State squad for NationalsIndia Number two Manjusha Kanwar has withdrawn from the Maharashtra badminton team for the National Games from February 15 to 19. Manjusha requested she be relieved as she intends to play the European Circuit in that period.Maharashtra in finalSurat: Maharashtra girls shocked fancied Kerala 41-40 in the semi-final today, to set up a clash with Madhya Pradesh in the 15th National Youth Basketball Championship final. Result (semi-finals): Maharashtra 41 (Anita Krishnan 10, Minal Patil 9, Renuka Agarwal 7) bt Kerala 40 (Princy 12, Rollin 9) HT 25-26; MP 57 (Poonam 20, Anju 20, Sangita 13) bt Karnataka 32 (Rajalaxmi 9) HT 31-14.Jeev disappointsChandigarh: After two brilliant peformances in South Africa recently, it was a disappointing opening day for Chiranjeev Milkha Singh of India in the Heineken Classic Golf Championship at 72-par 7101-yard The Vines Resort in Perth on Thursday. According to information received here, Jeev was totally off colouras he played four-over 76 with five bogies and the sole consolation birdie at the 18th hole. At the end of the first round, Jeev was lying at the 136th positiion.Bengal prevailINDORE: Bengal made a clean sweep by claiming all the four team titles in the 60th National and Inter-state Junior table tennis championships here on Thursday.Bengal defeated PSCB in both finals of boys category, while their girls team sidelined Tamil Nadu in both finals of girls section.Sushma betters markBANGALORE: Sushma Rana of CISF bettered her own national record in the 25 metre sports pistol event while Tapas Kumar Sikdar of Navy won the 50 M men's free pistol gold from a field filled with internationals at the National shooting championships (ISU rules) here on Thursday.Results:Free Pistol 50 M Open: Tapas Kumar Sikdar (Navy-633.7) 1; Samresh Jung (CISF; Jaspal Rana (CISF.Team: CISF, Navy, BSF.Civilians:N Shanmugam (TN-529) 1; Hemanth Jadhav (Mah; Sumeet Sanghvi (TN.Team: Punjab1; Maharashtra ; Delhi.Junior Men Open: Amol Chauhan (Mah-506) 1; Pemba Tamang (Army); Chaman Lal (Army). Team: Army 1; Maharashtra 2; CISF 3. Sports Pistol 25 M OpenWomen: Team: CISF 1; Army; Delhi. Junior Women Open: Sushma Rana (CISF-560) 1; Sonia Rana (CISF 2; Shilpi Singh (CISF) 3. NR (Old: Sushma Rana 556, Delhi, 1998.
