
Durga for World meet
HALDIA: West Bengal8217;s Durga Midya will be the only Asian representative in the 100-metre sprint of this year8217;s World Athletics Championship for the blind to be held in Spain8217;s Seville.
Midya would be vying with seven other compatriots from different countries in the women8217;s section.
The 24-year old girl works. Durga had earlier taken part in another world meet for the blind in Spain and reached the semi-finals by clocking 12.62 second.
Sricharanya ahead
BANGALORE: Unseeded T Sricharanya of Tamil Nadu fired out statemate and sixth seed M V Preetam while other fancied players advanced into the quarterfinals with easy victories in AITA State Karnataka Open women8217;s tennis championships on the second day. Sricharanya won 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 7-1.
Results pre-quarterfinals: Karishma Patel Guj bt Shereen Yousuf Kar 6-3, 6-1; Radhika Tulpule Mah bt Nandini Perumal AP 6-0, 6-0; Liza Pereira Mah bt Oindrila Majumdar Mah 6-2, 6-2; T Sricharanya TNbt M V Preetam TN 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 7-1; T Yamini TN bt S Praveeni Kar 6-4, 6-1; Sheetal Goutam Kar bt Geetha Manohar AP 6-4, 6-2; Sandhya Kanury TN bt Radha Devendrappa Kar 6-1, 6-4; Tara Kanbargimath Kar bt Ashel Dimi TN 6-0, 6-0.
Junior hockey
NEW DELHI: The Indian Women8217;s Hockey Federation IWHF on Tuesday announced a list of 22 probables for the four-nation Junior Hockey Tournament to be held in New Jersey, from June 24 to 27.
The players are: Suman Deswal, Kiran Bala, Pakpi Devi Railways; Neha, Sarita Khatri, Manju, Babita, Sushila Sharma Delhi; Rebika Devi Manipur; Pushpa Pradhan, Masira Surin, Adlene Kerketta Bihar; Neelima Kujur, Agnecia Lugun, Asrita Toppo Orissa; Gurpreet Kaur, Surinder Kaur, Simarjit Kaur, Meenakshi Haryana; Nishi, Mamta Chandigarh; Mridula UP.
8212; ENS amp; Agencies