TABLE TENNIS
Country’s top paddlers to participate in UTT National Ranking TT
India’s top paddlers including Manav Thakkar, G Sathiyan, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee will be in action in the season’s second UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championships beginning in Margao on Friday.
On the senior men’s side, the top-seeded Manav, fresh from a stellar performance at the Astana Asian Championships, will lead the charge alongside Sathiyan (PSPB) and Manush Shah (RBI).
Both Achanta Sharath Kamal and Harmeet Desai have decided to skip the event.
In the women’s section, Ayhika and Sutirtha, who created history by winning a women’s doubles medal and contributed to India’s bronze-medal finish in team events of the Asian Championships, will look to extend their winning streak.
With the top-ranked Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra missing the tournament, the stage is open for the likes of Diya Chitale to shine again.
The tournament will also feature competitions in U-19, U-17, U-15 and U-13 categories.
-PTI
HOCKEY
Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya beats Guru Nanak HSS in final league game of Kanwarji 52nd Nehru junior hockey tournament
A goal each from Mayank Kumar, Daksh and Ritik Kumar secured a crucial 3-1 victory for Government Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Bankner, Delhi, against Guru Nanak Higher Secondary School, Rajnandgaon, in the last league match of the Kanwarji 52nd Nehru junior hockey tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Thursday.
The results:
Directorate General NCC, Blue, 11 (Shahrukh Ali 3, Mohd. Atif Raynee 2, Ajay Kumar Gond 2, Rahul Yadav, Mohd. Aqib Raynee, Mitranshu Rastogi, Neeraj Prajapati) bt Hockey Assam 0.
Krida Prabodhini, Pune, 4 (Laxman Chimnaji 2, Shlok Ravindra, Suraj Dipak) bt Government Senior Secondary School, Gurugram, 2 (Raj 2).
Dashmesh Jyoti English Medium School, Nanded, 3 (Manpreet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Balpreet Singh) bt SNBP Institute, Pune, 0.
Manmohan Singh Academy, Shahabad, 10 (Ritesh Pandey 4 Nakhil Rana 2, Sonu Yadav, Aviraj Singh, Suraj Kumar, Arbaj Khan) bt Janta High School, Mapusa, Goa, 0.
Government Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Bankner, Delhi, 3 (Mayank Kumar, Daksh, Ritik Kumar) bt Guru Nanak HSS, Rajnandgaon, 1 (Vivek Kumar Yadav).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
BASKETBALL
St. Xavier’s beats Mira Model in 35th Hansraj Prabhakar basketball tournament
Parv scored 14 points to help St. Xavier’s School to a 31-28 victory over Mira Model School in the under-18 boys section of the 35th Hansraj Prabhakar basketball tournament at the Oxford School courts, Vikaspuri, on Thursday.
The results:
Under-18 boys:
Montfort 26 bt Sanskriti 8.
APS, Dhaula Kuan, 57 (Ishant 21) bt Brain International 28 (Tanuj 21).
St. Xavier’s 31 (Parv 14) bt Mira Model 28 (Akash 10).
Under-17 girls:
St. Xavier’s 23 bt Manavsthali 6.
Under-16 boys:
Montfort 44 (Maadhyam Batra 13) bt Fr. Agnel 43 (Ethan Massey 16).
Maxfort 35 (Vikram 14) bt Mira Model 28 (Arnav 10).
Brain International 22 bt Deepalaya 2.
Under-14 boys:
Bal Bharati 16 bt Sanskriti 8.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
