Shikshayatan Public School and Donny Polo School in pre-quarterfinals

Patna, November 26, 2009:
Shikshayatan Public School and Donny Polo School got the tickets for last 16 stage of the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

Shikshayatan Public School beat DAV Public School by 31 runs while Donny Polo School thrashed Awasiya Bal Niketan, Bihta, by 119 runs.

Arnav Kumar (Shikshayatan) and Sidhant Vijay (Donny Polo) got the man of the match awards.

Brief scores: Shikshayatan Public School: 108 for eight wickets in 25 overs (Alind Singh-39, Vikas Raj-22, Pratyush-11, Vishwajit-2/17, Harshvardhan-2/7).

DAV Public School: 77 all out in 15.5 overs (Vipul-17, Anirudh-3/14, Anurag-2/11, Sachin-2/21).

Donny Polo Public School: 170 for five wickets in 25 overs (Sidhant Vijay-70, Shasheem Rathore-48, Nitesh Anand-28, Vivek-2/17, Punit-2/30).

Awasiya Bal Shiksha Niketan, Bihta: 51 all out in 19.1 overs (Ashutosh-12, Vivek-4/9, Kundan Sharma-2/6).

Photo caption: Sidhant Vijay (Donny Polo School) receives man of the match award from former international umpire LP Verma in Patna on November 26, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Bihar junior kabaddi from December 5

Patna, November 26, 2009:
The 36th Bihar state junior kabaddi championships will be held at Madhubani from December 5, according to Kumar Vijay, secretary, Bihar State Kabaddi Association (BSKA).

On the basis of the performance in the championships, Bihar team for the 36th junior National kabaddi championship to be held in Bhopal would be selected, he said.

BSKA had formed a selection committee with Jagarnath Singh as its convener. Other members of the committee were Mukesh Kumar, Dinesh Chandra Jha, Ramji Upadhaya and Rana Ranjit Singh.

Ajay nets hattrick as Buxar trounce Muzaffarpur

Patna, November 26, 2009:
Ajay Kumar’s fine hat-trick helped Buxar decimate Muzaffarpur 4-1 in the 61st Bihar State football championships for Moinul Haq Trophy in Purnia on Thursday.

According to information reached here, in another match Motihari crushed Nalanda 5-1.
Manoj Kumar scored the fourth goal for Buxar. Raman Kumar of Muzaffarpur hit the lone goal for his team. Ajay Kumar was named man of the match.

Suman Gautam of Motihari struck two goals while Arun Choudhary, Md Rashid and Raushar scored one goal each. Prabhakar of Nalanda reduced the margin. Raushan of Motihari got the man of the match award.

Chandni emerges PWC champions

Patna, November 25, 2009:

Patna Women’s College organized its annual sports day at its ground on Wednesday. A large number of students participated in the track and field and other events to celebrate the occasion. Chandni Kumari of BA-I won the overall championship title collecting maximum points.

Suman of BA-II took the runner-up title while Samira Fatima of BCom-III won the indoor championship’s trophy. Bihar Legislative Assembly speaker, Uday Narain Choudhary inaugurated the meet in a gala function. Bihar Minister Dr Anil Kumar and Patna District Magistrate Jitendra Kumar Sinha were the guests of honours at the opening function.

The day began with the hoisting of the college flag followed by march past, lighting the torch, opening ceremony and oath taking and a the welcome song “Swagatam Hai Aapka”.

Dr Sister Doris D’Souza, AC, principal, Patna Women’s College, addressed the students and encouraged them to excel in every field of life.

Events that enthralled the spectators most were dumb bells by the students of BCom-II, yogasana by BSc-I and II, hoops by BA-I, dandia by B.A-II and aerobics by vocational.

Later, Uday Narain Choudhary gave away the prizes.

Teachers and staff members of Patna Women’s College also participated in the sport events. Shobha Shrivastava got the first prize in teachers’ game while Amoli got the second prize. Anshu had to be satisfied with the third prize.

Students also made a formation of 26/11 on the ground after the sports events to pay homage to the victims of 26/11 Mumbai terros attack on the eve of its first anniversary.

Photo caption: Patna Women's College students participate in the track event.

Middle: PWC students perform hoops.

Bottom; PWC students make 26/11 to pay homage to Mumbai terror attack victims in Patna on November 25, 2009.

Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Supaul edge past Arwal

Patna, November 25, 2009:
Supaul edged past Arwal 5-3 via shootouts while Bhagalpur got a walkover against Khagaria on the fourth day of Bihar State football championships for the Moinul Haq Trophy in Purnia on Wednesday.

According to information reached here, Anil Kumar put Arwal into the lead in the 19th minute through his solo effort. Shambhu Kumar made it 2-0 in the 30th minute of the match.

Arwal were leading 2-0 at the end of first half. In the second half, Supaul fought back as Raju Kumar reduced the lead in the 60th minute. Raju found the target once against to bring in the equalizer in the 77th minute. Penalty shootouts came into force for the result. Supaul struck three goals while Arwal found the target once. Raju Kumar of Supaul was adjudged man of the match.
In the second match, Khagaria failed to turn up against Bhagalpur.

St Paul’s School, Begusarai and Don Bosco Academy, Patna in second round

Patna, November 25, 2009: St Paul’s School, Begusarai and Don Bosco Academy, Patna moved into the second round of the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

In the first match of the day, St Paul’s School prevailed over Sun International School, Patna by 72 runs while Don Bosco Academy got the better of Indian Public School, Sasaram by 6 wickets.
Batting first Begusarai boys made 153 for the loss of five wickets with Santosh Kumar scoring a magnificent 50 runs. Manish (30) too contributed well. Vishal took two wickets for 26 runs.

In reply, Sun International School were bowled out for paltry 81 runs.In the second match, Sasaram boys collected 71 runs off 22.3 overs. In reply, Don Bosco boys raced to the target losing four wickets.

Santosh Kumar Sonu of St Paul’s School and Abhishek Kumar of Don Bosco Academy were adjudged man of the match.

Brief scores: St Paul’s School 153 for 5 (Santosh Kumar Sonu 50, Manish 30, Vishal 2 for 26, Aman Aditya 1 for 11).

Sun International School 81 all out (Vishal 19, Ankit 17, Mohammad Saddam 2 for 11, Manish 2 for 11, Chandan 2 for 14).

Indian Public School 71 all out (Sunil 12, Akash Deep 11, Abhishek 3 for 10, Amitabh 2 for 6 and Satyanath 2 for 10).

Don Bosco Academy 72 for 4(Rishav 26, Amitabh 19, Aniket 2 for 10 and Animesh 1 for 11).

Photo caption: Don Bosco Academy, Patna boys (top) and St Paul’s School, Begusarai boys (bottom) after winnig their respective matches of Sukhdeo school cricket in Patna on November 25, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Hard-fought win for Muzaffarpur

Patna, November 24, 2009:
Muzaffarpur pipped Banka 1-0 in the 61st Bihar State and inter-district football championships for Moinul Haq Trophy here in Purnia on Tuesday.

According to information reached here, in another match of the day, Nalanda earned full points by virtue of a walkover against East Central Railway Sonepur division.
Anuj Kumar of Muzaffarpur scored the lone goal of the match in the 76th minute. Ashwani Chandan of Muzaffarpur was named man of the match.

Ashwani Public School in last 16

Patna, November 24, 2009:
Ashwani Public School, Danapur, got the ticket for round of last sixteen in the 25th All- India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament trouncing Mother Teresa Montessori School by seven wickets at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

In the second match, St Paul School, Begusarai, crushed Deo Public School, Saharsa by six wickets.

Himanshu Hari (Ashwani School ) and Rahul Kumar (St Paul’s School) were named man of the match.

Brief scores: Mother Teresa Montessori School: 86 all out in 23.4 overs (Aryan-29, Sachin-11, Himanshu Hari-4/14, Ramesh-3/17).

Ashwani Public School: 89 for three wickets in 17.1 overs (Pravi Ranjan-30, Himanshu Hari-21 not out, Raj Krishan-17 not out, Vishal-2/16).

