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Juniors in last eightMUMBAI: Three Indian (under-11) squash players sailed into the last eight of the Fujifilm Hong Kong Open.Naishad R L...

Juniors in last eight

MUMBAI: Three Indian (under-11) squash players sailed into the last eight of the Fujifilm Hong Kong Open.

Naishad R Lalwani beat unseeded Chiu Tsz Chung of Hong Kong 8-9, 6-9, 9-8, 9-5, 9-8. Ishaan P Balwani blanked unseeded Lau Ka Hay of Hong Kong while Sethi drubbed Yip Tsun Tyuen also from Hong Kong 9-3, 9-3, 9-3.

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Mumbai’s Bikram Oberoi crushed Wong Yau Kong of Hong Kong 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 in the boys’ under-19 first round.

Hockey probables

NEW DELHI: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) released a list of 31 probables for the senior team’s coaching camp in preparation of their African tour commencing from August 12. The camp will be held at the Guru Nanak Dev University astroturf ground at Amritsar from July 17-31.

Probables: Goalkeepers: Edward Aloysius (PSB), Ambuj Srivastava (Rlys), Jude Menezes, Brian D’Souza (Bom), Devesh Chauhan (Air-India), Murli Krishna (Hyd). Full backs: Dilip Tirkey, Lazarus Barla (Indian Airlines), Anurag Raghuvanshi (A-I), Dinesh Naik(TN), Cheops D’Costa, Ajay Kumar (Bom). Half backs: Baljit Singh Saini, Baljit Singh Chandi (PSB), Thirumal Valvin (TN), Mohammed Riaz (IA), Ramandeep Singh (Pun), Sukhbir Singh Gill (Bom), Anwar Khan (ONGC). Forwards: Kamal Horo (Services), Gagan Ajit Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Deepak Thakur (A-I), Baljit Singh Dhillon, Daljit Singh Dhillon (Pun), Harpreet Singh (PSB), Samir Dad, Brojen Singh (IA), Senthil, Prabhakaran (TN), Harbhajan Singh (BSF). Chief coach: Vasudevan Baskaran, Assistant coaches: Ramesh Parmeshwaran, Devnayan Singh.

World Cadet

PUNE: A 10-member Indian team, including two coaches, would participate in the World Cadet Wrestling Championship at Nikobing in Denmark from July 28-31.

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Team: 42 kg Triloknath Yadav (UP), 46 kg: Virendra Singh (Haryana), 50 kg: Joginder Singh (Delhi), 54 kg: Mahipal Singh (Haryana), 69 kg: Harinder Singh (UP), 76 Kg: Omprakash Badal (Delhi), 85 kg: Anand Singh (Delhi), 85 plus: Yogesh Dodke (Maharashtra). Coaches: Uttam Patil (Maharashtra) and Atma Prakash(Punjab).

Edwards ton

SHENLEY: Charlotte Edwards scored a maiden Test century as England reached 230-4 on the first day of the one-off women’s cricket Test against India.The 19-year-old opener was out for 108 when she edged a catch to wicketkeeper Anju Jain off Deepa Kulkarni.

India face Thais

NEW DELHI: India take on Thailand in the away first leg of the pre-Olympic Asia Group-9 football qualifier in Suphan Buri, Thailand on Saturday.Doordarshan will telecast the match live from the Suphan Buri Stadium from 1600 hours (IST).

— Agencies

At centre of hijab row, student decides to pull out of Kochi school

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Amid the controversy over a student not being allowed to wear a hijab at a school in Kochi, the student has decided to pull out of the school. Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty, who had previously called on the school to respect the student’s right to wear the hijab, said on Friday that the school was answerable to the government regarding the circumstances surrounding the girl’s decision.

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