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Indian Bank, S. Railway clinch titles

VIRUDHUNAGAR: Indian Bank bagged the Arokya Trophy with a 79-58 win over Integral Coach Factory in the last match of the semifinal round-robin league in the men's section in the fourth annual State-level basketball tournament, here on Wednesday.

Indian Bank emerged victorious with an all-win record and ICF finished runner-up.

In the women's section, Southern Railway claimed the V.K.V. Nataraja Nadar memorial Trophy with a 50-17 victory over Rising Star BC (Chennai), its third win in the four-team league. Rising Star came second, SAI (Salem) third and All Star BC (Chennai) fourth.

The results: Men (league): Indian Bank 79 (Javed Khan 22, Bhuvaneswaran 14, Thangavel 12) bt ICF 58 (Boopalan 20, Ashwin 14); Southern Railway 96 (Saravanarajan 31, Suresh 22, Pasupathy 10) bt BSNL 93 (Kannan 25, Gnanavel 28, Delliraj 15).

Women: Southern Railway 50 (Geetu Arun Jose 14, Anitha 16) bt Rising Star 17 (Divya 10); SAI (Salem) 65 (Anitha 27, Sangeetha 10) bt All Star BC 43 (Punitha Suresh 18, Mahalakshmi 11). — Sports Correspondent

BSNL in quarterfinals

At Tuticorin, BSNL (Chennai) entered the quarterfinals in the men's section defeating Nellai Youths Basketball Club (Tirunelveli) 60-42 in the Karunagaran memorial Trophy State-level basketball tournament, organised jointly by the TBA Club and Tuticorin District Basketball Association, on Thursday.

The results: Men (pre-quarterfinals): BSNL 60 (Gokul 12, Saravanan 19) bt Nellai Youths 42 (Saravana Marimuthu 17, Palani Vignesh 14); Sethu Institute of Technology (Kariapatti) 66 (Mapan 21, P. Deva 11) bt Port Trust (Tuticorin) 54 (Senthilkumar 25); SDAT Sports Hostel of Excellence (Chennai) 55 (Karthik 15, Puvi Arasu 15) bt TBA Club (Tuticorin) 36 (Devan 11, James 11).

Women (league): Nirmala BC (Coimbatore) 69 (Kokilavani 18, Divya 16) bt Dr. L.M.R. BC (Erode) 62 (Kayalvizhi 16, Sivaranjini 10); SAI BC (Salem) 82 (Divya 12) bt Mother Theresa BC (Madurai) 35 (Gunavathy 17, Saranya 11); Golden Eagle BC (Chennai) 45 (V. Rajalakshmi 15, P. Aishwarya 10) bt Mother Theresa 13. — Sports Correspondent

Sukumar takes title

In Tiruchi, C.M. Sukumar won the title in the under-12 category of the Cholamandalam chess championship, conducted by Vijay Anandh Chess Academy.

Final standings: Boys: Under-12: 1. C.M. Sukumar, 2. G. Vishnu Vasanth and 3. Ram; Under-10: 1. Vivekanathan, 2. Regunandan and 3. Surya Prakash. Girls: Under-12: 1. Jennintha Juliet, 2. G. Suruthi and 3. Steffi; Under-10: 1. P. Sangeetha, 2. Janet and 3. A. Nithila.

SBA boxing tournament

The Madurai District boxing competition for boys, girls, men and women will be conducted by the Soldiers Boxing Academy at the Madurai Race Course Stadium on May 7. For details contact the Secretary, Soldiers Boxing Academy, Madurai (Ph: 98430-90079).

Madurai district chess

The Madurai District Chess Association will conduct the District Open chess championship at Madurai on May 6 and 7. Contact Mr. B.T. Sethuraman, Secretary, MDCA (Ph: 98431-55560).

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