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Paes-Bhupathi winNEW DELHI: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi moved into second round of doubles in the 315,000 Hieneken Shanghai Open b...

Paes-Bhupathi win

NEW DELHI: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi moved into second round of doubles in the 315,000 Hieneken Shanghai Open beating Ben Ellwood Australia and Sargis Sargsian Armenia 6-4, 7-5. They now play the winner of Jan-Michael Gambill and Paul Haarhuis versus Sjeng Schalken and John Van Lottum. The Woodies have been top seeded in the tournament.

Elf in command

NAGPUR: Saket Adhikari8217;s second century 132 of the tournament guided Elf-Vengsarkar Academy, Mumbai, to a huge first innings total of 427 in a Pure Gold Ranji selection trial match against Kamraj Kesri XI here today at the VCA Stadium.

In reply, Kesri XI were 197 for three wickets at close of the second day8217;s play.

The Mumbai outfit 298 for five overnight resumed with unbeaten pair of Saket Adhikari and Onkar Khanwilkar. The latter departed after scoring 38 runs. But before his dismissal, 129 runs were added for the sixth wicket.

Vijayawada to host

VIJAYAWADA: Vijayawada will play host to 21stJunior National u-18 Archery Championships, which will be conducted by Krishna District Archery Association from Dec 2 to 7, according to KDAA secretary Cherukuri Satyanarayana here on Monday.

As many as 250 archers from different states will take part in this six-day championship. Free boarding and lodging facilities will be provided to all participants.

Tisco triumph

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NEW DELHI: Nishant Kumar8217;s excellent performance, coupled with Shahid Qureshi8217;s guile, not only helped Tisco keep a clean slate in pool B but also enabled them sound a firm warning to the rest of the teams in the fray, particularly holders Punjab Police, in the Master Prithvi Nath Sharma Memorial Basketball tournament at the Ajmal Khan Park here today.

Results:

Men: Tisco 102 Nishant Kumar 37 bt Western Railway 82 Ram Kumar 36 HT: 50-27; Punjab Red 69 Pradeep Randhawa 24 bt Prithvi Nath Club 56 Amit Kumar 15 HT: 32-35; Western Railway 82 Ram Kumar 28, Mahinder Kunar Jr 16, Mahinder Kumar Sr 19, Uday 9bt Border Security Force 62 Vipin Kumar 18, Virender Singh 15, Satyanarayana 13 HT: 37-33.

Women: Eastern Railway 69 Rekha Chaudhary 25, Phelomena Joseph 14, Aparna Ghosh 10 bt Delhi 42 Shavni 15, Reshmi 11, Nishitha 11 HT 37-29; Central Railway 70 Jeo Jose 22 bt Punjab 64 Prabhjot 28 HT: 35-34.

PSB rally

CHANDIGARH:Trailing 0-2 and virtually written off till the 45th minute by all those who thronged the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium to witness the final of the 28th All India Gurmit Memorial hockey tournament here today, Punjab and Sind Bank achieved a difficult, if not impossible, task of beating star-sprinkled Punjab Police 4-3 in a thrilling encounter.

Vaidya retires

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BANGALORE: Karnataka wicket keeper Avinash Vaidya today announced his retirement from first class cricket. In a letter to the Karnataka State Cricket Association KSCA, Vaidya has cited 8220;the recurring back injury which was sustained during a Duleep Trophy match at Alwar, Rajasthan in 19958221; as the reasonfor retirement.

Vaidya holds the record of seven catches and two stumpings against Assam in the pre-quarters at Bangalore in 1994-95. 31-year-old Vaidya made his debut in Ranji Trophy in 1994 against Goa.