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Sidharth guides SSC into finalSidharth Verma's all-round performance 61 and 2 for 31 helped St Stephen's College beat PGDAV College by 8...

Sidharth guides SSC into final
Sidharth Verma8217;s all-round performance 61 and 2 for 31 helped St Stephen8217;s College beat PGDAV College by 82 runs to enter the final of Delhi University inter-college cricket tournament at the University ground here. St Stephen8217;s will take on Khalsa College in the final tomorrow.Sidharth had earlier made 52 and claimed five wickets in the quarterfinal against Hindu College.
Brief scores: St Stephen8217;s: 210 for 9 in 40 overs Sidharth Verma 61, Salman Shah 32, Mohan Singh 32, Samarjeet Singh 3 for 30, Rajesh Dua 2 for 19. PGDAV: 128 all out in 34.1 overs Samarjeet Singh 33, Pawan 21, Vinay Mohan Singh 2 for 27, Sidharth Verma 2 for 31.

YMCA volleyball
The third New Delhi YMCA state invitational volleyball tournament will be held at the New Delhi YMCA Youth Hostel at Jai Singh Road, from December 6 to 10. Eight teams in the men8217;s section and six in women8217;s category have confirmed entries for the tournament.

Wilson sparkles
A sparkling unbeaten 103 off 83 deliveries by Oniel Wilson 6215;6, 6215;4 helped Sonnet defeat Collage Group by eight wickets to enter the semifinal of Davinder Singh memorial tournament at Harbaksh Stadium.
Brief scores: Collage Group: 169 for 9 in 44.3 overs Satendra Yadav 53, Anil Sinha 28, Deepak Joon 2 for 36, Sourabh Bambi 2 for 35.Sonnet: 170 for 2 in 28.1 overs Oniel Wilson 103 not out, Vishal Sharma 29 not out.

Friendship Cup
Springdales School and Old Springdalian Association will host the second Friendship Cup for cricket tomorrow at the Roshanara Club grounds. The match will be played between Springdales School and Bishop Cotton School Shimla.

Chandra wins
National junior champion Manan Chandra struck form to beat Siddhartha Anand 9-6 in the final of the inaugural 9 Ball Challenger which is being played as part of the National Pool League. Winner of the 8 Ball Challenger a day earlier, U S Chaddha failed to make it to the knockout stage.

Sports medicine
The Sports Authority of India and the Indian Association of Sports Medicine will conduct a two-week certificate course in sports medicine from December 7-20. The course is open to doctors and covers 70 hours of teaching. SAI-IASM will organise Indian Sports Medicine Congress here during December 21-23.

Dhanraj shines
Madras Club, powered by Dhanraj Singh8217;s 68, beat Vijay Yadav Academy by 37 runs to enter the quarterfinal of J D Textiles tournament.
Brief scores: Madras Club: 220 for 8 Dhanraj Singh 68, Rajesh Puri 63, Prateek Kapoor 40, Yogesh Virmani 4 for 34. Vijay Yadav Academy: 183 Ajit Chandila 44, Wasim Raja 30 not out, Pramod Paul 31, Mrinal Saini 25, Mohinder Bisht 3 for 22.

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Neeraj excels
Apollo Tyres 170 for 8: Neeraj 50, Anil Prakash 33, Rahul 2 for 20, Vikram 2 for 31 beat Whirlpool 157: Sandeep Batra 39, Vikram 28 by 13 runs in Reebok Challenge Series.