Sport - Carrom

IOC bags a double

KOCHI: Indian Oil Corporation retained the men's and women's team titles in the 14th Petroleum Sports Promotion Board all-India carrom tournament at the KRL Transit House, Ambalamugal, on Thursday. IOC defeated ONGC 2-1 in both the finals.

With two of the top four seeds in each, IOC and ONGC appeared equal in the men's final.

But Yogesh Pardeshi, a former international but seeded fourth in the singles here, defeated ONGC's third-seeded Sandeep Deorukhkar in the second singles and gave IOC the crucial break.

The rest was easy. IOC is winning the men's title for the 12th year in a row.

The results (team championship):

Men's final: IOC bt ONGC `A' 2-1.

Women's final: IOC bt ONGC 2-1.

Losers' final: HPCL bt BPCL 2-1.

Individual championship:

Men's singles, third round:

Ashok Gaur (ONGC) bt P.M. Roshan Shihab (KRL) 25-0, 25-0; K. Ramesh Babu (IOC) Bt M.P. Chandrasekharan (KRL) 25-0, 25-0; Sandeep Deorukhkar (ONGC) bt Muneer Ahmed (IOC) 25-0, 25-0; Yogesh Pardeshi (IOC) bt Vasant Purabiya (IBP) 25-0, 25-0.

Women's pre-quarterfinals:

Varsha Narayanan (IOC) bt Rohini Patel (GAIL) 25-0, 25-0; Surekha Nagvekar (ONGC) bt Twina C. Kore 13-10, 11-2; Bharati Sakpal (HPCL) bt Smita Salvi (BPCL) 25-0, 25-1; P. Thangamalar (ONGC) bt Anjali Joshi (IOC) 25-10, 25-6; Sneha More (IOC) bt Shruti S. Kirtane (HPCL) 25-2, 25-4. — Principal Correspondent

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