Saina Nehwal gets Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award

New Delhi, November 8, 2010: Dr. M.S. Gill, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports gave away Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2010 to Saina Nehwal at a simple ceremony here on Monday.

Recognising Saina’s outstanding performance in the badminton and the glory she brought to the country, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2010 is conferred upon Nehwal. As she was in Paris taking part in World Championship when the National Sports Awards were conferred by the President of India on August 29, 2010, she could not receive the Award on that occasion. In view of this, the award was conferred on heron Monday. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award carries a medal, citation and cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh .

Saina Nehwal’s achievements :

Saina Nehwal is among the outstanding Badminton players ranking 2nd in the World. She has won the Indonesia Super Series, 2010, Singapore Open super Series, 2010, Indian Open Grand Prix, 2010, Indonesia Super Series, 2009, and Indian Open Grand Prix, 2009. She was Semi finalist in 2009 BWF World Championship and Semi finalist in All-England Super Series, 2010 She won gold medal in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games,2010 . She was awarded Arjuna Award in 2009.

Source: Union ministry of youth affairs and sports

Devpriya, Bhavani win U-18 singles titles

Patna, November 8, 2010: Devpriya Jaiswal of Bihar clinched the boys’ U-18 singles title of the AITA ranking tournament defeating state-mate Adamya Vikrant 6-0, 6-1 at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Monday.

With this win Devpriya earned a grand double in the tournament. Earlier, Devpriya pairing with Adamya won the U-18 boys doubles title beating the UP-Rajasthan pair of Armaan Banerjee and Neeraj Choudhray 6-4, 4-6, (10-7) on Sunday.

Bhavani Balakumar of Tamil Nadu claimed the U-18 girls’ singles title defeating Sripriya Sarraf of Bihar 6-2, 6-4. Neeraj Choudhary of Rajasthan won the boys’ U-16 crown after beating Aadamya Vikrant of Bihar 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in a three-set thriller.

Other results: Boys’ U-16 doubles final: Armaan Banerjee (UP) and Neeraj Choudhray (Raj) beat Adamya Vikrant (Bih) and Venkat Siddharth (Bih) 7-5, 7-6.

Girls’ U-18 doubles final: Akansha Das (Asm) and Srijita Ghosh (WB) beat Shruti Jaiswal (Bihar) and Bhavani Bala Kumar (TN) 6-4, 6-4.

Pix Top: Devpriya Jaiswal

Pix Bottom: Bhavani Balakumar

Source: BLTA

26th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket from November 28

Patna, November 6, 2010: The 26^th edition of the All-India Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school under -17 cricket tournament will be held from November 28 at the Moinul Haq Stadium here.

According to tournament committee chairman Gurcharan Gandhi, the last date for entry is November 14. Entry forms will be available at Lav Kush Tower Exhibition Road, Patna, in working days.

Patna Central School 'A' win BB Yadav table tennis team title

Patna, October 30, 2010: Patna Central School ‘ A’ won the boys’ team championship title of the BB Yadav memorial inter-school table tennis tournament beating their ‘B’ team 3-0 in the final at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Sunday.

Ankit Kumar bagged the junior boys’ single title defeating Rahul Kumar 11-4, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11 and 11-8 in the final. Saurav Kumar won the sub-junior boys’ singles crown beating Amit Kumar 11-7, 11-3 and 11-7. Aman Trivedi annexed the cadet boys’ singles title defeating Aditya Umang 11-5, 11-6 and 11-8.

Former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra distributed the prizes. Mukesh Roy, secretary, Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA), welcomed the guests. Dilip Kumar Gandhi, treasurer, BTTA, proposed a vote of thanks.

Photo caption: Winners of BB Yadav memorial table tennis championships pose for group photograph in Patna on October 30, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Eklavya Sports Club win ball badminton title

Patna, October 30, 2010: Eklavya Sports Club won the girls’ title of the Bihar state junior ball badminton championship beating GS Club 29-21, 29-22 in the final at the Magadh Mahila College ground here on Sunday.

Dr Meera Verma and Hareram Mahto jointly distributed the prizes. Gauri Shankar, secretary, Bihar State Ball Badminton Association welcomed the guests.

