Pardeshi, Vrushali win in Vietnam Open Grand Prix
Ho Chi Minh City: Young Indian shuttlers Pardeshi Shreyanshi and Vrushali Gummadi reached the pre- quarterfinals of the women's singles competition of the Vietnam Open Grand Prix here on Wednesday. Pardeshi defeated compatriot Vaidehi Choudhari 24-22, 21-17 to set up a clash with third seeded Indonesian Dinar Dyah Ayustine while Vrushali beat Indonesia's Jesica Muljati 21-9, 21-15 in another match. She will take on sixth seed Chen Su Yu of Chinese Taipei. Men's doubles pair of Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok, seeded fifth, eked out a thrilling 21-18, 19-21, 21-17 win over compatriot Arun George and Sanyam Shukla to also reach the second round.
Delhi crush Bengaluru; U Mumba WIN VS Bengal
Kolkata: U Mumba and Dabang Delhi KC overpowered their respective opponents to secure fine wins in the Pro-Kabaddi league's second Inter Zone Challenge Week at the Netaji Indoor Stadium, here on Wednesday. Maintaining their stronghold over Bengal Warriors, U Mumba handed their opponents ninth loss in 10 matches with a 37-31 thrashing. This was a hat-trick of wins for the Mumbai outfit who boosted their campaign after suffering as many defeats at home in a four match losing streak. Earlier, captain Meraj Sheykh inspired bottom-placed Dabang Delhi KC to a 38-30 win over Bengaluru Bulls. Delhi's Iranian captain scored 14 raid points from 21 attempts to hand Bulls their fifth loss on the trot. It is Delhi's second win on the trot and fourth overall but they remained at the bottom of Zone A with 24 points from nine matches. Bengaluru Bulls who are on fourth place have now 23 points from 11 matches.
Trinity Institute register commanding victory
New Delhi: Trinity Institute of Professional Studies scored a comprehensive 6-0 victory in the college boys' category over Rukmini Devi Institute of Advanced studies on Day Two of the Delhi leg of the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports football tournament at the Vinay Marg Sports Complex on Wednesday. Trinity Institute were on a roll in the 60-minute encounter, taking the lead as early as in the second minute through Mayank Chandrashekar. Pratik Rana's two goals in the eighth minute and 24th minute made it 3-0 before half time. The Rukmini Boys just disintegrated in the second half, conceding three more goals. Ashish Thariyal (46th min), Bhav Jolly (50th min) and Manas Bhadra (59th min) were the other scorers. College of Vocational Studies beat Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology 5-4 in the penalty shootout. In another match in the college boys' category, Shri Aurobindo College (Morning) thumped Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology 5-0.
Subroto U-14 Cup goes to Kabul
New Delhi: The boys from Afghanistan proved superior on the day as they defeated the schoolboys from Chandigarh in the Under-14 final of the 58th Subroto Cup Football Tournament at the Dr Ambedkar Stadium here to lift the Junior Boys title on Wednesday. The Kabul outfit beat Chandigarh 5-4 in a penalty shootout after the two teams ended the regulating time without accounting for even once. Afghan went through, thanks to Ali, Mortaza, Mahdi, Farid and Baktas who made no mistake with their shots, all went past Chandigarh custodian Harry. But for Chandigarh all but one scored as Pritam, Balraj, Amandeep and l Sibijit converted. Afghanistan made some good moves, particularly their right wing functioning really well in the second session. But the inability to finish well in the end looked proving costly with none sure of winning until the shootout ended.
UP thrash Mumbai; Hyderabad, Kerala post wins
Chennai: Uttar Pradesh stormed into the semifinals with a five-wicket win over Mumbai in a Group "D" match of the Kalpathi AGS-Buchi Babu Memorial All-India cricket tournament here on Wednesday. Chasing 236 for a win, UP resumed at 43 for 1. UP captain Suresh Raina, aiming to make a comeback to the national side, flattered to deceive yet again as he was scalped by medium-pacer Anjdeep lad for just 9. Ekalavya Dwivedi and Akshdeep Nath added 118 runs for the fourth wicket in 25.5 overs to put UP on the road to victory. Meanwhile, in Group "A", Kerala bounced back to thrash Assam by 240 runs with medium-pacer K M Asif picking up six wickets for 22 runs. Haryana won a thriller against Saurashtra in Group "B", thanks to Rohit Sharma's knock of 85. In Group 'C', Hyderabad coasted home to the target of 309 in 65.2 overs against Baroda, riding on half-centuries by Tanmay Agarwal (77), K Sumanth (82) and K Rohit Rayudu (65 not out).