Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Media Cup table tennis from July 20

Patna, June 23, 2010: Strawberry Kids Play School Media Cup table tennis tournament will be held at the Bihar Young Men’s Institute (BYMI) here from July 20, according to Sports Journalists Association of Bihar (SJAB) secretary Pradeep Modak.

He said singles and doubles events in men and women sections would be organized in the championships. Interested mediapersons may contact SJAB secretary for entry and other details by July 15

BMP boys post lone goal win over BSEB

Patna, June 23, 2010: BMP Boys notched up lone goal win over Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) in the Patna Football Association super division league at the New Police Lines ground here on Wednesday.

Both the teams were locked goalless in the first half. Md Sarfraz netted the match winner in the 70th minute.

BMP boys rally to beat Railway Football Club

Patna, June 21, 2010: BMP Boys chalked out 3-2 win over Railway Football Club (RFC) in the Patna Football Association super division league at the Patna High School ground here on Monday.

BMP Boys were 2-1 up in the first half.

Dhananjay Kumar placed BMP Boys into the lead in the 25th minute (1-0). Ajay Singh equalised the lead in the 40th minute (1-1).

Md Raquib netted the second goal for the BMP Boys in the 44th minute (2-1).

After the breather, Md Shahnawaz made it 3-1 in the 60th minute. Pankaj Kumar Singh reduced the margin for Railway men in the 70th minute.

In the second match at the New Police Lines ground, Patna Police struggled to beat Police boys 2-1. Both teams played 1-1 in the first half.

Manoj Kumar Singh netted the first goal for Patna Police in the 13th minute (1-0). Sonu Kumar equalised the lead in the 17th minute (1-1). Brajesh Kumar netted the winning goal in the 57th minute.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Raj Milk win Sadbhavana Cup football

Patna, June 20, 2010: Raj Milk Football Club won the Kingfisher Sadbhavana Cup football tournament demolishing Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) 5-0 in the final at Gandhi Maidan here on Sunday.

Raj Milk shot into commanding 3-0 lead in the first half.

Raj Milk Football Club took the command from the very start of the match and scored goals at their will.

Raj Milk captain Md Shahid opened the account in the 13th minute (1-0). Raj Milk’s Nigerian striker Uzoma netted the second goal in the 19th minute (2-0). Md Shahid scored again to make it (3-0).

After the lemon break, Raj Milk swelled the margin through Md Shahid in the 73rd minute (4-0). Viplab Dhar made it 5-0 in the 78th minute (5-0).

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) national general secretary and newly elected Rajya Sabha MP, Ram Kripal Yadav and manager of Kingfisher, Bihar and Jharkhand, MEA Usmani jointly gave away the prizes. Mirtunjay Tiwari, president, RJD, Sports Cell welcomed the guests.


Rajendra Prasad Yadav, secretary, Patna Football Association, former Bihar Santosh Trophy player Jwala Prasad Sinha, state panel cricket umpire Manoj Kulmani, RJD youth leader Pintooji and Sunil Kumar were present at the prize-distribution function.

Raj Milk set up title clash with BSEB

Patna, June 19, 2010: Raj Milk Football Club sneaked into the final of the Kingfisher Sadbhavana Cup football tournament edging out Bhakhtiarpur Club 3-2 through tie-breaker at Gandhi Maidan here on Saturday.

Raj Milk Football Club will take on Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) in the final.

Photo caption: Raj Milk and Bhakhtiarpur players fight for the ball during their Sadbhavana Cup match in Patna on June 19, 2010
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

BSEB move into Sadbhavana Cup football final

Patna, June 18, 2010: Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) opened their campaign in style beating SAI Training Centre, Patna 2-0 in the opening match of the Kingfisher Sadbhavana Cup football tournament at Gandhi Maidan here on Friday.

BSEB took 1-0 lead in the first half.

With this win, BSEB moved into the final of the four-team tournament.

Earlier, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) State president Abdul Bari Siddiqui inaugurated the tournament. Mirtunjay Tiwari, president, RJD sports cell, Ram Bachan Rai, MLC, Rajendra Prasad Yadav, secretary, Patna Football Association and Jwala Prasad Sinha were present at the inaugural function.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Patna Police crush BMP Boys 3-0

Patna, June 15, 2010: Patna Police trounced BMP Boys 3-0 in the Patna Football Association super division league at the New Police Lines ground here on Tuesday.

