 13-11, 11-5, 11-5, Subhajit Saha (OIL) bt Vinay Baiswade (LIC) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4, Pathik Mehta (AI) bt Raj Mondal (AAI) 6-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6,
Pre-Quarter-finals: Aniket Koparkar (AI) bt Zubin Kumar (OIL) 8-11, 13-11, 9-11, 18-16, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, Sanil Shetty (AI) bt Harmeet (AAI) 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8, Vinay Baiswade (LIC) bt Avik Das (AAI) 11-4, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5, Sharath Kamal (IOCL) bt Anal Kashyap (OIL) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5, A Amal Raj (ONGC) bt R Rajesh (LIC) 14-12, 11-9, 11-2, 11-8, Pathik Mehta (AI) bt Subham Chaudhary (ONGC) 11-2, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, Raj Mondal (AAI) bt Somyajit Ghosh (IOCL) 13-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2, Subhajit Saha (OIL) bt Arnav Ganguly (ONGC) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8).
First round: Pankaj P Chutia (BSNL) bt Vivek Mahajan (AAI) 11-3, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6, Akash Damle (AI) bt Vinay Chopra (CWC) 4-11, 9-11, 2-11, 14-12, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9, Somyajit (IOCL) bt Janak Raj (BSNL) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9, 11-4, Shiva Nanda Sisadari (FCI) bt N Senthil Kumaram (NLC) 11-5, 11-6, 11-2, 11-4, Subham Chaudhary (ONGC) bt K Palanivel (NLC) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7, 11-3, Raj Mondal (AAI) bt S Murali (NLC) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8, R Chakravorty (LIC) bt K Lenin (NLC) 11-6, 11-1, 11-5, 11-8, Devesh Karia (OIL) bt Dinesh Jaware (Coal) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9, Arnab Adhikari (AAI) bt Ajay Jha (FCI) 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11, Rajiv Ghai (IOCL) bt Sathyamurthy (NLC) 11-2, 11-3, 11-8, 11-3, Navneet (AAI) bt Ram Kadam (AI) 11-9, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6, Pathik Mehta (AI) bt Harish Shirsat 11-7, 11-4, 11-3, 11-5, R Rajesh (LIC) bt Sushil Tekchandani (CWC) 15-13, 11-2, 11-7, 11-9, Harmeet Desai (AAI) bt Sameer Sahni (FCI) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5, Sanil Shetty (AI) bt Tarun Ghosh (HUDCO) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5, 11-3, Jenil Shah (AAI) bt A Srivastava (Coal) 11-1, 11-5, 11-2, 11-6, A Amal Raj (ONGC) bt Jugal Solanki (EPFO) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3, 11-4, Nilesh Vaid (BSNL) bt Suhas Dandekar (AI) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9, R S Raja (FCI) bt Devinder Kumar (NIACL) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6, Anal Kashyap (OIL) bt Umesh Goswami (SAIL) 14-12, 7-11, 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, Sourab Pardhan (BSNL) bt Subadeep Das (ONGC) 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 15-13, Aniket Koparkar (AI) bt Suhas Rane (NIACL) 11-4, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5, 10-12, 11-5.
2nd round: A Amal Raj (ONGC) bt Jenil Shah (AAI) 11-9, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9, Anal Kashyap (OIL) bt Rajat Kumar (CWC) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5, Zubin Kumar (OIL) bt Nilesh Vaid (BSBL) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5, Somyajit Ghosh (IOCL) bt Devesh Karia 11-6, 7-11, 10-12, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5, Vinay Biswade (LIC) bt Shivananda Sishadri (FCI) 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 3-11, 11-1, 11-7, Arunav Ganguly (ONGC) bt Pankaj Chutia (BSNL) 11-9, 11-2, 3-11, 12-10, 11-4, Avik Das (AAI) bt Ranbir Das (ONGC) 11-9, 5-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7, Raj Mondal (AAI) bt Jabarjit Singh (LIC) 11-9, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7, Pathik Mehta (AI) bt Arnab Adhikari (AAI) 11-8, 12-10, 11-7, Subham Chaudhary (ONGC) bt Sushil Kumar (EPFO) 11-5, 11-9, 11-2, 11-3, Subhajit Saha (OIL) bt Akash Damle (AI) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7, R Rajesh (LIC) bt RS Raja (FCI) 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, Aniket Koparkar (AI) bt Rajeev Ghai (IOCL) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9, Harmeet )AAI) bt Saurabh Pardhan (BSNL) 9-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-6, 11-6, Sanil Shetty (AI) bt R Chakravorty (LIC) 12-10, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4, Sharath Kamal (IOCL) bt Navneet AR (AAI) 11-8, 13-11, 11-0, 11-9.
Men's doubles (PQF): Sanil Shetty and Aniket Koparkar (IA) bt Pankaj and Sourav Pardhan 12-10, 11-6, 13-11, Zuhin Kumar and Devesh Karia (AAI) bt K Lenin and S Senthil Kumaran (NLC) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3, Subhajit Saha and Anal Kashyap (OIL) bt Abik Das and Arnab Adhikari (AAI) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9, Subham Chaudhary and Arnav Ganguly (ONGC) bt Nilesh Vaid and Janak Raj (BSNL) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, Sharath Kamal and Rajeev Ghai (IOC) bt Navneet and Jenil (AAI) 11-6, 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, R Rajesh and V Baiswade (LIC) bt Raj Mondal and Harmeet Desai (AAI) 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9).
Women's singles (Q-finals): K Shamini (IOCL) bt Neha Aggarwal (BPCL) 14-12, 11-5, 11-4, 11-3, Kasturi Chakravorty (IOCL) bt Sushmita Ray (BPCL) 5-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11, Mauma Das (OIL) bt Montu Ghosh (OIL) 5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9, Divya Deshpandey (AI) bt Madhurika Patkar (ONGC) 12-10, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10.
Pre-quarter-finals: Neha Aggarwal (BPCL) bt Mousmi Paul (ONGC) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7, Mauma Das (OIL) bt Ashlesha Bordas (AI) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, 11-3, Sushmita Ray (BPCL) bt Sukanya Bose (AAI) 8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 11-3, 11-5, Montu Ghosh (OIL) bt Vishkha Vijay (ONGC) 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6, K Shamini (IOCL) bt Ankita Das (OIL) 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-13, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, Madhurika (ONGC) bt AV Nivedita (OIL) 7-11, 11-8, 17-15, 12-14, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4 Divya Deshpandey (AI) bt Nandita Saha (OIL) 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 13-11, Kasturi Chakravorty (IOCL) bt Pooja (OIL) 6-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.
Women's doubles (PQFs): Tanuja Dutta and Kabita Das (AAI) bt D Rangsahi and C Dey (LIC) 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9, K Shamini and A Nivedita (IOC) bt S Jhansi and Ria Das (BSNL) 10-12, 11-4, 12-10, 11-5, Ankita Das and Pooja Sahastrarabudhe (OIL) bt Jayshree and Sneha Pandhye (AI) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1, Sukanya Bose and Medha Maitre (AI) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5, Mouma Das and Nandita Saha (OIL) bt D Patvardhan and D Chakradeo (LIC) 11-8, 11-3, 11-2, D Deshpandey and A Bordas (AI) bt S Gogoi and VB Solanki (BSNL) 11-6, 12-14, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8.

