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Kranthi Kumar the star performer

HYDERABAD: Kranthi Kumar was the star performer for Indian Airlines in it's thumping 15-2 win against Tarabund XI in a lopsided encounter in the A-2 Division hockey league championship at Begumpet Police Stadium here on Thursday.

Winger Kranthi struck six times, brothers Suresh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar and Anil Kumar twice each and Srikanth Reddy, Dheeraj and Mohd Sabir once each for the winner. For the loser, Shaikh Mahaboob and Rakesh Kumar reduced the margin.

10-wkt haul by Venkatesh

Medium-pacer Sai Venkatesh returned with a match-haul of 10 wickets for R. Dayanand XI in it's drawn encounter against VST in the A-Division (two-day) league cricket championship here.

In another match, V. Vamshi Ram (143) helped Continental draw it's encounter against Gemini Friends.

The scores: A-Division (two-day) league: Gemini Friends 308 (G. Rohit Kumar 87, S. Vijay Bharath 63, Sridhar 80 not out, Shravan four for 47) drew with Continental 311 for eight (V. Vamshi Ram 143, Sumet Singh 91).

R. Dayanand 176 (Satyanarayana 50, Taranjeeth 62) and 199 for eight (Sundeep Rajan 65, Satyanarayana 47, Aaron Paul 57 not out, Shakeer four for 58) drew with VST 87 for nine (Sai Venkatesh six for 38) and 105 for eight (Sai Venkatesh four for 22).

SV varsity wins

Sri Venkateshwara University defeated Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam 2-0 in the tennikoit final of the AP Universities non-teaching employees sports meet being held in Tirupati, according to information received here.

The results: tennikoit: Women: Final: SV University bt SP Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam 2-0.

Ball badminton: SK University bt Kakatiya University 29-12, 29-0; ANGRAU bt Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam 29-6, 29-0; SV University bt Veterinary University 29-1, 29-0.

Badminton: SV University bt ANGRAU, Hyd, 15-1, 15-5.

Kabaddi: Andhra University bt SP Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam 45-7; NTR Health University, Vijayawada, bt Nagarjuna University, Guntur, 20-10; SV University bt Telugu University, Hyd, 36-19.

Volleyball: Andhra University bt Osmania 25-23, 20-25, 15-8; Ambedkar University bt Nagarjuna University 25-9, 25-7; SV University bt SK University 25-6, 25-8.

Cricket: ANGRAU, Hyd, 169 for eight bt Ambedkar University 118 for seven.

Sanskrit University, Tirupati, 109 lost to Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam 112 for five.

Kakatiya University 121 bt SK University 101.

Satish posts win

Satish Kumar scored a 9-4 win against Rama Raju in the Sunil Castings-JHIC inter-club tennis tournament here.

The results: Sunil Saraf bt Ravi Mohan 9-3; Satish bt Anjaneyulu 9-3; Kutumba Rao bt Deep Chand 9-1; D.D.R. Reddy bt Sunil Gogia 9-1; Yugandhar Reddy bt Surender Reddy 9-1; A.V. Ramana Reddy bt Ilyas 9-2; Satish Kumar bt Rama Raju 9-4.

Doubles: R. Ananda bt K. Prasad Rao 7-5; Ilyas bt Kanta Rao 7-5.

Group II selections

State-level Group II selections in six disciplines — swimming, table tennis, volleyball, weightlifting & bodybuilding, wrestling and powerlifting — will be held on September 7 instead of the original schedule, according to a press release from the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh. Further details can be had on Phone No. 23212818.

Inter-Services athletics

The 56th inter-Services athletics championship will be organised under the aegis of Artillery Centre (Golconda) from September 5 to 8 at GMC Balayogi Stadium (Gachibowli) near her, according to a press release.

More than 250 swimmers will compete for top honours which will feature some of the internationals from the Army, Air Force and Navy.

Coaching camps

St. Thomas Sports Coaching Foundation will organise tennis and cricket coaching camps for boys and girls at Neredmet from September 1. Contact on Phone No. 98851 87847 for tennis and No. 98854 67600 for cricket.

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