Patna Police took 2-0 lead in the first half.

Satendra Singh opened the gate for the Patna Police in the 24th minute. Jagarnnath Mahto increased the lead in the 33rd minute (2-0).
After the breather, Satendra Singh made it 3-0 in the 68th minute.

Patna 'Blue' edge past 'Red' in women's soccer

Patna, June 14, 2010: Patna ‘Blue’ edged past Patna ‘Red’ 1-0 in an exhibition women’s soccer match that was organized to celebrate FIFA slogan “One Goal: Education for All” at the the Moinul Haq Stadium here.

The first half saw a goalless draw as both teams were engaged in a mid-field duel. Ekta Sharma of Patna ‘Blue’ netted the match winner in the 32nd minute off a pass from Sweta Rawat.

Earlier, Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Renu Devi inaugurated the match. Election Commissioner, Bihar, Sudhir Kumar Rakesh was the special guest on the occasion.

The match was organised jointly by East & West Educational Society and Voluntary Forum for Education. Renu Devi also gave away the prizes. The organisers also felicitated former India football team captain and Arjuna Awardee C Prasad and former Bihar Santosh Trophy skipper Badri Prasad Yadav at the prize-distribution function.

Dr Daisy Narain, secretary, East & West Educational Society welcomed the guests. Mirtunjay Tiwari, president, RJD Sports Cell proposed a vote of thanks.

Inter-School basketball from June 26

Patna, June 13, 2010: First Sri Krishna Singh memorial inter-school basketball championship for under-17 boys and girls will be held at the Moinul Haq Stadium here from June 26, according to a press release.

The last date for entry is June 24. Interested schools may contact Debashish Banerjee at the basketball court of the Moinul Haq Stadium for entry and other details.

Bengal beat Bihar to enter EZ U-14 cricket final

Patna, June 11, 2010: Bengal moved into the final of the East Zone under-14 cricket championship beating Bihar by a five runs in a rain-hit match at Cuttack.

According to information received here, Bengal scored 165 runs in 40.5 overs as Bihar bowlers maintained tight line and length to keep Bengal batsmen in check. Abhijit (63) and Hera (31) delighted the crowd with some lusty hits.

Anukul Ashish returned with the best figure of the day claiming four wickets for 18 runs. Prashant and Sanjeet took three and two wickets each for 31 and 35 runs respectively.

In reply, Bihar were 45 for one wicket when rain disrupted the play. Bihar got a revised target of 107 runs in 33 overs when the play resumed.

Bihar batsmen Chandan, Pravee Ranjan and Ishan Kishan could not do much as Bihar crashed out for 102 runs in 31.3 overs.

For Bihar, Anujit Parmar (20), Chandan (13) and Prashant (20 not out) reached the double figures. Surya Mandal took four wickets for 24 runs.

Pravee guides Bihar to semifinals of EZ U-14 cricket

Patna, June 8, 2010: Bihar captain Pravee Ranjan led from the front with 55 runs and 2 wickets for 28 runs to help his side beat hosts Orissa by 151 runs in the East Zone under-14 cricket tournament in Cuttack.

Things went right for Bihar from the start as Pravee won the toss and elected to bat first. Bihar scored 281 runs in 49.2 overs. Chandan (48, 8x4), Anujeet (35, 2x4), Vibhuti Bhashkar (21, 2x4), Ajeet (36, 2x4), Pravee (55, 6x4) and Sanjeet (29, 6x4) batted with guts and agility.

Mohit M was the claimed three wickets for 49 runs. Rajkishan Patel took two wickets for 31 runs.

In reply, Orissa could manage to score 130 runs off 48.2 overs. Ayashkant top scored with 28 runs. Vishwajit (20), Devanand (25) and Pushkar Raj (16) were other notable scorers.

Sanjeet and Anukul Ashish both took three wickets each for 26 and 25 runs respectively.
Rohit Mehta and Pravee got two wickets each for 17 and 28 runs respectively.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Rainbow, SAI Training Centre play a draw

Patna, June 8, 2010: Rainbow Football Club played a goalless draw with SAI Training Centre (STC), Patna in the Patna Football Association super division league at Gandhi Maidan on Tuesday.

Both the teams played a lack-luster football throughout the stipulated time.
In another match of the day, Patna Police got a walk-over against Eleven Star, Mokama.

