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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Saina, Verma enter quarterfinals of Denmark Open Delhi pull off thriller J&K's Umar in India C squad ODENSE (DENMARK), Oct 18: world rankings, registered an easy she made a fine comeback to level against Jharkhand to enter Ashwin, Rahane to play in 21-15, 21-17 win over second-seed- the scores at 10-10. But from there, Indian badminton ace Saina ed Yamaguchi. Nehwal showed tremendous Vijay Hazare final Nehwal defeated world number two The 28-year-old Indian will resolve and reeled off five straight BENGALURU, Oct 18: rejigged Deodhar Trophy Akane Yamaguchi of Japan for the now take on world number three points to take a 15-10 lead and then NEW DELHI, Oct 18: debut against the West Indies, will first time in four years to enter the and another Japanese, Nozomi widened it to 19-12. Pawan Negi, batting at play for India A. women's singles quarterfinals of the Okuhara, in the quarterfinals on Yamaguchi recovered a bit but number nine, scored an unbeat- Ravichandran Ashwin and Squads: Denmark Open here today. Friday. Nehwal grabbed five game points en 39 under intense pressure, Ajinkya Rahane have been named India A: Dinesh Karthik (C & Later in the day, more good This was Nehwal's second at 20-15 and then easily pocketed helping Delhi pull-off a in squads for the Deodhar Trophy, WK), Prithvi Shaw, Anmolpreet news was in store of India as career win over Yamaguchi, who the first game. thrilling two-wicket win over while J&K pace sensation Umar Singh, Abhimanyu Sameer Verma held his nerve to has won six times in the head-to- In the second game, it was Jharkhand in the second semi- Nazir has also been Easwaran, Ankit Bawne, picked for the prestigious beat Asian Games champion head encounters between the two. Nehwal's turn to take the lead ini- final of the Vijay Hazare Nitish Rana, Karun Nair, Jonathan Christie to reach the men's event beginning here on Nehwal's first win against tially as she zoomed to 7-2 but Trophy here today. Krunal Pandya, singles quarterfinals. October 23 with a slight State Karatekas posing for a group photograph after winning Yamaguchi came in 2014 during the Yamaguchi caught her up at 11-11. Chasing 200, Delhi were Ravichandran Ashwin, The ninth-ranked Indian let go tweak in the format. medals in SUKAI Cup Karate Championship. China Open. After that, it was a close tussle down and out at 149 for eight Shreyas Gopal, Shams of three match points in the deciding The tournament Since then, Yamaguchi has between the two as they were in the 38th over before Negi Mulani, Mohammed game before pulling off a 23-21, 6- remains a three-team J&K Tenshinkan Karate Do team enjoyed upper hand against the locked at 17-17. and Navdeep Saini (13 not out Siraj, Dhawal Kulkarni, 21, 22-20 win over the world num- affair but it will not fea- Indian. The earlier two meetings At that stage, Nehwal cinched off 38) batted for almost 12 Siddarth Kaul. ber 12 from Indonesia. ture Vijay Hazare Trophy this year -- Uber Cup in May and four points on the trot to win the overs, sharing a match-winning India B: Shreyas Iyer wins 15 medals in SUKAI Cup Nehwal, however, won her sec- champions this time. Instead, India Malaysia Open in June -- also went second game and clinch the match. 51-run stand for the ninth (C), Mayank Agarwal, Rituraj Excelsior Sports Correspondent Aruna Sharma as coach. ond round match rather convincing- A, B and C, captained by Dinesh in Yamaguchi's favour. It was a good day for India in wicket. Gaekwad, Prashant Chopra, The gold medal winners Karthik, Shreyas Iyer and Rahane ly. The Olympic bronze-medallist, Nehwal trailed 0-4 initially but the women's doubles as well with Pacer Saini was deservingly JAMMU, Oct 18: Jammu included Yashwardhan Singh, respectively, will fight for the title. Hanuma Vihari, Manoj Tiwary, who has dropped to 27 in the latest Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki named man of the match as he and Kashmir Tenshinkan Karate Avneet Kour, Honey Sharma, "It was decided during the Ankush Bains (WK), Rohit Reddy upsetting seventh seeds gave the much needed support Do team won 15medals, with 5 Razah Ahmed and Tanish technical committee meeting of Rayudu, K Gowtham, Mayank from South Korea, Lee Ho See and to Negi in the tense run chase gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze in Kumar, while the silver medals BCCI that there will be three teams Markande, S Nadeem, Deepak Shin Seung Chan, 18-21, 22-20, after taking four wickets that SUKAI Cup 2018 All India went to Harpreet Singh, Akshit instead of one being Vijay Hazare Chahar, Varun Aaron, Jaydev 21-18 to enter the quarterfinals. limited Jharkhand to 199 all Open Karate Championship held Choudhary, Palak, Anisha Devi, champions," GM (Game Unadkat. (PTI) out in 48.5 overs. at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, Dipti, Nandani