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Gopi Chand triumphs
KOCHI: Top seed Pullela Gopi Chand and Manjusha Kanwar both of IOC clinched the men8217;s and women8217;s singles titles in the Petroleum Sports Control Board PSCB badminton tournament at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Friday. Gopichand outplayed his IOC teammate Nikhil Kanetkar in the men8217;s final 15-7, 15-4 while in the women8217;s title clash Manjusha Kanwar had an easy time upstaging Neelima Choudhary BPCL 11-4, 11-8.
However, Gopichand partnering Kanetka in the doubles finals went down to teammate Jaseel Ismail and Marcos Bristow combine 7-15, 12-15 while PVV Laxmi and Archana Deodhar BPCL lifted the women8217;s doubles title defeating Krishna Hazarika and Deepthi OIL 15-1, 15-6.
Event postponed
NEW DELHI: The 31st Junior Women8217;s National Hockey Championship, scheduled to be held from February 2 to 6 at Gwalior, has been postponed. The Indian Women8217;s Hockey Federation which had made the announcement earlier gave no reason for the postponement nor when it would beheld.
