Date:24/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/24/stories/2007112463282200.htm

Sport - Sports : General

AP in last four

BANGALORE: Andhra Pradesh beat Indian Railways 38-36 in the quarterfinals of the 36th senior National handball championship for men at the Sree Kanteerava stadium here on Friday.

Chhattisgarh proved too hot for Tamil Nadu in another quarterfinal winning 39-24.

The results:

Quarterfinals: AP 38 (Mohd. Anwar 11, Keerthi Venkatesh 10) bt Railways 36 (Mahender Singh 16); Punjab 20 bt Gujarat 11; Chhattisgarh 39 bt TN 24 (Lalit 10); SSCB 27 bt Karnataka 18.

League: Pool A: Haryana w/o Puducherry; Chandigarh w/o Goa; Puducherry 29 bt Bihar 22. Pool B: AP 30 bt Rajasthan 14; AP 45 bt AIU 30;Gujarat 32 bt Kerala 30; AIU w/o Rajasthan; Gujarat 30 bt AIU 5. Pool C: Services 35 bt UP 19; Uttaranchal 31 bt Jharkhand 28; Jharkhand 14 drew with UP 14; UP 23 bt WB 10; Maharashtra 34 bt WB 29. Pool D: NHA 20 bt Orissa 8. — Special Correspondent