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Sanjay Raul scores tonANGUL: Rading on the brilliance of a magnificent 120 (332m, 231b, 12x4, 1x6) by all-rounder Sanjay Raul, his fifth t...

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Sanjay Raul scores ton
ANGUL: Rading on the brilliance of a magnificent 120 (332m, 231b, 12×4, 1×6) by all-rounder Sanjay Raul, his fifth ton in Ranji Trophy, hosts Orissa piled up 262 for 5 at close on the opening day of their four-day East Zone league match against Assam on Monday. P Jaychandra on 40 and Robin Morris on 2 were batting. Brief scores: Orissa 262-5 (Pravanjan Mallick 40, Sanjay Raul 120, P Jaychandra batting 40; Gautam Dutta 2-40, Sukhvinder Singh 2-75)

Rajiv rescues Bihar
JAMSHEDPUR: A 72-run fourth-wicket partnership between Rajiv Kumar (65: 96b, 106m, 11×4) and skipper Sunil Kumar (35) helped hosts Bihar post a respectable 223 for five in their first innings on the opening day of the Ranji league match against Bengal here on Monday. At close, Sandeep Roy was batting on 36 and Satish Singh on five.

Brief Scores: Bihar 223-5 (Rajiv Kumar 65, Sandeep Roy batting 36; Utpal Chatterjee 2-60) vs Bengal.

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AP children rule
AURANGABAD:The XIIIth National Children Chess Championship concluded here on Monday with Andhra Pradesh children clinching titles in all age categories except the under-7 boys. Dronovali Harika and Dasari Sai Srinivas (7.5 pts each) were the champions in the under-9 girls and boys section respectively. Gauri Shankar (Kel) and K Phani Chandra (AP) claimed the boys and girls titles in the under-7 category.

Bhutia village
CALCUTTA: Sports Authority of India has adopted the Namchi Senior Boys’ Secondary School at soccer star Baichung Bhutia’s village Namchi in Sikkim as part of its talent search programme. SAI eastern centre director Somen Chaudhuri told newspersons that two other schools — Khamarpara Boys in West Bengal and Chatakachari Senior Boys in Tripura — have been adopted under the programme. Under the scheme, 25 selected students in each school would be given Rs 8,000 each annually. Of the amount, Rs 5000 would be given as stipend, Rs 1500 as competition expenses and Rs 1500 as kitallowance.

— ENS & Agencies