Photo caption: Winners Eklavya Sports Club and runners-up GS Club players pose for group photograph after the ball badminton championships final in Patna on October 30, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Comfortable win for Ashwani Public School

Patna, October 30, 2010: Ashwani Public School (APS) crushed Concept Academy by 110 runs in the Maharana Pratap T20 cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday.

Nitish Anand of Ashwani School, who scored 69 runs, was named man of the match.

In the second match, Ara Cricket Club (ACC) thrashed Stadium Boys by five wickets. Varun of ACC, who made 40 runs and claimed two wickets for 13 runs, was adjudged man of the match.

Brief scores:

Ashwani PS: 190 for four wickets in 20 overs (Siddhant-42, Nitish Anand-69, S Rathore-48, Tipu-2/30). Concept Academy: 80 for eight wickets in 20 overs (Md Sahbaz-17, Md Sarfaroz-15, Ajit-2/14, Kundan-2/5).

Stadium Boys: 93 all out in 18.4 overs (Nitin Srivastava-34, Rahul-15, Varun-2/13, Manvendra-2/11). Ara CC: 94 for five wickets in 17.5 overs (Varun-40, Ashish-16, Saurav-10, Nitin-1/11, B Yadav-1/4).

Adamya, Shweta capture tennis titles

Patna, October 29, 2010: Adamya Vikrant of Bihar clinched the boys’ under-16 singles title of the AITA ranking tournament beating his team mate Vaibhav Kumar 6-0, 7-6 in the final at the Patliputra tennis court here on Friday.

Shweta Kumari Ojha won the girls’ U-16 singles crown defeating Sivana Zaidi (UP) 6-4, 7-5 in the final.

Other results: Girls’ under-16 doubles (final): Shweta Kumari Ojha & Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Sivana Zaidi & Yogita Kumari (UP) 6-4, 6-4.

Boys’ under-16 doubles (final): Vaibhav Kumar & Ishank Ravi (Both from Bihar) bt Adamya Vikrant & Venkat Siddharth (Both from Bihar) 3-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Kunal Aikat, chief coach of Bihar Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA), distributed the prizes.

Photo caption: Adamya Vikrant (left) and Shweta Kumari (right) along with BLTA coach Kunal Aikat pose for group photograph in Patna on October 29, 2010.

Photo: BLTA

Grand double for Asmita Ravi

Patna, October 29, 2010: Asmita Ravi of St Michael’s High School won the sub-junior and junior girls’ singles titles of the BB Yadav memorial inter-school table tennis tournament at the Bihar Young men’s Institute here on Friday.

Sudarshi Singh of Litera Valley clinched the cadet girls’ singles title.

Meanwhile, in the boys’ section, Aditya Umang, Ayush Adarsh, Aman and Kumar Utkarsh reached singles semi-finals.

In the boys’ team championship, Patna Central School ‘B’ entered the semi-finals beating St Michael’s ‘B’ 3-1.

Results: Sub-junior girls’ singles final: Asmita Ravi bt Varsha Bhagyasri 11-7, 11-8, 11-5. Junior girls’ singles (final): Asmita Ravi b Ankita 11-7, 11-7, 11-7.

Cadet girls’ singles (final): Sudarshi Singh bt Tanishka 12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6.

Cadet boys’ singles (quarter-finals): Aditya Umang bt Ayush Anand 11-5, 11-6, 11-8; Ayush Adarsh bt Risutosh 11-9, 11-8, 11-6; Aman bt Sagar 11-8, 11-8, 11-6; Kumar Utkarsh bt Yogesh 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8.

Nilesh Shankar wins boys' U-16 chess title

Patna, October 29, 2010: Nilesh Shankar won the boys U-16 chess title of the Mastermind prize-money inter-school chess championship at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday.

Kumar Harsh, Kusagra Divyam and Siddharth Khanna emerged champions in the boys’ U-10, U-12 and U-14 sections respectively. Usha Arya (RMR Seminary), Minakshi Kumari (Government Middle School, AG Colony), Kamani Kumari (Shastrinagar Girls’ High School) and Swikirti Sinha (DAV School, Khagaul) claimed the titles in girls’ under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16 sections respectively.

Acharya Sudarshanjee Maharaj, who was the chief guest in the closing function, gave away the prizes and cash awards. Niraj Kumar Pappu, general secretary, Acharya Sudarshan Sports and Cultural Foundation welcomed the guests.

