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Nishank annexes boy’s singles TT title
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New Delhi, June 15
Nishank Bajaj of Manav Sthali School annexed the boy’s singles title when he defeated Varun Jindal of Sachdeva Public School 5-11, 5-11, 11-4, 16-14, 11-5, 11-8 in the 41st Summer Open Table Tennis Tournament at the Talkatora indoor stadium on Sunday.

Himansh P Kala of Central Bank of India will take on Nitin Mahajan of Food Corporation of India in the title clash of men’s singles. Ekta Bhambri of Central Warehousing Corporation will take on Neha Aggarwal of Manav Sthali School in the women’s singles final.

In the semi-finals, Shikha Sharma beat Anjana Bora 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 11-2 while Ekta Bhambri downed Neha Aggarwal 11-7, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9.

In the quarter-final matches, Anjana Bora beat Deepshikha Verma 11-4, 11-9,12-10, 8-11, 11-5; Shikha Sharma beat Divya Jayaram 11-5, 13-11, 11-6, 11-7; Ekta Bhambri beat Aanchal Batra 11-4, 11-4, 11-1, 11-3; Neha Agarwal b V Malini 12-10, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.

Himansh Kala beat Ajay Jha of Food Corporation of India 11-6, 11-5, 11-8, 11-3 while Nitin Mahajan accounted for Harsh Chopra of FCI 12-10, 12-10, 11-9, 5-11, 12-10 in the men’s singles semi-final matches.

In the quarter-finals, Harsh Chopra beat Abhishek Puri 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3; Ajay Jha beat Sunal Jain 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 13-11; Himansh Kala b Ashish Duklan 11-3, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 7-11, 11-9; Nitin Mahajan beat Sunil Ahuja 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5.

Neha Aggarwal beat Shikha Sharma 11-8, 11-4, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9 to lift the girls singles title and also accounted for the sub-junior girls title, beating Shikha Sharma 11-5, 11-4, 11-8.

King B K beat Aman Ahuja 11-9, 13-11, 6-11, 11-2 to bag the sub-junior boys title. Sarthak Gandhi defeated Kartik Kukreja 11-5, 14-12, 11-8 to win the cadet boys crown while Monica Batra beat Vivek Bhargav 4-11, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5 to lift the cadet girls title. Harishit Chand beat Sameer Sahni 11-9, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6 to annex the non-medallist men’s singles title.

Vijay reigns supreme in MRF Motorcross
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New Delhi, June 15
C. Vijay Kumar of Team TVS Racing emerged victorious in the Class 3 Indian Experts (four-stroke class) and the Class 1-Indian Experts (Foreign Open-Moto 2) in the MRF National Motorcross Championship held at the Chitrakoot Stadium. It looked as if everyone had acclimatised themselves to the heat as riders, officials and a large crowd sat enraptured witnessing a truly marvellous show.

Vijay Kumar displayed amazing skill and knowledge of the track while riding to glory. T. K. Viswanath of Team Yamaha led from the hole shot to win the Indian Experts upto 250cc. The track, made up of loose sand, soon started claiming its victims and Viswanath lost his lead on the third lap to compatriot Yogesh Barguge.

Crowd favourite Vijay Kumar was in fourth position and moved into third at Viswanath’s expense. Yogesh maintained his lead, but despite intense pressure from Vijay Kumar and G Prasad, Yogesh rode calmly to come in first.

K. P. Chandan raced to lead in the Indian Novice class above 80cc to 150cc. But he fell a victim to the treacherous track after leading till the third lap. M. Sayed of Jaipur, riding a Yamaha RX 135, roared into the lead in the melee and maintained it throughout to win in style.

Sunil Moite and Ravikant Sharma, both of Jaipur, finished second and third respectively.

C. Jinan lived upto expectation to win the Indian Experts 80cc to 110cc in a start-to-finish effort. In the Indian Experts 2 stroke above 80cc to 150cc, favourite Vijay Kumar got entangled from the hole shot and was in last position.

G. Prasad rode into the lead and maintained it till the fourth lap, where an error led to his fall, and went out of the race. Sayed Ethasham of Team Yamaha then moved into the lead, and held on till the finish line. Syed Rehman of Team TVS Racing, who was in third place, snatched the second spot from Yogesh of Team Yamaha, who did not know what hit him.

Srivastava creates new course record

New Delhi, June 15
Vir Srivastava crafted a gross score of ten-under 51 to create a new course record on the second day of the two-day Governor’s Gold Cup Golf Tournament at the par-61 Raj Bhawan Golf Club course in Nainital, according to information available here. The previous record, an eight-under 53, was also held by Srivastava.

Overnight leader J. S. Naurath won the title with a net score of 19-under 61. M. S. Bhist beat Vikram Kohli on a back-six count back after the two finished tied at 15-under each.

