Fabeeha Nafis, Aroma reach U-17 girls final in state squash c’ship

Kanpur: Fabeeha Nafis and Aroma will clash in the final of the Under-17 girls' group in the KK Sharma Memorial UP State Ranking Squash Championship, being played here on Sunday.Fabeeha defeated Ashi Nagar (Noida) by 3-0 in the first semi-final, and Aroma outplayed Shreya Srivastava (Varanasi) by 3-1 in the second semi-final.In all, 44 ties were held on Saturday in various age groups. Players from Dhampur and Varanasi once again dominated the proceedings.The results of the second day's ties:Boys U-11: Devansh Sisodia (Dhampur) and Sparsh Kumar (Vns) entered the semi-finals. Devansh beat Ram Babu (Vns) 3-0, and Sparsh Kumar outplayed Ansh Rai (Vns) by 3-1.U-13: Kavya Shankar (Dhampur), Anup Prajapati (Dhampur) and Naman Kumar (Dhampur) sailed into the semi-finals. Kavya Pratap beat Shourya Pratap Yadav (Prayagraj) by 3-0, Anup Prajapati beat Divyansh (Vns) by 3-0, and Naman Kumar beat Atharva Awasthi by 3-0. U-15: Anoop Kumar (Vns) beat Abir Khullar (Lkw) by 3-0, Arush Sharma (Dhampur) beat Ansh Kumar (Dhampur) by 3-1, Arjun Maheshwari (Noida) beat Aham Yadav (Prayagraj) by 3-0, and Madhur Anand (Prayagraj) beat Rudransh Singh (Prayagraj) by 3-0. All the winners moved into the semi-finals.U-17: Arnav Khandelwal (Noida) beat Varun Singh (Prayagraj) 3-0, Aham Yadav (Dhampur) beat Chitransh Dubey (Vns) 3-1, Anuj Kumar (Vns) beat Tejaswa Dhandhania (Knp) 3-1, and Raghav Vashistha (Dhampur) beat Samar Jisal (Dhampur) 3-0. All 4 winners sailed into the semi-finals.Men: Anuj Kumar (Vns) beat Vedant Patel (Prayagraj) 3-1, Uday Bharti (Dhampur) beat Abhinav Tomar (Dhampur) 3-0, and Samar Jaisal (Dhampur) beat Nitish Patel (Prayagraj) 3-1 in the quarter-finals. The winners moved into the semi-finals.U-19: Shubham Kumar (Dhampur) beat Harsh Kumar (Dhampur) by 3-0, Anuj Kumar (Vns) beat Tejaswa Dhandhania (Knp) 3-1, and Raghav Vashistha (Dhampur) beat Samar Jaisal (Dhampur) 3-0. The 3 winners moved into the semi-finals.Women: Khushboo (Dhampur) beat Gungun (Prayagraj) 2-0, Pragati Maurya (Prayagraj) beat Tamanna (Prayagraj) 3-0, and Fabeeha Nafees (Dhampur) beat Money Madani (Lkw) 3-0 in quarter-final ties.Kanpur Cricket League: Green Park Hostel and MUC Cricket Club will clash in the inaugural match of the Kanpur Cricket League, organised by the Kanpur Cricket Association (KCA) at Green Park Stadium on Sunday. KCA is organising this league without any sponsor. According to Kaushal Kumar Singh, honorary secretary, KCA, the chief guest, Raghuveer Lal (Police Commissioner), will inaugurate the league at 9.30 am.Shooting: Indian sport shooter Shubham Dixit, a 10 m air pistol shooter from Kanpur, was conferred the highly respected ‘Renowned Shot' title at India's premier national shooting championship conducted under the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), a recognition awarded to a select group of shooters nationwide based on performance standards.