Players felicitated with Baldev Sahay awards

Patna, April 15, 2017: Players and sports promoters of the state capital were awarded with Baldev Sahay Sports Awards at a function held at Social Club, Kadam Kuan, here on Saturday.

Justice (retired) Uday Sinha, Bihar Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) president Dr AB Prasad, Dr SB Pandey, Md Khurshid Alam and Rameshwar Dayal were present on the occasion. Professor Yuvraj Dev Prasad presided over the function.

Awardees: Panna Lal (football), Suraj narayan Lall and Ashish Sinha (cricket), Surendra Sinha (bridge), Sofia Khan and Mallika Ambasta (tennis), Kunal Aikat (tennis coach) and Neeraj Kumar Pappu (sports promoter).

The Kadam Kuan Social Club also celebrated its 83rd foundation day on Saturday.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui  

Bihar Police Games: Anurag claims 100-m gold

Patna, November 26
Anurag Karketta of Bihar Military Police Range clinched the 100-m gold in the Bihar State Police Games meet at the Mithilesh Stadium, Phulwarisharif on Tuesday. Diwakar Prasad (Patna Range) and Md Haroon (Muzaffarpur Range) got the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Earlier, DGP, DN Gautam declared the meet open in a colourful function marked by a march-past of participating teams.

Results:
In football event Darbhanga Range beat Bhagalpur 1-0.
In volleyball, Patna Range beat Bhagalpur 3-0; Military Police, Patna Range beat Muzaffarpur Range 3-0.
In handball, Darbhanga Range beat Bhagalpur Range; Military Police, Patna Range beat Muzaffarpur Range 18-0.
In basketball, Military Police, Patna Range beat Muzaffarpur Range 59-11; Patna Range got walk over against Bhagalpur Range.
In kabaddi, Military Police, Patna Range beat Muzaffarpur Range 73-13.

Pradeep to lead Bihar disabled cricket team

Pradeep Kumar will lead Bihar in the 20th National disabled cricket championship to be held in Andhra Pradesh from December 3, according to a Press release of the Bihar Cricket Association for the disabled.

Team: Pradeep Kumar (captain), Dharamveer Kumar (vice-captain), Kundan Kumar, Kumardev, Kanchan Kumar Nirala, Amit Gaurav, Santosh Kumar Mishra, Krishna Murari, Ravi Kumari, Tanbir Alam and Md Saleem.Manager: Sugandh Narain Prasad. Coach: Neeraj Kumar.

Sardar Patel athletics from December 12

The 7th Sardar Patel inter-school athletic championship will be held at the Moinul Haq Stadium here from December 12, according to Upendra Kumar Singh, former MLC and president, Sardar Patel Sports and Cultural Foundation.

He said the three-day meet would be organised in five age groups. The last date for entry is December 8. Interested athletes may contact the camp office at the Moinul Haq Stadium for entry and others details.

Abhishek excels in Sambhavana School win

Patna, October 26, 2008

Abhishek Kumar took five wickets for 20 runs and then batted well to struck and unbeaten 70 as Sambhavana Residential High School, Ara thrashed BPL Residential Public School, Patna by eight wickets in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DAV School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Saturday.

And there was not a iota of doubt when Abhishek deservedly got the man of the match award.

Batting first, BPL boys could manage to score 121 runs off 23.1 overs with brisk contribution from Anand Singh 33 (7x4) runs.

In reply, Ara boys collected the required runs off 18.3 overs losing tow wickets. Kumar Dhananjay 26 not out was the other notable contributor for the winners.

Brief scores: BPL School: 121 all out 23.1 overs ( Anish Kumar 21, Anand Singh 33, Shashi Shekhar 15, Abhishek Kumarc5 for 20, Dhananjay 2 for 20). Sambhavana School: 122 for two (Kumar Prem 17, Abhishek Kumar 70 not out , Dhananjay 26 not out, Raj Kishore 1 for 20)

Gopalpur boys lift volleyball trophy

Army School, Gopalpur (Orissa) won the Clsuter V Inter-Army School volleyball title defeating Army School, Danapur 3-0 at Danapur Cantonment here on Saturday. Army School, Ramgarh, claimed the girls’ crown defeating the hosts by an identical margin.

