All eyes on Saina, Sindhu at senior national badminton
GUWAHATI: Top Indian shuttlers, including PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, will be in action when the sprawling Assamese city hosts the 83rd Senior National Badminton Championships from February 12.
This is the first time the prestigious Nationals is returning to the North-east since Guwahati last hosted it in 2010.
The ₹50 lakh badminton extravaganza will kickstart with the 74th Inter State-zonals scheduled to be held from February 10 to 11. It will be followed by the individual competition from February 12, the draw of which will be conducted on Monday.
CHIKKARANGAPPA EMERGES WINNER
HYDERABAD:BENGALURU’S Chikkarangappa S pulled out a flawless final round of six-under-65 to emerge triumphant by two shots at PGTI’S season-opening Golconda Masters Golf Championship here Saturday.
Patna’s Aman Raj produced the last day’s best round of sevenunder-64 to finish joint runner-up at 18-under-266 along with Bengaluru’s M Dharma (69).
HOLDERS PUNJAB TO PLAY RSPB IN FINAL
GWALIOR: Defending champions Punjab on Saturday beat Punjab and Sind Bank 2-0 to set up a clash with Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) in the Senior Men’s National Hockey Championship (Division A) final here.
While Punjab beat Punjab and Sind Bank in the first semi-final, RSPB got the better of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) 5-4 in the shoot-out in the other last four encounter to set up the summit-clash.
RAILWAYS WIN AGAIN IN WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Hisar:defending champions Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) thrashed Odisha 8-0 to notch their second consecutive win at the ninth Senior Women’s National Hockey Championship (Division A) on Saturday.
Rajasthan clinched their maiden victory of the pool by beating Coorg 5-1.
In Pool B, Madhya Pradesh registered their second consecutive win by beating Gangpur-odisha 3-0, while Chhattisgarh eked out a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Bhopal.
In Pool D, Jharkhand mauled Tamil Nadu 7-0 to register their second win of the competition.
PADDLERS CLINCH FOUR MEDALS IN BAHRAIN
NEW DELHI: Young paddlers stole the limelight in the Bahrain Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament, clinching four medals, including a gold, in Manama.
Besides the gold, India won two silver and a bronze.