Avani, Shreya set up title clash

Lucknow: Avani Tripathi of Ghaziabad edged past her citymate Yashika Tiwari 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4 to enter the under-17 girl's final of the UP State Table Tennis Championships underway at KD Singh ‘Babu' Stadium on Saturday. She will face Shreya Agarwal of Agra, who pipped Anika Gupta of Ghaziabad 7-11, 12-10, 3-11, 11-8, 11-9 in the second semifinal on Saturday.
Q-F results: Men's: Sarth Mishra (Gzb) bt Arvind Choudhary (Gzb) 13-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, Kartikeya Singh (Bly) bt Subratraj Verma (Etw) 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9, Ashutosh Kumar Singh (Lko) bt Maulik Chaturvedi (Agra) 11-7, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3 Satyam Giri Gupta (Knp) bt Sridhar Joushi (Gbn) 22-20, 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8; Girl's (U-19): Suhani Mahajan (Gzb) bt Vanya Bansal (Agra) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, Anika Gupta (Gzb) beat Sarah Dhinghra (Gbn) 11-2, 11-2, 11-8, Avani Tripathi (Gzb) bt Swasti Chandra (Lko) 11-9, 11-8, 11-3, Disha (Gzb) bt Anokhi Keshari (Vns) 13-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6; Boy's (U-17): Aryan Kumar (Prayagraj) bt Aditya Singh (Alg) 13-11, 11-6, 11-5, Yuvan Pandey (Gbn) bt Arnav Rawat (Gzb) 16-14, 11-6, 11-7, Garv Singla (Gbn) bt Manit Bhatt (Gbn) 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 13-11, Keshav Khandelwal (Agra) bt Arav Rathi (Gzb) 11-6, 3-11, 11-9, 12-10.
MMA fight at Chowk Stadium on Dec 1
In the first-ever Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) bout in Lucknow, India's top MMA fighter Rana Rudra Pratap Singh will face Suman Das in the main event of the Combat Sports Championship (KCC) Fightnight at the Multi-Purpose Hall of Chowk Stadium on Dec 1. A total of 16 fighters will compete in eight categories, with each bout consisting of three rounds, each lasting five minutes.
Double delight for KV IIM
It was a double delight for Kendriya Vidyalaya IIM in the Sub-Junior Under-14 Boys' and Girls' Kho-Kho Championship as they won the event in both categories at KD Singh ‘Babu' Stadium on Saturday. The KV girls showed pure dominance as they routed Bakshi Ka Talab Inter College 9-2, while in the boys' category, KV IIM emerged as the champions, beating BKT Inter College. Archit Bhagat of BKT Inter College and Srishti Verma of KV IIM were adjudged the best players in the boys' and girls' categories, respectively. Lucknow District Kho-Kho Association vice president TP Havelia gave away the prizes.
Sports College blank Ravindra Pal XI
Sports College blanked Ravindra Pal XI 6-0 to set up a title clash with Jaman Lal Sharma XI in the 1st Vijai Mitra Dwivedi Chakai Dada Memorial Hockey tournament at CB Gupta ground on Saturday. In another match of the day, Mohd Shahid XI beat KD Singh ‘Babu' XI 11 –0.