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Maharashtra women shuttlers excel

MUMBAI, Jan 9: Maharashtra women emerged victorious in the team championships of the 14th All-India Telecom Badminton Tournament which co...

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MUMBAI, Jan 9: Maharashtra women emerged victorious in the team championships of the 14th All-India Telecom Badminton Tournament which concluded today at the Andheri Sports Complex.

MTNL, Mumbai finished runners-up followed by Madhya Pradesh. The men’s team championship was lifted by Orissa.

WINNERS

Men Singles: 1. Bhibas Parida (Ori), 2. Dinesh Yadav (MP), 3. K A Anto (Ker)

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Doubles: 1. Bibhas Parida/ Mustak Khan (Ori); 2. Kiran Adhav/ Suresh Menon (Mah); 3. KA Anto/ M Nujumudin (Ker)

Team: 1. Orissa (Bibhas Parida, Mustak Khan, Sumith Naik, Anupam Patra); 2. Maharashtra (Kiran Adhav, Suresh Menon, S Phulare, RJ Rambole, VS Sharma); 3. Madhya Pradesh (Dinesh Yadav, BR Patel, PK Purohit, GR Pandye, AV Parate)

Veteran: 1. UE Khan (MTNL Mum), 2. Anupam Patra (Ori), 3 IH Minai (UP) Doubles: 1. RS Pandian (TN)/ KP Raghunath (Ker), 2. RJ Rambole/ VS Sharma (Mah), 3. IH Minai/ Anupam Patra

Women Singles: 1. Vandana Deogirikar (MP), 2. Priti Mitra (WB), 3. ArunaPradhan (Mah)

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Doubles: 1. Mamta Risbud/ Aruna Pradhan (Mah), 2. Alka Joglekar/ Sheela Khatri (MTNL Mum), 3. Vandana Deogirikar/ Shalini D’Souza (MP)

Team: 1. Maharashtra (Aruna Pradhan, Mamta Risbud, VK Deshmukh); 2. MTNL Mumbai (Surekha Satam, Alka Joglekar, Sheel Khatri); 3. Madhya Pradesh (Vandana Deogirikar, Vidyotama Agrahari, Shalini D’Souza)

Mixed Doubles: 1. Kiran Adhav/ Mamta Risbud (Mah), 2. Dinesh Yadav/ Vandana Deogirikar (MP), 3. UE Khan/ Alka Joglekar (MTNL Mum)

Nirmala victorious

P Nirmala won the women’s singles title at the Mumbai District Carrom Tournament at the Sharda Mangal Karyalaya today. In the final she rallied to beat Anupama Kadam 10-25, 25-10, 25-22.

OTHER RESULTS (finals)

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Men – Veterans: Anil Kanbi bt Timappa Devadiga 25-15, 25-3; Sub-Jr: Nilesh Koli bt Vikram Pawar 25-0, 25-0

Girls Sub-Jr: Sweta Manchanda bt Asmita Kanukale 25-17, 25-9.

Mithibai bag double

Mithibai won the men’s and women’s team titles of theJunior Colleges’ judo tournament at Tolani College, today. MVLU (men) and Ruia, (women) finished runners-up.

Other Results

OPEN: 1 Sherin Poojari, 2 Harshil Shah, 3 Gurmeet Sokhi (all Mithibai), Rohit Khot (Antonio da Silva Tech.).

BOYS: 40 kgs: 1 Sandeep Mishra, 2 Chetan Jain (both MVLU), 3 Rajesh Nayak (Chinai).45 kgs: 1 Jitendra Patil (Abhinav), 2 Chandrashekar Lokhande (Chinai), 3 Mahesh Jain (MVLU).50 kgs: 1 Rohit Khot (Antonio da Silva), 2 Sumit Jain (Tolani), 3 Nikhil Tari (Patkar), Jayesh Soni (Lala). 55 kgs: 1 Savio Barns (Mithibai), 2 Gurunath Deorukhkar (Lala), 3 Imran Khan (MVLU), Alok Sharma (Chinai).60 kgs: 1 Gurmeet Sokhi (Mithibai), 2 Abhimanyu Rishi (Mithibai), 3 Pranav Mhatre (Bhavan’s), Alpesh Chaurasia (Lala).63 kgs: 1 Harshil Shah (Mithibai), 2 Malcom Faramji (National), 3 Shailesh Kamble (Chinai). 68 kg: 1 Sherin Poojary (Mithibai), 2 Abhijeet Shetty (MVLU), 3 Viraj Chodankar (Lala).

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GIRLS Open: 1 Sonal Ghadge (Ruia), 2 Jeshal Randeria (Mithibai), 3 AparnaChikane (Raghuvanshi), Nandini Patil (Tolani).43 kgs: 1 Jyoti Patel (Mithibai), 2 Fahina Ansari (Mithibai), 3 Surabhi Jogani (Thakur).48 kgs: 1 Sweta Saini (Dalmia), 2 Geeta Dhungana (Chinai), 3 Smitha Shetty (Tolani), Aparna Chikne (Raghuuvanshi).52 kgs: 1 Sonal Ghadge (Ruia), 2 Soonu Wadewala (Mithibai), 3 Nandini Patil (Tolani), Kruti Dalvi (Chinai).62 kgs: 1 Jeshal Randeria (Mithibai), 2 Kashmira Badiya (Tolani), 3 Annie Gonsalves (MIthibai).

Rebels, IIT share points

Rebels Sports Club and IIT Bombay played a 1-all draw in a BHA Division III, pool-A league hockey match at the Naigaum Police HQ Ground, Parel today. Johann Nazareth scored for Rebels while Amit Bhandari equalised.

Kapadia-Natarajan up

D A Kapadia & A Natarajan beat Rajan Shahri & Sudhir Shah 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to enter the 45-plus final of the Khar Gymkhana Veterans tennis tournament, today.

Other Results

55-plus (semis): Dara Billimoria & R Khatav bt A Shenoy & J Shah 7-5, 6-3; Shyam Belani & Shyam Bhagat b VR Iyer & K R Iyer 6-4, 6-1.

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65-plus (semis): K C Rai & H Baijal bt S C Kakar & Chandan 6-1, 6-1; Capt. Godbole & Mohan Mirchandani bt R Godiwala & R Nath 6-4, 6-3.

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