Deo Public School: 117 for nine wickets in 25 overs (Abhimanyu Pandey-29, Rakesh-17, abhinav-15, Rahul-2/15).

St Paul School: 118 for four wickets in 22.1 overs (Rahul-41 not out, Manish-41).Badminton meet.

Photo caption: Ashwani Public School, Danapur boys in Patna on November 24, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Purnia to host Bihar State Senior Major badminton from December 11

Patna, November 24, 2009:
Bihar State Senior Major badminton championship will be held at Purnia from December 15, according to KN Jaiswal, secretary, Bihar Badminton Association.

Men, women singles and doubles, veterans’ singles and doubles events will be organized in the three-day meet. The last date for entry is December 10.

Nalanda and Arwal earn full points

Patna, November 23, 2009:
Nalanda and Arwal posted wins while Bhagalpurgot a walkover against Begusarai on the second day of 61st Bihar state and inter-district football championships for Moinul Haq Trophy in Purnia on Monday.

According to information reached here, Nalanda edged out Jehanabad 1-0. Chandan Bharti of Nalanda netted the match winner in the 30th minute. Goaltender Piyush Kumar of Nalanda was declared man of the match.

In another match, Arwal outplayed Sheikhpura 2-0. Sunil Kumar of Arwal, who was declared man of the match, scored both the goals in the 38th and 81st minutes of the game.

In the last match of the day, Bhagalpur got the full points as their their rivals Begusarai did not turn up for the match.

Patel inter-school athletics from December 11

Patna, November 23, 2009:
As many as 80 schools from all over Bihar have confirmed their participation in the 8thSardar Patel inter-school athletic championships to be held at the Moinul Haq Stadium here from December 11, according to a press release of Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation.

The meet has generated huge response among the budding athletes of Bihar. For smooth conduct of the three-day meet different committees have been formed. The important committees are: reception committee, ground committee and technical committee.

Deoria school in pre-quarterfinals

Patna, November 23, 2009:
Siddharha Senior Secondary School, Deoria booked their berths in the pre-quarter-finals of the 25th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament defeating St Joseph’s School, Patna, by five wickets at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday.

Krishna Mohan Pandey (Deoria), who scored 25 runs, was adjudged man of the match.

In the first match, Ashwani Public School, Danapur, tamed Sports Hostel, Gorakhpur by 33 runs to enter the second round. Ishan Kishan (Danapur), who scored 38 runs, was declared man of the match.

Brief scores: Ashwani Public School, Danapur: 121 all out in 24.5 overs (Ishan Kishan-38, Balram Ghosh-24, Kumar Raj-13, Prince-3/16, Dharampal-3/22, Rahul-2/18).

Sports Hostel, Gorakhpur: 88 all out in 20.4 overs (Dhananjay Sarkar-14, Sanjay Mukherjee-14, Raj Krishan3/14, Prashant-3/14).

St Joseph’s School, Patna: 69 all out in 17.2 overs (Roshan-16, Nandan-13, Rahul Singh-3/13, Swetank Roy-2/18).

Siddhartha School, Deoria: 73 for five wickets in 16.3 overs (Krishna Mohan Pandey-25, Vivek Singh-20, Sumit Ranjan-2/15).

Top: Ashwani Public School boys (top) and Siddharha Senior Secondary School, Deoria (bottom) pose for a group photograph in Patna on November 23, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Patna Women’s College ‘A’ clinch throwball title

Patna, November 22, 2009:
Patna Women’s College ‘A’ struggled to down Patna Women’s College ‘B’ 13-15, 15-6, 15-10, 15-13 in an exhibition throwball match to celebrate their annual sports day here.

Leading from the front Kamna Bharati of Patna Women’s College ‘B’ gave her side a perfect start by winning the first set at 15-13. In the second set Patna Women’s College ‘A’ bounced back with some accurate throw by skipper Neha Singh and Ankita Narayan. ‘A’ won the second set at 15-6.

After winning the second set, Patna Women’s College ‘A’ took full command of the game and won the next two sets and the match easily 15-10, 15-13. Suman, Setu Shekhar, Priyanka and Rebika played well for Patna Women’s College ‘B’ team.

Patna Women’s College principal, Sister Doris D’ Suza, AC, inaugurated the match. Throwball Association of Bihar secretary Neeraj Kumar Pappu was present on the occasion.

Photo caption: Throwball match is in progress at Patna Women's College on November 22, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

MU cricket team for East Zone university cricket

Patna, November 22,2009:
A 15-member Magadh University team will take part in the East Zone inter-university cricket tournament, according to information reached here.

Team: Mangal Kr Mahrom (Gaya College, Gaya), Shashi Bhushan Kumar (SGGS, College, Patna City), Dhrub Kumar (SGGS, College, Patna City), Sanjeev Kumar (Gaya College, Gaya), Manish Singh (Gaya College, Gaya), Abhinav Shekhar (Gaya College, Gaya), Ravi Shankar (Gaya College, Gaya), Shashi Kant (Gaya College, Gaya), Adarsh Kumar (Nalanda College), Munchun Raj (College of Commerce), Ujawal Kumar (College of Commerce), Sanjeev Kumar (ANS College, Barh), Dharmendra Kumar (A NCollege, Patna), Amit Kumar (PRS College, Mokama).

Purnia lad Saurav wins Bihar U-7 chess title

Patna, November 22, 2009:
Saurav Anand of Purnia claimed the Bihar State U-7 chess title bagging three points in as many rounds at the end of final round play at RBI Recreation Club hall here. Usha Arya of Patna won the girls’ title with five points.

Tushar Sinha of Patna with 2 points and Harsh Raj (Patna) with one point finished second and third respectively.

In girls’ section, Manya Diptam (Patna) with 3 points and Janhavi (Patna) with 3 points earned second and third spots respectively.

Sanjeev Kumar, joint secretary, All Bihar Chess Association gave away the prizes.

Siddarth Senior Secondary School, Deoria advance into second round

Patna, November 22, 2009: Siddarth Senior Secondary School, Deoria outplayed RUH Larsa School, Jehanabad by 37 runs to enter the second round of the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

Mother Teresa School, Patna crushed St Dominic’s School, Patna, by 58 runs to occupy a place in the second round. Rahul Singh of Deoria and Aryan of Mother Teresa School were adjudged man of the match for their respective matches. Batting first Siddarth Senior Secondary School made 118 all out and then restricted their rivals for paltry 71 runs.

Brief scores: Siddarth Senior Secondary School, Deoria: 118 all out (Rahul Singh 37, Saddam Hussain 28, Imran 13, Ravishankar 4 wickets for 15 runs, Paritosh 3 wickets for 5 runs).

Larsa Jehanabad: 71 all out (Ravishankar 25, Sharvetankan 3 for 16, Amit Singh 2 for 11, Shan Habib 2 for 12, Rahul Singh 2 for 18).

Mother Teresa School: 119 for 8 (Suman 21, Sachin 15, Wasim 2 for 28, Rishav 2 for 23, Anupam 2 for 22).

St Dominic’s School: 61 all out (Kumar Abhishek 18, Aryan 5 for 10, Suraj 3 for 5).

Photo caption: Siddarth Senior Secondary School, Deoria (top) and Mother Teresa School, Patna (bottom) pose for a group photograph in Patna on November 22, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Rashmi to lead Bihar jr women soccer team

Patna, November 22, 2009: Rashmi Kumari will lead a 20-member Bihar team in the 8th Junior National women football championship to be held at Cuttack from November 24 to December 11, according to S Ejaz Hussain, secretary, Bihar Football Association.

Team: Rashmi Kumari (captain), Khushboo Kumari, Soni Kumari, Shilpi, Prity Kumari, Ritual Kumari, Dazy Kumari, Ritika Kumari, Pinki Kumari, Priyanshu Kumari, Suruchi Kumari, Sweta Kumari, Ankita Kumari, Sweta Rawat, Warsha Kumari, Sweta Kumari, Mamta Kumari, Pinki Kumari 2, Moni Kumari, Pooja Kumari, Ravindra Singh (manager) and Mukesh Kumar (coach).

