Alisha shines in Jr French Open
Mumbai: Local schoolgirl Alisha Mashruwala will on Saturday fight for the top three positions in the French Junior Squash Open Championship being played at Strasbourg. The Standard VI Bombay International student recorded three consecutive wins over Aumard Coline France 3-9, 9-0, 9-5, 9-2, Moineau Sarah France 9-0, 9-4, 9-6 and Lucy Hutchinson Scotland 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 in the last two days in the Girls U-13 section. Services champsPUNE: Services SSCB and Kerala retained the men’s and women’s team championship respectively in the 20th Senior National Rowing meet at the Mula-Mutha River on Saturday.

State in semis
KOZHIKODE: Last year’s runner-up Kerala outplayed Madhya Pradesh to squeeze into the semi-final of the National Women’s Handball Championship.Results: Punjab 25 beat Chandigarh 8; Kerala 21 bt MP 20; Maharashtra 21 Sujatha 6, Seema 3, Kalyani Pande 4, Muktha Deshmukh 4 bt UP 12 Manurma Dubey 4, Sunita 2, Arti Gangwar 4; Manipur 14 bt Delhi 6.

India ‘A’ tour
MUMBAI: India A’ will tour South Africa in the month of February 2001, while the South Africa A’ will visit India in September 2001. This will help the two teams get exposure to each other’s wickets. An Indian representative will also visit South Africa to study the functioning of their academy.

— ENS amp; Agencies