Chandigarh, june 11
Six passengers travelling in a Haryana Roadways bus and a motorcyclist were injured after a collision took place between the bus, car and a biker near the Attawa roundabout in Sector 42 this evening.

The mishap took place at 4.15 pm when the Haryana Roadways bus (HR 68 A 9805), which was coming from Zirakpur, hit the Alto car (PB 65 W 4818) from the rear. As a result, the Alto overturned and hit a motorcycle-borne youth.

The bus, which was being driven at high speed, lost balance after hitting the car and landed on the Attawa roundabout. The driver and the conductor of the bus fled the spot fearing public wrath.

A total of 6 PCR gypsies rushed to the spot, which ferried a total of 15 persons to the hospital, including two children.

Three of the injured were rushed to the GMCH-32, while another 12 were rushed to the GMSH-16.

The police have registered a case of rash and negligent driving against the bus driver.

The driver will be identified from the route register of the Haryana Roadways, said the police.

BUS LANDS ON ROUNdABOUT

The bus, being driven at high speed, lost balance after hitting the car and landed on the Attawa roundabout in Sector 42.

Chandigarh, June 11
Unseeded pair of Rishabh Sharda and Rithvik Chaudary upset second seed pair of Neel Garud and Varun Vaiko, in straight sets, during a main draw doubles of Asians (Boys and Girls) Tennis Championship, held at CLTA courts, here today. Rishabh and Rithvik conceded only two games to make it to semi-finals of the championship at 6-2 and 6-0. Other CLTA trainees Sahishnu Sharma and Lakshay Gupta made it to semis defeating Vansh Bhagtani and Arvind Kalyana in a one-sided match conceding only one game.

Second seed Prinkle Singh and her partner Amineni Shivani defeated Khushbeen Kaur and Rahat Mangat 6-1 and 6-2. In another one-sided match, Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi and Sharanya Shetty defeated Nikita Devi and Princy Panchal 6-0 and 6-2.

Results

Boys doubles (1st round): Theertha Macherla and Drumil Thakkar bt Amit Beniwal and Himanshu Mor 6-3, 6-1; Lakshay Gupta and Sahishnu Sharma bt Vansh Bhagtani and Arvind Kalyana 6-0, 6-1; Bhupender Dahiya and Neeraj Yashpaul bt Dhruv Tangri and Dipin Wadhwa 6-2, 2-6 (10-7); Rithvik Chaudhary and Rishabh Sharda bt Neel Garud and Varun Vaiko 6-2, 6-0.

Girls doubles (1st round): Mehak Jain and Sai Dedeepya Yeddula bt Ishwari Matere and Aesha Patel 6-1, 6-1; Panya Bhalla and Shrivalli Rashmikaa bt Tanisha Bansal and Riya Uboveja 6-2, 6-1; Sravya Shivani and Sharanya Shetty bt Nikita Devi and Princy Panchal 6-0, 6-2; Prinkle Singh and Amineni Shivani bt Khushbeen Kaur and Rahat Mangat 6-1, 6-2.

Consolation matches boys for positions 9 to16: Sahishnu Sharma bt Amit Beniwal 4-0, 5-3; Kevin Patel bt Shaurya Piplani 4-1, 4-0; Thribhuvan Reddy bt Kalvalya Raval 4-2, 4-1; Theertha Shashank Macherla bt Naresh Badgujar 4-1, 5-4(3)

Consolation matches boys for positions 17 to 24: Vaibhav Kundu bt Vikrant Mehta 5-4(2), 
4-5(7), 5-4 (10); Arvind Kalyana bt Krishan Hooda 4-2, 3-5, 4-2; Neel Garud bt Anurag Agarwal 4-2, 4-1; R. Bollipalli bt Vansh Bhagtani 4-0, 4-1

Consolation matches boys for positions 25 to 32: Dhrumil Thakkar bt Tejasvi Mehra 4-1, 4-2; Dharmi Shah bt Abhimanyu Rozra 2-4, 4-1, 4-2

Consolation matches girls for position 9 to16: Sarvya Shivani Chilakalapudi bt Aesha Patel 5-4(2), 5-3; Sharanya Shetty bt Panya Bhalla 5-3, 4-2 ; Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt Nikita Devi 2-4, 4-1, 4-1; Khushbeen Kaur bt Princy Panchal 4-1, 1-4, 4-1

Consolation matches girls for position 17 to 24: Aishwarya Patil bt Prinyanka Jakhar 4-2, 4-1; Raina Zaffar bt Himadri Kashyap 5-4(7), 4-2; Rahat Mangat bt Riya Uboveja 4-5(4), 4-0, 4-2

Consolation matches girls for position 25 to 32: Ishita Singh bt Bindu Kulhria 5-3, 4-2; Nikita Simhabhatia bt Rhythm Aswal 5-3, 5-3.

