Maharashtra boxing squad named

MUMBAI, NOV 23: A six-member Maharashtra State team will take part in the Junior Boxing nationals to be held at Nagaland from Nov 30 to Dec 5, according to a press release. A 10-member squad for the Sub-jr nationals to be held in West Bengal was also announced.

Teams: Junior: Girish Pawar, Laxman Gurikar, Ram Jagtap, Viththal Patil, Vinayak More, Haresh Yadav. Manager: Ashok Memjade; Coach: Bharat Vavhal; Ring Official: Mulji Koli.

Sub-Jr: Rahul Deshmukh, Pravin Shelar, Mangesh Yadav, Jaisingh Patil, Komal Yadav, Bipin Mahida, Lalit Dengda, Nabi Khan, Deepak Jadhav, Arvind Yadav; Coach: TJ Naik; Manager: Prashant Tikare.

Meanwhile Maharashtra boys clinched two gold, one silver and five bronze medals at the first All India Schools Boxing held at Jalandhar recently.