Patna Pirates pip UP Yoddha 43-37 in Pro Kabaddi League

Patna Pirates overcame a sluggish start to record a comfortable 43-37 victory over UP Yoddha in the Pro Kabaddi League here on Sunday. Pardeep Narwal scored 14 points to be the star raider once again but it was the Patna defence that laid down the foundations of this win. Shrikant Jadhav got 17 points for UP Yoddha and Rishank Devadiga scored 11 but their efforts went in vain.

AVINASH IN SEMI-FINAL

: Former junior champion Avinash beat Gurdit Singh 4-1 with a break of 82, the highest in this championship so far, in the quarter-final knockout match of the Delhi State 15-Red Senior Snooker Championship at Megapool Academy on Monday. The final score was 45-65, 76-56, 86-23, 76-56 and 56-43.

RAMKUMAR OUT

Third seed Ramkumar Ramanathan was knocked out of the ATP Challenger event in Ningbo, China after a stupendous start but his compatriot Prajnesh Gunneswaran advanced to the second round on Monday. Ramkumar took the opening set for the loss of just one game but Korea’s Yunseong Chung turned the tables on the Indian, winning the opening round match 1-6, 7-6(7),7-6 (2). Prajnesh moved to the pre-quarterfinals after taming Mohammad Safwat 7-6(2), 6-2.

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DANAPUR WIN BIG

Danapur’s Army Boys Sports Company thrashed Rajnandgaon Senior Secondary School by 14-0 on the third day of the 36th Nehru Sub-junior Hockey Tournament for Boys’ here at the Shivaji Stadium on Monday. Delhi’s Government Boys Senior Secondary School (Ghuman Hera) stamped its class scoring 13-0 win over Kolkata’s Nandy Singh Academy.

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