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Indian Airlines land in Davinder cricket final
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New Delhi, May 4
Indian Airlines defeated Gush Club by six wickets to enter the final of the Davinder Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Harbaksh Singh Stadium.

Batting first, Gush Club made 210 for 5 in 40 overs, with the help of a 120-run third-wicket stand between Radhey Shyam and Sumit Dogra. In reply, Indian Airlines thrived on the swashbuckling knock of Rajat Bhatia. Scores: Gush Club: 210 for 5 (Radhey Shyam Gupta 100, 4x4, 2x6; Sumit Dogra 81, 6x4, 1x6; Gagandeep Singh 3 for 23). Indian Airlines: 214 for 4 in 39.2 overs (Rajat Bhatia 84 n o, 8x4; Manish Sharma 55, 4x4, Manvinder Bisla 38, Sumit Dogra 1 for 25, Mukesh Diwan 1 for 35).

Sourav Nagpal shines

An all-round display by Sourav Nagpal (96, 3 for 18) helped Achrekar Foundation defeat Shiv Shakti Club, Jind by 58 runs and entered the semi-final of the Maharaja Agarsen Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Ramjas complex. Sourav was named the man of the match.

Scores: Achrekar Foundation: 278 for 6 in 50 overs Sourav Nagpal 96, Arun Bhat 35, Gotham 3 for 35, Rohit Parcha 3 for 48,Naveen Lohan 2 for 49).

Shiv Shakti Club: 220 (Inderjeet 52, Puneet Sharma 47, Deepak 47, Sourav Nagpal 3 for 18, Akhil Goyal 3 for 28, Rahul sonkar 4 for 38).

IMRB International bag badminton title
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New Delhi, May 4
IMRB International defeated Delhi Development Authority 2-1 to bag the first Yonex Suntan Inter-Corporate Badminton Tournament held at the Student Gymkhana of the All India Medical Sciences.

Results: Nakul beat J C Sharma 15-4, 15-7; Maharaj Krishan beat Gaurav Tomar 15-11, 4-15, 15-6; Gourav Tomar and Nakul b Maharaj Krishan and Nand Lal 15-8, 15-4. Nakul was adjudged the best player of the tournament.

Monika, Sandhya lift titles

Monika Batra beat Priya Mittal 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 to annex the under-10 title of the fourth Pallavi Malhotra Inter-School Table Tennis Tournament at the Bal Bharti School ground, Pitampura.

In the under-14 title clash, Sandhya Sehgal beat Vidushi Vats 11-4, 12-10, 11-6. In the under-16 final, Deena Khurana beat Garima 11-8, 11-5, 11-7. Khusbu defeated Ankita Aggarwal 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 in the under-17 title clash. Bal Bharati School principal S C Baveja distributed the prizes.

DSA coaching camp

The Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) will hold coaching camps for under-14 and under-17 boys to spot talent at the grass-root level from Wednesday at the Ambedkar Stadium. The camp will be held from 8 a m to 10a m.

Interested boys may contact convenor of the camps Bachhi Ram at the venue with a registration fee of Rs 50. Former international Ranjit Thapa, Asian Football Confederation 'B' licence holders Tarun Roy, Anadi Barua, Nirmal Singh and a few other coaches will conduct the camps.

Karun Chandhok scores first point
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New Delhi, May 4
Formula 3 driver Karun Chandhok showed signs of progress along with his T-Sport team as he drove confidently to 8th and 5th positions during the two rounds of the British Formula 3 Championship, held at Croft circuit in Yorkshire.

The two top 10 results were Chandhok’s first point scoring finishes in the championship class of the Formula 3. Earlier, the 20-year-old had recorded his highest qualifying positions of the season with 10th places for both the races on Sunday, but was till frustrated by how things ended up. In race 1, Karun did not make a great start, but as the field came through the first complex, he capitalized on another driver’s mistake to move ahead. But race 2 was a much better affair for him as he picked his way through a messy first corner, and went on to improve his standing. Karun has his next two races at Knockhill circuit in Scotland after two weeks.