Virasat House emerge PCS champs

Patna, January 29, 2011: Two-Day Patna Central School sports meet concluded with much fan fare at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday. Virasat House clinched the overall championships title with 55 points. Sanskriti House got the runners-up spot with 54 points while Sanskar House finished third with 52 points.

In the individual boys’ sections, Prince Kumar (group D), Durgesh Kumar (group E) and Navneet Kumar (group F) emerged champions Shristi Swaraj (group D), Karishma Priyam (group E) and Busra (group F) took the honours in girls’ group.

Bihar Planning and Development Minister Narendra Narayan Yadav gave away the prizes. MLA Gyanendra Kumar Gyanu and Acharya Sudarshan Jee Maharaj were the special guests in the closing ceremony.

Photo caption: Winners receive awards from Bihar Planning and Development Minister Narendra Narayn Yadav at PCS sports meet in Patna on January 28, 2011.

Bottom: Participants run to excel over 200 metre.

Haryana to face Railways in women's hockey final

Patna, January 29, 2011: Hosts Haryana will clash with Railways in the final of the 1st Hockey India Senior Women National Championship at Motilal Nehru Sports School at Rai, Sonepat.

According to information reached here, in the semi finals, Railways routed Punjab 9-0 while Haryana beat Orissa 3-0
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Chanchan Devi Thokchom drew first blood for the Railways in the 2nd minute when her deflection from Deepika Thakur's cross went past Punjab goalkeeper Gursharan Kaur.

Jasjeet Kaur Handa scored the second goal from a penalty corner in the 7th minute while captain Saba Anjum struck from an indirect five minutes later to open the floodgates for the Railways.

Recent recruit, teenage striker Rani combined with Poonam Rani in the 25th minute to increase the lead to 4-0 while defender Joydeep Kaur sounded the boards from another penalty corner in the 31st minute to establish a commanding lead at half time.

Punjab again had no answer to the Railway onslaughts in the second half as they caved in meekly conceding four more goals.

Jasjeet scored her second goal firing home after being set up by Mukta Barla in the 45th minute. This was followed by Joydeep sinking another penalty corner past the hapless Gursharan Kaur in the 53rd minute.

Rani added her name again on the scorer sheet recording her brace in the 63rd minute after wrong footing a couple of Punjab defenders, while Poonam Rani completed the tally two minutes from the final whistle.

In the second semi final the fancied Haryana forwards were troubled by the tenacious and alert Orissa defenders before overcoming their rivals with three strikes late in the match.

Goalkeeper Sumanti Toppo, defenders Sarojini Ekka, Divya Kerketta and Dulari Kandulna foiled many attempts from skipper Mamta Kharab, Surinder Kaur and Monika Dahiya to score in the goalless first half.

Haryana finally broke the ice in the 57th minute when winger Meenakshi deflected in a penalty corner to great relief of the home crowd.

This goal appeared to break Orissa's spirit as Haryana produced flair and fluency in their attacks to score two more goals.

Surinder Kaur neatly pushed past Toppo from a penalty corner to increase the score three minutes later while full back Jaspreet Kaur slotted home from a 68th minute penalty stroke to give Haryana victory.

The final will be played on Sunday at 3:00 pm after the third place playoff between Punjab and Orissa.

Hockey India Press Release

Patna Central School sports meet begins

Patna, January 27, 2011: Two-day annual sports meet of the Patna Central School (PCS) began at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday. Students drawn from different classes showcased their talents in cultural events of the opening function and later on the track and filed events.

On the opening day Navneet Kumar and Ashaka won the 100m sprint gold medals in the boys' and girls' sections respectively. Navneet won the race in 13.42 seconds. Kamalesh (14.32 sec) and Abhimanyu (14.64 sec) got the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Ashaka claimed the 100m gold medals in girls section, clocking 14.46 seconds. Smriti (15.36 seconds) and Kanchan (16.46 seconds) bagged the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Earlier, Bihar Government’s Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra inaugurated the two-day meet. Students of different classes presented attractive march past. Acharya Sudarshan Jee Maharaj and SB Prasad were the special guests. Bihar Players Association president Mritunjay Tiwari and Patna Central School Principal SP Singh were present on the occasion.

Acharya Sudarshan Sports and Cultural Foundation secretary Niraj Kumar Pappu welcomed the guests. Sailesh Kumar proposed a vote of thanks.

Important results: Boys group E (shot put) Yashwant (I), Rahul Kumar (II), Karn Kumar (III). 200-m: Abhishek Prabhakar (1), Durgesh Prasad (II), Avinash Chandra (III).

Boys group D 200-m: Afroz Alam (I), Nitish Kumar (II), Rohit Raj (III).

Boys group F 200-m: Navneet (I), Abhimanyu (II) and Maruti Nandan (III).

Girls group E: 200-m Karishma Ranjan (I), Puja Kumari (II), Priya Kumari (III).

Shot put: Shruti Shukla (I), Shruti Raj (II), Ritika Patel (III).

Photo caption: Scenes from the Patna Central School sports meet in Patna on January 27, 2011.

Cricket Academy of Patna edge past Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Foundation

Patna, January 27, 2011: Cricket Academy of Patna (CAP) edged past Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Foundation (RGCF) by 20 runs in the Little Champs Premier League U-10 cricket at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday.

Batting first CAP collected 90 runs for the loss of one wicket off 15 overs while their rivals could make 70 runs for the loss of eight wickets off 15 overs.

In the second match, Cricket Academy of Bihar (CAB) defeated Litera Valley School by 66 runs.

Brief scores: CAP: 90 for 1 off 15 overs (Prajit 43, Ajit 12, Sachin 1, Ritik 1 for 20). RGCF: 70 for 8 off 15 overs (Ritik 10, Shubham 9, Ritwick 3 for 12, Shubham 2 for 13).

CAB: 110 for 4 off 15 overs (Akash 24, Aman 16, Golu 15, Harshvardhan 2 for 22). Litera Valley: 44 all out off 12 overs (Sarthak 10, Adarsh 2 for 11, Rishu 2 for 8).

Railways take on Punjab in Hockey Indian senior women national championships

Patna, January 27, 2011: Star studded Railways entered the semi final of the 1st Hockey India Senior Women National Championship routing Uttar Pradesh 7-0 at Motilal Nehru Sports School, Rai, Sonepat on Thursday.

According to a Hockey India press release, Internationals Jasjeet Kaur Handa scored three goals while skipper Saba Anjum and Deepika Thakur accounted for two goals each.

Railways were joined in the last four by Punjab, Orissa and Haryana who overcame stiff resistance from Karnataka, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh Sports & Youth Affairs respectively in quarter final encounters.

Midfielder Deepika Thakur opened the account for Railways in the 7th minute and followed up with the seventh goal in the 56th minute.Striker Saba Anjum converted a penalty corner in the 11th minute and was on target again with a 17th minute effort. Jasjeet Kaur Handa made no mistake with strikes in the 14th, 28th and 44th minutes.

Punjab came from behind to beat Karnataka 2-1 in a pulsating encounter. After a goalless first half, Kulsumbi D.C.put Karnataka ahead converting a penalty corner in the 52nd minute.The equaliser for Punjab came from defender Harmanjeet Kaur seven minutes later and Thokchom Anuradha Devi struck the match winner in the 66th minute.

Orissa struggled to beat neighbours Jharkhand by a solitary goal in the 50th minute scored by Nolo Lilima.

Hosts Haryana were subjected to anxious moments in the last quarter final edging Madhya Pradesh Sports & Youth Affairs 5-4 in the tie breaker after the two teams were locked 1-1 at regulation time.

