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Tennis at East Delhi
A tennis coaching scheme, jointly executed by former Davis Cupper Shyam Minotra and the Delhi Development Authority, will get underway on July 1, 1998 at the Yamuna Sports Complex, East Delhi.

Boys and girls studying in government schools nominated by DDA will be given free coaching. Raquets, balls etc will also be provided free of cost. A rough budget of Rs 4 lakh has been envisaged. The DDA is also planning for an arrangement whereby the kids will be picked up from school and dropped back after the coaching sesson. Apart from the free scheme, there will also be a regular pay and play scheme. As a prelude to the scheme, a summer camp will be held from June 4 8211; 13 from 8 8211; 10 a.m under coach Hanuman Singh.

Interested players should contact Secretary8217;s office, Yamuna Sports Complex. Fees: Rs 600.

Surender is sole leader
Surender Sharma is the sole leader after the seventh round in the third Bhagawati Gas Open Chess Tournament at the Russian Cultural Centre.

Surrender 6.5 drew with Ram Kishan Gupta 5.5 in 46 moves. Close behind the leader is K.B.L. Srivastava of DDA with 6 points.

Results: Surrender Kumar 6.5 drew with R.K.Gupta 5.5; H.S.Verma 5 lost to KBL Srivastava 6; D.Dutta 5.5 beat Shantnu Singh 5; M.G.Kalra 4.5 lost to Sunil Anand 5.5; Chander Pal 4.5 drew with M.S.Mudgil 4.5.Youngsters lose
South District Police c.c 195: Umesh Kumar 41, K.S.Bedi 36, Dharmender 23, Sunil 30, Ashok Chauhan 4 for 30 beat Youngster c.c 94: Lucky Mehta 43, Sanjay Khurana 14, K.S.Bedi 3 for 16 by 101 runs to enter the quarter-final of the Nehru Memorial Cricket Tournament.

South Delhi triumph
South Delhi c.c 153 for 5 in 31.1 overs: Rajesh Boora 36, Punkaj Dhirmani 33, Parinder Sharma 26, Hitesh 16, Vijay Waliya 2 for 56, Yogesh Tyagi 2 for 28 defeated Sonnet c.c 149 in 39 overs: Yashpal Singh 30,Devinder Singh 46, Saket Bhatia 20, Bharat Bhushan 2 for 41, Ashish Malhotra 2 for 28, Nischal Gaur 4 for 22 by five wickets in the Lala Raghubir Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament.

Surpal advance
Surpal Cycle xi 165 for 7 in 26.4 overs: Sidharth Verma 51, Sumit Tomer 36, Anand 2 for 25, Harmeet Singh 2 for 35 defeated Manak Bearings, Kashmere Gate 164 in 27.3 overs: Sanjay Nagpal 53 n.o, Anand 27, Manoj Dua 24, Minta 20, Jatin Bharadwaj 2 for 40, Kulbir Gill 2 for 36, Vaibhav Parashar 2 for 9, Anurag 2 for 25 by three wickets in the 14th Laxman Dass Memorial tournament at University Polo ground.

Onkar man of the match
Man of the match Onkar Singh, who scored 50 runs including 4 fours and 1 six, enabled Indian Airlines to beat Oil and Natural Gas Corporation by five wickets and enter the final of the All India Vam Cup Cricket Tournament being played at Gajraula.

ONGC: 197 in 39.4 overs S.Rizwan 52, G.Vadera 33, Chetan Sharma 24, Doda Ganesh 2 for 54, Sonu Sharma 2 for 21; Indian Airlines: 199 for 5 in 34.1 overs Onkar Singh 50, Arun Kumar 34, Pradeep Jain 2 for 33.

Krishi Export move up
Krishi Export, aided by fine knock of 63 by Sumit Dogra, defeated Rohtak Academy by four wickets in the Khazan Siingh Memorial Cricket Tournament.Rohtak Academy: 194 for 6 in 40 overs Anuj 56, Jitender Singh 34, Ashwani Katyal 31, Gaurav Mittal 26, Vishal Yadav 3 for 27, Arvind Kapoor 2 for 40; Krishi Export: 198 for 6 in 38.5 overs Sumit Dogra 63, Sachin Khurana 37, Yogesh Sharma 25.