India File

The only woman umpire in the country with a `white badge’, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) accreditation to officiate international matches, Soumya will chair early rounds at the Bangkok Land Sports Complex, venue of tennis events.

Basak tops

CALCUTTA: Arup Basak and Anindita Chakraborty retained their Eastern India Table Tennis Championship men’s and women’s titles.

Anindita picked up her third consecutive crown with a 22-20, 21-14, 21-12 victory over national champion Kasturi Chakraborty, while for Basak, it was six-in-a-row. He defeated Arjun Dutta 22-20, 21-13, 21-12 to retain the title which he had first won in 1993.

Air-India lose

NEW DELHI: Punjab XI (Pakistan) beat Bharat Petroleum 5-4 in the quarter-final league match of the ninth Lal Bahadur Shastri hockey tournament.Border Security Force (BSF) scored a 2-1 win over Air-India Academy while Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) routed Northern Railway 3-1.

Bengal, UP win HYDERABAD: Bengal beat Uttar Pradesh 15-3, 6-15, 15-2, 15-2 in the girls’ final of the 21st Sub-Junior National volleyball championship. Andhra Pradesh were third, beating Tamil Nadu 15-6, 8-15, 15-9, 15-8.UP boys reigned supreme, beating AP 15-4, 15-11, 15-4 while Karnataka took the third spot, defeating Tamil Nadu 15-6, 8-15, 15-9, 15-8.