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India defeat ColombiaMUMBAI: India whipped Colombia 3-0 in the 10th World Junior squash championship at Princeton in USA yesterday in the...

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India defeat Colombia
MUMBAI:
India whipped Colombia 3-0 in the 10th World Junior squash championship at Princeton in USA yesterday in the play-off for 17-24 positions.

National champion Ritwik Bhattacharya beat Bernado Samper 9-7, 9-6, 9-0 before a less-than-fully-fit Rohan Juneja gave them the winning lead by outlasting Javier Castella 10-8, 2-9, 9-0, 6-9, 9-6 in an hour, according to information received here.

Gaurav Juneja completed the rout by thrashing Juan Jose Jiminez 9-5, 9-1 in the inconsequential third match of the tie.

Mongia wins
HYDERABAD:
Nitin Mongia of Mumbai8217;s Naval Sailing Club NSC and Arjun Pradeepak of Secunderabad Sailing Club SSC won the fourth and and fifth races respectively in the Laser Standard Rig event in the BPL International Open championship at Hussian Sagar Lake here today.

Mongia won the fourth race in one hour 10.41 minutes, upsetting defending champion Lt R Mahesh, who finished third behind Havaldar Ram Kumar of Corps Engineering Sailing ClubCESC, Pune.

Sanjib to lead
GUWAHATI:
Maharastra8217;s Sheikh Sanjib was named captain of the 21-member Indian squad for the 31st Asian Youth Football Championship under-19 to be held in Bangalore from August 17 to 25, according to All-India Football Federation AIFF.

Team: Naseem Aktar, Prabhjot Singh, Mahesh Gowali, Nitin Prodhan, M Waseem, Farooq Hydre, Noel Wilson, Rocky Barreto all Kerala, Covan Lawrence, Climax Lawrence from Goa, Chandan Das, Shubhasish Roy Chowdhury, Sandeip Guha Bengal, James Singh, Sheikh Sanjib Maharastra, Janak Basumati Assam, Murali J, A Xaviver, Vijay Kumar Karnataka, Pradeep Kumar Punjab, RS Rawat UP.

 

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