PUNE: Kushal Chopda and Sayali Wani lifted the Under-17 boys’ and girls’ singles trophies in the Maharashtra State ranking table tennis tournamnet in Nagpur on Friday. Kushal overcame a fighting Swastik Athanikar 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 4-11, 11-6 while Sayali clinched a thrilling see-saw battle against Risha Mirchandani 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 in their respective finals.
Nilisha, Rutuja star in Warriors’ draw Puneri Warriors played out an exciting 2-2 draw with Footie First in the Maharashtra State women’s football league at the Cooperage football ground. Warriors scored through Nilisha Sanket and Rutuja Gunwant while Preetha Nayak and Nahida Khatoon scored a goal each for Footie First.
Results: Footie First 2 (Preetha Nayak 16, Nahida Khatoon 65) Puneri Warriors 2 (Nilisha Sanket 37, Rutuja Gunwant 60); PIFA Sports (Colaba) FC 4 (Akanksha Kandalkar, Mamta Kumari, Dolly Kumari) beat Kenkre FC 0.
Kadam in final in Thailand City-based World No. 4 Sukant Kadam reached the final in the men’s singles SL-4 at the Thailand Para Badminton International competition in Pattaya. Kadam defeated local favourite Siripong Teamarrom 21-10, 21-16 in the semifinal and will play southpaw Lucas Mazur of France for the title. Earlier, he had beaten Guillaume Gailly, another Frenchman, 21-18, 21-16 in the first round. Kadam is returning to action after a three-month break owing to professional commitments.
DG ‘A’ men enter final Rajinder Singh notched up 21 points as Deccan Gymkhana ‘A’ men scored a domineering 65-59 win over BEG Senior to enter the final of the Akshay Bhosale senior basketball championship at Deccan Gymkhana on Thursday. tnn
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