Big win for Target Sports Academy

Patna, October 29, 2010: Target Sports Academy humbled Dhanbad Coaching Camp by ten wickets in the Maharana Pratap T20 cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday.

Rahul Chauhan of Tiger Academy, who remained unbeaten on 50 runs, was declared man of the match.

Brief scores: Dhanbad Coaching Camp: 69 all out in 18.1 overs (Kunal Kumar-16, Karan-10, Vivek-4/18, Arvin-2/17, Kamalkant-2/11). Target Sports Academy: 70 for no loss in 3.5 overs (Rahul Chauhan-50 not out).

Adamya Vikrant faces Vaibhav Kumar in final

Patna, October 28, 2010: Adamya Vikrant will take on Vaibhav Kumar in the boys’ U-16 singles final of the AITA ranking tennis tournament at Patliputra Courts here.

In the semifinals, Adamya Vikrant of Bihar bounced back to beat his state mate Ishank Ravi 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 while Vaibhav Kumar of Bihar too struggled to down Pradumn Buddhiraja of Uttar Pradesh 6-0, 6-7, 6-3.

In the U-14 boys’ singles final Shree Krishna will take on Pradumn Buddhiraja of Uttar Pradesh.

Results: Boy’s U-14 semifinals: Shree Krishna (Bih) bt Sanoj Kumar (Bih) 6-4, 6-4, Pradumn Buddhiraja (UP) bt Anshumat Shrivastava (Bih) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Girls’ U-16 quarterfinals: Yogita Kumari (UP) bt Namitha (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2, Shweta Kumari Ojha (AP) bt Shweta Kumari (Bih) 6-0, 6-0, Madhu Jaiswal (Bih) bt Fatima Packer (Bih) 6-3, 6-0, Sivana Zadi (UP) bt Shwetangi Sah (Bih) 6-2, 6-0.

Boys U-16 quarterfinals: Adamya Vikrant (Bih) and Venkat Siddharth (Bih) bt Shekhar Raj Shrivastava (UP) & Abhilash Nair (UP) 6-1, 6-2, Ishank Ravi & Vaibhav Kumar bt Adarsh Anand (Bih) & Ramyak Singh (Bih) 6-0, 6-4.

Boys’ U-14 doubles quarterfinals: Pradumn Buddhiraj (UP) and Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) bt Mridul Khrakwal (UP) & Upamanyu Sinha (Guj) 7-6, 7-6. Madhav S. Singhal (Guj) and Raj Shekhar Shrivastav (UP) bt Adveya Sharma (Bih) and Ankit Anand (Bih) 6-3, 6-4, Shree Krishna and Sanoj Kumar bt Adarsh Anand and Ramyak Singh 6-4, 6-3.

Photo caption: Adamya Vikrant in action during his boys U-16 singles semifinals in Patna on October 28, 2010.

Photo: BLTA

Hard-fought win for Christ Church School

Patna, October 28, 2010: Christ Church School posted 7-run win over Don Baosco Academy in the Maharana Pratap T20 cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

In another match, JCC Jehanabad decimated NCC Nalanda by eight wickets.

Brief scores: Christ Church School: 115 for 6 off 20 overs (Ranjan 29, Sunil 28, extras 20, Manish 19, Faizan 2 for 10, Jain 2 for 30). Don Bosco Academy: 108 all out (Mishu 17, Saurabh 26, Jain 30, Aditya 3 for 3, Manish 2 for 9).
NCC Nalanda: 92 for 8 off 20 overs ( Mukesh Tiwar 26, Raj Aryan 11, Zahid 3 for 7, Adarsh 2 for 9). JCC Jehanabad: 94 for 2 off 16.1 overs (Santosh 47, Zahid Khan 32).

St Michael's School win girls team TT title

Patna, October 28, 2010: St Michael’s School clinched the girls’ team championships title of the BB Yadav inter-school table tennis tournament at the Young Men’s Institute here on Thursday.

St Michael’s School girls tamed Delhi Public School 3-1 in their last league match.

Results: Girls team event: St Michael’s High School beat DPS 3-1 (Surabhi lost to Varsha 3-11, 9-11, 5-11, Asmita beat Shruti 11-3, 11-4, 11-8, Kavita beat Ruchika 16-14, 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, Asmita beat Varsha 11-2, 11-8, 11-9).

