KBL Srivastava clinches Bhagwati titleKBL Srivastava of DDA won the third Bhagwati Gases Open Chess Tournament on the basis of better progressive total after five players were tied for the top spot with seven points each. Devanshu was declared runner-up.In the junior section (u-15), Anoop Jairaj emerged champion with five points while Asmeet Singh was second. In u-10 category, R Srinivasan was the champion.The Results: Surender Sharma (6.5) lost to A K Jain (7), R K Gupta (7) drew with D Dutta (7), H S Verma (6) lost to Shantanu Singh (7), KBL Srivastava (7) bt Harish Sharma (5.5), Sunil Anand (5.5) lost to Chander Pal (6.5), Sandeep Chitkara (5.5) drew with P K Verma (5.5), M G Kalra (5.5) drew with D K Gupta (6), M S Mudgil (5) lost to Gagan Chikara (6), Vikram Singh (5) lost to Karan Duggal (6).SAIL in finalAshu Dani (79), Pitamber Dutt (39) and H. L Yadav (3 for 34) steered Steel Authority of India Limited to a five-wicket win against Victoria Park, Meerut in the All India VAM Cup tournament at Bharatigram sports complex.Brief Scores: Victoria Park: 203 for 9 40 overs (Jitendra Pal 58, Hemant Kumar 38, Upendra Dutta 22, H. L Yadav 3 for 34, Sanjay Raul 2 for 22); SAIL: 212 for 5: (Ashu Dani 78, Pitamber Dutt 39, Pradeep Chawla 35, Gautam Gopal 35, Mannu Kumar 1 for 24, Shubhas Sharma 1 for 38, Sumit Chauhan 1 for 34).Cricket Coaching CampAjmal Khan Coaching Centre will organise a month-long coaching camp for boys in the 8-19 age group from June 1 near Basco Public School, Paschim Vihar. Scholarships of Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000 will be given to outstanding trainees.Adil steers Collage to winAdil Ahmed shone with the bat (63 not out) and the ball (3 for 33) to steer Collage Group to an eight-wicket win over Youngsters in the Khazan Singh Mathur Memorial tournament.Youngsters: 181 for 9 (Rajender Ahir 56, Surender Suri 33, Jitender Solanki 32, Adil Ahmed 3 for 33, Mahesh Bhati 2 for 23, Sanjay Saini 2 for 41, Rakesh Singh 2 for 44).Collage Group: 184 for 2 (Rakesh Singh 70, Adil Ahmed 63 not out, Rajiv Verma 36 not out).J N Golden triumphJ N Golden, inspired by the performances of Railway Ranji stars Jasvinder Singh (87: 7x4, 5x6, 66 balls) and left-arm spinner Durga Prasad (4 for 37) and some bright batting by Rajender Bisht (77 not out: 8x4, 65b) beat Minda Group by nine wickets in the second Lala Hari Ram Aggarwal Memorial night tournament at the MCD grounds.Minda Group: 206 for 7 (Rajendra Ahir 90 not out, Deepak Bhatnagar 38, Umesh Singh 38, Durga Prasad 4 for 37).J N Golden: 207 for 1 (Jaswinder Singh 87, Rajendra Bisht 77 not out).Air Force in semi-finalAir Force Palam defeated Kapur Associates by two wickets to make the last four grade in the Indo Asian Nehru tourney at Kalkaji.Brief Scores: Kapur Associates: 248 for 9 (Rajesh Anand 62, Sunil Sadan 47, Sham Tiwari 42, K. K Dixit 2 for 42, V. P Singh 2 for 37); Air Force Palam: 252 for 8 ( Alok Dabral 79, Pankaj Maitrey 63, V. P Singh 18 n.o, Harish Jha 15 n.o, Anoop Rana 2 for 34, Narinder Rawat 2 for 2).National Kho-KhoThe 11th Open National kho-kho championship for men and women will be organised at Darbari Lal DAV Model School, ND Block, Pitampura, from June 10 to 14. Teams from the Railways, Bank Sports Board, Maharashtra, Bengal, Karnataka and Punjab are expected to participate.East Delhi Police advanceA breezy 45-ball unbeaten knock of 63 by Balbir, who struck eight boundaries, helped East Delhi Police defeat Choudhary XI by eight wickets in the inaugural Shaheed Abdul Hameed tournament at Taj Enclave ground.Choudhary XI: 112 (Virender 33, Prashant 4 for 12, Zakir Zaidi 2 for 21, Rajender 2 for 21); East Delhi Police: 114 for 2 (Balbir 63 not out, Sunil 27 not out).
