SPORTS

Tarun Sangha set up title clash with Air Force
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New Delhi, September 22
Tarun Sangha scored a lone goal victory against Shahdara in the second leg of the second semi-final of the Delhi Soccer Association-ONGC Senior Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Monday.

Tarun Sangha will take on defending champions Indian Air Force, New Delhi in the title clash on September 24 (Wednesday) at 3. 30 pm. Delhi Assembly Speaker Subhash Chopra will be the chief guest.

In an absorbing contest, Tarun Sangha mounted pressure on the rival goal with a series of raids fashioned by their medios Debabratha Ghosh, Prabir Roy and Ram Hasda. But their forwards Hara Dhan Kora and Pushpender Dhondiyal failed to seize the opportunities.

Shahdara also made a few counter attacks, marshalled by their seasoned campaigners Dharam Singh Negi and Bhupender Thakur. But no goal materialised in the first half.

On resumption, Tarun Sangha forged ahead when striker Hira Dhan Kora found the target from a goal mouth scramble in the 47th minute.

In the rest of the session, both the teams strove hard to hit the target, but no other goal could be scored. There will be no match on Tuesday.

Kaif plays stellar knock in title victory
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New Delhi, September 22
India star Mohd Kaif played a stellar knock of 70 to help Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) beat Indian Airlines by seven wickets in the final of the All-India Public Sector Cricket Tournament at the Central Secretariat ground on Monday.

Batting first, Indian Airlines were given a respectable total thanks to the 85-run second-wicket partnership between J Arun Kumar and Manvinder Bisla. But the Indian Airlines total of 226 proved inadequate as ONGC were given a flying start by Gagan Khoda and Sandeep Sharma who put on 99 runs for the opening wicket. And then Mohd Kaif and Mithun Minhas swung their blades around like swathes to score some fast runs to help their team post a comfortable title victory.

Scores: Indian Airlines: 226 for 9 in 40 overs (Manavender Bisla 57, J Arun Kumar 33, Shafiq Kant 28, Joginder Sharma 3 for 48, Amit Uniyal 2 for 34).

ONGC: 230 for 3 in 38.5 overs (Mohd Kaif 70, Gagan Khoda 49, Sandeep Sharma 47, Mithun Minhas 46).

Najafgarh Club win
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New Delhi, September 22
Najafgarh Club defeated Rosword Club by 70 runs in the second Friendship Cup Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Stadium. Najafgarh scored 197 for 4 in 35 overs

Scores: Najafgarh: 197 for 4 in 35 overs (Deeraj Kumar 103, Jitender 42, Ravi Sanyar 2 for 42). Rosword Club: 127 all out in 28 overs (Gourav Sharma 31, Ravi 35, Biswas 4 for 16). In another match, Gold Star Academy defeated Sharda Academy by 88 runs.

Scores: Gold Star: 195 for 7 in 35 overs (Ramit Gill 61, Dinesh Kumar 56, Luckey 2 for 22, Devesh 2 for 30, Pankaj 2 for 35).

Sharda Academy: 113 all out in 28 overs (Lukey Lintaj 37, Ramit 4 for 8, Ajay 5 for 20).

Vartik Tihara stars for Modern School
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New Delhi, September 22
A strokeful, unbeaten half century by Delhi Under-15 player Vartik Tihara and deadly bowling of 4 for 28 by Ankit Lamba helped Modern School, Barakhamba Road beat Frank Anthony School by 59 runs in the Parle Cup Inter-School Cricket Tournament at the Modern School ground. In another match, Delhi Public School (DPS), R K Puram defeated Salwan Public School by 10 wickets at the DPS ground.

Scores: Modern School: 149 for 4 in 30 overs (Vartik Tihara 63 n o, Karan Rai 42, Aditya Saini 2 for 29). Frank Anthony Public School: 90 all out in 28.2 overs (Vijay Pandit 44, Ankit Lamba 4 for 28, Nitin Chugh 3 for 14, Karan Harit 2 for 21). Salwan Public: 137 all out in 40 overs (Siddarth Gandhi 64, Nikhil Iyer 3 for 35, Nikhil Bhagat 2 for 5, Tejsvi Yadav 2 for 28).

DPS: 141 for no loss in 12.1 overs (Bharat Suri 66 n o, Abir Lawasa 52 n o, 4x1, 6x3).

Army basketball

Signals beat Punjab Regimental Centre 81-47, Artillery Centre beat Raj Rif 71-62, ASC beat Jat Regimental Centre 84-65 and Sikh Regimental Centre beat Kumaon Regimental Centre 55-41 in the Army Cluster 1 Basketball Championship played at the No 1 Army Hq Signals Regiment Basketball courts, Signal Enclave on Monday.

