Date:04/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/04/stories/2009010456441600.htm

Sport - Table Tennis

Karnataka to field only men’s team

BANGALORE: Karnataka will field only the men’s team for the 70th senior National and inter-State table tennis championship to be held at Patna from January 5.

According to Karnataka Table Tennis officials, they were forced to scrap the women’s squad , because the top three players — N. Poojitha, Nisarga and C. Shubhashree — were not available for the championship, owing to personal and academic commitments.

Mr. Aralikatti, will accompany the team as coach-cum-manager.

The team: Anriban Tarafdar, Samson Selva Kumar, C.P.Karthik, Sagar Raj and Jaideep Das.

Karnataka runner-up

Karnataka secured the runner-up tag in the recent National taekwondo championship in Goa, bagging 18 gold, 37 silver and 28 bronze medals, according to a Taekwondo Association of Karnataka press release. Delhi won the overall championship.