Murthy scores twin victories
BV Srinivasa Murthy, beaten in the final of the first leg, scored twin wins in the second leg of the 38th Senior State-ranking snooker tournament at the KSBA hall on Friday.
Results: Sohail Jairaj bt Michael Rebello 4-3 (44-55, 73-52, 29-63, 55-57, 87-25, 56-45, 72-40); Vinay Katrela bt Balaji Reddy 4-2 (65-27, 25-67, 73-29, 63-31, 40-50, 53-47); BVS Murthy bt V Anand 4-1 (86-10, 57-37, 32-69, 75-26, 61-11); Duncan Mackenzie bt Pramod Jain 4-1 (59-45, 57-31, 62-20, 26-59, 55-23); B Bhaskar bt Kushal Agarwal 4-2 (56-47, 56-28, 55-43, 51-66, 14-67, 65-40); Sajan Bopanna bt Pramod Jain 4-1 (57-49, 66-29, 29-66, 64-17, 89-50); BVS Murthy bt Sohail Jairaj 4-0 (70-30, 62-37, 65-31, 69-18); V Anand bt Michael Rebello 4-0 (60-23, 68-49, 58-15, 82-21).
Field day for Karnataka
Karnataka had a good day in the office in the 18th Junior National throwball meet in Nagpur on Friday, winning in both the sections (boys and girls).
Results: Boys: Karnataka bt Vidarbha 2-0 (25-14, 25-18); Karnataka bt Madhya Pradesh 2-0 (25-11, 25-12).
Girls: Karnataka bt Kerala 2-0 (25-2, 25-7).
Lawrence girls lift U-14 crown
The Lawrence School from Udhagamandalam crushed BVB Kodagu Vidyalaya, Madikeri 14-0 to win the under-14 girls’ title in the CBSE South Zone hockey tournament conducted by Jain International Residential School.
Other results:
U-14 boys, quarterfinals: Society’s English School, Nipani: 6 (Sanjugouda Patil 2, Preetam Chougule 2, Ashish Patil, Akash Pal) bt Taralabalu Central School, Davangere: 1 (Amith Kumar).
The Velammal International School, Thiruvallur: 11 (Selva Kumar 4, Hari Kumar 3, Hariharan 2, Praveen DS, Rajasimhan) bt Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore: 0.
CRPF Public School, Secunderabad: 10 (Md Bilal Khan 5, Sajin Jose 2, Paikhomba, Rohith MR, Karthikeyan) bt Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s SV Vidyalaya, Tirupati: 0.
U-19 girls, league: The Lawrence School, Udhagamandalam: 14 (Namrata S 6, Upasana 3, Kumudi M 3, Harshita JR, Sravani S) bt Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s SV Vidyalaya, Tirupati: 0.
MSRIT reign supreme
Hosts MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology grabbed men’s and women’s title in the MS Ramaiah Memorial inter-engineering college basketball tournament on Friday.
Results: 
Men’s: MSRIT 56 (N Anirudh 17, Arun Britto 11) bt RNSIT 54 (Ashwin Reddy 17, Pradeep 11).
Women’s: MSRIT 37 (Tara 17, Sharanya 7, Swetha 7) bt PESIT 31 (Sindhu 25).
Deepak scores match-winner
Active Union scored a narrow 1-0 win over Bangalore Wanderers in the ‘C’ Division football league at the ITI grounds on Friday.
Deepak scored the winner in the 38th minute.
Maharani ride on Shobha heroics
Powered by a five-wicket haul by R Shobha, Maharani Arts and Commerce College scored a 55-run win over Hasnath College for Women in the inter-collegiate cricket tournament for women on Friday.
Brief scores: NMKRV: 116/2 in 12 overs (R Mala 45 n.o.) bt BNM College: 43 all out in 11.2 overs (Soumya 4-15).
Maharani Arts & Commerce College: 99 in 12 overs (Hemashi 2-13) bt Hasnath College for Women: 44 all out in 11.3 overs (R Shobha 5-10, Pushpalatha 4-12).
Ravi pockets fine double
Rahul Ravi (152) clinched both the Category A and the Category B titles in the South India Junior Open golf in Mysore recently.
Results: Category A (15-17 years): Rahul Ravi (152) 1; Praful Chand (152) 2. Category B (13-14): Rahul Ravi (152) 1; Trishul Chinnappa (153) 2. Category C (11-12): Vashista S Pawar (154) 1; Yashas Chandra M S (161) 2. Category D (below 10): Venkat Gautham D (186) 1; Prateek Madhiraju (208) 2.
Mysore races postponed
The Stewards of the Mysore Race Club Limited have postponed the races scheduled for Saturday (Oct 27) to Wednesday (Oct 31).