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IAF down ND Heroes in DSA League
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New Delhi, February 17
Former league champions Indian Air Force, New Delhi downed Sivananda-New Delhi Heroes 2-0 in a Group A Super League match of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL

Senior Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital on Sunday. The victory gave Air Force three full points.

Delhi Soccer Association president Umesh Sood inaugurated the championship.

The Air Force-Heroes match lacked punch and verve as it was devoid of good moves. Most of the threatening raids were carried out in the first half, and Air Force took the lead in the 39th minute, a minute before half time, when inside-right Priya Darshan put the ball in after a goalmouth melee generated by a flag-kick.

The second half was also bereft of any thrill, but Air Force nevertheless managed to score their second goal when striker Kalyan Pal’s top-of-the box attempt found its way into the goal.

Earlier, former league champions Nivia-Mughals were held to a goalless draw by Delhi Police in a Group A Super League match to share points. Both the teams wasted goal-bearing moves as Mughal’s Sunil Kumar muffed a good cross from Rajesh Arya while Police’s Mahesh Bisht, Jagya

Ram Boro and Mutalif missed easy chances.

Monday’s fixtures: Indian Nationals vs Frontiers (1 p m); City Club vs Garhwal Heroes (3 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium.

Subhania win in Davinder Cricket
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New Delhi, February 17
Subhania Club beat Trans-Yamuna Cricket Association (TYCA) by four wickets in the opening match of the All-India Davinder Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Tara Devi Mathur Trophy, organised by the Young Friends Cricket Club, at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium in the Delhi Cantonment area in the Capital on Sunday.

Former Indian wicket-keeper Surinder Khanna inaugurated the tournament. Subhania won the toss and elected to field.

Good bowling and fine fielding by young players Ravi Yadav, Kundan Mehra, Kesar Chowdhary and others helped Subhania post a thrilling victory.

TYCA could not amass a handsome total despite having players of the calibre of Harinder Chowdhary and Varun Kumar in their ranks. Subhania were in trouble themselves chasing a modest target, when they lost six wickets for 122 runs in 35 overs, but sensible batting by Lalit Anand and Joginder Singh bailed them out from a tight spot.

Scores: TYCA: 186 all out in 44.4 overs (Varun Kumar 26, Sidharth Verma 59 no, Harinder Chowdhary 39, Rupesh Ahluwalia 3/36).

Subhania: 187 for 6 in 42.2 overs (Kesar Chowdhary 28, Lalit Anand 40 no, 4x4; Joginder Singh 34 no, 4x2; Daman Jeet Singh 25, 4x3; Jitendra 3/39).

Scindia Gold Cup polo
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New Delhi, February 17
McDowell Signatures beat Hyundai Sonata by seven goals to four to win the Maharaja Scindia Gold Cup (12-goal) Polo Tournament at the Jaipur Polo ground in the Capital on Sunday.

In front of packed stands, both the teams displayed superb horsemanship to enthral the holiday crowd. Juan Martin opened the account and Shamsheer Ali added three quick goals in the first chukker for McDowell Signatures while Rajesh Sahgal and Rody William scored one goal each for Hyundai Sonata.

Shamsheer Ali and Martin Nero scored one goal each in the second chukker for McDowell Signatures while Rody William scored one goal each in the third and fourth chukker for Hyundai Sonata. Martin Nero scored a goal in the last chukker to increase their lead to 7-4. In an exhibition match, Raymond Red beat Raymond White 4-2.

Sushil, Shipra adjudged best athletes
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Sushil Yadav

New Delhi, February 17
Sushil Yadav and Shipra Bhatia were adjudged the best boy and girl athlete respectively in the annual sports meet of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mehta Vidyalaya, Kasturba Gandhi Mard, New Delhi. Among the juniors, Varun Negi and Ankita Sharma were declared as the best boy and girl athlete respectively.

Former Indian wicket-keeper Surinder Khanna gave away the prizes. He emphasised the importance of games and sports in children’s lives and added that “if a child played games in a regular and disciplined manner, he or she could achieve anything in life”. Surinder Khanna said “discipline, determination and dedication are the three foundations for achieving greatness in sports and life”, he added.

Many students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan have represented various sports and games at the national level. Some of them are: Divya Drishti and Nityasha Pratap of Class I, who took part in the Under-7 National Swimming and won medals, Neha Kardam and Anju Bhandari, who have excelled in volleyball, Apoor Vij in badminton, Varun Negi and Shivam Sharma in under-14 cycling, Rahul Khanna in cricket, Danish of Class IX in under-19 cricket and Robin Bishit in under-16 cricket.

Chinese Taipei lift korfball title
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New Delhi, February 17
Chinese Taipei routed Japan 21-4 in their last round-robin league match to lift the title in the fifth Asian Oceanian Korfball Championships at the Indira Gandhi indoor stadium in the Capital. Chinese Taipei finished the championship on eight points, two points more than Australia, to win the gold while Australia took the silver collecting six points. Chinese Taipei had beaten Australia 18-14 earlier in the day. Hosts India finished third on four points. India defeated Hong Kong 17-13 in the last match of the championship. Hong Kong finished at the fourth place on two points while Japan ended up as the wooden spoonists without a point. Korfball Federation of India president M.C. Gupta gave away the prizes.

Golf clinic

Former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev will hold a Nike-CGR Golf Clinic at the Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj, on February 19 (Tuesday) at 7.30 p m.) The clinic is a venture between Nike India and Landbase India Ltd, a subsidiary of ITC Ltd., to popularise golf among teenagers. The six-day golf clinic is open to all school children between the age group of 11 to 17 years. Director of Classic Golf Resort and USA PGA certified ‘A’ class professional golfer John D Volz will be the trainer.

Meham Cricket

The fourth Meham Open Cricket Tournament will be held at the Amirchand Sports Complex in Meham (Haryana), to be organised by Meham Sports Club, Meham.