Hosts Uttar Pradesh in sub-junior hockey quarterfinals

LUCKNOW : Hosts Uttar Pradesh scored a thrilling 3-2 win against Hockey Odisha to make it to the quarterfinals of the 8th sub-junior men national hockey championship at Saifai on Sunday.

Suraj Singh struck a brace for UP, whereas Subash Barla and Mithias Dung scored a goal each for Odisha as the two teams were 2-2 draw at the break. But after a change in ends, Ajay Yadav struck the all-important to ensure UP’s win. Earlier in the day, Hockey Gangpur-Odisha crushed Hockey Maharashtra 18-1, Hockey Jharkhand beat Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu 12-2 and Hockey Bihar beat Hockey Bhopal by 8-0.

STATE HOCKEY

Hosts Lucknow eves defeated Devi Patan 8-0 in a league match of the state women’s hockey tournament, at the Padamshree Mohd Shahid Hockey stadium here on Sunday. Mumtaz Khan struck four goals, whereas Simran scored a brace. In other match in the category, Meerut beat Jhansi 5-0.

In the men’s section matches, Bareilly beat Basti 6-1, Agra beat Moradabad 5-4 in shoot out and Gorakhpur beat Bareilly 4-1.

ASCA LOSE

Lucknow’s Abhijeet Sinha Cricket Academy lost to Garia Cricket Academy, Kolkata by 25 runs in the final of the All-India Under-15 cricket tournament in Kolkata on Sunday.

BRIEF SCORES

BCA 165 for 8 in 30 overs

(Rohit Dey 53, Rodur 21, Kamendra Singh 3 for 24, Ayush Tewari 3 for 50) beat ASCA 140

in 25.2 overs (Shahnawaj 36, Ratan Deep 4 for 26, Rohit Dey 3 for 18).

SANWAL CRICKET

Union Bank of India scored a thrilling five-run win against Dena Bank and collect full points in the 26th RC Sanwal Memorial Inter-Bank cricket tournament, at the Chowk stadium here on Sunday. In other match of the day, Allahabad Bank beat Corporation Bank by eight wickets.