CHENNAI: The Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) has placed player Bikram Oberoi under probation with immediate effect for a period of one year for his act of not participating in the team events in the 10th World Junior Men's Squash Championship at Princeton in United States in August last.

Top ten rankings: Shiv Prakash 122 points (Rs 3.52 lakh); Basad Ali 88 (Rs 2.15 lakh); Firoz Ali 62.50 (Rs 2.06 lakh); Vijay Kumar 58 (Rs 2.27 lakh); Arjun Singh 57 (Rs 3.41 lakh); Gaurav Ghei 54 (Rs 2.55 lakh); Ali Sher 53.50 (Rs 1.79 lakh); Sanjay Kumar 39 (Rs 1.55 lakh); Jyoti Randhawa 35.50 (Rs 0.79 lakh); Vivek Bhandari 30 (Rs 1.88 lakh).

W'lifting team

CALCUTTA: The Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced a seven-member team for the forthcoming Asian Games to be held in Bangkok in December.

The team was selected on the basis of performance in the recently-held selection trials in Patiala and comprised five women and two men.

Theteams: Women: N Kunjarani (48 kg), Sanamacha Chanu (53 kg), Pratima Kumari (58 kg), K Malleswari (63 kg), Ujwala Mane (75 kg). Coaches P S Sandhu and T Stochiev (Bulgarian).

Men: AK Pandian (56 kg), Satish Rai (77 kg). Coach: AK Sirohi. Manager: BR Gulati.

Cricketer dead

CHENNAI: Ram Ramesh, a former Tamil Nadu opener in Ranji Trophy, died of a massive heart attack in the early hours here on Tuesday. He was 56 and is survived by wife and two daughters. He had represented the state in 23 Ranji matches and had the distinction of scoring a century (108) on debut against Karnataka at Madras (now Chennai) in 1975-76.