EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE TV PICKS Madras HC allows BFI picks NBA: Sony Ten 1 (SD & HD), 7 Banthia guides Crusaders home a.m. Nikhat as Pakistan vs Sri Lanka : 2nd AICF meeting Test, Sony ESPN (SD & HD), Supersmashers defeat Avengers in the other match of the day fourth boxer 10.30 a.m. India vs West Indies : 3rd Court dismisses president Raja’s plea PRO TENNIS LEAGUE wat. Earlier, Daria Mishina of for trials ODI, Star Sports 1 (SD & HD), Russia had won her singles in 1.30 p.m. ed.” the tie­break against Riya EXCLUSIVE Special Correspondent I­League: D Sport, 2 p.m. Kamesh Srinivasan Though a setback for Ra­ NEW DELHI Bhatia, after Ashish Sinha CUTTACK Serie A : Sony Ten 2 (SD & RAKESH RAO ja, the order also brought had lost the opening match HD), 5 p.m., 7.30 p.m., & 1.30 Young Siddhant Banthia was NEW DELHI some cheer to his camp. The Boxing Federation of a.m. (Monday) to Nishant Dabas. able to establish his strong The Central Council meet­ The court allowed the meet­ India (BFI) on Saturday se­ Premier League: SS Select 1 Mishina also won her game against some of the ing of the crisis­ridden All ing on certain conditions. It lected Nikhat Zareen as the (SD & HD), 7.30 p.m. & 10 mixed doubles 6­1 with Ar­ best players in the country as India Chess Federation ruled that, “Agenda item No. fourth boxer for the wo­ p.m. jun, against Riya and Niki, ISL: Star Sports 2 (SD & HD), he guided DMG Delhi Cru­ (AICF) will be held, as noti­ 4 namely, the Bengal Chess men's 51kg selection trials which paved the way for a 7.30 p.m. saders to a 29­25 victory over fied, on Sunday after the Ma­ Association Affairs in res­ for the Olympics qualifier. comprehensive 29­21 victory Bundesliga: SS Select 2 (SD Haryana Sapphires in the Pro dras High Court dismissed a pect of which discussions There was speculation for Proveri Supersmashers & HD), 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Tennis League here on plea from AICF president may take place, but no deci­ regarding the selection of against ARA Avengers. Saturday. P.R. Venketrama Raja seek­ sion should be recorded. the fourth boxer after Nik­ Banthia and Ramkumar IN BRIEF The 19­year­old Banthia, ing an ad­interim injunction “As regards all other hat expressed concerns ov­ were adjudged the ‘best who has played the junior restraining secretary Bharat items on the agenda, the de­ er the process of trials to be players’ of the two ties. Grand Slams, impressed with Singh Chauhan from con­ cision or resolutions at such held in Delhi on December The results (league): DMG Del­ his keen anticipation, quick vening the meeting. meeting shall not be imple­ 27 and 28. hi Crusaders bt Haryana Sap­ According to the BFI movement and dynamic vol­ phires 29­25 (Kabir Hans bt Ud­ As things stand, the mented until further rules, World champion­ leying as he stood out in two dayvir Singh 6­3; Mahak Jain fourth Central Council notice.” doubles matches that tilted lost to Sowjanya Bavisetti 3­6; meeting of the year, as stipu­ The court listed the mat­ ships participant, finalist in the balance in favour of the Mahak & Siddhant Banthia bt lated by the AICF constitu­ ter for further hearing on Ja­ National championships Delhi team. Sowjanya & Jeevan Nedunchez­ tion, will be held at Hotel nuary 3, 2020. In this case, and another boxer selected Banthia combined remar­ hiyan 6­4; Dalwinder Singh lost Bristol at 11 a.m. at Guru­ the AICF president has by the selectors and coach­ kably well with the gutsy Ma­ to Vijay Sundar Prashanth 2­6; gram on Sunday. named the secretary as the es will participate in the Dalwinder & Banthia bt Vijay trials for each Olympics hak Jain to win the mixed The court also dismissed first respondent and AICF as Sundar & Jeevan 6­5(4); Tushar weight. doubles match 6­4 against Raja’s plea to disallow “such the second respondent. Jagota & Ajay Malik bt Arjun The boxers for trials: Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Uppal & Garvit Gupta 6­1). an invalid meeting.” Meanwhile, the Bengal Porzingis leads Mavericks’ 51kg: M.C. Mary Kom, Jyoti Sowjanya Bavisetti. Chess Association matter, rout of 76ers Proveri Supersmashers bt ARA Gulia, Ritu Grewal and Nikhat Avengers 29­21 (Ashish Sinha Belatedly filed pertaining to alleged finan­ WASHINGTON That’s the way! Siddhant Banthia and Mahak Jain turned the Zareen. A thriller lost to Nishant Dabas 2­6; Daria cial irregularities, forms the Injury­hit Dallas, powered by