l Parnita Grewal returned a three-under to storm into the lead at the end of Day III of the 43rd East India ladies golf championship at Tollygunge Club on Wednesday. She had four birdies on the back nine to end the day at 67 gross. Overnight leader Shruti Khanna slipped back to joint-third behind Parnita and Irina Brar. Vaishavi Sinha shares the third spot with Shruti. Loverry Kumar is leading the Open scratch event, while Parnita is leading the Rasoi Cup.
l Mudit Pandit defeated Ramesh Tewari by 3-0 frames in the state senior snooker championship at the Bengal Rowing Club on Wednesday.
l Rohan Roy clinched the under-14 boys singles title in the 40th floodlit hardcourt tennis meet at Saturday Club on Wednesday. He beat Mohammed Imran 6-1, 6-2.
l An elbow injury forced third seed Punam Reddy to concede her match against Sheethal Goutham in the ITF women?s circuit meet at the Bengal Tennis Association courts on Wednesday. RESULTS: Singles pre-quarters ? Katerina Polunina (Ukr) (899) bt Karishma Patel (940) 6-2, 6-2; Isha Lakhani (669) (8) bt Parul Goswami (947) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2; Wiliwan Choptang (Tha) (638) (6) bt Po-Kuen Lam (Hkg) (824) 6-3, 6-2; Sanaa Bhambri (610) (5) bt Krushmi Chheda (960) 6-1, 6-2; Jayalakshmy Sai-Jayaram (597) (4) bt Chirashanthi Rajur (LL) 6-4, 6-1; Archana Venkatraman (667) (7) (Q) bt Preeti Rao (1065) 6-4, 6-2; Ankita Bhambri (462) (2) bt Shruti Dhawan (767) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
CRICKET: Bengal vs Jharkhand U-17 Vijay Merchant trophy match at the Eden.
GOLF: East India ladies golf meet at Tollygunge Club.
SNOOKER: State senior meet at Bengal Rowing Club.
TENNIS: ITF women?s circuit meet at Bengal Tennis Association.
TENNIS: Floodlit hardcourt tennis meet at Saturday Club.
