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Double for Andhra

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra won both the boys and girls’ titles of the 28th sub-junior ball badminton championship that concluded at Khaital (Haryana), according to information reaching here on Tuesday.

Andhra boys defeated Hyderabad 29-19, 29-12 while Andhra girls outplayed Tamil Nadu 29-19, 29-11 in the finals. Four players from Andhra — Saheena Sultana (Vijayawada), K. Nagalakshmi (Anantapur), Kondal Rao (Vijayawada) and Wasim Akram (Chittoor) were given best player awards.

Chittoor to host

Chittoor District’s Punganoor mandal will host the senior inter-district volleyball championship in the month of November, while Khammam will stage the junior inter-district championship in December, according to Andhra Pradesh Volleyball Association president A. Ramana Rao here on Tuesday.

The sub-junior inter-district championship will be held at Warangal in November and mini inter-district will be held at Narsapur in Medak district from October 20 to 24.

Krishna does well

Krishna won the boys and girls’ titles of the AP State School Games Federation u-19 table tennis championships in progress at Khammam on Tuesday. Krishna blanked Hyderabad 3-0 in the boys’ final and outplayed West Godavari 3-0 in the girls’ final.

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