Navjot put Haryana ahead at the stroke of half time with a firmly driven penalty corner past International goalkeeper Etimarpu Rajani. However Pinky Devi Thokchom found the equaliser for Madhya Pradesh Sports & Youth Welfare in the 59th minute from another penalty corner.In the tie breaker that followed after regulation time. Meenakshi, Jaspreet, Surinder Kaur and Ramandeep Kaur scored for Haryana while Raina Yadav, Ranjeeta Sanasam and Rijuta Mullick found the mark for the losers.

In the semi-finals to be played on Saturday, Punjab will be pitted against Railways while Orissa will challenge Haryana.

Litera Valley School and RGCF post easy wins

Patna, January 25, 2011: Litera Valley School chalked out impressive seven-wicket win over DAV Public School, BSEB Colony in the Little Champs Premier League for U-10 boys at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on here on Tuesday.

In the second match, Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Foundation (RGCF) humbled Don Bosco Academy by 51 runs.

Brief scores: DAV School: 63 all out in 14.5 overs (Vishal-31, Sarthak-2/15, Ariz-3/12). Litera Valley School: 66 for three wickets in 13.5 overs (Sarthak-31, aman-2/18).

Man of the Match: Sarthak of Littera Valley School.

RGCF: 80 for seven wickets in 15 overs (Vivek-34, Prajit-10, Shubham-2/13). Don Bosco Academy: 29 all out in 9.1 overs (Manu-3/12, Vivek-2/7).

Man of the Match: Vivek of RGCF.

Ajay Rai to lead AG Bihar volleyball team

Patna, January 25, 2011: Ajay Rai will lead a 12-member AG, Bihar, team in the East Zone Audit and Accounts volleyball championships that began in Kolkata on Thursday.

Team: Ajay Rai (captain), Sharwan Kumar, Rakesh Nandan, Samarjit Singh, Birendra Mishra, Jitendra Singh, Sudesh Ranjan, Shambhu Kumar, Kundan Kumar and Shyamji Dubey. Manager-cum-coach: Kamal Dev Singh.

Kabaddi tournament marks birth anniversary celebrations of Karpoori Thakur

Janata Dal (United) Sports Cell organised one-day kabaddi tournament to celebrate the birth anniversary of Jananayak Karpoori Thakur at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium in Patna on January 24, 2011. Bihar "A" emerged champions in the both men and women sections defeating Bihar "B". JD(U) state president Vashishtha Narayan Singh was the chief guest and he gave away the prizes. JD(U) Sports Cell president Kumar Vijay welcomed the guests.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Jharkhand register fluent win in Hockey India senior women national championships

Patna, January 25, 2011: Punjab, Karnataka and Jharkhand registered convincing victories to advance to the quarter finals of the 1st Hockey India Senior Women National Championship at Motilal Nehru Sports School, Rai, Sonepat on Tuesday.

According to information reached here, Punjab trounced Tripura 20-0 in a Pool D match with striker Ramandeep scoring nine goals including a double hat trick, while Vartika Singh, Kirandeep Kaur and Baljinder scored thrice each. Harmanjit and Manbir completed the tally with one goal apiece against their hapless opponents.

Karnataka thrashed Jammu & Kashmir 17-0 in a Pool B fixture with Ponnamma finding the target six times including three penalty corners and a penalty stroke. The other goal scorers were Saira Banu (3), Rakshitha, Laxmi and Kulsumbi (2 each) and Muthamma and Harinakshi (1 each).

Jharkhand routed Kerala 12-0 to move into the last eight from Pool E. Sarika, Sabna, Shilwani, Renuka and Anima (2 each) and Nikki and Punita (1 each) were the scorers.

In other matches Andhra Pradesh beat Uttarakhand 3-0 (Scorers Poornima, Vijayalakshmi and Bhavani), Maharashtra beat Rajasthan 4-1(Scorers Maharashtra - Pratibha, Harshala, Sarika and Sonali; Rajasthan - Navreet) while Delhi beat Tamilnadu 4-1 (Scorers Delhi - Minni 2, Meenu Hooda and Sweta Sharma; Tamilnadu - Jennifer Megala).

The quarter finals will be played on Thursday with Wednesday being the rest day. The lineup is Railways v Uttar Pradesh, Punjab v Karnataka, Jharkhand v Orissa and Haryana v Madhya Pradesh Sports & Youth Welfare.

CAB demolish CAP

Patna, January 24, 2011: Cricket Academy of Bihar (CAB) dished out impressive seven-wicket win over Cricket Academy of Patna (CAP) in the first Little Champs Premier League at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Monday.

In the day’s second match, Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Foundation (RGCF) humbled Litera Valley School by 79 runs.

Brief scores: Cricket Academy of Patna: 45 all out in 12 overs (Santosh-5/9, Aman-2/7). Cricket Academy of Bihar: 46 for three wickets in 9.5 overs (Piyush-14, Basu, Sripal and Ritik all took one wicket each). Man of the Match: Santosh of CAB

RGCF: 132 for four wickets in 15 overs (Ayush Gupa-17, Vivek-42, Vaibhav-17). Litera Valley School: 53 all out in 14.2 overs (Pushkar-10, Bhanu-4/17, Vivek-2/11, Vaibhav-2/10). Man of the Match: Vivek of RGCF

Bihar Tenni-Koit teams for East Zone tournament announced

Patna, January 24, 2011: Bihar Tenni-Koit Association (BTKA) announced state men and women teams for East Zone senior inter-state tennis-koit championships to be held in Jamshedpur from January 28.

BTKA secretary Niraj Kumar Pappu said Akash Kumar would lead the men team while Akanksha Lal would lead the women team.

Men: Akash Kumar (captain), Banti Kumar, Adarsh Ranjan and Mukesh Kumar Singh.

Women: Akanksha Lal (captain), Sambhabhi Kiran, Nisha, Surshti Kumari, Surbhi Kumari, Alka Rani and Anupama Bharti. Manager-cum-coach: Subodh Kumar.

Photo caption: Bihar tenni-koit team in Patna on January 24, 2011.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Prakash strikes 32 goals in senior women's hockey

Patna, January 24, 2011: Orissa defeated Delhi 5-2 in a Pool G match on day four of the 1st Hockey India Senior National women championship at Rai, Sonepat on Monday.

According to information reached here, Surabhi and Lilima scored three and two goals respectively for the winners while Shweta Sharma and Praveen Rana were the goal scorers for Delhi.

In other matches Punjab beat Maharashtra 6-0 and Rajasthan whitewashed Tripura Olympic Association 34-0 while Chandigarh was held by Madhya Pradesh Sports and Youth Welfare 1-1.

Anuradha Thokchom scored 3 goals for Punjab including a penalty corner and penalty stroke while Amandeep and Internationals Lalremruati Khiangte and Vartika Singh scored once each.

Striker Prakash Chaudhary entered her name in the record books when she slammed 32 goals including 6 penalty corners in Rajasthan's triumph over Tripura Olympic Association. Sonam and Navpreet accounted for the other two goals.

Chandigarh were held to a 1-1 draw by MP Sports and Youth Welfare in a Pool F match. Nishi found the mark found for Chandigarh while Ranjeeta equalized for Madhya Pradesh.

Bihar women trounce J&K in national hockey

Patna, January 23, 2011: Bihar registered a big 15-1 win over Jammu and Kashmir in a pool “B” league match of the Hockey India senior National women championships at Rai (Sonepat) on Sunday.

According to information received here, Preeti sounded the board four times while Babli and Nilima hit three goals each. Dolly (2), Manpreet (1), Vaishali (1) and Guddi (1) were the other goal scorers for Bihar. Renu hit the consolation goal for J and K.

