Bihar Police crush Rainbow 8-0

Patna, July 8, 209
Bihar Police hammered Rainbow by eight goals to nil in the SP Sinha memorial Patna Super Division football league here on Wednesday. In the other match of the day, Raj Mlik were held to a 0-0 draw by Patna Police.

At Patna High School ground, Bihar Police took the command of the match very start of the match and got 4-0 lead at the end of the first 45-minute of the play.

In the second half, Bihar Police cornered their rivals and pushed four more goals to take their tally to 8-0. Mohamamd Shahid (3rd), Pankaj Kumar (20th, 54th ), Rahul Shah (56th and 70th), Rajshekhar (33rd), Debabshish Roy (38th) and Naushad Ahmad (79th) scored for Bihar Police.

In the second match, Patna Police and Raj Milk played a lackluster draw.

Photo caption: Patna Police and Raj Milk players battle to control the ball during their Patna Super Division football league match on Wednesday.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

AITA talent series: Adamya, Ritwik enter boys' under-14 singles quarter-finals

Patna, July 8, 2009
Adamya Vikrant and Ritwik Bhriguvansi of Bihar moved into the quarter-finals of the boys’ under-14 singles in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) talent series tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Wednesday.

Adamya Vikrant edged past Pushkaraditya Sinha (UP) 6-3, 6-3 while Ritwik Bhriguvanshi outplayed Gagan Gupta (Rajasthan) 6-1, 6-2 in pre-quarter-final matches.

Results:
Boy’s U-14 pre-quarter final (singles):
Adamya Vikrant (Bih) beat Pushkaraditya Sinha (UP) 6-3, 6-3; Pradumn Budhiraja (UP) beat Yugal Bansal (Dli) 6-1, 6-2; Rahul Meena (Raj) beat Rajat Tripathi (MP) 6-2, 6-3; Vishu Prasad (Dli) beat Surya Singh (UP) 6-0, 6-1; Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bih) beat Gagan Gupta (Raj) 6-1, 6-2; Venkat Siddharath (Bih) beat Siddhant Raj (Bih) 6-0, 6-0; Shree Krishna (Bih) beat Zain Zafar (Bih) 6-0, 6-1; Saarthak Mehta (MP) beat AnishAnupam (Bih) 6-0, 6-1.

Boy’s U-12 pre-quarter final (singles):
Shree Krishna (Bih) beat Ankit Anand (Bih) 6-0, 6-1; Vishu Prasad (Dli) beat Surya Singh (UP) 6-0, 6-0; Zain Zafar (Bih) beat Ahbar Alam (Bih) 6-0, 6-0; Manak Kashyap (Dli) beat Raman Ayush (Bih) 6-1, 6-2; Akshat Agrawal (WB) beat Aditya Bhardwaj (Bih) 6-1, 6-1; Nilay Mishra (Bih) beat Naved Ahmed (Bih) 6-3, 6-3; Yugal Bansal (Dli) beat Anurag Prateek (Bih) 6-0, 6-0.

AITA talent series: Six Bihar players move into second round

Patna, July 7, 2009
After a breather of about 10 days, the clay courts of the Patliputra Colony Tennis Club came alive with the kids striking the ball by their racquets as hard as possible. It was another tournament of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) talent series that began on a sound note. The tournament is being organised by Bihar Lawn Tennis Association.

As the day progressed, the first day of tournament saw Six Bihar players sailed into the second round of the boys’ under-12 and 14 sections. Ahbar Alam of Bihar was the first to enter the second round defeating Nihal Singh (Bihar) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.

Results:
Boys’ under-12 singles (first round):
Ahbar Alam (Bihar) beat Nihal Singh (Bihar) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4; Raman Ayush (Bihar) beat Arbab Alam (Bihar) 6-3, 6-2 and Naved Ahmed (Bihar) beat Yuvraj Abhishek (Bihar)6-0, 6-1.

Boys’ under-14 singles (first round)
Pushkarditya Sinha (UP) beat Ankit Anand (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2; Pradumn Budhiraja (AP) beat Manak Kashyap (Delhi) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Rajat Tripathi (MP) beat Akshat Agrawal(WB) 6-0, 6-3; Surya Singh (UP) beat Naved Ahmed (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Sidhant Raj (Bihar) beat Shahbaz Ahmed (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Zain Zafar (Bihar) beat Osho (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2 and Anish Anupam (Bihar) beat Aditya Bhardwaj (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2.

