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Guntur to meet West Godavari

HYDERABAD: Guntur will take on West Godavari in the handball boys' final of the Chief Minister's Cup State-level sports meet (under-19) on Wednesday. Guntur defeated Warangal 25-21 while West Godavari put it across Kurnool 30-27 in the semifinals on Tuesday.

The results: Handball: Boys (semifinals): Guntur bt Warangal 25-21; West Godavari bt Kurnool 30-27. Girls (semifinals): West Godavari bt Hyderabad 18-10; Guntur bt Warangal 9-3.

Kho kho: Girls (quarterfinals): West Godavari bt Kurnool 7-2; Nellore bt Nalgonda 5-4; East Godavari bt Nalgonda 5-4; Karimnagar bt Warangal 8-5.

Hockey: Boys (semifinals): Hyderabad 4 (Sampath, Sailesh, Sai Kiran, Sai) bt Nalgonda 0. Quarterfinals: Nalgonda 6 bt Guntur 0; Visakhapatnam 3 bt Kadapa 2; Nizamabad 5 bt Chittoor 4; Hyderabad 4 bt East Godavari 1. Girls (semifinals): Kadapa 2 (P. Saraswathi, G. Jhansi) bt Visakhapatnam 1 (Ch. Padma); East Godavari 2 (S. Paramjyothi 2) bt Chittoor 0.

Athletics: Girls: 5km: 1. S. Varalaxmi (Vsp) 28:44.80s, 2. Prasanna (Mbnr), 3. S. Sulochana (Hyd). Boys: 10km: 1. Vijay Bahadur Singh (Hyd) 52:30.70s, 2. Praveen Naik (Wgl), 3. Pratim Kumar (Hyd).

Swimming: Boys: 200m backstroke: 1. P. Laxmana Kumar (Vsp), 2. E. Abhinav Reddy (Hyd), 3. V. Rahul Sai (Vsp). 100m backstroke: 1. S. Ramakrishna (Vsp), 2. C.M. Sai Prasad (RR), 3. Purushotham Rao (RR).

Girls: 50m backstroke: 1. S. Swathi (Vsp), 2. Monica Kaur (Hyd), 3. D. Shanti Laxmi (Mdk). 100m freestyle: 1. N. Shreya Reddy , 2. Ishmeet Kaur (Hyd). 100m backstroke: 1. S.P. Amulya Sravan (Mdk), 2. D. Sankalpa (Mdk), 3. Harshitha Singh (Hyd). 200m butterfly: 1. T. Shilpa Naidu (Vsp), 2. A. Archana (Hyd), 3. M. Kiran Mounika (Kri).

Weightlifting: Boys: 77kg: 1. G.P. Rama Kumar (WG) 227 kg, 2. K. Suresh Babu (WG), 3. D.V. Kiran Kumar (Kri). 85kg: 1. B. Raj Kumar (RR) 297 kg, 2. A. Yadagiri (EG), 3. Shalim Raju (WG).

Softball: Boys (quarterfinals): Karimnagar 1 bt Chittoor 0; Kadapa 4 bt Warangal 2; Hyderabad 2 bt Nellore 1; Guntur 3 bt Mahabubnagar 1.

Football: Semifinal: Visakhapatnam 1 bt Nellore 0.

Ball badminton: Boys (quarterfinals): Krishna bt Guntur 29-26, 29-17; Adilabad bt Nellore 29-22, 29-17; Visakhapatnam bt Karimnagar 29-9, 29-14; Vizianagaram bt Ranga Reddy 29-26, 29-24. Girls: Kurnool bt Adilabad 29 -17, 29-19; Vizianagaram bt Ranga Reddy 29-11, 29-7; East Godavari bt Khammam 29-15, 29-8; Medak bt Krishna 29-22, 11-29, 27-17.

Carrom: Boys (quarterfinals): Irfan Khan (Nzb) bt P. Bharath (Gtr) 25-4, 14-25, 25-14; N. Rahul (Vsp) bt B. Suresh (Adb) 25-24, 25-16; Md. Mushtaq bt B. Nagarjuna 25-12, 25-24; B. Madhusudhan (Nzb) bt N. Rohit (Vsp) 25-0, 25-1. Girls: N. Sushma (RR) bt Ch. Sreenika (Hyd) 25-3, 25-4; B. Sudheshna (RR) bt J. Priyanka (Nlr) 25-0, 25-2; G. Sreenika (RR) bt B. Srividya (Hyd) 25-0, 25-0; D. Sindhuja (Hyd) bt M.S.K. Harika (Vsp) 25-8, 25-8.

SAAP awards

The Sports Authority of AP will present the following awards (along with cash incentives) to the best sportspersons and coaches who brought laurels at the highest level for the years 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Alluri Sitaramaraju Award for best male athlete: P. Shankar (athletics — 2004-05) and Chetan Anand (badminton — 2005-06).

Rani Rudramadevi Award for best female athlete: S. Geetha (athletics — 2004-05) and B. Tejaswini Naidu (powerlifting — 2005-06).

Krupacharya Awards for best coaches: Nagapuri Ramesh (athletics) and S. Indira (gymnastics).

The awards will be presented at the valedictory function of the Chief Minister's Cup at the Lal Bahadur Stadium on Wednesday.

Corporate sports meet

The Fusion corporate sports meet will be held in basketball, badminton and table tennis from Oct. 13. Entries close on Oct. 10. For details, contact 9949625558.

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