Men fourth, women finish fifth
SINGAPORE: Indian men struggled against Canada to cling to fourth spot while the women’s team came in fifth among 14 nations competing in the final round of team events at the 14th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships. The women’s team reached fifth after beating Canada 4-1 in their last match, improving by one place over last year. The men’s team beat Australia 4-1. But it was overwhelmed 0-4 soon after by Canada.
Results men: Against Australia: S Raman lost to Simon Gerada 19-21, 10-21, 21-23; Chetan Baboor bt Trevor Brown 19-21, 21-11, 21-10; Arup Basak bt Brett Clarke 14-21, 21-16, 21-13; Raman-Baboor bt Gerada-Brown 21-9, 21-19. Against Canade: Kurt Liu bt Arjun Dutta 21-16, 21-13; Homayoun Kamkar-Parsi bt Arup Basak 21-19, 17-21, 21-16; Horatio Pintea bt Roy Soumadeep 21-13, 21-14; Johnny Huang-Kurt Liu bt Basak-Soumadeep 21-11, 21-8.

Bikram, Tricia take honours
CHENNAI: Bikram Uberoi won 250 and the India Cements Asian Junior squash circuit invitation tournament at the ICSA courts on Sunday. He beat Yan Ka Ho Hong Kong 9-5 9-2 9-0. In an all-Malaysian girls’ final, Tricia Chuah scored a 9-0, 9-2, 9-4 win over Cheryl David.
Final placings boys: 1 Bikram Uberoi India, 2 Yan Ka Ho HK, 3 Marcus Yeap Mal, 4 Kelvin Ho Mal, 5 Kenny Ng Mal. Girls: 1 Tricia Chuah Mal, 2 Cherly David Mal, 3 Elise Ng HK, 4 Daphine Ting Mal, 5 Akanksha Hazari HK, 6 Kong Yi Zhen Mal, 7 Vaidehi Reddy India.

Paes plays Uzbek in ATP Challenger
CALCUTTA: Top seed Leander Paes will take on Dmitri Tomashevich of Uzbekistan in the opening round of the ATP Challenger tennis tournament beginning on Monday. Paes’ match is on Tuesday. Prahlad Srinath, Vishaal Uppal, Mustafa Ghouse and Syed Fazaluddin received wild cards.

Vijayan floors Biju to claim gold
PUNE: AC Vijayan of Army Green floored Biju of Indian Air Force in the first round to bag the gold medal in the super heavyweight class of the 49th Senior Inter-Services boxing championship.
Final results: Fly weight: Ramu Parajuli Army Red bt Bhola Murmu Navy on points. Light welter weight: A Dollar Singh Navy bt Kiran Mane Army Red points. Light middle weight: Hayat Singh Army Red bt Satish Kumar Army green points. Middle weight: Jeevan Fernandes Army Red bt DL Kumar Indian Air Force RSC. Light heavy weight: G Periyar Army Red bt Hardeep Singh Navy points. Heavy weight: Satpal Singh Army Red bt Ram Chandan Army Green points. Super heavy: AC Vijayan Army Green bt Biju Indian Air-Force RSC.

Railway women pip Kerala
PAYANNUR, KERALA: National champion Railway women defeated Kerala 3-2 in the playoff match to decide the top spot in the Group Two leg of the National Volleyball League Railways won 25-13, 21-25, 25-18, 19-25, 15-8.