
WR, BSF in title clash
NEW DELHI: Western Railway Mumbai staged a dramatic rally after being down 0-2 till the half time to stroke out Punjab and Sind Bank Academy, 6-5, via tie breaker in the semi-final of the 19th Servo Sanjay Gandhi Hockey Tournament here on Monday.
In the other semi-final, Shinu Herenz scored a fine hatrick to enable Border Security Force BSF score a facile 6-1 win over Army Signal Corp ASC and set up a title clash with Western Railway on Tuesday.
Orissa in QF
CHINSURAH HOOGHLY: Orissa entered the quarterfinals of the 47th Senior National Volleyball Championship here on Monday for the second time defeating a fighting Manipur, 3-1, in their last Group D engagement.With the 15-6, 12-15, 15-5, 15-5, Orissa now take on either Kerala or Punjab in the quarterfinals.
In the women8217;s event, last year8217;s runners up West Bengal, which already reserved their berth in the last eight, finished top of the Group B league crushing Madhya Pradesh in straight 15-4, 15-10,15-0.
Other results
Men Group D: Jammu amp; Kashmir bt Arunachal Pradesh 15-7, 15-7, 15-0.Women Group C: Chandigarh bt Gujarat 15-5, 15-5, 15-4.
Victorious return
MUMBAI: Team JK Tyres8217; Akbar Ebrahim and Gurunath Meyappan triumphed in the Formula Maruti category at the JK Tyre International race in the Kings Lager Motor Races and Mini-Grand Prix in Sri Lanka recently.
Akbar also finished first in the Formula Ford category. The other members included SP Raman, Parthiv Suresh, Gautam Mani, Harish Samtani, Vikram Murthy, PD Satyanarayana, Uday Eswaran and Radha Selvaraj.
Chadda dead
HYDERABAD: Sriram Chadda, former secretary of Badminton Association of India BAI and life vice-president of International Badminton Federation IBF passed away at his native place in Jabalpur, Sunday night. He was 74.He is survived by his wife, son and two daughters. Chaddha had been suffering from parkinson8217;s disease for the last six months.
Natl wrestling
NASHIK: Wrestlers NavnathGhule, Kaka Pawar of Maharashtra, Krupashankar Railway, Raju Tomar of Delhi, Jogindar of Haryana and Ashok Kumar of Uttar Pradesh reached the semifinal round in the free style and Greeko Roman type on the second day of the 45th National Mahapour Karandak Wrestling Championship on Sunday.
In the ladies section, Maharashtra8217;s, Soulochana Kapi and Dhaneshwari were defeated.