Chandigarh, September 26
State Bank of Mysore stormed into the semifinals of the 14th All-India JP Atray Memorial Cricket Tournament, defeating ONGC XI by five wickets in the last league match at St John’s School, Sector 26, here today.

In the rain-truncated match, ONGC hit meagre 95 runs in allotted 20 overs. Only Gagan Khoda played a defiant knock of 24 runs while Mohammad Saif made 18 runs.

State Bank of Mysore achieved the target in 16.1 overs, losing just five wickets. Openers Tilka Naidu (23) and Vijay (18) piled up 42 runs in the first six overs. Akhil Kumar also chipped in 22 runs.

Former Test player Sarandeep Singh and Sumit Narwal took two wickets each.

State Bank of Mysore will face PCA Colts in the semifinal on September 28 at PCA Stadium, Mohali.

Brief scores

ONGC: 95 all out in 19.5 overs (Gagan Khoda 24, Mohd Saif 18, Amit Sharma 14, Chetan Williams 3 for 47, Vijay Madyalkar 2 for 19, Anand Katti 1 for 6)

State Bank of Mysore: 99 for 5 in 15.1 overs (Thilak Naidu 23, B. Akhil Kumar 22, Vijay Madyalkar 18, Sumit Narwal 2 for 18, Sarandeep Singh 2 for 22).

Tomorrow, MRF Chennai will take on Punjab Cricket Club in the first semi-final to be played at PCA Stadium, Mohali. The match will begin at 9.30 am. 

Panchkula, September 26
Ryan International School, Sector 49, Chandigarh, and St Xavier’s (blues) of Panchkula will meet in the final of the Ess Vee Soccer Cup for U-13 at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, tomorrow.

Ryan International beat Yadvindra Public School (YPS), Mohali, by 1-0 while Xavier’s drubbed Alpine School, Pinjore, 3-0.

In the match between Ryan and YPS, the all-important goal was scored by Piyush in the 24th minute.

In the second match, Xavier’s dominated the proceedings from the word ‘go’. The team shot into the lead in the seventh minute.

In the 21st minute, Alpine defender Himanshu netted the ball into his own goal in an attempt to clear it. Rishab extended the lead five minutes later.

Earlier, Xavier’s defeated Stepping Stones of Chandigarh by 3-1 in the quarterfinal match whereas YPS beat Little Flower School, Panchkula, by 2-0 through a tie-breaker.

Riding high on two goals by Sehaj (4th and 10th min), Ryan got the better of Doon International School, Chandigarh, 3-0 while Alpine School of Pinjore defeated Holy Child of Panchkula by 2-0.

Chandigarh, September 26
Aakash Antil of Haryana set a new national record of 56.36m in the boys’ u-18 category of discus throw on the second day of 19th North Zone Junior Athletics Championship 2007 held at Panjab University, here, today. He broke the five-year old record of Simranjit Singh.

Results

Discus throw (boys 18 years)

Final: 1 Aakash Antil, 2 Shivam Singh, 3 Virender Singh

10,000m rw (boys 18 years)

Final: 1 D.R. Kannaujia, 2 Manu Ram Patel, 3 Ved Prakash

10,000m rw (girls 20 years)

Final: 1 Kavita Dalal, 2 Rani Yadav, 3 Harpreet Kaur

Hammer throw (boys 20 years)

Final: 1 Lokesh Yadav, 2 Rama Shanker Yadav, 3 Chandrodaya Narayan Singh

Shot put (girls 16 years)

Final: 1 Jaspreet Kaur, 2 Harkirat Kaur, 3 Sandeep

200m (girls 20 years)

Final: 1 Komal Tehlan, 2 Deepti Rani, 3 Ritu

Long jump (boys 16 years)

Final: 1 Bal Kishan Gurjar, 2 Jitendar, 3 Chakraveer Singh

1500m (girls 20 years)

Final: 1 Savita Dhankar, 2 Manpreet Kaur, 3 Poonam

1500m (girls 18 years)

Final: 1 Rekha Patel, 2 Reema Patel, 3 Ruma

200m (girls 18 years)

Final: 1 Neha Nissar, 2 Tanya Joshi, 3 Sukhwinder Kaur

Long jump (boys 20 years)

Final: 1 Anil Kumar, 2 Gurpreet Singh, 3 Narpinder Singh

Meanwhile, Ankita Julka of Delhi set a new record in discus throw on the first day of the three-day 19th North Zone Junior Athletics Championships 2007 yesterday.

