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The formidable Maharashtra players did not have to exert too much against their opponents as all their five players carved out straight set victories to give the team their third successive victory.

Results: Maharashtra bt West Bengal A 5-0 Akhil Behl bt Anil Pramanik 9-0 9-1 9-6; Manish Chotrani bt Dhiraj Bhasin 9-1 9-4 9-1; Awish Jaiswal bt Tanveer Ahmed 9-4 9-7 9-4; Saket Wali bt Rahul Suri 9-1 9-1 9-2; Parth Doshi bt JL Shreshtha 9-3 9-1 9-0

Services A8217; bt Uttar Pradesh 5-0; Services B8217; bt West Bengal B8217; 5-0

Coach sacked

MUMBAI: The Squash Rackets Federation of India SRFI has intimated junior national coach Yogendra Singh that his services will not be required. This is an indirect fall-out of Yogendra Singh8217;s decision to send back Bikram Uberoi from the teamduring the World Junior Squash Championship held in Princeton, America last year.

Meanwhile, in an unrelated issue Squash Rackets Association of Maharashtra SRAM committee member Rustom Dalal has resigned, it was announced here.

MOA clarifies

IMPHAL: Manipur Olympic Association MOA president Moirangthem Kumar Singh today denied that the MOA had withdrawn from the National Games Organising Committee NGOC as appeared in a section of the press.

8220;There is no question of MOA withdrawing from the NGOC. It MOA will go in tandem with the state government to conduct the National Games in February,8221; Singh, also the State Education Minister, said.

Triathlon treat

CHENNAI: The final and sixth leg of the Asian Cup Series Triathlon Championship and the 8th Senior National men and women Triathlon will be held here on Sunday.

Sub-jr boxing

DURGAPUR: Twenty-seven teams, including holders Services and runners-up Bihar, have confirmed their participation in the NationalSub-Junior under-17 Boxing Championship which gets under way here on January 12.