Nalini, Saurabh win Khar Gym tennis titles

Mumbai, Feb 12: Nalini Malaya won the girls' under-12 title beating Neena Sharma 7-5 6-2 in the Khar Gymkhana KP Bathija Open Junior tenni...

Mumbai, Feb 12: Nalini Malaya won the girls’ under-12 title beating Neena Sharma 7-5 6-2 in the Khar Gymkhana KP Bathija Open Junior tennis tournament. Saurabh Kohli won the under-16 crown with a 6-4 6-2 win over unseeded Nihal Advani.

Results
Boys’ U-18 (semi-finals): Gavryl Fernandes bt Aditya Madkekar 6-0 3-1 conceded, Rishi Behl bt Kunal Bhojwani 2-6 7-5 6-4. U-16 (final): Saurabh Kohli bt Nihal Advani 6-4 6-2.
Girls’ U-16 (semis): Megha Vakharia bt Krushmi Chheda 6-1 6-1, Isha Lakhani bt Medini Sharma 6-2 6-2. U-14 (semis): Kartiki Bhat bt Niddhi Shah 6-2 6-0, Shradha Lodha bt Llizenka Pereira 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-4). U-12 (final): Nalini Malaya bt Neena Sharma 7-5 6-2.

Sun-Grace champs

Sun-grace Mafatlal won the KC Mahindra Invitational cricket tournament by virtue of their first innings lead of 84 over Air-India at MIG, Bandra, on Saturday.

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Brief scores: Sun-Grace Mafatlal 354 bt Air-India 270 (Dhiraj Jadhav 89, Sanjay Manjrekar 32, Satish Samant 71; Rajesh Pawar 5-103).
Man-of-tournament: Amit Pagnis (Sun-Grace). Best batsman: Dhiraj Jadhav (Air-India). Best bowler: Rajesh Pawar (Sun-Grace). Best umpire: Vilas Bandiwadekar.

BARC claim title

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) won their maiden title in the Times of India cricket tournament, after taking part for 30 years. They became `F’ Division champions bt beating United India Insurance by seven wickets in the 45-over final at Karnatak Ground on Saturday.
Brief scores: United India Insurance 177 in 42.4 overs (Mangesh Shisani 35) lost to BARC 178-3 in 39.3 overs (Avichal Kapur 89 n.o.) by seven wickets.

Navratna win
Thane-based Navratna Krida Mandal scored a 33-28 win over New Vartak Nagar Sports Club in the Thane District-level kabaddi tournament organised by Mukand Sports Club. In another match, Aatmaram Krida Mandal surprised Vijay Sports Club 25-19.

Karnataka players shine
Karnataka players bagged four medals, including two golds, on the second day of the National taekwondo championship at Thane, on Saturday.
Results
Men’s finweight: 1 N Manju Naik (Ktk), 2 SK Sharma (Del), 3 Kishore Singh (Mah) and Sudesh Bharadwaj (Chd). Feather: 1 Pravin Borse (CISF), 2 MV Selvan (Ktk), 3 LM Singh (Mani) and Rizwan Ahmed (UP).
Women’s heavyweight: 1 G Malini (Ktk), 2 Rashmika Pate (Guj), 3 Sweedal Lopes (Mah) and Precila Dias (Goa). Feather: 1 Ranibala Devi (Mani), 2 K Vanajakshi (Knt), 3 Malliaka (Mah) and L Krishnavani (TN).

Ave Maria triumph

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Ave Maria defeated Rebels 3-1 in a third division tie of the Bombay Hockey Association League at Mahindra Stadium on Saturday.
Results (Senior): Fr Agnel w/o Nobody SC; (Div III): Ave Maria 3 (Oswald D’Souza, Peter Fernandes, Niren Pimenta) bt Rebels 1 (E Jacinto).

Singarvelan excels
N Singarvelan (Royal College) stunned top seed Vinod Solanki (MTNL) in the sixth round of the Mumbai Division Selection Chess Tournament at Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Canteen on Friday night. Singarvelan now leads the pack of 132 players with six points and an all-win record.

Holy Cross score

Holy Cross, Kurla, beat RCF Colt 6-5 via the tie-breaker in the Don Bosco Challenge Cup football tournament at the St Joseph’s Technical ground, Kurla, on Saturday. Saby D’Mello, Roshan Kunder, Peter Ochanda, Rajesh Nayak, Soniel Cabral and Rodney Correia netted for Holy Cross. A Rao (2), Richard Noronha, Suresh Bhatt and A Vel scored for RCF Colt.

In Odisha, Modi mounts ‘loot tantra-vs-bachat utsav’ attack on Congress over GST

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday hailed the revised Goods and Services Tax (GST) structures, saying the era of “double bachat (saving) and double kamai (income)” has arrived under the Bharatiya Janata Party rule. Addressing the ' Namo Yuva Samabesh' in Jharsuguda, Modi accused the Congress of indulging in “loot tantra (tactics)” while in power.

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