EZ U-14 cricket: Rohit has Assam in spin

Patna, June 7, 2010: Spinner Rohit Mehta took 4 wickets for 9 runs including a hat-trick as Bihar humble Assam by 103 runs in the East Zone under-14 cricket championships at Cuttack.


According to information reached here, batting first Bihar made 174 runs in 49.4 overs. Anuj (12), Vibhuti Bhashkar (34), I Kishan (45), Ajeet (10), Sanjeet (11) and Prashant (10) were the main contributors.

Yashir (2 for 19), M Dutta (2 for 30) and Irfan (2 for 28) were the wicket-takers for Assam.

In reply, Assam were bundled out for 71 runs off 27.3 overs. Harsha Das (32) and Gautam (11) reached the double figures. Rohit Mehta bagged four wickets for nine runs in his spell of 7 overs. Shubham and Sanjit got three and two wickets each for 17 and 12 runs respectively.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Dola Banerjee finishes fourth in World Cup archery

Patna, June 12, 2010: Dola Banerjee ended fourth in the women’s individual recurve event of the World Cup archery (Stage II) at Antalya on Friday.

According to information reached here, Dola lost to Victoriya Koval of Ukraine by six points to two in the semifinals in the morning. In the bronze medal play-off, she was beaten by Ksenia Perova of Russia 7-1.

India would return home with the lone gold medal won by the men’s recurve team on Thursday.

Source: Press release from Indian Archery Association

Raj Milk, SBI win in contrasting style

Patna, June 7, 2010: Raj Milk hammered BMP Boys 5-0 to register their fourth consecutive win in the Patna Football Association super division league at Gandhi Maidan here on Monday.

All the goals came in the second half as BMP Boys played brilliantly to stave off Raj Milk threat in the first half.

After the break, Rajdeep drew the first blood in the 50th minute (1-0). Indrakant slammed the second goal in the 55th minute. Saroj netted the third goal in the 65th minute (3-0). Raj Milk’s Nigerian player, Oviti increased the lead in the 75th minute (4-0) while Saroj completed the tally in the 80th minute (5-0).

At the New Police Lines ground, State Bank of India (SBI) edged past Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) by a solitary goal. Lallan Singh Yadav scored the all-important goal in the 49th minute (1-0).

Photo caption: Raj Milk and BMP boys in action during their Patna Super Division football league match in Patna on June 7, 2010.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Friday, June 11, 2010

India win gold medal in World Cup archery

Patna, June 10, 2010: India’s fearsome threesome, Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar ensured India took the men’s team recurve gold medal annihilating the United States by 218 points to 214 in the final of the World Cup archery (Stage II) at Antalya on Thursday.


According to information reached here, the Indian troika proved too good for the Americans and maintained the lead throughout in the final to win the first gold medal of the series. India, who reached the final of the Porec World Cup in May, failed to beat Italy and settled for silver.


Brady Ellison, Richard Johnson and Vic Wunderle formed in the US team.


India led by 54 points to 50 in the first end of six arrows to take a commanding four point lead. In the second end of six arrows, however, the Indians surrendered three points (51-54) to enjoy a lead of just a point.


India regained five points lead in the third end of six arrows with Banrejee and Champia hitting bull’s eye twice each to take the score to 57-53. This gave India an overall lead of 162-157. In the final end of six arrows, the Indians scored 56 as against their opponents’ 57 to win the contest at 218-214.


Dola Banerjee will play her semifinal match on in the women’s individual recurve section.

BRC maintain unbeaten run in Patna Super Division football league

Patna, June 5, 2010: Bihar Regimental Centre (BRC), Danapur, continued their unbeaten streak in Patna Football Association super division league trouncing BMP Boys 5-0 at the New Police lines ground here on Saturday.

Both teams failed to hit the target in the first half.

In the second half BRC looked a different side and pumped in five goals. Vimal Bahadur Thapa got into the act in the 49th minute (1-0). Priotam Bahadur netted the second goal in the 53rd minute (2-0). Laxman Murmur scored the third goal in the 61st minute (3-0). Birju Tuddu scored the fourth goal (4-0) in 63rd minute. Vimal Bahadur completed the tally in the 565th minute.

Lakhi Ram Murmur and Rana of BRC and Mukesh Kumar of BMP Boys got yellow cards for rough play.

