India file

Men fourth, women finish fifth
SINGAPORE: Indian men struggled against Canada to cling to fourth spot while the women8217;s team came in fifth among 14 nations competing in the final round of team events at the 14th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships. The women8217;s team reached fifth after beating Canada 4-1 in their last match, improving by one place over last year. The men8217;s team beat Australia 4-1. But it was overwhelmed 0-4 soon after by Canada.
Results men: Against Australia: S Raman lost to Simon Gerada 19-21, 10-21, 21-23; Chetan Baboor bt Trevor Brown 19-21, 21-11, 21-10; Arup Basak bt Brett Clarke 14-21, 21-16, 21-13; Raman-Baboor bt Gerada-Brown 21-9, 21-19. Against Canade: Kurt Liu bt Arjun Dutta 21-16, 21-13; Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi bt Arup Basak 21-19, 17-21, 21-16; Horatio Pintea bt Roy Soumadeep 21-13, 21-14; Johnny Huang-Kurt Liu bt Basak-Soumadeep 21-11, 21-8.

Bikram, Tricia take honours
CHENNAI: Bikram Uberoi won 250 and the India Cements Asian Junior squash circuit invitation tournament at the ICSA courts on Sunday. He beat Yan Ka Ho Hong Kong 9-5 9-2 9-0. In an all-Malaysian girls8217; final, Tricia Chuah scored a 9-0, 9-2, 9-4 win over Cheryl David.
Final placings boys: 1 Bikram Uberoi India, 2 Yan Ka Ho HK, 3 Marcus Yeap Mal, 4 Kelvin Ho Mal, 5 Kenny Ng Mal. Girls: 1 Tricia Chuah Mal, 2 Cherly David Mal, 3 Elise Ng HK, 4 Daphine Ting Mal, 5 Akanksha Hazari HK, 6 Kong Yi Zhen Mal, 7 Vaidehi Reddy India.

Paes plays Uzbek in ATP Challenger
CALCUTTA: Top seed Leander Paes will take on Dmitri Tomashevich of Uzbekistan in the opening round of the ATP Challenger tennis tournament beginning on Monday. Paes8217; match is on Tuesday. Prahlad Srinath, Vishaal Uppal, Mustafa Ghouse and Syed Fazaluddin received wild cards.

Vijayan floors Biju to claim gold
PUNE: AC Vijayan of Army Green floored Biju of Indian Air Force in the first round to bag the gold medal in the super heavyweight class of the 49th Senior Inter-Services boxing championship.
Final results: Fly weight: Ramu Parajuli Army Red bt Bhola Murmu Navy on points. Light welter weight: A Dollar Singh Navy bt Kiran Mane Army Red points. Light middle weight: Hayat Singh Army Red bt Satish Kumar Army green points. Middle weight: Jeevan Fernandes Army Red bt DL Kumar Indian Air Force RSC. Light heavy weight: G Periyar Army Red bt Hardeep Singh Navy points. Heavy weight: Satpal Singh Army Red bt Ram Chandan Army Green points. Super heavy: AC Vijayan Army Green bt Biju Indian Air-Force RSC.

Railway women pip Kerala
PAYANNUR, KERALA: National champion Railway women defeated Kerala 3-2 in the playoff match to decide the top spot in the Group Two leg of the National Volleyball League Railways won 25-13, 21-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-8.