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Hyderabad Sporting posts convincing victory

HYDERABAD: Striker Khader scored three goals to fashion Hyderabad Sporting’s 4-3 win over Hyderabad Globe in the SAAP premier league prize money football tournament at the Gymkhana here on Friday.

Globe shot ahead in the 14th minute when Raeed converted a penalty kick. Within six minutes, Sporting equalised through Khader and soon his teammate Imran scored the second goal (2-1).

Khader struck twice later to make it 4-1 for Sporting. But Mika and Saleh scored one goal apiece to reduce the margin for the losers.

In another match, State Bank of India and BDL were locked in a 1-1 draw. SBI took the lead in the 15th minute through Prasanjit Banerjee, but S.N. Mallikarjun scored the equaliser for BDL in the 34th minute.

DAV in semifinals

DAV Public School (Kukatpally) scored a 25-11, 25-22 win over Hindu Public School in the boys quarterfinals of the CBSE Cluster VII inter-school volleyball tournament here.

Other results:

Quarterfinals: Boys: DAV (Wadi) bt Nalgonda PS 25-9, 25-13; DAV (Safilguda) bt CRPF (Sec’bad) 25-22, 25-22; BVB (Jubilee Hills) bt DAV (BDL) 25-23, 25-21.

Girls: BVB (Jubilee Hills) bt BVB Sanghi PS 25-7, 25-11; Nalgonda bt Defence Lab School 25-6, 25-23; St. John’s bt PSS EMR 25-11, 25-7; DAV Centenary bt CRPF (Sec’bad) 25-12, 25-11.

Anil triumphs

B. Anil Kumar of Hyderabad 10K Foundation won the men’s 6km road race in the C. Devender Yadav memorial road races organised by the Hyderabad District Athletics Association at the Lal Bahadur Stadium here.

The results:

Men: 6km: 1. B. Anil Kumar (Hyd 10K), 2. G. Appa Rao (APP), 3. Sai Ranga (APP).

Boys: U-18: 6 km: 1. G. Laxman (Hyd 10K), 2. B. Ashok Kumar (Hyd 10K), 3. P. Sandeep (Mbnr). U-15: 3km: 1. B. Arun (Hyd 10K), 2. K. Laxman (RR), 3. A. Mohan (All Saint’s). U-12: 1.5km: 1. Anand (RMHS), 2. Ved Prakash (G. Bharti), 3. Venkatesh (GBHS). Masters: 1.5km: 1. Baganna (CISF), 2. Moulali (Forest Dept.), 3. Venkat Raman (Hyd).

Women: 3km: 1. Rajyalakshmi (SCR), 2. A. Preethi (St. Ann’s), 3. Sirisha (Bhavan’s).

Girls: U-18: 3km: 1. M. Sruthi (Hyd 10K), 2. Uma Maheshwari (Hyd 10K), 3. Usha Rani (Hyd 10K). U-15: 3km: 1. Y. Annapurna (Hyd 10K), 2. Neharika (Keyes), 3. Shabnam (Appolonia). U-12: 1.5km: 1. Arshia Begum (Mahboobia), 2. Pramada (All Saint’s), 3. Shireen (Mahboobia). Masters: 1. Padmavathi (Hyd), 2. Hasina (Hyd), 3. Shanta (Hyd).

Gopi’s spell in vain

Gopi Kishan Gautam’s spell (seven for 48) went in vain for Mahesh Vidya Bhavan as it suffered a 91-run defeat at the hands of Bhavan’s in the Boost Cup under-17 cricket tournament here.

The scores:

Bhavan’s 189 (P. Santosh Kumar 40, Mirza Mustaba 30 not out, Gopi Kishan Guatam seven for 48) bt Mahesh Vidya Bhavan 98.

Shankar bags gold

B. Shankar in standard pistol and Pedda Babu in centre fire pistol clinched gold in the pre-National 17th all-India G.V. Mavlankar shooting championship in Agra, according to information received here.

Andhra shooters also picked three silver and a bronze.

Mallikarjun Rao (air pistol), M.V. Prasad (0.22 rifle prone), Asher Raoof and Rahul (skeet) also qualified for the Nationals.

Other medallists: Wasif Hassan Lateef (trap, silver), G. Thrimurthulu (air rifle, silver), K. Shyam Sundar (0.22 50m prone, silver), D. Narayan Dasu (standard pistol, bronze).

APLTA mourns Nagabhushanam

The Andhra Pradesh Lawn Tennis Association has mourned the demise of T. Nagabhushanam, chairman of Tennis Foundation, also known as Kiran Tennis Foundation. Ashok Kumar, Secretary, APLTA, recalled the contribution of Nagabhushanam for the promotion of the sport and expressed condolences to the bereaved family members.

B.S. Krishan Reddy, President, AP Seniors Players Association, also expressed shock at the death of the official, while recalling that the foundation was started as a non-profit voluntary organisation to promote young talent.

Nagabhushanam’s contribution of Rs. 14 lakh for laying tennis courts in the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School premises was also recalled with gratitude.

Quarterfinalists spotted

Host Acharya Nagarjuna, Osmania, SGB Amaravati, Calicut, Sri Venkateswara, Rajasthan, Kakatiya and Gujarath Vidyapeeth Universities entered the quarterfinals of the of the South-West Zone inter-university handball tournament for men at the ANU campus at Guntur on Friday.

The results: Sri Krishnadevaraya bt Bharathidasan 22-18, Rajasthan bt Baroda 20-5, Solapur bt Ranidurgavati 27-15, Bikaner bt SRTM University 23-20, LNIPE bt JNTU (Hyd) 16-2, Bangalore bt Devi Ahilya 12-9, Acharya Nagarjuna bt R.K.M Vivekananda 21-4, North Maharashtra bt KSKV Kachchh 18-4, Andhra bt MD Saraswathi 19-11, Osmania bt Kerala 18-17, SGB Amaravati bt Karnatak 19-11, Bharati Vidyapeeth bt Mohanlal Sukhadia 22-8, Calicut bt Bhavnagar 22-16, Sri Venkateswara bt Kota 13-10, Rajasthan bt Sri Krishnadevaraya 18-9, LNIPE (Gwalior) bt Bikaner 23-15, RTM Nagpur bt VTU (Belgaum) 19-12, MGU (Kottyam) bt Solapur 31-19, Gujarat Vidyapeeth bt Bangalore 19-12, Osmania bt Mumbai 20-16, SGB Amaravati bt North Maharashtra 16-12, Kakatiya bt Bharati Vidhapeetha 23-14, Calicut bt Andhra 27-13, Acharya Nagarjuna bt Kannur 21-18, Gujarath Vidyapeeth bt LNIPE 21-18, Rajasthan bt MGU (Kottayam) 26-23, Sri Venkateswara bt RTM Nagpur 23-21.
Cricketers for Australia

Andhra Cricket Association, in its executive committee meeting, on Friday has decided to send three under-19 players to the Adelaide-based Australian Cricket Academy for specialised coaching early 2008, according to ACA secretary V. Chamundeswaranath.

The meeting also decided to set up an administrative committee with P.R. Narayanaswami, D.S. Varma and G.J.J. Raju to supervise day-to-day activities of the ACA- VDCA Stadium at Visakhapatnam.
Postponed

The conditioning camp for ACA under-19 women probables, scheduled to start from November 10 at the IGMC Stadium, has been postponed to November 18. The ACA team will be picked on November 24.

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