Lakra nets five for FCI

Patna, June 6, 2010: Food Corporation of India (FCI) chalked out a massive 6-0 win over Eleven Star, Mokama 6-0 in the Patna Football Association super division league at the New Police Lines ground here on Sunday.

Prashant Lakra of FCI scored five goals including a hat-trick. This was the second hat-trick of the league.

FCI shot into 3-0 lead in the first half.

Sunil Lohar opened the account in the 13th minute. Lakra scored the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth goals in the 19th, 30th, 52nd, 54th and 61st minutes respectively. Anjay Kumar of Eleven Star, Mokama was shown yellow card by referee for rough play.

Bihar softball cricket team announced

Patna, June 6, 2010: Shilpi Sen and Rajesh Kumar will head Bihar women and men teams in the senior National softball cricket tournament to be held in Rajasthan from June 9, according to a press release of Bihar Softball Cricket Association.

Women: Shilpi Sen (captain), Rashi Srivastav, Neha Rani, Rinki, Dolly Kumari, Neha Singh, Chandrakanta Saha, Reena Wakla, Nitu Kumari, Niku Kumari, Pooja, Anuja, Sawitri, Savita and Uma. Coach: Mitali moitra. Manager: Ajit Singh.

Men: Rajesh Kumar (captain), Amit Kumar, Sujit Kumar, Annu, Deepak Kumar, Md Arif, Rajesh Kumar (II), Vikesh Kumar, Mananjay Dubey, Priyesh, Raju Kumar, Ghanshyam, Manmohan, Sumit, Rohan, Ashish Ranjan, Jittu Tiwari and Kundan. Coach: Sudhir Kumar. Manager: Sachin Singh

Grand double for Patna Coaching Centre

Patna, June 6, 2010: Patna Coaching Camp earned a grand double winning the boys’ and girls’ titles of the third Prahlad Prasad memorial ball badminton tournament at the New Police Lines ground here on Sunday.

Patna Coaching Camp (PCC) boys defeated Dwarika High School 29-28, 29-26 while PCC girls beat Dayanand Girls High School, Mithapur, 29-15, 29-22 in the final.


Kundan of Dwarika High School and Swati of Patna Coaching Camp were declared best players of the tournament.

Dr Gyanendra Singh, vice-president, Bihar State Ball Badminton Association distributed the prizes. Gauri Shankar welcomed the guests. Dheeraj Kumar, convenor, proposed a vote of thanks.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Indian men in final, Dola Banerjee in semis

Patna, June 9, 2010: The Indian men’s recurve team moved into the second successive final of the ongoing World Cup archery series. The crack combination of Mangal Singh Champia, Jayanta Talukdar and Rahul Banerjee, would take on the United States of America in the title round on Thursday.


According to information received here, Dola Banerjee entered the semifinals of the individual section of this Stage II tournament at Antalya in Turkey. Her next opponent would be Victoriya Koval of Ukraine on Friday.


The Indian men’s team, seeded No. 1, first ousted Belarus 224-211 in the pre-quarterfinals, downed Russia 224-219 in the quarterfinals and got rid of Japan 216-213 in the semifinals. India had lost to Italy in the final at the Porec World Cup in May.


Apart from Dola, only Talukdar and reigning Cadet World Champion Deepika Kumari reached quarterfinals before bowing out. Talukdar went down to Shungo Tabata of Japan and Deepika lost to Inna Stepanova of Russia.Mangal Singh Champia was the most disappointing of the lot losing his first round match to Sermet Chinar of Turkey.

Tarundeep Rai was eliminated in the second round by England’s Simon Terry. Rahul Banerjee, having got the second seeding, fell to Xiangqing Jing of China in the pre-quarterfinals.Laishram Bombayla Devi was beaten by Elif Begunhan Unsal of Turkey in the pre-quarterfinals and Rimil Buruily failed to go past the first round.

Source: Press release from Indian Archery Association

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Indian men top field; women finish third

Patna, June 8, 2010: The Indian men’s archery team, consisting of Rahul Banerjee, Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia, topped a strong field in the recurve bow team qualification round of the World Cup archery (Stage II) meet at Antalya on Tuesday. The threesome totalled 2018 points after two rounds of 70m where each archer shot 72 arrows.