Boys’ team event pool A: Patna Central School (A) beat Litera Valley (B) 3-0 (Ankit beat Pratik Yash 11-4, 11-3, 11-5, Deepak beat Nilank 12-10, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, Amit beat Praveen 11-5, 11-2, 11-4).

Loyola School (B) beat Litera Valley (B) 3-0 (Nadeem beat Pratik 11-8, 11-6, 11-7, Ravi beat Nilank 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, Aditya beat Praveen 11-5, 11-3, 12-10)

Patna Central School (A) beat Christ Church 3-0 (Ankit beat Akash 11-4, 11-, 11-9, Deepak beat Aman 11-5, 13-15, 11-3, 11-8, Amit beat Yogesh 11-6, 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9).

Pool B: BD Public School beat Litera Valley (A) 3-0 (Amit beat Ankit Soni 11-4, 11-9, 11-8, Nausad beat Ansh 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, Ayus Anand beat Shreyansh 11-5, 11-6, 11-4)

DPS beat Christ Church (A): 3-0 (Vedant beat Rishu 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, Aarohi beat Aman 11-8, 11-7, 11-9, Anuj beat Akash 11-9, 12-10, 11-8.

Patna Central School (B) beat St Michael’s School 3-0 (Suman beat Armatya Deep 13-11, 11-9, 15-13, Saurabh Kumar beat Ankit 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 10-12, 11-5, Misbah Azim beat S Alam 11-9, 11-9, 1210).

Nilesh Shankar emerges sole leader

Patna, October 28, 2010: Nilesh Shankar of Delhi Model Public School emerged as the sole leader in the boys’ U-16 section with five points in as many rounds in the Mastermind inter-school chess championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

In the boys’ U-10 section, Rishik Anand of Litera Valley took the sole lead with five points.

Results: Boys’U-16 fifth round: Nilesh Shankar (5) beat Anubhav Sahay (3.5), Anirban Choudhary (4) beat Samir Anand (3), Satyaki (4) beat Shreyans Suyash (3), Suyash Kashyap (3.5) beat Uttam Prakash (3), Mahesh Kumar (3) beat Rakesh Roshan (2), Mark Penj (3) beat Pranav Kumar (2), Vikash Kumar (3) beat Mohit Raj (2), Mohit Sagar (3) beat Anmol Anand (1), Subodh Kumar (2) beat Rahul Rai (1).

Boys’ U-14 fifth round: Ayush Kashyap (4.5) beat Durgesh Samrat (3), Prince Kumar (4) beat Rahul Raj (3), Alok Pridarshi (3.5) beat Subhas Saurav (3), Krishna Prabhat (3) beat Samrat Mittal (2), Ravi (3) beat Shubham Anurag (2), Vishal Kumar Singh (3) beat Ritik Raj (2), Kislay Akash (2.5) beat Kausik Ghosh (1), Kumar Mayank (2) beat Shubham Sharma (1.5), Samrat Dutta (2) beat Sanjay Kumar (1), Sidharth Khanna (4) beat Ayush Anand (4).

Boys’ U-12 fifth round: Kumar Vishesh (4.5) beat Pankaj Kumar (3.5), Kusagra Divyam (4.5) beat Sudhanshu Kumar (3.5), Ashvani Arya (4) beat Ayush Ankit (2.5), Sumesh Thakur (3.5) beat Akash Kaushal (2), Aditya Bhashkar (3) beat Surendra Sinha (2), Tushar Kumar (3) beat Azim Anwar (2), Ishant Sinha (3) beat Vidit Agrawal (2), Mani Shankar (3) beat Sidharth Mittal (2).

Boys U-10 fifth round: Risik Anand (5) beat Kumar Sambhav (4), Kumar Harsh (4.5) beat Saif Ali Khan (4), Aman Harsh (4) beat Shubham Agrawal (3), Amitesh Raj (4) beat Tushar Sinha (3), Vedansh Arya (3) beat Gufran Hussain (3), Keshav Raj (4) beat Utkarsh Nath (3), Mrigyanshu (3.5) draw A Raj Choudhary (3.5), Rahul Kumar (3.5) beat Shivang Aryan (2.5), Prarth Prabhat (3) beat Abhinav (2), Abhinav Prakash (3) beat Syan Patel (2), Aditya Dikshit (3) beat Shaurya Bihari (2), Tanul Tanay (3) beat Harsh Raj (2), Sidharth (3) beat Risav Kumar (1.5).

