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KSCA, India Cements enter finalBANGALORE: KSCA XI and India Cements defeated MRF XI and Oil and Natural Gas Commission's ONGC in the se...

KSCA, India Cements enter final

BANGALORE: KSCA XI and India Cements defeated MRF XI and Oil and Natural Gas Commission8217;s ONGC in the semifinals of the KSCA Diamond Jubilee cricket tournament for the Coromandel Trophy.

Brief scores

At KSCA 8212; MRF XI 179 and 263-7 in 40 overs Hemang Badani 100 not out, Hrishikesh Kanitkar 109 lost to KSCA XI 289 and 154-2 in 23.1 overs Mithun Beerala 37, GK Anil Kumar 74 not out, Vijay R Bharadwaj 39 by eight wickets.

At RSI 8212; ONGC 338 and 209 in 39.4 overs Rizwan Shamshad 48; Gokul Krishnan 4-50, Syed Meeraj 3-52 lost to India Cements 342 and 206-2 in 32.1 overs VB Chandrashekar 62, S Suresh 48 not out, Rahul Dravid 65 not out by eight wickets.

K-1000 rally

BANGALORE: Twenty-one cars and 54 bikes will be contesting for the prize when the 25th K-1000 rally begins on Thursday.

Some of the top rallyists in the country 8212; K Prasad, Rohitaaz Kumar, Zubin K Patel and RH Vikram, on the bikes, and Sagar Mutthappa, current Nationalchampion Leelakrishnan and thrice national champion Hari Singh in the four-wheelers 8212; are vying for honours.

Mayur makes it

MUMBAI: Mumbai lad Mayur Mehta was declared overall winner in the 12th International Marathon Swimming Competition held in Lake of Zurich Switzerland on Saturday.

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The 15-year-old student of Kelkar College also won the 10.4 kms and 20.8 kms race in the boys under-18 class between Zolikon and Zurihorn in a record time of two hours, 30.43 minutes and five hours, 30.45 minutes respectively, a release from the organisers said.

In the junior girls8217; under-18, M Tejashree of Mumbai swam 20.8 kms in six hours, 36.34 minutes while Vishruti Vankani of Rajkot swam a distance of 15.6 kms junior girls under-18 in six hours, 4.54 minutes to finish on top in their respective races.

Sailing Nationals

HYDERBAD: The annual Hyderabad sailing week will be held at the Hussain Sagar Lake from August 29 to September 4 during which the Laser National, the Radial, OK Dinghy, thetwo-man enterprise and the Optimist Class National will be held simultaneously.

During this National, a three-member Indian team would be picked up to take part in the World Championship in laser class of boats, which would be held in Australia in December.

Davis captain

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NEW DELHI: The All-India Tennis Association AITA will decide on the issue of the Davis Cup non-playing captain by this year end, India8217;s Davis Cup project director Anil Khanna said.

8212; ENS and Agencies