Taunshree wins bronze in world soft tennis
LUCKNOW: Lucknow’s Taunshree Pandey won a bronze medal at the 3rd World Junior Soft Tennis Championship in South Korea on Wednesday. She lost to Japan’s Hamashima Reina 0-4 in girls under-15 singles semi-final. Earlier, in the quarterfinal she defeated Batta Chinmurun of Mangolia 4-0.
FINE START
Tvesa Malik got off to a fine start with an even par 70 in the first round of the Women’s Pro Golf Tour here on Wednesday. Tvesa shot two birdies against two bogeys. She is now one shot ahead of second placed Smriti Mehra, who had a fine front nine with one-under 33.
POLICE ATHLETICS
Monika Singh won a golden dou- ble at the UP Police Athletics meet here on Wednesday.
First she won 100 metre hurdles and then went on winning 400m race. Other gold medal winners of the day were Vishvendra Kumar, Saurabh Yadav, Preeti Singh, Amit Dhaka, Dimple Singh and Chandrahas Kush- waha.
FINE BOWLING
Chandresh Kumar took 4/17, whereas Vikas Singh and Navneet Yadav had three and two wickets, respectively as Akhil Infra Club scored an easy eightwicket win against Rudransh Cricket Club in CAL’s A division league here on Wednesday. RCC got out for 101 in 32 overs, and then AICC romped home in 16.3 overs with Vikas Deep hitting an unbeaten 55.
Meanwhile, in a C division encounter, Kalpana Sports Foundation defeated Paramount Cricket Club by 114 runs. Ajay Rawat and Aman Singh bagged four and three wickets, respectively as PCC collapsed for 80 in 22.2 overs while chasing 195 to win.
MISHRA CRICKET
Maharishi Vidyavasini Inter College scored an eight wickets win against hosts Col SN Mishra Memorial School in a knockout match of the 15th Col SN Mishra Memorial Inter-Collegiate Cricket Tournament. In the second match of the day, St Joseph School beat The City School by 167 runs.