Five-time National Amateur champion Ashok Malik aced the par-3 15th hole, with a well-directed pitching wedge shot. This brought up the second hole-in-one of the tournament. Capt. Navneet Mediratta, the ADC to the Governor of Uttaranchal, carded a hole-in-one on the 10th. The prizes were distributed by Governor of Uttar Pradesh Vishnu Kant Shastri.

The Best Nett Score category on day one was won by Hemant Singh at 10-under, while M. S. Bisht won the event on the second day. Vir Srivastava bagged the ‘Best Gross Score Over 36 Holes’ award. OSR

Easy victory for Vaish Public School
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Rohtak, June 15
Vaish Public School (VPS), Rohtak, defeated Aryavrat Sports Club, Delhi, (ASC) by 97 runs to avenge their defeat in the opening match of the three-match series being played here at the Vaish Public School ground. Both the teams have one victory each to their credit.

Vaish Public School scored 196 in 28.3 overs after winning the toss. Skipper Ankur Jain hit seven fours and a six to compile 39 runs off just 39 balls. Anand Yadav (25), Sachin Bhardwaj (24) and Sandeep (20) were the other top scorers. Ashwani Chugh took 3 wickets for 24 runs and Manish Birsoni came up with a tally of 2 wickets for 42 runs.

In reply the useful knock of 49 by Rohit Bhola went in vain as Aryavrat Sports Club could score only 99 runs in 22.3 overs. Anand Yadav captured 4 wickets for just 13 runs, whereas Anil Sharma and Amit Dahiya took two wickets each, giving away 26 and 31 runs respectively.

DTC ride past BOI
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New Delhi, June 15
Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) rode past Bank of India (BOI) 3-1 in a Group A match of A Division in the Delhi Soccer Association Institutional League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Sunday. DTC have collected six points from three matches and will play their last match against the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). DDA have earned seven points from three matches and the clash against DTC will decide the second semi-final spot as Reserve Bank of India have already qualified for the semis.

Inside-right Rajesh Bisht struck in the fifth and 13th minutes to give DTC a solid start. S. Saha consolidated the position with a goal in the 22nd minute. Sambhu Singh scored the consolation goal for the Bankmen in the 34th minute.

In a Group B Senior Division league match, Punjab National Bank held Northern Railway to a goalless draw.

Monday’s fixture: Delhi Administration vs Railway Board (4 p.m); IGPCL vs AIIMS (5.15 p.m)—Ambedkar Stadium.

Sahil Kher hits century for Sonnet

New Delhi, June 15
Sahil Kher hit a strokeful century as Sonnet drew with National Stadium in a two-day match of the second Gyan Bharati Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the Venkateshwara College ground.

Scores: National Stadium (1st innings): 194 all out in 62 overs (Shivam Sharma 75, Hitesh Rai 50, Mohit Vanjani 3 for 39, Gaurav Dahiya 3 for 67). Second innings: 135 for 6 in 50 overs (Hitesh Rai 41, Shivam Sharma 35, Harsh Deep 25, Karan Khurana 3 for 41, Gaurav Dahiya 2 for 46). Sonnet Club: 226 for 7 in 70 overs (Sahil Kher 108, Shaleen Baweja 49, Shaqib Alam 25 n.o., Sachin Aggarwal 3 for 61).

Rajan Gupta scores ton

Rajan Gupta scored a century and Prem Prateek struck an unbeaten 58 to help Lal Bahadur Shastri Club defeat Delhi University Coaching Centre by six wickets to enter the second round of the I D Paul Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Apex School ground. Rajan Gupta was named the man of the match.

In another match, DAV School, Shalimarbagh beat Crifit Cricket Academy by 58 runs.

Scores: Delhi University Coaching Centre: 217 for 8 in 30 overs (Raman Gujral 67, Lokesh Kumar 30, Rajan Gupta 2 for 25). Shastri Club: 221 for 4 in 24.3 overs (Rajan Gupta 106, Prem Prateek 58 n.o).

DAV School: 206 all out in 29.5 overs (Jaladh Dua 60, Luv Sehrawat 45, Bhanu Sharma 29, Kapil Sharma 3 for 45, Satender Kumar 3 for 18). Crifit Academy: 148 all out in 27.5 overs (Kapil Sharma 33, Anuj Jain 30, Abhishek Sakuja 3 for 25, Ramit Gill 2 for 10, Jaladh Dua 3 for 21).

Ashok Khanna shines

An all-round performance by Ashok Khanna (67 and 3 for 44) and deadly bowling by Sanjay Suraj (4 for 24) helped New South Delhi Club beat Andrewsganj XI by 69 runs to enter the semi-final of the Madhavrao Scindia Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Government School ground, Andrewsganj.

Scores: New South Delhi Club: 233 all out in 24.5 overs (Ashok Khanna 67, Pankaj Malik 54, Sushil Dogra 3 for 23, Sanjay Singh 3 for 30). Andrewsganj: 154 all out in 23.3 overs (Sushil Dogra 45, Sanjay Singh 42, Sanjay Suraj 4 for 24, Ashok Khanna 3 for 44). OSR