Akash wins a bronze medal at World Championship
LUCKNOW: Ghaziabad’s Akash Tyagi on Sunday won a bronze medal at the World Bench Press Championship at Tokyo (Japan), by lifting a weight of 130 kg. This is the first time when someone from Uttar Pradesh has won a medal at the World Championship. Ergin V of Russia and Kowal Czyk M of Poland stood first and second, respectively.
ALLAHABAD BANK WIN
Ashish Kumar took 3/25, whereas Amrendra hammered an unbeaten 58 in 48 balls with the help of six fours and a six as Punjab National Bank lifted the maiden Bank Premier League Trophy, defeating Allahabad Bank by eight wickets, at the B Ground of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.
BRIEF SCORES Allahabad Bank 103/9 in 20 overs (Abhishek Pandey 23, Ashish Kumar 3/25) lost to PNB 106/2 in 18.3 overs (Amrendra 58*, Shekhar Babu 21). SPORTS COLLEGE WIN
Sports College defeated Mega Trends Club by nine wickets to make it to the final of the Under-16 Sudhir Roy Cup Tournament.
BRIEF SCORES
MTC 95 in 27.4 overs (Anubhav Singh 29, Raj Navik 22, Sharad Yadav 3/6, Atul Vishwakarma 3/30) lost to Sports College 95/1 in 12.3 overs
(Abhishek rai 54*, Atul Vishwakarma 23*).
EASY VICTORY
Himalayan Club scored a convincing 64-win against V Sports Club in the Microlit Summer League Twenty20 here on Sunday.
SELECTION TRIALS
Cricket Association Lucknow would be conducting under-16 trials on Monday, at the CSD Sahara Ground from 8.00 a.m. onwards. CAL secretary, KM Khan informed that the Under-19 Zonal matches would be played from May 24, at the Chowk Stadium here.
Besides two teams of hosts Lucknow, teams from Bahraich and Bareilly zones would also be participating.
ORTS ACADEMY
Sir Padampat Singhania Sports Academy on Sunday launched its first branch here with former India speedster RP Singh cutting the ribbon at the Tender Hearts School. The first two branches of the academy in Kanpur have training facilities for tennis, football, cricket, table tennis, skating, etc.
SUNDAY CHESS
Aryan Pandey won the under-16 title with five points in the 26th Sunday Cup Chess Tournament here. Suryansh Srivastava in under-14 and Sawant Agarwal in under-10 also topped in their categories.
ARYAN SHINES
Aryan scored a goal in the second half to help Dragon Football Club win the 1st Excellia Football Cup 7-A-Side Tournament, defeating DPS Eldeco by a solitary goal here on Sunday. After a goalless first half, Aryan netted the all-important in the 38th minute.