According to information received here, the women’s team also finished among the top teams occupying the third position with a total of 1939 points behind China and Russia.


Rahul Banerjee emerged the best Indian archer scoring 679 points to take the second position behind Brady Ellison of the United States (680 points). Talukdar (674) was sixth, Champia (665) was 16th and Tarundeep Rai (662) was 21st.


In the women’s section, Laishram Bombayla Devi took the 12th spot with 650 points. Sixteen-year-old National champion Deepika Kumari (647) was 15th, veteran Dola Banerjee (642) was 20th and Rimil Buruily (623) was a poor 43rd.


In the team elimination round, the Indian men’s team will take on 16th ranked Belarus while the third placed Indian women’s side will meet 14th ranked Turkey in the round of 16.

Source: Press release from Indian Archery Association

Inter-school basketball from June 26

Patna, June 3, 2010: Sardar Patel Sports Foundation has decided to host Sri Krishna Singh memorial inter-school basketball championships at the outer ground of the Moinul Haq Stadium here from June 26.

According to foundation secretary Santosh Tiwari, 24 school teams (boys and girls) will participate in the tournament. All the matches would be played under floodlights, he added.

Kabaddi referees examination on June 27

Patna, June 3, 2010: Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) will organise National kabaddi referee examinations in Patna on June 27, according AKFI joint secretary Kumar Vijay.

He said state qualified referees could take the examinations. Interested referees may send their applications through respective district associations to Bihar State Kabaddi Association by June 20, he added.

Power men shortcircuit Eleven Star Mokama

Patna, June 2, 2010: Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) demolished Eleven Star Mokama 4-0 in Patna Football Association (PFA) super division league here on Wednesday.

Md Imtiyaz scored the first goal in the 13th minute off a penalty kick. Vinay Kumar made it 2-0 in the 15th minute while Mukesh Kumar invcreased the tally scoring twice in the 31st and 55th minutes (4-0).

Bihar fencing team for Fed Cup named

Patna, June 2, 2010: Bihar Fencing Association (BFA) named Bihar women team for the Federation Cup to be held at Patiala from June 5 to 7.

According to BFA secretary Ramashankar the team will be led by Renuka Kumari.

Team: Renuka Kumari (captain), Priyanka Kumari, Jyoti Kumari, Ambika Kumari, Pinki Kumari Jaiswal, Shruti Kumari Sonali, Ekta Kumari and Anu Kumari. Manager: Vikash Sharama. Coach: Manish Kumar

Pravee Ranjan to lead Bihar U-14 cricket team

Patna, June 2, 2010: Pravee Ranjan of Patna will be the captain of Bihar team in the East Zone U-14 cricket championships to be held in Cuttack from June 7.

Ishan Kisan of Patna would be the vice-captain, according to Bihar Cricket Association secretary Ajay Narayan Sharma.

Team: Pravee Ranjan (captain, Patna), Ishan Kishan (vice-captain, Patna), Chandan Kumar (Bhojpur), Vibhuti Bhaskar (Patna), Prince (Siwan), Anujeet Parmar (Patna), Prashant Kumar (Patna), Rohit Mehta (Samastipur), Yash Mehta (Muzaffarpur), Sanjeet Kumar (Patna), Ankul Ashish (Samastipur), Shubham (Gaya), Rajat Kumar (Darbhanga), Shubham (Patna), Ajeet Kumar (Bhagalpur) and Suraj Kumar (Muzaffarpur).
Stand Byes: Ashish Kumar (Darbhanga), Sanjeet Kiran (Patna), Abhisshek Verma (Gaya), Puendu Kumar Purn (Siwan), Abhishek Choudhary (Purnia) and Debashish Dutta (Patna). Manager: Arun Singh. Coach: Suresh Yadav.

BRC steamroll Eleven Star Mokama

Patna, May 31, 2010: Ujjawal Devnath scored the first hat-trick of the league as Bihar Regimental Centre (BRC), Danapur, humiliated Eleven Star, Mokama, 9-0 in the Patna Football Association super division league at the New Police Lines ground here on Monday.


BRC took commanding 4-0 in the first half.

Dil Bhadur Thapa too caught the eyes as the nippy forward scored four goals but failed to make it a three-in-a-row. Tahpa drew the first blood in the third minute (1-0). Vimal Bahadur struck the second goal in the 18th minute (2-0). Two minutes later, RK Mahto shot home (3-0). Just after one minute, Dil Bahadur Thapa slammed again (4-0).