Brigadier PS Rathi gave away the prizes. P Vikki, captain of the winning team got the best player award while Jyoti Chabra of Ramgarh was adjudged best girl player of the tournament.

Khushbu bags 3000-m gold

Seikhpura’s Khushbu avenged her 1500-meter race defeat winning the 3000-meter tile on the second day of the Bihar State Women’s Sports Festival at Bettiah on Saturday.

Veena of Saran and Sugandha of Seikhpur followed the winner for the silver and bronze medals. Khushbu added a double when she won the 800-m gold medal. Veena and Sugandha once again were at the second and third positions respectively.

In high jump, Saran’s Sambhavi clinched the gold while Shanti Kanja of Patna won the javelin throw event gold medal. Rani (Purina) and Rina (Muzaffarpur) got the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Nishad women’s soccer

East central Railway (Hajipur) crushed Khagaria 9-0 in the opening match of the Prem Nishad memorial women’s football championships at Akshaya Vat Stadium in Hajipur on Saturday.

Sukhdeo cricket: Holy Mission School move up

Patna, October 25

Holy Mission High School, Samastipur, had an easy seven-wicket victory over Residential Siksha Niketan, Begusarai in the 24th Sukhdeo Narain memorial inter-school cricket tournament at the DVA School (BSEB Colony) ground here on Friday.

Amit Kumar of the winning team, who captured four wickets for 25 runs, got the man of the match award.

Batting first, Residential Siksha Niketan boys mustered 132 runs off 25.3 overs. In reply, Holy Mission boys surpassed the target losing three wickets. Manish (34) was the top scorer for the winners.

Brief scores: Residential Siksha Niketan: 132 off 25.3 overs ( Saif Ali 27, Mukesh Kumar 22, Sanjit Ranjan 19, Amiya Ranjan 20, Amit Kumar four for 25, Sudhir Kumar 2 for 32, Avinash Kumar 2 for 28 and Santosh Kumar 2 for 20).
Holy Mission High School: 133 for 3 off 23 overs (Manish 34, Atmeshwar Kumar 17, Amrit Ranjan 15, Sanjit Kumar 2 for 15).

Concept Academy win

Concept Academy, Patna beat SS High School, Bhagwanpur by six wickets in the Super 30 Challenge Cup school cricket tournament at the Patna College ground on Friday.

In the other match, Gayatri International School, Patna crushed Rajshri School, Bhabhua by seven wickets.
Kishlay Kishore (Concept Academy) and Munchun (Gayatri International) were awarded man of the man of the match.

Brief scores: SS High School, Siwan: 92 all out off 22.4 overs (Chhotu 11, Mukesh 20, Kishlay Kishore 4 for 10, Tushar 3 for 23). Concept Academy: 95 for 4 off 21. 4 overs (Kishlay Kishore 20, Rahul 14, Sunny 10, Ranjit 1 for 16)
Rajshri High School: 101 for 9 off 22.4 overs (Wasim Ali 29, Satyendra 14, Arup 2 for 20, Sudarshan 2 for 11, Khushwar 2 for 11). Gayatri International : 102 for 3 (Saurav 21, Munchun15).

Bina races to 1500-m gold
Bina Kumari of Saran cornered glory on the opening day of the three-day Bihar State Women’s Sports Festival at Bettiah on Friday. Bina claimed the 1500-metre race gold medal.

Khushbu and Sugandha got the second and third positions respectively. Earlier, State Cooperative Minister Giriraj Singh declared the meet open in colourful function. Sports Minister Renu Devi was also present at the opening ceremony.

Karate championships from November 14
Sports Karate Do Association will organize first inter-school karate championships in Patna from November 14 to 16.

Inter-Army school volleyball

Gopalpur chalked out a fighting 27-25, 20-25 and 25-15 win over Army School, Danapur in the Cluster V Inter-Army school volleyball tournament on Friday.

In the girls’ section, Ramgarh School beat hosts Danapur by 25-18, 25-20. Earlier, Brigadier PS Rathi inaugurated the tournament.