In the other matches of the day, Chandigarh crushed Gujarat 14-0, Himachal Pradesh trounced Bengal 11-0, Uttar Pradesh rallied to down Chhattisgarh 2-1 and Indian Railways swamped Andhra Pradesh 24-0.

CAP prove too strong for Litera Valley School

Patna, January 23, 2011: Cricket Academy of Patna (CAP) tamed Litera Valley School by 85 runs in the first match of the Little Champs Premier League U-10 cricket tournament at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.

DAV School, Board Colony edged past Don Bosco Academy by two wickets in the second match of the day.

CAP scored 130 runs for the loss of one wicket off 15 overs and then bowled their rivals out for meager 45 runs.

Brief scores: CAP 130 for 1 off 15 overs (Prajit 23, Prabhakar 20, Sachin 18, Aarij 1 for 27), Litera Valley School: 45 all out off 14 overs (Pushkar 7, Akshat 6, Shripal 1 for 3, Basu 6 for 3, Prabhakar 2 for 21).

Don Bosco Academy: 79 for 7 off 15 overs (Raj Gaurav 17, Rajiv 8, Saurav 41, Anan 3 for 20). DAV School: 80 for 8 off 15 overs (Dharmendra 24, Rishikesh 11, Vikas 2 for 11).

Gautam Sen and Debashish Barua declared joint winners in AG chess

Patna, January 23, 2011: Eastern Railway employees Gautam Sen and Debashish Barua, won the East Zone inter-audit chess championships title emerging joint leaders with four points each after the end of final round play at AG Office hall here on Sunday.

The final day scorecard showed both Kolkata men Sen and Barua gathering equal progressive points.

Pankaj Kumar of AG Bihar got the second position in the individual event.

Eastern Railway, Kolkata claimed the team title with 8 points while AG Bihar “B” finished second with 6 points.

P Dinaraj, principal AG (Audit), Bihar, gave away the prizes.

East Zone inter-audit chess begins

Patna, January 21, 2011: East Zone Inter-audit and accounts chess championships began at the AG Bihar hall here on Friday. On the first day Pankaj Kumar Choudhary of AG, Bihar, Devashish Barua and Goutam Sen (both Eastern Railway, Kolkata) shared the lead with two points after the end of as many rounds.

Earlier, Preman Deenaraj, chief accountant general (audit), Bihar, inaugurated the tournament.

Results: Pankaj Kumar Choudhary (2) bt Sujit Kumar Sinha (1); Devashish Barua (2) bt Tanmay Janna (1); Gautam Sen (2) bt Sanjit Kumar Das (1); Jhantu Lal Roy (1) bt Amit Ranjan Yadav (0); DP Kaushal (1) bt Om Prakash Singh (0) and Gautam Sarkar (.5) drew with BK Jha (0.5).

Little Champs Premier League cricket begins

Patna, January 21, 2011: Little Champs Premier League for U-10 boys got off to a colourful start at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Friday. In the opening match, Cricket Academy of Bihar (CAB) thrashed Don Bosco Academy by 10 wickets.

In another match, Rajeev Gandhi Cricket Foundation (RGCF) tamed DAV Public School, BSEB Colony by six wickets.

In the first match, Aman of CAB, who took four wickets, was declared man of the match. Vivek of RGCF, who got four wickets for 10 runs, was named man of the match in the second match.

Earlier, KP Ramaih, Principal Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Department (Government of Bihar) inaugurated the tournament. Deepak Kumar, Principal Secretary, Personnel Department, and Vinit Vinayak, DIG Patna, were present in the inaugural function. Pratyay Amrit, Secretary, Road Construction Department proposed a vote of thanks while Anis Bari of Tantra Consultancy welcomed the guests.

Brief scores: Don Bosco Academy: 34 all out in 15 overs (Harsh-12, Aman-4/13). CAB: 35 for no loss in 6.1 overs (Piyush-14 not out, Abhishek-7 not out).

DAV Public School: 57 all out in 13.4 overs (Ratnesh-9, Vivek-4/10). RGCF: 61 for four wickets in 10.4 overs (Ritik-12, Aditya-11, Nitesh-1/13, Amit-1/8).

Indian kabaddi team members felicitated

Patna, January 21, 2011: Bihar State Kabaddi Association (BSKA) honoured some members of Guangzhou Asian Games gold winning Indian men and women kabaddi team in a function here on Friday.

President of the BSKA and Principal Secretary HRD (Government of Bihar) Anjani Kumar Singh felicitated Rakesh Kumar (captain of the Indian men’s kabaddi team), Manjit Chillor and women team members, Kumari Mamta, M Kalyani, Snehawali and Smita Kumari. BSKA secretary Kumar Vijay welcomed the guests.

Photo caption : Asian Games gold medal winning Indian kabaddi team members in Patna on January 21, 2011.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

SAI Patna trials from January 28

Patna, January 21, 2011: Sports Authority of India (SAI), Patna Centre will host a two-day selection trials at the SAI training center ground here from January 28, according to centre in-charge BS Dhillon.

The trials will fill the vacant seats in football, volleyball, kabaddi, table tennis, basketball, and taekwondo (residential and non- residential) in the age group of 14-16 years.

Bihar beat Chhattisgarh to win BCCI Associated Members U-19 Trophy

Patna, January 22, 2011: Bihar finally broke the Chhattisgarh jinx. After losing U-22 and U-16 finals to the hosts Chhattisgarh in the BCCI Associated Members tournaments, Bihar bounced back in the U-19 championships to beat Chhattisgarh by 2 wickets in a thrilling final in Raipur on Saturday.

According to information reached here, batting first Chhattisgarh made 234 runs for the loss of 6 wickets off 50 overs. In reply, Bihar surpassed the target losing eight wickets on the way.

Atul Sharma (65 not out) top scored for Chhattisgarh. He hit five boundaries off 99 balls.

Pawanjeep Singh (46 not out) and Chhabi Jal Khatri (37) were the other important contributors. Despite dropping five catches, Bihar boys displayed good fielding as they ran out four rival batsmen.

Nishant Kumar and Kumar Aditya did bulk of scoring for Bihar. Nishant Kumar made unbeaten 57 runs off 75 balls with six boundaries while Kumar Aditya scored 52 runs off 85 balls with four hits to the fence. Pratik Raj took three wickets for 49 runs.

With this win Bihar staked their claim for entering into the main league of the BCCI tournaments for the 2011-12 seasons.

Brief scores:

CHHATTISGARH : 234/6 in 50 overs

Chhabi Jal Khatri 37 47 balls 6x4

Sheikh Wasim 25 39 balls 2x4

Ian Coaster 10 9 balls 2x4

Gaurav Tandon 22 44 balls 3x4

Atul Sharma 65 NO 99 balls 5x4

Pawanjeep Singh 46 NO 46 balls 5x4

Kumar Aditya 1/21

Satish Roy 1/32

BIHAR : 236/8 in 49.3 overs

Managal Mahroor 23 31 balls 4x4

Shasheem Rathore 8 8 balls 2x4

Siddhant Vijay 11 16 balls 1x4

Kumar Aditya 52 85 balls 4x4

Nishant Kumar 57 NO 75 balls 6x4

Vikash Ranjan 12 10 balls 2x4

Nishant Prakash 18 15 balls 2x4 1x6

Kamlesh Singh 4 NO 4 balls 1x4

Rajesh Singh 25 38 balls 2x4

Kumar Rajnish 11 18 balls 2x4

Pratik Raj 3/49

Gaurav Tandon 2/36

Akhand Pratap Singh 1/42

Photo caption: Members of the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) U-19 team pose for a group photograph after winning the BCCI Associated Members Tournament in Raipur on January 22, 2011.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Karnataka crush Bihar 8-1 in senior women's hockey

Sonepat, January 21, 2011: Hosts Haryana and Maharashtra recorded runaway wins on the opening day of the 1st Hockey India Senior Women National Championship at Rai on Friday.

