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Challenger Nationals and sub-junior meet from June 7

HYDERABAD: The sub-junior championships for boys and girls (under-15) and the Challenger rowing Nationals will be held at the Hussain Sagar here from June 7 to 10.

About 350 participants from 15 States are expected to vie for honours over a 500m course.

The sub-junior Nationals have registered a marked rise in popularity, going by the increased participation over the years.

The event aims at grooming youngsters for higher age groups and levels of competition.

The Challenger category is for male rowers, who haven't won any medal in the Nationals, right through their career. This provides them a level playing field in the absence of elite rowers.

A podium finish in this event assures a rower of entry into the elite category in which he has opportunity to make the Indian team.

Bolarum scores win

Bolarum scored a 2-0 win over Gandhinagar in the Gotla Cup football tournament organised by the Gotla Football Academy at the Gymkhana Grounds here on Thursday.

Junior India probable Naveen Kumar struck in the 10th minute of a 40-yard free-kick to put Bolarum ahead. In the second session, G. Manoj Kumar got into the scoring act off a fine solo effort in the dying minutes.

In another match, Venkatapuram scored a 4-3 win via tiebreaker against Trimulgherry Village FC after the teams were locked one-all at full-time.

TV FC shot into lead in the 16th when winger Sashank was on target. Within a minute after the break, Venkatapuram equalised when Sravan Kumar slammed one home from an acute angle. In the tiebreaker, Sravan Kumar, Bharath Rao and E. Ravinder scored for the winner while only Sravan and Nandan were successful for the loser after Sashank hit one out.

Nidhi beats Sabatini

Ch. Nidhi scored a 4-0, 4-1 win over A. Sabatini in the girls' under-14 quarterfinal of the AITA Talent Series junior tennis tournament organised by Advantage Tennis Academy at Gymkhana Grounds here.

The results (quarterfinals): Boys: Under-14: K. Pradeep Reddy bt B. Sreenesh 4-1, 4-0; S. Raghavendra bt Ronak Jhawar 4-0, 4-5 (10-12), 4-2; P. Sai Nihar bt Rohit Sarwate 4-0, 4-1; S. Hariharan bt B. Supreeth 4-0, 5-3.

Under-18: A.M. Suraj bt Kaushit Reddy 4-0, 4-0; S. Kamal bt Utkarsh Patel 0-4, 5-4, 4-2; Pradeep Reddy bt Ayush Dharewa 5-4 (7-3), 4-0; S.V. Vasanth bt Pranav Teja 4-1, 2-4, 4-2.

Doubles: A.M. Suraj / Vibhu Patil bt S. Gautam / P. Bhagirath 0-4, 5-3, 4-1; Akshay Kishore / D. Rishi bt S.V. Vasanth / S. Kamal 5-4 (7-3), 4-2; P. Yeshwanth / Pranav Teja bt Shivraj Singh / Sarvesh Agarwal 4-2, 4-0; N. Yeshwanth / Pradeep Reddy bt Kavit Mehta / Rushi Amin 4-0, 4-1.

Girls: Under-14: Ch. Nidhi bt A. Sabatini 4-0, 4-1; Shambhavi Dixit bt Rishita Reddy 2-4, 4-1, 4-0; G. Sneha bt T. Vignatha Reddy 4-2, 5-4 (7-3); D. Vennela bt B. Amala 4-3, 4-0.

Under-18: T. Vignatha Reddy bt Susan Daisy Cris 4-1, 4-0; Ch. Nidhi bt Rithika Agarwal 4-1, 4-1; G. Sushma bt Souwmya Pulamati 4-0, 4-1; Neha Purohit bt N. Swetha 4-1, 5-3.

10-wkt. win

Sarojini Cricket Academy (Hyderabad) recorded a 10-run win against Best Club (Bangalore) in the all India Pepsi Cup open sub-juniors cricket tournament in Bangalore, according to information received here.

The scores: Sarojini CA, Hyd, 148 (Revanth Sai 70, Tarun 36, Sridhar 32, Suresh three for 36) bt Best Club, Bangalore, 138 (Pawan 43, Manjunath 31, Revanth Sai three for 29, Nikhil three for 27).

Zainab loses

Hyderabad's Zainab Ali Sajjad lost to Natasha Palla 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Asian junior ranking tennis tournament in Pune on Thursday according to reports received here. Zainab will now play for the third place on Friday.

Haryana beats AP

Andhra Pradesh lost to Haryana 11-10 in the final of the 14th Federation Cup korfball championship in Chandigarh, according to a press release. Earlier, the team had beaten Jammu & Kashmir 12-9. The silver medallists were felicitated by D. Murali Mohan, SAAP VC & MD, here on Thursday.

Two share lead

T. Gowtham and M. Sambasiva Rao, who were locked in a draw in a sixth round game, shared the lead with 5.5 points each at the end of sixth round in the AP State Open chess tournament being held in Narsaraopeta (Guntur), according to information received here.

The results (6th round): T. Gowtham (5.5) drew with M. Sambasiva Rao (5.5); D. Laxman Rao (4.5) lost to M.L.A. Reddy (5); Chakravarthy (4.5) lost to P.S. Rajendra (5); P.S. Kameswara Rao (4) lost to N. Bharadwaj (5); G. Sai Vasavadattu (4) lost to Ch. Koteshwara Rao (5); N. Yashwanth (4) lost to K. Ravi Kumar (5); N. Rammohan Rao (3.5) lost to P. Kumara Swamy (5); B. Mallikarjuna Rao (4.5) bt S. Vijay Babu (3.5); Iftikar Ahmed (3.5) lost to P. Balaswamy (4.5); G. Nagachandrika (4) bt K. Sunil Kumar (3).

Ayyappa to lead

A.B. Ayyappa of Bangalore STC will lead South Zone STC in the all India Sports Authority of India inter-hostel hockey tournament to be held in Bhopal from June 4 to 7, according to South Zone coach T.B. Ganga Raju.

The team: C. Hameed (gk), K.D. Kariappa, K.J. Boppiah, A.B. Ayyappa (capt), M.K. Muddahappa, Pradeep Maria (all from Bangalore), B. Kasivishwanath, M. Sampath Kumar, K. Khader Bhasna, M.A. Kranthi Kumar (vice-capt), Arvind, R. Vivek, K. Chinnappa Rao (all from Secunderabad), S. Vivek (gk - Kollam), Vinod Kumar, Mani Vasugam, Pridyunna Varma (all from Chennai) and P. Appa Rao (Eluru). Chief coach: T.B. Ganga Raju.

Bridge tournament

Nizam Club will organise the 40th Nizam Club annual open bridge tournament on June 9 and 10 at its premises. Competitions will be held in team of four duplicate, board-a-match and master pairs events. Entries close by June 8 and further details can be had on Phone Nos.98662 74236 or 94412 62945.

Also, Fateh Maidan Club will conduct a Master pairs bridge event on June 3 from 10.00 a.m. at its premises. Further details can be had from K. Nageshwar Rao, secretary, FMC, on Phone No. 98480 81692.

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