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Indian boxer in last eightCALCUTTA: India8217;s Mohammad Ali Qamar managed to reach the last-eight stage in the light-fly weight section of the 10th World under-19 Boxing Championships, held at Buenos Aries from November 6 to 16. India had two representatives in this meet with Bhagarajan losing in the first round of feather weight.

Qamar, just above 18 years, defeated the Asian youth champion in the light-fly weight category, Nanam Kuk of Korea, 6-5 in the first round. In the quarter-final, he narrowly lost 8-9 to Russian Alexander Bakhtin.

BSF claim Nehru hockey title

NEW DELHI: Border Security Force defeated Punjab and Sind Bank 2-1 in a subdued all-Jalandhar final to claim their seventh title in the 35th Nehru-ONGC Senior Hockey Tournament at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.