DOMINANT Beagles BC EMERGE TRIUMPHANT

Bengaluru: Beagles Basketball Club, with an all-win record in the semifinal league, emerged triumphant in the state women’s basketball league championship on Monday. At the Sree Kanteerava stadium courts in Bengaluru, Beagles defeated DYES, Mysuru 65-32 in their final outing. Beagles, who earned a winner’s cheque of Rs 75,000, built an early advantage and were leading 31-16 at half-time.
Although DYES did make a comeback, their spirited challenge was thwarted as Chandana (21 points) and Sanjana (18) put the contest beyond their reach. In the other match of the day, Mounts Club got past JSC 70-51 to finish second and took home Rs 50,000.
Results (Semifinal league): Beagles 65 (Chandana 21, Sanjana 18, Mekhala 14) bt DYES, Mysuru 32 (Yashaswini 11, Preethi 8); HT: 31-16; Mounts Club 70 ( Nidhi Umesh 15, Pavanai 13, Nilaya 10) bt JSC 51 ( Aadhya Nagalinga 18, Sanjana 16) HT: 45-19. Individual awards: Best Player: Pavani S (Mounts Club); Most Promising Player: Swathi S (Beagles BC). Final placings: 1.Beagles BC 2. Mounts Club 3. DYES, Mysuru, 4. JSC
3-STar Rajinder shines
Rajinder Singh sounded the board thrice as Canara Bank posted a 3-1 win over Postal Department in the Hockey Karnataka League Championship in Bengaluru on Monday. Sri Rama pulled one back for Postal.
Results: Canara Bank 3 (Rajinder Singh 6, 26, 48) bt Postal 1 (Sri Rama 19); Customs & GST 3 (Vishwas G 18, 59, Chiran Medappa 20) bt South Western Railway, Hubballi 2 (Mohd Uzair 12, Pavan Madiwalar 37)..
KHUSHBU PUTS ON A SHOW
Khushbu Saroj scored five goals as Kemp FC hammered Kodagu FC 8-2 on the opening day of the Karnataka Women’s League in Bengaluru on Monday. Amisha Baxla, Rivka Ramji and Lalnunsiami also score a goal each while Mangpieng Khongsai netted twice for Kodagu. Results: Kemp FC 8 (Amisha Baxla 7, Khushbu Saroj 41, 49, 65, 70, 81, Rivka Ramji 59, Lalnunsiami 78) bt Kodagu FC 2 (Mangpieng Khongsai 2, 37); Kickstart FC 5 (Renu 36, Maitreyi Palasamudram 40, Karishma Purushotam 45+1, 88, Aarushi Santosh 56) bt Roots FC 1 (Y Poojitha 79); Bengaluru FC 2 (Fatima Braganza 52, 75) bt Misaka United FC 1 (Kavya S 28).
Theyjo EMERGES CHAMPION
Second-seeded Oges Theyjo J of Tamil Nadu scored a 6-1, 7-5 win over Karnataka’s Rashein Samuel, the fourth seed, to emerge triumphant in the all-India prize money tournament conducted by the ANT International Academy on the city outskirts over the weekend.
Result (Final): Oges Theyjo J (TN) bt Rashein Samuel (Kar) 6-1, 7-6.State netball teams Manoj K and Shiveela S will lead the Karnataka men and women’s team in the Senior Nationals Netball Championships to be held in Haryana from July 25. Squad: Men: Manoj K (C), Puneeth Kumar (VC), Abhi S, Abhinayak D, Chandu S, Chiranth Gowda C, Hithesh D, Prathamesh G Salunkhe, Sumanth K Shetty, Shashank, Sujan, Sathya Devadiga. Women: Shivleela S (C), Surabhi BR (VC), Mariya S Sutar, Monisha Manjunatha, Nageshwari Dhamnekar, Muthamma MV, Pratheeksha, Sneha HP, L Sonali, Swathi G, Gouri, Varsha J. Coach: Manasa LG. Manager: Kavya DS.
Lakshminarayana NAMED INDIA U-20 HEAD COACH
Last year’s runner-up India will take on Bangladesh first in the Asian men’s U-20 Volleyball Championship that begins in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Karnataka’s former junior India player KR Lakshminarayana was named as the head coach. India have been clubbed with Japan, Kuwait and Bangladesh in Group ‘C’.
The team: Patel Dhruvil, Kartik Sharma, Soham More, Akshay Prakash TP, Aditya Rana, Kush Singh, Shubham Yadav, Aryan Baliyan, Nikhil, M Kabilan, Gourav Singh, Naveen Kumar.Head coach: KR Lakshminarayana. Asst coaches: Bharat Singh, Amrit Pal Singh. Manager: Rajneesh Kumar. India’s matches: July 23: vs Bangladesh; July 24: vs Kuwait; July 25: vs Japan.