India File

Father of India8217;s ace tennis player Leander Paes, Dr Paes had an agreement with East Bengal to assist football coach Monoranjan Bhattacharjee and chalk out a medical chart for the players.

Indians qualify

NEW DELHI: India boys won a bronze finishing third in the World Junior Tennis competition at Jakarta and qualified for the the World Group to be held at Nagoya, Japan from August 24 to 30. However the Indian girls failed to qualify as they finished ninth.

Results

Boys final: Indonesia bt Chinese Taipei 2-1; Semi-final: Chinese Taipei bt India 2-1; For 3rd place: India bt Hong Kong 2-1 P Vishal bt Hiu Tung Yu 6-2 6-4; Parantap Chaturvedi bt Jeffery Wong 6-4 6-0; P Vishal amp; Anand Kumar bt Hiu Tung Yu amp; Jeffery Wong 3-6 3-6

Nashik pipped

PUNE: Mumbai South-West boysdefeated Nashik 52-48 in a thrilling Group D match in the 48th Maharashtra State Inter-District Junior Basketball Championship at the Shiv-Chhatrapati Sports Complex here today.

Results: Boys: Pune 68 bt Latur 27; Mumbai South West 52 Placido Fernandes 21 bt Nasik 48; Akola 56 bt Dhule 53; Nagpur 43 bt Bhandara 17; Kolhapur 34 bt Chandrapur 30; Mumbai S East 72 Shailesh Saldanha 11, Rizwan Siddiqui 11 bt Jalgaon 31; Mumbai North 58 Sachin Mane 15, Nilesh Jadhav 12 bt Parbhani 25.

Girls: Mumbai SE 59 Sushma Holmagi 14, N Pratima 14 bt Chandrapur 2; Mumbai Central 61 Lovita Figueiredo 18, Loveena Figueiredo 14 bt Kolhapur 2; Satara 39 bt Chandrapur 8.

Squash venue

MUMBAI: No decision has yet been taken regarding the Mahindra World Open squash tournament scheduled to be held in Mumbai in December, according to Anil Singh, managing director, Procam Sports.

Denying press reports that suggested a change in venue of the tournament, Singh said that discussions with theProfessional Squash Association PSAand sponsors Mahindras, on various issues are on and the decision will be made public as soon as it is made.