Three Bihar boys move into semifinals

Patna, October 27, 2010: Three Bihar players including Ishank Ravi, Adamya Vikrant and Vaibhav Kumar entered the boys’ U-16 singles semifinals of the AITA talent ranking tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Wednesday.

Results: Boys U-16 quarterfinals: Ishank Ravi (Bih) bt Upmanyu Sinha (Guj) 6-2, 6-2, Admaya Vikrant (Bih) bt Adveya Sharma (Bih) 6-2, 6-2, Pradumn Buddhiraja (UP) bt Venkat Siddharth (Bih) 7-6, 7-6, Vaibhav Kumar (Bih) bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bih) 6-1, 6-0.

Boys’ U-14 quarterfinals: Sanoj Kumar (Bih) bt Upmanyu Sinha (Bih) 0-6, 6-2, 7-5, Shree Krishna (Bih) bt Madhav S Singhal (Guj) 6-1, 6-3, Pradumn Buddhiraja (UP) bt Adarsh Anand (Bih) 6-0, 6-2.

Photo caption: Shree Krishna of Bihar in action during his U-14 boys singles match in Patna on October 27, 2010.

Photo: BLTA

Rehan captures five wickets

Patna, October 27, 2010: Rehan Das Gupta captured five wickets for only 8 runs to help his team Xavier’s International School post impressive 10-wicket victory over Coaching Camp, Madhubani in the Maharana Pratap T20 cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Wednesday.

Batting first Madhubani boys made 34 runs. In reply, Xavier’s International School opener Rajiv scored a blazing unbeaten 26 with three fours and two sixes to guide his team to victory.

In another match Ashwani Public School (Junior) outplayed ACC Lakhisarai by 84 runs.

Rehan Das Gupta and Vibhuti Bhaskar of Ashwani Public School were adjudged man of the match in their respective matches.

Brief scores: Cricket Coaching Camp, Madhubani: 34 all out off 14.1 overs (Amit 11, Rehand Das Gupta 5 for 8, Nikhil 2 for 3). Xavier’s International: 35 for no loss (Rajiv 26 not out).

Ashwani Public School Junior: 143 for 5 off 20 overs (Vibhuti Bhaskar 45, Pravi Ranjan 26, Utkarsh 16, Sachin 16, Rinku 2 for 15). ACC Lakhisarai: 59 all out off 15.4 overs (Extras 21, Shashi 3 for 14, Pawa, 1 for 7).

Nilesh, Anirban share lead in Mastermind inter-school chess

Patna, October 27, 2010: Nilesh Shankar and Anirban Choudhary shared the lead with three points each at the end of third round in the boys’ under-16 group of the Mastermind prize-money inter-school chess championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here.

Results: Boys U-10 third round: Ritik Anand (3) bt Arab (2), Saif Ali Khan (3) bt Aman Harsh (2); Tushar Sinha (3) bt Harsh Raj (2), Keshav Raj (3) bt Shurya Bihari (2), Kumar Shambhav (3) bt Shubham Agarawal (2), Utkashat Nath (3) bt Mrigyanshu (2), Kumar Harsh (2.5) bt Arunish Sinha (1), Shivang Aryan (2.5) bt Aditya Dixit (1), Abhinav Khanna (2) bt Ritik Kumar (1); Shiddarth (2) bt Aditya Singh (1), Sayan Patel (2) bt Aditya Sinha (1), Amitesh Raj (2) bt Samir Kumar (1).

Boys U-12 third round: Kushagrah Divyam (3) bt Utkarsh Singh (2), Roshan Kumar (2.5) bt Aaksh Raj (1), Aditya Bhashkar (2) bt Siddharth Mittal (1), Shubham Ranjan (2) bt Azim Anwar (1), Ayush Ankit (2) bt Sumit Kumar Singh (1), Pankaj Kumar (2.5) & Ashwani Arya (2.5), Kumar Vishesh (2.5) & Shudhanshu Kumar (2.5) played draw.

