FOOTBALL

PRIMERA LIGA

MADRID ? Albacete 2 (Antonio Pacheco 16, 87) Villarreal 2 (Diego Forlan 32, Antonio Guayre 35) Athletic Bilbao 4 (Fran Yeste 6, 90+1pen, Santi Ezquerro 11, Carlos Gurpegi 77) Real Mallorca 0 Deportivo Coruna 2 (Pablo Amo 49, Albert Luque 52) Real Zaragoza 3 (Cani 35, Gabriel Milito 56, David Villa 66) Getafe 2 (Riki 5, 3) Racing Santander 0 Malaga 1 (Vicente Valcarce 42) Real Sociedad 5 (Darko Kovacevic 12, 51, Mikel Labaka 60, Nihat Kahveci 70, 83) Osasuna 2 (Richard Morales 49, 69) Numancia 0 Real Madrid 0 Sevilla 1 (Julio Baptista 19) Valencia 3 (Ruben Baraja 12, Mista 81, 87) Espanyol 0.

FRENCH LEAGUE CUP

PARIS ? AJ Auxerre 2 Nantes 1 Sochaux 0 Caen 0 ; Caen won 4-3 after penalty shootout.

TENNIS

AITA JUNIOR TALENT SERIES

CALCUTTA, Boys U-14, 1st round (Wednesday?s results) ? Aamir Zeb w- Md. Imran (1) Amartya Das bt Sagnick Basu 6-4, 7-5 Manav Agarwal bt Tanuj Kakrania 6-0, 6-0 Prem Singh (5) bt Sattwik Sarkar 6-1, 6-0 Rohan Ray (3) bt Mohit Minz 6-2, 6-2 Armaan Banerjee bt Kshitij Kedia 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 Vinayak Oleti bt Kshitij Kedia 6-1, 6-2 Ayush Dharewa (7) bt Sk. Amir 6-1, 6-1 Ranveer Shrivastav (6) bt Ankit Agarwal 6-2, 6-1 Omar Abdul-lah bt Rahul Banik 6-0, 6-0 Atish Dipankar Ghatak bt Rishav Tandon 6-0, 6-3 Ayush Bajoria (4) bt Sunil Palai 6-1, 6-2 Bishnu Pradhan bt Neil D?Souza (8) 6-4, 6-1 Md. Sarfaraz bt Aditya Sinha 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 Rohit Rampuria bt Avik D?Souza 6-3, 6-0 Prosenjit Paul (Jha) (2) bt Ashray Bhasin 6-1, 6-0 Girls U-14, 1st Round ? Raseena Chablani bt Vaidehi Bansal 6-0, 6-2; Andrea Das bt Urvashi Joardar 6-0, 6-0. Boys, under-14, 2nd Round (Thursday?s results)? Amartya Das bt Aamir Zeb 6-3,6-3 Prem Singh (5) bt Manav Agarwal 6-0, 6-2 Rohan Ray (3) bt Armaan Banerjee 6-0, 6-0 Ayush Dharewa (7) bt Vinayak Oleti 6-0,6-2 Ranveer Shrivastav (6) bt Omar Abdullah 6-2, 6-3 Ayush Bajoria (4) bt Atish Dipankar Ghatak 6-1, 6-2 Md. Sarfaraz bt Bishnu Pradhan 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Prosenjit Paul (Jha)(2) bt Rohit Rampuria 6-2,7-5 lGirls, under-14, 2nd Round ? Treta Bhattacharyya (1) bt Srijita Ghosh 6-0, 6-0 Angana Ghosh bt Monalisa Saha 6-3,7-5 Amrita Mukherjee bt Ishani Mukerji 6-0,6-0 Srestha Banerjee (3) bt Shreya Modani 6-0,6-2 Andrea Das bt Sahana Chatterjee 6-3, 6-4 Dipti Srivastava (2) bt Mandovi Mullick 6-1,6-0 lQuarter finals ? Raseena Chablani bt Lahana Ghosh 6-2,6-3 Boys, under-12, Semi-finals ? Ayush Bajoria bt Sk. Amir 6-0,6-0 Girls, under-12, Semi-finals ? Mandovi Mullick bt Andrea Das 6-2,6-4.

