Lucknow players sweep state tennis championship

Lucknow: Lucknow players showcased their dominance by sweeping all categories at the Uttar Pradesh State Tennis Championship held at Vijyant Khand Stadium on Wednesday. Kaustubh Singh of Lucknow proved too strong for Saatvik Gupta of Kanpur, defeating his opponent 8-0 to claim the under-14 singles title. In a closely contested match, Aashi Shamshery of Lucknow edged past Saundarya Jaiswal of Rae Bareli 8-7(7) to clinch the girls' title.Other results (Final)- U-10 boy's: Asvik Srivsatava (Lko) bt Advik Jain (Lko) 7-4, Girl's: Shubhi Ranjan (Lko) bt Mahika Gopal (Lko) 7-3(U-12) Boy's: Yuvraj Singh (Lko) bt Haris Khan (Prayagraj) 8-2), Girl's: Siddhi Singh (Lko) bt Saundarya Jaiswal (Rae Bareli) 8-3(Sub-Junior Doubles): Boy's: Satvik Gupta/Mohd Aariz bt Riddhiman Rajput/Arnav Chauhan 8-2.Cross country trials on Dec 7The selection trials for the Lucknow district cross country boy's and girl's teams, under the aegis of the Lucknow District Athletics Association, will be held on Dec 7 at KD Singh ‘Babu' Stadium. The trials will be conducted in senior (10 km), under-20 (8 & 6km), Under-18 (6 and 4km), Under-16 (2km) categories. Interested may reach the venue along with the Aadhaar card and passport-sized photograph. Selected athletes will represent Lucknow at the 59th UP State Annual Cross Country Athletics Championship 2024-25 to be held on Dec 15 at KD Singh ‘Babu' Stadium.REPL Crusaders thrash Indian XIREPL Crusaders Club crushed Indian Eleven by nine wickets in an ‘A' Division league match of the 20th BBD League at the Cindra Ground on Wednesday. Batting first, Indian XI scored 204 runs in 38.3 overs, with notable contributions from Shivam Yadav (49), Anuj Singh (46), and Uday Singh (32). Rishabh Rajput and Abhishek Jaiswal took three wickets each. In reply, REPL chased down the target in 29.2 overs, losing only one wicket.In the ‘B' Division league, DYA defeated Central Cricket Club, while Ashish Nehra Cricket Academy overcame Sound Images. In the ‘C' Division, Gurukul Cricket Club defeated St Ann's Academy by 48 runs. Meanwhile, IPRK Cricket Club and Ekana Rangers registered comfortable wins against Awadh Academy and Kalyanpur Strikers, respectively.BRIEF SCORES: (A Div) IE: 204 (Shivam 49, Anuj 46, Uday Singh 32; Rishabh 3/24, Abhishek 3/57), REPL 205 (Rachit 78, Aman 58, Abdur 50; Krishna 1/46)(B Div) CCC: 113 (Akash 36, Priyanshu 26; Dhruv 5/21, Abhinav 2/21), DYA: 117 (Suyansh 27, Naman 23, Anshuman 22; Satyam 2/16, Kartik 2/30) ANCA: 156 (Kushagra 38, Vinayak 38; Munindra 4/34, Sachin 2/8), SI: 151 (Ambikeshwar 49, Sachin 30; Aniket 3/26, Harshvardhan 2/32, Ashutosh 2/32)(C Div) GCC: 172 (Priyanshu 37, Apoorv 33; Akshat 4/30, Tanmay 2/11); St Ann's: 124 (Arjun 47, Abhishek 25; Abhishek 5/30, Able 3/20).