Railways, Punjab in national hockey semis

LUCKNOW: Railways, Punjab, Air India and PSPB entered the semi-finals of the Hockey India senior men’s national championship (A Div). The losing quarterfinalists were Punjab & Sind Bank, Comptroller & Auditor General, Odisha & Chandigarh.

MIZORAM BEAT ODISHA

KOLKATA: Mizoram walloped Odisha 5-0 for their second successive win, while Karnataka beat Goa 4-1 in the Santosh Trophy. Lal Romawia struck a brace (41st, 59th) to take his tally to four goals from four matches, while Mizoram also scored through Lalbiakhlua (37th), Malsawmdawng (73rd) and F Lalrinpuia (90+1st).

AUSTRALIA BEAT INDIA

MUMBAI: Australia women beat India by six wickets in the opening match of the T20 tri-series. Opener Smriti Mandhana struck 67 off 41 balls, helping India post 152/5. I n reply, Australia equalled t heir highest-ever chase in T20, comfortably winning in 18.1 overs.

ADVANI IN QUARTERS

YANGON: Pankaj Advani will face Aung Htay in knockouts of the Asian Billiards Championship. Dhvaj Haria faces Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist, B Bhaskar faces Nay Thway Oo while Rupesh Shah will take on Thai Thawat Sujaritthurakarn. In women’s snooker draw, Amee Kamani got the top billing while Varshaa Sanjeev and Keerath Bhandaal secured knockouts berths.