Court stays SRFI ban on Joshna
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has set aside a six-month ban imposed by the Squash Rackets Federation of India on Joshna Chinappa.

Justice K Govindarajan, while admitting the writ filed by the Chennai-based 13-year old, granted a stay of the SRFI resolution which had banned Joshna from participating in any competition in India or abroad.

Raman wins title
BARODA: S Raman of PSCB and Mouma Das of West Bengal won the men’s and women’s titles respectively in the All-India Ranking Table Tennis Championship West.

Raman beat Arup Basak PSCB 21-15, 21-14, 21-13 while Mouma defeated Anandita Charoborty of Railways 21-18, 18-21, 21-17, 25-23.

Anal Kashyap PSCB claimed the junior boys’ title defeating Sukanta Das also of PSCB 21-7, 21-14, 15-21, 21-14 while Poulomi Ghatak Bengal claimed the junior girls’ title defeating statemate Nandita Saha 21-16, 21-16, 21-12.

Meet postponed
IMPHAL: The National junior athletic meet scheduled here nextweek has been postponed to December 2-3, according to information given by Amateur Athletic Federation of India to the organising committee.

AAFI has also shortlisted 127 probables for the coming Sydney Olympics.

Middle distance runner N Gojen, K Jebeshwori, Aruna Devi and walking race specialist Y Bala figured in the list that included PT Usha, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar and Sunita Rani.

Army XI champs
GANGTOK: Army XI lifted the 21st All-India Governor’s Gold Cup football tournament beating Kerala Police 3-1 in the final match at the Paljor Stadium here. Sajith Kumar, Arokia Nathan and Saroj Gurung scored for the winners while Jabir C of the Kerala Police was the lone scorer for the Police team.

Boland XI 247-5
CAPE TOWN: A 126-run fifth-wicket partnership between captain Louis Koen and 11th-hour replacement Kenny Jackson enabled a weakened WP/Boland XI recover from a poor start and post 247 for five on the opening day of their four-day encounter against England.

PHF chiefresigns
LAHORE: Akhtar Rasool Chaudhary, the president of the Pakistan Hockey Federation PHF has resigned from office. “I have decided to quit on personal reasons,” Rasool said.

Pierce triumphs
LEIPZIG: Top-seeded Mary Pierce of France defeated former Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-2, 6-2 to reach the semifinals of the Sparkassen Cup.

Other results: Kveta Hrdlickova Czech bt Sabine Appelmans Belgian 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 7-5; Nathalie Tauziat France bt Anna Kournikova Russia 7-6 7-4, 7-5; Anke Huber Germany bt Anne-Gaelle Sidot France 6-4, 6-4.