Q-finalists spotted in sub-junior National Football

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MAHILPUR, SEPT 26
After completion of the Cluster phase here this morning, West Bengal (Cluster I), Mizoram (Cluster II), Meghalaya (Cluster III), Punjab (Cluster IV), Uttrakhand (Cluster V), Assam (Cluster VI), Delhi (Cluster VII) and Goa (Cluster VIII) advanced to the quarter-final league OF the 31st Sub-Junior National Football Championship-2008 for Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy.
West Bengal, Uttrakhand, Assam and Delhi have been grouped in Group A quarter-final league while Mizoram, hosts Punjab, Meghalaya and Delhi are in Group B.
Cluster A leaders West Bengal will cross swords with Cluster V winners Uttrakhand and Cluster VI champions Assam will challenge Cluster VIII leaders Goa in Group A quarter-final league matches to be played tomorrow at 3.30 p.m.
Mizoram beat Madhya Pradesh by 2-0 to qualify for quarter-final league from Cluster II. Lalnun Mawia and Lalmun Puia snetted in the 65th and 86th minutes. Gaurav Yadav of Madhya Pradesh yellow card from referee G Murthy for foul play in the seventh minute.
In an inconsequential cluster II fixture, Uttar Pradesh beat Chattisgarh by 7-0. Himanshu Gupta (36th, 41st minutes), Krishna Kumar (47th ,87th) and Piyush Roy (53rd ,76th & 81st) were the scorers.

Punjab Basketball League

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CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26
The 18th Punjab Basketball League Championship for men and women will be held at village Gure in Ludhiana District from September 27 to October 1. The annual league is conducted in memory of Gurdial Singh Bhaia, Arjun Award winner and former Indian captain.
Punjab Police Jalandhar, BSF Jalandhar, PSEB Patiala ,RCF Kapurthala,DML Patiala and Rest of Punjab will take part in the men's section while Jalandhar,Ludhiana, Kapurthala and Amritsar are in fray in the women's category.
According to Punjab Basketball Association general secretray Teja Singh Dhaliwal, matched will be played on round robin basis. A total of 21, including 15 in the men's section, will be played. As many as 12 technical officials have been put on duty for the smooth conduct of the league. Matches will be played in day as well as night from 3 p.m to 10 p.m. A numbe of internationals and nationals will be seen in action.