Big win for Civil Audit Recreation Club

Patna, July 7, 2009

Civil Audit Recreation Club recorded a big 9-1 win over Khazanchi Road Football Club in the SP Sinha memorial Patna Super Division soccer league at the Patna High School ground here on Tuesday.

Civil Audit took a commanding 4-0 lead at the end of the first half’s play.

All the strikers of the Civil Audit were on goal scoring spree. They did not give much breathing space to Khazanchi Road players, who looked just hapless against their much fancied rivals throughout the match.

Imteyaz (four), Krishna Mohan (two), Rajesh Kashyap (two) and SL Desra (one) were the goal scorers for Civil Audit. Sanjay scored the lone goal for Khazanchi Road.

In another match of the day, State Bank of India (SBI) thrashed Secretariat Sports Club 3-0 at Gandhi Maidan. Sanjeev Kumar, Laxmi Kant Das and Navin Kudu found the target for SBI.

Photo caption: SBI and Secretariat Sports Club players in action during their Patna Super Division football league match in Patna on July 7, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Dony Polo Public School win Rajiv Gandhi Memorial U-15 cricket trophy

Patna, July 5, 2009

Dony Polo Public School chalked out a comprehensive 90-run win over RCC in the final match of the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial under-15 cricket tournament at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

Batting first Dony Polo School boys amassed 185 runs for the loss of five wickets off 25 overs. Aman Krishna played a diligent knock of 94 runs. Saurav was equally impressive with his 60 runs.

In reply, RCC could manage to score 95 runs off 20 overs. Rishabh made 22 runs. Sanjit and Rahul captured three wickets each.

Aman Krishna of Dony Polo School was declared man of the match and man of the series. Nikhil, Rahul and Anujit Parmar were adjudged best batsman, best bowler and best wicketkeeper respectively.

Dr Jitendra Prasad Singh gave away the prizes. Ajit Mishra, Pradeep Singh Rajivdhari Singh, Pawan Kumar, Runvijay Singh and Manoj Kumar were present at the closing function.

Brief scores:

Dony Polo PS: 185 for five wickets in 25 overs (Aman Krishna-94, Saurav-60, Ankit-2/30, Sumit-2/24).
RCC: 95 all out in 20 overs (Rishabh-22, Suman-12, Tushar-11, Sanjit-3/26, Rahul-3/9) .

Photo caption: Dony Polo Public School boys pose with Rajiv Gandhi U-15 cricket trophy in Patna on July 5, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

BRC too good for Bihar Police

Patna, July 5, 2009

Bihar Regimental Centre (BRC) opened their Patna Super Division football league campaign in style drubbing Bihar Police 6-1 at Gandhi Maidan here on Sunday.

In a virtual one-sided match, BRC had a commanding 2-0 lead at the end of first half.
Raju Soi opened the account in the 31st minute off a pass from Pradeep Devnath (1-0). He increased the margin just after five minutes off a pass from Jitan Lohar (2-0).

In the 60th minute, Navin Thapa reduced the margin for Bihar Police (2-1). But that was what Bihar Policemen could do in the 90-minute battle. Armymen scored four more goals in the later part of the game to take their final tally to 6-1.

Photo Caption: Bihar Police and BRC players fight to control the ball during their Patna Super Division football league match in Patna on July 5, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sindhu Public School clinch Iqbal Singh memorial T20 cricket trophy

Patna, July 4, 2009
Sindhu Public School clinched Ram Iqbal Singh memorial Twenty20 inter-school cricket tournament title posting a hard-fought one run win over Gautam Buddha High School in the final at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday.

Shasheem Rathore of Sindhu Public School, who scored 39 runs, was declared man of the match as well as man of the series. Siddhant Vijay (Gautam Buddha High School) and Kundan Sharma (Sindhu Public School) were adjudged best batsman and best bowler respectively.

Brief scores:
Sindhu Public School: 115 for nine wickets in 20 overs (Kundan-20, Shasheem Rathore-39, Ashish-17, Siddhant Vijay-3/25, Kislay-2/30, Nikhil-2/18).
Gautam Buddha High School: 114 all out in 19.4 overs. (Siddhan Vijay-13, Vibhakar-39, Bishwajit-3/16, S Haque-3/16)