India File

State teams win

Jalandhar: Hosts Punjab, Bengal, Petroleum Sports Control Board Academy and Assam led teams in the girls section into the last eight of the 60th Junior National and Inter-State table tennis championship here today. Also advancing were Maharashtra A8217; and B8217; and Karnataka.

In the boys team championships PSCB Academy, Bengal, Maharasthra A, Punjab, Maharasthra B and Tamil Nadu reached the quarterfinal knock-out stage. The top seeded Bengal girls blanked Kerala 3-0.

Keralaunbeaten

Chinsurah: Defending champions Kerala continued their winning run crushing Rajasthan in a league tie of the 47th Senior National Volleyball Championships.

Results Men: Kerala bt Rajasthan 15-6 15-6 15-5; Orissa bt Assam 15-2 15-7 15-5; Manipur bt Maharashtra 15-4 15-9 4-15 15-5; Services bt UP 15-7 15-10 15-6; Tamil Nadu bt Andhra Pradesh 15-3 15-9 15-7; Women: Punjab bt Manipur 15-3 15-2 15-2; Haryana bt HP 15-11 15-13 15-0; Karnataka bt TN 15-11 2-15 3-15 15-10 15-12.

MP in quarters

Vijayawada: Madhya Pradesh defeated Chandigarh 24-13 to enter the quarter-finals of the 27th Men8217;s Senior National Handball Championship. Bihar and National Handball Academy also moved into the last eight. Results: Punjab bt Manipur 41-26, Haryana bt Delhi 23-19, UP bt Gujarat 32-28.