Sharma and Development) Saba Karim said India C: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Delhi, who have won the recently. Tanmay Johal and the bronze today. Abhinav Mukund, Shubman Gill, tournament once, meet the The Championship was medals were bagged by Ananya District Poonch The presence of India Test reg- Ravikumar Samarth, Suresh mighty Mumbai in the final on organised by Shotoryu Unique Gupta, Shivani Kumari and ulars like Rahane and Ashwin is Raina, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Thang-Ta C'ship Saturday. Karate Association of India, Jantin. not a surprise as they both have Kishan (WK), Vijay Shankar, With his stellar effort, Negi recognised by Ministry of Youth The medals and certificates been out of India's limited overs Washington Sundar, Rahul concludes has attracted attention after a Affairs and Sports, Govt of were presented to the winners by set-up. Chahar, Papu Roy, Navdeep long time, having slipped off India. Hanshi Bharat Sharma, General Excelsior Sports Correspondent Teenage sensation Prithvi Saini, Rajneesh Gurbani, Umar the radar after bagging a mil- The Karatekas drawn from Secretary Karate Association of Shaw, who made a successful Test Nazir. (PTI) POONCH, Oct 18: The two lion dollar IPL deal in 2016. various States of the Country India and other dignitaries, days District Poonch Thang-Ta The southpaw, who had also participated in Sub Junior, while Dr Amit Vaid, President Championship concluded at played a T20 for India in the Junior, Cadet and Senior events. J&K Tenshinkan Karate Do Secretary YS & Sports Sarmad Hafeez presenting trophy to Government Degree College same year, collected five fours The team was led by S Association lauded the efforts of winner in Srinagar. Mendhar, here. and a six in his gritty knock. Sukhbir Singh as manager and the players for this achievement. The Championship was Unmukt Chand, who made Bakshi Stadium to be ready by March organized by District Poonch 17 off 13 balls, began the chase Sports key to National integration: DC Kargil Thang-Ta Association in collab- with a flurry of boundaries oration with Jammu and before falling to pacer Varun Sports events under 'Khelo India' 2019 for international events: Sarmad Kashmir Thang-Ta Association Aaron, driving the ball straight Excelsior Sports Correspondent duce national and international and was sponsored by Jammu to Anand Singh at cover-point. level players because people in initiative conclude at Drass SRINAGAR, Oct 18: and Kashmir State Sports In-form captain Gautam J&K have lot of interest in foot- Council. Gambhir (27), Dhruv Shorey Excelsior Sports Correspondent positive direction. Secretary, Youth Service & He said that several initia- ball. JKSSC and JKFA are work- 197 players participated in (15) and Nitish Rana (39), all DRASS, Oct 18: Sports Sports (YSS), Sarmad Hafeez ing for promoting sports culture tives are under way to promote Thursday said that Fédération the Championship to vie for the got starts but none could con- events under 'Khelo India' initia- in the state," he said and added top honours. According to the vert them into a big score. the sports activities in the dis- Internationale de Football tive concluded here today at trict for which the directions that Bakshi Stadium and TRC organisers, the medallist players Jharkahnd medium pacer Horse Polo Ground wherein Association (FIFA) approved Rohan Philem being flagged off by Chancellor Shardha have already been given to the Turf Ground would be installed in this Championship will par- Anand Singh wreaked havoc Deputy Commissioner and Bakshi Stadium would be ready University PK Gupta for bicycle expedition. concerned Sports Department with international standard ticipate in the forthcoming State by claiming three wickets as CEO, LAHDC, Kargil, Vikas by March 2019 for holding floodlighting system, which and other organizations. international events. Thang-Ta Championship 2018 Delhi slumped from 51 for one Kundal was the chief guest. would help in organizing night scheduled to be held at Sopore. to 87 for four. (PTI) Philem to cover 3500 km on bicycle Highlighting the importance Sarmad was speaking during Hundreds of students of the of the 'Khelo India' initiative, the sports activities. He said it Excelsior Sports Correspondent deer in Manipur. My grandfather the inaugural match of the sub-division Drass participated DC said that the aim of launch- would definitely boost the foot- served as a forest guard protect- 'Kashmir Invitation Cup in the games competitions in the ing the scheme in the State is to ball culture across the region. JAMMU, Oct 18: Rohan ing the Sangai deer and I prom- Football Tourney' which began District Kargil from October 08, groom the young talent for "We are making efforts to pro- Philem, a 23-year old student in ised to make him feel proud one at TRC Turf today.