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Arjun Cricket Academy defeated Young Challenger XI by 67 runs in their match of the Ratan Lal Sharma Memorial Monsoon Cricket League at Pt. RB Tiwari Stadium, Lucknow on Thursday. Batting first, Arjun Cricket Academy scored 173 runs losing all its wickets in 27.1 overs in the 30 overs-a-side match. In reply, Young Challenger XI, which was short of three players, could score 106 runs in 18.1 overs.

Brief Scores: Arjun Cricket Academy: 173 all out in 27.1 overs ( Kapez 45, M Shanawaz 24, Jibran Malik 21; Harshit Bajpai 3 for 27, Shatrughan Yadav 3 for 57, Abhishek 2 for 26);

Young Challenger XI: 106 for seven in 18.1 overs ( Prathul Mehta 31, Yunus Khan 28, Shatrughan Yadav 16; M Shanawaz 3 for 26).

T-T team announcedThe following players have been selected to represent Lucknow District Table Tennis Team in the forthcoming Junior State 'UP Cup' Table Tennis Championships scheduled to be held at Agra.

According to NK Lahiry, honorary secretary, District Table Tennis Association, the players should contact Amit Kumar Singh at Table Tennis Complex for details.

The team:-Junior boys' section: Kshitij Bisht, Ratan Kirty, Turab Ali; Stand-bye: Vikram Singh; Sub-junior boys' section:Kshitij Bisht, Akash Yadav; Stand-bye: Sagar Bisht; Cadet boys' section: Deepesh Bhagwani, Akash Dwivedi; Junior Girls' section: Khushboo Soni, Asha Singh; Sub Junior Girls' section: Priya and Pooja.

UPBA calendarThe Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association (UPBA) has announced its calendar of events for 2009-2010. As per the calendar, the Syed Modi Grand Prix Badminton Tournament will be held at Lucknow from December 15 to 20. According to UPBA officials, the tournament will carry a prize money of US$ 50,000.

Bridge tourneyDS Tandon and Dr DC Gupta emerged winners in the matchpoint pairs event held as a part of a bridge tourney at Lucknow Club. Twelve pairs played 11 rounds of 2 boards each.

DS Tandon and Dr DC Gupta won the matchpoint pairs with a good score which had 10 tops, 3 above average and no zeroes and with a margin of over a board. HK Verma and NN Rastogi overtook SK Richhariya and Cdr Srivastava in the last round to clinch second place.

The Results: 1. DS Tandon and Dr DC Gupta 64.55%; 2. NN Rastogi and HK Verma 59.09%; 3. SK Richhariya and Cdr RP Srivastava 57.27%; 4. BD Sarkar and Deepak Srivastava 53.18%.

Admission listThe Uttar Pradesh Sports Directorate has declared a list of players who have been selected for admission to state government-runs sports hostels in 15 sports. According to Deputy Director Sports (UP) Anil Kumar Banoda a list of the selected players has been pasted on the notice board of the directorate at Lucknow.

Cue sportsThe 40th UP State Senior Billiards and Snooker championship will be held at the Alexander Athletic Club, Meerut from July 29 to August 2 on a league cum knock-out format. The state billiards event will be played on July 29 and 30 while the snooker event will be played from July 31 to August 2 on the newly renovated billiards tables of the Alexander Athletic Club.