Bihar boys storm into sub-jr soccer final

Patna, November 22, 2009: Bihar stormed into the final of the 32nd sub junior national football championship for Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy at JRD Sstadium in Jamshedpur on Sunday. Bihar edged past Orissa 4-3 in penalty shootouts.

According to Bihar Football Association secretary, Syed Ejaz Hussain, with this victory, Bihar booked the ticket for the final phase of the tournament to be held at Gurgaon from December 10.

After a goalless first half, Bivision Ho struck the first goal for Bihar in the 85th minute. Orissa equalised the lead in the dying moments. In the shootouts, Sajal Mallick, Satish Deogam and Sanjay Biruli found the target for Bihar.
Arjun bikram Shah, president, Bihar Football Association and its secretary Syed Ejaz Hussain congratulated the team for their stunning performance.

Banka edge out Katihar

Patna, November 22, 2009:
Banka beat Katihar 5-3 in penalty shootouts in the opening match of 61st Bihar State football championships for Moinul Haq Trophy in Purnia on Sunday.

According to information reached here 40 district and institution teams are participating in the 21-day long event.
The match ended 1-1 as Banka and Katihar failed to break the deadlock at end of regulation time. In shootouts, Banka struck four goals while Katihar netted two.
Earlier Raj Kishor Keshri, MLA inaugurated the tournament.

Divine Public School move into second round

Patna, November 21, 2009:

Divine Public School, Uttar Pradesh, and St Joseph’s Public School advanced to the second round of the 25th All India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here.

Divine Public School beat MS Academy by 17 runs while St Joseph’s Public School edged out Sri Sri Ravishankar Bal Mandir by 13 runs.

Harshit Gupta (Divine School) and Aman Bhaskar (St Joseph’s Public School) were adjudged man of the match in their respective matches.

Brief scores: Divine Public school: 142 for one wicket in 25 overs (Harshit Gupta-62 not out, Arman Lari-16, Shirish-27, Ashish-1/25).

MS Academy: 125 for nine wickets in 25 overs (Ravi Sinha-15, Amarit Bhushan-14, Harshit Gupta-2/22, Shirish-2/20).

St Joseph’s Public School: 122 for nine wickets in 25 overs (Vinay-23, Nandan-22, Sachin-3/18, Vivek-3/16).

Sri Sri Ravishankar Bal Mandir: 109 all out in 23.5 overs (Ashutosh Shiver-41, Shubham-21, Aman bhashkar-3/18, Roshan Raj-2/9).

Photo caption:

Top: Harshit Gupta (Divine School) and Aman Bhaskar (St Joseph’s Public School: bottom) along with their team members pose for a group photographs after receiving man of the match awards in Patna on November 21, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Tushar, Saurav in joint lead in Bihar U-7 chess

Patna, November 21, 2009:
Tushar Sinha of Patna and Saurav Anand of Purnia shot into joint lead with two points each at the end of boys’ second round of the Bihar state under-7 chess championship here on Saturday.

Usha Arya of Patna with two points took sole lead after as many rounds in the girls’ section.

Earlier, Sanjeev Kumar, joint secretary, All Bihar Chess Association (ABCA) inaugurated the tournament. Rakesh Ranjan, joint secretary, ABCA, national players Krishna Prasad, Alok Kumar Singh, Abdul Hasib and Akhauri Vinit were present at the inaugural function.

Results (boys after second round): Tushar Sinha (2) bt Harsh Raj (0) and Saurav Anand (2) bt Kumar Harsh Vardhan Singh (0).
Girls (after second round): Usha Arya (2) bt Janvi (0); Manya Divyam (1) bt Akhauri Sakshi (0) and Sindh Saloni (1) bt Garima Gaurav (0).

Sanam bags maiden gold; bronze medals for Jayanta Talukdar, Manjudha Soy

KOLKATA, November 21: India’s Isiah Rajendra Sanam won his maiden international gold medal in the men’s individual compound event of the 16th Asian archery championship at Bali (Indonesia) today.

The 15th-ranked pushed the fourth-ranked Indonesian Nyoman Puruhito to the silver place with a 106-103 final verdict. The win gave Sanam a creditable double, team and individual gold medals.

Fifth-seeded Jayanta Talukdar held his nerve to defeat 11th-seeded compatriot Mangal Singh Champia 112-110 in the men’s individual recurve bronze medal play-off, according to information received here.

Manjudha Soy came up with creditable victory against eighth-ranked Iranian Seyedeh Halimian 113-111 in the women’s individual compound bronze medal play-off.

As the curtain of the meet wrung down, India ensured perhaps the best ever medal haul in the continental meet by winning two gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Press release from Archery Association of India

Shikshayatan Public School and Aryan Public School,Ara move into second round

Patna, November 20, 2009: Shikshayatan Public School, Patna and Aryan Public School, Ara cruised into the second round of the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Naraun memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday.

Shikshayatan Public School outclassed Marwari Pathshala, Bhagalpur, by 29 runs while Aryan Public School, Ara, defeated Teresa The Mother School, Patna, by eight wickets.

Vikas Kumar of Shikshayatan, who scored 40 runs, was declared man of the match. In the other match, Bhisham Kumar of Ara, who scored 36 runs, was named man of the match.

Brief scores:

Shikshayatan Public School: 117 for nine wickets in 25 overs (Vikas-40, Alind-30, Krishna-10, Shashikant-3/14, Sanjay Kumar-3/14).

Marwari Pathshala: 88 all out in 19.4 overs (Sanjay Kumar 48, VikaS-3/14, Yuvraj-3/16, Alind-2/20).

Teresa The Mother School: 76 for nine wickets in 25 overs ( Ranjit-43, Rajesh-12, RK Bharati-3/23, Ankit Raj-2/13).

Aryan Public School: 80 for two wickets in 13.4 overs (Bhisham-36, Nitesh Kumar-22, Rajesh-1/17).

Photo captions:

Top: Bihar Players Associaton president Mritunjay Tiwari (left) and Bihar Carrom Association chairman Ravi P Sinha jointly give away man of the match award to Vikas Kumar Shikshayatan Public School in Patna on November 20, 2009.

Bottom: Aryan Public School, Ara, and Teresa The Mother School, Patna boys pose for group photograph.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Indian men's compound team wins gold medal

KOLKATA, November 20:
India won a gold medal and two silver medals from the team championship of the 16th Asian Archery Championship at Bali on Friday.

The Indian men’s compound team, consisting of C. Srither, Kh. Ratan Singh and Isiah R. Sanam, won the gold medal, first ever in any international competition, by overcoming Iran 231-230 in the final.

The Indian men’s recurve team, comprising Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia, lost to Korea in the final at 219-222 and settled for the silver medal.

The second silver medal came through women’s compound team, comprising Jhano Hansdah, Namita Yadav and Manjudha Soy. The trio lost the final to Korea 215-223.

The Indian women’s recurve side failed to get the bronze medal after losing to China in the play-off. Earlier, the team lost to Korea in the semifinals and moved into the bronze medal play-off.

Press release from Archery Association of India

Donny Polo School and DAV Public School enter 2nd round of Sukhdeo cricket

Patna, November 19, 2009;
Donny Polo School and DAV Public School, Board Colony booked their berths in the second round of the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

Doni Polo School posted seven-wicket victory over MG Inter School (Uttar Pradesh) while DAV Public School, Board Colony crushed Christ Church School by 72 runs.

Batting first MG Inter School made 75 all out. In reply, Donny Polo School boys successfully chased the target losing three wickets on the way.

In the second match, DAV School gathered 133 for 7 wickets while Christ Church School boys could score 61 all out.

Rajnish Gaurav of Donny Polo and Vishwajeet of DAV were adjudged man of the match for their respective matches. Organising secretary Vijay Kumar Narain Chunnu gave away the awards.

Brief Scores:

MG Inter School: 75 all out (Irfan Hasmi 26, Sujit Kumar Singh 12, Rajnish Gaurav 5 for 13, Anand Priya 2 for 7).

Donny Polo School: 77 for 3 (Sidhnat Vihay 12, Sasim Rathore 31, Vibhakar Arya 22, Sandeep Kumar Singh 2 for 21).

