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Good response to Olympic Run

HYDERABAD: The Olympic Run, sponsored by Lanco Institute of General Humanitarian Trust and organised by Andhra Pradesh Olympic Association, evoked a good response with about 10,000 athletes participating in the event which started from eight different points in the twin cities and 10 districts on Monday.

The star attraction was Olympian and heptathlete J.J. Shobha, who only last week booked a slot for the Beijing Olympics, as she cheered the budding youngsters in the Run and urged them to be sincere both in studies and sports. The other internationals who took part were hockey player N. Mukesh Kumar and shooter Amit Sanghi.

Big win for Google

Google recorded a thumping 10-0 win over Polycom in the second Pan India inter-corporate football festival organised by Sportzvillage at RRC Grounds here.

Other results: Microsoft bt HSBC 5-0; ADP bt CTE 5-1; Bank of America bt Ness Technologies 7-0; GE Money bt Polycom 5-2; Microsoft drew with TCS 1-1; Deloitte bt Apollo Health 3-0; HSBC bt Ness Technologies 7-0; TCS bt HSBC (GLT) 7-0; CTE bt Apollo Health Street 5-1; HSBC bt Wells Fargo 1-0; ADP bt Apollo Health Street 5-0; Wells Fargo bt Ness Technologies 5-1; ADP drew with Deloitte 3-3; HSBC bt Bank of America 3-0; Google bt GE Money 2-1; Deloitte bt CTE 8-1; Wells Fargo bt Bank of America 2-0.

Pranjala moves up

Y. Pranjala defeated R. Niharika 8-3 in the girls’ under-12 quarterfinal of the Meridian Tennis Academy AP State Open junior tennis tournament in Madhapur here.

The results (quarterfinals):

Boys: Under-12: Taha Kapadia bt Shiva Prasasd Reddy 8-4; Yash Puri bt A. Akhil Varma 8-5; Shaikh Osama bt B. Vaishnav 8-1; S. A. Wahab bt P. Aproop Reddy 8-1.

Girls: Under-12: Y. Pranjala bt R. Niharika 8-3; B. Amrutha bt S. Nidhi 8-3; S. Ravina Reddy bt Shruthi Kirthi 8-4.

Easy win for TCS

Tata Consultancy Services recorded a seven-wicket win over HSBC in the third SBH Corporate Cup cricket tournament here.

The scores:

HSBC 102 for seven lost to TCS 104 for three.

UBS 116 lost to Bar Council 122 for four.

The Hindu 188 for two (Sridhar 65, Dixit 44) bt Hyd House 107 (Srikant four for 10).

ICICI Bank 114 for four lost to Standard Chatttered Bank 116 for eight.

HDFC 130 (John four for 16) bt Axis Bank 99.

TT event

St. Paul’s Table Tennis Academy will organise the 10th annual State ranking and Inter-school championship for M/s. K.S. Raymond Trophy from July 3 to 6 on its premises in St. Paul’s High School, according to Md. Ibrahim Khan, organising secretary. Entries close by June 27 and for details contact Phone No. 9848061414 or 9849342191 or at the venue. — Principal Correspondent

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