Lucknow eves in state hockey semi-finals
LUCKNOW: Hosts Lucknow stormed into the semi-finals of the State Women’s Hockey Tournament, Prayagraj 3-0, at the Padma Shri Mohd Shahid Hockey Stadium here on Thursday. Sonal Tewari, Pooja Nishad, Archana and Aksha Mussawar scored a goal each. In other quarterfinal of the day, Gorakhpur beat Jhansi 7-0.
SELECTED
Three trainees at the government-run Vijayantkhand Stadium i.e. Ronit Malani, Anshuman Singh and Vansh Yadav have been picked up in the Uttar Pradesh team for the 64th National School Games Under-17 Tennis Championship, beginning December 7 at Bhuwaneswar (Odisha). All three are being trained by NIS coach Vijay Pathak.
FINE VICTORY
Raja Garden Club scored an easy 34-run win over Lucknow Cricket Academy in an A Division League match, at the LDA Stadium here on Thursday. RGC scored 189/6 in 40 overs while batting first after winning the toss. In reply, LCA could make 155 in 37.3 overs. Rishi Yadav and Rohit took three wickets each. In D division, Divyayug Ashram beat New Light Club by 27 runs.
SOFT TENNIS
The 1st State Soft Tennis Championship begins on Friday, at the Vinay Khand Stadium here. The event would played in as many as six different categories i.e. sub-junior, junior, men and women.
SUBHAM EXCELS
Subham took 5/14 and Shyam Narayan had 3/6 as Life Care Club defeated Machester Cricket Club by nine wickets in a league match of the BB Gupta Memorial Cricket Tournament.
NEW ADMISSION
Admission process at the state government-run three sports colleges would begin in January with initial level trials from January 15 to February 3 at different regional headquarters across the state. Secretary, Sports College Society, Vijay Gupta informed that trials would be conducted in 11 different disciplines.