DAV School: 133 for 7 (Vipul Nishant 22, Harshvardhan 21 not out, Sachin 16, Subham 3 for 15, Aftab 2 for 21).

Christ Church School: 61 all out (Mudassar Iqbal 13, Sajid Haque 10, Vishwajeet 4 for 16, Nishesh 2 for 13).

Photo caption: Donny Polo School and DAV Public School, Board Colony boys pose for a group photograph in Patna on November 19, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

PFA junior division league from December 15

Patna, November 19, 2009: Football Association (PFA) Junior division league will be held here from December 15. PFA secretary Rajendra Prasad Yadav said the teams had been divied into twp groups and two matches would be played simultaneously at Police Lines and Patna High School grounds.

Pool A: Limras FC, Thakur Baba Young SC, Sahpur SC, Kumar Club, Jr. GAC, Janta FC, Bayapur.
Pool B: Sarvodya FC (Barhi), Bal Kalyan Coaching Centre, New Boys FC, Mussalahpur FC, Mahendru SC, City Athletic Club.

Fixtures: December 15: Sarvodaya FC vs Balkalyan CC at PPL and New Boys FC vs City Athletic Club at PHS.
December 16: Mahendru SC vs Mussalahpur SC at PPL and Kumar Club vs Jr. GAC at PHS.
December 17: Sarvodaya SC vs New Boys FC at PPL and Mussalahpur FC vs City Athletic Club at PHS.
December 18: Bal Kalyan Coaching. Centre vs City Athletic Club at PPL and Sahpur FC vs Kumar Club at PHS.
December 19: Sarvodaya FC vs Mahendru SU at PPL and Limras FC vs Thakur Baba YSC at PHS.

Isiah Sanam makes it to maiden final

KOLKATA, November 19:
Isiah R. Sanam, a former National champion, entered the men’s individual compound final of the 16th Asian archery championship at Bali on Thursday.

Sanam, a qualified pilot, displayed steel like nerve and rock like temperament to overcome a number of tough opponents en route to his maiden international final.

Among the recurve archers, only Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia could reach up to the semifinals where they lost. The two will figure in the bronze medal play-off on Saturday, according to information received here.

Manjudha Soy will also figure in the women’s compound bronze medal play-off.

All the four Indian teams will be seen in action in the team elimination round to be held on Friday.

Press release from Archery Association of India

Sasaram and Bihta schools post victories

Patna, November 18, 2009:

Indian Public School, Sasaram and Residential Bal Kshiksha Niketan, Bihta won their respective matches to enter the second round of the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

Indian Public School chalked out 14-run win over St Joseph’s High School, Patna while Residential Bal Kshiksha Niketan, Bihta, outplayed Jeans Paul Senior Secondary School, Ara, by 43 runs.

Rahul Kumar of Sasaram and Saurav Kumar of Bihta were adjudged man of the match.

Brief scores: Indian Public School: 121 all out in 24.3 overs (Rahul Kumar-26,sunil-21, Akash-10, Aniket-13, Nishant-2/21, Rajeev Roshan-2/21).

St Joseph’s High School: 107 for five wickets in 25 overs (ShivamRaj-47, Rajeev Roshan-14, Animesh-1/21, Vikash-1/19).

Residential Bal Kshiksha Niketan: 151 all out in 23.4 overs (SauravKumar-78, Bunty Gupta-27, Hirdyanand Singh-2/27, Govind Shankar-2/20).

Jeans Paul Senior Secondary School: 108 all out in 21.1 overs (ChandanKumar-40, Govind Shankar-19, Vikash Kumar-12, Saurav Kumar-3/13,Puneet Kishore-1/15).

Photo caption: Indian Public School, Sasaram boys pose for a group photograph in Patna on November 18, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Ahana, Lekh earn grand treble

Patna, November 17, 2009: Lekh Raj and Ahana Pal did an incredible. Both the players earned a grand treble in the Braj Deo Roy memorial 58th Bihar state and inter-district table tennis tournament at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Tuesday.

Lekh Raj of Patna won the men’s singles, doubles and youth boys’ singles titles while Ahana of Darbhanga claimed the youth girls, women singles and doubles crowns.

Lekh Raj beat Zunaid-Ur-Rehman 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 in the men’s singles final while partnering with Rahul Das, the former beat the pair of Rahul Kumar and Somnath Roy 11-6, 11-3, 6-11, 5-11, 11-3 in men’s doubles final. Lekh added one more crown when he beat Zunaid-ur-Rehman 11-3, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9 in the Youth singles final.

Ahana Pal scripted the same story in the women’s events. Ahana Pal beat Paulomi Raha 11-4, 11-3, 11-5 to clinch the women’s singles title. Ahana Pal and Saiqua Parween trounced Patna pair of Chumaki Mandal and Dipali Sarkar 11-8, 11-8, 13-11. In the Youth girls’ singles final Ahana got the better of Priya Kumari 11-3, 11-4, 11-4.

Rahul Kumar of Patna bagged the junior boys’ singles crown beating Rahul Prakash also from Patna 11-7, 11-5 and 11-8 in the final. Ankit Kumar of Patna won the sub-junior boy’s singles title defeating Amit Kumar (Patna) 12-10, 6-11, 11-5 and 11-9 in the final.

Dr Himanshu Roy distributed the prizes. Dilip Kumar Gandhi, secretary, Patna District Table Tennis Association, welcomed the guests. Mukesh Roy, secretary, Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA), proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo caption: Winners of Bihar State table tennis championships in Patna on November 17, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Don Bosco Academy clinch a cliff-hanger

Patna, November 17, 2009: Don Bosco Academy edged past Town High School by two wickets to move into the second round of the 25th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

Batting first Town High School made 114 all out off 24.5 overs. In reply, Don Bosco Academy scored the winning run second last ball of the innings.

Amitabh of Don Bosco, who claimed five wickets and scored 30 runs, was declared man of the match.

Brief scores: Town High School: 114 all out in 24.5 overs (Rohit-26, Imran-27, Shadab Ayub-18, Aqib Khan-20, Amitabh-5/16, Rishabh-2/25).

Don Bosco Academy: 115 for eight wickets in 24.5 overs (Amitabh-30, Anshuman-15, Shashank-28, Aqib khan-2/19).

Photo caption: Don Bosco Academy and Town High School players pose for a group photograph in Patna on November 17,2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

India men’s team finishes 2nd, Rahul Banerjee third

KOLKATA, November 18: The Indian men’s recurve team, comprising Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia, scored 3,953 points to rank second overall in the FITA round qualification of the 16th Asian archery championship at Bali (Indonesia) on Wednesday.

The women’s compound side, consisting of Jhano Hansdah, Namita Yadav and Manjudha Soy, totaled 4,034 points to stand third overall, by far the best show in this championship.

Rahul Banerjee was the best placed among the Indians at third overall with a total of 1326 points. Talukdar stood fifth (1321), Champia was 11th (1306) and young Atanu Das occupied the 24th spot (1274), according to information received here.

In the women’s compound section, Jhano was seventh overall with 1361. Gagandeep surprised with her improved display to come 11th with 1358 points. Namita with 1337 was 14th and Manjudha was 15th with 1336.

Results: Ranking round, men’s recurve: 3. Rahul Banerjee (1326), 5. Jayanta Talukdar (1321), 11. Mangal Singh Champia (1306) and 24. Atanu Das (1274). Team: 2. India (Banerjee, Talukdar and Champia) 3953.

Women’s compound: 7. Jhano Hansdah (1361), 11. Gagandeep Kaur (1358), 14. Namita Yadav (1337) and 15. Manjudha Soy (1336). Team: 3. India (Jhano, Namita and Manjudha) 4034.

Source: Press release from Archery Association of India

Bihar storm into semifinals

Patna, November 17, 2009: Bihar stormed into the semi-finals of the 32nd sub-junior National football championship for Mir Iqbal trophy outplaying Rajasthan 4-0 at Jamshedpur on Tuesday.