Star studded Haryana led by International Mamta Kharab whitewashed Assam 32 - 0. India skipper Surinder Kaur accounted for seven goals while Monika (6), Jaswinder (6), Navjot (5), Mamta (2), Ramandeep (2), Savita (1), Jaspreet (1) and Kiran (1) were the others who found the target.

Maharashtra trounced Tripura Olympic Association 25 - 0 earlier with Sonali scoring six goals, while Sarika, Harshala and Vaishali scored four each. Pratibha (3), Sarita (2), Nikhat (1) and Bhagyashree (1) were the other scorers.

In another match Karnataka beat Bihar 8 - 1 with Kulsumbi and Ponnamma netting thrice each while Muthama and Ranjitha scored one apiece. Guddi scored the consolation goal for Bihar.

The ten-day championship was inaugurated by the Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

Source: Hockey India Press release

Mahroor, Rathore slam tons in Bihar's win

Patna, January 20, 2011: Bihar crushed Manipur by 230 runs in their last round-robin league match of the BCCI Associated Members U-19 tournament in Raipur on Thursday.

According to information reached here Bihar scored 372 runs for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs with Mangal Mahroor (113) and Shahsheem Rathore (103) hitting centuries. Kumar Rajnish made 93 runs. Bihar then bowled Manipur out for paltry 142 runs off 26.5 overs. Kamalesh Singh took five wickets for 26 runs.

Match was an inconsequential one for Bihar as they have already entered the final of the tournament. Now, Bihar will play Chhattisgarh in the final on January 22.

Brief scores:

BIHAR : 372/5 in 50 overs

Shasheem Rathore 103 77 ball 13x4

Mangal Mahroor 113 121 balls 13x4

Kumar Rajnish 93 78 balls 10x4

Kumar Aditya 18 11 balls 3x4

Rajesh Singh 7 7 balls -

Vikash Ranjan 4 no 6 balls -

Jitendra Thakur 3/70

Manipur : 142 all out in 26.5 overs

Tarun Thogan 29 37 balls 4x4

Tinoy Singh 30 21 balls 5x4

Rajesh Patel 20 20 balls -

Kamlesh Singh 5/26

Satish Roy 3/19

Rajesh Singh 2/47

Ajay Maken assumes charge as Sports Minister

New Delhi, January 20, 2011: Ajay Maken assumed charge as Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports here on Thursday.

He was welcomed by the senior officers of the ministry. Immediately after assuming charge, Maken had a detailed meeting with the sports secretary and discussed various issues concerning the department.

Speaking out his priorities while briefing the media, Maken said that his efforts would be to study, in detail, all important issues concerning the ministry in the coming days.

Giving the details of his meeting with sports secretary, he said that he had emphasized the need for drafting a proper strategy for 2012 London Olympics with an objective for increasing medal tally with proper back-up of training exposure with active support of the Government.

On the issue concerning National Sports Federations and their management, Maken said that his efforts would be to carry forward the initiatives of his predecessor, Dr. MS Gill, for enhancing transparency and good governance by adopting non-confrontational approach.

In the interest of sports, he said ideally sportsperson who have played the game at certain level and young persons should be given charge for managing of sports since he trusts that they will have “passion” to improve the sport.

He also disclosed that appropriate directions have been given for drafting a policy at the earliest for better utilization of sports infrastructure created for Commonwealth Games.

On the issue concerning pending payments for work done in Commonwealth Games, Maken asked sports secretary to issue directions to the Government officers working in the Organising Committee of the Commonwealth Games to clear within 10 days all the legitimate payments, after through verification.

Concerning Department of Youth Affairs, Maken stressed the need for an “out-of-box” thinking for introducing new schemes and programmes with an objective to increase the participation of youth.

Born on 12 January, 1964, Maken was earlier Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was Minister of Urban Development in the UPA-I Government. He was also Cabinet Minister of Transport, Power and Tourism.

Source: PIB, Government of India

Guddi to lead Bihar women hockey team

Patna, January 19, 2011: Hockey Bihar on Wednesday announced state team for the Hockey India Senior National women championships to be held in Rai (Sonepat) from January 21.

Hockey Bihar secretary Mohammad Mustaque Ahmad said Guddi Kuamri would lead the 18-member Bihar team. Bihar had been placed in pool “B” along with Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir, he added.

Team: Guddu Kumari (captain), Mitthu Manna, Smita Ranjan, Razia Kahtun, Ranu, Anjula Toppo, Babli, Priyanka Pandey, Prem Lata Singh, Jyoti Kumari, Vasihali, Priti Kumari, Rashmi Soren, Nilima Kishpotata, Suman Minz, Manpreet Kaur, Indu Kumari, Dolly Kumari, Md Iqbal Akhtar (coach) and Sabbir Khan (manager).

Photo caption: Members of the Bihar senior women hockey team pose for a group photograph in Patna on January 19, 2011.

Photo: Hockey Bihar

Bihar swimming probables for National Games named

Patna, January 19, 2011: Bihar Swimming Association (BSA) announced 10 probables for the National Games preparatory camp to be held in Danapur Cantt pool from January 21. The swimming event of the National Games will begin from February 13 in Ranchi.

Manoj Kumar Jha and Mahendra Kumar Choudhary will be the coaches for the camp, according to a press release of BSA.

Men: KK Jha, Barun Kumar, Rabinder Rajdhar, Kanchan Kumar, Ritesh Kumar and Sandeep Das.

Women: Neha Singh, Urvija Kirti, Baby Kumari and Payal Pandit.

Bihar thrash Nagaland to enter U-19 cricket final

Patna, January 18, 2011: Bihar ace batsman Shasheem Rathore finally found his form as he struck a polished century to guide Bihar to a thumping 8-wicket win over Nagaland in the BCCI Associated Members U-19 tournament in Bhillai on Tuesday.

With this win, Bihar moved into the final of the tournament though they still have to play their last round-robin league match against Manipur on January 20. Now, Bihar will play Chhattisgarh on January 22.

According to information reached here, Shasheem Rathore shrugged off his lean patch and scored 136 runs with 19 boundaries and two sixes. Bihar reached the target losing two wickets off 38.5 overs while chasing 24o to win.

Siddhant Vijay and Pawan Kumar chipped in 19 and 14 runs respectively. Babul Das and Shafi both bagged one wicket each.

Earlier, batting first Nagaland made 239 for nine wickets off 50 overs. Mayank Tayagi (57) and Nirbhay Singh (56) hit half-centuries. Tezi Sole (37) and Akariyato (37) were the other useful contributors.

For Bihar, Shasheem Rathore took four wickets for 49 runs. Satish Rai captured three wickets. Later, Shasheem was adjudged man of the match.

Mahroor, Vijay script Bihar's impressive win over Arunachal Pradesh in BCCI U-19 tournament

Patna, January 15, 2011: Mangal Mahroor hit a swashbuckling 139 and Siddhant Vijay stroked in an equally impressive 112 as Bihar scripted a huge 313 runs win over Arunachal Pradesh in a league match of the BCCI Associated Members U-19 tournament in Bhillai on Saturday.

Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Bihar piled up massive 424 runs for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs. Openers Mangal Mahroor and Siddhant Vijay put on a record 214 runs for the first wicket. Mangal’s knock contained 12 fours and eight sixes and it came off 90 balls. Siddhant Vijay innings was studded with 10 boundaries and one six. He played 110 balls to collect his runs.

