Maheep, Rasheed put Andhra on top

Visakhapatnam: K Maheep Kumar scored a century and Sk Rasheed hit 88 as Andhra tightened their grip over Goa in the Col CK Nayudu trophy league match at Porvorim, Goa on Monday. At stump on the second day, Goa, trailing 272 runs in the first innings, were eight for no loss. Opener Maheep Kumar (120, 257b,4x15) added 149 runs for the second wicket with Rasheed (88) and 61 for the third with Y Sandeep (21). Captain P Girinath Reddy (32) and Prudhvi (23) gathered 55 runs for the eighth wicket as Andhra made 378 in first innings.Brief scores: Goa 106 in 45.1 overs (Deepraj Gaonkar 37; KS Raju 3/21) & 8/0 in 5 overs vs Andhra 378 in 121.3 overs (K Maheep Kumar 120, Sk Rasheed 88; Keith Pinto 3/65, Manish P Kakode 3/73).Naveen wins bronze medalA Naveen Kumar of Visakhapatnam won a bronze medal in the inaugural FIDE Olympiad for people with disabilities which concluded in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday. Naveen scored 2.5 points out of five points. Andhra B emerge winnersAndhra ‘B’ won the title in the AP cricket tournament for physically challenged conducted at Anantapur on Sunday.Brief scores: Andhra ‘B’ 231/3 in 20 overs (Roshi Reddy 104 no, Leela Krishna 57) bt Andhra ‘A’ 149/9 in 20 overs (Subbarayudu 39). Andhra PC 207/6 in 20 overs (Roshi Reddy 45, Nagol Meera 32) bt MCC 122/9 in 20 overs (Prasanth 60; Venkataiah 4/8).Pallavi congratulatedVice-chancellor of Andhra University PVGD Prasada Reddy, director of physical education N Vijaya Mohan, HoD A. Pallavi congratulated S Pallavi of Satya Degree College, Vizianagaram for winning the 64 kg category gold medal in the all-India inter-university weightlifting in Calicut recently.