According to information reached here, Bihar led 1-0 in the first half. Bivision Ho drew the first blood in the 15th minute. Samu Hembron made it 2-0 in the 60th minute. Bivison struck two goals in the 78th and 90th minutes to take the tally to 4-0.

Indian archers start campaign on positive note

Kolkata, November 17: India opened the 16th Asian Archery Championship at Bali (Indonesia) in a positive note with the Indian men’s compound team totaling 4050 points in the FITA round qualification to rank third overall. The women’s recurve team occupied fourth spot with a total of 3941 points on Tuesday.

The men’s compound team consisted of National champion C. Srither, Kh. Ratan Singh and Isiah R. Sanam. The women’s recurve side had Rimil Buriuly, Laxmirani Majhi and Chekrovolu Swuro as members.

Individually, Srither was the best Indian in the ranking round being placed at second. The best women recurve archer was Rimil Buriuly at ninth.

Men’s recurve and women’s compound events will be gone through on Wednesday.

As many as 400 archers from 32 countries are participating in the four-day championship. The continental qualification for youth Olympics will also be held during the meet.

India have already booked a maximum of two berths (men and women) through Atanu Das and Seema Verma at the Youth World Championship at Ogden (US) in July this year.

The results: Ranking round, men’s compound: 2. C. Srither 1375 points, 10. Palton Hansda 1346, 13. Kh. Ratan Singh 1342, 15. Isiah R. Sanam 1333 (15th). Team: 3. India (Srither, Ratan and Sanam) 4050.
Women’s recurve: 9. Rimil Buriuly 1314, 12. Laxmirani Majhi 1310, 19. Chekrovolu Swuro 1290, 31. Reena Kumari 1242. Team 4. India (Rimil, Laxmi and Chekrovolu) 3941.

Press Release from Archery Association of India

Baldev Inter High School in second round

Patna, November 16, 2009: Baldev Inter High School, Danapur and Sun International School cruised into the second round of the 25th All-India Sukhedo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday.

Baldev School decimated BPL Residential School by 88 runs while in the second match of the day Sun International School crushed Litera Valley School by 10 wickets.

Brief scores: Baldev Inter High School : 188 for 3 off 25 overs (Dinesh Deewan 105, 12x4; Anagh Mani 19, Praveen Kumar 29, Ujjwal 1 for 24, Kshitiz 1 for 43).

BPL Residential Public School: 100 all out off 24.2 overs (Abhijeet 15, Vikas 14, Sourav 14, Kshitiz 15, Anagh Mani 5 wickets for 11 runs, Sourav 2 wickets for 16 runs).

Litera Valley School: 65 all out off 15.4 overs (Mehul 18, Abhishek 4 wickets for 7 runs, Krrish 2 for 16, Aman Akash 2 for 7).

Sun International School: 66 for no loss off 9 overs (Aman Akash Krrish 11).

Photo caption: Sun International School and Litera Valley School players

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Patna team for T10 Gali cricket announced

Patna, November 16, 2009: Patna team for T10 Gali cricket tournament to be held in Patna, Panchkula and Kanpur has been announced.

Team: Ranjit Kumar (Patna), Ravi Prakash (Patna), Kumar Aaditya (Patna), Nitish Kumar Rai (Patna), Avishekh Kumar (Patna), Anmol Boni (Patna), Dharmesh Bharti (Patna), Mukul Kumar (Patna), Anurag Sharma (Lucknow), Md Tanveer Aalam (Saran), Md Kaiphy Shamsir (Siwan), Imran Nazir (Siwan), Sonu Gupta (Siwan; wicketkeeper) and Manish Kumar (Patna).

Photo caption: Patna T10 Gali cricket team

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Rameshwar Singh football trophy for Army Boys, Danapur

Patna, November 16, 2009: Army Boys Sports Company, Danapur beat Muzaffarpur Police 2-1 to win Rameshwar Singh memorial football tournament title at the New Police Lines ground here on Monday.

Muzaffarpur Police took the lead in the 40th minute through Ram Kumar. Army Boys equalized the lead through Hemant Lama in the 80th minute. Pritam Bahadur scored the match winner in the 85th minute. Jitendra Kumar DIG, Central Range, gave away the prizes.

Payal, Varsha clinch honours

Patna, November 16, 2009:

Payal Kumari of Madhepura and Varsha Bhagyashree of Patna won the sub-junior and cadet girls’ singles crowns in the Professor BP Roymemorial 58th Bihar state and inter-district table tennis tournament at Bihar Young Man’s Institute hall here on Monday.

Payal prevailed Asmita Ravi of Patna 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 and Varsha got the better of Rianshi Kumari of Madhepura 11-3, 11-4, 11-4. Ahana Pal of Darbhanga looked all set to claim three titles as she moved into the finals of youth, women and women doubles events.

Results:

Sub-junior boys’ single quarter-finals:

Thuhar Kanti beat Piyush D Gandhi 11-7,9-11,7-11,11-9, 11-6; Ankit Kumar beat Naveen Sonawala 11-8,7-11,9-11,11-8,11-8; Amit Kumar beat Dpeepak Mishra 11-8,11-5,8-11,11-7. Akash Kumar beat Suman Kumar 12-10,9-11,11-5,13-11.

Youth quarter-finals: Kaustub Das beat Annie Raj 11-8,11-7,14-12; Junaid- ur-Rahman beat Ratnesh Kumar 11-7,11-8,11-3; Lekh Raj beat Nishant Chandra 11-4,11-8,11-5; Piyush D Gandhi beat Kumar Pratik 11-9,11-6,4—11,10-12,11-4.

Junior boys’ singles quarter-finals: Piyush D Gandhi beat Sourabh 6-11,11-7,11-3,11-9; Akash Kumar beat Deepak Mishra 11-7,11-8,11-7; Rahul Prakash beat Thushar Kanti 11-8,11-2,11-4; Viveak Nishad beat Amit Kumar 13-11,14-12,5-11,11-9; Rahul Kumar beat Nishant Chandra 11-9,11-8,11-9.

Photo caption: Two players in action during the 58th Bihar state and inter-district table tennis tournament in Patna on November 16, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Ranchi Zone corner glory

Patna, November 16, 2009:
Ranchi Zone emerged champions at the end of three-day Mahatma Hans Raj Aryan Tournament – 2009 at the Mithilesh Stadium here on Monday. Patna Zone got the second position.

Chief guest Abhyanand, ADG, Bihar Police distributed the prizes. Regional Director Dr. RK Chauhan and Principal-cum-convenor of Patna Zone Dr. AC Jain felicitated the chief guest.

Results:

Table tennis: Delhi Zone (winners), Rajasthan Zone (runners-up).

Kabaddi: Panchkula Zone (winners) and U.P./Uttranchal (runners-up).

Judo: Chhattisgadh Zone (winners) and Ranchi Zone (runners-up).

Badminton: Ranchi Zone (winners) and Patna (runners-up).

Kho-kho: Patna Zone (winners) and Ranchi (runners-up).

Hockey: Ranchi Zone (winners) and Rajasthan (runners-up).

Cricket: Delhi Zone (winners) and Ranchi Zone (runners-up).

Archery: 1st Ranchi Zone, 2nd Panchkula Zone, 3rd Rajasthan Zone.

High Jump: 1st Satye, Ranchi Zone, 2nd Amit Kumar Srivastava, Ranchi Zone and Vaibhv Pandit U.P./Uttranchal Zone combined.

4 x 400 M Relay Race: 1st Ranchi Zone, 2nd Patna Zone, 3rd M.P./Chhattisgarh Zone.

400 M: 1st Ravi Kumar, Ranchi Zone, 2nd Vaibhav Pandit, U.P./Uttranchal Zone, 3rd Binod Kumar, Ranchi Zone.

Photo caption: Stills from prize distribution function and high jump.

25th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament begins

Patna, November 15, 2009:
The silver jubilee edition of the All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament, organized by BP Sinha Foundation got off to a colourful start at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

The opening function began with welcome song presented by the girls of Litera Valley School. Chief guest Navin Kumar, Development Commissioner (Government of Bihar) hoisted the tournament flag. Guru Govind Singh School, Patna Sahib girls led the march past by the participating school teams under the tune of BMP band. Then the Chief guest Navink Kumar declared the tournament open amid thunderous applauses.

