Date:10/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/03/10/stories/2008031059452000.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Praveen emerges winner

HYDERABAD: P. Praveen Prasad with 5.5 points emerged winner in the 23rd Brilliant Trophy Open chess tournament.

Final placings (where points are equal, positions awarded on progressive score): Seniors: 1. P. Praveen Prasad 5.5 pts; 2. J.K. Raju, 3. D. Laxman Rao, 4. P.V.V. Seshu (all five points); 5. Ch. Raj Kumar, 6. M. Deepthamsh Reddy, 7. Chiman Prakash Reddy, 8. M. Vinay Kumar, 9. V. Jagadeesh, 10. J. Ramakrishna (all 4.5 points each).

Best woman player: M. Janaki Devi. Best veteran: P.S. Kameswara Rao. Juniors: 1. P. Jithin Kumar.

Age group winners: Boys: Under-6: S.S.V. Aditya. Under-8: Y. Chanakya. Under-10: G.V.S. Seshagiri. Under-12: K.V. Koushik. Under-14: M.A. Majeed.

Girls: Under-6: K. Shreya. Under-8: G. Shreya Reddy. Under-10: K. Kavya. Under-12: M. Sai Snigdha. Under-14: V. Manisha.

Infosys spikers win

Infosys recorded a 32-34, 25-10, 15-11 win over Satyam in the volleyball final of the Global Coal Corporate sports festival organised by Dravyansh Corporate Cricket & Sports organisers here.

The results: Volleyball: Final: Infosys bt Satyam 32-34, 25-10, 15-11. Basketball: Semifinals: Genpact bt Virtusa 62-55; Satyam bt HSBC 51-47.

Cricket league: Deloitte 153 for six (Prasad four for 27) bt Dell International 131 for eight; Microsoft 89 for six lost to Tata Consultancy 90 for four; JDA Software 138 for six bt Megasoft 124 for seven; HSBC 259 for three (Kalyan 100, T. P. Varun 100 not out) bt Hindi Milaap 83 (Sameer 41, T. P. Varun five for 23); Lanco 100 for six lost to Effigent Tech 101 for five.

HUDA-GHMC 127 for seven (Amar 85, Sandeep five for 19) lost to Cognizant 128 for seven; Ericsson 163 for eight bt Eminentia Soft 109 (James 41, Nikhil four for 19); Times Jobs 103 lost to Aegis BPO 106 for six; Standard Chartered Bank 146 for seven (Saleem 53) bt Ultratech Cements 97; HDFC Bank 87 for eight (Ratnakar 50) lost to The Hindu 89 for three.

SCR, APP in last four

South Central Railway and Andhra Pradesh Police were locked in a two-all draw in the V. Hanumantha Rao Super Cup prize money football tournament here on Saturday. However, both qualified for the semifinals.

SCR took the lead through a fine effort from Jude Antony in the27th minute and made it 2-0 when Omar was on target with a long-ranger. In the second session, Waheed and Azeem struck to level the scores for Police.