Yesterday results

100m (boys 20 years)

Heat 1: 1 Aman Deep Singh, 2 Vipin

Heat 2: 1 Baldev, 2 Rahul Kasana

100m (boys 18 years)

Heat 1: 1 Yashodan, 2 Jony Makkar

Heat 2: 1 Chander Bhan Maurya, 2 Mawa Singh

Long jump (girls 20 years)

Final: 1 Pragya Singh, 2 Sarita

Pole vault (boys 20 years)

Final: 1 Avdesh Kumar Yadav, 2 Devender

100m (boys 16 years)

Heat 1: 1 Ashwani Kumar, 2 Manish

Heat 2: 1 Raj Kumar, 2 Chakraveer Singh

High jump (boys 18 years)

Final: 1 Pardeep Kumar, 2 Sewak Singh

100m (girls 18 years)

Final: 1 Monika, 2 Tanya Joshi

100m (girls 16 years)

Heat 1: 1 Ekamjot Kaur, 2 Babita

Heat 2: 1 Kaushalya, 2 Supreet Kaur

800m (boys 20 years)

Final: 1 Baljit Singh, 2 Vishal Kumar

Shot put (boys 16 years)

Final: 1 Karan Singh, 2 Amar Verma

Javelin throw (girls 18 years)

Final: 1 Anju Rathee, 2 Anju Bala

High jump (boys 20 years)

Final: 1 Vipin, 2 Vimelinder Kuamar Maurya

800m (boys 18 years)

Final: 1 Pankaj Dimri, 2 Vikas Kumar

800m (boys 16 years)

Final: 1 Bhupesh Bora, 2 Anurag Rai

Discus throw (girls 18 years)

Final: 1 Ankita Julka, 2 Rinku Sangwan

800m (girls 20 years)

Final: 1 Manpreet Kaur, 2 Poonam

800m (girls 18 years)

Final: 1 Ruma, 2 Ramandeep Kaur

800m (girls 16 years)

Final: 1 Anita Kumari, 2 Amandeep Kaur

100m (boys 20 years)

Final: 1 Vipin, 2 Amandeep Singh

100m (boys 18 years)

Final: 1 Yashodan, 2 Chander Bhan

100m (boys 16 years)

Final: 1 Manish, 2 Ashwani Kumar

Javelin throw (boys 16 years)

Final: 1 Dharmenra Kumar Patel, 2 Dayanand Vishwkarma

Shot put (boys 20 years)

Final: 1 Shiv Kumar, 2 Ashwani Solanki

High Jump (boys 16 years)

Final: 1 Laique Ahmed, 2 Jagdeep Singh

100m (girls 20 years)

Final: 1 Deepti Rani, 2 Rupenjeet Kaur

100m (girls 16 years)

Final: 1 Kaushalya, 2 Kamaljot Kaur

Discus throw (girls 16 years)

Final: 1 Suman Davi, 2 Sandeep

Pole vault (boys 18 years)

Final: 1 Umesh Kumar Yadav, 2 Naresh Gautam

Javelin throw (girls 20 years)

Final: 1 Aarti Maurya, 2 Pooja Parmod

Mohali, September 26
The Mohali sports department will celebrate the birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh from September 29 to October 1 at Government Senior Secondary School, Phase 3-B-I, here. Tributes will also be paid to Rajguru and Sukhdev.

Giving details of the celebration, district sports officer of Mohali said, “Competitions in various disciplines of athletics, basketball, volleyball, hockey, tug-of-war, football, wrestling and kho-kho will be organised.”

Chandigarh, September 26
Punjab Governor and UT administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd) inaugurated the state-of-the-art all-weather swimming pool in Sector 23, here, today. According to sources, the pool, equipped with the ultra-modern facilities like solar water heating system, has been constructed at a cost of Rs 98 lakh.

As many as 165 solar panels have been installed to maintain required temperature during winters. — TNS

Chandigarh, September 26
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has appointed PCA official Sushil Kapoor as coordinator with the Australian team, which will visit the country to play a seven-match ODI series next month.

Kapoor had earlier been the coordinator for the England team in 2006 during its tour to the country.