After the departure of the two openers, Kumar Rajnish clobbered Arunachal attack as the dashing batsman scored 78 runs off 49 balls with seven boundaries and one six. Imran Nazir made 26 runs off 18 balls with three hits to the fence.

In reply, Arunachal Pradesh managed to score 111 runs off 29.2 overs. Akhilesh Saini (48, 45 balls, 6x4, 1x6) and Ashok Kumar (38, 74 balls, 7x4) showed some glimpses of resistance in an otherwise dismal show by Arunachal batsmen.

Rigth arm medium pace bowler Abhijeet Saket, who made his debut in this match, claimed three wickets for 32 runs. Bihar skipper and spinner Satish Roy bagged two wickets for 10 runs while Nishant Prakash got two wickets for 20 runs.

It was Bihar’s third victory in the tournament. Bihar earned bonus point for this win.

Scoreboard

Bihar: 424 for five wickets in 50 overs (Mangal Mahroor-139, Siddhant Vijay-112, Kumar Rajnish-78, Kumar Aditya-10, Imran Nazir-26, Rajesh Singh-17, Nishant Kumar-10 not out, Licha Teha-1/72, Pong Pacho-2/95).

Arunachal Pradesh: 111 all out in 29.2 overs (Akhilesh Saini-48, Ashok Kumar-38, Abhijeet Saket-3/32, Satish Rai-2/10, Nishant Prakash-2/22, Rajesh Singh-1/27, Kumar Aditya-1/18).

Devpriya, Dipti wear tennis crowns

Patna, January 15, 2011: Devpriya Jaiswal of Bihar toppled top seed Manoj Sew of West Bengal 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to win the men’s singles title of the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial All-India Ranking Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Saturday.

But Bihar could not repeat the performance in the women’s singles final as state’s hope Shruti Jaiswal lost to Dipti Shrivastava of West Bengal 6-7, 6-4 in straight sets.

Devpriya began her final assault in style winning the first set at 6-3. Manoj bounced back in the second set and claimed it an identical margin. In the decider Devpriya found his touch to pocket the set and the trophy at 6-3.

Results (all final): Men’s Singles: Devpriya Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Manoj Sewa (WB) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Men’s doubles: Manoj Sewa (WB) and Robin Das (WB) bt Krishna Karsolia (UP) and Kamlesh Shukla (UP) 6-4, 6-2.

Women’s singles: Dipti Shrivastava (WB) bt Shruti Jaiswal (Bihar) 7-6, 6-4.

Women’s doubles: Dipti Shrivastava (WB) and Mohana Sarkar (WB) and Shilpi Jaiswal (Bihar) and Shruti Jaiswal (Bihar) were declared joint winners due to bad light at the score of one set all.

Photo caption: From top Dipti Shrivastava, Devpriya Jaiswal, Manoj Sewa, Shilpi Jaiswal and Shruti Jaiswal in action during their final matches in Patna on January 15, 2011.

Photo: BLTA

Bihar table tennis team for Senior National championships announced

Patna, January 15, 2011: Somnath will lead a 12-member Bihar team in the 72nd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championship to be held in Kolkatta from January 17 to 23.

Releasing the list of the players the president of Bihar Table Tennis Association (BTTA) and MLC Sanjay Singh said the team was selected on the performance of the players in the coaching-cum-selection camp and trial matches.

BTTA secretary Mukesh Roy said NK Rastogi and former state champion Rahul Das had been nominated manager and coach respectively.

Men: Somnath Roy (Captain), Somir Chakraborty, Junaid-ur Rahman, Ani Raj and Piyush D Gandhi.

Women: Rinki Ghosh, Chandra Raut, Chumki Mandal, Saika Parveen and Suparna Joshi.

Devpriya faces Manoj in final

Patna, January 14, 2011: Bihar’s Devpriya Jaiswal moved into the men’s singles final of the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad memorial all-India ranking prize-money tennis tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Friday.

Devpriya beat Chandrahekhar Mohanty of Assam 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinal to set up final clash with Manoj Sewa of West Bengal who beat Saneesh Mani Mishra (UP) 6-0, 6-0.

In the women’s singles final Shruti Jaiswal of Bihar will take on Dipti Shrivastava of West Bengal. In the semifinal, Shruti prevailed over her elder sister Shilpi 6-4, 6-2 while Dipti took three sets to down Mohana Sarkar of West Bengal 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Results: Manoj Sewa (WB) bt Saneesh Mani Mishra (UP) 6-0, 6-0; Devpriya Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Chandrahekhar Mohanty 6-4, 6-2.

Men’s doubles semifinals: Manoj Sewa [and Robin Das bt Saneesh Mani Mishra and Aditya Narayan 6-2, 6-2; Krishna Karsolia and Kamlesh Shukla bt Chandrashekhar Mohanty and Devpriya Jaiswal 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

Women singles semifinal: Shruti Jaiswal bt Shilpi Jaiswal 6-4, 6-2; Dipti Shrivastav bt Mohana Sarkar 3-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Women doubles semifinal: Dipti Shrivastava and Mohana Sarkar bt Komal Ghotra and Richa Sirohi 6-2, 6-1; Shilpi Jaiswal and Shruti Jaiswal bt Bobby Yadav and Rashi Wahal 6-1, 6-2.

Photo caption: Dipti Shrivastav (top) and Devpriya Jaiswal (bottom) in action during their women and men's singles matches in Patna on January 14, 2011.

Photo: BLTA

Nishant bowls Bihar to 7-wicket win over Sikkim

Patna, January 14, 2011: Bihar boys chalked out a comprehensive 7-wicket win over Sikkim in the BCCI Associated Members U-19 Tournament in Bhillai on Friday.

According to information reached here, Sikkim won the toss and decided to bat first. Sikkim could not do much against Bihar bowling attack to be bowled out for 131 runs off 36 overs. Nishant Prakash wreaked havoc with his medium pace taking four wickets for 22 runs. For Sikkim Ashish Thapa (36), Danish Roy (22) and Gopal Sharma (18) showed some resistance against Bihar attack.

In reply Bihar raced to the target losing three wickets. Vikash Ranjan top scored with 56 runs. He cracked 6 fours and one six off 54 balls. Mangal Mahroor made run-a-ball 48 with four boundaries and two sixes. Pritam claimed two wickets.

With this win Bihar earned bonus point. It was Bihar’s second victory in the championships.

Brief scores:

Sikkim: 131 all out in 36 over (Ashish Thapa 36 runs, Danish Roy 22 runs, Gopal Gupta 18, Nishant Prakash 4 for 22,Kamlesh Singh1 for 31, Rajesh Singh 1 for 22, Shasheem Rathore1 for 10, Kumar Rajnish 1 for 12).

Bihar: 131 for 3 off 30 overs (Vikash Ranjan 56, Mangal Mahroor 48, Pritam 2 wickets).

Manoj, Devpriya enter semifinals

Patna, January 13, 2011: Manoj Sewa (West Bengal), Devpriya Jaiswal (Bihar), Saneesh Mani Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) and Chandrashekhar Mohanty (Assam) booked their berths in the men’s singles semifinals of the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial All-India Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Thursday.

Top seed Manjo Sewa overcame a stiff challenge from Kamlesh Shukla (Uttar Pradesh) 6-2,4-6, 6-0, Devpriya Jaiswal took three sets to down Robin Das (West Bengal) 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, Saneesh Mani Mishra tamed Aman Kumar (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2 while Chandrashekhar Mohanty drubbed Bibaswan Deb (West Bengal) 6-1, 6-2.