tide in favour of Delhi Crusaders against It observed that the “con­ 57kg: Sonia, Sakshi, Manisha, Mishina bt Riya Bhatia 6­5(5); Kristaps Porzingis, routed Later, he combined with Dal­ Haryana Sapphires. * KAMESH SRINIVASAN tention that the applicant agenda of the General Body Sonia Lather. Mishina & Arjun Kadhe bt Riya Philadelphia 76ers 117­98 in winder Singh to survive a has filed this application be­ Meeting scheduled on De­ Bhatia & Niki Poonacha 6­1; 60kg: L. Sarita Devi, Simranjit the NBA on Friday. Latvian couple of match points jun Uppal and Garvit Gupta Ramkumar Ramanathan was latedly and, in fact, only two cember 28 in Bhopal. Kaur, Pavitra and Sashi against Jeevan and Vijay Sun­ Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Sid­ forward Porzingis scored 22 6­1 to put Delhi in a strong in robust form as he blanked harth Rawat 6­0; Ramkumar & days before the meeting is It may be recalled that the Chopra. dar Prashanth to clinch a points and grabbed a career­ position. Sidharth Rawat in singles Arjun bt Niki & Sidharth 6­3; true,” and ruled, “In these Urgent General Body Meet­ 69kg: Lovlina Borgohain, Lal­ high 18 rebounds. thriller in the tie­break. and won the doubles 6­3 with Ashish Khanna & Karan Srivas­ facts and circumstances, I ing held on December 14 in ita, Meena Rani, Anjali. Important results: Indiana Thereafter, Tushar Jagota Ramkumar in good form Arjun Kadhe, against Niki tav lost to Saurabh Singh & am of the view that the said Chennai, scheduled the 75kg: Pooja Rani, Saweety Pacers 119 bt Sacramento and Ajay Malik outplayed Ar­ In the other match of the day, Poonacha and Sidharth Ra­ Suvrat Mall 3­6). meeting may be proceed­ election for February 10. Boora, Nupur, K.A. Indraja. Kings 105; Boston Celtics 114 bt Detroit Pistons 93; Toronto Raptors 122 bt Washington Wizards 118. AFP Prince Valiant has the edge Flying Gill back in charge Railways women begin in style HYDERABAD: Prince Valiant has 59, 3. Reno Star (3) Ahshay Kumar SPEAKER’S CUP (1,600m), 3­ an edge over his rivals in the 58, 4. Platinum Claasz (1) Aneel 6 y­o & over, rated 60 to 85 (Cat. Championship leader Shivram suffers a crash in opening stage LUDHIANA Speaker’s Cup (1,600m), the fea­ 55.5, 5. Flamboyant Lady (2) Na­ II), 3.45: 1. Ashwa Bahula (1) I. Railways opened its defence ture event of the races to be held khat Singh 55, 6. Explosive (5) Chisty 60, 2. Mark My Word (12) Adventure. “I drove flat out of the women’s title with a here on Sunday (Dec. 22). Jitendra Singh 54.5, 7. Flag Of Nakhat Singh 58.5, 3. Nayadeep POPULAR RALLY after that and we got back 141­51 victory over SOLITAIRE PLATE (1,200m), Honour (8) I. Chisty 54.5 and 8. (4) Irvan Singh 58.5, 4. Yanga (7) maiden 2­y­o colt & geldings Raajneeti (6) Irvan Singh 54.5. B.R. Kumar 57.5, 5. Doroteo (6) Stan Rayan our 50­sec lead in only two Maharashtra in the 70th 1 1. GALLOPING GANGSTER, 2. only (Cat. II), (Terms), 1.10 p.m.: 1. Koushik 56, 6. Durango (11) Aneel KOTTAYAM FLAMBOYANT LADY, 3. MIDNIGHT stages. I knew that either I’m National basketball Chuckit (7) Rafique Sk. 55, 2. 55, 7. Mr. Baahubali (2) Kuldeep DREAM going to be first or I’m not championship. Coastal Storm (1) Kuldeep Singh Singh 55, 8. Havelock Cruise (8) He had a massive 24­point Akshay Kumar 53.5, 9. Prince The results: Men: Services 82 55, 3. Kapell Bruke (6) Akshay Ku­ SARDAR MOHAN SINGH lead over his nearest challen­ going to finish. I had nothing mar 55, 4. Lightning Pearl (8) BAGGA MEMORIAL CUP (Div. Valiant (10) Ajeeth Kumar 53,10. (Joginder Singh 32, Nikhil 4 Shaquille (3) A.A. Vikrant 53, 11. ger and Chetan Shivram to lose, so we thought might Ajeeth Kumar 55, 5. One For All I), (1,400m), 3­y­o & over, rated as well give it a push.” Kumar 18) bt Kerala 70 (Sejin (2) Ajit Singh 55, 6. Shanu Shanu 40 to 65 (Cat. II), 2.45: 1. Marinetti Seven Eleven (9) Gopal Singh 52.5 could almost feel the nation­ Mathew 19, Basil Philip 18, (4) Aneel 55, 7. Team Player (5) (6) Akshay Kumar 60, 2. Miss and 12. Exclusive Blue (5) Ashhad al championship trophy that Gill felt the opening stage Asbar 51. Sugeethnath 11). Nakhat Singh 55 and 8. Whiskey Marvellous (8) Afroz Khan 58, 3. appeared to be his. But the at Pinnakanad, which took Women: Kerala 74 (P.S. Jeena Martini (3) Rohit Kumar 55. Blazer (7) Ashhad Asbar 57, 4. 1. PRINCE VALIANT, 2. HAVELOCK Ayur Shakti (2) Irvan Singh 53.5, CRUISE, 3. EXCLUSIVE BLUE season’s overall leader had a off three cars, was the tough­ 32, P.G.