Arjun’s solitray goal helps GIC beat Tinty Tots in soccer
LUCKNOW: A solitary f i rst half goal by Arjun helped Government Inter College (GIC) beat Tiny Tots School in the Under-16 Inter-School Football League, at the Chowk stadium here on Tuesday. Arjun struck in the 15th minute from the right flank.
The second match of the day between Dwarika Public and Jeevan Dhara School ended in 1-1 draw. Sunny put Jeevan Dhara ahead with a goal in the 10th minute (1-0), but soon after a change in ends, Shubham netted the leveler. WALKATHON To commemorate the birth anniversary of the father of the nation Mahatama Gandhi, the Sports Authority of India, Regional Centre, would conduct a walkathon on October 2 here. 3ON3 BASKETBALL Over 20 matches were played on the opening day of the two-day 3on3 basketball college league, at the BBD University here on Tuesday. In all 100 teams in both boys and girls sections were participating. In the opening match, Allahabad District defeated Allahabad District ‘B’ by 21-7, before Youth Youngster defeating Knight Stor m by 14-5. In other matches of the day, Swaraj Indians, Varanasi UP College, Lucknow Dribbler, Shrillex, Zareen Club, National PG, Varanasi Hit, Blues,
Auditions 3, Three Jam Brothers, BHU Bulls, BHU Mambas, AMU, Ram Manohar Lohia, Baller Shinobis, Lucknow Christian, Ball Buster, Christians, Hangovers, Varanasi Stars, Hoopsters, Kalbhairav, Toxic Boys, Furious Four, BBD Lakers, Incredible, RMLNLB and Slammers scored contrasting wins. THRILLING WIN LCA Hostel scored a thrill- ing five-run win against Rizvi College to collect full pointsin the Sachin Tendulkar Trophy cricket l eague, at the KGMU ground here on Tuesday.
BRIEF SCORES
LCAH 127 for 8 in 20 overs (Danish
53, Saif 3 for 14) beat Rizvi College
122 in 26.4 overs (Ehtesham 29, Fardeen 3 for 21, Suraj Pandey 2 for 12). EASY VICTORY It turned out to be a one-sided affair as Kings XI mauled Francis Warriors by 87 runs in the Sai Autumn League night cricket tournament for Pepsi Trophy, at the Sai Greens ground here on Monday night.
BRIEF SCORES
Kings XI 192 for 7 in 20 overs (Sunny Singh 31, Pankaj Bhagat 30, Adnan 2 for 33) beat Francis Warriors
105 in 17.1 overs (Mohit Bhatnagar 39, Shrikant Singh 2 for 21). BIG RESPONSE There is a tremendous response to the 3rd BBD University and BBD Green City Media Open State Badminton and Table Tennis Tour nament, being organised by the Uttar Pradesh Sports Journalist Association from October 11, at the Babu Banarasi Das UP Badminton Academy here.
UPSJA secretary Anant Mishra informed that so far over 50 plus journalist and non-journalists from different newspapers, news channels, Doodarshan, All India Radio from all parts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have confirmed their participation in the two-day event.
Events like men/women singles and double both in badminton and table tennis would be conducted during the tournament. He also informed that special practice sessions for all the participants would be done on October 8 and 9, and interested must send their entries to Anant Mishra or organizing secretary Rajeev Bajpai on upsja98@gmail.com by October 5. KITE FESTIVAL The Lucknow Sports Journalist Association is conducting a ‘Patanbazi Festival’ for journalists of Lucknow on October 2, at the Vijayantkhand stadium from 8.00 a.m. A series of programmes would also be organized for the family members of the journalists.