After the half time, Ujjawal Devnath made the hat-trick, scoring three goals in the 50th, 60th and 65th minutes resspectively (7-0). Dil Bahadur Thapa increased the tally in the 67th and 70th minutes respectively. This was second successive win for BRC in the league.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Impressive win for BRC in Patna Super Division football league

Patna, May 30, 2010: Bihar Regimental Centre (BRC), Danapur began their Patna Football Association super division league campaign in a great fashion humiliating Rainbow Football Club 5-0 at Gandhi Maidan here on Sunday.

BRC took 1-0 at the end of the first half.

Rajnish Kumar opened the account in the 29th minute (1-0). Raj Kishore Mahto netted the second goal in the 46th minute (2-0). Dil Bahadur Thapa increased the margin in 58th minute (3-0). Ujjawal Devnath struck two more goals in the 77th and 79th minutes to take the final tally to (5-0).

In the second match at the New Police Lines ground, FCI drubbed State Bank of India (SBI) 5-0. FCI were leading 2-0 at lemon break.

Vibhushan Ram drew the first blood in the 6th minute. In the 31st minute, Mukesh Kumar scored the second goal (2-0). Mukesh struck again in the 47th (3-0). Vibhushan Ram slammed the fourth goal in the 50th minute (4-0). Chandan Thapa completed the final tally in the 70th minute (5-0).

Kanahiya Nandan of FCI was shown yellow card by referee for rough play.
Photo caption: Bihar Regimental Centre (in white) and Rainbow players in action during their Patna Football Association (PFA) super division league at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on May 30, 2010.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Bihar Police struggle to beat BMP boys

Patna, May 27, 2010: Bihar Police struggled hard to down BMP boys 1-0 in the Patna Football Association (PFA) super division league at Gandhi Maidan here on Thursday.

Navin Thapa netted the match-winner in the 65th minute off a pass from Debashish Roy.

Photo caption: Bihar Police and BMP boys fight for the ball during their PFA super division league match in Patna on May 27, 2010.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

10 bihar coaches clear NCA Level-A training examination

Patna, May 27, 2010: Ten coaches including five former Bihar Ranji Trophy players cleared the Level-A coaches training examination, organized by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in association with Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) here recently.

According to BCA secretary Ajay Narayan Sharma, 30 coaches from all over Bihar appeared in the examinations. Successful coaches are former Bihar Ranji Trophy captain Sunil Kumar, Nikhilesh Ranjan, Pawan Kumar, Pramod Kumar, Tarun Kumar (all former Bihar Ranji players), Ajit Kumar Mishra, Devi Shankar, Neeraj Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Choudhary and Suraj Narayan Lal.

Raj Milk trounce ASI Training Centre

Patna, May 26, 2010: Defending champions Raj Milk Football Club began their campaign on sound footing crushing ASI Training Centre, Patna 4-0 in the Patna Football Association super division soccer league here on Wednesday.

Raj Milk were leading 3-0 at the end of first half’s play. Nigerian Ovaita Lucky scored two goals in the 17th and 19th minutes respectively. Gautam Pal increased the margin in the 32nd minute. Syeedi completed the tally in the 71st minute.

Delhi boys, Tamil Nadu girls clinch Junior National throwball crowns


Patna, May 26, 2010: Delhi boys clinched the Acharya Sudarshan 21stJunior National throwball championships title taming Tamil Nadu 15-12,4-15, 16-14 in a three-set thriller at the Patna Central School ground here onWednesday.

Tamil Nadu, however, salvaged pride winning the girls crown defeatingDelhi 15-10, 15-8 in a one-sided encounter.

Bihar boys beat Madhya Pradesh 15-8, 13-15, 15-10 to finish third in the championships. Bihar girls too earned the third position.
Ajay Rashmi Gupta, director, Doordarshan Kendra, Patna, distributed the prizes. Patna Central School vice-principal OP Singh welcomed the guests. Acharya Sudarshan Jee Maharaj was present at the prize distribution function.
Photo caption: Tamil Nadu girls, Delhi boys (top) and Bihar girls (bottom) pose with their winners and third place trophies of the Junior National throwball championships in Patna on May 26, 2010.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui