India File

PROBABLES

Goal-keepers: Jude Menezes (Mumbai), PU Bopanna (A-I), Jagdish Ponnappa (IA) RSV Prasad (Services). Defenders: Dilip Tirkey, Lazarus Barla (IA), Dinesh Nayak (TN), Cheops D’Costa (Mumbai), Anurag Raghuvanshi (UP). Mid-fielders: Mohammed Riaz (IA), Baljit Singh Saini(PSB), Ramandeep Singh (Punjab), SS Gill (BPCL), Thirumal Valavan (TN), Nausher Singh (Railways), Ranjit Be6ngra (Services). Forwards: Mukesh Kumar (IA), Dhanraj Pillay (Mumbai), Baljit Singh Dhillon (Punjab), Gagan Ajit Singh (A-I), Sameer Dad (IA), Deepak Thakur (A-I), Senthil (TN), AK Kavin (Kar).

Sita in FIH side

NEW DELHI: Sita Gussain will represent the country in the FIH team which takes on World and Olympic champions Australia in an exhibition hockey match inEgypt on Oct 27. The match is part of FIH’s 75th anniversary celebrations.

Bhupathi-Paes out

SINGAPORE: Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes pulled out of the Heineken Open tennis tournament, citing injury. Bhupathi has not fully recovered from a strain he received in the first round of doubles in the Heineken Open in Shanghai last week.

India drub Thais

DUBAI: India defeated Thailand 4-1 in the Emirates International Snooker Championship. Yasin Merchant raced to a 4-0 win over Wanshana Poomjaeng, Siddharth Rao defeated Kobkit Palajin 4-0. Dharminder Lilly accounted for Ruttanon Kemakat before Ashok Shandilya lost 3-4 to Phirom Ritthiprasong. Sarang Shroff then overcame Montree Chayapiwat 4-2.

Vaidehi claims title

CHENNAI: Vaidehi Reddy won the under-15 title defeating Supriya Balsekar of Mumbai 7-9, 9-6, 9-2, 9-5 in the National sub-junior squash championship at Daly College, Indore, today.

OTHER RESULTS (FINALS)

Boys (U-17): Junaid Nathani (Mah) bt Yashvardhan Singh(MP) 9-5, 3-9, 10-8, 9-6. (U-15): Gaurav Nandajrog (Delhi) bt Sourav Ghosal (WB) 9-10, 9-1, 9-2, 9-5. (U-13): Imran Khan (Delhi) bt Nikhil Seth (Mah) 9-2, 9-0, 9-2; Girls’ (U-17): Pia Abraham (TN) bt Joshna Chinappa (TN) 9-5, 9-6, 9-3. (U-13): Alisha Mashruwala (Mah) bt Natasha Lal (Mah) 10-8, 9-1,9-7.

Zahir Khan for ACA

CHENNAI: Medium pacer T Kumaran and Zahir Khan left Wednesday night for Australia to represent the Australian Cricket Academy (ACA) in matches in Adelaide and New Zealand.

They were selected by speedster Dennis Lillee.

North best

NEW DELHI: Railwaymen from the North emerged the most powerful in an Inter-Zone Wrestling meet at Ambala last night. They won the championship with 52 points, ahead of Eastern (28 pts) and Western Railway (16).