Karthikeyan finishes fourth
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New Delhi, September 22
Narain Karthikeyan finished fourth in a fast-paced race held at the A-1 Ring, Austria at the Superfund World Series by Nissan Championship. Hampered by mechanical failures and on-track incidents, Narain did, however, manage to garner valuable points to remain second overall in the championship with three more circuits to go.

Narain said after the race that “I deal with on-track incidents at over 150mph in the best way that I can, which of course, is to try and avoids collision. When Siedler moved out of the way for Montagny, they blocked me. I had no choice but to go off-track, control the car and recover for fourth place. These things are not predictable. We are not playing chess out there. I know that I have the pace and the racing skills to win and the Tata Cardlin Team offers me full support. I am racing against the best drivers outside F1 and reaching there is my next and ultimate goal”.

The next race of the Superfund Series will be held at Catalunya, Spain on October 5.

Modern girls enter quarters

New Delhi, September 22
Modern School, Barakhamba Road defeated Oxford School 51-23 to enter the girls section quarter-final of the Ramjas Inter-School Basketball Tournament at the school court at Anand Parvat. Akriti (10) and Anya (8) were the leading scorers.

In other matches Delhi Public School, Mathura Road defeated St. Michael School 55-28 (Sanjay 24, Virender 19), Modern School (BR) beat MCL Hari Nagar 42-15 (Vikram Aditya 8), Salwan Public School beat Tagore International 27-14 (Sahil 21) and Sarvodaya Vidyalaya beat Mann Public School 51-23 (Lalit 21, Ham Ynn 12).

Sachdeva School win

Sachdeva Public School, Rohini took the first position in the Zone XIII Sub-Junior Boys Yoga Championship held at the Government Co-Ed School, Rohini. Sakshi Sharma won the top slot in the sub-junior girls individual event while Vidit Aggarwal finished third in the senior boys section. OSR

Mihir hattricks for Modern School
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New Delhi, September 22
Three goals in a row by Mihir helped Modern School, Vasant Vihar trounce Ramjas Public School, Anand Parbat 8-0 in a Group B match of the Fr. Peter Mermier Memorial Invitational Football Tournament at the De Sales School ground in Janakpuri on Monday. Four goals each were scored in either half. The other scorers were Hiteshwar (2), Jaskaran (2) and Bharat Aggarwal.

Delhi Public School (DPS), R K Puram beat General Raj School, Haus Khas 6-0 in a Group D match. Three goals came in the first half. DPS qualified for the semi-final. Varun (2), Anupam (2), Sanyukt and Ayush were the goal-scorers.

Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) School, Rohini drew with Sumermal Jain Public School, Janakpuri 1-1 in a Pool A match. Both the goals came in the second half. The CRPF School took the lead through Himanshu in the 11th minute.

Pranav Lal equalised for Sumermal School in the 18th minute.

A splendid hattrick by Jefty J was the highlight of St. Francis De Sales School’s 3-1 victory against St. Marks School, Meera Bagh in Group A. Udit scored the consolation goal for St. Marks.

Tuesday’s fixtures: CRPF School vs N K Bagrodia School (9 am); Don Bosco vs Ramjas (10.30 am); St. Francis ‘A’ vs St. Francis ‘B’ (12 pm).

Arjun, Nikhil shine
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New Delhi, September 22
A dashing batting display by Arjun Suri (90) and deadly bowling, including a hattrick, by Nikhil Iyer (5 for 15) helped Delhi Public School, R K Puram defeat New Delhi Public (Vikas Puri) by 159 runs in the 14th Radhakishan Cricket Tournament.

In another match, St. Marks School beat Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vasant Vihar by four wickets.

Scores: DPS: 251 all out in 29.1 overs (Arjun Suri 90, 6x4, 8x6; Abir Lavasa 61, 8x4, 2x6; Harsh Mittal 22, Gaurav Shrivastava 2 for 56, Amit Tejpal 2 for 24, Jasprit Singh 2 for 39). New Delhi Public: 92 all out in 16.5 overs (Vipin Kotyal 53, 7x4, 3x6, Nikhil 5 for 15).

Chinmaya Vidyalaya: 106 all out in 24.2 overs (Ankit Rawal 4 for 20, Nikhil Mahajan 2 for 29).

St. Marks: 109 for 6 in 23.5 overs (Abhimanyu 28, Aditya Dube 2 for 11).