In the last women’s singles quarterfinal, Shruti Jaiswal (Bihar) outpaced Bobby Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 6-0, 6-0 and moved into the semifinal.

Photo caption: Shruti Jaiswal (top) and Manoj Sewa (bottom) in action during their singles match in Patna on January 13, 2011.

Photo: BLTA

Satish helps Bihar beat Meghalaya

Patna, January 12, 2011: Bihar boys finally found the momentum going in the BCCI Associated Members U-19 tournament in Chhattisgarh. In their second league match in Bhillai on Wednesday, Bihar trumped Meghalaya by six wickets to register their first win.

Bihar had lost their opening match against Chhattisgarh on Tuesday in Raipur.

According to information reached here, Bihar restricted Meghalaya to 222 all out off 49,4 overs and then scored the required runs for victory losing four wickets.

Bihar skipper and spinner Satish Rai played a pivotal role in his team’s thumping win. Satish took four wickets for 43 runs. Meghalaya had a sound start as openers Raj Bisla and Silvester added 73 runs for the first wicket. Raj Bisla hit 79 runs with 11fours and two sixes. Silvester made 26.

After the departure of the openers Meghalaya suffered middle order collapse as barring Rinky Singh (22, 2x4) other batsmen failed to do justice.

For Bihar Nishant Prakash and Shasheem Rathore bagged two wickets each for 22 and 32 runs respectively.

Nishant Kumar played a diligent knock of unbeaten 82 runs for Bihar. He struck 11 boundaries. Rajesh Singh too remained unbeaten on 59 (5x4, 1x6). Sang Payaliyar got four wickets for 42 runs. With this win, Bihar earned one bonus point.

Shilpi Jaiswal advances to semifinal

Patna, January 12, 2011: Shilpi Jaiswal of Bihar cruised into the women’s singles semifinals of the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad memorial All-India ranking tennis tournament at the Patliputra Colony tennis courts here on Wednesday.

Results: Women’s singles (quarterfinals): Dipti Shrivastava (WB) bt Kopmal Ghotra (Punjab) 6-0, 6-0; Mohana Sarkar (WB) bt Richa Sirohi (UP) 6-3, 6-1 and Shilpi Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Fatima Packar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0.

Men’s singles (pre-quarter-finals): Manoj Sewa (WB) bt Krishna Karsolia (UP) 7-6, 4-6, 7-6; Kamlesh Shukla (UP) bt Devendra Yadav (UP) 6-3, 6-4; Aman Kumar (Bihar) bt Amarjyuti Deka (Assam) 6-3, 7-6; Robin Das (WB) bt Anand Kumar (UP) 6-0, 6-0; Bibaswan Deb (WB) bt Mahendra Singh Rathore (Rajasthan) 6-3, 6-1 and Chandrashekha Mohanty (Assam) bt Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1.

Photo caption: Shilip Jaiswal in action during her singles match in Patna on January 12, 2011.

Photo: BLTA

EPF Patna basketball and volleyball teams announced

Patna, January 12, 2011: Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Staff Recreation Club, Patna on Wednesday announced basketball and volleyball teams for the East Zone EPF tournaments to be held in Kolkata from January 21.

Team (basketball): Tathagat Chakraboty (captain), Md Nehal Akhtar, Nagendra Kumar, Shiv Shankar Prasad, Ravindra Prasad, CM Prasad, TN Singh and Satish Kumar Singh. Stand byes: Laxmi Narayan Singh and NK Prasad.

Volleyball: Bhanu Pratap (captain), Md Nehal Akhtar, Mohan Kumar Upadhayay, NK Prasad, Sanjay Singh, Tathagat Chakraborty, Abhay Kumar, Alok Kumar Sinha, Anjani Kumar Sinha and Bipin Kumar Sinha. Stand byes: Neeraj Kumar, Satish Kumar Singh and TN Singh.

Devpriya Jaiswal and Chandrashekhar Mohanty move into doubles semifinals

Patna, January 11, 2011: The second day of Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial All-India Ranking Tennis Tournament saw men’s doubles quarterfinal matches played at the Patliputra Colony courts here.

Bihar and Assam pair of Devpriya Jaiswal and Chandrashekhar Mohanty entered the semifinals with 6-3, 6-1 straight set victory over Aman Kumar (Bihar) and Tushar Jaitley (Punjab) 6-3, 6-1.

The other combinations who moved into the semifinals were Manoj Sewa and Robin Das (both WB), Aditya Narayan and Saneesh Mani Mishra (both UP) and Krishna Karsolia and Kamlesh Shukla (both UP).

Results: Manoj Sewa & Robin Das beat Samresh Kumar Singh beat Devendra Yadav (UP) 6-0, 6-1; Aditya Narayan & Saneesh Mani Mishra (UP) beat Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) and Mahendra Singh Rathore (Rajasthan) 6-3, 6-4 and Krishna Kasolia & Kamlesh Shukla (UP) beat Ravikant Sahoo & Bheeshmak Srivastava (UP) 6-2, 6-0.

Earlier in the day, Bihar’s Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Department Minister Sukhda Pandey formally inaugurated the tournament. Bihar Lawn Tennis Association secretary Dr AB Prasad and chief coach Kunal Aikat were present on the occasion.

Photo caption: Participants and guests pose for a group photograph at the inauguration function of the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad Memdorial All-India Ranking Tennis Tournament in Patna on January 11, 2011.

Bottom: Devpriya Jaiswal in action during his doubles match.

Bihar go down to Chhattisgarh in BCCI Associated Members U-19 tournament

Patna, January 11, 2011: Bihar boys once again failed to break the jinx against Chhattisgarh. This time in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Associated Members U-19 tournament in Raipur, Bihar lost to Chhattisgarh by 24 runs in the opening league match on Tuesday.

Earlier, in BCCI Associtated Members U-16 and U-22 tournaments Bihar lost to Chhattisgarh in the finals.

According to information reached here, Chhattisgarh made 265 for nine wickets off 50 overs. Opener Sheikh Wasin scored a brilliant 95 runs. His knock was studded with eight boundaries. Other opener Jai Chhetri (60, 10x4) provided Chhattisgarh a positive start adding 79 runs for the first wicket. Atul Sharma scored 26 runs. Rajesh Singh and Kamlesh Singh took two wickets each for 49 and 50 runs respectively. Nishant Prakash and Kumar Rajnish got one wicket each.

Chasing 266 runs to win, Bihar crashed out for 241 runs off 49.4 overs. Bihar had a dismal start losing four quick wickets in first two overs of the innings. Mangal Mahroor (45, 6x4), Kumar Aditya (42, 5x4), Nishant Prakash (40, 3x4) and Kamlesh Singh (34 not out, 4x4) gave Bihar some respectability at the end.

For Chhattisgarh, Vishal and Akhand Pratap Singh claimed three and two wickets each.

Adamya Vikrant strolls into second round

Patna, January 10, 2011: Adamya Vikrant of Bihar moved into the second round of the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial All India Ranking Tennis Tournament beating Ravi Kant Sahoo of Uttar Pradesh 6-0, 6-0 at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Monday.

The prestigious event of the Bihar Lawn Tennis Association began today. The formal inauguration of the tournament will be held tomorrow. Bihar’s Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Sukhda Pandey will inaugurate the tournament at 2 pm.

Results: Amarjyuti Deka (Assam) beat Bheeshmak Srivastava (UP) 6-4, 6-4; Bibaswan Deb (WB) beat Tushar Jaitly (Punjab) 6-4, 6-0; Krishna Karsolia (UP) beat Aditya Naraian (UP) 6-2, 6-0; Adamya Vikrant (Bih) beat Ravi Kant Sahoo (UP) 6-0,6-0; Devendra Yadav (UP) beat Anish Anupam (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2; Anand Kumar (UP) beat Balbir Singh (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1; Mahendra Singh Rathor (Raj) beat Venkat Siddharth (Bihar) 6-1,6-0; Inderjot Singh (Pun) beat Momin Ali (Assam) 6-4, 6-0 and Siddharth Vishwakarma (UP) beat Samresh Singh (UP) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.

