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Army XI clinches maiden title

Bangalore: Chitranjan Singh’s brace set up Army XI’s maiden title triumph in the Travancore Cup hockey tournament that concluded at the KSHA Stadium here on Saturday. In the final, Army XI defeated Canara Bank 3-1.

Army XI took the lead in the 13th minute with Chitranjan capitalising on a pass from S.V. Sunil. Leading 1-0 at the break, Army XI continued to dominate in the second half as Chitranjan sounded the boards in the 45th minute after latching onto a penalty corner rebound.

Canara Bank meanwhile floundered upfront and drew a blank in its seven penalty corners. Army XI’s Vijaya Kumar and Madik did cause a flutter late in the second half but failed to strike but their teammate Anup Kullu made amends in the 54th minute, slamming in a diagonal flick from the right extreme that breached the Canara Bank citadel. The Bankmen however managed to pull one back as Varun Chinnappa scored in the 68th minute.

Semifinalists spotted

Haryana and Tamil Nadu from Group ‘B’ and host Karnataka and Orissa from Group A will figure in the semifinals of the 2nd National Paralympic volleyball championship. At the Sree Kanteerava Stadium courts here on Saturday, Haryana maintained a clean slate winning all its three league matches in Group ‘B’ while TN finished second best losing to Haryana. Karnataka won both its encounters to top group A.

In the semifinals, TN will clash with Karnataka while Haryana will take on Orissa.

The results: Group ‘A’: Karnataka bt A.P. 25-17, 25-16; Orissa bt A.P. 25-14, 25-16; Karnataka bt Orissa 25-16, 25-20.

Group B: Haryana bt Delhi 25-7, 25-10; TN bt Gujarat 25-17, 25-14; Gujarat bt Delhi 25-7, 25-15; Haryana bt TN 25-16,25-21; Haryana bt Gujarat 25-15, 25-22; TN bt Delhi 25-12, 25-12.

Football tournament

Six teams are in the fray for the Prasanna Kumar Memorial State-level football tournament which gets underway at the BDFA Stadium here on April 1. The final is slated on April 10. The tournament will be played on league-cum-knockout basis with top two teams in each group qualifying for the knock-out.

The teams: Group ‘A’: RWF, BUFCC and Universal FC. Group ‘B’: Govt. Press, RBI and BHEL.

Summer camps

Coaches Forum will conduct summer camps in football, hockey, athletics, kho-kho and kabaddi at Loyola High School grounds on the Bannerghatta Road here from April 4 to 30. Further details may be had from P.S. Hanumanth or Manjunatha, Ph: 9741537043.

Sportz Village camp

Sportz Village will conduct a summer coaching camp for children in cricket, basketball and football at HSR Layout, Koramangala and Marathahalli in April. Further details may be had from Pradeep Kumar, Ph: 9886441535.

Cricket camp

The Bangalore Institute of Cricket will conduct is annual summer camp from April 1 to 25 at Jalahalli. Further details may be had from the organisers, Ph: 974048454.

TT camp

The BNM Table Tennis Academy run by the former National player, Krunal Telang will conduct a summer camp from April 7 to May 25 at the BNM Campus, Banashanakari II Stage. Further details may be had from Krunal Telang, Ph: 9945022469.

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