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PBG-Artillery Combine wins Bison Trophy

HYDERABAD: President's Body Guard-Artillery Combine blanked National Defence Academy ‘A' by 11 1\2 to 0 goals in the final of the Bison Trophy of the Hyderabad Polo Season at Bison Polo Grounds here on Tuesday.

PBG-Artillery which started with a minus-three goal deficit against its opponents , was off to an impressive start with Mahender Singh opening the account in the first chukker itself and very soon Risaldar Ramesh was on target with two goals.

The story was no different in the second chukker when Mahender Singh was back in his scoring act. In the third and fourth chukkers, Ramesh scored four more goals and Jasmail three to steer PBG-Artillery Combine to an impressive win.

Brig B. A. Prasad, VSM, Deputy General Officer Commanding, Bison Division, & Vice-chairman of Bison Riding & Polo Institute, gave away the prizes.

CL T-20 live on 3-G

The Champions League T-20, now being held in South Africa, is available live on BSNL branded ‘Hello TV' through the BSNL Live for all BNSL 3G mobile users, according to a press release.

This special offer will be available up to September 26 on payment of Rs.20 per one day live viewing, Rs.50 for one week live viewing and Rs.125 for live viewing of entire league matches. For the mobile settings, users are to send <make> space <model> to 58355 and receiving them. Details are also available on http://bsnllive.net.

State Open chess

Andhra Pradesh Chess Association will organise a State open tournament from September 18 to 20 at Kanayaka Parameshwari Temple (Kothapet) here with a total prize money of Rs.23, 000.

There will be special prizes for all age groups, rating categories, best veteran and best players. For details call 9391102940.

Adarsh shines

Chaitanya Bharati Institute of Technology defeated Vasavi Engineering College 39-26 in the first round of the OU Inter-college basketball tournament for men here with Adarsh (26) being the top-scorer.

The scores: Basketball: Men: Preliminary round: MJ College of Engg 44 (Farath 16, Inayath 12) bt St. Joseph's College 14.

CBIT 39 (Adarsh 26) bt Vasavi Engg College 25 (Aditya 12).

Bhavan's Vivekananda 44 (Arjun 16) bt St. Mary's College 26.; MVSR Engg College 47 (Nikilesh 10) bt Amjad Ali Khan College 14 (Ahmad Jaweed 14).

Kabaddi (women):

League: Kasturba Gandhi College bt RBVR College 53-19;; OU Women's College bt Wesley Women's College 50-15.; Govt Degree College, Begumpet,bt Wesley Women's College 32-31; SNV Vanitha Mahavidyalaya bt RBVR College 34-22; Andhra Mahila Sabha bt St. Pious College 33-32 .

Pat for Tirumalai, Lenin

Vijayawada Division Railway Manager, Anurag on Tuesday congratulated physically challenged athlete Tirumalai Kumar, working as commercial clerk, for his selection in the Cerebral Palsy International athletic meet to be held at Nottingham Anurag also congratulated South Central Railway archer Ch. Lenin for his selection to the Indian team for the 4th South East Asian archery Championship.

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