SD College fencers shine

Chandigarh: GGDSD College, Sector 32, won the Panjab University Inter-College Fencing Championship for Women, here on Tuesday. Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 11, finished second, followed by Panjab University Campus in third place. MCM DAV College, Sector 36, had to be content with fourth position. — TNS

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Minerva boys in semifinals 

Chandigarh: Minerva Academy continued its winning run as they beat MSP Higher Secondary School, Malappuram, 2-1 to book a place in the boys’ junior semifinals at the RFYS National Championship in Mumbai on Tuesday. The side will play Gangadharpur Vidyamandir, Kolkata, for a place in final. In the senior category, Minerva boys will face St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School, Shillong, in the semis on Wednesday. — TNS

Hockey trials today 

Chandigarh: The UT Education Department will organise trials to select boys’ U-17 hockey team for the inaugural Khelo India School Games, at the Sector 42 Sports Complex tomorrow. The trial will begin at 2.30pm, the education Department said here on Tuesday. Players born on or after January 1, 2001, and enrolled with the local schools will be eligible to appear in the trials, the department added. Khelo India School Games are scheduled to be held in New Delhi from January 31. — TNS

Paras helps IVCA to victory

Panchkula: An all-round performance by Paras helped IVCA Cricket Academy, Derabassi, beat Sky World Cricket Academy by 133 runs in the Major Sandeep Sagar Memorial U-14 Cricket Tournament here. Paras scored a 25-ball 40 to propel his team 185/7 in 20 overs before claiming a fifer to bundle out Sky World boys on 52 runs. — TNS

Choi Kwang Do players shine 

Chandigarh: City Choi Kwang Do players won a rich haul of 29 medals as Chandigarh finished second in the 14th National Choi Kwang Do, which concluded at New Delhi on Tuesday. Haryana lifted the overall trophy. Samarth, Girisha, Tanveer Saini, Prisha, Arnav Naiyyar, Shaurya, Kabir Nayer, Parin Bansal, Taraksh, Ayush Madan, Mehekdeep, Vishnu, Mukesh, Rahul, Harsh Chopra, Ashish, Deepika, Khyati, Arshiya, Pragati, Khushi Nanda, Iknoor, Bhumi, Sara, Ibadat, Manpreet, Divyakshi, Parul and Radhika won a medal each for the city. — TNS