Short Corner

Teams: North: Shiv Kapoor, Bikram Singh, Suleman Ali, Ashok Kumar; East: Abhisek Mitra, Ranjit Singh, Rahul Halwasiya and Gaurav Sinha; West: Rohit Goyal, Lalit Goenka, Wilson D’Mello and Vikrant Chopra; South: Sandeep Syal, Vivek Vijay Raghavan, V Narayan Gaurav and Vignesh Ranga Rao.

BPL draw

The Rs 6 lakh BPL Super Series badminton tournament will be played at the Bombay Gymkhana from January 8 to 11.

The draw for the four-event tournament comprising men’s singles (32 entries), women’s singles (24), men’s doubles (20) and women’s doubles (12) will take place on January 7.

The tournament will be used to select the Indian team for the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup to be held in Manila in February.

Tolani bridge

BIG time bridge returns to Mumbai on Tuesday, January 6 when the Tolani International Grand Prix bridge championship gets under way. The competition will be conducted by the Mumbai Sports and Bridge Association, hosted by the Leela and sponsored by the Tolani Group of Companies.

This year, the fifth edition of the tournament, will see teams from Indonesia, England, Malaysia, Kenya and, in all likelihood, Israel vie along with a host of Indian teams for the prize money amounting to a total of Rs 15 lakhs.

Most of the top Indian players like Jaggi Shivdasani, Rajesh Dalal, Santanu Ghouse, J M Shah and Kiran Nadar will be seen in action.

Telecom TT

The 13th All-India Telecom table tennis championships will be held at the Andheri Sports Complex from January 5 to 9.

A total of 18 teams, including two from Mumbai, will be seen in action.India coach Kamlesh Mehta will be the chief guest and will open the event set for a 10 a.m. today.

The event has drawn 160 players, out of which 30 are women.