National rankings

The tournament will give the players points for national ranking. It will offer players in singles category to play matches till position 32. And 25 per cent of ranking points will be added in the national rankings of the players. 

Chandigarh, June 11
The Chandigarh team went down against Amritsar by 180 runs and losed 6 points in the ongoing Punjab Inter-District Cricket Tournament for boys (U-25).

Resuming the game with the score of 51 runs for 4 wickets, Chandigarh team was bowled out for 104 runs in 35.3 overs. Amritsar’s bowlers Kamal Passi (5 for 39) and Ashwani (4 for 35) damaged Chandigarh’s batting line-up. On other hand, Naveen (22 runs) and Simranpreet (20 runs) were the main scorers for the Chandigarh team. Leading by 97 runs, in the first innings, Amritsar declared their second innings at 183 runs for 4 in 35 overs with Rahul Khosla (56 runs), Arush (39 runs), Sharad (34 runs), Rohan Marwaha (27 runs) scoring main shares for the team. For Chandigarh, Gurinder claimed 4 wickets for 93 runs. In reply, Chandigarh team with 281 runs in 45 overs to chase bundled out on 100 runs in 34.1 overs with Amritsar’s Vinay Choudhary claiming 4 for 42 while Ashwani claimed 3 for 28.

Brief scores

Amritsar (1st innings): 201 all out

Chandigarh (1st inning): 104 all out (Naveen 22, Kamal Passi 5 for 39, Ashwani 4 for 35)

Chandigarh (2nd innings): 100 all out in 34.1 overs (Anshul 15, Vinay 4 for 42, Ashwani 3 for 28 Kamal Passi 2 for 28).

In the second match of the tournament, Ludhiana got the better of Mohali and bagged three points, on the basis of first innings lead. Resuming at 172 for 4, Ludhiana team scored 312 runs for 7 wickets in 12 overs. Their innings was sustained by Anil Sihag’s 145 runs contribution studded with 19 fours and a six. He along with Ankit Pursharthy (46 runs) built partnership of 125 runs for the fifth wicket. For bowling side, Gurkirat, Gurpreet and Amish Sidhu claimed 2 wickets each. Chasing the target, Mohali team scored 187 for 4 in 43 overs till the end of day’s play.

Gurkirat (72 runs) and Beerkanwar (52 runs) remained the main scorers for the team and also collected 105 runs for the 5th wicket. For bowling side Amritpal claimed 2 for 31. Mohali got 1 point.

Brief scores

Ludhiana: 312 for 7 declared in 90 overs (Anil Sihag145, Ankit Pursharthy 46, Sandeep 34*,Gurkirat Mann 2 for 74, Gurpreet 2 for 75, Amish 2 for 73)

Mohali: 187 for 4 in 43 overs (Gurkirat Mann 72*, Beerkanwar 52*, Kunal Mahajan 46, Amritpal 2 for 31, Deepak Bansal 1 for 29)

In the third match, Patiala got three points while Jalandhar got one point. Jalandhar team resuming at 379 for 6 declared their innings at 406 for 7 in 100 overs. In reply, Patiala scored 407 runs for 7 in 87.4 overs. Openers Prabhjot Singh and Kunwar Raina added 113 runs for the opening wicket before Kunwar was bowled by Pargat for 55 runs off 86 balls with five boundaries and a six. Himanshu Chawla added 71 runs partnership was stitched for second wicket before Prabhjot was run out on 95 runs. Later, Himashu Chawla and Karan Kaila put on 91 runs for the 5th wicket. Himanshu was caught by wicket keeper Gupta off left arm spinner Yogesh for 96 off 101 balls studded with 11 boundaries and a six . Karan Kaila was castled by Tajinder for 63 off 74 balls with six boundaries and a six. For Jalandhar, Yogesh Kumar claimed 3 for 134.

Brief scores

Jalandhar: 406 for 7 declared (Robin Singh 143, Mandeep (junior) 42, Mandeep Singh (senior) 85, Bhupinder Singh 51*, Beant Singh 3 for 45, Amaninder 3 for 113)

Patiala: 407 for 7 in 87.4 overs (Prabhot Singh 95, Kunwar Raina 55, Himanshu Chawla 96, Karan Kaila 63, Harminder Harry 40, Yogesh Kumar 3 for 134, Pargat Singh 2 for 74).

Chandigarh, June 11
This year’s All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) grass-root level festival for girls and kindergarten kids held at St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, proved fruitful for the attendees.

Young girls and kids are all excited to watch the world cup football tournament. The sub-junior level players, who just started playing soccer and few of them played for Chandigarh in sub-junior level national championships, also stressed that they will encourage people to watch the world cup closely, in order to cheer for better future of soccer in India.

“People usually get amazed, if we kick the football, like normal male players or play with male counterparts. It gives us experience to play against strong rivals. It is a wonderful game and I will encourage my known ones to watch every match,” said Anjali, who played four nationals.

