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City team in bridge final
PUNE: Happy Landing, Mumbai, qualified for the final of the team event for the Nivetia Trophy in the women8217;s National Bridge at the Pune Club yesterday.Represented by Vasanti Shah, Hilda Raymond, Yvette Singapuri and Bharati Dey, the team topped the league table with 126 VP.
IOA decision
NEW DELHI: The Indian Olympic Association IOA will decide by August the disciplines for participation in the December Bangkok Asian Games, according to its secretary-general Randhir Singh.
Reacting to reports that the disciplines had already been identified, Singh said IOA8217;s preparation commission was keeping close watch on the training currently in progress at various SAI centres.
Juniortennis
CHENNAI: Fourth seeded Samrita Sekar of Tamil Nadu lowered the colours of top seeded Sasha Abraham of Andhra Pradesh to set up a title clash with third seeded C Nandita in the girls under-14 final in the South Zone third leg Adidas Junior tennis tournament here tomorrow.
In the semifinals this morning, Samrita hardly faced any difficulty in her 6-2, 6-2 drubbing of a totally off-colour Sasha Abraham, while Nandita, survived some anxious moments in the first set before disposing off Shareen Yusuf of Karnataka 6-3, 6-0 to enter the final.
Spikers8217; team
BANGALORE: The Indian team for Good Water Trophy International volleyball tournament to be held in Prague, from June 16 to 21 will be announced tomorrow. The selection trials conducted at the Sports Authority of India southern centre would continue till tomorrow. Japan, Germany, Czech senior and Czech junior would also be taking part.
Junior baseball
NEW DELHI: About 36 teams will be seen in action during the eighthNational Sub-junior baseball championship, starting on May 29 at Thodo Ground, Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
The Indian squad to participate in an international meet to be held in USA will be selected on the basis of performance in this tournament, an Amateur Baseball Federation of India release said today.
Three in lead
SANGLI: Three players Sudhakar Babu Indian Bank, Sriram Jha LIC and Enamul Hussain Bangladesh today emerged as leaders with four points each at the end of fourth round of S K Vaidya Memorial International Rating chess tournament being played here. Fifteen players are half a point behind the leaders. Babu got no advantage against Prathamesh Mokal8217;s Spanish opening but the seasoned International Master tricked the Pune teenager in endgame and scored in 58 moves. Jha easily accounted for Sudhir Kamat 3.
