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S Raman, Arup Basak, Arjun Dutta and Bhushan Thakur are the other players expected to be cleared in the men’s section while N R Indu and Poulomi Ghatak will be the torch-bearers in the women’s section. Former National champion Kamlesh Mehta will accompany the team as coach. The final team list is expected to be announced next week.

S Sridhar (Mumbai) and Arun Bannerjee (Lucknow) will be the two umpires representing India at the event.

Baboor No 72

NEW DELHI: Chetan Baboor, who had a successful stint in the Asia Top 12 tournament in Iran a few months ago, has been ranked world No 72, according to the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) bulletin. The Indian champion has moved one slot up from his 73rd position he held two monthsago. He has an aggregate of 1279 points. Kong Linghui of China leads the rankings in the men’s section with 2033 points.

India joint 113

MUMBAI: India hold the joint 113th position with Barbados in the latest FIFA monthly football rankings. India, thus, have maintained their position since the June rankings. India are occupying the 17th spot, one rung below Vietnam (overall 112th), among the 39 Asian countries to make the International Football Federation’s rankings list.

TN beat HP

COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu trounced Himachal Pradesh 80-15 in the inaugural men’s match of the 15th All-India Telecom kabaddi tournament.

Results: Men: TN bt HP 80-15, AP bt Punjab 64-17, Kar bt J & K 51-22, UP bt MTNL, Delhi 41-26, MTNL, Mumbai bt Haryana 46-12, MP bt Guj 31-10, Northern Telecom Region bt Bihar 30-18, AP bt Kerala 61-25, WB lost to MTNL, Mum, 5-25, MTNL, Delhi bt HP 38-28, TN bt UP 64-11, Raj lost to Mah 12-45, MP bt J & K 59-13, Kerala bt Northern Tel44-29.

Women: TN bt MTNL Del 60-38.