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Shivakumar's mega venture inaugurated

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BANGALORE: S. Kumar Badminton Academy, Banglaore's first private training centre with its own stadium, was inaugurated on Sunday at Biddrahalli, about 16km from the City on the old Madras Road.

The Academy, which was the brainchild of State coach, Shivakumar, has all the facilities. It was a labour of love for the coach who built it at a cost of Rs.1.5 crore.

The facilities were opened by the local MLA, Mr. Krishnappa, Mr. Nagaraj, Hosakote MLA, former track international Ashwini Nachappa and noted National badminton coach U. Vimal Kumar.

Mr. Krishnappa said that the academy fulfils the long felt need of the Whitefield — KR Puram, which lacked even basic playing facilities, and he assured Shivakumar, that he would offer all assistance to him and was ready to involve himself as a working partner for the worthy project.

Vimal Kunmar said: "it takes guts to build a massive sports complex like this at a remote place. Shivkaumar has shown dedication and determination. And the challenge for him begins now only. I hope he and all those, who care about the game make this venture a viable one and I hope new talents emerge from this place."

Ruth in final

Ruth Misha battled her way to the final of the women's singles in the M.S. Ramaiah-Anandashram State-ranking badminton championship with a 19-21, 21-12, 21-12 victory over Monisha Vinayak at the Prakash Courts here on Monday. In the final, Ruth meets G.M. Nischitha, who beat Jacqueline Kunnath 21-13, 21-14 in the other semifinal.

Meanwhile M.D. Anup Kiran and V. Amar had an easy passage to the summit in the men's singles as their rivals who were nursing injuries preferred to concede. Adip Nayak, who was scheduled to play Amar gave the latter a walk over, as he had suffered an ankle injury in the quarterfinals while Guruprasad, who was nursing a shoulder injury, after playing a few points, conceded the tie to Anup Kiran.

In the veterans' section, former State champion, K.P. Vasanth Kumar humbled the top seed, Jayaram Pai 21-15, 6-21, 21-4 and thus set up a title clash with Vinay Siddaraj who beat Ramu Muthaiah 21-3, 21-6 in the other semifinal.

Other results: Men's doubles: Semifinals: D. Guruprasad & Sreenath w/o Anup Kiran & Adip Nayak; Krishnakumar & Yashukumar w/o Abhijith Naimpally & Vinod Kumar. Veterans doubles: K.P. Vasanth Kumar & Jayaram Pai bt S.K.B. Naidu & Mohanlal 21-15, 21-9; Vinay Siddaraj & Ravikanth bt M. Ramu & Sunil Pai 21-7, 21-8.

CIL, ASC win

The CIL Sports Club defeated MEG 21-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-16 in the State `A' division volleyball league championship here on Monday. In another match, ASC outplayed Sports Hostel 25-14, 25-13, 25-13 while Karnataka State Police got a walk-over from LIC.

Meanwhile the match between ITI and HMT, which was stopped due to bad light would be played on November 8.

HMT enters semifinals

HMT Sports Club prevailed 3-2 over Jain College and entered the semifinals of the BEL Colony Youth Association's State-level hockey tournament here on Monday. Somanna (15th minute), Sukumar (17th) and Kishore (22nd) scored the goals for HMT while the Collegians struck their goals through Avinash (50th) and Naemuddin (58th).

The match between East India HC and Primrose HC was tied at 1-1when the rains curtailed play with about 10 minutes before the final whistle. The remaining period will be played on Tuesday.

Chaitanya wins title

Krishna Chaitanya claimed the title in the over-10 category in the C.V. Raman Chess Academy's tournament here on Sunday. Naren N. Kumar and Mashood won the under-14 and under-12 titles respectively. Meghana (under-8) and P. Nischal (under-10) were the other winners.

Bhaskar scores

B. Bhaskar defeated Sajan Bopanna 890-194 in the State-ranking billiards tournament at the KSBA Hall here on Monday. In the other matches, Arvind Savur defeated Balaji Reddy 723-361 and Vinay Katrela accounted for Sunil Sharma at 374-310. In the junior section snooker event, Ajay Bhushan defeated Majid Khan 41-67, 60-8, 33-65, 58-23, 58-72, 65-39, 73-13. In another match, Balaji Reddy defeated Mundir Sherizie 76-62, 44-53, 76-2, 73-16, 69-3.

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