Patna Central MLA, Arun Kumar Sinha was the special guest. Dr Achal Sinha, Bihar Cricket Association secretary Ajay Narayan Sharma, Dr Chitranan Sinha, Pratyay Amrit (IAS), Ajay Kumar Sinha, SK Mehrotra, Alok Raj (IPS), Guru Charan Gandhi, Atish Chandra, Binod Kumar, DK Jha, Ravi P Sinha, Mirtunay Tiwari, president Bihar Players Association and LP Verma, former international umpire were present at the inaugural function.

On the occasion, organising committee felicitated sports scribes Md Ishauddin, Shabab Anwar, Prashant Kakkar, Arun Kumar Singh, Ajay Rashmi, Pramod Kumar Singh, Abhijit Biswas, Razi Ahmad, Ashish, Amarnath and Krishna Murari Kishan (photographer).

An exhibition cricket match between Punjabi Bradri and BP Sinha Foundation was also played. BP Sinha Foundation beat Punjabi Bradri by 43 runs.

Later in a scheduled on field action, St Karen’s High School thrashed Sidhant Public School, Sasaram by nine wickets, Gaurav Agrawal ran though the Sidhant Public School innings claiming 7 wickets for five runs.Gaurav was declared man of the match.

Batting first after winning the toss, Sasaram School were bundled out for 18 runs off 9.4 overs. None of the Sasaram batsmen could reach the double figures.
In reply, St Karen’s raced to the target off only two overs without losing a wicket. Suraj (14) and Anujeet (10) remained unbeaten.

Photo captions: Top: Development Commissinoer (government of Bihar), Navin Kumar and Patna Central MLA, Arun Kumar Sinha inaugurating the 25th All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament in Patna on November 15, 2009.

Bottom: Players of the exhibtion match pose for a group photograph.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Amiya sets the track ablaze

Patna, November 15, 2009: Amiya Kumar Mallick of Orissa Zone raced to glory in 100-m sprin to claim the gold medal in All India Mahatma Hansraj Aryan tournament at the Mithilesh Stadium here on Sunday.

Prem Sagar and Brij Mohan Singh (both Patna Zone) won the silver and bronze medals respectively. Amiya Kumar Mallick also won the 200-m sprint gold medal. Basant Kumar and Satya Prakash (both Ranchi Zone) bagged the second and third positions respectively.

Regional Director Dr R K Chauhan and the Principal-cum-zonal convenor Dr A C Jain distributed the prizes.
Results:
Javelin-throw: 1st Roushan Ashutosh, Patna Zone, 2nd Jasprit Singh, Panchkula Zone, 3rd Shyam Singh, Himachal Zone.
100-m: 1st Amiya Kumar Mallick, Orissa Zone, 2nd Prem Sagar, Patna Zone, 3rd Brij Mohan Singh, Patna Zone.
200-m: 1st Amiya Kumar Mallick, Orissa Zone, 2nd Basant Kumar, Ranchi Zone, 3rd Satya Prakash, Ranchi Zone.
4 x 400-m relay race: 1st Ranchi Zone, 2nd Patna Zone, 3rd MP/Chhattisgarh Zone.
800-m: 1st Ravi Kumar, Ranchi Zone, 2nd Deepak Kumar, Patna Zone, 3rd Jitendra Kumar Yadav, Ranchi Zone.
Long jump: 1st Binod Kumar, Ranchi Zone, 2nd Ankit Kumar, Patna Zone, 3rd Rahul Kumar, Patna Zone.
Triple jump: 1st Binod Kumar, Ranchi Zone, 2nd Nimesh Dubey, Chhattisgadh Zone, 3rd Pradeep Singh Chauhan, UP/Uttaranchal Zone.

Bihar blank Chhattishgarh 12-0

Patna, November 15, 2009:

Bihar blanked Chhattishgarh 12-0 in the 32nd sub-junior National football championships for MirIqbal Trophy at Jamshedpur on Sunday.

According to information received here, Samu Hembrum blasted seven goals including a coveted hat-trick. Bivison Ho scored three goals. Sunil Lohar and Sanjay Biruli scored one goal each.

Patna 'A' regin supreme

Patna, November 15, 2009
Patna ‘A’ proved their supremacy in Bihar table tennis, one again. Patna ‘A’ beat Madhepura 3-1 to retain the men’s team championships title of the Prof BP Roy memorial 58th Bihar state and inter-district table tennis tournament at the Bihar YoungMen’s Institute (BYMI) here on Sunday.

Drabhanga, spearheaded by flamboyant Ahana Pal captured the women’s team championship crown defeating Patna 3-1 in the final.

In singles matches, all top ranked players led by Varsha Kumari (Katihar), Pooja Kumari (Madhepura), Shama Perween (Katihar), Varsha Bhagyasri (Patna), Riya Kumari (Katihar), Riyanshi Kumari (Madhepura), Banti Kumari (Katihar) and Pooja (Katihar) entered the quarter-finals of the cadet group.

Raj Inter High School, Dumraon lift Rock soccer trophy

Patna, November 15, 2009: Raj Inter High School, Dumraon won the Rock inter-school football tournament title trouncing Army School, Danapur 5-0 in a one-sided final at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

Dominating Dumraon boys took a commanding 3-0 at the end of the first half.

Dumraon played magnificently with short and crisp passes. They outplayed their rivals in all departments of the game. Ajay Kumar Sharma opened the account in the 7th minute with a power-packed volley. Dumraon had another chance in the 11th minute but Ramesh Yadav’s shot ricocheted off the cross piece. Three minutes later, Krishnakant shot wide from a close range.
Aay Kumar Sharma increased the tally in the 17th minute (2-0). In the 21st minute, Dumraon scored the third goal resulted from a good move initiated by Ramesh Yadav and Sonu Shrma. Ramesh struck the goal (3-0).

After the breather, Dumraon boys scored two more goals to take the final tally to 5-0. Ajay Sharma netted the fourth in the 48th minute (4-0) while Bhola Jha made it 5-0 in the 52nd minute.

Navnit Kumar, director, Rock Security and Intelligence Services Private Limited distributed the winners and runners-up trophies. Kumar Vijay, secretary, Bihar State Kabaddi Association, Jwala Prasad Sinha, office secretary, Bihar Football Association and Rajendra Prasad Yadav, secretary, Patna Football Association distributed the individual prizes.

Jitendra Kumar Sinha, secretary, Patna Football Referee Association gave away the prizes to all referees, who supervised the tournament. Manoj Kumar, tournament director welcomed the guests and Ravindra Nath Rai, president, Association for People’s Welfare and Development (APWAD), the organizers of the tournament, proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo caption: Raj Inter High School, Dumraon and Army School, Danapur boys display their winners and runners-up trophies in Patna on November 15, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Haryana emerge champions in National junior women boxing

Patna, November 14, 2009: Haryana clinched the team championships title in the 4th National junior women boxing tournament with 38 points at the end of fifth and final day’s bouts at the Moinul Haq stadium here on Saturday.

Assam finished runners-up with 37 points to their credit. This was Haryana's four-in-a-row team title win. Altogether 226 boxers from 26 states took part in the competition.

Haryana bagged four gold, two silver and as many bronze medals, while Assam got five gold, four silvers and one bronze. Bihar bagged three silver and two bronze medals in the championships.

Pooja Tokas of Delhi was declared the best boxer of the championship while Priyanka of Bihar was adjudged the best promising boxer of the tournament.
Rekha Swami of Delhi and Laxmi of Punjab were declared the best judge and the best referee respectively. Annapurna of Andhra Pradesh was declared best loser.

Bihar’s Science and Technology Minister Shahid Ali Khan was the chief guest and he gave away the prizes. BS Maan, Commandant, CRPF was the special guest at the closing function. Kumar Vijay, chairman, reception committee welcomed the guests. Raiv Kumar Singh, organising secretary proposed a vote of thanks. Organising president Dinesh presided over the function.