Photo caption: Adamya Vikarnt in action in Patna on January 10, 2011.

Source: Press release from BLTA

Hockey India Senior Women National Championships from January 21

New Delhi, January 8, 2011: The first Hockey India Senior Women National Championship will be held at Rai (Sonepat) from January 21 to 30.

According to a Hockey India Press release, 24 state teams have confirmed their participation in the championship to be played on a league-cum-knockout format.

The teams have been divided into eight Pools:

Pool A: Jharkahnd, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand’

Pool B: Karnataka, J and K, Bihar.

Pool C: Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Manipur.

Pool D: Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Orissa.

Pool E: Delhi, Goa, Kerala.

Pool F: Madhya Pradesh, Chandigarh, Gujarat.

Pool G: Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Bangal.

Pool H: Haryana, Puducherry, Assam.

During the course of the Championship, Hockey India Selectors will select the probables for the National Coaching Camps for the preparation of the Indian team for various International competitions in 2011.

The Indian women team will play in the 7th FIH Women Champions Challenge I, at Dublin, Ireland in June, 2nd Women Asian Champions Trophy at Ordos, China and 3rd Girls U-18 Asia Cup at Bangkok, Thailand in September.

In addition, India is also the host for the 1st Olympic Women Qualifier for the Olympic Games at London in 2012. This Tournament will be held in February next year.

BCA U-19 team for BCCI Associated Members tournament announced

Patna, January 7, 2011: Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) announced a 15-member under-19 team for the BCCI Associated Members tournament to be held in Chhattisgarh from January 11.

Announcing the team BC Ad-hoc Committee member Ram Kumar said Satish Rai would be the captain of the team while Rajesh Singh of Supaul would be his deputy.

Team: Satish Rai (captain), Kumar Aditya, Shasheem Rathore, Siddhant Vijay, Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Kumar Rajnish, Nishant Kumar, Rajesh Singh (vice-captain), Imran Nazir, Prashant Prakas, Vikas Ranjan, Pawean Kumar, Mangal Mahroor, Mukes Kumar and Abhijit Saket.

Bihar will play their first match against Chhattisgarh on January 11.

Bihar kabaddi team for National PYKKA tournament announced

Patna, January 7, 2011: Bihar State Sports Authority on Friday named state kabaddi team for the National Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) championships to be held in Karnataka from January 12.

Boys: Bishwajit (captain), Deepak, Vibhash, Nandan, Amit, Pintoo, Raushan, Ranhir, Vikas and Harishchandra. Coach: Ganesh Prasad.

Girls: Priti (Captain), Sarita, Jully, Reshami, Jaisri, Simple, Ritu, Isha, Juhi and Manisha. Coach-cum-manager: Jagganath Singh.

Bihar girl Kajal is National junior carrom champ

Dehradun, January 2, 2011: Last year’s runner-up Abdul Rehman of Uttar Pradesh stunned defending champion K Sriniwas of Hyderabad 13-12, 21-8 to clinch the boys singles title of the 39th Junior National and inter-state carrom championship at Agarwal Dharmshala here.

In a play off match, Mohd Hassan (Chandigarh) defeated Mohd Danish of Delhi 21-5, 13-8 to claim the third spot.

Last year’s runner-up and current Sub Junior champion Kajal Kumari of Bihar captured the girls’ tile defeating M Kanagdhara of Tamil Nadu 21-9, 21-0.

Defending champion Dipika Sinha of Bihar lost her play off match against P Jayashree of Tamil Nadu 6-21, 21-5, 12-21 and got the fourth place.

Khushboo Kumari of Jharkhand defeated K Karn of Bihar 21-3, 21-6 in the final of Youth girls singles. Kamna Gupta of UP earned the third place beating A Swathi of Hyderabad 21-0, 21-0.

Results: Boys’ singles : 3rd & 4th Place- Mohd. Hassan (Chandigarh) bt Mohd. Danish (Delhi) 21-5, 13-8; 5th & 6th Place- Akash Goel (Maharashtra) bt Ansari Naeem Akhtar (Maharashtra) 9-5, 19-13.

7th & 8th Place - Naresh (Hyderabad) bt. Mohd. Talib (Chandigarh)

Semifinals – K Srinivas of Hyderabad defeated Mohd Danish (Delhi) 11-8, 21-2 and Abdul Rehman UP defeated Mohd Hassan (Chandigarh) 16-8, 21-2.

Quarterfinals: K Srinivas (Hyderabad) defeated Akash Goel (Maharastra) 18-2, 7-21, 21-0; Mohd Danish (Delhi) defeated Mohd Talib (Chandigarh) 15-10, 21-10; Mohd Hassan (Chandigarh) defeated Ansari Naeem Akhtar (Maharashtra) 18-14, 3-14, 21-11; and Abdul Rehman (UP) defeated U. Naresh (Hyderabad) 7-20, 13-11, 21-6.

Girls’ singles : 3rd & 4th Place- P Jayashree (TN) bt Dipika Sinha (Bihar)at 21-0, 5-21.

5th & 6th Place- Tuba (Chandigarh bt Farheen (Chandigarh) 21-0, 21-0.

7th & 8th Place- Archana (Bihar) bt R Vinitha (Tamil Nadu) 16-18, 21-0.

Semifinals: M Kanagdhara (T.N.) defeated defending Champion Dipika Sinha (Bihar) 13-7, 1-19, 21-7 and Kajal Kumari (Bihar) defeated P Jayashree (TN) 16-14, 19-11.

Quarterfinals: Dipika Sinha (Bihar) bt Tuba (Chandigarh) 17-11, 11-20, 18-6; M. Kanagdhara (TN) bt Archana (Bihar) 14-0, 11-13. 21-4; P Jayashree (TN) bt Farheen (Chandigarh) at 14-13, 9-19, 10-09; and Kajal Kumari (Bihar) bt. R. Vinitha at 21-0, 14-7.

Youth boys’ singles: 3rd & 4th Place V Akash (Orissa) bt Mohd. Salman (Delhi) 2-18, 21-07, 14-12.

Semifinals: Mohd. Ghufran (UP) defeated Md Salman (Delhi) 21-9, 21-3 and S.K. Wasim (Vid) defeated V Akash (Goa) 14-10, 21-1.

Quarterfinals: Mohd Ghufran (UP) bt S Romendra Singh (Manipur) 21-5, 12-5; Salman (Delhi) bt Nikul Kakde (Maharashtra) 21-9, 21-9; V Akash (Orissa) bt Manish Jaiswal (Bihar) 0-21, 19-5, 17-16; and SK Wasim (Vidarbha) bt Raj Kumar (Chandigarh) 21-5, 21-5.

Youth girls’ singles : 3rd & 4th Place- Kamna Gupta (UP) bt A. Swathi (Hyderabad) 21-0, 20-3.

Semifinal: K Karn (Bihar) defeated A Swathi (Hyderabad) 15-12, 21-6; and Khushboo Kumari (Jharkhand) bt Kamna Gupta (UP) 17-6, 21-5.

Quarterfinals: K Karn (Bihar) bt Kudrat (Chandigarh –Defending National Champion) 20-5, 21-10; A. Swathi (Hyderabad) bt B Sudha Rani (Andhra) 17-2, 18-10; Khushboo Kumari (Jharkhand) bt. Chaitali Harizan (Goa) 21-0, 21-0; and Last year runner-up Kamna Gupta (UP) bt. L. Shreya Devi (Manipur) 21-0, 21-0.

