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Ayya Nadar Janakiammal College wins

Madurai: Ayya Nadar Janakiammal College, Sivakasi, won the Madurai Kamaraj University Champion Trophy inter-collegiate kabaddi tournament defeating Arulmigu Palaniandavar Arts College, Palani, 40-21 in the last match of the four-team round-robin league here on Tuesday.

A.J. College, Sivakasi, emerged winner with five points (two wins and a draw), while APA College, Palani, finished runner-up with four points (two wins and a loss). Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thever College, Usilampatti, was third with two points (two draws and one loss) and MSS Wakf Board College finished fourth with one point (one draw and two losses).

Earlier results (league): AJ College, Sivakasi drew with PMT College, Usilampatti 17-17; AJ College, Sivakasi bt MSS WB College 37-18; APA College, Palani bt MSS WB College 37-18; APA College, Palani bt PMT College 38-25; PMT College drew with MSS WB College 31-31.

Mohamed Sathak CE wins

Mohamed Sathak College of Engineering, Kilakarai, defeated PSNA College, Dindigul, 5-4 in a tie-breaker to win the Anna University Zone-9 inter-engineering football tournament in Ramanathapuram on Monday. At the regulation time, the teams were level l-1.

The results: Final: Mohamed Sathak CE 5 (Panchurajan 2, Arun Kumar, Meeran, Venkatesh) bt PSNA College 4 (Venn Thomas, Chitravel, Varun Mohan, Vijay Ganesh).

Clean sweep

Coimbatore cornered glory with a clean sweep of six titles in the six-day Tamil Nadu Electricity Board inter-zone women's meet, which concluded here on Tuesday.

The results: Badminton: Final: Coimbatore bt Vellore 2-0 (Mini Kumari bt Seetha Lakshmi 21-9, 21-8; Usha Devi bt Rajeswari 21-4, 21-6). (Semifinals): Coimbatore bt Trichy 2-1; Vellore bt Erode 2-0. Throwball: Final: Coimbatore bt Villupuram 15-11, 15-9. Tennikoit: Final: Coimbatore bt Chennai 2-0 (Rosaline bt Ambujam 21-15, 21-17; Gayathiri bt Vasantha Kumari 21-17, 21-10). Chess: 1. Coimbatore (21.5 points), 2.Villupuram (17.5), 3. Madurai (16).

Junior athletics

The Madurai District junior athletic meet for under-14, 16, 18 and 20 boys and girls will be conducted by the MDAA at the Madura College ground from 6 a.m. on August 27. The selected athletes will participate in the 21st inter-district junior meet to be held here from September 1 to 3.

Entries can be sent to P.V. Parthasarathy, President, MDAA, 58A, TPK Road, Madurai, Ph: 2370671.

Chess tournament

The Rathinam Chess Academy will conduct the Virudhunagar district chess tournament for boys and girls (under-7, 9, 12, 13) at Sivakasi on August 27. For details, contact S.R. Rajan, organiser, Ph: 9245284499.

Hat-trick by Nijandhan

A hat-trick by Nijandhan helped St. Paul's Higher Secondary School, Chennai, defeat St. Antony's HSS, Nagapattinam, 4-0 and enter the semifinal of the ninth annual Bells Trophy State-level inter-school hockey tournament here on Tuesday. Parthiban scored the other goal.

Defending Champion St. Mary's HSS, Dindigul, also entered the semifinal with an emphatic 7-2 win over St. John's HSS, Palayankottai.

Cuddalore downs Vellore

Cuddalore defeated Vellore 3-0 in the men's team event in the State senior inter-district badminton championship organised by the Dindigul District Badminton Association at Akshya Vidyalaya indoor Stadium in Dindigul on Tuesday.

The results: Cuddalore bt Vellore 3-0 (R. Vijay Anand bt Nawaz 21-4, 21-3; M. Rajesh Kumar bt Imthiaz 21-10, 17-21, 21-16; M. Vijay Anand/ R. Vijay Anand bt Imthiaz/ Jamal 21-11, 21-12. Tiruallur bt Erode 3-0 (R. Sangamaeswaran bt K. Senthil Velan 13-21, 21-16, 22-20; P. Kandavel bt Kannan 21-16, 21-14; G.D. Yuvaraj/ P. Kandavel bt K. Senthil Velan/ V. Karthikayan, 21-15, 21-15, 21-14.

Dindigul bt Ramanathapuram 3-0 (J. Vijay bt M. Saravanakumar 21-11, 21-16; A. Prakash bt I. Debeen Karthikayan 21-11, 21-14; Vijay/ Gokal bt M. Saravanakumar/ Debeen Karthikayan 21-17, 21-16. Pudukottai bt Nilgiris 3-0 (D. Rama bt C. Prakash 21-11, 21-16; R. Mahanderan bt R. Rajesakeran 21-7, 21-12; T. Sathiya/ P.L. Rajesaker bt C. Prakash/R. Rajesakeran 21-19, 21-11.

Enathi Rajappa wins

Enathi Rajappa College, Pattukottai scored a convincing 77-run win over Bharath College, Thanjavur in the Bharathidasan University Thanjavur zone inter-collegiate cricket tournament at the AVVM Sri Pushpam College ground in Thanjavur on Tuesday.

The scores: Enathi Rajappa College 149 in 25 overs (Karthikeyan 28, Kesavan 25, Ganesh two for 20) bt Bharath College 72 in 18.5 overs; TBML College 152 for nine (Raj Mohan 53, Raman 22, Ramesh three for 16) bt GST College 44 (Sathish Kumar four for 11 and Vimal Rayan two for 5).

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