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Wednesday, Nov 23, 2005

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India blanks Britain

NEW DELHI: India and Russia continued their domination of their groups in the preliminary league of the World Railway badminton championship at the Siri Fort indoor stadium here on Tuesday with effortless victories.

India trounced Britain 11-0 while Russia drubbed Denmark by the same margin. Germany posed some resistance to the Netherlands in its pool `B' match before going down 4-7.

The results:

Russia bt Denmark 11-0; Poland bt Netherlands 9-2; Switzerland bt Czech Republic 8-3; Netherlands bt Germany 7-4; Denmark bt Belgium 6-5.

India bt Britain 11-0 (Arup Baidya and Barnali Raha bt Simon Rhoden and Erica Blamire 15-2, 15-3; Mangrish Palekar and Anita Ohlan bt Kevin Langley and Alex Langley 15-3, 15-3; Hemant Duggal bt Ross Campbell 15-1, 15-1; Mayank Behal bt Duncan Fraser 15-0, 15-4; Sachin Ratti bt Kevin Langley 15-2, 15-1; Arup Baidya bt Craig Harrop 15-6, 15-1; Dhanya Nair bt Lynne Campbell 11-0, 11-2; Anita Ohlan bt Alex Langley 11-0, 11-0; Ratti and Palekar bt Rhoden and Harrop 15-12, 15-4; Duggal and Behal bt Fraser and Campbell 15-3, 15-10; Dhanya and Barnali bt Lynne Campbell and Erica Blamire 15-1, 15-4). — Special Correspondent

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