Her counterpart Deep Shikha seconded Anjali and mentioned that the upcoming world cup tournament is a must watch competition. “To learn, one has to understand the concept and same is the way to learn football. We usually observe our senior players developing skills and performing drills that encourage us to perform better than them. And with international players doing the same in the world cup, we would surely try to match upto their quality. At least, it would encourage our moral to learn good things about soccer” said Deepshikha.

Besides local girls, parents of kindergarten kids (soccer players) also looking ahead to spot players in the upcoming tournament. Father of Nikitansh, an eight year old learner at Baichung Bhutia Football School, has specially gifted an Argentinean jersey to his son for encouraging him to play like Messi. He is unaware about the game however, being a father, I am just making sure that he get attached to game to build the initial interest. Argentina is among my favourite teams, so we will be supporting it” said Gunraj Kapoor.

Brisk business

The local sports shops are beeming with products related to FIFA World Cup. The list of products includes special edition of studs (football shoes), shin-guards, team’s jerseys, footballs (matching standards of FIFA World Cup) and many other items. The products are available in both expensive and cheap categories. The original ‘Brazuca’, official match ball for the FIFA World Cup is available for Rs 7,499 while team’s jersey is available for around Rs 3,599. A special edition of five ‘adidas’ studs - adizero™ f50, predator®, nitrocharge™, 11pro and adizero™ f50 Messi- are available for Rs 8,599 each. Also, duplicate items (replica of originals) ranging from Rs 500 to Rs 2,000 are available at various sports goods stores.

Chandigarh, June 11
Putting his frames and selection of shots, in mind before implementing on the green-baize, Indian contender Sahil Nayyar scored a break of 122, in his first frame to lead in last sixteen, during the ongoing ONGC 15th Asian Snooker (U-21) championship being played at UT Guest House, here today.

He dragged the 122 points break against Muhammad Harris Nadeem of Pakistan. In great form, he was looking ahead to pout the break at 135 however he got the cue ball pushed while playing pink and missed last two balls to pocket. In the second frame, Sahil won by 7 points 57-50. He will play against Siyavosh Mozayani of Iran in the quarterfinals.

Results

Group A: Man Ming Wa (HKG) beat Sheldon Senagang (MLY) 4-1 (65-50, 75(55)-28, 84-46, 30-81(45), 67-40)

Group B: Sanjai Amin (IRN) beat Obaid Al-Mehairi Badar (UAE): 4-2 (66-17, 32-66, 57-46, 59-50, 10-73, 57-49

Group E: Hamza Akbar (PAK) beat Amin Mohamed Shamil (SL): 4-0 (94 (48)-16, 62-28, 40-09, 64-21)

Group F: Amir Tariq (PAK) beat Sittichan Chiewan (TH): 4-0 (57-15, 69-12, 67-16, 63-49)

Frame scores (pre-quarter finals)

Dhvaj Haria (IND) beat Alireza Rezaei (IRN): 4-0 (89-19, 60-49, 76-62, 67-41); Siyavosh Mozayani (IRN) beat Sanjai Amin (IRN): 4-2 (68-66, 104-00, 73-09, 21-63, 28-73, 71-25); Sahil Nayyar (IND) beat Muhammad Harris Nadeem (PAK): 4-2 (134(122)-06, 57-50, 47-61, 00-71(70), 78-45, 62-42)

Preliminary round

Aekarvee Angkam (TH) beat Hritik Jain (IND): 4-0 (57-18, 68(51)-11, 74-60, 78-69); Ashutosh Padhy (IND) beat Nikhil Saigal (IND): 4-1 (66-08, 55-43, 67-26, 27-71, 39-35).

Chandigarh, June 11
The Chandigarh Cricket Association (affiliated with Haryana Cricket Association) announced probables’ squad for the preparatory camp of boys (U-19) team. The final selected team will represent the city in the inter-district cricket tournament to be held at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19. The probables’ squad will attend the preparatory camp at the match venue.

Squad: Kapil Punia, Parvesh Sharma, Ankit Choudhry, Deepak, Divyajot Singh, Sahib Singh, Prabtaj Singh, Kartvya, Sanchit Sahu, Rahul Singh, Ramandeep, Munish, Yuvraj, Manmeet, Japjeet, Anish, Anish Mahajan, Harshit, Aseem, Raghav, Rishi Yadav, Tejas Kang. 

Chandigarh, June 11
The Chandigarh Chess Association will organize Open and Girls (under 7 and under-15) chess championship at St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, on June 14 and 15.

The interested players can submit their entries with the organisers before June 13. Four boys and four girls in under-15 years while two boys and two girls in under-7 years category will be selected to represent Chandigarh in the nationals to be held in Kerala (under-15) from August 5 to 12 and West Bengal (under-7) from September 1 to 9. — TNS