Semifinalists spotted

Visakhapatnam: Hosts Visakhapatnam meet Kurnool and Anantapur take on Vizianagaram in the semifinals of the Andhra Pradesh State football championship for men at the Railway football ground here on Thursday. The four made the knockout stage from the league phase which concluded on Wednesday.
Results (league): East Godavari 8 (Kittu 3, Rahul 3, Akshay, Nookaraju) bt Nellore 1 (Sohail).Vizianagaram 7 (Ramakrishna 3, Karthik 2, Purushottam 2) bt Krishna 2 (Prem, Rishi). Kurnool 7 (Subhan 2, Naveen 2, Vamsi, Vivek, Mallikarjun) bt Srikakulam 0. Anantapur 5 (Pranith 4, Saleem) bt Kadapa 0. Visakhapatnam 4 (Neel Kumar, Chinna, Yashwanth, Sohan) bt Guntur 1 (Manikanta).
Kranti shines for TPR
Kranti Kumar took five wickets for eight runs to set up TPR’s seven-wicket win over ATP Indians in the Y Raja Reddy memorial South India cricket tournament in Anantapur.
Brief scores: ATP Indians 79 in 14.3 overs (Kranti Kumar 5/8) lost to TPR 81/3 in seven overs (Thaha 27). Jithu XI, Hindupur 132 in 14.4 overs (Sidha 27; Teja 3/26) bt Spartan Warriors, Kalikiri 79 in 13.1 overs (Nagesh 3/11).