ATHLETICS

JUNIOR NATIONAL MEET

VIJAYWADA, Men: 200 m: Mohammed Muddassir (Kar) 22.04 800 m: R. Rajeev (Ker) 1:52.41l 4x400 m relay: Kerala 3:18.87 10000 m: Gopal Singh (UP) 32:19.63mins 3000 m steeple chase: Vikas Singh (UP) 9:35.09 Hammer Throw: K. Sathishwaran (TN) 62.22 Under-18: boys: 200 m: S. Arunjith (Ker) 22.71 800 m: K. Bangaraiah (AP) 1:54.94 Javelin: Samarjit Singh (Raj) 62.22 Pole Vault: Suresh Kumar (UP) 1.96 2000 m steeple chase: Th. Sanjit Lawang (Man) 6:05.84 4x400 m relay: Kerala 3:19.75 Heptathlon: Ajeet Kumar (UP) 1:59.57 Under-16: Heptathlon: Safinakhatun 3789 (Ben) Under-16 boy, 800 m: Ajeet Kumar (UP) 1:59.57 Long Jump: P. K. Anoop (Ker) 6.53 Discuss Throw: Amit (Har) 49.35 Medley relay: Kerala 2:01.86 NMR (old mark 2:03.18mins, Jharkhand at Kollam 2003) Women: 200 m: V. D. Shijila (Ker) 24.87 800 m: K. V. Rajamol (Ker) 2:13.98 3000 m: Kavita Raut (Mah) 10:07.36 4x400 m relay: Kerala 3:52.19 Heptathlon: D. Karpula Mala (TN) 4049 Pole Vault: Saritha Kumari (Ker) 2.90, Babli Mitra (Ben) 2.90 Shot put: G. Sree Keerthi (AP) 11.61 Hammer Throw: Y. Prem Latha (Mah) 46.15 High Jump: A. Amuda (TN) 1.65 Girls under-18: 200 m: K. Mrudula (AP) 25.64, Sabina Khatun (Ben) 3000 m: Prabhavathi (AP) 10:27.60 800 m: Jhuma Khatun (Ben) 2:15.72 4x400 relay: Kerala 3:56.27 Long Jump: P. K. Anoop (Ker) 6.53 Javelin: Neesha Rani (Har) 38.65 Under-16 girls: 800 m: Harathi (AP) 2:15.82 NMR (old record 2:16.83mins of S. R. Bindu Kera Kollam 2003, Bindu Sr (Ker) 2.18.66) Medley Relay: Kerala 2:19.90 Long Jump: Natasha Sagar (Kar) 5.65 Discuss Throw: Ankita Jula (Del) 38.95.

CHESS

ASIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

BIKANER, Round 1, boys ? Anton Filippov (Uzb) lost to Amanov Mesgen (Tkm) K Nikhilesh Kumar (Ind) lost to M. R. Venkatesh (Ind) Abhijeet Gupta (Ind) bt Samakov Nurdin (Kyr) Bahodir Kholmirzaev (Uzb) bt Akshayraj Kore (Ind) Deepan Chakravarthy (Ind) bt Soumitra Majumda (Ind) Johan Iskandar Foudzi (Mas) lost to S. Poobesh Anand (Ind) S. Arun Prasad (Ind) bt Navin Kannan (Ind) Foudzi Kamal Firdaus (Mas) lost to Arghyadip Das (Ind) Nguyen Van Huy (Vie) bt Abhudaya Rajpurohit (Ind) M. V. Lakshminarayanan (Ind) lost to G. Rohit (Ind) G. N. Gopal (Ind) bt Kartikey Batra (Ind) Niyazov Niyazklich (Ind) lost to Sriram Sarja (Ind) Mehdi Hasan (Ban) bt Roshan Jaiswal (Nep) Ravin Thrimavitharana (Sri) had a bye Girls ? D. Harika (Ind) bt N. Sandhya (Ind) P Sivasankari (Ind) lost to Thi Bao Tram Hoang (Vie) Y. Pratibha (Ind) bt Anruta Mokal (Ind) Maya Kurbanova (Tkm) lost to Mary Ann Gomes (Ind) Kruttika Nadig (Ind) bt J. E. Kavitha (Ind) Anuprieta Patil (Ind) lost to Siti Zulaikha (Mas) Bahar Hallaeva (Tkm) bt Janyl Tilenbaeva (Kyr) Nabeela Farheen (Ind) lost to Soumya Swaminathan (Ind) P. Priya (Ind) bt Irina Gevorgyan (Uzb) H. Sowmya (Ind) lost to Saheli Nath (Ind) N. Raghavi (Ind) bt U. G. Methmali (Sri) Samanthi Wettasinghe (Sri) had a bye Round 2, boys ? M. R. Venkatesh (2, Ind) bt G. N. Gopal (1, Ind) G. Rohit (1, Ind) lost to Abhijeet Gupta (2, Ind) Sriram Sarja (1, Ind) lost to Deepan Chakravarthy (2, Ind) S. Poobesh Anand (2, Ind) bt Mehdi Hasan (Ban, 1) Amanov Mesgen (Tkm, 1) lost to S. Arun Prasad (2, Ind) Arghyadip Das (2, Ind) bt Bahodir Kholmirzaev (Uzb, 1) Ravin Thrimavitharana (Sri, 1) lost to Nguyen Van Huy (Vie, 2) T. U. Navin Kanna (0, Ind) lost to Anton Filippov (Uzb, 1) Akshayraj Kore (1, Ind) bt Foudzi, Kamal Firdaus (Mas, 0) Girls ? Soumya Swaminathan (1, Ind) lost to D. Harika (2, Ind) Hoang Thi Bao Tram (Vie, 2) bt Bahar Hallaeva (Tkm, 1) Saheli Nath (2, Ind) bt Y. Pratibha (1, Ind) Mary Ann Gomes (1.5, Ind) drew with P. Priya (1.5, Ind) Samanthi Wettasinghe (Sri, 1) lost to Kruttika Nadig (2, Ind) Siti Zulaikha (Mas, 1.5) drew with N. Raghavi (1.5, Ind).

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