Indian sports wrap, November 13: Haryana vs UP and Manipur vs Odisha in men’s senior National hockey semis

HOCKEY

Haryana to face UP and Manipur to clash with Odisha in men’s Sr National hockey semis

Manipur, Haryana, Odisha, and Uttar Pradesh advanced into the semifinals of the men’s senior National hockey championship here on Wednesday.

Haryana will take on UP, while Manipur will clash against Odisha in the semifinals on Friday.

Manipur edged out Punjab 4-3 in the shootout after a 3-3 tie in regulation time.

While Cyril Lagun (14’, 36’, 51’) netted a hat-trick for Manipur, Ravneet Singh (24’, 59’) and Maninder Singh (18’) found the back of the net for Punjab.

Goalkeeper Hemam Dhanaraj Singh pulled off two critical saves as Manipur edged out their rivals in the shootout.

Haryana came up with a 5-1 win over Maharashtra, thanks to a hat-trick from Rohit (53’, 59’, 60’), along with a goal each from Rajinder Singh (48’) and Pankaj (54’).

Uttar Pradesh defeated host Tamil Nadu 3-1, with Chandan Singh (3’), Rajkumar Pal (18’) and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (34’) being the goal-scorers.

Odisha pipped Karnataka in the shootout after a 3-3 tie.

Pruthvi Raj GN (5’), Bharath Mahalingappa Kurtakoti (11’) and Vishwas G (26’) scored for Karnataka. Mangal Lohar (14’), Shilanand Lakra (20’) and Pratap Lakra (50’) netted for Odisha.

In the shootout, Odisha goalkeeper Sahil Kumar Nayak conceded only a goal while his teammates did a decent job to score, as they settled for a 3-1 win.

-PTI

BRIDGE

Asha Sharma, Puja Batra clinch top honours in National Ranking Bridge C’ship

Asha Sharma and Puja Batra from New Delhi clinched the top honours in the ladies pair competition in the National Ranking Bridge Championship here on Wednesday.

Asha and Puja, who were the overnight leaders at the end of the qualifying round, maintained the superiority among the 18 finalists in the final phase of the competition.

The Delhi pair found its rhythm at the halfway stage to put up a strong performance, finishing with 56 IMPs that helped them win the ladies pair crown.

Mumbai’s Usha Kabra and Kolkata’s Bharati Dey finished runner-up with 50 IMPs, while another pair from Delhi in Devi Bhatnagar and Alka Jain was third with 37 IMPs.

The winning pair of Asha and Puja received prize money of Rs 40,000, while the runner-up combination of Usha and Bharati got Rs 30,000. Devi and Alka received Rs 20,000, and the pairs up to the eighth position also received cash awards.

The mixed teams and mixed pairs events will be held later this week.

-PTI