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Sikdar was chosen for the award for being a multiple gold medallist, for displaying consistency in performance and for her fighting spirit.A special award was given to 20-year-old boxer Dingko Singh, who beat World Cup silver medallist Sontaya Wongprates to win India its first boxing gold in 16 years.

V8217;ball Nationals

Calcutta: The 47th Senior National Volleyball Championships will begin at Chinsurah, a town in Hooghly District tomorrow. The tournament, for men and women, will be an eight-day event played under the group league format.In the men8217;s event, reigning champions Kerala, runners-up Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Railways, Bengal, Services, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana will vie for six quarter-final slots in the upper group. On the distaffside, last year semi-finalists Railways, Bengal, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have a direct entry into the quarters.

US team for India

Chandigarh: Jennie Gilbert will lead a 14-member Indo-Cal Hockey Club of California in the 1999 Surjit Memorial Women8217;s hockey tournament to be held in January at Burlton Park, Jalandhar. A number of the team members have represented the US in various international hockey tournaments including Pan-American, World Cup and Atlanta Olympic Games. The team would also play a number of Test8217; matches with local teams before returning to the US.State team PUNE: Maharashtra Amateur Gymnastic Association MAGA announced the state team for the Senior National gymnastic championship scheduled to be held at Rajasthan from January 15 to 19, next year.

Teams Boys: Vishal Deshpande Aurangabad; Ajit Jarade Pune, Harshad Moghe Pune, Sagar Kulkarni Aurangabad, Ranjit Pawar Aurangabad, Rohit Ronge Aurangabad, Satish Nikorkar Pune. Coach: Sanjog Dhole. Manager: AnilDeshpande. Girls Manisha Sharma Pune, Kalyan Kulkarni Pune, Lalit Metha Mumbai, Mansi Topkar Mumbai, Aditi Zavar Mumbai, Tamanna Sayyed Pune, Arya Anjgaonkar Mumbai. Coach: Deepak Surve.

Pujara wins

AHMEDABAD: Vigil Pujara and Anoori Shah posted their second straight wins in the second round of the Under-9 boys and girls categories respectively on the second day of the All India Children8217;s Chess Championship. In the boys8217; under-9 category, second seed Rahul Sangma of Bihar won easily against M Akash.

Lakshmi upsets

KANNUR: TP Lakshmi registered an upset win over JE Kavitha on the inaugural day of the National Junior Girls Chess Championship. Swati Ghate, Pallavi Shah, Nisha Mohota, Arati Parameshwar also scored easy wins today.

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