Sports Briefs: St. Joseph’s emerges champions in OU inter-college table tennis championship
In football, Saidabad FC scored a 2-1 win against Cantonment FC in the TFA B-Division football league championship for Shivkumar Lal Trophy
Hyderabad: St. Joseph’s Degree and PG College defeated Methodist Engineering College 2-0 in the final of the Osmania University inter-college table tennis championship here on Thursday.
The result: St. Joseph’s Degree & PG College, King Koti, bt Methodist Engg College 2-0 (Ritish bt Najeeb 11-5, 11-6, 11-3; Mani Kumar bt Trishaw 11-3, 11-6, 6-11, 10-12, 11-9).
3rd place: CBIT bt Lords Engg College 2-0 (Pranav bt Aosaf 11-2, 11-3, 11-3; Pratham bt Sami 11-2, 11-5, 11-9).
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Saidabad FC wins against Cantonment FC
Saidabad FC scored a 2-1 win against Cantonment FC in the TFA B-Division football league championship for Shivkumar Lal Trophy at Gymkhana Ground here on Thursday.
The results: Saidabad FC 2 (Syed Taher, Abdul Kareem Khan) bt Cantonment FC 1 (Bellam Karthik).
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Odisha bowled out cheaply
Hyderabad bowled out Odisha for 159 and then scored 109 for four in reply on the first day of the four-day Col.C.K. Nayudu Trophy (under-23) cricket championship at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Uppal) here on Thursday.
The scores: 1st day: Odisha 159 in 52 overs (Sasanka 37, Ayush K. Barik 31, M. Shashank 4/44, Pranav Varma 4/25) vs Hyderabad 109/4 in 32 overs (Aman Rao 55 batting).
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Rising Stars beat Trinity Basketball
Rising Stars (Secunderabad) scored a 64-54 win against Trinity Basketball Promotions in the Hyderabad District annual basketball league championship for G.M. Sampath Kumar Trophy at YMCA Secunderabad here on Thursday.
The scores: Rising Stars, Sec’bad, 64 (Sai 17, Yeshwanth 13, Lokesh 12) bt Trinity Basketball Promotions 54 (Amit 15, Duran 15).
St. Francis w/o V3-B.
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BS Academy’s Children’s chess on Oct 18
BS Chess Academy will organise a Children’s chess tournament for under-8, 11 and 15 years on October 18 at Kasani Kabaddi Academy (Bachupally) here from 9.30 am.
For details, call Bollam Sampath 90 66 567 567.
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