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Chennai in team finals

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DINDIGUL: Chennai entered both the men's and women's team final in the State senior inter-district badminton championship organised by the Dindigul District Badminton Association here on Wednesday.

The results: Men (semifinals): Chennai bt Coimbatore 3-0 . Thiruvallur bt Madurai 3-0 . Women (semifinals): Chennai bt Namakal 2-0 .

Coimbatore bt Madurai 2-0 .

IOB downs SECR

At Nagercoil, Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai, registered a 59-51 victory over South East Central Railway (SECR) in the four-team Zone `A' men's league of the second annual IOB-Bharat Ratna Rajeev Gandhi all-India basketball tournament organised by the Kanyakumari District Basketball Association on Tuesday.

The results: Men (`A' Zone): IOB, Chennai 59 (Chandrasekar 14) bt South East Central Railway 51 (Sunder Singh 18).

Women: SECR 61 (Bessen 18) bt Southern Railway 46 (Shyamala 13).

TN mauls Kerala

At Madurai, Tamil Nadu registered two resounding victories — 9-0 over Kerala and 8-0 over Karnataka — in the Employee's Provident Fund organisation South Zone football tournament organised by the Madurai Regional Office on Wednesday.

The results: Tamil Nadu 9 (Damodharan 3, Vedamanickam 2, Muthuraman 2, Manikani, Thirumurugan) bt Kerala 0; Tamil Nadu 8 (Antony 4, Marikani, Damodharan, Vedamanickam, Pradeep) bt Karnataka 0.

Janarthanan advances

At Madurai, V.S.M.R. Janarthanan of Sourashtra Club defeated Mohanarangan of Billiards Kingdom 59-50, 51-43 to enter the third round of the district snooker ranking tournament organised by the Madurai District Billiards and Snooker Association on Wednesday.

Other results:

Second round: Sreeshah (B.K.) bt Anis (U.C.) 64-43, 44-32; Suresh Kumar (Railway Institute) bt D. Gopinath (P.B.) 55-20, 25-66, 64-57; Moovendra Pandian (R.I.) bt R. Senthil (B.K.) 55-32, 25-63, 47-26; A. Packiaraj (R.I.) bt Raja (B.K.) 36-52, 37-26, 62-43; Khaja (B.K.) bt S. Sabarinath (U.C.) 67-26, 39-13; R. Ramesh (R.I.) bt M. Karthikeyan (B.K.) 56-30, 52-21; Bala (B.K.) bt A. Suresh (B.K.) 75-35, 50-51, 45-37.

MSSWB College triumphs

At Madurai, MSS Wakf Board College (MSSWB) beat Ayya Nadar Janakiammal College (ANJA), Sivakasi, 77-49 in the final of the Madurai Kamaraj University Zone `A' inter-collegiate basketball tournament on Wednesday.

The results:

Final: MSSWB College 77 (Jokin Antony 19, Venkatesh 15) bt ANJA College, Sivakasi 49 (Meenakshi Sundaram 15).

St. Mary's HSS in final

At Tirunelveli, defending champion St. Mary's HSS, Dindigul, thrashed. St. Paul's HSS, Chennai, 6-1, to enter the final of the ninth Bells Trophy State-level hockey tournament on Wednesday.

St. Mary's will meet Christhu Raja HSS, Palayamkottai, which crushed St. Xavier's HSS, Palayamkottai, 7-0, in the final.

The results:

Semifinals: St. Mary's HSS 6 (Bharathi 2, Saravana Kumar 2, Karthik, Hari Prasad) bt St. Paul's HSS 1 (Surendar); Cristhuraj HSS 7 (Balu 3, Selvakumar, Vinoth, Sathyaraj, karthi Keyan) bt St. Xavier's HSS 0.

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