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Gowrishankar XI enters semifinals

HYDERABAD: Gowrishankar XI recorded a solitary goal win over Gymkhana XI to enter the semifinals of the Susai memorial football tournament, organised by the Shastri Soccer Club, at the Trimulgherry grounds here on Saturday.

The match-winner came in the 15th minute when striker Johnson latched on to a pass from Jude to find the target.

Teja posts win

B. Krishna Teja outwitted N. Sai Krishna in the third round of the juniors’ category in the 20th Brilliant Trophy Open State chess championship here.

The results:

Seniors: Second round: Shakeel Ahmed (1) lost to S. Vikramjit Singh (2); S. Panchasheel (1) lost to M.Y. Raju (2); B. Gopal Reddy (1) lost to G.V. Srinivas (2); P.V.V. Seshu (2) bt S. Khan (1); G. Muralikrishna (2) bt J.R.C. Prasad (1); G. Srinivas (1.5) drew with Baytal (1.5); N. Rammohan Rao (2) bt S.V.C. Chakravarthy (1); S.K. Brahmam (2) bt K. Balachandran (1); P.V.V.S. Rao (1) lost to Y.V.K. Chakravarthy (2); Kandi Ravi (1) lost to P. Bharat Kumar Reddy (2).

Juniors: Third round: B. Krishna Teja (3) bt N. Sai Krishna (2); M. Santosh (2) lost to J. Sai Agni Jeevitesh (3); K. Koushik (3) bt S.D. Joshi (2); K. Trivedi (2) lost to Laxminarayana Reddy (3); Pratyush Srivastava (3) bt M. Akshay Raj (2); S. Nikhil (1.5) lost to B. Rajeev Reddy (2.5); M.R. Rakesh (1.5) lost to B. Sai Chaitanya (2); G.V.R.T. Pavan Kumar (2) bt Md. Rasheen (1); P. Adarsh (2) bt I. Manish Sai (1); K. Aditya Bharadwa (1) lost to P. Sai Kalyan (2).

Bharath, Mrudula best

Bharath Kumar of AV College and K. Mrudula of Kasturba College were declared the best athletes in the men’s and women’s sections respectively in the Osmania University inter-college athletics meet here.

The results (winners only):

Men: 10,000m: N. Sai Kiran (Rly. Degree) 32:18.50; 1500m: P. Trinath (AV) 4:29.10; 100m hurdles: B. Bhagya Raj (AV) 16.80s.

High jump: Gantanna (GCPE) 1.77m; 400m: Bharat Kumar (AV) 50.50s; 100m: L. Raju (Rly. Degree) 11.10s; Hammer: Mohd. Samiuddin (People’s PG, Tandur) 22.97m.

Women: 1500m: A. Preethi (St. Ann’s) 5:09.30; 100m: K. Mrudula (Kasturba) 12.40s.

Best athletes: Men: Bharath Kumar (AV) 856 points; Women: K. Mrudula (Kasturba) 962.

Team championship: Men: 1. AV College; Women: Kasturba.

Anurag scores unbeaten 251

An unbeaten double century by V. Anurag Reddy (251 not out) helped Raju’s XI record a 192-run win over Noble in the ‘B’-division one-day knock-out cricket tournament here.

The scores:

‘D’-division one-day (knock-out): Final: RR Dist. 219 (Vineeth 80) lost to YMRC 220 for three (Sohail Abbas 87, Abbas Shirazi 70).

‘B’-division one-day (knock-out): Raju’s XI 386 for three (T. Abhinav Reddy 100, V. Anurag Reddy 251 not out) bt Noble 194 (Faheem Ahmed 80, T. Mahesh five for 22).

FMC 176 (A. Shiva Santosh 87, S.R.K.V. Prasad five for 31) bt Deccan Colts 98.

Superstars 215 for eight (Abhilash 65, Satish 40, Prithvi Raj Yadav 40 not out, Madan four for 29) bt Sathya 108.

‘A’-Institution league: Postal 299 for six (T. Vijaykumar 116, Venugopal 53, Siddharth 70, Jadgish four for 73) bt Canara Bank 117 (Sharath five for 56).

Kishoresons 174 for eight (Alex 42) lost to National Insurance 175 for five.

IICT 99 (M.R. Srinvias Rao four for nine, Naganath four for 20) lost to APCOB 100 for five (Venkata Krishna six for 30).

Schools league: AVV 193 (Karthik 65, Abhirath Reddy 31, Sreenu three for 51) bt Hyd Cricket Academy 175 (Vipul 76, Vishnu three for 38, Pratyush three for 38).

Raja Ram to lead

G. Raja Ram will lead Andhra Pradesh in the fourth National basketball championship for the deaf in Ajmer from December 10 to 14.

The team: G. Raja Ram (captain), K. Moses Peter, G. Ashok Kumar, M. Lakshmi Prasad, R.P. Rau, B. Laxma Reddy, M. Malla Reddy, M. Vamsi, A. Paarimal Kanth. Manager: Chand Pasha. Coach: M.V.R. Kalyan.

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