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Uttar Pradesh, Bengal to the fore

KOLKATA: Uttar Pradesh and Bengal were to the fore in the Coal India East Zone inter-State badminton championship at the Khudiram Stadium here. U.P. won the men’s and girls’ under-19 team championship while Bengal took the women’s and boys’ under-19 honours.

U.P., Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Uttaranchal and host Bengal, participated in the three-day tournament to identify the National inter-State qualifiers.

The results: Rahamatulla Cup (men): U.P. bt Orissa 3-0 (A. Sharma bt R. Mahapatra 21-10, 21-11; R. Singh bt K.N. Raju 21-10, 21-9; R. Singh / N.P. Sinha bt C.R. Satpathy / R. Behura 21-18, 23-25, 21-17).

Chaddha Cup (women): Bengal bt U.P. 2-0 (Amrita Mukherjee bt Neha Verma 21-9, 21-15; Amrita / Debasree Dey bt Saloni Jain / Sara Naqvi 21-4, 21-6)

Narang Cup (boys): Bengal bt Uttaranchal 2-0 (S. Chatterjee bt B. Agarwal 21-14, 18-21, 21-12; S. Chatterjee / D. Saha bt P. Rohit / B. Agarwal 21-11, 21-19).

Safi Qereshi Cup (girls): U.P. bt Bengal 2-1 (Neha Verma lost to Sheshadri Sanyal 14-21, 15-21; Saloni Jain / Sara Naqvi bt Sheshadri / Moharmala Mukherjee 21-19, 12-21, 21-16; Sara bt Moharmala 21-18, 21-14). — Special Correspondent

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