Many were amazed by Akula's fortitude in the singles competition, but it was in the mixed doubles where she really excelled, teaming up with a renowned paddler

Shillong Apr 21 PTI The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board PSPB teams both men and women asserted their supremacy yet again lifting the trophies in the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships here on Thursday For PSPB men it was their 25th title But their womens team regained the title -- winning it for the 16th time -- after missing at Hyderabad Both PSPB men and women defeated Maharashtra 3-0 in the finals Yet it was not easy for the PSPB men particularly after captain A Sharath preferred to bench himself to give a chance to Manav Thakkar in the final Maharashtras Deepit R Patil Siddhesh Pandey and young Jass Modi had the firepower to stretch their opponents Deepit played brilliantly in the first game taking two games off Sathiyan The latters experience saved the day as he staved off the threat to put PSPB 1-0 up Harmeet also dropped a game before shutting out an in-form Siddhesh Pandey But Jash Modi got his act together to put Manav under pressure straight away Manav lost the opener on extended points before hitting a nice rhythm Still when the teenager stretched him again in the fourth it became a little dicey for Manavs reputation Results Team Men Final PSPB bt Maharashtra A 3-0 G Sathiyan bt Deepit R Patil 11-0 10-12 9-11 11-5 11-8 Harmeet Desai bt Siddhesh Pande 11-3 11-3 2-11 11-7 Manav Thakkar bt Jash Modi 10-12 11-1 11-4 12-10 Women Finals PSPB bt Maharashtra A 3-0 Archana Kamath bt Diya Chitale 11-2 11-7 11-5 Manika Batra bt Swastika Ghosh 11-4 11-7 15-13 Reeth Rishya bt Anannya Basak 11-6 5-11 11-8 11-7 PTI BS PDS PDS

Bengaluru, September 24: A 32-year-old man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman and cheated her of Rs 35 Lakh in karnataka’s Mysuru district. The woman is a resident of Karnataka’s Mysuru district. The accused has been identified as Mohammed Azwan. He was arrested in connection on Thursday from Bengaluru’s Choodasandra, near Parappana Agrahara. Azwan is a […]

New Delhi Sep 17 PTI Former Tamil Nadu left-hander Sridharan Sharath was on Friday named the chairman of the junior national selection committee just over a week before the commencement of the domestic season with the U-19 tournaments The four other committee members are former Punjab all-rounder Kishan Mohan North Zone Bengal seamer Ranadeb Bose East Zone Gujarat batsman Pathik Patel West Zone and MP medium fast bowler Harvinder Singh Sodhi Central Former Tamil Nadu captain Sharath Sridharan will head the committee BCCI secretary Jay Shah said in a statement That Sharath will head the committee was reported by PTI on August 9 He was the first cricketer to play 100 Ranji Trophy matches for Tamil Nadu and in his 15-year-long domestic career scored 8700 runs including 27 centuries and 42 half-centuries in 139 first-class matches with a highly impressive average of 5117 He also played over 100 List A games scoring more than 3000 runs He has also been a BCCI match referee Sharath was always considered an India prospect but his best years coincided with an Indian middle-order that featured Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly The five-member committee will be entrusted with the duty of selecting the next batch of India U-19s who will represent the country at the U-19 World Cup in the West Indies next year PTI KHS PM PM