Akshat, Gaurav win titlesAkshat Kumar and Gaurav Gupta emerged new champions in the Delhi state under-12 and 14, respectively, rapid chess championship held at St Joan's Convent Lodhi complex.Akshat won all the four rounds to win the u-12 title. In the third round, he forced top seed R Srinivasan to resign in the 34th move.In the under-14 section, Gaurav Gupta won the title after getting three points from three rounds.Akshat Kumar, R Srinivasan, Gaurav Gupta and Ashwin will represent Delhi at the Nationals (u-12 and 14) at Guntur (AP).Final placings: Under-12: 1.Akshat Kumar (4 points), 2.R Srinivasan (3), 3.Shasank (2.5), 4.Shailender (2), 5.Sachin (2), 6.Arnav Kumar (2), 7.Sanchit (2), 8.Siddharth (2), 9. Pari Margan (1.5). Under-14: 1.Gaurav Gupta (3), 2.Ashwani (2), 3.Som Sachdeva (1), 4.Varun Sharma (0).Delhi rugbyShiksha Bharti and Sarvodaya Kanya (Raj Nagar) won the boys and girls titles, respectively, in the Delhi State rugby championships. Shiksha Bharti Senior Secondary School (Palam) beat Kalgidhar Khalsa School (Subhash Nagar) 8-3 in the final. In the girls section, Sarvodaya School defeated Shivani Model School 10-0.Shukla shinesOpening batsman Amit Shukla, who aggregated 600 runs with 114 as his highest, and skipper and leg-spinner Sandeep Joshi who claimed 33 wickets, were the most successful batsman and bowler, respectively, in the Delhi Blues team which returned from a month-long tour of the United Kingdom recently.All-rounder Pradeep Deswal (436 runs and 11 wickets), Sandeep Gulati (390 runs), Radhey Shyam Gupta (266 runs), Maninder Bola (21 wickets) and medium pacer Inderbeer Singh (13 wickets) were the other impressive performers on the tour where Delhi Blues played 17 matches, according to coach Gurcharan Singh, who had accompanied the team.Renu to leadRenu Choudhary will lead Delhi women's sub-junior cricket team in the national championship to be held at Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), from September 25 to October 2.Team: Renu Choudhary (captain), Jyoti, Shruti, Pinki, Anuradha, Rekha, Rimple, Meena, Radhika Fozia, Bhavna, Tripti, Neha, Ritu, Mukta Sharma and Mahua. Anuradha Singh (coach, Nr Railway) and Somali (manager).Players honouredInternational football players Prasun Bannerjee, G S Parmar, Sq Ldr S K Singh, Subroto Datta and Air Force team captain Hans Raj were honoured by the Federation of Indian Games today. The federation had earlier honoured Dinesh Aswal (body builder) with a cash award of Rs 21,000. A body show was organised on the occasion. Dinesh Aswal, Dharam Singh, Mukesh, Naresh, Surinder, Rakesh, Parveen and a handicapped boy Anil sharma gave the demonstration.Ajmal Khan winAjmal Khan Coaching Centre beat Shakarpur No. 1 in the Maharaja Agarsen (under-17) Cup on the basis of run rate as the match was abandoned due to rain. Rajinder Bisht scored 87 off 70 balls for the winners while Avtar Singh (33) was the main scorer for the losers.Brief Scores: Ajmal Khan: 171 all out in 38.2 overs (Rajender Bisht 87, Sanjay Rawat 25, Avtar Singh 3 for 24, Dal Chand 2 for 18, Vijay Yadav 2 for 30). Shakar Pur No. 1: 75 for 3 in 23 overs (Avtar Singh 33, Bhagat Singh 2 for 19.CBSE basketballThe CBSE inter-school basketball tournament for boys and girls will be organised by the Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vasant Vihar from October 28 to November 3. Entries close with the organising secretary at phone no. 6147020.
