Date:02/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/02/stories/2008030260362000.htm

Sport - Hockey

DBHA and KSP in final

VIJAYAWADA: Karnataka State Police (KSP) and Bangalore’s Dhanraj-Ballal Hockey Academy (DBHA) entered the final of the Golden Jubilee all-India invitational hockey knock-out tournament, organised by the Dharmavaram Athletics Association at Dharmavaram, according to information reaching here on Saturday.

In the first semifinal, DBHA defeated Sports Training Centre (Secunderabad) 1-0 with centre-forward Varghese scoring in the 18th minute.

In the 56th minute, STC had an opportunity to draw parity, but Sudhir’s penalty stroke went wide.

In the second semifinal, KSP outplayed Vizag District Hockey Association 4-1. A fine hat-trick by Pradeep was the highlight of the match.

The results: Semifinals: DBHA (Bangalore) 1 (Varghese) bt STC (Secunderabad) 0; Karnataka State Police (Bangalore) 4 (Pradeep 3, Chetan Kumar) bt Vizag DHA 0.

Reddy hits century

A fine century by Srinivasa Reddy (103, 10x4) was the feature of host Visakhapatnam’s resounding victory over New Mangalore in the 28th all-India Major Ports cricket championship which began at Visakhapatnam on Saturday.

In other matches, Kandla defeated Chennai by 32 runs and Mormugao overcame Mumbai by 45 runs.

The scores: Vizag 242 for two in 30 overs (Srinivasa Reddy 103, V.V. Ramana 47) bt New Mangalore 109 for five in 30 overs

Mormugao 149 in 30 overs (Robin D’Souza 51) bt Mumbai 104.

Kandla 163 for eight in 30 overs (K. Rakesh Aslani 66) bt Chennai 131 for nine in 30 overs (K.V. Satyanarayan 46 no).

Karnataka posts win

Karnataka boys defeated Andhra 27-24, while Puducherry beat Andhra 9-7 in the ninth South Zone junior (u-18) kho kho championship for boys and girls that concluded at ZP High School grounds at Gannavaram, Vijaywada, on Saturday. Member of Parliament Lagadapati Rajagopal distributed the prizes

Cycling championship

The South Central Railway will host the 45th all-India Railway cycling championship for men at the SAAP velodrome in Osmania University, Hyderabad, from March 3 to 6. Ten Zonal railways will take part in the meet. Several National and international-level cyclists are expected to represent their respective units.