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Hat-trick by Karthikegen

BANGALORE: ASC blanked ADE 3-0 while Karnataka State Police (KSP) drubbed Postal 7-1, as the Puttaiah memorial football tournament for Super Division teams got underway at the football stadium here on Tuesday.

Sourav Das struck a brace for ASC in the 31st and 81st minutes while Rakesh Singh scored one in the 45th minute.

KSP went on a scoring spree in the second session as Karthikegen finished with a hat-trick.

B.V. Pradeep struck early in the seventh minute before Arun Kumar added one before change of ends.

N. Xavier pulled one back for Postal in the 38th minute. However KSP went on a rampage in the second with Srinath (penalty) and Sampath Kumar (free-kick) getting into the scoring act. Karthikegen sealed the issue with strikes in the 78th, 81st and 88th minutes.

Two wins for YCBC

YCBC-Bellary recorded two wins in the semifinal league of the State sub-junior basketball championship at the Sree Kanteerava stadium courts on Tuesday. The Bellary side beat Nationals Mysore 50-26 and Mangalore BC 49-35.

YCBC Vijaynagar, Hospet, beat Mangalore BC 66-43 to remain in contention.

The results: Semifinal league: Boys: YCBC, Bellary, 50 (Kiran Kumar 16) bt Nationals, Mysore, 26 (Jitender Singh 14); Vijayanagar, Hospet, 66 (Rahul 20, Ramesh 13) bt Mangalore BC 43 (Nihal Kumar 21, Myseen 13); YCBC, Bellary, 49 (Kiran Kumar 14, Wesley Joseph 10) bt Mangalore BC 35 (Nihal Kumar 23).

Girls: Vimanapura SC 30 (Aishwarya 12) bt JSC 28 (Rakshitha 23); Merchants (Davangere) 38 (Sneha Paul 16, Lavanya 10) bt Beagles 21 (Sushma 19); Merchants (Davangere) 47 (Lavanya 24, Aparna 16) bt JSC 33 (Rakshitha 12, Divya 10); Beagles 20 (Sushma 15) bt Vimanapura 19.

SIT posts win

SIT prevailed 48-41over Dayanad Sagar CE in the State-level inter-engineering college basketball tournament, Alleyhoop 2008, at the RN Shetty Institute of Technology courts here on Tuesday.

Other results: BMSCE 41 bt RNSIT ‘B’ 21; RNSIT 53 (Darshan 15) bt GAT 43 (Vivek 11); SIT 48 (Ashwin 21, Jagdish 11) bt DSCE 41 (Ashwin 18); MSRIT 50 (Varun 18) bt BMSCE 32 (Samit 10); RNSIT 57 (Ashwin 19, Karun 10) bt MVIT 46 (Adithya 16); MSRIT 74 (Chandy 18, Sridhar 18) bt SIT (Tumkur) 50 (Ashwin 14).

Yusuf shines

Yusuf Shabbir of Tamil Nadu made it a start-to-finish effort in the South Zone selection trials for the National tenpin bowling championship 2008 at the Star City Bowling Centre here on Sunday.

Yusuf had a total pinfall of 6,723 at the end of 36 games for an impressive average of 186.75. Yusuf staved off a strong challenge from Karnataka duo of Madhusudan Bhat (6,686, avg. 185.72) and Brahmalinga (6,652, avg. 184.78).

The top 14 who made the grade: 1. Yusuf Shabbir (TN), 6,723 pinfalls; 2. Madhusudan Bhat (Kar) 6,686; 3. Brahmalinga (Kar) 6,652; 4. Kafil Ahmed (TN), 6,618; 5. Swamy (Kar), 6,554; 6. Lester Daniel (TN), 6,542; 7. Anantha Krishnan (TN), 6,508; 8.Yousuf Khan (Kar), 6,491; 9.Sethu Madhavan (Kar) 6,469; 10.Vengala Omkar (Kar), 6,460; 11. Sridhar (Kar), 6,430; 12.Prem Kumar (Kar), 6,417; 13.Ashok Kumar (TN), 6,397; 14. Vijay Dasari (AP), 6,389.

Team title for state

Karnataka claimed the team championship honours with 29 points in the Bharath Kishore contest, with 29 points at the conclusion of the 55th National Amateur Body Building championship held at Andheri Sports Complex on April 12 and 13. Shannor Ali was adjudged ‘most muscular’ while the `’best poser’ title went to Hemanth Kumar, both from Karnataka.

Earth run

‘Run for Earth… Run for Health’. The organiser Magnatrix, along with the Karnataka Athletic Association, has conceived the ‘Ultra Motor World Earth Health Day’ run on April 20 (Sunday). The run to be gone through in eight categories, will be held in and around Sree Kanteerava stadium to commemorate the World Health Day (April 7) and the World Earth Day on April 22.

Attractive cash prizes (Rs. 5,000, Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 2,000) will be presented to the top three finishers in each of the eight categories.

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