Boys U-14 third round: Ayush Kashyap (3) bt Alok Priyadarshi (2), Ayush Anand (3) bt Subhash Sourabh (2), Siddharth Khanna (3) bt Durgesh Shamarat (2), Rithik Raj (2) bt Kishlaya Aaksh (1), Rohit Rau (2) bt Krishna Prabhat (1), Samarth Mittal (2) bt Kumar Mayank (1), Prince Kumar (2) bt Sanjay Kumar (1), Rahul Raj (2) bt Vishal (1).

Boys U-16 third round: Nilesh Shankar (3) bt Uttam Prakash (2), Anirban Choudhary (3) bt Vikash Kumar (2), Suyash Kashyap (2.5) bt Rakesh Roshan (2), Anubhav Shahay (2.5) bt Mahesh Kumar (1), Satyaki (2) bt Markyeg (1), Shriyash Shuesh (2) bt Mohit Raj (1), Pranav Kumar (2) bt Vishal Singh (1), Samir Anand (2) bt Subodh Kumar (1).

St Michael's School girls begin campaign in style

Patna, October 27, 2010: St Michael’s School girls got off to bright start outclassing St Karen’s School 3-0 in team event of the BB Yadav memorial inter-school table tennis championships at Bihar Young Men’s Institute here on Wednesday.

In the other matches of the day in the same group, St Karen’s School struggled to beat Delhi Public School, Patna 3-2.

In the boys’ section Loyola School “B” got the better of St Michael’s School “B” 3-1.

Earlier, MLC Ganga Prasad and former general manager, Coal India Limited Banarasi Prasad jointly inaugurated the tournament. Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA) secretary Mukesh Roy welcomed the guests.

Results: Team championships league stage (girls): St Michael’s School bt St Karen’s School 3-0 (Surabhi bt Isha 11-3, 11-6, 11-8, Asimta Rani bt Ankita 11-7, 11-2, 11-4, Kavita bt Payal 10-12, 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5).

St Karen’s High School bt DPS 3-2 (Isha bt Shruti 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, Shubhra bt Varsha 5-11, 5-11, 9-11; Ankita bt Ruchika 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8; Abha bt Varsha 8-11, 7-11, 6-11; Shubhra bt Shuruti 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-5)

Team championships league stage (boys): Loyla ‘B’ bt St Michael ‘B’ 3-1 (Nadeem bt Aman Adarsh 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; Deepak bt Ayush 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7; Ravi bt Ankit Raj 15-17, 11-8, 3-11, 12-10, 11-3; Deepak bt Aman Adarsh 8-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4).

Christ Church bt Litera Valley 3-0 (Aaksh bt Pratik Yash 11-4, 11-7, 11-9; Yogesh bt Nilank 11-5, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6; Aman bt Praveen 11-5, 11-8, 11-7)

St Michael’s School ‘C’ bt Litera Valley ‘A’ 3-1 (Kumar Utkarsh bt Ankit Soni 11-5, 11-9, 13-15, 10-12, 12-10; Vishal Singh bt Ansh 14-16, 12-14, 8-11; Md Abarez bt Suryash 11-8, 11-7, 11-13, 11-4; Kumar Utkarsh bt Ansh 11-7, 11-8, 11-5).

Five Bihar players enter quarterfinals

Patna, October 26, 2010: Five Bihar players including Ishank Ravi, Upmanyu Sinha, Anshumat Srivastav, Venkat Siddarth and Vaibhav Kumar moved into the under-16 boys’ singles quarterfinals of the AITA ranking tournament at the Patliputra tennis court here on Tuesday.

Results: Boys’ under-16 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ishank Ravi bt Sanoj Kumar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Upmanyu Sinha bt Anish Anupam (Bihar) 6-4, 6-3; Anshumat Srivastav bt Harsh Sharma (UP) 6-0, 6-0 and Vaibhav Kumar bt Ayush Sharma (UP) 6-1, 6-0.

Boys’ under-14 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Upmanyu Sinha bt Shekhar Raj Srivastava 6-2, 6-2; Sanoj Kumar bt Adveya Sharma 6-2, 6-2; Madhav Singhal bt Ashish Kumar Ojha 7-5, 6-3; Shree Krishna bt Ayush Sharma 6-0, 6-2; Praduman Buddhiraja bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi 5-7, 6-4, 7-5; Adarsh Anand bt Ramyak Singh 7-5, 6-3; Mridul Kharkwak bt Ankit Anand 7-6, 7-5.

Photo caption: Adamya Vikrant in action during his singles match in Patna on October 26, 2010.

