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State Masters athletics

Madurai: Madurai District Masters Athletic Association will organise the 26th Tamil Nadu State Masters athletics meet on February 23 and 24 at Race Course stadium, here.

Nearly 900 athletes from 21 districts are expected to take part in this meet in 12 age-groups in both sections. Selected athletes from this meet are eligible to represent the State in the National Masters athletic meet at Gauhati in the month of March.

For details call P.V. Parthasarathy, President, MDMAA, Madurai, at 2370671 or 98940-11709.

Indian Bank triumphs

Indian Bank (Chennai) lifted the G. Sundararajan Manivizha Trophy defeating Sports Authority of India (Salem) 83-62 in the last match of the semifinal round robin league in the 14th annual Sax Memorial State-level basketball tournament at Dindigul recently.

Indian Bank emerged winner with an all-win record, while SAI Salem finished runner-up losing only to Indian Bank. South Zone Police finished third.

The results (league): Indian Bank 83 (Yogesh Yadav 32, Gopi 18) bt SAI Salem 62 (Ramkumar 28, Karmal 22); South Zone Police 66 (Rajkumar 28, Vigneswara Muthy 21) bt Armed Police (Coimbatore) 60 (Gopi 11, Karthik 18); Indian Bank 81 (Lingeshwar 28, Gopi 20) bt Armed Police 28 (Arun 10, Gopi 15); SAI Salem 67 (Ramkumar 35, Ramakrishnan 18) bt South Zone Police 46 (Nagaraj 17, Venkata Krishnan 14); Indian Bank 66 (Yogesh Yadav 23, Gopi 6) bt Armed Police 48 (Bharathi 18, Karthik 10); SAI Salem 67 (Karmel 15, Ramkumar 22) bt South Zone Police 46 (Rajkumar 16, Dayalan 10).

Open chess tournament

Champion Chess Centre will organise a State-level open chess tournament at Madurai on February 17. For details, call Senthil Kumaran at 98430-17123. — Sports Correspondent

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