Sherpur move up

CHANDIGARH, Aug 23: Kalewal Bhagtan, Sherpur, Bhunno, Mehna and Barian Kalan villages entered the pre-quarterfinals of the 18th Punjab Ru...

CHANDIGARH, Aug 23: Kalewal Bhagtan, Sherpur, Bhunno, Mehna and Barian Kalan villages entered the pre-quarterfinals of the 18th Punjab Rural Junior soccer tournament, after recording wins in their first round matches being played at village Nangal Khilarian yesterday.

Kalewal Bhagtan beat Jaitpur 5-0 after leading 2-0 at half time. Mehna beat Maili 1-0 while Sherpur edged out Gogrow 4-3. In another match, Barian Kalan beat Nangal Khurd 3-2 while Bhunno defeated Mukhomazara 3-1 in the last match of the day.

Wrestlers for Tehran
A six-member Indian wrestling team has been named for the World Senior wrestling championship being held at Tehran in Iran from September 8 to September 11.

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P R Sondhi and Partap Singh would accompany the team as coaches.

Team: 54 kg: Kirpa Shankar (Railways), 58 kg: Rakesh Kumar (BSF), 63 kg: Mukesh Kumar (Punjab Police), 69 kg: Sandip Kumar Sai (Bhibani), 85 kg: Davinder Kumar (Punjab Police), 130 kg: Jagdish Singh Bhola (Punjab Police).

SAI trials
The selection trials for admission to the Sports Authority of India Training Centre at Bilaspur and Dharamshala (HP) for the year 1998-99 will be conducted at the SAI Training Centre (Bilaspur) on September 10 and 11.

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