Asit Banerjee, vice-president, Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) its administrative secretary, Rakesh Thakran, Gouri Shankar, secretary, Bihar State Ball Badminton Association and Dr Sunil Kumar Singh, general secretary, Dr Shiv Narain Singh Sports Foundation were present at the function.

Photo caption: Top: Two boxers in action on the final day of the 4th National junior women boxing tournament in Patna on November 14, 2009.

Top 2: Team Champions Haryana

Top 3: Priyanka of Bihar (left), Puja Tokas of Delhi and Annapurna of Andhra Pradesh display their medals.

Bottom: Runners-up Assam team members.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Final day's full results

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Cadet boys singles title for Tushar Kanti

Patna, November 14, 2009: Tushar Kanti of Patna won the cadet boys’ single crown of the Prof BDP Rai memorial 58th Bihar state and inter-district tablet tennis championships beating Aditya Umang (Patna) 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11 and 11-9 in the final at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Saturday.

Top seed Ahna Pal (Darbhanga), Suprna Joshi (Patna), Rinki Ghosh (Patna), Payal Kumari (Madhepura) Priya Kumari (Patna), Dipali Sarkar (Patna), Chumaki Mandal (Patna) and Palmi Raha (Darbhanga) booked their berths in women singles quarterfinals winning their respective matches.

In team event, Patna ‘A’ continued their forward march winning all league matches in their pool ‘B’. By virtue of the all-win record, Patna “A” entered the semi-final. Madhubani, who claimed the second place in pool ‘B’ also qualified for semi-finals.

Patna and Darbhanga collected 16 points each after the end of their league matches in the women’s team event.

Results:

Women’s singles (pre-quarter-finals): Ahna Pal bt Mita Ravi 11-9, 11-4, 11-2; Suprna Joshi bt Payal 11-3, 11-5, 11-9; Rinki Ghosh bt Varsha 11-6, 11-8, 11-6; Payal Kumari bt S Perween 11-9, 11-5, 10-12, 14-12; Priya Kumari bt Chandra Raut 11-2, 11-9, 11-9; Dipali Sarkar bt Priyanka Kumari 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Chumaki Mandal bt Riya Ghosh 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 and Paulomi Raha bt Swati 11-4, 11-8, 11-7.

Women team championship (round robin league): Patna bt Katihar 3-0. Darbhanga bt Madhepura 3-2. Patna bt Madhepura 3-1. Darbhanga bt Katihar 3-1.

Jitendra wins 1500-m gold

Patna, November 14, 2009: Jitendra Yadav of Ranchi Zone stood first in 1500 m race of the All-India Mahatma Hans Raj Aryan tournament at the Mithilesh Stadium here on Saturday.

He clocked 4:36 minute. Modassir Khan (Ranchi Zone) and Amit Singh (UP Zone) got the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Earlier, Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Renu Devi inaugurated the championship in a colourful function. RS Sharma, secretary, DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi, felicitated the minister. Manju Mehta, examination controller, DAV Education Board, New Delhi, Mohan Lalji, general secretary, Arya Vidya Sabha, New Dehli, RK Chauhan, regional director, Patna Zone and LR Saini, regional director, Ranchi Zone were present at the inaugural function.

Bihar boxers lose in final

Patna, November 13, 2009:

Bihar’s hope for gold was shattered on the penultimate day of the 4th National junior women boxing championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday as the three boxers Noori Parween, Priyanka and Shiwani Bharti lost their bouts.

Bhagalpur girl Noori Parween in D6-40kg group lost her final match against Udanshive Chanda Deepak of Maharashtra 0-22. Chanda was aggressive right from the first round as she unleashed shower of punches on Noori to collect points at her will. Noori looked hapless but she took the fight to third round before the referee stopping the contest.

Shiwani Bharti’s bout in the C14-57 kg was another disappointment for the strong crowd who thronged the venue to watch the final charisma of Bihar girl boxers. Shiwani looked like a novice it seemed she forgot what do next after several punches hit her face. Lakshmi Wagh of Maharashtra taught Shiwani a boxing lesson of boxing and captured the gold medal 10-0.

Bihar’s third hope Priyanka showed some what better performance than her teammates. She fought bravely. It was not easy for Priya, a Sports Authority of India (SAI) pugilist, to win a point against Priyanka. However, Priya won the bout at 4-0.

Bihar Government jobs for sportspersons soon
Off the ring, the day proved more than the elusive gold medal for Bihar as the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced government jobs for sportspersons, who bring laurels for the state in national and international-level championships.

Chief Minister was addressing the prize distribution function on the penultimate day of the meet. He asked the concerned officials to formulate a policy in this regard.
He said his government would launch special scheme for boys and girls, who perform remarkably well in national and international tournaments. Under the scheme, government would take care of education and sports training of the players.

The Chief Minister asked Human Resource Development secretary Anjani Kumar Singh to make a comprehensive plan for promotion of sports at school level.
He also announced that international standard boxing rings would be installed in every districts of Bihar. The first of such rings would be installed in Patna soon, he added.

Bihar Chief Minister gave away the medals of the first three finals in glittering ceremony. Bihar’s Disaster Management Minister Devesh Chandra Thakur was the guest of honour while DRM, Danapur Gyan Prakash was the special guest. Nitish Kumar also felicitated Indian Boxing Federation officials.

Photo captions:

Top: Medal winners of first three finals of 4th National junior women boxing championships pose for group photograph with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (standing third from right) in Patna on November 13, 2009.

Top 2: Lovejeet of Punjab and Arati Yadav of Madhya Pradesh (blue) in action.

Top 3 and 4: Bihar's Noori Parween (red) and Chanda of Maharashtra in action.

Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Day Three full results:

Semifinals: Bout No 135 to 162

Final: Bout No 163 to 177

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Patna get off to a blazing start

Patna, November 13, 2009: Patna ‘A’ got off to a blazing start trouncing Madhepura 3-0 in the team event of the Prof BP Rai memorial 58th Bihar state and inter-district table tennis championships at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Friday.

In another match of the day, Patna ‘B’ thrashed Muzaffarpur 3-0.

Earlier, Sanjay Singh, MLC and president, Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA) inaugurated the tournament in a colourful function. Former state champion and Patna District Table Tennis Association secretary Dilip Kumar Gandhi welcomed the guests. Mukeh Roy, secretary, BTTA proposed a vote of thanks. Mahadeo Praad Yadav, vice-president, BTTA presided over the function. Jai Praksh Sharma and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, Sunil Kumar, Rajendra Praad, Rahul Das and Atanu Chatterjee were present at the function.

Results: (Team championship):
Patna ‘A’ bt Madhepura 3-0: Somnath beat Manish 11-6 11-7, 11-9; Kishan Raj beat Ratnesh 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Samir Chakarvorty beat Aminit 11-4, 11-3, 11-9.
Patna ‘B beat Muzaffarpur 3-0: Piyush D Gandhi beat Aditya Patel 11-7, 8-11, 3-11,11-2, 11-3; Ankit Kumar beat Amit Kumar 11-5, 12-10, 11-7; Rahul Kumar beat Saurav Basotia 11-4, 11-6, 11-5.
Cadet boys’ singles (first round): Rishitosh beat Amitesh Roy 11-5, 11-3, 11-7; Tushar Kanti beat Abhinit 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 12-10; Sumit Kumar beat Onkareshwar Nath 11-4, 11-4, 11-6; Kunwar Dalwar beat Mirtunjay 11-8, 11-4, 11-4, Mater Shivam beat Ashif 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9; Harsh Bhadoria beat Raman Kumar 11-6, 11-7, 11-8; Yuvraj Ratan beat Manas Kumar 11-4, 11-7, 11-1; Abhishek Raj beat A Anand 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9; Aman Trivedi beat Yathartha 13-11, 11-9, 11-8; Triloki Nath beat Harsh 11-4,11-7, 11-7; Ayush Kumar beat Rohit Kumar 11-1, 11-1, 11-7; Belal beat Aditya Kumar 11-8, 11-3, 10-12, 11-9; Rishabh Ranjan beat Praveen Singh 11-5, 11-7, 12-10; Prince beat Ashish Kumar 11-3, 12-10, 11-9; Akash Bhashkar beat Sahil Kumar 11-2, 11-5, 11-4; Shivam Koda bt Rishabh 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Priyanshu beat Ayush Anand 11-7, 11-0, 11-7 and Akash Kumar beat Kumar Ranjan 11-7, 11-5, 14-12.