Photo: BLTA

Easy wins for seeded players in mastermind chess

Patna, October 26, 2010: Seeded players recorded easy wins in the Mastermind prize-money inter-school chess championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

Arunish Sinha, Arab, Abhinav Khanna, Ritik Kumar and Rishik Anand chalked out comprehensive wins in the first round of under-10 boys’ group while Kamni Kumari, Kumari Srishti, Arti, Minakshi Kumari, Manya Diptam and Usha Arya won their respective matches in their age groups of the girls’ section.

Earlier, Bihar State Sports Authority director-cum-secretary Ajay Kumar Singh inaugurated the championship. OP Singh, vice-principal, Patna Central School was the special guest in the inaugural function. Niraj Kumar Pappu, general secretary, Acharya Sudarshan Sports and Cultural Foundation welcomed the guests.

Results:

Boys’ under-10 (first round): Arab (1) bt Rahul Kumar (0); Arunish Sinha (1) bt Rahul Kumar Ranjan (0); Abhinav Khanna (1) bt Rishabh Kumar (0); Rishik Anand (1) bt Abhinav Prakash (0); Ritik Kumar (1) bt Abhinav Anand (0); Saif Ali Khan (1) bt Aditya Dikshit (0); Aditya Singh (1) bt S Patel (0); Samir K Kumar (1) bt Aditya Sinha (0); Aman Harsh (1) bt Satya Prakash (0) and Amitesh Raj (0) bt Saurav Kumar (0).

Boys’ under-12 (first round): Akash Raj (1) bt Piyush Shukla (0); Aditya Bhashkar (1) bt Ritesh Kumar (0); Ritesh Raj (1) bt Azim Anwar (0); Ashwani Arya (1) bt Shubham Ranjan (0); Ayush Ankit (1) bt Siddharth Kishan (0); Ishant Sinha (1) bt bt Siddharth Mittal (0); Sudhanshu Kumar (1) bt Jaiprakash (0).

Boys’ under-14 (first round): Ayush Anand (1) bt Ravi (0); Siddharth Khanna (1) bt Ritik Raj (0); Rohit Rao (1) bt Akash Kumar Nirala (0); Alok Priyadarshi (1) bt Samarth Mitrtal (0) and Sanjay Kumar (1) bt Kaushik Ghosh (0).

Boys’ under-16: (first round): Nilesh Shankar (1) bt Rahul Roy (0); Rakesh Raushan (1) bt Aditya Verma, Uttam Prakash (1) bt Mohit Sagar (0) and Vikas Kumar (1) bt Pranav Kumar (0).

Mohan Kumar to lead Bihar EPF cricket team

Patna, October 26, 2010: Mohan Kumar Upadhyay of EPF regional office Patna will lead a 14-member Bihar team in the East Zone Employees Provident Fund (EPF) cricket tournament to be held in Jamshedpur from November 16, according to Raghubir Singh, Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner (Administration).

Team: Mohan Kumar Upadhyay (captain), Tathagat Chakraborty, Nehal Akhtar (vice-captain), Aman Kumar Srivastava, Alok Kumar Sinha, Anjani Kumar Sinha, Satish Kumar Singh, Lokesh Kumar, Bipin Kumar Sinha, Abhay Kumar Sinha, Sanjay Krishna, Rajesh Ranjan, Pankaj Kumar and Binay Kumar. Manager: NK Prasad.

Big win for Kumar Club

Patna, October 26, 2010: Kumar Club thrashed Stepping Stone by ten wickets in the Maharana Pratap T20 cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Tuesday.

Niraj Priyadarsh of Kumar Club, who claimed four wickets for nine runs, was adjudged man of the match.

In the second match, AECC humbled Shivam Convent ‘B’ by 117 runs. Raju of AECC, who claimed five wickets for six runs, was named man of the match.

Brief scores: Stiffen stone; 52 all out in 15.2 overs (Anil-14, Niraj-4/9, Babloo-2/10). Kumar Club: 54 for no loss in 7.4 overs (Roshan-10 not out, Amit-19 not out).

AECC: 137 for five wickets in 17 overs (Rohit-17, Vinay-33, abhishek-19, Sumit-20, Ashish-1/170). Shivam Convent ‘B’: 20 all out in 12.3 overs (Raju-5/6, Faisal Gani-3/5).