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Jharkhand swamps Andhra

HYDERABAD : Andhra girls suffered a 1-5 defeat at the hands of Jharkhand in the Super League of the National sub-junior hockey championship at Bhopal on Tuesday, according to information received here.

Jharkhand shot into lead in the 18th minute through a penalty-corner conversion by Amita Kerketta and within 10 minutes it was 2-0 up when Sabnam Lakra was on target. In the second session, Jharkhand scored three more goals through Emrenicia Soy Murum (1) and Sabnam Lakra (2) to complete the tally.

For the losers, the consolation goal came through K.Rajani in the 48th minute.

In another super league match, Haryana scored a solitary goal win against Delhi with the match-winner coming through Ramandeep Kaur in the 28th minute of first-half through a field goal. In all, Haryana earned nine penalty-corners to just two by the rivals.

The Hindu scores win

The Hindu scored a four-wicket win over BUA XI in the Coronet Cup cricket tournament at Shashi Seth Stadium in Kpara near here.

The scores: BUA XI 128 for eight lost to The Hindu 130 for six.

Challenger CC XI 109 lost to Aegis BPO 110 for six.

Superdents 149 (Arun Udayabhanu 73, Manohar four for 13) bt Locuz 139 for six.

Road races

Hyderabad District Athletic Association will organise 10th Summer open State road races at BJR Statue on May 13 from 6.00 am. Competitions will be held men and boys under-18 in 4.5 km, women and girls (under-18 & under-15) in three km and boys and girls in the age groups of under-12 in 1.5 km. For details call Ph: 92465 29013.

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