Photo caption: Bihar Table Tennis Association president and MLC Sanjay Singh (left) and its secretary Mukesh Roy (right) try their hands on the board at the inauguration of the 58th Bihar state and inter-district table tennis championships in Patna on November 13, 2009.

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Gazipur move into semifinal

Patna, November 13, 2009: Gazipur Football Club cruised into the semi-final of the Ramehwar Singh memorial soccer tournament beating Eastern Railway, Asansol, 1-0at the New Police Lines ground here on Friday.

It was a fierce encounter as both the teams launched attacks and counter attcakes right from the very start of the match. Md Sarfraz of Gazipur scored the match winner in the 26th minute.
Gazipur were leading 1-0 at the end of first half.

In the second half, Asansol men tried hard to bring in the equaliser but poor marksmanship came to their way. Wasim and Sunil of Gazipur were shown yellow cards by referee Umesh Singh for rough play.

Noori, Priyanka rewrite boxing history of Bihar

Patna, November 12, 2009: Noori Parween and Priyanka of Bihar moved into the finals of the Surya Clinic 4th Junior National women boxing championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday winning their respective semifinal matches.

Bhagalpur girl Noori boxed into the final defeating Vinita S of Kerala 5-0 in the 40 kg section while Saran girl Priyanka struggled to down Anjali Verma of Uttar Pradesh 7-4 to enter 52kg final.

The duo rewrote a history of sort for Bihar boxing as no pugilist from the state had ever entered the final of the national boxing tournaments after the bifurcation of Bihar in 2000.

Another Bihar girl Khushbu Barthe of Katihar failed to make it into the final losing her 50kg semi-final bout against Lal Fakzuali of Sports Authority of India (SAI) 3-14. Khushbu, however, won a bronze medal as a losing semifinalist.

Pushpa Tuddu of Bhahalpur became another bronze medal winner for Bihar when she lost her semifinal bout against Jyoti of Uttarakhand 0-8.

Photo captions: Shanti of Assam (red) bouts against Shital of West Bengal (blue) during National women junior boxing championships in Patna on November 12, 2009.

Bottom: G Sujata of Andhra Pradesh (red) fights with Dheeraj of Haryana (blue) during National women junior boxing championships in Patna on November 12, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

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Saran clinch CK Nayudu Trophy

Patna, November 12, 2009: Saran won the Bihar state CK Nayudu inter-district under-19 school cricket tournament trophy trouncing Nalanda by six wickets at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

Batting first, Nalanda made 119 for nine wickets off 30 overs. Manish Raj (38) and Saurav (22 contributed well with the bat. Rohit and Gazal Mohammad claimed two wickets each for 19 and 17 runs respectively. Manvendar and Rahman both bagged one wicket each.

In reply, Saran raced to the target off 22.5 overs losing four wickets. Vinay (47), Vishal (15) and Sagr Iqbal (16 not out) were notable run-makers. Saurav and Gofran both took two wickets each for 21 and 14 runs respectively.

Vinay of Saran, who scored 47 runs, was declared man of the match.

Bihar's Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Renu Devi distributed the prizes. Manoje Nath, Director General, Bihar State Sports Authority (BSSA) was the special guest at the prize-distribution function. Vivek Kumar Singh, secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Affairs presided over the function.

Brief scores:

Nalanda: 119 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Saurav-22, Manish Raj-38, Vicky Pandey-11, Gazal Mohammad-2/17, Rohit-2/19).

Saran: 120 for four wickets in 22.5 overs (Vinay-47, Vishal-15, Manvendar-16 not out, Saurav-2/21, Gofran-2/14).

Photo caption: Jubilant Saran team members with Bihar State CK Nayudu cricket trophy in Patna on November 12, 2009.

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Muzaffarpur Police enter semifinal

Patna, November 12, 2009: Muzaffarpur Police breezed into the semi-final of the first Rameshwar Singh memorial football tournament beating Eastern Railway, Jamalpur 2-1 in the quarter-final at the New Police Lines ground here on Thursday.

Amit Kumar opened the account for Jamalpur in the 16th minute. Muzaffarpuur equalized the lead in 26th minute through Taushif Akhtar. Taushif netted the match winner in the 42nd minute.

Bihar's Noori, Pushpa box into semifinals

Patna, November 11, 2009: Bihar’s Noori Parween and Pushpa Tuddu moved into the semifinals of the 4th National junior women boxing championships in their respective weight and age group categories at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

Bhagalpur girl Noori beat Sukanti of Orissa 5-4 in the 40kg section while another Bhagalpur girl Pushpa Tuddu out boxed B Venkateshwari of Tamil Nadu 13-0 in 50 kg section.

Photo caption: Bihar's Noori Parween (red) fights with Sukanti of Orissa (blue) in a quarter-final bout of the 4th National junior women boxing championships in Patna on November 11, 2009.
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Nalanda, Saran in CK Nayudu cricket final

Patna, November 11, 2009: Nalanda and Saran moved into the final of Bihar state inter-district CK Nayudu cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

Nalanda beat Saharsa by 16 runs in the first semifinal while Saran defeated Munger by 11 runs.
Batting first, Saran scored 128 for 9 off 25 overs while Munger could make 117 for 9 off 25 overs. In the second match Nalanda collected 133 for 6 off 25 overs and then restricted their rivals for 117 all out.

Brief scores:
Saran: 128 for 9 off 25 overs (Saanjay Kumar 15, Vinay 32, Vishal 16,Manvendar 23).
Munger: 117 for 9 (Amit Kumar 31, Parwez Shekh 16, Gulrez Hasan 20,Sanjay 3 for 26, Rohit 3 for 14).
Nalanda: 133 for 6 off 25 overs (Akash Verma 70, Sagar Anand 17, Prince 2 for 19).
Saharsa: 117 all out off 22.5 overs (Amit Kumar 25, Akash 23, Manish 21, Avinash Chndra 3 for 13).

Army boys, Danapur in final

Patna, November 11, 2009: Army Boys, Danapur entered the final of first Rameshwar Singh memorial football tournament edging past Bihar Police 4-3 via penalty shootouts.

The match was locked 1-1 after the end of regulation time. Dukhi Ram, Manoj Topo and Laxman scored for Army Boys while Mannu and Rahul found the target for Bihar Police.
Manoj Topo of Army Boys was adjudged man of the match.

Rahul wins a grand double in school TT

Patna, November 11, 2009: Rahul Kumar of Patna Central School (PCS) won the junior boys singles and doubles titles to make it a grand double in the Inter-School table tennis championships at Secretariat Club hall here on Wednesday.

In junior boys’ singles final, Rahul outplayed his teammate Ankit Kumar 12-10, 14-12, 11-9, 13-11 to win the crown while in the junior boys’ doubles final Rahul pairing with Ankit Kumar drubbed Gagan Neer and Amit Kumar 11-6, 15-13, 9-11, 12-10.

Varsha Bhagyashree too earned a grand double claiming the junior girls’ singles title defeating Simmi Ghosh 11-8, 11-9, 11-8. PCS boy Ankit clinched the sub-junior boys’ singles title defeating Amit Kumar of Holy Mission School 11-4, 12-14, 11-6, 11-5.

Bihar Government’s Art, Culture and Youth Affairs secretary Vivek Kumar Singh gave away the prizes. Umnag Sinha (Don Bosco Academy) and Serin (St Karen’s School) were decalred promising players of the tournament. Seema Kumari of LVZ School was declared best coach. Bihar Government’s PRD secretary Rajesh Bhushan proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo captions: Winners of Inter-School table tennis championsips pose for a group photograph with their medals in Patna on November 11, 2009.

Bottom: PRD secretary Rajesh Bhushan felicitates Art, Culture and Youth Affairs secretary Vivek Kumar Singh in Patna on November 11, 2009.

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