Bidhuri wins in National boxing
NEW DELHI: World Championships bronze-medallist Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) beat Puducherry’s V Bharany to enter quarter-finals of National Boxing Champiosnhips. The bout was stopped in second round owing to the Railways boxer’s dominance.
Dalvir Tomar (64kg) knocked out Rohit Tokas in light-welter category while CWG silver medallist Manish Kaushik downed Vijay Kumar (5:0) in the 60kg encounter to enter last 8.
ADVANI IN FINAL
JINAN, CHINA: India’s top cueist Pankaj Advani on Tuesday stormed into the final of the Asian Snooker Tour’s second leg event here after impressive wins in the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the championship.
VICKERY, LISICKI EXIT
MUMBAI: Third seed Sachia Vickery and former Wimbledon runner-up Sabine Lisicki made early exits after being beaten in the first round of the $125,000 L&T Mumbai Open tennis.
PRAJNESH SHOCKED
NEW DELHI: Sasi Kumar Mukund got the better of China’s Yibing Wu but Prajnesh Gunneswaran suffered a shock first-round defeat at the ATP Challenger tournament in Shenzhen, China. Third seed Ramkumar Ramanathan too advanced.
NEHRU HOCKEY
NEWDELHI: Amritsar’s Khalsa Sr Sec School and Faizabad’s Ram Niwas Singh Inter College entered the super league stage of Nehru junior hockey. Khalsa beat Betkuchi High School 10-0.
BARODA CUP POLO
NEWDELHI: ASC defeated Krishna Polo 8-5 in a league match of the Baroda Cup (10 Goal) Polo tournament at the Army Equestrian Centre here.