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Rakesh puts out Karthikeyan, in last four

CHENNAI: J. Rakesh (ICF) defeated Karthikeyan of Bhavan’s 12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 in a sub-junior boys’ quarterfinal match of the Mylapore Club-Sportstar table tennis tournament for non-rankers at the Club premises here on Saturday.

Other results (all quarterfinals):

Sub-juniors: Ananth (Vidya Mandir) bt Akilesh (Chinmaya) 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-7; M. Sabaresh (St. John’s) bt Abishek (Bhavan’s) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8; Sriram (Chinmaya) bt Naveen Kumar (Princess) 6-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-8.

Senior girls: M.N. Subhashree (St. John’s) bt Krithika Ramesh (DAV) 11-9, 11-2, 11-8; Aparna Vaishnavi (Princess) bt R. Shruthi (AMM) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; S. Karthika (Rukmani) bt R. Shruthi (VM) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; Kavya Kumar (DAV) bt Vaishali (VM) 8-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4, 11-5.

Junior girls: R. Vaishali (VM) bt Samyukatha (Rosary) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9; Rukmani Sri (PS SSS) bt Krithika Ramesh (DAV) 11-4, 9-11, 11-2, 11-9; Shanmathi (MVM) bt R. Sruthi (VM) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; Aparna Vaishnavi (Princess) bt Sneha (Adarsh) 11-1, 11-4, 11-8.

Sub-junior girls: Shanmathi (MVM) bt Selena Deepti (Good Shepherd) 11-1, 11-5, 11-5; Lakshana (Good Shepherd) bt Afreen Shakir (PSBB) 11-8, 15-13, 11-13, 11-8; T. Vinitha (Doveton) bt Sanjana (PSBB) 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-4; Rathna Valli bt Sai Shruthi (Hindu) 11-5, 12-10, 11-6.

Chennai Superstars in city

Prominent members of the Chennai Superstars, one of the six teams that will compete in the Indian Cricket League (ICL), visited the city on Saturday.

Three of the Chennai Superstars’ five overseas cricketers, England’s Chris Read, Sri Lanka’s Russell Arnold and Pakistan’s Shabbir Ahmed were a part of the group that visited various malls in the city, interacting with the public.

Australians Ian Harvey and Stuart Law will join the team later.

Former Indian cricketers Hemang Badani, S. Sriram, and T. Kumaran also answered queries from the fans.

Read said the ICL’s forthcoming Twenty20 competition held exciting possibilities. Arnold believed he would enjoy his cricket, competing with a few overseas stars and a mix of experienced and promising Indian cricketers.

Shikkar Hukku named captain

Shikkar Hukku will lead the Tamil Nadu State under-14 cricket team in the School Games Federation of India National competition to be held in Mumbai from November 18 to 23.

The team:

Shikkar Hukku (capt.), M. Harish Babu, V. Vignesh, S. Viganesh, P.M. Raghav, R. Mithun, M.P. Prithiv Neal, D.S. Aswath, C. Asuthosh, R. Viswanath, Easan Adithya, Birathivi Raj, S. Srinath, V. Abishek Palaniappan, B.V. Bhargav and B. Roop Prasad.

Coach: P. Pradeep.

Manager: Rajkumar.

Cricket tournament

AVM-Children’s Cricket Foundation will conduct a tournament for girls from November 25. Entries close on Nov. 22. Call Mustafa (98404-67864) or Mohan (98400-12725) for details.

Chennai Marathon

The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu will conduct the Chennai Marathon in February 2008.

Preliminary arrangements for the conduct of the marathon have already begun and the first cheque for Rs. 3 lakhs towards the conduct of the event was received from TNPL, the sponsor, by Atulya Misra, Member-Secretary, SDAT on Friday.

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