HALDIA: West Bengal's Durga Midya will be the only Asian representative in the 100-metre sprint of this year's World Athletics Championship for the blind to be held in Spain's Seville.

Midya would be vying with seven other compatriots from different countries in the women's section.

The 24-year old girl works. Durga had earlier taken part in another world meet for the blind in Spain and reached the semi-finals by clocking 12.62 second.

Sricharanya ahead

BANGALORE: Unseeded T Sricharanya of Tamil Nadu fired out statemate and sixth seed M V Preetam while other fancied players advanced into the quarterfinals with easy victories in AITA State Karnataka Open women's tennis championships on the second day. Sricharanya won 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1).

Results (pre-quarterfinals): Karishma Patel (Guj) bt Shereen Yousuf (Kar) 6-3, 6-1; Radhika Tulpule (Mah) bt Nandini Perumal (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Liza Pereira (Mah) bt Oindrila Majumdar (Mah) 6-2, 6-2; T Sricharanya (TN)bt M V Preetam (TN) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-1); T Yamini (TN) bt S Praveeni (Kar) 6-4, 6-1; Sheetal Goutam (Kar) bt Geetha Manohar (AP) 6-4, 6-2; Sandhya Kanury (TN) bt Radha Devendrappa (Kar) 6-1, 6-4; Tara Kanbargimath (Kar) bt Ashel Dimi (TN) 6-0, 6-0.

Junior hockey

NEW DELHI: The Indian Women's Hockey Federation (IWHF) on Tuesday announced a list of 22 probables for the four-nation Junior Hockey Tournament to be held in New Jersey, from June 24 to 27.

The players are: Suman Deswal, Kiran Bala, Pakpi Devi (Railways); Neha, Sarita Khatri, Manju, Babita, Sushila Sharma (Delhi); Rebika Devi (Manipur); Pushpa Pradhan, Masira Surin, Adlene Kerketta (Bihar); Neelima Kujur, Agnecia Lugun, Asrita Toppo (Orissa); Gurpreet Kaur, Surinder Kaur, Simarjit Kaur, Meenakshi (Haryana); Nishi, Mamta (Chandigarh); Mridula (UP).

-- ENS & Agencies