Gagana bags two titles

Vijayawada: Krishna district shuttler Gagana Sri won the women's doubles and mixed doubles titles in the AP state sub-junior badminton championship held in Visakhapatnam recently. In the women's doubles final, Gagana and Vijaya Lakshmi defeated Nakshatra and Manojna 21-18, 19-21, 21-15. She paired up with T Charan Ram to beat Umesh and M Jithya 21-8, 21-12 in the mixed final. KDBA president Dr Ankamma Choudary and secretary Parasa Srinivasa Rao congratulated the shuttlers. Guntur dist athletics teamThe following athletes have been selected to represent Guntur district in the AP state inter-district athletic meet to be held at the ASR Stadium, Eluru from September 21 to 23. Team: Boys (U-14): A Dharma Raju, Y Satish, Sk Noor, V Balaji. U-16: G Mohan, Sk Himamvali, D Samuel, P Akash, P Srinvasa Rao, Sk Hameed, M Akhil Vardhan, Sk Aslam, Varun, Swaroop Kumar Patra, Paul Raj, Veerendra, J Pavan Teja, PV Satyanarayana, G Abhishek Lawrence. U-18: R Muni Naik, Karimullah Baig, KV Siva Reddy, S Seshu, P Praveen, D Manikanta Reddy, J Yeswanth Kumar, P Sai Kumar, Roshan, Sayta Aravind, M Nagarjun, A Pavan Kumar and G Madhu Babu. U-20: B Venkateswarlu, P Narendra, A Premchand, Z Sagar Babu, K Dinesh Kumar, Md Muzaffar, P Krishna, Ch MV Gurusankar, Ch Adinarayana, D Shyam Paul Naik, D Veeranjeneyulu and R Venu. Girls (U-14): Md Karishma, S Praneetha, G Pavani, P Hasini, Deepika. U-16: Kalyani, Rupalika Pathra, Md Asia, M Leela Pravalikaa, V Usha Sri, Y Naga Yochana, G Sri Latha, K Deepthi Yamini Anusha, Indumathi, Sk Meharaj, E Hema Sai, B Priyanka, AV Sushma, M Siva Parvathi. U-18: M Triveni, D Lakshmi Prasanna, Taishqa. U-20: Adasa, SK Karishma, A Ramya, S Naga Viharika, S Naga Dhathri, Ch Alekhya, Aparna Sai, Prasanna Sai, M Gamna Sri, B Suhitha and R Vani Koteswaramma.Neeraj elected senior VPDr Neeraj Kumar Sampathi, president of AP Carrom Association, has been elected as the senior vice-president of the All India Carrom Federation.