Sport - Football

EME, BDL locked in a draw

HYDERABAD: Bharat Dynamics Ltd and EME Centre were locked in a three-all draw in the SAAP Budweiser Premier League football championship at Gymkhana Grounds here on Tuesday.

Mallikarjun and Faisal (twice) scored for BDL while Rajesh Mathew and Sandeep Kumar Singh (twice) struck for EME.

Andhra Pradesh Basketball Association selected the men’s and women’s probables for a coaching camp to be held at the Secunderabad YMCA from December 3 to 27.

The probables:

Men: L. Laxman, P. Siva Nagaraj, Nihal Yadav, Liju Abraham, Jesse Lawrence, Irfan Khan, Jaleel, Pankaj, Thomas, Murali, Gopal, Varma , Vinay Yadav, L. Sujeeth Reddy, Satish, J. Tharuna Kumar, Sandeep Yadav and Malliah. Coach: L. Venkatesh. Assistant coach: Appala Raju.

Women: Surya Kumari, K. Jhansi, T. Bhavani, K. Pavithra Rao, Thulasi Kalyani, Padmavathi, Dhanalaxmi, E. Jyothi, K.V. Kawaljeet Kaur, Geeta Rani, Nanda Meshram, Amitha, Anjana Choudhary, Radhika, S. Begum, Archana, Rakhi and K. Sunitha. Coach: Jaganatha Reddy. Assistant coach: Rama Rao.

Sports Coaching Foundation (Blues) recorded a 33-run win over Lotus Public School in the Col C. K. Nayudu memorial junior cricket tournament at SCF Grounds here.

The scores: ML Jaisimha Academy 75 (Sangram 47) bt Roots Knowledge School 32.

SCF Blues 67 bt Lotus Public School 34.

Royal Blues 58 bt ZPHS Kukatpally 49.

P. Bhasker Reddy (Ananthapur) and G.M. Sampath Kumar were re-elected as president and the secretary respectively of the AP Basketball Association at the annual general body meeting held in Anantapur on November 23.

Other office-bearers:

Vice-Presidents: T.S.R. Prasad, Chengal Rayudu, B. Appibabu, Ram Murthy, Ravinder Reddy, G. Satyanarayana Rao and Pratap Reddy. Assistant secretaries: K. Narendra Choudhary, Norman Isaac. Treasurer: Norman Isaac. Joint-secretaries: Samuel Vasanth Kumar, Khader Abdullah, G.V.S. Krishna Murthy, Samudra Rao, V. Ramayya and Bhanu Prasad. Executive Committee: Representatives of Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nizamabad, Ananthapur, Krishna, Vizag and Chittoor.

Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy men were declared joint winners of the Andhra Pradesh senior inter-district basketball championships after rain washed out the deciding match at Anantapur recently.

Hyderabad and Kurnool were winner and runner-up respectively in the women’s section.

Other results: Men: Third place play-off: Krishna 45 (Laksham 25) bt Anantapur 26 (Satish 18); Semifinals: Hyderabad 50 (Pankaj 18, Lijju George 12) bt Anantapur 24 (Shiva 10); Ranga Reddy 61 (Gopal 19, Rohit 15) bt Krishna 60 (Khaleel 12, Nagaraj 15).

Women: Hyderabad 48 (Kawaljeet 12, Geeta 10) bt Kurnool 31 (Tulasi 19); Third place play-off: Guntur 21 (Begum 12) bt Chittoor 13; Semifinals: Hyderabad 55 (Kaur 15, Geetha 12) bt Chittoor 21 (Ghavani 10); Kurnool 43 (Sandhya 15, Sreelatha 10) bt Guntur 17.

Hyderabad District Volleyball Association will organise selection trials for men and women at Mushirabad playground on November 27 to pick the district team for the senior inter-district championship to be held in Punganur from November 30 to December 4.

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