Later, president of Uttaranchal State Carrom Association, Anil Goel and SK Sharma, general secretary of All India Carrom Federation gave away the prizes.

Press release from All India Carrom Federation

Bihar's Deepika, Kajal move into Jr National carrom quarterfinals

Dehradun, January 1, 2010: Defending champions Deepika Sinha of Bihar trounced Kabita Devi of Maniput in straight sets 21-0, 21-0 to move into the girls singles quarterfinals of the Junior National and Inter-State carrom championships at Agarwal Dharmashala here.

In the other pre-quarterfinal matches, Tuba of Chandigarh beat N Abhiram of Tamil Nadu 21-6, 13-6 and Archana of Bihar defeated Kabya Shree (Jharkhand) 20-1, 21-0. M Knagdhara of Tamil Nadu had a sensational fight against MSK Harika of Andhra as the former defeated Harika at 9-14, 19-12, 21-15. Farheen of Chandigarh defeated N. Rajya laxmi of Andhra Pradesh 18-11, 21-6, P Jayashree of Tamil Nadu defeated Bibha Kumari of Bihar 21-2, 11-10, R Vinita of Tamil Nadu had three-set fight against Manu Gupta of Chandigarh 21-5, 0-21, 21-0 and Kajal Kumari of Bihar defeated Nini Jha of Jharkhand 21-0, 21-0.

In boys’ singles, defending champions K Srinivas of Hyderabad defeated Mohd. Kashif of Uttar Pradesh 16-15, 21-15 to enter the quarterfinals.

In the other pre-quarterfinal matches, Akash Goel of Maharashtra defeated Wahid Ali of UP 18-17, 19-11, Mohd. Talib of Chandigarh beat A. Mahendran of Tamil Nadu 21-7, 21-5, Mohd. Danish of Delhi outplayed Mohd. Adil of UP 21-13, 21-5, Mohd. Hassan of Chandigarh defeated N Yaimasana of Manipur 21-0, 21-0, Ansari Naeem Akhtar of Maharashtra defeated Mohd. Arif of UP 14-21, 16-15, 11-10, U Naresh of Hyderabad defeated Vinay Kumar of UP 14-11, 8-14, 18-12 and Ashdul Rahman of UP defeated Irfan Nizam Shaikh of Maharashtra 21-9, 21-0.

Boys’ singles : 4th Round – K. Srinivas (Hyderabad) bt. T. Vamsi (Andhra) 21-1, 21-0; Mohd. Kashif (UP) bt. K. Tamilselvan(TN) 21-1, 15-11; Wahib Ali (UP) bt. Mohd. Shaquib (Chandigarh) 21-0, 21-6; Akash goel (Maharashtra) bt. Y. Avaid Singh (Manipur) 21-3, 17-12, Mohd. Talib (Chandigarh ) bt. S. Sai (Hyderabad) 21-5, 21-5 (Talib scored white slam in 4th board of 2nd game); A. Mahendran (TN) bt. Subham Shekhar (Jharkahnd) 21-0, 21-6; Mohd. Danish (Delhi) bt. G. Midhun Chakrabarti 21-0, 21-0; Mohd. Adil (UP) bt. SK. Elahi (Andhra) 21-5, 21-8; Mohd. Hassan (Chandigarh) bt. B. Dilleswara Rao (Andhra) 21-0, 21-0; N. Yaimasna ( Manipur) bt. Sitaram Bandekar (Maharashtra) 18-1, 10-21, 15-5; Ansari Naeem Akhtar (Maharashtra) 21-0, 12-8, 21-3; Mohd. Arif (UP) bt. R. Venkateswaran (TN) 21-0, 21-0; U. Naresh (Hyderabad) bt. S. Bonikapooor (Manipur) 20-7, 21-5; Vinay Kumar (UP) bt. Akash Sendre (Chhattisgarh) 12-10, 14-5; Irfan Nizam Shaikh (Maharashtra) bt. Gowthaman (TN)19-0, 11-6; Abdul rehman (UP) bt. Deepak Singh (Jharkhand) 21-0, 21-0.

Girls' singles: 4th Round: Dipika Sinha (Bihar-defending champion) bt. A. Adhulya (TN) 15-21, 21-1, 17-1, Kajal Kumari (Bihar – Current Sub Junior Girls National Champion) bt.Priya Sharma (Chandigarh) 13-2, 21-0; Nini Jha (Jharkhand) bt. Asharfunnisha (Hyd) 15-7, 14-6; R Vinitha (T.N.) bt. Ekta Tripathi (UP) 21-5, 14-6; Manu Gupta (Chandigarh) bt. Amruta (Gujarat) 21-0, 21-3; Bibha Kumari (Bihar) bt. Aishwarya Kushwaha (UP); 16-0, 13-11; P. Jayashree (TN) bt. Rajni Soni (Jharkhand) 16-10, 13-9; N. Rajayalakshmi (Andhra) bt. G. Jyothi Pravalika (TN) 21-7, 5-14, 14-8; Farheen (Chandigarh-Ex Junior National Champion) bt. Vrushali Patil (Maharashtra) 21-5, 21-6; M. Kanagdhara (TN) bt. Suruchi Kumari (Bihar) 18-5, 3-15, 16-1; MSK Harika (Andhra ) bt. Anjali Taneja (Chahattisgarh) 9-21, 14-7, 16-12; Maitreyee Gogte (Maharashtra) bt. Kabya Shree (Jharkhand) 13-9, 9-6; Archana (Bihar) bt. Pravasini Singh (Orissa) 21-0, 21-0; Tuba (Chandigarh) bt. Neha Vemula (Maharashtra) 21-0, 21-0 N. Abirami (TN) bt. D. Nagmani (Hyderabad) 21-0, 20-0; Kabita Devi (Manipur) 14-4, 11-0.

Youth Girls’ singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Kudarat (Chandigarh- Top seed last year winner) bt. Insha Ijaz (J&K) 21-0, 21-0; K. Karn (Bihar) bt. A. Benita Glady (T.N.)21-5, 15-7; B. Sudha Rani (Andhra) bt. C. Marvia (Puducherry) 6-20, 21-6, 21-0;A. Swathi (Hyd.) bt. Rozi Parveen( U.P.)16-11, 19-1;Chaitali Harizan (Goa) bt. L.Gayatri Devi (Chhattisgarh) 13-0, 21-0; D. Amuly (Hyderabad) bt. Khushbu Kumari (Jharkhand) 21-4, 21-0; Kamna Gupta (UP- Last year Runner) bt. Shilpa Gautam (Vidarbha) 21-12, 21-0.

Youth boys’ singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Mohd. Gurfan (U.P.) defeated Manish Gupta (Jharkhand) 21-5, 21-10; S. Romendra Singh (Manipur) defeated Ranjan Prakash (Bihar) 19-5, 19-13; Nikul Kakade (Maharashtra)Aryan (Haryana) 21-0,21-0; Md. Salman (Delhi)defeated D. Dilli Babu (TN) 11-19, 18-0, 14-7; Manish Jaiswal (Bihar) defeated Saju (Uttaranchal) 21-0, 21-0; V. Akash (Orissa)defeated Arshadyulla Khan (UP) 19-6, 21-10; Raj Kumar (Chandigarh) Srikanth P. (Kerala) 21-0, 10-11, 16-11S. K. Wasim (Vidarbha)defated A. Raghavendra (Andhra) 21-0, 21-0.

Source: All India Carrom Federation